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A planned strike by union members at Stagecoach Supertram in Sheffield has been called off, according to the tram operator.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe firm says Stagecoach and Unite the union have agreed a new pay deal, meaning union members will now vote on the offer.
The union is recommending the offer to be accepted, bringing an end to tram strikes planned for this month and next month.
A man with learning disabilities and no way of making contact with anyone has gone missing in Bradford.
Image source, West Yorkshire PolicePolice say Mubarak Anzi, hasn't been seen since Wednesday.
The 36-year-old is from the Canterbury area of the city, and was last seen wearing a navy and dark grey jacket over a light green shirt, black cotton trousers and black shoes.
Police say he may have got lost and has no access to money or social media and doesn't carry a phone.
The notorious prisoner appeared in court via video link accused of assaulting a deputy governor.
Read MoreThe salmon fishing season is set to be extended by two months after calls from a North Yorkshire MP.
Image source, Rishi SunakFisherman could only try for salmon from April to October previously, but now they can start in February.
The Conservative MP for Richmond, Rishi Sunak, says bringing the season forward will help take advantage of the recovering salmon population.
Mr Sunak wrote to the chief executive of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, saying the increasing numbers of salmon returning to the river was an environmental success story the agency, landowners and conservationists should be proud of.
He urged him to extend the season, to attract more fishing enthusiasts and take advantage of the economic benefit they would bring to the area.
The site has been used for bathing, boating, wedding receptions, community meetings and educational tours.
Read MoreThe weather is still good and you've been sending in some lovely pictures from across the East Riding today.
This was the sunrise in Flamborough this morning:
Image source, kershaw / Weather WatcherOne of the glistening water ways in Goole:
Image source, Anne Howard Webb / Weather WatchersAnd this great cloud formation over the crops in Leven:
Image source, PipB / Weather WatchersThe nostalgic children's TV characters are on loan from the Victoria and Albert museum.
Read MoreA 40-year-old council tenant has been convicted of begging in York, despite living in fully-funded accommodation and receiving £900 a month in state benefits.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceRoy Finch, of Thief Lane, York, had been a council tenant since 2004.
However, following an investigation by North Yorkshire Police, he admitted two offences of begging in the city centre.
Officers say he admitted he begs on a regular basis and has been doing so for a lengthy period.
Finch pleaded guilty to both charges and was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £105 court costs.
After the hearing Con Stephen Armitage said: “Finch clearly wanted to give the impression he was homeless in order to receive money and other donations from the general public.
“This absolutely wasn’t the case - he has lived in council accommodation for 14 years and receives hundreds of pounds in further benefits every month."
A man has been arrested in Sheffield accused of defecating outside the city's cathedral and exposing himself to a young woman in the city centre.
Image source, Getty ImagesSouth Yorkshire Police say the man was wanted for defecating outside the building three times in the space of a week.
He was also wanted for having failed to appear at court for breaching a Community Behaviour Order.
The wording of a recently unveiled plaque in York describing a 19th Century lesbian as "gender non-conforming" should be changed, according to the chair of York Pride.
More than 2,000 people have so far signed an online petition, external against the words used on the plaque at Holy Trinity church on Goodramgate, dedicated to diarist Anne Lister.
She made her vows to her partner Anne Walker in the church in 1834.
York Civic Trust, which erected the plaque, says: "While we’ve received many positive responses to the plaque, we are really sorry that there are also many people who feel let down by the plaque’s wording."
Greg Stephenson from York Pride says the wording on the plaque distracts from its focus:
A rare sighting of two humpback whales has been reported off the East Yorkshire coast.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesThe two animals can grow up to 16m in length.
The humpbacks, like the one pictured above, were spotted off Flamborough.
Quote MessageSomething unusual like a humpback is always very special. We have a lot of other whales arrive, mainly minke whales, but humpbacks are few and far between this side of the country."
Robin Petch, Sea Watch Foundation
A community group in Barnsley is trying to raise £6,000 for Christmas lights to brighten up this year's festive season.
Image source, Getty ImagesPeople from the village of Cudworth have already raised more than £3,000, which the group says will pay for about six lights.
Cudworth Businesses and Community Together says there will be no lights on the high street unless members of the local community buy them themselves.
The group says it's doing it to encourage more people to come to the village.
A man has been left injured after a drive-by shooting in Leeds this morning.
The victim was on Tong Road in Armley when the shooting - which police say was targeted - happened at about 01:05 this morning.
He was shot in the leg, was left with non-life threatening injuries and was treated in hospital.
Officers say there is no link between this and a shooting in Chapeltown on Wednesday in which a man died.
Quote MessageI want to reassure residents these incidents are being treated extremely seriously."
Supt Jo Morgan, West Yorkshire Police
The death of a 30-year-old woman in Sheffield is being treated as "unexplained", according to police.
Image source, GoogleTwo men, who were arrested on suspicion of murder yesterday, remain in police custody.
A police cordon is still in place at the property on Archdale Close.
A plaque honouring "the first modern lesbian" Anne Lister refers to her as "gender-noncomforming".
Read MoreA fuming couple in Berry Brow say they are at their wits' end after 20 bags of rubbish remain uncollected at their home, external.
Image source, Huddersfield ExaminerAnne Lister's diaries are described as a "pivotal" document in British history.
Read MoreA set of stamps is to be issued to mark the 250th anniversary of North Yorkshire explorer Captain Cook's voyage of discovery on board HMS Bark Endeavour.
Image source, Royal MailCaptain Cook set sail on the Endeavour, a refitted Whitby coal ship, in 1768 with 93 men on board.
He'd been charged with discovering the fabled, but uncharted, Great Southern Continent.
In reality it never existed, but Cook went on to chart New Zealand and the previously uncharted east coast of Australia, in what has now become a legendary voyage.
Image source, Royal MailThe stamps include a selection of the original drawings and paintings of the indigenous peoples, landscapes and flora and fauna, some of which had never been seen before by Europeans.
A man's been shot and seriously injured in Leeds this morning.
It happened on Tong Road, in Armley, and the road is closed as police investigate.
Officers say the shooting is not linked to another shooting on Wednesday in Chapeltown in which a man died.
More to follow:
Sheffield City Council have put a valued heritage site up for auction, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Image source, John Poyser/GeographThe Grade II listed Birley Spa Bath House, in Hackenthorpe, is the only remaining Victorian spa in South Yorkshire still set in its original grounds.
It's 176-years-old and over that time has been used for educational tours, a pleasure ground for children, wedding receptions, bathing spot and for community meetings.
However, after years of neglect Sheffield City Council have chosen to sell the heritage site next month.
It has a guide price in the region of £75,000 to £100,000.
The council has even warned it will "fall down" if action is not taken in the next few years.
It will be sold with a 250-year lease with conditions, including that the buyer repairs the building within two years.
