Wakefield Trinity prop Adam Walker is given a 20-month ban from all sport after testing positive for cocaine in July 2017.

Hundreds of people are arriving in Leeds with, tents, wellies and camping supplies - ahead of this year's Leeds Festival.

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Kings of Leon, Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar and Dua Lipa are among the headliners for the event, which begins tomorrow.

However, there's a serious chance of rain over the next few days - so festival-goers should be prepared!

A steel heart which will form part of Sheffield's Steel Man sculpture has been unveiled at Meadowhall.

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The Steel Man will be a 32m high structure and will overlook Rotherham and Sheffield near the shopping centre.

People are being given the chance to pay £20 and have their name engraved on the heart.

North Yorkshire Police have stopped a man driving his car who they've described as a cannabis "connoisseur."

It seems finding cars full of drugs in the county is something of a regular occurrence for officers:

The competition watchdog has begun a formal investigation into the proposed takeover of Leeds-based Asda by Sainsbury's.

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The new company would be the largest in the country - in terms of its share of the market.

The supermarkets said, external the merger would mean a fall in grocery prices both chains.

However, some experts have said at least 70 shops might have to be sold.

The Competition and Markets Authority, external will now look into the plans.

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Luke Swinden and Marty Oldroyd have been football rivals for years. While one is a life-long Ossett Albion supporter, the other has passionately followed neighbours Ossett Town.

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On Saturday, the pair will stand side by side cheering on the same team.

After 74 years of rivalry, Albion and Town have joined forces to become Ossett United in a merger aimed at providing the small West Yorkshire market town with a club capable of challenging for a Football League place in the next few years.

So what happens when two long-standing rivals suddenly become one?

How does a football merger come about, and who are the winners and losers? Read more here.

A 26-year-old prison officer has appeared in court charged with bringing drugs in to a Doncaster prison.

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Victoria Sked, of Station Road, Stainforth, was arrested after police were called to HMP Lindholme on Monday following a report of a prison officer attempting to take drugs into the prison.

A number of items, including mobile phones and suspected drugs, were found following a search.

She was charged with two counts of conveying a prohibited article into/out of prison, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B, the acquiring/use/possession of criminal property and conveying a prohibited article into a prison intending it to go to a prisoner.

She appeared at Doncaster Magistrates' Court yesterday and will appear at Sheffield Crown Court next month.

Former European champion Natasha Gale says her GB Boxing suspension gave her the break she needed from the sport.

It's always nice to arrive somewhere in style and the races at York are well known for eye-catching entrances.

However, if you want everyone to see you've put in an appearance, you could just drop in - quite literally:

A missing Wakefield woman has been found.

Joyce Cusworth, 83, was reported missing earlier this morning.

In a statement, police have thanked everyone who shared the appeal.

A 17-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man have been charged with wounding with intent after a man was found with stab wounds in Harrogate.

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The man was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after an incident in Cambridge Road on Monday morning.

The teenager, from Harrogate, and the man, who's of no fixed address, were remanded in custody at York Magistrates' Court to appear at the city's Crown Court on 24 September.

Police believe there were people passing the area of St Peter’s Church on Cambridge Road between 07:30 and 08:30 on Monday and want anyone who saw anything to contact them.

Have you seen Joyce Cusworth? The "vulnerable" 83-year-old woman has been reported missing in Wakefield.

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She was last seen at her home in Horbury and was reported missing this morning.

She is believed to be wearing a pink dress and might be carrying a small red handbag.

Anyone who believes they may have seen her is asked to urgently contact police on 101.

A chimney stack which has towered above land near Brighouse since 1992 is due to be demolished later.

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The chimney, off Cooper Bridge Road next to the River Calder, is part of the old sewage sludge incinerator which Yorkshire Water is replacing with a brand new £57m digester.

It was damaged during the 2015 Boxing Day Floods, meaning sludge had to be transported off site to be treated elsewhere.

The new digester will turn human waste into electricity which will feed into the national grid to power homes in Calderdale and Kirklees.

Yorkshire sign fast bowler Mathew Pillans on a three-year deal from fellow County Championship Division One side Surrey.

A fish and chip shop in North Yorkshire has become a hit with visitors from China.

A man "under the influence of Spice" attacked police officers and walked in traffic in Sheffield earlier, police say.

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It happened on Longley Hall Road in Longley in Sheffield at about 06:20 this morning.

Police say they had to use force to arrest the man who was then taken to hospital for treatment.

He was also arrested for assaulting a police officer.

A wallaby which has gone missing from Filey on the North Yorkshire coast may have travelled up to 100 miles away, it's being claimed.

The marsupial disappeared from Filey's Bird Garden and Animal Park only hours after arriving there on Monday.

Yesterday, the park said there had been two potential sightings - one near Gristhorpe Roundabout and one at the top of Folkton Brow.

But Chris Holaw, Animal Manager at the park, says wallabies can travel a long way without stopping:

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Today will start dry and bright with some sunshine, however there's a risk of rain later.

Watch my full forecast here:

A 22-year-old man from Wakefield has been charged with helping a man accused of knifing a pensioner to death in her own home in South Yorkshire

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The body of Jill Hibberd, 73, was found with multiple stab wounds at a house in Roy Kilner Road in Wombwell, near Barnsley, on 31 May.

Andrew Ashby, 22, of Woolgreaves Avenue, Wakefield has been charged with assisting an offender in connection with her death.

He was bailed to appear at Barnsley Magistrates' Court on 12 September.

Lee Trevor Fueloep, 40, of Willow Garth in Wombwell, was previously charged with murder, theft and burglary and is currently on remand.

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An overturned lorry has partially closed a main road in South Yorkshire this morning.

It's on the A633 Manvers Way in Wath Upon Dearne, with the lorry partially blocking the road: