Officers were abused and drivers drove the wrong way up the hard shoulder to escape standing traffic.

Events disrupted include Britney Spears' concert on the first weekend of the Blackpool Illuminations.

Sheffield United sign free agent former Middlesbrough right-back Martin Cranie until the end of January.

A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a 31-year-old suffered fatal head injuries.

Sheffield City Council was due to sell Grade II listed Birley spa at auction on Tuesday.

Belfast man James MacSorley made history as part of the GB team which won World Championship gold.

Wakefield Trinity all but end Huddersfield Giants' top-four hopes with a brilliant comeback win at the John Smith's Stadium.

Championship leaders Leeds and second-placed Middlesbrough cancel each other out in a forgettable goalless draw.

Four young men died when a car crashed with an Uber taxi in Horsforth in June.

Sheffield United sign winger Marvin Johnson on a season-long loan from Championship rivals Middlesbrough.

Tom Abell's first century of the season and two quick Lewis Gregory wickets leave Somerset on top against Yorkshire.

Millwall sign Sheffield United's Ryan Leonard on loan, and will make the deal permanent for a club-record fee in January.

Hull's historic Spurn Lightship will be moved on Wednesday 5 September for the first time in more than 30 years.

It is being relocated to another part of Hull Marina, ahead of work to build a footbridge over one of the city's busiest roads.

The bridge is the first phase of a major project to improve the A63 Castle Street.

The lightship will undergo specialist conservation work, before moving to a new permanent home on the Marina in 2021.

Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel signs German midfielder Mike-Steven Bahre on a season-long loan from his former club Hannover 96.

Police have released CCTV images of two people they want to speak to after a man and woman needed hospital treatment following an assault in Selby last month:

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

The attack happened at the James Street taxi rank in the town centre at about 01:25 on Sunday 22 July.

A woman was pushed to the ground and a man was punched in the face and required hospital treatment for facial injuries.

If you can help, get in contact with North Yorkshire Police, external.

Water voles have saved a former allotment site in Batley from being turned into a housing development, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Image source, BBC/British Waterways

Kirklees Council's seven-member Strategic Planning Committee voted to throw out the proposal for the 8.5 acre site, which had been put forward by Noble Homes.

Among the list of grounds for refusing the scheme was concern for water voles living in the area and how they might be affected by large-scale building work.

The Castleford-based developer's scheme was first mooted in 2016 and drew fierce criticism from local residents.

They said the area was an "oasis of wildlife" providing habitat for bats, water voles and great crested newts.

CCTV images of two men suspected of breaking into a North Yorkshire pub have been released by police.

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Officers in Selby are trying to identify the pair following a break-in overnight at the Cross Keys Inn at Hillam on 4 June.

Anyone with information about who the pictured men are is being asked to contact police.

Roads around Scarborough seafront are set to close for a nighttime motorcycle rally featuring bikes covered in neon lights, it's been confirmed.

The annual Goldwing Light Parade will come through the North Yorkshire seaside town on the evening of Saturday 8 September.

Foreshore, Sandside, Marine Drive, Royal Albert Drive and Eastborough - from Globe Street to the seafront - will be closed from 19:30 until 22:00 to allow the parade to take place.

The popular community event will feature large Honda motorcycles decked out in brightly coloured lights.

A sports centre worker who sexually assaulted a girl and filmed children getting changed has been jailed.

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Bradford Crown Court heard Darren Senior set up recording devices in changing rooms at Tong Sports Centre and Richard Dunn Sports Centre.

After his arrest, police found swimming costumes in his car and indecent images of children at his home.

The 42-year-old, of Eastborough Crescent, Dewsbury, was jailed for five years and three months.

A horse which got stuck in mud earlier in the week in South Yorkshire has returned to "his naughty self", according to his rescuers.

Image source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

Freddie became stuck in a mud-filled ditch in Sheffield and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue crews were called to help him out.

Firefighters said he was "stuck fast" in the mud and two crews were sent to finally extricate him out.

In a tweet this afternoon, external, officers say: "He's back to his naughty normal self!".