The A170 in North Yorkshire is currently closed in both directions at Sutton Bank near Thirsk.

A lorry's shed its load of raw meat.

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Five people have been injured in a crash involving a pedestrian, a bus and a van in Cottingham.

It happened on Thwaite Street at about 12:20 when the bus hit the railway crossing barriers as well as the van and a person.

Their injuries are thought to be minor, but the road is closed and motorists are being advised to avoid the area.

Two men in a red vehicle are being hunted by police following an attack on a cash machine in Market Weighton early this morning.

Officers were called at about 04:10 following reports of a "large bang" at a newsagents in Market Place.

It is not known how much, if any, money was stolen, but Humberside Police say the offenders broke into the store in order to access the ATM.

One of the men is said to have worn a blue jacket and orange gloves. The other wore a black jacket.

Police are asking anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area over the past few weeks, external to come forward

Officers remain at the scene as investigations continue.

Carl Hartley sexually assaulted a woman in front of her child, and raped two others.

Charities aimed at helping victims of crime in West Yorkshire are to benefit from a share of cash recovered by police from criminal activity.

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More than £200,000 is being given to victim support organisations across the county.

West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has awarded the grants to projects like Getaway Girls, which has been supporting vulnerable young women in Harehills for over three decades.

Keighley based Project 6, a drug and alcohol recovery charity, is also getting a share of the cash to set up a peer mentoring project in schools.

The money comes from The Safer Communities Fund which was launched in 2014 to provide grants of up to £5,000 to the voluntary sector.

It's financed by money recovered from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

So far, more than £2.2m in grants has been awarded to 510 projects across West Yorkshire.

A famous seaside clock has been restored and is now on display in Leeds.

Image source, Leeds City Council

For many years, the 111-year-old clock was located at Morecambe Promenade railway station and will now be displayed at Leeds Industrial Museum.

It was originally made by Leeds clockmakers Potts and Sons from solid pine.

The timepiece is now part of a new interactive display which explores the ways peoples' working patterns have been altered by clocks.

Muglet Lane in Rotherham could be the starting point for two Yorkshire clubs' FA Cup dreams.

Maltby Main FC, who play in the ninth tier of English football, take on nearby rivals Frickley Athletic tomorrow.

The first qualifying round means the teams have already netted £5,000, but whichever club wins tomorrow will receive an extra £6,500.

For the game to go ahead, whippet racing has been cancelled at the ground.

The game will be streamed live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

A woman and a man from West Yorkshire have appeared in court charged with being members of a banned far-right organisation.

Mark Jones, 23, and Alice Cutter, 22, of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, are accused of remaining in National Action after it was outlawed under anti-terror laws.

Mr Jones, a joiner, indicated he would be pleading not guilty, while Ms Cutter, a waitress, did not indicate a plea.

National Action was founded in 2013 and was proscribed three years later after an official assessment concluded it was "concerned in terrorism".

Mr Jones and Ms Cutter were denied bail and remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 12 October.

This is the scene on Brightside Lane, near Meadowhall, after a lorry hit a former railway bridge:

Image source, Dawn Fox

As you can see from the photo the Royal Mail lorry trailer has been pretty much destroyed in the crash.

Part of the road is currently blocked by the lorry.

A man from Calderdale has been jailed for 10 years for historical sexual offences.

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Jeffrey Kirby, 61, was sentenced this morning at Bradford Crown Court after being found guilty of indecent assault and sexual offences against four girls between 1997 and 2007.

Police have praised the bravery of the victims for coming forward.

The farming industry is reacting to the news that energy company Vivergo is to cease trading near Hull.

The Saltend plant uses wheat supplied by 900 farms across the Yorkshire region, and also produces animal feed used by dairy farmers.

Vivergo blame the Government for being too slow to introduce a new type of fuel, known as "E10" which is seen as more environmentally friendly and is being adopted by many other countries.

The Government says they are committed to supporting the biofuels industry and to reducing carbon emissions from transport to tackle climate change.

The You Are Not Alone project is designed by young people aged between 12 and 22 from the city.

A road in Mytholmroyd which was badly damaged by a burst water main has reopened.

Image source, Scott Archer-Patient

The pipe burst on Burnley Road on Wednesday morning and led to the closure of nearby schools, numerous businesses and the local library.

Calderdale Council said they asked engineers to work around the clock to repair the damage caused to the road.

Image source, Scott Archer-Patient

Cllr Scott Archer-Patient said: "I think I speak for everyone here in the village of how impressed we are with Yorkshire Water, Morison Utilities and their partners in repairing the damage caused by Wednesday's burst water main."

West Yorkshire Police have taken part in a national operation to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM).

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Operation Limelight focused on educating staff at the airport about the signs to look for in case a child was being taken abroad or returning from a trip for the purpose of carrying out FGM.

Police also carried out enhanced activity in public areas of the airport, including putting out messaging on electronic screens, to inform travellers passing through the airport.

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa and striker Kemar Roofe have both won monthly awards:

Head coach Bielsa has been named the Championship manager of the month while Kemar Roofe has won player of the month.

Marcelo Bielsa has taken 14 points from six games in his first month in charge of the Whites, with Kemar Roofe scoring four times in that run.

It's the first time Leeds have won both awards in the same month.

People living in more remote parts of North Yorkshire could be able to get online much quicker within a couple of years, according to new plans announced today.

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The plans are the latest phase of a multi-million pound programme to connect thousands more homes and businesses in rural areas of the county to super-fast broadband for the first time.

Maps have now been released detailing which properties will benefit, with engineers aiming to link over 14,000 firms and properties to high speed internet over the next three years.

About 95% of properties in the county will have access to superfast broadband by the end of the work, according to North Yorkshire County Council.

An academic in Leeds is urging people to stop using hand dryers in hospital toilets.

Image source, Geograph/Christine Matthews

Professor Mark Wilcox, from the University of Leeds, says research shows the machines spread more germs than disposable paper towels.

He says the problem lies in people not washing their hands properly, meaning microbes get blown off by jet air dryers and are then spread around the room.

The professor's study found contamination was "significantly higher" in toilets on the days jet air dryers were in use.

Professor Wilcox said: "The dryer creates an aerosol that contaminates the toilet room, the sinks, floor and other surfaces, but towels absorb the water and microbes left on the hands."

In Leeds, Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria, which are responsible for conditions ranging from minor skin and wound infections to life-threatening septicaemia, were found three times more often on the surface of the jet air dryers, compared with the paper towel dispensers.

The study is the largest of its type to investigate whether the way people dry their hands has an impact on the spread of bacteria.

Paul Murphy
Journalist, BBC Look North

This is McColl's newsagents in Market Weighton, a well-known shop on the High Street which is currently cordoned off by police after an incident in the early hours:

There were reports from local residents of an explosion at the site at about 04:00 - as well as claims an angle grinder had been used on the cash machine.

This morning, a couple of police cars and a scenes of crime van remain at the scene, with various officers in white paper suits going in and out of the newsagents conducting their investigations.

The cash machine itself seems to have been quite badly damaged, although it's still intact.

It remains in the shop, so I'm not entirely sure if the thieves got away with any money, but they have caused damage to the ATM.

There's a fair bit of traffic disruption here this morning and the police investigation is obviously continuing.

A plaque celebrating part of Hull's medieval history is set to be unveiled in the city this weekend.

The blue plaque will recognise Hessle Gate, which is now Humber Dock Street, which was once the most protected entrance to Hull.

The plaque will be unveiled on the side of Thieving Harry's on Saturday.

It's part of the Heritage Open Days event.

Three men who sold potentially lethal drugs online are due to be sentenced in Leeds later.

Image source, NCA

Jake Levene, 22, Mandy Christopher Lowther, 21, and Lee Childs, 45 (pictured left to right), all from West Yorkshire, supplied Fentanyl around the world via a site on the "dark web".

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the painkiller was 100 times more potent than morphine.

It's been linked to more than 125 deaths in the UK since 2016, with 71 in Yorkshire alone.

Between December 2016 and April 2017, their business turned over £163,000 in cash, the NCA said.

The trio manufactured the drug in a warehouse in Morley, before posting it from a local post office.