The two-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital, while the boy sustained minor injuries.

A scheme to improve coastal access for people with disabilities is one of 16 to receive funding.

Majorie Grayson is due to appear in court charged with the murder of Alan Grayson in Sheffield.

Another 24-hour walkout is affecting the Northern and South Western rail networks.

St Helens secure the League Leaders' Shield with a dominant performance against struggling Hull FC.

Tom Johnstone's hat-trick helps Wakefield beat Catalans Dragons in a high-scoring Super League contest.

Action is planned in Kirklees over claims workers have been refused leave to help dying relatives.

The crash happened in Brierley at about 13:40 BST and caused massive damage to side of the house.

The next stage of a major development in Leeds has been given the go-ahead.

Image source, Leeds City Council/X1

As part of the South Bank expansion plans, Leeds City Council has granted permission for a £210m development to be built.

The development will include 928 apartments, cafes, restaurants and additional office and retail space.

The apartments will be built on the former Evans Halshaw site on Hunslet Road.

These were the moments immediately after a lorry crashed into a house in Barnsley earlier this afternoon:

The crash happened on Park View in Brierley at about 13:40, with emergency crews on the scene shortly afterwards.

Three people are being treated at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield following the incident.

Their condition is currently unknown, according to the ambulance service.

A "survival guide" to help university students stay safe during freshers' week has been issued by Humberside Police.

Image source, University of Hull

Officers will be at the University of Hull's freshers' fair where they will give advice on preventing burglaries and keeping valuable items from being stolen.

PC Carl Palmer said: “We want to reassure students and their families that we re here to help, to offer advice and assist wherever and whenever we can.”

A ban on cars using York's historic Micklegate has moved one step closer after the council agreed to restrict traffic using the street's imposing medieval gateway.

York City Council has agreed in principle to an to an 18-month ban on outward traffic through Micklegate Bar.

The idea's going to public consultation and could eventually see all cars banned from the street, which campaigners say would improve air quality in the city.

Three people are being treated in hospital after a lorry crashed into a house in Barnsley, according to Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS).

The condition of those taken to hospital is unknown, YAS says.

Police were called at about 13:40 to reports of a crash on Park View in Brierley.

Three fire engines attended the scene for an hour and a half.

The road currently remains closed.

Swimmers are expected to crossing the Humber Estuary this weekend to help raise money for a rescue service.

Image source, Historic England/PA

They're due to swim between Barton, in North Lincolnshire, and Hessle, in East Yorkshire, on Sunday to raise funds for the Humber Rescue Service.

Dave Roberts, a coxswain with the charity, said: "It doesn't look too far when you look across the river, but they're swimming perhaps one and a half or two times the width of the river because of the tides."

Figures obtained by the BBC show annual spending on social work agency staff peaked at £6.5m.

These are the latest pictures from Brierley, Barnsley, where an HGV has crashed into a house.

Image source, Dale Creasey

Police and fire crews were called at about 13:40 to reports of a crash on Park View.

Image source, Dale Creasey

Park View remains closed from the junction of Common Road.

Former Bradford City youth footballer Jamie Cowens is jailed for four years and eight months.

Paul Murphy
Journalist, BBC Look North

The challenge of plastic pollution is one of the dominant themes at the British Science Festival in Hull at the moment - and its plastic bottle turtle is a symbol of our dependency on the material.

Plastic is contained in 40% of all grocery packaging, but wooden cutlery in the University of Hull canteen is just one sign of how public attitudes towards this material are changing.

Research commissioned for the festival reveals a growing concern, with 92% of the public believing plastic pollution is spoiling the world's beaches, while 71% want a wider choice of plastic-free products in the shops.

But there's also confusion: 65% of those surveyed didn't know what they could or could not put in recycling bins.

A debate yesterday focused on how we change our behaviour towards a material we all rely on.

The festival organisers' key message is that small changes to how we each behave can make a big difference.

A hospital "missed opportunities" to diagnose the girl's illness, a coroner concludes.

Huddersfield gets its own Monopoly board later this month - and Huddersfield Town will feature twice on it.

Image source, Hasbro

The new game will see famous locations from the London original such as Mayfair and Park Lane updated to represent Huddersfield landmarks.

The club will feature on a pink spot and The John Smith's Stadium will get a dark blue spot.

The town beat Halifax in a public vote be awarded an official edition of the board game.