A Yorkshire-based charity is carrying out research into bone cancer to try and find new and kinder treatments to prevent patients in the future having to undergo amputations.

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The Bone Cancer Research Trust in Leeds is carrying out the first ever research project to help patients of all ages with a rare and aggressive condition.

Survival rates for patients diagnosed with osteosarcoma have not improved in 30 years.

Zoe Davison from the Bone Cancer Research Trust in Leeds says better treatment options are desperately needed to save lives:

She said: "Patients come to us faced with brutal treatments, life-altering surgeries, sometimes amputations.

"They're receiving treatments that haven't changed since the 1970s, and we want to change that.

"We want this project to to offer hope to patients, that there will be new, personalised, kinder treatments available to them in the future."

As any weather forecaster will tell you, it's pouring down in Yorkshire this afternoon.

So far, the Environment Agency have issued flood alerts, external for areas around Ripon, Halifax, Wetherby and Leeming.

There have been reports of localised flooding, like here in Rotherham where Brightside Lane meets the Meadowhall turnoff:

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A flood alert is the lowest level of warning the Environment Agency uses and means flooding could be possible.

We'll keep you posted if the situation changes.

Council leaders in Hull today described a proposal to switch off lights along stretches of the A63 as a "disgrace".

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The local authority says Highways England plan to upgrade safety barriers along the route soon and that lights along the route will be removed during the work and won't be replaced.

The council has urged Highways England to replace the lights at the kerbside, but claim they were told this didn't count as value for money.

Hull and the East Riding Council are now going to write to the organisation calling them to rethink the decision.

The RMT union announces further action over train guards on the South Western and Northern networks.

It might look like something out of Miami Vice, but this new £220,000 police boat is set to patrol the waterways of Yorkshire.

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The 10-metre long catamaran will be berthed at King George's Dock in Hull.

It will be used to police the rivers and the coast of Yorkshire.

Underwater teams will also be able to dive from the side of the boat, which has been named the Cheetah Marine.

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It has been paid for by all four regional forces and will be operated by the Yorkshire and the Humber Marine and Underwater Search Unit.

Care providers complain they are under pressure due to "inconsistent" ratings from inspectors.

Workers on Northern trains will strike on three more days next month it has been announced.

Members of the RMT union are already walking out on 22 and 29 September in a row over whether guards will continue in their traditional role on the company's services.

The have now announced they will also be staging a further three 24-hour strikes on 6, 13 and 20 October.

Acas talks between Arriva, who operate Northern, and the RMT broke down yesterday with no resolution over the issue of driver-only trains.

Northern have described previous strikes as "disappointing and frustrating".

Leeds could know as early as next month if it will be chosen as the new national headquarters for broadcaster Channel 4, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), the organisation behind the Leeds City Region's bid, was told a decision is expected to be taken in October.

It was announced earlier this year that Leeds had made a final shortlist of three UK cities, along with Birmingham and Manchester, after the government told the broadcaster it needed to move from London.

Leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor Judith Blake said: "Obviously we are going for the main prize, but it has been an extraordinary show of strength."

A former NHS boss facing fraud charges died after jumping off cliffs in Sussex, an inquest has heard.

Phil Morley was chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust until his resignation in April 2014.

The 53-year-old, from York, was found dead at the bottom of Beachy Head in May, days before he was due in court.

Recording a verdict of suicide, Assistant Coroner Catharine Palmer said she was satisfied Mr Morley had intended to end his own life.

Mr Morley had been due to face at Hull Magistrates' Court charged with four counts of fraud during his time as chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust.

The Crown Prosecution Service said he faced one count of conspiracy to commit false accounting, two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of false accounting.

Two lanes are closed on the M1 after a carriageway defect between junction 32 and 33 northbound.

Highways England say the poor weather means they can't repair the road quickly and the two lanes will remain closed this evening:

Adam Lyth scores a century for Yorkshire but their charge against Hampshire is halted by rain, as play is abandoned after lunch.

Police have released a new CCTV image of a man missing from Leeds since Tuesday.

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Lee Smith was reported missing at about 16:00, he had left his home in Harehills that morning.

A search of CCTV cameras shows that he was in the William Hill bookmakers in Armley at about 13:30 yesterday.

West Yorkshire Police say they are continuing to try and find him and check he is safe.

Politicians, business and council leaders have been in Hull today discussing the future of transport.

Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North MP, among those meeting with the head of Transport for the North to discuss where investment should go.

She said: "We're very keen to ensure that the efforts that have already taken place to address the investment disparity between London and the south east and other regions benefits Yorkshire and the Humber alongside other parts of the north."

Transport for the North set out its 30-year plan earlier this year, but MPs and business leaders say they want to make sure cities like Hull are included.

Phil Morley was found dead days before he was due in court to face fraud charges, an inquest hears.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

An NHS awards ceremony in Harrogate has not only rewarded staff for their service, but also attracted emergency vehicles you might remember, depending on your age.

How about these two for taking you back in time:

A boy has been detained after police were called to Barnsley College following reports a pupil had been seen with a weapon.

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Police received a call at about 12:20 this afternoon.

A force spokesperson said a boy had been detained, but he didn't have any weapons.

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A Doncaster man has issued a warning after he says he lost £100,000 to a woman he has never met in an online sex fraud., external

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Hull City Council is being urged to do a full audit on the amount of plastic it currently uses to work out if it could use environmentally friendly alternatives instead.

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Mike Ross, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, says the University of Hull and The Deep have taken "good steps" when it comes to cutting plastic use.

He said: "The council, as the civic leaders in the city can take steps as well and we think they should be taking playing leadership role with this."

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It’s not something you see in York every day, a motorbike chase down by the river.

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The reason for the chase is that the city is playing host to the filming of a major Bollywood movie, external.

The movie team have moved from the river to York's famous medieval Shambles today for more filming.

Police say two men have been arrested in connection with the assault in Huddersfield.