There are warnings two East Yorkshire towns are reaching saturation point due to new housing schemes.

More than 2,000 homes are planned for Pocklington and Market Weighton in the years ahead.

However, some residents say there needs to be matching investment in infrastructure to cope with the growth.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council say the developments were granted permission in line with local and national planning policy.

A bank in Leeds has been hit by robbers this afternoon.

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It happened at the Yorkshire Bank in Moortown at about 12:40.

Two men left the scene, but it's not clear if they got away with any money.

West Yorkshire Police say there were no weapons involved and no injuries were reported.

Sheffield is one of seven areas of the country being targeted by the Home Office in an effort to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM).

The campaign, titled Let's Protect Our Girls, is the latest attempt to clampdown on the practice.

A 2015 study estimated that 137,000 women and girls who have migrated to England and Wales are living with the consequences of FGM.

Between April 2017 and March this year, 6,195 individual women and girls had FGM identified or treatment related to it.

The practice has been illegal in the UK since 1985, but authorities have faced criticism over the failure to secure a single conviction.

The new initiative aims to raise awareness about the possible effects of FGM, including childbirth complications, period problems and mental health issues.

A new £500,000 training academy for people who want to work in retail and hospitality has been launched in Leeds.

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Called Ambition:Leeds, it's a joint project between Leeds City Council, property management company Landsec, and LeedsBID.

It comes after retailers said they wanted skilled recruits to join their workforce.

Hopeful candidates will get bespoke training from Leeds City College, Leeds Beckett and The Source Skills Academy.

A car and a bus have crashed in Huddersfield this afternoon.

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It happened at about 14:30 on Queensgate.

No injuries have been reported, but the crash has caused significant delays around the town centre.

The invasive insects which prey on honeybees have been found in Hampshire and Surrey.

A memorial plaque's been unveiled in the house where James Herriot, the famous Yorkshire vet, grew up in Glasgow.

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Herriot, who's real name was Alf Wight, was made famous by the novels he wrote about his life as a vet.

The books were turned into the long-running TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

He was born in Sunderland and moved with his family to Glasgow.

He spent the first 20-years of his life living on Dumbarton Road.

He attended Glasgow Veterinary School in the city, before moving to North Yorkshire after graduating.

The plaque was unveiled by his granddaughter Zoe Wight.

A new reading hub has been set up on the North Yorkshire coast.

It's hoped it'll help children in Scarborough, Filey and Whitby improve their literacy.

Almost one in four children in those areas don't reach the expected reading level by the time they finish primary school.

The hub is funded by the North Yorkshire Coast Opportunity Area, it was launched by the government to raise education standards in the region.

There are already six National Literacy Trust Hubs in the country - including one in Bradford.

East Yorkshire tennis player Kyle Edmund is through to the semi-finals of the China Open.

It comes after a straight-sets win over Serbian Dusan Lajovic in Beijing.

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The fifth seed, 23, came through against the qualifier 6-3 7-6 (7-4).

He will face either Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili or Malek Jaziri of Tunisia on Saturday for a place in the final.

Plans to demolish part of Whitby Hospital to modernise the site have been approved.

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Health bosses say the £12m project will take the hospital, which opened in 1979, into the 21st century.

The local clinical commissioning group says less than a quarter of the hospitals 102 beds are currently in use.

The plans were approved by Scarborough Borough Council.

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This CCTV image has been released by police investigating crowd trouble at a football match last month, when a woman was hit by a seat thrown from the stand.

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It happened at Rotherham United's New York Stadium where Derby County were playing.

The seat was thrown from the stand where Derby fans were based. The woman had to go to hospital for treatment.

Police are asking for help to trace the man pictured.

There are just a few days left to vote for a Yorkshire tree that has a 100-year-old love story behind it.

The tree is in the running to be crowned Tree of the Year.

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Just ten trees in England are in the competition, which is organised by the Woodland Trust.

A century ago, Vic Stead would walk from his home in Garforth near Leeds, along the old colliery railway, to visit Nellie, the young lady he was courting.

She lived in the nearby village of Aberford.

One day, he came across three beech saplings on his route, and grafted one sapling between the other two forming the letter N, for Nellie.

His tree skills clearly worked - He and Nellie eventually married and had a family, and although both are now gone, Nellie’s Tree, known by locals as the Love Tree, remains.

Not that we're biased, but you can vote for Nellie's Tree by clicking on this link here., external

Hull Fair returns to the city today.

The week-long event, held on the Walton Street car park, dates back to the 13th Century.

It's one of Europe's largest travelling funfairs.

The fair has a variety of rides and attractions, with around 450,000 people expected this year.

Heading to the fair? Here's just a taster of what to expect from last year's event:

A second man's been arrested over a fatal crash at Allerton in Bradford on Wednesday.

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A 30-year-old motorcyclist died in the collision with a silver Ford Focus on Cottingley Road.

A 24-year-old man from Bradford's been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Another 24-year-old is still in custody.

The car driver failed to stop and then crashed into a red Volkswagen Polo, police said.

Plans to knock down part of Whitby Hospital to modernise the site have been approved by Scarborough Council.

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Health bosses say the £12m project will bring the 1979 building into the 21st Century.

The local Clinical Commissioning Group says less than a quarter of its 102 beds are currently in use.

Under the changes, the site would be modernised to provide healthcare accommodation for 19 in-patient beds.

Planning officer David Walker said: "The application in effect divides the site into two.

"The NHS would retain the western part of the site, where the tower element would be retained and modified to provide a continuation of existing services from a reconfigured hospital.

"On the eastern and central part of the site all buildings would be demolished."

The first ever BBC Radio Leeds Bradford Rap Showcase has been held in the city.

Featuring seven artists, it was fronted by the radio station's Voice of Bradford Faisal Motin at the Kala Sangam Centre.

The show also featured VIP guest Surag Mitre from the Punjabi Roots Academy.

Surag said: "For the youth it's good to have someone to look up to, and it's good for them to see what they can be and how they can get there."

Sir Titus Salt built the Unesco World Heritage Site of Saltaire as a village for his mill workers.

Last night was the start of the Leeds' Light Night.

Thousands of people flock to the city each year to see the art installations during the two-day event.

Here's a glimpse of what you can expect on the final night:

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Police are trying to locate a man who is wanted for recall to prison.

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Thomas Lalor, from Bradford, was released from prison in May after serving a sentence for attempted burglary.

Police say the 20-year-old has breached the terms of his licence.

Officers say they also want to talk to him about two vehicle thefts and two burglaries.

Footage has emerged of a roe deer in Flaxby near Knaresborough.

It was captured by photographer Andy O'Brien in April 2018 but was only recently made public: