A cyclist in Hull has been attacked by a teenaged boy who had approached him and asked him to hand over his bike.

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The 21-year-old cyclist was approached by the boy, described as being between 14 and 16-years-old, at about 16:00 on Wednesday at the junction of Lee Street and Holderness Road.

When the cyclist didn't respond and carried on riding, the suspect punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the floor.

The cyclist recovered and managed to ride off, but suffered bruising to his face and was said to be "shaken".

Police are appealing for any information which might help identify the suspect who's described as being white and wearing a black Adidas jumper and grey jogging bottoms.

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Armed police were called to deal with an incident in a North Yorkshire market town which lasted for several hours.

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All three of the emergency services were involved after being called to the streets behind Selby Abbey.

The incident was brought to an end late last night when a man was arrested, police say.

Officers have thanked Selby residents for their patience and understanding while they dealt with the incident.

A 30-year-old motorbike rider suffered fatal injuries when he was hit by a car on Wednesday evening.

Illuminated artworks are being projected on to buildings in Leeds city centre as part of Light Night.

The pictures fooled many people including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle until the girls confessed in 1983.

An NHS boss responsible for Bridlington, Scarborough and York hospitals says staff's employment conditions won't be weakened by changes the trust has made.

Earlier this week, the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust transferred support staff to a subsidiary company, something described by the Unite Union as a step towards privatisation.

Unite members have already taken industrial action and the union intends to hold a ballot on further action.

The trust's chief executive, Mike Procter (pictured), says it's not the case that staff's terms of employment would be weakened.

He said: "We guarantee NHS terms and conditions for the staff, we've guarantee that the government three-year pay rise deal will be delivered to this group of staff and we've confirmed they can keep contributing to their NHS pension and retain NHS pension rights."

Former Hull City chairman Paul Duffen is leading a consortium from Saudi Arabia that is looking to buy the Championship club.

Fahim Hersi died when violence flared outside Cineworld in Sheffield in September.

Dinner ladies have gone on permanent strike in a dispute over plans to axe their jobs.

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Ladywood Primary School, in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, has proposed that teaching assistants would supervise meals to save cash.

It wants to make all nine school meals supervisory assistant roles redundant which has resulted in six days of strikes by Unison union members.

The school did not want to comment on the escalation of strike action.

But a Barnsley Council spokesperson said "no viable proposals" had been put forward by the unions at a meeting on Wednesday.

Teaching assistants and support staff at the school were also taking action short of a strike by not covering the dinner ladies' work, the union said.

Jordan Stapleton, area organiser with the Unison union, said: "We have a lot of support from parents and we hope that the school sees sense.

"It's going to have a disruptive effect which is regretable but if these proposals go ahead then the disruption is going to be permanent and really severe for the children in Grimethorpe."

Head teacher Clare Grainger previously said it was "facing a significant budget shortfall for 2019-2020".

The school had to review its staffing and "this is a difficult time for those involved", she said.

The Cisar family trafficked workers from Slovakia to Leeds forcing them to work for as little as £5 a day.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has warned of problems if the government doesn't pay up promised cash for flood defences in Leeds.

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Millions more in funding has been promised by the government, but so far the money has not materialised.

Mr Corbyn, while on a visit to the city, said the government should "cough up" as they had pledged to do.

The Boxing Day floods brought by Storm Eva in 2015 damaged more than 700 businesses and nearly 3,000 homes, mainly in the Kirkstall area of Leeds.

A cross-party delegation of eight local MPs and council leaders will meet the floods minister later this month.

They will ask for £47m, which they say is lacking, to protect the city from future flooding.

A teenage girl from Leeds has gone missing - she hasn't been seen for almost 24 hours.

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Macy Prentice, from Morley, was last seen at around 18:30 yesterday.

The 15-year-old is wearing a pink hoodie and black jacket.

West Yorkshire Police say she has links to Morley, Armley and Leeds city centre.

A Slovakian gang who made a family business from trafficking workers to the UK and forcing them to work for as little as £5 a day have been jailed today.

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Leeds Crown Court heard how the gang approached victims in Slovakia, including a father who had a family of 11 living in a single room, and said they could get them a better life in the UK.

The victims were bought over, had their bank accounts taken out of their control and were given run-down accommodation to live in.

One woman gave evidence to say she could see how hungry the children of her neighbours were so she fed and clothed them, but the gang's children had new clothes, and the women had jewellery, the court heard.

For the first time Barnsley will have its very own bird atlas.

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The book, which took several years to put it together, has been entirely funded by people sponsoring individual species.

Sponsors paid £20 to sponsor a species - in return they have their name recorded in the book on their chosen species page.

It's been described as "the most comprehensive and detailed account of breeding birds in the Barnsley area ever produced".

Two friends, David Pearce and Peter Middleton, both members of the Barnsley Bird Study Group, are behind the idea.

The atlas has been published today.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been in Leeds today.

During his visit he spoke about the Russian cyber attacks around the world, he also commented on the city's flood defences.

However, he also conquered a climbing wall, which we thought we'd share with you:

A motorcyclist has died after being hit by a car in Bradford yesterday evening.

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The 30-year-old rider was travelling along Cottingley Road on his grey Yamaha at about 19:45 in the Allerton area.

A silver Ford Focus turned into Stone Street and hit the biker, who was travelling in the opposite direction.

The Ford left the scene and later hit a red Volkswagen Polo.

It was found abandoned on Meadow Court.

A 21-year-old man is the latest person to be arrested by police after a fatal stabbing outside a cinema in Sheffield.

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The suspect, from Sheffield, is the ninth person to be arrested in connection with the death of 22-year-old Fahim Hersi (pictured).

Fahim was killed by a single stab wound to the chest.

The arrested man remains in police custody as officers continue to investigate the events outside Cineworld on Friday 21 September.

South Yorkshire Police have already released five people under investigation, a further three will face no further action.

Det Ch Insp Steve Handley said: "Our investigation in to Mr Hersi’s death is continuing to progress at speed and we continue to look at CCTV footage and review forensic opportunities."

Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe is planning to cut nine dinner ladies' jobs to save cash.

A 12-year-old boy has been left with serious and potentially life-threatening injuries, according to West Yorkshire Police, after he was hit by a car in Leeds yesterday.

It happened on Torre Lane in Harehills at about 17:05.

A green Ford Focus was heading towards Lupton Avenue when it hit the boy.