Seven people have been jailed today after police cracked a Slovakian people trafficking ring in Leeds

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The group operated by targeting single and vulnerable men in extreme poverty and promise them a better life or used threats to bring them to the UK.

Once here they would be housed in filthy conditions and any money they earned would be paid directly to the trafficking group.

After the case, the Crown Prosecution Service said one victim was paid just £3,000 for three to four years of work.

Eight people in total were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court for their part in the operation, with one person receiving a suspended sentence.

Gang leader Frantisek Cisar, 37, of Rayleigh Street, Bradford was jailed for nine years for conspiracy to traffic and six counts of arranging or facilitating the travel within the United Kingdom of another for exploitation.

His brother Marcel Cisar, 34, of the same address, was jailed for 15 months.

Their sister Bohuslava Cisarova, 33, a mother-of-six of the same address, was jailed for three years for conspiracy to traffic and exploitation.

Her husband Arpad Jano, 41, was jailed for four-and-a-half years for conspiracy to traffic and exploitation.

The Cisar siblings' 60-year-old mother, also called Bohuslava, of St Leonard's Road, Bradford, was jailed for two years for conspiracy to traffic and exploitation.

Her husband Jan Cisar, 62, was handed a two-year suspended sentence, due to his ill health, for conspiracy to traffic and exploitation.

Aurangzeb Naseem, 43, of Otley Road, Leeds was found guilty of three counts of exploitation and jailed for three-and-a-half years.

His father Mohammed Naseem, 59, also of Otley Road, Leeds, was found guilty of three counts of exploitation and jailed for 18 months.

Firefighters at the scene of a blaze in the centre of York are scaling down now, with no reports of any injuries.

More than a dozen firefighters were called to deal with the blaze above shops, with part of the city centre cordoned off.

There are still some fire engines in attendance, though the emergency services say nobody is inside the property.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service first received a call at 12.36 and dispatched five pumps and a platform to the scene, as well as an incident support unit.

A fire investigators is currently in attendance, although there is no indication as to what started the blaze and no information on the damage caused.

An unauthorised travellers site has been established behind Selby's police station.

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The camp is made up of several caravans, and a number of horses have been tethered on a verge at the side of nearby road.

A dog, which had a broken front leg and had its other legs tied together, was rescued after it wandered onto a petrol station forecourt in Huddersfield.

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The RSPCA is trying to find the person responsible for injuring the dog, named by her carers as Susie.

Football socks had been tied so tightly around her legs they had cut into them.

She appeared at the petrol station on 20 September, and a customer called the RSPCA and took her to a nearby vets.

Susie wasn’t microchipped, which is illegal, so officers have no way of tracing her owner.

Leeds Rhinos forward Brett Delaney will end his playing career this year to take up a position with the club's Foundation.

There are just 82 days until Christmas, and perhaps like us your mind is turning to what panto's are on offer this year.

Well, it just so happens that today Bradford's Gareth Gates was having his publicity pictures taken for this year's performance:

Jim Addyman
Reporter, BBC Radio York

I'm in the centre of York where a fire is being brought under control by the emergency services.

At least half a dozen fire engines responded to the blaze, which broke out in rooms above the Cornish Bakery on Colliergate.

There's lots of hubbub as I look around Kings Square, onlookers stopping to see what's going on, but the fire crews seem to have everything under control.

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A burglar broke into his dead neighbour’s home after a booze and cannabis binge, a court has heard, external.

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Darts players from all over the world are targeting victory at a prestigious competition starting at Bridlington Spa later.

The Winmau World Masters, an internationally-renowned four-day event, gets under way this evening with categories for men and women.

Des Jacklin, chief executive of the British Darts Organisation, said: "Our ethos is darts for all and it really is a family thing.

"You've got gentleman here playing from all up and down the country, they've brought their wives and children.

"Then you've got the ladies and they've got the support of their husbands and children and you can see them shouting "come on mum, come on dad. Everyone gets involved."

A 35-year-old man has been arrested after one pedestrian died and another was injured.

These are the latest details from North Yorkshire Fire Service about the fire in Colliergate in the centre of York.

Several fire crews are tackling a blaze in the centre of York.

Six fire engines are on the scene of what's thought to be a flat on fire at Colliergate.

Kings Square has been cordoned-off by the fire service.

Firefighters are using breathing apparatus and an aerial ladder at the property.

If you're in York city centre this lunchtime and are hearing sirens, here's the reason why:

Jodie Whittaker's first episode, titled The Woman Who Fell To Earth, will be on TV on 7 October.

Doncaster-based sofa chain DFS has seen full-year profits plummet, the company is blaming the summer heatwave for the drop.

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Pre-tax profit for the year to 28 July were cut in half, falling 48.5% to £25.8m, but revenues rose helped by the purchase of Sofology.

The firm, founded in 1969, said it had experienced an "exceptional downturn" in consumer demand over summer.

DFS expects the market to be "subdued into 2019, constrained by political risk and weak consumer sentiment".

Eight locations will host either start or finish events on the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire cycle race.

A man has died after he was hit by a car in Bradford yesterday afternoon, with police saying they are treating his death as murder.

Police said two men were walking along Sandford Road at about 13:10, when they were hit by a car.

People inside the vehicle then got out and assaulted them before driving off.

The two victims were taken to hospital, but one, a man 40, later died from his injuries.

The other injured man remains in hospital.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident, officers said.

Staff at schools in North Yorkshire are to get special training to help them identify pupils with eating disorders.

Official figures indicate 80 children in North Yorkshire were referred for NHS treatment for eating disorders in the last year.

But to get to that stage, they need to have recognised there's a problem themselves, or for someone else to have spotted it.

The training for school staff will be provided by the charity Beat.

An appeal to find a missing 13-year-old girl from Sheffield has been launched, she hasn't been seen since Monday.

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Brodie Burgin was last seen at about 15:30 on Monday.

She was wearing a grey top, black leggings and a burgundy puffer jacket.

South Yorkshire Police said she'd been in contact with friends, but hadn't been heard from since 19:30 on Tuesday.

The force said it was becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.

Hull-born impressionist and former Coronation Street star Debra Stephenson is to return to her home city for a show called Night of a 100 Voices.

She'll perform at the Hull City Hall on Friday 2 November and says she "can't wait".

"The best show I ever did was there, such a warm audience, that's what you get in Hull.

"I definitely become more northern when I come back up north, but when I've seen myself on TV recently I think, 'I sound southern, what's going on?' I've been away too long haven't I?"

The impressionist says she has recently added new voices to her repertoire - including President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.