Humberside Fire and Rescue has confirmed there are six appliances and two aerial ladder platforms dealing with a fire at Bridlington's Londesborough Hotel.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is also at the scene:

A cordon has been lifted after the discovery of what was believed to be a hand grenade in a part of north Leeds.

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West Yorkshire Police said the item was found at a house on Town Street in Horsforth just after 13:00 today.

Bomb disposal officers were called in, but left a short time afterwards.

The street has now reopened and police have left the area.

There are about 30 fire fighters battling a blaze at the Londesbrough hotel on West Street in Bridlington.

Ambulance crews are in attendance, but it is not yet clear if anyone has been hurt as a result of the fire.

The BBC's Crispin Rolfe is at the scene and says nearby properties are being damped down:

The fire service has asked people to keep windows and doors closed:

Around 30 fire fighters, police and ambulance crews are dealing with a fire at the Londesborough Hotel on West Street in Bridlington.

Humberside police have tweeted a request for people to avoid the area:

Humberside Fire and Rescue have confirmed that the building on fire is the Londesborough Hotel on West Street in Bridlington.

These pictures taken by Susan Warren shows smoke coming from the building:

Image source, Susan Warren

Image source, Susan Warren

A street in a north Leeds town has been closed off this afternoon after the discovery of a hand grenade.

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The discovery was made as a house was being cleared on Town Street in Horsforth at about 13:10.

West Yorkshire Police say bomb disposal officers have been called in.

A cordon has been put in place as a precaution.

We'll keep you updated through the afternoon.

A hand grenade has been discovered in a house in a part of Leeds this lunchtime.

Town Street in Horsforth has been cordoned off and bomb disposal officers are on their way to the scene.

More to follow:

There are major problems at Parkgate in Rotherham this afternoon.

It comes after a lorry struck a bridge and bus company Stagecoach Yorkshire say there are long delays:

About 30 firefighters are tackling a blaze in Bridlington this afternoon.

The blaze is believed at the Londesborough Hotel on West Street.

These pictures were tweeted by Nick Asquith:

Image source, Nick Asquith

Image source, Nick Asquith

There are reports of a large fire at Bridlington's Londesborough Hotel.

Humberside Fire and Rescue have confirmed 30 fire officers are dealing with the blaze on West Street.

More details to follow:

Two men have been charged following an armed robbery in a village near Sheffield.

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It happened on Sunday at the post office in South Anston.

The staff were threatened with a handgun by two men who escaped with a small amount of cash.

A 32-year-old man was detained by police shortly afterwards and has since been charged on suspicion of robbery.

A 25-year-old man has also been charged with three separate counts of burglary and two counts of failing to appear at court.

Two other men arrested on suspicion of robbery have been bailed.

There are calls to make Scarborough the best performing coastal town in England by 2025.

The council also want to hold more events to attract people to the resort throughout the year.

Scarborough Borough Council has drawn up plans to develop the town centre into a a hub of leisure, learning and living.

The chief executive of Yorkshire in Business, Jennifer Crowther, says the council needs to work with independent businesses to help fill empty shops.

The storage yard where the blaze began was "an accident waiting to happen", a former employee says.

An Army photographer from East Yorkshire has won an award for capturing on camera the lives of people serving in the armed forces.

Image source, Cpl Rebecca Brown/PA

Cpl Becky Brown, from Beverley, who serves in the Royal Logistic Corps, won both the professional story and professional portrait categories in this year's Army Photographic Competition.

The 27-year-old said winning was "really quite special" and that she took her winning portrait (pictured above) during a deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan, with the combat camera team.

Here are some further examples of Cpl Brown's award-winning work:

Image source, Cpl Rebecca Brown/PA

Image source, Cpl Rebecca Brown/PA

Three men jailed for a fracking site protest have been freed after judges ruled their sentences were "excessive".

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Simon Blevins, 26, Richard Roberts, 36, and Rich Loizou, 31, became the first UK anti-fracking protesters to be sent to prison, after climbing on lorries at Cuadrilla's site in Lancashire.

Court of Appeal judges ruled they should be released from prison and instead imposed two-year conditional discharges.

The judgement was met with applause and singing from supporters in the court.

Blevins, from Sheffield, Loizou, from Devon, and Roberts, of London, were jailed after being convicted of public nuisance at Preston Crown Court in September.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said to jail them immediately was "manifestly excessive".

Plans to build 211 homes on farmland in a Doncaster village have been approved by councillors, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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In 2016, Linden Homes had a scheme accepted to build scores of properties on open land in Hatfield, but the firm had requested a change to one of the conditions imposed in the original planning consent.

The first phase of the proposed development, between Doncaster Road and Lings Lane, received a raft of objections from residents and Hatfield Parish Council.

The second phase would see an extra 200 properties being built.

Residents said the loss of green agricultural land and the impact on trees and the environment was a concern, while others made issue of the increasing traffic on Doncaster Road and the risk of flooding.

The new wording on the building conditions state no development will take place until a plan is drawn up to deal with the disposal of foul and surface water drainage.

Two people have been treated for the effects of breathing in smoke after a house fire in York earlier.

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Crews were called to the fire on Glen Avenue in Heworth just before 08:00 this morning.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the occupants had left the house by the time the crew arrived and were treated at the scene.

It's believed the fire was caused by an electrical fault.

Three men, including one from Sheffield, jailed for protesting at a fracking site have been freed after their sentences were quashed at the Court of Appeal.

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Simon Blevins, 26, became one of the first UK anti-fracking protesters to be sent to prison after they climbed on lorries at Cuadrilla's site in Lancashire.

He was imprisoned on 26 September but has now had his jail term quashed and replaced with a conditional discharge.

The packed courtroom erupted with applause and some supporters began singing after the decision was announced.

Agents claimed the flats would not become a home for "paedophiles and axe murderers".

Plans to transform Leeds railway station to make it ready for HS2 have been approved by the city council.

Image source, Leeds City Council

Dubbed as a "milestone" in the preparations for high speed rail coming to the city, Leeds City Council has now approved the plan and will submit it to the government.

Councillor Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council, said: “This is an incredibly important milestone in what will be nothing less than a transformational opportunity for the Leeds economy."

“Leeds Station is the key to the North’s future economic growth: central to accessing the whole of the North of England and Scotland," she said.