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Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
A main road through the centre of York is shut to vehicles and pedestrians this morning following a police incident.
I'm on the road now:
Some of the biggest names in snooker are in Hull for the 2018 UK Seniors Snooker Championship.
Former world champions including Dennis Taylor, Joe Johnson and also the "Whirlwind" Jimmy White will battle it out for the title over the next two days.
Hull City Council has joined up with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and the Bonus Arena, to host the tournament for at least the next three years.
Quote MessageEvents like this attract thousands of people to the city, spending money in bars, restaurants, shops and hotels, which is a great boost to the local economy.”
Councillor Stephen Brady, Leader, Hull City Council
BBC News Travel
If you're making a journey on the rails in North, South or West Yorkshire today most services appear to be running to time at the moment.
Meanwhile, in the east of the region, Hull Trains says it's running most services with few cancellations.
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A new warehouse opens in Leeds today which will help stock food banks across Yorkshire.
Based in Hunslet, it's a partnership between Fareshare Yorkshire, external, which is the UK's largest food redistribution charity, and the Leeds South and East Foodbank., external
Fareshare Yorkshire's Jonathan Williams says it will transform how charities can access left over food.
He says: "It means charities which have been waiting up to a year can now access a weekly delivery of surplus foods."
A main road through the centre of York is shut to vehicles and pedestrians this morning following a police incident.
Police have cordoned off the area this morning.
It's not known at this stage when Gillygate will reopen.
A largely dry day with some sunshine, but also a lot of cloud and breezy again.
Tonight looks set to remain mostly dry with some clear spells and a few spots of rain over high ground.
Sheffield council has announced plans to reduce the numbers of trees felled in the city following talks with campaigners.
Image source, PACouncillor Lewis Dagnall said a deal had been brokered with contractor Amey that would see the company "spend more to retain more trees" in Sheffield.
Thousands of trees have been cut down under the council's tree felling and replacement contract since 2012.
The work has been on hold since March following a series of protests about the future of the city's street trees.
The announcement comes following three days of talks between the council, Amey and Sheffield Tree Action Group.
Mr Dagnall said: "We've put forward a proposal on behalf of the council and Amey which would see fewer trees replaced over a phased period."
It's not yet been revealed how many fewer trees will be felled and replaced under the proposals.
Pontus Jansson is banned for one match by the Football Association for comments after Leeds' draw with Brentford on 6 October.
Read MoreA man's been left with serious injuries to his face after being attacked by a group of men in York.
Image source, GoogleAbout four or five men carried out the assault outside the Grand Hotel on Station Road at about 04:00 on Sunday morning, police say.
The victim, who's in his 20s, was left with a fractured cheek bone, a possible fractured eye socket, and severe bruising.
Anyone with information about the attack, or who saw what happened, is being asked to contact police.
Sheffield's Def Leppard have been announced as the headliners for next year's Download Festival.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe band, who have been together for 41 years, will top the bill at next year's festival, alongside American acts Tool and Slipknot.
Def Leppard are expected to play the enitrety of their number one album, Hysteria.
The festival will be held at Donington Park in Leicestershire on 14 June, with thousands of metal fans attending.
Quote MessageWe will be playing Hysteria in full - yes, in full - plus a load more of the hits, and we are going to put on a very special show for our UK fans."
Joe Elliot, Def Leppard
Footage of North Yorkshire Police officers chasing a car driving at high speeds around Scarborough has been released by the force.
The car, which was driven by 26-year-old Abraham Fox, was caught on a police camera ripping through the Eastfield area on 12 July 2018.
The dramatic pursuit ends when the driver slams on the brakes, resulting in a crash.
Fox, of Romanwood Gardens, Bradford, was jailed for 17 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at York Crown Court.
He was also banned from driving for four years and eight months:
Hull Minster's been given almost £100,0000 which it's hoped willl help attract more visitors to the historic building.
The Heritage Lottery funding will pay for specialists who'll look into the history of the minster and coordinate its conservation.
This latest funding comes after a multi-million pound refurbishment which led to the interior being restored and remodelled.
Hull Minster was built in the 1300s, replacing an earlier chapel, after King Edward I granted the former settlement of Wyke a Royal Charter and re-named it Kings Town upon Hull.
UK high streets have the highest concentration of fast food outlets in almost a decade, figures show.
In Rotherham, nearly three quarters of people are deemed to be overweight or obese, according to figures published by Public Health England.
Joe, from the town, was eating a takeaway for lunch and dinner at 16 years old and weighed 30 stone. Here's his story:
"Rotten to the core" Neville Hord murdered Jodie Willsher after he split from her mother.
Read MoreThe demolition of a huge 1960s office building in the centre of York has been completed.
Image source, Geograph/Peter McDermottWork to bring down Hudson House (pictured above), which was the British Rail Eastern Region HQ, to make way for new luxury apartments began in February this year.
The area where the building was has been renamed as the Hudson Quarter.
Image source, Pilgrim PRWork is scheduled to start in February 2019 on a new office building and three luxury apartment blocks.
Neil Sinclair, chief executive of developer Palace Capital, said: "Hudson Quarter will be a vibrant community for people to live and work."
Image source, Fuse StudiosMr Sinclair said there'd been a great deal of interest in the demolition at the site, with a number of "spectators" stopping by to watch as the work progressed.
The new development will have 127 apartments, 34,500 sq ft of office space and a connecting walkway through to York Railway Station.
A cyclist from Barnsley has been seriously hurt after he was involved in a collision with a car this morning.
Image source, GoogleIt happened in the Jump area at about 07:05, when a silver Volkswagen Lupo was travelling along Cemetery Road.
As the car turned onto Roebuck Hill it was in collision with a cyclist travelling from the Dearne Valley Parkway down the hill.
A 58-year-old man was left seriously injured as a result and is in a stable condition in hospital.
A haul of suspected stolen power tools worth £15,000 has been recovered by police in York.
They were discovered in a garden in Clifton on Saturday morning.
It's believed they were stolen in recent burglaries from commercial premises in Haxby, Wigginton, Stockton on the Forest, and Crockey Hill.
A 38-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were arrested at the scene, and have since been released under investigation.
There are "huge concerns" over funding for children with special educational needs in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, MPs have been told.
Jackie Lown, from East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has been answering questions from the Commons Education Committee.
Ms Lown told MPs that schools in the region are under growing pressure:
A snooker-based play which began its life at the Crucible in Sheffield has been chosen as the New York Times Critics' Pick.
Image source, Mark DouetThe Nap, which featured at Sheffield Theatres back in March, made the move to the US earlier this year.
Actor Mark Addy, from York, featured in the British version of the show.
Now playing off Broadway at the Samuel J Freidman theatre, the play has been positively reviewed, being selected as The New York Times Critics' Pick, external.
BBC Politics Live
BBC2's lunchtime political programme
A cross-party panel has criticised the decision for Rotherham's Labour MP to lose her job as shadow equalities minister after speaking out about child abuse in 2017.
Radio commentator Iain Dale said it was an "absolute disgrace" for Sarah Champion to stand down from the opposition front bench after her Sun newspaper article on child sex claims.
Labour's Angela Smith, Lib Dem Layla Moran and Conservative Amber Rudd also backed the Rotherham MP.
They also looked at a tweet from Home Secretary Sajid Javid about Asian grooming gangs:
