An unclaimed lottery ticket, bought in North Yorkshire, is worth almost £100,000.

No-one has come forward with the lucky EuroMillions ticket, purchased somewhere in the Hambleton district.

The ticket was bought in August, matching five numbers and one Lucky Star number, making it worth £96,827.20.

If the unidentified holder does not come forward by 6 February the money will go to lottery-funded projects.

The prize is eclipsed by the £76m jackpot which remains unclaimed, with the National Lottery today appealing to the holder to come forward.

Two women have been found guilty of the murder of a woman found dead in Barnsley.

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Penelope Brownlie, 45, and Justine Wainwright, 58, were convicted of killing Claire Louise Smith, 42, after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

A post-mortem examination revealed Ms Smith, whose body was found in Union Street on 19 May, died as a result of a severe physical attack.

Brownlie and Wainwright, of Britannia Close, will be sentenced on Friday.

More teachers from Sheffield are wanted in our schools, according to the Department for Education.

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It is launching a recruitment drive in the city.

The number of teachers working in state-funded schools in England fell to its lowest level since 2013, official statistics showed earlier this year.

We mentioned yesterday that two of York Minster's Cathedral Constables had been commended for their acts of bravery.

Today, the head of security at York Minster has added his praise for Beverley Martin and Adam Rickers.

He said they had both been "brave and selfless":

Harry Potter fans may know their 'squibs' from their 'nifflers', but they may be surprised to learn some of the words could have Yorkshire roots.

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Research for the Yorkshire Historic Dictionary suggests Harry, Ron and Hermione's vocabulary may have been influenced by the region's dialects.

The dictionary features words that were in use between about 1100 to 1800.

Editor Alexandra Medcalf said it was "plausible" the words and phrases had shaped JK Rowling's wizarding world.

Three British men, including two from Yorkshire, who were jailed for a plot to smuggle five tons of cocaine from Colombia have been refused the chance to take their cases to the Supreme Court.

Russell Knaggs, 44, from Conisbrough, near Doncaster, Robert Rich, 46, from Barnsley and another man, were convicted of the conspiracy in 2012.

Ringleader Knaggs organised the scheme while serving a 16-year drug sentence in a Nottinghamshire prison.

The men claimed that evidence against them had been obtained by illegal email monitoring.

In an appeal hearing last December, lawyers for the trio questioned how prosecutors got their hands on email messages between the gang.

Their appeal was dismissed in August when judges led by Lady Justice Sharp said there was "no proper basis" for suggesting the emails were illegally obtained.

However, the men attempted to fight on by asking the court to grant permission to take the case to the Supreme Court.

They said the case involved a legal point of such importance that it should be decided by the country's most senior judges.

But Lady Justice Sharp returned to the Court of Appeal earlier to dismiss their application in a short ruling in London, saying the prosecution's case against them was "overwhelming".

We mentioned earlier that Burnley Street in Todmorden has won a top prize from the Great British High Street Awards.

The bad news is it is also currently flooded and closed:

A broken rail caused delayed on services between Horsforth and Harrogate earlier today.

However, it appears the line has been repaired:

Charles Bronson has been cleared at Leeds Crown Court of attempting to seriously harm a prison governor.

More to follow:

A trio of men have been arrested after mobile phones worth about £3,000 were stolen from a shop in Selby.

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North Yorkshire Police say four handsets were taken from the O2 shop yesterday afternoon.

A a car was stopped by officers on Micklegate, in York, about 45 minutes later.

Police detained three men, aged 25, 21 and 17, all from Middlesbrough, on suspicion of theft.

Todmorden has been honoured at the Great British High Street awards this afternoon.

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Burnley Road was given the Rising Star award in the annual event.

The judges said it was recognised for its "Our Planet Tod" campaign.

The campaign aims to improve the high street environment.

The man in charge of engineering giant, Siemens UK, has backed the latest Brexit proposal.

Jürgen Maier says it's the "best deal" in the current circumstances.

His comments come on a chaotic day for the government, which has seen two cabinet ministers resign.

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The chief executive of the German firm's UK operation has previously voiced concerns over Brexit.

The firm employs 15,000 people across the UK.

Sheffield United had the second highest number of supporters arrested last season, according to the latest government figures.

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A total of 62 supporters were arrested at games last season, with Birmingham City topping the table with 95 arrests.

The arrests followed incidents such as running onto the pitch, public disorder and alcohol offences.

The Blades also handed out the third highest amount of banning orders, 53 were issued.

Overall, there was a fall in the amount of banning orders in force and a drop in the number of people being arrested at games.

The Home Office statistics also show there were 3.5 football-related arrests for every 100,000 people attending the matches.

Sheffield United Football Club has been contacted for comment.

A man has appeared in court charged with kidnap after an attempt was made to grab a four-year-old girl on a street in Dewsbury earlier this week.

Jamie Gledhill, 30 of Headfield View. Dewsbury, appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court this morning, he was also charged with four counts of assault.

He’s been remanded in custody.

Hull City Council is preparing to make a formal bid to host a stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in 2020.

A number of towns in East Yorkshire have hosted stages of the cycle race, but Hull has not.

Over 30 years since the cinema in Elsecar in South Yorkshire closed, a pop-up cinema is being launched in the village.

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The 600-seater Futurist opened in 1912, but closed in 2002 and was converted into a private residence. Now, films will be shown every month at Milton Hall.

To launch the new cinema, tonight's inaugural screening will be at the Ironworks at Elsecar Heritage Centre.

In a nod to the name of the old cinema, the first film to be shown will be Back to The Future.

Some hand car wash businesses are treating workers as "slaves in plain sight", according to a West Yorkshire MP.

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Hand car washes have grown rapidly over the past 15 years and now account for 80% of the sector in the UK.

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee is calling for new laws to protect the people who work in them.

In its report, the committee pointed to a number of health and safety violations, including cases of trench foot and chemical burns.

However, the committee's report said not all hand car washes were in breach of the law.

Wakefield Labour MP Mary Creagh, who heads the committee, says: "Hand car washes hide the widespread exploitation of workers through illegally low pay, poor working conditions and, in some cases, forced labour.

"The government must target the sector and prosecute exploitative employers," Ms Creagh adds.

Time to return to our semi-regular feature of What's-Ricky-Wilson-from-the-Kaiser-Chiefs up-to-today?

Perhaps he's been eating too much cheese before bed?:

Hull's last surviving "headscarf revolutionary" has today been granted honorary freedom of the city.

Councillors have approved the decision ahead of Yvonne Blenkinsop (pictured left) switching on the Christmas lights in the city this evening.

She was one of a group of women who staged a successful campaign to improve safety in the fishing industry.

Their campaign started when 58 fishermen based in Hull died lives in three separate trawler sinkings in the space of less than a month in 1968.

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According to Hull City Council, their campaign for improved safety legislation at sea has saved thousands of lives.

Councillor Peter Allen, Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber, said: "Yvonne’s historic contribution to the city is both remarkable and humbling."

Leeds Central Labour MP and Chair of Exiting the EU Committee Hilary Benn has said in Parliament that "we will be staying within the customs union" as the PM addressed MPs over her Brexit deal.

Mr Benn asked if the Prime Minister "will look the people in the eye and say remaining in the customs union is in the national economic interest, because without it we will be poorer".

Responding, Theresa May said: "What is in the national interest is securing a good trading partnership with the EU before we have left.

"This is why there is a proposal for frictionless trade," she added.

"The ight honourable gentleman and I disagree. A customs union is not the only way to continue to have a good trading relationship with the EU."