A new 3D printing scanner is helping to save valuable time during surgery when treating people with serious injuries, according to hospital scientists in East Yorkshire.

It's used to help rebuild the faces of cancer patients and those who've suffered serious head injuries by creating accurate images of the skull.

It's hoped that 3D printing of body parts will take off in hospitals across the country as the technology becomes more accurate and cheaper.

Do you know this man? He was captured on CCTV before the security system was stolen in Sheffield.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Police say the man "could hold vital information" after the theft on 8 June.

It happened at a commercial premises in Brightside Lane, Sheffield.

An artificial Christmas tree in a North Yorkshire market town is not "the worst in Britain" despite newspaper claims to the contrary, according to the people who've put it up.

Image source, BID Northallerton

The 23ft-high tree outside the Town Hall in Northallerton has become a major talking point after criticism from several national newspapers, one of which labelled it a "giant green parking cone".

But Northallerton Business Improvement District (BID), which ordered the tree, is urging critics to judge it in its full glory when it's officially lit up for the first time on 2 December following this test lighting earlier this month:

Image source, BID Northallerton

BID manager Julia Robinson said: "People are rushing to judgement during the installation, but we are convinced many will change their minds when they see the tree glistening with thousands of lights throughout December."

The original plan was to erect a real Christmas tree in front of Northallerton Town Hall, but Bid staff were told that wouldn’t be possible because it would need a tree pit or frame to secure it.

Mrs Robinson said: "We are more than happy with the alternative and have tried to strike a balance with safety barriers that protect the tree from vandalism but don't detract from the spectacle."

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

A cloudy and cold start, but some bright spells with a risk of a few showers too.

Watch my full forecast here:

Tram-train services have been delayed in Sheffield this morning and the service was stopped earlier because of a signalling issue at Tinsley, according to the operators.

Stagecoach Supertram says services are back up and running now, but there are delays because of the signalling issues.

The tram-trains travel on the Supertram network from Sheffield Cathedral to Meadowhall South before proceeding over a new section of track linking the tram line to the rail track called Tinsley Chord.

The service then goes on to the national rail network to Parkgate Retail Centre via Rotherham Central Station.

Multiple problems have plagued the service since it started a month ago, including a crash with a lorry on its first day of service.

Burials of richly-dressed women interred with their jewellery and personal items have been unearthed at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Lincolnshire by a team from Sheffield University.

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About 20 graves dating to the fifth and sixth centuries, including one containing a woman cradling a baby, have been found in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

The cemetery was discovered after a metal detectorist uncovered artefacts at the site in Scremby, near Skegness.

One of the burials contained a skeleton of a woman cradling a baby in her left arm.

Image source, University of Sheffield

Hugh Willmott, from Sheffield University, led the dig and said: "These women wore necklaces made from hundreds of amber, glass and rock crystal beads.

"They used items such as tweezers, carried fabric bags held open by elephant ivory rings, and wore exquisitely decorated brooches to fasten their clothing."

The burials are thought to be in keeping with funerary rites adopted during the early centuries of the Germanic migrations to eastern England.

The dig is featured on BBC Digging For Britain on BBC Four at 21:00 on Wednesday 28 November.

These rings have been seized by police as they investigate a string of burglaries across Yorkshire:

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

The burglaries, which police think may be linked, happened between 23 August and 14 November.

Now, officers are trying to find the owners of these rings which they have recovered during their investigation.

If you have any information about them, you're being asked to contact North Yorkshire Police, external.

It looks like police in West Yorkshire have pushed their creative social media skills to the limit to come up with a way of warning people using a street in Morley in Leeds not to be caught out by a potential hazard.

Here's the street and manhole in question:

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Take care out there...

People living in parts of Leeds could have their current recycling bin collection scrapped and be asked instead if want to opt in to the service, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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A trial has been taking place in Headingley and Harehills and a report claims that the amount of contaminated recycling waste has been reduced.

This means that things that can't be recycled are put in the green bins and the council then has to re-sort it, costing them extra money.

The paper, set to go before Leeds City Council, states: "This has been successful in delivering higher levels of uncontaminated recycling and there are other areas of the city where this model may be appropriate."

Click here for a list of items you can recycle in the Leeds area, external.

BBC Weather

Once any mist or fog patches have lifted this morning, there'll be sunny intervals at times with the chance of the odd shower.

It'll become windy later with rain moving in this evening:

Three men have been arrested and 100 cannabis plants seized by police in Hull.

Image source, Humberside Police

The raids took place on Mersey Street and Lee Street on Monday.

All the arrested men are in custody on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and one for the supply of Class A drugs.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails today in Yorkshire, most services are running to time at the moment.

There appears to be just one change. That's the 07:16 from Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley, which has been cancelled.

For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Hull Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

An outbreak of norovirus, the so-called winter vomiting bug, means that a school in York will remain closed today.

Image source, Google

Copmanthorpe Primary School was closed by City of York Council after more than 50 children and staff became unwell.

Norovirus is the most common cause of stomach bugs in the UK and affects all ages.

A council spokeswoman said: "The decision to close the school will enable a full deep clean of the school buildings and equipment to be carried out."

More than 50 pupils and staff have been taken ill and the school needs to be cleaned.

North Yorkshire Police have had a busy evening.

Thousands of bottles of pop fell from a HGV onto the side of the road near the A1(M) at Leeming Bar:

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

The police said the load should have been fastened into the vehicle.

They’ve now reported the driver following the spillage.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

There's to be an extra North Yorkshire derby this season after Harrogate Town and York City were drawn to play each other in the FA trophy.

Image source, Google

Harrogate Town will host York City at the CNG Stadium in the first round proper of the competition on Saturday 15 December.

Pickering Town will travel to Workington if they can win a replay of a qualifying match at Ramsbottom tomorrow night.

A car has got stuck after driving down a pedestrian footpath in East Yorkshire.

The small red Suzuki Alto got trapped at the bottom of a footbridge over the A63 in Hessle.

Police say they are currently dealing with the situation.

Adam Macpherson, who lived in Bern, reportedly grew up in South Yorkshire.

Hull's ice arena is to remain open until work on a replacement is complete in five years time, it was announced today.

Image source, Hull City Council

Design work is to begin on the city's multi-million pound Albion Square development, which will include an ice arena, shops and houses.

It is expected to be completed in 2023 or 2024.

Hull City Council have approved £1m plans to get a contractor on-board.

It has also announced it will invest £250,000 in the current arena to help keep it operational until the new one opens.

Project Servator sees armed police, dogs, horses and covert officers deployed to crowded areas.