Fire and rescue crews across Yorkshire have told the public to stay safe ahead of this weekend's weather:

A journalist who left his car in the car park said he returned to find a man inside the vehicle.

A man carrying a bag of cash has been assaulted and robbed by three men in Bradford, including one with a gun.

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It happened in Bradford's Cemetery Road at about 19:30 on Sunday, police say.

The victim, a man in his 50s, was leaving business premises close to Maharaja Fabrics with the money when he was approached by the three suspects who chased him back inside.

He was then assaulted and threatened with a gun before the suspects fled with the bag, which is believed to have contained a large amount of cash, police say.

Det Insp Mark Taylor said: "This would have been a frightening experience for the victim who was forced to hand over the bag at gunpoint.

"We believe this was a pre-planned attack and are keen to speak to anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area."

The musician behind festive hit I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday has cancelled a gig in Hull tonight after having his guitars stolen.

Former Wizzard singer Roy Wood was due to play at Hull City Hall before having all his kit and equipment stolen.

Hull City Hall wrote on its website that the Roy Wood Rock and Roll Band had "all of their instruments" taken last night along with a sound system and a vehicle.

In a statement, the venue said: "Roy sends his sincere apologies to anyone who has been affected by the cancellation and hopes to make it up to his fans in Hull next year."

On the glam rock star's Facebook page, it says the equipment, including Fender guitars and red Marshall amps, was stolen from a warehouse and might be somewhere in the Leeds area.

More police officers are to patrol a managed red-light zone in Leeds following a consultation involving street sex workers, local residents and businesses.

It's part of a move by Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Police and other agencies to "tackle community concerns" over the zone in Holbeck.

People living in the area have said they had been plagued by anti-social behaviour since the zone was set up in 2014.

The area aims to protect sex workers from abuse and supporters say the women who use it feel "safer".

Four new officers are already working alongside an existing police liaison officer who focuses on the safety of sex workers, according to Leeds City Council.

Ch Supt Steve Cotter, from West Yorkshire Police, said the force remains convinced the managed zone approach is "the right one".

"It provides the best opportunity to safeguard the vulnerable women involved in street sex work, to limit the issues that impact on residents and businesses and to reduce the level of street sex work in Leeds," he adds.

Councillor Debra Coupar says there is "still a lot of hard work to be done" to lessen the impact of on-street sex work in the area.

The Geminid meteor shower should be visible in the skies above Yorkshire later, with it reaching its brightest peak over the next two nights.

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There's a chance that up to 120 meteors will be visible in the dark skies.

The annual show will start at about 21:00, but the most intense shower should be seen at about 02:00 and it will be visible to the naked eye.

If you can, getting away from cities will increase chances of seeing the shower away from light pollution.

It should be a fairly clear sky tonight, but there will be small pockets of cloud which could block the view, but most people will get the chance to see the spectacle.

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Fire crews were called to a business park in Emley following a blaze that broke out this morning and which has left the building completely destroyed.

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Plans to change a major route into Sheffield look set to be dropped.

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The original plans for changes to the Whittington Moor roundabout in Chesterfield were shared at public exhibitions in August and attracted about 1,700 responses.

Another proposed change was traffic lights being installed on all six junctions of the roundabout.

The route links Sheffield with the A61 through Chesterfield.

Almost 70% of residents who took part in the consultation said they strongly disagreed with plans to shut off Dunston Road.

Confirmation that the changes are now to be scrapped is expected to be announced at Derbyshire County Council's Cabinet next week

A Bradford teacher has made the shortlist for a global award, recognising the world's most talented tutors.

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Jimmy Rotheram, who teaches music at Feversham Primary Academy, made the final 10 from more than 10,000 applicants.

Mr Rotheram helped take the academy, which is in one of the most deprived areas in England, from 'special measures' to the top 10% for progressing children's learning in core subjects.

The 10 finalists will be revealed in February, where they will go to Dubai for the awards ceremony.

The winner will receive a prize of $1m.

Police in West Yorkshire have taken to social media to highlight the number of attacks on officers in the last week.

The statistics speak for themselves:

Police have released a new photograph of a missing man who is thought to have travelled to Hull and may still be in the area.

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Leam James, 27, who is originally from Great Harwood in Lancashire, has been missing since Wednesday 5 December.

Humberside Police is "concerned for his safety and welfare," and has been conducting searches and ringing his mobile phone.

The force has asked him to get in touch with its officers, or his family, to say he's safe.

Money, drugs and an axe were seized by police as they arrested an 18-year-old man from Sheffield during a suspected drug deal.

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The weapon was found by plainclothes officers during the arrest in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

More than £1,000 of cash and 60 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin were also seized, according to Humberside Police.

The teenager is currently in police custody on suspicion of money laundering, possession of drugs with intent to supply and possession of an offensive weapon.

Have you seen Yasmeen Kerflani? Police are concerned for her welfare after she went missing from Leeds yesterday afternoon.

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Yasmeen Kerflani, 22, was last seen in the Halton area.

She is described as 5ft 3ins tall, with brown shoulder length hair.

Yasmeen was wearing a dark blue coat with black trousers and grey ankle boots.

Police believe she may have travelled to London.

Yorkshire has the second highest number of attacks on ambulances in the country, a BBC investigation has found.

The research found fireworks, wheelie bins, knives and scooters have all been used to attack ambulances and rapid response vehicles in the past three years.

More than 200 acts of vandalism were reported between 2015 and October, some also featuring metal poles and bricks.

The West Midlands ambulance servie had the most offences with 36, followed by 29 in Yorkshire, 26 in London and 24 in the North West.

The government recently increased the maximum jail term for anyone assaulting ambulance staff from six to 12 months.

Scarborough Hospital is to benefit from a £40m share of funding following a successful bid by the trust which runs it.

The money will be spent by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on creating a Combined Emergency Assessment Unit.

Ed Smith, the trust's clinical director of emergency medicine, says: "It will mean specialist staff from different departments can work alongside each other, to make sure patients get to where they need to be faster."

The hospital has been under pressure recently, especially during winter and had to declare a major emergency in 2015 because of "unprecedented demand".

Drugs, phones and weapons have been seized as part of a week of action tackling criminality inside a Doncaster prison, police say.

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Staff and police officers carried out five days of searches throughout HMP Lindholme as part of the first operation of its kind at a South Yorkshire prison.

The South Yorkshire force says: "A number of weapons, needles, phones, drugs and other prohibited items were found and seized."

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Det Insp Steve Smith said: "As well as seizing items, including fermenting liquid and sim cards, we also identified and closed down a number of trafficking routes for illicit items through visits."

Prisons Minister Rory Stewart said: "I thank the police and staff at Lindholme for a fantastic week's work seizing illicit drugs and mobile phones, which destabilise prisons and disrupt rehabilitation."

A brain injury survivor from Hull who has terminal cancer has won a national award for her work as a volunteer.

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Susan Kyle, who has been told she only has a year to live, has raised thousands of pounds for a charity which supports brain injury survivors.

Ms Kyle, 62, said the terminal illness had inspired her to do more to make money for the Headway Hull and East Riding charity.

She travelled to London with her husband, John, for a ceremony where she was named the charity's volunteer of the year.

Multi-million selling Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs are due to be in York later to reveal a major new exhibition at the city's art gallery.

It includes work by sound artists who've caught the band's ear while they've been on tour, a silent gig, including projections of light and lyrics, and a setlist of songs linked to York Art Gallery's collections.

The band, famous for their song I Predict A Riot, said: "We're not artists we're musicians, so we've chosen to use this opportunity to explore sound as a medium and to explore the edges between music and art, creation and performance."

When All Is Quiet: Kaiser Chiefs in Conversation With York Art Gallery runs from 14 December to 10 March.

Police officers are still trying to find a man who threw a "flammable object" at workers inside a depot in Sheffield earlier this week.

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Simon Broad (pictured) has been named as someone police would like to speak to in connection with the incident, which happened on Monday evening on Olive Grove Road.

It's thought that Mr Broad might be injured and South Yorkshire Police officers say they want to make sure he's safe.

The 46-year-old was last seen leaving the Olive Grove Road area at about 18:30 and hasn't been seen since.

Anyone who has seen Mr Broad, or knows where he is, is being urged to call police.

Jennifer Bartram
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

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