A letter written about Hull by Henry VIII sold for £20,000 when it went under the hammer at an auction a short time ago.

Image source, Christie's Auction House

It's believed to date back to 1541 and concerns the appointment of a new master gunner to the city's garrison.

The letter says the gunner, Thomas King, is to be paid wages of eight pence a day - and four pence for his assistant.

This piece of local and national history sold for more than the £8,000-£12,000 it was expected to fetch at Christie's Auction House.

Henry VIII, one of the most famous kings in English history, was the second Tudor monarch and was well known for having six wives.

Yorkshire's Conservative MPs will be among those taking part in a vote of confidence in Theresa May's leadership later.

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The challenge to Mrs May's position comes after the required 48 letters calling for a contest were delivered, according to the 1922 Committee.

Conservative MPs will vote from 18:00 to 20:00, with a result expected an hour or so later.

So which of our Conservative MPs will be turning their backs on the Prime Minister?

These are the Yorkshire Conservative MPs likely to SUPPORT Theresa May's leadership in tonight's ballot:

• Robert Goodwill, Scarborough and Whitby
• Kevin Hollinrake, Thirsk and Malton
• Julian Smith, Skipton and Ripon
• Craig Whittaker, Calder Valley

• Andrew Percy, Brigg and Goole
• Julian Sturdy, York Outer
• Alec Shelbrooke, Elmet and Rothwell
• Andrew Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough

While those Yorkshire Conservative MPs likely to say they have NO CONFIDENCE in Mrs May's leadership in tonight's ballot are:

• Andrea Jenkyns, Morley and Outwood
• Philip Davies, Shipley

We'll update this list throughout the day as MPs come out for or against Mrs May's leadership ahead of this evening's vote.

Bucks Fizz have had a Hull concert cancelled because the stadium where they were due to play is closed while work is carried out on the floodlights.

An original member of the band, which won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, was set to perform at KCOM Craven Park, where a floodlight fell last month.

Rugby league side Hull KR said the stadium would remain closed until at least the end of this week for work on the remaining floodlights, with the concert on Saturday cancelled.

A Great Gatsby-themed party on Friday has also been cancelled with refunds set to be offered to those who had tickets.

Original member, Bobby G, now uses the Bucks Fizz name with the other three members now called The Fizz.

The Leeds Corn Exchange has switched its classic Christmas decor for a steampunk style this year.

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The building on Crown Street will be displayed with second-hand trinkets and up-cycled products, including a 20ft tree decked with top hats and cogs.

Image source, FIZZCO

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East Riding council has received an "early Christmas present" this week, after the authority was awarded a tax refund of more than £7m.

A European Court of Justice ruling found local UK authorities had been incorrectly excluded from a VAT exemption on income from sporting facilities, such as gyms, given to not-for-profit organisations.

The total receipt to East Riding council is made up of VAT refunds of almost £4.7m for the period of March 2009 to March 2016, and about £2.6m claimed back for between April 2016 and October 2018.

At meeting of the cabinet yesterday it was agreed the money would be reinvested into improving schools, infrastructure and social care.

Postal workers in North Yorkshire are going to add checking up on the elderly to their delivery responsibilities.

People are being encouraged to register for the six-month Safe and Connected trial scheme, which focuses on Whitby, Sleights and Goathland.

The government-funded trial will involve postmen and postwomen from Royal Mail’s Whitby delivery office visiting people twice a week to check on their wellbeing.

They'll ask participants questions about health and happiness: whether they've had difficulty taking part in social activities or problems with anyone bothering them.

The postal workers will record the responses on their handheld mobile devices and pass on any concerns to the county council so they can step in and help.

David Harrison
Reporter, BBC Radio Humberside

I'm in Beverley where the barriers are currently stuck down after a driver tried to jump the crossing while rushing for a train.

A car tried to cross on a red light and got caught on the back end by one of the barriers.

The driver was a little shaken. She told me she was running late for a train and just wanted to try and make it.

The barriers were stuck up for some time and trains weren't passing through. One or two have now - and now the crossing is very firmly down.

Motorists say it's causing problems in and around Beverley and buses can be seen turning around just outside the railway station and heading back the other way.

Armstrong Way in Beverley is closed on the Minster side as Network Rail tries to fix the barriers, with traffic being diverted by police.

Yorkshire's Conservative MPs will be among those taking part in a vote of confidence in Theresa May's leadership later.

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The challenge to Mrs May's position comes after the required 48 letters calling for a contest were delivered.

Conservative MPs will vote from 18:00 to 20:00, with a result expected an hour or so later.

So what's the state of play among our Conservative MPs?

Latest indications suggest that Yorkshire Conservative MPs likely to SUPPORT Theresa May's leadership in tonight's ballot are:

• Robert Goodwill, Scarborough and Whitby
• Kevin Hollinrake, Thirsk and Malton
• Julian Smith, Skipton and Ripon
• Craig Whittaker, Calder Valley
• Graham Stuart, Beverley and Holderness
• Andrew Percy, Brigg and Goole

While those Yorkshire Conservative MPs likely to say they have NO CONFIDENCE in Mrs May's leadership in tonight's ballot are:

• Andrea Jenkyns, Morley and Outwood
• Philip Davies, Shipley

We'll update this list throughout the day as MPs come out for or against Mrs May's leadership ahead of this evening's vote.

Emergency gas repairs are affecting traffic on a main road in Kirk Sandall, Doncaster.

Image source, Google

Brecks Lane, at the junction of Doncaster Road, will have work carried out today to repair a leak on a large gas main under the junction.

Temporary traffic lights are being used while engineers complete the work.

A specially-designed bra developed to help women having radiotherapy has been named as one of the UK's 100 best breakthroughs of the last century.

Image source, Sheffield Hallam University

The SuPPORT 4 All project, made by Sheffield Hallam University, aims to improve accuracy of treatment and help patients maintain their dignity during radiotherapy.

In many radiotherapy centres around the world, women have to expose their breast during treatment.

This new bra, which is in its early stages of development, will mean women can maintain modesty while undergoing radiotherapy.

A challenge to the leadership of the Conservative Party is "actually quite good news", according to a North Yorkshire MP.

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The chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, has announced that enough Conservative MPs have written to him to trigger a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister, Theresa May.

Mrs May, who has been prime minister since shortly after the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, has faced criticism in her party for the Brexit plan she has negotiated.

Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton, says: "The rumours have been circling for some time - hopefully this is a first step to putting the party back together.

"I think the Prime Minister will win this challenge and then we can move on to try and talk sensibly about how we move forward with our new relationship with the European Union."

Two teenagers have been arrested by police investigating disorder in Bradford on Bonfire Night.

The incidents, which included criminal damage, arson, assaults and anti-social use of fireworks, happened on Great Horton Road, Dirkhill Road and Laisteridge Lane on Monday 5 November.

The males, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and remain in custody.

A separate investigation is continuing into video footage of an attack on a pub in Manningham which happened on the same night, police say.

Supt Daniel Greenwood says: "We were clear in the run-up to Bonfire Night that we'd fully investigate unacceptable behaviour by those who risked the safety of the wider community by behaving recklessly."

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

A mostly cloudy start, but it will get brighter this afternoon with some sunny spells.

Watch my full forecast here:

A Yorkshire MEP has been speaking about being caught up in a fatal shooting in France, as hundreds of police officers hunt the gunman.

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Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in the shooting in Strasbourg.

The suspect, who is known to security services and is believed to be injured, escaped after exchanging fire with soldiers and armed police.

Richard Corbett, a Labour MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, says he was walking to a restaurant near the scene of the shooting when "crowds came hurrying out of a Christmas market".

Mr Corbett says he was let into a locked restaurant which was quickly locked again and everyone inside was moved away from windows to the rear of the building.

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Mr Corbett described the experience as "an extremely anxious time".

He says: "All shops, cafes and hotels in the area were shut and the streets quickly became deserted, except for large numbers of police and soldiers."

The MEP described the atmosphere in the city this morning as "grey, grim and sombre", with fewer people and less traffic than usual.

Leeds Rhinos prop forward Mikolaj Oledzki signs a new four-year contract with the Super League club.

A new 100-bedroom hotel which is said to be the UK's first "eco-resort" has been approved in Doncaster.

Image source, Baca Architects/Doncaster Council

The hotel development, at Tyram Lakes on Bawtry Road, is expected to create over 50 jobs and form the cornerstone of a grand design for the 65-acre site which includes over 50 "eco lodges".

It's a £20m project and features a so-called "living roof", which features grass and solar panels.

Two men have been arrested after a man jumped feet-first on a tent which had two rough sleepers inside.

Image source, Humberside Police

CCTV footage showed a man running and launching himself on top of the tent while another filmed it and laughed.

Police said the tent was pitched in a shop doorway on Whitefriargate, Hull, when the incident occurred in the early hours of 30 November.

A 26-year-old man and a 29-year-old man have been held on suspicion of assault.

Humberside Police said it had found "more permanent accommodation" for the rough sleepers inside the tent, who were unhurt.

Officers said they were still trying to trace a third man seen in CCTV footage and have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

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A gift of land to the family of Bradley Lowery for a holiday home for other sick children has been approved by councillors.

Image source, Owen Humphreys

Six-year-old Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was 18-months-old and died in July 2017.

One of his last family holidays was in Scarborough and his charity wants its respite project to be based there.

Bradley made global headlines before he died and became "best friends" with then Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe.

Scarborough Council's cabinet has agreed to grant a long lease on land for the home, worth £15,000.

Sainsbury's and Leeds-based Asda are to apply for a judicial review of the competition watchdog's investigation into their proposed £15bn merger.

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The application, which is expected be lodged later today with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, will ask for a review of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) timetable and process.

The CMA started its investigation into the deal, which would create a business taking £1 in every £3 spent on groceries, after saying it raised "sufficient concerns to be referred for a more in-depth review".

The chains say prices will fall.

Both Asda and Sainsbury's have asked the CMA for an extra 11 working days over Christmas to respond to a large amount of material which they say has only recently been given to them.

A letter written about Hull by Henry VIII is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it is sold at auction later.

It's believed to date back to 1541 and concerns the appointment of a new master gunner to the city's garrison.

The letter says the gunner, Thomas King, is to be paid wages of eight pence a day - and four pence for his assistant.

This piece of local and national history is expected to be bought for between £8,000 and £12,000 when it goes under the hammer at Christie's Auction House.

Henry VIII, one of the most famous Kings in English history, was the second Tudor monarch and was well known for having six wives.

His break with the papacy in Rome established the Church of England and began the Reformation.

A spokesman for Christie’s said: "Henry visited Hull in August and September 1541 and made extensive orders for its fortification and garrisoning over the following months, perhaps in preparation for his attack on Scotland later in 1542."