Commuters are currently charged between 30p and 40p to use toilets at nine Network Rail-run stations.

Concrete bollards, designed to stop vehicles driving in pedestrian areas in Sheffield city centre, have been given a festive makeover.

The bollards near Fargate and the Peace Gardens were wrapped in what looks wrapping paper.

They were designed by artist Katie Woods and eight-year-old Heather Parnell.

A hotel chain's decided to offer guests a Christmas themed room.

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The Travelodge team at Monks Cross in York say: "The Christmas room features all the key elements required to create a magical Christmassy setting."

It includes a Father Christmas and Rudolph mural, a 6ft high pine decorated Christmas tree, red and white bedding and a 'snow' carpet.

The hotel chain says it designed the room after conducting research into what makes people feel Christmassy.

Apparently the key item to make York residents feel the festive fun is a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, followed by a stacks of presents, mince pies and the colours red and white.

An attack on two men by a mentally ill patient in a Leeds hospital was an 'outrage', a coroner says.

A person has been arrested after being caught in the act stealing ice-cream from a Sheffield business.

The flakey individual was seen on CCTV running away from Our Cow Molly near Stannington with armfuls of ice-cream.

They say police arrived and arrested one person following the reported theft at about 01:30 this morning.

Lee Fueloep stabbed 73-year-old Jill Hibberd 70 times at her home before stealing her car.

A man been sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murder after "savagely" stabbing a woman 70 times.

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Lee Fueloep (pictured above), 40, of Willow Garth, Wombwell, killed neighbour Jill Hibberd, 73, in the living room of her newly-built home near Barnsley on 30 May.

Sheffield Crown Court heard Ms Hibberd was stabbed on her body, face, neck, arms and legs.

Fueloep has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Another man, Andrew Ashby (pictured below), was also jailed following a guilty plea of handling stolen goods.

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Ashby, 23, of Woolgreaves Avenue, Wakefield, admitted handling the stolen Audi belonging to Ms Hibberd.

He was jailed for 32 months.

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says it anticipates dealing with more than 65,000 emergency calls over the festive period.

As a result, it's launched a campaign, external to reduce the number of inappropriate 999 calls for an ambulance at the busiest time of the year.

A series of videos has been produced to highlight that calls where an ambulance is not needed mean crews may not be available for people who genuinely need their help.

The service says: "Genuine 999 calls include chest pain, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, severe loss of blood, drowning, heart attack, stroke and major trauma such as a serious road traffic accidents, stabbings and shootings.":

Three masked men armed with a samurai sword and knives have stolen cash from a Leeds pub after threatening staff.

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The men kicked open the back door to The Regent pub, Regent Street, Chapel Allerton, at about 23:40 on Sunday, according to police.

A staff member was struck in the face by the door and suffered minor injuries.

The suspects then threatened the staff and stole cash from the safes and a charity box.

The man with the sword is described as being black, about 6ft 3ins tall and is well-built.

The other two men are black and are both about 5ft 6ins tall, police say.

Det Insp Phil Jackson said: "This was a really frightening experience for the victims.

"They were put in genuine fear when they were threatened and forced to hand over money from the safes."

A man's been arrested after being found to be two times over the legal drink-drive limit at 07:15 in the morning.

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The man, in his 30s, was arrested by North Yorkshire Police officers near Wetherby, police say.

He's been charged with drink-driving and is due to appear before York magistrates early next month.

Since the force's Christmas campaign began on 1 December, North Yorkshire Police says 67 drivers have been arrested on suspicion of drink or drug-driving.

Traffic Sgt Andy Morton said: "While we can’t generalise about the circumstances surrounding this particular case, we know some people grossly underestimate how long it takes alcohol to leave their system and think they’re fine to drive the morning after."

It looks like it was a busy weekend for West Yorkshire Police officers...

They've added to their tally of stolen vehicles found in the county in the past 12 months:

Beginning in 2007 researchers have recruited 14,000 mothers and babies across this city. Each has donated blood and tissue samples and completed a lengthy questionnaire, running to 42 pages, detailing diet, family structures, relationships, incomes, mental and physical health. The project is run by Professor John Wright, a consultant clinical epidemiologist at Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, who said that Born in Bradford had set in motion a quiet revolution in the city:

“There’s much more recognition that just being part of the study has made mothers much more aware of diet and health and many say they have made changes to improve their health.

“What’s also interesting is the effect it’s had on galvanising the city – when we set out on the study we didn’t realise it would become part of the city’s.” “This spotlight of research makes you think about your health much more: because we’re always asking questions it does trigger changes and the other aspect of it is the results that the study is producing. We’ve found very clear evidence about being in green spaces and the impact on the future long term health of the baby,” says Professor Wright.

The research began in response to poor health in the city and high levels of child morbidity and mortality. Bradford had child mortality rates twice the national average – and rising at a time when they were falling everywhere else. Radio 4 has been given exclusive access to this research and to some of the families taking part, returning year after year to chart progress in a series of documentaries.

Producer: Sue Mitchell

Do you know Joel Martin? He is wanted by police in connection with an incident where a victim was threatened with a knife in Sheffield.

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The 23-year-old is described as being 5ft 10ins tall and has a tattoo with Chinese writing on his left arm.

Mr Martin is believed to be known to the Westfield and Mosborough areas.

If you know his whereabouts, police say they're keen for you to get in touch.

David Burns
BBC Radio Humberside

A potential sale of Hull City will not go ahead before Christmas and might not happen at all, according sources close to the football club.

There are doubts around the sale, to a Middle-east consortium led by former chairman Paul Duffen, which it was hoped would go through before Christmas.

Club sources are adamant a fee was agreed for the sale weeks ago and claim the deal has hit a snag because of problems getting clarification on the potential for developing land around the KCOM stadium.

I'm told the club will leave the door open for Mr Duffen but will now reopen talks with two other potential buyers. It remains to be seen how credible they are, but sources say the price being asked is not a barrier to any sale.

Meanwhile, I'm told it will be business as usual at the club, which in terms of Hull City fans means wondering if a sale by the owners, the Allams, will ever happen.

Geoff Bielby, from Hull City Supporters Trust, said: "We will work and deal with any responsible owner of Hull City."

While deputy leader of Hull City Council, Darren Hale, says "the uncertainty is not good for the city in general".

The Allam family, who took over in 2010, first began trying to sell the club in 2014 and fans have repeatedly protested against their ownership.

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Homeless people in Hull who were set to stay in hotel rooms over Christmas have had their booking cancelled.

Carl Simpson, founder of the Raise the Roof Homeless Project, told the BBC he paid £1,092 for 14 twin rooms at the Royal Hotel in Hull, part of the Britannia Hotels group.

In a Facebook post , externalshared by hundreds, Mr Simpson said he was "gutted".

An employee at the Royal Hotel told the BBC there was no-one available to comment.

Read more here.

Former footballer and boxing champion Curtis Woodhouse has offered to open his gym to homeless people at Christmas after a hotel in Hull cancelled their Christmas booking.

He says he's been in touch with the project Raise the Roof, which said its plans to help 28 homeless people in Hull have been scuppered by the Royal Hotel after it cancelled its booking.

The former Sheffield United midfielder has arranged with a taxi company to take anyone who's interested to his gym in Driffield.

He says he's received more than 15,000 Facebook messages since offering the gym to "anyone who is homeless, or struggling and needs somewhere to stay".

The former British light-welterweight champion said: "I always think if you're in a position to help you should help, people are freezing cold and need somewhere to stay and we've got a place available."

After a pensioner in York narrowly avoided being tricked out of thousands of pounds police are warning others to be aware of scams.

The 73-year-old man, who doesn't wish to be named, nearly lost £6,500 after being phoned by someone, claiming to be a police officer.

The fake officer asked him to withdraw the money from his bank, so a courier could check to see if the notes were counterfeit.

Once he got home from the bank with the money, he received more calls from people claiming to be from the police and the bank, telling him many of the notes he'd been given were forged.

The man then became suspicious and contacted North Yorkshire Police who intervened before the courier turned up.

Andy Fox, a Financial Abuse Safeguarding Officer at North Yorkshire Police, says he hears about at least 20 similar schemes each month.

He says: "The police will never ever call you and ask you to attend your bank and transfer money or take money out on their behalf."

Carl Simpson, of the Raise the Roof Homeless Project, says the Royal Hotel cancelled rooms without explanation.

A child was taken to hospital and three other children were treated by paramedics after a crash in Barnsley, where the driver was arrested for being over the drink-drive limit.

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Two adults and four children were in the VW people carrier when it crashed into a concrete lamppost in Dodworth on Sunday night, according to police.

The female driver was arrested at the scene and was taken to a police station.

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South Yorkshire Police say the driver will be interviewed and sent to court.

Police officers are combing through the scene at a Sheffield city centre store after a car smashed through the glass shopfront earlier today.

Police officers were called to the JD Sports store on The Moor at about 03:45 this morning after reports a car had been driven into the shopfront.

No arrests have been made and investigations are continuing, police say.