A four-year-old boy from Sheffield has given his birthday money to help rough sleepers.

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Lenny, who is from Hunters Bar, sees homeless people sleeping rough in the city centre and wanted to use his birthday money to help others.

He took his £20 to South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (SYFR) who are opening their doors to rough sleepers in Sheffield.

The service tweeted to say as a thank you, they gave Lenny a tour of where the rough sleepers will stay, showed him a fire engine and let him have a go with a hose.

SYFR has said it was "an amazing gesture" and thanked him for the donation.

A comedian from Hull has won an award set up in memory of Mrs Merton and Royle Family star Caroline Aherne in order to support new talent.

Amy Gledhill has been announced as winner of the second Caroline Aherne Bursary, set up after the star died in 2016.

She applied for the prize by submitting a video of her performing as characters "based on her mum and aunties" and is currently working on a sitcom set in Yorkshire.

A Sheffield teenager who hadn't been seen for a month has been found, police say.

Police issued an appeal earlier to try and find Dominik Kroscen who hadn't been seen since 26 November:

A cannabis factory has been found at an address in Halifax.

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The factory, in Savile Park, was discovered on Monday and inquiries are continuing to trace those involved, say police.

Acting Sgt Sarah Hanson says: "We welcome any information on drugs that can be reported to the police."

Mr Inderjit Singh cannot teach in any school or sixth form college in England, a panel ruled.

Festive drinkers across Sheffield are being encouraged to take care near the city's waterways this Christmas.

It's part of a Don't Drink and Drown campaign being run by the Canal and River Trust.

They're urging people not to walk home near water if they've been drinking.

Over the last five years there have been 12 accidental drownings in South Yorkshire, a third of whom had alcohol in their bloodstream.

A hospital in Hull is asking people to keep the A&E department free for serious injuries and illnesses on so-called "Mad Friday".

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Revellers in the city will be given leaflets reminding them to only go to Hull Royal Infirmary if it is an emergency.

The emergency services are "bracing themselves for an onslaught of calls" as members of the public "overindulge in alcohol at Christmas parties", according to Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust.

The trust says medical attention for more minor cases is also available at urgent treatment centres, GP walk-in centres and pharmacists.

The death of a man whose body has been found at a house in Leeds is being treated as "unexplained", police say.

Police found the body of the 34-year-old man at an address on Carden Avenue, near Temple Newsam, at about 13:20 on Thursday.

A cordon is currently in place.

A post-mortem examination will take place later, police say.

The driver of a Lamborghini has been taken to Leeds General Infirmary with "serious injuries" after a collision with a Kia earlier today.

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It happened on the B6161 at Beckwithshaw on the outskirts of Harrogate this morning.

Police say the road is closed at Otley Road for further investigation and drivers are being asked to avoid the area for the moment.

More than 200 drivers have been arrested in 20 days in West Yorkshire for drink and drug-driving offences.

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The county's police force say 226 motorists have been arrested after providing a roadside breath specimen for alcohol or saliva specimen for cannabis and cocaine.

Officers have warned: "We're doing checks every day and night."

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The last surviving member of the Headscarf Revolutionaries accepted the freedom of Hull on behalf of her fellow campaigners.

Yvonne Blenkinsop (pictured, right) was made an honorary freeman of Hull, while the city council acknowledged the contributions of three other women.

She accepted the honour on behalf of Lillian Bilocca, Mary Denness and Christine Jenson MBE.

Her son Brian (pictured, left) said: "It's such a shame that the ladies were not recognised earlier and that all four ladies were not here today to actually receive it.

"It would've been great to have Lil, Mary and Christine stood there beside my mum receiving the freedom of the city."

The Headscarf Revolutionaries changed the fishing industry with their trawler safety campaign which is estimated to have saved thousands of lives.

Homeless people are to be given a hot meal on Christmas day at a Nando's in Hull.

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The restaurant in the Princes Quay shopping centre will open its doors for two hours to "offer a warm place for homeless people to gather, enjoy a hot meal and company".

Staff will be volunteering their time to help and customers have been encouraged to donate warm clothing and gifts.

Four arrests have been made after several attacks on cash machines in Yorkshire.

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Officers from the Regional Organised Crime Unit say they arrested three males and one woman on Wednesday in a series of raids in Bradford, Darlington and Middlesbrough.

ATM machines were targeted across the Yorkshire region between 26 October last year and 14 February this year, according to police.

They say over £300,000 was stolen and thousands of pounds worth of damage caused to buildings and businesses.

Det Insp Lee Fletcher, said: “Increasingly dangerous tactics are being used by some criminals who are trying to take cash-machines.

"It can take up to seven months for a damaged or stolen machine to be replaced, so the entire community can be the victim."

Vehicles and cash were seized during the operation. All those arrested have been released under investigation, police say.

Attempts to steal cash have risen from 400 attacks in the UK in 2014 to 723 last year, according to a report by ATM operator Cardtronics.

A diverted transatlantic flight which inspired a viral love story about a possible Christmas movie involving Sandra Bullock has finally left Doncaster.

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The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was due to land at London Gatwick Airport yesterday, but had to divert because of a drone scare on the runway.

Instead, the flight landed at Doncaster Sheffield Airport having flown from New York's JFK airport, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, external.

Yesterday, a Tweet about a romantic fake movie plot was posted by Times writer Ben Machell, involving actress Sandra Bullock falling in love with an East Coast Mainline signalman, played - of course - by Sean Bean.

The Tweet was shared more than 6,000 times.

It's not known if Sandra Bullock was informed about her possible role...

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A lane has been closed on the M1 in South Yorkshire because of a broken down car on the inside lane.

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Police officers are on scene at the lane closure between junction 35 and 34 southbound.

There is slow traffic around the area because of the closure.

Emergency services across Yorkshire say they're expecting one of the busiest nights of the year tonight.

The last Friday before Christmas has been given a variety of names including Mad Friday, Frantic Friday, Black-eyed Friday or Builder's Friday.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service says it expects the number of calls this evening to increase by more than a third.

It comes as North Yorkshire police says more than 70 drivers have been arrested for drink or drug-driving in its annual Christmas crackdown.

The force says it will be sharing details of every call-out overnight to give people an insight into its officers work.

Elsie Frost's family have called for evidence against the "Beast of Wombwell" to be made public.

Arriva bus drivers in parts of North Yorkshire are set to stage a week-long strike in January.

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The Unite union said drivers in the county, together with drivers in Teesside and County Durham are the second-lowest paid in the country, and it is seeking a rise of £1 an hour.

A planned strike on 16 December was postponed, but a revised package has now been rejected and a walk out will start on 6 January.

Arriva said it had made "considerable concessions" in the pay talks.

The union said the revised package, which included 75p on the hourly rate over two years in four instalments, "failed to bridge the pay gap".

Regional officer Bob Bolam said: "Our members can't endure this glaring pay inequality - the ball is now very much in the management's court."

Nigel Featham, head of Arriva buses in the region, said: "Arriva has done everything in its power to avoid this outcome, having made considerable concessions in pay talks.

"Industrial action will achieve nothing but misery for the travelling public."

A prisoner who wrote to a judge threatening to kill him, have sex with his corpse and send his head to his wife has been told he is too dangerous to ever be released.

Paul Reece, also known as Ali Khan, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court and originally jailed for attempting to murder his own mother in 1996.

Since then he has repeatedly sent letters threatening to kill people, including police and his solicitors.

The 42-year-old is an inmate at Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire.

He was already serving what is known as an indeterminate sentence for public protection, which means he can only be released when the parole board considers it safe to do so.

Reece has now been given an extra seven-year prison sentence.

Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, told Reece: "I wish to make it plain that I regard you as an exceptionally dangerous man."

"I cannot envisage a situation where it will ever be safe to release you into the community, given your history and the fact that you continue to be an exceptionally dangerous man."

A landmark bridge which forms one of the main routes into Leeds city centre fully reopens earlier than planned today.

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Leeds Bridge heading into the city has been closed for most of the year because of work to strengthen it.

The Grade II-listed structure carries traffic on Bridge End over the river and was originally finished in 1873.

It was the location of some of the first ever recorded moving film footage showing traffic on the bridge in 1888.

The pioneer film-maker Louis Le Prince captured traffic travelling across the bridge and a blue plaque close by records the feat.

It wasn't due to reopen until next year, but Leeds City Council says: "Good weather made progress quicker than expected".