Figures show 62% of councils did not take action against people misusing blue badge permits.

Police say they are not treating the death of the 78-year-man as suspicious.

Sheffield United score three times in the last 20 minutes to see off Blackburn and move to within two points of third place.

Championship leaders Leeds' seven-game unbeaten run comes to an end as Jarrod Bowen fires Hull to victory at Elland Road.

BBC Sport catches up with some of the stories you might have missed on the final EFL Saturday of 2018.

Barnsley leapfrog Charlton into fourth place with a home win, as the Addicks have Chris Solly sent off last on.

Danny Rowe nets a stoppage-time penalty as AFC Fylde secure a dramatic 2-1 victory at Harrogate in the National League.

Gateshead and FC Halifax Town share the spoils in a 1-1 draw at the International Stadium.

Aleksandar Mitrovic scores a stoppage-time winner as Fulham secure what could be a priceless victory against bottom side Huddersfield.

Bradford City continue their resurgence in League One with a comfortable win at Rochdale.

John Marquis scores against his former club to give Doncaster Rovers victory over Gillingham.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Championship game between Bristol City and Rotherham United.

Captain Chris Brunt's late equaliser earns a point for 10-man West Bromwich Albion against Sheffield Wednesday at The Hawthorns.

Aston Villa recall centre-back Tommy Elphick from his season-long loan deal at Hull City.

Tomasz Dybicz, from Leeds, will appear in court later charged with murdering the 30-year-old man.

Divers who helped save a group of boys who were trapped in a cave are recognised in the New Year Honours.

Prof Simon Kay performed the UK's first double hand transplant in 2016 at Leeds General Infirmary.

A driver was stopped by police for swerving on the M1 and a passenger was found with a two-month-old baby on their lap.

West Yorkshire Police said the vehicle was on a family trip when it was stopped near junction 43 near Leeds:

Firefighters in Yorkshire are getting new state-of-the-art rescue equipment to cut people out of crashed cars.

The new battery operated "jaws of life" are in the process of being rolled out across South and West Yorkshire.

Emergency services in both of the regions joined forces to buy the equipment, which is made by a company in Wakefield.

Firefighter Steve Milner said: "It's a massive improvement from the hydraulic ones - it's less noisy so less traumatic for a casualty."

A Royal Navy warship is to be affiliated Scarborough to recognise the town's long-standing support for the military.

Image source, Wikpedia/Brian Burnell

The Ministry of Defence says "cutting edge" destroyer HMS Duncan will make regular visits to the seaside town, which will host the national Armed Forces Day next year.

Defence secretary Gavin Williamson made the announcement during a trip to his birth place of Scarborough.

He said: "The ship’s new affiliation will not just honour this great town right across the world, but also pay tribute to thousands of Yorkshiremen and women who have served in armed forces."