A campaign in York is calling for the former Bootham Park Hospital in the city to be opened as a mental health hub.

The Grade-I listed hospital, built in 1777, was put on the market a year ago, to be sold for use as luxury flats or a hotel, but now the sale's on hold while York's leaders try to retain it for psychiatric therapy.

Bootham Park Hospital was shut in 2015 after the Care Quality Commission said it was no longer fit for purpose.

Rachael Maskell, the Labour MP for York Central says: "It's absolutely vital that Bootham Park is used as an opportunity.

"Putting transitional care onto the site would mean we would be able to discharge people from acute wards, to help them on their way home."

Have you seen Mark Calvert?

Police have concerns for his welfare as he could be sleeping rough after he was reported missing in Bradford.

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Mark, 16, was last in the the Clayton Heights area on 13 December.

He is described as being about 5ft 10ins tall and of medium build.

The teenager was last seen wearing a black coat, a navy tracksuit and black trainers.

Ellie Yarrow-Sanders has been missing from Basildon with her three-year-old son since July.

A man, who regularly tends a memorial honouring 10 airmen who died in a plane crash in a Sheffield park, says he "loves them like my own son or daughter".

Tony Foulds saw the B-17 bomber crash in Endcliffe Park in 1944 when he was eight-years-old.

Since a memorial was erected in the 1970s, Tony has regularly kept plants watered and the area clean to remember the men who died.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the Sheffield man says the crew steered away from him and his friends who were playing in the field before crashing into a wood:

Louise Jennings was 26 when she fought in World War Two and was evacuated in 1940.

Two men have been seriously hurt in an assault in Whitby on New Year’s Eve, police say.

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Both were taken to hospital following a disturbance in Baxtergate.

Officers say the incident was reported as a homophobic hate crime.

Det Sgt Andy Hall said: “This was a serious incident that left two men in hospital.

"The two men received serious but not life-threatening injuries, including lacerations and head injuries."

A man in his 20s from the Rotherham area has been arrested in connection with the incident and released on bail while the investigation continues.

Anyone with information about the incident, or dashcam footage, is being asked to contact the police.

Greg Adams, 21, suffered serious head injuries when the car he was driving crashed into railings.

A man who died after the car he was driving smashed into railings in the early hours of New Year's Day has been named by police.

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Officers say Greg Adams, 21, was killed when the silver Saab 95 he was driving crashed in Southey Green Road, in Sheffield, near to the junction with Buchanan Road.

He suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene.

A passenger in the car escaped uninjured.

The crash happened at about 04:00.

The policing of last season's Sheffield derby was the most expensive in England, costing £203,000.

A man found with suspected stab wounds in York on New Year's Day has been released from Leeds General Infirmary.

Police in the city say the 27-year-old was found with serious injuries to his back, believed to have been caused by a "bladed weapon", in Swan Street off Nunnery Lane (pictured).

A 31-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man were arrested at the scene.

A further suspect, a 30-year-old man, was arrested later the same day in an armed police raid.

All have since been released on conditional bail.

Police want to speak to this man after car keys were taken from a staff room at Hull Royal Infirmary before being used to steal a vehicle:

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A coat and three sets of car keys were stolen from the hospital in the early hours of 29 December.

A grey Hyundai i30 car was then stolen from a car park on Argyle Street.

The car was driven through a barrier and left in an area along Anlaby Road.

A stage version of The Great Gatsby performed for the first time at a disused pub in York is on the verge of going global, with theatre companies around the world in talks with the show's creators.

The immersive theatre adaption of F Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel opened to an audience of just seven in 2015, but has now been seen by more than 70,000 people around the country.

The show, which gives the audience the opportunity to interact with the characters, is back in York this week and could soon be performed in countries such as China, New Zealand and Russia.

Alexander Wright, who directed and adapted the play, said: "We invite our audience to come dressed up so they're already in that world even before they set foot in the building."

Students and teenagers in East Yorkshire are putting themselves in danger by using illegal taxi services on social media, according to councillors.

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East Riding Council says it's seen an increase in young people paying cash to get lifts from unlicensed drivers who advertise online.

Councillor Shaun Horton said: "If you use an unlicensed taxi business online you're booking it blind, you're getting in a vehicle with a stranger, you can't be sure they're safe or the vehicles safe."

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after an elderly man had money snatched as he withdrew it from a cash machine in York.

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The victim was withdrawing cash on Fishergate when a man took his money from the machine before he could get it.

The theft took place on 3 October.

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A local crime survey suggests "alarmingly" low levels of public confidence in policing in Penistone.

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The work was conducted by Councillor Dave Griffin, who represents the rural Penistone West ward.

He says even though PCSOs and neighbourhood officers have been reintroduced people don't feel safe compared with those across Barnsley.

The online survey received responses from 360 people.

Ipswich Town sign forward Will Keane on loan from Championship rivals Hull City until the end of the season.

South Yorkshire Police says it doesn't want to police the Sheffield derby on a weekend.

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The force said it had been in touch with the English Football League asking for support in moving the games to weeknights.

Sheffield Wednesday's home game with Sheffield United in March has been moved from a Saturday 15:00 kick-off to a Monday evening.

The 2017/2018 fixture has been most expensive policing operation in England with it costing £203,000.

The home club was billed for £41,000.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was punched in the face by a driver while crossing the road in York.

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It happened near the city's Micklegate Bar last Friday.

The woman was with her young daughter and male partner when an argument with the motorist broke out.

Officers say the man, who was driving a black Nissan Quashqai, leaned out of his window and hit the victim in the face before quickly driving off.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed the attack to get in touch.

Have you seen Billy Sullivan?

Police are trying to trace him after he didn't return to his home in Dewsbury last night.

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Billy, 17, who is also known to go by the surname Varley, was last seen at midnight.

The teenager is described as about 5ft 8ins, of slim build with light brown hair.

He was last wearing a green coat with a fur hood, grey tracksuit bottoms and black trainers.

He is believed to have links to Wakefield and Huddersfield areas.

Cardiff City striker Gary Madine is set to join Championship side Sheffield United on loan.