If the thrills and spills of the FA Cup third-round action have got you excited - how about getting a flavour of it yourself?

The 2019 FA People's Cup is now open for entries.

There's no experience required, it's free and you get the chance to play at St George's Park and lift a trophy during the FA Cup final in May.

Don't take our word for it - have a look at how these players felt about taking part in 2018...

Find out more about the competition and how you can get involved here.

A council which is building a new swimming pool in a city with a history of huge sinkholes has found it will have to source its its own insurance.

Ripon in North Yorkshire has a well documented history of sinkholes, which have been identified by the British Geological Survey as a symptom of permian gypsum deposits underneath the town.

A supermarket had to be evacuated in the town when a hole suddenly opened up near it in August 2018.

In 2016 seven homes on Magdalen Road had to be evacuated after a 15m sinkhole appeared nearby.

The architectural firm designing Ripon's new six-lane pool, Pick Everard, only has professional liability insurance for sinkholes up to five metres in diameter.

A report to Harrogate Borough Council stated liability for any sinkholes larger than five metres would now be transferred to the council, given the area's history of ground collapses.

Jonny McGuigan
Social Media Specialist, BBC Yorkshire

Has time stopped in the Leeds this morning?

Leeds Minster’s clock appears to suggest it has.

It's sitting at 12:00, so maybe we'll all have a bit more time to get things done.

When we find out why it's not working we'll let you know.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A climate emergency is to be declared by a Yorkshire seaside council.

Scarborough Borough Council says by doing so it is looking to send a signal about tackling global warming to other local authorities around Yorkshire and the country.

The council will also commit to a target of zero carbon emissions by 2030.

After Green councillor Dilys Cluer's climate-focused motion passed, to cheers from members of the public watching the debate at last night's council meeting, she said the action would allow the authority "the chance to play a small part in building a more secure future for this planet."

"We are a district council, in a small country in global terms, but this climate emergency depends on action from all," she said.

Councillor Cluer believes the town's position on the coastline made it particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming, including flash flooding, coastal erosion, and extreme heat or rain events.

Three people over 70 have died in separate fires, the fire service says.

A Sheffield MP says she doesn't feel safe in her home after a fellow female MP was verbally abused during a live TV interview.

Image source, PA

Conservative MP Anna Soubry was called a liar, scum and a Nazi during interviews with BBC News and Sky News.

Louise Haigh, who is the Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley, has already had a panic alarm and extra security installed in her home after previous threats, but said she still doesn't feel safe.

She said there are "bitter political divisions" since the EU Referendum and that people should be able to walk down a street "without being harassed".

"Most of my female colleagues in particular certainly don't", she told the BBC.

"A couple of years since the murder of Jo Cox has meant that very few of us feel like we work in a safe working environment."

Former crew members of an East Yorkshire lifeboat will meet up with survivors of the Kegworth air disaster today.

It was on this date 30 years ago that a Belfast-bound Boeing 737, with 120 people on board, crashed into a motorway embankment on the M1.

Eight members of the RNLI Withernsea lifeboat crew were travelling on the road at the time and spent hours carrying the dead and injured out of the plane.

Barry Brigham was involved.

He says: "We saw a door open on the wing, so we climbed up and within seconds a fireman said 'get ready lads we're passing out casualties here' and we formed a human chain down the embankment and started taking bodies out."

Have you seen Mohammed Fazil?

Police have concerns for his welfare after he went missing in Bradford.

Image source, WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE

Mr Fazil, 70, was last seen at his home on Daisy Lane in the afternoon of 4 January.

He is described as being 5ft 11ins tall, slim and as having short white hair.

Det Insp Claire Smith of Bradford District CID, said: “We are concerned for Mr Fazil’s welfare and would ask him or anyone who has information about his whereabouts to contact us.

Birdwatchers and photographers have flocked to a Sheffield street after two dozen waxwings were spotted in the trees.

Image source, @Gez_Robinson

The hipster-quiffed birds were seen on Stannington Road by Gez Robinson who posted photos of them on social media.

The birds, recognisable by their distinctive red and yellow feathers, are not native to the UK but occasionally visit during the winter months.

They have also been spotted at a Doncaster McDonald's.

A member of a "county lines" gang who fled Hull Crown Court before being sentenced has been jailed for dealing drugs.

Image source, Humberside Police

County lines is the name given to drug dealers expanding their activities into smaller towns and rural areas.

Billy Griffin, 28, was one of eight people, mostly from Manchester, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin at a hearing last month.

Griffin's sentencing in Hull was delayed after he and his sister Lauren Griffin absconded from Crown Court in the city.

The pair were later arrested in the Greater Manchester area.

Griffin was jailed for four years and 10 months.

His sister will be sentenced on Tuesday.

The rest of the gang were jailed on 17 December - their sentences ranged from two years and four months, to nine years and nine months imprisonment.

The court heard the gang, from Manchester and one from Louth, Lincolnshire, ran the drugs plot from various addresses across Grimsby between October 2015 and October 2016.

Former England footballing legend, Paul Gascoigne, is due to appear in crown court today, charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a train between York and Newcastle.

Image source, PA

The 51-year-old, who shot to international fame during the 1990 World Cup, was arrested in August and later charged.

The alleged incident, which he denies, is said to have happened at Darlington.

An appeal has been made to try and find the relatives of a former policeman who died last month.

Image source, Google

Ian Thomas Stevenson, 76, was originally from Paisley in Scotland and is thought to have spent time in Germany with the armed forces.

He served with the police in Hull and Epworth before he retired.

He died at Scunthorpe General Hospital on 1 December.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is now trying to trace his next of kin.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a stabbing outside Leeds College of Building, police say.

Image source, Google

It happened yesterday afternoon at about 16:00 in the Regent Street area of the city.

The teenager's currently receiving treatment for a stab injury which is non life threatening.

Detectives say they are searching for another man who's believed to be involved.

BBC Weather

Today will be breezy and chilly with some sunshine, but also a good deal of cloud during the afternoon.

Tonight will see some clear intervals, but often large amounts of cloud with a few light showers.

These could be wintry over high ground.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today services seem to be running pretty much to time at the moment.

For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Hull Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

Weapons and cannabis have been found at property in East Yorkshire.

Image source, Humberside Police

Police say drugs estimated to be worth several hundred pounds and two extendable batons were removed from the property on Bessingby Gate.

One man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a class B drug with intent to supply, and possession of offensive weapons.

A second man is under investigation for possession of cannabis.

Image source, Humberside Police

PC Rob Brigham said: “I’d like to thank the people of Bridlington for their support as we continue our work to tackle drugs and drugs crime in our town.

“We always ask residents to contact us with any information they may have about drugs activity."

Have you seen this man in Leeds?

He's wanted by police to be extradited to the Czech Republic.

Image source, WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE

Ladislav Stojka, 58, is wanted by Czech authorities to serve the rest of a sentence he received for drugs offences.

It is believed he could be in Harehills area.

A man who sparked a five-hour rooftop stand-off after he was confronted by self-styled paedophile hunters has been given a suspended jail sentence.

Image source, PA

Bradford Crown Court heard Paul Farrell climbed on to the roof of a house in Halifax in June, which was streamed live on social media.

He admitted trying to meet an underage girl for sex and causing £1,000 of damage to the house on Ripon Street.

The 31-year-old's 18-month prison sentence was suspended for two years.

The mobile phone footage captured Farrell, of no fixed address, exchanging insults with people in the street below and hurling tiles off the roof as police officers urged the group to stop filming.

Camille Morland, prosecuting, told the court Farrell had used his own Facebook profile to arrange meetings for sex with a 13-year-old "decoy" monitored by the Catching Online Predators group.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC, the Recorder of Bradford, said his decision to suspend the jail term was due to the time in custody Farrell had already served on remand.

Leeds Rhinos sign former Hull KR forward James Donaldson on a one-year deal following a successful trial.

If the thrills and spills of the FA Cup third-round action has got you excited - how about getting a flavour of it yourself?

The 2019 FA People's Cup is now open for entries.

There's no experience required, it's free and you get the chance to play at St George's Park and lift a trophy during the FA Cup final in May.

Don't take out word for it - have a look at how these players felt about taking part in 2018...

Find out more about the competition and how you can get involved here.