The Road Haulage Association has called the £50 charge for heavy vehicles a "punitive tax on the industry sector Leeds relies on".

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The owners of heavy polluting lorries, coaches, taxis and private hire vehicles will be charged for entering parts of Leeds.

The city council has been given government approval - and £29m - to implement a Clean Air Charging Zone.

From 6 January 2020, the operators of vehicles will face charges of up to £50 per day to enter the zone.

Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett said: "Charging HGVs £50 per day to enter the clean air zone is simply a punitive tax on the industry sector that Leeds relies on to maintain its economy and local businesses will inevitably be put at risk.

"This is yet another example of the government using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

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A man has appeared in court after tennis balls filled with contraband, including drugs, were thrown over the walls of HMP Doncaster.

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Prison officers became aware of the incident at about 16:20 on 20 January.

Mobile phones were also found inside the balls.

The man is then said to have got into a nearby canal, before prison officers retrieved him from the water.

Jay Taylor, 35, of no fixed address, appeared in court today charged with the conveyance of prohibited articles into prison.

Police officers are hunting for two teenagers who have gone missing from Barnsley.

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Jazmin English, 14, (pictured left) and Jacey Simpson, 15, were last seen at about 23:00 last night.

They are believed to be together with police officers saying they could be in Wombwell, Darfield or Kendray.

Jazmin is described as being of average build, blond hair in a bob style wearing a hooded jumper grey on the top half and pink to the bottom and black leggings.

Jacey is believed to be wearing black Adidas trousers, Nike trainers and a red puffed coat with a white fur hood.

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Police officers are trying to find a woman who hasn't been seen since Christmas Day.

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Alena Grlakova, 38, was last seen in the Swinton area of Rotherham when she left a friend’s house on Thompson Drive.

She told friends she was travelling into Rotherham but has not been heard from since, according to police.

She has distinctive tattoos on her hands - one being her own name, the other the name “STELLA”.

A pensioner has suffered broken ribs in a house robbery in Wakefield.

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Two suspects targeted a property on Springvale Rise at about 21:40 on Monday.

When the 83-year-old victim answered the door, they pushed him to the ground and forced him to hand over his car keys.

They stole a white Suzuki Baleno with the registration YH18 SSF.

The first suspect is described as being 5ft 7in tall, of small build, and wearing a red waterproof and black trousers.

The second man was of the same height and build, and wearing a blue waterproof and black trousers.

Police are trying to trace the driver of a silver car who may have witnessed a fatal collision in Barnsley.

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At about 01:40 on 13 January, a silver Vauxhall Astra collided with a tree while travelling on Broadway.

Passenger Macey Frudd, 16, died at the scene.

The other three passengers, aged 17, 18 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

The 19-year-old and 17-year-old have since been release under investigation, while the 18-year-old is under police bail.

Police are keen to speak to the driver of a silver car, possibly a Ford Focus, who was in the area at the time.

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Nearly 300 jobs are to go at Barclays offices in Beeston and the land sold for development.

A Hull kebab shop has had its operating licence revoked after thousands of counterfeit cigarettes were found on the premises.

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The Robin Hood on Anlaby Road will no longer be able to operate as a takeaway following the city council's decision.

A union which represents Barclays employees says they will fight job cut plans after an announcement that the Millshaw Court branch in Leeds is to close.

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There are currently about 1,100 staff at the Millshaw Court site, 280 of the roles are "at risk", when the branch closes in 2021.

Barclays say 115 employees will be transferred to Manchester, Liverpool and Sunderland.

There are 165 potential redundancies.

A spokesperson said: "Due to changes in our business, we have informed 280 colleagues based at Millshaw Court in Leeds this morning that their roles are at risk.

"We don’t take these decisions lightly and will do everything we can to support these colleagues, working closely with Unite the union."

Unite the union have called the decision "deeply irresponsible".

Parents are being encouraged to stop dropping their children off outside the gates of a school in Knaresborough and instead use a nearby car park, letting them walk for the final five minutes of the journey.

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The local authorities hope the new "park and stride" scheme will reduce congestion outside King James School.

From Monday 4 February, parents and carers will be able to use York Place car park for free for up to 20 minutes at school dropping-off and pick-up times.

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Huddersfield Town boss Jan Siewert says he does not want to be compared to predecessor David Wagner after taking over as the club's new manager.

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Siewert, like fellow German Wagner, left his role as Borussia Dortmund second-team coach to join the Terriers.

The 36-year-old has been appointed with Huddersfield bottom of the top flight.

"Of course there are similarities, but the most important thing is I'm Jan Siewert and I have to do it my way as David did it his way," Siewert said.

"We should not compare us two because that's not possible."

A hen harrier fitted with a satellite tag has disappeared in North Yorkshire, which is "the county with the worst reputation for bird of prey persecution," according to the RSPB.

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River is the ninth bird, tagged while chicks as part of the RSPB's Hen Harrier LIFE project, to go missing across the UK.

The RSPB says the last transmission sent by her satellite tag was from a driven grouse moor between Colsterdale and Nidderdale, described as "an area with a history of bird of prey persecution".

A search has been carried out for the bird, protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, but neither River or her tag were located.

Mark Thomas, Head of RSPB Investigations UK, said hen harriers were "barely clinging on as a breeding species" and described the disappearance as "highly suspicious".

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Police are concerned for the her welfare after she was reported missing with her baby in Bradford.

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Abigail was last seen at a doctor's surgery in Idle with her two-month-old child on 16 January.

The 37-year-old is described as being 5ft 2in tall and of slim build.

Residents of a North Yorkshire village, where the only road has been closed by the council after two landslips, fear the alternative route they've been given isn't safe.

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Locals in Stoupe Brow, will only be able to get in and out using a disused railway track while the "urgent work" is under way.

Monkia Bowes says the detour means her school run, which is usually just half a mile, will be a 20-mile round trip.

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North Yorkshire County Council says it's carried out work to improve the railway track that should make it accessible for all vehicles.

Work at the village, near Ravenscar, between Scarborough and Whitby, is expected to be completed by 8 February.

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About 650 bus workers in Teesside, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire will be voting this week on a revised pay offer tomorrow and Thursday.

It comes after hundreds of Arriva bus drivers staged strike action in a dispute over pay.

Unite regional officer, Ray Sanderson said: “The ballot result will be announced on Friday morning.

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“We won’t be revealing the details of the revised offer until our members have a chance to consider and vote on the deal.”

Unite the union, external, said that the 10 days of strike action by the bus drivers scheduled from 00:01 on 27 January until 23:59 on 5 February have not been suspended, as that depends on the outcome of the ballot.

Police have arrested five teenagers, one just 14-years-old, following antisocial behaviour on a Hull estate, where residents say stones and bricks have been thrown at buses.

Police say that in the past two weeks, five boys have been arrested in connection with 20 different offences in the north of the city.

Humberside Police say it cannot name the teenagers but said it's a "minority causing problems for the rest of the residents" on Orchard Park estate.

Of the suspects, two of them, both 15, have been charged while the others, aged between 14 and 17, have been released under investigation.

Bus company Stagecoach has changed its routes around Hull after a series of attacks on its vehicles with Labour MP for Hull North Diana Johnson calling for a crackdown in the area.

A suspected drink-driver had to be taken to hospital suffering from a "nasty" broken arm after crashing the Audi they were driving in North Yorkshire.

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North Yorkshire Police say they tracked down the motorist who failed to stop following a road traffic collision in which no-one else was injured.

Sgt Paul Cording posted a photograph on Twitter of the car at the side of Rudding Lane in Harrogate.

He said the driver "provided breath samples in excess of the legal limit" and was released under investigation.