A man has been arrested after an arson attack at a house in Sheffield.

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The 59-year-old was arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

A woman in her 60s escaped unharmed through a window as a result of the fire at about 00:55 on Sunday at a house on Viola Bank, Stocksbridge,

The front door of the property was damaged in what police think was a deliberate attack.

Police officers have appealed for local CCTV or dash camera footage of the area at the time.

Doncaster Rovers sign Blackburn Rovers defender Paul Downing on loan until the end of the season.

A 34-year-old man has been released under investigation after a pedestrian was killed in a crash in Leeds on Wednesday.

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At about 14:20 on Wednesday, a Mercedes truck reversed out of the junction on Main Street in Garforth, where it collided with a 71-year-old woman.

The pedestrian died in the incident.

The 34-year-old driver was arrested at the scene.

Police are keen for anyone who saw the incident, or who may have dash-cam footage, to get in touch.

We reported earlier the B1222 was closed due to a two-vehicle collision.

The road has been now been cleared.

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Huddersfield Town boss Jan Siewert has brought Barnsley assistant head coach Andreas Winkler into his coaching team.

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Winkler, 49, had been at Oakwell since Daniel Stendel took charge of the League One club in June.

Winkler worked alongside Siewert during the latter's spell as manager of Rot-Weiss Essen between 2015 and 2016.

"We're disappointed to see Andreas leave the club, because he was a strong member of staff," Barnsley chief executive Gauthier Ganaye said.

Barnsley say Huddersfield, who appointed Siewert to replace David Wagner earlier this week, have paid "substantial compensation" for Winkler's services.

Barnsley-born singer Holly Tandy is in the running to be the UK's entry for this year's Eurovision song contest.

The 17-year-old performed on the X-Factor in 2017 where she reached the semi-finals.

A total of six acts are vying to perform in the competition, with a public vote next month deciding who will go on to represent the UK.

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A single road track in Notton, near Wakefield, has been blocked by a car which has flipped onto its roof.

Mill Lane will be closed until the vehicle can be recovered.

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The B1222 is currently blocked at Naburn, near York, after a two-vehicle crash.

The incident happened close to St Matthew's church.

Emergency services are on the scene:

A 66-year-old man from North Yorkshire has been jailed for 18 years after he raped and indecently assaulted his daughter.

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Police say Ashleigh Pell, of Pine Close, Skipton, carried out his attacks when his daughter, Rebecca Pell, now aged 43, was between 12 and 14-years-old.

Rebecca Pell first contacted North Yorkshire Police by email in 2017.

Officers say: "Following the trial, she bravely waived her right to anonymity."

Sentencing Pell at Bradford Crown Court, the judge commended his daughter for her courage and strength in reporting the matter to the police and giving her evidence in court.

The investigating officer, Det Con Nicky Wareham, said: "I'm immensely pleased with the outcome of this long and emotional investigation and praise anyone able to come forward and report offences of this nature."

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A cat who went missing in Bradford for five years has been reunited with her owners.

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Owners Caroline and Peter Buckley were staying with family in Thackley five years ago.

They let their two cats out into the garden but one of their pets, Tinkerbell, did not return.

The family updated Tinkerbell's microchip details in the hope of finding her and the RSPCA found her on 11 January.

Astonishingly, she was living in a greenhouse just metres away from where she had originally gone missing.

Mrs Buckley said: "I was speechless. I told my dad and he just burst into tears, we couldn’t believe it. We wanted her back straight away.

"She sits on my dad’s knee now as though she has never been away - although I think it’ll be a while before we let her out."

A waste transfer facility near Hull should be allowed to expand in spite of more than 500 objections, planners are expected to be told later.

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Transwaste wants to turn its Gibson Lane site at Melton into a round-the-clock operation, install generators and build a new anaerobic digester plant.

But people living nearby have said it will affect their quality of life.

Councillors are being advised to approve the scheme because it's within an industrial area.

New Huddersfield boss Jan Siewert has added Andreas Winkler to his coaching team.

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The 49-year-old had been working at Barnsley since June 2018.

He was the head of academy at Rot-Weiss Essen for 14 years and worked with Siewert there during the latter's stint as head coach.

The club announced that Mr Winkler would travel with the squad on their four-day training camp in Portugal.

Plans for a new tower block in Leeds which would rival Yorkshire's tallest building are due to be discussed later.

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The 32-storey development at Midland Mills in Holbeck would have the same number of floors as Bridgwater Place, currently the region's tallest building at 367ft high.

Professor Alan Simson, from the School of Architecture at Leeds Beckett University, says when planning new tall buildings, the impact of the wind needs to be carefully considered.

In 2011, a man died after high winds around Bridgwater Place (pictured) toppled a lorry.

Professor Simpson says: "The big problem is the downdraft and you have to bear in mind Leeds is quite a windy city - the wind comes howling down the River Aire and you do have to take account of it."

There are calls for a Sheffield man who has dedicated much of his life to looking after a plane crash memorial in a city park to be honoured with an OBE.

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Tony Foulds was eight-years-old when he saw a US bomber crash at Endcliffe Park following a World War Two bombing mission in 1944, killing 10 men on board.

Since then, Mr Foulds has regularly tended a memorial built in the victims' honour and he's made calls for a fly-past to mark the 75th anniversary of the crash.

Earlier this week, it was finally announced that the fly-past will go ahead, featuring planes from both the RAF and the US Air Force.

There are now calls for Mr Foulds to be honoured with an award for his work.

Paul Kershaw has told the BBC Mr Foulds is "an inspiration": "If you are looking for a people's award, OBE etc I think look no more."

Meanwhile, Rob Luke has told the BBC: "This is certainly one person who should be awarded by HRH in acknowledgement of his dedication in honouring the memory of the deceased aircrew."

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A cold, frosty start but with some sunshine in places to be followed by a dry day with further sunny spells.

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Wakefield Trinity prop Pauli Pauli is to miss the start of the Super League season after injuring his knee.

More people than ever are coming to East Yorkshire for bird watching, walking and exploring the coast, new figures show.

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The number of wildlife watchers in the area has more than doubled since 2010, according to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Research by Leeds Beckett University also shows its value to the local economy has almost trebled in that time to almost £24m.

Volunteers working to rehabilitate sex offenders say the future of their work in Yorkshire to reduce the number of victims of sex crimes is in jeopardy because of funding cuts.

People who work on the Circles UK programme meet convicted sex offenders after their release from prison to help with their rehabilitation.

The charity has been running projects across the UK since 2002, but funding from the National Probation Service is coming to an end in March.

Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire's Police, Fire and Crime commissioner, is calling on the Justice Minister to continue providing money.

Ms Mulligan says: "Circles works with high-risk sex offenders to try and prevent them from committing further offences. If that money is stopped, we think we'll have only half the amount of provision and that is really serious."

The Ministry of Justice says the scheme is only a small part of a broader plan to prevent re-offending.

There were 13,535 inmates serving prison terms for sex offences in England and Wales, according to figures released in June 2018, external.

Businesses and politicians are asking for guarantees the planned high-speed HS2 rail line will eventually come to Yorkshire.

It comes after Treasury Minister Liz Truss called for a second look at the £56bn railway line.

Part of the HS2 route is currently intended to run from London to Leeds via South Yorkshire, with a branch running as far as Church Fenton in North Yorkshire.

The new railway line would carry 400m-long trains with as many as 1,100 seats per train.

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They would operate at speeds of up to 250mph, faster than any current operating speed in Europe, and would run as often as 14 times per hour in each direction.

Writing in a letter signed by more than 40 organisations, concerns have been raised over whether the second phase of the scheme will ever be completed.

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A cold, frosty start with some sunshine in places later.

The Met Office has issued a warning of ice on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths, external, possibly leading to longer journey times and injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.

Tonight will be chilly with fog and frost forming in places: