A moped rider and passenger have been accused of driving through Hull smashing the windows of parked cars in what police have described as a "mindless act".

A number of vehicles were reportedly damaged in the Spring Bank West area of the city, from about 21:30 yesterday.

Humberside Police are appealing for information after the reported incidents of criminal damage on De La Pole Avenue and Albert Avenue.

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A West Yorkshire fire chief has taken Piers Morgan to task in a row about whether Fireman Sam is sexist, external.

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The former leader of Sheffield Council and one of the city's most well-known politicians is standing down.

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Paul Scriven, Ecclesall councillor and Baron Scriven of Hunter's Bar, will not be seeking re-election to Sheffield Council when his term comes to an end in May.

He's spent a total of 15 years as a councillor, narrowly missed out on a Parliamentary seat and has repeatedly called for the House of Lords to be abolished, despite being a life peer.

The demands of splitting his time between Sheffield and London have become too much but Baron Scriven, originally from Huddersfield, says leaving the council will be a wrench.

"My passion and the fire in my belly is local government and particularly in this city because I absolutely love Sheffield and I will be leaving in a wooden box", he said.

"I need to do one job well, give it time and give the electorate the attention they deserve."

An eight-month-old kitten called Biscuit died after being shot in York yesterday.

Police say the kitten, who lived on Almsford Road in Acomb, had to be put to sleep because he had a pellet embedded in his spine:

A fundraising page has been set up online to pay for the funeral and burial of a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines crash who used to live in Hull.

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Joseph Waithaka, 55, who had worked for Humberside Probation Trust, was one of 157 people killed when the flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed on 10 March.

According to a GoFundMe page, the father-of-three, who has lived in Kenya since 2015, was visiting family, including a grandchild in Hull, before he "flew back to Africa when tragedy struck".

The page, set up by Steve Whittington from Hull, says: "Finance is urgently needed to help repatriate the body and allow close family members to travel from the UK to bury their father and husband in Kenya."

A £9,000 target has been set, with a UK memorial service also planned for the Kenyan and British dual national, with funds to be administered by Jubilee Church Hull and "allocated to the needs of the family", the page adds.

A member of the House of Lords has appeared in court charged with historical child sex offences.

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Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, 61, is charged with two counts of attempting to rape a girl under 16 and one count of indecently assaulting a boy under 14.

He appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court alongside two of his brothers, Mohamed Farouq, 68, and Mohammed Tariq, 63, who denied similar charges.

All three were granted bail to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on 16 April.

The charges against the former Labour peer relate to two complainants - a boy and a girl - and are said to have taken place between 1971 and 1974, when he was aged between 14 and 17.

Lord Ahmed, of East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, did not enter any pleas during the brief hearing but his solicitor, Haroon Shah, said he would be pleading not guilty to all the charges.

Mr Farouq, of Worrygoose Lane, Rotherham, pleaded not guilty to four counts of indecently assaulting a boy under 14 between 1968 and 1972.

Mr Tariq, of Gerard Road, Rotherham, denied two counts of indecently assaulting a boy under 14 between 1970 and 1972.

A major Sheffield supermarket was evacuated and is now closed after two people were seriously injured in a screwdriver attack earlier.

A man and a woman were injured after being attacked at the Tesco Extra on Savile Street, Spital Hill, at about 13:30 this afternoon.

A BBC reporter at the scene has said police tape is stopping people driving into the store's car par and there is a large police presence following the attack.

A man has been detained and is in custody, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A gas canister was used to blow the machine open at the post office.

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It's a well-known fact that women take longer in public toilets than men. It's partly because it is more than just a place to use the loo - it is often where women chat, bond, fix their make-up and their problems.

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Samantha Jagger has been documenting these candid moments between friends and strangers for almost 10 years.

Instead of staging "Insta-perfect" shots, she uses a battered 35mm point-and-shoot camera small enough to fit in her handbag.

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Her photographs, taken chiefly in toilets in pubs and clubs in Manchester and Leeds, are about to go on show as part of an exhibition called Loosen Up.

In that time, freelance journalist Samantha has seen "shoulders getting wet from tears, the dumping of girls and guys, pep talks, sympathy smiles, knickers in bins and flooded sinks".

Samantha, who is originally from York and now lives in Manchester, said she likes the medium of film because it's "raw".

A Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales 15 years ago has been identified, police have confirmed today.

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Police have confirmed that the body of Lamduan Armitage, nee Seekanya, was discovered in a remote location between Pen-y-ghent and Horton in Ribblesdale in 2004.

Officers say she was was married with three children and originally came from Udon Thani province in north east Thailand before living in Portsmouth, Rugby and Preston between 1991 and 2004.

North Yorkshire Police are seeking information from anyone who knew her or her family between 1991 and up to the time she died in September 2004.

Two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing with a screwdriver outside a Tesco in Sheffield.

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The attack happened just after 13:30 with a man and a woman both being injured, according to South Yorkshire Police,

It happened at the Tesco Extra on Savile Street in Spital Hill.

Both have both been taken to hospital.

A man has been detained and is in custody following the incident, police have said.

A roundabout in East Yorkshire has reopened after it was shut for police investigations after a motorist was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and attempted murder.

The roundabout where the A1079 meets the A614 near Shiptonthorpe was closed following the crash this morning.

It left a man and woman in hospital with injuries described by police as serious but not life-threatening:

A campaign to raise £250,000 so a three-year-old North Yorkshire boy can have pioneering cancer treatment in the USA has raised more than £100,000.

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Freddie Thompson has stage four neuro-blastoma, an aggressive form of cancer, and his family are now trying to raise the money for a new, potentially life-saving vaccine, only available in the United States.

Aunt Gillian Dewar said the response to the "Freddie's Fight" appeal had been "so busy" it had "kind of taken over our lives".

Work has started in Huddersfield on two pairs of lock gates which will become the main feature of Yorkshire's RHS Chelsea show garden.

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The gates were previously used on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal but are now being adapted at the Stanley Ferry Workshop for the show.

It's the first time authentic pieces like these will be used in the event.

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The 2019 garden has been designed by East Yorkshire garden designer Mark Gregory.

"These lock gates are essential for the authenticity of this year’s Welcome to Yorkshire Garden and will really bring the canal to life," he said.

The garden’s main attribute will see a canal and its gates opening up to a wild meadow and a lock keeper’s lodge.

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Tadcaster Albion needs to raise over £8,000 to repair its flood-hit ground following severe flooding over the weekend, external.

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Sisters Izzy Squire and Beth Anderson and their friend Christian Sloan died in Vietnam in 2016.

Nazi graffiti in Beverley, including a swastika daubed near the town's minster, is being investigated by police.

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The swastika was found over a replica Fred Elwell painting outside the town's minster, with further graffiti found at the town's railway station.

Humberside Police says it's taking the incident "very seriously".

The 1,265ft (386m) high metal mast collapsed when ice built up on its support cables.

Lord Ahmed is accused of attempting to rape a girl under 16 and indecently assaulting a boy under 14.

Witnesses to a sex attack on a bridge in Sheffield city centre are being asked by police to urgently come forward.

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A 20-year-old woman was attacked on a footbridge from the Wicker towards Sussex Street last week.

Two passers-by intervened in the attack on a bridge known locally as Cobweb Bridge at about 17:20 on Tuesday 12 March.

Police officers are asking the two people to come forward to help them in their investigation.