Hundreds of primary school children have taken to the steps of Sheffield Town Hall to protest about their school's proposed budget cuts.

Watercliffe Meadow Primary School, in Shirecliffe, needs to make £125,000 savings, with six members of teaching staff being made redundant, according to the headteacher Ian Read.

Mr Read has already written a letter to the government explaining his school's cuts.

Children and staff walked four miles from their school to the city centre as part of the protest.

Police have released a CCTV image of a couple they want to speak to in connection with an alleged assault and robbery in Hull.

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Officers say a 26-year-old man was involved in an "altercation" with a female suspect on Jameson Street at about 01:30 on 20 January.

A male suspect then approached and allegedly kicked and punched the victim who needed hospital treatment for injuries to his head, arms, legs, and neck.

Humberside Police are trying to identify the pair and are calling for anyone who recognises them to come forward.

The Hillsborough match commander had "not been treated as a normal person", a court hears.

Sheffield City Council has come under fire after mixing up the Welsh and Irish flags.

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The authority apologised after it mistakenly flew a Welsh flag on St Patrick's Day.

A "basic error" was to blame and the council apologised for any offence caused, while congratulating Wales' rugby team after beating Ireland in the Six Nations.

Chrissy Meleady, of the Irish People's Forum in Sheffield, said older members of the community were "particularly aggrieved" at the error.

She added: "It's a little bit sad that they couldn't differentiate between the flags."

Ms Meleady described the reference to Ireland's loss in Cardiff as "quite an insult" and a "secondary slap".

"We've had Irish people here since 1455 and we've made major contributions to this city down the generations," she said.

"Even this town hall, all of the flag work, all of the artistic work, the carvings were done by Irish artisans."

Hull Pirates ice hockey team have won the league after an away win over Sheffield Steeldogs.

This Twitter video shows the team celebrating last night after winning the National Ice Hockey League North:

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Residents in a Silsden care home had a visit from two therapy alpacas, Sovereign and Pumpkin, external.

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Police officers in Barnsley are trying to find a man who's wanted in connection with criminal damage and threats to kill.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Keighran Michael Green, 30, is believed to visit Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.

The public are told not to approach the man, but to call the police if there are any sightings.

The number of people in York going to hospital with alcohol problems has been described as a "ticking time bomb."

A meeting will hear today the number is above the national average and rising.

City of York Council's executive will also hear concerns about planned cuts to the substance misuse service that could have a serious impact on the city.

Councillor Michael Pavlovic is one of those behind the report.

He says: "Alcohol related crime rates constitute about 25% of arrests in York.

"If you then take away the effect and impact commissioned services can have with the people most likely to need them you can see why I think ticking time bomb is an appropriate phrase."

A report says budgets have been falling since 2014, and warns putting extra money into alcohol and drug support services could hit sexual health and children's health budgets.

Pawel Relowicz is charged with unrelated offences in the inquiry into missing Hull student Libby Squire.

A member of train staff was punched in the face, leaving him with a cut lip, after two passengers refused to show a valid ticket in South Yorkshire, according to British Transport Police.

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It's said to have happened at about 07:15 on Tuesday 19 February as the train arrived at Darton railway station.

The member of staff was punched after asking two men to leave the train.

It's thought the two men intended to travel to Chapeltown, Sheffield.

Images of two people police officers would like to speak to have been released as part of the ongoing investigation.

A new sculpture has been unveiled next to Hull’s Guildhall honouring people from the city who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War.

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In the 1930s, nine men and a woman from the area, volunteered to fight with the International Brigade against General Franco's forces.

The sculpture is made of a type of marble, found in the Basque region of Spain, and steel manufactured in Catalonia.

The Hull International Brigade Memorial Group, which raised money to commemorate the volunteers, said four of them were killed in battle and their bodies never recovered.

Andy Stankard from the group, said: "They are a part of Hull that remains in Catalonia and this memorial from Catalonia, where they fought, is a part of Spain that now remains in Hull.”

Police say a man's been arrested following reports of someone brandishing a knife in York.

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Officers were called out to the New Earswick area last night.

Police then arrested a man in Haxby for possession of a bladed article in a public place.

Feeling dragged down by the weather?

At least you didn't suffer this horse's predicament.

Image source, WEST YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE

Molly, the mare, got stuck in a bog after the field on Staups Lane in Todmorden, got flooded.

Fire crews were called to carry out the rescue.

Molly is recovering after been taken to the vets.

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Some buskers in York are said to be "extremely monotonous" and a focus for anti-social behaviour.

This is the scene on the M1 at the moment after a lorry jack-knifed in South Yorkshire, closing the road.

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The lorry driver has been taken to hospital, according to South Yorkshire Police.

The incident, which is between the exit and entrance slip roads at junction 31 southbound, happened earlier this morning.

Writing on Facebook, the force's operational support team writes that drivers ignoring the red road closed signs over the carriageway slowed emergency services getting to the scene.

Engineers are working to bring power back to parts of Bradford and Leeds after power cuts this morning.

Residents in postcode areas LS9 and BD2 have been affected.

An underground cable has caused the issue in Leeds, with power expected to be back by 13:30.

Engineers are still investigating the cause of the problem in Bradford, but Northern Powergrid says its engineers aim to get it fixed by midday.

A "basic error" meant the Welsh flag was flown above the Sheffield Town Hall on St Patrick's Day instead of an Irish one, according to Sheffield City Council.

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The red dragon emblem was seen flying from a flagpole in the city centre and spotted by many people who pointed out the mistake online.

The council has since admitted it got the wrong flag, saying it's "flagged" the error with the company which did the deed.

"It’s a basic error and we’d like to apologise for any offence caused", a council spokesperson said.

The council went on to wish people a Happy St Patrick’s Day.

A battle to save some allotments from being bulldozed to make way for a new school in Huddersfield is being heard in the High Court today.

Image source, Friends of Cemetery Road allotments

Campaigners are trying to stop Kirklees Council turn a third of the Cemetery Road Allotments in Birkby into sports pitches for the school.

More than 5,000 people signed a petition to try to save the allotments.

A High Court judge in Leeds will look at their objections as part of a Judicial Review.

A man's died after a crash in North Yorkshire, police say.

It happened on Saturday evening at 20:30 in Sherburn-in-Elmet.

The car he was driving, a Volvo V50, mounted the pavement outside a Spar shop on Low Street and crashed into bollards and another vehicle.

The 56-year-old was treated at the scene by paramedics, but died at the scene.

Anyone who saw the collision is asked to contact police.

The M1 has been closed because of a crash between the slip roads at junction 31.

It's on the M1 southbound near Aston.

There is a diversion in place as traffic officers and South Yorkshire Police get to the scene: