A replica of a Fred Elwell painting displayed near Beverley Minster has been replaced after a swastika symbol was sprayed on it.

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The painting, called Harvest Festival Gifts, which can be found on railings opposite the Minster's main entrance, was vandalised earlier this week.

The appearance of the Nazi symbol is being investigated by Humberside Police, together with two other incidents in which similar graffiti has been sprayed on prominent buildings in the town.

The Hillsborough disaster trial jury is warned not to "translate heartbreak into a conviction".

Classical music could be played at Hull Paragon Station in a bid to reduce anti-social behaviour and vandalism, it's emerged.

TransPennine Express says the initiative has already been tried out in Cleethorpes where logged complaints of anti-social behaviour reduced by around 75%.

Dan Dreggs, TransPennine Express station manager for Humberside, said: "It calms down your average commuter who enjoy it, but it also deters youths who don't want to listen to it."

Police have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to a "serious assault" on a dog walker in Bridlington.

The man was assaulted on Victoria Road at about 23:15 on 24 January, with two people since being arrested and released under investigation over the incident.

Humberside Police say three people were involved in the incident, which left the victim with cuts to his face and abdomen and bruising to his body.

Anyone with information about the assault is being asked to contact police.

This was the scene on the M62 at J25 a short time ago after the road was closed when a lorry carrying crushed cars overturned at Brighouse.

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Officers have closed the eastbound slip road while they deal with the incident.

Askham Bryan College in York is to become a sports hub for Leeds United Football Club.

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From September, students studying for a BTEC in sport will spend a day a week at the club's Elland Road stadium, using the club's training and fitness facilities.

The course will be led and managed by Matt Heath, an ex-Leeds United player who is now an Askham Bryan College course lecturer.

Spencer Taylor, Leeds United’s director of education, said: "We're delighted to be joining forces with Askham Bryan College, offering students the chance to learn at our stadium and give them the opportunity to work with the coaches at Leeds United Sports College."

Two men convicted of child grooming charges showed "remarkable stupidity" by attempting to smuggle drugs into a prison during their trial, a judge has said.

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Naveed Akhtar (right) hid a parcel containing drugs and miniature mobile phones in a courtroom toilet at Bradford Crown Court for fellow defendant Fahim Iqbal (left) to pick up and take to HMP Leeds.

The court heard a dock officer became suspicious and found the package in a toilet roll dispenser and drugs were found under a chair in the dock on 4 February.

Iqbal, 28, of no fixed abode, and Akhtar, 44, of Newport Place, Bradford, were both sentenced to a further five months in prison.

The original trial surrounded sexual offences against two teenage girls where Iqbal was sentenced to seven years for aiding and abetting rape.

Akhtar was convicted of two counts of rape and sent to prison for 17 years, with seven other men also jailed after a six-week trial.

The drugs found held a very low street value, but would have held a higher value in prison due to demand.

Sentencing the paire Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said they had executed the plan "with remarkable stupidity and quite possibly some degree of pressure, under the noses of dock officers and myself".

Police have released an e-fit of a man suspected of trying to abduct a four-year-old boy on the way to school in Hull.

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The child was walking with his mum on Newland Avenue when the man allegedly tried to take his hand and lead him away as they waited to cross the road.

Humberside Police say the mum told the man to leave them alone and he walked off.

The boy was not harmed in the incident.

Police in Skipton have been carrying out "reassurance patrols" in and around the local mosque in the light of the Christchurch shootings in New Zealand.

PCSO Ruth Pearson said the North Yorkshire force wanted communities to feel safe after the "shocking events" in New Zealand:

A series of measures are being introduced at Hull railway station to reduce anti-social behaviour.

The woman was found dead in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004 and buried in an anonymous grave.

A fox has been rescued by firefighters after getting stuck on the side of a river bank in Hull.

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Emergency cres were called to Greenwood Avenue, which crosses the Beverley and Barmston Drain (pictured), at about 12:30 yesterday.

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service says two officers in dry suits used small tools and a ladder to save the fox.

The animal was left with the RSPCA.

Eileen Cowles, 86, died after taking her monthly dose of vitamin D tablet every day.

Plans to transform the front of York Railway Station have been altered to include anti-terrorism measures after feedback from the public.

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The plans submitted today also include the removal of a road bridge and the reorganisation of the road layout leading into the station.

The planning application has been submitted following a public consultation in 2018 which saw over 1,500 people share their feedback on the scheme.

Following the consultation, designers altered the masterplan to include incorporating counter-terrorism measures which would be sympathetic to the station setting.

When the station opened in 1877 it was the largest in the world.

Councillor Peter Dew said: "Throughout the station's lifetime it has seen several major upgrades, and this new masterplan is long overdue."

Executive member for the environment Councillor Andrew Waller said: "One of the key aims of the plan is to make it substantially easier for pedestrians and cyclists to move around the area."

A museum in Hull is to get a new heating system after a series of unplanned closures during the winter.

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Hull and East Riding Museum will close for three weeks during the work, described as "necessary for the preservation of the internationally important collections".

The attraction, known for its woolly mammoth, had to close after "experiencing its own mini ice age" when the heating stopped working.

Leeds has the highest amount of admissions to hospital for young people with drug and alcohol misuse problems, according to latest Public Health figures.

There were 320 young people admitted for substance misuse in the past three years in Leeds.

The city also saw 189 children needing treatment for alcohol, which was also the highest in the county.

Bradford followed with a total of 175 under 18s admitted into hospital.

This follows an announcement from private addiction treatment firm UKAT who said it had seen 185% rise in the number of young addicts checking into rehabilitation programmes over the past three years.

Eytan Alexander, from UKAT, said: "Prevention should be the priority in tackling the rise of drink and drug misuse among children in order to avoid the beast which is addiction developing in later life.

"It is imperative that parents living across Yorkshire address the topic of drugs and alcohol early on with their children."

Water levels in York are falling after rivers across Yorkshire rose following heavy rainfall.

The level in the city centre reached a peak of 3.99 metres above normal summer levels on Monday, flooding some city riverside areas.

Because of its location on low ground, at the junction of the rivers Ouse and Foss, the city is prone to flooding.

Rivers in the city have now gone down to 1.895 metres above average and are continuing to fall but, as you can see from these pictures, as the water recedes a bit of a mess is left behind.

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A Doncaster resident has expressed his anger at the "mess" outside his home after an investigation recently found Hexthorpe had the highest amount of fly-tipping complaints.

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Steve Parsons, 72, said spots of litter and fly-tipping behind his home on Stone Close Avenue, Hexthorpe, can return within a matter of days of being dumped.

A Local Democracy Reporting Service investigation recently found Hexthorpe was one of the most complained about hot spots for dumping.

Ramsden Road had 267 reports of fly-tipping in three years.

Mr Parsons said: "It's not just my area, it's bad in other alleyways around Hexthorpe and it's just got to a point now when I'm just so sick and tired of it because it gets cleaned up and in no time it's a disgusting mess."

Doncaster Council's Gill Gillies said: "We want residents to work with us to encourage positive behaviours while we continue to devote up to 200 staff who can work on all types of enforcement activity and 70 Street Scene staff."

Labour MP for Hull North Diana Johnson has called on Theresa May to resign over her letter requesting a delay to Brexit.

Writing on Twitter, she accused the Prime Minster of "arrogance" over the letter to President of the EU Council, Donald Tusk:

An East Yorkshire man has denied trying to import a child sex doll from China into the UK.

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Beverley Magistrates' Court heard how the doll was seized by customs at Stansted Airport on 15 October 2017.

Adam Cuthbertson, 27, from Hutton Balk, in Hutton, East Yorkshire, denied importing an indecent or obscene article.

He also denied three counts of making indecent images of children, possessing extreme porn and a prohibited image of a child.

He was granted unconditional bail ahead of an appearance at Hull Crown Court on 17 April.