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Council tenants living in a block of flats in Sheffield say they are tired and scared of thugs vandalising their homes and leaving them at the mercy of criminals.

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Residents at Elm Tree House, on Ridgeway Road, are now calling on Sheffield Council to put in more safety measures.

Mavis Mclennen, who has lived there for five years, said she was worried about issues including a gate which has been repeatedly broken, allowing youngsters to get in to smoke and drink.

She said: "We're all over 60-years-old so we feel very threatened. The door is off its hinges because they've smashed it in. We're fed up of it."

Ms Mclennen added that she has spoken to several people at the council over the past year, and got the area officer involved, but nothing had been done.

Councillor Jim Steinke, cabinet member for neighbourhoods and community safety, said: "We have repaired the doors and made them safe after reports of vandalism.

"The residents here deserve to feel safe and to live in a pleasant environment so we are looking at the possibility of installing a door-entry system for them as well."

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Plans to move more than 100 caravans onto a pitch and putt site in Skipsea will harm the local community, it's being claimed.

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A proposal to site 128 caravans on land next to Far Grange Holiday Park has received 45 letters of objection and a petition signed by more than 100 people.

It's part of the roll-back project, where caravans at risk of coastal erosion are moved away from the cliff edge and placed elsewhere.

People opposed to the plan say the mini-golf is extensively used and would be a big loss.

Huddersfield Town made an operating profit of £23.2m for the year ending June 2018 after one season back in the top flight.

John Henry Coates' body was recovered more than 70 years after he died in a crash in Italy.

Hull Minster is getting a grant of almost £4m to complete its transformation into a hub for the city's history, heritage and community.

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The £3.9m grant will be used to build a visitor and heritage centre, an education centre and community garden which will grow fruit and veg for the cafe.

The Highways England money comes from a fund set up to protect historic buildings near major roads.

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A communal living scheme in York, where people will eat meals together, share cars and grow their own food, has been approved.

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Residents could be moved in to the city's first housing co-operative by Christmas 2020.

Organisation YorSpace will build 19 homes at a former school site in the Acomb area of the city.

The scheme includes a shared laundrette, a workshop space, allotments and a village green area.

A City of York Council planning meeting was told residents will not be able to own a car outright, but will share a vehicle with neighbours.

The organisation is hoping to build similar developments in other parts of the city.

A public exhibition is being held today to update people on the progress of East Yorkshire's £44m flood defence scheme.

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The event, between 16:00 and 21:00 at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice in Anlaby, will include displays of photographs, videos and plans.

Members of the project team will also be on hand to answer any questions about the work to protect more than 8,000 homes and businesses in the Cottingham, Anlaby, East Ella and Hessle areas.

Police train prison officers and staff to deal with offences in four prisons.

Police officers are hunting for a Rotherham man who is wanted for recall to prison.

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Martin Shaw, 40, is thought to frequent the Swinton area of Rotherham.

Officers have said members of the public should not approach him.

Anyone who knows his location or has seen him should contact South Yorkshire Police.

Police have released CCTV pictures of a man and a woman they want to speak to after an 80-year-old woman was the victim of a sneak-in burglary in East Yorkshire.

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The elderly woman was in her house on Southfield Road in Hessle when her handbag, containing a mobile phone and purse, were taken.

Police have warned residents not to "make it easy for opportunist thieves" by leaving windows and doors open "as the weather gets better".

A cannabis factory has been found by police in Rotherham.

It was discovered at about 09:40 this morning at a property on Meadow Street, Ferham, following a call from a gas engineer.

South Yorkshire Police say no-one has yet been arrested:

Planners are being advised to approve the expansion of a waste plant in Melton, near Hull, despite objections from hundreds of people who live nearby.

Transwaste wants to run the facility on Gibson Lane around the clock, although delivery lorries would have restricted hours.

The company also wants to open an anaerobic digester plant to generate power for the national grid.

The plans first went before councillors in January, but they postponed making a decision on them until they had more information at their disposal.

Hundreds of people have objected to the proposals, many raising concerns about odours and noise.

Welton and North Ferriby Parish council have also objected strongly.

Officials in Beverley say the plans should be allowed to go through as the locations is already a designated industrial estate.

Funding for green spaces in cities would improve people's well-being, according to a new study.

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University of Sheffield researchers found a big improvement in people's health and well-being when they noticed nature.

The research project cost £1.3m and worked with health professionals and planners.

Police want to identify two men after graffiti was sprayed on shop fronts in Hull earlier this week.

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CCTV photographs of the men, one carrying a tray of food, were released after the suspected criminal damage to shops on Beverley Road and Newland Avenue on Monday.

Police say they want to identify the two men in connection with four separate incidents between 01:00 and 02:00.

Officers believe one of the men bought food from a takeaway on Cottingham Road at about 02:00.

A brand new version of the board game Monopoly is to be based on a Yorkshire spa town.

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Harrogate won a nationwide contest, seeing off 49 others across the UK to get its own version of the game.

It's being launched today with members of the public able to vote on which landmarks should feature in the game.

Monopoly was invented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie, an American Quaker woman who believed in the common ownership of land. She called it The Landlord's Game.

By 1935, when Parker Bros in Philadelphia acquired the rights to the game, it had become the embodiment of capitalist speculation.

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Crime inside Doncaster's four large prisons has been cut by half since police introduced new tactics.

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All South Yorkshire's prisons are in Doncaster and that has historically created a big draw on resources, accounting for up to 10% of all police resources in that area.

But a rethink of how police handle incidents, along with the Prison Service, has produced results which have been described as a "benchmark" for how police support prisons nationally.

Changes have included establishing a police prisons team with expert understanding of the type of crimes which occur in and around prisons.

The police's crime training department has also created a training course for prison officers, meaning they now have the skills to take statements and preserve crime scenes - tasks the authorities would have previously relied on police to carry out.

An 83-year-old man has died after his car mounted the kerb and hit a tree before rolling onto its side after he suffered a suspected medical episode in Beverley.

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Roy Peacock was seriously injured in the collision, which happened at about 19:00 on Sunday evening near his home on Routh Avenue.

He was taken to hospital for treatment but died last night.

Humberside Police say Mr Peacock's black Fiat Punto was the only car involved in the incident and no-one else was hurt.

Officers are supporting his family and want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision.

Two rookie film makers from West Yorkshire are celebrating after their first project, which was shot in York, won two top awards.

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Scott and Sid is based on the lives of Scott Elliott and Sid Sadowskyj, who grew up in Bradford.

Last night it won Film of the Year at the British Film Awards, while Charlotte Milchard also picked up the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

It tells the story of two awkward teenagers who meet at school and write a list of goals to pursue to create a better life.

Locations included in the film include York's famous walls and city centre streets.

Cinematographer Will Humphris said: "York was a wonderful place to film because everyone was very supportive.

"The buildings we were in, the locations we were in, the houses we were in – all worked very well."

And Sid Sadowskyj said: "York was the perfect filming location - the council and local residents were fantastic."

Cars have been badly damaged and signs have been destroyed after a lorry crashed in West Yorkshire early this morning.

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The HGV overturned at about 05:55 in the Stump Cross area of Halifax.

Pictures from the scene show cars being pushed into nearby houses and the contents of the lorry littering the road.

Nobody has been injured, according to police.

A lorry has hit the front of a house in West Yorkshire.

Police say it happened in the Stump Cross area of Halifax at about 05:55 this morning.

There are no reported injuries.

Officers say the vehicle is currently blocking the road and are asking drivers to avoid the area: