Mark Jones allegedly paid "a lot" for an edition of Hitler's book featuring a Nazi party application form.

A busy North Yorkshire road is to be closed overnight for the next two weeks for urgent repair work so be warned if you're travelling that way from the North East.

North Yorkshire County Council say local residents and businesses in and around Whitby have been warned about the closure.

The work will start at 18.30 this evening on the A169 Whitby to Pickering road at Blue Bank, just outside Sleights.

A signed diversion will direct traffic through Whitby and along the A171 into Scarborough, then on the A170 to reach Pickering.

Traffic managers will be at both ends of the closure to prevent larger vehicles using narrow village lanes to avoid the longer diversion.

North Yorkshire County Council's executive member for highways, Don MacKenzie, says the A169 is a vital route for visitors to the coast and moors, and the work's being done overnight to minimise disruption.

Three people were injured and taken to hospital following a head-on crash near Sheffield.

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It happened yesterday at about 14:25 on the A57 near Todwick.

It's thought a Jaguar X-Type crossed onto the wrong side of the road and hit a silver Toyota Avensis head-on.

A 49-year-old man and a 47-yer-old woman in the Toyota were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The 53-year-old driver of the Jaguar also suffered serious injuries.

A theatre in Hull is giving away its old seats to members of the public following a £16m refurbishment.

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A number of the distinctive red seats from Hull New Theatre, which opened in 1939, have been given to local drama groups and schools.

However, local residents can now get in touch with the council to get one of the seats for themselves.

Councillor Dave Craker, portfolio holder for culture, leisure and tourism, said: “Many people in Hull have fond memories of the theatre, so it’s fantastic we are able to offer people the chance to grab a small piece of its history.”

Rotherham Council will no longer have intervention from the government from the end of the month, it's been confirmed.

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Commissioners from the government had been running the council after a report found significant failings a the authority had contributed to child sexual exploitation in the town.

Commissioners were put in charge of the council four years ago after it was described as "wholly dysfunctional" by the then Secretary of State Eric Pickles.

Rotherham Council will officially be handed back on 31 March.

Public transport routes will be busier than normal later as the Sheffield Varsity ice hockey final takes place at the arena.

People wanting to travel on the tram or tram train are asked to leave extra time:

Two people have been arrested in connection with a series of malicious tweets sent to five MPs, including a reference to the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox.

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Messages were sent to Independent Group MPs Anna Soubry, Chuka Umunna, Angela Smith and Sarah Wollaston, and Labour MP David Lammy.

One showed a crossbow above the words "We are ready for civil war, are you?"

South Yorkshire Police said a man and a woman had been arrested on suspicion of sending malicious communications.

The man, 40, and woman, 33, were arrested in Sheffield and have been released on bail.

The tweets were sent from an account in the name of "Sheffield and Yorkshire direct action brexit group".

Responding to a tweet from Ms Soubry referencing a petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled, one message branded her a "traitor" and said "Remember what happened to Jo Cox".

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Fines of £250 could be issued to people in West Yorkshire if they use "rogue" disposal businesses to get rid of their waste.

Bradford Council is proposing the fines in cases where waste is fly-tipped and can then be traced back to a specific household.

It means people can be fined even if they do not physically dump the waste themselves.

The authority says there is an increasing number of "rogue businesses" that offer to remove waste, but then dump it illegally.

A report to the council cites an increasing trend among unlicensed waste operators to "tempt people with cheap prices for the removal of large items of waste, which inevitably end up dumped on highways or land."

A spokesman for the council says: "The fines will allow officers to enforce the law without having to take people to court, and allow officers to use their discretion when people have tried their best to take precautions, but have been genuinely duped."

The number of arson attacks on a derelict estate in Hull have almost halved since graffiti artists were given permission to paint houses in the summer, new figures show.

A report by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service says there were 50 fewer deliberate fires since July on the Preston Road estate than there were the previous year.

It's now recommending organised graffiti could help reduce anti-social behaviour on other similar sites.

The service says the houses, which are earmarked for demolition, have now become a tourist attraction.

A so-called "tuneless choir" is due to be launched in Doncaster later today.

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Organiser Becky Power says tuneless choirs act as a stress-buster as people don't have to worry about hitting the right notes.

She says she hopes people will have a "wail" of a time at the choir's first event which will be held this evening at the White Church Hall.

A petition started by a woman in Hull to stop the netting of hedgerows has gained more than 160,000 signatures.

The practice, which is used to stop birds nesting near new housing sites, has been criticised after an online video was taken of birds trapped underneath nets.

Parliament considers for debate all petitions which attract more than 100,000 signatures.

Maggie Moran, who started the petition, says: "My hope is that by forcing a debate in parliament we can put an end to this practice which I feel is just abhorrent."

This was the scene this morning after a major moorland fire on Grinkle Moor near the A171 in North Yorkshire, between Whitby and Guisborough.

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A spokesperson for Cleveland Fire Brigade said: "It was very windy which led to spreading.

"Six appliances from Cleveland attended and North Yorkshire sent four appliances."

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Fire crews have been scaled back now, but two appliances are staying on scene to check for any hot spots, according to the fire service.

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Major engineering work may be needed in the future to protect the Hull to Leeds railway line from erosion, Network Rail say.

The line lies close to the banks of the Humber in places, especially between Hessle and North Ferriby, and newly installed sensors found the ground was moving.

It led to the closure of a popular footpath, which has just reopened after rock armour was installed, although this is only a temporary solution with engineers working on a permanent fix for the problem.

Rising sea levels and more extreme weather events combine to make the flooding of the line more likely, Network Rail said.

A Rotherham school was forced to shut after potential burglars caused severe damage.

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Police say expanding foam was injected into alarm boxes in an attempt to silence them.

It's thought suspects tried to steal a safe from inside Brampton Ellis School onn Brampton Road in West Melton.

It happened in the early hours of Friday morning and meant the school was closed to pupils throughout the day.

It's thought three people were involved in the break-in.

Up to seven teachers could be made redundant and the sixth form closed at the school in Sheffield.

The government is considering its response to an appeal to change the law to make other organisations contribute to the cost of sea defences.

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Scarborough Borough Council want utility companies to contribute to the rising cost of protecting the coastline, because they say the businesses' infrastructures would also benefit.

The leader of the authority, Councillor Derek Bastiman, wrote a letter co-signed by eight other coastal authority leaders.

In the letter he wrote: "Current legislation doesn't require utility companies to contribute to coastal erosion projects, although they are often direct beneficiaries, with their infrastructure protected from the impacts of coastal erosion.

"A situation we believe to be inequitable.

"We would, therefore, encourage government to incentivise utility companies to plan and invest in the resilience of their coastal infrastructure in step with local authorities and the partner agencies."

Runswick Bay, near Whitby, is seen as an example, where the community and Yorkshire Water both volunteered to pay a share of the £2m for new defences.

The animal bolted when a group of drivers revved their engines behind it on a country lane.

Dozens of motorbikes are driving through Doncaster today as part of a funeral cortege for a biker.

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Raymond Hall died in a crash on the M18 near Doncaster last month.

A procession of about 50 bikes will travel from the funeral service on Herringthorpe Valley Road to Doncaster crematorium early this afternoon.

There will be some traffic disruption along the route, according to South Yorkshire Police.

Stewart Arnold, the leader of the Yorkshire Party, has announced he's stepping down.

The University of Hull lecturer says the decision has been prompted because it is hard to get the party's Yorkshire devolution message across when the country is immersed in Brexit.

He co-founded the party in 2014 to press the case for a regional assembly in Yorkshire and the devolution of more powers to the Yorkshire and Humber region.

A rider's been thrown from a horse and the horse seriously injured in an incident involving six people on quad bikes and a motorcycle in North Yorkshire.

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Police say it happened on Sunday afternoon near Skipton when the the horse was "spooked" on Jowetts lane in Draughton.

Officers believe the group of quad bikers had travelled from the Bradford area, having been sighted in Queensbury at about 13:30.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "This was a serious incident, which could have resulted in life-changing injury to the rider and horse.

"Extensive enquiries are ongoing, and any photographs, videos, dashcam, CCTV footage or information that could help identify this group would be gratefully received."