A 79-year-old man has gone missing in West Yorkshire.

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Police say Dennis Teal was last seen walking towards Hemsworth in Pontefract, at about 13:00 yesterday.

Mr Teal has grey hair and had a blue back pack with him and was wearing blue walking boots.

Anyone who sees him or knows where he is is being urged to contact the West Yorkshire force.

A bearded dragon described by vets as the “thinnest they had ever seen” has been found dumped in woodlands in Hull.

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RSPCA officers were called, by someone picking litter, to a patch of wasteland next to some woods off Marfleet Lane, behind HMP Hull, last Tuesday.

Insp Lucy Green said: “This poor bearded was so thin you could clearly see his spine and hips. He was like a walking skeleton and was very lethargic.

“He was extremely cold and very unwell. Bearded dragons are reptiles so they are reliant on heat sources to keep them warm.

"We put him on a heat pad to try to warm him up, but unfortunately it was too late, he was in such a bad way he died.

“It was awful to seen this lovely animal so thin and dumped so callously."

Anyone who knows where the reptile came from is being urged to contact the RSPCA.

The board of the tourism organisation Welcome to Yorkshire is due to meet later to discuss the fallout of Sir Gary Verity's resignation.

They're expected to discuss plans for an interim chief executive to replace him as well as the details of the investigation into his conduct and expenses.

Sir Gary resigned last month after 10 years in charge of Welcome to Yorkshire, following an investigation which found he had "made errors of judgement regarding his expenses".

Welcome to Yorkshire said chief executive Sir Gary Verity was leaving on "health grounds".

It added his resignation was not directly linked to concerns raised "in relation to his behaviour towards staff and his expenses".

Leeds Rhinos will host third tier Workington Town in the Challenge Cup fifth round.

A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital with a suspected shotgun wound, South Yorkshire Police say.

The broadcaster is expected to move into the Majestic in Leeds in the second half of 2020.

There are ambitions to permanently uncover Henry VIII's fort in Hull and create a visitor centre around it.

The South Blockhouse was commissioned by the English king in the 16th century to protect Hull.

Feasibility work is now being done after a third dig found more impressive remains at the site, near the Deep aquarium.

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Crimes carried out using computers or the internet in York have increased by nearly 85% in the past year.

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Police say it's because it's seen as a wealthy area with "less tech-savvy" residents.

They say there's been a big increase in fake emails pretending to be from the council, HMRC or TV Licensing.

A report prepared for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner meeting revealed reports of cyber crime in the city have jumped by 84.8% since 2017.

City of York Council warned residents last month about reports of scam messages claiming to be about council tax refunds that try to trick people into sharing confidential data.

The council also announced an extra £75,000 of funding in next year's budget to invest in its own cyber security measures.

Barnaby Cooper sent his 13-year-old victim explicit videos and messages.

Sarah Rixham, from Sheffield, previously held the world record for the longest female highline.

Channel 4 has confirmed the Majestic building as its new national headquarters in Leeds.

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The Majestic, originally a ballroom in 1922, is situated opposite Leeds station and overlooks City Square.

It's to undergo a complete redevelopment by the Rushbond Group to turn it into the new television hub.

Channel 4’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jonathan Allan, said: "The Majestic really stood out as an iconic building which will put Channel 4 at the heart of the city centre.

"It’s an incredibly impressive redevelopment and offers the right mix of location, connectivity and space for our organisation and great facilities for our staff and our partners in the industry."

The move from London is expected to happen at the end of 2020.

The University of Hull is to set up an academic fund in memory of Libby Squire whose body was found last month.

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The body of the 21-year-old philosophy student was found in the Humber estuary after going missing earlier this year.

At the weekend floral tributes were turned into potpourri after her family asked they did not go to waste.

The University of Hull is investing more than £60,000 in surfing and martial arts in Scarborough.

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Under a new five year partnership, Dexter's Surf School will receive money towards the expansion of changing facilities.

While Desapline Martial Arts, which has 250 members, the youngest aged just two the oldest more than 70, will move to a new, bigger dojo in the town.

The university hopes that supporting the two grassroots sport clubs will "help raise the aspirations of young people and adults in the area and transform their future prospects".

Bradford are investigating racist messages sent to Charlton striker Lyle Taylor on Twitter after Saturday's League One game.

Seven people have been arrested after a man was shot in Mexborough.

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A 30-year-old man was injured on Hirst Gate on 30 March at about 01:00.

• Three men, aged 25, 27 and 48 have been released under investigation
• Two women, aged 30 have been released on bail
• Two men, aged 26 and 30, have been released on bail

Shots were also fired on Chaucer Road and Hawthorne Crescent.

Police believe it was a targeted attack and are keen to hear from anyone with any information.

Campaigners lock their arms in a concrete barrel and block the entrance to a shale gas site.

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Police want to identify him after a knife-wielding robber threatened a 16-year-old boy.

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The teenager was approached on the corner of Church Street at about 08:30 on 5 February.

The suspect asked to borrow his phone, produced a knife, and then fled the scene.

Officers are keen to hear from anyone with information.

Dianna Turner stole more than £800,000 from vulnerable adults living at Glastonbury Guest House.

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A busy route will see three weeks of roadworks for essential repairs to a gas main.

Traffic lights will go up this Saturday in Yarm on the A67 junction with The Spital and Worsall Road.

Signals will be up at the southern end of Yarm High Street and the works will be manned from 07:00 to 19:00 every day until 27 April.

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) will be replacing an old cast iron gas main on the stretch with a plastic model which engineers hope will last for decades.

Congestion at the three-way junction sparked anger and frustration last autumn when Northern Powergrid was repairing cables. Motorists jumping red lights were blamed for making traffic worse - as this meant the lights had to be repeatedly reset.

But a spokesman from NGN explained the firm had an eye on existing traffic on the queue-prone route and had timed the work to coincide with the Easter holidays.

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There's travel disruption in Hull this afternoon after a crash closed Chamberlain Road with emergency services on the scene.

Humberside Police have advised motorists to avoid the area after the collision which happened at about 14:30.