The wife of a Pickering ultra runner who disappeared two months ago has made an appeal for information which might help to find him.

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Nicholas Harper was last seen on the morning of Thursday 7 February, his car was found at Cowhouse Wood in Helmsley later.

The teacher's wife has made previous appeals saying she misses him "desperately" as do his children and friends.

Rachael Harper's latest appeal asks for the public's help and urges anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant it might see, to contact the police.

She said: "It's something that was totally out of the blue and unexpected, so it's really hard to understand what might have happened."

The MP for Hull West and Hessle says she's going to ask the government for more police funding to help keep people safe in their homes.

Emma Hardy says her constituents are concerned about the lack of officers on the street, since reduced opening hours at Hessle Police station over a year ago.

The Labour MP says: "There aren't as many police around, resources are stretched too thinly.

"In Hull and in Hessle police resources get diverted to where there's the area of greatest need leaving other areas vulnerable."

She says she will raise the issue in the House of Commons later.

Paula Williamson wanted to wait until one of her sons was back from holiday before revealing the £1m win.

A number of police cars have blocked Halifax Road in Sheffield.

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The road's been closed because of a "police incident", according to South Yorkshire Police's force control.

Photos from the scene show a number of police cars surrounding a car and a bus.

We've asked South Yorkshire Police for more information.

A Barnsley mum, who scooped £1m on the EuroMillions lottery, kept the win secret from her sons for more than five weeks.

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Paula Williamson, 59, didn't tell her sons Jack and Ian until they were together as a family.

With Jack being on holiday in Australia, it was almost five weeks until they could share the news.

The dinner lady said she would be helping her sons to buy a house with the winnings, as well as buying a new three-piece suite for her and husband Geoff.

The men deny all charges connected to the alleged child sexual exploitation of a girl in Sheffield.

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A York pub which played the tunes Sweet Caroline and Come on Eileen at an "unreasonable level" and was threatened with closure has been saved.

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City of York Council wanted to withdraw the licence from the Clockhouse in Acomb after it attracted complaints for being too noisy after 23:00.

A report says council officers were repeatedly called to the pub, in Kingsway West, over complaints about loud music during 2017 and 2018, including occasions when noise patrol officers heard Sweet Caroline and Come On Eileen being played.

But landlord Paul Harris says the venue's DJ has now been moved to another room and he will install a noise limiter system at the premises.

The report says Mr Harris and his company were fined nearly £5,000 in January after being convicted for running a pub that is too noisy and that since then, a further complaint about noise and anti-social behaviour has been received.

Council solicitor Victoria Waudby said at a meeting of the authority that Mr Harris had "belittled" the licence conditions and has "had his chance".

Christopher Grunert, representing Mr Harris, said: "I appreciate we have work to do in instilling confidence."

Hull City Council leader Stephen Brady steps down from his Welcome to Yorkshire board role.

A growing number of hospital patients in East Yorkshire are being diagnosed with low levels of vitamin D, it's been revealed.

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As a result, members of the public are being encouraged to spend 20 minutes in the sun without lotion to give themselves a boost.

Emma Hood, from Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, says vegans and vegetarians need to be extra careful because it's hard for them to get enough vitamin D from their diet.

She said: "Vitamin D comes from you red meats, your oily fish and your eggs. Obviously, if you're a vegetarian that will be very difficult, and also a vegan if you don't eat eggs."

Voter turnout for local elections in parts of East, West and South Yorkshire is among the worst in the country, according to new research by the BBC.

Figures show only one in four people eligible to vote in Hull and Barnsley turned out last year - with Wakefield only faring slightly better.

People in Yorkshire have until Friday to register for this year's local elections, which take place on 2 May.

Police officers in South Yorkshire have released a photo of a man they want to speak to after a burglary in Doncaster last week.

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CCTV cameras were stolen in the burglary, which happened in Edlington on Wednesday morning.

The cameras were switched back on following the burglary, with a photo of a man being sent to the victim's mobile phone.

Anybody who recognises the man in the picture is asked to get in touch with police.

An appeal to restore the roof of Selby Abbey says it's delighted to have received a pledge for £100,000.

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The money, which will go towards the cost of the first phase of repairs, is from the Garfield Weston Foundation, an organisation which supports charities across the UK.

The overall cost of repairs is £3m.

This year the fundraising team have a target of £950,000 to pay for critical roof and guttering repairs.

The new pledge means the total raised so far is just over £450,000.

A "stolen" hire car was stopped by police due to an administration error.

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The silver Mercedes was being driven along the M621 in Leeds by a Spanish family when it was stopped.

It emerged the car had been legally hired to the family.

More than 30 knives have been handed in to a weapons surrender charity in Sheffield.

A total of 35 knives, a sword and two BB guns (air guns designed to shoot metallic balls) were put in the knife bin in Burngreave.

It's one of three knife bins outside London put in place by the charity Words 4 Weapons.

The charity says: "We aim to create safer communities in which to live and work by promoting the voluntary surrender of knives and other weapons."

Traffic congestion is so bad in one part of North Yorkshire it's damaging businesses, says the county's transport chief.

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Councillor Don MacKenzie, who has responsibility for transport at North Yorkshire County Council, says the length of traffic queues getting into Harrogate and Knaresborough is putting people off coming to the area and has to be dealt with.

People living in the two towns are being given the chance have their say on the problem in a public consultation starting next week.

Councillor MacKenzie says: "Harrogate and Knaresborough both rely on the visitor economy, both business and leisure.

"It's not attractive if visitors know that when they get close to both they have to stand in queues of traffic.

"We have to combat and overcome it."

The leader of Hull City Council has outlined his reasons for resigning from his role with tourism organisation Welcome to Yorkshire.

The resignation of Councillor Stephen Brady, who was invited to join the Welcome to Yorkshire board last year, comes after Sir Gary Verity resigned as the organisation's chief executive on health grounds last month.

Since Sir Gary's departure, Welcome to Yorkshire announced two independent investigations into his expenses and behaviour since his appointment in 2008.

Hull council boss Stephen Brady said he was kept in the dark over the investigations.

He said the "lack of clarity and transparency provided to me" and the "seriousness of developing allegations" had left him "no option" but to quit.

In a statement, he added: "It is absolutely essential that the investigations into these issues are entirely independent, are conducted with complete transparency and rigour and that all findings and recommendations are fully published.

"Hull City Council will continue its membership of Welcome to Yorkshire but will not be making any further contributions until these are investigations are completed and any actions or changes recommended by the investigations are implemented.”

A man from Rotherham has said he will pay the money a family needs to buy a new wheelchair to give their son his independence.

Paul and Michelle Ryder's son William suffered a stroke in the womb when his twin died, and he suffered another stroke last year.

The seven-year-old has up to 40 epileptic seizures a day.

His severe brain damage means that a specialist wheelchair, costing almost £1,700, is the only way he could have any independence.

After hearing the Goldthorpe family's story on the BBC, the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, agreed to donate the £1,700 needed for a specialist chair.

His mum Michelle Ryder said: "The specialist wheelchair would give him a chance to have some independence and be in charge of where he goes and when."

Bradford Council's chief executive earned almost £230,000 in the 2017 to 2018 financial year, the most of any Yorkshire council, new figures have revealed.

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The figures, which are from the Taxpayers' Alliance, show how much was paid in salary, pension contributions and expenses.

Sheffield City Council paid chief executive John Mothersole £186,125 as a salary with a pension contribution of £35,364.

Elsewhere in Yorkshire, Leeds City Council's chief executive was paid £201,171.

Meanwhile, North Yorkshire paid their chief executive almost £200,000.

Caroline Lacey, chief executive for East Riding of Yorkshire, was paid a combined total of £189,000.

A Sheffield Council spokesperson said it reviews its pay structure regularly.

"Sheffield City Council is the third largest metropolitan council in the country", a statement said. "We are still one of the lowest paying large authorities in terms of our overall top pay bill."

A body of a woman has been found on land in Rotherham, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed.

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The discovery was made at about 13:50 yesterday on land near Parkgate behind a hotel on Taylor’s Lane, close to School Lane.

Formal identification is yet to take place, police say.

The man has undergone surgery after he was attacked by a group of men.