Police say the body of a murder victim had been concealed in the bed of a dried-up stream in Rotherham.

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Alena Grlakova, 38, was last seen on Boxing Day night near the roundabout at Parkgate and her body was found near there on Tuesday.

Det Ch Insp Mark Oughton today gave an update on the case and said police believe she was killed in the same area.

He said: "As a result of the circumstances of finding Alena in the stream bed, it was declared a murder investigation."

Officers are currently questioning a 45-year-old Rotherham man on suspicion of her murder and he remains in custody at this time.

Bradley Lowery's family said the home was for parents with poorly children to make memories at.

The death of a woman after she was hit by a stolen lorry when it crashed in to a house in Brierley, "must be absolutely terrible for the family" an MP has said.

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Labour MP for Barnsley East, Stephanie Peacock raised the case of Jacqueline Wileman (pictured), calling for a debate on increasing the maximum jail term for dangerous driving.

Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom said it appeared four men had "received too lenient a sentence" when they were jailed for between 10-and-a-half and 13 years at Sheffield Crown Court in February.

She said: "It is appalling when something as terrible as a death happens, perpetrated by those who already have offences against their names, that must be absolutely terrible for the family."

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A building in York, which is set to be turned into student flats, is renting out rooms to "guardians" at a significantly lower than average rent to "keep the building safe".

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Rooms in Frederick House on Fulford Road are just £300 a month, including bills, described as "exceptionally cheap" for York, a city where the average one bedroom flat costs £675 a month.

The former Shepherd HQ building is set to be turned into 393 student flats in the future, but a company called Live In Guardians have put rooms up for rent in the meantime.

It's the company's first venture in York and it says doctors, teachers, restaurant staff and people working for the army and police are already living in the building, which has 40 rooms available for rent.

Danny Schindler from Live In Guardians said: "Our guardians are all young professionals and are carefully vetted.

"For the guardians it is the opportunity to live in unusual spaces, near to where they work at prices far less than the traditional renting market."

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He added that the scheme provides the opportunity to save money which can go towards buying a first home.

A local estate agent said the rental market had grown hugely since 2000, with rental prices increasing "substantially in the last couple of years".

He said Fulford one of the most popular areas to live in York.

Anya Mathewson, managing director of Letters Property Management, said. "We really feel for people who genuinely can't afford even to rent in the city, it is tough for them in the current market."

Police officers are trying to speak to a man in connection with the theft of tools in Sheffield and the theft of a vehicle in Derbyshire earlier this year.

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Tools were stolen from a property in Dore, Sheffield in January and a silver Audi TT was stolen from Mount St Mary's College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire on Sunday 7 April.

The same man, pictured, was seen on CCTV in the area during the two incidents.

The car, which still hasn't been found, has a registration plate of FL65 LHW.

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Police are hoping to speak to the man pictured about the incidents.

Today is National Pet Day so what better time to revisit the story of how Hull City footballer Eric Lichaj got a dog.

The American defender was the subject of an online campaign after his FA Cup heroics against Arsenal last year.

In this BBC Sport video he revisits the story of how #GetEricADog led to him living with a pooch named Gunner:

A 77-year-old marathon runner from Rotherham is helping local school children get active

Ray Matthews ran 75 marathons in 75 days for his 75th birthday two years ago, raising almost £30,000 in the process.

He now wants to get young children into exercise by encouraging them to run a mile a day.

Teachers from St Mary's Primary School in Rotherham have said it's helped with pupils behaviour and concentration levels in class, as well as fitness.

Police and prison staff will be at HMP Doncaster, Lindholme and Moorland, searching for items that are being brought in or are already inside.

Heat for major buildings in Leeds, including the town hall and art gallery, could soon be generated by burning rubbish as part of a new system.

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It works by burning household waste to heat water which is then sent through a network of underground pipes.

Stage one of the project has been focused on heating blocks of flats, but decision makers are now being asked to put almost £5m towards heating some of the city's biggest landmarks.

The work could be speeded-up by carrying it out at the same time as planned roadworks, according to council officials.

It's 30 years ago today that the government did a U-turn and announced plans to close the Settle to Carlisle railway line were not going ahead.

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It followed an eight year campaign by businesses and people living in the area to save the 73-mile-long (117 km) route, across the Yorkshire Dales and Ribblehead viaduct (pictured), to Cumbria's Eden Valley.

At the time Ruth Annison was chair of the Settle To Carlisle Railway Business Liaison Group.

She says: "There were 20,000 people and a dog and more people supporting the campaign over eight years.

"So there were a huge number who can say proudly 'I helped, however little,' even if it didn't turn their life upside down for months and years, like it did for people like me."

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A group of former Bradford students are using their new art gallery to give a platform to upcoming artists.

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Pauline Cooke, Ann Driver, Ken Woods and Steve Bishop founded Trapezium Arts after graduating from Bradford School of Arts – where they were all mature students.

They found there were few spaces to showcase their artwork in Bradford and decided to set up the gallery as a result.

The contemporary art gallery hosts exhibitions on a monthly basis.

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Ann Driver said: “We are all artists who want to exhibit our work either for commercial or political reasons and there is a difficulty in getting established galleries to accept work that might not be quite right.

“We are also committed to the spirit of the creative arts to help sustain a sense of belonging and well-being.

“So we would like to support less experienced artists to continue their practice and to have the confidence to display their work in a non-threatening environment.”

Graffiti artists who painted more than 20 homes earmarked for demolition have been celebrated by the council for cutting anti-social behaviour in Hull.

Hull City Council said there had been fewer call-outs for anti-social behaviour in the area where the boarded-up properties are, with the fire service echoing this claim.

The council's assistant director for neighbourhoods and housing, Dave Richmond, praised the scheme on the Preston Road area of Hull after a two-day event at the weekend.

He said: "The boarded-up properties created an eyesore. Once the graffiti artists got to work they transformed them into vibrant and colourful community art which local people are proud to have in their area."

“The artwork was always going to be temporary, yet the ownership that people took in it surpassed expectations," Mr Richmond added.

Barnsley Labour MP Stephanie Peacock hopes to raise the issue of maximum sentences for death by dangerous driving in the Commons later.

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It follows the death of Jacqueline Wileman, who was hit by a stolen lorry which smashed into the side of a house in Brierley last year.

After hitting Mrs Wileman, the lorry careered into the side of a house, partially destroying the building.

Four men were jailed for between 10-and-a-half and 13 years at Sheffield Crown Court in February.

Jacqueline Wileman's Brother, Johnny Wood, said he wanted the maximum sentence of 14 years for the offence to be removed, so judges could give longer sentences.

A Hull campaigner has been given a top award in recognition of her work fighting knife crime.

Kayleigh Pepper, from the Rich Foundation, was given an award by the High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire for her work with the No More Knives campaign.

Writing on Twitter, she paid tribute to her brother Richard who was stabbed on Egton Street in Hull in 2015:

Throughout human history people on almost every continent have experienced the creative impulse to make figures representing themselves.

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It's a tradition which began 40,000 years ago, with an artistic Stone Age human and a spare piece of mammoth tusk .

Now a display in Leeds is bringing visitors face-to-face with some of the ancient effigies created by cultures around the world.

The display at Leeds City Museum includes almost 40 intricately carved statues and figures from Ancient Egypt, Peru, Greece, Rome and Mexico.

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It includes a group of figurines recovered from a tomb in Cyprus depicting musicians playing tambourines and making offerings from around 700 BC.

Katherine Baxter (pictured), Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of archaeology, said: "The figures tell us a lot about how ancient cultures viewed both themselves and the world they lived in."

The oldest known sculpture of a human being, the Venus of Hohle Fels, was carved out of mammoth ivory about 40,000 years ago and is housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Blaubeuren in Germany.

Roads in Barnsley have been closed as police deal with an incident.

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Midland Road, Victoria Road and Park View in Royston are all closed.

High Street is also closed near to Pockets Sports and Snooker Club.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

Hull's Bonus Arena has won a global marketing award beating Ed Sheeran and Amazon to the prize.

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The venue received an award for Campaign of the Year prize at The Ticketing Business Awards in Manchester last night

The campaign was called Open To All.

It covered the moving-in period of the venue which included getting local residents to simultaneously flush all of the toilets in the arena as part of the testing process.

Police watchdog completes report into fatal crash that claimed the lives of four men in Bradford.

There's disruption for rail passengers today after a person was hit by a train.

East Midlands Trains say the incident is disrupting services on the Peterborough/Lincoln/Doncaster route:

Louise Haigh MP proposed the law change after a Rotherham grooming survivor raised the issue.