Police in Leeds have confirmed they're investigating the theft of a van belonging to a Thin Lizzy tribute band.

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Officers say the white Mercedes Sprinter, containing all Limehouse Lizzy's equipment, was taken sometime between midnight and 10:30 yesterday, from Park Lane in Rothwell.

The group had originally feared it would have to cancel a number of planned gigs.

However, they've now been loaned equipment by fellow musicians to ensure they can still perform their booked shows.

Anyone who witnessed anything suspicious at the time, or has seen the vehicle since it was stolen, is asked to contact the West Yorkshire force.

Fires and barbecues have been banned on open public spaces in parts of West Yorkshire after a blaze swept over a huge swathe of moorland at the weekend.

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A major fire at Easter Gate on Marsden Moor on Easter Sunday was started by a discarded barbecue.

It spread west to Saddleworth, Greater Manchester and at its height covered about six sq miles.

The Public Space Protection Order ban will be in force across the summer and currently lasts until 31 October.

The ban covers the Kirklees Council area, which includes Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley and Holmfirth.

Anyone found lighting a fire or barbecue on council, National Trust or Yorkshire Water-owned land faces a fine of up to £150.

With just under a week to go until the Tour de Yorkshire, tourism organisation Welcome to Yorkshire has defended the economic effect the race has on local businesses.

Each council has paid at least £100,000 to host this year's event and some businesses have questioned the financial benefits it's supposed to create for them.

One fish and chip shop in North Yorkshire, North Street Fisheries in Ripon (pictured), is closing for the day as its owners say they have lost money on "every event" as customers can't get to them.

Meanwhile, on the North York Moors, Fiona Gardham, who runs a B&B in Goathland, has told the BBC it would be full anyway because it's a bank holiday weekend, so the business sees no benefit.

Welcome to Yorkshire says last year's event benefited the region by £98m.

A Hull MP has asked why the government has not followed Australia in blocking its networks from using 5G technology provided by Huawei, the Chinese firm at the centre of a row over a high profile leak.

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Some countries fear Huawei is being used by the Chinese government to spy on people, and the US wants its allies in the "Five Eyes" intelligence grouping - which includes the UK - to exclude the company.

Last year, Huawei said the Australian government had banned it from providing 5G technology for the country's wireless networks.

Following a recent meeting of the National Security Council, it was reported the British government had approved the supply of equipment by Huawei for the UK's new 5G data network despite warnings of a security risk.

In the House of Commons yesterday, Labour MP for Hull North Diana Johnson questioned this move:

Responding, culture secretary Jeremy Wright said governments around the world were "wrestling with these very complex questions" and "we may reach differing conclusions".

He said conversations with security and intelligence partners would be taking place "very shortly" and "this is a subject I have no doubt will be high on the agenda".

Unison says catering staff are being refused a nationally agreed pay rise for NHS staff.

A double-decker bus which has a gym, mobile boxing ring and smoothie bar on-board is to tour round East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.

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Hull boxer Tommy Coyle came up with the idea of the Box Clever Bus.

He and his team will be working alongside partners from young peoples’ services to deliver sports activities, arts, craft, music, as well as offering advice on life choices.

The bus was unveiled during an event on Hull's Orchard Park estate and will visit Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole, Immingham, Bridlington and Withernsea over the next 12 months.

Police want to speak to a dog walker who found a man with severe facial injuries in Wombwell Woods.

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The dog walker found the injured 30-year-old near Woodhead Lane some time after 05:00 on 16 April. He is then thought to have given him directions to Hoyland.

Officers are investigating how the man suffered his injuries and think he may have been assaulted. They want to find the dog walker as they believe he could assist with the investigation.

South Yorkshire Police also want to speak to anyone who used the roads through the woods overnight from 19:00 on Monday 15 April until 05:40 on 16 April.

They want to hear from anyone who saw vehicles parked nearby or witnessed any disturbance taking place.

Sheffield Wednesday boss Steve Bruce wants to bring Chelsea loanee Michael Hector back to the club next season.

A man from West Yorkshire, who has to be fed through a tube after surgery on a tumour, says he's aiming to run six marathons.

Gary Taylor, from Halifax, gets food and water through a tube into his stomach.

He's running the London Marathon this weekend and says he'll probably have to stop three times during the race to change his feeding equipment.

Mr Taylor says his marathon treks are a far cry from what he once expected to be able to do:

Sussex sign Yorkshire all-rounder Ed Barnes on loan for the remainder of their One-Day Cup campaign,

The family of a Sheffield teenager with leukaemia will be at Bramall Lane tomorrow trying to find a donor for a treatment which could save his life.

Sheffield United supporter Haris Hussain hopes to have a blood stem cell transplant after his diagnosis last month.

He goes to watch the Blades with his uncle Joe Hardy.

Mr Hardy says they're trying to get as many people as possible registered as potential stem cell donors.

Sheffield United posted on Twitter, sharing details of how supporters can help the 18-year-old this weekend:

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Police in York say they've been called out to reports of a woman's body in the River Ouse.

It was discovered earlier this morning by a member of the public in the section near Rowntree Park.

Emergency services remain at the scene while they recover the body from the river.

It's the fifth body to be discovered in York's rivers this month.

Members of Thin Lizzy tribute band Limehouse Lizzy say they're "traumatised" after their van, containing all their equipment, was stolen in Leeds.

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The band says all their equipment was in the van, a white Mercedes Sprinter, when it was taken in Rothwell.

The group had originally feared it would have to cancel a number of planned gigs.

However, they've been loaned equipment by fellow musicians to ensure they can still perform their booked shows.

Image source, Limehouse Lizzy

Last year Roy Wood's Wizzard got a late Christmas present when the band's van, stolen in a ram-raid in the city, was returned, along with an estimated £100,000-worth of equipment inside.

Electric cars are being completed ahead of a road race around the streets of Hull on Sunday.

The photographs show the single-seat electric kit cars.

They've been assembled by young people aged between nine and 25 as part of a project to encourage an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

On Sunday, the cars will take to the streets of Hull city centre and racing is due to start from 08:30.

Organisers of the event, taking place near the Guildhall, claim it is the UK's first closed road race for electric cars.

The challenges families in Yorkshire face living with a condition which can't be diagnosed are being highlighted today.

It's Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day, external, which aims to raise an awareness of a condition which affects about 6,000 children a year who are born with a genetic condition so rare that doctors can't identify it.

Instead it's classified as a Swan (Syndrome Without a Name) and each case is thought to be one of a kind.

One of the children born with an undiagnosed illness is 10-year-old Amelia from Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.

Her illness affects the muscles and nerves in her body, meaning she struggles to walk and eat.

Her mum Lisa says: "Genetics is an evolving process and even in the last 10 years we've seen huge changes.

"I think a diagnosis wouldn't necessarily change anything for us, other than to give us some reassurance that we're doing everything we can."

There are calls for questions to be asked about the financial stability of an American energy company, which is buying Third Energy's onshore operations, including its planned fracking site in North Yorkshire.

Third Energy, which is still waiting for the government to give it permission to frack at Kirby Misperton in Ryedale, announced yesterday it had signed a deal with Alpha Energy.

Tom Reed, the chief executive of Alpha Energy, says he's looking forward to developing the group's energy and generation business.

The deal is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.

But David Davis, from Frack Free Ryedale, says the new owner should now face financial checks.

There are concerns for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from West Yorkshire for two days.

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Police are appealing for anyone who sees Darcy Young, who was last seen at about 16:00 on Wednesday 24 April, at Orange Terrace in Huddersfield, to contact them.

Darcy is described as having long black hair with a weave, 5ft 2ins tall and, when last seen, was wearing blue jeans, a grey hooded top and a grey coat with a fur hood.

Officers say she is known to visit Huddersfield town centre and McDonald's restaurants.

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A largely clear and dry morning, with patchy cloud and long spells of sunshine.

Winds will strengthen and it will become cloudy, with outbreaks of rain spreading from the west during the afternoon.

Rain will continue in the evening and winds will become fresh to strong.

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Thermal imaging cameras could be used to help prevent deaths in York's rivers after a number of bodies were recovered from the water in recent weeks.

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The cameras detect changes in the water temperature and emergency services are automatically alerted when a person falls in.

A trial run of the scheme is currently being carried out in Bristol, where two people have already been rescued.

The University of Bristol's smart internet lab says other cities such as Manchester and York could take part in this initiative after expressing interest in the project.

In the past fortnight, four people have died in York's rivers with calls for more to be done to prevent similar tragedies.