The Yorkshire Bank brand is to disappear from our high streets in the next couple of years as part of a name change.

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The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group is changing its name to Virgin Money UK, as part of a cost-saving deal.

The group is hoping to make annual savings of £200m by 2022.

It's thought more than 1,500 jobs could be lost following the Virgin Money deal, although some of these are expected to be lost through natural staff turnover.

Wild animals, including birds and foxes, have been found dead in the grounds of a Hull school near "unexplained" pieces of raw meat.

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Police are investigating after the meat was found at Bricknell Primary School, according to a letter sent out to parents earlier this week.

Humberside Police officers said they didn't think there was "any wider threat", but asked pet owners to be vigilant as police investigate.

Weightlifters in Keighley step in to give cemetery volunteers a bit of extra muscle.

Doncaster sign left-back Reece James from fellow League One side Sunderland on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

A protest walk is taking place between Bradford and Leeds today as part of a campaign calling for people seeking asylum in the UK to have the right to work.

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Campaigners say the government needs to do more to speed up the decision-making process.

Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern (Beacon) is using its annual sponsored walk to raise awareness of this issue.

Supporters are walking 11 miles from Bradford’s Centenary Square to Kirkstall in Leeds, via Phoenix House in Thornbury, where many asylum claims are heard.

The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Doreen Lee, saw the walkers on their way, and they'll be greeted later by supporters from Leeds on arrival at Kirkstall.

Katie Armistead from Beacon says: "People coming here have real skills they can offer and they're just not able to use them.

"They're often waiting a very long time for a decision on their claim and they're just sat around losing those skills."

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has already said there will be a review, but campaigners say the current rules are "a waste of resources".

A 17-year-old girl from Barnsley who hasn't been seen since Saturday is being sought by police.

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Amy Perry was last seen in Dodworth, but police think she could have travelled to Essex.

She is described as having thick, long blonde hair and was last seen wearing a black skirt, black leather jacket and suede high heels.

She is also carrying a green and blue handbag.

Anyone with information about here whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

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Derbyshire Police have released an image of a man they wanted to speak to over allegations of making threats to kill and coercive and controlling behaviour.

Mohammed Kabeer, 35, is 5ft 6ins tall and of medium build with black hair.

Police said he has links to Derby and Bradford.

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The father of a teenage event rider who took his own life has raised thousands of pounds for mental health care.

Tim Jones, 17, had been working at the racing stables of trainer Micky Hammond in North Yorkshire, but died three weeks ago.

His father has raised nearly £10,000 in his bid to provide mental health first aiders in every racing yard.

Simon Jones said young people working away from home in small communities may need help and support.

Mr Jones said the only signs of a change in his son were that he had become irritable and questioning things more, when in fact his mental health had begun to deteriorate.

Mr Jones added: "There is a lack of facilities in towns that have maybe got a pub and a chip shop and that's about it.

Days after starting a fund to provide a mental health first aider in every racing yard, Mr Jones had raised his initial target of £5,000 and quickly almost doubled it to £10,000.

The River Mersey has more plastic pollution than any other river in the UK, claims Greenpeace.

Strike action is taking place again today over planned cuts to a pupil referral unit in North Yorkshire.

The privately-run Grove Academy in Harrogate is one of five specialist pupil referral units in North Yorkshire.

Unions claim a cut of more than 50% to its funding meant the school was "now facing closure by Christmas".

North Yorkshire County Council said it was working on "new models of alternative provision".

The rallies taking place outside a number of schools in the town follow strike action by staff at the school on Thursday last week.

A high-tech liquid will be sprayed on people who are involved in bar fights in Sheffield as part of a new police-supported initiative to stop violent crime.

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SmartWater spray will be given to trained door staff who will spray offenders with a unique chemical code, allowing police officers to then be able to identify bar brawlers when they're later arrested.

It's hoped it will act as a deterrent as potential thugs will be more likely to be identified and charged, South Yorkshire Police said.

The colourless liquid will tag offenders meaning a UV light can then be used to identify them and link them to disorder.

The scheme is due to be introduced on Friday in Sheffield city centre.

Three Doncaster men have been arrested after an attack on a police officer in Goole.

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The attack took place yesterday as the men were being arrested by the officer outside the Morrisons supermarket on Boothferry Road on suspicion of theft.

The officer was attacked with a small weapon, but was unhurt.

The men were arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including assault, possessing an offensive weapon, possessing class A drugs, criminal damage, and theft.

The men, aged 29, 30 and 59 years old, remain in custody, according to Humberside Police.

Police in Sheffield say they're concerned for the welfare of this man who has been missing since the weekend:

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Fransisco Parente, 22, was last seen at about 21:00 on Sunday in the Western Road area of Crookes.

His disappearance is "extremely out of character for him" with his family and police growing increasingly concerned.

Mr Parente is thought to be wearing a blue anorak, blue jeans and brown leather slip-on shoes, South Yorkshire Police said.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

There is a link between teenage gaming habits and problem gambling, according to a new study by a York-based computer games expert.

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Dr David Zendle, from York St John University, says he's found that so-called in-game "loot boxes", which are items in video games bought with real money, can cause problem gambling among adolescents.

It comes as firms behind some of the world's biggest video games, Fortnite and FIFA, are to be questioned by a group of MPs about immersive and addictive technologies.

Dr Zendle, who gave evidence to an earlier session of the committee, says: "It's been a while since you simply bought a game.

"It's more common now to buy a game and then make many micro-transactions within it, buying things for your characters.

"Young people take the games very seriously. For many it's a real social whirl," adds Dr Zendle.

Over 100,000 single-use plastic bottles have been taken out of circulation because of free water refill stations in Hull city centre, Yorkshire Water claims.

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The three taps the water firm installed in 2017 have had a big effect, the company claims.

Using meters, the company measured how much water was being used at the fountains.

It's hoped that changing people's behaviour will help limit the amount of single-use bottles, according to Emily Brady from Yorkshire Water.

"I think it's about normalising the idea about refilling bottles - getting rid of that habit of buying more and more plastic bottles which you'll then put in the bin," Ms Brady says.

Police officers in Doncaster are trying to find a man in connection with a "traumatic" burglary last month.

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Two men broke into a house on Woodhouse Road, Wheatley Park, on Tuesday 28 May.

A woman inside the house was threatened and the property was searched, with a house key being stolen.

The woman wasn't injured but the incident was "incredibly traumatic" for her, according to South Yorkshire Police.

The e-fit image above has been released in the hope of finding the man who police say could help with their inquiries.

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Plans for an explosives storage site in North Yorkshire are to be examined by councillors again more than a year after they were first rejected.

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Explosives company Brexco Limited applied in May to Harrogate Borough Council to create what's known as an "energetic material storage space" at the site of the former Tockwith Airfield, between York and Harrogate.

It comes after a similar application by the company for a site at Great Ouseburn was rejected by councillors in February 2018 amid concerns over the impact on roads and the surrounding landscape.

The new application has already received dozens of objections from nearby residents, including from the area’s councillor, Norman Waller.

Mr Waller said he was concerned about the required removal of 150m of hedgerow and was worried the business wouldn’t be staffed overnight, with remotely monitored CCTV instead relied upon to provide security.

Councillor Waller said stores of unmanned materials could attract “people with any sort of criminal mind".

A planning statement on behalf of Brexco stated the site would be used for the storage of detonators and materials commonly used in mining and “are only combustible if mixed with other materials before use”.

A masked gunman was seen outside a pub seconds before "a promising boxer" was shot, a court has heard.

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Tom Bell (pictured), 21, died in hospital after being shot at the Maple Tree pub, Balby, South Yorkshire, on 17 January.

Joseph Bennia, 28, and Scott Gocoul, 30, both of no fixed abode, deny murder.

Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court were told Mr Bell had gone to the pub with friends after training.

The Maple Tree was busy with about 60 to 70 customers inside waiting for a quiz to start.

However, about 15 minutes before the quiz's start time, one of Mr Bell's friends saw a masked gunman through a window, the court heard.

Shots were fired and Mr Bell called out he had been hit, collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.

The case continues.

The sculptures are being displayed as part of a major festival running across West Yorkshire.

Drax power station, between Goole and Selby, is working on a project which it says could reduce emissions within agriculture.

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It's conducting a trial using the carbon dioxide it captures to create a protein which could replace soy and fishmeal, which are the main components in fish and livestock feeds.

It says it could help "decarbonise" the sector and help the UK reach climate targets.