Women should not be sent to jail unless they are "very violent", an MP has said, amid calls for a better system for those who have broken the law.

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Huddersfield Labour MP Barry Sheerman says a new approach is needed as current system leaves women being released from prison with "no housing, no support, no counselling, and no work".

He told the Commons: "This week we have had many big demonstrations, but there was a smaller one from Women in Prison.

"I don't believe, on the whole, that women should go to prison unless they are very violent.

"Can we have a debate on women and prisons, at the moment, they come out, no housing, no support, no counselling, and no work."

Commons Leader Mel Stride replied: "The female prison population is a minority number but there are issues as to whether incarceration in that form is appropriate in all instances as you have suggested."

He said Mr Sheerman's remarks on the issue "will be heard".

League One side Rotherham United sign winger Julien Lamy on a one-year deal.

A driver who failed to stop for police and was chased across the Humber Bridge has been arrested.

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The Saab was spotted in Barton-upon-Humber and pursued by Humberside Police into Hull.

A stinger device was used to puncture the tyres and stop the car, Humberside Police Roads Policing Section said.

The driver was wanted and arrested for various other offences and the car was on false plates, the force said.

Megha Mohan
BBC Gender & Identity Correspondent

The number of transgender hate crimes recorded by police forces in England, Scotland and Wales has risen by 81%, latest figures suggest.

West Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Police saw reporting of transgender hate crimes more than treble over three years.

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Is the clear rise in the reporting of transphobic hate crime due to the much discussed palpable rise of rightwing populism, or a more supportive environment that allows for transgender people to be able to speak about abuses?

No robust data on the UK trans population exists. The Government Equalities Office estimate that it sits approximately somewhere between 200,000-500,000.

But human trauma has - or at least should - never be about statistics. And a marginalised community - often also within the LGBT world - speaking more and more about hate crime may be a disturbing drop in the bucket.

Centre Kallum Watkins is denied a Leeds Rhinos send-off against Catalans Dragons by NRL administration rules.

An "obsessed sexual predator" released on licence while serving a life term has been given a second life sentence for repeatedly raping two women.

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Glen Samson, was found guilty of 24 rapes in a "campaign of abuse" inflicted on the two women in Huddersfield, Liverpool and London.

The 40-year-old, from Liverpool, denied holding his victims against their will and making threats to kill but was convicted at Bradford Crown Court.

He will now serve at least 14 years.

West Yorkshire Police said Samson was given a life sentence in 2004 for multiple rapes, false imprisonment and causing grievous bodily harm.

He served was released on licence in 2016, the force said.

Singer Jess Glynne has cancelled a concert due to take place on Saturday in North Yorkshire's Dalby Forest.

She says she's had to pull out because she has a haemorrhaged vocal chord.

Organisers at Forestry England say more than 5,000 tickets had been sold and refunds will be made available.

In a statement, Jess Glynne says: "It absolutely kills me to say this, but on the advice of my throat surgeon, I am going to have to cancel my next shows through until 14 July.

"I know many of my fans feel I let them down so badly when I pulled out of the Isle of Wight Festival, but the reason I knew I just wasn’t going to be able to make that performance has now been made clear to me.

"My surgeon told me my vocal chord has haemorrhaged and that if I wanted to remain as a performer I needed to urgently take a break."

The family of a Bradford soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2010 say they hope he'll be honoured with a street in the city named after him.

Sgt Peter Anthony Rayner was killed when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while leading his men on patrol.

Officials will decide later whether to call a road of four houses off Abb Scott Lane, Low Moor, Skippy's Close - after Sgt Rayner's nickname.

Sgt Rayner was born into a military family and his parents, Peter and Bernadette, said their son was "always full of energy and was someone who enjoyed life to the full".

"As a soldier he loved his job and was totally committed to the Army, as well as his family and friends."

His widow, Wendy Rayner, says: "It'd mean a great deal because it's a life-long thing for people to remember him by.

"And his sons can both go somewhere, when they go to the grave they can also nip down and see the street.

"It's a part of history now. Their dad's part of history in our home town."

North Yorkshire's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is urging the government to speed up their review into victims of revenge porn.

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Sharing explicit images without consent became an offence in England and Wales in April 2015, with similar laws introduced later in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Campaigners have been calling for victims to have the same protection of anonymity as other sexual offences.

The Government say the Law Commission will examine the legislation around sharing explicit images without consent.

Julia Mulligan welcomes that, but says it needs to happen quickly.

"They're saying it could take up to two years which I think is not quick enough," she said.

"The longer they take to look at this the more victims will not come forward and the more victims will not receive justice."

A charity says it shows "transphobia is everywhere", while police say more hate crimes are being reported.

An archaeological dig has begun at Hull Minster ahead of a £3.9m project to build a new visitor centre at the 700-year-old church.

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Workers will carefully excavate, record and reinter human remains in the Minster’s crypt over the next 16 weeks.

The team from Humber Field Archaeology will also look at the early structural remains on the site, including brick-built foundations which might date back to the 14th Century.

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Project manager Ken Steedman said: "The present work provides an extraordinary opportunity to further examine these early structures and to more fully establish their date, survival and extent, with the potential to contribute a great deal to knowledge of the history and development of this important church, a Grade I listed building of national significance.”

A transgender woman who lives near York says her home has been vandalised and she's been subjected to death threats.

Sue Pascoe has been flagged as a vulnerable person by North Yorkshire Police because of the high volume of hate abuse and threats she receives.

She's spoken out as a BBC investigation's found there's been a trebling of hate crimes recorded by two Yorkshire police forces over the last three years and an 81% rise across England and Wales.

Sue says: "I received abuse from hundreds and hundreds of people from all over the world.

"I was even placed on a vigilante website based in Russia somewhere recommending they did something nasty to me.

"It was just horrible."

The first ever registration mark to be issued in North Yorkshire is due to go under the hammer tonight.

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AJ1 was registered in 1907 and has been used on almost every Chief Constable's car in the county since.

But, it's no longer being used and it's hoped the sale will generate a considerable amount of money.

Money raised from the sale of the plate will be used to improve and maintain a memorial garden at the North Yorkshire Police's HQ.

It was also go towards a community road safety fund, where organisations can bid for money to improve their local area.

AJ was the code issued to vehicles registered in North Yorkshire between 1903 and 1974.

More than 200 new police officers will be taken on by South Yorkshire Police after the force announced it was launching its "most significant recruitment drive" in more than a decade.

The force said it is looking to recruit 220 new officers by 2024, with 68 due to join the force this financial year.

A further 79 will be recruited over the next five years and, as previously reported, a cut in the number of PCSOs in the region will create 73 posts.

In total it's claimed more than 500 new PCs will be recruited as the force also needs to replace those due to retire.

A £3.6m West Yorkshire visitor centre has won a national architectural award.

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The Weston building at the 500-acre Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield, is a visitor centre, shop and gallery.

It's among 54 winners at the Royal Institute of British Architects National Awards.

The awards, presented since 1966, recognise the UK’s best new construction projects.

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park sits in the grounds of Bretton Hall, an 18th Century country park estate.

A man exposed himself to two women on a popular dog-walking and running route near Harrogate, police say.

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It happened between Starbeck and Bilton on Nidderdale Greenway, a former railway line, at about 13:00 on Monday, as the women walked towards the Bilton Lane exit.

Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and who witnessed any suspicious behaviour to contact them.

In particular, they want to trace a male jogger who passed the women moments before the incident occurred.

The suspect is described as white, aged 60-70, 5ft 6ins to 5ft 8ins tall and of medium build.

Police say he had grey hair, possibly in a “bob” style, and "yellow teeth".

Police in Sheffield are asking people to continue checking their sheds and outbuildings as the search for a missing man continues.

Minod Monger, 23, was last seen on Remington Road at about 17:30 on 10 June and police say his family is extremely worried for his welfare

Ch Insp Helen Lewis said: “If you see Minod, please do not approach him, he has vulnerabilities that mean he might find it distressing if he was approached by someone he doesn’t know”:

Plans for a new cultural area in a West Yorkshire town, including a new library, art gallery, museum and live music venue, have been unveiled.

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The £250m blueprint, external is part of a 10-year strategy formed to attract more visitors to Huddersfield.

The town's "Cultural Heart" is to be Queensgate Market and library buildings, Kirklees Council said.

Council leader Shabir Pandor said the extra visitors would "boost business".

A live music venue with a capacity of about 1,000 is proposed for the Queensgate Market building, to be completed by 2023.

The plans also propose removing some of the Piazza shopping centre, recently bought by the council, to create a large open space.

The plans are subject to a three-month consultation.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a three-vehicle crash near Leeds which resulted in the deaths of two men.

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The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf, a Ford Focus and a silver Mercedes.

It happened at about 06:45 yesterday on the A650 Bradford Road in East Ardsley, near the junction with Woodhouse Lane.

Two men, aged 26 and 34, who were rear seat passengers in the Golf, were pronounced dead at the scene, police confirmed this morning.

Three other men from the Golf were taken to hospital and two of the men, aged 25 and 33, are currently described as being in a critical condition.

A 17-year-old male is also receiving medical treatment.

Det Sgt Alison Webb, said: “This collision resulted in the deaths of two men, and the other occupants of the Golf are currently undergoing emergency treatment in hospital.

“We're establishing the full circumstances and want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or the movements of the vehicles involved in the time leading up to it.

“We're particularly keen to hear from anyone with dashcam footage which could assist the investigation," Det Sgt Webb added.

Yorkshire sign West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran as overseas player for the T20 Blast.