Food delivery couriers staged a protest in Sheffield earlier, beeping horns and slowing traffic as part of their campaign for better pay.

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Drivers say they want a higher minimum pay rate, to be paid for time spent waiting for food to be prepared.

They say they're also seeking help from the council when it comes to parking at drop-off and pick-up locations.

A group of couriers came together a couple of weeks ago to form a couriers network to campaign for better conditions.

Responding, Deliveroo says its workers are earning more in Sheffield since it changed its rider fees.

In a statement, the firm said: "We regularly work with local councils to improve how riders work and park in local areas."

A lifeguard who photographed a marriage proposal tracks the couple down with a Facebook appeal.

Pupils in schools on the Yorkshire coast are being given special lessons to try and reduce the number of seagull attacks on humans and human attacks on gulls.

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Scarborough Borough Council received 47 reports of people being "mugged" by the birds in 2018.

Meanwhile, Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary branded people's attitudes towards gulls "disgusting", saying they've rescued 500 birds this year alone, with some being deliberately injured.

Jonathan Bramley, from the council, says: "We're trying to teach the next generation how to improve the relationship between humans and gulls and for them to understand why there might be attacks.

"The long-term aim is for children to learn how to treat wild birds in a more respectful way and not to feed them."

Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Junior Agogo has died at the age of 40.

The club has tweeted this tribute:

Agogo, who began his career at The Owls, played 27 times for his country Ghana and scored 12 goals.

The forward played for 15 clubs in his 15-year career.

He suffered a stroke in 2015 and struggled with his speech afterwards, telling a BBC Four documentary in 2017 he felt anxious about his language.

A 13-year-old girl has gone missing in Leeds, police say.

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Officers say they are concerned for the welfare of Alisha Kavanagh who went missing from the Seacroft area at 11:00 yesterday.

The teenager is described as about 5ft tall, of medium build, with mousy brown shoulder-length hair.

Officers say she has links to Beeston, Holbeck, Wetherby and Pontefract.

The West Yorkshire force says there was a possible sighting of her with others in the Beeston area at about 13:30 today.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the police.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says that Ravel Morrison "is ready" to make his first Premier League appearance in five years.

Police in York say they've "gone nutty" over a squirrel they found curled up on the roadside by the racecourse.

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Members of the Safer Neighbourhood Team tweeted: "Saved this little fella tonight. He’s now gone for a full check-up and clean after being found curled up on the pavement."

However, the rescue prompted some social media users to raise questions over the legality of releasing the tree-dweller once it had recovered.

Officers were quick to reassure, saying: "The squirrel will be going to an official, fully licensed, rehoming centre."

There's no truth to the rumour the police involved in the rescue were from Special Branch...

North Yorkshire's police force is urging people to avoid making unnecessary calls after it received the highest number of 999 calls it's ever had to deal with in a single month.

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The force says last month it dealt with almost 10,000 emergency calls - more than 300 every day.

On 29 June, the hottest day of 2019 so far, the force's control room dealt with nearly 400 calls from across the county.

North Yorkshire Police Control Room Manager, Jane Larkin, says: "There are many examples where a call to 999 is not an emergency, whether a hoax, accidental call, or details of a crime which has already happened that could have been reported via 101.

"Unnecessary 999 calls significantly impact on our ability to deal with genuine emergencies, so I’d really ask the public to think twice before picking up the phone and dialling."

A 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of Hull University student Libby Squire has been released under investigation.

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The man was arrested on Wednesday and has been released while inquiries continue, Humberside Police said.

Ms Squire's body was recovered from the Humber Estuary six weeks after she disappeared on 1 February following a night out.

Hundreds of police officers and members of the public were involved in an extensive search after the 21-year-old was reported missing.

Following the man's release, Det Supt Martin Smalley, from Humberside Police, said: “There are constant investigative developments and procedures ongoing.

“The majority of the additional analysis stage is now complete, with a small number still pending final results.

"A file is being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service as the investigation progresses."

A man who used a cigarette lighter to start a fire on a "precious moorland" has been detained for 27 months.

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The blaze, started by Mohammed Zulkifl, of Rufford Street, Bradford, was one of several that raged above White Wells on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire during hot weather in April.

Dozens of fire crews were already dealing with two other major fires there when the 20-year-old started the third.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said left to its own devices, the fire could have been catastrophic.

Sentencing him to a young offenders' institute, the judge said Ilkley Moor was a "beautiful and vulnerable area which was etched into the national psyche".

A report by Sheffield City Council has found breaches in both licensing conditions and the code of conduct of dancers at the Spearmint Rhino strip club.

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An investigation was launched after a campaign group sent in private investigators to carry out covert filming.

The footage was reviewed by the council as part of its inquiry.

A decision about whether to renew the venue's Sexual Entertainment Licence will be made next month.

Spearmint Rhino has been asked for comment and, speaking through their solicitor, said they will respond later.

A bus driver from York has saved the life of a man who had collapsed in the street.

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The incident happened in Heslington on Sunday as Dave Green, who works for First Bus, was on one of his regular routes.

Mr Green says: "I looked out of the window as I was driving and saw a chap fall, hit the floor, bang. I was out of the cab and there in seconds.

"I turned him over and performed pressure pumps for about a minute and all of a sudden he took a massive breath. It was incredible: I saw his eyes dilate and I thought, this guy's breathing."

The man's now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

Tributes will be paid tonight to a young West Yorkshire rugby player who was found dead in a hotel room at the weekend.

Batley Bulldogs scrum-half Archie Bruce, who was 20, was found dead on Sunday morning following his first professional rugby match for Batley Bulldogs the previous day.

A post-mortem examination found he died as a result of asphyxiation.

Mr Bruce grew up playing at amateur club Dewsbury Moor, where tonight fans will lay flowers and take part in a minute-long round of applause.

A wet start to the third Test - but dry conditions will prevail in coming days.

Rotherham-born TV entertainer Paul Chuckle has hit out at the CBBC children's channel after it rated his and his brother's legendary ChuckleVision programme as "mid-tier".

As one half of the famous Chuckle Brothers, Paul Chuckle's tongue-in-cheek reply comes after CBBC ranked some of its shows from "Legend Tier" to "Hmmm Tier".

It prompted a passionate response from many, with Paul telling the children's channel to "get it right":

Almost 300 episodes of ChuckleVision were shown over 21 years.

Officials want children in coastal towns to understand what causes the birds to attack.

The death of PC Andrew Harper in Berkshire has prompted a wave of support for police, with people across the UK turning up at their local stations with gifts - including a six-year-old boy from York.

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PC Harper, 28, was killed last Thursday while responding to reports of a burglary in Sulhamstead.

In York, a boy who had previously had "bad experiences" with the emergency services because of his family's drug and domestic violence problems, has given a box of biscuits to officers at Fulford police station in the city after being moved by PC Harper's death.

Officers have written on social media saying they'd like to find out who left the biscuits so they can invite the family to the police station and give them a guided tour.

York-based rail company LNER is urging passengers not to travel to London over the bank holiday weekend.

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There'll be no trains in or out of London Kings Cross as work takes place to increase capacity on the East Coast Mainline, the firm has warned.

The work means the section between Peterborough and London will be completely closed for the first time in 20 years.

School children in Hull are being encouraged to rap and write as part of a new initiative raising awareness of knife crime.

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It's one of several projects taking place in the city after the Knife Angel, a sculpture made from thousands of knives, was exhibited in Hull's Queens Gardens earlier this year.

Children's author Christina Gabbitas is working with the police and ex-gang members on the scheme.

A man has died after being hit by a scooter in Barnsley whose rider then drove off.

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The 48-year-old man was hit at the junction of Manor Road and Barnsley Road, Cudworth, at about 10:50.

The scooter is then said to have been driven away from the scene.

The man died a short time later in hospital.

A picture has been released of a person police believe could help them with their inquiries.