A seventh man is facing jail in relation to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago, it can now be reported.

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Mohammed Ashan, 35, (pictured above) pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault earlier this year.

His pleas can only now be reported following the conclusion of the trial of six other men.

On Wednesday, Abid Saddiq, 38, Sharaz Hussain, 35, Aftab Hussain, 35, and Masaued Malik, 40, and two men who cannot be named for legal reasons were found guilty of a string of sex offences.

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Saddiq, Sharaz Hussain, Aftab Hussain, Masaued Malik and one of the men who cannot be named are due to be sentenced tomorrow at Sheffield Crown Court.

Ashan and the second man who cannot be named will be sentenced at a later date.

A man has been jailed for three years after police in Australia uncovered hundreds of indecent images of children and messages about abusing youngsters.

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Nathan Smith, from Whitby, was arrested by North Yorkshire Police after being alerted by officers in South Australia.

They had arrested a man on suspicion of distributing images of child abuse and found pictures sent by Smith.

At York Crown Court, the 29-year-old admitted possessing and distributing indecent images of children.

Along with the pictures, police found an 89-page online chat of the pair discussing how they would like to abuse children in real life.

Police officers in Sheffield are appealing for help to find a man who is wanted in connection with kidnap and drug offences.

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Sarkhan Mohammed, 29, is believed to frequent the Attercliffe, Darnall and Bents Green areas of Sheffield.

He also has links to Derbyshire, mainly Dronfield and Hathersage.

He is wanted in connection with offences dating back to May 2018.

A cyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car in Hull last night.

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The collision, involving a white Mercedes, happened at the junction of Holwell Road and Oslo Road at about 23:30.

Anybody who witnessed the crash is asked to get in touch with police.

Detectives investigating 21-year-old Tcherno Ly's killing have urged more witnesses to come forward.

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Plans to spend up to £4.6m converting a former Bradford nightclub into a church have been approved.

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The Anglican Diocese of Leeds says it will turn the former Vibe club, in Glydegate Square, into a "focus point for faith in Bradford" called Fountains Church.

The site was built in 2002 and is currently empty.

Planning officers have now approved the conversion of the building, saying it would improve its “contribution to the conservation area.”

The church says it will start work on transforming the site “as soon as possible".

Campaigners vow to fight proposals moving specialist vascular treatment from a town's hospital.

A multi-million pound investigation into the sexual exploitation of hundreds of teenagers in Rotherham will continue until as many potential victims as possible have been contacted, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

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Six men were found guilty yesterday of a string of offences, as part of Operation Stovewood, external, the investigation into child sex abuse in the town between 1997 and 2013.

The offences related to the abuse of seven girls, who were all under the age of 16, between 1998 and 2002 in Rotherham and the surrounding areas. The men will be sentenced tomorrow.

NCA officer, Robert Burgess, said: "Operation Stovewood is the largest investigation of its kind in the UK, so we anticipate a number of further trials as we work through a considerable amount of information."

Paul Williamson from the NCA, said: “Our number one priority is to focus on the victims and survivors, and that will never change."

North Yorkshire is the worst place in the country for the illegal killing of birds of prey, according to new figures.

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The RSPB’s Birdcrime 2018 report says "bird of prey persecution is still rife, with considerably more crimes in North Yorkshire than anywhere else in the UK".

Fifteen incidents were recorded by the wildlife charity in 2018, with hen harriers, buzzards and owls targeted.

The charity say Nidderdale is a "notorious blackspot". In October last year a red kite found shot and poisoned in the area was found to contain two pieces of shot.

Further examination revealed it had survived those injuries only to be later deliberately poisoned by a cocktail of toxic pesticides, two of which are banned.

Mark Thomas, Head of RSPB Investigations, said: “Raptor persecution is a stain on our countryside and once again North Yorkshire emerges as the country with the highest number of raptor crimes to its name."

A third man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in Leeds.

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Tcherno Ly was found seriously injured in Chapeltown Road shortly before 22:00 on Sunday, and pronounced dead in hospital.

West Yorkshire Police said a 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

An 18-year-old man found nearby with stab wounds remains in hospital under arrest on suspicion of murder.

The force said a 22-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday has been released without charge.

Mr Ly, who lived in the Hunslet area, was originally from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.

Police say they are still trying to establish a motive for the attack and want anyone with information to contact them.

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There will be a mixture of bright spells and scattered showers today with top temperatures of about 22C.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Thursday morning, most services appear to be running on time.

However;

• The 08:50 service from Leeds to Manchester Airport is running about 15 minutes late
• The 08:52 service from Leeds to Newcastle is running about six minutes late
• The 08:59 service from Leeds to Knaresborough is running about 17 minutes late
• The 09:09 service from York to Liverpool Lime Street is running about 10 minutes late
• The 09:11 service from York to Burley Park is running about 10 minutes late
• The 09:23 from Wakefield Westgate to Plymouth is running about six minutes late

For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Hull Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

Premier League newcomers Sheffield United will host Sunderland in the Carabao Cup third round while city rivals Sheffield Wednesday will meet Everton at Hillsborough.

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Atdhe Nuhiu's late winner saw Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Rotherham last night while goals from Richard Stearman and Oliver Norwood helped the Blades beat Blackburn on Tuesday.

The ties will be played the week beginning 23 September.

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A mainly dry and bright morning is expected with sunny spells.

Through the afternoon cloud will build and winds will strengthen.

Tonight it'll be windy with cloudy skies and a few blustery showers:

Hull FC forward Sika Manu is to retire from rugby league at the end of the Super League season.

An inquest into the death of a gambling addict from South Yorkshire will not examine state regulation of betting, a coroner ruled.

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Jack Ritchie, 24, (pictured) from Sheffield, took his own life on 22 November 2017.

His family had argued a failure by the UK authorities to treat gambling problems contributed to his death.

Coroner Chris Dorries said government regulations were "effectively a political matter" but agreed to consider the state's provision of medical services.

During a pre-inquest review in Sheffield on Wednesday, Mr Dorries said the question of the "protection" offered by gambling regulation was beyond the scope of the inquest.

Whether Mr Ritchie "received little or no effective support from state services to prevent his gambling addiction" will be a matter for the full inquest, the coroner said.

Atdhe Nuhiu's late winner sees Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Rotherham in the second round of the EFL Cup.

Nathan Worrell is accused of race hate offences relating to the publication of far-right material in Grimsby.

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Six men are found guilty of the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham.