Two of Yorkshire's MPs have reacted to the news that Geoffrey Boycott has been awarded a knighthood.

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Boycott was one of 57 names to whom Theresa May awarded knighthoods in her resignation honours list.

Sheffield Heeley's Labour MP Louise Haigh described him as an "embarrassment to Yorkshire" on Twitter.

But Conservative MP for Selby, Nigel Adams, said he was "delighted" for Mr Boycott.

Mr Adams said: "It's a great honour. Some would say it's been a long time coming. Today is about celebrating this wonderful honour. I'm so pleased for him."

Domestic abuse charities and the Labour Party said the honour should be removed from the ex-cricketer, who was convicted of beating his girlfriend in France in 1998.

Boycott has always denied the assault.

He has said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism over Theresa May awarding him a knighthood.

Police "urgently" trying to find a missing 15-year-old girl say she could be in the Barking area of east London.

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Aya Othman was last seen in the Moortown area of Leeds at about 16:00 on Sunday.

The teenager is described as black, about 5ft 3ins tall, with black hair.

West Yorkshire Police say she was last seen wearing a black dress and carrying a pink backpack.

Det Insp Kevin Daly said: “We remain very concerned for Aya’s welfare given her age and the length of time she has now been missing."

Police officers in Rotherham are searching for a man wanted on recall to prison.

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Mason Reside, 21, is also wanted in connection with reported burglary and harassment offences committed in Rotherham in June and July 2019.

He has connections to Dinnington and Rotherham, South Yorkshire Police say.

Anybody who knows where Reside could be is asked to get in touch with police.

Nine men and a woman are charged with sex offences against girls aged 12 to 16 years old.

Members of the armed services have joined together to take part in a charity trek that will arrive in East Yorkshire later.

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Servicemen from the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army have joined forces to pull a half-ton field gun 330 miles from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to the Clyde naval base in Scotland.

It's being done to raise funds for Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support.

They are due in Drax, near Goole, this evening and will set off on Wednesday morning for Bramham.

Smoking will be banned from an Army training centre for teenage recruits.

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The commanding officer of the Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate announced the ban on Twitter.

Lt Col Richard Hall said it was "unacceptable" that "most recruits don't smoke on arrival, yet most do by graduation".

New recruits will be barred from smoking starting next week, with a complete ban on smoking and vaping at the site by 2020.

In a statement, Lt Col Hall said the smoking ban was in order to develop recruits' health and fitness.

A 64-year-old man has been attacked in York while walking his dog, police say.

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The man was walking on Hob Moor off Tadcaster Road at about 18:00 on 4 September when he was seriously assaulted, according to police.

He received facial injuries and lacerations to his mouth during the attack.

Officers say a 63-year-old man from York was arrested and has since been released under investigation.

The North Yorkshire force wants anyone who witnessed the incident to get in touch.

The RSPCA says the animal was hit by several cars near York and wants witnesses to get in touch.

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A move to cut fire crew numbers in South Yorkshire is being recommended to go ahead but with a promise the move will be reversed if finances improve.

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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has proposed a drop from five to four crew members on each engine as part of plans to save £4m.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority are now being asked to approve the change when they meet on Monday.

A report to be considered by fire authority members states four person crews are used by "at least 17 other fire and rescue services nationwide" but adds that the measure is "is easily reversible if the service’s funding situation improves".

The Fire Bridges Union has previously said said the changes will affect safety.

A dead fox has been found dumped in a lay-by with a broken leg and its tail "hacked off", say Police.

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Writing on social media PC Newsome, a West Yorkshire Wildlife Crime officer, said: "Gin traps illegal since 1958.

"Dead fox found dumped in bus lay-by, broken foreleg, clear signs leg caught in trap, tail/brush hacked off."

PC Newsome, who is the ward officer for Kirkburton and Denby Dale, didn't say where the fox had been found.

She ended her update with an appeal for people to report illegal traps.

New Huddersfield Town boss Danny Cowley admits it would have been "safer" to stay at previous club Lincoln City.

A stolen telehandler has been found abandoned in dense bushes by police using a drone.

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The £70,000 machine was stolen on Friday and hidden in woodland in the Longley area of Sheffield.

Police officers using a drone managed to find it and return it to a "very happy" owner.

A Leeds United footballer has been suspended after pleading guilty to betting on football matches earlier this year.

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Midfielder Jordan Stevens was suspended when he admitted a misconduct charge.

He is said to have placed almost 60 bets on games between 6 August 2018 and 27 May 2019.

The 19-year-old player has been banned for six weeks and fined £1,200.

Leeds United said the ban was "excessive" as the suspension means the player can't train or talk to club staff.

The club's chief executive, Angus Kinnear, said: "To prevent a young footballer from taking part in any football activities at such critical period of his career is a disproportionate punishment following a foolish mistake from a young player."

Active Against Cancer is being trialled in Harrogate and could be rolled out across the UK.

A kitten's been thrown from a moving car into traffic on a dual carriageway in York.

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The RSPCA says it's received reports the animal was hit by cars after the incident last Thursday.

It happened on the east bound A64 on the outskirts of York, near the Fulford junction, at about 16:50.

It's believed the car, a dark blue Ford Focus, was being driven by a white male in his late 60s/early 70s.

The charity says the kitten’s body hasn't yet been recovered and is appealing for witnesses as part of its investigation with police.

RSPCA inspector Tom Hutton said: “This would have been a very upsetting incident to witness.

"We're told the kitten was hit by several cars on the road."

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A senior councillor has called for a ban on smoking outside Doncaster pubs and cafes because "it’s not fair on other people".

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Councillors and health chiefs were discussing a new borough-wide strategy to reduce Doncaster’s smoking rates from 20% to 10% by 2030.

Balby South councillor Nuala Fennelly, who is also cabinet member for children and schools, called on owners of cafes and pubs to tell people to stop smoking directly outside their premises.

“I think that’s quite a big problem we have across Doncaster", she said.

“If we can get pubs and businesses to say to people you can sit outside but you’re not sitting there smoking – it should be a non-smoking area.”

A 67-year-old woman has died after her car left the road near Leeds, police say.

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It happened on Barwick Road at 02:09 on Monday, when the car she was driving, a white Ford KA, was travelling along the road in the direction of Scholes.

Police say the car left the carriageway and overturned.

The woman was the only person in the vehicle and died at the scene, according to the West Yorkshire force.

Anyone who saw what happened, or who saw the vehicle before the incident, is being asked to contact police.

Firefighters in South Yorkshire will have specialist help put in place following traumatic incidents, the fire service has announced.

It's being done to "ditch stigmas and change the culture around mental illness", according to South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Fire crews who deal with traumatic incidents will be offered support from specialists from the British Red Cross and a 24/7 telephone counselling scheme has been launched for staff.

Geoffrey Boycott has said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism over Theresa May awarding him a knighthood in her resignation honours list.

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Domestic abuse charities criticised the move to honour the ex-England cricket captain, who was convicted of beating his girlfriend in France in 1998.

Boycott has always denied the assault.

Women's Aid's co-acting chief executive Adina Claire described the decision as "extremely disappointing" and said Mrs May was sending a "dangerous message".

Responding to the comments, Boycott said: "I don't give a toss about her, love. It was 25 years ago so you can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it.

"It's very difficult to prove your innocence in another country, in another language.

"I have to live with it - and I do. I'm clear in my mind, and I think most people in England are, that it's not true."

A man has been charged following an armed robbery at a post office in Leeds last Tuesday, police say.

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Nasser Khan, 37, of Ewart Place, Bradford, has been charged with robbery and possession of a firearm.

He's due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court later.

On 3 September two masked men, one armed with a gun, walked in to the Wellstone Rise Post Office, in Swinnow Lane, and threatened staff before taking cash and leaving the scene in a car driven by a third man.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested following the robbery on 5 September on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.

A stolen silver BMW, used in the crime, was found abandoned in the Holmewood area West Yorkshire, according to the West Yorkshire force.