Police are appealing for help to find a 56-year-old man who went missing from Scarborough last week.

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Richard Lindsay, 56, went missing from his Scarborough home on 10 December, and was last seen in Rotherham on 13 December.

He is described as being of medium build with grey hair, green eyes and a ruddy complexion.

North Yorkshire Police believe he may be travelling around Yorkshire, probably on public transport.

Officers say Mr Lindsay is "vulnerable" and they're concerned for his welfare during the recent spell of cold weather.

Anyone who thinks they may have seen him is asked to contact police.

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A Romanian rugby union Sevens international has been banned from all sport for four years for breaching World Rugby's anti-doping regulations.

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Stephen Hihetah failed a drugs test in February while playing for Hull RUFC in National League Two North.

The 28-year-old winger tested positive for metabolites Stanozolol, Metandienone and Tamoxifen.

At a Rugby Football Union hearing he argued he had ingested the drugs inadvertently, but the panel did not believe him.

Hihetah, who was born in London but has Romanian mother, has had his ban back-dated to 12 June, and will therefore be suspended until 11 June 2023.

"All rugby players are subject to the anti-doping rules which are in place to protect players and the integrity of our sport," RFU anti-doping and illicit drugs programme manager Stephen Watkins said.

A man from Lancashire who died when his car was in collision with a lorry in North Yorkshire last week has been named by police.

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Asad Siddiq (pictured), 24, from Barnoldswick, died on the A65 Skipton by-pass on 10 December, police have confirmed.

His family have paid tribute to him saying: "Asad was a much loved son, grandson, nephew, brother and a great friend to so many.

"He was one of the most kind, funny, caring and likeable men you could ever meet and always had a smile on his face.

"We are all absolutely devastated and his loss is going to leave a huge hole in all our lives."

Two drug dealers from West Yorkshire have been jailed after being caught with £3m of heroin and about £130,000 in cash.

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Yusuf Kara, 30, of Scott Hall Road, Meanwood, Leeds, was arrested after National Crime Agency officers found 56kg of heroin hidden in suitcases at his home.

He was jailed at Leeds Crown Court for 10 years and four months earlier today after admitting conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering offences at a previous hearing.

Ashraf Khan, 31, of no fixed abode admitted money laundering after £130k in cash was found hidden under a false floor in his van. He was sentenced to 28 months in prison.

The court heard Khan has a previous conviction for possession with intent to supply class A drugs.

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Jo Broadbent, NCA operations manager, said: “The seizure of this significant amount of heroin is a big step towards protecting the public from the damage and devastation drugs cause.

“These drugs often end up in the hands of County Lines networks, where they fuel violence and the exploitation of young and vulnerable people."

A wildlife rescue centre says it's "deeply concerned" after several swans were found in Lincoln covered in fuel and oil.

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The Yorkshire Swan and Wildlife Rescue Centre, near Selby, says the birds have been picked up from the area between the Brayford Pool and Stamp End in the city centre.

In a Facebook post the centre warned that in cooler temperatures "any contaminated birds will quickly deteriorate and may even die if they aren’t given immediate attention and appropriate care".

The Environment Agency and The Brayford Trust say they haven't received any report of an oil or fuel spill.

A former Barnsley and Sheffield United striker who masturbated in front of a mother and her 16-year-old daughter has been given a 12-month community order.

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Neil Shipperley, 45, exposed his genitals from inside his van, in Hillingdon, west London, on 17 September.

The mother said she was "disgusted" by the sight.

Shipperley, who also played for Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon, Chelsea and Southampton during his 15-year career, must complete 20-days of rehabilitation as part of the order given at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.

A long-lost letter by Charles Dickens shows how the man who helped shape our festive season may have had his last Christmas marred by a burned turkey.

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In the letter, held at York's National Railway Museum, the author forgives Great Western Railway for a fire that destroyed a parcel of yuletide goodies.

In it was a turkey which had been destined for his 1869 Christmas feast.

Dickens wrote: "I have no doubt my Christmas fare was destroyed by an unavoidable accident."

National Railway Museum curator Ed Bartholomew said: "Every now and then we are fortunate to uncover a hidden gem in our railway archive."

The museum says the letter was found during a recent audit of its millions of documents.

Campaigners say they're disappointed plans which have been approved for the future of a former courthouse in Sheffield don't retain its historic significance.

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The Grade II-listed Old Town Hall was built in 1808 and has stood empty on Waingate since 1996.

The 42,000 sq ft building was formerly the city's courthouse and town hall.

It will now be turned into "pod" hotel rooms and apartments after refurbishment plans were approved yesterday.

Those plans remove most of the building's original features, failing to retain its historic significance, according to the Friends of the Old Town Hall.

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"We asked the planning committee to consider seriously retaining Court 1, the most important and ornate of the three major courtrooms, in recognisable form," said chair Valerie Bayliss.

"The developer argued, with support from planning officers, that there is no viable use for the courtrooms other than as the living rooms of the planned serviced apartments.

"This involves removing most of what makes the courtroom legible as a former court.

"Historic England asked the council to do what it could to make sure the historic significance of the building was not just retained but enhanced. It is regrettable the opportunity has been lost".

As much of North Yorkshire is shrouded in fog today, police have released images they say show the importance of using headlights.

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Two photographs taken from a police camera van on the A64 between York and Leeds this morning show an oncoming car with its headlights off and another with its headlights on.

North Yorkshire Police say the second vehicle is "much easier to see from a distance".

A spokesperson for the force warned: "You must use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100m.

"When driving in fog, beware of other drivers not using lights and remember lights don't just light up the road, they also help others see you in poor weather."

A CCTV image has been released of a man police want to speak to about a burglary in Doncaster.

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South Yorkshire Police say three men who had entered a property on Fossard Way were disturbed by officers at about 11:00 on 13 November.

Anyone who recognises the man in the image is being urged to contact police.

A charity for homeless people in North Yorkshire is converting a shipping container into a six-bed shelter amid fears people sleeping rough could die in the freezing temperatures.

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Sleepsafe Selby hopes the container will be ready for use by the end of the week.

Chair Tracey Roberts said: "We go out and give people sleeping bags and duvets, but that's not going to help them in this weather

"There are times I go to somebody's tent in the morning and unzip it thinking I'm going to find someone dead in there - it's really scary."

New figures reveal the number of homeless people in Yorkshire has jumped by 16% in three years.

Homelessness charity Shelter says over 2,600 people are without a home in the region

Police have released the name of man they want to question in connection with a serious assault in York earlier this year.

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Kenny Carl Thomas (pictured), 20, is believed to be in the York area.

Officers want to speak to him after a man in his 20s was assaulted on Rougier Street in the early hours of 30 May.

The North Yorkshire force says anyone who knows where he is should get in touch.

A woman injured in the Manchester Arena bombing has criticised an East Yorkshire school for using the attack as the basis for a homework question.

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds were injured in the attack on 22 May 2017 after Salman Abedi detonated a home-made device.

Caroline Davis (pictured), from Otley, suffered a shoulder injury and her friend was killed as they waited in the foyer of the Arena to pick up their children after an Ariana Grande concert.

She has described as "disgusting" homework set by Bridlington School asking pupils to imagine themselves to be a parent of a victim and to discuss whether "all terrorists should be forgiven".

The secondary school's head, Kate Parker Randall, has issued an online apology after the assignment attracted criticism on social media.

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Ms Parker Randall said the work was part of a lesson "which was considering the consequences of crime and the aims of different punishments".

"In hindsight, we would have posed the homework question in a different way," she added.

A police officer is among 16 men to have been charged with historical child sexual exploitation offences in Halifax.

The allegations relate to offences between 2006 and 2009 against three female victims who were aged between 13 and 16-years-old at the time

PC Amjad Ditta (pictured), also known as Amjad Hussain, has been charged with sexual touching.

He was a serving police officer at the time of the alleged offence in 2009.

The 35-year-old, now based within West Yorkshire Police’s Protective Services Operations, has been suspended from duty, according to the force.

The 15 other men face charges including rape, supplying drugs, trafficking and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

All the men are due to appear at Bradford Magistrates' on 6 January.

Over 200 people have been arrested for drink or drug-driving offences in West Yorkshire, police say.

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In the 18 days since the start of December, the force says it's arrested 215 drivers.

Commenting on the number of arrests, the county's Roads Policing Unit said: "People are still not learning."

The ground floor of the shop in Honley was destroyed in the fire and the thieves fled empty-handed.

The next Archbishop of York has warned the government it's the Church of England's job to hold politicians to account on their "one nation" promise to work for all.

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It was announced yesterday that Stephen Cottrell, the current Bishop of Chelmsford, will take on the role of Archbishop of York in June 2020.

Speaking to the BBC, he said: "The north of England has returned a lot of Tory MPs for the first time ever, so I want to work with them.

"I want to remind them that to be 'one nation' also means being one humanity, it also means being one world.

"We will hold Boris Johnson to account on his 'one nation' proposal to govern and support it, but will ask him what it means," he added.

A supermarket in West Yorkshire has been badly damaged by fire after being targeted by ram-raiders.

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It happened at the Co-op on Westgate in Honley, near Huddersfield, at about 02:00 this morning.

West Yorkshire Police said an Audi Q7 is believed to have rammed the ATM machine causing a fire, police say.

Fire crews from across Kirklees were needed to tackle the blaze.

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Officers say the suspects made off empty-handed and the vehicle used in the raid has since been recovered.

Westgate is currently closed.

Jason McCartney, the new Conservative MP for Colne Valley, says he has been briefed by police over the incident:

A fourth arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a Doncaster man.

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Jerry Appicella, 51, whose body was found inside a property on Craganour Place on Sunday night, died from head injuries.

Police believe Mr Appicella was the victim of a "targeted attack" and that he had been involved in an altercation with a group of people before his death.

South Yorkshire Police said the altercation with a group of males and females took place on Tuesday 3 December in an alleyway leading to Hickleton Street in Denaby Main.

Inquiries suggest he then walked home where his body was found at the weekend.

A boy has been arrested in connection with Mr Apicella's death and remains in custody, police have confirmed.

Three girls who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of murdering Mr Appicella have been released under investigation, police confirmed earlier.

Two men have been seriously injured in a car crash in Fitzwilliam.

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A blue Audi estate car and a blue BMW 335D collided on Garmil Head Lane, between Fitzwilliam and Nostell, at about 20:20 on Monday, police say.

The drivers of both vehicles, men aged 26 and 43, were seriously injured and remain in hospital.

Police are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with dashcam footage, to get in touch.