Hull KR coach Tony Smith on his ambitions for 2020 and beyond

The flats are among 13 blocks the fire service has identified as having flammable cladding.

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Three art installations by artist Steve Messam are to be showcased at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon.

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The works, which includes floating pyramids and a textile-clad footbridge across the River Skell, will form part of the National Trust venue's Folly 2020 event.

The works will go on show until the end of November.

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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder and his assistant Alan Knill sign new contracts with the Premier League club.

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Scarborough residents could face an increase of 1.99% in council tax as the authority looks to make more than £3m in savings next year.

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The proposals for 2020/21 will go before Scarborough Council on Tuesday.

A report prepared for a meeting sets out the reduction in budgets the council has seen in the last decade.

The council has made £21m in savings from the annual budget since 2010, the report said.

James Etherington hit his head on the pavement when the doorman ejected him from the nightclub.

Officers found two-year-old Keigan O'Brien in cardiac arrest but he died in hospital the next day.

Three samurai swords have been stolen from a house in Scarborough.

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The swords and their black and silver scabbards were taken from a house on Briercliff between 01:00 and 10:00 on 23 December, North Yorkshire Police said.

If you have any information about the whereabouts of the weapons, get in touch with police.

The funeral of Featherstone Rovers and England international forward Natalie Harrowell has taken place in Hull today.

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Natalie, originally from Hull, died in December aged 29.

She played three games for her country as well helping Featherstone Rovers to the Super League Grand Final in 2017.

Harrowell was one of Featherstone's longest-serving players and won the club's 2019 Woman of Steel award.

Keigan Ronnie O’Brien has been named as the two-year-old Doncaster boy whose death prompted a murder investigation.

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Police say Keigan was taken to hospital from a house on Bosworth Road, Adwick at about 11:00 when he was in cardiac arrest.

He was in a critical condition in hospital but died yesterday afternoon.

A post-mortem examination found he died as a result of head injuries, South Yorkshire Police said.

Two people, a 36-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, both from Adwick, were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody.

A driver who left a motorcyclist with a broken back after driving on the wrong side of the road has been jailed for 16 months.

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Florian Pratt, 41, of Kilnwood Close, Nottingham was driving along Mortimer Road, Sheffield when the crash happened in April last year.

Hitting the rider at more than 50mph, the victim flipped over the car with his protective gear saving his life, police said.

The 35-year-old rider, from Barnsley, suffered a broken back, a broken sternum and a broken wrist.

His protective clothing, which included full leathers and inbuilt air bags, saved his life, according to police.

Pratt pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was also banned from driving for three years:

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A man admits sending a menacing message about Labour MP Yvette Cooper.

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A man who was arrested in the first minute of 2020 after assaulting members of the public and police officers has been jailed.

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Darren Robert Hamilton (pictured), 31, from Manor Close, in Elwick, Hartlepool, was sentenced to 36 weeks in prison for assault, two counts of common assault and three counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

Hamilton attacked a woman and threatened staff in a hotel in Station Road, York, shortly before midnight on 31 December 2019.

He was arrested at 00:01 on 1 January 2020, according to North Yorkshire Police.

During the arrest he assaulted two officers ran off and assaulted a third officer before finally being caught and handcuffed.

A Manchester City supporter has been banned from football matches for five years for racially abusing Raheem Sterling.

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Ian Baldry, 58, pleaded guilty to using racist language after Sterling scored in a Premier League match against Bournemouth in December 2018.

Baldry, from Bradford, told Manchester Magistrates' Court he had been excited and since regretted using the language.

He was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.

A witness said he "was shocked and offended", the court heard.

England attacker Sterling did not hear the comment at the time, although it was heard by a number of supporters, the court was told.

National wage rises contributed to "challenging trading conditions" that affected Sayers, report says.

Hillsborough Leisure Centre's revamped gym will be officially re-opened this weekend.

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About £500,000 pounds has been spent on the transformation, which includes a new Wattbike training zone.

The Sheffield gym closed in late November for the works to be completed.

The venue is run by SIV, owned by charity Sheffield City Trust.

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A 12-year-old boy, from Ripon, in North Yorkshire, has been praised for the meals he provides for homeless people in Harrogate.

Will Lear says: "It started because I was making too much food to go around for everyone to eat, so I asked my mum if we could donate it to homeless people."

Will cooks and delivers all the meals himself.

Here's his heartwarming story:

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Former Premier League referee Bobby Madley says he would "give anything" to be able to officiate in England again.

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Madley, from Wakefield, took charge of 91 top-flight matches between 2013 and 2018 until he was he was sacked for "gross misconduct on grounds of discrimination".

The 34-year-old revealed in a recent blog post he was sacked after filming a video mocking a disabled person.

"I don't know if the door is still open," Madley said. "It was my dream job. I loved doing what I did."

Speaking to Football Focus, he added: "If there was an opportunity to get back into that, nobody in their right mind would turn it down.

Madley used to be part of the group of 18 full-time professional referees in England and officiated the 2017 Community Shield at Wembley.

Since being sacked by refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), he has moved to Norway where he has refereed in the lower leagues.

Members of environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion have staged a protest by cleaning up a bank in Sheffield.

The group converged on the Barclays, on Pinstone Street, in the city centre, for about 40 minutes at lunchtime today.

Protesters called on the bank to "clean-up its act" with regard to fossil fuel investments.

The group has since ended its protest at the bank and is now staging a silent protest outside Sheffield's town hall.

A Barclays spokesperson said: “We facilitated £27.3bn in social and environmental financing last year, and we are determined to do all we can to support the transition to a low carbon economy, while also ensuring that global energy needs continue to be met.”