Egdon Resources plans to turn the existing well into a commercial oil production site.

Huddersfield Town sign Lincoln City defender Harry Toffolo for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

A 14-week-old cockerpoo has been helping young students in South Yorkshire to learn.

Rhubarb is with students at Worsbrough Common Primary School for the new term, and is aimed at providing a calming atmosphere.

Headteacher Rebecca Paddock says it's part of her plan to make the school feel like "a home".

"Looking at the research, it does improve attendance. It gives the kids responsibility and they're wanting to read to her. She's really picked up the feeling in school."

Rhubarb lives with Ms Paddock and goes into school every day.

The dog is walked by students as part of their learning and is also used as a distraction technique for children who are upset.

Gary Bell is jailed for the injuries he inflicted on his American bulldog called Smiler.

Do you recognise this man? Officers want to speak to him in connection with three alleged sexual assaults on a crowded train out of Leeds station.

Image source, BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE

West Yorkshire police said two women were assaulted by a man on the train at about about 16:40 on 3 December.

When the group moved away, the suspect followed them and then assaulted a third woman.

The force said when the third woman challenged the man he then left the train at Dewsbury.

Anyone with information about the man in the CCTV image is being asked to get in touch with police.

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Plans to build a travellers site on green belt land in Wakefield have been rejected once again.

Landowners Thomas and Elizabeth Spaven had applied to create a six-pitch site on their plot at Carr Gate near the M62.

However, it was ruled that the development would put the health of children living there at risk.

Plans have been knocked back by Wakefield Council a number of times since 2012.

Council officers said noise and fumes from the motorway would prevent people living at the site from opening the windows of their caravans.

Five people are held on suspicion of murdering the pharmaceutical factory worker in Huddersfield.

Police have issued a renewed appeal to find a man from Barnsley who's been missing for two months.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Richard Dyson, 55, from Barnsley last spoke to his family on Friday 15 November. He was reported missing 10 days later by his daughter.

Police believe the last sighting of Richard was on Sunday 17 November at about 23:00 walking towards the A6135 Sheffield Road in Hoyland, close to Parkside Cottage.

Hull City sign Barnsley winger Mallik Wilks on loan until the end of the season, with an option for a permanent move.

York bus companies have won £1.6m in funding to make their vehicles more environmentally-friendly.

Bus operators were invited to bid for Clean Air Zone (CAZ) investment to help them afford cleaner exhausts to meet European emission standards.

A total of 93 buses will either be refurbished or replaced for when the CAZ launches in York on 31 January.

The funding has been allocated to Arriva Yorkshire, First York, Harrogate Coach Travel, Transdev and Reliance Motor Services.

A fleet of 21 electric Park and Ride vehicles (pictured) is also expected to make a contribution towards improving air quality, according to City of York Council.

An image has been released of a man suspected of indecently exposing himself to two 10-year-old girls in Doncaster.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

South Yorkshire Police say the girls were walking along Askern Road, between the doctor’s surgery and the youth club, at about 08:30 on 3 December, when the driver of a red car, which was parked in lay-by, exposed himself to them.

An efit image of the man has been released by police in a bid to trace him.

Anyone who recognises the man is being urged to contact South Yorkshire Police.

Kevin Larkin
Political reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

Batley's community centre was packed out this lunchtime, full of Labour Party members there to hear Sir Keir Starmer (pictured), one of the candidates to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader after Labour’s election defeat last month.

Image source, Aaron Chown/PA Wire

In the Q&A session from members at the end, the candidate was asked about anti-semitism.

There was also a plea on behalf of one member to not “throw the baby out with the bathwater” when it came to Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy.

The Shadow Brexit Secretary is running on a party unity ticket, saying he wants to bring together the whole party - from Corbynistas to Blairites.

But is a North London pro-Remain lawyer with a knighthood the man to win back those working class voters who went to the Conservatives in the election, costing the party four seats in West Yorkshire alone?

Keir Starmer says he is, pointing out that his dad worked in a factory and his mum was a nurse.

He also said being a Londoner is no barrier to his potential appeal in the North, saying: “In the last three and a half years, nobody in Yorkshire has said to me, ‘But you’re a Londoner’.

"They want to know, are you a decent fella? Are you listening to what we’re saying? And are you getting it? And that’s the way I’ve done politics.”

With the contest not being decided until April, there’s a lot of listening left for Keir Starmer and his fellow candidates for Labour leader.

A former assistant head coach at Barnsley Football Club has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of bribery charges.

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Tommy Wright, 54, was sentenced to 12 months, suspended for 12 months, after being found guilty of two charges of receiving or accepting a bribe in contravention of the Bribery Act 2000.

Southwark Crown Court heard he had taken a £5,000 bribe to leak commercial information about players.

He was brought to trial alongside two football agents - Dax Price and Giuseppe "Pino" Pagliara -following an undercover investigation by the Daily Telegraph into corruption in football.

Price and Pagliara were also found guilty of bribery offences. Both men were given suspended jail sentences.

The judge said the defendant was caught red-handed, which should have resulted in an instant charge.

A lorry driver has been fined after he was caught cooking his breakfast by the side of the M62.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

The HGV driver was spotted by West Yorkshire Police officers near Wakefield this morning.

The driver was fined and "sent on his way", according to officers from the Roads Policing Unit.

British snowboarder Katie Ormerod wins slopestyle bronze at the Laax Open in Switzerland, her first World Cup event in the discipline for two years.

A third man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield.

The boy was shot in the leg in a drive-by shooting on Sunday.

South Yorkshire Police said a 30-year-old man from Sheffield has been arrested yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. He remains in police custody.

His arrest brings the total of people arrested to three.

A 25-year-old man arrested on Wednesday remains in police custody, after a warrant of further detention was granted by Sheffield Magistrates' Court, South Yorkshire Police said.

A 30-year-old man arrested on 14 January was released on police bail earlier this week.

The 2020 Tour de Yorkshire will feature more climbing than ever, with ascents of Buttertubs and Grinton Moor, which were washed out of last year's World Championship course.

An official fundraising page set up to help injured Hull KR player Mose Masoe and his family has received more than £20,000.

Image source, Dave Howarth/PA Media

Yesterday head coach Tony Smith confirmed that the prop won't play again after suffering a serious spinal injury.

Masoe, 30, was hurt in Sunday's friendly against Wakefield and had to have emergency surgery.

"If Mose is able to walk again that will be a success," Smith told BBC Radio Humberside.

"If you ask his consultant he would not be able to tell you exactly what he will get back to.

"I know Mose is just looking forward to hugging his children again."

The money raised will go towards Masoe's rehabilitation and care, as well as travel and accommodation needs for his family.

Dogs will welcome commuters at Leeds railway station next week to combat what's known as "Blue Monday", the date considered to be the most miserable of the year.

Image source, Northern

Train operator Northern and Pets As Therapy have teamed up to give customers an opportunity to cuddle up with 10 four-legged friends.

Pets As Therapy is a national charity which aims to enhance health and wellbeing in the community through visits with volunteers and behaviourally-assessed pets.

Northern's regional director Steve Hopkinson said: "One of our conductors at Leeds works with this charity and by inviting the dogs onto the station we can not only help our customers, we can support and highlight their fantastic work."

The dogs will be at the station's concourse from 11:00 until 14:00 on Monday 20 January.