Franklin Graham who believes gay marriage is a "sin" is appearing in Sheffield as part of a UK tour.

Leeds-based supermarket chain Asda is launching a "sustainability store" where shoppers can fill their own containers with food.

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From May, customers at the Asda Middleton site will be able to use refill stations for own-brand rice and pasta, as well as Kellogg's cereals and PG Tips.

Asda is the latest major grocer to launch an initiative to cut down on plastic packaging.

UK supermarkets are responsible for 58 billion pieces of plastic a year, according to Greenpeace.

Asda chief executive Roger Burnley said: "We will be testing and learning from the customers in Middleton to understand how we can reduce our environmental impacts.

"Our first priority will be to look at how we can reduce and remove plastic."

League Two side Bradford City sign Portsmouth goalkeeper Luke McGee on loan until the end of the season.

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder calls on Oli McBurie to show improved "responsibility" after a Football Association warning about his behaviour at a Cardiff v Swansea match.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A Scarborough councillor has branded people who feed seagulls as “stupid” as the town looks for new ways to tackle bird attacks on humans.

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Labour cabinet member Tony Randerson made the comments during a a discussion of the council’s plans to tackle gull attacks.

Mr Randerson said he was "using his words carefully" when he said it was "a stupid, irresponsible act to feed seagulls in urban areas - that’s not the food they should be getting".

Following on from Councillor Randerson, Councillor Neil Robinson proposed the council should look into bringing in a bylaw to allow people who feed gulls to be fined.

He added: "Gulls need to learn humans aren’t a source of food."

Councillors at the meeting agreed to introduce measures to gull-proof buildings and to consider public engagement around the feeding of birds.

There are "serious concerns" about a team working with troubled children and young people in West Yorkshire, a report has found.

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The Bradford Youth Offending Team lacked strategic leadership and failed to deal with child sexual exploitation, HM Inspectorate of Probation said.

Inspectors said there had been "major instability" in the management and senior leadership team.

The report said staff had expressed optimism about a new leadership.

Youth Offending Teams (YOT) supervise 10 to 17-year-olds who have been convicted or have come to the attention of the police.

After a review of 12 areas of work in an inspection over two weeks from September to October last year, the team was given a "requires improvement" rating - the second-lowest mark.

Mark Douglas of Bradford Council's Children's Services, said: "We fully accept the report's findings and the service is acting on these urgently to ensure that improvements are made."

Hull City sign West Ham forward Martin Samuelsen for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Have you seen Garry Ayres? Police say they're concerned for the 59-year-old man's welfare after he went missing in Sowerby Bridge.

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Mr Ayres was last seen on Hopwood Lane by Bull Green roundabout at about 10:15 on Monday.

He has missed a flight to Spain which he was booked to travel on.

Mr Ayres is described as slim, about 5ft 8in tall and was wearing a blue jacket, light-blue trousers and green shoes.

He is also missing a finger on his right hand, according to police.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to get in touch with West Yorkshire Police.

Huddersfield Town sign Leicester City midfielder Andy King on loan until the end of the season.

A giant pair of hand-knitted odd socks is the star attraction of an exhibition which opens in East Yorkshire today.

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The socks were made using hundreds of knitted squares donated by the public.

The aim is to raise awareness of Down's Syndrome and features portraits of adults living with the condition.

Artist Sue Clayton enlisted the help of local residents to help make the display which is on show at Pocklington Arts Centre.

A CCTV appeal has been launched by police after a man spat at an elderly couple in the car park of a South Yorkshire shopping centre.

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It happened on Saturday 28 December at about 12:20 in the upper car park at Meadowhall, police say.

A pedestrian is said to have stepped out in front of a vehicle before then shouting at the driver and passenger.

Police say a man opened the passenger door of the vehicle, slamming the door onto one of the victim's legs.

The man then spat into the vehicle as the elderly couple tried to drive away, leaving them "shaken and distressed".

A CCTV image has been released of a man police would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

There's been an increase in the number of hate crimes and hate incidents reported to South Yorkshire Police.

In total there were 3,126 reports to the police in 2019, almost 200 more than the year before.

A council report citing figures from South Yorkshire Police suggests the biggest proportion of recorded hate crimes and incidents are recorded as having been racially-motivated.

It went on to say that where hate was flagged as motivated by religious hatred, "the most commonly perceived religion recorded was Muslim".

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

After a dry start it's going to turn wet and windy with gusts of up to 55mph.

Temperatures will reach about 11C or 12C.

Things will clear a little ovenight but there may still be some showers in places:

Beverley's Kyle Edmund will face a tough opener in the Australian Open after being drawn against Serbia's 24th seed Dusan Lajovic.

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Edmund, who reached the semi-final in 2018, is currently ranked 69th in the world.

The British number three warmed up for the tournament, which starts in Melbourne on Monday, by reaching the quarter finals of the ATP Auckland where he was beaten by John Isner.

BBC News Travel

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

However:

• The 08:20 from Bradford Interchange to Leeds has been cancelled
• The 08:23 service from York to Blackpool North has been cancelled
• The 08:30 service from Leeds to York has been cancelled
• The 08:31 service from York to London Kings Cross is running about 32 minutes late
• The 08:44 service from York to Plymouth is running about 24 minutes late
• The 08:56 service from Doncaster to London Kings Cross is running about 29 minutes late
• The 08:57 service from Leeds to Blackpool North has been cancelled

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

A main road in Bradford is expected to re-open again later, two days after an animal fat spillage made it too slippery for vehicles to travel down.

The fat leaked from a tanker on Queen's Road, between Manningham Lane and Midland Road, on Tuesday.

The council shut off the road while the clean up operation took place.

It's due to re-open at about 10:00 this morning, according to Bradford Council.

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will join Yorkshire for the majority of the 2020 County Championship campaign.

Sheffield Wednesday launch a season-ticket plan that guarantees fans a seat for 10 years after their next promotion to the Premier League.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made their first visit to Bradford.

Leeds' Hackney cab and private hire drivers demonstrate over the council's "draconian" policy.