A total of £43,000 has been made after hundreds of antiques and items of memorabilia from a cafe in East Yorkshire were sold at auction.

The items decorated the walls of the Station Buffet, in Bridlington before it closed two months ago and were put up for sale after the owner retired.

The cafe was constructed in 1925, when additional platforms were added at the East Yorkshire station to cope with an increase in holidaymakers visiting the seaside resort.

An extra sale room was put on due to the increased demand, Spicers Auctioneers said.

People planning to use train services in parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire over the weekend are being asked not to travel as the country braces itself for Storm Dennis.

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Operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is asking passengers to defer their travel until Monday, with disruption expected.

High winds and heavy rain are forecast for much of the region over the next two days.

Speed restrictions could be imposed, LNER said, with reduced services being operated.

Warrick Dent, from LNER, said: “We are encouraging our customers with tickets dated for Saturday 15 February or Sunday 16 February to defer travel to Monday 17 February, where possible.

“We expect services to be extremely busy throughout the weekend and will have extra staff on duty to help.”

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The Met Office has issued amber and yellow weather warnings for rain and wind this weekend as Storm Dennis is set to hit the UK.

Matt Taylor has more detail on the effects:

Thousands of school children have walked out of the classroom to take part in the latest climate strike in Yorkshire.

Rallies have been taking place in Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford.

A number of similar strikes took place last year.

Organised by Youth Strike For Climate, it says the strikes are to highlight the "climate crisis".

A nine-year-old boy from Sheffield has presented a cheque for more than £10,000 he's raised for a Sheffield children's hospice.

Shay O'Grady, from Ecclesfield, has been raising money as his cousin Evie-Mae is supported by the Bluebell Wood charity.

As part of his fundraising efforts, he has completed a triathlon as well as bucket collections and raffles.

Setting out with a target of £1,000, he has now raised more than £10,000.

Bluebell Wood is a hospice for children and young adults based in Sheffield, with a daily running cost of £11,000.

Damien Swan has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former midfielder in Leeds.

Labour MP Alex Sobel has cancelled all public engagements after a guest at a conference he attended was later diagnosed with coronavirus.

The Leeds North West MP was one of hundreds of people who attended the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Conference Centre, in London, last week.

Writing on Twitter Mr Sobel said he had told he was at "very low risk" but said he would be cancelling all engagements until 21 February, by when the 14-day incubation period will have passed.

MP Lilian Greenwood - a former chair of the transport select committee - was also at the event on 6 February.

So far, nine people in the UK have tested positive for the virus.

Health officials are urging people to have both parts of the MMR vaccine after cases of mumps in England reached their highest level in a decade.

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Outbreaks in universities and colleges raised the number of cases of the painful viral illness to 5,042 in 2019 - four times the number in 2018.

Most were in young adults who missed out on the MMR jab.

Public Health England said the full two doses of the vaccination were needed to maximise protection.

The vaccine prevents most cases of mumps - but not all, and so some young people are still getting the illness.

Olly Finch, a student at Leeds University, said: "I went to bed normal, everything fine, and then I woke up, and bang - my face was so puffed out, so swollen.

"I got prescribed morphine - it was that bad."

More parts of Yorkshire are now expected to be hit by heavy rain as part of Storm Dennis this weekend, the Met Office has said.

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An amber "be prepared" weather warning was in place for parts of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire earlier.

This has now grown to include more of North Yorkshire, including York and Ripon.

The weather warning has also been brought forward by three hours to be in place from 12:00 tomorrow until 15:00 on Sunday.

The Woodhead Pass has been closed in both directions after a lorry overturned near to the Dog & Partridge pub.

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South Yorkshire Police say the road is likely to remain closed for some time while the lorry is recovered.

Motorists have been advised to avoid the area.

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Yorkshire miner Sirius Minerals says talks with financial investors to raise $680m (£521.9m) have fallen through, putting the company at the risk of going into administration.

Up to 85,000 small investors sank cash into the Sirius Mineral development near Whitby before it ran into financial difficulty last year.

The North Yorkshire polyhalite mine is the UK's biggest mining project.

"The board confirms that the company has not been able to secure an institutional anchor investor willing to provide sufficient support for the alternative proposal which was part of the consortium's requirements," Sirius said in a statement.

The fertiliser company now urges its shareholders to vote in favour of Anglo American's proposed takeover.

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The number of people using food bank vouchers in York rose in the three years between 2015-18, a new report suggests.

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According to the City of York Council report, a total of 4,026 food vouchers were claimed across the city in 2018, compared to 3,281 in 2015 – a rise of 22.7%.

The report says in-work poverty is on the rise, which it says is a “strange phenomenon” because the minimum wage has increased.

The report's authors say they believe the loss of in-work benefits is causing problems for people.

And councillors say they fear the “stigma” of going to food banks, or claiming free school meals for their children, means struggling families in York aren't getting as much support as they need.

The report adds: “We did not see the notion of food poverty in York before 2010 and there were no food banks in the city at that time.

"However, food poverty is now recognised in local communities in reaction to national reductions in welfare benefits and could be attributed to the £30bn cuts in working age social security still being rolled out.”

Councillor Martin Rowley said: “I think there is a social responsibility on the council to alleviate poverty within the city.”

City of York Council's food poverty committee will now make recommendations on how poverty can be eased, which will then be presented to senior councillors.

Saturday's National League game between Barnet and Harrogate is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

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Ex-Premier League referee Bobby Madley says he has accepted an opportunity to officiate in England again.

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Madley was sacked by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) in 2018 after sending a video mocking a disabled person to a friend.

Following discussions with PGMOL, Madley will return as an official at League One and League Two level from the start of next season.

Wakefield-born Madley, 34, says he has also agreed to attend an FA discrimination workshop.

He will also work at grassroots level for the remainder of this season before becoming a National List referee.

A deal is done with the same buyer which stepped in and rescued the Dumfries business in late 2016.

Conservative MP Simon Clarke has been announced as the new Northern Powerhouse minister.

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He replaces former Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry, who says he chose to leave the government after being offered a new role which he couldn't accept, external.

Mr Clarke (pictured above left), who is MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, said he was "absolutely delighted" to have been asked to take up the role.

He said: "My focus will be on working with communities across the country to support our great Mayors and help create new devolution settlements for areas that don’t yet have them.

"We have a huge task ahead to deliver an era of urban regeneration and strong regional growth."

Yorkshire is bracing itself for potential further flooding with Storm Dennis set to hit the UK this weekend.

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An amber weather warning for rain, external has been issued by the Met Office with downpours forecast from about 15:00 tomorrow.

Heavy rain is set to fall on already saturated ground, with river levels in North and West Yorkshire higher than normal after last week's Storm Ciara.

The amber warning covers parts of North and West Yorkshire, including Skipton, Ilkley, Bingley Hawes, and Leyburn.

A yellow warning also in place for rain for other parts of Yorkshire, external while a separate yellow warning for wind, external in place across most of England.

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Cumbria police say they are concerned about a visitor from Hull, who has been reported missing since he was last seen in Keswick at the start of the week.

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Kenneth Roe is said to be 5ft 10in, and was last seen in Leonard Street, when he was wearing a body-warmer over a short and jumper.

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Residents taking part in a community litter pick were left shocked after discovering two “frightening” knives hidden under a bush.

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The weapons were discovered in Nether Edge, Sheffield, wrapped in a plastic bag.

The woman who unearthed them contacted South Yorkshire Police and local councillor Alison Teal, who then took them to Woodseats police station.

Ms Teal said: "These were more than kitchen knives, they were frightening. It’s really shocking and an example of what knives are used on the streets."

South Yorkshire Police says anyone who finds a knife should leave it in place and call 101 to report it.

Hundreds of antiques and items of memorabilia which once decorated the walls of an old railway cafe in East Yorkshire are being auctioned off today.

The items from the Station Buffet, in Bridlington, have been put up for sale after the owner retired.

The cafe was constructed in 1925, when additional platforms were added at the East Yorkshire station to cope with an increase in holidaymakers visiting the seaside resort.

Bidders from as far afield as the United States and India have shown interest in the lots, which are expected to fetch thousands of pounds.