Motorists who use a "distinctive" bridge over the River Ure in North Yorkshire are being asked to help in the search for a missing 81-year-old man.

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Brian Warriss was last seen at his home in Aldwark, north of York, at about 16:45 on Sunday.

Despite "extensive" searches, he has not yet been found and searches are continuing today, police say.

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Officers say they particularly want to hear from anyone who may have used Aldwark Toll Bridge (pictured) - linking Great and Little Ouseburn and Aldwark on Sunday afternoon

Even if they are not local to the area, they may have sightings or dashcam footage which could be extremely important, police say.

Mr Warriss is described as being of slim build, with blue eyes and a grey moustache. He was wearing a red fleece top, navy blue trousers and a red hat.

Castleford score 22 unanswered points as the Tigers come from behind to win at Hull KR and go top of Super League.

Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral in Bradford of a footballer who died after being attacked on a night out.

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Jordan Sinnott (pictured above), 25, was found with a suspected fractured skull in Market Place, Retford, Nottinghamshire, in January.

Mourners gathered at Bradford City Football Club, where more than 800 donated shirts decorated the venue.

Two men have been charged with manslaughter, affray and common assault. A third has admitted affray.

Mr Sinnott played for Matlock Town and his previous clubs included Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town as well as Altrincham and Chesterfield.

Ahead of his funeral, football shirts were sent from clubs across the UK and abroad.

Mr Sinnott's brother Tom (pictured above) said: "We have been absolutely blown away. We knew the response was amazing but to see it here now is unbelievable.

"Jordan lived and breathed football but was also the best brother you could ask for."

Parents of pupils at the primary school in York brand the stickers as "disgusting".

Fire crews in Leeds are damping down after a house blaze in Horsforth.

The fire service says it was called to the property on Broadway at about 11:40 this morning.

Crews from Rawdon, Cookridge and Leeds dealt with the blaze.

There are no reports of any injuries, according to West Yorkshire Fire Service.

Two fire crews remain at the scene.

A man has been arrested in connection with what police describe as a "targeted" shooting in Rotherham.

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The 29-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being concerned in the production of cannabis.

His arrest came after he was discharged from hospital following treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg in the early hours of yesterday morning.

He remains in police custody, according to police.

The incident happened on Flanderwell Lane, with police carrying out extra reassurance patrols in the area as a result.

Det Insp Janine Broughton, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "We are treating this as a targeted attack. We do not believe there is a threat to the wider public."

Witnesses, or people who have any information about the shooting, are being asked to get in touch with police.

What's been described by the NHS as a "drive-through" coronavirus checking service has been set up at York Hospital.

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The service, also known as "see and swab", is next to the NHS111 pod put in place to keep people attending hospital with symptoms of the virus isolated from other patients.

Similar services have been set up at other trusts across the country.

The York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust says: "After being referred through NHS 111, people are invited to an appointment in their car, during which staff members come out to them to carry out a swab in the nose and mouth.

"The swabs are sent away to a lab, and people get their result later."

A total of 53 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK.

A new government publicity campaign seeks to drive home the message that regular hand-washing is the single most important action individuals can take in the fight against the virus.

You can find out more about what coronavirus is and what the symptoms are here.

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Police want to speak to them after £250 was taken from a cash machine in Acomb, York, using a bank card which had been left in the machine by someone else.

Officers say they believe the two people pictured have information which will help their investigation and anyone who recognises them is being asked to contact police.

East Riding Council says it's moving from incident response to recovery after dozens of homes were hit by flooding in the last few weeks.

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Homes and businesses were evacuated when the River Aire overtopped, flooding parts of the county, including East Cowick, West Cowick, Gowdall and Snaith.

The council has asked people to stop sending donations as the Snaith Sports Centre is "fully stocked" with food, toiletries and clothes.

Roads are still closed in some areas, but floodwater is continuing to go down.

Mathew Buckley, from East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: "The council is steadily moving out of the response phase of this flooding incident and into recovery operations.

"The council fully appreciates the frustration with regards to the ongoing closure of roads in the area, but these are in place for public safety and to allow cleaning operations – which involves staff on the ground and the need for the council to deploy large vehicles, such as gully tankers and lorries."

A man was knocked to the ground by thieves fleeing a Leeds hospital car park after being disturbed as they stole catalytic converters from cars, police say.

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The thieves were spotted in the car park at St James's Hospital stealing a catalytic converter from a Honda Civic car at about 14:15 on Friday 14 February.

Staff at the hospital went outside to confront the thieves, who then hit a 30-year-old man as they fled in a car, leaving him injured and needing treatment.

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The car the men used was previously seen a few hours earlier involved in the theft of a catalytic converter from a Toyota Prius at the Esso station in Aire Valley Road, Temple Green.

The men involved are believed to be two or three males wearing sports-type clothing with the lower half of their faces covered, West Yorkshire Police said.

Anybody with information into what happened is being asked to get in touch with police.

Ten suspected illegal migrants who were found inside a shipping container at a dock in Hull are set to be questioned by Home Office officials later.

The group of seven men, two women and a child, from Eritrea, arrived at the port from Zeebrugge in an unaccompanied container.

The group was discovered at about 11:30 on Tuesday at King George Dock after arriving on a P&O freight ferry.

Both women and a man were taken to hospital, although none was thought to be in a life-threatening condition.

The remainder were checked by medical staff at the scene.

A spokesperson for the Home Office said the child would be transferred to the care of social services.

Doncaster's Terri Harper is to defend her World Boxing Council super-featherweight title when she takes on Natasha Jones next month, it's been confirmed.

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The Britons are to challenge for the world title at Doncaster Dome on 24 April.

Harper claimed the title with a unanimous points victory over Finland's Eva Wahlstrom at the Sheffield Arena last month.

The 23-year-old was competing in only her 10th fight, having turned professional in 2017.

Harper is only Great Britain's second major female world champion, following the recently retired Leeds boxer Nicola Adams, who was the WBO world flyweight champion.

An appeal for dashcam footage has been issued by police continuing the search for an 81-year-old man missing from his home in North Yorkshire since the weekend.

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Brian Warriss was last seen in the village of Aldwark, north of York, at about 16:45 on Sunday.

Officers say they are "very concerned" for his welfare.

A police search team, dog handlers and the York Rescue Boat have all so far been involved in looking for Mr Warriss.

He's described as slim with blue eyes and a grey moustache.

Anyone who sees him, particularly people with dashcam footage recorded in the area around the time he went missing, is being urged to contact the North Yorkshire force immediately.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

At least 300 grants or loans have so far been given to taxi and private hire drivers in Leeds wanting to upgrade their vehicles before the city's Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is introduced, the council has confirmed.

The CAZ was originally due to come into effect by January this yer, but has been delayed until July at the earliest.

Plans for the CAZ would see older models of buses, taxis and HGVs travelling in areas around North Leeds and the city centre pay a congestion charge.

The fees would be administered using a £6m camera network which would identify number plates of cars which don't meet green requirements so drivers could be charged.

Taxi and private hire drivers are currently able to apply for a grant of up to £1,500 to go towards buying a hybrid car and up to £3,000 to purchase a full electric vehicle.

Leeds City Council’s taxi and private hire licensing manager Andrew White said: "We are up to 300-and-something loans and grants successfully awarded."

Mr White added the council "does have a date in mind" for the final introduction of the Clean Air Zone, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.

Over 100 further applications for loans and grants for taxi and private hire drivers are currently pending, the council said.

A man's suffered a head injury after being shot by an air weapon in North Yorkshire.

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It happened in a car park in Malton on Saturday afternoon between 16:30 and 16:45, according to North Yorkshire Police.

The man required medical treatment for the injury, police say.

Anyone who saw what happened in the Wentworth Street car park is being urged to contact police.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Olivia Blake has resigned from her role as a city councillor, it's been announced.

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Ms Blake was elected as an MP in the general election last December, but remained as a councillor for Walkley so as not to trigger a byelection.

However, she stopped claiming her councillor’s allowance the day after the general election and has now decided to stand down.

Her resignation won’t prompt a byelection as it’s within six months of the local elections in May, so her seat will remain vacant until then.

There are two other Walkley councillors, Ben Curran and Neale Gibson, who constituents can still contact.

Ms Blake said: “I decided to stand down today because Sheffield Council has its budget meeting on Wednesday but I can’t attend because I have a Whip to be in Parliament.

"I was going to hold out until the local elections but I want to focus on Parliament.”

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Health experts say the risk to people in Hull and the Humber region is low after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in the city.

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Public Health England (PHE) said the person became infected while in Italy and people who'd had close contact with them will be contacted.

Julia Weldon, Hull City Council's director of Public Health, said: "We're looking to supporting this individual to recover well. Eighty per cent of people affected do so and we are expecting the individual will recover."

Any risk to people in Hull and the wider region remains low, Ms Weldon added.

"If people are worried, please use the NHS 111 line rather than phoning your GP or going to hospital because that really helps our efforts to contain the spread," she said.

You can find out more about what coronavirus is and what the symptoms are here.

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

However, flooding on the railway at Snaith in East Yorkshire means all lines through the station remain blocked, according to National Rail Enquiries, external.

As a result, trains will not run between Knottingley and Goole.

Disruption is expected until at least Saturday 14 March, with three trains per day running between Leeds and Goole (Monday to Saturday only). More details here, external.

Also:

• The 09:44 Doncaster to Leeds service has been cancelled
• The 10:01 Wakefield Westgate to Leeds service has been cancelled
• The 10:07 Bradford Interchange to York service 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 rescue deal has been agreed for North Yorkshire-based Sirius Minerals, whose fertiliser mine is set to create more than 1,000 jobs.

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Shareholders have backed a £405m bid from Anglo American for the cash-strapped company, which said it faced falling into administration without the deal.

Sirius said the outcome had secured jobs and future benefit for the local community and wider region.

The project, based near Whitby, will be the UK's first major deep mine in 40 years.

Sirius chairman Russell Scrimshaw said the move "secures a return for shareholders and provides greater certainty in terms of safeguarding the project, protecting the jobs of our employees and allowing the community, region and UK to continue to benefit from the project".

Shareholders who attended the meeting were told if they did not support the deal, the company would collapse.

They were being asked to vote in favour of Anglo's 5.5p per share offer, despite some paying as much as 25p a share when the company was growing.

Shareholders, a large proportion of whom are small individual investors rather than big institutions, stood to lose out heavily.

Some 85,000 small shareholders are thought to have invested in the project, alongside several large institutional investors.