Emma Crick is doing "her bit" helping those struggling to buy sanitary products during the lockdown.

The editor of the Yorkshire Post has written to MPs to ask the government to help them "survive" as the coronavirus outbreak has seen income drop.

James Mitchinson wrote the letter to MPs across Yorkshire, external asking for a business rate holiday for news publishers.

He says that advertising income has dropped by 80% with staff being asked to take a pay cut to keep the newspaper running because of the virus.

JPI Media, that runs newspapers such as the Yorkshire Post and the Sheffield Star, has furloughed a "significant number " of staff, he wrote in the letter.

Mr Mitchinson asked MPs to urge the government to commit to investing in a significant local media public information campaign, as well as a business rates break.

He said: "I believe local newspapers are so much more to communities than just a newspaper.

"I hope you can help us survive".

Four generations of one family in a single home describe the difficulty of self-isolating

The new shuttle services will help NHS staff in Hull, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster.

Police in North Yorkshire say they're patrolling the county's roads and spreading the message to stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Digital message displays have been installed in the rear of some cars urging people to "Stay at home and save lives".

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Owen Harding's mother said the situation is now "an emergency" and asked UK walkers to look for him.

A Hull woman is offering to make pads for those struggling to buy during the coronavirus outbreak.

Siemens Gamesa says it changed working methods at the turbine factory to "enforce social distancing".

A chicken which was found by students going home after a night out in Sheffield has been rehomed, the RSPCA has said.

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The animal was picked up by the students after she was found wondering the streets of Crookesmoor, Sheffield last month.

The students fed the hen crackers until the RSPCA collected her the following morning - even laying an egg as a "thank you", the charity said.

Judy, who was named by the RSPCA, has since been adopted by a local veterinary nurse.

New owner Nicole Shorto said: "She’s doing absolutely fine and has settled in really well with her four new sisters Pauline, Dorothy, Stephanie and Audrey."

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Staff at Bradford-based supermarket chain Morrisons who had personal details leaked online by an employee pursuing a "vendetta" will not receive compensation, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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The UK's highest court ruled today that the firm should not be held liable for the criminal acts of Andrew Skelton - an internal auditor who leaked the payroll data of around 100,000 members of staff in "revenge" for being given a verbal warning.

The ruling overturned previous judgments which gave the go-ahead for compensation claims by thousands of employees whose personal details were posted on the internet and sent to newspapers.

Lawyers for a group of 9,000 claimants who brought the landmark class action against Morrisons said they were "hugely disappointed" by the ruling.

The decision overturns previous rulings in the High Court and Court of Appeal, which held that Morrisons was vicariously liable for Skelton's actions.

It was argued on behalf of Morrisons that if those findings were allowed to stand, the company, although "entirely blameless", would be exposed to "compensation claims on a potentially vast scale".

Legal action was launched after a security breach in 2014 when Skelton, who was subsequently jailed for eight years, leaked the payroll data of around 100,000 employees.

Information included their names, addresses, bank account details and salaries.

Union leaders claim staff at a wind turbine factory in Hull are being asked to "pick up the tab" after production was halted for a week amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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Unite, which represents about 380 production staff at the Siemens Gamesa site in Hull, say workers have been asked to either take holiday, work the hours back, or go unpaid to cover the break.

It has also called into question whether work at the factory is "essential".

Work was paused at the factory to allow the company to review how it would work during the coronavirus outbreak.

Workers returned to the site today after the firm introduced measures to keep staff safe, including using thermal imaging equipment to check workers' body temperature and providing extra personal protection equipment.

Other measures include new communal areas to space people out and changing aspects of the work to ensure people remain at least 2m (6ft 6in) apart.

Unite regional coordinating officer Simon Coop said: “At this time of national emergency we want to work constructively with management, but we are not prepared to see our members pick up the tab for the week’s pause in production.

“We are urging the management to rescind that edict about the week’s pause and pay our members in full."

The BBC has contacted Siemens Gamesa for a comment

The Leeds Black Music Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, it's been announced.

The festival traditionally takes place in Potternewton Park on August Bank Holiday Sunday.

Heather Nelson, CEO of the Black Health Initiative, which organises the festival, said: “It's with a sincere sense of responsibility that we have to announce the cancellation of the Black Music Festival 2020.

“We know this brings disappointment to all those who join us for our fantastic free festival, which has attracted growing crowds with each year that passes."

Councillor Judith Blake, said: "We very much share the disappointment.

“The festival is an integral part of the celebrations held over August Bank Holiday Weekend.

"We're looking forward to working with organisers to ensure next year’s event is one of the very best in its history.”

A new shuttle bus service dedicated to taking NHS staff home after shifts at Hull Royal Infirmary has been launched.

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The free service, operated by Stagecoach, is designed to support health workers commuting during the coronavirus outbreak and consists of two buses - one travelling to east Hull, the other to the west.

The company says the buses for nurses, doctors, and ancillary workers, such as porters and cleaners, will leave the hospital at the main shift change times and will not be open to the public.

The routes will operate flexibly, taking staff to a place on a main road "that's in quick and easy walking distance from their home."

Staff need to produce an ID Card to indicate to the driver that they work at the hospital.

Leeds Rhinos chief executive, Gary Hetherington, has announced the club's players and staff are to be placed on temporary leave for the next three months.

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It means they'll be paid though the government's furlough scheme.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said the government will subsidise 80% of workers' salaries up to £2,500 per month if they are furloughed - a process where staff become temporarily redundant but stay on company payroll.

Mr Hetherington says: "We've notified our 150 players and staff that they'll all be paid in full for March.

"For April, May and June, they'll be paid through the furlough scheme, but also the club will be topping up as well, where possible."

An e-fit image has been released as part of an investigation into an attempted robbery in Sheffield earlier this month.

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It's reported that a man was walking along the footpath between Philadelphia Gardens and Fox Road, in Walkley,when he was approached and threatened with a weapon.

It happened on Saturday 21 March at about 15:00.

The victim was asked for money before being threatened.

The suspect is described as a teenage boy, being mixed race or of Asian ethnicity, aged around 13 to 15 years, of a slim build with curly, dark hair and wearing glasses.

Anyone who recognises the person in the image is asked to contact police.

Designer clothing company Burberry is turning its West Yorkshire coat factory into a production line for protective clothing for NHS staff and patients.

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The company says during the coronavirus outbreak it's retooling the factory on Albion Street, in Castleford, to make surgical masks, non-surgical masks and gowns for use by medical staff and patients.

Burberry also says it plans to use its global supply chain to help deliver more than 100,000 surgical masks to the NHS for use by medical staff.

Marco Gobbetti, CEO, Burberry said: “In challenging times, we must pull together.

"Covid-19 has fundamentally changed our everyday lives, but we hope the support we provide will go some way towards saving more lives and helping our world recover from this devastating pandemic.”

Playing Challenge Cup ties behind closed doors could provide a boost for rugby league, says Leeds' Gary Hetherington.

The first person to be arrested on the railways for breaching coronavirus restrictions has been fined £660.

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Marie Dinou, 41, from York, was found "loitering between platforms" at Newcastle Central station on Saturday, and refused to explain to police why she was apparently trying to travel, British Transport Police said.

She appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Monday and was fined £660 for failing to comply with requirements imposed under the Coronavirus Act 2020.

She was also ordered to pay a £66 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

The clothing brand says a claim it is "playing Russian roulette with people’s lives" is nonsense.

Police say the cause of the blast is not yet known and investigations are continuing.