People are being urged to stay home this bank holiday weekend and not to travel to the East Yorkshire coast as the government's coronavirus lockdown restrictions remain in place.

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The lockdown has been in place since 23 March, with a ban on non-essential travel.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding people not to "put extra strain on our emergency services" by travelling to the coast or tourist attractions over the next few days.

Council leader Richard Burton said: "We very much look forward to welcoming visitors back in the future, but at the moment, you can help everybody by staying at home."

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A new primary academy in Rotherham which was due to open in September now looks unlikely to open on time after the coronavirus pandemic put a hold on construction.

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Prior to the pandemic, the new Waverley Junior Academy was scheduled to be completed and handed over to the Aston Community Education Trust at the end of July.

However, although construction work is continuing on the site where social distancing is observed, the school now looks likely to be opened in October instead.

Children who were due to attend the new school will instead begin the school year at nearby Thurcroft School, where they will be taught separately to Thurcoft pupils by their own teachers, and will will have separate breaks from the existing pupils.

The two schools will run as two separate academies within the same building.

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Businesses in Scarborough are being asked to fill in a survey about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected them and how they want the council to support them.

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Scarborough Council is asking for the information to help prepare a recovery plan for when the lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Questions include how many staff may have had to be furloughed or laid off and how long businesses can continue in the current climate if nothing changes.

The council said it has paid out more than £50m in government grants to businesses so far.

It added that it will use the information from businesses to get more specific support for them.

The questionnaire is on the council's website until Saturday 16 May, external.

James Vincent
Political Editor, BBC Look North

Today, councils in Yorkshire should be concentrating on counting little bits of paper and working out which parties people had voted for...

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But the local elections have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead councils are mounting an unheard of effort to try and help their taxpayers.

Extra hours, extra services, extra staff - it all costs extra money and councils in Yorkshire are worried about what may have to be cut in the future because of the necessary spending now.

They’ve estimated that this will all cost over £500m. To date, our councils have been given over £300m in grants from the government.

Now, all councils are estimating their costs in different ways. Some are using different timescales than others, some including what they think they’ll lose in income as well as their spending right now. The picture isn’t definitive at the moment.

But one thing is clear: there are serious worries about whether councils in Yorkshire will be able to balance the books.

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A cyclist was knocked to the ground and injured when a group of eight men attempted to steal his bike as he cycled along a canal towpath in West Yorkshire, say police.

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The man was confronted by the group, who were also on bikes, as he was riding along the Calder and Hebble Navigation towpath on Tuesday evening.

The attack happened at Millbank Lock, between Horbury and Dewsbury.

Police say the cyclist was knocked to the ground by one of the attackers and then assaulted by the group as they tried to take his bicycle.

He later needed hospital treatment for facial injuries.

DC Liam Rye said: “This was a nasty and cowardly assault by a group of up to eight males on a lone victim who was out for exercise.

“I would like to speak to anyone who was on the Horbury to Dewsbury towpath between 19:00 and 21:30, who saw this group of suspects, or who saw the attack itself at Millbank Lock."

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A man wanted for failing to attend court and for possession of a bladed article in a public place could be in York, police say.

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Martyn Nathan Healey (pictured), 32, could be in the York or Newton Aycliffe, Durham, areas, according to North Yorkshire Police.

The force has issued an appeal for information about his whereabouts.

Anyone who has seen him or who knows where he might be is asked to contact police.

A city council plans to widen some streets and cycle routes for post-lockdown social distancing.

A kayaker from Hull is aiming to paddle the length of the Humber Estuary - all without leaving his 12ft paddling pool.

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Ken Oliver, 51, is raising money for the RNLI charity and will kayak the equivalent of the 34-mile journey from the Humber Bridge, around Spurn and up the coast to Kilnsea all from his garden.

Nicknamed the Humber Cowboy, Mr Oliver would normally be out on the water three to four times a week.

But following the government's lockdown rules, he hasn't been able to get out in his kayak.

He starts his challenge tomorrow and is expected to take about six hours to complete the journey.

Emergency services and other authorities say travel to beaches and national parks will "cost lives".

Sandwich chain Pret A Manger has announced plans to reopen more shops across the country - including in West Yorkshire - for takeaway and delivery after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The firm's CEO Pano Christou said in a blog post that a trial in 30 of its stores gave him "confidence" to reopen 70 more, including in Leeds.

He said: "The Pret experience for both our customers and teams will continue to feel very different.

"For example, each shop will be fitted with perspex screens at the tills, we will restrict the number of customers in our shops, we'll provide hand sanitiser for customers, and face coverings to our team members who prefer to wear one."

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Rainbows have been popping up all over the UK since the start of the coronavirus outbreak - and now they've been spotted on two newborn lambs in North Yorkshire.

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The rainbow has become a symbol of thanks to key workers, with many households displaying homemade pictures of them in their windows.

These baby lambs were spotted by BBC Weather Watcher Boris in a field in Whitwell, near Malton.

James Vincent
Political Editor BBC Look North

It’s the call that means you’ve got to put some trousers on and tidy the shelves behind you..."Number 10 wants a question from Yorkshire at the daily press briefing".

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There have been some regional questions at the briefings before, but Wednesday was the first time all of them came from journalists working in offices, or more likely small corners of houses, across the country.

The range of topics really showed what people care about. That’s because journalists working for local newspapers and for the BBC in towns and cities across the country are the ones who get their ears bent by members of the public.

Those vital conversations with people become our stories on BBC Look North, The Yorkshire Post and the Sheffield Star - and readers and viewers want the government to be held to account.

If questions about a six-year-old’s cancelled kidney transplant and whether councils have enough money to provide services sound very local - that’s because they are. Very proudly local.

They also provide answers to whether the government is delivering at a national level.

People in North Yorkshire are being asked to "pay the greatest tribute to the Second World War generation by celebrating VE Day at home".

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All public gatherings marking the 75th anniversary of the end of fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe in World War Two have been cancelled over the bank holiday weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, a series of events is still going ahead to mark the anniversary.

Speaking about tomorrow's celebrations, North Yorkshire's Assistant Ch Con Mike Walker said: “It's right on the 75th anniversary that we join together safely to remember those who played their part in bringing peace.

"However, it remains of utmost importance that people commemorate at home so we can protect the NHS and save lives."

"In this very different world, the greatest tribute you can pay our veterans is to stay at home - they went to war for us, the very least we can do is stay at home for them," he added.

Stafford Garner died in hospital but his medics went "above and beyond" for him, his family says.

Two men have been arrested after a young girl and a man were injured when a quad bike was "deliberately" driven at them by a rider in Doncaster earlier this week, police say.

The family were targeted as they walked on Selby Road, Askern, on Tuesday, according to officers.

A four-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man both suffered minor injuries.

Two quad bikes which are thought to have been involved in the incident were seized by police following raids in the Highfields and Adwick areas yesterday.

Two men have since been arrested in connection with the incident, the South Yorkshire force added.

Anybody with information is being asked to get in touch with officers.

A new image has been released of a missing 15-year-old boy from Doncaster who it's though could be in North Yorkshire.

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Karl Mangham was last seen at home in the Hyde Park area of Doncaster at about 10:00 on Sunday and hasn't been seen since.

It's thought he could be travelling towards Scarborough, police have said.

He is described as white, about 5ft 6ins tall, with a slim build and short brown hair.

He has a distinctive red birthmark on the left side of his forehead and it's believed he may be wearing a grey Nike tracksuit.

Anybody who has seen Karl is asked to get in touch with South Yorkshire Police.