Hull KR coach Tony Smith is to spend 14 days self-isolating after being in contact with someone who subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.

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A solar farm stretching over 80 acres which could power more than 6,000 homes could soon be built on the outskirts of Scarborough.

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Voltalia UK is proposing to build the solar farm at land near Eastgate Farm off Stoney Haggs Road in Seamer.

Kelly Clutterbuck, head of development UK at Voltalia said: “Our proposals for Eastgate Farm, would provide enough clean energy for over 6,000 family homes.

"It will also support Scarborough Borough Council in meeting the challenges it set itself when it declared a climate emergency in 2019, in addition to helping the council meet local and national climate change targets," she said.

The company says it's "very keen" to hear from local residents and businesses before it submits its planning application later this year.

An online public consultation is being held today between 17:00 and 19:00 for people to have their say on the proposals.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) says the police are ready to enforce the new tighter coronavirus restrictions.

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Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley move into the tier three - very high alert level of rules on Saturday.

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire's PCC, says: "Officers will do this in the way they've done it under lockdown: they will first of all engage with people not observing the rules and seek to persuade them to observe those rules.

"But if they don't clearly the rules have to be enforced.

He added: "Officers will be able to do their job as long as the public recognise that what they're being asked to do fits in with some long-term plan of the government to get this virus under control.

"But if they start to feel these new regulations are just a reaction to a blip then we're going to have some difficulties."

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The Mayor of Doncaster says South Yorkshire's move into tier three - the very high alert category of coronavirus restrictions, will better protect residents.

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Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield move to tier three from Saturday.

Pubs and bars that do not serve substantial meals will have to close and there are further restrictions on households mixing.

Additional rules in South Yorkshire include the closure of betting shops, adult gaming centres, casinos, soft play centres and gym classes - though gyms will remain open.

Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster says: "Doncaster has got the lowest infection rates now but they are continuing to spiral and it's not levelling off and, therefore, I want to protect our residents and our NHS and our hospitals."

The soft play industry is on the brink of collapse, a trade body has warned, as centres in South Yorkshire face closure with the introduction of tier three coronavirus restrictions - the very high alert category.

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Along with casinos and betting shops, play gyms in the region have to shut less than two months after reopening.

Meanwhile, new research seen by the BBC shows one in 10 play centres in the UK have permanently shut since August.

Gillian Kirk, director of Playmania in Barnsley, said she was "coming to the end of the line in how we can continue".

"We actually only opened 10 days ago. We lost all the stock in March, we've literally just restocked and got back up and running."

Since being allowed to reopen in August, soft play centres have seen a drop in income because they have to operate at 40% capacity to allow for social distancing.

Latest research from the Association of Indoor Play (AIP) shows that out of 1,100 play centres in the UK and Northern Ireland, 107 have closed in the past two months, with 2,000 job losses.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: "Businesses have had access to a multi-billion-pound package of support from the Treasury including furlough, VAT relief, government-backed loans and the new Job Support Scheme."

Ten-man Stoke City come from behind twice to deny Barnsley a first league win of the season.

Ivan Toney scores twice for the third consecutive game as Brentford secure a stylish victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

The mayor for the Sheffield City Region calls it the "responsible route" to stem the spread of Covid-19.

James Vincent
Political Editor, BBC Look North

We all knew it was coming, but I was still surprised when the announcement leapt into my inbox at 09:02 this morning.

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Over a million people in South Yorkshire are to go into tier three of the coronavirus alert system on Saturday. It was at that point the phone started ringing. It hasn’t stopped yet...

Agreed - or imposed? It depends on who you talk to. It has been signed off by South Yorkshire, but it doesn’t mean all the leaders here are happy about how it happened.

Chris Read, the Rotherham Council leader, is more angry than I’ve ever seen him. He says it wasn’t a negotiation at all - just the government telling South Yorkshire what it was prepared to offer. His point is: if that was the case why not do it a week earlier?

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Miriam Cates, the Conservative Penistone and Stocksbridge MP, says it’s a fair deal and heaped praise on Labour Mayor Dan Jarvis. It was similar to the way the government gave the Liverpool City Region mayor plaudits for agreeing a deal there.

We’re all digesting how it will affect us day-to-day. There will be people trying to work out how to run their businesses, provide childcare and take care of their mental health.

Whichever way you see it - agreed or imposed - we’re there now. A review is coming in 28 days but there is no magic number for when an area goes in or out of tier three.

People in South Yorkshire will be asked to bear the toughest restrictions, without knowing when they’ll end.

A man's in a "critical" condition in hospital after being attacked while waiting for a taxi in Barnsley, police say.

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The man was assaulted in the taxi rank on Peel Square on Saturday night, according to the South Yorkshire force.

A spokesperson said: "A 25-year-old man suffered a serious head injury and remains in hospital in a stable but critical condition."

A 38-year-old man was arrested and has since been released on police bail, the spokesperson adds.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, has dashcam footage, or who helped the victim following the assault while waiting for emergency services, is being urged to contact police.

A fox spotted trapped in a cellar beneath a busy York street has been rescued.

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A passer-by saw the stuck animal on Monday and contacted the RSPCA for help.

The charity said the fox had fallen down a lightwell in Museum Street and had become stuck in the cellar which hadn't been used since the building was converted into flats.

RSPCA Inspector Thomas Hutton, who rescued the fox, said: “It was about a 15ft drop and he was unable to get back out.

"The passer-by said they spotted the fox trying to jump onto a windowsill but falling repeatedly back down, so this poor fella really needed help."

Mr Hutton said he had to crawl through the old cellar to reach the fox.

Following the rescue, the animal was taken to the nearby Museum Gardens and released back into the wild (pictured above).

People living in flats with Grenfell-style flammable cladding have reacted with anger to a government minister suggesting they will have to pay towards the cost of replacing it themselves.

The Building Safety Minister, Lord Greenhalgh, says costs will be kept "affordable" and the government has set up a £1.6bn fund to pay for repairing taller tower blocks.

But flat leaseholders like Abi Tubis in Leeds say the money is nowhere near enough:

A police investigation is under way after the suspected poisoning of two peregrine falcons in North Yorkshire.

Image source, Guy Shorrock/RSPB

The protected birds of prey, a male and a female, were found at a quarry near Stutton, Tadcaster.

A member of the public who'd been observing the birds found the male bird dead on a cliff ledge and the dead female peregrine falcon in the bottom of the quarry.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Both birds were sent for testing which confirmed high levels of Bendiocarb in their systems and this was found to be the cause of death.

"The male bird was found next to a pigeon carcass which it is believed may have been used as bait."

Officers say Bendiocarb is licensed for use as a pesticide in England, but is highly toxic and shouldn't be released into the environment where wildlife could be exposed to it.

In a statement, North Yorkshire Police said: "The pesticide has been used to kill birds of prey in North Yorkshire previously and as such, police believe this was a deliberate act of poisoning."

Anyone who knows anything about the incident is being asked to contact police.

Thursday's Super League match between Catalans and Hull FC is postponed after five Dragons players and two backroom staff test positive for Covid-19.

South Yorkshire will move to very high alert and face the toughest Covid rules from Saturday.

All 264 passengers and crew are safe after the fire aboard the ferry from Hull to Rotterdam.

A man who was reported missing from his home in Leeds last night has been found, police say.

Jason Brown, from Pudsey, went missing yesterday evening.

He's now been found "safe and well", according to West Yorkshire Police.

Officers have thanked people who shared their appeal for information.

The government has "significant concerns regarding the current proposal" for a 4.5 mile rail track.

Shoppers in Barnsley react to the news South Yorkshire will move into tier 3 on Saturday.