Hull City sign Birmingham City midfielder Dan Crowley on loan until the end of the season.

The company running the trial scheme say more than 3,000 trips have been taken since the scheme launched late in 2020.

A temporary "Nightingale Court" has opened as Hull University as part of the effort to tackle the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the justice system.

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The new court is in the university's recently revamped Canham Turner building and will provide an extra courtroom where civil and family cases can be heard.

It aims to provide extra capactiy for Hull Combined Crown Court and is one of a number of similar Nightingale courts set up across the country.

More space is required in courts than was previously the case due to the need to keep everyone distanced in the buildings, such as jurors, witnesses and legal professionals.

Courts Minister Chris Philp said: "I am grateful to Hull University for joining the national effort to reduce delays and deliver speedier justice for victims.

"This is having a real impact and the number of crown court cases being heard across England and Wales is now back up to what it was before the pandemic struck last Spring."

A hospital trust is appealing for volunteers to help keep patients in touch with relatives who are unable to visit due to the current coronavirus lockdown.

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Trust is currently treating about 128 patients with Covid, split across three sites.

Stacey Nutt, assistant director of nursing for patient experience, said the initiative would help take some of the pressure off staff.

She said a simple phone call could make all the difference.

The trust previously recruited medical students for the task, but says it is now looking for anyone who is under the age of 70 and in good health to make calls and assist with "virtual visits".

Anyone interested in volunteering can apply via the trust's website, external.

Rugby league club KR Tirana has linked with Hull Dockers in a bid to develop the game in Albania.

More than 100,000 rubbish bins weren't collected last week due to disruption caused by heavy snowfall, Leeds City Council has said.

Collections in Leeds which were disrupted by the snow were carried out over the weekend and are continuing today in an effort to catch up, the authority adds.

A council spokesperson said: "Our refuse team has made positive progress in collecting the high number of bins that could not be emptied last week due to heavy snowfall and subsequent icy conditions on roads, streets and footpaths.

"It is estimated that over 100,000 bins were missed."

Any resident whose bin was missed last Thursday, Friday or Saturday, is being asked to leave it out if not collected already.

The council says it hopes to have collected all bins which were missed by Wednesday and has apologised for any inconvenience caused.

It offered thanks to "the people of Leeds for their patience" and to refuse teams who it says worked "tirelessly over the weekend."

A third man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a double shooting in Sheffield.

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Shots were fired at a man and two women outside a house on Castledale Croft, Sheffield, on 6 January, according to South Yorkshire Police.

Further shots were fired after the man, believed to have been the intended target, fled to nearby Prince of Wales Road, the force added.

Connor Hadi, 27, of Toll Bar Avenue, is due to appear in court today.

Bradley Jenkins, 27, of Waverley View, and Kai Smith, 18, of Villiers Close, were charged with attempted murder on Wednesday and have been remanded in custody.

A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation.

The male victim, aged 23, suffered shotgun wounds to his arms and legs. A woman also required hospital treatment, but was later discharged.

A road sign in North Yorkshire urging people to only make essential journeys during the current coronavirus lockdown has been vandalised, police say.

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Red paint was daubed over the sign, which asked drivers "is your journey essential?", at Cross Hills in Craven.

Supt Mike Walker, from North Yorkshire Police, said the vandalism was "disappointing".

He said: "While the majority of residents are sticking to the rules and staying home, someone has chosen to go out of their way to vandalise a sign placed with the intention of keeping them safe and stopping the spread of a deadly disease.

"I realise a minority of people may be feeling tired of seeing coronavirus messages or feeling frustrated about being asked to stay at home. It’s not the way any of us would choose to live our life under normal circumstances.

"However, that does not give any one the right to deface a sign which warns the wider community of the risk of catching a virus."

Louise Wallace, North Yorkshire’s director of public health, said: "It’s very disappointing to hear such acts of vandalism are happening and that a minority of people aren’t taking seriously the great danger to life that the virus poses."

Three people who were travelling from Greater Manchester to West Yorkshire to pick up a takeaway were stopped for speeding and have been fined.

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The car was flagged down on the M62 on Friday after it was seen travelling at 90mph, despite recent heavy snowfall.

The three occupants were from three households and received fixed penalty notices, West Yorkshire Police said.

The driver was also fined for speeding, while the car - which had no tax - was seized, the force added.

Five Environment Agency flood warnings have been issued for parts of Yorkshire.

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A flood warning means "flooding is expected, take immediate action".

Warnings have been issued for the following locations:

• Low-lying properties in Upper Hull catchment, external
• River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill, external
• River Derwent at Stamford Bridge - The Weir Caravan Park and Kexby Bridge, external
• River Ouse at Naburn Lock, external
• River Ouse at York - Riverside properties, external

Meanwhile an amber "be prepared" weather warning for rain in parts of Yorkshire has been issued by the Met Office, external.

It covers the period between 06:00 on Tuesday 19 January to 23:59 Wednesday 20 January.

The Met Office warns "heavy rainfall combined with some snowmelt across the hills is likely to lead to some flooding".

Huddersfield Giants full-back Ashton Golding is to miss the start of the Super League season with a shoulder injury.

A new national Covid vaccination hub opens in York today, with people living up to 45 minutes away being offered the chance to get the jab there.

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Extra temporary buildings have been put up at the vaccination site at the former Askham Bar Park and Ride site, with 8,000 extra appointments due to be made available during the first phase of the expansion.

The York site is one of 10 new mass Covid vaccination centres opening in England from today, as the government bids to meet its target of offering 15 million people in the UK a dose by 15 February.

Priority groups will be the first to be invited for their vaccinations at the Askham Bar centre.

Prof Mike Holmes told a City of York Council meeting last week: “We’ve been commissioned by the NHS to deliver a national vaccination centre.

“People will use the national booking website and will be invited to do so by the NHS.

"So, the NHS is going to be sending out letters to all people who live within a 45-minute travelling radius to Askham Bar to invite them to book into that system if they wish."

More people (3.5 million) have now received a Covid vaccination in the UK than have tested positive (3.3 million) for the virus.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 44-year-old woman died at a house in South Yorkshire at the weekend.

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Police were called to a home on Bardolf Road in Cantley, Doncaster, at about 16:20 on Saturday.

A 55-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was later released under investigation, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A post-mortem examination carried out on Sunday proved inconclusive, with further tests due to take place, the force added.

The woman was formally identified on Sunday and her family is being supported by specially trained officers, officers said.

More than 1,000 properties in Bradford are currently without electricity after an "unexpected" power outage.

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Writing on social media, external, Northern Powergrid estimated 1,293 premises in the BD10 and BD18 areas were hit by loss of power.

It estimates power will be restored by 09:00.

Northern Powergrid added it normally restores power to 90% of customers within 90 minutes.

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Bright spells in places today, but largely cloudy with some rain at times.

Tonight it will remain cloudy and it will turn increasingly wet throughout the evening and into the night:

Three hospital trusts in Yorkshire are among 10 across England which have reported having no spare critical care beds, latest figures show.

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The Airedale, Calderdale and Huddersfield and Harrogate and District trusts were included in a list of NHS Trusts with full critical care wards in the week to 10 January.

It comes as hospital waiting times, coronavirus admissions and patients requiring intensive care are rising.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, despite having nine critical care beds overall, said it did not normally experience full occupancy at this time of the year and the ward had both Covid and non-Covid patients.

"We are experiencing normal winter pressures across the trust, combined with an increasing number of Covid-19 patients, particularly over the last week," a spokeswoman said.

The total number of critical care beds available across all England's acute trusts is 5,503, with 4,632 in use on 10 January.

An NHS England spokeswoman said hospitals had "tried and tested plans in place" to manage pressure from increased Covid-19 and non-Covid patients, including mutual aid practices where hospitals work together to manage admissions.