A total of eight flood warnings, external - meaning immediate action should be taken as flooding is expected - are now in place in Yorkshire following heavy rain during Storm Christoph last week.

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The warnings include the River Ouse in York, external and the River Derwent at Old Malton., external

There are also seven flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible, be prepared - in place on Yorkshire's rivers.

No significant rainfall is forecast for the next 24 hours, but further unsettled weather is expected later this week, according to the Environment Agency.

Rain and hill snow will gradually push eastwards this morning, becoming heavy in the afternoon.

This evening, the rain and hill snow will clear to the east.

Into the night, it will be rather cloudy and largely dry, although occasional showers are possible:

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A West Yorkshire resident has filmed a refuse worker as he appeared to urinate on a set of wheelie bins.

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The local captured the binman, clad in orange hi-vis gear, as a crew made their rounds in Kirklees.

It is understood the worker was identified and suspended pending disciplinary action.

The authority apologised and said it would be replacing the bins.

In the video, filmed by a female resident, the worker appears to relieve himself while a colleague attends to bins being tipped into a wagon.

The woman behind the camera can be heard to say: "Once again, one of the binmen having a pee against my bins. This is Kirklees Council."

In a response on Twitter, the authority said: "We are sorry that this has happened, it is not acceptable for our waste collection operatives to do this. We will identify the individual and ensure it doesn't happen again."

Pawel Relowicz, who denies killing Libby Squire, tells jurors he "has a problem" with voyeurism.

Leeds Combined Court Centre has been closed for deep cleaning after six people there tested positive for Covid-19.

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Hearings were suspended in the building on Oxford Row, which houses the crown court, county court and the family court.

HM Courts and Tribunal Service said: “We are following public health guidelines to ensure the safety of all court users and the site is due to reopen tomorrow.”

The spokesperson added that the nearby Leeds Magistrates' Court reopened at 11:30 on Monday morning "following a deep clean of a limited part of the building".

The arena will be open seven days a week and will be run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

A total of eight flood warnings, external - meaning immediate action should be taken as flooding is expected - are now in place in Yorkshire following heavy rain during Storm Christoph last week.

Image source, Environment Agency

The warnings include the River Ouse in York, external and the River Derwent at Old Malton., external

There are also seven flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible, be prepared - in place on Yorkshire's rivers.

No significant rainfall is forecast for the next 24 hours, but further unsettled weather is expected later this week, according to the Environment Agency.

The pair, who drove from Derbyshire to York, were fined for breaching Covid regulations.

A woman who stabbed her neighbour to death at a block of flats in Sheffield has been jailed for at least 18 years.

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Kerry Taylor (pictured above) 41, attacked Pearl Simone Hancock, 55, in a communal hallway at Ravenscroft Place on 4 July 2020.

Police said Ms Hancock (pictured below), known to family as Pearl, had identified her attacker before she died of her injuries.

Taylor, who was found guilty of murder by a Sheffield Crown Court jury, was given a life sentence on Friday.

South Yorkshire Police said she was identified as a suspect early in the investigation by a neighbour who found Ms Hancock bleeding heavily after hearing a disturbance.

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Ms Hancock managed to tell the neighbour she had been stabbed by Taylor, and other witnesses reported her shouting that she had been attacked.

A post-mortem examination found that Ms Hancock had multiple, significant stab injuries to her upper back and shoulders, a wound to her head and defensive wounds on her hands.

Ms Hancock's family said it was a "tragic and senseless murder".

"No parent should have to plan their child's funeral," they said in a statement.

The idea of a 25-mile (40km) dual-carriageway Trans-Pennine Tunnel was unveiled in 2016.

Two people who travelled over 130 miles into Yorkshire in search of a Sunday dinner have been fined by police, it's been confirmed.

The pair, who were from Derbyshire, made the trip on Sunday, North Yorkshire Police said.

After being "let down" by one of their parents who had said they'd make them dinner, the two drove to York to find somewhere to eat, they told officers.

However, the man and woman, who are in their 20s, were given a Covid fixed penalty notice instead and sent home.

North Yorkshire Police said they "know nobody does Yorkshire puddings better than us here in Yorkshire" but the trip was not an essential journey during the current lockdown.

Two people have been arrested after a warrant was carried out at a property in Sheffield this morning, police say.

The Army's bomb squad was called after "suspicious items" were found at the property on Lowedges Road.

A cordon was put in place, but no addresses were evacuated, South Yorkshire Police said.

Two people, a 46-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm, police added. They remain in police custody.

The force added "there is no wider risk to the public".

Sheffield Arena has now opened as a mass Covid-19 vaccination centre.

Rita Moss (pictured), 78, from Barnsley was among the first people to be given a coronavirus vaccination at the new NHS Centre which opened at 10:00 this morning.

In the first instance, people aged 75 and over within a 45-minute drive of the Arena will receive a letter from the national NHS booking service inviting them to book a vaccination at the arena, according to Sheffield City Council.

The Arena will be open seven days a week and will be run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals on behalf of the NHS national vaccination programme.

Speaking about being among the first to receive the injection at the arena, Mrs Moss said: "I’ve never looked forward to getting an injection in my arm as much as I have over the past few days, even though I don’t like needles."

Dr Jennifer Hill, medical director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “GPs, nurses, pharmacists and countless other NHS staff, partners and volunteers are pulling out all the stops to deliver the vaccination programme as quickly as we can.

"It's been fantastic to see people like Rita getting their vaccinations and being protected against this awful virus."

Police officers and Army bomb squad officers have been dealing with an incident at a flat in Sheffield.

Police were called to an address on Lowedges Road, Lowedges, earlier this morning, with a bomb squad crew arriving later, according to neighbours.

While the bomb squad subsequently left the scene, officers from South Yorkshire Police remain there along with crime scene investigators.

The South Yorkshire force has been contacted for more information.

A man is charged with the murder of 17-year-old Connor Lyons who was found dead near the River Hull.

49ers Enterprises increases their minority stake in Leeds United from 15% to 37%.

A Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) has written to the government to say smart motorways are "inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned".

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South Yorkshire PCC Dr Alan Billings wrote his open letter to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport.

His comments come after a coroner found two men had been unlawfully killed on a "smart" section of the M1.

On 19 January, coroner David Urpeth called for a review of the road schemes, saying smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry "an ongoing risk of future deaths".

He was speaking following the inquests for Jason Mercer, 44, from Rotherham and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, of Mansfield, who died when a lorry crashed into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.

Now, Labour's Dr Billings has told Grant Shapps: "I believe smart motorways of this kind - where what would be a hard shoulder is a live lane with occasional refuges - are inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned.

Dr Billings said: "The Department for Transport and Highways England argues these sorts of motorways are actually safe, they even go as far as to say they are safer than ordinary motorways, I think whatever formula they are using to come to that conclusion is wrong.

In response to Dr Billings' open letter, the Department for Transport said: "The stocktake [of smart motorways] showed that in most ways smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones."

A 14-year-old girl from West Yorkshire who had been reported as missing has been found, police say.

Paige Marsden, from Bradford, was reported missing on Sunday.

She has now been found "safe and well", according to West Yorkshire Police.

The force has thanked people for sharing their appeal for help finding her.

Huddersfield Town re-sign midfielder Duane Holmes from Derby County on a deal until summer 2024.

A Sheffield MP is backing a campaign calling on supermarkets to suspend delivery charges for those more vulnerable to Covid-19.

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The campaign launched by the charity Independent Age is designed to help older people who are reliant on online deliveries to access food during the coronavirus lockdown.

Almost 3,000 people have so far put their name to the open letter by the charity to the CEOs of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Iceland, Waitrose and Ocado.

The letter says: "As the seven participating supermarkets in the priority slots scheme, and those who provide priority slots through local councils, we are asking you to once again suspend delivery charges for priority shopping slots, and take steps to reduce minimum spends."

Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Olivia Blake said: "We know thousands of people are currently in a more vulnerable position when it comes to Covid-19 and it's really important they can self-isolate and get priority shopping slots.

"We know from the first lockdown how important it was to older people in particular and other groups as well to get delivery charges reduced.

"This had a huge impact and meant they could stay safe, stay at home and get access to food."