Morecambe keep pace in the automatic promotion race with a win which leaves Grimsby close to relegation from League Two.

Timothy Eyoma's stooping header secures a precious win in Lincoln's pursuit of the League One play-offs while ensuring Burton are still not guaranteed survival.

Students at a college in Grimsby are being offered more time to retake English and maths GCSE exams.

Grimsby Town offers to exchange shirts for English sides in the European Super League for its own.

A mother has found her baby's gravestone smashed in a hammer attack in a Lincoln cemetery on what would have been her daughter's 17th birthday.

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Lyndsay Marshall said it felt like Kacey, who died in 2004 just two hours after she was born, had been "ripped away" from her again.

Ms Marshall was visiting the grave at Canwick Road Cemetery, Lincoln, on Sunday when she saw the destruction.

Police described the attack as "beyond despicable".

Ms Marshall said: "It was just a mess. The plastic fence had been broken, there was hammer marks at the top where it had been hit several times.

"It just feels like she's been ripped away from me again. It's silly because it's just a headstone, but to me, it's not, it's her."

Simon Colburn, from Lincolnshire County Council, described the scene as an "appalling example of criminal damage" and said the authority would investigate if there was any way to make the area more secure.

Lincolnshire Police said they believed the attack, which left hammer marks on the gravestone, had taken place on Friday or Saturday night.

An online fundraising page set up by Ms Marshall's sister-in-law to pay for repairs to the stone has raised more than £2,000.

Sheffield Council was earlier embroiled in a long-running dispute over tree-felling in the city.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left with "serious" knife injuries after an assault in Huddersfield.

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The attack happened on Swan Lane between 21:30 and 22:30 on Sunday 18 April after the victim was approached by a group of males while walking near a takeaway with his son.

The 42-year-old man and his son were both assaulted before they managed to flee the scene, according to West Yorkshire Police.

The man was taken to hospital for treatment to non-life-threatening injuries, officers say.

Det Insp Toby Facey says: "This was a concerning incident in which the victim could very easily have suffered even more serious and potentially life-changing injuries.

"I would ask anyone who saw the attack or suspicious behaviour on Swan Lane near the Burger Boys takeaway to make contact with Kirklees CID on 101."

Gary Allen denies killing Alena Grlakova in Rotherham in 2018 and Samantha Class in Hull in 1997.

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People in Lincolnshire need to “blow off steam” as Covid restrictions are eased, but they need to be careful not to go “too far”, the county's health bosses have warned.

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Andy Fox, assistant director of public health at Lincolnshire County Council, said the "vast majority" of people were more compliant than he expected through the pandemic, but as restrictions are relaxed he urged people to keep to the rules.

Over the weekend both the Lincolnshire and Humberside police forces reported a number of incidents, including more than 40 people gathering in Stamford with a police officer and another person assaulted.

Large groups of youths also gathered to drink alcohol in Skegness, and several arrests were made in Cleethorpes after disorder on the high street.

Mr Fox said most people will have suffered over the past year and that people would undoubtedly want to “get out and blow off a bit of steam".

But he warned: "I understand we’ve all been cooped up inside for far too long...but I just urge you to remember, if we go too far too fast we’re likely to see infections increasing too far and too fast."

A Humboldt penguin, thought to be the oldest in the world, has celebrated her 31st birthday.

Rosie has lived at Sewerby Hall in East Yorkshire since 1990 as part of the zoo's breeding programme.

Native to South America, Humboldts can live up to 20 years in the wild and are classed as "vulnerable to extinction".

Staff at the Bridlington zoo said Rosie, who lives with fellow penguins Dion, Pingu and Penny, has been the "centre of attention" on her big day.

Head zookeeper John Pickering says: "We can't organise a big event for her under the current circumstances, but we will make sure that she is well cared for."

Mr Pickering added that Rosie was "a grand old lady".

A scrap yard fire in Old Goole which started at the weekend is now out, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed.

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Crews used water from nearby Goole docks to put out the fire.

At its height a large plume of smoke could be seen across the town.

Crews remain at the site making sure no "hotspots" remain, the fire service added.

"Thank you to all our colleagues and partners involved in helping to bring the incident under control," a spokesperson said.

Ricky and Naomi Willis say Hull "ticks all the boxes" after moving to cut costs during the pandemic.

Mary Weastell's severance sum was part of £117,000 in unnecessary payments, auditors find.

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A MasterChef semi-finalist who works at Leeds Cookery School says it's "fantastic" to be back teaching people how to cook face-to-face as Covid restrictions are eased.

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Anthony O'Shaughnessy, who featured on MasterChef in 2018, now works with men who are over 55 and are often isolated.

He says: "We call it Men That Munch. The men are from the local area and we get them in to do some cooking and then we sit down and eat together and have a chat. It's all socially distanced.

"This week, the theme was 'Italian', so we made a spaghetti carbonara (pictured) - an authentic one - and a roasted aubergine and tomato salad. It was the first time a lot of the men had eaten aubergine and they all really enjoyed it."

Leeds Cookery School works alongside Zest, a community group which recommends the men who would benefit from taking part.

A bird of prey found dead in Lincolnshire was likely to have been poisoned, police have said.

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The red kite was found in the Crowland area last year by a member of the public and Lincolnshire Police said newly-released results from analysis found traces of an illegal pesticide.

Police said they had also recovered a number of items, possibly linked to the suspected poisoning, and were conducting an investigation.

Two people have been identified and "will be spoken with in due course", officers said.

Det Con Aaron Flint said the force took the matter extremely seriously.

"Deliberate killing of birds of prey is an offence which I urge the public to report if they become aware of it," he said.

Last year, the RSPB said it had been "overrun" by reports of birds of prey being illegally killed after lockdown measures were introduced.

The charity said people who wanted to kill birds of prey had been "emboldened" by the absence of walkers and hikers.

Spectators at the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield are being monitored for how they behave as part of the government's study into allowing events to take place during the coronavirus pandemic.

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The trial is looking at the return of spectators for mass gathering events, with Sheffield's Crucible being part of a pilot.

Capacity at the Crucible will be increased in stages over the course of the snooker tournament until it reaches full capacity for the final, with spectators having Covid tests.

Professor Paul Monks, the Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, says it's not just about looking at the risk of spreading the virus.

"What we're trying at the Crucible is different seating spacing, wearing face masks, not wearing face masks, to try and get an understanding of a number of things," he said.

"How clean the air is in these sorts of situations, environmental studies, but also behavioural studies. How people respond, how they adhere to the guidance, and how they move around these indoor environments like the Crucible."

People in North Yorkshire will vote on 6 May to elect a Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.

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The owners of a water park near Scarborough have been granted permission to sell alcohol and play live music on the site.

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Wykeham Estate submitted the application for the North Yorkshire Water Park, based at Wykeham Lakes, earlier this year.

The approval means alcohol can be served and live music played there until 23:00 seven days a week and the park can stay open until midnight.

A new 70-seater cafe is also planned for the water park with an outdoor terrace overlooking the lake.

Last year, the water park - which opened in 2017 - was given permission to operate year-round, with water obstacle courses, pedalos and inflatables, open water swimming and wakeboarding.

Manager Gareth Davies says it's hoped the park will host events like wine tasting nights and family functions.

A quad biker has died in a crash with a van in Bradford city centre, police say.

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The rider was travelling on Great Horton Road when he collided with a VW Caddy, West Yorkshire Police said.

It happened at about 17:45 yesterday, with the 31-year-old rider, from Bradford, suffering serious injuries.

He was pronounced dead a short time later, police added.

Witnesses to the crash, which happened near Bradford University, are asked to get in touch with police.

Police in Lincolnshire have thanked people in the county for "largely sticking to the rules" during the first weekend since the latest easing of coronavirus lockdown regulations.

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While the weekend - the first since bars and pubs could open to customers sitting outdoors under the new rules - was "very busy", the majority of people stuck to the new rules, according to the Lincolnshire force.

Ch Insp Andy Morrice said while the force saw a 20% rise in calls at the weekend, "this increase was to be expected as more people are out and about due to restrictions easing".

However, the force said that during the weekend a man was assaulted and one officer also suffered a minor injury after about 40 people gathered in The Meadows, Stamford.

Two youths were arrested and released and will be required to attend a voluntary interview in connection with the incident, officers added.

Meanwhile, officers also visited "several locations" in Skegness following reports of over six youths gathering and drinking alcohol.

Ch Insp Morrice said: "We would like to thank the majority of people who have stuck to the rules and we would like to reinforce that lockdown has eased and not ended.

"I would encourage people to continue to follow the guidance and ensure they meet in a group of no more than six outdoors. Gatherings indoors are not yet permitted."