Jaime Lunn says work has begun on adapting his home after a crowdfunding campaign raised £77,000.

Drugs with an estimated street value in excess of £75,000 have been found after police raided a "substantial cannabis factory" in Hull.

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Humberisde Police officers seized the plants during a raid on a property in Cholmley Street on Wednesday.

PC Tim McGowan said: “Whilst no-one was located within the property and inquiries are ongoing to determine those responsible, I am confident the seizure of these plants and equipment will significantly disrupt their operation.“These cannabis grows put others living in the area at risk due to the dangerous abstraction of electricity used to power them."

The force has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

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An aviation-obsessed seven-year-old boy has taken on a major walking challenge to raise money for a hospice which cared for his mum before she died.

Jacob and his dad Andrew Newson climbed the Yorkshire Three Peaks over three days.

Over £35,000 has so far been raised for St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds, whose staff looked after Jacob's mum, Andrea, until her death in December 2020.

A woman's died in a multi-vehicle crash on a roundabout near Selby, say police.

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A blue car, a black car and a grey panel van were involved in the collision at the Sponsored Roundabout, at Barlby at about 16:45 on Wednesday, according to North Yorkshire Police.

The woman driving the blue car died at the scene after receiving CPR from a passing nurse and firefighters using a defibrillator, police said.

The man in the passenger seat of the blue car is receiving treatment at hospital for injuries which are not thought to be serious, officers added.

Any witnesses to the crash are being urged to contact police.

A huge blanket of caterpillar webs covering almost 100ft of a hedgerow has been caught on camera.

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Photographer Mick Hickman said the webs, near Bawtry, South Yorkshire, were only the second time he had seen the phenomenon.

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Small ermine moth caterpillars are thought to have formed the large communal web for their own protection.

Phil Sterling, from the Butterfly Conservation charity, described it as "a very impressive infestation".

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Today will be mostly dry and cloudy with sunny spells in places.

A band of scattered showers is expected to push in from the south this morning.

This evening cloud will be patchy bringing some late sunshine.

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Police questioning a man on suspicion of murdering a mother and son in Lincolnshire are appealing for more information.

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Bethany Vincent, 26, and nine-year-old Darren Henson were found in a house on High Holme Road, Louth, on Monday.

Daniel Boulton, 29, has been arrested on suspicion of their murder.

Officers now think Mr Boulton was given a lift from Saltfleetby to Louth on the day of the murders.

Det Insp Andy McWatt, said: "Daniel Boulton may have got a lift from Saltfleetby to Louth on 31 May.

"Even a sighting or any piece of information – however small you think it may be – could prove vital.

"If you have information relating to this, please get in touch."

Frank Sutcliffe's photographs of Whitby provide a unique insight into 19th Century life in the town.

Police are warning young people about the dangers of swimming in reservoirs, rivers and lakes.

The warning comes a day after a 13-year-old boy died after getting into difficulties in the River Calder in Brighouse.

West Yorkshire Police say they have been called to St Aidan's nature reserve in Leeds and other local outdoor spaces.

The force said: "It's that time of the year again where youths gathering outdoors to enjoy themselves, and whilst we encourage that we want them to be as safe as possible."

RAF Scampton is due to close with the display team relocating to the nearby Waddington station.

An axe-wielding robber who raided two stores in Huddersfield in the same morning is being hunted by police.

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The image above was taken at a robbery at a newsagents in Holmfirth at 05:10 on April 10.

Police have linked the theft with an earlier attack on a shop and post office on Manchester Road in Linthwaite at 03:40 on the same day.

The robber left that shop empty-handed.

The same man is also being sought for the theft of a BMW car from Berry Brow in Huddersfield on the same morning.

It was used on an attempted ram raid at a shop in Golcar at about 04:00

PC Josh Lowther of Kirklees CID said: “While the man’s face is clearly not visible it is possible someone may recognise the individual from his clothing and demeanor, and I would ask anyone who can assist our investigation to contact us."

Bethany Vincent and nine-year-old Darren Henson were found stabbed to death in Louth on Monday.

National Trust rangers are reminding visitors to Marsden Moor that BBQs and fires are banned and have urged people to stick to those rules.

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The warning comes after a busy bank holiday weekend, according to the trust.

On Monday, fire crews were called to extinguish a lit BBQ at Eastergate.

In 2019, a BBQ caused a major blaze which destroyed 700 hectares of moorland and in April this year a large fire took three days to put out and caused damage which will cost around £200,000 to repair.

Countryside manager for the National Trust, Craig Best, said: “It’s so frustrating that the message doesn’t seem to be getting through to the public.

"Nearly all moorland fires are started by people; either by litter, dropped cigarettes, BBQs or deliberately. We need everyone to take responsibility to help us care for this landscape for generations to come.”

A Hull taxi firm boss says he's not got enough drivers to cope with demand.

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Chris Davidson, the owner of Hull Cars, says he's short of 150 drivers.

Mr Davidson says many drivers are on furlough and are worried about the pandemic - so they're not coming back to the trade.

At one point on Sunday, the firm had 50 calls waiting in the queue to be answered and had to tell people it would be a four to five-hour wait.

He says the bus and cycle lanes in the city as well as roadworks aren't helping, adding: "It's absolutely insane. I just don't understand the mentality. Who has decided that this is going to help the city, because it's not."

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Jacob Webster

Health officials say there are early signs Covid infection levels are “creeping up” in North Yorkshire, although rates remain low, ahead of the key decision on whether to end all restrictions on 21 June.

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Richard Webb, director of health and adult services at North Yorkshire County Council, told a briefing today that the county was “giving every inch of its fibre” to fully unlock on that date but a small rise in cases needed to be brought “under control”.

Harrogate, Scarborough, Hambleton and Craven all saw a slight increase in weekly infection rates at the end of May, while Richmondshire and Selby recorded a decline and Ryedale remained without a single case.

Meanwhile, the number of people hospitalised with Covid across the county remains at 10, while more than 494,000 people have now received their first vaccine and 339,000 their second.

Speaking at today’s North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum briefing, Mr Webb said: “We are unfortunately seeing some creeping up of the figures nationally and locally. The overall average position across North Yorkshire is 14 cases per 100,000 – that has crept up slightly as has the England average of 32."

Today’s briefing also heard how the so-called Indian variant of Covid, now known as Delta, was still in “small numbers” in North Yorkshire and had not become the dominant strain unlike some areas of the country.

The latest Public Health England data shows Scarborough had an infection rate of 23.9 cases per 100,000 people on 29 May, while the figure for Harrogate stood at 16.8, Craven 15.8, Selby 13.2, Hambleton 13.1, Richmondshire 3.7 and Ryedale 0.

A giant otter has been born as part of a breeding programme in Yorkshire.

Bonnie the giant otter was the first of her kind born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

The species are classed as endangered with about 6,000 giant otters left in the wild.

The 163-year-old organ in Leeds Town Hall is to undergo a £1.8m refurbishment.

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One of the largest of its kind in Europe, the 50ft (15m) instrument was played at the building's opening ceremony attended by Queen Victoria in 1858.

Located in the Victoria Hall, the organ is used for concerts and other events.

Leeds city organist Darius Battiwalla said he was "delighted to see it getting some much-needed care and attention after so many decades entertaining the people of Leeds."

“Performances on the organ are extremely popular and not only de we regularly attract hundreds-strong audiences for our free recitals, the organ also play a huge part in our international concert season," said Mr Battiwalla.

"Inevitably, years of such heavy use and hard work have taken their toll."

The council said it would pay for the cost of repairing the organ, but hopes to recoup the money through a fundraising campaign.

The work is part of a larger scheme to restore Grade I listed Leeds Town Hall.

A teenage cyclist was left seriously injured after a collison with a car in Sheffield.

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Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which took place on Upper Hanover Street in the city at about 22:30 on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old was taken to the Northern General Hospital after the collision with a silver BMW, close to the junction with Broomspring Lane.

Police want to hear from witnesses or anyone who saw the BMW before the incident.

Centre-back Reece Burke will join Luton on a free transfer next month when his Hull City contract expires.

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A huge fire at a three-storey furniture warehouse in Bradford last month is believed to have started accidentally, the fire service has said.

At its height, 18 engines tackled the blaze, which broke out at the building on Legrams Lane on 19 May.

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Dozens of people were evacuated from flats and power was lost to more than 100 homes and businesses.

At the time it was treated as a major incident, with large flames and plumes of smoke being seen for miles around.