A shopworker's received "serious and significant" injuries to his hands and wrists in an incident involving three youths armed with machetes, police say.

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Emergency services were called to M&K Off Licence, at the junction of Stoney Rock Lane and Westlock Avenue, shortly after 13:30 on Wednesday, police said.

A police spokesperson said: "A member of staff, a 50-year-old man, had received serious injuries to his hand and wrist during an incident in the store involving three youths who were armed with machetes.

"The victim was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries are very serious and significant but not life threatening."

Anyone who witnessed the incident or who saw the three youths running away from the scene is urged to contact police.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder a man who was fatally injured in a street stabbing.

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Corey Dobbe, 23, was found wounded on Harleston Close, Hull, on the night of 13 June and died a short time later.

A third person was arrested, Humberside Police said, but the force did not disclose details of the suspected offence. All three have been released under investigation.

Detectives, who believe Mr Dobbe knew his attacker, are still trying to trace a man seen in CCTV images released by officers last week.

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Mr Dobbe's family have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to contact the force.

His brother, Anthony Dobbe, believes someone "knows where his killer is" and said: "I just want justice and the person to be caught because, at the end of the day, my big brother's gone."

He described his older brother as his "idol" and a father figure who was "always there" for him.

Mr Dobbe's girlfriend Zoe described him as the love of her life and said: "There was no bad words to say about him. He was always there for everybody."

Surge testing in parts of Kirklees has helped to identify more than 450 asymptomatic cases of Covid-19.

Enhanced testing began last month after a rise in infection rates and a number of cases of the Delta variant being detected.

Kirklees Council say between 26 May and 22 June about 4,500 PCR tests were delivered to homes in parts of the borough and identified 80 positive cases.

Officials say a further 230 asymptomatic cases were detected at mobile testing sites and 162 from PCR tests handed out at five schools.

Rachel Spencer-Henshall, strategic director for public health at Kirklees Council, said: "This testing has allowed us to identify positive Covid-19 cases in people who aren’t showing any symptoms and isolate them so we can prevent any further spread of the virus.

“Infection rates in Kirklees remain high, but without this great effort from local people we may be in a worse position than we currently are."

The rate of cases per 100,000 in Kirklees was 119, compared to 101 for England, in the week to 19 June.

The council say anyone who had to self-isolate as a result may be entitled to up to £1,000 of government support.

A level crossing in North Yorkshire has been shut for more than six months because the horn used on the new Azuma trains is "too quiet".

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Network Rail said the crossing, in Cononley, near Skipton, had been shut since December due to issues with "horn audibility".

Villagers said it meant they could not walk on a well-used footpath, despite the trains only running twice a day.

Train manufacturer Hitachi said the noise of the horns on the route is "as close to the maximum limit allowed".

Andy Brown, councillor for Aire Valley with Lothersdale Ward, said: "Somebody ordered a brand new train, a multi-million pound train, and it's been ordered with the horn too quiet.

"Their solution to this was not to say let's get a louder horn or sort out something about the speed of the train. No, their solution was to say we will close the footpath."

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Network Rail was granted a six-month temporary closure order for the crossing in December 2020, which has now been extended for another six months.

It said work to improve visibility for people using the crossing was scheduled for August, but people in Cononley have said they are angry at the delay.

Network Rail has apologised for the inconvenience caused by the closure, adding it was "working to restore access across the railway at Cononley as soon as possible".

Today marks 40 years since the Humber Bridge opened to traffic for the very first time.

The 1.4 mile-long suspension bridge near Hessle was opened on 24 June 1981.

At the peak of its construction, more than 1,000 workers toiled at the bridge site.

Large lines of cars built up as motorists queued all night to be among the first to make the crossing over the broad estuary between East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

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The Humber was the last major estuary in the UK to get such a crossing when the work started in 1972.

For years, a British Rail-run ferry was the only way to cross the choppy waters from Hull to New Holland.

The structure was awarded Grade I listed status in 2017.

A man who was convicted of murder in 1998 wanted for recall to prison has been found, police say.

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William Kerr, 59, was found guilty of the murder of Maureen Comfort in Leeds in 1996

He was released from prison on licence in August 2020, however that licence was revoked due to his behaviour, according to North Yorkshire Police.

Police issued a statement on Tuesday saying they were urgently searching for Kerr and asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to get in touch.

Writing on social media this morning, external officers said: "Good news William Kerr, has been arrested in Hull. He will now be returned to prison."

Do you recognise the man in this image? Police want to talk to him following a robbery in the home of a 76-year-old woman in Sheffield.

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The man approached the woman at her home in Netheredge, at about 14:20 on Tuesday 15 June and asked her for money, officers said.

When the woman refused, the man entered the property and grabbed the victim's handbag.

The bank card from the woman’s bag was used at a local shop shortly afterwards, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A spokesperson for the force said: "We are sharing an image of this man who we believe could hold vital information as to what happened."

Anyone who recognises the man is urged to contact police.

A council criticised for slapping shoppers with fly-tipping fines for leaving items at supermarket recycling points is to double its penalties.

Boston Borough Council has vowed a "zero tolerance" approach to unauthorised rubbish dumping, with offenders set to pay £400.

But its "unclear rules", and reports of fines for dropping off clothes at charity bins, have prompted a backlash.

Locals said it was unfair to target people attempting to leave recycling at a designated drop-off site, where items are often placed alongside overflowing containers.

John Maddison said he was hit with a fine after dropping off clothing earlier this year.

"The clothes bank was full, so I put two bags outside with the rest of them that were already there, and I get a fine for £200," he said.

Councillor Deborah Evans, who leads the authority's waste management efforts, said there were "unacceptable" levels of illegal dumping in the Lincolnshire town and surrounding rural areas.

However, Ms Evans acknowledged the council needed to "properly inform the community on what is and isn't acceptable, after a number of complaints from people fined for leaving items outside collection bins at supermarkets."

She added: "Going forward, should any waste be littered or fly-tipped in the borough - including at the bring sites - the council will have a zero-tolerance approach and those offenders should expect a fixed penalty notice."

The council has urged anyone who considers they were unfairly targeted to get in touch.

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A council is set to move ahead with plans to permanently ban blue badge holders from driving on pedestrianised city centre streets during the day.

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But disabled people and accessibility campaigners have hit out at the City of York Council scheme, with one resident accusing it of creating a "segregated, privileged, ableist" city centre.

The council says it's outlined plans to increase blue badge bays across the city, including extra spaces in Blake Street, Deangate, Duncombe Place, Lord Mayor’s Walk, St Leonard’s Place and Stonebow.

The council expanded York’s city centre pedestrian zone and hours at the start of the Covid pandemic.

Before then blue badge holders were able to drive in certain pedestrianised streets, but the council banned access during the day. it's now planning to make a traffic regulation order to make this permanent.

Councillor Andy D’Agorne said: "We recognise disabilities are very wide ranging and these changes have very different impacts on disabled people.

"Some blind and partially-sighted people have felt a lot safer but some with limited mobility have been disadvantaged.

“As with all things the council has to balance and mitigate the differing needs of individuals.”

The council will now advertise plans to change the city centre traffic regulation order to remove the exemption for blue badge holders to access the pedestrianised zone during pedestrian hours.

It says it will also advertise plans to create new blue badge parking bays in areas on the outskirts of the pedestrian zone.

A canine clean-up expert has been praised for his efforts to combat litter in his local park.

Labrador Harley loves picking up discarded plastic bottles on his morning walk around the park in Pudsey, Leeds.

Here he is in action:

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Today will be dry at first with a few sunny spells. In the afternoon, it will turn cloudier, with a band of rain moving in this afternoon.

This evening will continue to see rain push in from the north-west but should turn drier overnight as the rain pushes off to the south-east:

Police in York are appealing to motorists to contact them after a woman was sexually assaulted by two men at the weekend.

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The victim was approached by the men on the pedestrian crossing near Dominic Pizza on Lawrence Street (pictured above), between 02:00 and 02:30 on Sunday morning, police said.

All three continued to walk along Lawrence Street before walking along a path at the side of Lawrence Street Church grounds (pictured below).

Officers say the woman was then sexually assaulted and then fled from the men before coming across a group of people who walked her home.

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A police spokesperson said: "There were numerous vehicles travelling along the road at the time and we're appealing to motorists who may have any dashcam footage of the woman and one or both of the men to get in touch."

The suspects were both wearing jeans and dark-coloured jackets and the victim was wearing a brown fleece-style jacket, officers added.

Any of the group of people who assisted the woman and walked her home are also being urged to contact police.

The Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1981.

Harry Brook and Jordan Thompson share a record sixth-wicket T20 Blast stand of 141 to help Yorkshire beat Worcestershire.

The daughter of one of Gary Allen's victims says his sentence ends years of heartache for her family.

A 14-year-old boy denies murdering Roberts Buncis, who was found stabbed to death in Boston in 2020.

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The number of Covid-19 patients in North Yorkshire’s hospitals has almost doubled in the last week.

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Amanda Bloor, from the North Yorkshire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "We've seen the number of patients who have Covid in our hospitals has risen over the last week.

"As of yesterday there were 23 patients in our hospitals and that figure is up from 12 this time last week so we have seen an increase of 11 patients."

The numbers include six patients in York Hospital and three in Harrogate.

There are currently no Covid patients at Scarborough Hospital.

Mrs Bloor said everyone who was eligible for a vaccine, which is now all over 18s, should come forward to get the jab.

A jury clears Willie McKay over claims he bought £63,000 of gifts for his wife to cheat creditors.

Five years after the EU referendum, people in Britain's "Leave" capital give their views on Brexit.

Organisers of a music festival in Lincolnshire have said "it's with heavy hearts" that they have called it off for a second year running.

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Beyond the Woods was due to take place at Stourton Woods in Horncastle between 6 and 8 August.

Organisers said they had no choice due to uncertainty about restrictions, lack of Covid cancellation insurance and unclear guidance about measures needed.

The decision comes after the government delayed the lifting of all restrictions in England, with a new date set for 19 July.

Organisers said it would return next summer and tickets would remain valid or people could get a refund.

In a statement, they said: "It is with heavy hearts that we have to inform you that, following the postponement of the 21 June easing of lockdown restrictions, Beyond the Woods festival will no longer be taking place this year.

"To say we are gutted is a huge understatement. The situation has now changed and the risk for us as an organisation has just become too great."

Beyond the Woods began life as a birthday party in the back garden of one of the organisers homes in Lincoln.

While the bands and scale of event have got bigger, organisers said it was still the same "small group of friends and volunteers" putting it on.