Two women and a man arrested by police as they protested about tree felling on Rustlings Road in Sheffield have had the charges against them dropped. 

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The largest casino outside of London will open in Leeds later today. 

The £30m Victoria Gate Casino is in the same shopping centre as the John Lewis store. 

Developers paid £1m up front to Leeds City Council as part of the licensing agreement. 

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

A report that murdered MP Jo Cox was working on before her death warning Britain must not shy away from military action has been published today.

In the weeks before she was killed in an attack in her constituency, the Labour backbencher had started to put together a joint paper with Conservative MP, Tom Tugendhat about the UK's role in the world.

Widower Brendan Cox said his wife had written on a draft of the report, which was completed by her friend MP Alison McGovern, that "Britain must lead again".

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A multiple marathon runner from Rotherham is in London today to be honoured for his charity efforts.

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Last year Ray Matthews ran 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days, at the age of 75 to raise money for a local school. 

Today he's being presented with a British Citizen Award at a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster. 

The second headliners for the Leeds and Reading Festival has been revealed as Kasabian.

The events will be headlined by Muse.

The bands Two Door Cinema Club, Flume, Fatboy Slim, Wiley, Circa Waves, Jimmy Eat World, The Amity Afflication and Rat Boy are also lined up for the August bank holiday dates.

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

People living on a council estate in Rotherham say they weren't consulted about a new heating system which has led to their bills doubling or even tripling in some cases.

Rotherham Council says they are looking into the issue and when they can assess a full year of costs using all of the new metres, they will provide a pro-rata refund. 

But residents have started a campaign to get the bills cut and the district heating system replaced.  

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

The first mosque to be run by women in the UK will go ahead in Bradford. 

It'll work closely with the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice. 

Bana Gora is the CEO of the Muslim Women's Council and says that although women will run the mosque, it will be open to men and women:

BBC Travel

Very slow traffic on the M1 northbound between J30 (for A616 Worksop) and J31 (A57 for Sheffield). One Lane closed because of a broken down vehicle.

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Headlines across Yorkshire this morning:

• People living on the Fitzwilliam Estate in Rotherham say the cost of their heating has tripled since the council installed a new system there a year ago
• Young carers in North Yorkshire are being placed on waiting lists for the support they need because demand has doubled in some areas during the past 12 months
• The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says paramedics will no longer get to call-outs within eight minutes unless someone's seriously ill

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

The chair of the independent inquiry into the 2015 York floods says the response to its report has been very positive. 

The report made more than 80 recommendations, including suggestions that sirens or loud-hailers might be used along the Foss to warn residents. 

Angharad Davies is the barrister who led the panel:

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

Doncaster Council has been heavily criticised for the way it has been dealing with the problem of homeless people. 

The head of a homeless charity says "hundreds of thousands" of pounds were spent dealing with the town's tent city. 

M25 Housing blames Doncaster Council for the charity having to cut back its services from next month.

Their Executive Director Joyce Foster believes the town's homeless problem is worsening:.

BBC Sport

Leeds United continued their promotion push with a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at Elland Road last night.

The three points takes Leeds back up to third in the Championship, moving above Reading and West Yorkshire rivals, Huddersfield Town.

The highlight was provided by French striker Soulemayne Doukara who scored one of the goals of the season:

Earlier Kiwi forward Chris Woods' 20th of the campaign had given United a deserved lead.

Manager Garry Monk was delighted to record a 10th home league win of the season.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

Young carers in North Yorkshire are being placed on waiting lists for the support they need because demand has doubled in some areas during the past 12 months.

Groups in Hambleton, Scarborough, Ryedale and York say they're dealing with almost 500 youngsters.

Among them is Alisha Bennett, 16, who gets help at a centre in Northallerton. 

She has been caring for her mum for the last nine years and has been talking about the challenges of balancing school and being a carer:

BBC Sport

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The top sport stories for Yorkshire so far this morning include:

• Leeds United are back up to third in the Championship after a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at Elland Road with goals coming from strikers Souleymane Doukara (pictured) and Chris Wood
• Sheffield United new boy James Hanson says he wants to reignite his career at Bramall Lane after joining the Blades on a two-and-a-half-year deal from Bradford City
• York City Knights coach James Ford says he believes he'll see progress from his players when they take on London Broncos in Sunday's friendly

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

Imagine if your energy bills had doubled or tripled in the space of a year? That's what's happened in Rotherham. 

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People living on the Fitzwilliam Estate say the cost of their heating has tripled since the council installed a new system a year ago.  

They've started a petition to get the charges reduced but a council official wrote to one resident to say the cost won't change and suggested they could consider getting help with their other household bills to help them budget. 

Rotherham Council says they are aware of the concerns and are looking into the issue.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says paramedics will no longer get to call-outs within eight minutes unless someone's about to die. 

It's taking part in a trial which means call handlers will get longer to assess patients over the phone. 

NHS managers claim exhaustive phone assessments will mean a more organized response.

At the moment, all calls classed as "very serious" must be responded to within eight minutes.

During this test period, managers say no response time guidelines will exist for non-life threatening call-outs.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A very cold and quite frosty start with the risk of some ice on untreated surfaces.

Watch my full forecast here:

BBC Travel

Things are generally looking smooth on Yorkshire's roads so far this morning.

However, if you're in Sheffield this morning be aware of the traffic light failure on Washington Road at the Summerfield Street junction.

And in West Yorkshire, traffic's currently reported to be building up on the A6110 Ring Road Beeston southbound in Leeds at the A62 Gelderd Road junction.

BBC Travel

On the rails, things are generally running smoothly at Yorkshire's main stations. 

Keep up-to-date with the live departure boards for Leeds Railway Station, external, Wakefield Westgate, external, York Railway Station, external, Sheffield Station, external and Doncaster Station, external.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

We'll be with you throughout the day with all the latest news, travel and weather from across Yorkshire on Thursday 26 January 2017.

We'd love to see your pics like this beautiful shot taken in Swillington by BBC Weather Watcher Ken Czmeiduch. 

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