Four things you should know in Yorkshire today

TODAY we were told that prisoners in Yorkshire jails are taking delivery of drugs and mobile phones sent by accomplices using drones; heard about a horrific attack on a Sheffield man by a pit bull terrier; were asked for information to track down a Leeds sex attacker; and learned that a suspected child rapist has handed himself in to police.
Armley Jail in Leeds is among those where prisoners have used drones to smuggle banned goodsArmley Jail in Leeds is among those where prisoners have used drones to smuggle banned goods
Armley Jail in Leeds is among those where prisoners have used drones to smuggle banned goods

Here are four things you need to know so far today:

Drones used to fly banned goods into prisons

Criminals have been using drones to fly drugs and mobile phones to inmates serving sentences at Yorkshire jails.

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Man mauled by pit bull terrier

A 33-year-old man from Sheffield is critically ill in hospital after being mauled by a pit bull terrier-type dog.

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Hunt for Leeds sex attacker

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Police are hunting a white man in his twenties with dark hair and a quiff who sexually assaulted a teenager at a Leeds city centre nightclub.

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Man arrested on suspicion of child rape

A 30-year-old man wanted for questioning over the rape of a child in leeds has handed himself in to a London police station.

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