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Scarborough side win international cricket festival
Scarborough College Boys emerged victorious on the final day of the APEX International Cricket Festival.

Olivia Rodrigo performing on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

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Scarborough College girls face off to bat (credit: rb Create)

Scarborough teams lead international cricket festival after Day 1

Sheffield RUFC's Chris Hooper scored a hat-trick of tries for Yorkshire in their defeat of Somerset (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Yorkshire RU rout Somerset thanks to Sheffield RUFC debutant's hat-trick

Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE has been left impressed by the drive of Apex's young founders.

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Police forensic officers at the scene in Shetland Close, Bradford. (Credit: Asadour Guzelian/Guzelian)

Woman given hospital order over discovery of man's badly burned body

The newly-refurbished evening entertainment venue at Unity Skirlington.

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Minibus smashes head-on into car - seriously injuring three.

Watch: Minibus smashes head-on into car - seriously injuring three

Yorkshire's Dom Bess leaves the field after making a century against Worcestershire. (Picture: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

'He’s a fantastic cricketer': McGrath hails Bess' impact on Yorkshire CCC

Matthew Waite, seen here in action at Scarborough in his final season as a Yorkshire player, was Worcestershire's hero at Taunton last week where he helped to secure an unlikely draw. Picture by John Clifton/SWpix.com

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Yorkshire's new T20 captain Dawid Malan. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

Dawid Malan optimistic Yorkshire CCC can become white-ball "powerhouse"

Common crane, Grus grus,at the edge of Cole river.

Wetlands efforts pay dividends with previously extinct birds

Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow leaves the field on 107 not out at the end of play on day 1 against Middlesex helped get them over the promotion line last season (Picture: Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com).

'Seriously talented boys': Bairstow full of praise for Yorkshire team-mates

Unity Beach in Somerset: Family holiday park shows £15m investment

A plane takes off from runway 27R at Heathrow Airport, west London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Heathrow expansion decision based on an outdated idea - YP Letters

Courts: murder, rape, riots, and drug crimes in latest Yorkshire cases

New Yorkshire signing Will Sutherland. Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images.

Yorkshire CCC signs highly-rated Australian all-rounder

The wiggly road markings on the seafront in Clevedon, Somerset.

Watch: £1.5m wiggly road markings scrapped after confusing drivers

Following in dad's footsteps: Archie Vaughan. Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images.

Chip off the old block Archie Vaughan relishing England captaincy test

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Millers forward returns to National League for second loan stint
YOUNG Rotherham United forward Ciaran McGuckin has completed his loan return to National League outfit Yeovil Town.
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Settling in: Tommy Conway celebrates scoring for Middlesbrough against Hull on November 30. (Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

£5m man Conway on settling in at Middlesbrough and relationship with Carrick

Meet The Rees-Moggs is a reality series with unprecedented access to Sir Jacob, his wife Helena, their six children, Peter, Mary, Alfred, Thomas, Anselm and Sixtus, as well as housekeeping staff and Veronica, their nanny. Photo: Discovery+.

Jacob Rees-Mogg on family's new documentary show

Alban and Angela Bunting bought a cottage for £1K which they have turned into the ultimate playground for their grandkids - including three life-size playhouses.

We converted our £1k cottage into a play village for our grandkids

Watch the first look trailer for new documentary Meet the Rees-Moggs

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a community project visit in 2023. PIC: Christopher Furlong/PA Wire

The Northern Powerhouse project was an unrealistic gimmick - YP Letters

Watch: Motorway drivers play football as they wait for road to reopen

Sheffield-based NG Bailey has been named as one of two MEP partners for the delivery of the new multi-billion-pound Agratas gigafactory in Somerset.

Yorkshire firm appointed on plan to build UK's largest gigafactory

Wingsuit jumper Tim Howell leaps off Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,450m.

Watch: Wingsuit jumper’s 5,450m leap off Mount Kilimanjaro

Luxury handbag maker Mulberry has rejected a takeover approach from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group valuing the firm at £83m. (Photo by Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire)

Mulberry rejects takeover approach from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group

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Ruth Crilly. Picture credit: Richard Grassie/PA.

Supermodel-turned-YouTuber and blogger on her noughties memoir
Top blogger Ruth Crilly spent 12 years as a model in the early 2000s. Now her new book tells the story of that time – and the comments she endured over her looks and weight. Hannah Stephenson reports.
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View of the Whitby Abbey, Whitby in North Yorkshire, England

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Ben Horne, who lost his nose when his dog ripped it off while trying to save him from a seizure has undergone ten reconstructive surgeries - using bones from his ribs.

Dog mauled off man's nose while trying to save him from seizure

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My First Car: Artist Emma Stothard reveals first car

A couple who matched on Married at First Sight and tracked each other down when their episode got cancelled have tied the knot. Ally Todd, 39, and her partner, Paul, 36.

Watch: Axed couple from Married at First Sight finally tie the knot

Aminan Rahman threw a suitcase containing his wife Suma Begum’s body into the River Thames after murdering her.

Watch: Man throws wife’s body into river after murdering her

Sammy Dean, 50, quit her £50,000 a year job to follow her dream and will perform at Glastonbury.

Watch: I quit £50k a year sales job to DJ at Glastonbury

Jon Bentley with his 1972 Volkswagen Beetle

'I love my first ever car so much I've still got it'

New Sheffield Wednesday signing Ben Hamer, pictured during his time at Leicester City. Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images.

Owls sign former Huddersfield keeper from Championship rivals

A cattle egret. There are hopes a breeding pair have settled in Yorkshire for the first time

The unusual looking bird which may have bred in Yorkshire for the first time

Tom McMeakin and his view from a paraglider of the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival site.

Watch: Aerial footage shows Glastonbury Festival site

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Cows controlled with GPS tracker which plays music.

Watch: Cows controlled with GPS tracker which plays music

One-year-old Cruz Kimitri-McElroy with his dad Simon McElroy.

Watch: Baby in stitches during his first roller coaster ride

Storm Henk brought heavy rain and floods to Yorkshire at the start of 2024

Farmers hit by bad weather in line for payments of up to £25,000

The wiggly road markings on the seafront in Clevedon, Somerset.

Britain's ‘most bonkers' road markings to be scrapped

Top 10 sales hotspots. (Pic credit: Rightmove)

Yorkshire suburban village in Doncaster named among top 10 sales hotspots

Bill Bailey. Picture: Gillian Robertson

Gig review: Bill Bailey at First Direct Arena

A dentist at work. NHS dentistry finds itself in a crisis. PIC: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

The Government has a plan for fixing the crisis in dentistry - Victoria Atkins

Meet the pet detective who has helped track down and reunite 330 lost dogs with their owners for free - using a thermal imaging drone

Meet the real life Ace Ventura who helps find people's lost dogs for free

A scooter rider was caught over the drink-drive limit on a motorway hard shoulder Picture: Avon and Somerset police

Watch e-scooter rider being caught over the limit - on motorway

Two young men were surrounded by armed police at a McDonald's drive-through and ordered out of their car at gunpoint. Driver Joel Thorogood, 21, said he was "shocked and scared" as guns were pointed directly at him and his passenger during the incident in Taunton, Somerset, on Monday evening (4 Dec).
Picture: SWNS

Men terrified as armed police surround them at McDonald's over 'gun'

Craig Gillett, 61, as Santa, runs Santa's Grotto Frome alongside his sister Clare Perry, 59, Mrs Claus but is facing eviction over planning permission Picture: Santa's Grotto Frome / SWNS

Santa faces eviction from grotto over planning permission row

Tim Howell, 34, during practice jumps for his wingsuit jump off Everest Picture: Tim Howell / SWNS

Watch wingsuit flyer Tim Howell jump off a mountain

The sun sets behind the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay in the Irish Sea. PIC: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Energy security is key to prosperity - Claire Coutinho

People walk in the rain and wind from Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Formerly a hurricane, the storm was downgraded, but forecasters say it will remain large and dangerous. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Lee: Heavy rain set to hit Yorkshire this week

Denise Lester is taking on the MoonWalk challenge to support breast cancer charity Walk the Walk.

Yorkshire woman to walk night-time marathon in memory of daughter

Dom Bess remains very much in Ottis Gibson's plans despite the signing of Dan Moriarty. Photo by Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images.

“There won’t be a No 1 spinner” says Yorkshire CCC head coach Ottis Gibson

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