A YORK man, who led England to victory hopes the inaugural Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) World Cup, hopes it will be be a catalyst for the sport.

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• SEVEN flood warnings are in place this morning across York and North and East Yorkshire in the wake of recent snowmelt and heavy rainfall.

  The Environment Agency has a flood warning in place in York for the River Foss upstream of Yearsley Baths.

• A NORTH Yorkshire school has been forced to close its doors because of the weather.

  Tadcaster Grammar School is closed to all students and staff today (January 6).

• A YORK beck has bust it's banks in a popular park.

  A combination of snowmelt and heavy rain has meant that Osbaldwick Beck has burst its banks, flooding Hull Road Park.

• A woman in her 40s was found dead at a home in York, police said.

  Officers and paramedics were called to the scene in Tang Hall at about 9.45am yesterday (Sunday, January 5).

• Weather and travel updates as snow hits York

  Heavy snow has fallen after an amber weather alert from the Met Office

• Salvation Army shock at number of rough sleepers in one day

  "SO that was 15 people – that’s scary that is - that’s the same as the heights of when it was bad."

• A loving brother has flown across the world to donate stem cells, to help save his sister’s life

  after she was told she would have a maximum of two years to live without treatment.

• There has been an incident involving "several vehicles" on York's outer ring road.

  North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about criminal damage and driving offences that occurred on the A1237, York, between the roundabouts with Wetherby Road and Askham Bryan Lane.