A consortium involving Sir Richard Branson's train company Virgin Trains has been chosen to run the East Coast main line franchise from next year.
The Department for Transport said the consortium involving Virgin and transport company Stagecoach, who already run the West Coast line, will start the East Coast franchise in March 2015 .
More services to key locations in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been promised as part of a new franchise deal for East Coast Trains.
The consortium buying the company includes Richard Branson's Virgin and Stagecoach who already run West Coast Rail.
At Lincoln there will be an additional six trains from and five trains to London from May 2019.
Leeds will have an additional five services to and from London per day and regular journey times of two hours from 2020.
Harrogate will have an additional six trains to and from London per day from 2019.
An additional 6 trains to and from London will pass through Shipley, stopping at Bradford, per day from 2019.
Huddersfield becomes a new destination for ICEC services with one service to and from London per day, passing through Dewsbury, from 2019.
Click here for an interactive map of the proposed routes.
At around 11pm on Friday night police were called to Darley Avenue in Athersley to reports that a man had been stabbed.
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For the second day running there were no deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland.