A North Yorkshire court is facing closure. Northallerton Magistrates is among eight courts the government is proposing should be shut.

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It's part of what's being termed "a wider assessment of reform to the courts and tribunals estate".

In 2013 Selby Magistrates' Court in the county shut as part of government cuts to save money.

Victim Support said because victims and witnesses would now have to travel 20 miles to York, it could impact on their quality of evidence.

Doncaster Children's Services Trust has been given a "good" rating by inspectors in a report published this morning.

They were previously given an "inadequate" rating in their last examination by OFSTED in 2015.

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The trust took over children's services from Doncaster Council in 2014.

It came after seven children died at the hands of abusers over five years and the case of two boys being tortured in Edlington in 2009.

Earlier, the Children's Minister described the service as being "completely turned around".

York hospital has set up a containment ward for patients with flu and other winter viruses.

NHS figures revealed the city has the highest number of people in England going to the doctor with flu.

Almost 20,000 people visited their GP across the country with the illness in the first week of 2018.

Damian Moor, a consultant microbiologist at York hospital, says the containment ward has been successful in preventing the viruses spreading:

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Wintry showers and warnings for snow and ice today.

Here's my full forecast:

A Sheffield Wednesday fan with terminal cancer, who planted a Sheffield United flag at the summit of Mount Everest last year, has died.

Image source, Ian Toothill

Ian Toothill was 48 and made the epic trip last summer to raise money for the MacMillan cancer charity.

He was initially diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2015, and was given between four months and two years to live.

His fundraising bid raised almost £31,500, most of which was used to pay for his trip. The rest was donated to the charity.

Police officers and fire crews in Ripon are to share a base from next month.

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It's expected to be the first of many similar arrangements across North Yorkshire.

The county's police and crime commissioner, Julia Mulligan, thinks it will improve collaboration and save money.

Police officers are moving out of their building on North Street in Ripon, to relocate to the fire station half-a-mile away.

The police building (pictured) is seen as outdated and costly to run.

BBC News Travel

If you're catching a train this morning everything appears to be running on time from stations across Yorkshire.

You can check the details here:

• York station, external
• Leeds station, external
• Wakefield station, external
• Sheffield station, external
• Doncaster station, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

Doncaster Children's Services Trust has been described as a beacon for others to look to by the government.

Children's services in the town have been under Government control since 2009, following the deaths of seven children through abuse or neglect over a period of five years.

In 2014 an Independent Trust took control from the Council.

Its latest Ofsted report is due to be published this morning.

The Children's Minister, Nadhim Zahawi, says the service has been "completely turned around":

The funeral of former rugby league star, John Atkinson, will take place in Leeds today.

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Atkinson played more than 500 times for Leeds Rhinos, as well as making dozens of appearances for Great Britain in the sixties and seventies.

He first showed signs of dementia ten years ago and died last month.

BBC Weather

It will be a cold day with sunny spells, and scattered wintry showers.

Tonight a widespread frost will form during the evening and overnight, with largely clear skies.

A few wintry showers may persist over the Pennines.

The winter weather is still causing a few problems on the roads.

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Snow has closed the A6024 Woodhead/Holme Moss Road in both directions, between the A635 Greenfield Road (Holmfirth) and the A628 Woodhead Pass(High Peak).

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Friday 19 January 2018.

We'll be with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, travel, sport and weather updates from across Yorkshire.

It's a frosty one this morning so I thought we'd start with a wintry BBC Weather Watcher pic of the Yorkshire Dales.

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