BBC Weather Watchers

Looks like the recent warm weather is having a colourful effect on our county.

This was in Wakefield yesterday, taken by user Sunny Beach and uploaded onto the BBC Weather Watchers website.

Image source, Sunny Beach

Parents in Yorkshire are the worst offenders when it comes to taking children out of school in term time.

There were 25,422 penalty notices handed out to parents in the county in the year 2015 - 2016.

The rate in Bradford is three times higher than the national average, while York has the least number of penalty notices.

The  UK's highest court today ruled against Jon Platt who challenged a fine for taking his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday.

Mr Platt was given a fine of £120 when he took his daughter away for a week.

Here's the numbers for penalty notices, external issued in our county:

• Bradford 5,985
• Leeds 4,269
• Kirklees 3,015
• Doncaster 2,456
• Sheffield 2,294
• Wakefield 1,096
• Barnsley 563
• North Yorkshire 473
• Calderdale 435
• Rotherham 359
• York 51

Bradford Council dispute their figure and suggest the actual number of penalty notices issued by them is 4,985.

Here he is fresh from his first ever ride on a rollercoaster, the 105-year-old who marked his birthday by riding the rails.

Last year, Jack Reynolds celebrated his birthday by getting his first tattoo. 

He's become a world record holder by riding the Twist-o-saurus at Flamingoland near Malton. 

Jack says it was an exhilarating adventure:

A family from Doncaster, who are 'desperately' looking for a house suitable for them and their disabled daughter, say they worry they'll have to live apart.

Eve Phillipson, who is 15-months-old, needs round the clock care for a lung condition and there isn't a housing association home suitable for them to move into.

Parents Steven and Becca say it's put a lot of strain on the family.

A 90-year-old man who teaches children to read in West Yorkshire has said the role gives him "more of a focus in life".

Archie Gracie - who used to be a vet - has helped pupils at Wibsey Primary School, Bradford, with their literacy skills over the past 18 years.

He almost gave up after the death of his wife 10-years-ago, but decided to press on and returned to the classroom.

The headteacher of Wibsey Primary says he plays a "vital role." Archie says, he gets a lot of out if too:

Dan Green
BBC Radio Sheffield

A meeting about how to establish a 'welcome centre' for asylum seekers and refugees in Sheffield city centre is taking place tonight.

Image source, Google

It's being led by the City Of Sanctuary organisation, who say they want a permanent place for new arrivals to get information and support.

They're meeting supporters to discuss fundraising to secure premises on Chapel Walk in the city centre. 

A 105-year old man has broken a world record this morning by becoming the oldest person to ride a rollercoaster.

Last year Jack Reynolds became the oldest man in the world to get his first tattoo. 

This morning he rode the Twist-o-saurus at Flamingoland near Malton.

His daughter says Jack "laughed all the way round":

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

More now on the latest phase of the regeneration of Sheffield's Park Hill flats being unveiled this lunchtime.  

The development is now in its tenth year. The second stage will see the creation of a further 210 residential properties.   

Here are a few facts about the estate and its restoration:

• Europe's largest listed building opened in 1961, but by the 1980s was dilapidated and notorious for drugs and crime
• Renovation work on the large site near the city centre started in 2007  
• Park Hill was stripped back to its concrete structure before being rebuilt

Image source, Keith Collie

• Park Hill is referenced in the lyrics of Pulp's song "Sheffield Sex City"
• The estate was used as the location in This Is England 90 and in The Arctic Monkeys video for The View from the Afternoon
• Park Hill is also known for a graffiti  wedding proposal  written on one of the estate's bridges

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Today will be dry with some bright or sunny spells  , especially in the east. 

Here's my full forecast:

A 105-year-old man is marking his birthday by riding a North Yorkshire roller coaster. 

Last year, Jack Reynolds celebrated his birthday by becoming the oldest person in the world to get a tattoo. 

Today he'll ride the Twist-o-saurus at Flamingoland near Malton, becoming a world-record holder in the process.

Sarah Mills from the theme park says they're delighted to help Jack tick something off his bucket list:

Fans of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights are being invited to get involved in a special project to celebrate the bicentenary of her birth. 

The original manuscript no longer survives, but visitors to the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth will each be able to copy out a sentence of the novel.

The completed book will be displayed next year.

BBC Look North weather presenter Abbie Dewhurst seems very pleased to have received pictorial evidence of a meteorological phenomenon today.

A sun pillar is a vertical shaft of light extending upward or downward from the sun. 

They form when sunlight reflects off the surfaces of falling ice crystals associated with thin, high-level clouds.    

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

The latest phase of regeneration at Park Hills flats in Sheffield will be unveiled this lunchtime. 

The development of the once-notorious estate is now in its tenth year. The second stage will see the creation of a further 210 residential properties. 

Mark Latham is the Regeneration Director for developers Urban Splash, he says enormous progress is being made:

The estate opened in 1961 and was the most ambitious inner city housing schemes of its time but by the 1980s, the flats were dilapidated and notorious for drugs and crime.

However, English Heritage gave it Grade II-listed status in 1997, making the brutalist complex Europe's largest listed building and preventing it from being demolished.  

BBC Sport

Here are the latest sports headlines across the county:    

• Huddersfield Town moved back up to third in the Championship after a second half blitz at home to Norwich. Three goals in seven minutes at the John Smiths Stadium secured the win
• The promotion party is on hold for Sheffield United. They beat Coventry City 2-0 at Bramall Lane, but Fleetwood won at Oxford. United will now be promoted if they beat Northampton at the weekend

• York City manager, Gary Mills, says they'll keep fighting for as long as it takes to secure National League survival. There are just five games left this season

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

More than 500 examples of bad driving have been sent in to North Yorkshire Police by members of the public over the last four months.

It's part of a crackdown by the force in which they're encouraging people to send in videos of dangerous drivers.

It's resulted in 60 warning letters being sent out and 12 pending prosecutions.

Three goals in seven second-half minutes gave Huddersfield a 3-0 win over Norwich which lifted the Terriers back up to third in the Championship.

BBC Weather

Dry with some bright or sunny spells , especially in the east. 

Winds will be mainly light and it will feel warm during any brighter periods in eastern areas.  

A plane with more than a hundred passengers on board landed safely at Leeds Bradford Airport last night, after hitting trouble with its landing gear. 

Image source, Twitter/Yorkshire Hart

Emergency services were scrambled when the pilot on a flight from Cyprus said there was a problem with the plane's hydraulics, sparking fears it would be forced into a crash landing.

But after circling several times, the equipment functioned successfully and the plane managed to land.

Leaders Sheffield United beat bottom club Coventry City and need three more points to be promoted from League One.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Here are the latest news headlines across the county:    

• A plane, with over a hundred passengers on board, came down safely at Leeds Bradford Airport last night, after having trouble with its landing gear
• In the last four months more than 560 emails and videos showing bad driving have been sent to North Yorkshire Police by members of the public
• The latest phase of regeneration at Park Hills flats in Sheffield will be unveiled this lunchtime