Summary

  • Sheffield United set to re-sign Ched Evans

  • Women's Equality Party leader to fight West Yorkshire seat in general election

  • Second phase of £70m transformation of Barnsley gets underway

  • Plans for legal challenge to demolition of Scarborough theatre

  • Main thoroughfare in York closed for a fortnight

  • Three North Yorkshire women given British Empire Medals

  • Leeds United film premieres in city tonight

  • Stolen lamb reunited with mother

  • Heartbeat books author has died, family say

  • Live updates on Monday 24 April 2017

Live Reporting

Andrew Barton, Claire Renwick and Nick Wilmshurst

  1. Traffic and travel: On the rails in Yorkshire

    BBC News Travel

    On the rails across Yorkshire so far this morning everything seems to be running smoothly with no major delays to services.

    If you're planning a rail journey, click on the links below to keep up-to-date with the live departure boards for:

  2. General Election 2017: Women's Equality Party leader to stand for Shipley seat

    The leader of the Women's Equality Party, Sophie Walker, is to stand against Tory MP and male rights advocate Philip Davies in the election.

    Sophie Walker

    If elected in the West Yorkshire seat of Shipley, she said she would be a "voice for all women" in Westminster.

    She said Mr Davies had a "track record of misogyny", including trying to block laws on domestic violence.

    Mr Davies said he welcomed his rival "parachuting herself" into the seat with a "politically correct agenda".

    Mr Davies, who won the Shipley seat with a majority of more than 9,624 at the last election, is an outspoken critic of political correctness and what he has described as "zealous" feminism.

  3. Monday's weather across Yorkshire

    BBC Weather

    Morning rain will clear by midday, then brighter with sunny spells, but turning colder with wintry showers by evening, falling as snow above 300m later. 

    Winds will become strong and gusty.  

    Wx

    Tonight wintry showers on hills will become mainly confined to coastal areas, with clear skies inland. 

  4. Ground broken on £70m transformation of Barnsley town centre

    A £70m project to transform Barnsley town centre is getting under way today when an official  ground-breaking ceremony takes place. 

    Glass worksBarnsley Council

    The Glass Works, the new name given to the town centre development, is located on a 3.8 hectare site around Cheapside.

    It will include shops, restaurants, a cinema, bowling alley, market and £4m library. 

    The council leader, Sir Steve Houghton CBE, said he was "delighted to finally be moving forward with the long-awaited scheme," which he said would "help build a thriving economy" and create 800 jobs.

  5. Alfred Wainwright Coast-to-Coast path at Nine Standards Rigg reopens

    A stretch of Alfred Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast footpath where walkers were becoming trapped in a bog has reopened following a £44,000 renovation.

    SignNorth Pennines AONB Project

    The project to repair the path at Nine Standards Rigg on the Cumbria and North Yorkshire border began four years ago.

    The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership led the project which was financed in part by crowdfunding.

    Almost 1,300ft (400m) of flagstones have been laid.

  6. Good morning: Join us for live coverage across Yorkshire

    Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Monday 24 April 2017. 

    We'll be with you throughout the day with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates.

    But first, as a lot of Yorkshire experienced a sunny weekend and as colder weather has been predicted, I thought I'd share this BBC Weather Watcher pic of a golden sun going down last night in Malton.

    Malton sunset

    Thanks to Nick Rainbow (great name for a Weather Watcher) for sending his photograph in. 

    If you've snapped anything interesting you'd like to show off to the rest of Yorkshire, you can send it in by simply clicking here.