Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

A missing 16-year-old boy from Harrogate is one of the first people to feature in a high-profile national campaign on the side of vans run by a major wholesale delivery company.

Image source, Palmer and Harvey

The appeals, by the national Missing People charity, will run on vans operated UK-wide by Palmer and Harvey, which has a depot in Leeds.

One of the first appeals to feature on vans delivering across Yorkshire is for Abdullah Abdrabo, who was last seen in Harrogate on 2 October last year.

The company will also feature images of other people who are missing from across the UK relevant to their delivery areas.

The firm says it hopes the campaign will raise further awareness of missing people in the area.

A price offered for a holiday on Tenerife was 'incorrectly placed' on Jet2's website.

A woman has been charged with animal cruelty offences after being seen walking a seagull on a lead.

Police found the woman walking the bird in Parliament Street in York on 28 June. The injured bird had to be put down.

The 44-year-old, of no fixed address, has been charged with taking a wild bird and injuring a wild bird.

She is also charged with using abusive and threatening behaviour and is due to appear before magistrates on 14 July.

Katie Galbraith
BBC Radio Sheffield News

The Public and Commercial Services Union has announced that its members at a job centre in Sheffield have vote for strike action.

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Union members at the Eastern Avenue Job Centre will walk out between 17 and 21 July after the site was earmarked for closure.

This will be the second batch of industrial action following a week-long walkout in June.

A father who started a campaign asking celebrities to send birthday greetings to his son who is being bullied said he has been overwhelmed by the response.

Chris Hope-Smith, from Leeds, posted on Twitter, external asking if people could send positive messages to his son, Ollie, who is celebrating his ninth birthday.

He said what started as a request to try and cheer Ollie up turned out to be a "wonderful adventure":

Tweets have come from people such as David Cameron, Stormzy, astronaut Tim Peake and South Yorkshire's very own Dame Jess Ennis-Hill:

BBC Sport

The afternoon session of the third day of the County Championship match between Yorkshire and Somerset is now under way in Scarborough.

During lunch, BBC commentator Dave Callaghan took a moment to have this photo taken with a fan:

The morning session belonged to the visitors as they bowled the White Rose out for 213 and then reached the interval at 36/0.

That's a lead of 91 runs - and you can listen to the match here.

The search for a convicted double rapist has moved from Leicestershire to Yorkshire.

Sean Perry (pictured), 46, who also uses the surnames Cawthray and Goldthorpe, was last seen at his probation-approved address in Leicester on 19 June.

Perry is known to have links to Bridlington, Leeds and Suffolk, external and Leicestershire police ask people to look out for him and contact them if they see him.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

Shahid Hussain
BBC Local Live, Leeds

This Yorkshireman has made £15,000 from selling rare coins he finds in his change.

And its not rocket science! Here's how he does it...

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on TMS

Sheffield's Joe Root will bat at number four when he leads England for the first time tomorrow against South Africa in the first test at Lords.

His Yorkshire team mates Gary Ballance will be at number three and Jonny Bairstow batting at number five as well as keeping wicket.

The match begins at 11:00 tomorrow morning (weather permitting) with ball-by-ball commentary on the BBC's Test Match Special and in-play highlights via the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.

Paulette Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

The Special Olympics take place in Sheffield in August and ahead of it I'm speaking to some of the people taking part and some of the people who are involved in the competition.

Harrogate born actor, Jim Carter who played Mr Carson in Downton Abbey, is the charity's patron and will be hosting the opening ceremony at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground alongside Chris Kamara and Suzie Perry.

He told me how he first got involved with the organisation:

You can tickets for the opening ceremony which takes place on Tuesday 8th August here, external.

In 2008, Mostafa Salameh became the first Jordanian ever to climb Mount Everest and the idea came to him in a dream.

He is one of only thirteen people ever to climb the Seven Summits and conquer both the North and South Pole, known as the ‘Explorers Grand Slam’ and he'll be telling his story at The Bradford Literature Festival, external today.

Image source, Bradford Literature Festival

Mostafa will be Bradford Coillege today, sharing his stories at of scaling the highest peaks and conquering the deadliest landscapes, whilst also spreading a message of tolerance and faith throughout the world.

Yorkshire Evening Post

A 17-year-old boy has gone missing after leaving his college, external in Leeds.

Ryan Lotherington, from Holbeck, attends Learning Curve, an adult education and training provider based at the Harewood Barracks army reserve centre on Skinner Lane.

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Detectives investigating a stabbing on Sunday 2 July, have arrested two men in connection with the incident.

A 37-year-old man and a 35-year-old man have both been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. and remain in police custody.

Emergency services were called to the Wicker at around 03:15, following reports that two men, aged 24 and 37, had suffered stab wounds during an altercation.

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The 24-year-old remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

A 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempt murder and a 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, have now both been released under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers.

Since Charlotte Leighton was seriously injured in an accident 11 years ago, she and her family have raised over £100,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Next month she's doing a skydive from 15,000 feet over Lincolnshire with her dad Colin and sister Serena.

Image source, Leighton family

She suffered serious injuries in a road accident near her home in Tollerton near York in 2006 and was airlifted to hospital in Leeds.

Serena says she wouldn't be alive today if it hadn't been for the team at the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Yorkshire Post

Officers in Yorkshire’s biggest police force could be told to wear name badges, external while on duty so they can be identified more easily by members of the public.

West Yorkshire Police is considering a scheme for its more-than-4,000 officers which could see their name and rank printed on a velcro cloth badge.

Image source, Yorkshire Post

Aconsultation starts today on how to improve the Castle Gateway area of York.

It includes Piccadilly, the Coppergate Shopping Centre and the Eye of York. Initial ideas include closing the Castle Car Park to make space for new buildings, riverside walkways and a new bridge.

Image source, PA

The area includes Clifford's Tower where controversial plans for a visitor centre have sparked a judicial review.

Huddersfield Examiner

Muslim pupils are at risk of being stigmatised by the government’s Prevent campaign, external, which is part of the Home Office’s counter-terrorism strategy.

That’s one of the findings of research conducted by three universities, including the University of Huddersfield.

Image source, Huddersfield Examiner

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Police searching for missing convict Sean Perry have confirmed a possible sighting in Leeds was not him.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

Perry, 46, who also uses the surnames Cawthray and Goldthorpe, was last seen at his probation-approved address in Leicester at 14:00 on Monday 19 June.

He also has links to Bridlington, Leeds and Suffolk.

Members of the public are being advised not to approach him, but call the police immediately.

The company behind plans for a new £1.7bn potash mine in North Yorkshire has published revised proposals for the site.

Image source, Sirius Minerals

Developer Sirius Minerals wants to mine on land near Whitby and build a 23-mile tunnel to a processing plant in Teesside.

Sirius Minerals says among the "minor alterations" is the relocation of some approved buildings.

The changes are designed to simplify the mine infrastructure and make the construction process more efficient, the firm says.

It's been discussing its proposals with the local planning authority and says it will submit an amended application in the next few days.

Paulette Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

The 2017 Special Olympics take place in Sheffield in August, with 2,600 athletes coming to the Steel City to compete.

Megan Hattersley is from Wadsley Bridge in Sheffield and she'll be taking part in the swimming during the competition next month.

Her final preparations are under way and I asked her how she feels when she goes swimming: