The remains of a castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for more than a decade are to be uncovered.

Image source, Sheffield City council

Sheffield City Council announced nearly £800,000 to kickstart a revamp of the city's Castlegate Quarter, including a fresh dig on the castle site.

The money will also go towards a new green "corridor", the transformation of empty shops and to help protect the city's Old Town Hall.

Here's an artist's impression of how the Castlegate redevelopment might look

Image source, Sheffield City council

Castlegate is the oldest part of Sheffield. It's had a castle, bridge, market and houses on the site since at least the Norman Conquest.

The council says the money, £786,000 from its capital growth fund, will be used to recreate the area as a digital business hub, while also celebrating its history.

Seventeen councils in Yorkshire have said they want to unite for a devolution deal.

If agreed, the region would be given control of budgets for transport and education.

However, councils including Sheffield and Rotherham, haven't signed up to the idea.

That's because they want to stick with the Sheffield City Region deal that's already on the table - £30m a year for the next 30 years with powers over transport, infrastructure and skills.

The government hasn't said whether a devolution deal is possible.

Today is Yorkshire Day.

Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK, with a population of over five million people; that's almost twice the size of Wales!

The Dales, Moors and Pennines; the Brontes; Castle Howard, Brimham Rocks, Whitby Abbey, York Minster.

These are just a few examples of well-known local landmarks, which attract thousands of visitors to the area every year.

The idea of Yorkshire Day came about during a meeting of the Yorkshire Ridings Society in 1974.

It was first celebrated on 1 August 1975 in Beverley, as a protest movement against the local government re-organisation, when some communities were separated from the county.

It is also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which a Yorkshire MP, William Wilberforce, had campaigned.

Image source, Visit York

Yorkshire Day celebrates everything Yorkshire. Every year, on this day, members of the society read a declaration of the integrity of Yorkshire at each of the four Bars of York; the gates into the old walled city.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Tuesday 1 August 2017, Yorkshire Day! Although every day is Yorkshire day here.

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

Let's start with a picture to celebrate Yorkshire's beauty, this is Sutton Bank near Thirsk in North Yorkshire - not a bad view is it?

Image source, Welcome to Yorkshire

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