Mark Lawrenson takes on BBC athletics commentators Brendan Foster and Steve Cram on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Thursday 10 August 2017.

Want to find out what's happening where you live on Friday 11 August? Just click here.

Last season's beaten finalists Southampton will host Wolves in the second round of the EFL Cup.

Jacob Miller marks his return from a broken leg with a try as Wakefield run in six tries against Leeds Rhinos.

Listen to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra commentary and BBC local radio commentary as Wakefield Trinity host Leeds Rhinos in the Super 8s.

That's all from us for today, we'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night, but before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:

1. Long delays for motorists as M1 shuts after tanker overturns
2. Three men on the run after Rotherham crystal meth lab sentencing
3. Gordon Rhodes and Son fire: No injuries after blaze
4. North Yorkshire 'castle' builder knew rules were being broken
5. The ultimate Airfix kit?: Hand-built Spitfire rolls out of garage

See you tomorrow.

This shocking picture shows the lucky escape the driver of a tanker which crashed on the M1 this afternoon had:

Image source, Yorkshire HART

The driver was trapped in the cab for sometime, but was taken to hospital with a fractured leg.

The M1 has been shut for much of the day and is not expected to fully re-open until after 20:30 this evening according to Highways England.

Unfortunately it's a fact that thousands of plastic bottle are tossed into Yorkshire's rivers and canals .

The Canal and River Trust says 66% of people who took part in a survey admitted dropping litter.The trust says it spends £1m a year clearing rubbish from Britain's canals and waterways.

Today it's found an unusual way of appealing to people to clean up their act, BBC Look North's Mark Ansell has tried it out:

BBC Sport

Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town are "more than happy with being written off", according to captain Tommy Smith.

Image source, Rex Features

Town, who beat Reading in the Championship play-off final in May, have been tipped by many to make an immediate return to the second tier.

The Terriers start the season with a trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

"People didn't expect anything from us last season and look what we achieved," the defender told BBC Radio Leeds., external

Pritti Mistry
BBC News Online

Plans for a £58m revamp of Halifax is expected to be submitted to Calderdale Council in the winter, the authority says.

Image source, Calderdale Council

It wants to improve the way pedestrians, cyclists and drivers travel around the town centre, external and has proposed a number of regeneration plans including a square next to the Piece Hall, a new train station plaza, better cycling facilities and footpaths; pedestrianised areas around the central library and Square Chapel.

Church Street, Bank Bottom, Charlestown Road, North Bridge, Broad Street, Market Street, Wards End, Bull Green and Cow Green will be at the centre of the regeneration work.

Image source, Calderdale Council

The council says it also wants to reduce congestion on the A629 route between Halifax and Huddersfield. It held a one-day "public information event" last month to unveil the proposals.

Nearly 50,000 people missed their medical appointments last year at the Mid-Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Image source, Science Photo Library

The Trust - which runs hospitals in Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury - says that's the equivalent of 8% of all appointments.

In an effort to combat the problem, Mid-Yorkshire now sends a text message reminder to patients, as well as a letter.

This comes as new figures show the number of people waiting for routine surgery in England in June was the highest in almost a decade.

If you're heading from North Yorkshire into Leeds on the M1 you're going to be stuck in a bit of traffic tonight:

Image source, Highways England

This is the M1 near to J47, which has been closed because of an earlier accident in which a tanker overturned.

Emergency Services are still working to remove the tanker, which is on its side.

Image source, Steve Mason

The motorway isn't expected to fully reopen until nearly 21:00 diversions are in place, external.

The driver of the lorry has a fractured leg and has been taken by ambulance to hospital.

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Doncaster Royal Infirmary say fears there was an acid attack in a car park have proved to be unfounded.

Emergency procedures were activated at the hospital when people went into A&E after being sprayed with a substance which is now thought to have been water.

Image source, Google

BBC News Travel

Here's the latest from Highways England on the M1:

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for help to find a wanted Calderdale man.

Michael Lloyd Long was sentenced to 6 years in jail yesterday for his role in a 2015 robbery.

Long and a second man kicked and punched their victim before stealing his wallet and mobile phone.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Long was tried and found guilty in his absence.

Anyone who knows where he can be found is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Jericho Keys
Reporter, BBC Radio York

Have you got a project you're working on at the moment?

Something in the garage you're really proud of?

I'm not sure it'll beat what Matt Russell's up to in North Yorkshire...

Deep in a secret location, he's built this replica Spitfire from scratch:

I've been to see it today - that's me smiling in the cockpit!

It's 80% to scale and Matt's putting it up for sale for a mere £160,000, but reckons it could go for about £260,000.

Matt's days seem to have more hours in them than most people's because he's also built a few submarines...

A taker driver who was involved in a crash on the M1 has been left with a fractured leg.

Image source, Steve Mason

The M1 is still closed around J47 where the tanker veered across the road and through the central reservation,

Hold-ups are now said to be easing, with delays of 20 minutes northbound via diversions set up by Highways England.

Southbound is a different story with long tailbacks on the A1(M) which is busy but moving.

Things aren't expect to return to normal until 19:30 this evening.

BBC Sport

Leeds United have denied claims made by Port Vale boss Michael Brown that midfielder Samu Saiz spat at one of his players in Wednesday's EFL Cup game.

Image source, Rex Features

Brown said after his side's 4-1 defeat at Elland Road that Saiz spat at full-back Joe Davis in the first half.

Debutant Saiz went on to complete his hat-trick after the break.

The Football Association says it is aware of the reports of an allegation and will be following them up. BBC Sport has contacted Port Vale and are awaiting a response.

Yorkshire Post

Dead bodies hanging from trees, external, floating in ponds and decomposing in car boots and litter bins - It all sounds like a horror movie, but a "body farm" designed to help police investigate missing person cases and murders may be on its way to the UK, if a Yorkshire academic gets her way.

Image source, Yorkshire Post

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Sheffield Council has hit back at criticism from the Environment Secretary over the city's controversial tree felling programme.

The authority says a letter from Michael Gove is "full of inaccuracies" and has invited him to Sheffield to see the programme in action.

Image source, PA

Sheffield Council also points out that it cannot breach the contract with Amey, which was tendered under the government's recommended Private Finance Initiative.

The authority has also said that criticisms of the tree felling programme are coming from a vocal minority: