Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York

BBC Radio York's mid morning programme is devoted to the issue of fracking.

You can listen here.

Vehicles have started moving onto the site at Kirby Misperton over the last few days.

Protestors have tried to stop them from going in.

This morning I spoke to Third Energy's Operations Director John Dewar.

We'll bring you more of what John Dewar had to say throughout the day.

There is still no absolute date for fracking to begin.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

If you're trying to lose weight perhaps this story might inspire you.

What would you do if you were told that you were heading towards becoming a diabetic?

That's is exactly what happened to Yvonne Percy from Acomb in York.

She decided to do something about it. Here's her story.

Documents seen by the BBC suggest roads and tram tracks in Sheffield may need to be moved to accommodate HS2.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

Harrogate's braced for 40,000 visitors this weekend.

The town's Autumn Flower Show opens today at The Great Yorkshire Showground.

This year, Show Director Nick Smith says they're focusing on the naughty as well as the nice of the plant world,

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

If you're travelling out of York station there's quite a few delays on services to London, Edinburgh and Reading.

You can check them out by clicking below.

• York station, external

And if you're travelling on the East Coast mainline between Yorkshire, London and Scotland expect the trains to be busier than normal as there are major problems on the west coast mainline following a fire which has blocked the line between Euston and Milton Keynes.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Image source, BBC Sport

His name is Billy Beane and Brad Pitt played his character in the movie 'Moneyball'. He's a baseball executive in the United States.

As Barnsley Football Club, external celebrates its 130th birthday this weekend, the businessman's involvement in a consortium looking to takeover at Oakwell is getting tongues wagging.

Chinese businessman Chien Lee, who is majority shareholder at French club Nice is leading the consortium.

Billy Beane and his fellow investors would pay £20 million for a 98.5% stake in the club, currently owned by Patrick Cryne.

Mr Cryne is terminally ill with cancer.

Image source, Getty Images

Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield

Barnsley's Dr Joann Fletcher was the face of the BBC TV series Immortal Egypt.

The renowned Egyptologist is to appear in Barnsley this month as the town puts on three exhibitions about ancient Egypt.

The council says Dr Fletcher has designed and guest-curated the exhibitions which feature "a selection of artefacts, paintings and photographs from the ancient land of Egypt that have never been brought together before".

Details of the exhibitions are here, external.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

If you're planning a journey today around Yorkshire - here's the latest on the roads:

Traffic heavier than normal on A643 Ingram Distributor inbound from M621 (Elland Road Roundabout) to A58 Wellington Road (Armley Gyratory). Travel time is seven minutes.

Very slow traffic on A629 Huddersfield Road Northbound at A6026 Wakefield Road / B6112 Stainland Road. In the roadworks area.

Very slow traffic on A61 Upper Hanover Street in both directions at A57 Brook Hill / A61 Netherthorpe Road / B6539 Brook Hill / Bolsover Street (Brook Hill Roundabout). In the roadworks area.

And a reminder that in Wetherby the A661 Boston Road Southbound closed due to reconstruction of a collapsed wall between B1224 North Street and A58

And the A170 in both directions closed due to roadworks between Sutton Bank (N) and Sutton Bank (S).

Brexit and changes in the industry combined with changing consumer behaviour, have created uncertainty for Burberry, its chief creative officer has said.

Christopher Bailey said this resulted in the suspension of a planned £50m investment in Leeds.

Burberry already has two manufacturing sites in Yorkshire, where its trench coats are made, but shortly following the Brexit vote last year the company said they were putting on hold the decision over whether to continue with the new development.

Image source, Reuters

He said: "Since we made that decision and bought that land a lot of things have changed in the world and as any responsible organisation, when you have these big shifts you need to reflect," said Mr Bailey.

"We are absolutely committed to keeping our manufacturing in this country with our factories in Yorkshire, but with the new site we're just taking a moment to make sure we understand the ramifications."

Mr Bailey told BBC Radio 4 that he thought the potential of post- Brexit Britain was "enoromous".

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

Snout-fair, dowsabel and percher are among 30 "lost" words which experts believe are still in current use.

Researchers have drawn up the list to persuade people that these defunct words can still have a relevance.

Snout-fair is a word for handsome, dowsabel means "lady-love", and a percher is a social climber.

Dominic Watt, senior linguistics lecturer at the University of York, said he hoped people would re-engage with the language of old.

Just to illustrate the point, here's a picture of a Quacksalver

Travellers from across Yorkshire are gathering for a big funeral today.

They will be paying their respects to Eileen Lowther, who spent years campaigning to improve the lives of the travelling community.

Hundreds of people are expected at the funeral, which is being held in Beeston, Leeds.

Michael Henderson

A teenager who stabbed another boy to death in Leeds is due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today.

Irfan Wahid, who was 16 years old, died in Harehills in February.

The teenager who will face a judge today cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

Commuters face at least five years of disruption when Sheffield station is expanded for HS2, a presentation by Network Rail says.

According to the presentation by Network Rail, obtained by the BBC, there'll be disruption to rail passengers, drivers and tram passengers as roads and tracks are moved.

Image source, PA

The document also says an extra platform would be needed but HS2 disputes this saying no significant work is needed.

Network Rail told the BBC that discussions are continuing about plans to upgrade the station.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

A couple from York say they feared for their lives as they were trapped by Hurricane Irma in Cuba.

John Scrowston and Katy Scott had to leave what was meant to be a dream birthday trip to the Caribbean island.

Katy told BBC Radio York about the moment they realised the storm was coming.

Here's Abbie Dewhurst with your weather forecast:

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

Trains from stations across Yorkshire all appear to be on time this morning.

This may not affect you but could be useful if you are due to meet anyone who is travelling along the West Coast main line.

There's major disruption between Milton Keynes Central and London Euston until the end of service.

Everything across Yorkshire is running on time.

A reminder though that trains are not stopping on Northern at Rotherham Central due to engineering works.

There's a replacement bus service running on Northern between Huddersfield and Penistone because of engineering works.

You can check how your rail journeys by clicking on the links below:

• York station, external
• Leeds station, external
• Doncaster station, external
• Sheffield station, external
• Wakefield Westgate station, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Yorkshire Live

Hello and welcome to BBC Yorkshire Local Live.

You have made it to Friday, possibly the first full week of your normal schedule after the summer holidays.

We're here throughout the day to keep you up to date with the latest news, sport and weather.

As the weekend approaches you might be thinking of going out walking.

Here's a beautiful picture of Saltaire to inspire you from BBC Weather Watcher Andy Hutchinson.