A biker's been seriously injured in a crash on the North York Moors.

It happened on the A169 near the Saltersgate Inn on Sunday lunchtime.

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The 61-year-old was taken to hospital in Middlesbrough with serious internal injuries, after his bike came off the road.

He was heading towards Whitby when the black and blue AJS motorcycle crashed.

The man’s wife, aged 59, was following on another motorcycle, but was not involved in the collision.

Police are urging anyone who saw the incident to contact them.

A father of the bride may miss out on on walking his daughter down the aisle after the collapse of Monarch airline.

Barry Gill was due to fly out to Cyprus from Leeds Bradford on Wednesday, for the wedding of his daughter. The family are trying to find out if alternative arrangements can be made.

Five hundred people are being flown back to Leeds Bradford Airport today, after Monarch was placed into administration and all flights cancelled. It's thought 110,000 people have been left abroad.

The Civil Aviation Authority says it's chartered 30 aircraft from around the world to help return those affected.

Edward Wilkinson, from Shipley in Bradford, found out that his flight was cancelled today:

The Jessop Wing maternity hospital in Sheffield is the first of the five hospitals within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust to introduce a site-wide ban on smoking.

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Smoking shelters will be removed and staff can ask anyone they see smoking to put out their cigarettes.

The launch of the ban coincides with the first day of the "Stoptober" smoking cessation campaign and the Trust is encouraging smokers to take up the support available to help them quit.

Officials in Calderdale are expected to announce a £40m investment to improve Halifax town centre.

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The proposals include better cycling facilities and footpaths, improvements to bus routes, easier ways to get into and around the town centre and a public space between the Piece Hall and the train station.

Subject to approvals the work is due to start on site in early 2019 and be completed by 2021/2022.

A Cabinet meeting will be held this evening at 18:00 at Halifax Town Hall.

South Yorkshire Police want to extend a closure notice served on Area Bar on Burgess Street in Sheffield after a stabbing over the weekend.

Officers called to the bar found one man with suspected stab wounds to the back of his head and a second man with a puncture wound to his lung. Both were treated at the Northern General Hospital and are now said to be recovering.

Detective Inspector Mark Monterio of South Yorkshire Police said: "A closure notice was served on the bar soon after the incidents took place, and the bar will stay closed until Monday 2 October, when we will seek an extension to the closure notice at the magistrates' court."

Police are not linking this to two other stabbing incidents in Barker's Pool in Sheffield in the early hours of Saturday where five people were injured - one of them seriously. Four people have been arrested - two in connection with attempted murder and two for public order offences.

Monarch has become the latest of the budget airlines to have problems. The company has collapsed leaving over 100,000 stranded and 300,000 who haven't travelled yet, looking at no holiday at all.

Four flights were due to leave Leeds Bradford Airport this morning.

More than 500 people are due to be flown back to the airport today.

What's described as the UK's biggest peacetime repatriation operation is under way to return Monarch Airlines customers. The first flight returning people to LBA is due in at 15:30 this afternoon.

The Civil Aviation Authority said it has been asked by the Government to charter more than 30 aircraft to bring the passengers home.

A new book ranking the country's best 100 rail stations has put York in the top 10.

It's been written by journalist, Simon Jenkins, who travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, to select his hundred best.

Goathland (below left) and Whitby stations also make the list.

Simon looked at the history, geography, design and significance of the stations.

He says they are the forgotten part of the railway experience.

Travellers love the trains, the journey, the passing countryside, the stations, he says, but believes stations have been ignored.

If you have a favourite station let us know about it by emailing us here.

Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

There's a weather warning across Yorkshire today for very strong winds.

Here's my full forecast:

South Yorkshire's first joint fire and police station is now in use and firefighters are now responding to 999 calls from the station in Rotherham's Maltby.

The old fire station on the High Street has closed and they've moved in with the police on Byford Road.

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The plans to accommodate fire service vehicles and staff into the police station on Byford Road were approved by Rotherham Council in 2015.

The project won Government Transformation Funding of £560,000.

Chief Fire Officer James Courtney said the move made "perfect sense" for the services and the taxpayer.

He said police and firefighters would be able to share knowledge, skills and expertise more easily when tackling incidents such as anti-social behaviour and road accidents.

York's first ever Balloon Festival took place at the weekend.

The weather meant it was cut short a day early, but not before journeys like this one were made.

Just click play to see how stunning York looks from the air:

There's been a big increase in reports of vehicles being abandoned across West Yorkshire.

The number of investigations has gone up by almost three quarters in just one year.

It comes as figures from the DVLA show an increase in the number of penalties for untaxed vehicles in the region.

Amanda Stretton is the motoring editor of Confused.com. She says the rising cost of motoring might be behind the figures:

York City's Manager, Gary Mills (pictured left) has been sacked after the team were knocked out of the FA Cup by part timers, South Shields.

He's been replaced by Martin Gray (right).

The 46-year-old resigned from his position at Darlington yesterday, just before it was announced he was taking over at Bootham Crescent.

York City commentator, David Ward, says he's got a big job ahead:

BBC Weather

Very windy, with dangerous gusts and localised gales, gradually easing this afternoon.

Scattered blustery showers, mainly to the west, with sunny spells in the east.

Strong winds continuing into the evening, with showers restricted to western hills.

Chancellor Philip Hammond is to announce an extra £300m to improve rail links in northern England, in a speech to the Conservative party conference.

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Plans to electrify the whole Trans-Pennine route had previously been axed.

But the new money will be used to ensure HS2 will link to faster trains between Liverpool and Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and York - so-called Northern Powerhouse rail.

Mr Hammond will also allocate £100m for 33 road schemes, from existing budgets.

The Northern Powerhouse rail scheme is being drawn up by local authorities and business leaders to create connections between HS2 and cities not directly on its route. It is likely to rely on "bi-mode" trains that can run on diesel and electric power.

Five people have been injured in two linked stabbing incidents in Sheffield.

Four people have been arrested, two in connection with attempted murder, after fights in the city early on Saturday morning, South Yorkshire Police said.

The force said the incidents were not terrorism-related, adding that officers believe they are linked and possibly involve the same local individuals.

The first fight was reported to police at about 04:00 and one person was arrested, and then at 05.53 officers received reports of another brawl in Cambridge Street, in which three people were stabbed and a man was hit on the head with a bottle.

A police statement said: "Five people are confirmed as injured, with one person in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

"Four people have been arrested and are now in police custody.

Of these four, two have been arrested in connection with attempted murder, and two in connection with public order offences."

Officers say a number of streets remain closed off until further notice, including Cambridge Street, Carver Street/Division Street, and Barker's Pool, and there is no access to Bethell Walk.

BBC News Travel

Rail services across Yorkshire appear to be running pretty much to time so far this morning.

However the 06:53 from Wakefield Westgate to London Kings Cross is cancelled.

You can click on the links below to keep up-to-date with the live departure boards for:

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

A man has been charged with murdering a 32-year-old found stabbed to death in Halifax.

Martin Wyatt's body was discovered at an address in Mixenden Road on Thursday afternoon.

Adam Grant, 28, of Mixenden Road, Halifax will appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Monday, West Yorkshire Police said.

A 23-year-old man also arrested in connection with incident has been released without charge.

Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Monday 2 October 2017.

We'll be with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, weather, travel and sport updates from across Yorkshire.

I thought we'd begin with a riot of rouge. This dash of autumn colour was sent in by a BBC Weather Watcher.

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