A motorcyclist is fighting for his life in hospital after a crash in Leeds yesterday which closed a major road and caused long tailbacks.

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It happened on the outer ring road between Rodley and Horsforth at about 14:50.

The man, who police say is in his 20s, was riding a grey Yamaha motorcycle and crashed with a blue Vauxhall Corsa.

He suffered potentially life threatening injuries and is still in hospital - Officers say they're looking for anyone who saw the biker before the accident.

We always welcome your pictures showing Yorkshire at its best.

Nick and Jo Buck snapped the River Aire at Hirst Wood, Saltaire, yesterday afternoon.

If you have any photos you’d like to share with the rest of Yorkshire, you can send them in by simply clicking here, which is exactly what Nick and Jo did.

Police in South Yorkshire are backing a week of raising awareness of the number of casualties as a result of accidents on the roads.

Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by Brake, external, the Huddersfield based road safety charity.

Parts of an abandoned canal near York are being dredged for the first time in more than 100 years.

Pocklington Canal is to have a mile-long non-navigable section cleared by an amphibious dredger.

Image source, Canal and River Trust

But the Canal and River Trust isn't doing the work to help boat owners sail up the waterway.

By clearing silt and reeds to create an open channel, the charity hopes to encourage rare aquatic plants and wildlife that have declined due to the reeds and tree shading.

About 15 species of dragonflies and damselflies live on the canal, said the trust.

The project is due to finish by the end of December.

A project that's been helping homeless and vulnerable people in Barnsley for nearly fifteen years will close next year, unless it can raise enough money to survive.

The Barnsley Churches Drop-in Project provides cooked meals and hands out donated toiletries, clothing and sleeping bags as well as providing a listening ear to those who need it.

Kate Raynor from the charity said: "The project isn't just about feeding people when they're hungry, it gives people a bit of hope and shows them that someone cares about them."

The drop-in centre moved into new premises at Temperance House on Pitt Street early this year but higher costs and a lack of available grants means the charity's future looks uncertain.

A mum from Leeds, who lost twin baby girls to cancer, is backing a campaign to renovate a house for families to live in, while their children are being treated in hospital.

Children's cancer charity, Candlelighters, wants to raise £250,000 to undertake major renovations on a house they've bought near Leeds General Infirmary.

The current home from home provision, at Leeds Children's Hospital, has an average of ten families on a waiting list each night.

Clare Boitelle says their time away from home lasted seven months and a place to stay near the hospital is vital:

The parents of a man who went missing during a night out in York, two years ago today, say not knowing what's happened to him is like "living someone else's nightmare".

Rory Johnson-Hatfield, 29, from Skipton, disappeared in 2015.

CCTV images show him in Tower Street at about 00:40.

His parents are making a fresh appeal to anyone who knows what's happened to him.

Chief Inspector Allan Wescott is from North Yorkshire Police. He says the search for Rory will only stop when he's found:

A project by Bradford Council, has scooped a top national award, beating off competition from London’s famous Oxford Street.

Image source, City of Bradford Council

The old railway arches in St Blaise Square, near Forster Square railway station (pictured), have won the Outdoor Lighting Project of the Year Award at the Lux Awards, which recognise the best lighting projects from across the country.

The lighting was installed in 2015 as part of a series of improvements, by the council, to the pavements and pedestrian areas across the city centre.

Bradford Council say the lights "complement the 1997 sculpture entitled Fibre, which is constructed from old railway lines and references fibre-optic cables."

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A settled and warmer start to the week, with quite a bit of the wet stuff.

Here's my full forecast:

Members of the public have been thanked for coming to the aid of two female Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) who were assaulted by a man in Dewsbury.

They were punched and kicked as they tried to approach a 26-year-old suspect who was wanted for a number of offences.

The incident happened at the Dewsbury Retail Park, outside Mecca Bingo.

The PCSOs had to call for support from colleagues and the suspect was arrested. He has been charged following the incident and is due in court today.

Detective Inspector Mark Catney said both PCSOs needed medical treatment and were prevented from further injury by members of the public who stepped in to help.

Sheffield Labour MP Louise Haigh has accused a private mental health hospital of "chronic failure," after the fourth report in 13 months showed the hospital as "requiring improvement."

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The Sheffield Heeley MP is calling for NHS England to stop commissioning beds at the Cygnet hospital on East Bank Road, after what she calls a "catalogue of failings."

Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission said Cygnet Hospital needed to improve in areas including safety, training and reliance on agency staff.

Cygnet say they are "committed to acting on the recommendations made in a report in August," to ensure their services "meet the high standards that both they are the Care Quality Commission require."

West Yorkshire Fire Service says it's fully behind a drive to end sexism.

Last month a campaign started in London to encourage more women to sign-up to the fire service, and end the use of the term fireMAN.

Female firefighters say they've been too scared to speak out, until now, because of abuse their colleagues have faced online.

Fi Hopper is White Watch Commander in Keighley and says people still have very old fashioned views:

BBC News Travel

Things appear to be running pretty smoothly on the rails across Yorkshire this morning.

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 £5m project to help South Yorkshire's long term unemployed into work has been put on hold according to Sheffield City Region.

The organisation says the government has stopped the cash due to the ongoing row between local politicians over devolution.

A referendum on plans for devolution in South Yorkshire will take place in Barnsley and Doncaster after councillors backed a public vote.

Vince Hollingsworth is from Thurcroft and has been out of work for ten years.

He says he feels like he's being punished:

Rain, persistent and heavy at first, especially over the hills.

Turning brighter and drier in the east into the afternoon, further patchy light rain for western hills. Breezy but milder.

Cloud will thicken again overnight, bringing a further spell of persistent rain, mostly light but with the odd heavier burst mixed in. Staying mild.

The parents of a man who went missing on a night out two years ago today, have said life is "unbearable".

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

Rory Johnson-Hatfield, 29, from Skipton, disappeared after a night out in York on 20 November 2015.

North Yorkshire Police initially feared he had fallen in the River Ouse but his family disagrees. His body has not been found despite searches.

His father, Doug Hatfield, said: "It's hell. It's terrible not knowing where your son is."

His mother, Liz Johnson, said: "It's going to bed every night, waking up every morning and your first thought is, 'Rory's not here. Where is he?'"

A cyclist has been seriously hurt in a crash between a car and a group riding bikes.

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Three people were injured when a car turning right into Lightridge Road, Fixby, crashed into a line of cyclists at about 08:50 BST on Saturday.

One man, from Huddersfield, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries.

Two men, 45 and 47, were seriously injured but are now stable. A third cyclist suffered minor injuries and a fourth was unhurt.

The crash happened when a black Volkswagen Golf was turning right into Lightridge Road from Clough Lane, at the same time a group of cyclists were riding in single file in the opposite direction.

West Yorkshire Police are seeking witnesses and keen to speak to the driver of a blue van behind the car at the time.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Monday 20 November 2017.

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

As we wait for the first sunrise of the working week, here's a beautiful BBC Weather Watcher pic of a sunset at Wakefield's Wintersett to get us going.

If you have any photos you’d like to share with the rest of Yorkshire, you can send them in by simply clicking here.