A cyclist who travelled from Wakefield to Australia for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast says she's "gutted" after an administrative error meant she was left off the entry list for today's time trial.

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Melissa Lowther had focused her preparations for the games on this specific event but a Team England official failed to tick a box on her entry form.

The 21-year-old said in a social media post: "I can't put into words how disappointed I am to have been missed off the start list due to an admin error.

"While Team England have apologised, I'm still gutted not to have an opportunity to represent my country after all the hard miles I've put in."

A 13-year-old girl who was injured in the bomb attack will appear on Britain's Got Talent.

Families of children with special educational needs or disabilities in North Yorkshire are calling for further consultation on plans to change free "home to school" transport.

It could mean parents having to pay almost £500 a year for children 16 or over.

The local authority says it's consulted widely and the changes could save about £2m a year.

But Kerry Fox, from Beningbrough, whose 18-year-old son is disabled, says not everyone has had their say:

Parts of North Yorkshire are experiencing problems due to heavy rainfall.

• Harrogate's Royal Pump Room Museum has had to close for the day because heavy rain's lead to the threat of flooding. A sewer outside the building is overflowing.
• The eastbound A64 in North Yorkshire is down to one lane between Tadcaster and York because of flooding
• Heavy rain on the coast has meant the main street in Cayton, near Scarborough, has been closed
• The A165 is partially blocked because of flooding at Lebberston
• A flood warning has been issued for Bishop Monkton Beck south of Ripon

Police in Scarborough say they've found a woman who had been missing since Monday.

Denise Hunter, 52 from Seamer, was found on farmland, according to North Yorkshire Police.

Officers added she was safe and thanked the public for their help.

Tuesday's National League match between Guiseley and Dagenham is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch at Nethermoor.

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The rain today is causing problems on the M62 eastbound between Bradford and Leeds:

The flooding is causing around six miles of standing traffic.

This is the happy scene just after J26 - The M606 turn off:

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A school in Barnsley is closed today and tomorrow because of strike action.

Staff at St Helen's Primary Academy have taken the action over what they claim is an oppressive management style and inconsistent leadership.

Nicola Fitzpatrick from the National Education Union was at a picket at the school this morning and said staff just want the issues resolved so they can get back to work.

The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) who run St Helen's say they've already taken effective action to address these concerns.

Cyclist Melissa Lowther is "gutted" after an administration error by Team England prevents her from competing in the women's time trial.

That's three bronzes for Eleanor Faulkner on the Gold Coast, adding to two from the relay events.

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The Royal Pump Room Museum in Harrogate has had to close today because of an overflowing sewer:

Image source, Harrogate Borough Council

A tweet from Harrogate Borough Council , externalsaid that "nasties are in danger of flooding us again on the day were were due to open after the last time this happened!"

In the message the authority described it as a #poonami.

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Did you know that there's a Peregrine Falcon nesting at the top of Wakefield Cathedral?

But don't worry, if you fancied seeing what it's up to and don't like using ladders (which let's face it is a very bad idea for both you and the bird) check this out.

It's a live feed of what the falcon is up to all the way up near the top of the cathedral's spire:

Evidence from so-called paedophile hunters is increasingly being used in prosecutions, BBC finds.

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Budding paleontologist Ollie Brockman-Joyce found a tooth belonging to an extinct baby hyena during a visit to Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire.

The nine-year-old said he had been exploring the Robin Hood cave when he uncovered the find.

He said: "This means everything to me."

Image source, Creswell Crags

Ollie, from Huddersfield, has been interested in paleontology and dinosaurs for a really long time...

Creswell Crags tour guide Stephanie Tristram said: "The caves had been pretty well excavated 150 years ago by the Victorians so to find something like this is incredible and to find a baby hyena's tooth is something quite special indeed."

Evidence from "paedophile hunter" groups was used 150 times to charge suspects last year, police tell the BBC.

James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore's famously mobile eyebrows were the result of thousands of years of evolution which may have contributed to early human survival, York scientists say.

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The quizzically raised eyebrow was a trademark of the former Bond actor (pictured) who died last year.

Scientists at York University say having a variety of eyebrow expressions helped us create larger social groups which led to us outliving the Neanderthals.

Their theory is that eyebrows evolved to transmit subtle semaphore signals of emotional states and empathy.

This, in turn, is said to have helped prehistoric humans establish the large social networks needed for survival during the harsh last Ice Age.

Dr Penny Spikins, one of the York researchers, says: "Eyebrows are the missing part of the puzzle of how modern humans managed to get on so much better with each other than other now-extinct hominins."

Owner Laura Tissington says 12-year-old Pippa has now been "grounded".

Former Coronation Street star, actor Deborah McAndrew, has been announced as the new Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.

The Huddersfield-born playwright lived in Leeds throughout her childhood, before beginning her acting career in the 1990s on the cobbles of Weatherfield as regular Angie Freeman.

She will today meet staff and students at the university as she officially takes up the post.

Previous Trinity chancellor, TV presenter Gabby Logan, stepped down last year after holding the post for more than four years.

A new exhibition's opened in Sheffield to celebrate the beauty and power of the city's steel industry.

It's a collaboration between Sheffield musician Martyn Ware, of Heaven 17, and Sarah Hopkins and Tracey Moberly, who are two artists who grew up in the Welsh steel town of Port Talbot.

The exhibition, called Power, showcases the industry using photography, fabrics and sounds.

You can see it at Trafalgar Warehouse on Trafalgar Street until 13 April - and there are also plans to take it to Port Talbot.

This film by Terry Tyldesley gives a taste of what the exhibition's about:

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A Stockton teenager who was stranded by the tide at Whitby has said she thought she was going to die.

Jordan Bowes, 15, and a friend, had to be airlifted to safety by Whitby and Staithes coastguards after being cut off near West Pier last week.

She said: "The tide was coming in really fast. It was really scary. We thought it was the end.

"I'm very grateful. They tried to keep us calm and take our minds off the water as it came in."