It's a cooler start this morning, but temperatures will rise throughout the day.

There will be some sunshine:

A teenager accused of planning a Columbine-style mass shooting at a school in North Yorkshire said he would be performing a "service to society", a trial heard.

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Two 15-year-old boys deny conspiracy to murder over the alleged plot at a school in Northallerton last year.

A teacher told Leeds Crown Court the younger of the boys told him potential targets were "infecting the gene pool".

He said it was "the most dreadful thing a student had ever said" to him.

The boys have each also pleaded not guilty to intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence and a charge of encouraging or assisting an offence believing it would be committed.

The older boy denies aggravated burglary, as well as unlawful wounding.

The trial continues.

Have you seen Paul Parkin? He's been missing from Rotherham since yesterday afternoon and police are concerned for his welfare.

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Mr Parkin, 49, was last seen leaving Rotherham Hospital, on Moorgate Road, at about 15:10 yesterday.

He's thought to have got on the number 29 bus, heading towards the town centre, but hasn't been seen or heard from since.

He's described as of slim build and is thought to be wearing blue jeans, blue Nike trainers, a cream fleece and a brown leather jacket.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to get in touch with police.

Rail services from Yorkshire's main stations seem to be running pretty much on time at the moment.

For all the latest updates, click on the links below to get the latest from National Rail Enquiries:

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

A community opera staged in response to the 2015 Boxing Day floods in West Yorkshire has won a top music award.

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Calderland, which was billed as a folk opera to "celebrate the Calder Valley's tempestuous relationship with water", was staged in Halifax last year.

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The cast included a community choir of more than 150 local people, including children from four schools.

It has won the learning and participation prize at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards in London.

Challenge Cup holders Hull FC reach the last eight of the 2018 competition with victory at Championship side Featherstone.

Tetley's beer is being brewed in its home town again after a break of more than six years.

Fire crews tackled a "deep-seated fire" in the engine compartment of a train to London.

Yorkshire's headlines today include:

• Man shot in car at Leeds traffic lights
• 'We're staying up' - Terriers survive relegation battle
• Teens sentenced for heritage railway carriage vandalism
• Pride 'celebration' comment prompts backlash
• 'Terrible state' of dumped pups.

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.

A teenager has been mugged at knifepoint in an area of Huddersfield.

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The 16-year-old was walking on Tanyard Road in Oakes on Tuesday afternoon, when three men came up to him.

One of them threatened him with a knife and they fled with his bag and phone.

Police say they're trying to find a woman who pulled up at the side of the road as he was being robbed and told the trio to stop.

Lot's of people created some spectacular land art on the route of this year's Tour de Yorkshire.

Ryedale School, external transformed their playing field, but it didn't end up on TV because the helicopter taking images form above had to refuel.

This has meant a lot of the children were left disappointed and now there's a campaign to make sure lots of people see it:

A man has been arrested after a "targeted" shooting in Sheffield earlier this week.

A 29-year-old man was shot in his leg on Chadwick Road at about 11:00 on Tuesday morning.

Officers have arrested a 34 year-old man, from Sheffield on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

A teenager accused of planning a Columbine-style mass shooting at a school said he would be performing a "service to society", a trial heard.

Image source, PA

Two 15-year-old boys deny conspiracy to murder and other charges over the alleged plot at a school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire last year.

Teachers told a jury at Leeds Crown Court how the plot had been uncovered after one of the accused had messaged a fellow pupil in September to tell her he and his co-accused would "shoot up" the school.

The court heard how the older of the two defendants, both of whom were 14 at the time, made "denials about the allegation" that the plan was real.

A teacher told Leeds Crown Court the younger of the boys told him potential targets were "infecting the gene pool".

He said it was "the most dreadful thing a student had ever said" to him.

The trial continues.

Workers on Northern train services will stage two fresh strikes on 24 and 26 May in the row over guards on trains, the RMT union has announced.

Police haven't been able to find any evidence of gunshots being fired or reports of any injuries after reports of an argument between two groups of men in Leeds yesterday.

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It happened on Servia Hill in Woodhouse at about 17:00 and witnesses reported seeing a gun and hearing loud bangs.

West Yorkshire Police say some of the men involved left in a dark blue fiat and aren't linking it to the shooting near Leeds city centre last night.

Three Cockapoo puppies, who were described as "very scared" and in a "terrible physical state", have been found dumped in Wetherby.

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The pups, two females and a male, have been called Olive, Emmy and Gus.

They were found by a passerby on Deerstone Ridge on Sunday morning.

He alerted the RSPCA and the pups are now being cared for at their animal centre in South Yorkshire.

Vets said the pups, thought to be about eight-weeks-old, would have a long road to recovery ahead of them.

A media company plans to transform Doncaster College's High Melton campus into an international film and television studio and academy.

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360 Degrees Media, external said the academy would help it address the current skills shortfall in the industry.

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The redevelopment of the site is supported by Doncaster Council, Doncaster Chamber of Commerce and the Sheffield City Region Local Economic Partnership.

The £120m development is fully funded by Barnsley Council and due to open in 2020.

A Blue Peter time capsule accidentally dug up by construction workers is going to visit Harrogate this summer.

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The Millennium Time Capsule has been kept in a secret location after it was unearthed 33 years earlier than planned.

It's now going to travel around the UK, as part of the 60th birthday celebrations of Blue Peter.

You can see it at the Great Yorkshire Show, external in Harrogate in July.

A boy accused of planning a mass shooting at a school said it would be a "service to society", a jury hears.