A painting by Yorkshire artist David Hockney is set to become the most expensive work by a living artist to ever be sold at auction.

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Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is estimated to be worth $80m (£61m) said Christie's, which is auctioning the Bradford artist's painting this November.

It is "one of the great masterpieces of the modern era," Christie's said.

"In 10, 15, 20 years from now, if you buy it, we definitely want it back and I can tell you, we'll sell it for more," said Alex Rotter, co-chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art and Christie's.

Hockney has a home and studio in Bridlington in East Yorkshire. Earlier this year, another of the 81-year-old's paintings sold for $28.5m (£21.1m) a personal auction record for the artist.

It's just been announced that music legend Rod Stewart is going to perform in York on the Knavesmire racecourse next summer.

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The concert on 1 June is not part of one of the regular race day music events, but a separate stand-alone concert.

It'll take place in a specially built temporary concert arena, with a capacity of up to 30,000 people.

The singer, who started out with The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces, is one of the best selling music artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide

Organisers say his performance will include Rod classics and songs from a soon to be released new album.

Four teenagers have been arrested for a total of 28 offences in East Yorkshire.

Two 19-year-olds, an 18-year-old, and a 17-year-old are currently in custody after a spate of break-ins to sheds and cars yesterday morning.

Police say the incidents were reported in Market Weighton and Beverley.

A red car was stopped at about 01:30 and four males were arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft from a motor vehicle, criminal damage, and interfering with a vehicle.

Police are warning a wanted sex offender may be camping out in Yorkshire.

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Norman Ormerod went missing from an address in Clitheroe on 2 August and has failed to attend probation appointments. He was last seen in Preston on 9 August.

The 45-year-old was convicted of making indecent images of children in 2011 and 2015.

Officers say Ormerod may have travelled to the North Yorkshire or the Humber region.

Det Sgt Steve Munro, of Lancashire Police, said: “Ormerod has been wanted for over a month now and is in breach of his licence requirements.

“He is believed to have travelled to the Yorkshire area and could be camping.

“I would advise anyone with information not to approach him but to contact police immediately.”

Two teenage girls have been the victims of attempted thefts by moped riders in Pontefract.

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Police say they think the two separate incidents are linked - both happened on Wednesday in Pontefract Park.

The first between 12:50 and 13:15, when two suspects approached a 16-year-old on a moped and tried to snatch her phone.

The second took place between 13:00 and 14:00, when two white males on a moped approached a 16-year-old girl and stole her phone.

The suspects were both white and wearing helmets and camouflage jackets.

Detective Inspector Dave Rogerson of Wakefield District CID, said: “These incidents are clearly linked and what has happened has clearly caused the young ladies involved some distress."

Anyone who witnessed the incidents is being urged to contact the police.

A college head who resigned after an inquiry was launched into expenses totalling £21,000 claimed for a toilet seat, a £225 rug and hotel stays near her home, the BBC has learned.

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Jeanette Dawson stood down as principal of Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire last October.

According to documents, she claimed the money from January 2016 to September 2017, despite earning £140,000 a year.

The college said it began the inquiry after "concerns" over her expenses.

Details of them were released following a Freedom of Information request by the BBC.

However, the BBC understands some information relating to hospitality has been withheld.

Mrs Dawson was unavailable for comment.

The family of a girl killed by a falling rock at a North Yorkshire beach have started fundraising for the charities who tried to save her life, her sister has said.

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Harriet Forster, aged nine, was visiting Staithes when the accident happened at Seaton Garth on 8 August.

Her sister, Sophie, has set up an online fundraising page for Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

She said Harriet's "lasting legacy just needs to be love".

Harriet, from Weston-on-the-Green near Bicester, Oxfordshire, was with her mother when she was hit by the falling rock.

She suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene.

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Leeds Bradford Airport has announced plans for a major expansion with a new terminal building.

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The proposals would see a new arrivals area added to the site, following the recent upgrade of the departure section.

Work is expected to cost more than £12m and it's hoped will be completed by the end of next year.

Police say they are 'concerned' about the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl from Hull.

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Lily Holt-Baines is missing from the Bricknell Avenue area of the city.

She is 5ft 6in tall, medium build with long brown hair, according to officers.

Lily was last seen wearing her Kelvin Hall school uniform.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact police immediately.

Castleford keep up their outside bid for a home Super League play-off semi with a 44-12 blow-out against Huddersfield.

Leeds United will not be affected by the loss of injured strikers Kemar Roofe and Patrick Bamford, says boss Marcelo Bielsa.

Hull KR will be without injured trio Adam Quinlan, Lee Jewitt and the departing Justin Carney for the remaining Super 8s Qualifiers.

League One side Bradford City sign free agent midfielder Jim O'Brien on a short-term deal until December.

This is the massive haul of orange squash donated to Castle Hill Hospital, in Cottingham, after staff made an appeal on BBC Radio Humberside's Facebook page.

Staff there say they now have enough squash to last for at least a year following the "fantastic" response.

They are now asking people to hold off from giving them any more for the time being, so they can use the bottles they already have.

Lydia Dearing, therapy radiographer at Castle Hill, reveals the rooms where all the donations are being stored:

It is alleged that two charity workers helped inmates secure moves to lower-security prisons.

A Sheffield councillor is kicking up a stink about smelly drains which are being blamed for making people ill, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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The stench of the drains is making local residents' eyes, nose, chest and heads sore, according to people in Nether Edge and Sharrow.

Now, Green Party councillor Alison Teal says she wants to hear from anyone else who lives near smelly drains and is feeling ill.

It follows complaints by Glen Road resident David Thomas, who believes his chronic health problems are related to prolonged contact with gases coming from the local combined sewer and from contamination of groundwater.

Yorkshire Water, which is responsible for the drains, says it has carried out numerous surveys.

In a statement, the firm says: "Local sewer investigations and odour tests do not reveal any abnormalities.

"However, we intend to install a trap which will help stop any potential odours from entering the houses."

A Conservative MP is calling for an explanation from the government following the likely loss of about 150 jobs at Vivergo Fuels in Hull and Hessle.

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The company is stopping production at the end of the month because of uncertainty about the government's commitment to greener E10 fuel.

Martin Vickers, the MP for Cleethorpes, said a number of his constituents had been made redundant as a result.

He said they deserve "an explanation why it's taken the government years to come to no decision".

Commons leader, Andrea Leadsom, said the government was due to make a decision about E10 fuel very soon.

A consultation on urgent care in Sheffield looks set to be re-opened, meaning the city's walk-in centre and Minor Injuries Unit will stay open until at least April 2020, according to the Liberal Democrats.

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Sheffield’s Clinical Commissioning Group is asking its Primary Care Commissioning Committee to reconsider the options for urgent care services in the city, the city's Lib Dems claim.

It will look again at the proposals and the benefit from other approaches to closing the walk-in centre and Minor Injuries Unit.

Laura Gordon, the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Hallam, said: "This is fantastic news for the thousands of people who rely on these crucial services."

A stretch of road in East Yorkshire regarded by some cyclists as the jewel in the crown of time trial racing can still be used by racers after a plan to ban them was scrapped.

Highways England applied for a Traffic Regulation Order to stop cyclists using the A63 between Hull and North Cave over safety concerns.

The organisation has now said a ban will not be introduced on the road, which forms part of the v718 time trial course - a 10-mile route seen as one of the fastest in the country.

Highways England says it made the decision after applications for cycling time trials along the route were withdrawn.

A spokesperson for Highways England said: "We are already developing more cycling and safety improvements for the A63 and in the meantime we urge all road users to use this route safely."