The wind is affecting the roads across Yorkshire today, with the A628 Woodhead Pass being closed to high-sided vehicles this afternoon.

Highways England say traffic officers are being sent to the area to assess how windy it is:

Keith Cochrane and Lord Gadhia have resigned due to "low levels of activity" with fracking plans.

The Humber Bridge is closed to high-sided vehicles as strong winds are making it dangerous to cross.

Highways England closed the bridge for a time yesterday, before reopening it eight hours later:

The Arctic Monkeys were back home in Sheffield last night as part of their latest tour.

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They're playing four sold-out gigs at Sheffield Arena this week with songs from their latest album, as well as some of their classics.

Thousands of people packed out the arena, as this photo (above) from Dave Johnson shows.

Fan Kerrie Farnell was on the front row and he managed to take a decent shot of front man Alex Turner (below).

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Josh wasn't quite as close to the front, but still had this great view of the Sheffield band.

Image source, Josh Clarke

Were you there? Are you going this week? Let us know.

Staff at the University of Bradford have voted for strike action - it comes after redundancies were announced earlier in the year.

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Plans by the university could see 165 staff lose their jobs, with the cuts being blamed on a decrease in applications from the UK and changes to the government's funding.

Members of the union Unison are taking the action, 64% of them voted to strike, with those working in non-academic roles being the ones at risk.

The university has previously said: "Consultation with staff has been ongoing since the beginning of June".

A beer festival in York claims to have Europe's longest bar - the bar serving real ales, lager and cider is 276 ft long.

There are more than 500 beers and at least 100 ciders and perries on offer at the York Beer and Cider festival, which is now in it's 10th year.

The bar at the event, which gets underway today on the city's Knavesmire, is said to "stretch as far as the eye can see".

Nick Love is one of the organisers, he said: "We've measured it and it's Europe's longest bar, if only for four days."

Almost half of tested Rotherham traders were willing to sell knives to children, a national police operation found.

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Police say underage volunteers went into 11 traders in the town, with five of them willing to sell knives to the young people.

It is illegal to sell a knife to anyone under 18, unless it has a folding blade 3 inches long or less.

Police say as part of Operation Sceptre they also stopped and searched seven people, arresting two people and recovering one knife (pictured above).

Police officers investigating an alleged assault are trying to find a suspect accused of biting his victim's nose at a comedy club in Hull.

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The suspected attacker then fled the scene, while the other man had to be treated in hospital for injuries to his face.

Humberside Police want to speak to anyone who saw what happened at the club, on George Street, on 31 August.

The number of children being homeschooled in North Yorkshire has increased by 45% in the past year.

Figures for the North Yorkshire County Council area show 551 children are being educated at home, a rise of 171 in the past 12 months.

However, the council says this is less than 1% of all school-age children, and that they proactively monitor and support those who are taught at home.

CCTV images have been released of three people police want to speak to after lead roofing slabs were stolen from the roof of Doncaster railway station.

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Three men got onto the roof of the station about 01:20 on 1 September, before two men returned later that morning and stole lead roofing slabs at about 10:25.

British Transport Police officers say they want to speak to the three men pictured in relation to the theft.

Train nerds and commuters prepare to rejoice, Northern's new trains are on their way:

A South Yorkshire council is asking people not to take photos of people who have taken the drug "Spice".

Sheffield City Council has released a leaflet saying people who have used Spice may act in a "disturbing way", be unsteady and appear "zombie-like".

Some users who have overdosed may appear unconsciousness, it adds.

The drug can be distressing for both the user and members of the public, the council says, and it's asking people to be "compassionate":

Two senior figures have resigned from a firm which wants to carry out fracking in North Yorkshire.

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Third Energy's chairman Keith Cochrane has quit, as has the company's senior independent director, Lord Gadhia.

It emerged yesterday that drilling for shale gas is unlikely to start at the firm's site in Kirby Misperton this year.

Under Environment Agency regulations, the company must first complete water quality monitoring at the site.

In a statement, Third Energy says: "As the hydraulic fracturing programme and further development is currently delayed, with resulting low levels of activity, the company has accepted the directors' resignations."

In 2016, the firm was given planning permission to drill at Kirby Misperton, but it is still waiting for final approval from the government.

North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan is to be quizzed by a police and crime panel.

A road in Bradford's closed following a serious crash this morning.

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Station Road in Steeton is currently closed from the roundabout to the traffic lights in the village.

Police have asked people to avoid the area while emergency services deal with the crash.

Dougal Shaw
BBC News

A primary school in a deprived part of Bradford has gone from failing school to success story.

The transformation, it says, is down to a decision to rebuild its curriculum around music.

Government inspectors had put Feversham Primary in special measures, meaning they thought the school was offering an unacceptable standard of education and needed new leadership.

But six years on, the school inspectors rate the school very differently.

According to performance tables, external, it is in the top 10% of schools in England when it comes to progressing children's learning in core subjects like maths and English.

For the eldest pupils at the school who have come through the system, their progress in reading and maths places them in the top 2% and 1% respectively in England.

So how did it achieve this remarkable turnaround? Find out more here.

North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner is due to face a grilling later by a complaints committee, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Julia Mulligan will appear before the Crime Panel Complaints Sub-Committee at County Hall in Northallerton, but the public and the media have been barred from attending the hearing.

Although the nature of the allegations against her have not been disclosed, it's understood they relate to Mrs Mulligan's conduct and members of staff or former members of staff.

A spokesman for the commissioner has said there is little that can be said at this stage as it might interfere with the process.

Should the committee find against Mrs Mulligan, the panel cannot impose formal sanctions on her as it does not have the power to do so.

However, it can publish a report or a recommendation.

A person has been arrested after a police helicopter was "persistently" targeted by a laser pen.

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The National Police Air Service helicopter had a green laser shone into the cockpit while it was responding to an emergency call in Barnsley at about 20:30 last night.

A suspect with a laser pen was later found and arrested, police say.

A Taser has been seized from a house in Hull and a 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of possessing the weapon.

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The Taser was found after officers executed a warrant at a property in Ceylon Street on Monday, police say.

A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing or distributing prohibited weapons designed for discharge of noxious substances and bailed until next month.

West Yorkshire Police motorway officer PC Martin Willis was moved to tweet this picture after receiving a very special card - and, perhaps surprisingly, a rock - through the post: