A hot-air balloon festival in York has been blamed for causing gridlock in the city centre at the weekend.

Some buses were running more than an hour late due to too many cars trying to get to the Balloon Fiesta on the Knavesmire racecourse, according to City of York Council.

The council wrote on Twitter there were "severe delays" on roads heading towards the racecourse and bus company First York reported "major delays" on all services.

First York said on social media that traffic resulting from the Balloon Fiesta had "brought York Centre to gridlock", with most services running about 60 minutes late.

The balloon festival organisers said they were "victims of their own success" and they would improve traffic management next year if the event is staged in the city again.

It's thought more than 30,000 people attended the event, which saw 50 balloons taking off from the city centre location.

A West Yorkshire supermarket which sells food near its sell-by date says it's hoping to expand nationally.

The Leeds-based Junk Food Project, external takes food destined for landfill and asks shoppers to pay what they feel like for it instead.

The project's founder, Adam Smith, says he hopes by expanding the business, more people will realise older food can still be edible:

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

A chilly but fine start but cloud will increase through the day, though it will stay dry.

Watch my full forecast here:

Yorkshire sign Nottinghamshire opening batsman Will Fraine on a three-year contract.

Plans for a 453-acre business park in the east of Hull are due to go on show in the city today.

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Port operators ABP hope it will become a major distribution and manufacturing site which will create thousands of jobs.

Local residents will be able to discuss the proposals for the Humber International Enterprise Park today and Wednesday.

Huddersfield's England winger Jermaine McGillvary signs a new contract to keep him at the Giants until the end of 2023.

A fresh crackdown on burglars is being launched today in South Yorkshire.

Police officers are expected to visit about 8,000 homes in Sheffield and Doncaster as part of Operation Shield.

They'll distribute Smartwater, a liquid which leaves a traceable mark on property or burglars, and can only be seen under ultraviolet black light.

How about this for a bird's eye view of Leeds by night?

It's a whirly-bird's eye view to be exact, taken by the crew of West Yorkshire Police's helicopter - and what a view it is...

Image source, @NPASCarrGate

Image source, @NPASCarrGate

Image source, @NPASCarrGate

From today, GP receptionists across East Yorkshire will be asking patients who ring for a doctor's appointment basic questions about their condition.

Receptionists who have been given special training will be able to give patients information about seeing other health care professionals instead if that's appropriate.

Health bosses say the new system should allow patients to get help sooner without having to see their GP first.

Tenants living in shared houses in Yorkshire could face eviction or increases in rent because of changes to government rules, according to the National Landlords Association.

New rules mean owners of houses with more than five people living in them, who are not from the same family, will have to apply for a licence.

From today, an extra 160,000 houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs), external have to be registered with local councils - almost triple the current figure.

HMOs are homes where people, who are not related, sleep in separate rooms but share facilities such as kitchens or bathrooms.

Mainly students, migrants and low-paid workers live in the half a million HMO properties in England.

The government says the new rules will improve housing standards and protect tenants, but the body representing landlords says tenants could be at risk.

BBC Weather

A chilly start but with plenty of sunshine this morning and the chance of a shower towards the east.

It'll be dry this afternoon with further bright spells and a little more cloud later.

Light rain or drizzle will move its way south and east this evening and it'll be breezy:

A teenage girl from South Yorkshire who had been missing for more than a week has been found "safe and well" in Scotland, police said.

Courtney Booth, 15, was reported missing at about 23:00 on 22 September after failing to return home to her family in Stainforth, Doncaster.

She had been in the Harrogate area before boarding a train to Edinburgh at York railway station.

She was found in the Scottish capital, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A force spokesperson thanked the public and Police Scotland for their support during the search.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today there are currently no serious delays or cancellations.

For all the latest live updates from Yorkshire's main railway stations, click on the links below:

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

A man has been arrested over the death of a pedestrian in a suspected hit-and-run crash in West Yorkshire.

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The 35-year-old man was hit by a car in Skircoat Moor Road, Halifax, at about 21:05 on Saturday and died at the scene.

Police said the driver of the car failed to stop, with the vehicle later found abandoned near the scene.

A man contacted West Yorkshire Police and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, the force said.