Mountain rescue teams have joined the search for a missing teacher after his abandoned people carrier was found in a moorland car park.

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Nicholas Harper, 50, was last seen as he left his home in Pickering, North Yorkshire, on Thursday morning.

His black Citroen Picasso was found parked about 13 miles away, near Helmsley.

Searches of a nearby forest and footpaths turned up "no signs of the missing man", volunteers said.

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About 40 members of two mountain rescue organisations joined police dog teams and a force helicopter to search the area.

Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team said: "Tracks and forestry extending up to five miles from the car park were searched.

"No signs of the missing man were found."

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One in Yorkshire says many people, including those in work, are struggling to make ends meet.

A 15-year-old girl has gone missing in Leeds.

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Police say Sharon Demeterova was last seen in the Moortown area of the city on Friday.

She is known to frequent the Wakefield, Castleford, Horbury and Normanton areas.

She's described as white and has very long black hair.

She was last seen wearing black tracksuit bottoms, a hooded top and a puffa jacket.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender following the shooting of a boxer through a pub window.

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Tom Bell, 21, was shot at the Maple Tree in Woodfield Way, Balby, on 17 January and died later in hospital.

The 34-year-old man from Doncaster was arrested on Friday before being released while inquiries continue, South Yorkshire Police said.

Two men have been charged with murder and six others arrested in the inquiry.

A man held over the disappearance of Libby Squire remains of interest to the inquiry, police have said, as unrelated charges against him were announced.

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The University of Hull student, 21, has been missing for 10 days and was last seen after a night out.

Humberside Police have been questioning a 24-year-old man they arrested in Hull on Wednesday.

The force said the man had been charged with voyeurism, outraging public decency and three counts of burglary.

Det Supt Matt Hutchinson said the charges relate to reported offences between December 2017 and January of this year - and said that all the charges were unrelated to Libby's disappearance.

The suspect remains in police custody and is due to appear at Hull Magistrates' Court later today.

"Our priority remains to find Libby and support her family at this incredibly distressing time," Det Supt Hutchinson added.