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A bright, chilly start with some fog but it'll become cloudy later.

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Two new solar farms to be built in North and East Yorkshire will produce renewable energy and make cash for a Cheshire council.

The solar farms, which will cost more than £60m, will supply Warrington Borough Council with all its electricity, and could be up and running by October.

The farms will use "bifacial" panels, which generate electricity on both sides, and trackers to follow the sun as part of efforts to maximise generation and revenue, according to sustainable energy firm Gridserve.

A solar farm in Hull will supply all the council's electricity needs and cut bills by up to £2m a year, meanwhile power generated at a solar farm in Easingwold will be sold on the open market.

Leader of Warrington Borough Council, Russ Bowden, said: "This deal is good news for Warrington residents and good news for the environment."

Construction of the Easingwold solar farm, on 198 acres on farmland at Boscar Grange, is about to begin, while the Hull scheme, on 131 acres of agricultural land near Bilton, will follow.

Toddington Harper, chief executive of Gridserve, said: "These will be the most advanced solar farms in the UK and quite possibly the world, ushering in a new era of subsidy-free, truly sustainable energy."

A man's been charged with murder after the death of another man in Leeds on Tuesday.

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Dean Anthony Dagless, 48, of Broadlea Terrace, Bramley, has been charged with the murder of St John Lewis, 47, who died following an incident in Broadlea Terrace on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Dagless, who is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court later.

A 45-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

A man's been charged with murder after the death of another man in Leeds on Tuesday.

More to follow...

Failed traffic lights which are stuck at red are causing issues across Sheffield city centre this morning, according to a bus company.

First South Yorkshire has said the failures are affecting public transport:

A plaque in York which made national headlines last year is to be unveiled in the city later...for a second time.

Image source, Keith Seabridge

In July 2018 there was angry reaction over the wording of the plaque in honour of 19th Century diarist Anne Lister, which described her as "gender non-conforming" rather than lesbian.

An online petition claimed the description had "nothing to do with sexuality".

Image source, Calderdale Museums

The plaque was unveiled on 24 July at Holy Trinity Church, where Lister received the church's blessing to privately contract a marriage to Ann Walker on 30 March 1834.

Following the furore, the wording on the plaque has now been changed to read: "Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax Lesbian and Diarist; took sacrament here."

The second unveiling is due to take place at about 13:15 at York's Holy Trinity Church.

BBC Weather

Chilly at first this morning, with a mix of bright spells, patchy fog and low cloud.

Staying mainly dry, with the risk of the occasional shower through the day.

Becoming cloudy this evening:

There's thick fog in parts of Yorkshire this morning.

Police are asking drivers to drive accordingly.

The fog in areas near the coast, such as Scarborough in North Yorkshire and Beeford in East Yorkshire, is said to be particularly thick just now:

Some homeless people in Sheffield have told a council they are better off begging on the streets than being placed in accommodation.

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The Housing First scheme works with single homeless people to provide housing and other support.

Sheffield City Council said funding would be pulled because of a lack of suitable single accommodation.

One man told of earning up to £300 a day from begging, and said many people immediately spent the money on drugs.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said Housing First, a national project set up in Sheffield in November, aimed to help homeless people with "multiple and complex needs" find and stay in tenancies.

Its objective is to improve people's health and well-being, and reduce rough sleeping.

Sheffield's pilot scheme works with 10 people at a time and was due to run until 2020 at a cost to the city council of more than £300,000.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Thursday morning, services seem to be running pretty much to time at the moment.

However, according to National Rail Enquiries, external, the 08:09 York to Liverpool Lime Street service has been cancelled.

For all the latest live updates from the county'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

An 81-year-old man has gone missing from his home in North Yorkshire.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

Police have issued an urgent appeal to help locate James Douglas Thomas, who lives on Clive Road in Spofforth.

He was last seen at 10:00 yesterday morning by his wife when he went on the bus to either Harrogate or Wetherby.

Mr Thomas is described as white, 6ft tall, of slim build with balding grey hair.

He was last seen wearing a fawn jumper and a light-blue jacket.

Footage of the final movements of fans who died at the Hillsborough disaster is played to jurors.

Fire crews have extinguished a huge blaze on moorland in West Yorkshire.

The fire, described by one witness as "apocalyptic", started at about 19:30 on Tuesday and covered about 1.5 sq km of land near Marsden.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said it was "one of the biggest moorland fires we've ever had to deal with".

Image source, Getty Images

Here's what we know about the fire:

• The blaze took hold of about 1.5 sq km of land on Marsden Moor at 19:30 last night
• It came as the UK broke the record for the warmest winter day
• Crews worked throughout the night to bring flames, which were up to two metres high in places, under control at 03:00
• The Duke of York thanked fire crews and police officers for their work, and expressed his sorrow for the moorland which has been destroyed
• West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service has since issued safety warnings, external and advised residents in the area to stay indoors and keep windows closed

Image source, WEST YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE

You can read more about how the blaze was tackled and its impact here.

Image source, WEST YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE

A landmark mural in Sheffield has been vandalised.

Image source, Luis Arroyo

The Steelworker, on Castle Street, has had obscenities spayed onto the brickwork.

It joins a number of murals in Sheffield city centre which have been vandalised recently.

Visitors to the city centre have criticised the damage.

"The murals like the one by Pete McKee brighten up the city, I'm all for artwork", passer-by Sharon said.

"It's such a shame people with nothing better to do are just ruining it."

A two-storey high mural of steel pioneer Harry Brearley was damaged last year, with further vandalism to it over the past few weeks.

Another mural by artist Pete McKee was also damaged last month.

A black paint mark appeared on the artwork, which is on the side of The Art House building, near Division Street.

Sarah, from Sheffield, said the damage to Mr McKee's artwork was "mindless".

"It's awful to deface someone's artwork.

"Worse than just doing a building because someone has taken the time to do these", she said.

Responding to the damage last month, artist Pete McKee said he'd like to "have a cup of tea and give a hug" to whoever damaged it.

"Clearly they are having a tough time and need some love and encouragement with their own aspirations," said Mr McKee.

Labour MP Chris Williamson has been suspended by the Labour Party for remarks he made at a meeting in Sheffield about the party's handling of anti-Semitism.

The Derby North claimed Labour had "given too much ground" in the face of criticism over the issue, remarks which he now says he "deeply regrets" but which have been roundly condemned across the party.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A tidal flow traffic system, designed to open and close a reversible lane in Sheffield, is to be scrapped because it keeps breaking.

Image source, Google

Heeley motorists have spent almost 40 years being directed by huge illuminated arrows and crosses hanging above Queens Road.

But the gantry system has been plagued by problems and will now be dismantled and replaced with two lanes for traffic in one direction and two in the opposite direction.

The lights, described as a tidal traffic management system, have been over the A61 London Road to Queens Road since 1981 and vary the number of lanes according to the time of day.

Amey, through the Streets Ahead highway maintenance contract, plans to remove the system altogether and say it will save £250,000.

You may remember us reporting on a police appeal for a wanted man in Sheffield.

Officers tell us the man, Dane Shaw, is now in custody.

A Leeds soldier who was found hanged at an Army base in Northern Ireland did not intend to take his own life, a coroner has found.

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Lance Corporal James Ross, 30, from Leeds, was found dead in his room at Abercorn Barracks in Ballykinler on 8 December 2012.

Belfast coroner Joe McCrisken said: "I consider James Ross's death to have been an accident".

The findings conclude a three-week inquest at Ballymena Court House.

L/Cpl Ross's mother Linda Ketcher urged the Army to "smarten up" and "get it right".

"I have sat in every day and listened to every piece of evidence and I think there is a lot to be learned, whether or not they take it on board and hopefully the coroner taking these points on will take it a bit further".

A Sheffield car park has been named the world's quirkiest by a parking provider.

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The Charles Street Car Park, also known as the cheesegrater by locals because of its jagged cladding, topped the list, beating a floating Japanese car park and a robotic car tower in Germany.

The 10-torey, steel-clad structure, opened in 2008 as part of Sheffield's Heart of the City development.

It has previously been on the list of the coolest car parks in the world.

Ceramic artist Renne So has delved into European and Assyrian culture and created stoneware to go on display at the Henry Moore Institute.

Image source, HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE

The artist has based her work on the bellarmine jug, which was a decorative stoneware piece used for food and drink from the 16th century.

Ms So will show ceramic characters and machine-knitted textiles in the exhibition which opens on 8 March.

Image source, HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE