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  1. Yorkshire's weatherpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    BBC Weather

    A chilly start to the day, but this morning will be dry and settled with spells of sunshine.

    It should remain fine in to this afternoon with further periods of sunshine.

    Tonight it will be dry at first with clear spells, followed by some showery rain.

    Weather graphic
  2. Check your Yorkshire train journeypublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    BBC News Travel

    If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this morning, most services appear to be running to time.

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

  3. Chief whip attacks cabinet's post-election strategypublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    The government should have made clear after the 2017 election that it would "inevitably" have to accept a softer Brexit, the Tory chief whip and North Yorkshire MP has said.

    Julian Smith

    In a BBC documentary, the MP for Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith, is also strongly critical of the cabinet's behaviour and lack of discipline.

    It is unprecedented for a chief whip to publicly attack his own government and comes as the cabinet is deeply split over whether to move to a softer deal.

    MPs hold further indicative votes later on options to resolve the deadlock.

    A customs union with the EU is thought to be the most popular of the ideas under consideration.

    In interviews for The Brexit Storm, Mr Smith who, as chief whip, is responsible for maintaining discipline within the Conservative Party, accused ministers of trying to undermine the prime minister.

    Although European leaders agreed a withdrawal deal with Mrs May, Parliament has rejected it three times.

  4. Parents hope at painkiller classification changepublished at 06:44 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    The parents of a woman from Scarborough who died after overdosing on the prescription medicine pregabalin, say the decision to make it a class C drug could save lives.

    Sarah JollyImage source, Family photo

    Chris and Viv Jolly's daughter, Sarah (pictured) died after taking the drug, which was prescribed to relieve her back pain.

    The reclassification of pregabalin - prescribed to treat nerve pain, epilepsy and anxiety - as a class C drug, was announced in October after a spike in deaths.

    Mrs Jolly said: "It's too late for our daughter, but hopefully it will help someone else."

    The change, brought in on the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, means that from today it will be illegal to possess pregabalin and gabapentin without a prescription, and it will be illegal to supply or sell the drugs to others.

  5. Libby Squire: Floral tributes preserved at church servicepublished at 06:30 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    Student Libby Squire was remembered at a special church service yesterday where hundreds of flowers were preserved in her memory.

    FlowersImage source, HULL COMMUNITY CHURCH

    The 21-year-old's body was found in the Humber Estuary last Wednesday after going missing in Hull on 31 January.

    Ms Squire was last seen on a bench on Beverley Road, where flowers and messages have since been left.

    The flowers have been turned into potpourri after her family asked they did not go to waste.

    Hull Community Church collected more than 400 bunches of flowers from the bench area.

    Libby SquireImage source, Squire family

    Minister Anne Dannerolle said they had been in contact with Ms Squire's parents, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, who had asked that the flowers not be left to fade.

    Ms Dannerolle said the potpourri was given to 160 people who attended the service, as well as Ms Squire's family and friends, and that anything left over would be handed out in the community.

    The church is now working with the family for a more permanent memorial to the student.

    Humberside Police have said Ms Squire's death is being treated as a homicide investigation.