This is the scene in Mapplewell as the women's Tour de Yorkshire race came through the village.

Writing on Twitter, Barnsley Council said there was a "great atmosphere" this morning:

Joanita Musisi
Reporter, BBC Radio York

I'm enjoying an ice cream in Bedale this morning where the second stage of Tour de Yorkshire will finish later today.

The atmosphere is already buzzing and there’s blue and yellow everywhere - even the ice cream is blue and yellow.

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This women's Tour de Yorkshire race, which got under way a short time ago, is the longest yet.

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For the first time ever, it will take place on Friday and Saturday which the organisers say will "allow more people to celebrate the race".

Both stages of the race will be exactly the same as the men's, with 264km of racing and 3,200m of cumulative climbing.

Today, the riders started in Barnsley before finishing in Bedale, while tomorrow they will race from Bridlington to Scarborough.

Some of the big names to look out for include Anna van der Breggen, Marianne Vos, Annemiek van Vleuten, Dame Sarah Storey Jess Roberts and Yorkshire's very own Lizzie Deignan.

Here are the results of the first intermediate sprint in the women's Tour de Yorkshire race which took place at Pontefract.

It's Susanne Andersen in first, followed by Marianne Vos and Christine Majerus:

While several local election counts have been held overnight in Yorkshire, there are plenty more results still to come.

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Counts are due to take place this morning in:

• Bradford
• Calderdale
• Kirklees
• Sheffield
• York
• Richmondshire
• Ryedale
• Scarborough
• Selby
• Craven
• Hambleton

We'll bring you the results as soon as they're in.

The two-day women's Tour de Yorkshire race is under way.

Racers set off from Barnsley just after 09:00 and finish in Bedale 82 miles later:

Matt Soanes
Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

It was a difficult night for Labour in Wakefield. They've lost three seats - two to independent councillors, one to a Liberal Democrat.

I spoke to Labour's council leader Peter Box, who told me it was a particularly difficult year because of Brexit being the number one issue on people's lips on the doorsteps - and a lot of people are very frustrated with the way Westminster politics are working at the moment.

That could be why the Lib Dems have made a breakthrough in Knottingley, with their candidate Thomas Gordon telling me that frustration with the two main parties in Westminster has made it easier for candidates from smaller parties, like him, to break through this year.

For the first time in its history, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has no Labour councillor, following local election results overnight.

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Also for the first time, members of the Yorkshire Party have won seats on the council, which has remained in Conservative control.

The Yorkshire Party, which campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Assembly within the UK, now has two seats in Bridlington.

Andy Walker and Tim Norman have been elected to the Bridlington South ward.

Mr Norman says: "I'm over the moon to have been elected, but I'm not surprised at all."

"We've put a lot of work in, spoken to a lot of people and the response on the doorstep has been absolutely fantastic."

A man's been left critically injured after being stabbed during a fight in Leeds in the early hours of this morning.

Police were called to Harehills Road, near the junction with Bayswater Mount, at about 02:40 after reports of a fight involving a number of people.

Officers found a 38-year-old man seriously hurt with what's believed to be a stab wound to his abdomen.

He was taken to hospital and remains in a critical condition this morning, police say.

A cordon remains in place in Harehills Road while forensic examinations and searches are carried out.

Anyone with information about the incident is being urged to contact police.

The Conservatives take control of North East Lincolnshire for the first time as Labour hold on to Hull

Labour remain in control in Barnsley this morning following Thursday's local elections, with a total of 49 seats.

A third of the council's seats were up for grabs.

Labour lost seven of the 19 they had held, three to independents. two to Democrats and Veterans, two to the Liberal Democrats.

Meanwhile, there was one Conservative loss to the Lib Dems.

BBC News Travel

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

However, the 08:00 Bradford Interchange to Leeds 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

Both major political parties need to do a deal on Brexit so politicians can move on to tackling real issues like poverty and prosperity, according to the leader of Hull City Council.

Labour retained control of the city council overnight following Thursday's local elections.

Council boss Steven Brady (pictured) claims Brexit was one of the main reasons the turnout in some Hull wards was as low as 13%.

Mr Brady says: "They really do need to sort the mess out of Brexit and let us settle down and start looking at the serious problems such as social care and children's services and bring some prosperity back to the people."

Harehills Road in Leeds is currently closed in both directions due to a police incident.

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Officers say the road is shut off between Ashton Grove and Ashton Street.

We'll bring you more details as we get them.

BBC Weather

A rather chilly day to come today with plenty of cloud, limited brighter spells and the risk of showers.

Cloud will tend to break during the course of the night and it will become rather cold:

Kevin Larkin
Political reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

Labour has lost four seats in Leeds in the local elections - two to the Liberal Democrats, one to the Greens and one to the Conservatives.

It was a mixed bag across the city, with protest votes going to the small parties, in particular the Greens, the Lib Dems and the independents.

However, council leader Judith Blake (pictured) remains in charge and Labour continues to run Leeds City Council.

Pritti Mistry
BBC News Online

As Labour retained control of Hull City Council, one Liberal Democrat councillor said he was optimistic his party will "win again in the future".

Mike Ross, a Lib Dem councillor for the Avenue ward, said voters in the city were "fed up with the mess that's being conducted by the two main parties at Westminster".

He added that support for other political parties, including his, was a message to Labour and the Conservatives.

Conservatives retain control of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Labour is "wiped out" in the Beverley counts for East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

As Wakefield wakes up to a Labour council, we take a brief look at the stats: