Castleford Tigers prop Liam Watts signs a three-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until 2023.

A new attraction in Scarborough could be "wheely" good news.

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A 32m-high observation wheel is to be put up for one month in the town’s South Bay

It'll be on the site of the former Futurist theatre, which was demolished last year.

Scarborough Borough Council say the wheel, planned to be up and spinning by the end of the month, will give 360-degree views over the bay and will be able to carry up to 144 passengers at a time.

Councillor Steve Siddons, said: “I'm really pleased we've been able to secure such a high quality attraction for Scarborough and I am looking forward to seeing it in operation.

Two men have been arrested in Hull and more than £10,000 of cash and drugs have been seized after police interrupted a suspected drugs deal.

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Officers arrested a 35-year-old man on Beverley Road carrying 20 wraps of what's thought to be heroin.

Humberside Police say "further intelligence" led to a property on Ryde Street where around 100 wraps of the drug and more than £7,600 in cash was found.

A 19-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested in connection with the discovery.

Cricket fans are being told to expect increased security at today's World Cup match between Afghanistan and the West Indies at Headingley.

It's after trouble at Saturday's game between Pakistan and Afghanistan when supporters of the two teams clashed inside and outside the ground.

Three arrests were made with two men being released without charge and one bailed pending further enquiries.

There were incidents of "disorder" before, during and after the game, which Pakistan won by three wickets.

Today's match is the penultimate fixture in Leeds.

Police in South Yorkshire are asking for help from members of the public to find a man missing from Sheffield.

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David Smith, 50, was last seen at his home in the Hillsborough area at about 08:00 yesterday morning.

Officers say his family are "growing increasingly worried."

He's described as tanned, about 6ft tall, of medium build with short brown hair and has tattoos on his forearms and shoulders.

It’s believed he’s carrying a large blue duffle bag and a walking stick.

Anyone who sees him is being urged to contact police.

Five suspected county lines drug dealers have been arrested in Scarborough, police say.

County lines is the term given to drug dealers who travel from urban areas to sell drugs in smaller county towns, using mobile phones to advertise their drugs.

Police arrested three men and two women after officers saw what they believed was a drug deal in the Queen Street area of the town and followed the suspects to a nearby flat where they seized a large amount of cash, mobile phones and wraps of suspected class A drugs.

A 19-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and money laundering.

A 17-year-old boy from London was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and obstructing the police.

An 18-year-old woman from London and a man, 33, and a woman, 42, both from Scarborough, were all arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.

The North Yorkshire force says the 18-year-old and 17-year-old remain in police custody, the rest have been released while under investigation.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

It'll be a dry and sunny morning with cloud developing as the day goes on.

Temperatures in some places could reach as high as 24C.

Overnight things will stay mostly dry, but thicker cloud could bring the chance of an isolated shower:

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Doncaster Council is being accused of "letting children down" for announcing the end of a reading project started by the singer Dolly Parton.

The scheme gives children under the age of five a free book to read each month.

An email seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service shows the Dolly Parton Imagination Library will come to an end on 1 September, following a review of library services.

Bosses said it was a "difficult decision" after trying to find alternative funding arrangements.

The external funding, provided by the Schools Forum, ended after three years and was worth about £678,000.

The scheme will hit 12,000 families with young children, with some on the waiting list to receive books.

The US country star set up the scheme in the UK in 2007.

The decision has been heavily criticised by parents who said the council should look to fund the service after the grant ended.

Scientists from the University of Hull are among those calling for urgent action to tackle sand shortages across the world.

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The academics from Hull, along with those from three universities in the US, have released a report which shows sand and gravel are being extracted faster than they can be replaced.

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Chris Hackney, from the University of Hull’s Energy and Environment Institute, said: “It’s time that sand was given the same focus on the world stage as other global commodities such as oil, gas and precious metals.”

A student police officer is following in the footsteps of her dad by starting work in Sheffield wearing the same collar number as him.

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Lois Hunt-Brown said she was "incredibly proud" to take her dad's collar number of 2675 as she starts her training this week.

Her father, James, who left the force as an inspector at Snig Hill, said unusually his collar number wasn't assigned to anyone after he retired in 2015 so "maybe it's been waiting for Lois".

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Thursday 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:

• 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 14-year-old boy has gone missing in West Yorkshire, police say.

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Bradley Clift is described as 5ft,7ins tall, slim, with short blonde hair.

He was last seen on Tuesday in Dewsbury, wearing a black hoodie, black trousers and nike trainers.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact West Yorkshire Police.

BBC Weather

Today will be dry with spells of sunshine continuing into the evening.

Overnight it will stay dry with long clear spells developing:

BBC Sport

Beverley's Kyle Edmund says he must improve his fitness after squandering a two-set lead to lose to Fernando Verdasco in the Wimbledon second round.

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The British number one was three games from victory before a slip and fatigue derailed him in a 4-6 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4 loss.

"It was a long match, quite a physical match," Edmund, 24, said. "The sort of physical intensity that I showed in the first part of the match gradually just declined. I was not able to keep that level up.

"I should have probably finished the match in the first place in the first part of the match, having obviously a two-sets-to-love lead and a break."

A man who was found dead in a street in Bradford has been named by police.

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Mohammed Feazan Ayaz, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene at Saffron Drive in Allerton on Monday morning.

A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion or murder and remains in custody, West Yorkshire Police said.

Mr Ayaz's family described him as a "a father figure, a lovely son and brother" and urged anyone with information to contact police.

Who is Magid Magid and what barriers has he overcome to take his seat at the European Parliament?

Hull KR centre Thomas Minns will be out for three months after having surgery on a foot injury he suffered in training.

League One side Rochdale re-sign Huddersfield Town forward Rekeil Pyke on a season-long loan deal.

Yorkshire beat Surrey by 123 runs with just 10 balls to spare following a dramatic final day at Scarborough.

The main stage at Sheffield's Tramilines music festival has been named after its late director Sarah Nulty, who died last year aged 36, it's been confirmed.

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She died following "a brief illness", Tramlines said at the time.

The main stage at the festival will be called Nulty's Main Stage, honouring the woman who helped set up the festival in 2009.

Miss Nulty has been described by festival organisers as "a well-loved, galvanising force in Sheffield".