Police are trying to find this man from Sheffield who's been missing since yesterday:

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Harry Marritt was last seen on Colley Road at about midday.

He hasn't been heard from since and police say they're "concerned for his welfare".

Mr Marritt is described as being about 5ft 6ins tall, of medium build, with light brown short hair. He was last seen with a large blue holdall which may have had clothes in.

He normally wears black jogging bottoms but may be wearing different clothing.

Anybody who knows where Mr Marritt could be is being asked to get in touch with police.

A man has died after a crash involving a motorbike and a van in Wakefield.

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It happened at about 18:15 on Tuesday at a junction on Aberford Road.

A van was turning right into Castle Gate when it collided with a motorcyclist travelling in the opposite direction, according to police.

The 56-year-old bike rider died at the scene.

Witnesses to the crash are being asked to get in touch with police.

There are still major problems for drivers on part of the M62 westbound in West Yorkshire this morning as emergency repairs are carried out on the carriageway.

Drivers between J30 (Oulton) and J29 (the M1 link) are being warned to expect delays - perhaps substantial - while work continues.

Roads nearby are also being affected by the problems on the M62, it seems.

Things aren't expected to be back to normal on that stretch of the road until about 15:00, according to Highways England.

Bridlington and Hornsea are now year-round holiday destinations, according to East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Beach chalets in the two resorts are fully booked over the winter months, the council says.

It comes 10 years after it was decided that the chalets could be hired during the winter.

The authority is trying to make the towns destinations throughout both the summer and winter holiday seasons.

Armed police were called to the scene of a car crash in Bradford after people were seen "fighting with weapons".

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It happened at about 15:50 on Monday on Ivanhoe Road after a car crash involving a silver Audi RS3 and a red Land Rover Freelander.

Nobody involved in the crash was at the scene when officers arrived, according to police.

Anyone who saw what happened is being asked to get in touch with the West Yorkshire force.

Peacocks and peahens at the centre of a row in a South Yorkshire village are to be left alone, despite complaints from some local residents.

About 20 peafowl were roaming the streets of Finningley near Doncaster "damaging cars and gardens", according to some villagers.

Meanwhile, other residents said the colourful birds were the reason they moved to the village.

The parish council, which has been looking at ways to reduce the number of peacocks and peahens in the village, was presented with a 310-name petition set up in support of the birds.

At a meeting last night, the parish council agreed to take no further action.

BBC Weather

A cloudy and mainly dry start, though rain already over western parts will soon move east to all areas.

Turning drier later this morning. This afternoon will then be dry with lengthy sunny spells.

Temperatures will hit a high of about 14C (57F) with a low of 6C (43F):

There are calls for control over the planned high-speed HS2 rail link to be handed to leaders across the north of England.

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It follows speculation that the HS2 project between Leeds and London could be scrapped.

The current route sees phase 2b, from Birmingham to Leeds, cut through South Yorkshire near Sheffield before heading into West Yorkshire with a branch reaching into North Yorkshire.

The independent review is calling for a new body called HS2 North to take charge.

Chris Oglesby, a member of the panel which oversaw the review, said: "Our review panel proposes that the North and Midlands must take control of the nation's high-speed network.

"HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail - a major priority of Boris Johnson and his government - are completely interlinked and a joined up approach is required to both and the upgrades to existing lines," he said.

A review into whether to scrap HS2 was launched by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in August and is due to be completed shortly.

BBC News Travel

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

However:

• The 08:43 Doncaster to Leeds service has been cancelled
• The 09:01 Wakefield Westgate to Leeds service has been cancelled
• The 09:45 Leeds to London Kings Cross service has been cancelled
• The 09:58 Wakefield Westgate to London Kings Cross 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

There are delays of more than 60 minutes on the M62 westbound in West Yorkshire this morning due to "urgent works" being carried out on the carriageway.

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The work is taking place between junction 30 for Oulton and Lofthouse to junction 29 with the M1.

Lanes three and four are closed and disruption is expected throughout the morning.

Highways England says there are delays of more than an hour because of the lane closures.

A new play in Leeds shows the impact of the Yorkshire Ripper's reign of terror on ordinary women.

Welcome to Yorkshire's new boss says oversight was "largely absent" from the tourist body.

The new chairman of Welcome to Yorkshire says the tourism agency previously operated under a culture of "spend now, worry about it later".

Peter Box released two reports this afternoon - one looking into the organisation's finances, and another at its future.

One, dated 29 August, said without a £500,000 loan from North Yorkshire County Council and another £1m investment "Welcome to Yorkshire will run out of cash by November at the latest".

The second revealed, among other matters, it spent £250,000 on its display at this year's Chelsea Flower Show - more than three times the £80,000 it had budgeted.

Former chief executive Sir Gary Verity resigned in March on health grounds, but later faced complaints about his behaviour and expenses.

A Banksy mural painted on a bridge in Hull has been successfully removed, according to the council.

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The artwork, which shows a young boy carrying a wooden sword with a pencil attached to the end, was painted on the Scott Street bridge over the River Hull in January 2018.

However, with the bridge earmarked for demolition Hull City Council brought in a specialist team to remove the work and place it in secure storage.

It will be put back out for public display "as soon as possible", Hull City Council said.

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Christine Bairstow said students treat the former cemetery where her sister is buried "like a back garden".

What's thought to be the biggest river rewilding scheme in the north of England is under way on the River Derwent.

The 100-mile long river, which flows from Fylingdales Moor on the North York Moors, to the River Ouse about 20 miles south of York, marks the boundary of the East Riding for more than 20 miles.

The Environment Agency's £5m programme will see weirs and locks modified so trout and salmon can migrate up the river more easily.

Non-native plants will also be removed in a bid to help stop riverbanks eroding.

The project is expected to take five years to complete.

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club are close to signing England batsman Dawid Malan, BBC Radio Leeds reports.

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Malan, 32, who has played 15 Tests and six limited-overs matches for England, resigned as captain of Middlesex last month.

He is contracted to his current club, who play in County Championship Division Two, until the end of 2021.

But it is believed Malan is keen to move to a Division One team to boost his England career having last played Test cricket in August 2018.

David Duckenfield, 75, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the 1989 disaster.

Several trees lining a road in Hull have been cut down, with the council saying they were causing damage.

The trees, on Hessle Road, have been removed as their roots were affecting the nearby pavement, according to Hull City Council.

The trees will be replaced by others "more appropriate for the condition of the highway and will not damage the pavement", the authority said.

One woman has told the BBC she was glad to see the trees felled: "I think they needed to go to be honest. I think it's quite dangerous for old people, people on those scooters."

However, another local resident said the trees just needed to "be trimmed up a little bit" rather than removed.

Loud fireworks could be a thing of the past in one district of West Yorkshire if a new local by-law is passed at a meeting taking place today, external.

Councillors in Bradford are looking at the idea of banning "noisy" fireworks citing, among other factors, an increased number of complaints about noise nuisance.

A protest was held in Bradford's City Park earlier this year against what organisers Bradford4Better described as the city's "horrendous" firework problem.