The family of a missing man from North Yorkshire will be driving a lorry around Lincolnshire next week in a bid to raise awareness of their efforts to find him.

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Peter Brown, 46, from Whitby, was last seen in Scarborough on 8 May last year.

Since then, his family has continued to appeal for his safe return.

Next week, a lorry covered in photographs and information about Mr Brown will be driven from Grimsby to Skegness.

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Mr Brown is described as white, about 6ft 1in tall and of muscular/athletic build. He is unshaven and his hair is a greying/brown colour, which is slightly thinning.

He was last seen wearing a blue hoodie underneath a blue waist-length jacket, loose grey cotton jogging bottoms and blue Nike trainers and he may have been wearing a blue baseball cap.

Police believe Mr Brown may be sleeping rough and so may appear more dishevelled than in his pictures.

Cannabis plants worth at least £60,000 have been found during a police raid at a property in Barnsley.

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The cannabis farm was discovered at an address on Doncaster Road by officers carrying out a warrant.

A man aged 49 was arrested at the property on suspicion of production of cannabis and he remains in custody, police say.

Another man, aged 42, has also been arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis in connection to the property.

Ch Insp Julie Mitchell said: "We understand people have different views and opinions on cannabis and its uses, however cannabis is a Class B drug and it is illegal to possess, grow and sell it.

"I urge those who have concerns to continue reporting via 101 or anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers."

"The money obtained from growing and selling cannabis is often used to fuel more serious and organised crime that has devastating impacts on our communities."

A holiday home being in Scarborough built for sick children in memory of Bradley Lowery has been named in an official ceremony this morning as Super Brad's Pad.

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The young Sunderland supporter from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, died aged six in July 2017 after having the cancer neuroblastoma..

One of Bradley's last holidays was to Scarborough.

Bradley's mum Gemma Lowery says: "We asked people on social media what they thought the home should be named.

"From the loads of suggestions we received we decided on Super Brad's Pad, because Bradley was a little superhero."

The land for the home was donated by the borough council and it's hoped construction of the five bedroom home will begin later this month.

Police looking for a man missing from Holmfirth have released these images taken just hours before he was reported missing.

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Nigel Griffiths was last seen on Friday 6 March.

Officers say the pictures above appear to show the 61-year-old in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Mr Griffiths is described as white, about 6ft tall, with silver hair and spectacles.

West Yorkshire Police says it "continues to be concerned" for his welfare.

Anyone who sees him is being asked to contact the force as soon as possible.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said he will publish the findings of a government investigation into the safety of smart motorways later.

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The review was commissioned last year following concerns over driver safety and a number of deaths.

Jason Mercer, 44, died on the M1 near Sheffield, in June, after he pulled over to exchange details after a minor collision with another motorist where the hard shoulder is now an active lane.

Both men were killed when an HGV hit them near junction 34 at Meadowhall in South Yorkshire in June.

Mr Shapps told the House of Commons: "Alongside that report, I'm also launching an 18-point action plan to raise the bar on smart motorway safety.

"Overall, the evidence shows in most ways smart motorways are as safe or safer than conventional ones, but they are not in every way, and I have therefore developed these new measures in order to further improve safety."

A family describes being tested at home and a student says she moved into a caravan on her parents' drive.

A student from York who's been studying in coronavirus-hit Italy says she's self-isolating in a caravan on her parents' drive in Leeds.

Leah Scott says she flew home on one of the last RyanAir flights back to the UK from Italy onTuesday night.

Ms Scott says: "My mum is a nurse and my dad has asthma, so it's difficult for me to be in the house and risk them catching it":

The Foreign Office is advising anyone arriving in the UK from Italy since Monday evening to self-isolate for 14 days.

More about coronavirus:

• EASY STEPS: How to keep safe
• A SIMPLE GUIDE: What are the symptoms?
• GETTING READY: How prepared is the UK?

A North Yorkshire MP's hopes of securing funding to improve a "notorious" stretch of road have suffered a setback after the scheme was left out of yesterday's Budget.

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Ahead of the Budget, Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, said he had "high hopes" that funding would be announced to turn part of the A64 between York's Hopgrove roundabout and Flaxton into a dual carriageway.

Mr Hollinrake said he'd hoped the road dualling would be completed by 2025, now he says he'll press for it to be completed by 2027/2028.

The MP says: "It's taxpayers' money, we've got to be careful with it, we're talking £250m to £300m on this road.

"So it's a lot of money and we've got to make sure that money is spent well."

Almost 40,000 trees are being planted in South Yorkshire to try and help protect homes and businesses from flooding.

The trees have been donated by the Woodland Trust and are being used to demonstrate "nature-based solutions" aimed at minimising flooding.

They're being planted in the River Don catchment at Langsett, near Barnsley, to slow the flow of water before entering streams and rivers after rainfall.

Katerina Christodoulou
Look North weather presenter

After a cold and frosty start we're in for a day of sunshine and showers.

Those showers will linger around throughout the day and some could turn wintry in places.

We're likely to see top temperatures of about 9C or 10C:

The Liberal Democrats spring conference, due to take place at the York Barbican this weekend, has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak, it's been announced.

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The party says it's has not taken the decision lightly but believes it is that the best thing for members and the country.

In a statement it said: "Conference plays a key role in our democratic party as well as being an important training and information exchange event. However, the health of our members and supporters, the staff who work on conference and the wider public is far more important."

The party says it's noted the announcement by the World Health Organisation treating coronavirus as a pandemic and calling for "urgent and aggressive action", and also how other organisations have started cancelling events.

It adds: "We have also paid close attention to NHS advice and note some of the advice, such as keeping distant from ill people is hard to follow, given a conference involves strangers sitting close to each other."

More about coronavirus:

• EASY STEPS:How to keep safe
• A SIMPLE GUIDE:What are the symptoms?
• GETTING READY:How prepared is the UK?

BBC News Travel

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

However:

• The 08:19 service from Doncaster to Newcastle has been cancelled
• The 08:20 service from York to Manchester Airport is running about six minutes late
• The 08:30 service from Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street is running about 14 minutes late
• The 08:42 service from York to Newcastle has been cancelled

Meanwhile, flooding on the railway at Snaith in East Yorkshire means all lines through the station remain blocked, according to National Rail Enquiries, external.

As a result, trains will not run between Knottingley and Goole.

Disruption is expected until at least Saturday 14 March, with three trains per day running between Leeds and Goole (Monday to Saturday only). More details here, external.

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 teenager was sent home from school after being caught selling shots of hand sanitiser to his fellow pupils at 50p a go.

Image source, Jenny Tompkins/Facebook

His mother, Jenny Tompkins, from Leeds, posted a picture of him arriving home earlier after his entrepreneurial exploits at Dixons Unity Academy.

In a post on Facebook, she said it was hard to discipline her son when his "dad called to say he was a legend".

He plans to use the £9 he made to buy a kebab and a multipack of Doritos.

No-one from the school was available for comment.

Toronto Wolfpack reach the sixth round of the Challenge Cup with a comfortable 18-0 win at Huddersfield Giants.

Ex-Leeds and Gold Coast Titans prop Nathaniel Peteru signs a deal with Hull Kingston Rovers for the rest of the season.

Jenny Tompkins posted on social media to say her son was selling squirts of sanitiser for 50p.

A Hull man who suffered a cardiac arrest in the street has thanked the people who saved his life.

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Rob Thomas, 74, was walking home when he collapsed in the street after feeling unwell.

A passing midwife stopped to perform CPR along with an off-duty paramedic before an ambulance arrived to help.

The granddad, whose wife has multiple sclerosis, says if it happened at home he could have died as he wouldn't have had the immediate help.

He has visited Hull West Ambulance Station to thank the people who battled to save his life.

Mr Thomas said: "I just can’t tell you enough how fantastic these people are. I’ll be eternally grateful to everyone, from the off-duty midwife and paramedic who stopped initially, to the ambulance crews and the staff at Castle Hill Hospital.

Everyone has been marvellous, I can’t speak highly enough of them," he added.

A beer that was brewed for the steelworkers in Sheffield is making a comeback after a deal was struck to revive the cask tipple.

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Sheffield-based brewery True North Brew Co says it's been given the thumbs up to recreate Stones Bitter using a similar recipe to the original.

Launching in April, the cask ale is being brewed in the city centre.

The bitter was originally brewed at the Cannon Brewery, Neepsend with "extra minerals" to replenish those steelworkers lost whilst working, True North Brew Co said.

Head brewer at True North Brew Co, Dean Hollingworth said: "We want to do it right so we’re going all out to make sure the recipe is as close as it was back in the bitter’s glory days.

"We’ll be using a traditional cask recipe with Challenger and Goldings hops and the original Stones yeast strain, kindly given to us by Molson Coors. We’re even going as far as recreating the water profile that was used at the time."

James Vincent
Political Editor, BBC Look North

Today's Budget, announced by Chancellor and North Yorkshire MP Rishi Sunak, always had to be one with a northern accent.

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Voters in seats in Yorkshire which went from red to blue in December’s general election were waiting to see what they had swapped lifelong Labour support for.

Devolution in Yorkshire has been a long, painful process. But now, through negotiation on both sides, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire are there.

It unlocks hundreds of millions of pounds which Yorkshire gets to spend how it likes.

The main portion of that money will be spent on transport, linking bigger cities with often forgotten towns.

Of course, this infrastructure should already have been in place - there've been calls for it for years.

Today, the first Yorkshire Chancellor in 40 years will say he "got it done".

Mohammed Feazan Ayaz was subjected to a "prolonged and utterly brutal attack", prosecutors say.