The driver of a van who failed to stop after a collision with another vehicle, external near Scarborough earlier this week is being sought by police.

The collision happened at about 09:15 on Tuesday on Main Street in Cayton and involved a blue Ford Transit van and a parked Ford Mondeo.

The male driver of the Transit stopped to look at the damage caused to the Mondeo and then drove off, according to police.

He's believed to have been wearing a beanie-style hat and a puffa jacket.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information is being asked to contact police.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Campaigners fighting to save the landmark Futurist Theatre in Scarborough from demolition say they're "not giving up the fight yet".

A decision by Scarborough Borough Council to close the theatre came after the publication of a report in June 2013 which said the site was "beyond the point" of refurbishment. 

The final curtain came down on the building in January 2014 and a decision's due next month over whether to knock it down so a new attraction with a rollercoaster and other activities can be built on the site.

But campaigners who want to retain the 1920s building as a theatre and cinema are asking people to lobby those in power ahead of any final decision.

They're also putting pull-out features into local newspapers and writing directly to councillors ahead of the crucial meeting.

Campaigner Adam Flynn has told BBC Radio York's Georgey Spanswick he believes the demolition decision is "not a done deal":

BBC Travel

There's heavy traffic at the moment in York on the B1363 Wigginton Road in Clifton, near the Haxby Road junction, because of an accident. 

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A dedicated football sex abuse hotline has received 860 calls in its first week, the NSPCC says.

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Chief executive Peter Wanless said there had been a "staggering surge" in the number of people getting in touch.

The chief executive of funding body UK Sport said if any sport did not take enough action to deal with the issue of abuse, it would reconsider its funding.

Fifteen forces, including North Yorkshire Police, external, are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse in football.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Thousands of people are homeless across the Yorkshire and Humber region, a new report from the charity Shelter says.

Richmondshire in North Yorkshire is the worst place in our region for it, when compared to the number of people who live there. 

Shelter estimates there are 54 people without a home in the Richmondshire district.

Harrogate and Scarborough are also in the top five for Yorkshire and the Humber, while York is ranked eighth with 126 homeless people within the city.

Kate Wallace, from Shelter, says that in Richmondshire one in 936 people is homeless:

A woman from North Yorkshire who was "lovebombed" out of more than £300,000 in an online dating scam has shared her story as a warning to others.

The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she was "swept off my feet" when she was contacted by a man she believed to be in Turkey.

Nancy, not her real name, lost her home and business and took out several loans over 14 months.

She said: "The pressure was horrendous, and it got to the point where all the money had gone."

After reading fraud advice online, Nancy went to police at the start of September, but by this time more than £300,000 had gone.

No arrests have been made over the crime, also known as "catfishing".

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Cloudy in the west, perhaps with the odd spot of light rain over the hills.

Feeling less cold with highs of 9C (48F). 

Watch my full forecast here:

BBC Travel

There are delays reported on several roads in North Yorkshire at the moment:

• Slow traffic on the B1363 Wigginton Road in Clifton, York, near the Haxby Road junction, because of an accident
• Slow traffic on the A19 Shipton Road southbound in Rawcliffe around the A1237 York Outer Ring Road junction
• Queuing traffic on the A19 northbound in Fulford at the Fulford Interchange
• Slow traffic on the A165 Filey Road in both directions in Weaponness, Scarborough, at the B1427 Queen Margaret's Road junction

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Earlier this week, a North Yorkshire Police officer had to offer a very gentle, persuasive, late night helping hand to one of our feathered friends

As you can see in this video, it looks like they were in the right place at the right time to prevent a possible squishing of this sedentary barn owl on the A170 near Helmsley.

I've come across several barn owls just sitting in the middle of the road over the last few months - all of them flew away happily enough in their own sweet time.

I know of other people who've seen the same thing, too. I wonder what's going on? I'm going to get in touch with a wildlife expert to find out more and I'll tell you what they have to say.

For now, though, owl's well that ends well...

Dave Fletcher
BBC Radio York Sport

He may be nine games into his second spell as York City manager and still looking for his first win, but Gary Mills continues to be positive about life at Bootham Crescent.

Image source, David Dixon/Geograph

After failing to beat Guiseley, the team with the worst away record in the top five divisions of English football, the Minstermen travel to promotion chasing Tranmere at the weekend.

Mills says: "We've got to start picking up points, we're going to a tough place on Saturday but we've got to show we've got the battling qualities to get something at Tranmere.

"We have to stay positive. There's a long, long way to go and, as manager, I'm working to try and get it right and hopefully we can start wining games."

Some useful and timely advice from North Yorkshire Police on another chilly morning:

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News

The top stories from the York newsroom so far this morning include:     

• A woman from North Yorkshire tells BBC Radio York she was conned out of £300,000 by someone she met on a dating website
• North Yorkshire Police are due to kick off their Christmas drink-drive campaign later

• Campaigners fighting to save the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough ask people to lobby those in power ahead of a decision on its future

BBC Weather

It'll start cloudy in the west, perhaps with the odd spot of light rain over the hills and any early fog in the north will clear.

The best of any brighter weather will be further east, where it'll stay dry.

BBC Travel

It seems to be generally trouble-free in most places on North Yorkshire's roads this morning.

All seems to be running smoothly on the rails too except for the 07:08 service to Newcastle which is currently running about seven minutes late.

Here's the departure board at York Railway Station so you can keep a check on things, external.  

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

I'll be with you until 14:30 with all the latest news, travel, sport and weather from across North Yorkshire. 

As twilight enveloped the daylight hours yesterday, the sky over York changed to a blaze of red and I anticipated a plethora of glowing images in this morning's BBC Weather Watchers inbox.

I looked in there a little while ago and it's rammed full of rouge! I'll create a gallery of images of the burning sky later. 

Let's start with this picture from the aptly named Big Red, of the sky above Farnley, near Harrogate.   

You can send your pictures in - glowing or not - via Twitter, external, Facebook, external or email.  

A tiny primary school in North Yorkshire with just 15 students could face closure.

A parent opposed to the possible closure of a tiny primary school said it was a village "hub".

National League strugglers York City sign Newport striker Jon Parkin on loan until January ahead of a permanent move.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

That's it for me today, but updates will continue throughout the afternoon and evening.  

 Meanwhile, here are five things we've learned about our county so far today: 

1. North Yorkshire Police is the latest force to confirm it's investigating historical sex abuse claims in football
2. Paramedics in North Yorkshire are struggling to reach seriously ill patients quickly enough because of long waits in transferring patients into the care of hospital staff, a BBC study shows
3. Engineers in Ripon finally hope this week to start filling in a large sinkhole which appeared in the back gardens of a row of houses earlier this month
4. York's St Leonard's Hospice has been awarded a rating of "outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission and staff have celebrated with their own "Mannequin Challenge"
5. And we've met a woman who has spent 12 days of her life queuing for panto tickets

I'll leave you for now with this BBC Weather Watcher pic sent in by Rebbeca P, which leaves you in no doubt whatsoever of exactly how cold it is - cold enough to freeze the lake at the University of York, that's how cold! 

Joanita Musisi
Reporter, BBC Radio York

Plans to restore an historic house in York's West Bank Park are continuing even though a fire gutted the building three weeks ago.

The blaze took place at the site of a heritage project commemorating the work of James Backhouse, who ran his world famous plant nurseries there in the 18th century.

Before the fire, volunteers had spent the last four years working to restore the house.

I've been finding out more about where the project goes from here - and how the local community is showing its support with a wall of "leaves":