Dangerous drivers and motorcyclists could be prosecuted for driving offences caught on camera by fellow motorists.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

On Monday, Pateley Bridge won, external the "village" category in the Great British High Street Competition and today it wins my "wow factor" award.

Actually, in fairness, the award should go to Darryl Gill who took this fantastic pic of Glasshouses Dam at Pateley Bridge and put it on the BBC Weather Watchers website.

BBC Radio York

The top stories from our York newsroom this lunchtime include:

• North Yorkshire Police defends its new scheme which is calling on people to report bad driving from other road users
• Police in York issue CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to following a violent disturbance in the city, external
• Tadcaster's Community Flood Group is to meet Environment Agency representatives today to discuss flood prevention measures in the town

Police in York have issued CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to following a violent disturbance in the city, external.

The incident happened on Clifford Street at about 02:30 on Sunday 30 October 2016.

It involved two groups of men fighting, resulting in one man receiving "extensive facial injuries".

Officers would like to speak to the man pictured on CCTV as they say he may have "important information that could assist the investigation."  

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

He is described as white, with dark hair and in his late teens to early twenties. He was wearing a black t-shirt and blue skinny jeans. 

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.  

Julia Bryson
Journalist, BBC Local Live

Have you taken a photograph of Yorkshire which you'd like to share? 

If you're on Instagram, why not head over and follow our @bbcyorkshire, external account. 

You can tag your posts #bbcyorkshire for a chance to be featured. 

It looks like foster families from across North Yorkshire have had a great day out with Santa on the Wensleydale Railway. 

The Santa Special steam train journey gave them some family fun time out in the run-up to Christmas. 

Image source, North Yorkshire County Council

Santa was very generous with his gifts too, and every child got a special present. 

County Councillor Janet Sanderson said: "We really value the work our foster carers do and want to make sure they're supported, not only with training, but with opportunities to relax and spend positive time with their families."

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York Breakfast Show

A few weeks ago at BBC Radio York we met Linda Jackson, from Poppleton, who was busy making 34 Christmas cakes...I repeat, 34!

Linda's son suffers from Crohn's disease and she makes and sells the cakes at a charity event to raise money for research into the disease.  

When Linda visited us last time we helped a little with the baking of one of her Christmas cakes, and this morning she brought it back because it's time for the decorating.

So my colleague Elly Fiorentini and I decided upon a kind of Generation Game "cake off".  

It's up to you to decide who had most finesse after the fondant icing battle lines were drawn:

I'm proud to announce that when the scores were awarded Elly was given 9.99 and I scored a lovely round 10!

Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York

A former UKIP MEP has described a new police scheme introduced in North Yorkshire today as a form of "vigilantism".

The force's Operation Spartan, external encourages people to report "sightings of poor or dangerous driving" by filling in an online form., external

Police say they hope this will reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the region's roads.

But Godfrey Bloom, who is now a patron of The Alliance of British Drivers, has told me he thinks the initiative is a "bad idea" and that the police are asking the public to be "vigilantes".

Here's a little of what he had to say:

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News

Is Christmas for you all about an altruistic fat man in a red suit scrambling down your chimney - or is it a religious festival? Perhaps it's both.

This week on BBC Radio York we've been looking at what Christmas means to some of the many communities around North Yorkshire.

Yesterday we heard from members of the county's Polish community, today we hear about a Chinese Christmas in North Yorkshire:

If Sutton Bank's including in your travel plans this morning, it seems you might have to change your route:

The Press

Nimble-fingered knitters in York have created hundreds of Santa's socks, external to be filled with sweets for local families, children and homeless young people most in need.

Image source, The Press

Jericho Keys
Reporter, BBC Radio York

I know the weather doesn't look like we'll get the chance to build many snowmen between now and Christmas, but I'd heard reports of a huge one in Scarborough - in fact a 7ft tall one.

And, as if that's not unusual enough, people said it was made of chocolate...

I've a sweet tooth, so I tracked down this huge festive confectionery to Crofts Chocolates on Newborough Road, where I examined the tasty evidence for myself:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

More now on a new campaign by North Yorkshire Police asking members of the public to name and shame dangerous drivers.

It's the latest part of Operation Spartan, external, and is a social media campaign aimed at catching more cyclists, drivers or motorcyclists who are driving dangerously. 

Members of the public are being asked to report incidents, external like the shocking one in this film featured on the North Yorkshire Police website:

Fewer people are out of work in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Image source, PA

New figures show that unemployment in the region fell by 15,000 between August and October to 144,000.  

Nationally, the jobless total stands at 1.62 million after a reduction of 16,000 in the quarter to October - that's a 10-year low.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

What a beautifully tranquil pic of the sunrise at Sawley, near Harrogate.

Thanks to Nathaniel Topps for sending it in - you can almost hear the silence:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Members of Tadcaster's Community Flood Group are due to meet Environment Agency representatives later to discuss how flood prevention in the town is working now - and what it might look like in the future.

Image source, Joe Giddens/PA

It comes as the town's MP Nigel Adams meets the government's Flood Minister. 

He'll be asking for the work of local flood groups to be recognised and taken "more seriously in future" by the government.

Tadcaster was hit hard by the Boxing Day floods of 2015, when the main road bridge collapsed into the rising River Wharfe.

It'll be a generally dry day across West Yorkshire with some bright or sunny spells developing.

Top temperatures will be about 11C (52F). 

Watch my full forecast here:

A Santa's grotto for children with autism is currently open in York after being set up by a mum whose son has the condition. 

There are are no queues for Santa and children can come and go when they please, and Kerrie Stephenson has even arranged for a multi-sensory room next door:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

North Yorkshire Police are urging the public to "shop a driver".

It's the latest part of Operation Spartan, external, the force's road safety operation to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the region's roads.

Today sees the launch of a new campaign where people can report poor or dangerous driving. 

One of the offences police are cracking down on is drivers using their mobile phone at the wheel.

Traffic Constable Ken Riley says people don't realise the consequences of using a phone while driving.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is trying to figure out its next step after North Yorkshire firefighters voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

They won't be striking, but measures will be taken in protest at plans to replace fire engines with smaller vehicles which require a reduced crew.

The FBU claim the new vehicles are "totally inadequate to meet the needs of firefighters".    

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service described the ballot result as "disappointing and saddening".

The decision to replace six fire engines at six of the county's 38 fire stations in order to save £1.5m a year was approved in December 2015.