Updates on Friday 16 December 2016
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The North Yorkshire town of Pateley Bridge has won, external the "village" category in the Great British High Street Competition, it's just been announced.
Image source, Yorkshire Dales EnglandThe Nidderdale town was up against finalists from Cumbria and Somerset.
Last year, Helmsley won Best Market Town and York's Bishopthorpe Road won the overall title.
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
This afternoon will be cloudy with patchy rain spreading to most areas.
Maximum temperature 6C (43F). Light southerly wind.
A 13-year-old boy who went missing from Scarborough has been found in Wales.
Kian Marsay was found this morning by Dyfed Powys Police.
Police had earlier said they were "increasingly concerned" about Kian, who'd been missing from his home in Scarborough since yesterday.
North Yorkshire Police has offered thanks to "everyone who helped with the appeal".
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York
Anyone who's lost a buzzard is being asked to get in touch with police after one was discovered in a garden in Selby.
The bird, which is described as "very tame", was rescued by RSPCA officers and is now being looked after by local raptor expert Jean Thorpe.
Image source, ThinkstockShe says the bird (like the one pictured above) has "very distinctive markings only the owner would be able to describe".
The buzzard is not ringed or microchipped, so it's proving difficult to track down its owner.
Anyone who thinks the bird might be theirs is asked to contact Selby Police Station.
BBC Radio York
The top stories from our York newsroom this lunchtime include:
The winter is doing a grand job of providing dramatic skyscapes above North Yorkshire just now and, luckily, our BBC Weather Watchers are refusing to let them slip by undocumented.
Nakajima spotted these undulating waves of aerial redness above Stockton on the Forest.
Meanwhile, Myka provided the shot of the sun showing the lighthouse how to do it in Scarborough and Garry Hornet captured the red rays reflecting on the River Ouse in York.
New train services linking Leeds and York with Manchester Airport have been launched.
Image source, ReutersTransPennine Express has put on an extra four services on weekdays and five at weekends.
The firm says it's also investing £500m on new trains and refurbishments.
The company, which already operates some direct trains between Newcastle and Manchester, will be increasing the amount of direct trains to the airport by more than 180%.
That brings the total amount of Manchester Airport services to 74 a week - an increase of 48 services.
Quote MessageWe know that many of our customers from the north east choose to fly from Manchester Airport and we hope these new direct services will make it even easier for people to travel. I'm proud that we have been able to deliver these improvements ahead of schedule and this is just the start of things to come.
Leo Goodwin, Managing director, TransPennine Express
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York
A North Yorkshire market town finds out this lunchtime if it's won a prestigious national award.
Image source, Geograph/Michael WoodheadPateley Bridge is down to the final three in the "village" category of the Great British High Street Competition.
It's up against rivals from Cumbria and Somerset at a glittering ceremony in London.
Last year, Helmsley won Best Market Town and York's Bishopthorpe Road won the overall title.
Quote MessageIt's a very special place is Pateley Bridge. We've reinvigorated the High Street in the last few years and if we win the award we could do even more."
Keith Tordoff, Nidderdale Chamber of Trade
BBC Travel
Police say there's been an accident on the B6161 Leathley Lane northbound in Braythorn, Harrogate, between the Cinder Lane junction and the Pill White Lane junction.
Traffic in the area is moving slowly as a result.
Image source, GoogleBBC Radio York
Police say they're "increasingly concerned" about a 13-year-old boy who's been missing from his home in Scarborough since yesterday.
Kian Marsay was last seen at about 12:00 on Sunday when he left his family home in Falsgrave Road.
He hasn't been seen since.
Image source, Family photographKian was last seen wearing grey jogging bottoms, a hooded top and black trainers.
Police are appealing to anyone who has seen him in Scarborough or using public transport to get in touch.
Georgey Spanswick
Presenter, BBC Radio York
I absolutely love this - it's an amazing knitted nativity made for me by a BBC Radio York listener.
Joan in Brawby certainly knows how to get the best out of knitting needles and wool:
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York
It may have been 19th time lucky for York City on Saturday, but football stats site Soccerbase.com clearly didn't think their form would change.
The Minstermen won for the first time in three months on Saturday, when they beat Worcester 3-1 in the first round of the FA Trophy.
But you wouldn't know it by looking at the chart below:
Image source, Soccerbase.com
Jericho Keys
I've been in Pateley Bridge this morning checking out the quality of its High Street.
The North Yorkshire market town finds out this lunchtime if it's won a prestigious national award.
It's down to the final three in the "village" of the Great British High Street Competition.
Last year, Helmsley won Best Market Town and York's Bishopthorpe Road won the overall title.
So are nerves jangling, or are residents confident?
A big rise in the number of people arrested for drink and drug-driving so far in the run-up to Christmas has been described by North Yorkshire Police as "extremely disappointing".
Image source, PAA total of 41 people were arrested in the first nine days of this year's crackdown - up 70% on the same period in 2015.
Sgt Andy Morton, from North Yorkshire Police, says: "It’s extremely disappointing to see that the messages about the dangers of drink and drug-driving are ignored by some.
"North Yorkshire Police are committed to identifying, arresting and prosecuting drink and drug-drivers and getting them off the road.
"The number of arrests made so far in the campaign reflect the fact that we are out on the roads and targeting those that choose to flout the law."
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
This morning will be dry with mist and any fog gradually clearing.
However, cloud will quickly thicken this morning.
Watch my full forecast here:
BBC Radio York
A man from Iraq who fled to the UK with his family after death threats and being kidnapped has been told he can stay in York.
Dr Ahmed Khaleel has just been granted political asylum and says he's now looking forward to a new life in the city with his family.
In Iraq, Dr Khaleel, a human rights activist, was kidnapped and held for four days.
He now teaches Arabic at the University of York and says Britain is "my Iraq" and York is "my Baghdad".
He's told his story to BBC Radio York's Georgey Spanswick:
The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK's shores - especially the North Sea - grow warmer, say government scientists.
Image source, ThinkstockSquid and other fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovy, are flourishing around the North Sea, according to fisheries data.
Squid are now being caught at 60% of survey stations in the North Sea, compared with 20% in the 1980s.
But the likes of cod are heading north, away from British waters.
BBC Sport
York City are in today's draw for the FA Trophy second round after their first win in three months.
Their 3-1 victory over Worcester in the first round on Saturday was their first since September.
Speaking to BBC Radio York after the Minstermen's much needed victory, manager Gary Mills said the win was a huge relief:
A special carol service was held in Tadcaster on Sunday to give thanks to all those who rallied round to help victims and provide shelter when the town was hit by the Boxing Day floods.
Scores of homes and businesses in the town were damaged by flooding at Christmas, while the bridge across the River Wharfe collapsed on 29 December.
The Reverend Sue Sheriff, from St Mary's Church in Tadcaster, said yesterday's service recognised parallels between the Christmas story and events last year:
"One of the flooded families was expecting a baby anytime and they needed somewhere to stay. We had the firefighters on call overnight - they were some of the first on the scene.
"Then we had help from the east - not just the east of Tadcaster but also from the mosques over in Leeds."
You can hear the carol service, including a Yorkshire dialect version of the shepherd’s story, on Christmas Eve at 14:00 and Christmas Day at 10:00 on BBC Radio York.
There's been a big rise in the number of people arrested for drink and drug-driving, external in North Yorkshire during this year's pre-Christmas crackdown.
Image source, PAA total of 41 people were arrested in the first nine days of the campaign, that's up 70% on the same period last year.
Since the start of the campaign on 1 December 2016, 29 arrests were made for drink-driving and 12 for drug-driving.
The highest drink-driving reading recorded so far was provided by a 36-year-old man from York arrested on the first day of the campaign and was just under three-and-a-half times the legal limit of 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath.
