Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire has been given the go-ahead to complete its biomass upgrade, external.

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Approval for a third generating unit at Drax using wood pellets has been granted by the European Commission.

Now half the power station will produce renewable electricity, which Drax Power says will save 12 million tonnes of carbon each year.

Drax Power boss Andy Koss says: "We've demonstrated how to reinvent a coal-fired power station using an existing asset, so there are no hidden costs to the grid and it's quick to achieve."

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Every year, lots of different buildings, monuments, wrecks, parks, gardens and battlegrounds across the country are listed - officially recognising their architectural or historical importance. 

From the thousands that were listed this year, Historic England has come up with its highlights for 2016 and has published a guide to 21 places it deems fascinating, unusual or surprising.

Included in the latest guide are six cast iron Victorian lamps on Harrogate's Montpellier Parade which I told you about earlier and which now enjoy Grade II-listed status.

Also on the list and given Grade II-listed protection is this rare "clapper bridge" at Castleton, Whitby:

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What's a clapper bridge? Historic England says it's "a simple, primitive form of bridge, built since antiquity, where horizontal stone slabs are supported by vertical piers. 

"The bridge spanning Danby Beck was built in the later 18th century and is possibly a rebuild of a medieval bridge. 

"It is rare because at the time it was much more common to build more complex arched bridges which are stronger and can use smaller stones."

BBC Radio York

Police are appealing for help to identify the man in the e-fit picture below, external who they want to speak to in connection with a sexual assault earlier this month in Stokesley.

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The incident happened on Friday 9 December when a 19-year-old woman was walking along Leven Wynd at about 23:30.

A man grabbed the woman and sexually assaulted her before she managed to push him off. He then ran off towards Levenside.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or who thinks they know who the man is, is asked to contact police. 

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York Breakfast Show

All last week on BBC Radio York we heard from different communities around the county about what Christmas means to them.

We heard from people from the county's Polish, Chinese, Ugandan and Jewish communities.

Today it's the turn of the Gurkhas:

Jericho Keys

What a cracking view I've just had from the top of the Aviva building in York. You could say I've reached a, er, high point in my career...

It's where a cheque presentation took place for money raised from this summer's Taking the "P" men's 5K race in York in a bid to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

The event raised £15,000 and the money is being split between York Against Cancer and the Cancer Research Centre at the University of York.

The presentation took place on top of the Aviva building because the firm was one of the run's major sponsors.

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

This afternoon will be generally dry but cloudy. 

The top temperature will be about 8C (46F) with a light and variable wind.

The top stories from our York newsroom this lunchtime include:

• There are calls to rethink how our rivers are managed as exclusive research by BBC Yorkshire reveals the River Ouse is getting higher every decade
• Staff at Tadcaster Medical Centre say they've been left "flabbergasted and speechless" by an insurance quote for the site which was badly hit by last year's floods
• Historic England is highlighting six Victorian lamp posts in Montpellier Parade which have been granted Grade II-listed protection

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News

Staff at Tadcaster Medical Centre, which was devastated by last year's Christmas floods, are due to meet later after being left "flabbergasted and speechless" by an insurance quote.

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The centre has reopened today following a year of repairs, after it ended up under 2ft of water last December.   

Doctors and medical staff are trying to work out how to insure the building in case of future flooding after being quoted a premium of £38,000 with an an excess of £100,000. 

BBC Look North

More now on claims by Oxford academic Prof Dieter Helm that York and other cities can never be protected fully from flooding and says we need a new approach to flood prevention.

His claims come as figures reveal the River Ouse in York is getting higher every decade. In the 1970s the river peaked at 8m, now it's almost 10m.

The threat of flooding is nothing new, of course, with big floods regularly leaving homes and properties under water in York.

Let's take a look back at one of those events. Here's a report by BBC Look North from 1968 about flooding in York:

The Press

A memorial is to be built to one of York’s most famous sons, in the street where he was born.

York Civic Trust has been granted planning permission to put up a memorial in North Street Garden to Dr John Snow, external, a 19th century doctor most famous for discovering the cause of cholera.

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BBC Travel

There's one lane closed on the A19 northbound, between the A61 junction in Hambleton and the A684 junction in Ellerbeck, because of a broken down vehicle.  

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Jericho Keys

North Yorkshire seems to be going a bit choc-tastic in the run up to Christmas and getting very creative with it too - and there seems to be a bit of a theme developing.

Last week in Scarborough, I encountered a 7ft snowman made out of chocolate and today I've been to see a chocolate Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. 

I've been to Ye Olde Sun Inn at Colton where it seems landlord Ashley McCarthy is as good at making chocolate dwarves as he is at pulling pints:

Why not check out our @bbcyorkshire, external feed on Instagram for some beautiful captures of our great region? 

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

BBC Sport

Bottom-of-the-table York City kept a clean sheet for the first time in 18 games at the weekend in their goalless draw with Torquay in the National League. 

Manager Gary Mills says there were a lot of positives to take from the game, but he knows it's vital to try and build on them going in to their Christmas fixtures:

The Minstermen dominated from start to finish at Bootham Crescent, with Jon Parkin and Rhys Murphy both troubling visiting goalkeeper Brendan Moore on numerous occasions.

Parkin lobbed the crossbar before stabbing wide in the first half, while Murphy came closest with an attempt at the near post in the 78th minute.

Torquay's best opportunity came in the third minute with Kyle Letheren forced into a smart one-handed save to deny Ben Gerring from close range.

BBC Travel

There are quite a few delays on the train services through York at the moment, including trains to Newcastle, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Here's the departure board at York Railway Station, external to keep an eye on things

There are also delays on trains near Grantham because of a broken rail. The current estimate by Virgin Trains is of delays of up to 60 minutes.     

The quest to find King Arthur's Camelot has puzzled and intrigued scholars and fans for over a thousand years - and it turns out the true location of Camelot could be in Yorkshire.

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A retired Bangor University professor has revealed he believes a small Roman fort at Slack, outside Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, was the location for the mythical ruler's legendary court.

Prof Peter Field, a renowned expert in Arthurian literature, says: "It was quite by chance. I was looking at some maps, and suddenly all the ducks lined up. I believe I may have solved a 1,400-year-old mystery."

Prof Field, who taught at Bangor from 1964 to 2004, has been researching the location of Camelot for the past 18 months.  

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

People are being warned to stay away from Harrogate District Hospital if they have vomiting or diarrhoea.

A number of bays have been closed to new admissions at the hospital because of the winter vomiting disease, most commonly caused by norovirus.  

Director of infection prevention control at the hospital, Dr Jenny Child, says: "If members of the public have vomiting, diarrhoea or have suddenly started feeling very nauseated, please don’t visit the hospital until they've been better for at least 48 hours."

People with an upcoming outpatient appointment are being asked to telephone the relevant department for advice.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Four times as much money will be spent on flood defences along the River Thames than on all the rivers in Yorkshire put together.

Research by the BBC in Yorkshire has found that £1.8bn will be spent on the Thames Estuary, while Yorkshire will get £400m. 

About 16,000 homes were flooded across the North of England a year ago, including in York.

The Environment Agency says it invests money "where it will have the most benefit":

YorkMix

York's Thor's Tipi became the hub of the musicverse for a few hours on Friday, external as two of Britain’s top radio stars turned it into their studio.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie brought their BBC Radio 6 Music lunchtime show from Manchester over the Pennines for one day only.

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BBC Look North weather presenter Abbie Dewhurst takes a look into the future to find out what conditions are going to be like as we prepare for the big Christmas getaway: