Britain's last deep coal miners walked off their final shift one year ago. BBC News has caught up with some of the 450 men who worked at Kellingley Colliery, in North Yorkshire, to find out how they have moved on since losing their jobs.

At its height, Kellingley employed more than 2,000 workers and its closure brought to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.

Known locally as the Big K, the largest deep pit in Europe was hailed as the new generation of coal mining. Its miners could bring up to 900 tonnes an hour to the surface.

Now many of the former subterranean workers at Kellingley find themselves in a totally different environment:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

Six cast iron Victorian lamps on Harrogate's Montpellier Parade have been granted Grade II-listed protection.

Many of the street lamps were first used in about 1849, before being converted from gas to electricity in the 1960s.

They were moved to the street from another part of town during the 1970s. 

Image source, Google

Eric Branse-Instone, from Historic England, says they're highlighting the lamps to show people that its "not just the usual things that can become listed".

Some of the lamps had faced being scrapped after they were branded a safety hazard by North Yorkshire County Council.

The move prompted outrage from campaigners, with Harrogate Borough Council finding £40,000 as a result to re-clad some of the most prominent ones.  

BBC Travel

There are a couple of delays on the trains to tell you about.

The 08:40 York to Liverpool Lime Street is running 15 minutes late, the 08:50 Newcastle service is posted as delayed, and the 08:55 York to Edinburgh is running 20 minutes late.

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

BBC Radio York

Cities like York can never be properly protected from flooding, an Oxford academic claims.

It comes as the BBC has learned rivers in Yorkshire are peaking at their highest ever level. 

Latest figures show the River Ouse, which runs through York, is getting higher every decade. 

In the 1970s, the peak was below 8m, now it's above 10m.

Professor Dieter Helm is calling for a new approach to flood prevention and says, as it stands, cities like York will continue to face problems into the foreseeable future:

Anna Varle
BBC News Online

Hill farmers in North Yorkshire and other parts of the country are left using food banks following the government's failure to pay more than 1,000 commoners an EU subsidy, the BBC learns. 

The Rural Payments Agency is still reviewing the 2015 basic payment, external claims for 1,200 people living on common land.

One couple with two young children said they had defaulted on their rent and were "living off a credit card".

The family, who told the BBC they had been unable to pay their rent, farm 200 acres on the North Yorkshire moors.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: "In June we had to sell 40 ewes with lambs and this autumn we've sold more female lambs to pay the animals feed bills after our credit ran out. We are now are using a credit card to buy food."

The RPA, the government body that pays farmers' EU subsidies, said it would resolve any issues as soon as possible.  

BBC Travel

Slow traffic's currently being reported on the A64 Seamer Road in both directions in Scarborough at the B1427 Queen Margaret's Road junction.

David Rhodes
BBC News, Yorkshire

Half of all the money earmarked for new flood defences in England will be spent on protecting London and areas around the Thames, official figures show.

Analysis by BBC Yorkshire has found £1.8bn will be spent on the Thames Estuary out of a £3.7bn national flood spending programme.

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

The Environment Agency said it invested money "where it will have the most benefit".

The disparity in regional flood defence spending comes as many flood victims remain homeless, 12 months after storms Desmond and Eva devastated parts of North and West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, York

The top stories from the York newsroom this morning include:     

• It's claimed cities like York can never be properly protected from flooding, with new figures showing the River Ouse is getting higher every decade
• Doctors at a North Yorkshire medical centre devastated by last year's Christmas floods are trying to work out how to insure it after being quoted a premium of £38,000
• Six Victorian lamposts on Harrogate's Montpellier Parade are granted Grade II-listed protection

BBC Weather

It's a dry but rather cloudy and murky start across North Yorkshire.

While the odd brighter spell is possible through the day, thicker cloud is likely to develop later.

There'll be isolated outbreaks of rain or drizzle, especially along the coast.  

BBC Travel

It looks like a good start to the run-up to Christmas on the roads, with no delays or accidents to report so far.

And, at the moment, all trains in and out of York are running pretty much to time.

Here's the live departure board at York Railway Station, external for you to keep a check on things.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, York

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

I want to start with this BBC Weather Watcher pic of the River Ouse at Bishopthorpe, near York, sent in by Nutty North (I don't make these names up).

The river is in the news today as fears over future flooding levels are raised - more on that to come later - but, for now, let's enjoy this serene and silent tranquil vista: