Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live, York

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

In the news this morning, a teenager has been arrested after the death of a seven-year-old girl in York.

More on that story and more from across the county shortly.

Meanwhile, we'd love to see your pics like this colourful image of a church in Scarborough sent in by BBC Weather Watcher John. 

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A man whose wife was found stabbed to death in their burning home had been released from a mental health unit due to a beds shortage, an inquest hears.

A wanted man who taunted police by dressing as Where's Wally hands himself in during a Facebook broadcast.

Plans to demolish an iconic 1920s' theatre in Scarborough are approved by the council amid an angry protest.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live, York

That's it from me today but there'll be more updates throughout the afternoon and evening. 

Meanwhile, here are five things we've found out in North Yorkshire so far today:

1. There are calls to improve recycling rates as it's revealed that councils in North Yorkshire have paid out £46m in landfill taxes over the last three years. 

2. Traffic restrictions on Coppergate in York have been reintroduced despite City of York Council having to repay fines when it was found that previous restrictions were illegal.

3. There are worries about an outbreak of avian flu after the H5N8 strain was found in several birds at a property in Settle.

4. Things weren't easy for single dads in the 1970s - that's according to a new book by a Harrogate man.

5. Protesters have been out on the streets of Scarborough in a bid to get the council to reconsider the demolition of the town's Futurist Theatre.

I'll leave you with this great image of a misty Thirsk sent in by BBC Weather Watcher Barley's Green

The Press

Plans to pedestrianise Fossgate in York could be put to the public within months, a senior councillor has said, external.

Ian Gillies, executive member for transport and planning at City of York Council, said he and his Conservative colleagues had drawn up various plans relating to traffic control in the city centre, and said that if they were backed by the coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, then consultation could begin in the next few months.

Image source, The Press

Jericho Keys
Reporter, BBC Radio York

A North Yorkshire dog trainer is in line for one of the country's biggest awards.

Caroline Penistone, whose kennels are based at her home near Northallerton, is one of five finalists for the Kennel Club's Trainer of the Year Award.

Caroline teaches everything from obedience to gundog classes and agility.

I've been along to find out what makes a good dog trainer:

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live, York

People living in Knaresborough are getting the chance to have their say on congestion in part of the town.

Image source, Google

A consultation starts today over plans to tackle pollution at the Bond End Junction, external. 

Officials in the town are looking at things like improving traffic signals, improving cycle routes and cutting emissions on vehicles run by the borough council.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live, York

Graham Rhodes has more than 35 years experience as a scriptwriter, playwright and author as well as being involved in the development of computer games and web sites. Now his alternative history of York is being reprinted and made available for Kindle for the first time.

Image source, Templar Books

"Footprints In The Mud Of Time: A comedy history of the City of York" was described by one critic as reading "like Bill Bryson got drunk with Terry Pratchett and together they attacked the history of City of York"  

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live, York

Campaigners attempting to save Scarborough's Futurist Theatre from demolition want a "stay of execution" to come up with a business plan.

Councillors in Scarborough have today been discussing plans to demolish the 1920s theatre.

Campaigners told a public meeting on Thursday they planned to form a charitable trust to run the theatre, which closed in 2014 and today protesters took to the streets of the seaside resort to try and influence the council's decision.

The Conservative-run council's cabinet has previously judged that the Futurist is not sustainable as a theatrical venue and plans to clear the site and stabilise a cliff behind the theatre to allow the land to be made available for redevelopment.  

BBC Travel

This morning's incident on the East Coast main line is still causing delays of up to 20 minutes.

Check the National Rail timetable for trains out of York, external before you travel. 

Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News

A heart surgeon will appear before a tribunal today accused of alleged failings in the care of patients at Leeds General Infirmary. 

The allegations against Dr Nihal Weerasena relate to surgery performed on seven patients between 2008 and 2012. 

He was suspended from work in 2013 after 11-year-old Bradley Brough from York died during surgery.

YorkMix

York is renowned - among those who believe in such things - as one of the most haunted cities in Europe.

But do you know the name of the dog reputed to haunt York Minster or where you can find the Grey Lady? Test your knowledge in this spooky quiz, external.

BBC Travel

Major delays on the East Coast Main Line are expected to continue this afternoon after the line was closed earlier today near Newark. 

It means people travelling between West Yorkshire and London will face cancellations and delays for some time to come.

Affected are Grand Central services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross, Hull Trains services between Hull and London Kings Cross and Virgin Trains East Coast services between Harrogate/York/Edinburgh/Leeds/Glasgow Central.

Take a look at the National Rail Enquiries website, external for the latest updates.

Motorists face fines after traffic restrictions are reintroduced on a city centre street in York.

BBC Travel

We're getting reports of delays on the A1(M) North Yorkshire.

It's believed to be because of an accident at J56, B6275 (Barton).

Harrogate Advertiser

A charity worker from Harrogate has just had his memoirs of being a single dad in the 1970s, external published. 

Mike Daligan's book, Lessons From a Chequered Life, details his experiences of bringing up two children at a time when very few fathers were granted custody after divorce.

Image source, Mike Daligan

Sarah Urwin
Political Reporter, BBC Radio York

We're all supposed to be environmentally friendly and recycle as much as possible, but new figures suggest that in North Yorkshire we could be doing better.

The latest statistics show councils across North Yorkshire have spent £46m over the last three years sending household rubbish to landfill. 

In York, the council currently recycles 43% of the rubbish it collects, whereas in areas like Thirsk and Northallerton the rate is 54%.

One of the best councils in the UK for recycling is South Oxfordshire which recycles 67% of its rubbish - but overall rates have dropped for the first time.

So what can we recycle - and could we be doing better? I invited Councillor Andrew Waller, responsible for environment at City of York Council, to rifle through my rubbish to see if I'm recycling properly:

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A Yorkshire trucker who raised nearly £200,000 for relatives of the driver killed in the Berlin Christmas market attack is to be thanked by the Polish ambassador at a ceremony in London later.

Image source, Dave Duncan

Dave Duncan (pictured), from Otley, set up a crowdfunding campaign to help Lukasz Urban's relatives.

Mr Urban was found dead after his lorry was crashed into the Breitscheidplatz market in December, killing 12 people.

Mr Duncan said he felt compelled to help his "fellow trucker".

Attacker Anis Amri left at least 48 injured when he ploughed into crowds at the German market. 

Mr Urban, a Polish national, had been stabbed and shot.