In pictures: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 2022

As 2022 draws to as close, we look back at some of the most striking images and biggest news stories from across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Eleven-year-old Tobias Weller, from Sheffield, became the youngest ever New Year Honours recipient at the start of 2022 when he was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to charitable fundraising

Farmer Robert Tomlinson harvests forced rhubarb on his farm in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, in January. The farm falls within the so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle', the area between Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford

Heavy rain in February led to flooding in York as the River Ouse overtopped its banks

More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze at Dalton Mills in Keighley, in March. It had been used as a film location for hit shows such as Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey

The captain and crew of P&O ferry Pride of Hull staged a five-hour long sit-in in March after 800 workers were sacked by the firm

Christians erected a 30ft-high cross ahead of Easter at the top of Otley Chevin in West Yorkshire. The Chevin cross, first installed in 1968, has now become a well-known Easter symbol

A new world record was set in May for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires, with 1,369 people descending on Whitby Abbey to mark 125 years since Bram Stokers' novel Dracula was published in 1897

A £300,000 statue of the late Margaret Thatcher was installed in her home town of Grantham in May. It would later be repeatedly vandalised prompting increased security measures

Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr at Leeds Grand Mosque, West Yorkshire, as the holy month of Ramadan came to an end

Press Association photographer Danny Lawson captured this stunning image of the strawberry supermoon above Huddersfield in June

Cricket fans at Headingley paid tribute to broadcaster Harry Gration MBE who died in June, aged 71. He joined the BBC in 1978 and was with Look North from 1982 to 2020

Homes and buildings across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were damaged by wildfires caused by the heatwave. A new UK high of 40.3C was recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire on 19 July

Almost 140,000 people attended the Great Yorkshire Show in July. The four-day, annual event in Harrogate celebrates food and farming

Yorkshire Water imposed a hosepipe ban in late August after reservoir levels, such as those at Baitings Reservoir in West Yorkshire, fell to below 50%

Knaresborough-based Flying Colours Flagmakers were charged with making The Royal Standard that draped the late Queen's coffin after her death on 8 September

The first Saturday of the 2022 Hull Fair in October was considered the busiest day on record by organisers, with 400,000 people visiting across the week

Three-year-old Blake, wearing the blue coat, presented Prince William with a picture of Mickey Mouse on a visit to RAF Coningsby in November. The royal said he intended to put the sketch on his fridge

Spectacular views greeted visitors to the Enchanted Forest Winter Illuminations at Stockeld Park near Wetherby, in November

King Charles III narrowly avoided being hit by an egg thrown as he arrived for a ceremony at Micklegate Bar in York in November

Lisa Lindfield pictured among the crop of Poinsettias at Bridge Farm Group in Spalding, Lincolnshire, ahead of Christmas