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  1. Five things we've learnt about North Yorkshire today

    Andrew Barton

    BBC Local Live, York

    That's all for today - join us again tomorrow from 07:00. In the meantime here are five things we've learnt about our county today:   

    1.  The 130th Scarborough Cricket Festival, currently in full flow, is expected to bring more than £4m to the town and up to 10,000 people are due at the ground each day
    2. Speaking of the cricket festival, two avid fans are making their way there from Leeds - on foot!
    3. Let's finish in Olympic-style now: Yorkshire's athletes have again shown they're winners - coming 13th in the final medals table
    4. The poet Pam Ayres has shown that she cares. She's come up with some verse to celebrate our stars
    5. Two of those celebrated in those lines are, of course, diving partners Chris Mears and Ripon's Jack Laugher. Here they are showing off their gold medals (and Laugher's silver) on their return to the UK earlier today:
    Chris Mears and Jack Laugher
  2. CCTV appeal over theft at Malton supermarket

    Police in Malton have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a trolley full of goods from a supermarket in the town last month.

    CCTV images

    The theft took place on Tuesday 5 July at the Morrisons supermarket on Castlegate.

    A man was captured on CCTV filling a trolley with groceries, alcohol and electrical items as well as several other goods before leaving the store without paying.

    When challenged by a member of staff, the man ran away leaving the goods behind.

  3. North Yorkshire in pictures: Sixty seconds to shine

    BBC Weather Watchers

    BBC Weather Watcher Nick has excelled today with these two pics of the sunrise over Filey this morning.

    The top pic was taken at 06:28 and the bottom one just 60 seconds later, says Nick.

    Sunrise over Filey

    More pics from early birds like this are always welcome. 

    You can get in touch and send your photos via TwitterFacebook or email

  4. The volunteer army fighting Selby’s austerity cuts

    Richard Bilton

    BBC Panorama

    Selby is a tidy market town sitting in the flat, open countryside south of York.

    Wander through the tight streets and it's hard to see that anything is different - it looks and feels the same as it always has - but a silent revolution is under way.

    Aerial view of Selby

    Since 2010, national spending on local government has halved and all of our communities are having to make do with less.

    In Selby, the police cells and magistrates court have closed, CCTV and bus services have been cut back, street wardens axed and many of the street lights turn off at midnight. 

    And, as I've been finding out, a voluntary army is at work in the town...

  5. North Yorkshire's weather: Hot with sunny spells and mostly dry

    Abbie Dewhurst

    Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

    We should continue to see plenty of sunny spells

    It'll feel hot this afternoon, mostly dry with a few heavy thundery showers.

    The top temperature should be about 27C (81F). 

    Weather graphic
  6. Lucky for some: Yorkshire comes 13th in Olympic medals table

    Over the past few weeks, we've been paying close attention to how Yorkshire's athletes have been faring in the Olympic medals table.

    Remember, just four years ago Yorkshire's athletes led Team GB to a record medal haul, and the county would have finished 12th if Yorkshire was an individual country - ahead of Jamaica, Brazil and Spain.

    Further medals in the Paralympics, including two golds for wheelchair sprinter Hannah Cockroft, capped off that brilliant sporting summer of 2012.

    Four years on, it's been another hugely successful year for Team GB as a whole - and Yorkshire's athletes have again shown they're winners - coming 13th in the final medals table:

    Medals table
  7. York charity finds mothers' pay lags far behind men

    Andrew Barton

    BBC Local Live, York

    New research for a York-based charity says once working women have children they earn even less than their male counterparts. 

    The study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found the gender pay gap gets worse for women when they start a family.

    POund coins

    A report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation by the Institute for Fiscal Studies says the wage gap between men and women becomes steadily wider in the years after babies are born.

    Women miss out on promotions and accrue less experience than men, which holds back their earning power, it adds.

    During the subsequent 12 years, the gap grows to 33% of men's hourly pay rates.

  8. Harrogate health body faces 'difficult choices'

    The NHS body responsible for planning health services in Harrogate is warning of "difficult choices" ahead as it tries to deal with what it says is an £8m funding shortfall.

    The Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) says "increasing demand for access to health services" is to blame for the shortfall.

    Proposals being discussed include no longer providing over-the-counter medicines like paracetamol which last year cost the NHS locally £260,000 to prescribe, the CCG says.

    Rick Sweeney, from the CCG, says: "We are reviewing all areas of spend including the services we purchase, the medicines prescribed, outpatient appointments and operations."

  9. Your headlines this lunchtime

    Elly Fiorentini

    BBC Radio York News

    The top stories from our York newsroom this lunchtime include:

  10. Traffic and Travel update: Coastal traffic building and Knaresborough street partially blocked

    BBC Travel

    There's very slow traffic on the A64 bypass coast bound, between the A166/A1079 Hull road and the A1237.

    The congestion is thought to be due to people heading for the coast to make the most of the sunshine.

    A64 traffic

    Another hot spot at the moment is the A59 York Place in Knaresborough, which is blocked due to an accident at the B6163 Gracious Street/Park Row.

    Knaresborough
  11. Listen: Ball-by-ball Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire

    BBC Sport

    The highlight of the 130th Scarborough Cricket Festival currently under way at North Marine Road is Yorkshire's County Championship match against Nottinghamshire.  

    Notts need to win in order to stay up in the Premiership division and Yorkshire are chasing a third championship win, not seen since the 60s.

    Cricket at Scarborugh

    The action started at 11:00 and you can follow live ball-by-ball commentary by simply clicking here.

  12. Watch: Pam Ayres pays tribute to Team GB Olympians

    BBC Radio York

    Team GB athletes have arrived home from Rio today, and there's still no end to the feelgood factor surrounding the Olympics.

    With that in mind, we asked Pam Ayres to write a poem to mark how Team GB cheered us up with success after success. 

    This is what she came up with:

    Video content

    Video caption: 'Divers ever stoical although the pool went green'
  13. York City goalie suspended with 'immediate effect'

    BBC Radio York Sport

    York City Football Club say they have been notified by the Football Association that Scott Flinders has been suspended with "immediate effect" from all domestic club football for five first team competitive fixtures.

    The Football Association has also confirmed that the player will receive a fine in conjunction with the five-game suspension.

    Scott Flinders

    York City Football Club says it will make "no further comment or statement" until receipt of further communication from the Football Association detailing the charge.

    The Football Association has confirmed the decision is subject to appeal.

  14. Harrogate CCG 'faces £8m funding shortfall'

    Nathan Turvey

    BBC Radio York News

    The NHS body responsible for planning health services in the Harrogate area has warned it's facing a shortfall of more than £8m this year. 

    The Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has blamed its financial problems on growing demand for services.

    The organisation says it is working to identify where savings can be made, which may ultimately lead to changes in the way some services are provided. 

    Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning CCG was rated as "outstanding" last month by NHS England, placing it in the Top 10 of more than 200 CCGs.

  15. Laugher's 'crazy' reception at Heathrow

    It's always annoying having to do the baggage bit when you get off your flight...

    Especially when all the bags are the same!

    Welcome back Jack!

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  16. He's coming home: Ripon Olympian Jack Laugher back in UK

    Diver Jack Laugher, the gold and silver medal-winning Olympian from Ripon, is back on home turf after his success at the Rio games.

    This is the moment he arrived at Heathrow a little earlier this morning alongside about 320 other Team GB athletes on a Boeing 747 with a gold nose cone and "victorRIOus" livery.

    He even got a pat on the back from the pilot!

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    Video caption: Medal-winning Olympian Jack Laugher, from Ripon, arrives in Britain after his Rio success.
  17. Mark and Daniel are set fair for Scarborough

    Jim Addyman

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Today's the first day of the Scarborough Cricket Festival as Yorkshire take on Nottinghamshire in the County Championship.

    But two avid Yorkshire cricket fans won't be arriving in Scarborough to watch the clash until tomorrow - despite having set off to see the match way back on Sunday. 

    That's because Mark Sugden and Daniel Hill are walking there all the way from Headingley.

    Mark Sugden and Daniel Hill, from Leeds

    Mark and Daniel are both keen players and also coach junior teams at Rodley Cricket Club in Leeds - and they're wearing their cricket whites for the 80-mile journey. 

    The pair are hoping to visit more than 18 clubs during the walk as they raise money for Yorkshire Cancer Research in tribute to family and friends who've lost their lives to cancer or are currently undergoing treatment.

  18. Watch: 'Huge day' for Yorkshire at Scarborough

    Gareth Barlow

    Journalist, BBC Radio York

    I'm here at the 130th Scarborough Cricket Festival, where over the next four days, 40,000 visitors are expected to bring more than £4m to the town. 

    The highlight is Yorkshire's County Championship match against Nottinghamshire.

    Here's the chairman of Scarborough Cricket Club, Bill Mustoe, to set the scene:

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    Video caption: 40,000 visitors expected to bring £4m to Scarborough during the 130th cricket festival.
  19. Warning to A64 drivers over Leeds Festival traffic

    Drivers in North Yorkshire are being warned the A64 will be closed to all through traffic travelling eastbound near the site of this weekend's Leeds Festival from late on Wednesday until the early hours of Friday morning.

    Biffy Clyro

    Increased levels of traffic are also expected near the festival, which is being held at Bramham Park, on Monday 29 August as people leave the event, Highways England warns.

    Festival traffic will use the A1(M) to Junction 44 (A1(M)/A64 Bramham Interchange) where traffic will exit and continue on the A64 westbound towards Leeds.

    Traffic will use both lanes on a one-way system on the A64 and turn right into the festival car parks.

    As a result, the A64 will be closed to all through traffic travelling eastbound from midnight on Wednesday until about 05:00 on Friday.