The closure is for emergency repairs following flooding from heavy rain which has been an issue since Friday, February 6.

The M62 Eastbound will close completely between Junction 11, Birchwood, and Junction 12, Eccles, on Sunday, February 8.

A National Highways spokesperson said this is in addition to a single-lane closure on the opposite, westbound carriageway.

Lanes 1 and 2 (of 4) remain closed on the #M62 eastbound between J11 (#Birchwood) and J12 (#M60) due to a drainage issue.

There will be a full closure this evening on the eastbound and a lane 4 closure on the westbound for emergency repairs. pic.twitter.com/5PKAS1SK17

— National Highways: North-West (@HighwaysNWEST) February 8, 2026

They said: “Lanes one and two (of four) are closed on the M62 Eastbound between J11 and J12 due to a drainage issue.

“There will be a full closure this evening on the eastbound and a lane four closure on the westbound for emergency repairs.”

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — It’s almost time to crown an NFL champion.

After two weeks of hype and anticipation, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off in Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday.

Will Drake Maye and the Patriots (17-3) capture their seventh Lombardi Trophy? Or will Sam Darnold and the Seahawks (16-3) earn their second?

The matchup features two stingy defenses, two balanced offenses and two quarterbacks who’ve taken vastly different routes to get here.

Led by defensive tackle Leonard Williams, linebacker Ernest Jones, cornerback Devon Witherspoon and rookie safety Nick Emmanwori, the Seahawks allowed the fewest points in the NFL and have standout players at every level.

The Patriots advanced to a record 12th Super Bowl because their defense has been dominant in the playoffs, allowing only 8.7 points per game.

Darnold has All-Pro wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, veteran wideout Cooper Kupp and running back Kenneth Walker around him.

Running backs TreVeyon Henderson and Rhamondre Stevenson and wide receiver Stefon Diggs give Maye plenty of support on New England’s offense.

The 23-year old Maye will be the second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl. He’s aiming to become the youngest to win it.

The Patriots won six rings with coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. AP NFL Coach of the Year Mike Vrabel, who was a linebacker on three of those teams, is seeking his first as a head coach.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald is only in his second season and first with Darnold, who’s on his fifth team in eight years in the NFL. The 2018 No. 3 overall pick has finally found a home after bouncing around the league.

This is a rematch of the Super Bowl 11 years ago. Brady and the Patriots won that one, 28-24, after Russell Wilson’s pass from the 1-yard line in the final minute was intercepted by Malcolm Butler.

According to BetMGM Sportsbook, the Patriots are 4 1/2-point underdogs against Seattle.

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That’s what a mother and daughter team of traders who’ve been coming to York for 15 years had to say about The Big York Flea, an indoor market taking place today (February 8) in Railway Institute in Queen Street.

Around 1,500 visitors are expected to browse, peruse or purchase today.

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Organiser Judy Berger said she’s been bringing a mix of fashion-led traders to the city with a strong selection of vintage clothing and jewellery stalls, alongside carefully chosen crafts, retro homewares and handmade fashion.

Mother and daughter Margarita and Sarah Gamble were on site with their stall named Adorned and said they love bringing it to York.

They said they have their own website and a couple of other online shops but really appreciated the location and the space in the city centre.

Margarita, 59, said: “The locals have great taste in retro clothes and we just love the vibe, it’s one of our favourite places.

Sarah, 32, who went to university in York and graduated 12 years ago, appreciated the setting in the Railway Institute, likening it to the set of a Wes Anderson movie.

They both paid tribute to the organisation behind the scenes.

Organiser Judy Berger said York continues to be one of the most successful and supported locations (Image: Kevin Glenton)

More than 60 individual traders take part in The Big York Flea (Image: Kevin Glenton)

‘The York audience is wonderfully varied’

Margarita said: “We love Judy’s events, we’ve been doing them for 14 or 15 years.

“The organisation, communication and the range of traders she attracts makes all the difference to us.

“Every single time we trade at one of these events we always have a good time.

“A lot of our customers come out to see us too.”

Organisers said the sold-out event brings more than 60 traders to Railway Institute (Image: Kevin Glenton)

Judy Berger said: “The York audience is wonderfully varied — we see everyone from day trippers and tourists, to local families, students and long-standing regulars.

“There’s a real appetite for vintage here, and the mix of fashion, jewellery, homewares and creative stalls makes the event feel lively and accessible to a wide range of shoppers.

“The Big York Flea has been a part of the city’s retro fashion and handmade scene for 15 years and York continues to be one of our most successful and well-supported locations.

“A few years ago we moved the event to the Railway Institute, after realising what a brilliant space it is — not only because of its size, but also its prime position right next to the train station, which makes it incredibly easy for people to visit.

“Today’s event is completely sold out, with around 60 individual traders taking part.

“The mix is very fashion-led, with a strong selection of vintage clothing and jewellery stalls, alongside carefully chosen crafts, retro homewares and handmade fashion.”

Many of us love traditional recipes, tried and trusted over generations in their beloved home county. Yorkshire pork pie, Yorkshire fritters, Yorkshire tea loaf, we love keeping these recipes – some of which date back centuries – alive.

Colin Neville, of Silsden, has gone one step further, and created a special website Traditional Yorkshire Recipes, which brings together dozens of recipes not only from across the Yorkshire region, but local dishes special to towns and villages.

Bingley redcurrant cobbler, Harrogate tart, Scarborough plum pudding, Whitby potato whirls and Batley pudding are among the offerings on this entertaining, wittily-written website.

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Herders’ fattie cakes

‘O, we do love our puddings in God’s Own,’ writes Colin, ‘And here’s a beauty, dating back to the 16th century: Tadcaster Pudding. You’ll need to do a five mile walk afterwards to burn off the calories, but what the hell!’

Old favourites like meat and tatie pie, Yorkshire hot pot and Yorkshire tea cakes are present, as well as bizarre-sounding concoctions such as meat rock cakes and woof pie, made from an ‘ugly looking devil’ type of catfish caught off the Yorkshire coast.

Retired University of Bradford lecturer Colin, who also curates the Not Just Hockney website profiling local artists, past and present, says: “I have always been interested in cooking, but was growing frustrated at convoluted modern recipes that asked you to buy some unfamiliar ingredient you might only use once, and certainly wouldn’t be stocked at the local shop,” he says.

“It was the simplicity of the old regional recipes, combined with the readily available ingredients that drew me to them. I also admired the creativity of past cooks, who could take food, often grown in their gardens, and add their own touch of magic to create something special. The simplicity of the recipes was also a pragmatic response to the fact that their kitchens had none of the electronic appliances at our disposal today.”

Colin began to look around for regional recipe books at car boot sales and charity shops and found old books going back to the 19th century. He also asked local people in Silsden for their family recipes.

“In the process I found a range of recipes that appeared to originate from the Bradford or neighbouring districts, including Ilkley Cakes, Ben Rydding Pudding, Wharfedale Orange Tart, and Skipton Pudding. ‘Baker Mike’, who writes a regular baking column in the Keighley News, has also been an invaluable source of help to me.

Skipton Pudding

Medley pie

“I decided it would be a challenge to pull the recipes together into a website and with the help of a local computer programmer, the website was launched in 2018. It is a non-commercial site, so I don’t seek advertising, nor accept it, which keeps it uncluttered and, I hope, easy to use.

“I encourage visitors to give me feedback on the recipes, which often leads to some lively online discussion, their own tweaks to the recipes and happy memories of past family meals. The recipes can generate much nostalgic discussion among visitors to the site. All the original sources for recipes are cited, which includes a number of recipe books still in print.”

The site today has around 170 recipes so far, but is still growing and I am always on the look out for more to include. As I researched the origins of the recipes, I came across interesting articles, so the website also includes over 20 articles on regional food history. These include the story of the 1901 Bradford Workhouse Food Strike, when the workhouse residents rebelled against the poor quality of the food served.”

Adds Colin, whose wife Wendy is his most truthful fan/critic of his cooking, “Visitors to the site include many Tykes now living in Australia, New Zealand. Canada, America ,and Scandinavia. This includes Alan a Yorkshire ex-pat now living in Sweden, who regularly makes a batch of his much-coveted Yorkshire recipe pork pies for the locals in his village.”

One contributor to the site, Judy Williamson, of Silsden, provided Grandma’s ‘Toss In’ Cake. She writes:

‘As the name suggests, this recipe was given to me by my grandmother and has been handed down in the family for at least four generations. This makes a lovely foolproof and light fruit cake which we use at Christmas, birthdays, anytime! It is easy to increase the ingredients and cooking time for larger cakes and icing it makes it a good ‘occasion’ cake.’’

In the past 12 months the website had had were 64,000 visitors, with a peak of 822 on one day.

Colin’s personal favourite recipe is Yorkshire Mint Pastry in the baking section. “It is so simple and cheap to make; just grab a handful of garden mint, add currants, make your pastry, and you’re in business. The smell of it straight from the oven is marvellous too. And the taste definitely hits the spot.”

He adds: “I get a lot of pleasure researching, writing up and testing the results. I can’t bear the sight and smell of tripe and onions though.”

“I enjoy cooking and the simplicity of most of the recipes attract me, combined with the often fascinating historical origins of them. Cooking too, is a way that many people express their creativity, and that is particularly important in this our Bradford City of Culture year.”

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A HUGE fire has erupted near a scrap site this afternoon with plumes of smoke seen for miles.

The blaze has broken out near Craven Road in Broadheath, on what is understood to be a nearby scrap site.

Huge smoke plumes have been seen billowing overhead, with video footage being taken from the nearby retail park on George Richards Way.

At least six fire engines are thought to be at the scene with cordons currently being put in place this afternoon.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: “At around 2.40pm today (Sunday 8 February), five fire engines from across Greater Manchester and one aerial ladder platform attended a commercial building fire at Craven Road, Altrincham.

“Crews wearing breathing apparatus arrived quickly and are currently using two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.

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“Firefighters remain in attendance at this time.”

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed they are in attendance at the scene this afternoon.

Officers are currently assisting with road closures, including along Craven Road in Broadheath.

People have been asked to avoid the area and close windows amid the ongoing blaze.

Local councillor, Ulrich Stephane Savary urged people to ‘avoid the area’ amid the blaze this afternoon. “Please avoid the area near Davidson on Craven Road/Barlow Road,” he said. “Please close your windows and take precautions.”

Ismaila Sarr struck a second-half winner as Crystal Palace halted a miserable 12-match winless run by snatching a 1-0 Premier League victory away to bitter rivals Brighton.

Forward Sarr, who scored twice in the Eagles’ 3-1 success at the Amex Stadium last season, fired home in the 61st minute to settle a tight derby encounter.

Victory for the Eagles was a first in all competitions since December 11 and lifted them to 13th place – a point above the Seagulls.

Brighton were booed off at full-time after home supporters vented displeasure at head coach Fabian Hurzeler by chanting “you’re getting sacked in the morning” in the closing stages of a match in which they created little.

Albion, who would have gone into the top half of the table with three points, have now won just one of their last 12 top-flight fixtures.

Palace handed a debut to £48million club-record signing Jorgen Strand Larsen as part of two changes, while Brighton’s three alterations included a first Premier League start for 17-year-old midfielder Harry Howell.

A heavy police presence outside the ground indicated the importance of this fixture to the two sets of fans but passion on the terraces was not matched by entertainment on the pitch in a dour first half.

Seagulls captain Lewis Dunk glanced off target from a Pascal Gross free-kick before Eagles defender Maxence Lacroix blocked a powerful effort from Maxim De Cuyper with his left thigh.

Palace grew into the contest to end a scrappy opening period in the ascendancy.

A series of long throws from Chris Richards caused Brighton some concern before Sarr sliced wide in the 43rd minute after being played in by Daniel Munoz.

November’s reverse fixture at Selhurst Park ended goalless and, based on the opening hour, a similar outcome here seemed a distinct possibility.

However, the deadlock was eventually broken a minute later as substitute Evann Guessand made an instant impact on his Eagles debut.

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The Ivory Coast forward, who joined on loan from Aston Villa on 30 January, seized on a poor headed clearance from Dunk to slip in Sarr, who took his time before finishing beyond Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.

Eagles keeper Dean Henderson denied Charalampos Kostoulas an equaliser by saving with his legs four minutes later.

Albion boss Hurzeler responded to the deficit with a triple change in the 71st minute, introducing Diego Gomez, Yankuba Minteh and Danny Welbeck in place of De Cuyper, Carlos Baleba and Howell, which prompted chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing” from some supporters.

Strand Larsen twice threatened to double Palace’s lead before they comfortably held on during six minutes of added time to claim bragging rights and a first Premier League win since a 2-1 victory at Fulham on 7 December.

Hello and welcome to live, over-by-over coverage of England v Nepal in Mumbai. It’s the start of England’s World Cup campaign, one they will approach with confidence after a fine recent run in T20 internationals. They’ve won 11 of the last 12 completed games, including a clean sweep in Sri Lanka, and are generally rated either third or fourth favourites to win the competition.

Harry Brook will be pleased just to start the tournament and talk about cricket rather than his infamous night out in New Zealand. “It has been pretty horrendous to be honest,” Brook said. “It has just been tough. It’s not been a very nice time of my life. It’s just not been easy. All I do is hit a ball with a bat and that’s what I want to carry on doing for the rest of my career.

“I’d rather it had not happened, but it’s happened now and we’ve got to move forward and hopefully things can blow over and hopefully things are brighter on the other side.”

England should cruise through from Group C, which also includes West Indies, Nepal, Italy and Scotland. The top two go through to the Super Eights, where the tournament starts to heat up. And they should win today against Nepal, a fast-improving side with an enormous fanbase, but that’s all part of the awkwardness – in the 19-year-history of the T20 World Cup, England have lost twice to the Netherlands and once to Ireland.

They named their side yesterday, with Tom Banton and Luke Wood preferred to Ben Duckett and Jamie Overton. Both are making their World Cup debuts. The match starts at 9.30am, and we’ll have details of the toss shortly.

Ken Goudie pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism following the incident at Larne Leisure Centre

A pervert at a Co Antrim leisure centre was restrained multiple times by a man he was “recording” in the changing rooms as he attempted to destroy his phone and escape.

Ken Goudie of Carrickburn Road, Carrickfergus, pled guilty to one count of voyeurism at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, January 28, following the incident at Larne Leisure Centre in May 2024.

Goudie admitted to watching a man in the changing rooms for his own “sexual gratification” with his victim believing that he had used a mobile phone to record him.

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Speaking to Belfast Live following the conviction, his victim said that he had been showering at the changing room when he noticed Goudie staring at him which “creeped him out”, with this continuing when he moved into the changing area beside the lockers. He said that he became very concerned about what Goudie was doing when he noticed his phone was positioned in his gym bag in such a way that the camera was pointing directly at him.

The victim, who is a martial arts coach, said that when he confronted Goudie about this, he started to act in a strange way and refused to open his phone and show his victim whether or not there was videos or pictures of him on the phone.

He says that he restrained Goudie when he started to try and destroy his phone and eventually managed to get it off him when he then ran to the front desk of the leisure centre and asked them to call the police.

Shortly after this, Goudie attempted to leave the leisure centre via a fire escape, however his victim chased after him and restrained him outside until the police arrived.

The man said that following the incident he suffered with increased anxiety and still fears there could be images of him online somewhere.

He said that even though police seized Goudie’s phone, he refused to provide officers with a pin and they were not able to examine the phone to see if there were any images of the victim on it, something the man did not believe “was good enough”.

He said: “This incident has had a huge impact on me over the past couple of years and I am still struggling with anxiety from it as I don’t know what sort of images or videos were taken of me, or if they have been put online somewhere.

“This man dragged this case right up until the final day when he changed his plea, which put me through even more stress.

“I am still disappointed that more was not done to properly examine his phone and extract what was on it after he refused to give up the PIN for it. The original plan was to have the phone destroyed, so it would never be known what was on the device, and I had to ask the courts not to do this and it is still in the possession of the police.”

Goudie was sentenced to 100 hours community service, a probation order for a year and a half and will have to sign onto the sex offenders register for five years and a sexual offences prevention order for ten years.

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A wonderful 17th-minute goal by Olivia Smith helped Arsenal consign Women’s Super League leaders Manchester City to a first defeat since September.

City had not lost since the opening day of the season but Andree Jeglertz watched the 17-match unbeaten run of his pace-setters end at Emirates Stadium.

Smith raced onto a wonderful Mariona Caldentey pass and rounded Ayaka Yamashita to score her seventh goal for Arsenal.

Even though WSL leading scorer Khadija Shaw threatened before and after half-time, Renee Slegers’ side held on for a vital three points.

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Liverpool moved off the bottom for the first time since November with a fine 4-1 win over Aston Villa.

It took the Reds 12 matches to get off the mark in the WSL this season, but they made it two wins in three after goals by Mia Enderby, Martha Thomas, Grace Fisk and Aurelie Csillag in St Helens.

Enderby and Thomas scored within 14 minutes and while Miri Taylor reduced the deficit before the break, Fisk and Csillag struck late on to help Liverpool leapfrog relegation-rivals Leicester.

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West Ham were set to go bottom after they went two goals down at home to Brighton before they produced a remarkable turnaround to win 3-2.

Manuela Vanegas put Brighton 2-0 up after 63 minutes following Kiko Seike’s 40th-minute opener, but Ffion Morgan gave the hosts a lifeline with eight minutes left when her cross caught out goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.

Shekiera Martinez levelled in the 86th minute before Viviane Asseyi completed the comeback after a goalmouth scramble in the first minute of stoppage-time to spark wild celebrations.

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Everton responded to the midweek dismissal of Brian Sorensen with a 1-0 triumph at London City.

After a goalless first 45, Inma Gabarro broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute.

It proved enough to help Everton register back-to-back WSL wins for the first time this season after a string of saves by goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan.

Peter Andre was pictured having a bite to eat at Italian spot Uno’s Trattoria in Newcastle on Saturday (February 7), even taking time to snap a picture with servers.

The ‘Mysterious Girl’ hitmaker is said to have quietly booked a table, having been in the toon for show The Very Best of Frankie Valli starring Peter Andre at the Tyne Theatre.

Peter Andre at Uno’s Trattoria. (Image: UNO’S TRATTORIA)

Those on shift have now said how “lovely” and “genuine” Andre was, who signed the restaurant’s wall before leaving.

Supervisor Tori Robson told The Northern Echo: “He came in with his tour manager Carl and just casually asked for a table for two – obviously we were quite shocked!

“They had called us a few minutes earlier (we didn’t know who was calling at that point) to confirm our location as our restaurant had been recommended to him by the hotel.”

Peter Andre at Uno’s Trattoria. (Image: UNO’S TRATTORIA)

After his visit, Andre took the restaurant by surprise once again when he took to Instagram and shouted out the restaurant, telling his two million followers the “food was excellent”

“Every single person we met was so friendly and so helpful,” he said.

“I feel like there was this consistency of niceness everywhere.”

Speaking of the praise, Tori added: “He was a really lovely genuine guy, full of compliments to me and our manager Antonio regarding both our friendly staff and his meal (particularly how much he enjoyed our freshly baked in house selection of breads). 

“He even posted a video on his social media pages stating how lovely people in Newcastle are and mentioned how much he enjoyed his lunch with us!”