Met Office forecasters expect clear skies and highs of 21C in York on Friday afternoon (May 1).

Sunshine is forecast on Wednesday and Thursday with temperatures set to heat up to 16C and 17C into Friday.

Saturday will see sunny intervals with highs of 19C, the Met Office said.

Forecasters expect temperatures to drop slightly in York to 16C on Sunday and Monday.

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Clouds are forecast on Sunday and Monday with a 30 per cent chance of rain.

The Met Office’s deputy chief forecaster, Tom Crabtree, said temperatures could reach 24C in central and southern areas of England on Friday.

“Into the bank holiday weekend, the weather looks more changeable, with showers at times – particularly in the north – but also some sunnier intervals,” he said.

“Details will become clearer closer to the weekend, so do keep up to date with the latest Met Office forecast.”

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 Located off Ringlet Way, the housebuilder says the development comprises a mix of practically designed, energy efficient two, three- and four-bedroom homes.

 Prices for the homes at Bishop’s Quarter start at £287,000 for a ‘two-bedroom plus’ Ripley house type, so called as it has an additional upstairs room offering flexibility as a live/work area.

The largest of the properties remaining is the ‘four-bedroom plus’ detached Thoresby priced at £510,000 which, like the Ripley, also features an additional room upstairs.

Wetherby-based Avant says selected plots at Bishop’s Quarter are available with a range of incentives. This includes five per cent deposit paid (worth up to £16,750) and My Move Made Easy, where the housebuilder will help a buyer sell their existing home.

 All remaining properties at the development benefit from open-plan kitchen and dining spaces with integrated appliances and classic French doors opening to the rear gardens.

 The downstairs also features a large living and a WC. Selected properties at the development also benefit from a dedicated utility room and an internal garage.  

Upstairs, all the homes feature master bedrooms with en-suites, with the other generous bedrooms served by a family bathroom.

Bishop’s Quarter is being delivered by Avant Home North Yorkshire.

The regional operating business’s sales and marketing director, Dan Hardcastle, said: “Our Bishop’s Quarter development has delivered a new thriving community in Sherburn-in-Elmet, with our homes proving hugely popular with buyers looking to move in or to the area.  

 “Located just a 30-minute drive from Leeds, with easy access to York and Selby, Sherburn-in-Elmet is an excellent choice for commuters.

 “With only 22 remaining homes at Bishop’s Quarter, any interested buyers should come speak with our sales team to learn more about making their next move to the development.”

 For more information on the development, search ‘Avant Homes Bishop’s Quarter.’

North Yorkshire Police say the 15-year-old boy who was reported missing from Fulford has now been located.

A force spokesman said: “Thank you to everyone who shared the appeal and contacted us with information.

“Your support really does make a difference and helps us bring missing people home safely.”

It followed an earlier appeal for help to find missing Sisam who had last been seen at his home at about 11.15am on Monday (April 27).

Missing teenager Sisam who was last seen at his home at about 11.15am on Monday has been found safe and well (Image: Harry Booth)

The men fled to a house, but were caught by police after a tip-off

Three masked men who terrified shop staff and stole cash and alcohol have been jailed. Shane Barr, 37, Abdifatah Haji, 38, and Americo Monteiro Do Rosario Silva, 42, and a fourth man, entered the Post Office and Premier Store, in Eaton Socon, St Neots, at just before 6pm on Sunday, January 11.

A member of staff ran out of the shop and called police while the masked burglars stole alcohol, vapes, and tobacco, as well as cash from the till. The four men then fled to a house in Prince Close, Eaton Ford, where officers arrested them following a tip-off from a member of the public.

Silva, of West Green Road, North London pleaded guilty to burglary on February 10. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison on April 20.

Barr, of Moores Walk, St Neots, and Haji, of Wargrave Avenue, North London, admitted burglary on February 10. Barr was jailed for three years and three months, while Haji was sentenced to one year at Cambridge Crown Court on March 27.

Michael Strojec, 46, of Olive Morris Court, Ermine Road, London, has been charged in connection with the case. He has not yet entered a plea and his case is due for mention at Cambridge Crown Court on April 30.

Detective Constable Lucy Holderness, who investigated, said: “These men showed a blatant disregard for the law and the member of staff who must have been terrified, simply so they could steal as much as they could carry.

“Thanks to the swift response from officers and the support of the community, they have been brought to justice and have now faced the consequences of their actions.”

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Plans for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury to finally meet in the ring could hinge on one unlikely figure in Dua Lipa.

On Monday, it was confirmed Joshua and Fury will collide in a Battle of Britain that has been a decade in the making. While a final date and venue are still to be confirmed, contracts have been signed with the showdown to be streamed live on Netflix in November.

There are one or two hurdles left to clear. Joshua will have a warm-up fight in July against Kristian Prenga, the little-known Albanian heavyweight selected to help the two-time world champion shake off any ring rust.

Joshua will be expected to make easy work of Prenga who has never fought anyone close to the caliber of the former Olympian to set up his meeting with Fury.

But there could be another obstacle to overcome. Turki Alalshikh, one of boxing’s most influential shot-callers, has been at the heart of the two-fight deal with a rematch between the British giants likely to follow next year.

The Saudi financier is a huge fan of London-born singer Lipa and had stipulated she needs to perform at the fight ahead of the main event, Sky Sports report.

Boxing’s Saudi backers are not short of funds and their cause may be helped by the fact the ‘Levitating’ hitmaker is a boxing fan.

‘I love boxing in my spare time,’ she said in 2018. ‘I like doing it for fitness, I do it just to kind of clear my mind.

‘I really enjoy it and I like to watch boxing as well.’

Shows backed by Alalshikh have brought in some of the biggest names in music with Liam Gallagher performing at Wembley Stadium before Joshua’s 2024 world title fight with Daniel Dubois.

Eminem appeared as a special guest artist for Terence Crawford’s fight the same year with Busta Rhymes was on stage before the historic undisputed bout between Arthur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

50 Cent meanwhile joined Chris Eubank Jr for an iconic ringwalk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ahead of his rematch with Conor Benn last November.

Joshua has not fought since his December victory over Jake Paul, breaking the YouTuber’s jaw in the sixth round. Just days later, the Briton was involved in a fatal car crash in Nigeria that claimed the lives of his two close friends Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.

Fury meanwhile returned to action after a 14-month retirement in April, comfortably outpointing Arslanbek Makhmudov.

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The chief executive of the UK Biobank, one of the world’s largest biomedical databases, recently wrote to over 500,000 participants telling them that some of their data had been made available for sale online through a Chinese website. This wasn’t a data breach or hack, but rather researchers who had legitimately accessed the data trying to sell it.

Although it was stated that participants could not be identified, and there was no sign that the data had actually been bought by anyone, the fact that someone could even try to sell parts of the dataset is extremely concerning. Unfortunately, the failure was unlikely to be in the protection set up by the biobank itself, but rather in the honesty of the researchers accessing the data.

This raises the wider question of whether data – any data – can ever really be protected. Many databases, including the UK Biobank, operate secure research environments where restrictions are put on those accessing the information. This can be through secure computer portals or platforms (as used by the UK Biobank), or limiting researchers to only downloading the results of their analyses rather than the raw data itself.

But the problem is that once data exists, there is always a chance that it can be leaked through either accident or dishonesty. Legal restrictions, such as data protection laws, can give power to police or governments to try to stop this happening, or to subsequently prosecute. But in a world of international computer networks, and very different national views on privacy, even laws can only do so much. For instance, it has been claimed that data has been exposed accidentally from the UK Biobank 198 times before.

If this isn’t bad enough, the increasing availability of sophisticated AI tools means that even anonymised data can be de-anonymised. This is because AI tools are able to find complex patterns or links in data that no human would ever be able to discover.

So what is the answer? Do we revert to using pen, paper and filing cabinets, or do we need to keep evolving the way we think about our data and its security?

Harms v benefits

Possibly the main fear that people have with their data being made widely available is becoming the victim of fraud, bribery or perhaps a commercial organisation using it to make large profits or using it in other ways that we would not approve of. But the possibility of this depends on the type of data.

For instance, there are very clear reasons to keep data on personal finances, telephone records, or many other details about our personal lives confidential. However, when considering health data, including the types held in biobanks, does the potential for significant societal benefits change the way we think about risks and harms?

Medical confidentiality is considered a human right, certainly in Europe and the UK. This is because of the possibility of coercing or manipulating people if you have inside knowledge about their health. Doing this for nefarious gain is clearly wrong and must remain illegal.

Giving health data access to insurers or employers is less clear cut. While we all accept that their business practices mean that they do need to know a certain amount of information about us, many people feel uncomfortable with the idea of giving companies all of our healthcare information. This is where data protection laws come in that limit what and how commercial organisations use our data, albeit such laws require ongoing scrutiny as they are not always as effective as we may like.

However, looking beyond the individual, the real value of health data is at a group level. Humans are complex both biologically and psychologically, meaning that researchers need to look across a lot of people before patterns start to emerge. So how can this be balanced with personal privacy?

Veil of ignorance

The philosopher John Rawls proposed a thought experiment for considering issues of justice and society. His idea was to suggest people adopt a “veil of ignorance” by trying to forget their own personal position – including, race, gender, class, intelligence and health – when thinking about what might be best for society. So what would adopting a veil of ignorance mean when considering health data?

Aggregating health data is certainly not a new idea, and is the reason why organisations like UK Biobank exist, which to date has resulted in more than 18,000 research publications. So from the position of a veil of ignorance, the more data from the more individuals the better, as it does seem to lead to more research possibilities.

Second, research is very complex and now involves a wide range of disciplines, individuals and skills. Data from the UK Biobank has been used by 22,000 researchers in more than 60 countries. Again, from the veil of ignorance position, making data freely available to the widest range of researchers seems to be a good thing as the more people looking at it, in different ways, the higher the likelihood of discovering something useful.

Of course, safeguards do need to be in place to stop information being shared too widely, but these safeguards are becoming harder to implement as data processing software and AI is making it increasingly easy to identify individuals from otherwise “anonymous” data. Perhaps the issue is therefore focusing efforts less on controlling the availability of data, and instead increasing our focus on controlling how it is subsequently used.

This latest incident, alongside the wider context of daily cyber-attacks and leaks from other databases, seems to show that sooner or later most attempts at protecting data will fail. As a consequence, rather than trying to protect data, maybe we should start to accept that this type of data could now be considered a type of public good.

As with other public goods, the ethical obligation is to ensure how they are used. Yes, this may mean that commercial organisations, or even foreign governments, could use our data in ways we may not individually approve of, but disapproval of the actions of companies or other countries is hardly a new thing.

Political and international agreements regulate how all sorts of resources are used, and health data should now be included. Similarly, laws already exist to dictate what businesses can and can’t do with data.

It could be argued that if the potential benefits of fully open data sharing are truly enormous, and this incident among many others has shown we cannot protect such datasets, maybe we need to stop focusing on the futile task of trying to protect the data, and instead focus on working out how to ensure it is used in the right way.

Neil Robertson’s maths blunder will cost him three figures after he was hit with a first for conceding a frame early during his World Snooker Championship first round win

Neil Robertson will have to cop a four-figure fine after conceding a frame early during his World Snooker Championship first round win over Pang Junxu.

The Australian, who claimed victory at the Crucible back in 2010, began his clash last week by taking the first frame but then ended the second prematurely, but only after some questionable mental maths from Robertson.

The 44-year-old conceded the frame when he was trailing by 47 points. There were three reds left on the table, meaning he could still win without needing snookers, but the mathematical misstep saw Robertson mistakenly concede early.

Players are able to concede, but will receive a warning from the referee and be handed a £250 fine. However, a couple of unrelated fines earlier in the season mean Robertson’s error will actually cost him £2,000, report The Metro. A further error could see Robertson fined £10,000.

Referee Terry Camilleri did indeed warn Robertson, who cut a confused figure before realising his error. Robertson was actually 57 points behind and had simply got his sums wrong, which was quickly noticed on commentary.

Ken Doherty said during the BBC’s coverage: “Well, what’s happened there? He’s actually conceded when he can still win. That’s very unusual for Neil Robertson to do something like that. You don’t really see that in the game anymore, but it’s going to cost him Pang Junxu’s first frame. Now 1-1.”

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Joe Perry, a friend and mentor to the Australian, was also on commentary duty and added: “I’m not entirely sure Neil realised he could still win. That’s totally out of character for Neil. He’s going to get a warning from the referee, then he’ll realise what he’s done.”

Doherty went on to claim: “You don’t really see that anymore. There were a few players doing it a few years ago, that’s why they brought in the warning and the fine to stop players conceding frames when there was enough points on the table to win. Pang Junxu won’t be too displeased!”

Robertson’s blunder wouldn’t dent the Australian’s tournament ambitions as he secured a 10-6 victory. He’s since seen off Chris Wakelin to set up a quarter-final clash with John Higgins, who himself downed Ronnie O’Sullivan. Robertson was pleased to dodge the Rocket, taking aim at the chalk he uses.

“I would prefer to play John so I don’t have to contend with the chalk that Ronnie uses, which should be banned from the game,” he told BBC Four. “I don’t know how you are allowed to even use it.”

Robertson later added: “All the players hate it, it just destroys it. You get kicks, bounces and it makes an absolute mess of the table. I know he [O’Sullivan] is friends with [artist] Damien Hirst, but it’s like he is making artwork with the chalk all over the cloth. I don’t think he does it to put off anyone, he is not that way inclined at all. He is about the only player left on tour that uses that chalk – hopefully they bring in a ban.”

Police would like to speak to this man in connection with the incident

Police are looking for a man in connection with an incident where paint was squirted over a car. At about 7.50pm on April 7, a man was seen squirting paint over a car in Dalby Court, Welland Estate.

The same vehicle was scratched on a previous occasion at around 1pm on March 8, causing around £300 of damage.

Cambridgeshire Police would like to speak to a man captured on CCTV in connection with the incidents. A police spokesperson said: “Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with criminal damage in Peterborough.

“Officers believe the incidents are linked and are asking anyone who recognises the man in the image, or who has information about either incident, to come forward.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 and quote incident 35/25498/26.

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Sir David Davis warned the attack was “a direct interference with a Member of Parliament carrying out his duties”, as he told the Commons his website “was hit with 142 million requests, consuming nearly 800 gigabytes (GB) of data”.

The Goole and Pocklington MP alleged much of the traffic was “traceable to China”.

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Attacks on Sir David’s website are thought to have begun last Thursday morning, when a series of tab-style links, supposed to contain information about the Conservative MP, directed users instead to gambling pages.

“This is not a minor nuisance, it’s a direct interference with a Member of Parliament carrying out his duties.” (Image: UK Parliament)

On Monday evening, the website daviddavismp.com displayed the message: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance.

“Check back in a minute.”

Describing the attack, the former Brexit secretary said: “Last Thursday, my Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) provided website was compromised.

“Malicious links were inserted, redirecting users to south-east Asian gambling websites – I guess it could be worse.

“We took it down immediately.

“It was restored but then came under sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, traceable to China.

“In just 24 hours, the site was hit with 142 million requests, consuming nearly 800GB of data.

“This is not a minor nuisance, it’s a direct interference with a Member of Parliament carrying out his duties.”

A DDoS attack involves the attacker flooding a server or website with internet traffic originating from more than one source.

The Press Association understood that while the majority of traffic appeared to come from China, Sir David’s office has identified a small number of hits from other countries and is working with website hosts to find a way to prevent further attacks.

Deputy speaker Nus Ghani told MPs: “I do not think it would be appropriate to discuss the details publicly about preventative action and how members are supported to protect themselves against these kinds of cyber threats.

“If members would like security advice on how to make personal accounts and devices more resilient, they should contact PSD (Parliamentary Security Department).

“For matters related to parliamentary accounts and equipment, members should contact PDS (Parliamentary Digital Service) through the PDS service desk.”