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George Bass' wife and granddaughter have issued a further appeal for George to get in touch.

George, 77, from Harrogate, was reported missing on Wednesday 2 March 2016. The last confirmed sighting of him was in Leeds the following day when he got off a bus at Leeds bus station.

Wife Irenie, said: “Both me and your granddaughter Sabrina, want you to know that we are all so desperately worried about you. We just want you to please come home or let us know that you are safe. We love you so much and just want you to be safe.”

Inspector Alex Langley of Harrogate police, also appealed directly to George. He said: “George, if you see this appeal, please get in touch with us and let us know you are safe. It’s been over a week now and you family are beside themselves with worry. If you prefer, you can call the missing people charity in confidence.”

George is described as white, 5'6'' tall with white receding hair, hazel eyes and a pale complexion. He was last seen wearing a grey waterproof jacket with a blue fleece underneath, brown trousers, a dark blue hat, dark blue gloves and black slip-on shoes.

George has a habit of clenching his hands when he walks. When he is not wearing gloves he has a habit of touching each finger in turn to his thumb, as if he’s counting.

Anyone with information about George is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101.

Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka has spoken of his confidence ahead of Middlesbrough's game this weekend:

Middlesbrough will be hoping to continue their positive start to the new season.

They face Leeds in the Championship next and Aitor Karanka says his team will be aiming to make it three wins out of three:

21-year-old Daniel Richardson and 26-year-old James Burrows, both from the Leeds area, have been disqualified from driving for three years, 300 hours community service, suspended prison sentence.

They had both pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to dangerous driving.

They had been driving at 144 MPH on the A19 near Crathorne in North Yorkshire.

The official trophy that will be presented to the winner of this year's Tour de France Grand Départ is going on public display in Leeds today.

The prize will be unveiled at the city's Civic Hall at 1pm.

Two stages of Le Tour will pass through North Yorkshire when the event starts in July.

A popular teenage guitarist who was about to go to university has died after collapsing at the Leeds Festival.

James Houghton, 19, from Hartlepool, travelled to the event with friends.

Police are investigating the "unexplained death", which is not being treated as suspicious.

A spokeswoman said: "West Yorkshire Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of a 19-year-old man at the Leeds Festival.

"Police officers working at the festival were called to the on-site medical facilities at 11.22pm on Sunday August 25, following his collapse elsewhere on site.

"He was pronounced dead at the festival site. Police are not treating the death as suspicious at this time."

His family have been informed.

The Government played no part in the decision to suspend children's heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary, peers were told today.

Health minister Earl Howe said the decision was taken by the local health trust in agreement with the Care Quality Commission and NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.

But Liberal Democrat Lord Shutt of Greetland warned there had been "murky internal health politicking" going on over the issue of children's heart surgery in Yorkshire.

Lord Howe said the premise of Lord Shutt's question was "incorrect", adding: