Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton diespublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 5 October 2016Breaking
Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for penning Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, dies at the age of 66.
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Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton diespublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Goodbye: Five things we learned todaypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East YorkshireThanks for being with us today, we'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.
In the meantime, let's look back at five things we didn't know when we woke up this morning...
- Rembrandt comes to Hull for this first time
- Fish can speak to one another
- People can get very excited about birds
- Tributes are being paid to Cleethorpes song writer Rod Temperton
- Government accused of absolute betrayal over steel deal
Image source, Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton diespublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
BBC Entertainment and ArtsRod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died.
In a statement, Jon Platt, chairman of music publisher Warner/Chappell, said Temperton died in London last week at the age of 66 following "a brief aggressive battle with cancer".
His other songs included Off The Wall, Give Me The Night, Sweet Freedom, Always & Forever and Boogie Nights.
"His family is devastated and request total privacy," Mr Platt said.
Image source, Getty ImagesListen: More than 100 people flock to see Albatrosspublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Andy Comfort
BBC Radio HumbersideThere's huge excitement among birdwatchers today following the sighting of an Albatross on Flamborough Head.
Word of the sighting has spread like wildfire among birdwatchers who have travelled from far and wide in the hope of glimpsing the visitor.
Keith Clarkeson, is the manager of the RSPB's Bempton Cliffs Reserve.
Your headlines across East Yorkshire & Humber this eveningpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio HumbersideHere are the latest headlines for East Yorkshire and Humber:
- Cleethorpes songwriter, Rod Temperton, has died
- 'Betrayal' of British Steel over government's nuclear subs contract
- There's been a sighting of an Albatross on Flamborough Head, until now only three had ever been seen in Britain
Carer accused of defrauding 102-year-oldpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
A charity worker appears in court charged with taking almost £300,000 from a 102-year-old woman she was caring for.
Read MoreWeather: A dry evening, turning cloudier by dawnpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look NorthA dry night, with increasing amounts of cloud. Moderate easterly wind, fresh along the coast.
Minimum temperature 8C (46F).
Watch: Woman charged with five counts of fraudpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Laura Foster
BBC Look NorthA woman has appeared in court charged with fraudulently taking nearly £300,000 from a 102-year-old woman in Bridlington (pictured below), who she was caring for.
I've been at Beverley Magistrates Court today.
Calls for David Davis to stand by his fishing claimspublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Sarah Walton
Reporter, BBC Look NorthThe fishing industry should be a priority in the government's Brexit negotiations with the European Union according to one of our region's MPs.
Great Grimsby MP Melanie Onn says the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, David Davis, claimed the industry could recover if the UK voted to leave.
She's now asking him to stand by his words.
Albatross lands on Bempton Cliffspublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio HumbersideHoards of birdwatchers have flocked to Bempton Cliffs near Bridlington to try and catch a glimpse of an Albatross that has made landfall there.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said it was highly-unusual and lots of people are trying to get photographs.
Image source, Kevin GroocockYour headlines across East Yorkshire & Humber this afternoonpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio HumbersideHere are the latest headlines for East Yorkshire and Humber:
- Anger after steel contract for UK nuclear submarines goes to French firms but MoD insists some British steel will be used
- Rod Temperton, the Cleethorpes songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died
- A woman has appeared in court charged with fraudulently taking nearly £300,000 from a 102-year-old woman in Bridlington
Penguin chicks finally namedpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East YorkshireThe sex has finally been discovered of the two Gentoo penguin chicks born earlier this year at The Deep in Hull.
Parents Nessie and Shackleton produced a male chick who has been named after naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The second chick from parents Leo and Diane is female and will be named Lizzie, in honour of her Majesty The Queen.
Image source, The DeepImage caption, Attenborough (left) and Lizzie (right)
Tennis: Murray will face Kyle Edmundpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Mike White
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End of twitter postCity of Culture gallery gets royal artpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
A Rembrandt masterpiece is among four masterpieces from the Royal Collection being loaned to the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.
Read MoreCleethorpes song writer Rod Temperton passes awaypublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kimberley Metcalfe
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End of twitter postAre you cod-ing me?published at 13:40 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East YorkshireImagine what a cod would sound like in Hull.... well that's exactly what scientists are investigating.
Apparently the seas around Britain are getting so noisy that fish species like cod and haddock have difficulty communicating with each other.
The researchers say if the sounds are obscured, it could affect the ability of fish to breed.
Mapping project will paint picture of seabed along East coastpublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East YorkshireWork has begun to learn more about the seabed along the East Riding coastline.
A seabed mapping project will be used in conjunction with data compiled in 2011, providing a complete review of what the seabed off the coastline looks like.
This new follow up work will resurvey key sites of interest such as the sand banks off Bridlington and Spurn Point, to determine how these observed seabed features change over time.
Image source, East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilQuote MessageWe never get to see what’s happening on the seabed and this tidal zone is where the majority of our sediment lies so it’s vitally important that we learn more about what is going on."
Neil McLachlan, Senior coastal engineer
Weather: Cloudy but staying drypublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Alina Jenkins
BBC WeatherA fairly dry afternoon, variable cloud and sunny spells however, feeling cooler with a freshening SE breeze. Stronger along the coast.
Highs of 14C (57F).
Royal Collection art works loaned to Hull Ferens Art Gallerypublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Pritti Mistry
BBC News OnlineA Rembrandt masterpiece is among five works of art from the Royal Collection being given to the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull on a five-year loan.
The Shipbuilder and his Wife by Rembrandt van Rijn will go on show at the gallery from April during Hull's year as UK City of Culture.
Works by Hans Holbein, Canaletto, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Queen Victoria's jewel cabinet complete the collection.
Image source, Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016Quote MessageWe are enormously excited that the UK City of Culture year brings a painting by Rembrandt to Hull to for the first time. It's a hugely significant work painted during the artist's late twenties at which time he was at his most successful and fashionable."
Kirsten Simister, Curator of art at the Ferens
Strike date confirmed in Hull College redundancy disputepublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio HumbersideA one-day strike has been announced for staff at Hull college, in response to plans which could see over 100 staff lose their jobs.
In the new proposals 60 lecturers, members of management and other staff will be made redundant, and all three college nurseries will close by the end of the year.
The union said that 385 jobs had been lost at the college since 2011.
Members will walk out on Thursday 13 October.