The site allowing people to obtain free tickets to the firework display which will mark the beginning of Hull's year as City of Culture crashes.

Sima Kotecha
Today programme, BBC Radio 4

A new animated video which details the lives of real victims of child sexual exploitation has been launched by the University of York and the charity Basis Yorkshire.

In a crime survey from the Office of National Statistics, a total of 11% of women and 3% of men aged 16 to 59 said they had been sexually abused as child.

The objective of the new video is to help those who've experienced sexual abuse, and to show them victims who have managed to move on from what happened to them.

The Today programme's Sima Kotecha has spoken to two 17-year-old girls who were groomed by older men over the past couple of years. This is their experience:

Natalie Glanvill
Reporter BBC Radio Humberside

One person has died and another been left with life-threatening injuries, external after a crash on the A180 in North Lincolnshire last night. 

The accident happened close to South Killingholme around 21:20 GMT.

The driver of a Ford Focus Zetec was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary by helicopter where he remains in a stable condition. 

The driver of a blue Peugeot vehicle died at the scene.

BBC Radio Humberside

The families of six Britons jailed in India are "begging" Prime Minister Theresa May to help with their case.

The former British soldiers, including Paul Towers from Pocklington,  were imprisoned in India for firearms offences.

The men had been working on an anti-piracy ship and were arrested in October 2013. 

They were jailed at a court hearing in January for five years.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said Mrs May would raise the issue with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a visit next week.

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

Image source, Hull 2017

If you didn't manage to get any tickets today, you can try again on Saturday, 5 November from 11:00.

Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

There are fears that Grimsby's fish processors could be forced to pay more for fish when Icelandic fishermen take strike action next week. 

It's after Icelandic crews failed to reach agreement with their employers over pay rates. 

Around two-thirds of the fish that arrives in Grimsby comes from Iceland. 

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Here's a look at today's weather with me, Abbie Dewhurst:

Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside

Following earlier problems this morning with the Hull City of Culture website we're being told that applicants for Hull City of Culture's New Year's Day fireworks display, external have seen some progress.

A batch of 15,000 tickets became available from 08:00 this morning, with 10,000 more being released on Saturday. 

This morning the City of Culture website was suffering a technical problem, frustrating would-be applicants.

Now users are getting messages telling them where they are in a queue.

Image source, Getty Images

Stuart Harratt
BBC Local Live

The site offering free tickets for the firework display to mark the beginning of Hull's year as UK City of Culture crashed this morning. People are now queuing for up to an hour for tickets.

The first 15,000 tickets for the 1 January event were made available online at 08:00 GMT, external. 

A further 10,000 tickets will be released on 5 November.

High demand for tickets to an acrobatic performance in June also caused the online booking system to crash.

Organisers claim the fireworks display will be bigger than London's New Year's Eve event.

Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside

Your headlines across East Yorkshire & Humber this morning:

• The organisers of Hull City of Culture have had technical problems on their website this morning
• The MP for Cleethorpes says an overhaul is needed in the way England deals with the risk of flooding
• Hospital managers in North Lincolnshire investigate the cause of a cyber attack on their IT systems 

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

The Hull City of Culture website has crashed this morning preventing many people ordering tickets for the launch event.

The opening event of the City of Culture celebrations will be a firework display above the Humber on New Year's Day.

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

If you're trying to get on to the City of Culture website, external to book tickets for the New Year's Day fireworks display you might have seen this:

We've had reports of the website being down. We'll keep you up to date with this as the morning goes on.

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

Morning, Gill here with the latest updates on your news, sport, travel and weather on Wednesday 2 November 2016.

I'm going to start with these pictures from Nick Hedges in Beverley who's one of our Weather Watchers:

Image source, Weather Watchers

Last night Beverley Minster was lit up in the colour purple to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer. 

It's part of the 'Turn it Purple' campaign to mark the start of Pancreatic Awareness Month, external.

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