German u-boat veteran speaking at Hull event
Hotels and restaurants fear staff shortage as young people encouraged to train in hospitality industry
Hull New Theatre topping out ceremony this afternoon
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Variable, often large amounts of cloud, throughout the day although there could be some bright or sunny spells and it should stay mainly dry.
Maximum Temperature 13C (55F).
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
A digger has been used to steal an ATM in Kirton-in-Lindsey, external in North Lincolnshire.
It happened in the early hours of this morning:
Police received a call at about 02:00 reporting that a digger was being used to take the cash machine from the One Stop Shop in High Street.
Four men were said to have been involved and the machine was taken away in the back of a van.
Officers say they are encouraging businesses with cash machines outside their premises to ensure they have good security measures in place.
Natalie Glanvill
Reporter BBC Radio Humberside
We've had an update on the condition of a Grimsby man who was left fighting for his life, external after taking a so-called legal high.
The 43-year-old is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
He was found collapsed on Monday at a property in Thorgam Court.
Two men and two women have been arrested and bailed.
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
Take a look at this... Hull New Theatre as you've never seen it before:
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Image source, Rex FeaturesScunthorpe United , externalboss Graham Alexander and Grimsby Town, external striker Omar Bogle are award winners this morning.
Alexander has won the League One Manager of the Month award for November whilst Bogle has picked up League Two's Player of the Month award for the same period.
The Iron were unbeaten in the league with three wins and a draw in league competition but Alexander is quick to deflect the attention away from himself when discussing the award.
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
A new leader will be chosen for North Lincolnshire Council next week.
Earlier this year the leader, Councillor Liz Redfern, announced she was stepping down, but will continue as a ward councillor for Axholme Central.
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
A woman who's walking the length of the UK coastline for charity will be passing through our area today.
Natalia Spencer began her walk to raise money for the Wallace and Gromit appeal back in February this year after she lost her daughter Elizabeth, to a rare immune disease.
She told us why she wanted to do this challenge:
Quote MessageThis is my way to cope with grief and I wanted to do something positive to remember her so I decided to do fundraising as well."
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Here's a look at today's weather with Abbie Dewhurst:
The weather forecast with Abbie Dewhurst.
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
Here's a remarkable story of survival. Ten minutes of oxygen left, and a decision which dictates whether you live, or die at the bottom of the Atlantic.
That's the event which changed the course of Horst Jackson's life.
Ninety-year-old Horst, a German U-boat torpedo operator was captured as a prisoner of war by British forces. He eventually found himself in Market Rasen where he met his wife and settled there.
I went to find out about Horst's story:
As a German U-boat torpedo operator, Horst was captured by British forces.
Horst will be a guest of honour at the 'original' Veterans Breakfast Club in Hull tomorrow - spending time with men who would have been the enemy, but have ultimately been united by a shared struggle to survive.
Conservative candidate Caroline Johnson has won the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election.
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Carl Wheatley
BBC Radio Humberside
As the regeneration of Hull New Theatre continues, the Christmas lights will be switched on today at the highest point of a crane which is helping to construct a new 27 metre tall tower.
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Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside
The morning headlines across East Yorkshire and the Humber:
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There's slow traffic on the A63 Castle Street westbound in Hull at the Mytongate roundabout in the roadworks area.
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There is slow traffic on the A180 eastbound at Barnetby Top in the road works area.
Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
Morning, Gill here with all the latest on your news, sport, travel and weather across East Yorkshire and the Humber on Friday 9 December 2016.
Look at these great pictures our Weather Watcher's have sent us of the moon last night:
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Conservative candidate Caroline Johnson has won the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, which saw Labour come in fourth behind UKIP and the Liberal Democrats.
Image source, PAThe Tory party held onto the seat which became vacant after MP Stephen Phillips quit, citing "irreconcilable policy differences" with the government.
Dr Johnson won 17,570 votes to beat UKIP's Victoria Ayling, who had 4,426.
Labour slipped from second place in the 2015 general election to fourth.
A mother told police signs of heroin might have been in her four-year-old daughter's system "because of passive smoking", a court hears.
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BBC Radio Humberside
That's all from me for today but updates on breaking news and travel will continue throughout the night.
But before I go, here's five things we didn't know when we woke up this morning:
Image source, North East Lincolnshire CouncilNorth Lincolnshire Council say they've been overwhelmed with the response to this little fella being abandoned in Weelsby Woods. He's finally getting the care and attention he needs.
Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
Headlines for Look North this evening:
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Confirmation of the FA Cup tie:
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