Summary

  • Accident and Emergency attendance spike over New Year

  • Appeal launched for new bereavement suite

  • Visitors flock to see Made in Hull

  • Updates on Friday 6 January 2017

  1. Goodbye: Five things we learned todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Clare Crooks
    BBC Radio Humberside

    What a week! I am almost sad it's over but there's a weekend of adventure awaiting out there.

    Before I go here's five things we didn't know when we woke up this morning:

    1. Hull is now a top visitor destination
    2. Snodgrass is in demand
    3. The Haxey Hood can go on and on
    4. Jonathan Dimbleby believes in Hull
    5. We're Absolutely Clueless!
    The Deep during Made in Hull

    Thanks for joining me on the live feed today. 

    That's it now until we are back at 8:00 on Monday 9 January with all the news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. The making of Made in Hullpublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Clare Crooks
    BBC Radio Humberside

    Always interesting to hear from the artists themselves about their work.

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  3. Listen: Dewberry defends home citypublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    David Burns
    BBC Radio Humberside

    I spoke to former winner of The Apprentice, Michelle Dewberry, earlier. 

    She defended her home city after The Sun newspaper's negative coverage of the City of Culture earlier in the week by taking a journalist from the newspaper on a guided tour.

    Have a gander at this:

  4. Watch: Here's Peter with tonight's headlinespublished at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    BBC Look North
    East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

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  5. Watch: Weather with Abbiepublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    BBC Look North
    East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

  6. Hull reject West Ham bid for Snodgrasspublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Premier League strugglers Hull City reject a bid from West Ham for top scorer Robert Snodgrass.

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  7. Dewberry dims the doubterspublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Clare Crooks
    BBC Radio Humberside

    A former winner of The Apprentice has hit back at The Sun newspaper over its coverage of the City of Culture earlier in the week.

    Michelle Dewberry who is originally from Hull took a journalist from the newspaper on a guided tour after it printed images of violence and drunken behaviour on New Year's Eve.

    She spoke to David Burns about it today.

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  8. Traders miss out in Hullpublished at 15:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Gill Sennett
    BBC Radio Humberside

    There's been some criticism that traders in Hull haven't taken full advantage of the City of Culture's crowds this week by not staying open for the Made in Hull event.

    Cup of latte coffee and custard tart in a cafe.

    It's thought more than a 150,000 people have visited Hull since Sunday and more are expected tonight and tomorrow. 

    Some business leaders say traders have missed out on vital revenue.

  9. Can you help identify these men?published at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    BBC Radio Humberside

    Humberside police have posted CCTV footage of a robbery at Aldi on Sutton Road in Hull.

    A number of electrical items were stolen in the incident early on New Year's Day.

    Can you help identify them?, external

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  10. The January Challenge: Day 6published at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Kofi Smiles
    BBC Face of Hull 2017

    I'm always up for a challenge!

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  11. Absolutely clueless!published at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    BBC Radio Humberside

    Are you absolutely clueless too, or can you help solve this?

    It's our exciting new big clue-solving treasure hunt that puts you in the driving seat.

    clue

    The starter clue has already foxed us! 

    Tune in from 10:00 tomorrow (Saturday 7 January) to help Andy Comfort and Lucy Clark who are Absolutely Clueless!

  12. Listen: Dimbleby on life as a broadcaster and writerpublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Sarah Sanderson
    Political Reporter East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

    I've been talking to BBC Radio 4's Any Questions presenter Jonathan Dimbleby about Hull ahead of his visit to the City of Culture.

    A special Hull edition of the programme comes from Hymers College tonight.

  13. Appeal launched for new bereavement suitepublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Richard Madden
    BBC Radio Humberside

    The Health Tree Foundation has launched an appeal, external to raise £150,000 to create a new bereavement suite at Scunthorpe General Hospital's maternity ward.

    It's to help support women who give birth to babies they have miscarried, are stillborn or die within a few hours.

    Scunthorpe General HospitalImage source, Google

    They've already raised more than £10,000 thanks to local people who have made donations.

  14. Weather: Cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rainpublished at 13:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Abbie Dewhurst
    Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

    Mostly cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain developing from the north-west during the course of the afternoon. 

    Temperatures rising a little but still feeling cold with highs of 4C (39F).

    Weather graphic
  15. Henriksen's Hull deal made permanentpublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Hull midfielder Markus Henriksen's loan move from AZ Alkmaar has been made permanent.

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  16. On the road againpublished at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Kofi Smiles
    BBC Face of Hull 2017

    Going live with Phil White at Hymers College, baby! 

    It's the venue for Any Questions tonight.

    Tune in!

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  17. A&E attendance spike over New Year periodpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    The number of people attending A&E departments in Lincolnshire rose by 11% over the New Year week. 

    Figures out today show just over 2,800 people went to one of the county's 3 A&E units between Boxing Day and New Year's Day. 

    That's an increase of 300 compared with the previous week.