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Clare Crooks

Postpublished at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
BBC Radio Humberside
The curator of Made in Hull, the opening event for City of Culture, has encouraged the Sun to come to Hull and write a positive story about the city.
It's after The Sun newspaper published a story with the headline 'Scrapital of Culture' referring to new years celebrations in the city.
Image source, Hull 2017
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I'd like to film them coming to do a positive story, that would be interesting. As long as we're told when they're coming we'd like to meet them and greet them and see who these faces are."
Sean McAllister, Documentary Filmmaker
The newspaper have responded and are standing by their pictures and says other newspapers also ran a similar story.
On the road again!published at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Phil White
BBC Radio Humberside
Starting my tour of the region today.
I'll be broadcasting live from the BBC Radio Humberside bus across Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire from 12:00 until 14:30 every week day.
First stop, Humber Street, with the City of Culture volunteers.
Traffic and travel: Congestion at Mount Pleasant in Hullpublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
BBC Travel
Currently heavy traffic on A165 Holderness Road southbound in Hull at the A1033 Mount Pleasant junction.
Chrildren scramble for sweets and coins in Driffieldpublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
The ancient tradition of scrambling has been taking place in Driffield this morning.
The annual event is thought to date back to the 1700s.
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Parking painpublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
People in Grimsby are protesting about the removal of resident parking permits.
They say a lack of parking is 'destroying their community'.
2017 in with a bang!published at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
Hull's City of Culture year has begun by capturing the imagination of more than 60,000 people in its first day.
That's the number of people who visited the city centre to watch the large scale firework display over the Humber and Made in Hull - projections and performances on the city's buildings telling the story of Hull throughout this week.
And we're told by North Lincolnshire council that 10,000 people went to the water's edge at Barton to watch the fireworks from there.
Lines of thoughtpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Clare Crooks
BBC Radio Humberside
An exhibition of works by some of the world's most famous artists will officially open in Hull today.
Line drawings by masters including Michelangelo, Matisse and Rembrandt will be on display at the University of Hull as part of City of Culture.
You'll be able to see the more than seventy works of art for free until the end of February.
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Watch: Here's our Owain with a look at today's weatherpublished at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Chilly this morning but brightening up for a while.
Postpublished at 10:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
Residents will protest in Grimsby today after the council took away their parking schemes three years ago.
It'll be at the new Cartergate development where protestors claim workers have a discount for parking.
They want their residents permits back at a reduced cost.
North East Lincolnshire Council say Cartergate car park is underused and the loss of some bays to the new office development during weekdays is unlikely to have much of an impact.
City of Culture chief responds to reportspublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Carl Wheatley
BBC Radio Humberside
We've been chatting to Hull 2017 Chief Executive Martin Green and Chair, Rosie Millard this morning on BBC Radio Humberside.
Mainly to talk about the opening events but they also responded to reports printed in The Sun and Daily Mail:
Your headlines this morningpublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside
This morning's headlines include:
- 60,000 people attended the start of Hull's year as City of Culture
- Residents will protest in Grimsby today after the council took away their parking schemes three years ago
- Five gold objects, which will be hidden in Scunthorpe next month, have now been cast
Image source, Beely from Barton
City of Culture: Challenge Hullpublished at 08:59 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Clare Crooks
BBC Radio Humberside
New year, new culture!
60,000 people attended the official opening to Hull's year as UK City of Culture 2017.
The opening events included a large fireworks spectacular and light projection show called Made in Hull.
If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. You've got until Saturday to catch it, external.
Here's a handy map for the event:
Image source, Hull 2017
Now a new campaign has been launched to encourage people who live in Hull to engage with the year.
Challenge Hull asks you to take part in a new task each week, the first being to create a self-portrait, external.
Why not give it a go and show us the results.
Weather: Feeling chillypublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A chilly start to the day with some patches of frost, as well as ice on some roads and pavements.
Things will brighten up today, with plenty of sunny spells across the region.
Traffic and travel: Congestion at Waterhouse Lanepublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
BBC Travel
There's heavy traffic on A63 Castle Street westbound in Hull at the Waterhouse Lane junction.
Good morning: Welcome to today's live coveragepublished at 08:00
Clare Crooks
BBC Radio Humberside
Morning, Clare here with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire on Tuesday 3 January 2017.
It's back to work for most of us today so I'll try to keep you up-to-date with everything that's going on in our part of the world.
Here's a great picture to start your day from Weather Watcher PipB.
Image source, PipB
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