BBC Radio Humberside

An East Yorkshire councillor who made offensive remarks about the late MP Jo Cox has been told to step down by fellow councillors.   

Image source, Beverley Town Council

Dominic Peacock was thrown out of the East Riding's ruling Conservative group and cautioned by the police for his comments on Facebook. 

A motion by the council calling for his immediate resignation was backed by 51 members. 

Councillor Peacock had previously stated his intent to stay until the next election. 

BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

A family are calling for safety improvements to a junction in Healing near Grimsby following three accidents in the space of just one hour. 

Three vehicles skidded on ice outside their home, one crashed through a fence and another hit a tree. 

North East Lincolnshire Council says it is investigating the matter.

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

There's a flood warning in place on the north bank of the Humber, external this afternoon until around 19:15.  

Image source, Environment Agency

A flood warning means flooding is expected and immediate action is required.

The high tide and strong winds could result in some wave overtopping at Hessle Foreshore.

The flood warning could also in place on Thursday and Friday morning.

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

Here's some of the pictures we've had from our Weather Watchers across the region today:

Image source, Weather Watchers

Jill Archbold
BBC Look North

Permission for oil production in Wressle has been refused due to 'insufficient information on ground contamination'.

Egdon Resources had hoped to extract up to 700,000 barrels from a single oil well in Brougton and Wressle. 

North Lincolnshire Council made the decision not to give the go-ahead at a meeting this afternoon.

Jill Archbold
BBC Look North

Permission for oil production in Wressle has been refused due to "insufficient information on ground contamination".

Egdon Resources had wanted to extract up to 700,000 barrels from a single oil well in Brougton and Wressle. 

North Lincolnshire Council has this afternoon turned the plans down.  

Laura Foster
BBC Look North

She was only four years old and she was fed drugs by two people who were supposed to be looking after her.   

Image source, Humberside Police

A Serious Case Review out today shows there were several missed opportunities by social services, health services and police, to protect Poppy Widdison (pictured) from Grimsby before she died.

Three years ago Poppy was found at her home in Grimsby looking lifeless. 

What caused her death is still not known, but tests showed that Poppy had ingested a cocktail of drugs for up to six months before her death - including heroin, sedatives, methadone and ketamine. 

Last month Poppy's mother 37-year-old Michala Pyke and her ex-partner 40-year-old John Ritting were found guilty of child cruelty after feeding Poppy illicit drugs at Ritting's home in Grimsby. 

Today's report criticises services designed to protect Poppy and help her mother with her drug use.

Despite the significant evidence known to various agencies, not one service or person knew what Poppy's life was like or the extent to which she was exposed to risk and harm on a daily basis. 

Pyke and Ritting will be sentenced next week.

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Paul Murphy
BBC Look North

If you're thinking of a visit to Spurn nature reserve this may be of use:

Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

We'll find out next week how a safety review is going of a road in North East Lincolnshire where a family of five died.

Three years ago five members of the Cockburn family died in a crash on the A18 near Laceby just outside Grimsby. 

The safety review into the road was commissioned after an inquest into their deaths and a series of inspections were carried out last August. 

Image source, Dave Moss

The stretch of the road under review is between the junction with the A46 Laceby roundabout and the county boundary to the south. 

Next week cabinet members will consider the independent report into the feasibility of bringing that stretch of the A18 to the standard of a modern A road and also how the road could be made safer.   

Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside

How have you been getting on with this week's Hull City of Culture's Challenge Hull, external?

The "Hull Hoedown" is designed to get you moving.

It was Collingwood Primary school who came up with this week's idea.

Here's the BBC's Kofi Smiles showing us his moves:

If you want to get involved, you can post your picture or video on Facebook or Twitter with the hastag #ChallengeHull.

Laura Foster
BBC Look North

North East Lincolnshire Council has admitted that it missed opportunities to protect a four-year-old girl who died after being forced to take drugs by her mother. 

Poppy Widdison collapsed at her home in Grimsby in June 2013. 

Last month her mother and ex partner were found guilty of child cruelty after feeding her sedatives because they considered her to be an incovenience to the relationship. 

Now a review has found that not enough people knew about the state in which Poppy was living.

Image source, Humberside Police

North East Lincolnshire council says it fully accepts all the findings and says that while lessons have been learned from this review, it argues that many aspects of practice and processes have changed since 2013 when Poppy died. 

BBC Radio Humberside

Police are asking for your help in finding these two men:

Image source, Humberside Police

Lewis Towle, 22, of Cheriton Close, Hull, is wanted for bail offences.

Rhys Todd, 22, of Foston Close, Hull, is wanted for a commercial burglary in Hornsea.

Police say they've tried, but failed to trace them over the last few weeks.

Officers are asking the men to hand themselves in and if you have any information you can call the 101 number.

Crispin Rolfe
Reporter BBC Look North

The P&O ship steward accused of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into Hull has told a jury that it was just a coincidence that his money dried up at the same time as another crew member was arrested for money laundering.   

Image source, Hull News and Pictures

Edward Tron (pictured centre) insists cash deposits to his bank stopped because of gambling losses. 

But the prosecution claims the sums involved had been regular payments for carrying drugs on ferries. 

Mr Tron, along with P&O cook Mark Quilliam and Mr Tron's wife Susan, deny charges of conspiracy and money laundering. 

The case continues.

BBC Weather

There is a yellow warning for snow in the region on Friday and Saturday.

A yellow warning means "be aware".

Snow is forecast from the early hours of Friday morning and further showers of snow, sleet and hail will continue across parts of the UK throughout the day. 

There will also be strong winds with northwesterly gales and large waves will affect some eastern coastal areas, perhaps leading to local over-topping.  

On Saturday showers of sleet and snow will continue. 

Further accumulations of snow between two and four centimetres may affect lowland areas while high ground may see locally five to 10 centimetres deep.. 

Disruption to transport networks seems likely either due to snow or ice. 

BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

The Labour MP for Grimsby is trying to get support from other MPs for a bill to protect workers rights once Britain leaves the EU. 

Melanie Onn (pictured) wants EU employment legislation on things like holiday and maternity pay to be enshrined in UK law. 

The bill will get a second reading in Parliament on Friday.

Image source, Labour Party

Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter

A North East Lincolnshire councillor is opposed to any plan to close Cleethorpes library. 

A proposal has been put forward to close it and relocate it to Grimsby central library. 

The suggestion is part of a report outlining the council's budget which is being discussed this afternoon.

Portfolio holder for finance at the council, Matthew Patrick, doesn't want the library to close and says he thinks Cleethorpes needs library facilities.

Image source, Thinkstock

BBC Travel

The Ouse Bridge on the M62 is closed to high-sided vehicles because of strong winds between J36 Goole and J37 Howden.

There is also very slow traffic on the A614 Booth Ferry Road in Howden in both directions at the Ferryboat Inn roundabout.

Caroline Brockelbank
BBC Radio Humberside

A 15-year-old girl has appeared in court charged with the murder of 7-year-old Katie Rough (pictured) in York. 

She's been remanded in custody.  

Image source, North Yorkshire Police