Breaking news in East Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire

Summary

Duchess buys painting during Hull visit
Special needs roles at Siemens Hull turbine factory
Scunthorpe Hospital ward closure blamed on stomach bug
Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield visits Hull
Reckitt Benckiser mounts £16bn takeover of American baby milk firm Mead Johnson
Live updates on Friday 10 February 2017

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Leader of East Riding Council says tax rise 'isn't enough'published at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Sarah Sanderson
Political Reporter East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has this afternoon voted to raise council tax by 4.99%, with 3% of that being used to cover adult social care.
But council leader Stephen Parnaby (pictured) says the rise still won't cover the cost of adult social care.
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The 3% rise equates to just over £5m, but over the four-year financial plan we're still facing a £9m shortfall [in the adult social care budget]"
Stephen Parnaby, Leader of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Carpet of snowdropspublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
BBC Weather Watchers
It might be a damp and dreary day weather-wise but the snowdrops are a delight at Sewerby Hall and Gardens near Bridlington!
Image source, yorkshire kush
Sport: Grimsby Town stadium plan progressingpublished at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
BBC Humberside Sport
The company tasked with building the new Grimsby Town Football Club community stadium is ready to apply for formal planning permission to North East Lincolnshire Council after a successful presentation earlier this week.
Image source, EXTREME Leisure
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We were delighted to be invited to give an informal presentation to councillors across all parties... We were able to outline, discuss and answer questions over our vision to provide a community stadium and the enabling developments within North East Lincolnshire."
Alistair Gosling, Chairman at EXTREME Leisure
Hot vacancies at Humberside Fire and Rescuepublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting for 20 full-time firefighters.
Around 2,500 people applied last summer and the whole process begins again now to find another 20 recruits for the next course starting in September 2017.
Image source, Twitter: @HumbersideFire
Image caption,
Current trainee firefighters being put through their paces
A series of taster days will take place in February and March and the fire service wants to encourage people from under-represented groups, including women and those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Council tax to rise by 4.99% in East Ridingpublished at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Council tax will rise in the East Riding of Yorkshire by 4.99%.
Here are the new band rates:
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Man suffers serious facial injuries in Hull rowpublished at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
A 28-year-old man was left with serious facial injuries after an argument turned violent on Newland Avenue in Hull.
Image source, Google
The incident happened on the junction with Goddard Avenue (pictured), around 23:30 on Saturday, 28 January.
Police are appealing for witnesses., external
Listen: Hull's Lucy Beaumont in BBC Two documentarypublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
David Burns
BBC Radio Humberside
Hull comedian Lucy Beaumont will star in a BBC Two documentary about Hull UK City of Culture on Saturday.
I've been speaking to her about what we can expect.
Cash boost for new initiatives to tackle cancer in Hullpublished at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Two Hull projects are being funded as part of a £7m Yorkshire-wide research programme, external aimed at improving lung cancer outcomes and increasing early diagnosis in the region.
Image source, University of Hull
Yorkshire Cancer Research will invest £712,501 in a new community health campaign led by Professor Una Macleod (pictured), Dean of the Hull York Medical School, which will focus on raising awareness of lung cancer symptoms in the area and people to attend lung health checks.
A second project in Hull, funded by a £347,666 investment, will focus on improving participation in bowel cancer screening as mortality rates in Hull are the highest in the region according to CancerData NHS, external.
Decision on East Riding council tax expected todaypublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Sarah Sanderson
Political Reporter East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
East Riding of Yorkshire Council will decide today whether or not to increase its council tax by 4.99% - the maximum possible without putting it to a vote.
Now 3% of this rise would go towards adult social care funding and the rest would be used for day-to-day services.
Recently the government gave local authorities permission to increase council tax further to help pay for rising social care demands.
Electric vehicles for North East Lincolnshire Councilpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
Eleven new environmentally friendly vehicles will be used by North East Lincolnshire Council from today.
Image source, North East Lincolnshire Council
They use electricity instead of petrol or diesel, the authority say it will save them over £1000 per vehicle over 10,000 miles.
The vehicles will be used as part of a group which covers security and neighbourhood operations.
Fatal crash teenagers namedpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Two teenagers who died in a car accident have been named by police.
Levi Dickinson, 16, and Rhogan Jones, 17, of Goole, were both passengers in a green Volkswagen Polo that left the road and collided with a tree near Howden yesterday. Both died at the scene.
The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving. He has been released on bail as inquiries continue.
The collision was on Barnhill Lane close to the junction with the B1228, Boothferry Road and Main Street junction at 20:15.
Hull's Dawson and Hernandez out injuredpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Michael Dawson and Abel Hernandez are the latest Hull City players to be sidelined by injury.
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Your headlines this lunchtimepublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Richard Madden
BBC Radio Humberside
Headlines from our East Yorkshire & Humber newsroom:
- It's claimed elderly people from Bridlington are cancelling hospital appointments in Scarborough over transport difficulties
- Employee says shop has been left like a building site after thieves rip out cash machine
- Councillors still not decided who'll take over Humberston Fitties
Beverley shortlisted for British Coach Tourism awardpublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside News
Beverley has again been shortlisted in the British Coach Tourism awards.
The town has been making a determined effort in recent years to attract more coach parties, introducing a scheme last year which sees visitors arriving by coach issued with welcome packs and vouchers for shops.
There's been a big increase in coach parties since the promotion was started.
Do you know this man?published at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Clare Crooks
BBC Local Live, Hull
Police in Grimsby would like the person featured on this CCTV image to get in touch.
Image source, Humberside Police
They want to speak to him in connection with the robbery of a 56-year-old woman on Pyewipe Road, external in the town last month.
Anyone who knows who it might be is also being asked to contact police.
Did you own this teapot?published at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
It's fit for a Duchess apparently.
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall picked up a bargain during her visit to Emmaus in Hull yesterday - in a recycled bag too!
Police advice over Hull geocache alertpublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
An online treasure hunt game almost sparked a police incident in Hull today.
Humberside Police were alerted when someone was seen on CCTV strapping a package (pictured) under a bench on Whitefriargate in Hull City Centre at 05:40 today but the officers identified it was to do with an online game.
Image source, Humberside Police
Geocache is a game where someone attaches a package or message in a public space and posts the exact coordinates online so people can find it.
The police are now asking people to use common sense, external when putting the packages in public spaces and ask people to pre-warn them on 101.
Thorngumbald Spar manager 'dumbfounded' by cash machine theftpublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Victoria Holland
BBC Look North
I've been speaking to Spar shop manager Linda Carrington about the cash machine theft from the store in Thorngumbald.
She told me she's "absolutely dumbfounded" and "couldn't believe it had happened."
During the early hours a cash machine was stolen from the Spar shop on Church Lane by thieves who used a fork lift machine to rip the ATM out of the building.
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"It looks like a building site.. it's very insecure at the moment but there are people in there trying to make it safe so we can open as quickly as possible."
Linda Carrington, Spar Shop manager
Tollbar traffic lights to be discussed again todaypublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
A bid to stop traffic lights being installed at a busy roundabout near Grimsby is being looked at today.
Image source, Google
Controversial recommendations for traffic lights at the Tollbar roundabout were approved recently by North East Lincolnshire Council but that decision was then called in by the Conservative group to be looked at again.
A scrutiny committee will discuss this today.
Bridlington elderly 'struggling to get to Scarborough Hospital'published at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2017
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside
Some elderly people in Bridlington are cancelling hospital appointments because it's too hard for them to get to Scarborough Hospital.
That's the claim being made by Jean Wormwell, who chairs the Bridlington Health Forum.
The shuttle bus which connected Bridlington with Scarborough Hospital stopped running last month.
All attempts to get a replacement bus service have failed.