Humberside Fire and Rescue say they are better equipped to deal with flooding a decade after heavy rainfall
Yorkshire farmers are urging the government to reject calls for a ban on widely-used weed killer
Tickets for two shows in Hull as part of City of Culture have gone on sale this morning
Updates on Friday 23 June 2017
Anne-Marie Tasker
BBC Look North
The BBC Proms travels out of London, to Hull – UK City of Culture 2017, external – for a site-specific performance of music inspired by water, centring on Handel’s Water Music suites.
It was first performed 300 years ago at a river party for George I on the Thames.
Tickets have now sold out.
Vicky Johnson
BBC Look North
Here is the full statement from Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust about Exercise Orange Falcon which is taking place this weekend:
"No one can predict when a major incident or large scale emergency will occur, so it’s important that we test our systems regularly with both table-top and ‘as live’ exercises to see how people respond.
Exercise Orange Falcon will not only test the inter-agency agreements and processes we have in place should there be a major incident, but crucially it will also test the personal response of individuals to a situation which is unknown, urgent and constantly changing.
Many people are giving up their own time to take part in the exercise, for which we’re incredibly grateful. It represents a fantastic learning opportunity for all involved and as such, we will be also be filming parts of the exercise to use in the subsequent staff debrief and internal training videos."
Anne-Marie Tasker
BBC Look North
Tickets for two shows in Hull as part of the City of Culture year go on sale this morning.
In July, a BBC Proms concert will take place on the Stage at the Dock, focusing on Handel's Water Music.
Tickets for that are available at 9am.
And at 10:00, tickets will be released for a concert celebrating 50 years since the start of the decriminilisation of homosexuality, it'll feature Will Young and Alison Moyet, amongst others.
Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside Live
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Image source, MuttleyFarmers across Yorkshire are urging the government to reject calls for a ban on a widely-used weedkiller.
Glyphosate is popular in the food production industry.
Some environmentalists claim it's a health hazard, but others say there's no evidence it does any harm.
The EU is due to rule over the coming months whether the weedkiller should be outlawed, amid opposition from many British farmers.
Jo Makel
BBC Look North
Humberside fire service says it's better equipped to deal with floods on the scale that were seen in 2007.
It's 10 years this weekend since surface flooding from heavy rainfall affected thousands of people across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
The fire service says it now regularly carries out water rescue training and has the right equipment to deal with rescuing people from flooded homes.
Owain Wyn Evans
BBC Look North weather
Cloudy and breezy with some outbreaks of rain. Drier later. Feeling cooler compared to earlier in the week.
Here's my full forecast:
Louise Wheeler
BBC Local Live
Good morning. Join me, Louise , for today's live coverage of the news, sport, travel and weather across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire. I'll be with you until 18:00.
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Gill Sennett
BBC Radio Humberside
That's all from me for today.
Any breaking news, sport, travel and weather will be updated automatically overnight.
Here's five things we didn't know this morning:
Kofi Smiles
BBC Face of Hull 2017
"Nobody's the same...everybody's just different, you can't be the same really."
That's the message these students from Ganton Special School want to get across with their new show.
The play is about their experiences as young people living with special educational needs:
See the performance it at Ganton School at 13:00 on Wednesday 28 June, or watch the live stream, more information here, external
BBC Humberside Sport
Grimsby Town manager Russell Slade (pictured) has told the BBC he'd like to make three or four more signings ahead of the new season.
The Mariners are hoping to bring in an experienced defender this week, and Slade says they need to get some more deals done but doesn't want to make too many signings.
Image source, Rex Features
Matthew Bone
Video Journalist, BBC Look North
Six Sudanese men have been discovered by Border Force officers at Hull Port.
The men aged between 24 and 35 were found yesterday during a routine search at the port.
All six men were treated for dehydration at Hull Royal Infirmary and are now being questioned by officers
The Home Office will make a decision on whether to deport them.
Kofi Smiles
BBC Face of Hull 2017
Rehearsals are underway for a ground-breaking theatre production, Flood: To the Sea, to be broadcast on BBC Two in August.
Flood: To the Sea has been commissioned by Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and will be broadcast on BBC Two in August.
It is the third instalment of Flood, created and produced by acclaimed theatre company Slung Low, which is being told across an entire year, online, live in Hull and on BBC TV.
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
Image source, GoogleThe trust which runs hospitals in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole has one of the highest death rates for patients after leaving hospital care.
The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is among 10 trusts across the country with higher than expected mortality rates following time in hospital according to the figures for last year from the NHS .
The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Trust has told the BBC they are disappointed that the overall position has deteriorated and the in-hospital mortality position remains positive.
A high number of the in-hospital and out of hospital deaths involve patients who are already approaching the end of their life when they are admitted to hospital.
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
A cloudy day with some heavy thundery showers.
Here's my full forecast:
BBC Radio Humberside
A man's been sent to prison for 14 years, external for the historic abuse of two boys, including one from Grimsby and another from Leeds.
Andrew Marshall from Kimberley Road in Benfleet, Essex was found guilty of 10 offences including indecent assault, grooming and rape at Grimsby Crown Court.
The 41-year-old has also been made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which bans him from being alone with children or from working with them for life.
Image source, Google
Andy Comfort
BBC Radio Humberside
In the last hour the RMT union has confirmed another rail workers strike in the long running dispute over driver-only trains.
Workers on Arriva Rail North will walk out for three days starting on July 8 2017.
Image source, El Pollock
BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Ten years ago Hull experienced the most widespread flooding the city had ever seen.
It was the wettest month in Yorkshire in 100 years and 16,000 homes and businesses in Hull, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were flooded.
The damage was calculated at £41m.
One man, Michael Barnett lost his life as he tried to clear debris from a drain after his leg became trapped in a makeshift grille.
Phillip Norton has been to meet his father Michael Barnett Senior:
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside
A Bridlington man has begun a one-man crusade to return the town's abandoned supermarket trolleys.
Oliver Stones says he's fed up of seeing abandoned trolleys all over the place.
Mr Stones has set up a "Justice for Trolleys" Facebook page where he records the abandoned trolleys he finds on his travels around the town.
Image source, Oliver Stones