Visitors and residents celebrate Freedom Festival in Hull
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks to young
Road closures during Hull's Freedom Festival
Updates on Friday, 1 September
Kofi Smiles
BBC Face of Hull 2017
With over 200 events planned for this weekend's Freedom Festival, external it can be overwhelming trying to decide what to see.
Here's my top 10 choices for the weekend:
BBC Radio Humberside
The stories of people from North East Lincolnshire who have come through drug and alcohol addictions are going to be shared with others across the UK.
A film submitted by the Foundations service, which is based in Grimsby, has been short-listed for a national award.
It tells the story of some of their peer mentors, who have come through addictions themselves and now work to help others.
It will now be shown to similar organisations around the country.
Quote MessageThis is the first time we have ever done anything like this. The first time we came across it we thought it was a really good idea to get some people to talk about the steps in their recovery"
Melanie Farley,, Team Manager at Foundations
Crispin Rolfe
Reporter, BBC Look North
Former General Secretary Kofi Annan is speaking to young people in Hull as part of the Freedom Festival., external
He will also deliver the keynote speech in Hull tomorrow morning.
The Hull Youth Enterprise have sent this tweet letting people who have tickets know that it's taking place at 11.30 not 15.30 as originally being advertised.
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Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Hull 2017's chairman Rosie Millard has tweeted her excitement as she prepares to meet former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan.
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Kofi Annan will deliver a keynote speech to the Freedom Festival, external this weekend.
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
The organisers of this year's Freedom Festival, external say they want a European feel to the city and have promised to, "keep the party going longer."
Image source, Freedom FestivalThe new Festival Tent in Queens Gardens will be transformed into a festival party for one and all after 10pm on both Friday and Saturday night.
Image source, Freedom FestivalThe Beats Bus is a mobile recording studio. Music workshops will be run by local Hip Hop favourites giving young people of the city a chance to express themselves
Image source, Freedom FestivalAmortal Combat is a dance-theatre, music, humour street show dealing with duels, duos, love and hatred in 25 minutes.
Amanda White
BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grimsby racing legend Guy Martin could break another world record in our area this weekend.
The TT star first broke the world record for speed on a Wall of Death in March last year, clocking 78 mph.
The Wall of Death will make an appearance at a Kirmington pub this weekend, with Guy tipped to make another world record bid.
BBC Radio Humberside
Train passengers are facing disruption this morning as Northern Rail , externalworkers go on strike.
Members of the RMT union are taking part in industrial action over plans to cut the number of guards on trains.
They are also planning on walking out on Monday. Northern runs services across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
Quote MessageWe are trying very hard with the RMT trade union to find a solution to this and we ask that they work along side us to explore how we might staff trains and stations in the future. We would welcome them to come back around the table and have serious talks about our modernisation programme.
Sharon Keith, Northern Rail
Kofi Smiles
BBC Face of Hull 2017
The Freedom Festival gets under way in Hull today with more than 100,000 people expected to attend over the course of the weekend.
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Festival and features a keynote speech by former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, pictured above arriving at Humberside airport yesterday.
It will also see music, comedy and other cultural activities take place throughout the city centre over the next three days.
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
It's a cool but bright start to the day with any fog or mist patches soon clearing.
Here's my full weather forecast:
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Hello and welcome to today's live feed across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire on Friday 1 September.
I'm Jonathan and I'll be bringing you the latest news, sport and travel from across the area throughout the day until 18:00.
Just to remind everyone there is a strike on Northern trains, external today. Don't get caught out like I did.
Please get in touch and let us know what's happening where you are by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
A leading playwright writes a City of Culture satire - commissioned by the organisers themselves.
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BBC Look North
We're back tomorrow from 08:00 with more news from around the area.
Before we go here's five things we learned today:
Plans for a new cruise terminal for Hull are progressing, according to the leader of Hull City Council.
The preferred location for the £17m terminal is near The Deep at Sammy Point.
Stephen Brady says he's confident Hull will get a cruise terminal:
Quote MessageWe're talking to the government now. They're very warm towards the idea, to have the cruise terminal in Hull"
Stephen Brady, Leader, Hull City Council
BBC Look North
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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This evening cloud will build with the possibility of scattered slow-moving showers developing.
Any showers will soon die out with a fine and chilly night to follow as skies clear.
Winds will remain light.
Gill Sennett
BBC Local Live
The Home Office has released images of a man from Scunthorpe who was sentenced to three and a half years in jail for people smuggling.
Image source, Home OfficeHuzaifi Hasan Musa, 22, of Mary Street, Scunthorpe, was caught after the van he was driving was stopped by border force officers in France.
Image source, Home OfficeFive Iraqi nationals, including one child, were found hidden in cabinets.
Image source, Home OfficeUK Border Force says people like Musa put vulnerable lives at risk.
Image source, Home OfficeJonathan Willis
BBC Look North
A man's been airlifted to hospital following an accident on the A166 Garrowby Hill near Pocklington.
Police were called to the incident involving two cars - a white Ford Kuga and a black Porsche near Bugthorpe at around 13:30 BST this afternoon.
Two men were taken to hospital in York and another was taken via air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary following the accident.
Road closures are currently in place and motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Gill Sennett
BBC Local Live
A man from Scunthorpe has been jailed for three and a half years after he attempted to smuggle a child and four people into the UK hidden in cabinets.
Image source, Home OfficeHuzaifi Hasan Musa, 22, of Mary Street, Scunthorpe, was caught after the van he was driving was stopped by border force officers in France.
A woman and child were found in one cabinet and three men in another. All five were Iraqi nationals.
Musa claimed that he had been to visit his step-grandmother near Dunkirk though he couldn’t provide an address to officers and said that he had taken her furniture because he had intended to throw it all away.
Quote MessagePeople smugglers like Musa exploit the vulnerable and put lives at risk"
Paul Morgan, UK Border Force
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
A number of roads will be closed in and around Hull city centre this afternoon for this weekend's Freedom Festival., external
Festival organisers say the closures will allow people to walk around the site.
The roads will be re-opened on Monday.
BBC News Travel
The A166 is closed both ways because of an accident between Barf Lane and Garrowby Road.
Image source, AAThe Yorkshire Air Ambulance is also in attendance.
