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
Simon Clark
BBC Look North
Monday saw thousands of Hull FC fans come out to celebrate their team winning the Challenge Cup final against Wigan.
In case you missed the celebrations here are the highlights of what happened.
Laura Foster
BBC Look North
Research out today shows that since 2008 people across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have lost £250m to fixed-odds betting terminals
At the moment you can bet up to £100 per spin but the Campaign for Fairer Gambling want this brought down to £2.
But Ursula Servis who's from the Association for British Bookmakers says it wouldn't make a difference.
Quote MessageThere is no evidence to support a reduction in the stake and all you would do is push problem gamblers elsewhere"
Ursula Servis, Association for British Bookmakers
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Humberside Police have sent this tweet following a traffic accident on the A165 near Bridlington
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The road is currently closed in both directions while a recovery team remove the lorry.
Gill Sennett
BBC Local Live
A man's died after being hit by a taxi in Hull on Sunday evening.
Image source, GoogleThe 79-year-old man who was involved in the accident on Ferensway died of his injuries in hospital yesterday.
Police are asking for anyone who saw the incident to get in touch with them on the 101 number.
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Here are the latest headlines across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire this morning:
Kofi Smiles
BBC Face of Hull 2017
Young children and their parents are going to be encouraged to take part in workshops inspired by opera when they visit The Deep in Hull this week.
It's a collaboration between the aquarium and Opera North to develop the relationship between parents and children and is based around songs influenced by the sea life on show.
The workshops begin today and will also be running on Thursday and Friday.
BBC Humberside Sport
Beverley's Kyle Edmund has progressed into the second round of the US Open.
Image source, EPAEdmund, who reached the fourth round in New York last year, impressively defeated Dutch 32nd seed Robin Haase 6-3 7-5 6-3 in under two hours.
World number 42 Edmund is the highest-ranked British male player in the tournament after the withdrawal of Andy Murray.
The 22-year-old arrived at Flushing Meadows after a semi-final appearance at last week's Winston-Salem Open, meaning his victory over Haase was his eighth match in nine days.
Quote Messagewas very tired this morning. I have played a lot of matches. My coach said today is not about tactics, it's about mentality. I had to drink a can of cola to get my sugar up, but then I started to get into the match.
Kyle Edmund
BBC Radio Humberside
A local councillor has told people living on the East Marsh estate in Grimsby that they can beat the anti-social behaviour affecting the area.
Events have been held recently, like the local fete pictured above, to help show the positive aspects of life on the estate.
There's a meeting for local people tonight, where problems which have plagued the area, including drug-dealing and anti-social behaviour, will be discussed.
Councillor Steve Beasant believes they will turn things around.
Quote MessageI am telling residents we are going to win. We are half way down this journey and we are going to win. We've had enough of the negativity and we are going to make sure we turn the estate around
Councillor Steve Beasant, North East Lincolnshire Council
Matt Dean
BBC Radio Humberside
After lifting the Challenge Cup this weekend, Hull FC's coach Lee Radford says they must focus on the rest of the season.
Image source, PAThousands of Hull FC fans saw the team return to the city yesterday after victory at Wembley on Saturday.
Later this week they face Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and Radford says he's got a team capable of eventually winning the Grand Final at Old Trafford in October.
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
It's not looking like a great start this morning. Here's my full weather forecast:
Jonathan Willis
BBC Look North
Morning, Jonathan here with all the day's news, sport, travel and weather across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
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