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Updates on Friday 15 September 2017
Katy Austin
Journalist, BBC Look North
A trial of spit hoods by Humberside Police officers is going to be extended across the whole force area, the force has confirmed.
Although a growing number of police forces across the country use them, spit guards, sometimes called spit hoods, remain controversial:
Campaigners welcome a government review of plans to close minor injuries units in East Yorkshire.
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Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live
Police are asking for help in finding Hull man Brendon Carrier who's gone missing from his home and who may now be in North Yorkshire.
Image source, Humberside PoliceHe was reported missing on 30 August after leaving his home on Hymers Avenue without telling friends or family where he was going.
Police are becoming increasingly concerned as Brendon has some health issues which require treatment.
It's believed that he may be in the North Yorkshire area, officers say.
He's described as about 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build and with brown hair.
He was last seen wearing dark tracksuit bottoms, a hoody and carrying a green rucksack.
Visitors to the Lincolnshire coast are being warned to take care around seals ahead of the grey seal breeding season.
The warning comes from Sea Life Centre experts who say people need to take extra care on the east coast which is home to 50% of the world's population of grey seals.
Image source, Sea Life CentreThousands of people are drawn to see the seals at Donna Nook, between Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes, during the autumn breeding season.
Todd German, senior aquarist based at the Sea Life Centre in Scarborough, says there's already been a "high level of disturbance" to seals this summer and people should keep their distance - especially around new-born seals.
Quote MessageSeals don't know we’re not a predator and we can easily frighten them if we get too close"
Todd German, Sea Life Centre
Suzy Lawson
BBC Local Live
Should we go back to our traditional county names?
The MP for Cleethorpes, Martin Vickers, says he wants the old county boundaries like Lincolnshire to be strengthened.
That could mean the end of North East Lincolnshire, which Mr Vickers says is "just an administrative unit":
Yorkshire's Air Ambulance service has received approval from the Civil Aviation Authority to operate at night.
Image source, Yorkshire Air AmbulanceThe Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) said the approval followed a recent inspection which has enabled it to extend its hours of operation.
The charity said its two Airbus H145 helicopters would now respond to incidents from 06:00 to 00:00 on weekdays and to 22:00 on weekends.
Crews will use night-vision goggles during evening flights.
More needs to be done to cut the £1bn-a-year cost of placing homeless people in temporary accommodation, a Grimsby charity says.
Figures from the National Audit Office suggest there's been a 60% increase in the number of households being placed in temporary homes over the past six years.
Andrew Hornsby, from YMCA Humber, which helps homeless people in Grimsby, says the findings are unsurprising:
The number of people unemployed in Yorkshire and the Humber region dropped by 10,000 in the three months to July.
Image source, PAThe total number of people unemployed stands at 127,000, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, external.
That's a rate of 4.7% in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The proposed closure of Hornsea's Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) has been referred by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to an independent review panel.
East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has previously said it had a "limited budget" and the move was aimed at improving services.
The proposed change would see patients travelling to Urgent Care Centres at Beverley, Bridlington and Goole or booking an appointment for "low level minor injuries" at units in Driffield and Withernsea.
The referral to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel was revealed by the Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart.
Campaigners say they hope the panel will block the closure on the grounds it will deprive local residents of proper health cover.
If the CCG's move to close the unit is deemed to contradict its duty of care, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel could recommend that the Health Secretary overturns the closure decision.
Caroline Brockelbank
BBC Radio Humberside News
The top stories from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire so far today include:
The last of the overnight heavy rain and gales should clear to the east.
All parts will then see sunshine and heavy, blustery showers with hail and thunder likely.
Staying breezy with highs of 14C.
Katy Austin
BBC Look North
From today, police officers across the Humberside force are being issued with spit guards after a pilot in Hull over the summer.
Spit hoods or guards are designed to stop people in custody spitting or biting, but their use has been heavily criticised.
Although a growing number of police forces across the country use them, they remain controversial.
Caroline Brockelbank
BBC Local Live
Police representatives from East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire say the government's not gone far enough to improve public sector pay.
The government said yesterday that prison officers will be offered a 1.7% increase, and police will receive a 1% plus a bonus of the same amount.
But union leaders have described the move as "pathetic" and say it doesn't cover the rising cost of living.
Pete Musgrave, from the Humberside Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file police officers, says the government's ignoring expert advice and needs to do more:
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live
A 71-year-old man who was arrested yesterday in connection with reports of a sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl in Hull earlier this week was detained under the Mental Health Act, police say.
Image source, humberside policeIt follows an incident at a park on Dorchester Road in Bransholme at about 16:00 on Monday.
As police continue to investigate what happened, they're again asking people not to share pictures and videos of the suspect and incident and this could obstruct the investigation.
Police presence has been increased in the area.
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live
Traders in Scunthorpe are being asked for their views about a revamp of the town's market.
North Lincolnshire Council wants to transform Scunthorpe's High Street as part of a £60m investment plan.
The council has invited market traders and residents to have their say on the plans next week as part of a month-long consultation to inform the future direction of the market.
The consultation event will be held on 20 September in Scunthorpe town centre.
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live
Have a look at these fantastic pictures from Steve Mason in Hornsea.
He's captured storm Aileen just after "she" crossed the rest of the UK.
Very dramatic, but also very beautiful:
Image source, Steve MasonIf you'd like to be part of the BBC Weather Watchers family, it's really easy to sign up.
And, of course, it's also where BBC Look North weather presenters Keeley Donovan and Paul Hudson choose their pictures for the Look North bulletin.
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside
Conservationists are thrilled by the spread of sea grass at Spurn.
It's one of the only flowering plants found in the marine environment that can form dense underwater meadows.
The grass spends half its life covered by the sea and provides food, shelter for young fish, as well as helping stop coastal erosion by stabalising sediment.
Bex Lynam is the North Sea Marine Advocacy Officer for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
We're hearing that shoppers and staff have been evacuated from Grimsby's main shopping centre. More as we get it...
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Following the sentencing of a traveller family who were convicted of modern day slavery offences Lincolnshire Police have told the BBC that they expect their modern day slavery workload to increase.
They currently have five ongoing investigations whilst Humberside Police have three ongoing investigations.
Take care out and about this morning, there's some debris around after storm Aileen passed over.
However hopefully the worst is over, thanks to weather watcher PipB for this calm picture from Leven.
