Summary

  • Two charged with Christmas day cash snatch

  • More ambulances called in Lincolnshire this winter

  • Grimsby 'one of the worst areas for domestic violence'

  • Plea from Hull's A&E 'only real emergency cases'

  • Red Arrows plan nationwide tour

  • Live updates on Friday 29 December 2017

  1. PM denies patients will miss out on pain relief treatmentpublished at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Prime Minister Theresa May says it's "plain wrong" to suggest that government funding cuts mean some patients in Hull might no longer receive pain infusion treatment.

    During Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle, Emma Hardy, called on Theresa May to intervene.

    Emma Hardy
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    I've been contacted by 11 constituents who are frightened and many of them suicidal because they've been told by either Hull or the East Riding CCG that their desperately needed pain infusion treatment will be stopped. This is the cruel reality of the NHS having to ration treatment due to funding cuts"

    Emma Hardy, Member of Parliament

    Theresa May in Parliament.

    Mrs May denied the health service is having to make do with less:

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    We are putting extra money into the National Health Service. We are not cutting funding for the National Health Service. CCGs will be taking individual decisions about how they apportion their funding, but to stand up here and suggest we are cutting funding to the National Health Service is plain wrong"

    Theresa May, Prime Minister

  2. Development plans under scrutiny at Bartonpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Councils don't get to choose who comes into their towns to invest, according to the leader of North Lincolnshire Council.

    Rob Waltham was responding to the question of why Barton was to get a new pub rather than a doctors' surgery or pharmacy.

    Aerial view of the site in Barton.Image source, Google

    He's been talking to BBC Radio Humberside about plans for a new supermarket and pub in Barton.

    The LIDL development has faced opposition from some local people who say Top Field shouldn't be built on.

    North Lincolnshire Council approved the plans last month and now the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government will decide whether the proposal can go ahead.

  3. Special-needs pupils 'struggle' with new testspublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates.

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  4. Humberside Police inquiry over Tramadol casepublished at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Humberside Police are investigating how a Hull woman who has been jailed in Egypt for having hundreds of UK prescription drugs with her got the pills.

    Shop worker Laura Plummer told the court in Egypt she had got the 290 Tramadol tablets for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain.

    She had no idea what she was doing was wrong.

    Ms Plummer said she obtained the drugs, which were in her suitcase, from a friend in the UK.

    Laura Plummer.Image source, Plummer family

    Laura Plummer has been jailed for three years after being caught taking the Tramadol painkillers into Egypt.

    Police here say it's not a criminal investigation though, as passing on a subscribed drug is a civil offence under the Medicines Act.

  5. Scunthorpe club to close doors after 120 yearspublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    A North Lincolnshire social club is shutting the doors this weekend after more than 120 years.

    Ashby Cons Social ClubImage source, Google

    Ashby Cons Social Club has been losing £5,000 a month and will close on Saturday.

    The club used to have 3,000 members but now there are only 500.

  6. More calls for Beverley - York train line reinstatementpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Beverley train station.Image source, Google

    Reinstating the abandoned Beverley to York train line is on the agenda again.

    It's as Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is asking councils to suggest routes which might be re-opened to promote jobs and growth.

    This afternoon the Beverley-based councillor, Denis Healy, will urge fellow councillors to support the scheme.

    Pocklington's mayor David Sykes says reinstating the Beverley to York line would boost tourism in East Yorkshire.

  7. Pollution hotspots revealedpublished at 11:09 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    Enter your postcode to see what the air quality is like where you are living in Britain.

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  8. Police 'concerned' after schoolgirls go missingpublished at 08:59 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2018

    The missing girls Kaitlyn Davies and Sophie Malone.Image source, Humberside Police

    Police say they are "concerned for the safety" of two missing Hull schoolgirls, external.

    Kaitlyn Davies, who's 15, and 13-year old Sophie Malone did not return home from Winifred Holtby School on Monday.

    Officers believe they could be together and both were wearing school uniform.

    If you know where they are or have any information you're being asked to call police on 101.

  9. Moors sign midfielders Storer & Osbornepublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    National League side Solihull Moors sign midfield duo Kyle Storer and Jamey Osborne.

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  10. Slavery arrest in traveller site raidpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    A 29-year-old man is one of four people detained after police raided a travellers' site in Brigg.

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  11. England's senior cricketers head to Australiapublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    While England's cricketers suffered disappointment in Australia, another, more senior team is hoping for better luck.

    England's over-70s side are currently making their final preparations and will be led by Nigel Ling from Hedon in East Yorkshire.

    Nigel Ling

    The team are getting ready to tour Australia by training at the Leicester Cricket Academy.

    There are ten matches in total against Australia and Nigel says while you may lose agility as you get older, you never lose the ability.

    The tour begins at the end of February.

  12. Modern day slavery arrest in Briggpublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    A man's been arrested on suspicion of modern day slavery offences in North Lincolnshire.

    It was part of four arrests which were made following the raid on a travellers' site in Brigg.

    Earlier today officers searched the River View site on Mill Lane following investigations into a number of people.

    The travellers site.Image source, Google

    A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of modern day slavery.

    Two men aged 42 and 21 have also been arrested on suspicion of growing and selling drugs and a 49-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering.

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    I would like to praise and thank the community of the River View site for their understanding and courtesy during today's operation.... which is a very visible statement of our intent to protect people from criminality and exploitation which has no place in today's society."

    Supt Dave Hall, Humberside Police

  13. Weather: It's looking pretty dullpublished at 16:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    Here's a look at what the weather has in store for us over the next few days:

  14. Police hunting robber in distinctive coatpublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    The man wearing this distinctive coat, external is wanted in connection with a robbery in Hull.

    A man wearing a purple camouflage coat with goggles in the hood.Image source, Humberside Police

    The robbery took place at Bootleggers off-licence on St George's Road at around 19:15 on 3 January.

    He demanded money from the cashier while another man kept a look-out.

    The suspect, who was almost 6ft and of medium build, had a foreign accent.

    Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact them on the 101 number.

  15. Vandals cause trains to be cancelled in Cleethorpespublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    A number of trains have been cancelled in Cleethorpes because they've had their windows smashed overnight.

    TransPennine Express say four trains were so "heavily vandalised" they has to pull the services.

    Train
    The train station at Cleethorpes.Image source, Google

    British Transport Police, who are now investigation the incident, say a large number of windows were broken in the incident.

  16. Damage caused to historic Beverley Gatepublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    Workers are back at Hull's historic Beverley Gate.

    Beverley Gate in Hull.

    It's after extensive damage has been done to the protective layer on top of the old town wall remains.

    Nigel Copsey, who's a specialist in traditional building methods, says a cover should be considered to prevent people climbing on the site.

  17. Water restored to homes and businesses in Beverleypublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    A number of schools, shops, businesses and roads in East Yorkshire have all had to close today because of a burst water main.

    The pipe with a hole in it and the closed road

    Yorkshire Water engineers have been trying to fix the burst pipe in Beverley since 02:00 this morning.

    In the last hour, water has been restored to the affected area.

    The road, which was dug up to reach the pipe, still has to be repaired and it's not yet known when Flemingate, which is currently closed between Spark Mill Lane and Holme Church Lane, will reopen.

  18. Still no traveller sites in Grimsbypublished at 12:57 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    Councillors in North East Lincolnshire will assess today whether enough progress is being made to find stopping sites for gypsies and travellers.

    Travellers on a traditional horse and carriage.

    There are currently no designated sites around Grimsby, although all councils are legally required to provide them.

    More than 1,000 potential locations have already been dismissed and now the council is asking people for suggestions.

  19. Corrosive liquid thrown at teenagerspublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018

    Police are looking for this man after he threw liquid at three teenagers, external - missing them - but leaving burn marks on the grass.

    A man on a bike with a blue coat.Image source, Humberside Police

    It happened last Wednesday 3 January near the Sutton Road underpass on Leads Road in Hull at around 16:00.

    The man on the bike became aggressive before throwing the liquid, which officers say could be some kind of cleaning fluid.

    When it missed the teenagers, he picked up the bottles and rode off.

    Police are asking for anyone with any information about the man, who's thought to be in his 20s to ring the 101 number.