British Steel in Scunthorpe say there has been a fire at their Appleby coke ovens at around 12:50 today.

Seven fire engines and two support vehicles were called to the site after reports of an incident.

The company say everyone is accounted for and no one has been injured.

British Steel say their on-site emergency teams, worked with fire fighters to rapidly and successfully bring the incident under control.

They add a full investigation is underway into the cause of the incident.

Figures show more than a million fewer people visited Hull city centre during the last three months of 2017, compared to two years ago.

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The numbers have been measured by cameras positioned on some of Hull's main shopping streets.

The city centre manager Kathryn Shillito says the cameras won't have picked up everyone who came for City of Culture events but admits she'd have liked to have seen more people use the city's shops.

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A specialist care home near Market Weighton could close much sooner than planned because of the success in finding new accommodation for many of its residents.

The Sue Ryder charity say almost half the residents have already been moved out of its centre at Holme on Spalding Moor.

The rest are likely to go before the end of next month.

Managers say they're closing the unit, external, which looks after people with severe disabilities, because of problems recruiting qualified staff.

Humberside Fire and Rescue say they are at British Steel in Scunthorpe dealing with an incident.

They haven't confirmed if it's an explosion but said there was a build-up of gas and an ignition of some kind at the Appleby Coke Ovens.

Earlier British Steel reported that there had been an incident but said everyone was accounted for and there are no reported injuries.

A fire service spokesperson said seven fire engines and two specialist support vehicles are at the scene to isolate the gas and turn it off.

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People have been tweeting about the incident.

Christian Ashton tweeted: "The bang was so loud, even Liberty Street shook".

Scunthorpe Dad tweeted: "Apparently there's been some sort of explosion on the steelworks - shook the pulpits, cabins and buildings of the nearby rolling mills."

The Deep in Hull is celebrating after successfully raising a baby Mediterranean jellyfish for the first time in the UK.

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The Deep was sent the egg-like polyps from L'Oceanografic in Valencia in Spain where they have managed to develop them to adulthood.

They are usually found in the Mediterranean and glow in the dark!

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The Deep say rearing a new species of jellyfish always presents a challenge.

They've also added another new jellyfish to their collection - the Pacific Sea Nettle:

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You can see both in the Cool Seas Zone.

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Emergency services have been called to British Steel in Scunthorpe today.

It follows an incident at the Appleby Coke Ovens at around 12:50 today.

British Steel say there are no reported injuries and everyone working in the area at the time has been accounted for.

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Council tax in North Lincolnshire will go up by at least 3%.

That's for the adult social care precept which pays for services to look after older and disabled people.

But the council still has to decide how much they will put the general council tax up by, which could be an additional 3%.

North East Lincolnshire, Hull and the East Riding will all also add 3% to our council tax bills for adult social care.

Hull are also looking at a general rise of 1.99%. North East Lincolnshire 1.98% and the East Riding 2.99%.

More than 80 people in Hull and East Yorkshire face losing their NHS treatment for chronic pain.

Earlier today we told you about the concerns police officers had over two Hull schoolgirls who were missing.

Well we've now been told they have been found safe and well.

They'd gone missing on Monday - officers had said the 15 and 13 year olds could have been together.

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Hull FC are to be without a number of key first team players for pre-season including Mark Minichiello (pictured), Josh Bowden and Chris Green.

Minichiello and Bowden are recovering from finger and shoulder surgeries respectively.

Coach Lee Radford is hopeful they'll all be ready for the start of the new season in February but won't be rushing them into action this month.

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A woman from Yorkshire who lost her engagement ring during a Civil War re-enactment in Newport Pagnell in August 2016 - returned with a metal detector and found it, external.

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

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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.

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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.

Activists who took over a building in Hull two weeks ago to highlight homelessness say they've been blown away by the level of public support for their cause.

The group of squatters moved into a property on Baker Street on Boxing Day and opened it up as a shelter for the city's homeless community.

The building's owner, MRC Lettings, has offered houses to those inside the squat.

Campaigner Lou says they're working to try and make sure that happens.

Some chronic pain sufferers in East Yorkshire say they won't be able to cope after being told a particular NHS treatment will stop within the year.

Both the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have decided to end Pain Infusion Therapy for 86 patients.

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It's left some people fearing for their future and has prompted Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy to raise it in Prime Minister's Questions this afternoon.

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One sufferer, Heath Marsh McLeod says he is devastated:

Carlos Calderia, another East Yorkshire patient, explains how the prospect of not having this treatment makes him feel:

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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.

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Rail passengers across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire could face more disruption today as train staff take part in another day of strike action.

Members of the RMT union also walked out on Monday, in the long-running row over the role of guards.

Some Northern trains are being cancelled or replaced by buses.

There'll be another day of industrial action on Friday.