Future of famous Hull music venue secured
Container full of hazardous waste stolen
Villagers aim to buy local pub
Live updates on Friday 16 February 2018
It will stay mainly dry through this afternoon with further periods of sunshine.
A little patchy cloud will also develop.
The top temperature will be about 9C (48F):
Improvements to Hull's rail services aren't happening quickly enough and the area is being left behind other parts of the north, according to a city councillor.
Martin Mancey, portfolio holder for transport, has spoken out after rail operator Northern told the local authority new hourly services between Hull and York and between Hull and Scarborough won't begin as expected in May.
Councillors were also told services between Hull and Manchester would make more stops, adding time to journeys:
Quote MessageI'm very disappointed. This is the latest setback for rail connectivity for the city following on from the cancellation of the electrification project."
Martin Mancey, Hull City Council
About 72 fires a week are being caused in our region by faulty white goods according to Humberside Fire and Rescue.
The fire service has been been speaking after the review website "Which?" produced research which showed washing machines, tumble dryers and fridge-freezers are causing more than 60 house fires nationally every week.
The consumer group is calling on the government to do more to make sure unsafe products are removed from people's homes.
North Lincolnshire Council is launching a scheme to give local residents the power to tackle speeding vehicles.
Volunteers will be trained with police support to use handheld speed detection devices.
Pilots will take place in March and April in Belton, North Killingholme, South Killingholme, Thornton Curtis and Ulceby, with the scheme is expected to start in April 2018.
The council hopes the presence of the volunteers will act as a deterrent to speeding drivers.
Acrobats have transformed a school in Hull into a hotel as part of the city's Back to Ours Festival.
Performances of Hotel Paradiso start tonight at the Archibishop Sentamu Academy.
The festival and the show are all about taking art out into the community.
As well as circus performers, it will involve local talent from Hull.
A couple from Messingham in North Lincolnshire are fulfilling a long-held ambition by opening a zoo.
Iain and Alex Gouldthorp first had the idea six years ago and have spent the last three planning the venue after buying some land next to their home.
Their animals include prairie dogs, pot bellied pigs, skunks, and racoons. The couple plan to reserve Mondays and Tuesdays for school visits, with the public able to attend on other days.
Liz Roberts
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
A decision is expected to be made later over whether UKIP should pay the legal fees in a libel case involving its Yorkshire MEP Jane Collins.
It's thought the £650,000 costs could bankrupt the party.
Here's how we got here:
Thousands more children across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are in poverty because of public sector pay caps and benefit cuts, it's being claimed.
An extra 14,000 children have fallen into poverty in Yorkshire since 2010, according to the TUC.
In the East Midlands, which includes Lincolnshire, the figure is also about 14,000.
The BBC has contacted the government for comment but is yet to receive a response.
There are currently problems on the trains this morning between Beverley and Driffeld.
Emergency services are dealing with an incident.
Services between Hull, Bridlington and Scarborough are expected to be disrupted until at least 11:00.
Work to demolish six high-rise tower blocks on Grimsby's East Marsh estate will finally begin in March.
Image source, David WrightShoreline Housing announced in September 2014 that the 1960s buildings would be knocked down because they needed huge investment and because of the falling demand for high-rise living.
The demolition is expected to be finished in November and Shoreline says it will be done in the safest way.
Two state-of-the-art cranes worth more than £10m are due to arrive at the Port of Hull later.
The equipment will help to double the capacity of ABP's container terminal at the site.
The 160ft-tall cranes are expected to arrive by sea later this morning.
Headingley, the home of Yorkshire cricket, will be one of five cricket grounds to host the 2023 Ashes Tests, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed.
Image source, PAThe famous ground joins Edgbaston, The Oval, Lord's and Old Trafford to host England v Australia matches in the series.
The ECB also announced that Headingley, along with six other grounds, will host the new eight-team Twenty20 tournament in 2020.
The BBC will broadcast live TV coverage of the new men's domestic T20 tournament each summer from 2020 to 2024.
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Some sunny intervals this morning, but there is the chance of some showers as well.
The top temperature will be about 8C (46F).
Here's my full forecast:
A North Lincolnshire woman is calling on the government to make toilets for people with disabilities compulsory in all public places.
Lorna Fillingham has gathered more than 50,000 signatures in an online petition calling for "Changing Places" toilets, which meet the needs of all people with a disability, to be installed.
The petition is due to be delivered to Downing Street next week and Lorna says these facilities, which offer extra equipment for people with disabilities, are a basic human right:
Quote MessageIt's not good enough that a shopping centre can be built and not include one of these facilities. It's not good enough that a hospital or a GP clinic can be built and not include these facilities. We are here in the 21st Century and I'm having to fight for public toilets and that's absolutely atrocious."
Lorna Fillingham
The government says it's worked with disability charities to help improve facilities.
Updates will continue through the night, but if there's anything you'd like to get in touch about you can email us here.
In the meantime, lets have a look at five things we didn't know at the start of the day:.
Join Peter Levy for all the latest news from around the region on BBC One 18:30.
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Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Heavy rain in places overnight but the winds will ease down.
Watch my full forecast.
More details have been given about the demolition of East Marsh high rise flats in Grimsby.
Shoreline Housing says work will start in March and that the blocks near Freeman Street will be removed mechanically from the top down.
It's hoped work will be finished by November but no decision has been made about what the cleared site will be used for.
Quote MessageVisually it will mark a difference to Grimsby’s skyline. We hope that this will signify the beginning of a new era for the East Marsh and present an opportunity for transformational change.”
Rachel Munoz, Shoreline project manager
Changes to trains running between Hull and Manchester have been described as "a progressive downgrading of services" by Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce.
Members have been speaking to representatives from TransPennine Express about timetable changes due to come into force in May which will see trains stopping at more stations, increasing journey times.
TransPennine Express says the changes will improve the current service.
But David Hooper from the Chamber doesn't see it that way:
Taxi drivers in Grimsby have said that more and more passengers aren't paying their fares and the problem is getting out of hand.
Some say they've lost over £100 in the last two months.
Linda Richardson from Links Taxis says it's not just drunks who don't pay: