It's bananas how well an idea that started in Brigg to get more children eating fresh fruit is going!

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Maria Simpson is a customer assistant at Tesco in the town and her free fruit idea has gone nationwide with more than 50 million pieces of fruit being handed out since it's introduction nearly two years ago.

There's now splitting favourites, bananas are the most appealing with more than 21 million snapped up by children while their parents are shopping.

Apples are the next favourite followed by oranges.

Maria says she's humbled her idea has taken off.

More than 60 candidates across 15 wards have been nominated to stand in the North East Lincolnshire 2018 local elections.

Voters will go to the polls on 3 May to elect their local ward councillors.

There will be an election for one councillor in all 15 wards apart from Immingham where there will be two councillors elected due to the death of Councillor Mike Burton.

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Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy for a time with hill and coastal fog developing.

Minimum temperature 5C (41F). Freshening easterly wind.

The sun has broken through that mist and fog and it is finally looking like Spring out there!

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Thanks to our Weather Watcher Ar for this sunny scene near Brigg.

A biker who died following a collision on the A165 near Bempton last month has been named as Ryan Patrick Craven, aged 26, from Muston near Filey.

Mr Craven’s family are being supported by specialist officers.

Humberside Police are still appealing for witnesses and information about the accident.

Seats on more than 150 councils in England are up for grabs and there are several mayoral contests.

James Baker, 24, was caught on CCTV fleeing the scene after hitting a number of parked vehicles.

Around 40 properties are without power in Broomfleet.

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Northern Powergrid says there was an unexpected problem with the electricity cable that serves the area.

Power should be back on by 17:00 BST.

Humberside Police have released this image of a man they want to talk to in connection with the robbery of a 65-year-old woman in Sutton on Hull at 15:45 last Friday.

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The woman was pushed to the ground on Thamesbrook and her bag was stolen before the offender ran off down Lanyon Close.

The woman was not injured but was very shaken.

A special Armed Forces Day to mark 100 years since the end of World War One is to be held in Scunthorpe later this year.

The event will also mark the 100th anniversary of the RAF.

There will be a military parade, military displays and re-enactments as well as live music at Brunby Hall sports ground on 24 June.

Here's the moment Holton-le-Clay-born F46 javelin thrower Hollie Arnold took the Commonweath Games Gold earlier today.

She threw 44.3m to win for Wales and it means she adds to the Paralympic Gold she won in Rio two years ago:

A former trawler skipper from Grimsby who became the oldest man to climb Everest has died.

Jens Bojen, who came to Grimsby from Denmark, was a major figure in the town's fishing industry.

In 2005, he got himself into the record books by becoming the oldest man to conquer Mount Everest at the age of 62.

It'll be mostly cloudy with a little patchy rain spreading from the south.

Maximum temperature 12C (54F):

A three-mile tunnel under the River Humber will carry gas to millions of homes.

Hollie Arnold's folks were cheering her on in special team t-shirts!

They flew down the gangways to envelope the 23-year-old in embraces when she won gold on the Gold Coast with a new world record.

"Never in doubt!" one member of Team Arnold joked.

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Lincolnshire's Hollie Arnold has won gold in the F46 javelin at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

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Hollie who's originally from Holton-le-Clay threw 44.43M to win for Wales and it means she adds to the Paralympic Gold she won in Rio two years ago.

It's the first medal for Lincolnshire.

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This was Bridlington Harbour first thing this morning but the fog is persistent today.

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Could you be a secret millionaire?

The National Lottery is hunting for a Lotto Millionaire Raffle winner in East Yorkshire who has yet to come forward.

Players automatically receive a Lotto Millionaire Raffle code for every Lotto line played.

People in the East Riding are being urged to check their codes to see if they could be the missing millionaire.

The winning code on 24 March 2018 was GOLD 1726 7851 and the lucky ticket-holder has until 20 September to claim, external their prize.

Humberside Police is trying to reduce the amount of motorbike crime in Hull.

Officers want anyone who reports any motorcycle-related crimes to quote, external "Operation Yellowfin" to those taking the call.

It is hoped linking motorbike-related crimes together will help the force deal with it more effectively.

Some retailers in the city are taking part in the initiative and offering discount on security products as well as advice on how to keep bikes safe.

A campaign to try and reduce the number of people in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire developing diabetes will begin in the summer.

It's estimated that if current trends continue there will be more than 60,000 diabetics in the region by 2035.

The East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) says it wants people to lead healthier lifestyles.