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Live updates on Friday 20 April 2018
A Romanian man has been charged with two counts of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour in connection with reports of a man following women in North East Lincolnshire.
32-year-old Cosmin Toaba, of Coningsby Drive, Grimsby, is due to appear before Grimsby and Cleethorpes Magistrates Court on 29 May.
A scheme to tackle motorcycle crime in Hull has been so successful it's to be rolled out across the Humberside force area.
Officers say seven bikes were seized and three people were arrested during just one week of action as part of Operation Yellowfin, external.
Around 650 bikers also turned up for a 'ride out' around Hull to highlight the work Humberside Police has been been doing to tackle motorbike thefts and related crimes.
The operation's lead, Chief Inspector Paul Butler, said Yellowfin had been a huge success.
Quote MessageWe're continuing to build on the great results we've already achieved since the operation was launched a year ago and after our week of activity. "We are coming up with new and innovative ways to reduce motorcycle crime but will always require the assistance of our communities."
Paul Butler, Chief Inspector, Humberside Police
Too many people in Yorkshire are buying reusable water bottles, but then not using them.
Image source, PAThat's according to research published today by Keep Britain Tidy.
Their findings show six out of 10 people in Yorkshire have bought a reusable bottle, but a quarter either don't use it regularly or never use it at all.
The findings emerged from a survey in which people were asked about their attitudes to plastic waste and water consumption.
A prison watchdog inspection finds a policy of photocopying all prisoner post caused "much anger".
Read MoreAn inquiry into North Linconlshire Council's attempt to buy land near the M180 has been called for by Labour councillors at the authority.
Image source, LDRSAccording to the Local Democracy Reporting Service the council tried to buy the 500 acres of land known as Vale Farm in Broughton in September 2017 for £4m.
A proposal to build 140 affordable homes on the site and create 250 jobs was part of the purchase but the council had a revised offer rejected by owners Jerry Green Dog Rescue in December.
Opposition councillors raised concerns over the transparency of the negotiations but the ruling Conservative group says they were transparent.
Leader of the Labour group, Councillor Len Foster, will put forward a motion to launch an independent inquiry on Friday.
Quote MessageWe think it is the only way we will able to receive any information. The freedom of information request we had back was redacted and we have tried every process we can and have been stopped. There is a smoke screen being developed around the whole thing."
Len Foster, Labour Group Leader, North Lincolnshire Council
A new pirate-themed green space opened at St Andrew’s Hospice in Grimsby today.
Image source, GoogleIt was designed by award-winning garden designer Jody Lidgard (pictured below) who is originally from the town.
Image source, Jody LidgardHe worked with the Greenfingers Charity, external to design and create a garden which would provide life-limited children with a feast of new sensory experiences.
Jody said he felt privileged to be able to help children in his home town.
Quote MessageMost of all I hope this garden will be a special place where children, their families and carers smile and enjoy precious time together"
Jody Ligdard, Landscaper
In two weeks 5,000 people have sign up to My Community Alert, Humberside Police’s new messaging facility.
Image source, Humberside PoliceIt allows residents to receive real-time messages about incidents, including information ranging from appeals about missing people to notifications about road closures.
Since going live, the top three sections that people have signed up for are community safety messages, emergency road closures/disruptions and flood warnings and alerts.
Quote MessageThe more people that we have using the system the more effective it will be”
Scott Young, Humberside Police
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Cloud will increase through the day though it should stay dry.
Fresh and gusty southerly winds and a maximum temperature of 19 deg C (66 deg F).
An adventure seeking Hull charity worker will soon be setting off to accompany a swimmer on the sea trip of a lifetime.
Image source, Maria BennanMaria Brennan who works for CatZero , externalwill leave Lands End to kaykak beside swimmer Paula McGuire as she attempts to be the first person to swim around Britain.
It's called The Big Mad Swim Around Britain , externaland they set off next Tuesday.
Maria will spend up to ten hours a day keeping Paula safe, fed and watered from the 'comfort' of her kayak.
Yorkshire and the Humber currently has the highest rate of unemployment in the UK.
Image source, ONNFigures from the Office for National Statistics, external reveal it stood at 5.2% for the three months ending February 2018.
The 0.2% increase is the second largest compared to the previous period.
Nationally unemployment is at its lowest level since 1975 with more 32.26 million people in work.
Kitchen manufacturer Omega PLC, based off the M18 in Thorne, is to get £283,000 from Doncaster Council's business investment incentive scheme to secure the firm's £20m investment in an expanded site.
Image source, GooglePlans include a new distribution facility and office block and the scheme's expected to create 109 permanent full-time jobs.
Council bosses raised concerns the firm could build their expansion site on cheaper land in nearby Goole.
Members of the council's steering group felt the nature of the investment would be "good for Doncaster" by providing "substantial business rates uplift and a significant increase in skilled new jobs in the town".
The council is to give Omega a speculative build grant of £228,000 alongside a £50,000 job creation grant and a £5,000 project set-up grant to pay for architects' fees, planning application and removal costs.
The total grant will be paid out by the council when the jobs have been created for a minimum period of one year and the company provides written evidence of the staff appointed residing at a Doncaster postcode.
Bicycle theft is on the rise across our area.
Image source, Direct LineA new report by the insurance company Direct Line reveals that nationally annual insurance claims for bike theft are more than £7.5m.
Incidents have increased by 17% in the past three years with one bike stolen every six minutes.
It seems that 1,919 bikes were stolen in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire last year.
Humberside Police have a number of cycle security schemes, external running across the force and they work with local cycle shops to try and prevent theft.
Police are concerned about the safety of Simon Rouse from North Lincolnshire.
Image source, Humberside PoliceThe 37-year-old has Asperger syndrome and has been missing since yesterday morning.
Simon left his home on High Street, Kirton in Lindsey to go to work and hasn’t been seen since.
He requires medication which he didn’t take last night.
Humberside Police say he has access to money and has a bus pass with him, but his mobile phone is switched off.
He walks in a distinctive fashion.
Patients in Hull and East Yorkshire's hospitals are being urged to get up, get dressed and get moving.
It's part of a national campaign encouraging people to wear daytime clothes, external.
Medical staff at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust say it encourages patients to move about rather than lie in bed in pyjamas.
The scheme #EndPJParalysis runs until 26 June.
Do you live in North Lincolnshire or run a business in the area?
Image source, GoogleThen you are invited to share your views on the area's local plan tonight.
North Lincolnshire Council is preparing a new Local Plan, external which will look at the future of housing, business growth and infrastructure covering the next 19 years.
It takes place at Haxey Memorial Hall from 17:00.
The team behind BBC TV Show DIY SOS are starting a big build in Hessle today.
Nick Knowles and his DIY SOS team travel the country, bringing communities together and transforming people's lives by giving them the homes they need.
Volunteers from a number of trades will be working at the house in East Yorkshire until later next week.
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A windy day with the best of the bright or sunny spells this morning.
Here's my full forecast:
The Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle has condemned Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to authorise air-strikes in Syria without consulting Parliament.
Theresa May is defending the intervention, arguing it was important to act quickly against President Assad
But Emma Hardy says her constituents' concerns should be heard.
Quote MessageMany of my constituents have contacted me with their fears surrounding potential escalation of conflict with Russia and the fact that we might be sleep walking towards this. And they're also concerned that their voices were not heard before the Prime Minister launched this attack because as their MP I was unable to debate this issue"
Emma Hardy, MP, Hull West and Hessle
Officers at HMP Humber are tightening security around the prison's mailing system.
Prisoners on the site are now given only photocopies of letters, after it emerged that some paper had been soaked in drugs.
A report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons notes that incidents involving psychoactive substances have fallen since the measure was introduced.
The 11-year-old was crossing Welton Road in Brough when he was hit by a car, police say.
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