A bereaved mother from Hull who has led the campaign for an independent inquiry into the baby ashes scandal has welcomed plans for a meeting with the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The chair of the Action for Ashes campaign, Tina Trowhill (pictured), lost her stillborn son, William, in 1994.

She is among more than 60 parents in Hull who weren't given the ashes of their babies who had died.

Sunny periods for East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire today.

Scattered showers breaking out this afternoon, potentially heavy with the odd rumble of thunder.

Rather breezy, and a little cooler than yesterday:

The ambulance service which covers Lincolnshire has asked for an extra £20m a year from local health commissioners in a bid to help it meet its performance targets.

East Midlands Ambulance Service is currently reaching the most critically ill people in an average of nine minutes, two minutes short of its target.

Bosses have said the extra funding should mean it can hit its targets in every county it serves by September 2019.

A series of meetings is being held this week to decide whether the region's clinical commissioning groups will meet the cash request.

Challenge Cup holders Hull FC are drawn away to Championship side Featherstone Rovers in the last 16.

A year on from the disappearance of Hull mum Renata Antczak, Humberside Police say they are still treating the case as a murder investigation.

Image source, Humberside Police

No one has heard or seen the 49-year-old since this time last year, despite extensive searches by the police.

She was last seen dropping her daughter off at school.

Humberside Police say they are still going through the evidence and have a team of about 40 officers working on the investigation.

They have renewed their appeal for anyone with information to come forward.

The motorway was closed during Tuesday evening after a 49-year-old driver was killed.

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured) has agreed to meet with bereaved parents in Hull to discuss the baby ashes scandal.

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Campaigners want an independent local inquiry to look into why ashes of cremated infants were scattered or kept without their knowledge.

An internal report by Hull City Council showed about 60 families weren't given the ashes of their babies who were cremated.

Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson will also attend the meeting which is due to be held on Wednesday 18 July.

A man has died after getting out of his car following an accident on the M62 near Howden.

The 49-year-old man died at the scene at about 18:15 last night close to the Ouse Bridge.

It is thought a white Ford Kuga hit an HGV travelling in the same direction, police say.

The driver got out of his car and was then struck by a car travelling the other way.

The motorway was closed overnight.

The top stories today include:

• Union bosses announce three days of strike action by Hull College staff.
• Major changes to sheltered housing have been approved in East Yorkshire.
• Volunteers in a North Lincolnshire village have been given speed guns.
• A bid for £5m to improve Withernsea flood defences will be submitted to the government.
• Police have spent the day working with the community on a Hull estate.

More than 1,000 children from East Yorkshire took part in a 2km fun run today, as part of a drive to encourage more under-10s to get active.

Pupils from 24 schools took part in the run around Brantingham Park.

They were waved off by Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

More rain on the way through this evening for East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, but it should clear a bit overnight with just the odd shower.

We might see a few more sunny spells tomorrow, but there will also be plenty of those April showers with the risk of hail and thunder.

It may have been a dreary day for many of us in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, but these photos from our BBC Weather Watchers show it's most definitely spring.

Thanks to Anne for this shot of some lovely tulips in Skelton.

Image source, Anne Howard Webb

The bluebells are out in force in Great Limber - thanks to Ar for this photo.

Image source, Ar

Keep sending in your photos via the BBC Weather Watchers site.

Hull College Group is planning to axe 231 posts as part of a plan to reduce a £10m budget deficit.

Hull College says it is making plans to minimise the disruption caused by planned strike action next month.

The University and College Union (UCU) has announced plans for three days of walk-outs in May over plans to cut more than 200 jobs.

Volunteers in a North Lincolnshire village have been getting the chance to try out new speed guns.

The cameras are being given to residents in Thornton Curtis, as part of a three week pilot project.

Drivers who are caught speeding will be sent a warning by the police.

Senior councillors in the East Riding have decided to press ahead with far-reaching changes to sheltered housing.

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Some homes will be reclassified as general council housing and others simply housing for older people.

Officials are stressing that no vulnerable person requiring sheltered housing will be expected to move under these changes.

Councillors also approved plans to change the role of site wardens to general "community responders".

The council says the move is not a cost-cutting measure and the aim is to target resources where they are most needed.

Plans for three days of strike action by Hull College staff have been announced.

The University and College Union (UCU) says members at sites in Hull, Goole and Harrogate will walk out on 9, 17 and 18 May over plans to cut more than 200 jobs and change some courses.

Hull College says the changes will secure its future.

An art installation in Hull was vandalised last night, just hours after volunteers put it together.

Image source, Jon Kirkman

The phone boxes filled with thousands of sugar lumps were put in place to mark World Immunisation Week.

Last night one of the phone boxes in King Edward Square was prised open and the sugar lumps were strewn across the street.

There's good news though, Hull City Council says its teams have already been out to repair the phone box and the sugar lumps are back in place.

More than 300 homes on the East Yorkshire coast are urgently in need of extra government help to protect them from the sea, according to East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

The authority has announced plans to bid for up to £5m of government funding to improve flood defences in Withernsea.

It wants to extend the current defences by up to 400 metres south of the town where land is already being eroded.

Residents say they believe the land is being eroded by the sea far quicker than expected.

There's been a big police presence in the Stanley Street area of Hull today as officers meet local residents to hear about the issues concerning them.

It's the first in a series of Community Action Days led by Humberside Police, the Fire and Rescue service and Hull City Council.

They'll be targeting other areas in the future.