The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to the Hull Venue in April next year.
Tickets to see the world famous basketball team go on sale on Friday 8 June.
Image source, Hull VenueTwo farm workers were overcome by toxic fumes while trying to clear a blockage, an inquest hears.
Read MorePlans for a 127 pitch caravan park at Lakeminster near Beverley have been approved by East Riding councillors.
The site was closed down after some people were using the bungalow-style properties as their permanent homes.
The local authority has deferred making a decision on proposals for a further 159 caravans due to concerns over flooding.
Demonstrators against plans to remove the Toll Bar roundabout near Grimsby will be making their voices heard at tonight's mayor-making ceremony.
Image source, GoogleThey'll be protesting on the steps of Grimsby Town Hall against plans to replace the roundabout with traffic lights.
North East Lincolnshire Council says it's reviewing the proposals but campaigners say they'll continue their fight.
An inquest into the death of two farm workers in East Yorkshire has heard how both men drowned when they fell in to a tank of slurry.
Richard Pooley, 36, from Roos, and Alexander Forman, 32, from Sunk Island, died in December 2015 at the farm on Newlands Road, Sunk Island.
Their bodies were found at a slurry pit at the site.
The inquest also heard how the pair were trying to remove a blockage when they were overcome by fumes.
A Scunthorpe project which helps people with mental health issues get into work has secured another year's funding.
Ongo's Looking-Up , externalproject provides counselling, confidence building and links with businesses.
Last year the scheme helped more than 100 people, with some moving on to full-time employment.
Funding for the project has come from the Job Centre Plus.
Students and union staff say they fear for the future of Hull's 153- year-old School of Art and Design.
The art school is run by Hull College, which is dealing with financial issues, and is currently involved in a row over job cuts and changes to the courses it offers.
The University and College Union fears around half the specialist staff at the School of Art will have left by the summer.
Hull College says the institution is not closing, and recruitment for its new foundation degrees is going well.
Hull's new Lord Mayor has been elected today, in a close contest which highlights the changing make up of the city council.
Labour councillor Peter Allen will take up the position, with clr Steve Wilson becoming his deputy.
The Liberal Democrats also put forward their own candidate and Labour only ended up winning by two votes.
The Lib Dems gained seven seats from the ruling party in the local elections two weeks ago.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens will be home to an 'Amy Johnson Trail' over the half-term holidays.
The trail will give people the chance to match up the names of Amy's planes (all named after moths) to their real life insect namesakes.
Image source, PAHull-born aviator Amy Johnson (pictured above) was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930.
The trail at Sewerby Hall will run from Saturday 26 May until Sunday 3 June.
The former Lakeminster Park holiday home site near Beverley could be turned into a caravan park.
The site was closed down after some people used the bungalow-style properties as permanent homes.
Plans to put 280 caravans on the site are going before East Riding councillors today, but they're being advised to defer making a decision until concerns about flooding are resolved.
The A164 runs between the town and the Humber Bridge and carries about 30,000 vehicles a day.
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Staff at Hull College Group, which runs colleges in Hull, Goole and Harrogate, have begun a 48-hour strike as part of an ongoing row over plans to cut over 200 jobs across its sites.
The group says it needs to make the changes to help deal with serious financial issues.
But the University and College Union argues the proposals would lead to "fewer learning opportunities for local people".
Hull College Group has started a restructuring plan to deal with a £10m deficit.
A petition with more than 2,500 signatures against plans to sell a Scunthorpe playing field for housing is being considered by North Lincolnshire Council today.
But new rules around petitions means it would fail to qualify for discussion in future.
The number of signatures required to trigger a full council debate is being raised from 1,500 to 5% of the electorate - about 6,400 signatures.
Hull College Group is planning to axe 231 posts as part of a plan to reduce a £10m budget deficit.
Read MoreHull's first Asian councillor says tackling austerity will be a key priority during her four-year term.
Aneesa Akbar was elected in the city's new Central Ward two weeks ago and will be attending the first full council meeting since the local elections today.
The Labour councillor also identified fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour as key areas she will focus on.
A man's been left with injuries to his face and a serious cut to his ear following a fight in Bridlington.
Humberside Police believe the 25-year-old was involved in a fight with three men on Garrison Street in the early hours of Monday 7 May.
Officers are appealing for anyone who may have seen an earlier fight involving all four individuals at the Apollo nightclub to come forward.
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Hull MP Lord Prescott is speaking at the Made in Yorkshire, external exhibition in Leeds today.
The event is described as Yorkshire's biggest expo for manufacturing and Lord Prescott recently announced that he's filming a series on the subject.
He'll be the keynote speaker at the business event later.
More than £50m will be spent to help ease traffic jams on a section of the Beverley junction.
ABout 30,000 vehicles use the A164 every day and it is often severely congested where it meets the A1079.
The Department for Transport will provide £40m and East Riding Council will contribute £10m, with work expected to completed by 2022.
Withernsea and Hornsea beaches have lost their Blue Flags, meaning there are now no beaches in East Yorkshire which have reached the highest international standard of water quality.
But both beaches have been given a Seaside Award by Keep Britain Tidy, external for high standards of cleanliness and facilities.
The closest beaches with Blue Flags are now Whitby in North Yorkshire and Skegness, Ingoldmells, Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire.