All Humberside Police officers are to be given body cameras after a recent trial in Hull.

It's one of the last forces in the country to introduce them and will cost £1.7m.

The force hopes the devices will make evidence-gathering quicker and prosecutions easier.

Rail passengers in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire face disruption as Northern staff stage a 24-hour strike, days after travel chaos when new timetables were introduced.

RMT union members at Northern are striking in an ongoing dispute about safety involving driver-only operated trains.

The union said the train operator had declared "war on passengers".

Northern called for "meaningful" talks and said the majority of trains would run between 07:00 and 19:00.

The firm faced widespread criticism over cancellations, delays and the implementation of a new timetable on Monday.

The top stories from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire include:

• Farm workers sacked over animal abuse video
• A foul-mouthed teacher is banned for swearing and making rude gestures to pupils
• New events plan for Hull former culture city
• Cleethorpes to get its long-awaited new lifeboat station
• Cancelled Beverley Folk Festival could return in 2019.

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the evening and night.

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East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Sunshine inland this evening will give way to cloudy skies overnight.

Minimum temperature 7C (45F) and a moderate north easterly wind.

Improving Northern's train services are the Department for Transport's number one performance priority, the government has said.

It comes amid widespread criticism of the company over cancellations, delays and the implementation of a new timetable earlier this week.

Chris Grayling said plans to improve the company's performance had been submitted and he will be speaking to managers to discuss future steps.

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Absolutely Cultured says its events are going to be ambitious, high quality, surprising and imaginative.

The first event planned happens in August.

Here's Creative Director Katy Fuller talking about their plans:

Cleethorpe's new lifeboat station has finally been granted planning permission.

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The plans for the station, which have been on hold for several years now, were approved by North East Lincolnshire Council's planning committee, external today.

The new station will be built on the beach, in front of the existing station, with its own slipway, better facilities for volunteers and new lifeboat.

Construction is expected to start in December.

How much fun would this be to jump around on?

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A giant double decker inflatable theme park is coming to Beverley.

Organisers say it would be the UK's first dual-level inflatable and would hold the UK’s biggest ball pool with around 200,000 plastic spheres.

The Inflata Nation venue, external is set to open at the town’s Flemingate shopping centre in time for the summer holidays.

The men have been dismissed by the farm and the police and the RSPCA have been informed.

The Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has apologised after major disruption on the railways - following the introduction of new timetables at the beginning of this week.

He said a late submission of final times by Network Rail was to blame for the problems experienced on Monday.

Hundreds of services were cancelled, including one-in-seven Northern Rail services.

A Hull rugby club is getting behind a campaign to tackle loneliness and isolation people with dementia often suffer.

Hull Kingston Rovers fan Stephen Smith cares for his mother and has persuaded the club to hold monthly memory sharing sessions to help people:

The government's been accused of passing responsibility for cutting pollution to local councils, which are to be given new powers to improve air quality.

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Scunthorpe Labour MP Nic Dakin says there is a lack of detail in the government's new clean air strategy and accuses ministers of passing the buck.

Recent research revealed Scunthorpe and Hull were among the places with the worst air pollution in the UK.

The government say its increasing targets for renewable fuels, which will double their use, and is looking at the potential introduction of E10 petrol - which is a mix of unleaded and ethanol.

A Red Arrow jet has been parked outside Number 10 Downing Street to mark the RAF centenary today.

The Prime Minister is holding a reception later as part of RAF100 celebrations, external.

The Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle is hoping there's also another reason for this particular Red Arrows display:

Workers who featured in film footage which appeared to show pigs being abused on a farm have been sacked and could face prosecution.

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Secret filming by an animal rights charity appears to show workers kicking pigs and jabbing them with pitchforks.

Fir Tree Farm at Elsham says the workers have been sacked and reported to the authorities.

The Godfrey family, which owns the business, said they were deeply distressed by what had happened.

Taster sessions are being held in Scunthorpe today for people wanting to find out what it takes to become a firefighter.

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service is looking for full-time and on-call firefighters and people to work in the control room:

Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

It'll be dry this afternoon across with sunny spells developing.

It will remain cloudier with some low cloud and fog lingering along the coast.

The top temperature will be about 16-19C (61-66F), but cooler along the coast:

Elizabeth Woods was barred from teaching for at least four years for "misconduct of a serious nature".

A power cut is currently affecting about 200 properties in the Immingham area.

Image source, Google

Northern Powergrid, external says it's aware of the problem and hopes to have the electricity supply restored by 15:00.

PC Mark Baird allegedly used racist language towards door staff after being refused entry to a bar.