The MP for Hull West and Hessle says she's going to ask the government for more police funding to help keep people safe in their homes.

Emma Hardy says her constituents are concerned about the lack of officers on the street, since reduced opening hours at Hessle Police station over a year ago.

The Labour MP says: "There aren't as many police around, resources are stretched too thinly.

"In Hull and in Hessle police resources get diverted to where there's the area of greatest need leaving other areas vulnerable."

She says she will raise the issue in the House of Commons later.

A growing number of hospital patients in East Yorkshire are being diagnosed with low levels of vitamin D, it's been revealed.

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As a result, members of the public are being encouraged to spend 20 minutes in the sun without lotion to give themselves a boost.

Emma Hood, from Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, says vegans and vegetarians need to be extra careful because it's hard for them to get enough vitamin D from their diet.

She said: "Vitamin D comes from you red meats, your oily fish and your eggs. Obviously, if you're a vegetarian that will be very difficult, and also a vegan if you don't eat eggs."

Voter turnout for local elections in parts of East, West and South Yorkshire is among the worst in the country, according to new research by the BBC.

Figures show only one in four people eligible to vote in Hull and Barnsley turned out last year - with Wakefield only faring slightly better.

People in Yorkshire have until Friday to register for this year's local elections, which take place on 2 May.

The leader of Hull City Council has outlined his reasons for resigning from his role with tourism organisation Welcome to Yorkshire.

The resignation of Councillor Stephen Brady, who was invited to join the Welcome to Yorkshire board last year, comes after Sir Gary Verity resigned as the organisation's chief executive on health grounds last month.

Since Sir Gary's departure, Welcome to Yorkshire announced two independent investigations into his expenses and behaviour since his appointment in 2008.

Hull council boss Stephen Brady said he was kept in the dark over the investigations.

He said the "lack of clarity and transparency provided to me" and the "seriousness of developing allegations" had left him "no option" but to quit.

In a statement, he added: "It is absolutely essential that the investigations into these issues are entirely independent, are conducted with complete transparency and rigour and that all findings and recommendations are fully published.

"Hull City Council will continue its membership of Welcome to Yorkshire but will not be making any further contributions until these are investigations are completed and any actions or changes recommended by the investigations are implemented.”

Bradford Council's chief executive earned almost £230,000 in the 2017 to 2018 financial year, the most of any Yorkshire council, new figures have revealed.

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The figures, which are from the Taxpayers' Alliance, show how much was paid in salary, pension contributions and expenses.

Sheffield City Council paid chief executive John Mothersole £186,125 as a salary with a pension contribution of £35,364.

Elsewhere in Yorkshire, Leeds City Council's chief executive was paid £201,171.

Meanwhile, North Yorkshire paid their chief executive almost £200,000.

Caroline Lacey, chief executive for East Riding of Yorkshire, was paid a combined total of £189,000.

A Sheffield Council spokesperson said it reviews its pay structure regularly.

"Sheffield City Council is the third largest metropolitan council in the country", a statement said. "We are still one of the lowest paying large authorities in terms of our overall top pay bill."

Walkers on the East Yorkshire coast are being warned to check tide times before going to the beach after a parent and child had to be rescued by rescue helicopter.

The pair became trapped on the cliffs at Cowden yesterday evening.

Rough sea conditions and explosives in the cliff from a former firing range made it too difficult for the lifeboat team to rescue them and both were winched to safety by Hornsea Inshore Rescue:

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The leader of Hull City Council has stepped down from his role with tourism organisation Welcome to Yorkshire.

Councillor Stephen Brady says he's quit the board, saying he was kept in the dark over an investigation into the former chief executive Sir Gary Verity.

Sir Gary stepped down last month citing health reasons.

Welcome to Yorkshire said Sir Gary's resignation was not directly linked to concerns raised "in relation to his behaviour towards staff and his expenses".

Councillor Brady's resignation comes less than a week after the tourism body's 10th anniversary celebrations.

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If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Tuesday morning, most services appear to be generally running to time.

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A wildlife charity is trying to find out how many water voles there are in Yorkshire amid fears it is in decline.

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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have recruited a trainee who will be out and about looking for signs of the semi-aquatic rodent.

It wants to find data to support anecdotal evidence, which suggests numbers of the once common mammal have gone down.

Play equipment in an East Yorkshire village has been "damaged beyond repair" by "mindless" vandals at the start of the Easter holidays, according to police.

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Police are investigating the arson attack at playing fields on Addison Road in Preston.

A slide and climbing frame were severely damaged.

The new play equipment, which was part funded by the residents and Preston Parish Council, is expected to be closed for some time for safety reasons.

PCSO Darren Bainton said: “I am absolutely appalled that this senseless act has caused such devastation to what is practically a brand new play area and at the heart of our community in Preston.

"I'm sure the young users of the park will be devastated that their favourite piece of play equipment is now destroyed, especially as we are in the school Easter holidays."

Humberside Police are appealing for information about the incident, which took place between 23:30 on Saturday 6 April and 09:30 on Sunday 7 April.

A Pocklington man is in hospital with a serious head injury after he was assaulted while confronting illegal metal detectors on his land, police say.

Police say he challenged the men who were "nighthawking" on Yapham Road shortly after midnight on Saturday 6 April.

The suspects left the scene in a silver vehicle, believed to be an Audi, and the victim is currently in a stable condition.

Humberside Police say "nighthawking" often involves archaeological sites, with offenders often stealing coins and other artifacts for their historical and financial value.

In a statement, police said: "Counties such as the East Riding of Yorkshire are particularly vulnerable due to the rich heritage and large amounts of arable land."

Police say there's been a significant fall in reports of suspected hare coursing across East Yorkshire.

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Humberside Police received reports of 332 incidents of suspected daytime hare coursing between the 1 August last year and this month.

The vast majority, 259, were in East Yorkshire, with 73 in northern Lincolnshire.

The number of reported incidents is down from 508 over a similar period the previous year.

Humberside Police says its using dispersal powers and other anti-social behaviour legislation to try to prevent hare coursing.

Joe Smith, now 23, was a child when he committed crimes dating back to 2006.

An art gallery in Hull has acquired a painting by one of East Yorkshire's "most celebrated artists".

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The Ferens Art Gallery has secured Withernsea-born artist Ian McKeever's Portrait of a Woman for its permanent collection.

The picture was donated by the artist along with five works on paper.

Stephanie Jones, exhibitions assistant at Ferens Art Gallery, said: said: “We are very proud to have secured this important contemporary painting by the locally born artist Ian McKeever.

“McKeever was inspired by the work of Stanley Spencer at the Ferens Art Gallery as a boy, so it seems very appropriate that we have come full circle to acquire an example of his own work for our permanent collection."

A hip-hop musical about the dangers of knife crime is being created in Hull.

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Campaigner Pastor Mo Timbo says there's already been interest in the musical - which will be performed in secondary schools - from London, Manchester and Birmingham.

He said he had "no doubt it would be a national thing" with a No More Knives campaign video also in the works.

A statue of an angel (pictured), made out of seized knives, was in Hull earlier this year as part of a national tour.

The Earl De Grey had a colourful reputation due to its seafaring past, including stories about a talking parrot.

A multi-million pound project to improve a roundabout on a major road in East Yorkshire begins today.

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The £3.9m work at the Shiptonthorpe roundabout, on the A1079, is expected to last until Christmas.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council says the improvements will reduce delays and allow for future traffic growth.