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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
As tens of thousands wait for council housing, one authority | :00:07. | :00:15. | |
begins building for the first time in 20 years. | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
We have a large waiting list of 3,400 people. Many individuals are | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
waiting for housing, often up to five or six years. | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
The Energy Minister says the Humber could become one of the most | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
important areas in the country for renewable energy. | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
Going for gold - the horsewoman aiming for the Paralympics despite | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
being told she'd never ride again. Seven months and counting - the | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
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And hopefully we will see some more brightness tomorrow. For your | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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There are more than 50,000 families on council house waiting lists in | :01:00. | :01:06. | |
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. This has led to one council leader | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
saying his city is in the midst of a housing crisis. Lincoln is to get | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
its first social housing in two decades as concerns grow that the | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
problem is getting worse. But the government says it is taking | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
measures to try and ease families' difficulties. Phillip Norton | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
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Chris has got a family of seven squeezed into a 10 -- two-bedroom | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
house in Lincoln. They have been waiting for a new home for six | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
years. We have had head teachers, doctors, | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
councillors, the MP - all sorts are working on the case and we are | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
getting nowhere. The council says there's a limited | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
number of large properties available. But the family is not | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
the only ones. There's 3,000 on the waiting list in Lincoln. People | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
like Mark, who found himself homeless this year. He and his | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
partner have been told it could be up to six years. | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
We have been waiting for Macro weeks. We have had no letters, no | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
nothing from the council, not even a phone call. This is what I can't | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
understand about the slow process of wife. -- or why it takes so long. | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
So now the council is building more social housing. | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
We have got a housing crisis. It is not an exaggeration to say that. We | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
have got a large waiting list of 3,400 people. Many individuals are | :02:37. | :02:45. | |
waiting for housing, often up to five or six years. We have an | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
increasing amount of homelessness as well. | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
The problem is widespread. In Hull, this family lives in a private home | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
that they say is falling apart. They have just signed up for a | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
council house. We had a major leak. They filled it | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
in but then we started to get problems with the electric. Then we | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
found out last week that we had another major leak here. We can't | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
stand much more, to be honest. We just want to be art. | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
A housing charity said today that more needs to be done to help those | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
in need. We need to get building more | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
affordable social homes for people to live in. 98% of councils have | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
failed to meet their housing needs in their areas. We really are | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
calling on councils to invest in housing. | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
The government says it is working to introduce rules which will help | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
councils use stock more efficiently. But there will be no overnight | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
solution. Phillip Norton is in Lincoln for us | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
this evening. Phil, is it realistic to expect council house waiting | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
lists in the area to be cleared quickly? | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
I said at the end of the report there will be no overnight solution. | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
When you see the figures, it becomes clear why. Lincoln has got | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
the highest percentage of households on the waiting list. | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
3,000, -- 3,600 are waiting at the moment. Then you look at places | :04:12. | :04:19. | |
like Hull. 10,000 households are waiting. In total, 53,000 families | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are waiting for some kind of social | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
housing, a figure much higher than it was 10 years ago. Don't forget, | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
the figures do not include those already living in a council | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
property waiting to move to a different property. Councils can | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
build new properties, but to eradicate the problem would cost | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
millions of pounds, money the councils can't afford. The solution | :04:40. | :04:50. | |
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could come in part from stronger processes to get people out of | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
properties, moving into a smaller property, moving families into the | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
larger properties. That is a process that some people will not | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
be happy with. Earlier I spoke to Kate Allen, | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
who's an expert on social housing. She told me that the government has | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
been unable to deal with the increasing numbers of people on | :05:08. | :05:16. | |
council house waiting lists. There is an accumulating number of | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
people in need of social housing. Those numbers are only getting | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
worse. The number of households that are forming each year is | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
outpacing the number of homes we are building, and so in addition to | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
the accumulated backlog which the government needs to address, they | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
are facing a running target. There's a feeling that a council | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
house is for life. How much credit should the government get for | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
trying to change that situation? The question of moving people from | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
their homes is a delicate one. I do think, though, that people in a | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
time of housing need me to appreciate the problems it causes | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
if we give somebody a house not just for the period they need it | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
but also for the period after that for them to live in for the rest of | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
their life. Should people be made to rip out of | :06:05. | :06:12. | |
a council house once they earn above a certain amount? -- made to | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
move out. It is not for me to make that | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
decision. That is up to the electorate. I would say it is | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
important whenever somebody starts to worry about the lack of | :06:23. | :06:32. | |
available housing, that they Dearham -- that they do remember | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
the homes being bill today are occupied by people who do not | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
necessarily prove on from them after they are finished with them. | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
The is the problem going to get worse? | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
The government has published figures for the next four years, | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
and yes, there's a cut in the number of new homes they are hoping | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
to deliver compared to the Privy spending period. So, given that the | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
fate of households are still increasing, the problem is going to | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
get worse. -- the rate. This affects a lot of people. Do | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
you think that more council houses should be built? The do have to | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
wait a long time to get yours? Do you think too many double failed to | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
look after their council properties and the money should be spent | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
elsewhere? Your thoughts, if you like to send him to last, send him | :07:25. | :07:35. | |
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In a moment, the scheme to make sure Bridlington's fishermen are as | :07:37. | :07:47. | |
The Energy Minister has reaffirmed the goverment's belief that the | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
Humber could become one of the most important areas in the country for | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
renewable energy. Charles Hendry praised the way businesses and | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
councils have worked together during a visit to North | :07:54. | :08:03. | |
Lincolnshire. Vanessa Clarke Today it looks like barren land but | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
the plans to turn this site into a wind turbine factory could bring | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
thousands of jobs to the local economy. But it needs government | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
approval, and today the Energy Minister gave his verdict after a | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
private tour. You can't fail to be impressed by | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
the scale of it. This brings together members of Parliament, | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
local authorities, industry, and that is what we are looking for. We | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
want to see thousands of jobs created in building the turbines | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
and other elements for the offshore wind industry. That is the co- | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
operation which is important. The company behind the plans, Able | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
UK, want to spend more than �100 million developing this site in | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
North Killingholme. Planning permission has already been given | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
for a logistics site but an assembly plant and a jetty the size | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
of 100 football pitches will also need the go-head. Local MPs say | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
that's why these visits are so important. | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
We have had two senior ministers in the past few weeks. It has put | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
Lincolnshire on the map. We need to make sure we can develop the area | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
as a cluster for the renewable sector. It could regenerate the | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
area and transform the local economy. | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
The government wants to see thousands of wind turbines | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
operating off our coasts by 2020. Today the Energy Minister said it | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
was very important he got the chance today to see the Humber's | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
potential for himself. The body of a man found dead in | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
Boston on Sunday has been identified as Luke James Gorton. | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
The 31-year-old was taken to the Pilgrim Hospital but staff were | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
unable to revive him. A post mortem to reveal if he had taken the drug | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
M-Cat came back as inconclusive. Three people arrested by police | :09:44. | :09:54. | |
have been released on bail. Police have arrested a man in | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
connection with an armed robbery at an East Yorkshire supermarket last | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
week. Staff at the Co-Op store in Pocklington were threatened by a | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
man demanding cash on Thursday. A 41-year-old man from Goole has been | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
arrested and released on bail. 25 years after the Lockington train | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
crash, the families of those who died claim the disaster has been | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
largely forgotten. Nine people were killed when a train collided with a | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
van at an unmanned crossing in East Yorkshire. A memorial service was | :10:15. | :10:25. | |
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held at the weekend. When there are other disasters, | :10:29. | :10:37. | |
agencies come in at not 25 years later but 25 hours later. People | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
get support. We were just forgotten. Police searching for a missing | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
pensioner from Withernsea have revealed that she left the house | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
wearing mismatched shoes. 77-year- old Marlene Wagstaff, who suffers | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
from Alzheimer's, left her house on Friday. People from the town have | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
been helping in the search. Police say they're extremely concerned for | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
her safety. Hull's Lord Mayor is demanding the | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
return of a bronze statue which was stolen over the weekend. The statue | :11:07. | :11:09. | |
called Voyage is nearly two metres tall and weighs around 300 | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
kilograms. It's believed to have been stolen from its plinth by the | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
Humber Estuary late on Sunday night. It's one of a pair celebrating the | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
maritime links between the city and I've had a lots of tweets from | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
people who are angry about this statue being taken. If you've got | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
any information about what happened, please call the police or you can | :11:32. | :11:41. | |
contact me and I'll pass the information on for you. | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
An MP has compared conditions on one of East Hull's estates to | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
living in a war zone. Karl Turner is urging the Government to visit | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
the Ings Estate after the money due to regenerate the area was cut last | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
year. So far no new investment has been secured and residents claim | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
they are living in fear of thieves and arsonists. Siobhan Robbins has | :11:57. | :12:06. | |
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Crumbling, vandalised and broken - this is the estate Frank Wheller's | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
lived on for 27 years. But since the money to regenerate the area | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
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was pulled last year, He says living here's a nightmare. | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
You are in a terrified situation. Are you going to survive the night? | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
It has been that serious. The least sound and you are awake looking out | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
the windows. They do see youngsters going up and down the street with | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
blazing torches. It is not good. These people can't live like this. | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
This street is a perfect example. Here we can see empty house after | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
empty house. But then, stuck in the middle is one for one. That leaves | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
the residents feeling really isolated. The council is starting | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
to build new houses, but there's still more than 1,000 to do. It is | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
hoping for another �12 million to help the estate but that is nowhere | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
near the �90 million it was promised over the next few years | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
before the money was poured. When the money stock, part of West | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
Hull were also getting a bad state. But the council managed to find | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
some money to help President. But the estate is still waiting for | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
cash and the gamut is now a challenge to see the back of -- | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
problem for itself. People are genuinely living in | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
Beirut. You can see what it is like round here. Come and have a look | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
and then tell us that they don't deserve the help that I say they | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
need desperately. Who are these people that can do | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
this to an estate then walk away, shrug their shoulders and leave it? | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
The government says people have not been forgotten and the council will | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
find out in the autumn if they secured the cash they need. All | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
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people living here can do now is It is 17 minutes to seven. Still | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
ahead: The horse rider aiming for the Paralympics, despite being told | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
that she would never ride again. And the beard that is raising | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
thousands for charity, despite its critics! It looks like he is a | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
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Tonight's photograph his Humber Bridge. Taken by Carolyn Hammond. | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
Find him very much indeed. Another picture around about the same time | :14:46. | :14:54. | |
tomorrow. Ever thought of growing a beard? It would be real! That would | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
be the difference! Very good, very be the difference! Very good, very | :14:57. | :15:05. | |
good. The headline for the next 24 hours is slowly improving. We have | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
a lot of cloud around at the moment. It is giving drizzle across the | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
Yorkshire coast. There are some brakes coming from the north. Here | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
is Wednesday's chart. The high- pressure will try and come in on | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
Thursday. It probably won't succeed. As it does come in, we will see | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
some cloud breaks. Thursday could be the best day of the week. As you | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
look closely, there are some breaks in the cloud, and they should come | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
across us later it tomorrow. In the short term, we are looking at a lot | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
of cloud across East Yorkshire. A little bit of drizzle especially | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
towards the coast of Yorkshire. Those temperatures will be down to | :15:50. | :15:58. | |
11 or 12 degrees. 12 in Gainsborough. The sun will rise at | :15:58. | :16:08. | |
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There will be a bit of drizzle in the air especially on the East | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
Yorkshire coast. Breaks will come in from the north. A bit more in | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
the brave -- bit more in the way of brightness. The breeze will be an | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
unsure one across the coast. The best temperature in land will be 19 | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
or 20. Thursday looks a nice day. Variable cloud, but quite warm. As | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
we head into the weekend, it is looking fairly pleasant. That is | :16:45. | :16:52. | |
the forecast. My favourite female of the day. Whilst on holiday, we | :16:52. | :17:00. | |
found Paul's book in a charity been with a sign saying it was 10 p! | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
That is outrageous! Daylight robbery, I think. See you tomorrow. | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
If you or I want to make a Dr's appointment, it is straightforward. | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
Imagine trying to get advice if you work up to 14 hours a day miles out | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
to sea. Workers at Bridlington harbour have been given their own | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
health worker for advice on the dockside. If she is successful, | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
bend balls around Britain could take the same approach. It might | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
seem like a strange place for a health check, but for some | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
fishermen, it is the only option. It is not too tight? Twice a week, | :17:42. | :17:51. | |
Paul wreak -- Paula Rooke visits Bridlington harbour to give advice | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
Bridlington harbour to give advice on diet. It is physically really | :17:56. | :18:03. | |
hard work. You get back at eight or nine at night. That is why the | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
service is so keep. It is essential for me to be where they are, so | :18:07. | :18:15. | |
they can take a couple of minutes to talk to me. I condemn. Them. If | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
there blood pressure is really high, they can go to their GP where they | :18:18. | :18:26. | |
would not normally go. For softer employed fishermen, going to do it | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
also means losing income. The fact that dock workers and fishermen can | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
work 14 hours a day means it can be difficult for them to see a doctor, | :18:34. | :18:41. | |
but their reluctance to ask for help also creates a problem. | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
fishermen always say they are all right. You have to be really bad if | :18:47. | :18:56. | |
you go, if you see what I mean. It should take-off. The Seamen's | :18:56. | :19:02. | |
Hospital Society is funding the scheme for a year. Over that time, | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
its supporters hope it will make a real difference. We hope it will | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
make fishermen more are aware of their health situation, and | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
hopefully, we will save a couple of lives by advising them of a problem, | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
and getting it sorted. Soon, Paula Rooke hopes that she will give more | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
advice. If the scheme is successful, it could be offered imports across | :19:26. | :19:36. | |
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After last night's programme, thank you for your e-mails about East | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
Midlands Ambulance Service. Only 86 % of ambulances arrive within 19 | :19:50. | :19:59. | |
minutes, compared with a national target of 05 %. To have a target of | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
95 % and only reaching 86 % is really worrying. The committee need | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
to get to the bottom of this, so that somehow we improved the | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
service. A big response. Dave emailed to say: "It takes longer to | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
emailed to say: "It takes longer to get from A to B when you can wait | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
up to 5 minutes for the level crossings to open. Leave the | :20:18. | :20:28. | |
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ambulances alone and concentrate on Thank you for all of those. A horse | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
rider from East Yorkshire, who was told that she would never take part | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
in the sport again after an accident, is hoping to be selected | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
for next year's Paralympic Games. Heather Bennett from Eastrington | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
near Howden broke her back eight years ago. Now she is hoping for a | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
gold medal in London. Heather Bennett has known -- has what is | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
known as Yorkshire grit. It is a miracle she is still riding. In | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
2003, she broke her back falling off a horse. It limited her use of | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
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both legs and both arms. She is now competing in the event of para- | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
equestrian dressage. People said I was crazy to ride again. I kept the | :21:32. | :21:40. | |
course why had the accident on. I have to try and do it. She now has | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
her sights firmly set on the Paralympic Games in London. With | :21:45. | :21:47. | |
one year to go, the British team selectors have been watching | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
closely. It is the extra dimension where you are having to control an | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
animal. When you look at the amount of different disabilities, it is | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
incredible that they are able to perform at such a high level. | :22:04. | :22:11. | |
heather admits that it hasn't been a difficult journey so far. A lot | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
of pain and repetitive training. I have a competitive person. That is | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
what drives me to keep doing it and trying to be better and better each | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
time. Here they cannot do it alone. It is a horse who has to carry her | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
to glory, so does he know what he is getting into? He is very chilled | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
out today! He has had an early morning start, so he will be going | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
back to bed this morning -- this afternoon. While the horses relaxed, | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
heaven knows that there is a lot of work to do if she is to fulfil her | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
Olympic dreams and win gold for Britain. Good luck to her. The | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
Lincolnshire swim that Lizzie Simmons has missed out on a gold | :22:58. | :23:07. | |
medal in China. She finished 7th in Shanghai earlier today. She swims | :23:07. | :23:14. | |
in her preferred event later. The Lincolnshire athlete Bernice Wilson | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
says she will fight to clear her name after being suspended from | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
competition after testing positive for anabolic steroids. Issue fails | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
in her appeal, she could face a two-year ban from the sport. Hull | :23:33. | :23:40. | |
FC and Hull Kingston Rovers have been boarded Super League licences | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
for the next three years. They have both invested in youth development. | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
Wakefield will also remain in the competition after Crusaders | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
withdrew their application. Firefighters and airline pilots | :23:56. | :24:01. | |
cannot have them. There has not been a prime minister with one for | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
over 100 years. There are even people who are frightened of them. | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
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The beard has got a very good reputation but two men from Grimsby | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
:24:29. | :24:37. | ||
It is not easy looking this good! I have to get up 10 minutes earlier | :24:37. | :24:45. | |
than I usually do. It started with a bat in the pub. Seven months on, | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
David's bit is getting rather long. It is about five inches long. My | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
daughter's hate it. They are embarrassed. They can live with | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
that for a bit! It's horrible! When he gets food in it, he looks like a | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
tramp. But I am proud of him, because he is doing it for a good | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
cause. David is raising money for Help For Heroes, along with his | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
friend Richard. But he is have -- but Richard has had to scale back | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
his bid after an accident with a blowtorch. I have decided to grow | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
the goatee. I can tie it up and it is not getting in the way, because | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
it is a bit dangerous when I am underneath a sink soldering with a | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
blowtorch. Some people would say it is worth persevering. Brian Blessed, | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
Dr Rowan Williams and Bill Oddie all are well known for their beards. | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
Does it go down well with the ladies? I like the short type, but | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
not the father Christmas type. depends. If it is straggly, it is | :25:55. | :26:02. | |
not attractive. David's pictures have started to get creative. I | :26:02. | :26:08. | |
have downloaded a new one each week. People can see how it is going. | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
People will hopefully supported and donate. So far, they have raised | :26:13. | :26:20. | |
�3,000. Are there any more plus points? The food sticks to it, and | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
you can have some more of do you have finished! There are some | :26:25. | :26:32. | |
benefits for for facial hair. They will shed a dot on Tuesday. -- | :26:32. | :26:39. | |
shave it off. Let's have a recap of the national headlines. The UK | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
economy slows down. Officials blamed the Japanese tsunami and the | :26:44. | :26:50. | |
royal wedding. Lincoln City royal wedding. Lincoln City | :26:50. | :26:53. | |
Council's leader admits they are in the middle of a crisis. Top | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
temperatures around 19 Celsius Eight response coming in on social | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
housing. One person says that we have too many council estate | :27:07. | :27:15. | |
buildings. How many do we need? Mark says that his mum, who is so | :27:15. | :27:21. | |
severely disabled, have never been offered a property. Those who live | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
in properties now should consider themselves lucky. Another says that | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
some parts of Britain struggle to recruit public sector workers. | :27:31. | :27:35. |