04/10/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.

They fought for our country. Now former military personnel in Hull

are told they'll get priority treatment for council services.

have our lives road from us. I feel quite bitter. We have had our lives

ripped from us. The BAE workers campaigning to save

their jobs, who are cycling through the night to speak directly to the

Prime Minister. I are not the factory, where workers say they are

determined to get their voice across.

Fans get a voice. Grimsby Town's biggest shareholder hands over a

dominant stake in the club to the supporters trust.

And spilling its secrets. The 1,000-year-old salt-making works

uncovered in Lincolnshire. Join me Good evening.

They fight for our country, but often claim they are left

unsupported when they return to life on "civvy street." Today Hull

City Council has made history by becoming the first in the country

to promise veterans they'll get priority treatment for council

services. The so-called veterans charter will see servicemen and

women given free access to leisure centres, help getting housing and

help finding new jobs. Simon Spark has more. I came out of the RAF

last year, and than it really difficult. You do not just lose

your job, you lose your home, like a family in a sense, because that

is what they are. It is like your way of life. You're dumped. Paul is

one of the ex Armed Forces personnel who have returned to

civilian life then had to cope with no support. We knew having done

your rate for 12 years and have to live with your parents, it is not a

nice feeling. -- when you have lived on your own with your...

Signature after signature from leaders endorsing a veteran's

charter. It is the first in the country to recognise the role of

those who served in the Merchant Navy, and the first to offer

practical help. Free access to leisure centres, and advice. A do

not want to see a situation where I meet people who have ended up

living in Pearson Park after they left service, because nobody helped

them. The question is whether this charter would have helped cases

like Aron Shelton, who returned injured from Afghanistan, but had

to fight for his right to mobility benefits. Sean spent 20 years

trying to get Gulf war syndrome recognised as an illness. They

should not be a precipice. There needs to be a transition. Whether

these commitments and promises make the difference they need to will be

judged in the months to come. I'd like to hear your thoughts on

this. Is it right that veterans should be given this help? Where

should the line be drawn - what about firefighters or police

officers? Perhaps you're a former serviceman or woman. Did you get

help or support adapting to life on In a moment:

How Lincoln and Hull are vying to fly the prestigious purple flag for

the quality of their nightlife. Workers at BAE systems in Brough

are preparing to head to the Tory party conference, after learning

almost 900 jobs at the East Yorkshire site are to go. Nine

employees are cycling across the Pennines to Manchester, hoping to

ask the Prime Minister how he intends to help. Paul Murphy is in

Brough for us this evening. Paul, what exactly are they hoping to

achieve by doing this? You can probably see the gathering

crowd of cyclists and their families and friends behind me.

They hope to keep the momentum going in this campaign. They will

have the ear of Mr Cameron, potentially the of the defence

secretary, Liam Fox. They want government intervention to save

these jobs. At night time cycle ride across the

Pennines needs planning and preparation. These BAE workers are

stocking up on energy bars and spare tyres. They also preparing

for a One 2 One audience with the Prime Minister. We want to ask the

question regarding the future of our jobs. Is all lost at BAE? Can

anything be done? Can Mr Cameron speak to the management to stop

what is happening? It has been a week since this work force was

officially told BAE intends to end aircraft manufacture at the site in

Brough. A campaign to save jobs here has been energetic. This

burgeoning online petition needs 100,000 signatures to force a

parliamentary debate. Local MPs asking BAE to open its books and

justified 900 job losses. We have heard the reasoning behind this. We

hope to see the business plan later this week. A lot more questions

have been raised. We will go back to BAE and the unions. We will say,

what about this? And what can we do to change it? Their message

ultimately to the Prime Minister will be simple, that the government

needs to do all in its power to keep jobs at BAE in Brough.

A windy evening for a cycle across the Pennines, but they are very

determined. Let's talk to him so debate. -- let's talked to Ian so

there be. I am devastated by the announcement last week. Hopefully,

this will raise the awareness of what is going on and have an impact

with the government. What can they do, realistically? This was a

commercial decision. Hopefully, it can raise awareness and put our

point cross. We can try and get them to change their minds. Sarah,

aged you're one of 900 families facing up to this news. What impact

will it have on family life? will have a huge impact on family

life. There are a lot of people were both husband and wife work at

the site. It is a big worry. You cannot plan, your life is on hold

until you know what is happening. My husband wants to work here at

the plant. He loves his work. It would be a shame if they lost the

skills that are here. Thank you both. Good luck on your hundred

mile plus cycle ride. It used in the next 20 minutes or so. We will

hopefully sure the departure of the cyclists.

The thank you. Some more news now. A fellow prisoner has admitted

trying to kill Soham murderer Ian Huntley. Damien Fowkes pleaded

guilty at Hull Crown Court to slashing Huntley's throat in March

last year. He also admitted the manslaughter of child killer Colin

Hatch, who was strangled at Full Sutton Prison near York in February.

Rare medieval glass at Howden Minster has ben destroyed by

thieves. This window had just been restored at a cost of �6,000 when

thieves smashed it to steal �20 in change and half a bottle of

communion wine. Weird up fragments of medieval glass. They were put

together in the window so people could see them. Medieval glass is

quite rare, needless to say. It's devastating that this damage has

been done. Most of know that a blue flag is

given to clean beaches, but now Hull and Lincoln are both bidding

for a purple flag. They're given in recognition of good nightlife. Only

14 towns and cities in the UK have achieved purple flag status. It

celebrates places which offer a "better night out" for everyone,

not just young people. And the aim is to raise standards and broaden

the appeal of town and city centres at night. Jake Zuckerman reports

from Lincoln. If this is the image you have of an

evening out in Lincoln, city centre managers want you to think again.

They're keen to present a more diverse picture of the

entertainment on offer, like restaurants and theatres. It's part

of their bid for a purple flag award. It is supposed to show that

his city has a good night like that is saved, with a range of

attractions. People believe it is not as safe as it actually is. It

And it's not difficult to find evidence of that image problem if

you speak to people in Lincoln. Come night time, when drinking

stout, misbehaviour comes with it. Are would not like to be out of my

own. A I imagine it is busy. The volunteer group Street Pastors

have been patrolling the city centre for four years now, offering

help to revellers. The group's coordinator says it's safer than

some people think. People often say, I cannot do what you do more why

not? There are a lot of light, bright jackets. We have 41 street

pastors, and nobody has ever felt unsafe. 14 other towns and cities

already have a purple flat, including Manchester and Bristol.

As well as Lincoln, Hull is also applying for a purple flag award.

But it'll be some time before either city finds out if they've

been successful. And this is another you might want

to have your say on. Should Lincoln and Hull be given a flag for the

quality of their nightlife? Do you feel safe in these cities? There's

the text and email details for you now.

Still ahead tonight: The meals-on- wheels service in Lincolnshire

taking its inspiration from TV chefs The Hairy Bikers.

And 2,000 years of history, crystallised in an ancient salt-

making site in Lincolnshire. Chris Moran took this of Sewerby

Park in East Yorkshire. If you have a picture you're proud of, send it

in. We will have another one I have an e-mail from somebody

saying yuan on the cover of a glossy magazine. She said they only

needed to use the colours orange and grey. We would all like to know

which magazine! Plane spotters? It is getting a bit tired now.

I hope you were fully closed. I was almost photographed with some

sprout. Beverley! It is milder and windy.

There will be a bit of patchy rain, chiefly first and into tomorrow

evening. Today, we had 17 at Coningsby. Yesterday, 28. Tomorrow,

21 is possible. Behind these cold fronts on Thursday, it might be 14.

Temperatures all over the place at the moment. It is changeable. It

has felt chilly today across all parts of East Yorkshire and

Lincolnshire. At least it has been dry. I think what will happen

overnight is the cloud will thicken. It could be enough to produce the

odd spot of rain or drizzle. It is predominantly dry, that is the

headline, with lowest temperatures down to 12. The sun will rise at

7:10am, sitting at 628 Pom. -- setting at 6:28pm. A fairly cloudy

start in places. Perhaps the odd spot of drizzle, but otherwise it

is dry. The strong south-westerly wind will break the cloud up to

some extent. Towards tomorrow evening, rain will threaten from

the north. We are looking at take them -- we are looking at a mainly

dry day. And milder than today. Thursday, much colder with

scattered showers. Mostly dry on See you tomorrow.

It was set up during the war to give the vulnerable one decent meal

a day. The rising costs means the meals-on-wheels service in many of

our council areas is being threatened with closure. Now a

small Lincolnshire company is bucking the trend and is providing

hundreds of hot dinners every week. Vicky Johnson has been to the new

kitchen to find out more. Peat used to have frozen meals

delivered to his home in Spalding once a fortnight but now a new

company delivers a freshly made hot dinner every day. Sometimes I can't

eat all of it because I get too much. With fees frozen ones, you

want something else after. This business evolved from making

dinners for a few friends. Now she has moved to more premises in

Holbeach. All our products are sourced from local farmers and the

meat comes fresh from the abattoir. It is called fresh in the morning.

The meals-on-wheels service started during the Blitz to feed those who

had lost their homes. The food is cooked in a central kitchen and

packed for the road. Over the years, many local authorities have stopped

providing hot meals and it is this postcode lottery approach that has

led to the Hairy Bikers campaign to revive the service. Good morning.

We offer a service that offers personal interaction and dignity

and some decent food. It is what we should all do. While they are

calling for more volunteers to help, Kelly's business is thriving

without. The team currently prepared 150 meals a day for

customers as far away as Boston, King's Lynn and Spalding. At his --

as demand grows, they will extend their area of coverage. Kelly's

customers are in no doubt that the personal service is just as

important as the food. I always enjoyed the meals. The best part of

it is, when Kelly comes in it in the morning, it is like a ray of

sunshine. Kelly is proving that getting back to basics can be good

for business and for vulnerable people in our local communities.

A boxer from Hull has become the first person from our area to

qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Luke Campbell trains at St Paul's

club in the City and has gained automatic entry into the Olympic

Games after a win at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

We will be following him over the next few months.

Hull Kingston Rovers new coach has been unveiled today. Craig

Sandercock has joined from the Australian team, Newcastle Knights,

on a two-year contract. He is replacing Justin Morgan.

There is some very good players here. It is all about consistency

and trying to get those players to play consistency. It is just a

matter of concentrating and playing good football. What we be bringing

into the squad? There are a few a salary cap issues that we need to

look at. The Fans Forum is live on In football, the Grimsby Town

Supporters Trust has accepted a gift of half a million shares in

the club. The offer was made by the former vice chairman, Mike Parker.

It means the fans control the balance of power.

Relegation to the conference 18 months ago marked the end of 100

years and the Football League for the Mariners. After a shaky start

to this year's campaign, followed by the resignation of John Fenty as

chairman last month, fans are hoping their new stake in the club

and marks a new interior -- era. This is a golden opportunity for

them to flourish. Hopefully they will be of benefit to this club.

The gift of half-a-million shares from a leading shareholder, Mike

Parker, to the Supporters' Trust, means the fans now hold the balance

of power at the club. We are right at the bottom of everything so

let's hope they will pull us round a bit. It it spelling the ultimate

doom for the club. It is an advantage in every way. Many clubs

are struggling to survive on gate receipts -- receipts and commercial

activity. Supporters' group up-and- down the country are proving there

is an alternative way of running the game. Into a 1002, fans set up

AFC Wimbledon from scratch. They have been promoted five times in

nine seasons. It doesn't always work so well. With a 25% stake in

Lincoln City, supporters failed to stop them plummeting out of the

Football League. They may be a football fan at 3 o'clock on a

Saturday, but on Monday, they can be a commercial lawyer. It is about

tapping into them. With no place on the board, the test is whether they

have enough power to turn the club's fortunes around.

I spoke to Erik Samuelson, the chief executive of the organisation

which runs Wimbledon Football Club and asked him what the fans

involvement in the club will mean. They have agreed to accept the

offer made by a bomb of the directors to hand over shares. It

would give them a significant influence. It is a major decision.

They have to choose the right moment on which to take an

involvement. They have to think about what they are trying to

achieve. We created our own club and are the owners of it. In this

case, they are a minority and therefore they will be in a

difficult position. I have been given thought about what I want out

of this, what can we delivered to the board? And facing be difficult

issues that they will have to think about, like, you will have to be

seen by crossing the fence and he would be able to talk about some of

the decisions being made. Ken you maintain a relationship? It is a

difficult thought process. -- Can you maintain a relationship?

you no longer just a fan? Deep down, I am still a fan. One has to think

about the greater good of the club. Sometimes he would be acting in

what some fans think is not in their best interests. You are

balancing things, trying to make a football business success for so

you can spend as much as you can on making the team it successful. That

doesn't always harmonise with what the fans want. Best advice to

Grimsby fans now? Think it through, exactly what do you want from us?

What have you got to offer? Who is the best person to put on the board

and was skills will they bring? Very good to talk to you. Thank you.

Despite a call and five days, BBC Lincolnshire's Big Cycle Challenge

team are bridging the Hook of Holland. It is the latest leg of

their 600 miles cycling from Germany to Lincoln. They are

attempting to ride to raise thousands of pounds for BBC

children In Need. Yesterday was a really tough day. 11 hours in the

saddle. It was dark and we were still going to hours later before

we managed to get to the Hotel. A really tough day. We are feeling it

now and feeling the miles. There isn't a bit of me that doesn't hurt

but hopefully it is worth it. you want to donate, it is for BBC

Children In Need. Go to the website. A sort making site dating back 2000

years has been unearthed, Lincolnshire fells five -- fence.

The committee, which settled on the site backing 25 AD, would have

traded salt for food and other goods. Pottery, hairpins and tools

are among the artefacts which had been found.

2000 years ago, the Lincolnshire Fens were scattered with sea water

creeks. They were the perfect place to make salt. You have to have it

for diets, and if -- animals and preservation. It gives you

something to trade. All the pottery they are reducing, they would use

the extra salt to purchase that. The sea water was boiled in ceramic

pans, leaving behind that folly of pork sort. Remnants of that process

had been found by volunteers excavating the site. -- leaving

behind that salt. We have found a hairpin. You would have this on a

domestic site. This bone tool could have been used for working with the

leather. It has become an inhabited site. How did they know where to

dig? A light aircraft flew over the air -- area. A piece of equipment

fire blazes into the earth, telling volunteers where something

interesting may be hidden. I am a student for time. This started off

as a hobby but now I want to do it as a career. I really enjoy it. The

volunteers, they are really enthusiastic, really committed to.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust will now transform the site into a

nature reserve. The dryness of the land is proving a challenge to

their plans, proving how this landscape has changed over 2000

years. The headlines: Amanda Knox is on a

plane returning to the United States. Now veterans in hot told

they would get priority treatment for council services.

It is a mostly cloudy start with some brightness later on. Top

temperatures around 20 Celsius. Going back to another of our top

stories, the group of BAE workers setting off from Brough to the Tory

party conference in Manchester. It follows the announcement that 900

workers at the sight are to lose their jobs. Paul Murphy is with

them. What is happening? It is very noisy here. They are

getting a really good send off from their family and friends. They are

going on a 100 mile journey across the Pennines. They will reach the

Tory party conference tomorrow where they will hope for an

audience with David Cameron. They want something done to save the 900

jobs here. Thank you very much. We were

talking about the veterans charter. Thanks to the response.

Why should they get special treatment after leaving the job? It

is the same for everyone coming out of work. We also face the

difficulties. Martin says, we should say it well

done whole. Leading the country to give our veterans priority.

-- Hull. One person disagrees. They accepted

the terms and conditions of employment and should not expect