24/10/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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

This man was killed two years ago - police say they are still committed

to finding Alan Wood's murderer. A decision will be made tonight on

Lincoln's first mosque. Humber industries rely on the trade

links, now Parliament debates whether we should leave the

European Union. And meeting the people who are

trying to preserve the local lingo. For the dialect is from a Lound.

But I will have the forecast. It has been bright and breezy. To find

out what is in store, join me later in the programme.

Good evening. He was brutally tortured and murdered in his home

in a quiet Lincolnshire village. Two years after the killing of Alan

Wood, police have issued a new appeal for information as they

continue the hunt for his killers. During the two-year inquiry,

officers have investigated 16,000 possible suspects and examined

3,000 pieces of evidence. In a moment, we will hear from the

detective in charge of the inquiry. First, Jake Zuckerman has this

report. Described as gentle, kind and well-

liked, it is two years since a 50- year-old Alan Wood was murdered in

a horrific attack at his home in the tiny village of Lound Amir

Bourne. -- near Bourne. An attempt was made to decapitate him. They

have done this horrific thing and they are just walking around and

what else are they going to do? They cannot have come to do this to

Alan without having done something before. They will do it again.

Police released CCTV pictures that show a suspect using a Mr Wood's

credit cards to withdraw money in Stamford and Bourne. Despite an

appeal on Crimewatch, the case remains unsolved. At the incident

room in Sleaford, detectives continued to work full-time on the

investigation. They have collected more than 3,000 pieces of evidence

and investigated 16,000 possible suspects, both in the UK and abroad.

This is one of the biggest investigations that we have ever

carried out. Thousands and thousands of staff hours have been

used. We have log to the details of more than 16,000 people. It has

been a huge investigation. Although two years have passed since the

mutilated body of Alan Wood was discovered here at the small

bungalow where he was living, police say they are still just as

determined as ever to catch his killer and so on the second

anniversary of Mr Wood's murder, they are making a further appeal to

the public for help. A high I miss Allen. If I needed him, he was

there. -- I miss him. He came to check I was OK. Police are urging

anyone who may have information about Alan Wood's murder to contact

them. They are adamant the case remains very much open.

As we saw, detectives -- Detective Superintendent Stuart Morrison is

leading to the investigation. I asked him how the case has

progressed over the last two years. This is a very interesting

investigation. After two years of work, thousands of hours of work,

we have so much information, a DNA profile, CCTV, what we do not have

is the last piece of the puzzle that would take us to a final

result. It is surprising if you have DNA and CCTV that you are not

further on. It is. One of the most perplexing elements is the DNA

profile we have, there is no trace of that in the UK database. We are

checking that in 49 other countries around the world. Do you have any

idea of the motive of the this killing? The motive is still

something we keep an open mind on. At some stage during the events,

there was a decision to take money from Alan. His cash cards were

taken, money from his account. What I cannot say with certainty for is

what took people there in the first place. He had no connections with

those people. This is very much an ongoing investigation. There is a

reward. How confident I do you will catch the killer or killers? How

confident are you. We still have �60,000 on offer as a reward. It

has been very challenging. Two years is a long time. We have every

confidence we will catch the people involved. Alan Wood's family know

that. How can the public help? would like the public to revisit

our forced website, look at the CCTV, look at all the information

we have provided, in particular the image of ATM Amman and if they have

any suspicion they know who that person might be, to bring us. We

can eliminate people easily. Thank you. -- to bring us.

Lincoln City reveal their new manager at Sincil Bank.

BAE Systems is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for

failing to ensure the welfare of its staff. It follows an

investigation into the death of Gary Whiting three years ago. The

51-year-old died after becoming trapped in machinery at BAE Systems

factory. He had worked for the company for 20 years.

Major roadworks started in Lincoln this morning. Part of the A15,

Lindum Hill, is closed southbound for emergency repairs. Drivers

trying to get into the city will face diversions - the work is due

to continue for the rest of the week.

Businesses in the centre of Hull are voting today whether to keep

the city's Business Improvement District. They all pay a levy

towards Hull BID, which aims to put on events and attract more visitors

to the city centre. But recently, some managers have been calling for

it to be scrapped. A decision over whether Lincoln's

first mosque can be built is expected shortly. At the moment,

are a community centre is used for Muslim prayers. They have been

calling for a proper place of worship for the last few years.

Plans for a new mosque in the city have been turned down previously

following traffic concerns by local residents. Our reporter has the

story. Gathering to worship. Many of these

Muslims will be hoping after today if they will get permission to

build their own mosque rather than cramming into the Lincoln

grandstand. This is not a place of worship. We have to rent it. It

belongs to the council. We have to have something that belongs to us.

Under the plans, this will be transformed into a supermarket,

mosque and car park. But the road is busy and the thought of more

traffic is a big worry for some local residents. Our main concern

about the whole development is traffic. No-one from the Muslim

community has accused us of being anti-Muslim, and he Islam, or anti-

mosque. The rate how it -- the route has not been easy. They were

given approval to turn up a church into a mosque. But then it was

destroyed in a fire. In October 2009, plans for a two-storey mosque

were turned down by the council due to traffic issues. An appeal was

launched but in 20th August 10 the Government rejected it.

Muslim leaders are hoping for more success tonight. All the issues

raised previously by the residents and the highway authority have been

resolved. I hope it will go smoothly. Planning officers had a

final look at the site of his afternoon and tonight could be

their night dreams of a mosque in Lincoln are realised.

The meeting has been going on for one hour. What has been happening.

Around 250 people have attended tonight. At times, tensions have

run high. A one point, one of the councillors were heckled by a

member of the public who was told to be quiet or leave. As yet, no

decision has been made. The local residents say if this plan is

passed tonight, they will work to mitigate the impact on the local

community in terms of traffic or the look of a supermarket. Tonight

could be a cause for celebration for the local Muslim community.

After years of trying, they may finally get permission for their

own purpose-built mosque. Thank you. We will let you know the

decision later. If you have a view, you can text in. The e-mail

address... 9 out of 10 A-level students say

they will still go to university from next year despite the prospect

of having to pay up to �9,000 a year in new tuition fees. A survey

commissioned by the BBC's Inside Out suggests a 10% of students have

ruled out university because of a high cost of loans. �75,000. Is

that for one person? Yes. That is horrible. Is that just for the

average degree? That is if you take out the maximum loan. But what if

for some reason careers don't go as planned and may never earned more

than �21,000 a year? -- and they never learn. The amount you have to

pay back is zero. You can see more on that on tonight's Inside Out on

BBC One at 7:30pm. Still ahead tonight:

The last gasp goal which gave Hull City a 3-2 victory over Watford.

The people who are celebrating centuries-old dialect in

Tonight's photograph is of dawn over East Park in Hull, it was

taken by Terry Wilde. Thank you for taken by Terry Wilde. Thank you for

that. Smite favourite text of the weekend. Lisa Gallagher is like...

I was nice to you! I am sure there will be plenty more to come over

this week. Today has been nice, windy towards the coast. And

tomorrow starts of damp and breezy, but conditions will improve. You

can see we have this weather front that will cross over us tonight,

that will bring some rain. But it will clear a way into the North

East. The satellite picture from earlier shows we have had plenty of

sunshine. Cloud will gradually increase from the South West. There

will be clear spells, through the night, but cloud will increase and

rain will push its way towards the east. The wind will stay strong and

gusty through the night. Or the coast, around 25 to make the 50

miles per hour, temperatures down to 12 degrees Celsius. The sun

rises tomorrow at 7:48am, setting at 5:42pm. Tomorrow, it will be a

damp start today, some heavy bursts of rain across the Yorkshire Wolds.

But it will clear right to the North Sea. The rest of the day will

be dry. The cloud will break at times to give us some bright or

sunny spells. Today -- like today, the best of the weather will be in

the afternoon. Temperatures average, 13 or 14 degrees Celsius for most

of us. Perhaps 15 degrees at best. Wednesday may start with some

showers towards the coast, but they will die away. The rest of the day

will be dry with sunshine. will be dry with sunshine.

Temperatures of around 17 -- 13 degrees Celsius. You realise our I

will get a lot of hate mail for calling you the smiling assassin!

Nice to have tea with us this week. A Hull businessman has said that

Europe provides half of his turnover, and pulling out of the EU

could have serious repercussions. He runs a haulage firm in this city.

His comments come as MPs prepared to vote of whether a referendum

should be held on the issue of the UK being part of Euros. Six of our

local MPs are expected to rebel against the government.

It is known as the gateway to Europe, providing valuable links

for the area's trade and business. In Hull, this haulage firm says

work in your it is crucial for its survival. 50 % of its business that

happens abroad. This lorry is heading for Rome. If we were to

pull out, the goods that we are currently bringing in from Europe

would become so expensive that and customers might source them from

further afield, from the Far East. And our own business would suffer.

A referendum would be the first vote on Europe since Harold

Wilson's referendum on entering the Common Market. It means people

under 54 have never had their say on Europe. So in 2011, how would

triple vote in Hull? Out of it, definitely out of it. It is

draining us of money. It is a global environment. As long as we

keep a way of the euro. I think it takes money out of things we could

be spending it on. But over the years, our area has seen benefits

from you at. After the floods in 2007, around �5 million of European

funding help with plans -- flood prevention schemes in East

Yorkshire. In Hull, scientists have received �400,000 for research. A

�30,000 grant from year it helped create this work of art in Lincoln.

For I think before any kind of strong decision to leave the EU is

taken, you need to do a very clear piece of cost-benefit analysis.

rebel MPs, including six from our region, will not win. But they will

cause embarrassment for David Cameron. With Britain's future in

Europe again causing political fall-out.

The debate is later tonight. The Tory MP for Brigg and Goole Andrew

Percy is one of those rebel MPs, who will be voting against their

own government later tonight. I put it to him that if we pulled out of

the EU, the country would lose its voice. Lose what boys? At the end

of the day, we can be out for did - - out voted on policy issues in

Europe anyway. We do not have a veto on everything. It is a bit

backwards looking to think in terms of Europe. The future of the world

economy is in countries like China, South Africa. We spoke to a haulage

company earlier that says 50 % of business depends on Europe. We are

not going to suddenly, we would not suddenly stop selling and buying

goods from Europe. We could have a free trade agreement. It is in

their interest to do that, we import more than we export. So it

is this idea, the scare tactics, that suddenly the barricades would

come up and no one would trade with Europe again, is nonsense.

three of our party leaders, they are intelligent gentleman. By a

misguided? The problem, certainly in terms of Nick Clegg and Ed

Miliband, they are Europe fanatics. That is why they are in the parties

they are in. David Cameron is a Euro-sceptic, but he is in

coalition with the Liberal Democrats and has to think in terms

of that. You are a rebel. You are defying this three line would. It

is not exactly career enhancing for you. Probably not, but at the end

of the day as I have always said, I have always said I would be

independent-minded. I think my constituents would welcome this

referendum. I have had hundreds of then e-mail me. Maybe you are

playing to the gallery rather than thinking about the bigger picture.

If that means doing what the people who put me into Parliament want me

to do, I will continue to do it. What will happen tonight? I think

the motion will be defeated. Because the Labour Party have quit

to their members, so there's -- have the Conservatives and liberals.

There will be some Labour members he will defy their right. But we

will lay down a marker. It could be anything up to 100 MPs. Willing to

put their name down as demanding a referendum. Thank you very much.

What do you think you Mac do you think we should be able to have our

say on whether we stay in Europe or not? Maybe you are a business who

has benefited from being part of the EU over the years. Did you vote

back in the 1970s? Do you stand by your decision? Should we have a

your decision? Should we have a Thank you for the comments about

the Lincoln school spending almost �2 million on luxury accommodation

in France. The Priory Academy has bought the converted farmhouse in

Normandy for students and teachers. It says it has budgeted well and

should not be penalised for reinvesting the money.

There was a mixed response to this. Jenny sent his text, two-tier

Jenny sent his text, two-tier schooling appears to be the norm.

We have money for posh schools and poor countries. But when it comes

to helping poor schools, it seems Thank you for all of those. Let's

move on to football. Lincoln City have announced their new manager.

David Holdsworth, not the biggest name in the world. The 5th manager

at Lincoln City in five years. But he knows the leak. Lincoln confirm

today that he will take charge of the impasse on a contract at any

runs to the end of the current season. The former Watford and

Sheffield United defender was in charge at Mansfield Town until his

departure one year ago. His experience at that level was a key

factor in Lincoln City appointing him.

And with Hull City, a fantastic last minute when, wasn't it? Some

people had already run for the Arts!

-- the bus. Robert Koren's strike four minutes

into injury time stretched their unbeaten run to eight lead rein --

games. In League One, Scunthorpe United earned a useful point at MK

Dons. Simon Clark has the round-up. There had been some epic encounters

between Hull City and Watford over the years. The Tigers only Wembley

experience was at Watford's expense. What for scored first, an own goal

from James Chester. But City would not healed, and Matty Fryatt

equalised. Five minutes later, the dangerous Chris Iwelumo put the

Hertfordshire team back in front. But not for long. As sweet strike

But not for long. As sweet strike from Alan Maclean made it 2-2. And

that is how the match looked destined to stay, until deep into

That put City just outside, with a game in hand on most of their

rivals. The margins are small, and the players get an awful lot of

credit for how they have gone about really changing the fortunes this

season. In League Two, Scunthorpe United remain in mid-table after

holding MK Dons to a 0-0 draw, in a game of few chances, most of which

fell to the and. We were playing OK, and we went to MK Dons, and

afterwards, you speak to their staff, and they are probably saying

we are the best team they played. Their best -- next task is to hold

Huddersfield Town tomorrow. Grimsby town's joint managers will

meet former chairman John Fenty this week to discuss the future of

the club. If they will consider finances and playing matches as

they look to progress, following their poor start to the season.

Just time to let you know that in ice hockey, Hull Stingrays' long

run of defeats came to an end last night. They beat Dundee Stars 2-1

with goals from sole banker TA and Jason Silverthorn. -- Sylvain

Cloutier. Poets, singers and storytellers

gathered in the Lincolnshire Wolds this weekend to celebrate the

county's dialect. It was part of National Dialect Day. Sarah Corker

has been finding out how many With the Humber to the north and

the Wash to the South, Lincolnshire was for decades isolated from the

rest of the country. This weekend, yellow bellies have been

celebrating one of the things that makes them distinctive. SPEAKS

LOCAL DIALECT National Dialect Day in Louth. But if you understand

this lot, you are one of a dwindling breed. Ancient tongues,

which were three or 400 years ago. The speech of not just the common

folk but all the folk of England. And over the centuries, it has been

slowly whittled away and homogenised. We are here in Louth

to test out just how many people still understand the all dialect.

And who better to help us out than the county's dialect expert, far

lower wink. Do you know what a bogey is? No idea. Speaks local

dialect. I did not understand a word of that. Sometimes I cannot

get them to understand what I want. The regional accent is forever

changing. But in a small corner of Lincolnshire, this group of

enthusiasts are fighting to keep things just the way they are.

He will have his own show soon, I think!

A recap of the main headlines: David Cameron appeals to MPs not to

rebel over Europe as he faces his biggest revolt since becoming Prime

Minister. Murder two years ago. Police say

they are committed to finding Alan Wood's killer.

Tomorrow, heavier outbreaks of rain which will ease. Top temperatures

of 14 degrees Celsius. Responses coming in on the subject

of Europe. It would be nice to be able to let least have our say and

the government not treat us like children. I a referendum would be

great, but it will never happen. In a week where dictatorships have

toppled, we are still denied democracy. And this is from Bob.

Surely MPs should represent us, the voters, not be puppy dogs to the MP

or the leader of their party. surprisingly, at big response. Alan

e-mails, this is not democracy, we should have a referendum now a.

They are there to represent constituents not be bullied. And

finally, this one, I voted to go into Europe at the last referendum.