10/11/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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

Humberside's Chief Constable speaks of his shock and disbelief after

Christopher Alder's family was given the wrong body to bury.

It'll bring hundreds of jobs to the area, but opponents say a new

shopping complex will damage It'll bring hundreds of jobs to the

area, but opponents say a new shopping complex will damage

Scunthorpe's high street. We have lost quite a few retailers in the

past years, where does it end? As Hull Truck's original building

is demolished, we're with the man who's name is synonymous with the

venue. The choirs hitting the high notes

in aid of Children in Need. A great day to come tomorrow, but a

The Chief Constable of Humberside Police has told BBC Look North that

he is appalled by the Christopher Alder body mix up. Tim Hollis has

been speaking publicly for the first time since it had emerged

that as of old's body is still in a mortuary in Hull 11 years after his

family thought that they had buried him.

Tim Hollis took charge of the Humberside force shortly after

officers were accused of unwitting racism following a Mr Alder's death

in police custody. He had assumed that the controversy was long gone.

Frankly, I could not believe suddenly getting a phone call

telling me that Christopher Alder's body had been sitting in a more

tree all of that time. Mr all the's body was discovered by its

officials dealing with the funeral arrangements of Grace Kamara who

died in 1999 but whose burial was delayed. They say that they want

the truth out and clearly so do we. We need to establish exactly whose

body is there and then to start to try and work out how this appalling

confusion came about. Under normal circumstances the Ministry of

Justice would need the consent of the grave owners to carry out an

exhumation. But these are not normal circumstances. Quiz of old's

family have said that they do not want at the grave disturbing

picture was at the ashes of his niece have been buried there. --

Christopher Alder's family. I am very unhappy about it. It prolongs

the matter and again we are in limbo. We do not know where we are.

We do not know where Grace's body is now. There has been no

application to exude the human remains yet. We have been told in a

Officers from South Yorkshire police who have been called in to

investigate have told both families that there will be no cover-up.

They are warning that it could be months before their inquiries are

completed. It is almost a week since this

dreadful mix up was discovered. Have the city council had anything

more to say on it? They have been noticeable by their silence. Within

the past half an hour they have sent me a new statement. This has

been issued on behalf of the chief executive. They say they have been

on constant contact over the exhumation. She describes this as a

rare and complex legal matter. She says this must all be resolved for

the six of the families involved. Thank you. Of course, we will

continue to follow that story here on Look North.

In a moment, hundreds lined the streets of Scarborough as the Sir

Jimmy Savile is laid to rest. For more news now, and national

newspaper says it regrets any distress it has caused to the

family home of a Red Arrows pilot in their coverage of his death.

Flight Lieutenant Shaun Cummins -- Sean Cunningham was killed on

Tuesday. The Daily Mail confirmed his identity even though the MoD

There have been more than 90 complaints is the newspaper.

The local MP, Edward Leigh, has again raised the issue in

Parliament urging the MoD to keep RAF Scampton open. He told the

Armed forces Minister that despite the recent tragedies the base

continues to play a vital role. do suffer very much in Lincolnshire

from the RAF at closing bases. As we have so many personal coming

back from a Germany by Twenty20, will the Minister bear that in mind

that we have a wonderful base in RAF Scampton which can remain open.

Young's Seafood is reviewing its manufacturing operations in

Grimsbury. But Craig Grimsby. Managers are now talking to staff

about possible restructuring plans. Police have released this image of

a man who are they have lured like to speak to after a train guard was

threatened by a meat cleaver. They say at passenger became aggressive

asked -- after being asked for his ticket. He is believed to have left

to the train at Grantham. It will spell the death of our High

Street, that is the fear of many traders in Scunthorpe who joined

the fight against a proposed retail park on the outskirts of the town.

The proposals include and Marks & Spencer store, but the Keep

Scunthorpe Alive group claims it will damage high-street trade. Over

the last year, high streets have seen a drop in customers of over

2.6 %. Out-of-town retail parks have fared better with a drop of

just 1%. Like so many high streets up and

down the land, Sculthorpe has been struggling in recent months.

Traders feel that a new out-of-town retail park could make matters even

worse. The jewellers in this town has been here for three generations,

but they are now worried about the future. We have four or five units

and that could pull some of the other retailers out of the town

centre. We have lost quite a few retailers in the past years and

where does it end? And this is what developers want to build. A multi-

million pound investment creating more than 200 jobs. Marks & Spencer

will be the anchor store. There are 300 jobs that will be created by

this development. It represents a �20 million investment in

Scunthorpe at a time when towns up and down the country would give

their eye teeth for that kind of investment. One of the irony is not

lost on the traders here is that for months they campaigned to keep

an MMS in Scunthorpe. This crucial difference with this talk is that

it was in the heart of the High Street. -- Marks & Spencer. Marks

has better left the High Street in January of this year at the same

time it also pulled out of central locations in Skegness and Grantham.

All three units remain vacant. In Scunthorpe, the out-of-town

development is receiving political support. It is really positive that

Marks and Spencer's, having left the Scunthorpe, are looking to come

back into the town. That is a really positive thumbs-up for

Scunthorpe and the local community. Plans for the new retail Park will

be submitted in the coming weeks. If approved, the centre could

opened by a late 2013. Our correspondent is on the High

Street right now. How big a decision does the council have this

with a dagger with this planning application? You can see the

dilemma. It is issued investment and a big vote of confidence in the

area, but there is evidence from other parts of the country that

these sort of out of town centres can harm of the High Street. Here

in Scunthorpe, the traders will face an uphill struggle because

this proposal has already got the support of the leader of the

council and their local MP. Thank you.

Richard Dodd is from the British Retail Consortium and I asked him

this afternoon if the traders are right to be so worried about this

out-of-town development. People in the area should be pleased that

they are getting a big new retail investment because it actually

shows real confidence in the long- term future of the locality. It is

certainly true that many of our high streets are in trouble, but

that is not about competition from other sorts of retail locations. It

is about the cost of doing business in town centres, party -- parking

and access and often a failure over years of investing in the town

centre. That is what we should be tried to tackle. We should not do

down or restrict other sorts of retelling. You reckon the traders

are wrong and they should be celebrating the development out of

town? They should certainly be pleased that this vote of

confidence in the area. Of course, they will be having difficulties

and they need addressing, but those difficulties are not about

competition from somewhere else. Saying that somehow we should be

restricting the so-called out-of- town retail parks is a bit like

saying let's curtail the growth of internet retailing. We just cannot

do it. Customers need to be given a choice and they will make their

indecisions about where they chop. Certainly retailers everywhere are

under pressure at the moment. They do need supporting across the board.

A It is interesting that Marks and Spencer's closed in the town and

then open a new store and out of the town. You need to be constantly

reassessing what you're doing as a retailer. If you can only do that

in and out of town or suburban location, that is what you will do.

If we make it easier for customers to get a town centres and for

retailers to invest in town centres in a way that works for both of

those groups, then those town centres will revive. That is what

we should be doing. But customers have to have the best choice of the

best sort of retelling available to them. Very interesting. Thank you.

I would like to know what you think about this one. Should traders in

Scunthorpe be welcoming the plans to build and out of town MMS, or do

you agree that it could damage the Thousands of people have paid their

respects today to Sir Jimmy Savile. This lunchtime he was laid to rest

in Scarborough. His coffin was buried after 45 degree angle so

that he can forever face the sea. Arable of applause as Scarborough's

adopted son came home. -- a ripple. Crowds lined the route and many of

them knew him personally. A message spelled out by the future theatre

just for him. He will be missed everywhere. There are very few

people like him nowadays. We came down last night and parked in our

motor home to come and pay our respects. He seemed a great guy and

he made people's dreams come true. The cavalcade continued into the

North Bay. Sir Jimmy often ran this route while training and he asked

to be buried with a view of the sea. At the cemetery, a suitable plot

was prepared as more family friends and fans gathered for the burial

itself. Bless this grave and send your holy angel to watch over it.

We buried here the Boris -- the body at our brother, Jimmy.

Jimmy wanted to lie at an angle of 45 degrees to enable him to see the

sea. His wish was granted and members of the public were allowed

up close to see. For the family, there were mixed feelings at the

end of a long farewell. It is sad because it is a family funeral and

he melt a great deal to the members of his family. We always looked at

him as being our Jimmy. It is also joyful in the fact that he brought

so much happiness to people's lives and people respected him so much.

It was so nice that people actually turned round and said that they

would pay their last respects to him. That is Yorkshire people.

There is a part of the Jimmy and that would undoubtedly have enjoyed

the last three days. But it is not what he asked for. He asked for

some wore her to rest with a view There is a special programme to

remember him tomorrow night. It is on BBC One at half past eight. It

is called "Jimmy Savile - As it Happened".

Thank you for watching. Still ahead: The vintage vehicle heading

for London's Lord Mayor's Parade after a two-year restoration.

And hoping to hit the high notes - requires competing for children in

If you have a picture you are proud Thank you very much, John. Another

one tomorrow. Good evening, young man. How are you?

I am very well. I have had several messages after last night's

humiliation. One says he won't is the main because his fake tan would

Let's have a look at the headline. It will be a dull and damp day

tomorrow. Extensive fog over their heels. We saw a bit of brightness

today but it is looking gloomy tomorrow. The weather front will

come through on Friday giving a spell of rain. That should clear

things up on Saturday and Sunday. Something to look forward to. Now

it is a real makes. Some clear slots and reports of fog on the

coast. Some low cloud developing shortly. If you have clear whether

at the moment, it will not last long. Extensive low cloud is

pushing him of from the North Sea. The sun will rise in the morning at

A bit of an uninspiring start to the day. Dull and damp with

extensive low cloud and drizzle and fog. That could persist in the

higher parts of the Yorkshire Wolds. The drizzle to should largely peter

out later. Temperatures near average but the breeze will pick up

from the south-east and it will be a chilly wind. Looking further

ahead into the weekend, it looks as though it will be brighter with

variable cloud. The chance of a shower on Saturday but some

See you tomorrow. It is a venue which entertained

thousands of people for over a decade but this week, demolition

workers have moved on to the site of the former Hull Truck Theatre to

start knocking it down. For one man, this venue holds more memories than

most. John Godber is the theatre's artistic director and we went back

there this afternoon. What is your memory of this building? Of the 60

odd plays I have written, 57 of them started here. Some fantastic

experiences and memories. You have had some celebrities? Shirley Anne

Field arrived for Romeo and Juliet and she walked into Julie Edwards

at the box office, through her cars at her and said, "Power my car".

She threw them back and said to park it herself. How sad I you when

you see that? It is a piece of whole history. Is it sad? It is a

quarter of this century's history. You could bring your beer in.

was the first -- first thing I remember. You could take your glass

in. That was a real stipulation. They wanted it to be a theatre

space for the people. All the early shows were only 40 minutes. Why?

that people could get to the loo! And it at the show to London and

they said it was a bit short. They thought it was the height of

sophistication sitting with a pint of beer and a packet of crisps. It

was very attractive. How do you see when you see it being pulled down -

- how do you feel? Hull has a fantastic though new and the city

has a wonderful piece of new kit -- fantastic venue. You are looking

well. We did some filming in the middle of the 1980s. I knew there

was a catch! We went to a school and when you look at the pictures,

you are half the such -- size. And I look like a schoolboy. I eat lost

a bit of weight, that's the good thing. Good to see you. Thank you

very much. At the time, those jumpers were the

height of fashion. So was the mullet.

This is another one you might want to comment on. You might have some

memories. Blair was a treat this afternoon he was an usherette. --

there was eight tweet. A bus which used to run between

Hull and Whitby is making its first Jenny decades this weekend. The

vintage Yorkshire tiger has been lovingly restored. Now it has been

offered a starring mile at that Lord Mayor's Parade in London. --

A labour of love for an East Yorkshire bus being restored in

Scarborough. A transformation for this Yorkshire Tiger, once a former

Shell of itself but now a two-year project completed by Bluebird

Vehicles. All these craft skills are no longer employed in bus

manufacturing. It was an idea to do it as a refurbishment project and

help teach old skills to modern apprentices. It would have been

dead and buried now. It is incredible how much it has turned

around. In the Thirties, it ran from would be to halt. But it's 80

year-old official history makes no mention of how it survived the

scrap heap. It was in service around the area so a few people

might remember travelling on it or one or two similar ones. It was

loaned to the RAF during the war and came back in 1943, I think. It

was stored and then sold. The archive is mysterious but I think

it ended up as a caravan. More than three million people will watch the

bus and its restorers take to the streets of London in the Lord

Mayor's Parade this weekend, giving them a rare chance to hear and see

a Yorkshire Tiger returned to its It's that time of year again, and

final preparations are being made for Children in Need. Fundraising

has already started across our part of the world and, for seven very

different choirs, they've certainly got their work cut out. They'll be

competing at a big event in Hull next Friday, Children in Need night,

and they're being mentored by presenters from BBC Radio

Humberside. Finishing touches or Hot Gospel,

one of the seven choirs competing locally for children in Need. --

Children in Need. Come the 18th, they will want your money as they

and their mentor, David Burns, will compete in Children in Need rocks.

It is a brilliant cause. We have watched it year on year and watched

the total go up. It is exciting to be part of that. They have

beautiful voices and they will move people. They are fantastic. They

have been on the programme and they are, wow! Radio presenter, Phil

White, has been geeing up the Leconfield Community Choir which is

looking to impress the dirges in a charity event at Hull Truck Theatre.

-- impress the judges. It is trying to balance the fact

that we may not be the best but we will give our best and we are

raising money. Hopefully they will have a lot of fun. That is what it

is all about although some are taking it more seriously than

others. Everyone's heart is in the right place in this quiet and the

harmonies are bang on. We love raising money for charity. We do it

all around the area and what a great charity it is. It will be

really good fun but we are they to win. -- we are there to win.

battle commence! It is all in a good cause for Children in Need

I would pay money for David Burns not to sing.

Children in Need is next Friday. We will broadcast that night from Hull

Truck Theatre but if you cannot wait that long, there is an event

at the city's Cineworld which is a A recap of the main headlines:

Heading for another recession in Europe - a stark warning as growth

in the eurozone is at a standstill and Italy is threatening a

financial crisis. Humberside's achieve constable is

appalled at their Christopher Alder body mix up and hopes it can be

sold as quickly as possible. A dull day tomorrow with fog and

Responses coming in on the out of town plans. Dave Green says that as

a steelworker, it is a great thing that they want to build an out-of-

town retail park and bring Marks and Spencers as the flagship retail

store. It shows our time must have a future as would people want to

invest there is the steelworks had no future? I see it as a good sign.

Another: The new M and S should not be built at all. They had their

choice and ditched it. Another, I cannot believe the

businessmen and Councillors of Scunthorpe are even thinking of

rejecting a �20 million investment with 300 jobs for the local economy.