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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines: | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
Power supplies under threat as attacks on substations triple in | :00:07. | :00:17. | |
just a year. People are not only putting their lives at risk, | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
dealing with very high-voltage when attacking the assets, but obviously | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
endangering the lives of customers and employees. | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
Claims that Lincolnshire's schools are being privatised by the back | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
door. After snow ruined last year's | :00:29. | :00:37. | |
Lincoln Christmas Market, traders hope for better business this year. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
I am live in Lincoln, where thousands are starting to arrive. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
And I ask the honourable gentleman, whose fault is this? | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
How Grantham's most famous daughter is being immortalised by a | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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Hollywood legend. And the latest This week we've been investigating | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
the many problems caused when thieves steal metal to sell for | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
scrap. It costs millions of pounds and tonight we reveal figures which | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
show a dramatic increase in the number of thefts from electricity | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
substations. Western Electric, which covers Lincolnshire, say that | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
over the last three years there's been a threefold increase in the | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
number of incidents. So what needs to be done to prevent this crime? | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
In a moment we'll be hearing from the man who speaks on behalf of the | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
scrap metal industry, but first Copper may not be a precious metal | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
but it is in high demand, with people willing to risk serious | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
injuries and even death to steal it. Attacks on electricity substations | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
like this are on the rise as thieves risk everything to get hold | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
of metal. Throughout the sub- station you will see copper | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
earthing. There is a small example. This is a vital safety component | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
for the operating of the sub- station, but also the safety of | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
engineers and members of the public. Thieves target this, and reckless | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
scrap-metal dealers will buy it. Now the metal's being marked with | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
smart water. It's a clear solution used to mark valuables which shows | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
up under UV light. It can be used to tag metal to show where it's | :02:20. | :02:29. | |
come from. It only needs something very small. It is easy to detect | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
under ultraviolet light, if the police were to stop somebody. | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
In the Midlands area the problem has increased dramatically in the | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
last couple of years. In 2009 there were around 360 attacks on the | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
electricity supply chain, with thieves targeting copper cables and | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
overhead power lines. In 2010 that figure had risen to 960 and this | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
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year so far there have already been more than 1,000. | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
In part it's the rising price of the copper that attracts thieves, | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
despite the dangers. When cables like these are stolen there is a | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
knock-on impact on infrastructure. It also affects the telecoms | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
industry and the industry networks. Reverend Matt Martinson left a life | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
of crime to join the Church. He's backing an online petition calling | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
for scrap dealers to stop cash payments but says people must be | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
vigilant. Try to light up the dark areas of the Church, in the grounds | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
and things, and be aware of your surroundings. | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
Technology like this helps to mark stolen metal in the hope that it | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
can't be sold on, but campaigners argue that a change in the law is | :03:42. | :03:52. | |
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needed to really get this problem under control. | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
We have been keeping a tally of metal thefts in the area. Since | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
Saturday, Lincolnshire Police have had 74 calls about theft and | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
Humberside Police have had 20. Earlier, I spoke to Ian | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
Hetherington who's from from the British Metal Recycling | :04:06. | :04:15. | |
Asssociation. It not only damages the reputation of the metal | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
recycling industry, but it is also damaging the infrastructure of it, | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
in that we are obviously one of the largest victims of metal thefts. | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
More than 1000 raids on electricity sub-stations this year, costing | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
millions and putting lives in danger. And this is because your | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
industry offers cash in hand to the thieves, and that is what everybody | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
is saying. Well, firstly, we unreservedly condemn the theft of | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
infrastructure. It damages communities, the opportunity for | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
travellers to travel freely, and our members would never knowingly | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
entertain the buying of stolen material. Why can't we stop cash- | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
in-hand payments at scrapyards? Isn't it time your organisation did | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
something about that? The issue is not cash in hand, or the means of | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
payment. The issue is having a clear route of identification | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
between the seller of the metal, the stolen material, in these terms, | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
and the buyer. It does appear, though, that you police yourselves. | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
Do you not need the government to do something, to push something on | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
to you to get it sorted out? strongly dispute that. The scrap | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
metal industry, the metal recycling industry is heavily regulated. We | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
contend that much of that regulation is badly enforced and we | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
must see the police and the Environment Agency and all the | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
other regulating bodies, of which there are very many, actually begin | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
to co-ordinate their activities and clampdown on the illegal operators | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
who provide the outlet for this material. But those who run the | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
scrapyards, when they are offered metal which is stolen from gardens, | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
or whatever, they are not doing anything wrong? Absolutely, they | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
are doing wrong. If they are knowingly receiving stolen material, | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
there should be heavy penalties. We would support and we are urging the | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
Government to tighten up the penalties. But if you were to ban | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
cash-in-hand, it would stop. would not. It would have no impact | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
at all. There are currently a large underbelly of illegal operators out | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
there, working outside the existing framework of the law. If you banned | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
cash tomorrow, all that would happen is that their business would | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
enlarge and we would grow the underbelly. And at the disadvantage | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
of those who are heavily regulated and who can form with the law in | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
the current times. Thank you. The subject of metal thefts. | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
We'd love to hear your views on this. What's the answer to this | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
increasing problem of metal thefts? Is it as simple as stopping cash- | :07:06. | :07:16. | |
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In a moment, concern about how long disabled people in East Yorkshire | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
are having to wait for benefit payments. | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
More than half of Lincolnshire's schools will be academies by the | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
start of the next school year. Academy status gives schools more | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
direct control over budgets, staff and timetables, but opponents say | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
it makes them less accountable. Tarah Welsh has been to one town | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
where the issue has been so controversial that it's led to | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
resignations. This site was taken over by | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
Skegness Academy in 2010. Those running say it's turned a troubled | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
school into a remarkable academy. Lincolnshire County Council has | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
urged all of its schools to take up academy status. That would mean | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
they're independent from the local authority and that's why some | :08:17. | :08:25. | |
campaigners are against the move. It is literally hounding the | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
ownership and management of running the schools over to unaccountable | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
private businesses. I think parents are not aware, at the moment, that | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
when a school goes to academy status, they lose that layer of | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
local accountability. But the principal here says | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
converting to academy means better behaviour, results and resources | :08:43. | :08:52. | |
for pupils and the community. have got an Academy council that | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
has local authority representatives on it. It has staff representatives | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
on it that live in the local community. Because we are local | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
people, we know what affects local kids. | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
But when Mark Anderson and Colin Wright were governors at Skegness | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
Junior School, when they discovered it would become an academy under | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
the same trust as the secondary school, they resigned. Gut- | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
wrenching, because I put so much effort into it. What could happen | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
is communities not having a hold on community schools. The community | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
has a big say. Look at this resource. This is a learning | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
resource centre that will be open to the community after school hours. | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
But here in Lincolnshire, 55% of secondary schools have already | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
converted into academies. A much higher proportion than elsewhere in | :09:39. | :09:46. | |
our region. In East Riding, there are five | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
Academy's Art of 18 secondary schools. In Hull, there are three | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
out of 14. In Lincolnshire, there are 32 academies, leaving just 20 | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
in local authority control and it is a transition the Government | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
encourage. Lincolnshire schools have been doing very well for young | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
people over the last few years that they can do even better and academy | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
status gives them the freedom, flexibility and resources to raise | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
standards for all children. And with such strong support from | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
ministers, it's likely more of our schools will become autonomous. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
Young cancer patients from East Yorkshire had their first look at a | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
new specialist cancer unit for teenagers today. The facility at | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
Castle Hill Hospital in Hull will mean many young people will no | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
longer have to travel to Leeds for treatment. It was built with money | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
raised by the Teenage Cancer Trust. Police interviews have begun in the | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
case of a former paratrooper whose body was found in a Hull mortuary | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
more than ten years after his funeral. Christopher Alder died | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
after being held in police custody in 1998. His family thought they'd | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
buried him two years later, but a police investigation began after | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
his body was discovered. South Yorkshire Police won't reveal who | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
they've spoken to as part of their investigation. | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
The funeral has taken place of Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham, who | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
died in an accident last month at the display team's base in | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
Lincolnshire. Flight Lieutenant Cunningham was ejected from his | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
Hawk jet while on the ground at RAF Scampton. It was the Red Arrows' | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
second fatality this year after the death of another pilot, Jon Egging, | :11:16. | :11:26. | |
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in August. Today's funeral service was held at Coventry Cathedral. | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
Still ahead: How a Hollywood legend is | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
immortalising Grantham's most famous daughter. And it has only | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
been open a few hours, but thousands are turning up for the | :11:45. | :11:55. | |
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If you have a picture that you are proud of, ascended into us and we | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
will show it at half-time on the programme one night. -- send it | :12:00. | :12:10. | |
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There is an interesting story about that. That cloud had no name until | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
18 months ago when the cloud appreciation Society named it. | :12:22. | :12:32. | |
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The headline for the next 24 hours will be thrust and perhaps one or | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
two icy patches tonight, but then tomorrow will be chilly but dry | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
with some sunshine. Not looking too bad. This weather system might | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
bring patchy rain tomorrow night. It has not been too bad today. The | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
BIC chilly but bright. Quite a lot of cloud its dreaming up from the | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
south. That could threaten parts of Norfolk with some patchy rain in | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
the next couple of hours. It will soon move away, pulling the medium | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
level crack -- cloud that has been with us. That means the skies will | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
Collier and there will be a fairly widespread frost, with temperatures | :13:11. | :13:20. | |
down to roundabout freezing. So the sun will rise in the morning at 750 | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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You may be scraping ice off your windscreen in the morning. It will | :13:35. | :13:43. | |
be a lovely, crisps that. The sunshine will turn hazy. Bright at | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
times, especially through the afternoon. It will stage right. The | :13:48. | :13:57. | |
wind will freshen, so it will feel a little chilli. A further ahead, | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
patchy rain on Friday night. Saturday is not looking back. More | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
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unsettled on Sunday with patchy Follow me on Twitter. | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
We can hear more about asparagus, or whatever it is called! | :14:22. | :14:30. | |
Asperatus! Linda says, we can still see Paul, | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
can he moved out of Europe?! People in our area who have their | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
disability living allowance stopped can face long delays before their | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
case is heard by an appeals tribunal. Some people have had to | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
wait over a year. The Tribunal Service say the deal with half a | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
million cases a year. They admit there is a backlog. | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
One Afghanistan war veteran, and one person with Chron's disease. An | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
incurable disease of the Basle. They are very different people with | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
very different disabilities, but both have suffered, or are | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
suffering, the same consequences of lengthy delays to hear their | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
appeals for disability living allowance. About nine months later, | :15:18. | :15:27. | |
I got my appeal. The earliest date my appeal can be head is June 1st | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
next year. It took Arona over a year to receive his allowance after | :15:31. | :15:39. | |
an appeal. Louise claimed in June, was refused will have to wait until | :15:39. | :15:46. | |
June next year. A lot of people have been in my position. There are | :15:46. | :15:54. | |
plenty more out there. You are having to make sacrifices in | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
between. How many more people will go through it? The weight is a | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
familiar story at the Citizens Advice Bureau. The air is like a | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
thorn all. There is lots of benefits claiming. There are | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
perhaps incorrect decisions being made. There are too few venues, too | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
few trained tribunal members to hear cases quickly. In a statement, | :16:26. | :16:36. | |
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the Department of Work and Pensions The government says it has been | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
listening to concerns, and they are now reforming disability living | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
allowance. I have already announced significant changes to the way we | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
are approaching these reforms, particularly around the assessment | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
criteria we are using. That is directly as a result of listening | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
to disabled people and their organisations. In the meantime, the | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
wheeze is having to live on significantly less money until her | :17:07. | :17:16. | |
tribunal his head -- Louise. New Hull FC players had been | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
talking about how they are settling into life in England. Wade McKinnon | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
and Brett Seymour joined Aaron Heremaia in training today. They | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
told Simon Clark that Hull had given them a great welcome. | :17:30. | :17:40. | |
They come from mainland Down Under. Australians and a Kiwi. What are | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
the main cultural differences when you leave the Antipodes behind for | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
East Yorkshire? A theme is already emerging. Cold weather! Sunshine at | :17:51. | :17:59. | |
home to the weather here! They have left fine weather and the splendid | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
landmarks behind to pursue their futures in rugby in East Yorkshire. | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
One of them will have more than most to remember Hull by. It will | :18:08. | :18:15. | |
be exciting. We have got a baby due next year. It is another string to | :18:15. | :18:23. | |
the Barra! It is all very exciting at the moment. These fans watching | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
training today had their take on what the players need to settle. | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
Mix with the people and you are laughing. Hull people are friendly, | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
so they will take to them. If you snub them, they will not want to | :18:38. | :18:46. | |
know you. Three years ago, Rachel Barton left elbow and to settle | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
here. -- left Melbourne. The best way to settle his blend in, and try | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
to see places they have hidden away. I think Hull is a great community | :18:58. | :19:07. | |
with plenty to offer, but you have to go and find it. We have been | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
driving on stopping and having lunch. We are enjoying it at the | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
moment. All three of us have not seen snow, so we are hoping for | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
some! Was never the weather, Hull FC fans trust they will settle into | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
their rugby and help return the glory days to the club. | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
It was cancelled last year, but this afternoon, Lincoln's Christmas | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
Market opened, with local business is hoping to make up for last | :19:37. | :19:43. | |
year's disappointment. Leanne is live at the market tonight. What | :19:43. | :19:53. | |
can people expect? As you can imagine, there is hot | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
food and wine available, home-made gifts, toys and jewellery. A third | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
of the stalls you can see down there will be showcasing | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
Lincolnshire products. We will have more on that tomorrow. Lots of it | :20:06. | :20:11. | |
comes from across the UK and Europe. Lincoln has a very strong bond | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
which its sister city, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in Germany, where | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
much of the wine that is sold here comes from. I have travelled to | :20:20. | :20:29. | |
Germany to see it in production. With its beautiful countryside, | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
historical buildings and Cathedral, it's easy to see why Neustadt an | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
der Weinstrasse is twinned with Lincoln. The town also has a castle, | :20:39. | :20:46. | |
but down below are 40 miles of thing out. That means plenty of | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
wine. -- 40 miles of vineyards. P Anselman estate is one of the | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
biggest producers in the region, producing 1.6 million bottles a | :20:56. | :21:06. | |
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year. The wine we are bottoming today is a cabernet sauvignon. We | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
export our wines to more than 20 countries worldwide. Especially to | :21:13. | :21:21. | |
the UK. And, of course, Gluvine, or mulled wine as we call it, is a | :21:21. | :21:29. | |
huge seller at this time of year. Gluvine is very popular, especially | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
in November and December. After a cold, winter day it is very nice to | :21:35. | :21:43. | |
get warm again, and it is very special if you were in a typical | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
German Christmas Market to drink it out sight. For the last 29 years, | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
wine from the region has made the 15 hour journey to its twin town. | :21:53. | :22:01. | |
Around 2000 bottles are sold at a Lincoln Christmas Market every year. | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
Thousands of litres made a wasted journey last year after the event | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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was cancelled because of the snow. We could not believe it. After some | :22:16. | :22:26. | |
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time, week saw the snow. After two days, we returned to Germany. | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
the weather in England being unusually warm for this time of | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
year, their arrival went to plan, and there is plenty of stocks for | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
this year's Lincoln Christmas market. | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
As we saw there, the snow last year. Traders will hope to make up for | :22:44. | :22:53. | |
that this Shea. The well indeed. -- this year. John is from the council. | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
How much money does the market bring in? We estimate about �10 | :22:58. | :23:03. | |
million into the local economy. People come and spend money in the | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
city. And hopefully they will come back in the future. I am told this | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
is the biggest to date. What is new? We have more stalls, about 260. | :23:14. | :23:20. | |
We have children's craft, Street feta. Lincoln is delivering what it | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
always does. Atmosphere. A great start to Christmas. How many people | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
are expecting to come to the market? It is difficult to say, but | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
we think about 200,000. That is a lot of people. Why should people go | :23:37. | :23:46. | |
if they want more information? can look at the dedicated website. | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
Once they get here, there is park and ride at a Lincolnshire | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
Showground. The tourist centre has lots of information. Thank you very | :23:56. | :24:01. | |
much. Let's hope the weather stays as good as it is tonight. It is | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
feeling very festive here, and we will have more from here tomorrow. | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
The thank you very much. She is one of Lincolnshire's most | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
famous daughters. Last night, Leicester Square in London was | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
packed for the premiere of a film about her life. It is called the | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
Iron Lady and is the story of Margaret Thatcher. She is being | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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played by Meryl Streep. What do they make of her life story in its | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
Grantham? She was the first lady of politics, | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
and earned the reputation not to be trifled with. All attempts to | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
destroy democracy by terrorism... Margaret Thatcher was prime | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
minister through political turmoil, and foreign conflict. Her career | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
began here in Grantham. Her father was a shopkeeper. This is, | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
admittedly, an elegant street in Grantham, but it was still some | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
journey from here to Westminster. It was further still for the | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
daughter of a greengrocer to make it all the way to Hollywood. Of | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
course, it had to be a Tinseltown Ailey stare like Meryl Streep to | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
pull off the part of the Iron Lady. -- Tinseltown a police death. | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
wanted to in some way capture whatever it was that drew people to | :25:33. | :25:41. | |
her. And whatever it was that made people have a special venom for her | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
as a public figure. Do the people in Grantham know what it is all | :25:45. | :25:52. | |
about? First woman to do something? Prime Minister. That's it. What she | :25:52. | :26:01. | |
did was splendid. She did a lot for women. They put a statue or porter | :26:01. | :26:06. | |
and someone not the head off. always did divide opinion. You can | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
decide for yourself when the Iron Lady comes out next month. | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
There we are. The first woman to do something! I love that. | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
Let's have a recap of the headlines. The Governor of the Bank of England | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
tells high-street banks to increase their reserves as concern grows | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
about the eurozone. Attacks on electricity sub-stations | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
triple as metal thieves threaten power supplies. | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
A dry day tomorrow, although the clouds -- This Guy's will cloud | :26:39. | :26:49. | |
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Big response on the subject of the metal thefts after our report and | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
interviews this week. Peters says, what that Gentleman has said is | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
rubbish. That is our guest. I lived in West Hull and local youths would | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
stretch lead from occupied and derelict houses, knowing that local | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
scrap dealers give them ready cash to feed their drug habits. George | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
said, it and it takes one of these idiots to get electrocuted, it | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
might make them think twice. Gill says, signed who is by newt and | :27:17. | :27:25. | |
give the thieves know where to take it, that is the answer -- Sark -- | :27:25. | :27:34. |