12/12/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening. Welcome to BBC Look North.

The headlines: As many struggle to pay for Christmas, as calls for all

children to be taught personal finance lessons in school.

Debt is a fact of life, we have got to school people are so they know

what they're getting into. Are our councils ready for the cold

weather? Also tonight, unbeaten in 10 games,

Grimsby Town look to use the FA Cup to continue their good form.

And back home, the Cleethorpes sailor whose internet video has had

more than 2 million hits. And a touch of the wet and windy is

tonight, a very wet and unsettled Children should be taught how to

manage money from the age of five to stop them getting into financial

trouble as adults. That is the finding of a report written for the

Government by the Brigg and Goole MP, Andrew Percy. More than 100,000

people have signed an online position supporting the idea and

256 MPs are in favour. Two weeks till Christmas and here

on the High Street there are growing concerns that many will be

left with massive New Year debts. At what age, though, should we

start learning how to manage our finances? Andrew Percy, the MP for

Brigg and Goole, believes the earlier the better. As a student he

fell into serious debt and now wants to see financial management

as part of the school curriculum. Rather than expecting kids to leave

school understanding algebra and calculus, we should be expecting

them to leave school knowing how to make informed financial decisions

which are ever more complex these days. According to a recent survey,

nearly 60% of the British population say they are worried

about their current level of debt. Nearly half of the population

struggled to make it to pay day and 32% of those who took out a pay-day

loan could not pay it back. At Hull's Wilberforce College today

the students supported the idea in principle. Some were not sure if

school was the right place to learn about controlling debt. May be a

lot of the teachers are in the same position themselves. I think it is

a good idea, especially in the current economic climate.

amount of GCSEs people are sitting this -- these days, you would have

to take something away and you have to ask what is more valuable.

this primary school, parents think it is a good idea. More awareness

from an earlier age and as much as possible when they are older.

think it is a good idea, teaching the kids about responsibilities for

money and looking after their futures. For my kids not to get in

debt it's like other people have with credit cards. I would not one

that for them. Enabling young people to avoid the

financial pitfalls now being experienced by an older generation.

Just before the programme, I spoke to Martin Lewis who set up the

Money Saving Expert website, he is lending his support to the campaign.

I asked him why a. We are a financially illiterate nation. We

have just had a debt imbued financial crisis. I have been

dealing with campaigns like financial protection insurance when

�9 million have been no salt. What we want is responsible borrowers

and consumers. But unless they have the understanding of how to be good

consumers, none of this will work. It is a national disgrace that for

21 years we have a educated away youth into debt when they go to

university but never educated them about debt. We have lost the stigma

of borrowing that have never replaced it with explaining to

people how to borrow, when to borrow, how to take that judgment.

We have one of the most complex consumer economies in the world,

companies spend billions of pounds every year on teaching their staff

to sell and that consumers do not get any buyers' training. Schools

already have a tour nine subjects to teach, should this task be given

to them instead of parents? We need to break a cycle of bad debts and

financial illiteracy in this country is so asking the parents to

do it unfortunately will not work. What we are trying to do is work

within the existing curriculum without loading any more work on a

hard-working teachers, we have mass, masses going to be divided into two

subjects, within mass we would have a new unit called Financial

numeracy. It looks at the building blocks, the numbers about finance.

It is not just about APR and compound interest, it is about life

decisions, so that would go into PSHE, and then we would combine the

two subjects in a smooth, easy way. It would be a radical change to the

way kids were good at money. talk about a PR, but there are many

of us who went to school who cannot do APR, that does not reflect very

well on the schools that taught us of mass. It is not maps, it is

finance, it is a relatively complex equation. Understanding that,

understanding there is no simplicity to APR, understanding

that if I said lend me �20 this week and then in give me a pint,

that would be 143,000 % APR. I think some parents might have

something to say about that one. Who should be teaching our children

Should they be taught at primary school or are there other things to

learn? What you think about what Martin said about parents there?

Look forward to hearing from you. In a moment: Managers at Lincoln

Cathedral say there is no alarm over its inclusion on a list of at-

risk buildings. A nursery in Lincolnshire has been

set on fire by an arsonist. The Little Lambs Day Nursery in

Gainsborough was badly damaged in the fire last night. The police and

fire service are investigating. A mother and child have escaped

unhurt from a house fire in East at Hull. Firefighters say an

electrical fault on a laptop computer is most likely the cause

of the fire which broke out in the living room. The mother and child

were asleep upstairs at the time and were woken by smoke alarms.

am gutted, happy that everyone is safe, though. Obviously, really

gutted about the house, but that can be mended, and we are safe, me

and my daughter are saved, so that is the main thing. This is a

devastating reoccurrence from the family but it is good news in that

simple actions have meant that they have got out safely. I would heed

everybody else to take that advice. A year ago many parts of of the

country were brought to a standstill for days on end in the

sub-zero temperatures. To avoid a repeat of grit and salt shortages,

local councils in our area have brought in thousands of tons of

extra before the cold weather arrives.

Two years of some of the worst winter weather on record. Snow-

covered roads and icy pavements causing an incident and injury.

lot of the work would be for care homes and the Primary Care Trust

and also for hospitals, we did quite a bit of work with Hull Royal

Infirmary, moving people to and from. A lot of that is to do with

key worker movements. This winter, councils say it will not be a case

of third time lucky, simply better preparation. Some have invested in

new facilities and others are empowering their communities to do

more if it cold weather strikes. have initiatives to have snow

wardens in each of the parishes. They will act as our eyes and ears

and develop priorities within those parishes and serve those

communities directly. At least three councils have increased grit

supplies this season. Hull city council is up by 2000 tonnes. And

Lincolnshire is up by 11,000 to move them to more than 40,000

tonnes. On top of that, the East Riding Council has increased its

storage capacity as well. The the major change we have made is to

increase our stock level I just around 3,000 tonnes. It gives us a

little bit extra storage capacity given that we have got 1000 square

miles to cover and we can use thousands of tons of salt every

week. It is increasing that resilience a little bit for the

East Riding. This time last year, gritters were working around the

clock. But even if our temperatures to drop in a few days' time,

councils insist they will cope but they are hoping that local

communities will come together in areas where help simply is not

available. Police have confirmed the names of

two people who died on an East Yorkshire road. 28-year-old Julie

McDougall and a Terrence Murray who was 48 both died when their car

overturned at around 5am on Saturday morning. Conditions were

described as a treacherous. Two other passengers were injured.

A 19-year-old woman is in a serious condition in hospital after being

knocked down by a car in Cleethorpes. It happened in a car

park of the High Street in the early hours of yesterday.

Humberside Police are investigating whether the woman had already been

struck by another vehicle. It will take 15 years just to stop

the roof leaking at Lincoln Cathedral. But officials there are

wondering how they will raise millions of pounds every year for

repairs in these difficult economic times. A visit by Prince Charles

last month has put the cathedral's recently acquired at risk status

back into the spotlight. It is the only cathedral in the country to be

given the label. It has been called the finest

Gothic building in Europe, but at more than nine -- more than 900

years old, main Tain in Lincoln Cathedral is a DIY a nightmare. It

is hoped the at risk label will help. There is no risk that the

cathedral is about to fall down. It is a rallying call for everyone to

invest in the future of these vitally important historic places.

The list of jobs is lengthy. There are turrets to fix and Great Tom,

the main bell, has been silenced while its springs are mended.

does not surprise me because it is a very great, Auld, a huge building

with a lot of fine carvings. So, no, it must be like painting the Forth

Bridge. It does surprise me now you have told me it costs �50,000 a

week to keep going. I had never thought about the financial side of

it, really. Last month, Royal help was enlisted to head up money

raising efforts. Every repair is a specialist job, adding up to a

yearly bill of millions. We need to continue, year-on-year, to raise

funds to do the repair and maintenance. We do not feel that

Lincoln Cathedral is ever going to be without scaffolding. For its

profile, the type of stone, and how decorative it is, we will have an

ongoing restoration programme. label may mean that this Gothic

wonder can be protected in the We wish the fundraisers well. Still

ahead tonight: Perfect 10 - Grimsby Town stretch out their unbeaten run

and look for glory in the FA Cup. Home at last - a Cleethorpes sailor

returns for Christmas after nine months at sea and two million

If you have a photograph that you're proud of, send it down.

Tonight was taking at the height of the storm last Thursday in

Bridlington. Another picture tomorrow night. Good evening.

are you? Several people writing to me to tell me you were on the radio

at 7am this morning. We send a search party it for you it and you

Quite unsettled with the rain in the west of our region. That will

clear later tonight but with sunny intervals and scattered showers

tomorrow. One or two of the showers could be particularly cold.

Normally, south-westerly winds are mild but there is this area of low

pressure. It will be chilly with some welcome rain across

Lincolnshire. There is still a drought order in place so this will

be useful. Within the next hour or so, everywhere will be wet and

windy. Winds could reach 50 miles per hour with some locally heavy

rain. Most places will become die at around 5am tomorrow.

Temperatures will reach the Celsius. It will be a cold start with strong

south-westerly wind back. A few scattered showers coming through

from time to time. One or two will be on the wintry side with some

hail and sleet. There will be plenty of dry and bright weather in

between. Top temperatures will be academic because there is a

significant wind-chill tomorrow. Top temperatures around five

Celsius. An early warning in force and a lot of uncertainty with the

potential for Severe weather on You had a lie-in and we want to

know... You do not want to know. Lots of emails, texts and tweets

after Friday's show. Figures showed North East Lincolnshire in the top

ten places in the country for smoking. Almost a quarter of

pregnant women in the area carry on smoking - twice the national

average. In some parts of Grimsby, nearly half the population smoke.

They've spent years in the doldrums but there are signs Grimsby Town

are undergoing a revival. Grimsby, who lost their league status two

years ago, are unbeaten in 10 games. Now, as our sports reporter Simon

Clark explains, a prestigious FA cup game with Sheffield United

awaits them if they beat Salisbury tomorrow.

Bright, crisp, clear and sunny. A perfect way to describe the current

feeling for Grimsby Town. The orange bits are the spell have also

had some say in their fortunes. He is catching the eye as he showed in

his recent 7-0 demolition of If we playwright, the gaffer will

look towards this their game at Sheffield United. The fans will

want to play against bedsides again. It would be nice to take them back

and give them some memories for today as a poster only yesterday.

Over the years, we have reported on Grimsby town's decline and fall.

Today, we are finally getting a sense that this side can look

forward to a better tomorrow. Grimsby used to play Sheffield

United on a regular basis. One expert says, they might again.

These matches have brought a bit of stability. They brought their own

players in the summer. They're playing more the way they wanted.

Cleethorpes's opinion on the Mafia's was debated. There is some

improvement. Hopefully they can pull it off. They are doing well in

the last couple of results have been brilliant. This down develops

many youngsters in then you do not see them. If Grimsby Town had the

youngsters playing, I would watch. The team has to win some hearts and

minds but there are on the right track. Hull City are fifth in the

Championship after beating Coventry City. Nick Barmby has now won four

of his six games since taking charge. Scunthorpe United lost

again at home and face a Christmas near the League One relegation zone.

Kate Sweeting reports. Hull's revival under the Nick

Barmby continued with victory over bottom-of-the-table Coventry. The

only goal of the game came on the 60 minute mark. Nick Barmby said he

was pleased with his team's overall performance. We knew it would be a

difficult game and Coventry around the position they do not want to be

in so it would be a scrappy game. I thought we dealt with it well and

the attitude and commitment of the players was good even though it was

not the greatest of games. Sometimes you have to win ugly.

League One, Scunthorpe United were defeated 2-1. They took an early

lead. Parallel equalised with this low shot into the far corner.

Scunthorpe lost out on a point thanks to a late winner.

Former Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws embarked on a new career

tonight. He was the guest presenter on BBC Radio Humberside's popular

evening show Sportstalk. Among the topics under discussion was the

plight of his former side. They have had a lot of problems over the

last year and they are in a transitional period and that is

tough. I still believe, and I have seen the team, they're good enough

to stay up. The draw's been made for the second

round of the FA trophy with three of our teams involved. Boston

United will travel south to Dartford. Grimsby Town have a home

tie against with Hornchurch or Farnborough. And Lincoln City

welcome Carshalton Athletic to Sincil Bank. The games will be

played on the 14th January. Since the digital switchover in

August, some viewers in South Yorkshire, especially around

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From Christmas trees to nativity scenes - there are many things

you'd expect to see in Beverley Minster during the festive season.

But this week, a 40-foot long model train set is making the historic

building its home. It's part of the campaign to reopen the Beverley to

York railway line which was closed in 1965 following the Beeching

Report. The model replicates a section of the line. It should

never have been shut and it was making money when they closed it.

Now the way it is, people are probably crying out for a rail link.

One of the stars of this internet video which has now been watched by

more than two million people has returned home to Cleethorpes today.

The crew of HMS Ocean recorded the Christmas film at the end of

operations in Libya, and we showed it here on Look North on Thursday.

Well, today, Jade Fraser visited her local school to thank them for

their support while she was away. Tarah Welsh has the story.

Back on dry land after nine months at sea. Jade Fraser and the rest of

the crew received a heroes' welcome this weekend. And not just because

they'd been fighting in Libya for A sea of viewers watched their

version of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit, and here's Jade. I just can't

believe that people have actually heard of it and are saying I am

famous. I was stopped in Tesco by one of my little brother's teachers.

It is mad to come home when people recognise me. It is such a small

town and nobody ever really he is about the Navy or what we do.

she's even got some fan mail. At 21, Jade's already seen much of the

world through her job as a naval aircraft handler. But today she was

back in Grimsby sharing her story with local school children.

travel around on the port? Travel around and help people. She was

supposed to be on a short trip to the mediterranean but was diverted

to Libya. The crew thought they'd be away until January. When read it

told we were coming home for Christmas, the noise was amazing.

The celebration video has sent that feeling round the world. Even

Mariah Carey said it made her day. But having Jade home for Christmas

has made her mum's year. I am just constantly waiting for her to come

home and when she came home, it was around midnight and it was amazing.

It was lovely. Jade will set sail on the HMS Ocean again next year.

But not before spending a merry Christmas at home.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.

David Cameron defends his EU veto - he says it was the right thing to

do but Labour warn that Britain is now isolated.

As many struggle in our area to pay for Christmas, there are calls for

all children to be taught personal finance lessons in schools. We can

talk about responsible lending and responsible companies, but what we

really want is responsible borrowers and consumers. Unless

they have the education and understanding of how to be good

consumers, none of this will work. Tomorrow's weather: Cold and very

windy with sunny intervals and scattered wintry showers. Strong to

gale force Southwest wind. Maximum temperature of five Celsius.

Response coming in on that story. First from Leanne - Isle of Martyn

Lewis. He is right that maths and finance are very different and many

people would not be in a mess if they were taught this in school.

Send the bankers on this course as well.

This is from Rebecca, a primary teacher. She said, teachers are

having to take on more and more of the parental duties. Some things

are not the jobs of a teacher. Parents need to take responsibility

for teaching their children the basics of life.

Martin says it is not the parents job because they will not do it

right. Another says supply schools are

teaching personal finance but it is important because it does not give

them a GCSE. It goes on to say that every week is a battle to make them