13/06/2013 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

North. The headlines tonight: Back on track.

Rail services to resume within weeks, five months after a landslip

destroyed the line. Repairs here will mean an end to misery.

Begging on the street - police say many are not what they seem.

Lincoln, we have a high proportion of false beggars, if you like.

It's Luke Campbell MBE, but what did the Queen say to Hull's gold

medallist? And where's Kitty? How an academic

from Lincoln helped the BBC uncover the secret life of cats.

There has been some torrential downpours, so join me later for the

Five months ago, the railway line at Hatfield looked like this. But today

Network rail say repair work will be finished ahead of schedule and the

line will reopen in less than a month. A landslip closed the line in

February. Since then passengers between Hull and Doncaster and

Cleethorpes and Doncaster have had to transfer to coaches at Goole and

at Scunthorpe. But, as Crispin Rolfe reports, the service will soon be

back to normal. Repairs almost complete after steel

tracks were left twisted unbroken. But landslide closed this railway

route completely, meaning 150 replacement bus service is a day for

commuters between Doncaster and Scunthorpe. The main problem is the

time it takes on the buses. Sometimes we get to college late and

that is bad. It is not a bad service. The end of the repairs is

finally in sight today. This is where the four tracks are, going

through this area. We're now at the stage where we are getting the

railway bed letdown. Will this be a permanent solution? It will be.For

the last six months, this has been the only way you can travel down

this track. It has taken 50 heavy duty diggers to move the earth and

sorrow. How many millions has this cost, and who will be paying for it?

At least now for businesses at the end of the line in Cleethorpes, the

fear of losing some are's tourist trade is easing. Summer is when

Cleethorpes is busiest. It is a seaside resort. We hope people will

come back to us. Completing this work means that repairs to the east

coast main line can also go ahead. significant portion has been closed.

It will be a full service from July the 29th, then we can look at the

engineering work that has had to be rescheduled. So next month, this

track should fully reopen. How much this landslip has cost everyone will

only be determined further down the line. Crispin is near the site of

the landslip this evening. How much disruption has this caused?

The level of disruption has been matched by the level of the

landslip. They used to have 2500 passengers every day. The question

remains, about the money, there is still not confirmation about what

this will cost. We are expecting it to be into the millions. Thank you.

In a moment: Why we're all being asked to keep an eye on the state of

some of the country's most historic There's a warning tonight that

people who're begging in Lincoln may not actually be homeless.

Lincolnshire Police say 75% of those found begging were able to give them

a home address. But charities in the city say anyone asking for help is

doing so for a reason. Gemma Dawson has more.

Sat outside a shop in the city. This man has spent more than a year

struggling to get by. He insists he doesn't beg, but knows others that

Inspector Garthwait from Lincolnshire Police told me it's an

issue they've been trying to tackle, because they claim many beggars here

are not homeless. In Lincoln, we have a higher proportion of false

beggars, if you like. A lot of beggars have an alcohol, drug

addiction problem. We would advise not to give money, but to give food

and drink. In the past 18 months, Lincolnshire

Police say they've dealt with 40 cases of people caught begging on

the city's streets. On 30 of those occasions, the person stopped

provided an address. The police have taken five individuals to court

during that time, with one person going twice.

I've spoken to three people sat on the street today. Two told me they

are genuinely homeless. The other said he's just got his own place.

All denied begging but told me they do rely on handouts from the passing

public. But homeless charity workers meeting

in Lincoln today insist there's no excuse for begging here. There is no

reason why anyone should go hungry or thirsty in this city. We have a

project, and we feed and offer drinks and clothing to those who

have nothing. They are entitled to benefits whether they have a home or

not. Alex volunteers here at St Mary Le Wigford Church. He's been

homeless for about a year, but told me he's never needed to beg. I have

always seen it as the last straw. I know I will be in a bad place if I

ever get to that stage. I try to avoid it at all costs.

Police working here in the city say the number of reported cases of

begging is now falling. I spoke to Mark Hills from

Lincolnshire YMCA and asked him whether these figures will harden

peoples' views towards beggars. think unfortunately they will harden

views, Peter, which is a great shame because there are people out there

who are genuinely homeless, and not everyone is a professional beggar.

But 75% of the beggars in Lincoln are naturally homeless, so why

should I give them money? I wouldn't be inclined to give them money if I

was a member of the public. I would be looking to support them by

signposting them to agencies or offering them a tea or coffee, but I

wouldn't give them money. So your advice is not to give these people

money? Yes. I think it's important, whether they are professional

beggars or genuine beggars, they should be signposted to the

services. What do you think about those people who are professional

beggars who are naturally homeless? They are doing it for a reason.

Yeah, they're doing it for money from us. Quite possibly. I think

it's important that we try and acknowledge why they are doing it.

There is a reason why they're doing it. If they are not genuinely

homeless, then they just want our money. Quite possibly, but there are

people who aren't begging professionally and do have needs

that need to be addressed. Do you believe these figures or do you

think the police just want to ward people off the streets? I think the

figures are the figures they have come up with. I am not here to

dispute those figures. I am here to acknowledge that people do need the

support of agencies within the city, and we must treat everybody equally,

and signpost people to the right resources. What would you say to

those who go and beg when they actually have a house and even a car

and go home? I think it is a shame because they're penalising people

that are in need. However, I think the people that are professionally

begging also have an issue that needs to be looked at, why they are

professionally begging. They're not going to get much sympathy from

people watching tonight, are they? No, I acknowledge that. I think we

need to make sure we treat people with dignity and respect, and

whether they are professional beggars or not professional beggars,

we need to try to provide support to four-year-old girl in Grimsby say

she suffered a heart attack, but the cause of her death is still

unexplained. Poppy Widdison died on Monday, after being admitted to

hospital with serious injuries. Further tests are being carried out

to establish what caused the cardiac arrest. Floral tributes and teddy

bears have been left outside a house on Ladysmith Road. A 34-year-old

woman and 36-year-old man arrested in connection with her death have

been released on police bail. A Government inspector has been to a

holiday park in East Yorkshire today, to investigate whether East

Riding Council acted unfairly when it agreed to evict a group of chalet

owners. The properties on Lakeminster Park in Beverley can't

be used as a main residence, as the site was only granted permission for

holiday homes. Humberside Airport is to offer

flights to Denmark from this autumn. The daily service to Copenhagen will

be operated by the airline SAS and start in October. SAS joins two

other operators at the Kirmington site in a move that it's claimed

reflects growing confidence in the Humber economy.

Scandanavian airlines have picked up on the fact that there is great

opportunity for growth in the Humber region. That's a great investment

and a great sign of future development, and if people across

Europe are seeing that sort of development in the Humber, that's

only got to be good news for us locally.

Volunteers in Lincolnshire are being trained to examine the county's

listed buildings and identify those which could be at risk. Heritage

Lincolnshire has already highlighted almost 350 problem buildings,

raising concern about how they will be maintained in the future. Jo

Makel reports. For the past three years, volunteers

like Bob and David have been out and about in Lincolnshire, conducting

surveys of the county's heritage, examining and photographing

buildings like this old water mill in Horncastle to asses their

condition. Gutters, and what we can see are

sound... Can you see the tiles missing up on the roof, the slates?

The authorities can't possibly afford to do a survey of this scale,

and people like myself and David are delighted to get involved and learn.

It's taught me a hell of a lot about the town. This pilot project has

used more than 300 volunteer surveyors. Heritage Lincolnshire,

the organisation which has trained them, say it's resulted in an

unprecedented amount of information. They'd identified 9,000 heritage

assets and the volunteers surveyed 99% of them. One of the conclusions

was how rich our heritage is and how people didn't appreciate the variety

of it and how special it is. The other outcome was, the picture of

heritage at risk is worse than we thought. We thought it was around

4%, but it's around 7%. Much of that concern is about listed buildings.

If a building is said to be at medium risk, it means it needs

maintenance and conservation work. At high risk, they're in danger of

being lost within five years. Buildings Heritage Lncolnshire

considered at medium or high risk included: Every single one of the

surveys volunteers did were checked by professionals back at our office,

using the photographs volunteers sent in, but we made sure that the

training gave very full information about exactly what they're looking

for. So we're confident the results are

fairly robust. The findings were being shared with other

organsiations like local authorities and English Heritage at a conference

in Lincoln today. The big question is where to go from here. In my

region, we've already taken their preliminary data. They did great

work on churches - we've started to use that, work on higher grade

listed buildings - we've started to encompass that in our daily work on

the register. Other areas are expected to follow Lincolnshire's

lead and use volunteer surveyors in Still ahead tonight: The

Lincolnshire inventors who've taken the mobility scooter off road.

And what did the Queen say to Hull's Olympic boxer, when she made him

Buttercups at Skirlaugh taken by Joe Thank you for that. Another one

tomorrow night. Our director tonight is a nature lover, so I am told.

Does that mean he is? No, it does not! Alex Deakin, I mentioned his

weather application last night. Somebody said, it is really good,

more accurate than Paul Hudson. You will have to stop making these

e-mails will. The headlines, it is unsettled, and there will be a

scattering of showers breaking out later tomorrow after a fine start. A

very unsettled looking set-up. Sunday, not looking too bad. We have

had some big downpours this afternoon. Hale and thunder gave a

prolonged spell of heavy rain, especially across Lincolnshire.

There is a clearance coming in from behind. Perhaps some spells of

sunshine to an evening with. Or two morning, with sunshine. Cloud will

spill in from the south-west, and perhaps some patchy rain, but mostly

dry morning. Those showers get going in the afternoon. The odd heavy one.

There will be some sunny intervals in between. And little disappointing

for this time of year. 17 or 18. Some rain Friday night. Saturday

looks quite cool, breezy and Shari. Sunday looks fine and right with the

risk of brain early next week. the programme tonight! See you

tomorrow. It's feared nesting birds across Northern Lincolnshire and

East Yorkshire could be fooled by new technology. Several apps play

recordings of bird songs. The RSPB is warning that will confuse birds

which are rearing their young. Amanda White reports.

This is a mobile phone app or application - it's a programme that

can be downloaded from the internet and allow its owner to play genuine

recordings of birdsong at any time, and any place.. The problem is that

some bird watchers are using it to lure shy birds out of hiding so they

can capture the perfect image. The birds can get distracted. They

spend time chasing digital birds and are not defending their territories

from real threat. But the app can have its uses. Tools like this are

invaluable for helping people learn. The technology is not so new, as

many of your viewers may know. You could get all the bad calls on

cassette. - - you could get on the bird calls on cassette. Why stand

outside when you can come to hide like this, sit quietly and wait for

the birds to come to you? That is what builders. Anything going on?

One or two kingfishers. In fairness, with or without

questionable tactics, today's weather isn't the best for seeing

anything, unless, of course, you're interested in toads.

The MP for Great Grimsby Austin Mitchell has left hospital after

collapsing at the house of commons earlier this month. The 78-year-old

Labour MP spent 11 days at Kings College hospital. He's hoping to

return to the Commons after a week's rest. I spoke to him earlier. He

said one thing he has missed has been looked not. Get soon. - - one

thing he has missed has been BBC look North.

They're normally associated with high-speed adventure but an off-

road mobility scooter invented in Lincolnshire is in line for a top

award this evening. The TerrainHopper was launched by Sam

and Deborah Dantzie, from Legbourne, as an alternative vehicle for

wheelchair users to access areas like the beach. Tarah Welsh has been

to see their invention. Off the road, and on a mission - to

make every terrain accessible to all. What can you use it as?

Depending on how deep that water was, it could get through that lake

and onto that island. All right, that's brilliant. The idea came

about when Sam and Deborah Danzie started a family. They soon realised

that pushchairs and their favourite hobby, rambling, weren't a good

match. So designer Sam created his own. A disabled friend spotted the

potential. She said, "If that was in the shop, I'd buy one." She was an

outdoorsy person and she couldn't go outdoors. She told us of many times

she's had to be rescued, even by the fire brigade because she's got

herself stuck in places where nobody could help. And the TerrainHopper

was born. Today, young people with disabilities in North East

Lincolnshire are trialling it. love it. That's just a new challenge

for me. I've never been on something like this. But for James to buy one,

it would set him back about �11,500. Does the cost mean that only a

minority of people can actually get one, though? Yes, it does. We've

come across situations where we wish we could do something, but we can't.

But this organisation that provides activities for young people says it

may apply for funding, so youngsters across the Humber region can go

off-road. If it allows them to go across a field, where they've never

been before, fantastic. These are made in Lincolnshire, but there's

been interest in them from all over the world. In fact, somebody flew

here from the Middle East just to give this a test drive. A bumpy ride

it maybe, but it's being recognised as the vehicle taking people to

places they could never get to before.

Olympic Gold medallist Luke Campbell admitted he was "nervous" as he met

Her Majesty the Queen today. She presented him with an MBE following

his Olympic success last year. Simon Clark has been finding out what they

said to each other. Mr Luke Campbell, for services to

boxing. It was a day like know whether for a young man from Hull.

Luke Campbell received his MBA following his gold at the Olympics.

He and her Majesty had plenty to say. We had a bit of a chat. She

said, unfortunately, it is not a gold medal I am giving you, and she

laughed. She asked about my training and how I am getting on. It was a

humbling experience. It was a proud moment. A world win 12 months began

in little Rania where he claimed a title - - a world win to 12 months

began in Lithuania. It began in this academy in Hull, under the tutelage

of Mick Bromby. Really proud. I am proud. He truly deserves it.

shows the power of the gold medal. He gets to meet the Queen, that is

another honour and a great experience. Luke makes his

professional debut at Craven Park next month. Quite a year for Luke

Campbell, MBA. We share our homes with over ten

million cats, but how much do we really know about what our pets get

up to when we aren't looking. Well, a scientist from Lincoln has helped

the BBC in a new study where cameras were fitted to 50 cats.

This is Deany, and up until now he's been very happy knowing that we know

very little about his secret world. But guess what, Deany - we're about

to find out exactly what you and your feline friends, yes you, have

months of work with scientists from the University of Lincoln. Every cat

owner will ask you, what do you think my cat does when it leaves the

cat flap, all, is it true they going to other people 's homes? We did not

have the information. This was a nice opportunity to get some data

and be able to answer those questions. One person who

understands cats better than most of us is Jain Kidd. She runs one of the

country's only cat retirement home in Osgodby. He's putting his smell

on to you. It shows you are one of the gang. All of the cat here have

different personalities. You get the dominant ones. They are effective,

cuddling lot. I think they get up to all sorts we do not know about.

on the television or radio today and you will be hard pushed not to see

or hear about cats. That is about - - that is because of the level of

interest, and the amount of exposure as a result of making this

programme. It is fantastic.The full extent of what they've discovered is

best for you to watch and find out, but let me tell you Oscar, I've

heard about breaking and entering, theft of food, fighting - the list

goes on, so those innocent little faces won't work anymore. You can

watch Horizon's: The Secret Life of The Cat tonight on BBC Two at nine

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

Jailed. Dale Cregan, the drug dealer who

murdered two policewomen and a father and son, is told he will die

in prison. Five months after tracks were destroyed by a landslip,

engineers say rail services will what you would do if you saw someone

asking for money in the street. We were talking about beggars. Except,

I gave money to a homeless person and wish I didn't. In Beverly, you

can see beggars sat on the pavement saying, no food or home, yet they

sit rolling cigarettes and have a mobile phone. Bethany says, I feel

bad walking past homeless people but never give them money. Somebody

said, a lot of people in Hull legging formerly a drug users, and