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

to breed dogs for animal testing are rejected after thousands of

objections. I am over the moon. The row over a wreath ` why some say

this tribute was only left for political gain. A turbulent year in

charge ` but has Alan Hardwick made any difference to policing in

Lincolnshire. Never heard of him. He is an MP? Is there a craze for the

over`60s to get tattoos? And a detailed look at the weather.

Hello. A company that wanted to breed hundreds of dogs for animal

research in East Yorkshire has hit out at protesters who are claiming a

victory tonight. The plans for a breeding centre at Grimston near

Withernsea were unexpectedly rejected by East Riding councillors

this afternoon against the advice of their own planning officers.

Councillors were worried villagers would be regularly disturbed by

animal rights protestors. Linsey Smith reports. Celebrating a

decision they say is the right one. Protests in Beverley were peaceful

today. Most attendees were villagers from the quaint hamlet of Grimston

where the animal breeding facility would have been based. Absolutely

delighted for the residents that the quality of life is not going to be

further hampered by this development. Wonderful news. We have

lived next door to B for 40 years. It has been a big struggle living

next to an enterprise like that. Animals being bred more intensively

in the same area would have meant more visits by lorries, all sorts of

things. B Universal already have premises

in Grimston. They buy puppies in and rear them until required by medical

research labs. They hoped to breed dogs onsite in the new extension.

The If this had been approved B would have been only one of two

companies in the UK breeding dogs for medical research. Home Office

figures show that last year more than four million animals were

experimented on in the UK with just over 3,000 beagles used. B say

following today's decision they will have to think long and hard about

their next step. This could include making an appeal, breeding on site

without the extension or close down completely and relocate elsewhere.

Third option is that we will close and go to a more progressive

authority in this country or abroad. It was a lot of work for local

contractors lost. Campaigners here may be declaring

victory, but it's unclear whether the battle over this site is over

yet. Linsey, how big is the animal

research industry? It is huge. It is a multi`million

pound industry. The number of animals experimented last year rose

in the UK by a quarter of a million, despite the government spending

millions to try and find alternatives. Last night, we had,

Professor ` ` last night we heard from a professor. Planning

permission being refused today will not stop animals being tested on,

not only because the law demands for medicines, but because there are

plenty of suppliers, particularly overseas, who are happy to breed

animals for this purpose. On the programme yesterday we looked

at the alternatives to testing on animals, and we had a huge response

from you. In a moment: Why there was a musical

send off for Hull's City of Culture team as they present their bid to

the judges. The United Kingdom Independence

Party is being criticised after a wreath with the party's logo was

left at a Lincolnshire war memorial. A number of South Holland district

councillors have complained that UKIP tried to use the remembrance

service in Spalding for political purposes. The leader of UKIP in

Lincolnshire says his members were not responsible for the wreath.

Here's Tim Iredale. This was the week when the nation

fell silent to remember those who died in conflict. But out of the

thousands of poppy wreaths laid at ceremonies across the country, one

in particular has caused some controversy. It was placed at

Spalding's war memorial and bears a UKIP rosette. Some believe it wasn't

appropriate. They are a new party with new members, and I am taking it

they just did not think about what the implications were, something

which the National Day of coming together to commemorate the dead and

people who have suffered through the war, and it is completely

inappropriate to use it for any political gain.

However, the UKIP group leader on Lincolnshire County Council insists

the wreath was nothing to do with his members. I thought this was at

first outrageous and a one`off. I have done some chasing around, and I

was asked to did it, and none of the ten UKIP councillors were

responsible. None of the officers for UKIP in this part of the world

were responsible. It now transpires the wreath was

laid by one of the councillors who was elected as a UKIP member earlier

this year, but has since joined a breakaway group on Lincolnshire

County Council. There's been a similar row in Plymouth where UKIP

have defended the use of the party logo at a war memorial. Every year,

politicians come together to remember our war dead, but they

remain strictly not political occasions. Although the charity

behind the poppy appeal is non political, the Royal British Legion

says it's perfectly acceptable for political, religious and cultural

groups choose to personalise their wreaths to identify their act of

Remembrance. This a political row that some say has overshadowed the

tribute to the fallen and made the act of remembrance memorable for the

wrong reasons. A book of condolence has opened for

the former Hull FC player Steve Prescott, who died on Saturday.

Steve raised half`a`million pounds for charity in seven years after he

was diagnosed with a rare stomach cancer. The book is at the Hull FC

shop at the KC Stadium. His funeral will take place in his hometown of

St Helens on Monday. Inspectors say that the East Riding

Community Hospital in Beverley has now improved. In June, the Care

Quality Commission forced the closure of more than half the beds

there because of worries about patient care.

Police say three people collapsed in Lincoln, possibly after taking legal

highs. Emergency services were called to Lincoln city centre

yesterday. Two of the people were treated for hypothermia.

This was Scunthorpe fire station at ten o'clock this morning. Fire

fighters across the region took part in another four hour strike in a

dispute with the government about their pensions.

People in Lincolnshire have "gold standard" policing. It's the claim

of the county's police and crime commissioner Alan Hardwick as he

marks the end of his first year in the job. It's been a controversial

12 months in which Mr Hardwick suspended his chief constable. His

handling of that was described as an "enormous mess" by MPs and as

"irrational" by a High Court judge. But Alan Hardwick insists he's

making policing better in Lincolnshire. Jo Makel reports.

Police and crime commissioners were elected to make the service more

accountable to the public. Alan Hardwick says he's spent around two

thirds of the last 12 months asking people in Lincolnshire, what they

want from the police. I thought it was pretty obvious what the general

public want. I mean, the general public want a good police force. And

you've got one. More police on the streets. You hardly see a policeman

at night, unless he is in his car. It's much easier for me to

communicate than it would have been for the police authority. To

communicate in a meaningful way and actually get something done. Mr

Hardwick has been decisive. Immediately after the election he

scrapped controversial plans for new privately run custody suite. But his

decisiveness has also caused problems. When he suspended

temporary chief constable Neil Rhodes, a court ruled it irrational

and perverse. This issue's dominated headlines. He says it hasn't

overshadowed his year. So what else has Alan Hardwick been up to? He

says he's also spent time visiting Lincolnshire's Police stations,

listening to and acting on officers' ideas. One idea was to put livery on

PCS overcast. There are new projects on the go he wants to show us. This

is a mobile finger printing device, on trial to see if it saves time and

resources. It is checked remotely against a national database. The

result of that comes back to this device and tells those who the

person is. Money is tight. But he says the force is the country's most

efficient. He admits it's been a steep learning curve. But so, far

Alan Hardwick says he has no regrets.

I spoke to Alan Hardwick about his year in charge. I started by playing

him some clips from people in Lincolnshire. We asked them if they

knew Alan Hardwick, and what job he did. Never heard of him. Alan

Hardwick? He is not an MP is free? Is either look North presenter?

Here's the police commissioner. The police thing. What difference has

been made? I cannot see he has done anything to improve the police

force. The commission is with me now. How concerned are you by those?

Well, it is fair to say, and I found out myself over the past year, some

people couldn't care less who their commissioner is. They choose not to

engage, and that is fine. It is what democracy is about. All I want is

what I want which is the police to be there when they need them. They

do not need to know the names at the top of the organisation. What do you

sick your biggest achievement has been? I have engaged in spoken to

people across Lincolnshire throughout the past year. I have

attended dozens of meetings, and also, visited nearly every one of

our police stations and spoken to police officers and staff. I am

engaging with people. MPs who investigated the suspension of a

chief constable say it damage the reputation of the force. How much if

at all to you regret suspended Neil Rhodes? It did not damage the

reputation of the force. Crime is down in Lincolnshire. They are

motivated officers and staff. That dispute had dominated most of your

time in charge. You must agree? It has been a distraction. I will agree

with you there. For the last four or five months, nobody has mentioned it

at the meetings I have been to. It is not on people 's radar. The

policing is more than up to scratch. It is the gold standard.

You have to interview the my new suspended next Monday is the only

candidate for chief constable. You will probably have to give him a

job. It is not unusual for there to be one applicant for a chief

constable post. Last time it happened in Lincolnshire, there was

one applicant. It is all quite. Questions ` ` it is awkward. Had

there been a drag is worn ` ` back a strong relationship between is, it

would be, but I can assure you we get on very well and are

professional. We do not avoid one another. So what you are saying is

he will get the job? I am saying that the process is ongoing, and it

would not be appropriate for me to comment any further. Commissioner,

thank you. It's Lincolnshire the gold standard of policing? At the

police doing a good job where you live And tomorrow on Look North I'll

be talking to the Humberside Police commissioner Matthew Grove about his

year in charge. ? Thoughts on this.

Tomorrow, I will be talking to Matthew go about his first year in

charge. Thank you for watching. ?? new line Still ahead tonight: Tattoo

parlours say there's an increase in customers over the age of 60. Think

what you want. Anybody who thinks, silly devil, so what?

Gulls at Hornsea taken by John Frith. Good evening. Kevin said, we

know that Paul is always on holiday. This is Tuesday night show turn into

a deckchair? This part`time stuff you keep coming

out with is damaging. I do for days, more often than not. The headlines:

It is cold, windy and sunny tomorrow. You will have to wrap up

warm because the wind will be pretty keen. There will be a cold wind,

with the bright and cheery day nonetheless. We are looking to the

west where this cold front is steadily bringing cloud in, and that

will bring some patchy rain. Quite a windy night to come and we will see

lowest temperatures down to five or six. Any overnight patchy rain soon

sinks away. There will be a keen in the ring north`westerly and the

chance of the odd shower. You generally dry day. It will feel a

lot colder. The sunshine will cheer us up. It is not looking too bad. A

little patchy rain Saturday night, otherwise the weekend is looking

fine. Sounded a bit uppity. That is the

weather office where you get lots of Lisa Gallagher and Julie Donovan?

Yes. Hull's City of Culture team

travelled to Londonderry in Northern Ireland today as they look to

impress the judging panel which will decide who will win the coveted

title of City of Culture for 2017. The team will present their case in

Derry tomorrow and will then be vigorously quizzed on what they

would do if Hull was successful. Paul Murphy is in Londonderry at the

moment. How difficult is the task ahead of them? At the risk of

sounding like a racing tipster, the word on the ground here is that Hull

and Leicester at the hot favourites. The judges have been keeping a close

eye on all of the cities, but they are attaching a great deal of weight

and how they perform tomorrow. Fossett is like Hull, who believe

they got so much to gain from getting this title, the pressure is

really on to perform. As they set off this morning, the bridge team

could be forgiven for looking a little nervous. They take with them

not just a presentation for the City of Culture judges, was the hopes of

an entire city. Hull's hunger for this title is difficult to hide.

Hull needs it, wanted, and is ready to deliver. The city has really got

behind the bid. Here in Derry, they are coming to odds the end of what

many believe has been a transformational year. The community

notorious for division has been brought together by arts and

culture. It is easy to see the transformation that has happened. It

is genuinely transformative. Huge excitement for Hull and the other

cities short listed. Delegates from Hull, Leicester, Swansea and Dundee

are heading for the city, all striving to convince a panel of

judges that they should be crowned City of Culture 2017. The interviews

for the competing cities take place in this arts and cultural over the

next 48 hours. This is more than a cosy chat over tea and biscuits.

There will be tough questions about finance, community impact and

legacy. A place cannot produce poems, it can only not prevent

them. Hull's newly released film lays bare the city Bozman passion

and hunger for the coveted culture cycle. Mission accomplished of

Mission impossible? We will know that by next Wednesday, when the

government announces the winner. The delegates arriving in a rainy Derry

tonight, and at about lunchtime tomorrow the Hull table toddle up

the hill and go into that room for a couple of hours to have their bid

heavily scrutinised by the judging panel. The hopes and expectations of

an entire city around their shoulders. There could be a few

sleepless nights tonight. I suspect there will be.

Thanks, Paul. The announcement will be made next Wednesday. Now,

remember yesterday when we showed you this? Let me tell you something

about this city. All of us, we are all just passing through. It's the

film for the City of Culture presentation. Well, since going

online yesterday, it's been watched more than 30,000 times. Amazing. If

you have not seen it, you must watch it. 30,024 hours, or thereabouts ` `

30,000 views in 24 hours. Lincolnshire Olympian and former

European champion Lizzie Simmonds has lost her funding from British

swimming. Money for the sport was cut after it failed to reach its

medal target at the 2012 Olympics, where Simmonds finished fourth in

the backstroke event. Three primary school children from

East Yorkshire won a trip to Florida at an awards ceremony last night.

Evie, Latisha and Rebecca from Wilberfoss near Pocklington took

part in Humberside Police's Lifestyle awards. They painted a

mural and planted a wildlife garden around a new table tennis table in

their village. Some tattoo parlours in East

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire say almost half of their customers are

now over 60. This is the BBC's David Dimbleby ` aged 75 ` getting a

scorpion tattoo on his back. Our reporter Simon Spark asks why people

are "getting inked" later in life. I have got an anchor. I just really

like it. I have got one on my back and on my neck. It just helps me

feel connected to the wild and trees and nature. Whatever your reason for

having a tad too, we have all heard the warnings that you may regret

them when you are older. David Dimbleby has waited until the tender

age of 75 before becoming a Scorpion King. It seems he is just part of a

recent trend of those new territories for the over 60s. The

oldest person I have tattooed is 74. She was a great client. Ken is a

typical example. 16 years old, he waited until retirement before

getting the inky always wanted. I just think, I am of an age now, I

can have the freedom. It is something that when I was younger, I

would award about it. Now, I don't care. As we put this theory of the

more mature returning to their rebellious youth to the test? This

bunch will do. I would not like one, thank you, let it was a butterfly on

my ankle. Tatties are not for me. I just don't care for them. I used to

hate them. But now I think they look quite nice. There will be looking

at? See what you have started, Mr Dimbleby? A tad too uprising in

Hull, almost. He wants to grow up at his age. One bit of news you did not

know. No, just a joke. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. The Bank of England says the economy will grow

sooner than expected. Protesters delight as a plan to

breed dogs for animal testing is rejected after thousands of

objections. After talking to Alan Hardwick, big

response on that. Liz said, Alan Hardwick should be congratulated for

preventing GeForce is taking over. Tony says, what a joke, the only

thing this man is known for his messing everything up, alienating

his chief and then eating humble pie. Marguerite says, I suggest hen

's teeth would be more accurately describing policing and

Lincolnshire. Another one says lower the amount of paperwork they have to

do and get them on the streets. My husband is a police officer and

hardly finishes on time because of numerous, pointless forms. John

says, I am a former Lincolnshire officer, and in my opinion, he is

clueless and his reckless suspension of Neil Rhodes has made the police a

laughing stock. Thank you for those. Thank you for watching. Have a good

evening. Goodbye.