01/01/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)


01/01/2014

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a million New Yorkers celebrated 2014 in the traditional way. There's

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more throughout the evening A Grimsby mother whose son was

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killed at a notorious accident blackspot near Lincoln says she's

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unhappy at the lack of safety improvements at the junction.

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Special Constable Scott Bennett died a year ago on the A46 at Dunholme

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and his mother says she's still waiting for the authorities to do

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something about the large number of crashes in the area. Amanda White

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reports. Scott Bennett was working towards a

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career in the police when his car collided with a lorry on the A46

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near Welton just over a year ago. He walked out of the door that morning

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to go to his police training. He basically never walked back in it

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again. You know, the devastation this road accident has caused has

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just been absolutely phenomenal. ?? WHITE The tragedy was no surprise to

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Graham Williamson, who has counted 400 accidents in his ten years at

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the garage on the junction. All you hear is metal. It's frightening.

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Seriously, something needs to be done, not later, something now. It

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needs to be dealt with. There needs to be some sort of calming system. I

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don't know. I don't know what to say, roundabout, traffic lights,

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whatever. It needs to stop because people... There's going to be more

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fatalities. One of the problems with this junction is once vehicles come

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over the brow of this hill they are often travelling at speed and

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downhill and it makes it very difficult to react to what's

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happening at the junction. This is probably one of the worst junctions

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we have in the county. We have vehicle activated signs, telling

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people to slow down. Little or no notice is taken of those. We do need

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something extra at this junction and we are looking at ideas for that.

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Will the measures be enough for Scott's family? It is about time

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somebody did something about it. You need to stand up and listen to the

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people, to the residents of the area and actually do something about it.

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How many more deaths do we have to have before somebody takes this on

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board and actually thinks, yeah, we have got problem here? For now,

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though, the safety of motorists here is very much in their own hands.

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Five people have been arrested as part of a murder investigation in

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Hull. A man, who's believed to be in his thirties, was found with serious

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injuries near the City Centre at just after six o'clock this morning

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and died in hospital. Four men and a woman are being questioned as part

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of the investigation into the man's death.

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It's been a mixed afternoon for our local football sides. In the Premier

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League, Hull City lost by two goals to nil away against Liverpool.

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Scunthorpe United are two points clear at the top of League Two after

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they beat Rochdale 3`0 at Glanford Park. And in the Conference Grimsby

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Town and Lincoln City drew a bad tempered game 1`1. Both sides had a

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player sent off. Dozens of people braved the wind and

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rain today today for the annual charity swim in the sea off Hornsea

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in East Yorkshire. Hundreds also lined the shore to support them and

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raise money for the local Inshore Rescue lifeboat team. Sarah Walton

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reports. It was a Scottish piper that lead

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swimmers to the sea this afternoon. Fitting for weather conditions more

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suited to the highlands. Not that anyone seemed to mind.

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Several hundred people turned up to support the dippers, but it wasn't

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long before the wind and rain forced even the hardiest to retreat to the

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lifeboat station for warmth. Good bit of fun on New Year's Day!

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Get rid of a hangover. WITH AUSTRALIAN ACCENT: Freezing. A bit

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different to Australia! I couldn't stand it. I went straight in and

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then came straight out. It's a vital part of the community, is the

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lifeboat, and for us all to do something like this, it's our chance

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to put something back as well. And that effort is greatly appreciated.

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We generally raise over ?1,000, which is awesome, so we're hoping

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we've done the same today. Everyone's been putting their hands

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in their pockets. I think even more so with the weather conditions being

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so bad! It's so cold. But after a quick change and a cup of tea, most

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said they will be back again next year.

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Time for a look at the weather with Jennifer Bartram. Hello. Good

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evening. January has got off to a fairly soggy start and we still have

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a fair few showers to get through as we go through the night. Some of

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these showers will be on the heavy side, perhaps producing a touch of

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hail in places, but they will start to dissipate into the early hours of

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tomorrow morning. Temperatures overnight getting down to around

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five or six and staying fairly breezy. Dry to start with tomorrow

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morning. We will see some good spells of sunshine and a

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decent`looking day all in all. Temperatures tomorrow getting up to

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a high or around seven or That's all for the moment. I'm back

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with the late news at 22.40. Hello. It is a New Year but it is

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the same old weather. Flood warnings are on the rise. The flood line

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number is on screen if you are at all concerned. Still some rain to

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come this evening and overnight Still some heavy bursts. It will

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