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North. The headlines tonight: Millions of pounds for Lincolnshire

as a major oil company invests in fracking in the county.

This has been going on and has been done safely. It is not hugely

impacting in terms of the local community.

David Cameron visits Lincolnshire to give his support to fracking.

People can already see this is a safe and successful industry,

employing a local people. An inquest into the death of a Red

Arrows pilot hears an engineer who worked on his plane wasn't properly

authorised. The residents campaigning for the

removal of this eyesore in the Humber.

Two games from Wembley ` non`league North Ferriby reach the quarter

finals of the FA Trophy. And the forecast will follow later

in the programme. The major French oil company Total

has today announced it will invest ?28 million in Lincolnshire to carry

out fracking. To show his support for the industry, the Prime Minister

visited Lincolnshire this morning. On a trip to Gainsborough, he told

BBC Look North that fracking, which is the extraction of shale gas from

underground will bring huge benefits to the local economy. We'll hear

from David Cameron in a moment, but first let's look at how widespread

the impact of fracking could be for us here. The geology of our area

means large parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have already been

licensed for fracking, the black areas. In the red areas, more

licences will be auctioned in the summer. So what does fracking

involve? It means drilling down and then injecting a mix of water, sand

and chemicals into the earth under high pressure. This then releases

the shale gas which flows back to ground level. Supporters say it will

mean cheap energy bills but environmental campaigners say the

process could cause contamination and lead to earth tremors. Our first

report tonight comes from our political editor, Tim Iredale.

We have nothing to fear from fracking. That was the Prime

Minister's message today, as he toured an oil depot near

Gainsborough. This is one of the areas earmarked by the French energy

giant Total which has announced the biggest ever investment in the UK

shale gas industry. We are promised lower energy bills. Here on the

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border, where we have oil and gas

extraction taking place right now, people can already see this is a

safe and successful industry, employing local people. It will be

even more so when they moved to exploiting shale gas opportunities

as well. But some remain sceptical about this new potential energy

source. The health impacts of methane in the water courses are of

a huge concern. Most importantly, it is local communities. They watch how

we function and operate every day. Their right to ask the questions,

but she'll gas... However, those already involved with shale gas

exploration say that risk is minimal. The Government accepts his

country as # this process is controversial, but he says people

will come to see the economic benefits of shale gas exploration.

I do apologise. That is a slight problem there with the film. I spoke

to the group that interest `` represents the interests of the oil

and gas industry and I asked what financial incentive Gainsborough

would get. It is difficult to say at this

process in time. In terms of funding, we have said five `?10

million per site over the lifetime of the asset. Most of it will come

in the first ten years. In terms of local communities, the Government

has talked about business rates being 1.7 million for each council.

This is a bribe, isn't it, to accept something that people do not want on

their back door. Now, it is not a bribe. It is an award for hosting

sites on behalf of others in the country. Secondly, it is a

commonplace scheme in terms of business rates and committee funds.

It comes from the onshore wind and give. Total is French. I gather fans

do not want it and have come knocking here. Total's announcement

today is very good in terms of energy security and economic

benefits. France have made a political decision not to do

hydraulic fracturing for this moment in time. That could change. We have

heard the earthquake story in Blackpool. We have seen frightening

pictures of tap water in America. We do not know if this is safe, do we?

We have a highly regulated industry in the UK. We have four different

regulators looking at this over a long period of time. We have been

chilling in this country for over 100 years. We have hydraulically

fractured very safely and environmentally sensitive way. But

we have seen what happened in Blackpool. It is untested. Our

broadcast area map almost identically is covered by the

fracking map. What you say to people who are concerned? There was a study

last year about induced seismicity. A situation like that will not

happen again. Is it a gamble? No. The fracking process has caused

widespread controversy, with environmental campaigners organising

protests whenever it has been tested in other parts of the country. But

supporters say it will mean more money for councils to spend on local

services. Our reporter has been to the village of Laughton near

Gainsborough to find out what people living there think of fracking in

the area. Laughton, a quiet Lincolnshire

village surrounded by fields. It is exactly the type of place companies

think could be perfect to explore for shale gas. Last year, plans were

approved to allow drilling on this field just outside the village.

There was local opposition back then and villagers I've spoken to today

say cash incentives wouldn't have made any difference. I would rather

not have the fracking and not have any facilities that are likely to be

provided by any so`called intervention money. Now, it is

bribery. Out and out bribery. What we need here is not right money. So

why such negativity towards fracking? Reports of

mini`earthquakes, water contamination and environmental

damage and the effect on the environment has worried many. Joy

has lived here for 40 years. She believes any drilling nearby would

change the nature of the village. I do worry quite a lot about the

possibility of tremors. I am also annoyed about the aspect of

wildlife. This is an area with a tremendous variety of wildlife. How

that is good to be affected, I cannot begin to think. We will go

through an extremely rigorous planning process. The council says

the money offered by the Government won't influence decisions on whether

to grant planning applications, but in principle it has welcomed the

idea. It is nice that they are there, but it will not alter what we

have to do to check and make sure that the application is safe. There

has not been drilling here so far. After today's endorsements, it is

likely many villages in this area could see applications for gas apple

take `` gas exploration beneath them.

We would be very keen to hear yours. `` hear your thoughts on

this. Would you welcome fracking if it means bringing jobs and

investment to the area? How worried are you about the environmental

impacts, not just to Lincolnshire, but East Yorkshire as well? If you

want to get in touch, follow the details on screen.

An inquest into the death of a Red Arrows pilot has heard that a senior

engineer had warned about a risk to life because of a lack of manpower

and training of engineers working on his aircraft. Sean Cunningham died

when his ejection seat activated while his plane was on the ground at

RAF Scampton in November 2011. Today the inquest heard that the

authorisation for one of the engineers had lapsed shortly before

the accident. Jake Zuckerman has been in court. What was said about

the lapse in authorisation? Today, the inquest has focussed on

the maintenance undertaken on the ejection seat in Flight Lieutenant

Cunningham's aircraft prior to the incident which led to his death.

Cunningham's aircraft prior to the incident which led The inquest heard

from Sergeant Michael Poultney, an armourer working at RAF Scampton.

Prior to the incident, he had carried out work on the ejection

seat. He said he wasn't aware that over`tightening a particular bolt

could potentially lead to the seat failing to operate properly.

It also emerged that his authorisation to carry out the work

had lapsed, and that he should have undertaken a refresher course. The

inquest here from senior officers about the laps and authorisation?

The inquest also heard from Wing Commander Ross Priday, who was the

senior engineering officer for the Red Arrows. He said, the fact that

an authorisation had expired concerned me greatly. It was

unacceptable. The inquest was told that an audit of Sergeant Poultney's

work was carried out by the RAF, but no problems were highlighted. Wing

Commander Priday said, the conclusion of that is that the lapse

in authority posed no airworthiness or safety threat whatsoever and

therefore wasn't a factor in this accident. In the course of evidence,

it emerged that prior to the accident the Wing Commander had

raised concerns about the risk to life posed by a lack of manpower and

training issues on the engineering side at the Red Arrows. But he said

that he didn't believe that either of these issues had contributed to

the accident that killed Sean Cunningham. The inquest continues

tomorrow. Police have named a man from Louth who was found murdered

over the weekend. Richard Samuel Woods ` who was 32 ` was found at a

house on Spring Terrace in the early hours of Sunday morning. A

23`year`old man arrested at the scene remains in police custody.

Hull Crown Court has heard today how a 28`year`old woman died in a crash

after her car was hit by another vehicle driven in a tragic

coincidence by her younger sister. Rosie Ann Stone, who is 20, denies

causing the death of her sister Jennie Stone by careless driving on

the A165 near Fraisthorpe. The collision last February happened

just months after their soldier brother, Greg, was killed in

Afghanistan. The case continues. Hull City Council's cabinet has

backed a report recommending the closure of Endeavour High School

next year. The school, which opened in 2003, has been placed in special

measures three times and has seen a yearly fall in student numbers.

Railway services between Sleaford and Lincoln have returned to normal

today. The lime has been closed since Tuesday due to landslip.

Network Rail see that work to stabilise the bank has been

completed. It is claimed that a disused tidal

power generator in the Humber is an eyesore and is affecting house

prices in the area. Now a campaign has begun to have it removed. The

Neptune was built to provide power to The Deep, but the project was

scrapped when the company behind it went into liquidation. Emma Massey

reports. This is the Neptune, the result of

seven years of private investment. Its job ` to harness the power of

the River Humber to generate electricity. The project was

abandoned nearly a year ago, and so too was this yellow contraption. Now

we have got a pile of junk overlooking all the residents.

Phillip Gittens, who had enjoyed the views from his house for seven years

before it arrived, says his neighbours in Victoria Dock feel the

same way. It's an eyesore and they want it removed. If you were looking

at the window before that came, you looked onto the river. It was a nice

view. Now you look onto that monstrosity. For this house

particularly, it looks directly onto it. Neptune Renewable Energy

deployed it in January 2012 but despite testing and modifications

they were unable to achieve enough electricity. The company then went

into liquidation. It is not being maintained because the company

behind it has gone past. There is a problem with noise from it. We're

worried about vandalism on the site. We were promised when it first went

in that the area would be returned to the stated was before it went in,

and that is what we want to see happen. The Crown now owns the land

the device is on. They have to maintain it but they don't have to

remove it. That's the job of the Department for Energy and Climate

Change. It's says it's in "active discussions with partner agencies

for the safe and expedient decommissioning of the facility

following the owners going into liquidation". But this won't be a

quick process. You have got to think about the environment, navigational

safety. It is not just the case of killing of the bulldozer and taking

it away. It is a very complicated process that has to be going through

to decommission it. I would imagine the decommissioning process would

have been thought about when the original licence for the facility

was granted. There were high hopes for this

renewable energy device to power business and homes along the Humber.

Now the only hope is that it is removed. And while as yet there's no

frame for that, residents should feel safe in the knowledge that the

lease cannot be sold on. So once this eyesore has gone, it's gone for

good. We will let you know what happens on that one.

Still ahead tonight: Smoking allowed ` the fish producers who say their

protected status has been a waste of time.

The best and the worst ` one train spotter's journey around all of the

country's stations. Tonight's photograph is taken by

Terry Wilde in East Park Lake. Stunning picture. Thank you very

much. Send your photograph in. I thought we did a train anorak

piece last week? This is very embarrassing. Let's have a look at

the weather over the next 24 hours. There is a warning of is in place.

We have not seen that too often this winter. But we will have is for the

commute fostering in the morning. Tomorrow, a lovely winter's day, try

with sunshine. A ridge of high pressure before this weather system

brings rain in from the South West. In mild day to come on Wednesday.

This is the line of showers. This arm of showers came through

Birmingham with hailstones and torrential rain. It is heading

towards Lincolnshire in the next couple of hours. It will slowly

cloud over and there will be a scattering of showers, erratically

spreading north eastwards. We will see clearer skies developing right

towards the end of the night. That is when temperatures will take a dip

and there is a risk of icy patches on untreated surfaces. Lows in the

range of 1`3 Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at 12 minutes

past eight. Your next high water time, there we are. Patchy fog and

icy patches. It will brighten up fairly steadily through the

first`half of the morning. It is a winter's day, that high insuring a

dry day with sunshine and just like West Southwest wind. Despite the

fact it will be a light wind, it will feel quite chilly with highs

below average of five Celsius. Rain to come on Tuesday night. Wednesday,

rain at fast and again late on. In between, mild and drive but cloudy

with, at the moment, Thursday and Friday looking dry with some

sunshine. That is the forecast. I tell you what, I will send you the

invoice for that one. See you tomorrow.

Four years ago, traditional Grimsby smoked fish joined the likes of

champagne and Wensleydale cheese, winning EU protected status. But

while it has led to increased sales for other foods, Grimsby's

smokehouses say they haven't seen the benefit at all, and the local

council isn't doing enough to promote them. Jill Archbold reports.

Here in Grimsby, they have been smoking fish to the traditional

recipe for more than 100 years. We have the salmon at the bottom, the

other biggest Sony do most smoke. They will be in for 24 hours. The

haddock is higher up in the smokers. Four years ago, Grimsby's

traditionally smoked fish won an award. But they say the council is

not supported industry enough. It is simple things like seeing this is

the home of Grimsby traditionally smoked fish. So that when people

enter the town they know will work to go. Protected geographical

indication was introduced by the European Union in 1993. Products

registered under the scheme have legal protection against imitation

flout the EU. 63 British prog... Products are protected. `` 63

British products are protected. The food tourism industry is worth ?70

million a year. If they do not promote it, they are missing a

trick. Grimsby is a lot larger than ours and the opportunity for them is

enormous. Not just an smoked fish, but also using other seafood

products. I am committed to getting as much out of tourism for the

borrower of knowledge. It is `` if it is through fish processing, we're

up for it. I would like to see what they would like the council to do.

Meanwhile, at the traditional fish docks, traditional smokers say there

is potential for to those based industry. `` 40 tourism based

industry. A BBC Inside Out investigation has

discovered the current leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers is

threatening to sue its former leader Arthur Scargill for just over

?100,000. The money was paid to cover legal bills run up by the

International Energy and Miners Organisation, of which mist Scargill

is president. The NUM has also stopped payments of ?20,000 a year

in subscriptions to the organisation.

The trouble happened when I was asked to justify paying that amount

of money and I asked to look at accounts and was refused to be

given. We'll do think that ?20,000 a year has been going? I have no idea.

That is why want to see the accounts.

In a statement, Mr Scargill told us the NUM had breached a decision of

its own conference by stopping the payments. He says the IEMO has

always presented accounts in accordance with the instruction of

its congress. And there's more on that story in a special Inside Out

investigation tonight on BBC One at 7.30pm.

A home tie in the quarterfinal of the FA Trophy is North Ferriby

United's reward for their 4`0 victory at Lincoln City. They'll now

play Gosport in the next round while Grimsby Town also have home

advantage. With all the football news, here's our sports reporter

Simon Clark. They have been playing on a

different planet this season, but a 4`0 victory at Lincoln City must be

one of the best in this history of North Ferriby United. It is given a

quarterfinal tie against Gosport. Gosport in the conference South.

They are not a team that is playing `` plying their trade at a higher

level. We have to consider home advantage is a great opportunity to

get to the semifinal. The draw for North Ferriby United against Gosport

means they have missed some of the bigger guns in the competition,

including Grimsby Town, who will play the winners of the Tamworth

`trolley replay. Hull City were having a more difficult time against

Chelsea in the Premier League. If it wasn't for Allan McGregor,

this could have been far worse. Time and again, Scotland's number one

came to the rescue with a number of fine saves from excellent Chelsea

play. In the end, he was blameless for the Chelsea goals. The first was

a splendid effort from Eden Hazard. The second near the end was struck

by Fernando Torres. The season will not be defined by games against

Chelsea. But over the last couple of months, especially against the big

boys, we have kept the ball better and played better as a team. Today,

first`half was OK, second`half, we will know will near posing a threat.

One of the special goals of the weekend came from Scunthorpe

United's Paul Hayes. Sign for a third spell, he kept United top of

League Two with the second. Some goal that, from Paul Hayes. Back to

the FA Trophy quarterfinals. They will be played on the 1st of

February, which could have an impact on the gate here. Just down the road

on the same day at the same time, Hull City will be playing Tottenham

Hotspur. Well done to them.

It Lincolnshire cricketer was one of the top performers as England's

woman won the Ashes. She scored a total of 103 in the victory.

Fantastic news. It has taken him four years and he's

covered thousands of miles in that time. Andrew Dowd has visited every

one of the 2,548 railway stations in Britain and he says Gainsborough's

central station is the worst one he visited. I've been talking to Andrew

about his visits and asked him what was wrong with Gainsborough.

Quite a lot of things, actually. It is inaccessible and could not give

your Friday. It was locked up. Only open on Saturday. It looked very

weedy, full of weeds and very unloved. That is not good news, is

it? What needs to be done to Gainsborough station, then? Better

services, maybe one in the morning and in the evening rather than all

on a Saturday. Bit of tell `` a bit of TLC as well. You are an expert.

What makes a good station? It would have to be staff, services, access

ability. For me personally, and is coughing on the platform. You're

going to the train station to train, not a coffee. You do look barrel

haven, don't you? Yes, I do. I am a big fan of not just visiting

stations, but exploring Britain. When you go a few metres away from

the station platform at Barrow Haven, it has the River Humber and

Humber Bridge in the background. You have all this information in your

bedroom. I do. It is on my computer ready for when they could be

published or make a book. You never know. I would love to read it. Very

good to have gone the programme. Thank you very much indeed. It has

been a pleasure. Andrew has been to every single railway station in the

country. Another study might want to comment

on. Is Andrew being unkind to Gainsborough station? He thinks it

is the worst in the country. Which would you vote as the best or worst

railway stations in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire? The contact details

are on screen. Look forward to hearing from you on the subject of

railway stations. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. Local councils which back fracking

are promised more money despite concerns from green groups.

David Cameron visits Lincolnshire to give his support to the exploration

for shale gas. People can already see that this is a safe and

successful industry, employing local people. The Prime Minister talking

on the programme. Tomorrow's weather: Patchy fog

clearing then dry and bright with sunny spells, although cloud will

increase later with rain spreading east in the evening and overnight.

clearing Maximum temperature, five Celsius.

A big response on the subject of fracking. Philip on Twitter says,

where else will we get gas from when the North Sea is out? I would rather

be energy independent and dependent on Russia. Paul says we need things

like this in the area. We need the jobs. Barry says

fracking is part of the future. Would the naysayers Professor Cole

mile or nuclear power station? Fracking is safe and I know what I

would prefer. This is small`minded and India is small`minded and

India's, get real. `` this is small mindedness.

David Cameron knows it is dangerous but all he sees as profit for he and

his mates, not the local economy. Lots of messages on this subject.

his mates, not the local economy. Lots of messages on We will have

more tomorrow lunchtime. Join me if you can the radio from midday.