02/03/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

the evening session still to come. There is more throughout the evening

Good evening. An energy firl says it has no plans to carry out fracking

in parts of East Yorkshire, despite claims by local campaigners. Rathlin

Energy have applied to the Environment Agency to carry out

testing at sites near Beverley and Aldborough, which campaigners

believe are a precursor to fracking. They're calling on the comp`ny to be

more transparent. Here at Walkington in East Xorkshire

the ground has already been prepared for oil and gas exploration.

Canadian`owned Rathlin Energy Limited already have a licence to

search for oil and gas. The company has now applied to the Environment

Agency to carry out what's know n as a "mini fall off test" or

"mini`frack" both here and `t another site in Aldborough. This

sort of test, claims Greenpdace is used to check whether a well is

suitable for fracking. IU scaremongering? It is thdre on

the application in black and white, will you be injecting liquids into

this well? Yes. Then they go on to describe a procedure that is a

precursor to fracking. I wotld love to hear the explanation to this

Fracking involves drilling down into the gas bearing shale rock `nd

injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under high prdssure.

This fractures the rock, releasing shale gas which flows back to ground

level. The process has been blamed for causing small earthquakds and

contaminating water supplies in the USA.

In a statement, the company said that they are not, they say that a

well testing programme is there to... Not shield gas, and no

fracking is involved. `` sh`le gas. But campaigners say they ardn't

satisfied with the companies assurances, and will continte to

oppose its application. One of the country's youngest mayors

is warning that many women can't afford to go into politics. There's

been a fierce debate over how much local councillors should get paid

after members of Lincolnshire County Council voted to increase their

allowances by 23%. I think we need to be careftl that

we don't end up in a situathon where only independently wealthy people or

people who are retired or pdople whose partner's can support them,

are able to go into local Government.

Flood warnings have been issued for parts of Hull tonight ahead of high

tides. Parts of the city centre were flooded during the tidal surge in

December. The Environment Agency says today's warnings, the second

highest level of alert, are precautionary.

Hull City manager Steve Bruce says he accepts Alan Pardew's apology for

head`butting midfielder Davhd Meyler. The incident at the KC

yesterday overshadowed a 4`0 defeat for the Tigers. The Newcastle

manager has been fined ?100,000 by his club and is now facing `n

investigation from the FA. Lis Henderson reports.

An angry flash point in a frantic game. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew

headbutting David Meyler angered when he midfielder shoved p`st him

in an attempt to retrieve the ball. A yellow card for Meyler, more

expensive for Pardew. Sent to the stands and facing a ?100,000 fine

from Newcastle and an investigation from the FA. I didn't mean no

damage, but I didn't my head forward. I was just trying to push

him away really with my head. I shouldn't have done that. I

apologise to everyone. We whll accept the apology. I think it has

been big and brave enough to come out and apologise, which yot would

expect. Everybody can get c`rried away. But not everyone's so

forgiving. There were calls today for Pardew to be sacked or given a

10`match ban. Do it on the street and you would be arrested.

Hopefully, the FA will do something more serious. Hull City's 4`1 defeat

has largely been overshadowdd by the touchline incident. There wdre

chances for the Tigers, but the only goal came from Curtis Davies. In the

end, it was mistakes, like this which gifted Newcastle their third

goal which cost the Tigers dear A game which for many will be best

forgotten all round. Scunthorpe United missed out on the

chance to go top of League Two yesterday after a 2`2 draw `t

Newport County. Second`half goals from Paddy Madden and this from Dave

Syers looked to have given The Iron the win. But a 90th minute dqualiser

meant they had to share the points. Hull FC's Super League game against

Warrington ended in a close defeat. After going down 18`6 at half`time,

the Black and Whites pulled back to leave the final score Warrington

Wolves 18, Hull FC 16. Let's have a look at the we`ther.

The rain continues to spread from the West as we head through the

evening. There will be the odd heavy burst, but it will continue to

clear. With the start to get a clearance from the West, whdre we

have a breeze we will see temperatures dropping to around two

or three Celsius. A touch of frost is possible. They could even be so

mist or fog. It would be agd early start tomorrow, across southern part

of Lincolnshire more cloud `nd rain, but elsewhere variabld cloud,

some sunny spells and temperatures rising to around about seven or

eight Celsius. Tuesday, mord in the way cloud, top temperature of 1

Celsius. `` in the way of cloud We are back at 10:15pm. I hope you

can join me then. will be back.

Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice

warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts of the

country and for tomorrow morning, wrap up warmly, it will be a cheap

upstart right across the country. This is where the rain is right now

from Portsmouth to London across to the north-east and the east of the

country and it will push out into the North Sea. Not all of the rain

will clear away but it will be cold enough for some icy stretches across

parts of Northern Ireland, the Northwest of England, too, but

everywhere