23/05/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

with boot and ball may be settled by the smallest margins. That is all

from us. Now Good evening, and welcome. The UK

Independence Party is celebrating success in the local elections after

winning eight council seats in our area overnight. In Hull, UKIP won

one seat, beating one of Labour's longest`standing councillors. But

their biggest gains have come in North East Lincolnshire, where the

party won seven seats. Labour remain in overall charge of councils in

Hull and Lincoln, but they've now lost control in North East

Lincolnshire, as Tim Iredale reports.

Hip, hip, hurray! Meet the new kids on the Block. UKIP's success in

these elections has seen the party secure a solid power base in

north`east Lincolnshire. I think today's result is a fantastic

accumulation over the last ten years. We worked for this. We are

now a party...well, the fruitcakes have come home. The results see

Labour drop to 21 seats on North East Lincolnshire Council. The

Conservatives are down to ten seats, with UKIP now boasting eight

councillors on the authority. The Liberal Democrats have three.

UKIP I think will be a temporary phenomenon, which will split, argue

and divide on the council and possibly even in Europe, so the

interesting thing about this election is the fact that the

electorate has said to both main parties, "A plague on both your

houses". For people like me who have long

been Eurosceptics before the word was even invented, it confirms our

views that people are very disconnected from the whole process,

particularly the fact that Europe is seen as a distant organisation going

against what British people and indeed in some cases the British

government want. Last night saw Labour retain control of Hull City

Council. UKIP's share of the vote was more than 25%, but that only

resulted in them winning one seat, from the veteran Labour councillor

David Gemmill, who served on the authority for 26 years. What do you

make of the swing towards UKIP in some areas? There is certainly a

general swing right across the country, and national politicians

ought to take a great deal of note out of it. It tells you that it is

the symptom of something that the public aren't happy with. Labour

also kept control of the City of Lincoln Council after gaining two

seats from the Conservatives. So a mixture of celebration and

commiseration after these local elections. For some, the excitement

was all too much. A Hull Academy's been criticised for

rewarding up to 80 GCSE pupils a year by putting them up in a

four`star hotel, as part of a residential revision weekend. The

Sirius Academy says it's part of a plan to boost the grades of those

who've been attending the extra study sessions. But anti`academy

campaigners say it's a money`wasting gimmick by a school outside of local

authority control, and with better budgets, as Sarah Corker reports.

It's a stressful time of year for thousands of teenagers, and unlike

many schools, the Sirius Academy in Hull put on extra revision sessions.

But here, they go even further, rewarding some of those attending

these classes with a stay at a hotel for a weekend of learning. All the

intense work we've done, in the exam, I just fail it. I get a bit

stressed and tired about all the work you are doing and no reward at

the end. You could do it all from home yourself, couldn't you? No. At

home, I don't think I would have the motivation. The academy runs two of

these residentials every year for around 40 GSCE pupils. Since 2009,

they have used hotels in Hull, Scarborough, York and North

Lincolnshire. The school runs a rewards`based system for students,

so good attendance and hard work is rewarded with things like huge

impasses for lunch, tickets to football matches or special weekend

revision workshops away. Some people say putting kids up in a hotel is a

waste of public money. I disagree because we have had a huge impact in

terms of performance of our children being able to be given that

last`minute revision with the support of qualified members of

staff. In 2009, 29% of pupils achieved five A* to C grades. By

2013, that figure had risen to 65%. But some argue hotel revision trips

are an unnecessary expense. It is almost like a bribe. We have now

these elite schools that have been given extra finance and extra cash,

and that's great for them, but it does nothing for fair and equitable

systems for children elsewhere. Opening at weekends for revision,

and trips away cost around ?5,000 a year, and those here say it has

helped boost grades. A man has been charged with murder

following a shooting in Melton in East Yorkshire on Tuesday night.

38`year`old Jonathan Smith from Doncaster died from gunshot wounds.

54`year`old Peter Guy from Melton will appear before magistrates in

Beverley tomorrow charged with his murder. A 15`year`old boy has been

charged with assault, and a third man has been released on police

bail. A water park where children fell ill

with a bug will stay closed this Bank Holiday Weekend. The site at

East Park in Hull shut after a dozen people were infected by

cryptosperidium last August. Hull City Council is considering the

future of the play area. It's hoped salmon could return to

the rivers of East Yorkshire for the first time in decades. The Barmby

Barrage near Goole is being opened to allow the fish to migrate up the

River Derwent. And as our rural affairs correspondent, Paul Murphy,

reports, it could also provide a boost to the local economy.

You, these are protected to keep water in the River Derwent from salt

water in the river is. Now they being carefully open for just a few

hours every day. `` River Ouse. Since Simon will be able to migrate

from the sea all the way upstream into east and north Yorkshire. ``

salmon. This is being opened on a four hour a day basis to allow these

animals to get up and do what they want to do. Within a short period,

there were salmon spawning in the River Wye. The River Derwent runs

from the North York Moors down through East Yorkshire and into the

River Ouse. It is the largest river system. More than 500 salmon and

1400 sea trout could now entered the river every year, and this will add

more than ?12 million to local economies. The salmon is arguably

the most highly prized and iconic of fish is, and although it could be

several years before its presence is fully felt her on the Derwent, there

is a belief that communities along this river stand to benefit. The

river joint villages are age of East Yorkshire, sometimes overlooked. So

could anglers and tourists soon be spending more time and money here?

It would help the economy because people would need more

accommodation, more places to eat, camping facilities. It could help.

It would have to be really well promoted. In other parts of the

country, is highly prized fish attract quite an audience. In

opening its doors for business, the River Derwent is hoping for similar

success. In Rugby League, Hull FC took on

top`of`the`table team Leeds Rhinos away in the Superleague. The match

ended in defeat for the Black and Whites, though ` the final score

Leeds 20, Hull FC six. Time for a look at the weekend weather.

Good evening. An improvement to the bank holiday weekend, but tomorrow

does not look pleasant at all. It will become largely dry through this

evening. Clear spells at first, but towards the end of the night,

thicker cloud will spread from the south. Temperatures overnight

dropping to around ten or 11 degrees. A lot of cloud tomorrow. It

will produce showers with long spells of rain. They will spread

from the south and could be heavy, thundery and persistent. There could

be wet spells of weather at times tomorrow. It will not be as warm as

today. We should still get to around 15 or 16 degrees. Fewer showers on

Sunday, so more in the way of dry weather, and then increasing amounts

of brightness into Monday. The warmest day of the bank holiday

weekend will see pleasant spells of sunshine, but unsettled for Tuesday.

Thank you. Newsnight is on BBC Two assisting the fallout from the

elections. That is it for me. you over to Peter Gibson and

National forecast. The bank holiday weekend weather is

not looking user-friendly although most places should get one decent

day out of the three and some places will get two. We have low pressure,

and there will be showers around over the next couple of days

particularly. Sunshine breaking through now and again. It will pick

up temperatures. Tonight we have rain. We have had thunderstorms in

northern England. They are moving into Northern Ireland. A lot of dry

weather will stop misty in the north-east. On Saturday, there is a

mass of cloud and rain running around the low pressure. There will

be heavy rain. It will make slow progress