05/06/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

That is all from us this evening. There is a first look at the

Tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of D`Day, when `llied

Today, veterans have been t`king part in commemorations in France,

and the Red Arrows performed for thousands in Portsmouth.

The men who fought on D`Day set up groups to rdmember

their colleagues, and there are hundreds across the world.

The very first was in Grimsby, but they are now laying

Four men, each of whom played their part in D`Day.

Each with a different role. But bound together by the mdmories

and comradeship they share. It was chaos on the beach btt

everyone knew what they had to do. You knew that this was the vital

landing. and comradeship they share.

Grimsby and Cleethorpes forled the very first bran of the Normandy

veterans association. It was set up in 1981.

Within two years there were more than 120 branches in the UK

and abroad. Three in New York. A German was

fighting us in Germany and he said he wanted to join the Normandy

veterans. We thought, he might as well.

and abroad. Over the years they've shardd

their D`Day stories. Alf Duncan was just 17

and had been serving on the risky Arctic convoys, only to facd new

dangers off the French coast. There was one time when we had a

wire around our screw. The Germans were attacking us. There were

thousands lay dead. The French combo local people were so pleased to see

us. We felt proud of them. dangers off the French coast.

On Sunday will lay up their standard, marking the official

end of their association. It is upsetting when we think we

were together all those years. The association is depleting now. We

were a band of brothers and all in that boat together at Normandy and

that is what holds us together. 93`year`old Henry Draper ending

that report by Jo Makel. The Ministry

of Defence have announced that the soldier killed at an army b`se in

Cumbria was originally from Hull. It's understood Sergeant Mark Foley

died when a vehicle rolled over Tests are being carried out at two

former landfill sites in Lincoln to The work on the Skewbridge

and Swanpool waste sites is part of a wider ?250 million project to

provide thousands of new holes. A senior judge

in Hull has been forced to hntroduce special measures in the citx's court

in response to a boycott of An increasing number of defdndants

have no solicitor to represdnt them, Since April a catalogue

of cases here at Hull Crown Court have been delayed or disrupted

because defendants have been left What this is designed to delonstrate

is what life will be like in the criminal justice system if the

government gets its way with these particular proposals.

for barristers. The boycott has forced Hull's senior

Judge Jeremy Richardson QC to issue unprecedented guidance

on how courts should proceed, a first indication that it's

causing significant problems for the criminal justice system

In a statement the Ministry of Justice

unprecedented financial challenge we had no choice but to signifhcantly

These cuts are unsustainabld. They have been told to take a cut. The

criminal justice system is hn chaos because the government doesn't

recognise the issues. The annual legal aid bill is into the

billions. Aren't you fighting for lawyers and barristers? It hs an

efficient system. They have offered some ideas of making efficidncy

savings. It has been completely ignored. The profit margins are very

low already. The CPS says there is increased numbers in the city to be

adjourned. It is not my forler profession and colleagues c`ll it ``

causing the problem. The government's statement said

solicitors are working on thght profit margins already. These cuts

are completely unsustainabld. It is about noise and barristers not

wanting to have money cuts to them. This is costing more money hn the

long run as a result of the government simply not listening

What of solicitors charge ldss money? More people would be able to

use them anyway. The profit margins are 7%. The government are dxpecting

solicitors to take double that and it is unsustainable. This is a good

example. This is what will happen. Now for the weather forecast.

It is a settled date tomorrow. Towards the end of the night, there

could be the odd isolated Mr patch. Temperatures will slip back into

single figures. We have high`level cloud moving in before it thins in

the afternoon. It will feel warm and temperatures will lift to 20

degrees. The risk of some hdavy downpours and a warm day to come on

Saturday. That is it from us this evening. We are back tomorrow

morning in breakfast News from 6:25am. Good night.

high as 24 degrees. Looking forward to the weekend, thundery showers. As

you will have seen, I cannot promise you sunshine and blue skies, but I

can promise warm. Warmer conditions will be growing up. The heat at the

moment is across parts of Spain and south-west France. You can see the

orange colour is