26/06/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

The Transport Secretary has told Look North he's confiddnt

that Lincoln will get more direct rail services to London.

The city has just two direct trains per day to the capit`l.

Of all the passengers arrivhng at Lincoln station, this man h`s more

power than most to improve services in and out of the city. He hs the

Transport Secretary. I think it's important we ilprove

the services that we can for Lincoln, and I'm looking at a number

of areas where I hope to see an improvement for

Lincoln, particularly with next year coming up, the Magna Carta

celebrations. At the

moment, there are just two direct daily services which go frol Lincoln

to London. East Midlands Tr`ins has one which leaves just after 7am The

East Coast service departs shortly afterwards. Both return frol London

in the evening. If passengers don't get

that daily surface, they have to East Coast mainline, which runs

through Retford, Newark, Gr`ntham and Peterborough, potentially adding

more time to their journey. One businessman travels from Newark

instead of Lincoln because of a lack of connections. I have to do that,

because if I come to Lincoln to get We've got such a growing unhversity,

and that's stimulated the economy here in Lincoln. The city is growing

and the county is vibrant. Consequently, we need an enhanced

rail service to service the needs of The good

news is, the Transport Secrdtary's train left Lincoln on time. The bad

news is, like most other London bound travellers, he also h`d to

change at Newark. Tim is in Lincoln now. Why is the

timing of this visit so important? And there have been problems with

trains between Lincoln and Sheffield tonight. A signalling probldm at

Lincoln Central has meant ddlays of Police could get more power to

stop street drinking in North East Lincolnshire, as part of pl`ns to

reduce antisocial behaviour. A public consultation has bden held

into whether Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham should

become "controlled drinking zones". It's

a problem that leads to fear among Currently, there are no restrictions

on drinking in public here, and that?s something

the council wants to change. It affects us in loss of custom

loss of revenue. People just won't come to our store because of these

individuals on the street. You have to be on your guard.

Sometimes, they can be quitd nasty Drinking on the streets oftdn

leads to antisocial behaviotr. Now North East Lincolnshire's

the latest area wanting stronger powers imposing

across the borough to deal with it. The designated public place order

the council is in favour of doesn't ban alcohol in public placsd, but

gives authorities more power. They can confiscate alcohol if

people are behaving anti`socially. If they then refuse to stop drinking

and hand over the alcohol, ht can It's causing a nuisance, annoyance.

This gives the police power to In Grimsby, the move has bedn

welcomed. Definitely agree with it. There are

always beer cans thrown all over. It is a problem that needs

addressing. It doesn't encourage people to come

here. Humberside Police say the

consultation will help them understand the scale of the problem

and how to tackle it. I spoke to Richard Antcliff from

Nottingham City Council, whhch has banned street drinking and now wants

to stop cheap alcohol being sold. I Five officers from Humberside Police

could face criminal charges after a man died in police custody

in Grimsby last year. The death of David Hill, who was 57,

has now been referred to thd An investigation into allegdd abuse

by Jimmy Savile at an East Xorkshire hospital has concluded therd's no

evidence of any wrongdoing. The De La Pole Hospital in Willerby

closed 17 years ago. the outlook, hopefully by Sunday

most of us will be dry. Alex has more detail now.

If you have a barometer wowily have seen the pre low pressure moving in.

There will be some sunny spells tomorrow but more downpours.

There is a greater risk of seeing thunder and lightening. Here is the

low pressure. Most of the showers have been on this wet weather