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North. The headlines tonight: The lunch police checking children's

pack`ups for banned food. Hull helps to solve a recruhtment

National Powerboat Championships say it may head up the coast next year.

On strike ` the construction workers walking out over the state of their

toilets. The ?1 million fundraising campaign

for guide dogs which has taken nearly 50 years.

A school in Hull has tonight changed a controversial policy on p`cked

Academy gave 11`year`olds jobs as packed lunch police to check

other pupils' lunches for chocolate, crisps and sausage rolls. M`ny

parents say it is up to thel what goes in the lunchbox. After we

contacted the school today, they changed the policy and said the

responsibility for checking pack`ups would now pass to teachers. Phillip

The morning ritual of packing lunches for Rachel's two chhldren.

A child's lunchbox, inside the sausage roll, chocolate and crisps

that will get a warning from the packed lunch policd,

a school imposed police force of Year 6 pupils that sends

warnings home to fellow students parents for unhealthy food.

for their dinner. It is the parents' decision.

It is ridiculous. It is not down to staff or children what the kids eat

Rachel says her children have been returning home hungry,

afraid to eat items which could land them in trouble

I would rather pack them up with something than worry it's something

At the school today, many parents were unhappy.

It is disgusting where they can get ten`year`olds other children's bags.

I did not know who is polichng the ten`year`olds. My children, if they

see the police coming round, they hide the food so they do not get

into trouble. It is wrong, putting them in a predicament that they do

not need to be in. It can c`use arguments, as well.

The issue of healthy school meals was first highlighted by

Jamie Oliver in 2005 when hd managed to remove now infamous

Another high`profile incident saw parents feeding children fish

and chips and burgers through a school fence in Rotherham as they

And it's not the first time Hall Road Academy has hit the he`dlines.

At the height of Euro 2012, the school banned football

The statement says there has been a huge abbreviation `` radiathon

``variation and the types of food brought in for school lunchds and

the policy domains but will no longer be policed by pupils.

Jo Nicholas is from the Children's Food Trust, a charity which offers

advice and training to help kids have a balanced diet. I started by

asking her what she made of lunch boxes being checked.

I think it is up to every individual school to decide what is best for

the pupils and for themselvds. It needs to be done with full `nd

proper consultation with parents. Parents have told us that they

should choose what goes at ` lunch box. Should the school suspdct that?

I think it is all about givhng consistent messages. In the canteen

at lunch time pupils cannot have things like confectionery and salty

snacks like crisps and sugary drinks. A classy children are taught

about healthy eating and it is important for those consistdnt

messages. What do you say to parents who regularly put crests and sausage

rolls and chocolates in the lunchbox of her son or daughter? We would

encourage parents to follow the packed lunch policies of schools

where they are in place. I would not say a child should have those in the

lunchbox. Who should dictate what's in a

packed lunch? Do parents know best Armed police officers have

surrounded a house in Hull. The emergency services were

called to Beverley Road at just before five

o'clock this afternoon. Humberside Police have confirmed that they are

currently dealing with an incident A pilot scheme to give school pupils

a flu vaccination is being tried out in Lincolnshire.

Nurses are visiting all secondary schools to give the vaccine, which

is sprayed up the nose rathdr than by injection. It's hoped thd scheme

will eventually be introducdd Demolition work has begun at a

former hotel in Hull. Hull City Council says The New York Hotel

which is opposite the railw`y station had become unsafe. Ht's

hoped the area will be redeveloped The Government is to give an extra

?2 million to help improve rail services between Lincoln and

Nottingham. The additional funding will be used to run faster lore

frequent trains. The changes are expected to be made by May next

year. The main one

for us is that there is a ndw It will be leaving Lincoln puite

early in the morning but arriving Whether that's connectivity to other

trains, or for people who pdrhaps need to get to work early in

Nottingham, or for appointmdnts over that way if they are in bushness

meeting clients in Nottingh`m. That's all to the good

for businesses and those th`t live, It's claimed Britain is at risk of

being left with a "one shot" Army that could never fight in more than

one country. The Government wants to double the number of reservhsts

while dramatically reducing the regular Army. But with recrtitment

much slower than expected the army performed a stunt in the centre of

Hull to try to enlist more part timers, who start their service on

?36 pounds a day. Crispin Rolfe A PR stunt being abseiled

into the heart of Hull. The army in urgent need

of reservists, part`time soldiers who'll fhll

the gap left by government cuts They'll see 102,000 regular soldiers

are being reduced to 82,000 by 020, with an aim

of then increasing reserves But is today's recruitment drive

an admission that the army hs Overall, the reserves incre`sed by

2% last year. We have stoppdd the decline we were experiencing in

previous years and a five`ydar programme, we are investing in it

and confident to make the ntmbers. That confidence isn't shared by

auditors, which is why the `rmy s come to Hull, traditionally one

of its strongest recruitment areas. Steve Andrew is about to go

for his first week's training. Looking forward to that and seeing

where it takes me. Are you disappointed it is not full`time?

But it could lead to a full`time job Young people

could get great skills and they have The Army's been welcomed here

by Hull City Council. But with no full`time jobs on offer,

will people be signing up? No, because there are coursds out

there like team`building. I was interested in a chef, different

opportunity. This is what reservists

could be signing up for. them is the government's nedd to

create a new cost effective Army by So opportunities

for Hull are there but underlying We need to reserve this bec`use of

the ad very economical in kdeping spare capacity in peacetime and

offer a real opportunity for the young men and women who join them.

Is the marketing and recruitment pool? ``poor? This is exactly the

sort of thing we can sure pdople how exciting it is to be to be `

reservist. A former colonel said the move to reserve this is

short`sighted and another one said it is like moving from comprehensive

insurance to third`party insurance and we wonder if it is army on the

cheap question the Mac? ``Army on the cheap? No, in both world war as

the reserve has played a crtcial role. Joining the reserves offers

huge opportunities to acquire new skills and for leadership and, chip

and so on and 70 decorations for gallantry which members of the

reserve forces have one in Hraq and Afghanistan has shown just how good

they can be. ``have won. Yot may be interested in contacting us about

this. construction workers walking out

over the condition of their conveniences.

Nearly 50 years in the making ` the David Marsden took this looking

towards Bridlington from Sewerby. It does not look too bad for the

start of the tool bar. Septdmber was the driest on record. ``for October.

Thursday will be dry with some sunshine but there could be missed

and fog in the morning. ``mhst and fog.

The sun rises in the morning just after seven o'clock and the high

water in Hull is at half past 1 in the morning. There will be some

sunny spells and the risk of 12 showers. ``one or two showers.

Thursday will offer a taste of autumn and Friday looks find but

then autumn really arrives overnight and it will be unstable over the

weekend. One lady has asked you to stop putting your hand in your

trouser pocket. See you tomorrow. Trading Standards officers hn

Lincolnshire have raided shops and seized hundreds of packets of what

are described as legal highs. Scientists at the Universitx of

Lincoln are currently testing the powders to check if they contain any

illegal substances. Many sililar drugs were made illegal by the

government in 2010, and expdrts say manufacturers are making tiny

changes to the drugs to get round This is one

of 1100 packets seized by Trading Standards in Lincolnshire

recently. Sold legally in shops

on the high street, now scientists are analysing them to

find out exactly what they contain. We have powders and pills

and then herbal products. The powders and the pills txpically

are stimulants and they are designed The herbal products,

tend to be cannabinoids, Known as new psychoactive

substances, legal highs are designed to have the same effect

as illegal drugs but they h`ve been changed ever so slightly

at a molecular level so thex are However, the most recent figures

show the number of deaths lhnked to legal highs in the UK rose

from 10 in 2009, to 68 in 2012. The concern is these

substances are not regulated. Manufactured in premises

which have got no quality control, no safety precautions in pl`ce

and no`one knows what the short or long term effects of these products

are going to be on the user. The owner of one

of the places recently raiddd says she only buys from suppliers she

trusts and never sells to children. She worries targeting shops

like hers will force the sale of legal highs underground,

making them even harder to control. The problem is a lot

of this stuff is now being sold for easy money under the cotnter

by people who are not displ`ying it, by houses that I know of

in Boston that are just litdrally Trading Standards said it whll

continue to strictly monitor legal highs and if harmful substances are

found in seized packets, Organisers of the National Powerboat

Championships in Hull say it's possible it won't be held in the

city next year. P1 Superstock says Hull City Council has never helped

with funding and the event's become to costly to run without support.

The Council says it's liaishng with organisers and no decisions have

been made. Tolu Adeoye reports. These were the crowds in Hull to

watch the national powerboat Championships earlier this xear It

was the fourth and possibly last Organisers, Powerboat P1 sax it

costs around ?75,000 to stage. Much of the money gods

towards ` security, signage, road closures and street cleaning. It

says Hull City Council has never helped with funding and wants it to

meet 50% of the costs. We would really like to continue to

build a relationship with Htll. It is time that the council cale to the

party and shared some of thhs with local business.

Hull Speed Ahead was paid for by local businesses and races `t the

event. Pilot Dave says it would be a massive loss if the race dodsn't

It is not just financial, it is about the heritage of the Rhver

Humber and it is a great spdctacle and it is free. Officials from the

council said they did not think it was appropriate to talk abott this

at this time and in a statelent they said that no decisions had been

made. A little further up the coast ` and

Scarborough is one of the other venues being considered to host the

event in Hull's place. A final result of yesterday's referdndum,

which asked people living in the East Riding if they wanted Hull to

have more control of their `ffairs. More than 96% of those who voted

said they didn't want Hull to extend its boundaries to take in places

like Hedon, Hessle and Cotthngham. Mark from Hull says "They don't

complain when they come across and use our shops and the things we

provide like the new theatrd so I think it comes down to snobbery "

Patricia in Cottingham disagrees. are East Riding and would lhke to

keep some green spaces, not because we are snobs but because we do not

want to live in a concrete jungle. Mike in Beverley says "Hull clearly

struggle managing a small chty with current funding. So they wotldn t be

able to cope with a larger city and The FA has confirmed its decision to

reject Hull City's name change is being looked at again. The proposal

to change the club's name to Hull Tigers was rejected by the FA

council in April. A final ddcision There's a full round of non`league

Conference matches tonight. Grimsby Town take on Southport. You can hear

that game on BBC Radio Humbdrside. And BBC

Radio Lincolnshire have Lincoln City's match with Gateshead. That

programme starts at 7.45. The Lincoln branch of the Gtide Dogs

charity hope to topple ?1 mhllion of money`raising during Nation`l Guide

Dog Week. It's enough to fully train 20 dogs for their entire working

life, but they won't be popping the Champagne just yet because they re

still ?15,000 short and to get this far has taken 47 years. Simon Spark

has been finding out more. You are relying on everybodx else

and family and friends and xou feel you are putting on people all the

time. Catherine is the mothdr of two grown`up children, an accountant,

and registered blind. With her third guide dog to help she is hardly ever

in her house. This has turndd me around from being a hermit to

someone who is happy to go `nd speak to somebody in a school or ` club

and tell them about what it is like to have a visual impairment and that

you can have a fulfilling lhfe. This is a big dog with a big strhde.

Hopefully a milestone is just around the corner as this weekend Catherine

will be raising money for the start of National Guide Dogs Week. They

are hoping to achieve the mhllion pound mark, which will have taken 47

years. We do not do the ice bucket challenge and it has taken ` long

time to achieve this which hs why it is something that we are very proud

of. power station staged an unofficial

strike this morning ` over the conditions of the toilets. Lembers

of Unite and the GMB union walked out, claiming facilities on site

were not fit for purpose ` `nd were causing workers to become unwell.

Kate Sweeting reports. These construction workers should be

building a new power station at Ferrybridge.

Instead they're on strike ` but not over pay.

The reason, they say, is thd state some time ` but is now so b`d

workers said they had to walk out. I would not put my dog in there

There have been a few lads going home with tummy upsets and bugs

When you need to go to the toilet and you don't have time to balance

the members. By the time we balloted the members, you can imagind what

would have happened. The contractor says it's aw`re of

the problem and is hoping to resolve bring in new toilets and improve

hygeine. They'll return to work tomorrow, when it's hoped bding

caught short will no longer be a Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. The Home Secretary says a future Conservative

government would impose tighter restrictions on people with

extremist views. A school in Hull changes its

controversial policy on packed lunches that led furious parents to

start a petition. Tomorrow's weather: Rather cloudy

with some sunny spells and ` risk of a few scattered showers although

many places will stay dry. Laximum temperature 18 Centigrade (64

Farenheit). James asks what gives a school right

to ask parents what they should put in packed lunches. Shirley says she

would rather give her child something she knew they would eat

rather than have them be hungry all day. Another lady says that parents

who put unhealthy stuff and a packed lunch might need educating

themselves while Simon says that the duty of the school is to edtcate and

not dictate. This spine into mansion boxes is wrong and should bd

stopped. Join me if you can later on.

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