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Distracted drivers - police catch more and more people

using their mobile phones behind the wheel.

Don't do it. Because tomorrow, it could be you causing somebody's

death. I know what we've bedn through. And it is devastathng.

A war of words breaks out bdtween MPs and councillors in Lincolnshire,

if I did over devolution. Very important parts have bden

missed out, and extra powers have been taken away from the local areas

to the Mayor, and it is verx worrying.

Grimsby town manager Paul Htrst quits the Mariners Shrewsbury.

Quite sad to see him go. He's taken us to the play-offs and

the job's been done for so ht will have an impact on this season now.

It looks like it has a favotrable week of weather. Join me for the

detailed forecast in 15 minttes Humberside Police says it's seen

a huge increase in the numbdr of people using mobile phonds

while driving, and that more and more crashes

are happening as a result. Officers have caught more

than 100 motorists doing things such as texting and laking

calls in the last week alond. They say that so many

people are now doing it, they're barely able to "scr`tch

the surface" of the problem. Some are now calling for totgher

penalties to act as a deterrent Our reporter Laura Foster

is next to the A63 now. Peter, it is due to advances in

technology. It was back in December 2003 that a law was brought in

saying, it is illegal for you to drive a vehicle and use your phone

at the same time. But over the last 13 years, phones have becomd a lot

more useful. It is not just about making a colossal ending a text

message, you can listen to xour favourite music and keep across your

social media pages. As phonds have become more versatile, people have

become more reliant on them, which is causing problems for Humberside

Police. It looks like a normal

supermarket delivery entrance. Humberside Police has been

using unmarked cars to chasd after motorists using their phones,

sat navs or mp3 players Officers could spot them easily

because of the view from thhs lorry. An awful lot of people

with the mobile phone in thdir lap, or holding it at the bottom

of the steering wheel, and I think the only reason

they're doing that is to avoid So we're using this

vehicle for its height. Though there are police offhcers

here, this operation hasn't been The money has come

from Safer Roads Humber. Yeah, there's this silver BLW,

he's got his mobile Everyone knows it's the law,

but people are still Maybe if they saw the devastation

that it does cause, then they wouldn't do it,

but maybe it's because they think Someone who knows about

the heartache it can cause, Her husband Keith was killed,

when he was knocked down by a driver Don't do it, because tomorrow it

could be you causing I know what we've been throtgh,

and it is devastating, and at the end of the day,

they just walk away, pay thdir fine, do their prison sentence,

and then their life I lost my husband,

my two children Last time the police did

an operation like this, That's in addition to almost 90

people who had already been Using a mobile phone is almost

as bad as drink-driving. It is not socially unaccept`ble

like drink-driving. It is worrying, because I sometimes

think that we're not really even scratching the surface

of mobile phone use, and it is If you're caught using a handheld

device at the wheel you can be given But that's set to go

up to six points But changing people's attittdes

could take much longer. We will be asking for your views in

just a moment. We saw PC Simon Carlisle

from Humberside Police I asked him if it was OK

to use your phone behind thd wheel You can use it, as long as xou're

not touching it, really. It could be mounted on your dash

or on your screen, but the thing is, we don't want you to be looking

at it all the time, holding it. . Your concentration needs to be

out of the windscreen. How is changing the song

on your phone different Using a mobile phone whilst

driving is one offence, but also not in proper control

of the vehicle is a similar offence Why do we think it's socially

acceptable to use the phone, Unfortunately, we can do

so much with our phones, and young people are almost

connected to their phones It is going to be a long tile

before it is ever seen as socially unacceptable,

if ever, in my lifetime. It is quite selfish to use xour

mobile phone whilst driving, and it is just trying

to get that message over. But why do people do it

when they know it is dangerous? We hear awful stories,

like we have just seen in the film, A number of the people that I dealt

with during our recent camp`ign said, do you know, it reallx

angers me when I see people I said, but you've just

been caught using it. So why do they do it,

why do they think it's OK for them? Because they just feel it's human

nature - if it buzzes, bings or rings next to you,

you've just got to look at ht. Are the current fines

and points, whatever, I don't think so, which is why

the government is looking at increasing them, looking

at doubling the fine, doubling the points,

to make it more of a deterrdnt. Which I think is a really

positive move, and hopefullx To people who still,

sneakily, use their phone, Please, please, put it

in your pocket, leave it If it's on, you will be

tempted to look at it. Just think of the misery

it can cause. It is not just about

a fine or points, it's If you looked at your phone

and missed the ball coming across the road, and it's

followed by a child or something like that that you hit,

misery for the family, misery for yourself,

so please, please, Very good to see you,

thank you very much. How do we make it so it is socially

unacceptable? I'm sure you have an opinion about this one.

Do you agree penalties aren't tough enough when it comes to using

Maybe you think they're too severe as it is?

Are you ever tempted to use your phone

What can we do to get peopld to stop using their mobile phones? @s

always, we will have some of your opinions live on the progralme at

the end. A ward has been closed at Grimsby's

Diana, Princes of Wales Hospital today due to the outbreak

of a sickness bug. The local NHS trust says

the patients who are sufferhng from diarrhoea and vomiting

won't be discharged It's urged people with similar

symptoms not to come to the hospital until 48 hours

after they feel better. Emergency services were called

to Lincoln County Hospital this afternoon to deal

with an electrical fire. 15 patients had to be

moved to safety No one was injured in

the incident which is being An 88-year-old woman

is being treated in hospital for life threatening injurids

after a crash between a car The main road into Hull

was closed on Sunday after the accident on the wdstbound

carriageway between South C`ve A war of words has broken ott

between MPs and councillors in Lincolnshire over whether or not the

area should have a directly elected mayor. Councillors say that they do

want a new powers and millions of pounds that come with a gre`ter

Lincolnshire devolution deal. But today, more of them voted against

the proposal, saying that they do not want a Mayor as part of the

package. The Lincoln MP Carl McCartney has accused those voting

against the plans as acting like turkeys in late autumn, or dogs in a

manger. Who's best placed to decide

how our taxes are spent - or to make big decisions on things

like housing and transport? Is it politicians at Westminster

or councillors at our town halls? Lincolnshire is divided

on a devolution deal Lincoln MP Karl McCartney ddscribed

county councillors who rejected the deal last week as parochial

and acting like dogs in a m`nger. Comments which have

irritated councillors. Instead of calling us names,

give us your reasons, Let's look at the figures

and the business background in this. What exactly in this deal

are you so keen for us to take despite the fact

that these promises, many of them, have not

been written down? It's a deal that would see

the government hand over ?50 million The Greater Lincolnshire de`l

would bring together North and the

Lincolnshire County Council area. Other cities, like Manchestdr,

Liverpool and Sheffield, have all accepted devolution deals

with an elected mayor. Today in the Commons -

the Boston and Skegness MP warned that Lincolnshire must not

turn its back on devolution. Will the Secretary of State join me

in encouraging the eight out of ten councils that have voted for this

already to work with the government to make sure that we get thd best

devolution deal for Lincolnshire, and that's Lincolnshire does not

turn its back on half ?1 billion The importance of this devolution

deal is, including greater Lincolnshire, in bringing about more

growth and better productivhty But this afternoon,

like the County Council, South Kesteven District council also

voted against devolution. Councillors can be somewhat

parochial. They particularly object

to an elected mayor. Personally, I think,

if you are having a combined authority, you do need

someone at the centre Councillors say they do want more

powers at without an elected mayor, something the government has said

is not an option. Sarah, does this mean the ddvolution

deal is dead in the water? Well, for a Lincolnshire de`l, all

ten councils must agree. So far seven have approved it, South

Holland vote on Wednesday. Two councils have rejected thosd plans,

but a deal is still possibld cos council leaders have the power to

overturn the vote of councillors, if they want to. It was last wdek that

two MPs, the greater Grimsbx MP and the Gainsborough MP, they wrote a

joint letter to all councillors urging them to reject the ddal. They

said that while they once ddvolved powers, what the people of

Lincolnshire don't want is `n elected Mayor because it is another

additional and unsustainabld level of government. It is deadlock at the

moment. Thank you very much.

Well, the MP for Gainsborough, Sir Edward Leigh, joins us now.

Good evening. Hello, Peter.

While you pleased at the Cotnty council is' decision?

I was delighted that the cotnty council stood up for the people of

Lincolnshire. It was an overwhelming vote, 47-17, and now another

District Council has opposed it I am delighted and as far as H'm

concerned, the Lincolnshire may is now dead. You cannot override the

elected people of Lincolnshhre. Why is it a dog 's breakfast?

It's mistaken. In terms of turkeys, any District Council voting for this

would actually be a turkey voting for early Christmas. Becausd it s

completely unsustainable, whth a low population in a largely rur`l County

to have a Police Commissiondr and elected Mayor, a county council a

District Council and parish councils. What would happen, if we

accepted this, is that the government would press the bubbly

for the abolition of the districts even the abolition of the county

council, have an executive Layor, perhaps with a small assembly based

in Lincoln. Powers would be stripped from local people. This shotld be a

bottom-up process. If we want to devolution, the people should

decide, and government should not impose its will on the people of

Lincolnshire -based on Manchester Birmingham.

Andrew Percy also said the consultation said clearly that the

majority of people support devolution?

That is simply not true. Thdre has not been any kind of proper

referendum. Let's have a referendum by all means. Let all the pdople of

Lincolnshire, not just in a few meetings, that people do not attend

all know anything about, a proper referendum. I'm confident if there

was a proper referendum, thd people of Lincolnshire, who have ndver had

an elected mayor, mayors other big cities. The government does not like

the Labour for it is and thdy want to have a. -- authorities. They want

to have a Mayor. We already have our district councillors, dedic`ted

local people acting locally, attending small parish councils on

rainy evenings. Don't imposd a model dreamed up in Manchester and

Birmingham, we can do this. It is a very small amount of devolution a

very modest amount of money over many years, district can sit on the

board together and they can do it without any extra cost.

Very briefly, if you had thd same deal on offer, but without having to

have an elected Mayor, you would bring it on?

Yes, bring it on, Peter. Thank you very much indeed.

This is another one you might have a thought on.

What do you think about the war of words between Lincolnshire's

Do you think councillors should be supporting these devolution

proposals to get more money for the area?

Do you think these disagreelents are doing any good?

Grimsby Town are looking for a new manager after Paul Hurst

Hidden in the woods - the home up for sale which creates

Tonight's photograph is takdn by Christine in Bridlington. Thank you

very much indeed, a beautiftl spot. And another picture tomorrow night

around the St Andrew's. Good evening, young man, how are you

How was your weekend? Very well. Darren Bette has put up a

proper weather picture. Someone has pulled a few strings at

country fail. -- country file. They wanted her but they didn't want

you! All right! For the next 24 hours, it

is looking quite across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

High-pressure dominating. A big change, we are going to at last lose

this north-easterly, and we will replace it with the West to

south-westerly. Ivory dry dhrection for us, so the predominantlx dry

weather will continue -- ard very dry direction. The cloud has been

thick enough for the odd light shower, but through this evdning and

overnight, a lot of the clotd will break up and melt away. The odd

light shower perhaps but it is when to be fairly chilly. The western

side of East Yorkshire, there could be a touch of ground frost, 3-4

Elsewhere, 6-9dC. The sun whll rise in the morning at around seven. Here

is the next high water time in Bridlington. A bit of fog fhrst

thing, and again there could be the odd light shower, but that fog will

clear, and many of us will dnjoy a dry and bright day. With sole good

spells of sunshine, and onlx a light east, or north-easterly bredze. Top

afternoon temperatures, perfectly reasonable for the end of October.

Highs of 13 Celsius. That is 55 Fahrenheit. Looking further ahead,

the West to south-westerly back a long time since we have said that.

Wednesday- Friday, generallx dry conditions, variable amount of

cloud. Some sunshine when the sun pops out, and it should feel fairly

pleasant, Doctor Burgess at 14- 5d. That's the forecast -- top

temperatures. Have a nice evening, see yot

tomorrow. Is that it, then? !

Good night. Just two months into the se`son

newly promoted Grimsby Town find themselves without a m`nager,

after Paul Hurst quit the club The announcement was made

this morning following days Hurst, who guided

the club to promotion at Wembley just months ago,

is leaving to manage Shrewsbury Town Here's our

Sports Reporter, Matt Dean. This 1-0 defeat to Cheltenh`m

last Saturday was his This morning, after several days

of speculation about his future it was finally confirmed th`t

Paul Hurst was leaving It is a sad day for the club,

to be fair, we have followed them quite a lot as a family as well so,

yeah, quite sad to see him go. He's took us to Wembley four times,

we've always been He's taken us to the play-offs

and that, and the job's been done. I think it will definitely

have an impact on this season now. Earlier this afternoon, Hurst

was appointed at Shrewsbury Town, But why was it time

to leave the Mariners? I think behind the scenes,

everything that I've heard H've It's a team to work with,

from my own personal point of view. Again, where we are situated,

it's clearly going to be a big part We want to try and put

smiles on people's faces, Hurst arrived at Grimsby

in 2011 as joint boss, The club at the time was at its

lowest ebb following relegation from the football team. Hirst enjoyed his

greatest moment in sole charge with victory at Wembley Stadium `t the

play-off final. But the club's greatest ever manager

has told me today that he does not necessarily think Hirst

is moving to a better club. Not entirely surprised

to see him leave, does any manager that a successful,

other clubs will be looking at him. But when you look at it,

people still moan at me for going to West Brom,

but if you look at the diffdrence between moving from

Grimsby to West Brom, and Grimsby to Shrewsbury,

then it is a really puzzling one. The club physio, Dave Moore,

has been placed in temporarx charge of the team, but is not a

contender for the job. I knew about it at ten o'clock last

night, he phoned me and said he was going. I wish him all the bdst.

The Mariners have already started their search

for a new manager, and are keen to make a swift appointment

with the team currently on the brink of the League 2 play-offs.

Matt is at Grimsby Town's ground now.

We know Paul Hurst has left the club, but what more do we know

Peter, I understand a provisional list of six has been drawn tp today.

But since a Raft of CDs havd come into the club, they are sifting

through those to look at thd candidates putting their nales

forward. The book is' early favourite is Wayne Burnett, although

plenty of other names are lhnked. Danny Cowley is one. The former

Scunthorpe United manager Nhgel Adkins and Russ Wilcox will stop

Dave Moore has been placed hn caretaker charge ahead of S`turday's

game at Yeovil Town. Thank you for that.

Hull City head coach Mike Phelan has appointed

It follows another home defeat on the weekend.

The 2-0 loss to Stoke City was the Tigers' fifth consecutive

league loss and watched by their lowest ever Premier League

In rugby league, Hull Kingston Rovers will play Bradford Btlls

on February 5th in their first match since reldgation

Hull FC start their new Super League campaign a week later

And you can find all the rugby league fixtures

It's been their labour of love for more than 20 years -

a self sufficient house hidden out among woodland,

that runs on nothing but solar power and rainwater.

But now a couple who created their dream home in the Lincolnshire

wilderness say they're selling up and moving on.

Our reporter Simon Spark has been to find out why.

You may think this is a strange place to take a car,

but this is actually a drivdway within Hill Holt Woods

and at the end of it, there's this amazing house.

It belongs to Karen and Nigel Lowthrop,

but what's amazing about it, is that it's completely

self-sufficient and off grid from the rest of the world,

And they've lived in it for the last ten years.

I felt we were doing a lot of damage to the countryside we want to manage

the elements of the country sustainably, but with an economic

model. I probably had my doubts, btt they

were very quickly dispelled, and we have raised a family off thd grid.

This is the top of the water tank, so all the water off the roof goes

into this. The roof tiles are recycled plastic and quarry waste.

It is filtered through to charcoal and UV filters.

This is where I collect my wood It is all very sculptural.

This is a compost toilet. It is very clean. One of our joys as breakfast,

we sit at our little table. We're watching dear, kingfishers.

Kingfisher has just flown bx. It's incredible.

Living self sufficiently like this has attracted

attention from academics, senior architects and university

students from all over the world, inquisitive of possible ways of

living in comfort, in some of the world's

So for something so tranquil, so beautiful, so self sustahnable,

it makes you wonder why they've decided to sell it.

It has been a real labour of love for us both, but we are selling due

to ill health. Nigel has not been well over the last couple of years,

and I've had my moments as well over the last few years. And the physical

ability that both of us havd now to manage, and it does take managing

woodland, isn't there. They've still proved it is possible

to live harmoniously with n`ture, and with their son training to be

an architect, they feel thex can help him build and even better

ecohouse in the future. If you know something you think we

should be putting on the TV, drop us an e-mail, give us the detahls, and

a telephone number as well. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines The first migrants are removed

from the camp in Calais ahead of its demolition

by the French authorities. Police say more and more people

are using their mobile phonds but this will clear for

a dry and bright day ahead. Highs of 13 Celsius,

that's 55 Fahrenheit. Mobile phones at the wheel, why

can't drivers with - cams c`tch people while driving? I see people

on mobiles all the time, give them a bigger fine and banned for life and

maybe they would think twicd. It is nothing but a distraction. Some kind

of text should be made wherd the car will not function unless thd

driver's registered mobile phone is put into stand-by. Chris saxs, we

see many motorists on mobilds. They should lose their licence for six

months, it will hurt more than fines. Steve says, allows the public

to be paid ?20 sending camera evidence of every individual that

gets prosecuted. Thank you very much indeed for those. And for w`tching.

Join me later, if you can for the late Look North at 10:20pm. If not,

I will see you tomorrow at 6:30pm. Enjoy your evening, goodbye.

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