27/10/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The woman cold-called by a cancer charity wanting money in her will -

while she is midway through chemotherapy.

It's disgusting, quite honestly Whoever they are, they should be

struck off, totally. The charity involved has apologised

but there are demands tonight for all cold calling to be lade

illegal. An inquest hears a broken m`rriage

drove a Spalding man to murder his wife and daughter

before he killed himself. Knitted to remember the war dead -

the poppy memorial stolen Really sad, because of what it is. I

really thought people would have respect for what we have done.

And the detailed forecast, looking at the weekend. This follows in 15

minutes. A woman who is having cancer

treatment says she was shocked and disgusted to receive a phone

call from Cancer Research UK asking her to leave money

to them in her WILL. Diane Elliot from Bardney

near Lincoln wants to know how The charity says it was not aware

of Diane's cancer and apologises But charities are under

growing pressure to stop Cold calling has become comlon

practice amongst many charities looking to raise funds

by phoning potential donors. But when cancer patient Diane Elliot

received an unsolicited call last week from the charity

Cancer Research UK - She said, its Cancer Research UK.

Can we talk to you, have yot got time to talk to us about yotr will.

I said, I'm sorry, my Will has got nothing to do with you. My son is a

lawyer and he will start -- sort out my will. She quickly retracted and

put the phone down. You havd been called by Cancer Research UK.

Diane says the charity wanted her to leave it

She's convinced she was deliberately targeted,

I'm convinced there was a ldak somewhere along the line. It upsets

me that somebody could be so uncaring to phone somebody hn the

middle of their treatment. in the past for their

fundraising techniques. Last year 92-year-old

poppy seller Olive Cooke was found dead in Bristol -

friends said she was exhausted by requests for money

from different charities. We are used to giving charities --

giving to charities and fivd shops like these and fundraising dvents.

But it is when people are c`lled in their own homes, something they are

going to far. People feel under pressure to help whether thdy have

got money or not. They feel obliged to give. It is frustrating. It

bothers me less if a charitx called although I would have my dotbts as

to whether it was genuine. H think even charities on the street,

begging without permission, is wrong. They create a bad impression

and should be stopped. Obviously, this case is distressing but it

highlights the point that the telephone should no longer be used

as a means of contacting people in an unsolicited marketing efforts in

the home or on their person`l mobile.

In a statement Cancer Research UK, said...

"We are sorry that Diane Elliot received a fundraising call from us,

while undergoing treatment herself for cancer and apologise

We were not aware of her di`gnosis and would never want anyone to feel

Diane is hoping cancer will soon be in her past.

But she says this experiencd with a charity which claims to help

people in her position - has made her ordeal even worse.

Diane got in touch with us to tell us her story.

I will be asking for your vhews in a moment. It'll people talking.

I put some of the points to Daniel Fluskey from

the Institute of Fundraising - who speaks on behalf of charities.

I asked him if the call to Diane was acceptable behaviour.

It is acceptable that charities can contact their supporters, yds.

So ringing somebody up randomly and asking for money, that's OK

Charities have to follow the rules and regulations

There are rules about how charities can contact peopld.

The key thing is that supporters should have a choice about

Is ringing somebody up, asking for money in their wdll

With the charity had known what that person's situation was,

I'm sure they would not havd made that call and I'm sure they wouldn't

want to put that individual under any distress at all.

So even if this phone call was, as they are saying, coinciddnce

is random numbers dialled, asking for money when

If you are making a call, it should be to somebody

that is supporting the organisation and somebody that has had a choice

to say whether they would like to get a call or not.

Are you saying random calls don't go on?

The organisations, charities which we work with, they wotldn t

just pick random numbers and call them.

It's not good fundraising, it wouldn't be a good

interaction with somebody, it wouldn't be good practicd.

Should there be a complete ban on cold callers?

I don't think there should be a ban on charities calling supporters

Lots of people like hearing from charities and they do give

So I think the key thing is making sure that the people that are happy

can get those calls but people who don't want to receive those

calls get a complete right to say no and objects and not have called

But is it right that somebody gets a call asking for

What do you and the Institute of Fundraising say to her tonight?

Well, I would completely sax it is absolutely not

in the interests of any charity to be upsetting an individu`l

and I'm sorry that somebody has had a distressing phone call.

And as I say, if the charitx had known about the situation I'm sure

they wouldn't have made that phone call.

This is just one that we have heard about but this

Charities do call their supporters, yes.

The key thing is to make sure that people are happy

If somebody says they don't want to receive those calls,

the charity should never be calling them again.

And in a sentence, your message to Diane

Well, I am obviously completely sympathetic with your posithon,

I'm very sorry that you have been distressed.

I'm sure that the organisathon that called you won't

Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.

Do you support charities' efforts to raise cash,

even if they have to ring people at home?

Or do you agree with voices wanting the calls banned?

Do you think the charities would suffer if they couldn't?

It will certainly get everybody talking. I look forward to hearing

from you before 7pm. An inquest has heard that

Lance Hart shot dead his wife and daughter in full public view

in a Lincolnshire town in calculated revenge

for the breakdown of his marriage. Today, a coroner said

Claire and Charlotte Hart were unlawfully killed

by a cold, scheming man. They were shot by Hart days

after Claire had moved out of the family home

in July this year. Gemma Dawson was at

the inquest in Boston. Today described as cold,

calculated and scheming... But who knew he'd kill his wife

Claire and 19-year-old daughter Charlotte outside this

leisure centre in Spalding. It was here that Lance Hart short

his wife -- shot his wife and daughter before turning the gun on

himself. He had to reload in between but the shootings here in Jtly were

planned. The inquest heard how police later found a document

written by heart which said, revenge is a dish best served cold.

at the inquest today in Boston which also heard about the Hart s

The coroner's job to find out how they died -

Claire and Charlotte as a rdsult of unlawful killing,

Afterwards DI Evans read a statement from police...

On the morning of the 29th of July, Spalding witnessed an inciddnt which

was distressing. We have carried out an investigation into the wdapon

used by Lance Hart. He was not a registered shot gun holder `nd we

have been unable to establish how it was obtained.

The two remaining family melbers - sons Luke and Ryan -

also released a statement today saying...

Charlotte and our mum were our inspiration

They were the two most virttous and beautiful people

It is not possible to descrhbe how unfairly and how cruelly

Our world is a darker place because they have gone.

Back in Spalding - this town is now trying to recover

after the second double killing here this year.

Hull City Council says it plans to meet the new Transport Sdcretary

to press for improvements to the A63 to start on time.

The council wants reassurances that the work will start

on Castle Street at the end of 018, as agreed with the previous

The body of a 40-foot fin whale which washed up on a beach

in North Norfolk last week has been removed.

Experts had been examining the carcass.

Early this morning specialist contractors came to the beach

at Holkham to take it away to a rendering plant

A council accused of not helping tourism has hit back.

The owners of the now closed Pleasure Island say Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire Council says there is more to Cleethorpes

than a theme park - and that one big summer event

had attracted a quarter of a million people.

Typhoon jets from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire are to be sdnt

to Romania as part of Nato operations in the Black Sea area.

Up to six aircraft from Conhngsby are likely to be based in the South

of Romania from where they will be flying missions for Nato.

They will be providing what the government describdd

as "reassurance" to Britain's allies in the face of increasing

Crispin Rolfe is following developments.

In the last three years typhoons from RAF Coningsby have

been involved in Middle Eastern war zones - flying out to

But today's announcement coles in response to what the Minhstry

of Defence describes as a "lore assertive Russia" and follows

Vladimir Putin's decision to invade the Ukraine in 2014,

and annexe the Crimea that same year.

And it's that recent aggressive foreign policy which means tp to six

of RAF Coningsby's typhoons are set to fly to Romania for four lonths

next year to - in the words of the MOD - "offer reassur`nce

to Nato's Black Sea Allies", including Bulgaria and Turkdy -

countries, which like the Ukraine were once under Russian influence.

We will deploy RAF Typhoon `ircraft to Romania for the very first time

to provide air policing and reassurance for

I'm also confirming today that we will be sending

a battle group to Estonia, comprising a full British b`ttalion

with light armour and French and Danish companies in support

What nature does in the Baltic region and also in the south-east

It is proportionate and it hs fully in line with our

All of this of course comes just a week after Russia sailed hts only

aircraft carrier past the white cliffs of Dover.

A show of strength perhaps to Nato - the group set up to provide

And perhaps also another re`son why RAF crews from Lincolnshire

could spend this winter on the Black Sea coast,

Thank you for your company this Thursday evening.

to the dead that's been takdn from a street in Hull.

now Kofi Smiles is the Face of City of Culture for the BBC.

What a great judge Keely Donovan was! This is the picture for

tonight. Thank you very much for that. Another picture tomorrow

night. She gets asked to be a judge, she's on country file, you name it,

what are you on? The brusquely -- kicked off when he

found he was sitting next to her! Just before class, just do full

cost! Really very quiet. A week cold front

coming down from the North West Brighter skies developing across

East Yorkshire. A quiet last weekend of October with high pressure in

charge. A bit of patchy fog particularly on Sunday mornhng.

There has been in a lot of cloud. It has been streaming down frol the

North West today. It brightness in South Lincolnshire in the North West

Norfolk. In the short-term puiet quiet but windy with a fresh and

gusty south-west wind. Therd is a cold front, the Pennines take most

of it out, but there is a rhsk of drizzle coming over East Yorkshire

later. Lowest temperatures hn urban areas, double figures. In rtral

areas, eight or nine Celsius. These are your high water times.

A bit of brightness across Lincolnshire first thing th`t this

cold front will bring light rain southwards. Not amounting to much.

Skies across East Yorkshire Brighton quite nicely and that brightness met

Mike -- might get injured p`rts of East Lincolnshire. But over`ll

fairly cloudy. A light breeze from the West. Where it brightens up not

too bad. Mild air across Lincolnshire despite the cloud.

Looking a little bit further ahead, the weekend looks quite clotdy and

times. Some bridal sunny spdlls A risk of patchy fog on Sundax

morning. That's the forecast. After xour

loose tongue last night, people need to understand that slander hs spoken

criticism, libel is written criticism. Not what he said last

night. What a pedant!

I'm writing down, you were ` performing seal. Have I libdlled

you, Peter? Keely is that tomorrow. I look

forward to that. -- Keely is back tomorrow.

On the day the British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal was launched -

a thief has removed a hand-knitted memorial from a street in Htll.

A group of knitters spent a year creating the poppy-themed dhsplays

Phillip Norton is on the street - how have people reacted to this

These are the knitted poppy displays that have been installed by new

lens's residents association with Remembrance Sunday approachhng. They

have been listed by members of the community and inspired by the Tower

of London poppies. But on the day that the Poppy Appeal has bden

launched, we can reveal that is -- one of these has been stolen.

Knitted by the community, for the community, in remembrance. These

displays have been -- has t`ken months to knit but now one has been

taken. I'm disappointed bec`use we put so much into it. People said,

people will take them, but H said, no, they won't. I'm very

disappointed because of what it is. I really thought people would have

respect for what it is. The poppy display was up high on this tree, it

was adorned with crocheted `nd knitted poppies. It was seen on

Tuesday but since then, has been stolen. It was knitted by a church's

knitting group. People have been doing it all summer. This woman s

father served in the war and she says she is disgusted. Do they

really understand why they were there? Do the understand thd meaning

of the Poppy? I mean, if it's a prank, it's not very nice. Ht has

upset a lot of people. Everxbody is disappointed because we put a lot of

hard into it. If it is destroyed or stolen, it puts you off. Yot don't

want to do it any more. In Newlands, residents have been shocked by the

theft. It's disgusting, when you think about people who fought for

this country and we are tryhng to remember them. Some people light

object to it on political grounds, but I think it looks really pretty

and they are taking charge of these boxes which have been in a bad way

for a while. So I think it should be applauded, and not spoiled. The

crime has not been reported to police, but those who make the

display hope that people who are responsible for its disappe`rance

will put it back. The general feeling here is that

somebody from the student committee -- community may have taken the

display. It was a popular nhght for students. But although CCTV footage

will be gone through to identify those responsible.

If there are any developments, we will let you know. Either tomorrow

or Monday. The East Yorkshire MP -

Sir Greg Knight - has been told the government won't back hhs calls

to stop putting the clocks Sir Greg has been a longstanding

campaigner against the practice and believes that it's bad

for business and is unsafe. Is the leader of the house `ware

that in the next few days, we are going to go

through the ridiculous ritu`l of putting our clocks back,

thereby plunging the nation into darkness and misery

by mid-afternoon? Can we look again at the benefits

of using summertime in wintdr? It would reduce road accidents

and it would boost tourism. My right honourable friend has

for many years been a strong advocate for changes to the current

arrangements for summertime. As he knows, there was not `greement

between different parts of the United Kingdom about the way

forward and I do think that on a subject like this,

the unity of the United Kingdom and respecting the interests

of all parts of the United Kingdom, The government has no plans

at the moment to bring forw`rd Should we put the clocks back or

not? If we stick to what we should do, the clocks go back on S`turday

night. But should they, or shouldn't they? We will be keen to get your

ideas. There is the e-mail `nd the text number.

Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers say they are interested in hosthng games

England was awarded the competition this morning.

Three matches were played in Hull during the competition in 2013

and organisers say 25 of thd 31 matches will be played in ehther

Grimsby town say they will look for a new manager next week. Thdir

manager left last week and Dave Moore will take charge of the side

for Saturday's game against Yeovil. 25,000 free tickets will be

available for the fireworks display that will launch thd City

of Culture 2017 celebrations. It'll take place over the Htmber

on New Year's Day and feature music You can book tickets

from the second of November on the City of Culture webshte,

which organisers say Brand-new website for the chty,

so there's a lot of bedding in to do and obviously we have learndd a lot

from what had happened We have stress tested it,

we have run thousands So I have utter confidence

that we are going to The tickets are available ndxt week,

they are staggering the way they are available, because some people can't

get to a computer midweek bdcause they are at work.

194 people answered the BBC's search to find a new presenter

who would become the Face of Hull for City of Culture year.

And the successful candidatd has now been selected.

Kofi Smiles was chosen from a final short list of three.

They had one minute to imprdss the judges but in the end

They had one minute to imprdss the judges but in the end

there could only be one Face Of Hull.

You know, I just want to be part of Hull's renaissance period.

The City Of Culture has allowed it to have this jumpoff point

The vibe of it and it will be great to represent, even if I wasn't

the Face but to get involved and inspire others that might not

see people like themselves in these spaces.

Did you know, that if you'rd born on the Westwood, you can kedp a cow

28-year-old Kofi impressed the judges in the audition

And like all the ten finalists, he also faced a formal

Now he'll have to learn a whole new set of skills so he can report

We wanted to find somebody who was authentically about this arda.

Somebody who could stand on the national stage,

could report for Look North, be on Radio Humberside

but was about where we live and we wanted to do that by just

literally going out on the streets, hence why we had 194 people appear

And although Simon Richardson and Lucy Clark missed out this time,

they were gracious in defeat, with both receiving high pr`ise

Naturally gutted, you know, it was something I really, really wanted.

I felt I gave it my all so hf I m not the Face Of Hull then so be it

I'm so happy for him, I really am.

It doesn't get much better than being last woman standhng

Kofi's training will begin in a matter of weeks.

Big changes are ahead for the lad from Beverley,

who described the job as "a dream come true".

thanks to everyone who took part. Well done to Kofi and also Simon and

Lucy. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. Nissan makes a new

commitment in Sunderland. Ministers call it a vote of

confidence in post-brexit Britain. Demands for a ban on cold c`lling

after a cancer charity rings a chemotherapy patient asking

for money in her will. Tomorrow's weather -

a cloudy damp start, becoming dry later, with a little

sunshine developing in placds. On the subject of cold callhng,

Diane says, all cold caller should be banned. If people want to give to

charities, they will without calls. The Sasha says, I think thex should

be banned. It is up to the individual to decide which charities

they want to support. Not to be bullied.

Wider you always refer to non-cold calling as cold calling. Larger

charities only call when thdy have that person's details. Some people

would dispute that. Will says, the charity does not know

what you are doing or what hllness you have. There should be no cold

calling at all. Gill says, the policy to understand

that this is data protection issues. Charities by list of contacts.

There is a big response on this story and we will be talking about

it on the late Look North at 10:30pm.

And important one from Natasha. She says, my mother paid ?20 a lonth to

Cancer Research UK when she was ill, then they phoned up to ask hf she

would donate even more.