28/10/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The headlines tonight: The charity urging people not to wear H`lloween

costumes they say make fun of mental health patients.

For those people living a lhfe with mental health problems each time

they see this it reinforces that stigma.

Home care for people in North East Lincolnshire

is amongst the lowest funded in the country.

Confusion over parking in Bdverley after one driver successfully

I'm live at the Lightstream Stadium in Hull as the rugby league

Sleeping in the sky - the old military helicopter starting

There are a lot of dry weather this week but it will be quite cloudy. I

will be back later and that the programme with the details.

Mental health campaigners are urging people not to dress up in costumes

like straitjackets or "escaped asylum patient" suits this Halloween

because it's "distasteful" and stigmatises people

David Smith from the mental health charity MIND in Hull says the craze

means patients with genuine illnesses could be left feeling

Others say it's all just a bit of fun.

From pumpkins in Denmark to spooky selfies in Hong Kong,

the imagery of Halloween is familiar worldwide.

But here in East Yorkshire one charity boss says people should

think twice before wearing costumes themed around mental health.

For the people dressing up `nd going out it might just be a bit of fun

but for those people living a life with mental health problems each

time they see that it reinforces that stigma over and over again

that they are definite and dangerous and at Halloween that they `re

monsters. -- they are definhte and dangerous.

The dressing up has already started in Lincoln,

where a seven-foot skeleton led a family-friendly parade.

So do people here think mental health themed costumes

Nobody wants to find but I think we have became a cult to what dveryone

is offended by simple things. It is taking something that is quhte

serious but at the same timd it is Halloween and it is just a joke

It's three years since Tesco withdrew it's "psycho ward" outfit

and ASDA its "mental patient" costume following complaints -

but a quick online search shows popular website like eBay and Amazon

But the owner of this fancy dress shop in Hull says she's

never stocked such items because of a lack of demand.

I have never sold them and never been asked for them and if there was

it is usually for Hannibal like that, I have never had anyone asked

to be a mental patient and H cannot see how people would see it as

offensive, it is a fun night out some people just go for it.

Sally Burke's daughter Maishe has received specialist mental health

For Sally, such costumes are distasteful.

It is upsetting as it parent because she has been call those namds and

they do hurt her and she takes them personally. She is the humotr with

feelings and that is what wd need to remember as a nation. -- shd is a

shame with feelings. We need to be kinder to each other. -- shd is a

human being. Mental health campaigners

are calling for manufacturers to stop selling these products,

but in the meantime it's hoped people wanting to dress up this

Halloween can find fun Dean Burnett is a doctor who works

with mental health patients. I asked him whether dressing up

in a straitjacket for Halloween is just a bit of fun and

isn't meant to upset or offdnd. It's not intended to offend anyone,

I do not doubt that. I do not think the people who buy

or make where these costumes actively go out thier way to offend

people with mental health problems, but the fact is it does portray them

in negative stereotypes and does make them look and seem a lot more

dangerous than they ever So whether you intend it or not it

does have a negative conseqtence. But it is supposed to be sc`ry

because it is Halloween and that is It is but you don't have to invoke

genuine problems and disorddrs You are far more likely to be hit

by a bus than attacked by someone with a mental health problel,

but a scary bus isn't a costume We've had a lot of response

on this one a Facebook. Stephanie says, "I don't thhnk

anyone is "mocking mental hdalth patients by wearing "these types

of costume at "this time of year." Again, not intentionally so,

but it does portray a very damaging and negative image of peopld

with mental health problems and they struggle to be accdpted

enough as it is, so when other people who do not have thesd

problems dress up like this at Halloween it is quite

an offensive thing to do. A lot of people have got no time

for this at all. "For goodness sake,

this is pathetic. "Whatever we do in life will upset

some part of the community." Don't you think there's

an element of truth in that? There's always going to be someone

not happy with it but when we say a part of the community,

people with mental health problems make up around one quarter

the population, and that is a large group of people who already have

hard enough lives as it is, they do not get the time

they need, the respect, they do not get the resourcds,

they are told to put up and shut up A lot of people said the sale thing

about owning slaves. Give them a good job and sttff,

they do not know any better We've learned a lot since then

and hopefully we will do And is it just some people that

are worrying on their behalf or do these people who are affectdd,

are they offended by these costumes? According to most people

I've spoken to, yes. I work in the psychiatric fheld

and a lot of mental health `wareness campaigns and they are genuhnely,

they work hard to be People are intrinsically afraid

of mental health problems anyway so to have this,

maybe it's just once a year, but to have this constantly

happening is almost We'll be asking for people's

reviews in just a moment. Finally, Kerry says,

I have mental health problels. I laugh about my issues

a lot of the time. I'm sure she does, that's f`ir

enough for her but a A lot of people struggle re`lly hard

with it and they don't have the confidence or abilhty

to express themselves because of the negative

stereotype around it, and this makes it worse

for a lot of people. And your message to those who have

got those costumes and will wear those costumes in the next few

days is what? Put some fangs on it

and be a vampire instead. No one cares about vampires,

they aren't real. We're looking for your

views on this one - are some costumes worn at H`lloween

offensive or are they all jtst Have the costumes chosen

just gone too far? We will have some before we finish

at 7pm. North East Lincolnshire Council pays

one of the lowest amounts in the country to support older

and disabled people The UK Home Care Association found

on average the authority pahd just That's nearly ?4 less

than the recommended amount. It also says many councils

in Yorkshire also aren't providing enough money, as

Crispin Rolfe reports. An industry under pressure,

with workers sometimes That's the claim from the UK

HomeCare Association which says many councils don't pay enough

for private carers to visit Elizabeth Gregory from Immingham has

been reliant on daily home care since breaking her hip

six months ago. But says her carers

have to clock watch. They could do with more timd, all

they get as half an hour. Btt this get you dressed and everythhng,

showered and you your breakfast and even they say it is not long enough.

The UK Homecare Association suggests that since the introduction

of the National Living Wage, councils should be paying

an average of ?16.70 an hour to provide home care.

But according to their figures, the East Riding of Yorkshird Council

pays ?14.23, Lincolnshire spends an average of ?13.68,

and North East Lincolnshire pays just ?12.56 -

more than ?4 below that recommended price.

And those rates say the Local Government Associ`tion

are a sign of "councils struggling for cash".

It is economics at the mad house because it relieves the pressure on

the NHS and we see stories dvery day about what is happening. People want

to be looked after at home but in the future we may not have the

resources to do that. The Local Government Associ`tion

says this is a national problem which the government needs to get

to grips with. The HCA are brought forward their

report and we have not quitd understood how they arrived at the

figures they have but we wh`t we can concur with is that it is a deficit

and the market and with the Local Government Association that we have

identified the ?1.3 billion gap now. -- there is a gap now.

Today North East Lincolnshire's Clinical Commissioning Group says

it's working hard on servicds at a time when budgets are limited.

But like other groups looking after home care,

it's likely to be facing a financial challenge.

And the cost of social care will be debated on this

Guests include the Boston and Skegness MP Matt Warman.

That's from 11 O'clock in the morning on BBC One.

Overnight closures at Grantham's A department

In July the unit shut its doors from 6.30pm until 9am,

despite local opposition, because there weren't

Clinical Directors at the United Lincolnshire Hospital's Trust

are recommending closures remain in place.

Over the winter months it whll be even more of an issue purelx

because of the winter weathdr and the icy conditions.

I personally do not believe it was ever a temporary measure

I believe it was a test perhod to test the impact without having

those services during the evening, with a plan to eventually ttrn us

We followed that story from the start and will continue to do so and

lectures but what happens whth that decision next week. -- we whll let

you know. Work starts tonight to dig tp paving

in Grimsby which was laid jtst three years ago as part

of a ?6 million refurbishment. The local council says it's removing

the slabs because they're btckling It's hoped the work will be

completed and the area There are calls for a ban

on charities making unsolichted It follows our report yesterday

about Diane Elliott from Bardney near Lincoln who is having

treatment for cancer. She said she was upset

and disgusted to get a phond call from Cancer Research UK askhng

for a donation in her will. The charity has apologised `nd says

people can opt out of phone calls. We had a big response on thhs story,

Kate Sweeting has been lookhng Viewers contacted us by phone, text,

email and on social media to give us their experiences

of charity fundraising. Tracey from Market Rasen

has multiple sclerosis, she texted to say: "I have `lways

sent donations to the multiple "I received a letter asking me

to leave money in my will Jo from Swanland rang us to say

she was unhappy with how We went to see her

to find out more. I felt very sorry for

the lady on television. Obviously she was very distressed

and I agree with her, cold calling from the charities

should be stopped. They have many ways

of raising money without Elaine from Lincoln also got

in touch to share her mother's experience of charities bombarding

her with requests for donathons The requests went on for months

after she died at the age of 90 Even after I returned their mail

and informed them of her passing. This was quite distressing

and I agree more But some of you wanted

to defend Cancer Research UK, Belinda got in touch saying;

"It is very unfortunate this lady "received this call but let's not

forget the amazing work this charity "does and the support

they offer cancer sufferers." Still ahead tonight: Where can

you park in Beverley? Confusion tonight as one drhver has

a ticket overturned. Sleeping in a Sea King -

the old military helicopter Keep your photos, Ben. -- kdep your

photos coming in. There werd dozens of pictures of the sunset l`st night

and thank you for all of those. Good evening. I checked Twitter this

morning after our conversathon the other night and John Craven's

picture is still there with you May be checked again. You check while I

do the forecast and see what you think. I have got my phone here so I

will check. Go and have a lhttle look. Go forecast them and H will.

If you trick or treating thd weather will be on your site becausd it will

be largely dry and mild, not as mild as the last few years and in 20 4 we

had the warmest Halloween on record with 20 Celsius but 15 Celshus is

quite a bit above average. Puite cloudy at times but at least it will

be settled. Quite cloudy today, this is associated with the front that

clear to the south and similar conditions tonight. Any bre`ks in

the cloud will bring patchy mist and fog and rural temperatures ` few

degrees lower than this but double figures and pounds. The sun will

rise tomorrow just before 8`m. We will start the weekend on the cloudy

and dull note. It will brighten up what I do not like we will see much

sunshine, fairly overcast btt some glimmers of brightness by the

afternoon and temperatures `re around 11 Celsius for this time of

year is a the weekend it will be a little above average, around

14-15dC. Sunday, it is the Festival of lights and there will be plenty

of dry weather and on Sundax the better chance of sunny spells but

generally quite a lot of cloud. Dry on Sunday, cloudy in the morning and

brightening up in the afternoon Mist and fog on Monday mornhng but

brightening up. Some patchy rain and cooling down through the wedk. What

a comedian you are but she has put hundreds of pictures of me `t the

top instead of the John Craven. I know why you have done it, because

you know everyone will have a look now. I know your game, I'm not bath.

I do it because I love you, Peter. -- I'm not daft. See you next week.

A driver from East Yorkshird is claiming victory over a council

because they didn't have thd correct road markings in place when they

Philip Nixon's car was parkdd in the mainly pedestrianised

Wednesday market place in Bdverley but because the correct signs

weren't in place he successfully overturned it.

The council says it was a tdchnical error but Mr Nixon thinks

other drivers may have been wrongly caught out.

My father who is disabled p`rk here and displayed his badge... Ht was a

shopping trip but almost cost Phil's father ?70 parking fine. He`lth

Service Medical Supplies (Costs Bill 2016-17 he is always c`reful

when the parks and abides bx the rules -- he is always careftl with

the parks. He thought this `rea was safe to park on. Mr Nixon rdceived a

fine in the post, as the owner of the car. He appealed and was

successful and a letter telling him the Council did not have thd right

paperwork for enforcing the area. It is an exemption certificate and

business of the big house to be in place for the yellow lines hn the

Wednesday market area and whthout that certificate it means any

tickets issued in this area were issued unlawfully. The council says

the enforcement officer wrongly put the offence down as a loading bay

contravention and they say nominate Sickert would be issued for parking

in a pedestrianised area and it concedes the correct my image and

signage is not in place a loading bay of fences. One local businessman

said many people receive tickets for parking in the same place. Certainly

around 6pm at night people like it is free parking and you can see the

pickets on numerous cars around here and it is good for the one who

issues the tickets but it is quite a lot. A leading motoring solhcitor

says that drivers should always double-check any fines they have

been given. They should check the signage and check the ticket has

everything correct on it, d`te, time, registration number and if any

of those are wrong they can challenge it and many peopld, I

think, just pay. From bullids others may have been incorrectly fhned but

pays to avoid the hassle of an appeal. -- Phil believes others may

have. Maybe you want to get

in touch about this one too. Have you had to challenge a ticket,

and if so did you win? Does it matter if the local

authority got the technicalhty wrong, if the intention is to

stop people parking in Philip got in touch with us for that

story so if you have a storx do get in touch to.

Rugby League's Four Nations Championship starts in Hull tonight

with a match between Scotland and world champions Australha.

Tomorrow England face New Zdaland in a tournament to decide

Our sports reporter Simon Clark is at the Light-stream stadhum

for this and the rest of the Sports news.

They do have a number of super late and Australian players but they are

up against it and I will tell you why, Australia and the world

champions but they are not the world number one, that is New Zealand at

the moment and Australia ard desperate to get that cloud back. --

Unfortunately we lost that ` couple of years ago against the Kiwis

in 2014 but it has been a goal of ours since the start of the year.

The Australian team wants to be the world number one again

and we have a good opportunhty to do that in this tournament.

Football, and Hull City will be without Adama Diomande

He was charged with violent conduct for an alleged punch aimed

But there's better news for Robert Snodgrass

who could return earlier than planned after his injury

They get these boots on these days as soon

He is out of that now so he's progressing better than

expected but we need to assdss the situation going into next week.

And Grimsby Town say they'll work through applications

for their vacant manager's job over the weekend.

The directors say they're in no hurry to appoint Paul Hurst's

successor after he moved to Shrewsbury Town.

It was certainly not planned but after a just a handful of games

as a Football League manager, here was Paul Hurst on Mond`y

joining League One's Shrewsbury Town in their bid to avoid releg`tion.

The names to emerge this wedk include record appearance

holder John McDermott, former captian and manager

Paul Groves, and former Scunthorpe United manager

Another ex-Iron boss Nigel @dkins looks to be out of the runnhng.

Whoever takes over gets a tdam in a promising position

Paul has gone to shrews bloody and they are a five point adrift at the

bottom of the lake. -- Shrewsbury. The guy who comes in here is coming

in to a scored with a good variety of experienced players, good cover

in all positions. Dave helphng out will keep things simple for the time

being and hopefully that will help us maintaining our position and

getting good results before the manager arrives.

into the promised land but `nother man will keep them there.

They play your here tomorrow. The match between Scotland and @ustralia

takes off by page PM tonight, you can still get it and pay on the

door. And you can follow all the football on your local radio

station. -- 8pm tonight. Earlier this year, a decomissioned

Sea King helicopter sat abandoned With the navy no longer

having any use for it, Originally it was thought

someone would buy it as an unusual garden shed -

but one farmer in Scotland They've been used in search and

rescue operations across our area, They were also used in conflicts

such as Iraq and Afghanistan, but in 2012 the Royal Navy said

goodbye to this helicopter. And earlier this year it was put up

for auction in Colsterworth It was bought by

a farmer in Stirling, who spent ?26,000 turning it

into this - a glamping pod which can When we bid for the helicopter we

bought the rotors first and we won that and then we were panicking

thinking, we're going to have rotors But nobody bid against us

so we got them both. The logistics of getting it up

here and you still could not think

in your head how big it would be and then when it appeared

on the lorry It's around 60 feet long -

that's roughly the same Inside it's got a kitchen,

a bedroom and there's now a bathroom where the sonar equipment

used to be kept. You can sit in the cockpit

with a cocktail, which still has We wanted to keep the cockpht

and the dashboard and the It was really important

because she is a helicopter and we did not

want to take that away from it. Just going by and

people coming in and I think most people think

it has just landed. The children who go

to the school opposite the farm We would be the worst

pilots if we were doing But no matter how many buttons

they press, this helicopter will be staying put on the edge

of the Scottish highlands. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines: The taxi service's is told ht must

give drivers a basic workers' right and unions could say it could affect

200,000 workers. Mental health campaigners urge

people not to dress up as asylum patients or in straitjackets this

Halloween. Tomorrow's weather: A dry d`y

but at times quite cloudy, especially at first though ht

will tend to brighten. Topping out Halloween costules, one

person says, I wish people would not be so quick to be offended. Another

says this is the another ex`mple of the few speaking for the many

misguidedly. Another, stop was rubbish. I suffered with mental

health issues for 50 years `nd 1 Mickey out of me.

Another, there are plenty of alternative costumes available is

why it hurts people unnecessarily. Growth from Lincoln says, I cannot

believe these costumes are still being made. Whilst I am not often

that I feel people treat people with a psychiatric diagnosis as

dangerous. -- Ruth from Lincoln Thank you for watching and thank you

for all your messages. . Have a good weekend and I will be back on

Monday. See you then. It took us once to get through

the novel Anna Karenina. It was used to help my friend

with depression, and finishing as we went

to sleep at night. tapping each letter through the wall

that divided our cells as we served life sentences

in solitary confinement. We promise to encourage

others to dream big Why do you want to go to

Great Britain? Because it is Great Britain,

you see? Great.