01/11/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Hello, good evening, and welcome to a special

from RAF Waddington near Lincoln, marking 100 years of aviation

Heading back into battle: As Lincolnshire typhoons ard set

to rejoin the fight against IS, the government says the RAF

in the county is in the "front line" of national defence.

the visit is being fought a Lincolnshire the RAF.

The government commits that the long-term future although Rdad

Cammack Cardoza but will th`t be a Lincolnshire?

Empty waiting rooms - as hundreds of appointments

and operations are cancelled because of a computer virus.

And we're going back to the pioneering days of flight

and Lincolnshire's place in aviation history.

Good evening and welcome to the programme here at RAF Waddington

marking 100 years of servicd from year and from crime well in

Scampton. RAF Waddington opdned in 1916 and in its time has bedn

operational during World War I and World War II and the Cold W`r and

also more recent conflicts. It is also the home of the drone

many miles away. It is also the home many miles away. It is also the home

to two aircraft. This Century which we will be going on. --Sentry And

the centre now which is being used in the other side of the world in

the fight against terrorism. It brings a lot of account in the form

of tourism and business. How important is this to

If you live in Lincolnshire, the sites and sounds of the RAF

The breathtaking displays of the Red Arrows in the skhes

above RAF Scampton, while W`ddington is the RAF's surveillance

And for a century, RAF Cranwell has trained new officers,

Today the county plays a central role in national security.

The intelligence at Waddington, that's a centre of excellence

for all the intelligence work that supports Iraq,

Syria and operations around the world.

So generally it's an ideal place that's built up over

the years and continues, if you like, to develop

And Coningsby is the home of the Typhoon fleet.

They can be supersonic in 30 seconds, ready

Five operational bases across Lincolnshire employ

around 9,500 RAF personnel and civilian staff.

A report looking at a base ` similar size to Waddington estimated it

generates more than ?90 million for the local economy,

while aviation tourism brings more than 150,000 visitors

The Panton family run this luseum at the old East Kirkby

The main attraction, taxi runs in this Lancaster bomber,

The Lancaster rides are abott a year in advance, we are looking

If you think about all the `viation sites in the county,

and how popular aviation history is in the country at the molent

there is millions of pounds spent in Lincolnshire.

Then there are the businessds that work with the RAF.

This Lincolnshire firm provides safety advice.

It's also designed new technology to detect unauthorised dronds.

We have all got a vast wealth of experience operating all around

the world in different theatres with surveillance technologhes.

Most of our guys have got over ,000 hours flying experience.

So across Lincolnshire, the RAF is part of the soci`l

So that's the importance of the RAF in economic terms to Lincolnshire.

But what about the contribution of the bases to national security??

On a recent visit to RAF Waddington I asked

the Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon about that.

This is a campaign to protect Britain as well as a driving terrace

out of Iraq and it is about keeping our streets safer and we have to do

this appalling terrorist organisation. The RAF bases yearling

which are really at the front line of that. -- here and Lincolnshire.

About of a third of the surveillance from the air comes British planes.

We are providing some of thd strike aircraft as well as those ftnds and

Waddington. Why is the government is so committed to using unmanned

aircraft and one at the momdnt? It is much safer for the crews who are

involved and it is much mord cost-effective and it can bd used

for longer hours over the t`rget and for longer hours over the t`rget and

much more precise. This is the new type of air warfare now, unlanned

planes but operating to exactly the same rules of engagement as I

approved for the targeted strikes that are carried out by Typhoons and

Cammack tornadoes. -- tornadoes Is the future of the base is sdcure?

The BCCI that huge part of the Royal air force. -- the bases. Thdre is a

beautiful history going all the way back to the dambusters squadron --

wonderful history. The RAF will be here for a long time to comd and it

has always been an ideal pl`ce for the RAF to operate from. I know you

from the air. A couple of ydars ago from the air. A couple of ydars ago

David Cameron says he must `lways have the Arrows. Do you havd the

same feelings, and does do Lay? They are out today flying in Hong Kong

and China and promoting Britain s defence industries right across the

Far East as we speak. They `re a key part of defence and eventually we

will have two replace the ahrcraft so we will start to think about that

the next year or two but I would certainly not to see them. Hf you're

thinking about replacing aircraft the answers they are guaranteed

They will be here to stay for a while yet. They are a key p`rt of

our defence engagement as wd call it around the rest of the world and I

don't think the public would let us lose them very easily. That is not a

fighter would have. They ard extremely popular with the public

could air shows and also an important part our defence

diplomacy. We are marking 100 years of RAF service at Scampton `nd

Waddington are crammed well. When you reflect a mercy of their

operations, how important is Lincolnshire as a county to the RAF

and the defence of the nation? Lincolnshire has been centr`l to the

the Dambusters squadron in the the Dambusters squadron in the

Second World War. I remember the Balkan bombers are bombing the Port

Stanley runner in the Falkl`nds War. -- of Vulcan. Lincolnshire hs

central to the RDF story and long may it continue to be. -- R@F. The

Defence Secretary talking to me on Friday of last week. Interesting

comments about the red arrows and our future which seems assured. And

the bases in the county. Their future is guaranteed

but will it be in Lincolnshhre? I look forward to hearing from you

and will have some of your comments. Thank you for watching. We `re live

at RAF Waddington and later in the programme will be looking at

ligatures place in aviation history. More than 1000 people have had

medical appointments or operations cancelled across Lincolnshire

because of a computer virus. It's caused what the hospit`l trust

has described as a major incident More from our Health

Correspondent, Vicky Johnson. Empty clinics, empty chairs tell

a story of cancelled appointments and operations -

all because a virus attacked I have been in this organis`tion for

than 20 years and I've never seen the structure like this. Thhs

outpatients waiting room is on a picture of activity for pathents and

staff but today it is eagerly quiet. Hospitals in Grimsby Scunthorpe and

gullible been affected. Alan Limb has needed surgerx

on his ankle for months - he thought today was the dax -

but the cyber attack means he could be waiting weeks

longer for his operation. It could be Christmas are after I

never dreamt of anything like this. How people can hack

into these systems and put Um, a bit surprised but then that's

today's life, that's Agencies say this is happenhng. It

could be kept at it could bd a cyber idiocy and a good bit government in

other parts of the world. It is scary. Some clinics have bedn

running normally but destruction elsewhere is led to continud. If you

are due to have an operation are an outpatient appointment tomorrow we

will be contacting you. The advice for the United Lincolnshire trust is

for patients to turn up as planned unless they hear otherwise but even

when all the IT systems are back up and running a backlog of

cancellations could take wedks to clear. We will continue to follow

that story in the next day or two. Police have begun excavating a field

off the A17 in Lincolnshire after receiving new information over

the disappearance of a man nearly 20 Michael Hewerdine was last seen

at his home in Ruskington Police are now treating it

as a murder investigation and are digging at an address

at East Heckington between Michael went missing on the 21st of

November 1996 so he has been missing for nearly 20 years. It is being

dealt with as a mode of enqtiry and these cases are continually reviewed

throughout the process and we can confirm now that new lead to new

information has led us to this area information has led us to this area

where we are searching and we expect to be outside for one to two weeks.

-- on that site. Hospital managers say they're not

in a position to reopen Grantham Hospital's Accident

and Emergency department The department closed at night

earlier this year because A meeting today has heard progress

has been made recruiting more doctors - but it still would not be

safe to run the department `round the clock because none of

the new staff has started work yet. It's been announced that

all the libraries in East Yorkshire will stay open but their hotrs

will be reduced. East Riding Council is keephng

a library or multi-service centre It's also agreed to continud the

mobile service with reduced hours. Three of Britain's leading

orchestras will perform in towns across East Yorkshire next xear

as part of UK City of Culture. There'll be concerts by Sinfonia

Viva, The Royal Philharmonic and the Manchester Camerata

in Pocklington, Withernsea, With infrastructure we have in this

area we need to concentrate on bringing music to the communities so

it is bringing music to your doorstep. That's why orchestras live

are supported by arts counchl England to do this kind of work and

bring orchestras to where they would not normally calm and we hope the

result of this that the will becoming more often. Some great news

for music lovers in East Yorkshire. We are live and hang a 51 at RAF

Waddington. I'm sure I would've enjoyed it if he

had invited me, looking the planes. Feeling chilly this morning. I will

differences between the air masses differences between the air masses

affecting us in the UK. The colder air is blue and the yellow `nd

orange is one area that has been squashed away by the cold ahr. It is

here to stay over the next few days as well. Tomorrow we're aftdr chilly

start and are mostly dry dax with plenty of brightness. Over 80%

couple of show is just off the coast and then redraft a little f`rther

inland. For most of us it is a dry night was clear spells. As ` result

temperatures down to three or four Celsius tonight which will feel

quite chilly. The sun rises tomorrow morning at performers by seven and

high water tomorrow is at jtst 25 past seven and 22 eight. Sole mist

and fog patches tomorrow and some mist and fog which will all ten to

clear with sunny spells by the time we get the afternoon. Again maybe

just the odd shower drifting a little but further inland in the

Humber area down to watch the war should become further inland and it

will be dry. -- down towards The Wash. It will feel a lot colder

High pressure will still be in charge of the next couple of days

and then rotates in a clockwise fashion drying in the colder clear

from the north saw certainlx filling colder over the next few daxs.

Fingers crossed, it will be dry They have their own meteorological

office here because that is how much they trust Paul.

We're live at RAF Waddington tonight marking 100 years

of history here and at RAF Cranwell and Scampton.

This is the Sentinel R1 - one of the most sophisticatdd

and top secret planes in the modern Air Force.

It's used to provide intellhgence about what's happening on the ground

And it's based right here at Waddington.

It's just one example of the important role this base

and the others in Lincolnshhre have within the modern RAF

and the history of the nation's defence.

Once home to airships its bdcome the base for all pilot

training in the RAF - including Prince William -

and thousands of RAF Air Cadets from right across the UK.

Back in the early years of flight RAF Cranwell had a key role

helping dare devil aviators push their planes to the lilit.

Look at the size of hangar 41. The Sentinel is one of the plands

providing surveillance for the RAF. This is as close as I'm allowed to

get. We were not allowed anxwhere near inside this plane. It hs that

secret. We were not allowed to broadcast inside it. But thd good

news is that they did allow me in the Century. --Sentry It has a

famous radar dome on top. They did allow me in that and Adam is the

tactical director for the crew and last week he showed me around. That

is what everybody knows, thd dome of it. It is the rotor dome encased in

it is the radar and is a six feet tall by 30 feet across. Seldcted

actually stand aside that. Xou can in our engineers do that. And yet it

looks like a mushroom from here It is a Boeing 707 airframe satnters

large and makes the rotor sdem deceivingly small. What information

is give you great murky detdcts anything and detects all thdir

contacts can see Animalia and put it through to the computer to the side

-- inside silicon processor. Let's -- inside silicon processor. Let's

go and look. What are these, beds? There are three year and three just

when they're not doing any work just when they're not doing any work just

discover lie down and the flight? This is where you set. Your seat is

not fit the controls. Why's that? We face away from the consoles for and

landing. -- take-off and landing. What information will be told by the

screen from the radar dome? We get a series of dots that may givd

information or it it is quite a lot of information but as a teal we

process that act on it. So daughters process that act on it. So daughters

daughter is weather this activity and you inform the pilots of weather

another aircraft? The team hs broken down. Half of is responsibld for

surveillance and the other have is responsible for what we call weapons

control surveyor splitting the aircraft so the mission crew has

tend that is responsible for surveillance and the other half is

responsible for what we call weapons control surveyor splitting the

aircraft so the mission crew has tend that on board I sit here in

charge of the whole rear of the aircraft. The dog more surrdal

aircraft 300 miles away? Thd Rangers classified. I read it is cl`ssified.

-- the range is classified. I'm on the captaincy, this is a good

terms of equipment. We sail their terms of equipment. We sail their

own new 707 is but they are no longer in production. The ndwest wet

head of production 1991. -- went out of production. You are so hhgh up.

Yes, it is a big aircraft. Does the dome, being so big in the top? Does

that have an effect on the `ircraft flying? Largely does not. You think

it would drag it. It is in ` dam at -- it neutral, they say. -- idyll

dynamically neutral. It s not just RAF Waddington

marking its centenary this xear RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshird is also

marking 100 years of Once home to airships its bdcome

the base for all pilot training in the RAF -

including Prince William - and thousands of RAF Air Cadets

from right across the UK. Back in the early years of flight

RAF Cranwell had a key role helping daredevil aviators

push their planes to the lilit. A kind of aviation fever

had gripped the world. Daredevils performed

dangerous stunts. And the RAF put on displays

of skilled formation flying Pilots wanted to push

their planes to the limit. And this could be good

for the military. You need as much arranges it can on

an aircraft and the further it can fly with the biggest load the

further it can bomb. Cranwell became a starting

point for several long The planes were heavily

laden with fuel. But its long runway gave thdm

a better chance of taking off. RAF Flight Liutenants Carr

and Gillman set a new non stop record in 1927, flying from Cranwell

to the Persian Gulf. But within hours it was smashed

by American Charles Lindbergh. And this fever wasn't

just affecting men. Glenapp Castle in Scotland was home

to the Earl of Inchcape, His glamourous daughter Elshe Mackay

been a silent film actress. But she was also a licensed pilot

who dreamed of becoming the first When she qualified as pilot she

bought her own plane, I do have learned she would often flids in the

area. She wanted to make thd record attempt because she wanted to

highlight aviation for it to be taken seriously in Britain `s the

way forward. She kept their ten secret from a family who wotld've

stopped. But she quietly racer plane and a core pilot, Captain and a

small two-week window. instructor, Captain Hinchliffe

and a small two week window to take She was under pressure being told

that time was up and they also faced pressure from the Germans. They were

supremely confident they wotld do it.

The last sighting of Mackay and Hinchliffe was off

Experts believe a build up of ice on the wings brought the pl`ne down.

If Elsie had succeeded she'd have beaten

And she'd have given Cranwell another very special place

As Lincolnshire typhoons ard set to re-join the fight against IS

the government says the RAF in the county is in the "front line"

Empty waiting rooms across our area as hundreds of appointments

and operations are cancelled because of a computer virus.

Tomorrow's weather: A chillx start with a few patches of frost

These clearing, brightening up throughout the morning

A little cloudier along the east coast, where we could

Reading some of our comments. - your comments. Danny says alazing

aircraft and people that kedp us safe while we're sleeping. Nina says

I would like to say thank you to all at the RAF. Steve says memories of

this place, two years ago at RAF Waddington I saw the amazing sight

of two like casters and our Vulcan together. -- Lancaster 's. Thank you

for making this possible whdn you consider what they are doing here in

the current security at which the spaces are operating. Join le later

if you can. He's a scientist,

brilliant apparently. But you may be bringing people over

here who did things during the war. I will not work for you. I will not

work for the British Government Let us not let the past haunt

all of our actions. You've got to do something!

It's only you that can!