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Humberside Police say hundreds more people are reporting historical sex

I feel like a survivor, but more like a warrior.

On the day we got the conviction, I felt like a warrior.

Killed on holiday by a drugged-up gunman linked to Isis -

but the Tunisia inquests find no neglect by their holiday company.

Some of the best ballet dancers in the world will perform in Hull

to officially reopen the city's theatre.

It's so wonderful to be able to bring the Royal Ballet to Hull

with principals from the company and also some

The rail strikes that have caused chaos in the south

The rail strikes that have caused chaos in the south spread

to the north in a row about driver only trains.

This time tomorrow spring will have sprung but what does that mean for

our weather? Join a litre in the programme for the full light

forecast. There's been a big rise

in the number of people reporting historical child sex offences

to Humberside Police. The force say that,

since the publicity surrounding the abuse of children

by Jimmy Savile and other high profile entertainers,

More and more people They're also seeing

more cases of cruelty Two victims have been telling our

correspondent, Vicky Johnson And finding it officers responding

to the increased workload. Over the past five years,

investigations have shown that celebrities like Jimmy Savile,

Stuart Hall and Rolf Harris all used their fame to abuse

children and the vulnerable. Humberside Police now say

the publicity surrounding their horrific cases though has

since encouraged hundreds of victims This woman was attacked physically,

emotionally and sexually I was really skinny and I didn't

have a "womanly" shape, shall we say, but when I did start

to get a little bit of something that's when some of the sexual

side started to play up. Last December, Alan Beedham, the man

who robbed her of her teenage years, was brought to justice

and was sentenced to I wanted people to know he is a bad

man, a dangerous man, and when we got the four and a half

years sentence, I was so happy. I wanted my time back

that he'd took from me. In 2011, Humberside Police

were dealing with just over 430 cases of historical sex abuse,

by 2016 that figure was 685 - Police insist they are able to cope

with this rising workload. We're prioritising our work

and we'll continue to do that. I don't want anybody to be let down

and I would give them the clear message that if you report to us,

we will investigate it. The Humberside force is also dealing

with more child cruelty cases. This woman kept quiet for 30 years

before she told police how her step-mother used

to regularly beat her and deprive We've changed her voice

to protect her identity. I did, at times, take water out

of the toilet to drink So now mentally and emotionally,

I keep water close by at all times. I need to know where my next meal

is going to come from, so I know I'm This woman's step-mother

was sentenced last month Both women agree that getting

justice has lightened the load of their abuse and finally allowed

them to move on with their lives. Earlier, I spoke to Pete Saunders

from the National Association I asked him if the publicity around

Jimmy Savile had given victims more I think that the Savile outrage

certainly was the turning point for this issue,

in terms of people speaking out, but also more recently, of course,

the footballers that have come forward have also prompted many

other survivors to come forward and to contact organisations,

like my own. Are there, in your opinion,

still more cases out there, but the victims are worried

that they won't be taken seriously or, maybe even if they speak out,

won't be believed? I think that has

always been the case. There has always been a reluctance

on the part of victim survivors to come forward because, if they did

try and speak out as children, often they weren't believed,

or they were told to keep quiet. And that often will silence people

for a long, long time. But I really hope now that we've

recognised the pandemic of abuse in this country that people

will feel able to come forward In the cases that we've

just seen in the report, the two perpetators, one got two,

one got four and a half years, some people would be

shocked at that. I think you have to take every case

on its merit, but by and large, if you think about the consequences

of the crime, if you think about the lifetime of devastation

and pain that is inflicted on children who then become adults,

those kind of sentences would appear, to me,

in my opinion, to be Just very briefly, your response

to comments made by one top child protector police officer today,

that paedophiles who view indecent images but go no further should not

be jailed but actually be helped. I think it's something

that we should have a conversation about, but I thnk that's a very

dangerous message that Simon Bailey has put out,

that some paedophiles, child abusers, may,

in effect, escape justice. I don't think that's

a helpful message in terms Mr Saunders, very good

to talk to you tonight. A man has been jailed for life

for the murder of two men in Hull. Phillip Simmons killed

Daniel Hatfield and Matthew Higgins The pair were found wrapped

in an old carpet after being beaten, Simmons was told that he

would serve at least 36 The inquests into the deaths of 30

British tourists shot by a gunman in Tunisia have ended

with the coroner calling the police response shambolic and,

at worst, cowardly. Three people from East Yorkshire

and Lincolnshire were among the victims at a Mediterranean beach

resort in 2015. The coroner ruled they were unlawful

killed but refused to accept claims from families that neglect

by the tour operator and hotel The coroner didn't accept those

claims. We will have a report from place-mac in a moment. -- Sousse.

Three victims of a terrorist who was intent on killing.

Claire Windes, Bruce Wilkinson and Carly Lovett were supposed to be

enjoying a special holiday in Tunisia, but they died alongside

27 other holiday-makers in the resort of Sousse in 2015,

killed by extremist Seifeddine Rezgui.

Claire Windes, from Hull, should have been celebrating her husband

He told the inquest he desperately tried to pull her to safety,

but the 54-year-old mother of two had already died.

Bruce Wilkinson, from Goole, was sunbathing with his wife

Mrs Wilkinson told the inquest, "I feel I've lost my best friend."

And Carly Lovett died in her fiance's arms.

The 24-year-old from Gainsborough and her boyfriend, Liam Moore, ran

But the gunman moved inside and shot Carly in the chest.

Liam told the inquest that their final words

Officers from the Metropolitan Police were sent to Sousse

after the attack to bring the bodies back, but also

A lot of them had actually seen their loved ones killed

in front of them by the terrorist and nothing could be more serious

and more traumatic than that, to see your loved one actually

That was why this was particularly difficult and particularly

challenging for some of the officers dealing with the families.

All of the British victims booked their holiday

through the company Thomson, who are owned by TUI,

and their families are critical that Government advice about travel

The judge today said that he couldn't find the company

guilty of neglect because it would imply a gross failure.

But many of the victims' families will now take civil

TUI says it was wholly erroneous to claim that it

had been neglectful, but the civil case

It's not yet clear whether the families of Claire Windes,

Bruce Wilkinson and Carly Lovett will take further legal action.

The BBC's Nick is in Sousse in Tunisia,

and he says it's a very different place now.

We asked him to give a description of how things have changed since the

attack in the summer of 2015. The Tunisian authorities

know they got it wrong. They didn't think that resorts such

as this were going to be a target, they thought the cities would be,

but not the holiday resorts. What they've done in the intervening

two years is work to try There are over 1000 police

officers now, armed, that are on the streets

of the holiday resorts. They are putting in place things

like metal detectors in hotels, under car security to check

what the vehicles have got under them before you're allowed

into the hotel areas. To get into the resorts themselves,

you have to go past armed There are checkpoints

everywhere and they are manned They are having people stopped

all the time and checked to see what their credentials

are and where they are going. In everything they're doing,

they're trying to put things right that shouldn't have been

wrong in the first place. But the problem is that this resort

is now a bit like a Middle East type resort with huge levels

of security and will people, once the restrictions

are lifted and they will be lifted at some stage,

will people want to come back One of the best known ballet

companies in the world is coming to Hull as part of the City

of Culture celebrations to open The performance, in September,

will mark the completion of a ?16 million

refurbishment at the Theatre. It's part of a new programme

of events revealed this morning It's also been confirmed today

that the 80s pop star Marc Almond will perform at the Uk's first

national Pride festival in July. The world famous artist

Grayson Perry will deliver a lecture Hull's folk singer Eliza Carthy

will be part of Radio 3's three day folk festival when it comes

to the City in April. Portraits of J.K.

Rowling and Sir Ian Mackellan will be part of the National

Portrait Gallery show while one of the country's best

loved comedians Bill Bailey has curated a cabinet of curiosities

which will be on show But, as our arts correspondent

Anne-Marie Tasker reports, preparations are already being made

for the city to host a world They have performed on stage is

across the globe, but this September the Royal Ballet company are coming

to Hull. Among them, some who learned to dance in the city, like

Elizabeth and Zander, who now dances with Russia's ballet. The man

curating the show is from Hull, too. Artistic director of the Royal

Ballet, Kevin O'Hare. I am really thrilled, it's wonderful to be able

to bring the Royal Ballet to Hull. One is a great ballerinas of today

is going to be dancing, Edward Watson and Steven McRae, a wonderful

principal dancer at the Royal Ballet will dance with his wife, Elizabeth,

who comes from Hull, that'll be a first. It is a unique one-off and

that's what makes the occasion so special and we will be celebrating

the talent that has come out of Hull and the emerging talent as well. It

is absolutely fantastic. Among that emerging talent or pupils from the

School of dance, where Kevin O'Hare himself learned ballet. They will be

taking to the state alongside the professionals. That is an experience

that I'll never forget. Principles that have got into the company are

obviously of a high standard, to be dancing amongst them is going to be

astonishing, I can look up to them and get to know the people and the

life and what it's all about. Other highlights of the next six months of

City of Culture were presented to National journalists in London this

morning, including the Tower of London poppies visiting in March,

radio ones big weekend in May and the images of sea of Hull unveiled

in April. The City of Culture team says it events have already drawn

huge numbers of people to Hull. We are hoping by bringing the best of

the capital's arts up north, they can build on that even further.

Too much information to take an all in one go. A big list of great

events coming up. And if you'd like to check

on all of the City of Culture events that have been announced today,

you can find them at the City Let us know what you

think of this story. We're now two months

into Hull's year of culture. Is it all that you wanted it to be

or is it better than you expected? What do you think of this

new programme of events? What do you think it'll do for the

city? What are you looking forward to? Your thoughts on City of Culture

two months on, your thoughts on e-mail and quick.

On the City of Culture story and what you hope for the rest of the

year. A funeral for a Rugby League legend

who give 60 years of service And the rail strikes that have

caused misery in the south now A special night tonight, marking her

debut on the show, delighted to welcome you for the first time on

the programme. I am sure they warned you about me, I'm not going to live

up to what they said. No pressure, thanks for that, Peter. I am a

pussycat tonight. That is so kind. Some are pretty nice weather news,

the rest of the week is not so good. Sunny spells for tomorrow, but it is

feeling quite cold, I'm afraid. Our weather over the next few days is

dominated by low pressure which means we are going to see whether

France feeding infamy Atlantic bringing rain, a hit and miss I

think over the next few days. Variable anions of cloud earlier,

nice sunny spells but over the last few hours we have seen the cloud

progress from west to east and ending the day on a pretty cloudy

day. If you showers overnight tonight but as we head into tomorrow

morning, a largely dry clear picture, temperatures taking a

tumble and a touch of Frost, maybe I is an data services. Keeping steady

if you're heading out first thing tomorrow morning. Sunrise tomorrow

morning... It will be a pretty decent day to the day, quite cold

and frosty comedy risk of some eyes, but sunny spells through the day.

Variable cloud spreading into the afternoon and we will see something

it was a bit more persistent to the course of the night tomorrow. Cloud

building from the south of the region. Temperature is not too bad,

seven or eight Celsius, the season average. Tomorrow is the first day

meter logically speaking of spring. It will look like it but might not

feel like it, a touch on the chilly side. With the request of the next

few days, it is looking quite unsettled, very difficult to get you

any real detail. You're heading out, grab your umbrella, you may get

caught in the odd shower. Thursday quite windy and we could see

caught in the odd shower. Thursday quite windy and we could see some

snow. Absolutely brilliant. See you soon.

Thank you. The main transport union has

announced its members will stage a one-day strike on Northern Rail

next month over the Northern is the biggest rail network

outside London, covering Major routes in our region include

trains from Hull to Doncaster and to Bridlington and also services

from Lincoln to Sheffield. The train operator says it'll run

a revised service during the strike. Katy Austin is outside Beverly

railway station this evening. Dreams that come to Beverley and up

the east coast will be affected after members of RMT union voted by

more than 80% to stage a one-day strike on the 13th of March. It is

happening after rail north has the transformation plan in mind. The RMT

says it doesn't want to see drivers operating the doors on that trains,

it says is not saved and guards should carry on doing them. If that

sounds familiar, that is the same dispute has been going on for a long

time on Southern rail. Southern, Northern and Rosie rail will be

striking on the same day on the 13th of March. We asked the union wife.

-- Y. Passengers in Rail North, actually,

have got a guarantee of a second safety critical person

on every train. They're going to take that away

unless we stop that, and that will lead,

if we don't stop it, to a less safe, less secure

and less accessible railway. I'm hoping passengers

will understand our members have taken industrial action

because they want to see a secure, Well, the RMT union has 1200 members

working for the Northern network. We obviously can't know until

the day how many will walk out. And Northern says its "modernisation

plans are still in early stages" so it's a shame the RMT has

chosen to strike now. It says passengers will still be

able to catch trains on March 13th. We want to provide some

assurance to passengers, we're working very hard to look

at our contingency arrangements to keep as many people on the move

on the 13th of March. But between now and then,

we'll work hard to get the RMT back around the table,

continue those discussions so we can work together to shape the future

of rail in the north. Both the union and rail

company say they want talks And to prevent the strike going

ahead. This issue has been going on for a long time on Southern rail and

talks haven't worked there. There's just under two weeks to try

and come to an agreement here. The funeral has been held

of Hull Kingston Rovers Mr Hutton died earlier

in the month at the age of 90. He'd been with Rovers

for more than 50 years. He also played for

neighbours Hull FC. Our sports reporter Simon Clark

joined the mourners at Rovers' ground in the stand

which bears his name. Arriving at the ground

which he helped to create. Carried by former stars

of his beloved Hull Kingston Rovers, Colin Hutton was remembered today

in his adopted city of Hull. For more than half a century,

he served this club as coach, Before then, he was a player,

first near to his home for Widnes Rovers chairman Neil Hudgell led

the tributes at today's service. He got to Wembley in

six different roles. To be reminded of those sorts

of things, kicking a goal off the touchline to win a Championship,

it's a mark of the man, but you have to dig and search

for those sorts of things. Mourners, who included some

of the stars who had lit up Craven park over the years, and dignitaries

from the world of Rugby League and from the city

which made him a freeman, heard how he'd led his country

to international success. David Watkinson remembered the day

Colin knocked on his door and turned him from an amatuer

into an international player. That was the first time I met Colin,

which was quite an experience. If he hadn't of been

knocking on the door, But, yeah, I owe

an awful lot to him. I lived with the Huttons

for two years and I lived with Marjorie and Susan

and Colin, of course. Colin Hutton was remembered today

with fondness and with humour. He was remembered for his dignity

and for what he did We're at Craven Park

and that is part of his legacy and he will be sadly missed

by everybody connected, not only with Hull Kingston Rovers,

but with Rugby League as well. By the end of March we should hear

the results of who's won "Visit England"'s national

'Tourism Superstar' award. Among the top ten finalists

in the country is Hull He's spent almost three decades

doing guided walks around Hull and Beverley for visitors

from all over the world. We're coming down this lane now

and stopping outside, I think, Meet Paul Schofield,

he's been a tour guide for Hull We're going past Bob

Carver's, as well. The smallest window

in England is here. And now he's a top ten finalist

for a national tourism I'm quite modest, usually,

so the attention's quite From the latest vote update, he's

currently lying in second place, It is a public vote,

so we need to get the Hull and East Yorkshire vote out to make

sure Paul gets into pole position So let's get our own taste of how

Paul spreads his magic words. We're still in this lane,

but then we're walking through to, probably, our most famous street

because it has such an unusual name and the street is called

Land of Green Ginger. And everybody asks, "Why's it called

Land of Green Ginger?" And to be disappointing,

nobody knows. I found out before Christmas I'd

been nominated and then I found out after Christmas I'd

been short listed. So to make the final ten

for a national award, The competition is being awarded

award through Visit England in conjunction with the Daily Mirror,

voting is online, with the winner announced during English tourism

week between the 25th March All this walking is

quite thirsty work. Many people believe the decision

here was taken not to let the king, Charles I, into the town

that led to the start He is a lovely gentleman and so

popular. He does some wonderful guided tours and it's not too late

to get a vote in for Paul. We'll let you know how he gets on in the

tourism awards. If you have a story like that we should know about, it

sent me an e-mail, give me the details.

Let's get a recap of the main national and regional story.

The Tunisia inquests rule that 30 people

including Claire Windass from Hull, Bruce Wilkinson from

Goole and Carly Lovett from Gainsborough

The families of some victims say they will now sue the tour operator

TUI for not warning them of the danger of

Emily Unia has been at the Royal Courts of Justice

We now know that 22 of the families or families of 22 of the victims are

going to sue TUI for compensation, the company that owns Thomson

holiday. There solicitor said it was crucial because industry learned

from what happened in Sousse. TUI has argued during the inquest it is

wholly erroneous it was neglectful and there was insufficient evidence

of any gross failure on its part. The coroner this morning said he

couldn't rule finding of neglect because the law of neglect doesn't

cover to rest on holiday. He said the simple but tragic truth was that

a gunmen, armed with a firearm and grenades went to the hotel that they

are intent on killing as many people as he could. Emily, thank you very

much. We will follow any developments on that story.

Talking about the problems with Lincolnshire County Council. Steve

in Hull says why does no one ask the question who gave them the contract

and Wyatt, who decided to change the way their success is measured? Isco

business manager got in touch and says the only reliable system is the

school finance staff and yet schools have the privilege of paying the

company of payroll services. If schools want to opt out, we are

being told schools will have to pay for any outstanding queries to be

resolved. Thank you. We may only not return to that story. Have a nice

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