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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

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The headlines from us this Wednesday night.

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The family battling the rare brain disease that

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killed their mother - four out of seven of her

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When you tell them about Huntington's they don't know what it

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is. It is not very nice to have to describe to people.

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After hospitals lose more than 100 patient referrals,

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there are claims health bosses tried to keep their mistake quiet.

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They had been aware of some of these problems since May and June of 2016

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and clearly that is too long a period of time for patients to be

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unaware of this issue. The East Yorkshire tennis player

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Kyle Edmund is threatened with rape and murder on Facebook,

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after losing to Novac Djokovic. The threats were utterly vile but

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sadly all too common in this day and age. They are often made by gamblers

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who have lost money on the outcome of the match.

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And the actor Colin McFarlane takes on Lincolnshire County Council over

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Josh Beasley from Bridlington was ten when his mum died

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Anne Beasley had Huntington's Disease and it destroyed her brain.

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Her death brought with it a devastating realisation

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for the family that all of her seven children had a 50-50

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Last year Josh - who is now 19 - tested positive for Huntington's -

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as have three of his brothers and sisters.

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He's now trying to raise money for research into the disease.

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This is me who has been tested positive, Matthew has

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When Josh's mum had her seven children she didn't know she had

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She died aged just 48 and had genetically passed the disease on.

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Two children are clear, one is still to be tested and four,

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What I remember, it was when her movement was shaking.

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It is awful, there's not enough awareness for it, there is no cure.

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When you tell people, they do not know what it is.

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It is not nice to have to describe to people that it takes

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Huntington's disease is an inherited disorder that causes the death

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The damage to the brain leads to a gradual physical

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Each person whose parent has Huntington's disease

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has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene responsible.

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Everyone who inherits the faulty gene will, at some stage,

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develop the disease - usually between the

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A lot of these young people are growing up in a family

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where they have a parent parent with the illness so

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they're watching something that may happen to them the feature, which is

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obviously quite a frightening prospect.

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You can either curl up into a ball or you can just

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That's what I'm trying to do and raise awareness for the disease.

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She says the family try to support each other.

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When I got my results it was such a relief,

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the straightaway after that

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That's the only thing you can do but it's always

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Somebody is always having a difficult time and have all got to

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try and pull through from each other.

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But it is really difficult because there's so many with it.

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And Josh is trying to get on with his life.

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He starts university next year and is fundraising

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Earlier I spoke to Josh, and I started by asking

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when he found out his mother had the disease.

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All my life she's had the symptoms of Huntingdon's.

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So I've only really known her since she had the symptoms.

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I've not known her before she before she

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How did you cope with losing your mum at the age of

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Obviously it's an awful thing to have to go through for anyone but

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I've got a big family and we're close and good friends.

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You have to be 18 to get your genetic test.

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I was the mindset of getting tested straightaway just for peace of mind.

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Did you think that you would end up being positive?

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It's 50-50, so it could go either way but it just

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thought I would like the peace of mind to know

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How have you dealt with knowing that you have

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Obviously it's an awful thing to have to be told that one

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day you will suffer something like that

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but I have a close family and

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It has made it easier with the fundraising

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But nobody gives you any sort of time frame?

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It could be a couple of years down the line at 20 or 40

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There's no saying when it will be, just one day

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So you need to live your life to the full?

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Does it affect you on a daily basis?

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Obviously everyone has their bad days and it's

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the same with this, you have days when you think about it more than

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Some days you just put it to the back of your mind.

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I know you're doing some fantastic fundraising.

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You have a big event coming up on the 3rd of June.

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I'm organising a charity event in Bridlington

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Will hopefully get the music down there and just raise some money for

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I wish you well for the third as well.

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The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that it has received files

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from eleven police forces, including Lincolnshire,

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in relation to 2015 General Election campaign expenses.

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Last year the Lincoln MP Karl McCartney said he had handed

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over the details of his expenses to the force.

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The inquiries centre on the Conservative Party's national

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The CPS will now decide if any charges should be brought.

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Mr McCartney says he's done nothing wrong.

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Network Rail says cancellations and delays to Hull services this

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morning were because of deliberate damage to cables.

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The company say track-side cable was placed across the tracks

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at Hessle East Junction and then a train ran it.

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Hull has been given ?5 million of extra money to help more

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Yorkshire Cancer Research says the city has a higher than average

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The funding will help diagnose cancer earlier.

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Hospital bosses in North Lincolnshire have been accused

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of hiding the fact they'd lost around one hundred

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The delay has meant some people may have had to wait months

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for urgent medical treatment because they were never put

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Our health correspondent Vicky Johnson reports.

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When Alison 's dad David had problems with his eye he was

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referred by his optician is an urgent case to Scunthorpe hospital.

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That was last April and he has still heard nothing. Yesterday the pain

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was so bad that Allison taken straight to hospital. They said

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yesterday was an ulcer behind his eye that could affect his brain. I'm

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not happy. I am upset to my dad is upset. He is a portly man and he has

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had to go into hospital which has devastated him today. -- poorly man.

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His Chevelle is one of several that have gone missing since North

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Lincolnshire adopted a new system last year. The chairman was invited

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to the scrutiny committee this morning. Two of those cases were

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cancer queries and they are in ongoing treatment. Patients are

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overseen by the GP or dentist and optician. If more specialist care is

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needed they are referred to a consultant at the hospital. The

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hospital is then supposed to get in touch with the patient and give them

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an appointment and take over the care. That is where the problem has

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happened. The details of at least 100 patients have been lost and

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never referred. Health bosses were first alerted to the problem last

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May when this surgery realised more than 50 of the patients had not been

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referred on. Is there no way a flagging this up? It has also been a

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puzzle how you can track your parcel to Amazon but you cannot track your

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patient through the MHS. Managers have chosen not to let other

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potential patients until now. It sounds like a Disney more about

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saving face than protecting patients. I am sorry and we have

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apologised to the public that this has raised its head is a problem. It

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generally hasn't been about saving face and it has been about being

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trying to get a definitive answer to a problem with patients who were not

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registered and have got the patient they deserve. The trust deals with

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around 90,000 patient referrals per year and most go without a hitch. As

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Allison Parks had dads hospital bag it has emerged that at least another

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50 patients have today contacted the hospital 's helpline about their Mr

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referrals. -- they're missed referrals.

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The woman who helped make this information public

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is Councillor Holly Mumby-Croft, who leads the North Linolnshire

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We saw her briefly in Vicky's report.

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I asked her why we were only finding out about these

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Clearly the trust made mention today in the health scrutiny meeting

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that they had been aware some of these

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problems since May/June 2016 and clearly that is too long

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a period of time for patients to be unaware of this issue.

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When did you know and would you consider yourself the

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I was made aware several days before the 6th of

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I was fully briefed at that point and my

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media release would happen on the 6th of March.

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When that didn't happen I began immediately to ask

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I then took the decision on the Wednesday, that

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would be two days after that, to invoke

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legislation to require the

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chief executive of the Northern Lincs and Goole Hospital

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Trust and chief officer of the commissioning group

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-- clinical commissioning group to attend scrutiny because I was

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sufficiently concerned that this needs to be discussed and patience

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needed to be represented and that will important questions need to be

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asked of these people and that that needed to be in a public

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Were it not for you forcing that I am then maybe they wouldn't have

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It is very serious. I am not in a position to comment on when or if

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the trust would have made this public. That clearly we as a health

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scrutiny panel took this very seriously, we took it seriously

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enough that for the first time we invoked the legislation and required

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their attendance. If the trust knows about something like this so serious

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possibly going back a year and they don't do anything about it until you

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as a whistle-blower forced their hand, what trust can people have in

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the trust? Clearly people's trust and concern will be damaged at this

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point. I think that it's logical assumption. It is our job as a

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health scrutiny panel to really strengthen the voice of our

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residents and our patients and to do everything we can to work with the

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trust and understand what has happened and get those reassurances

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that it can never, ever happen to patients again and to continue to be

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the voice of patients and hold the trust to account.

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You have heard the story. If you have been affected by this and maybe

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have been waiting for an appointment, what do you think of

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how this is being handled by their health bosses and the trust? What

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experience have you had? Have they already been in touch? Have you had

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any indication that you're one of the people who has not had a

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referral? Still ahead tonight:

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The East Yorkshire tennis player Kyle Edmund is threatened with rape

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and murder on Facebook, And the actor Colin McFarlane takes

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on Lincolnshire County Council over Phil Elridge took this photo

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of Woodhall Spa at Pet Wood Hotel. He really is off all this week and I

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gather you are doing his radio show this week. He is a skiver. I think

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maybe the award has gone to his head. Nobody is complaining. Nice to

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have you here. We got up to 16 degrees and quite a few spots in

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East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. At the changes for tomorrow. It will

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not be as warm as the. More applied around. Not a bad day. Things will

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turn unsettled for Friday and the weekend. High has dominated our

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weather but lots of these areas of low pressure. Lots of France heading

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our way for Friday. Isa buyers tightly packed so some blustery

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conditions as well. It has been lovely out there, barely a cloud in

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the sky which helped attempt just get up to the mid teens. It will be

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a fine evening with long clear spells and remaining dry and fine

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overnight. We might see a little more cloud creep towards the end of

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the night. Temperatures falling back to around 7 degrees are a degrees. A

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light breeze. The sun will rise at around quarter past six in the

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morning and set at seven minutes past six in the evening. We will

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start the day was spells of sunshine and through the morning we will have

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the best of the sunny spells. Gradually throughout the day we will

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see a bit more cloud. Tomorrow will be a little more cloudy and breezy

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and more cool as well. The rain from the North will stay to the north of

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us until tomorrow evening and then will be very light and patchy when

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it arrives. 16 degrees today. It will be cooler tomorrow at around 11

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degrees 12 degrees. A cool start of the day with the touch of frost and

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places on Friday. A windy day developing with Wayne for the

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afternoon. Not a complete wash-out for the weekend. There will be some

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spells of wet and windy weather and really quite blustery throughout.

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The tennis player Kyle Edmund has revealed he's been threatened

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with murder and rape in messages on social media.

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The 46th ranked player in the world - who is from East Yorkshire -

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highlighted the posts on his Facebook page

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after being knocked out of a tournament in California.

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Commentators says it has become common for sport stars

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Sarah Walton has more on this, and just a warning there is some

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Kyle Edmund is seen as one of tennis's up and coming stars.

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But world number two Novak Djokovic proved to be too much

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for him at the weekend, and he was knocked out

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But in the hours that followed his defeat,

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Kyle says he received abusive messages on Facebook.

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The posts include threats of violent murder and rape

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as well as derogatory remarks about his appearance.

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And commentators say other British players have been

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The threats made against Kyle Edmund were utterly vile but sadly all too

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They are often made by gamblers who have lost money

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Johanna Konta has spoken about it in the past,

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She has talked about the death threats, she has received

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and the threats made against her own family.

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Sadly, for women, it's often far worse than it is for men,

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as was the case here with Kyle Edmund.

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Many threats contain a hint of sexual violence.

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Even Wimbledon winner Andy Murray has described abuse he received

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online as vile and no longer uses Twitter on a regular basis.

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The Lawn Tennis Association, the sport's governing body

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"Professional players are responsible for reporting acts

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of online bullying to the respective social media outlets.

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But online threats are illegal and those targeted can

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The Crown Prosecution Service recognises is a very serious

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criminal offence. Last year severe penalties were increased. The

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maximum sentence has gone up and is now in excess of two years. The last

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year so there has been a tenfold increase of police prosecuting

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exactly the of abuse. Kyle told Look North this morning

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that he won't comment any further as he has no time to spend

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on negative issues. He's now focusing on his next

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tournament in Miami People living at the Humberston

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Fitties chalet park near Cleethorpes say they're being kept in the dark

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over council plans This afternoon North East

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Lincolnshire Council agreed to start negotiations

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with an unnamed bidder. But chalet owners, who put

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forward their own community bid, Lincolnshire County Council has been

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told it must reconsider its decision to switch off streetlights overnight

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to save money. I have been speaking to the Hollywood actor Colin

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McFarlane and the crystal responsible to -- councillor

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responsible for the switch. Last year - people in Lincoln

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started to see their streetlights being switched off -

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at night... Then after a campaign

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by local residents - the lights were kept

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on until midnight. Across Lincolnshire -

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42,000 street lights are now switched off at night -

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with 1,000 permanently switched off...It's designed

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to save the County Council But it's not switched-off

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the criticism...Right across the county -

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where the lights have been adjusted People have been saying they are

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concerned about safety, particularly people walking alone during those

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times. Possibly about increased crime. Some have cited Windows in

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vehicles being smashed. Not everyone is

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against the changes - but campaigners hope

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the County Council The actor Colin McFarlane what a

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rethink on this from lecture County Council. Richard Davies is the

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councillor responsible for the switch. -- Lincolnshire. I asked the

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councillor if they put the lights back on what else would have to go.

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We would have less money to spend on filling potholes and taking care of

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the elderly and issues around schools and education would go. The

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fact is we talk to the public of Lincolnshire on a regular basis and

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we have 77 councillors covering the whole county and this is not the top

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priority for the people of Lincolnshire. Colin, you would

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rather see these other things cut? You don't need to cut other things,

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you just need to have a conversation with the public and that is not

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happening. That is what I would like to see happening and a lot of other

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bodies would like to see happening. We need to sit around a table and

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work this out. Have you had a conversation? We have been having

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this conversation for many years. We started this project over two years

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ago and has units rolled out to the vast majority of the county and by

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the end of the month the project will be completed. I don't think the

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council will actually top. Cardiff County Council had a 18 month pilot

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and then made a decision. There has been nothing like that and

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Lincolnshire. We have been piloting this Lincolnshire for nearly 20

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years. One of the reasons we can't convert light is a lot of them are

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very high efficiency. The harsh reality is I am not sure we need to

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start discussing temperature. I think I can make all the points I

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want to make so I am writing an article about this. I would love to

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come back and have a proper conversation. I think you're making

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a lot of mistakes Lincolnshire and I will come back another chat with

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you. The police have not seen an increase in crime in some areas it

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is in original action in burglary crime. -- has seen a reduction.

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There's not been a drop in crime and less people are going out. There is

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actually an increase in burglaries. It is the fear of crime and the

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Chief Constable has just been appointed came out and said I

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understand that this at the of crime in Lincoln and you need to lobby the

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council. I'm here to lobby the council and be the voice for those

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people who are unafraid to go out. It is disingenuous to say there has

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been an increase in crime and that is not of their reflection

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nationally. For you to come onto mainstream national media for you to

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say there is increasing crime because of this is not fair and is

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the kind of scaremongering we do not need healing Lincolnshire. There has

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not been an increase in crime. It is not fair. There is a fear of crime

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and that is just as valid as crime itself. But you have just said there

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is an increasing crime and that is not true, Colin. However you want to

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look at the statistics. You're scaring people and the people of

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Lincolnshire are a better than sound bite politics and skiers. -- and

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scaring them. Technology is developing and there is no national

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policy so councils up and down the country are all doing different

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things and frankly wasting a lot of money. Thank you, gentlemen. A

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lively debate. We are very keen for you views on this about having

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streetlights of light and having them done and are turned off

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altogether. If you want to comment we will have some comments tomorrow

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night. Let's get a recap of the national

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and regional headlines. Chancellor Phillip Hammond makes

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a U-turn on his budget plan to raise After Goole, Scunthorpe

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and Grimsby hospitals lose more than 100 patient referrals,

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there are claims health bosses tried Tomorrow's weather: Bright

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and sunny spells at first. But the cloud will come

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in from the northwest throughout the day -

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still mainly dry for most of it. Top temperatures in the afternoon

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will get up to around 12 Celsius. On this once to patient referrals

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being lost. Paul says he was told his referral in neurology and had

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been lost and it was only when he rang up his GP that I find out.

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Diane says surely patient's relatives should chase up

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appointments as the NHS is very busy. Pam says there is no trust and

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I I think they believe people will die and therefore bring down the

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list. Another correspondent says I'm sure many people waiting must have

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tried to chase what was going on a fobbed off with excuses or even told

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not to try as there is no time? Thank you very much for watching.

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See you later on.

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