20/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

of the German flag in tribute to those who lost their lives

The headlines tonight: It's claimed a new bridge over this

level crossing in Lincoln will discriminate against

A former police detective warns little can be done to prevent future

Council bosses in Hull say work is on track,

but don't expect the orange barriers to be gone by the start

Some rather stormy weather in the run-up to Christmas. I will be back

with all the details. Railway chiefs are being accused

of appalling discrimination for ignoring the needs of people

with disabilities in Lincoln. Network Rail is building

a new bridge at the Brayford Wharf level crossing -

and says installing lifts for people with mobility problems

would be too expensive. The Brayford Wharf East level

crossing in Lincoln is busy. It's the second-highest risk

on the East Midlands train route. So Network Rail wants

to put in a footbridge. would have a difference, though -

there'd be no lift. We asked some pedestrians

what they thought of that. If they're going to build is it

really to have lifts. I thought it was the law

that you had to provide access for disabled people

for providing public service. I can see why it would be helpful

because they can't have one, I think it be better to have

than not. It's been a couple of minutes now

since the barriers went down and the train is in full flow

going across the crossing you can With a bridge, they'd have been able

to cross by now, but anyone who struggles with stairs

would still be waiting. Network Rail told us it tried

to consult a Lincoln disabilities group about the bridge -

but didn't hear back. I don't know when they would've done

that because I have been retired for nearly five years now and when I

left the organisation closed It is appalling that in this day

and age they can actually put plants and to build something

without any disabled access. The thing is they have discriminated

against disabled people, whether it put plants and to build something

without any disabled access. The thing is they have discriminated

against disabled people, whether it Network Rail points out it's not

going to close the crossing, so everyone could still use it

when the barriers are up. And says the reason for the lift

being taken out is lack of funding. But campaigners want a bridge that's

accessible to all, all the time. More cash machines will be ripped

from the walls of stores and banks in this area by gangs

of roving thieves. A former senior detective says it's

"inevitable" because little can It's a crime that takes just minutes

to carry out but can leave communities picking up

the pieces for months. This year has seen a rash

of ATM thefts across East Yorkshire Former Detective Chief

Inspector Stuart Gibbon says the responsible

organised are highly organised. From a police perspective

of the investigation These people are forensically

aware and they will do anything to disguise their identity

for CCTV purposes and will also take steps to avoid leaving

fingerprints and DNA. I hate to say we have

to accept it, but there is an inevitability

about this type of Donington in Lincolnshire was one

of the towns that were hit. Months later the shop

was still closed, even though thieves failed

to steal a single penny

here, the cost has been estimated at several

hundred thousand pounds. It's going to look very similar

to what it did prior to We're still working on ways

of preventing any of this happening ever again so that could

be re-siting of ATM so it is an This type of crime has

become all too familiar. In January thieves

stole cash from a cash A month later the Co-op

in Skrllingthorpe In April a shop in Home

on Spalding Moor and a bank In May the ATM in a shop in

Sutton Bridge was ripped out. In September came

the failed ram-raid And in December thieves

struck yet again at I think that just need

to review the security. If they are doing

as much as they can that very little they can do

actually to prevent this from It could be February before

the fall work here to repair the shop is complete

and after such a long period of disruption people

living here want to ensure measures are put in place that will stop

anything like this happening again. The Government is being urged

to intervene immediately to tackle The Conservative MP for Gainsborough

- Sir Edward Leigh - told the Commons that not enough

doctors were being trained. A shortage of 80 GPs against

a target of 900 in Lincolnshire. And only six out of 30

training places were Will the Secretary of

State now grip the GP services in Lincolnshire

for the sake of our people? The reality is that

in the last parliament we increased number

of GPs by 5% and this parliament we are planning

to increase them by another 5000 which

will be the biggest increase in GPs A ban on some species of birds

at public gatherings has been put in place -

following an outbreak of bird Thousands of turkeys either

died or had to be culled after the disease was found

at Austen Fen Farm, near Louth. The ban applies to chickens,

turkeys, ducks and geese - and means they can't be taken

to livestock fairs, Just 12 days till Hull becomes

the UK City of Culture - for a whole year -

the city's council has been giving reassurances that large scale work

to repave the main streets BUT they warn people not to not

to expect it all to be done Sarah Walton is live

in Hull, will people Well you could notice a difference

in just 12 days' time because the new year is when phase

one of the works is due to finish and these infamous orange barriers

will start to disappear. Areas of here and the food market at

the crudest examples -- at the clearest examples

of what's been done - many of these businesses

here are new and were attracted here by the revamp.

This is what the council is trying to replicate

The first phase of an ambitious plan to transform the city centre

is almost complete - contractors are working hard to meet

the end of year deadline on what's been huge project.

it is grown and grown and grown and we decided to do as much as we can

do before the year of culture. It's all part of a ten-year city

plan started three years ago. Winning City of Culture

led to a decision to So now Whitefriargate

is looking different - and who hasn't noticed the change

at the fruit market - although in some places

there's still a way to go. Queen Victoria Square will be

finished which is why it is the centrepiece of the opening event.

The Galilee at opening time in the new Theatre is planned for later in

the year and our own contemporary art gallery and Humber Street will

open as planned in February. Everything is happening as it has

been planned. But after phase one comes phase

two - work to rennovate King Edward Square which won't be

completed till Easter. And that's a concern for local

businesses who say customers I'm worried for January and

February. We have plodded on and have kept our heads above water so

the staff still have their hours. It is really only.

are being put off by the maze of orange barriers.

Hull has been messy and noisy for longer than many

had expected but the vision for a city centre that people

want to visit and businesses want to be is final

So the message from the council today was really the bulk of this

work will be done for City of Culture - but the

There'll be some finishing off to do and work on side roads,

as well as the King Edwards Square development.

But you should start noticing a change soon -

and that will be welcome news, because I think most people

here are pretty keen to see the back of these things now.

The player of Grimsby town met some of their younger fans who live in

the hospital this Christmas. There were visitors to Diana Princess of

Wales children's unit and they give the children guess from the club

shop. Well done to the players. A fine book cold out out there at

the moment with frost in places but more pliable spreading for the North

West bringing patchy rain and drizzle and then of the night

temperatures will be around four or 5 degrees. Tomorrow there will be

sunshine for time during the middle part the day and afternoon some

showery rain will track south-eastwards and quite blustery

with that writing again later with a high of around eight or 9 degrees.

-- brightening again. Across parts of Yorkshire on Friday there will be

very windy conditions and will be affected by storm Barbara was wet

and windy weather to come. That could be some disruption to travel

and through Christmas weekend it does remain unsettled and quite

windy at times. Thank you for watching we're back in

the morning with summary starting at 25 most past six and every have an

hour. -- half hour. country it's worth knowing the

national forecast. Over now to Tomasz.

So, the weather's going to blow a few cobwebs away in the coming days

and maybe a few other things, as well. How stormy is it going to get?

For most of us probably not too terrible. It is, however, going to

be very nasty across parts of Scotland on Friday. The clouds are

racing across the Atlantic and we will see a storm by the time we get

to around about Friday and then Friday night.

At the moment we have a weather front crossing the country, we have

had dreadful weather in the north-west, it was cold and raining

in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. This band of rain will be

somewhere here by the end of the night. Behind it a shot of cooler

air, colder air and frequent showers. This is what Wednesday

looks like.