17/02/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)


17/02/2017

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The new Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police says

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he will assign more officers to tackle hare coursers and the

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Bill Skelly has promised to "do more" to police

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the problems after meeting farmers and landowners.

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People in some parts of the county say they've been threatened

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and intimidated by criminal gangs who travel to the area

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This report by our rural affairs correspondent, Linsey Smith,

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features pictures some may find upsetting.

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The sheer number who turned up for a meeting at a Boston hotel

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Many of these people are angry - angry at what they say is a woeful

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Their problems often come from hare coursers,

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people who illegally hunt hares with dogs and cause havoc

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Especially if residents challenge them about the damage they cause.

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I've been threatened personally to be killed,

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my family killed, property destroyed, burnt down.

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The meeting today was a chance to air concerns

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to Lincolnshire Police's new Chief Constable.

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I have committed to putting extra people into this arena

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There's no doubt that in the recent past, the issue has changed.

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We're seeing more people involved, we're seeing a higher level

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of organisation and the harm and the threat is increasing.

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So I feel that definitely Lincolnshire Police will be doing

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more than it does currently in order to address these issues.

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That's welcome news, particularly as before today,

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residents of Spalding felt their only option was to police

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They use a mobile phone app to warn each other of gangs

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I think he'll certainly look at the issue and see what can be

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done to actually improve the standard of living for all of us

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who suffer from these gangs on a daily basis.

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We put our point across very strongly.

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I'm afraid we've heard most of what we've heard before.

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The police are certainly on notice now.

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The change from last year, you've now got multiple groups

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of vehicles, in ten, 15, 20 vehicles, sometimes

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You've got 20 watching and ten or 20 hare coursing.

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There's huge amounts of money involved here.

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The Chief Constable said they'll never eradicate hare

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coursing from Lincolnshire, but that he'll meet residents again

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in three months' time to go through a more detailed plan of how

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they can bring it down to more acceptable levels.

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Lincolnshire Police say the driver of a car who was in a crash

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with an ambulance four weeks ago has died.

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Five people were injured in the incident at Waddington

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in January, when the ambulance was responding to an emergency call.

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Police say the driver who died wasn't taken

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to hospital at the time, but was admitted to

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A post-mortem examination will to try determine

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whether the death is linked to the collision.

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The train company TransPennine Express is to run a later train

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It's hoped the 10.30pm service to Brough, Selby,

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Leeds and Manchester will allow people to stay longer

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in the city at night, especially during City

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Almost 100 jobs are at risk following the announcement that

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a Lincolnshire company is to close two of its department stores.

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The Oldrids and Downton shops in Lincoln and Gainsborough

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are expected to shut over the next 12 months because of difficult

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A public vote to do away with several Lincolnshire councils

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and replace them with a single one has been postponed.

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The county council leader, Martin Hill, had proposed

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a referendum on the same day as local elections in May,

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asking the public if they wanted local government to be

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But that's been derailed by opposition from some

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Our political editor, Tim Iredale, reports.

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Barely a day goes by without councils complaining

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they don t have enough money to provide local services.

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So Lincolnshire's county council leader came up

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with a proposal he claimed would save ?30 million a year.

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To scrap his council authority and seven districts and replace them

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with a unitary authority covering the whole of Lincolnshire.

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I believe we don't need county councils and district councils,

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just one or two or maybe three so the public can have

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It's an idea that's divided council tax payers.

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You need one person to go and see rather than different districts,

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you don't know where to go for each subject.

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Having one in Lincoln, we're living in Bourne.

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They have no idea what's going on in Bourne or any other town

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that's in Limcolnshire, I wouldn't have thought.

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The merger proposal was opposed by some of Lincolnshire's

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District Council leaders, who sought legal advice.

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The legal opinion is quite unequivocal that you cannot run

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a referendum integrated with a local council election.

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I am afraid it is typical of the county to take a rather

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arrogant and incompetent approach to things, I'm afraid to say.

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They didn't bother to consult the district councils, they didn't

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The county council leader denies the accusation,

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but says a May referendum on his proposals has been scrapped.

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We are still going to do a consultation in September,

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October time but not a U-turn, more of a chicane.

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There have been a few obstacles put in the way -

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we're just going to go around those and consult the public.

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So although there won't be a formal referendum,

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the people of Lincolnshire will be asked their views on whether they

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want a unitary authority as part of a consultation process.

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It's clear this matter is not off the political agenda here.

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Now let's get the weather with Keeley.

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It won't be cold, but it will at times be quite cloudy

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and the cloud will come and go overnight tonight, producing a few

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A frost-free night to come as well with temperatures falling back

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We might get off on quite a cloudy note, a grey start

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Even though we'll keep quite a lot of cloud,

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There could be the odd shower, but I think for most

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places it will be a dry, bright if not fairly cloudy day

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to come with temperatures getting up to around ten or 11 Celsius.

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And then there will be some rain tomorrow evening and we'll start

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Sunday on a bit of a damp note, but becoming drier and brighter

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So a lot of dry weather to come through the weekend.

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Mild - and exceptionally mild - potentially temperatures a few

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That's about it from me and the late team. We'll have a bulletin tomorrow

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evening at 5:20pm. Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine.

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part of next week, we could see 16 Celsius in a few spots. Here is knit

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with the National output. We have turned things around in the

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space of a week, with a more springlike feel out there. Some

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places may get as high as 17 Celsius on Monday. That is the exception,

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and most of us won't see that. Plenty of cloud throughout this

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weekend. It is already producing some outbreaks of rain in western

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and northern parts overnight will stop not amounting to too much,

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affecting western Scotland later in the night. Early rain in Northern

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Ireland looks to pull away quite quickly in the morning, spreading

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south through

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