21/02/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

The headlines from BBC Look North this Tuesday night.

Low morale and no confidence in management - the damning staff

survey showing why the head of Humberside Police

Our members want to do the best job they can and when they're not able

to do that it causes problems. Anger and upset -

as dozens of workers turn up to find their factory's closed down

and they won't be paid. And our seas and beaches

filling up with plastic - The weather turns a less settled

over the next few days. I shall have the full forecast shortly.

A damning survey of Humberside Police staff has revealed a complete

lack of confidence in the leadership of Justine Curran, the Chief

The details have been made public for the first time

today, by the Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter.

He's the one who told Justine Curran he thought she should leave the job.

Now one union says the new Chief Constable -

when appointed - HAS to take staff concerns seriously.

Katy Austin has been looking at the findings of the survey.

39% of staff responded to this survey

which was carried out in September last year when Justine

Of those 67% did not have confidence in chief

officers and senior managers leading Humberside Police.

84% said changes within the force are not

67% said chief officers and senior were not open or

68% did not think Humberside Police cared about its

It will be up to the new Chief Constable to try to change

Now Justine Curran has cleared her desk, the search is on

We asked some victims of crime what they want from the new

James' launderettes in Hull have been

More visible policing on the streets.

When the police are able to get on the streets we have seen some

really good results but we don't see that same

These Scunthorpe residents are trying to keep their allotment

One gardener told me what he hopes for

We haven't got enough police in this area.

The union that represents some police staff, says raising police

morale should be a priority for the new chief.

It has been very difficult, very turbulent, morale's very low.

I want to see a new Chief Constable that engages with the workforce,

so it's not just about listening, it's about listening and taking

seriously the views of the workforce.

The Police and Crime Commissioner says they'll need to regain faith

engage the workforce for the communities of this area.

It also means they need to be a good communicator because that

relationship with those communities need to be built by the leadership

Also not just the officers on the streets.

Staff morale is just one challenge Humberside's new police

Shift patterns introduced by Justine Curran in 2015 and went

Inspectors gave the force and where inadequate

year later concluded improvement was still needed.

Inspectors are due to release another report next week.

Put this against the background of Government funding cuts and large

staffing cuts and rising crime and it seems Humberside's new Chief

Constable will have quite a job to do.

So how do you recruit a new Chief Constable?

Well, Keith Hunter is starting today.

He's writing to all police officers in the UK who might fit

the job description, telling them there's a vacancy.

existing Chief Constables, their deputies and assistants.

round police magazines, job advert websites,

advertised abroad for a new Chief Constable.

As for how much the new chief will earn - well, that's

-- Humberside. a year for the Humberisde force.

Around 70 people have lost their jobs at a medical

These were the scenes outside Sutton Manufacturing Solutions,

as staff learned the company had gone into administration -

and that they wouldn't be paid for work they've done this month.

I'm joined now by our reporter Jill Archbold.

You've been speaking to staff today -- how much of a shock was this?

It was certainly a shock for staff who told me this afternoon

that the companies order book had been full - but there had

been warning signs - some staff had been made redundant

at the end of last year and more recently some had been told

Today a meeting was called - staff were summoned to the factory

by a text message - and when they arrived they were told

the company had gone into administration and their jobs

Staff say they were disappointed that none of the companies directors

Staff say they were disappointed that none of the companies directors

I worked for this company for 15 years.

And since his people have took over, the last two years, they

I was due my money at the end of January and

never received a penny of my redundancy off them.

I've had a hunch that it was going under and so came here

Travelled all the way from Worcestershire.

I'm 62 now so I've still got to find another job.

Adminstrators say they've been trying to find a buyer

for the company which make dental supplies - but these efforts

The staff have been told they won't receive a pay check this month -

and have been given information today about how they apply

The owners, who took charge in 2012, are from Croatia -

this afternoon they were not answering the only working phone

We will let you know of any developments on that story.

Inspectors have returned to East Midlands Ambulance Service

today, following a critical report last year.

The Care Quality Commission had criticised a shortage of staff

and vehicles and said the trust needed to reduce delays

EMAS bosses say that improvements have been made

Police have finished confiscating thousands of weapons

Officers were called to Skydock at Faldingworth near Market Rasen

last week after the Home Office withdrew its licence.

More needs to be done to reduce the amount of plastic being found

That's according to scientists, who say the problem of marine

litter is more widespread than once thought.

It's believed some of the first plastics ever made are

still floating around and harming sea life.

Here's our Environment Correspondent, Paul Murphy.

A half-term clean-up on the shore at Flamborough courtesy

Hidden in the stones they're finding dozens of pieces of plastic waste -

and these young volunteers know all too well why this

Animals can pick it up and they can eat it.

And the chemicals can upset their stomach when it gets inside.

In summer there's a bunch of birds go

up on the cliffs and plastic and rubbish on the beach

Earlier this month we reported on the discovery of nearly a mile

of plastic waste at the mouth of the Humber at Spurn.

And this is only the plastic we can see.

that these break down in the sea, they get

smaller and smaller, they get digested by birds and by fish.

They pick up so much plastic rubbish here at Flamborough

they even turn into wall art to highlight the problem.

The scale of the amount of rubbish that

is out in our seas is much greater than we maybe originally thought.

It really is an issue that we really need to be able to battle now.

Scientists believe the 5p charge on plastic shopping bags has

One thing that would be a good idea is to bring

Getting people to learn how to recycle.

There are many more beach cleans-ups planned for the coming months -

these help of course but the stuff that is being washed up

reperesents just a fraction of the litter in our seas.

Paul Murphy, BBC Look North Flamborough.

beaten North Ferriby by one goal to nil. -- The Imps.

And now the weather with Owain Wyn Evans.

The weather certainly is turning less settled

As for tonight, this band of rain slowly

There will be a lot of dry weather rendered.

That said temperatures will be down to six or seven

We hang on to the tail end of that weather front tomorrow

A bit more in the way of brightness by the time we get to the

Feeling noticeably colder tomorrow with highs of about eight

Again we are hanging onto that breeze.

On Thursday this area of low pressure

Outbreaks of heavy rain and gale force winds as well.

the day, particularly up towards the evening rush hour. It calms down on

the Outlook toward the end of the week and then milder again from the

wheel them. More on storm Doris now with Matt Taylor.