17/06/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening. Welcome to Look North.

The headlines. The battle for school places, up

with some children facing a seven mile trip without their parents to

get to lessons are. I am not sure of many parents that

would be happy to park their daughter in a taxi to be taken to

school, maybe five miles away. A man behind bars after raping a

woman 32 years ago. The protests heading to Scunthorpe,

but one MP claims it is a waste of time.

And, the Lincolnshire based western star hoping to light up the

Beverley music festival. And, joined me for the all-

important weekend weather forecast, Good evening.

It could be in brothers and sisters being sent to separate and

different primary schools, and some young children having to make

journeys of up to seven miles without their parents. Local

councils have said it is sorry to scores of parents in Brough, a

struggling to find a primary school place for their children. Last

month, it was Perez in Lincolnshire who were facing a similar dilemma.

-- parents. For the last few years, these

children have been at playgroups and nursery with friends from Prof.

Come September, that will change. The local primary schools are full,

so they are being split up. It is not fair, because I asked when

Harry was two if it could put his name down, so he would be

guaranteed a place, but we cannot do that anymore. I went through the

admissions system, I did exactly what I should do, and because I

love that bit further away than my friend down the street, I have not

got in. They are not alone, 21 children cannot get a place at

three schools. In this area, we have a rising birth rate, together

with significant housing developments. That has meant that

the number of children in the catchment areas has exceeded the

capacity of the schools. Should you be apologising to those 21

children? We feel sorry for them. I can appreciate their situation. I

sympathise with them. It is not a good position. We will work with

the families and ensure that they do have access to a good school and

transport to get there. children who have missed out may

have to travel more than seven miles to their new school in North

Cape, South Cave and North Ferriby, and if parents do not drive, some

children will get taxes alone. has got severe asthma, and it

worries me, if he has an attack in the car, will the taxi driver be

prepared to administer his drugs? Of the three schools, this one is

the only one which cannot -- can be extended, but that takes time, so

over the coming years, more children face not having a place. A

lack of school places is a national issue. Parents in Lincolnshire have

experienced similar problems. But with more houses being built in

Brough, the fight for limited spaces here is intensifying.

It is a problem in more than just one area. If you are a parent

facing this problem, get in touch. How should planners deal with the

growing numbers of people? -- We look forward to hearing from you.

In a moment,... How pigeons are helping to teach

teenagers who face being thrown out of class.

30 years after he rated teenager, a man is tonight finally beginning a

jail sentence -- rape a teenager. Michael Tomlinson admitted the

attack on the 17-year-old woman which happened in 1978. Today a

judge jailed him for three years. The case was reopened last year by

a specialist team from Humberside Police, who investigate long

unsolved cases. They said that scientific advances and the DNA

database are to thank for the breakthrough.

He kept a terrible secret for 30 years. On a summer night in 1978,

Michael Tomlinson dragged a 17- year-old woman into a field. He

pushed her to the ground, covered her face, Prater, and ran off. He

spent the last 26 years working as a taxi-driver in Grimsby. Today, he

was punished for his crime. It is the oldest case we have ever dealt

with. We have dealt with cases that are quite old, but 33 years is the

oldest I can think. Samples containing DNA were collected from

the crime scene. They were stored away. In 2004, Michael Tomlinson

was arrested for common assault. His DNA was put on the national

database. Detectives revisited the case in 2010. Forensic experts used

the original samples to build a DNA profile of the attacker. It matched

his. Police began rebuilding the case. The court heard that

forensics were vital to solve and this case. The judge told him, DNA

proved it was you that committed the crime. You have known that, one

day, the police would come knocking at your door. They did. The lady

was walking home to Cleethorpes. This investigation was part of an

ongoing review of unsolved sexual offences. The scientific unit that

helped solve this case is closing. This is where the incident happened.

The government announced the Forensic Science Service was losing

money and would have to close by March. In the forensic stages of

the inquiry, we would not be able to proceed without the material

that they hold, without the word that they can do in the scientific

field and the advice and guidance they can give us in relation to

developing good, it would be inconceivable to do this work

without the forensic services. Discussions are wondering about the

future of this work, but Michael Tomlinson and several other sex

offenders would still be under the radar without it. -- discussions

are ongoing. A mountain rescue team has been

called in to help police search for a missing man, who has Parkinson's

disease. David Hewitson was last seen on Monday, when he left home

in Pocklington to go for a walk. Searches have been carried out in

nearby woodland. A councillor has been suspended

after he accused a colleague of lying. Neil Murray, a Labour member

of the city of Lincoln Council, clashed with Conservative

councillor Mark Jones last year. They had discussed proposals to

reintroduce racing to Lincoln's was common.

The company behind plans to extend an animal breeding centre say they

will appeal the decision or resubmit an amended application. P

and Kate universal want to expand their centre at Princeton, where

because our bread. Yesterday, planners turned them down because

of concerns about the construction traffic.

Teenagers in north Lincolnshire in danger of being excluded from

school are being offered an alternative lesson. In pigeon

fancying. It is an idea in Epworth, to help troubled youngsters.

How do you handle troubled teenagers? Police in Scunthorpe

think handling pigeons could be the answer. Younger people who often

find it difficult in the classroom have turned to this project, giving

them a chance to learn about pigeon fancying and other academic skills.

They are learning how to deal with other people, other adults, things

like maths and geography, where the birds are flying from, and what

they are doing in terms of average speed, and the times. It was

started by this Humberside Police officer, a lifelong pigeon fancier.

He says it has proved successful elsewhere. I read an article about

a similar project which had engaged a group of young people in Scotland,

and had some good results with regards to reducing anti-social

behaviour and crime. One teenager says it is already teaching him a

thing or two. It is a learning thing for me, learning about these

pigeons, I have to control them. Former heavyweight boxing champion

Mike Tyson has revealed that it was hit love affair with pigeons that

kick-started his career in the rink. If it is good enough for him, that

is her but this project will help divert teenagers in north

Lincolnshire away from anti-social behaviour -- it is hoped that.

I have been speaking to Brian Cheesman, a child psychologist.

Lots of young people have looked after pigeons and other various

pets, but we are talking about difficult kids and dysfunctional

children and young people who have had quite a difficult life. What

they have to remember, everybody, whether you are the raging

psychopath or not, everybody has a caring element to them. The to be

given the opportunity to look after pigeons and care for them, that

raises the elements of care. Many people will say, this is great,

they do some bad behaviour, so they get rewarded with something that

many people would like to have a go. Yes, I have heard that so many

times. You are giving Good Easter baddies. But it is really important

that we try all sorts of avenues when dealing with young people.

of these things, go-karting, they all cost money. Is it money well

spent, or is it pampering those who have done wrong? It is not

pampering. Most children and young people would not mind the idea of

being allowed to care for something. What this is going to do, it will

provide the caring element, kids being able to demonstrate that, and

it helps raise self-esteem. Most young cheers who have got into

trouble, sometimes minimal trouble, it is about self-esteem -- most

youngsters. They do not need to look for trouble to give themselves

self-esteem. So, you can do some bad, and you can look after

pigeons! I am not so sure that kids will think like that. It is horses-

for-courses. They are not going to provide pigeon fancying for all

sorts of children are. They are quite selective, the individuals

that do this work. The thoughts of Brian Cheesman. I

am sure you have got your own thoughts. The schemes, are they a

reward for bad behaviour, or are they justified if they get young

people back on the straight and Fell to four watching. -- thank you

for watching. A day to remember, these

Lincolnshire pupils meet Prince Edward on a special visit.

And, I am live at the Beverley folk Festival, it is its 20th year, it

promises to be a great musical We will be back to the festival in

just a moment. Tonight, Hereford to Graf in from

Barbara and Arthur. Look at that. - - we have a photograph. That was

Friday night in June. Can you believe it? They say, we did not

get any warning of this. I don't I suggest that showers will be

thundery with heavy deposits! heavy deposits. Maybe you would

just like to read tonight's forecast and we will listen

carefully for accuracy. I would like to cheer people up. I have

just written a blog. The sun is quite quiet at the moment so could

it mean we are in for more cold. Us? Some light reading for the

weekend! And you can write to me on Twitter. Let's look at the headline.

It is very unsettled indeed. There will be some rain around tonight

and tomorrow, we are hoping it will slowly move northwards but we will

be left with showers if it does. This is next week's weather system,

which will push across us. Showers and longer spells of rain. We are

being invaded from the South and West, and we already have rain

crossing the Humber and it will be in Beverley for that folk Festival.

Whatever way you look at it, those showers will emerge to give longer

outbreaks of rain, so not a nice night. Temperatures will be down to

10 or 11 degrees Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at about

4:29am. Of these are the high water times. We'll off to a wet start

with outbreaks of rain, locally heavy and prolonged. -- we are off.

Things in Lincolnshire will brighten up but there will be

showers. Hopefully, it will improve, but whatever way you look at it,

and unsettled day. Temperatures at about 17, 18 degrees. Showers for

Rest assured, we have recorded it. I am not going down that route! I

will be out of a job. Local MPs and business leaders have

condemned plans for a protest against government cuts in north

London church. The group UK Uncut say that their demonstration in of

Scunthorpe is about plans to reduce the opening hours of local

libraries. It is something the council denies.

They describe themselves as a non- island protest group but they aim

to disrupt trading on the high street. -- non-of Ireland. They

will be campaigning about government cutbacks and

highlighting the effect on local services. I think any action that

highlights the excesses of banking taxes is absolutely valid.

their visit is not being welcomed by his civic leaders, with the area

being hit so badly in the economic downturn and the recent

announcement of job cuts. It is feared UK Uncut Corps tried to end

List shoppers during their protests. People understand estate the

economy is in. It is fanciful for people to run around saying that

there don't need to be cuts. I know that local people are far too

sensible to get mixed up with extreme groups like this. It is a

view echoed by the town's Chamber of Commerce. If they took a protest

in a different direction, it gives people a certain unease and I think

people will stay away from Scunthorpe town centre tomorrow

afternoon. This is where the protest is due to begin at 3pm. It

is not known how many protesters are expected but RNAS Culdrose says

there has been a great deal of interest on social networks sights

on the internet. In the town centre today, thereby hopes the protest

will pass without incident. -- there are hopes. We are not

expecting much violence so hopefully it will be peaceful. The

shoppers should be able to go about their business normally. As long as

we don't get anything of Ireland. We are not very happy about

protesters who simply seem to be saying, how is it for us. We take

it all and say nothing, but I think it would be a good thing.

Humberside Police said they are not expecting violence and that they

will monitor the situation. The chief executive of the Pilgrim

Hospital in Boston has insisted he will not resign despite a damning

report into standards of care. Hospital managers admit there is

still work to do following a report by the Care Quality Commission

which examines how well patients are looked after. It still says it

has major concerns about Boston. have not made sufficient progress

but we do remain committed to focusing on improving the quality

of services we deliver and we will not relent in that effort until we

are satisfied that we have got the right level of service and quality

of service consistently all parts of the hospital all of the time.

Once again, a huge response on this story. Simon says, I worked at the

programme as a nurse and left due This is from a nurse who works in

Thank you very much indeed for those.

Prince Edward has been in Lincolnshire today. He last came to

the county two years ago have been his role as Air Commodore at an RAF

base. He met two women here who have been awarded MBEs for their

work. With cheering children and flags

snapping in the breeze, the town of Kirton in Lindsey welcomed a very

special Bisset -- visitor. His Royal Highness the end of Wessex

arrived to open the refurbished Town Hall. And he charmed the

crowds into the bargain. We were talking about school. What subject

we liked. He is very tall, isn't he? It has been lovely, worth

coming out for. The Town Hall is more than 100 years old but it had

fallen into disrepair. His Royal Highness met some of the local

volunteers who had been working hard to save it. I think it has

brought the community much closer together. A huge community effort

to get it going and to get the money. When I got seriously

involved, the upper floor, the first floor hall, had been closed

because the ceiling was falling down. Damp and weather had caused

it to fall into decay. I felt it was a very important building and a

great pity that it was falling into disrepair. Today's visit is

recognition for the huge efforts of the local community, efforts that

have already seen a few volunteers become MPs. So now the Town Hall

has been returned to his former glory and it is hoped it will bring

up -- bring real benefits to the wider community in this market town.

What more could you want? Prince Edward and Jake Zuckerman in one

report. Lizzie Simmonds has kept her

Olympic dreams on-track by keeping her season's best in of the 200

metres backstroke. She was the second-fastest time in the world

this year. On to cricket, a Yorkshire are

taking on Lancashire in a match tonight. Yorkshire are batting

after Lancashire won the toss. The Football League have released

next season's fixtures, with Hull City taking on Blackpool on the

opening day. With the bat and the News of Scunthorpe United's games

dropping to lead 1. An opening day clash will take

place with Hull City. Ipswich Town are likely to include Jimmy Bullard,

who played unknown with them last season. Their third game sees a

trip to Millet -- to Leeds United. Next up, Preston, were relegated.

They will welcome Oldham Athletic. The East Yorkshire tennis player

Katie O'Brien will meet Kimiko Date Krumm in the first round of

Wimbledon this year. She will be looking to progress to the next

round for only the second time in her career. Dan Cox meets world No.

34 Sergiy Stakhovsky from the Ukraine.

She has had number-one hits and won awards in the West End and starred

in some of television's best-loved dramas. But this weekend, but --

Barbara Dickson is going back to her roots to a folk festival.

Thousands are expected to turn out for the event at the Beverley

Festival. What are the organisers hoping for this time around?

weather is possibly better suited to the fish. Not the kind of

weather the organisers would have wanted, but whatever happens, this

promises to be a massive weekend. There are marquees all-around to

key people dry. We are expecting thousands of people over the next

few days and all with one of common interest. It is a weekend full of

music. 28 years and the Beverley folk Festival has got bigger and

bigger. An event now widely recognised by the music industry.

Headliners this year include Barbara Dickson, the Lincolnshire

singer who has been busy rehearsing for to paranoid's main stage. --

tomorrow night's main stage. It is for everybody who likes a good

music and music with an acoustic feel. They will enjoy it very much.

It has got a lovely atmosphere and that is one of the most important

things. You can bring your children and everything. Of the 5,000

festival-goers, many will be camping here on the official

campsite. Sleeping bags and stoves have already been unpacked for a

busy weekend of music and parties. We have been camping all around

here for many years now. It will be back to Party Central. More than 70

Act will be performing, including tonight's headliner, Paul character.

There's more than just music. It is a weekend of poetry, dance and

comedy. There's also platforms for a young performers to showcase

their talent. This band from Bridlington are our up-and-coming

stars. There are certain people playing at the festival so it is

good to be part of it. You can learn a lot from the revisions you

see as well. -- the musicians. last year's festival, the

Proclaimers took centre stage and headliners this year will be hoping

for a similar reaction. Thank you, good night! The festival officially

starts on the main stage over there at around 7:30pm but there are

events taking place in Beverley all over the coming weekend. Come along

and see this band. Remember, if you are coming, it might be a bit wet.

Thank you. Good luck to everyone there.

The Government and public sector unions are on collision course over

pay and pensions. The local council apologises to parents in East

Riding of are the lack of school places, with some having to travel

miles to lessons without apparent. And cloudy with heavy showers,

brightening up and the South of the region. Temperatures up to 17

degrees. On the subject of school places, a

very interesting text. An 11-year- old daughter starts secondary

school in September and we lived five houses away from the school.

She did not get a place, even on appeal. They have got children in

on buses from all over Lincolnshire. Our children will have to get on

two buses to get to the secondary school they are having to attend.