:00:05. > :00:10.Good evening, thank you for joining us, welcome.
:00:10. > :00:13.The headlines. Cancelled again, the boss of Hull
:00:13. > :00:16.Trains says sorry for the continued destruction. Passengers said they
:00:16. > :00:21.have had enough. I am late for meetings, that is the
:00:21. > :00:24.problem. Maybe they should have a couple of spare ones. Easier said
:00:24. > :00:27.than done. The government says there is
:00:27. > :00:30.nothing they can do to stop hundreds of steel jobs going in
:00:30. > :00:34.Scunthorpe. The decision has already been made,
:00:34. > :00:37.there is no point me holding out an expectation that this can be
:00:37. > :00:40.reversed. Thousands of people turn out in
:00:40. > :00:47.East Yorkshire for the biggest agricultural show of its kind in
:00:47. > :00:54.the country. And, we take a look at some of the
:00:54. > :01:04.best of over 50 years of regional And commit your weather forecast
:01:04. > :01:07.
:01:08. > :01:11.Good evening. After weeks of delays and
:01:11. > :01:15.cancellations, managers at Hull Trains have offered an unreserved
:01:15. > :01:19.apology and admitted its trains are not as reliable as they would like
:01:19. > :01:24.them to be. The company operate services from East Yorkshire and
:01:24. > :01:28.Lincolnshire to London. Over the last few weeks, two of its four
:01:28. > :01:34.trains have been out of action. Tonight, Lord Prescott said he is
:01:34. > :01:39.going to talk to the regulator about the ongoing problems.
:01:39. > :01:45.It has become a bit of a familiar sight at Paragon station, while the
:01:45. > :01:49.train stays in a siding, passengers and staff are on board a bus,
:01:49. > :01:55.taking them to Doncaster. Cancellations and changes to
:01:55. > :01:59.services have been a headache for the company's regular customers.
:01:59. > :02:04.have got to wait a couple of hours before the next service. I am late
:02:04. > :02:10.for meetings. It is going to affect us coming home. Maybe they should
:02:10. > :02:15.have a couple of spare ones. Easier said than done. The company only
:02:15. > :02:21.has a fleet of four. One broke down because of an electrical fault,
:02:21. > :02:25.another suffered mechanical issues, so now there are two, and 11 after
:02:25. > :02:29.14 services remained. Critics say the company bought a model with a
:02:29. > :02:35.poor reliability record. Today, Lord Prescott said the rail
:02:35. > :02:40.regulator should be involved. have said, we have proper trains
:02:40. > :02:45.back, they are falling apart again. They can only run two trains. You
:02:45. > :02:52.cannot run a railway like that. They should not be allowed to do so.
:02:52. > :02:56.I want to talk to the regulator. The company is running a reduced
:02:56. > :03:00.timetable for the next two weeks so that engineers can fix the fault.
:03:00. > :03:05.But the local community Rail Partnership believes there is a lot
:03:05. > :03:09.at stake. The services have been a boost to business and to tourism,
:03:09. > :03:12.and to see the problems of the last few months, it is very
:03:12. > :03:17.disappointing, because of that could well has been lost. Less than
:03:17. > :03:20.a month ago, the national passenger survey ranked first Hull Trains
:03:21. > :03:29.number one in the country for customer satisfaction. The company
:03:29. > :03:35.hopes the steps it takes now will help preserve that good reputation.
:03:35. > :03:38.I have been to speak to the boss at Hull Trains. I started by asking
:03:38. > :03:43.her exactly how many services were running.
:03:43. > :03:48.We advertise 14 services a day, we will run 11 every day for the next
:03:48. > :03:54.few days. I have been reading e- mails from people, they think the
:03:54. > :03:58.service is poor, they feel let down. I am sorry to hear that. One of the
:03:58. > :04:01.things I love about being here is the passion of the staff about
:04:02. > :04:05.delivering great customer-service, and I can assure you that not being
:04:05. > :04:09.able to deliver our service every day is a great disappointment. What
:04:09. > :04:13.I can say to those customers is that we are working very hard to
:04:13. > :04:20.put things right. What about the trains that you have got? You have
:04:20. > :04:26.inherited them, they are not up to it. The trains that we have got
:04:26. > :04:29.have been at Hull Trains for nearly three years. They are not up to it.
:04:29. > :04:32.Customers really do enjoy travelling on them, they are very
:04:33. > :04:36.comfortable, but yes, they have not been as reliable as they need to be.
:04:36. > :04:42.We have done a lot to improve that, but there is still lots more we can
:04:42. > :04:49.do. It argued trying to operate with a pig in a poke? Not at all.
:04:49. > :04:55.At what happened to the nice trains, the ones that worked? Before this
:04:55. > :04:58.class of trains was introduced, there was a class which were great,
:04:58. > :05:02.but they were not very long, and we have been growing at a tremendous
:05:02. > :05:07.rate of knots, and those trains could not be kept in service
:05:07. > :05:11.because they were not enough seats to carry the passengers. They are
:05:11. > :05:18.working on one over there. Why not bring in another train? You would
:05:18. > :05:22.then be able to operate a service. We have been exploring that Avenue
:05:22. > :05:28.throughout this period. The challenge is that there are simply
:05:28. > :05:32.no spare trains available in the UK that can easily be acquired. But we
:05:32. > :05:35.continue to pursue that, and if that changes, we will do that.
:05:35. > :05:44.you are a businessman and you turn up to get the train in the morning,
:05:44. > :05:49.you get on the platform, and it is off, you or hacked off, severely.
:05:49. > :05:55.do completely understand that. do you say to them? My message to
:05:55. > :05:59.any customer involved is quite clearly an unequivocal Surrey. We
:05:59. > :06:03.have 14 advertised services, we are delivering 11 every day, and a
:06:03. > :06:08.website will keep passengers up to date, and our staff are here to
:06:08. > :06:14.help them. Every time you come to work and find a train is broken
:06:14. > :06:20.again, your heart must sink. I get an update at 6am every morning, so
:06:20. > :06:29.I know what our service will do. Your heart sinks? Of course I'm
:06:29. > :06:33.disappointed. An unreserved apology. The
:06:33. > :06:38.introduction of a temporary timetable. Do you use Hull Trains?
:06:38. > :06:48.What has been your experience? Did you rely on them? Do you write
:06:48. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:07.them? Should our service be In a moment, warnings that led
:07:07. > :07:10.theft from churches in Lincolnshire has reached unprecedented levels.
:07:10. > :07:14.48-year-old woman has died after an accident near Lincoln this morning.
:07:14. > :07:17.Susan Edmunds was killed when the car she was driving left the road
:07:17. > :07:21.and hit a tree. It is not known what caused the crash.
:07:21. > :07:25.A teenager has died in hospital four days after being knocked to
:07:25. > :07:28.the ground during a incident on Castle Street in Grimsby. Danny
:07:28. > :07:32.Cooper is believed to have suffered a fractured skull after being
:07:32. > :07:38.involved in an argument. Two teenagers have been arrested and
:07:38. > :07:42.released on bail. Ray Clemence has been honoured in a
:07:42. > :07:45.ceremony at Lincoln Cathedral. He received an honorary doctorate from
:07:45. > :07:50.Bishop Grosseteste University College. He was presented with his
:07:50. > :07:55.degree alongside the college's first sports studies graduates.
:07:55. > :08:01.It is special, because I did pick up a lot of silverware in my career,
:08:01. > :08:08.but that has a long time ago. It is nice that, 30 years after I retired,
:08:08. > :08:12.but people still remember, and I get offered something like this.
:08:12. > :08:17.It has been a day of hope and hopes dashed in East Yorkshire and
:08:17. > :08:21.Northern Lincolnshire. The business secretary Vince Cable said the
:08:21. > :08:25.Humber has tremendous potential, as a centre of green energy in Britain,
:08:25. > :08:31.but in Scunthorpe he told us he can do nothing to stop the loss of over
:08:31. > :08:36.1000 jobs at the steelworks. Jobs here may be under threat, but
:08:36. > :08:41.Vince Cable was shown the cutting- edge of the business, a high-tech
:08:41. > :08:45.Rail testing unit. They have been hit by the economic downturn, the
:08:45. > :08:50.construction industry, they have been forced to make difficult
:08:50. > :08:54.decisions, but what I see here, at a very positive spirit, management
:08:54. > :08:58.working with unions, working with their local task force. During his
:08:58. > :09:03.visit, he talked about the future of the steel industry, but he said
:09:03. > :09:06.he could not intervene to save up to 1200 threaten jobs. It is always
:09:07. > :09:10.positive, having those conversations, because their
:09:10. > :09:14.strategy can be critical in terms of the value we can get from the
:09:14. > :09:18.business and the opportunity to save jobs, because we are looking
:09:18. > :09:22.for investment. But there is hope the Bicester Secretary will take
:09:22. > :09:27.views on transport and the proposed tax on carbon emissions back to
:09:27. > :09:32.Parliament. He listened to our concern about transport
:09:32. > :09:37.infrastructure, the Humber Bridge, the recognition that planning is an
:09:37. > :09:41.obstacle to be developments such as the South Humber gateway. From a
:09:41. > :09:46.threatened industry to one for the future, the planned Queen port side
:09:46. > :09:51.in Hull. Vince Cable spent the morning touring the site for this,
:09:51. > :09:56.a huge wind turbine factory on Alexandra Dock. The Honda has a
:09:56. > :10:00.tremendous potential in this new world -- but the Humber. There is a
:10:00. > :10:07.competition for funding. But of course we welcome their interest,
:10:07. > :10:11.or I would not be here if I did not think it had good prospects. This
:10:11. > :10:15.represents a good opportunity for the city of Hull. There are some
:10:15. > :10:19.challenges over the next few months, but he will seek that the
:10:19. > :10:23.challenges can be met. Today, Vince Cable has seen industry across the
:10:23. > :10:28.Humber. The business leaders to have met him hope he will be able
:10:28. > :10:33.to help them drive those industries forward.
:10:33. > :10:40.You have been with him all day, two people there feel that it has been
:10:40. > :10:45.a worthwhile visit? I think they do. They might have started falling,
:10:45. > :10:52.but it has been sunny, also in the reaction that Vince Cable has had
:10:52. > :10:55.from people. When I spoke to the steel company, they felt the
:10:55. > :10:59.conversations were positive, and when I spoke to the representatives
:10:59. > :11:02.from Siemens, they said it had been great to meet him, to iron out the
:11:02. > :11:06.smaller planning issues that might stand in the wake of the
:11:06. > :11:10.development, which could bring thousands of jobs to Hull. But the
:11:10. > :11:14.Scunthorpe MP summed it up, he said the proof of the pudding will be in
:11:14. > :11:20.the eating. What they are all waiting for is to see if Vince
:11:20. > :11:22.Cable will take those words back to London and act on them.
:11:22. > :11:26.Another one you might want to comment on.
:11:26. > :11:30.Thank you for the messages on our story about an increase in copper
:11:30. > :11:34.theft from phone cables in north Lincolnshire. Alkborough has been
:11:34. > :11:38.cut off from phone and internet services three times this month,
:11:38. > :11:43.because thieves have stolen copper phone cable link, causing major
:11:43. > :11:53.problems for residents and businesses. Thank you for the
:11:53. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:14.messages. One person says, there One person says, in some cases, the
:12:14. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:20.cables were connected to the wrong It does seem that it is not just
:12:20. > :12:24.phone lines which are being targeted as a source of metal. It
:12:24. > :12:29.has emerged that, since January, more than 40 churches in
:12:29. > :12:32.Lincolnshire have had led stolen from their roofs. The Archdeacon
:12:32. > :12:37.for Lincoln has spoken out, claiming that the problem is
:12:37. > :12:40.unprecedented. The historic landmarks in the
:12:40. > :12:45.centre of many Lincolnshire villages. Full criminal gangs in
:12:45. > :12:49.search of scrap-metal, they are an easy target. These three churches
:12:49. > :12:54.near Sleaford are a few where metal thieves have struck, causing
:12:54. > :12:59.thousands of pounds worth of damage. In some cases, we are looking at
:12:59. > :13:07.�40,000 to replace. It seems to have got worse in the last month. I
:13:07. > :13:10.am getting e-mails and phone calls every day from parishes, who are
:13:10. > :13:14.devastated by this appalling destruction of some of the most
:13:14. > :13:19.beautiful and significant buildings in our communities. Metal stolen
:13:19. > :13:22.from the brief here around six weeks ago. It is one of more than
:13:22. > :13:27.40 that have been targeted since the beginning of the year. The
:13:27. > :13:31.police say it is a growing concern. This has become a real priority.
:13:32. > :13:37.This is high-value crime, organised crime, 43 churches, that impacts
:13:37. > :13:42.upon a lot of people. Our committee has said, we want you to do
:13:42. > :13:47.something about it. Some churches are using smart water, and a
:13:47. > :13:51.visible paint which shows up under UV light, to market their mettle.
:13:51. > :13:56.Lincolnshire Police are warning scrap-metal yards to follow cheques
:13:56. > :13:59.in order to avoid buying a stolen metal. It is hoped that by making
:13:59. > :14:09.bled more difficult for them to still in the future -- in the first
:14:09. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:14.place, this type of crime will no The time is 17 minutes to 7 o'clock.
:14:14. > :14:20.Still ahead tonight: Thousands of people turn out in East Yorkshire
:14:20. > :14:27.for the biggest show of its kind in the country. I should not be here
:14:27. > :14:37.at all! I should be in Wakefield. We take a look at over 50 years of
:14:37. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:44.regional television. I could talk from a long time so we
:14:44. > :14:54.do not have to get to the weather. A fabulous picture. Thank you for
:14:54. > :14:58.
:14:59. > :15:07.that. You're on the first Look North in 1968! Is my TV broken or
:15:07. > :15:16.are you orange? You never answered! Do I look orange? Probably. The
:15:16. > :15:19.headline is still an unsettled one, a member of showers around. A strip
:15:19. > :15:26.across northern parts of Lincolnshire where they are heavy.
:15:26. > :15:31.Elsewhere, fine weather. Tomorrow is looking unsettled, we hope for a
:15:31. > :15:37.gradual improvement as we head into the weekend. It is not just us with
:15:37. > :15:43.rough weather, the same across France, wet and cloudy. Nearer to
:15:43. > :15:47.home, some torrential downpours, reports of flash flooding towards
:15:48. > :15:52.Bridlington earlier today. The line of downpours is tracked west woods
:15:52. > :15:58.and has left east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire with cloud, the
:15:58. > :16:08.heaviest showers across northern parts of Lincolnshire. A good deal
:16:08. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:19.The lowest temperatures down to 11 Celsius. The sun rises in the
:16:19. > :16:25.morning at 4:58am. The high-water times: so, a day of variable, large
:16:25. > :16:31.amounts of cloud. A scattering of showers, not as heavy as today and
:16:31. > :16:36.some sunny spells breaking through. It is not all doom and gloom. An
:16:36. > :16:43.onshore breeze, the coast could be on the cold side, in the sunshine
:16:43. > :16:47.not too bad, 16 or 17. Highs of 18 inland. A slow improvement, Friday
:16:47. > :16:51.and the weekend, still some cloud, the risk of showers but
:16:51. > :17:01.increasingly more sunshine with temperatures recovering to near
:17:01. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:05.normal levels. That is the forecast. I was not sent on a course
:17:05. > :17:11.yesterday on how to be a wonderful cast of.
:17:11. > :17:14.Not like you. See you tomorrow. Plans for what's
:17:14. > :17:16.promised to be the country's most eco-friendly building have been
:17:17. > :17:19.officially launched today at the Driffield Show. It's hoped work can
:17:19. > :17:22.start next year on the multi million pound centre which will
:17:22. > :17:24.secure the future of the event that's been running now for 136
:17:24. > :17:34.years. Our rural affairs correspondent Caroline Bilton was
:17:34. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:42.among thousands of others who It has become part of the fabric of
:17:42. > :17:46.life here, a social gathering that has been part of the calendar for
:17:46. > :17:51.over 136 years. Traditionally, a chance for local farmers to show
:17:51. > :17:56.off what they are good at. It is a social gathering, we all hate each
:17:56. > :18:04.of the most of the time! When the show is over, we are good chums.
:18:04. > :18:09.is like a big family. So many people. It has got everything.
:18:09. > :18:13.is best? Winning something. It is bigger than an agricultural show,
:18:13. > :18:18.there is something for all ages. Sadly, you cannot guarantee the
:18:18. > :18:24.weather. The heavens opened early on, wellingtons were the order of
:18:24. > :18:31.the day. Not everyone came prepared. Everybody has wellingtons on it set
:18:31. > :18:36.me. I was on site with my team, half of them are walking around
:18:36. > :18:41.like zombies. They have had enough. It may have been wet but it has
:18:41. > :18:45.done little to dampen spirits. Organisers say they have something
:18:45. > :18:52.up their sleeve that will hopefully keep people coming back year after
:18:52. > :18:57.year. Today, organisers launched this. Origin, and ambitious multi-
:18:57. > :19:00.million pound building that will be built on the Showground. It will be
:19:00. > :19:04.a conference and Events Centre and the first of its kind in the
:19:04. > :19:09.country. It is brilliant. It will create a building that is a first,
:19:09. > :19:14.this is one of the biggest buildings where we used straw as a
:19:14. > :19:18.building material as opposed to just insulation. Straw bales as big
:19:18. > :19:22.bricks. We are building it out of big bricks. It's hoped building
:19:22. > :19:27.will start next year with a view to opening in time for the Driffield
:19:27. > :19:31.Show in 2013. It is still a long way off, full funding has yet to be
:19:31. > :19:39.secured but as with the weather they will not let that bother them
:19:39. > :19:42.Hull City have agreed a deal to sign keeper Adriano Basso. The 36
:19:42. > :19:47.year old has spent several years at Bristol City before joining Wolves
:19:47. > :19:51.last season. Manager Nigel Pearson is expected to sign him on a years
:19:51. > :19:54.contract today. Hull KR coach Justin Morgan says
:19:54. > :19:58.his team's winning run has prepared them well for Sunday's Challenge
:19:58. > :20:02.cup quarter final against St Helens. The Robins came from behind to beat
:20:02. > :20:05.Salford at the weekend - scoring their fourth Super League win in a
:20:05. > :20:12.row. Morgan says the run of victories have come despite
:20:12. > :20:17.setbacks. Some adversity might happen at
:20:17. > :20:23.where conditions, losing a player, we have handled that in the past,
:20:23. > :20:26.we have not cruised through, we won four games but we have battled
:20:26. > :20:30.different scenarios. TV and especially news has
:20:30. > :20:32.certainly changed over the years from this! And tonight a special
:20:32. > :20:35.documentary's being shown looking at the history of regional
:20:35. > :20:40.television - and some of the remarkable stories and pictures
:20:40. > :20:50.from this part of the world over the last fifty years. Leanne Brown
:20:50. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:57.Switch out, region's! For more than 50 years regional TV has been
:20:57. > :21:02.reporting on local stories. Regional news offered a slice of
:21:02. > :21:05.local life, you were talking to the people who lived in your area about
:21:05. > :21:10.what interested him, what was important to them and their
:21:10. > :21:14.community. Should women wear trousers? How often do you have a
:21:14. > :21:19.bath? Look North launched in Yorkshire in 1968 on the perfect
:21:19. > :21:22.news day. Good evening from Look North. Hundreds of homes were
:21:22. > :21:29.damaged as the river ooze rose more than 14 feet above it's normal
:21:29. > :21:32.level. We are coping, the bread has arrived. But that wasn't the only
:21:32. > :21:37.battle against the elements, there was also the building of the M62,
:21:37. > :21:41.which linked Liverpool with Hull. This is the only part of the world
:21:41. > :21:45.where you can get a thick fog and a howling gale at the same time. You
:21:46. > :21:52.have to experience it to believe it. It is no bloody joke! But bad
:21:52. > :21:57.weather wasn't the only problem. This is scheduled for demolition.
:21:57. > :22:00.Did you give them permission? off! Be off! But the biggest test
:22:00. > :22:08.came in 1974 after an explosion at the Flixbrough chemical plant in
:22:08. > :22:12.North Lincolnshire. A generation of people never forget the worst
:22:12. > :22:14.single act of devastation in this country since the last war.
:22:14. > :22:22.people died and local news teams remained on site for weeks
:22:22. > :22:25.recording the aftermath. It was like something out of the Blitz.
:22:25. > :22:32.Local news had well established itself but well as reporting on
:22:32. > :22:38.important news it also acted as a launch pad for a new kind of fame.
:22:38. > :22:45.Like Yorkshire television's Austin Mitchell. Feet together, ready for
:22:45. > :22:48.impact. Austin had an amazing dichotomy, one minutes he would say
:22:48. > :22:57.something about Robin Hood being from Wakefield and knocked Sherwood
:22:57. > :23:02.Forest. I should not be here at all. 10 minutes after that, he would
:23:02. > :23:10.interview a member of the cabinet. That's why people like him. He came
:23:10. > :23:20.over as a big daft Yorkshire Lumpur Sadly Peter doesn't feature in the
:23:20. > :23:30.programme. During us from London is Ian. Some things have moved on, but
:23:30. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:35.the presenters have not. From Peter and me, good night.
:23:35. > :23:39.I am still here. I'm pleased to say that Austin Mitchell who you saw in
:23:39. > :23:42.that piece there - now of course, Grimsby's MP - is joining me now.
:23:42. > :23:48.We saw you parachuting dressed up as Robin Hood, what other gems have
:23:48. > :23:54.you got? It was the most exciting time of my life. Regional news is
:23:54. > :24:00.the best form of television. There was only the BBC and ITV competing
:24:00. > :24:06.with each other and ITV was about to spend more money than now. We
:24:06. > :24:10.had little local empires establishing Yorkshire Television
:24:10. > :24:17.personalities and Humberside. And doing a whole new thing. It was the
:24:17. > :24:23.most exciting thing I can remember. It was all exciting. I had problems.
:24:23. > :24:29.I remember the Knight Frank Stagg died in Wakefield prison. We are
:24:29. > :24:34.ending the show with a party piece from our lads from Huddersfield.
:24:34. > :24:40.Just as I introduced that item, in came a note from the control room
:24:40. > :24:46.saying Frank Stagg, the IRA hunger striker has died. I said bad news,
:24:46. > :24:56.Frank Stagg has died and a custard pie hit me in the face, Rattle's
:24:56. > :25:02.went off and there was an explosion of confetti! I thought, I will be
:25:02. > :25:08.an IRA targets! That kind of thing, it could all go wrong and you lived
:25:08. > :25:14.on your wits. That is why it was exciting. And you were, you were a
:25:14. > :25:22.huge star. I remember meeting you in at 75, it was like boiled the!
:25:22. > :25:28.You had a great entourage. -- like meeting royalty. You did not bow!
:25:28. > :25:34.People mistook me for Richard Whiteley. I am still a blur on the
:25:34. > :25:42.subconscious. In old people's homes, especially these days. Didn't you
:25:42. > :25:51.used to be on television?! What is the importance of regional TV?
:25:51. > :25:59.it is our roots. The kind of thing people are interested in. People
:25:59. > :26:06.now have had their tea and watch regional news at the same time. We
:26:06. > :26:12.are also giving rise to local programmes, there are huge spin-
:26:13. > :26:18.offs. Many spin-off series from Yorkshire programmes in the Dales.
:26:18. > :26:23.One thing led to another. It could hit natural screens as well. Good
:26:23. > :26:27.to talk to. I'll never forget you as Robin Hood. Good night! See you
:26:27. > :26:32.later. And you can see more of that amazing footage on Life Through a
:26:32. > :26:37.Local Lens on BBC Four tonight at 9pm.
:26:37. > :26:40.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:40. > :26:45.The Prime Minister says in hindsight he would not have
:26:45. > :26:51.employed former News Of The World editor Andy Coulson. Whole trains
:26:51. > :26:56.have offered an apology to passengers. Tomorrow's weather,
:26:56. > :27:02.cloudy with sunny spells, top temperatures of 18 Celsius.
:27:02. > :27:07.The response on the subject of the trains, my wife and I used the
:27:07. > :27:13.trains to visit London and always had excellent service. We're sad to
:27:13. > :27:18.hear of the problems. Hull trains deliver a good service, you cannot
:27:18. > :27:24.beat them compared to other trains. Hull trains need to get it sorted,
:27:24. > :27:29.they cancelled on me twice. David says I do not care if they cancel
:27:30. > :27:36.services begin this notice and find out -- finding out on arrival is