:00:18. > :00:21.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:21. > :00:26.The East Coast is set for a multi- million pound government windfall
:00:26. > :00:36.million pound government windfall from companies renting the sea bed.
:00:36. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:44.Businesses will know we are trying to grow in the local communities.
:00:44. > :00:50.Hull FC get a new manager. And forget Wimbledon, the three table-
:00:50. > :01:00.tennis then you springing up around Hull. A and we will have a weather
:01:00. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.forecast. Believing. Millions of pounds is to be spent improving the
:01:09. > :01:12.lives of people on the Coast. The money announced by the Government
:01:12. > :01:15.today will come from renting out the seabed. The Coastal Communities
:01:15. > :01:18.Fund will get half of the cash paid to the Crown Estates by companies
:01:18. > :01:21.involved in things like windfarms, pipelines and dredging. Next year,
:01:21. > :01:24.nearly �24 million will be made available for the UK. Of this total,
:01:24. > :01:34.more than �18 million has been allocated to towns in England. Our
:01:34. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:55.Business Correspondent Paul Murphy has this report. There's a real
:01:55. > :01:58.buzz about skegness this evening as the town begins its annual arts and
:01:58. > :02:00.music festival. Its just one way this traditional resport is trying
:02:00. > :02:04.to re-invent itself and regenerate. And so the possibility of extra
:02:04. > :02:11.funding to do this is music to their ears. We are concerned about
:02:11. > :02:13.the environment and we have flood issues. It's also busy up the road
:02:14. > :02:18.in Mablethorpe. But these seaside economies are highly seasonal.
:02:18. > :02:21.Something local businesses have long recognised. The holiday
:02:21. > :02:26.business has changed, especially with cars and short breaks where
:02:26. > :02:31.people used to come for a four- night stay fortnight. Now they turn
:02:31. > :02:34.up for a few days and move on. Community groups like this craft
:02:34. > :02:40.and modelling club are among those being invited to apply for the
:02:40. > :02:44.extra funding. It would mean we could go out as a group, we could
:02:44. > :02:48.hire a minibus today instead of getting people to drive us and
:02:48. > :02:55.splitting up into cars. It did mean we could have a good venue. At the
:02:55. > :02:58.moment we have a cheap, small venue. The Government's long recognised
:02:58. > :03:01.that Lincolnshire has some of the weakest seaside economies in the UK.
:03:01. > :03:11.Experts say any extra funding needs to be targeted to create long term
:03:11. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:14.change. Local businesses will see investment in something that gives
:03:14. > :03:17.them confidence. That means when they are thinking about how they
:03:17. > :03:24.plan the future of their business they will know we are trying to
:03:24. > :03:29.help them remain in and grow in the coastal communities. We need to
:03:29. > :03:32.make sure coastal towns are the -- are able to benefit from the
:03:32. > :03:35.economic development we are seeing from the marine resources of this
:03:35. > :03:39.country. By sharing that money between the communities and the
:03:39. > :03:44.general taxpayer I think that gets the balance right in terms of
:03:44. > :03:47.helping to support development and create jobs. Businesses, charities
:03:47. > :03:49.and community groups will be allowed to apply for their share of
:03:49. > :03:59.this fund from April next year. For Lincolnshire's coastal towns, this
:03:59. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:12.Paul is there now. How all this address the problems of the coastal
:04:12. > :04:16.towns? We talked to community leaders and they say it is
:04:16. > :04:20.important this fund is not just a lot of handouts, the money must be
:04:20. > :04:26.carefully targeted and one of the ideas is to look at creating small
:04:26. > :04:36.start-up businesses, which can exist and thrive outside of the
:04:36. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:46.It will create a more sustainable economy. This is a substantial
:04:46. > :04:56.slice of money and many business leaders and groups are anxious to
:04:56. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:08.get those applications in when the fund opens in April next year.
:05:08. > :05:11.pot of money being made available today has the potential to grow in
:05:11. > :05:12.the coming years and its thanks to the development of offshore wind
:05:13. > :05:22.energy. Our Environment Correspondent Caroline Bilton
:05:23. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:30.explains. It's an industry that is growing at a rapid rate. In the
:05:30. > :05:33.coming years we here on the East Coast will be at the centre of some
:05:33. > :05:37.of the biggest offshore windfarms that are planned for the UK. Three
:05:37. > :05:41.large sites have been earmarked off our coastline. The Dogger Bank
:05:42. > :05:48.development is the largest one planned. It could consist of 2,600
:05:49. > :05:51.turbines. It will cover more than 3,300 square miles - that's
:05:51. > :05:54.equivalent to the size of North Yorkshire. Closer to shore there
:05:54. > :05:59.are smaller windfarms planned - Triton Knoll being the biggest of
:05:59. > :06:03.these. Each windfarm company will have to pay the Crown Estate for
:06:03. > :06:06.the use of the seabed. Half of that money will go into this new pot of
:06:06. > :06:09.funding that's being made available today. So thanks to what's
:06:09. > :06:12.happening out there we here on land could benefit from a pot of money
:06:12. > :06:15.that has the potential to grow as the offshore wind industry grows.
:06:15. > :06:18.Some would call this funding a sweetener though. Just down the
:06:18. > :06:21.coast here at Fraisthorpe for example the Dogger Bank windfarm
:06:21. > :06:23.will come on shore so it can be connected to the national grid.
:06:23. > :06:27.This will involve burying approximately 21 miles of cable. So
:06:27. > :06:32.there will be some disruption. does normal for this region to
:06:32. > :06:35.expect and the people of this region to expect a return on the
:06:35. > :06:39.investment and support we are giving this industry in all sorts
:06:39. > :06:46.of different ways. In fact, we probably have the biggest role in
:06:46. > :06:53.offshore when that moment in the world. The east coast is probably
:06:53. > :07:00.50 per cent of what will be built. So the money is there for the
:07:00. > :07:06.taking. We just need to make sure we shout loud enough for it. The
:07:06. > :07:16.mp4 Bob commenced -- Skegness drawings me now. Is this just a
:07:16. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:25.The does not. And I'm delighted with this and as a because I have
:07:25. > :07:29.been working on this project for quite some time. It is a
:07:30. > :07:35.significant sum of money. 18.2 million for England, 24 million for
:07:35. > :07:39.the UK. It is an ongoing sum of money that people can bid for. I
:07:39. > :07:43.have already had discussions with local politicians and senior Local
:07:43. > :07:53.Authority officers to see how we could focus and get some of that
:07:53. > :07:54.
:07:54. > :07:59.money off the East Lincolnshire coast. Could the east coast get its
:07:59. > :08:04.fair share of this money? I'd very much hope so. One of the
:08:04. > :08:11.fundamental reasons for creating this pot of money in the first
:08:12. > :08:16.place is to ride -- is to wait -- is to diversify the economy.
:08:16. > :08:18.Skegness and other time to -- towns have problems with lack of health,
:08:18. > :08:22.skills, lack of embryonic businesses. We need to make sure
:08:22. > :08:27.those who were determined to improve the lives of people here
:08:27. > :08:32.can bid for this money. Is there money compensation for many extra
:08:32. > :08:36.pylons, traffic queues and as we heard in a report, one wind farm
:08:36. > :08:43.alone it needing 21 miles of cabling. That will disrupt the area
:08:43. > :08:47.and the countryside? You should not be so cynical. This is a pot of
:08:47. > :08:52.money for people who live in coastal communities to genuinely
:08:52. > :08:56.improve their lives, to improve some of the health and educational
:08:56. > :09:05.imbalances that exist and to try to diversify the economy and give the
:09:05. > :09:12.private sector money to get them up and running to create a year-long
:09:12. > :09:22.jobs to diversified communities. Thank you. If you live on the coast
:09:22. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:44.A chemical plant near Hull has been fined �30,000 by magistrates after
:09:44. > :09:46.a gas leak 18 months ago. More than 500 tons of a synthetic gas
:09:46. > :09:49.including carbon monoxide was accidentally released by BP
:09:49. > :09:59.Chemicals at Saltend. No-one was harmed by the leak and procedures
:09:59. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:10.A woman from East Yorkshire left having to breathe through a tube
:10:10. > :10:13.following a botched operation says she hopes other patients will now
:10:13. > :10:16.be safer. Jo Roche from Bridlington was left barely able to speak after
:10:16. > :10:18.nerves linked to her vocal chords were severely damaged during a
:10:18. > :10:24.routine operation at Scarborough hospital. Naif El-Barghouti, the
:10:24. > :10:28.surgeon responsible has been suspended for a year. I said a long
:10:28. > :10:37.time ago if it saved one person from going on his operating table I
:10:37. > :10:42.would have done the job. I spoke to a woman who said she would either
:10:42. > :10:45.go to a different hospital, or wait rather than be operated on by him.
:10:45. > :10:50.He's enjoyed a long association with Hull City and today Adam
:10:50. > :10:53.Pearson is getting into rugby league. The football club's head of
:10:53. > :10:56.football is the new owner of Super League side Hull FC. He will stay
:10:56. > :11:02.on in his current role at the football club, while ruling over
:11:02. > :11:06.the rugby club. Our sports reporter Simon Clark has more. He has been
:11:06. > :11:10.part of the sporting landscape for a decade and now Adam Pierce and
:11:10. > :11:14.enters the world of rugby league for the first time. The deal was
:11:14. > :11:19.concluded while he was on holiday in Spain after three weeks of
:11:19. > :11:28.negotiations, although he had tried to buy them in 2002. I enjoy sport
:11:28. > :11:34.in Hull. As a Super League club it has been sorted out by the previous
:11:34. > :11:39.owners. But it could be driven on to higher things. He was going to
:11:39. > :11:42.go to Gateshead and watch them? chief executive paid tribute to the
:11:42. > :11:49.outgoing board for saving the club from an uncertain future 12 years
:11:49. > :11:53.ago. Today the new boss was welcomed. I am very excited because
:11:53. > :11:58.Adam's enthusiasm is infectious for what we can achieve. I have many
:11:58. > :12:03.ideas, so does he. I think it will be a very enjoyable experience to
:12:03. > :12:08.work with and open up this new chapter and really start moving the
:12:08. > :12:11.Cup forward. The takeover of any sports club is front-page news as
:12:12. > :12:16.it was with the Hull Daily Mail. The journalist believes the timing
:12:16. > :12:19.was right for all parties. probably doesn't need a new regime
:12:19. > :12:24.change in terms of ownership to take them on to the next level
:12:24. > :12:30.which the fans crave and demand that success. The takeover has
:12:30. > :12:34.generally been accepted by fans. The club has stagnated. We got to
:12:34. > :12:41.as high as we could get under the present regime, but they were not
:12:41. > :12:47.willing to push us on any further. Hull should be in the top few teams.
:12:47. > :12:53.Fine by me. No problem at all. The money comes, it comes. It has been
:12:53. > :12:56.good news all round. He could probably put affairs of the club in
:12:56. > :13:02.better order than they are now. Adam Pearson does not have to
:13:02. > :13:07.travel far from his present job to his new enterprise here at Hull FC.
:13:07. > :13:15.He says he has to sort out some tax liabilities for overseas players
:13:15. > :13:18.but other the mat, business as usual.
:13:18. > :13:28.Well, we can now join Radio Humberside's Matt Dean on
:13:28. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:36.Sportstalk. What are fans saying about this dual role? It has always
:13:36. > :13:41.been an issue with Hull FC fans that the outgoing board has always
:13:41. > :13:45.been seen as an absentee one. But given Pierce and's track record I
:13:45. > :13:49.think there is universal acceptance to this news. The text we are
:13:49. > :13:59.getting through to the programme a very positive and reflecting that.
:13:59. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:11.We have lots of text and calls coming through. Anyone listening
:14:11. > :14:16.and watching tonight, because we will be going online with it, we
:14:16. > :14:21.will appreciate you getting in touch.
:14:21. > :14:31.If you're one of the rugby league fans of football fans, what you
:14:31. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:40.think about Adam Pearson having a We look forward to hearing from you.
:14:40. > :14:50.We find out how Hull FC get on under the eyes of their new Warner
:14:50. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:06.Thank you for watching this Friday night. Still to come. Flying high -
:15:06. > :15:13.the school which went from special measures to special mentions in
:15:13. > :15:23.just two years. And ping-pong tables spraying up in
:15:23. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:51.Thank you very much indeed for that. I am reading an e-mail here from
:15:51. > :15:59.Brian, he is wondering how this place is pronounced in France. He
:15:59. > :16:09.is watching you while he is on holiday! He needs to get out of it?
:16:09. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:22.We will see some sunshine around and quite a bit of cloud. The
:16:22. > :16:29.course looks set to be pretty windy and cool this weekend. -- the coast.
:16:29. > :16:37.There will be a lot of cloud down our coast. That said, it will be
:16:37. > :16:46.also very dry. There has been a lot of sunshine and Bridlington this
:16:46. > :16:53.afternoon. -- in Bridlington. The showers will fizzle out overnight.
:16:53. > :17:03.Most places will become drier with clear spells overnight. A chilly
:17:03. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:07.night to come. The sun will rise in the morning at 5:01am. It looks as
:17:07. > :17:12.though we should get off to a reasonably bright start with a lot
:17:12. > :17:17.of sunshine around. Through the morning, we will find that cloud
:17:17. > :17:24.streams down from the North. Coastal areas looked to be pretty
:17:24. > :17:33.cloudy. There is the chance of a shower, although most places will
:17:33. > :17:43.be dry. It will be a chilly wind down that coast. Inland, we should
:17:43. > :17:48.get up to 17 or 18. We are still below average temperature for July.
:17:48. > :17:56.Generally dry, the best of the sunshine in land. La next week, it
:17:56. > :18:03.should be fine and warm. -- early next week.
:18:03. > :18:08.It is funny that people watch this programme on their holidays!
:18:08. > :18:14.One of Lincolnshire's hopes at next year's Olympics has been suspended
:18:14. > :18:21.after failing a drugs test. Bernice Wilson, a sprinter from Boston,
:18:21. > :18:27.tested positive for anabolic steroids after a race last month.
:18:27. > :18:32.She has been described as the rising star of athletics, but now
:18:32. > :18:38.it is a painful crash back to earth as it is revealed that Bernice
:18:38. > :18:48.Wilson tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
:18:48. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:55.sample will be sent to laboratories Should any anti-doping West
:18:55. > :19:00.substances be found -- any substances be found that are on the
:19:00. > :19:06.anti-doping list, the athlete will be informed. And they can say then
:19:06. > :19:10.whether they will accept the charge or say they do not agree. Brought
:19:10. > :19:15.up in Boston by her foster family and originally from Dannatt,
:19:15. > :19:25.Bernice Wilson does a lot of her local training at the Prince Royal
:19:25. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:36.It involves a lot of hard work. also works for a East Lindsey
:19:36. > :19:42.District Council. Today, the issued this statement. The council takes
:19:42. > :19:46.this very seriously and we will be discussing this with Bernice Wilson.
:19:46. > :19:50.It would be inappropriate to discuss with a parties. She now has
:19:51. > :19:57.the right to a full hearings. If found guilty of doping, this
:19:57. > :20:02.Olympic hopeful could be banned for two years.
:20:02. > :20:12.The wickets have continued to tumble at Headingley in Leeds today.
:20:12. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:24.Lancashire were all out for 194. Yorkshire were chasing 200 or more
:20:24. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:32.for victory. Nearly 80% of shareholders at
:20:32. > :20:42.Lincoln City voted to back those in charge at the club.
:20:42. > :20:47.Thanks to a women who got in touch last night regarding hold Mac been
:20:47. > :20:57.one of the most am -- Hull being one of the most difficult places to
:20:57. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:25.Thank you for those. Good luck if you are looking for a job.
:21:25. > :21:29.Just two years ago, it was one of the worst schools and the whole
:21:29. > :21:34.country and now it is one of the best. Hartsholme Primary School was
:21:34. > :21:38.so bad that it was put into special measures. It has turned it all
:21:38. > :21:48.round and has been classed as outstanding and the latest Ofsted
:21:48. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:59.A day of celebration and goodbyes at the end of term. But there was
:21:59. > :22:01.an overwhelming sense of pride at today's graduation ceremony.
:22:01. > :22:09.achieve this in two years is unbelievable, it has never been
:22:09. > :22:14.done before. Two years ago, the school was in special measures. It
:22:14. > :22:23.is lessons like this treasure box activity at have put it back on
:22:23. > :22:30.track. The school has an amazing place now. It is full of life,
:22:30. > :22:37.creativity and energy. The turnaround has been unbelievable.
:22:37. > :22:43.If you look at the children, they are so confident, they are ready
:22:43. > :22:50.for the world, and it is a real credit to everyone who has worked
:22:50. > :22:57.here, the children as well. You've got the treasure? Fantastic! It is
:22:57. > :23:02.being except -- it has been inspected by Ofsted again and, this
:23:02. > :23:10.time, classed as an outstanding school. We have been working really
:23:10. > :23:14.hard and the teachers have been working as hard as we have. I was
:23:14. > :23:22.poorly this morning but I wanted to come anyway. The teachers are
:23:22. > :23:32.really nice, they encourage you to do stuff you don't think you can do.
:23:32. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:41.There are three key words in the wall -- on the wall in the hall.
:23:41. > :23:45.They have changed everybody's mind said. Hard to believe this from a
:23:45. > :23:53.school that was flooded and also targeted by arsonist. The
:23:53. > :23:58.improvements have been seen at home. The way he learns, my son, the
:23:58. > :24:02.massive learning has really helped him progress. You worry about the
:24:02. > :24:07.future of your child. We chose to stick with it and I am really
:24:07. > :24:17.pleased we did. Next term, the doors will open at the school's new
:24:17. > :24:20.home next door. Lift-off for a much brighter future.
:24:20. > :24:29.Well done to Hartsholme Primary School for an amazing turnaround.
:24:29. > :24:35.Remember these? The toads we had popping up all over Hall last year.
:24:35. > :24:40.This year, it is table-tennis tables. 45 of them had been set up
:24:40. > :24:44.across the city for next month. They will be left there 24 hours
:24:44. > :24:49.per day for anyone who wants to have a go. We have been to see if
:24:49. > :24:54.there are any takers. Right across the city today, from
:24:54. > :24:58.public parks to unused shops. People from every age, from
:24:58. > :25:04.beginners to prose, have been trying their hand at table tennis.
:25:04. > :25:11.For the next four weeks, they are here to stay. I like it anyway, so
:25:12. > :25:21.it is a great opportunity to skive off work and play table tennis.
:25:21. > :25:28.is good fun, it keeps you fit. is the second most popular sport
:25:28. > :25:37.than the world. It will be one of the highlights of the Olympics for
:25:37. > :25:45.many. I say to the world, ping-pong is coming home! Organisers are
:25:45. > :25:50.hoping that excitement will spread to Hull. Once you put a table down
:25:50. > :25:55.in the street, it is like waving a magic wand. People are stopping to
:25:55. > :26:04.play, talking and having fun. Saturday, there will be coaching
:26:04. > :26:08.sessions for beginners just There will be a Generation Game,
:26:08. > :26:16.where more mature parents can take on younger competitors. There is
:26:16. > :26:21.also a mind you match for singles. -- find your match.
:26:21. > :26:27.12 tables, like this one at the University of Hull, are actually
:26:28. > :26:32.concrete. The rest of the tables will be donated to the city. Table
:26:32. > :26:37.tennis, ping pong, call it what you like, but the next four weeks, the
:26:37. > :26:43.sport is taking over the city. -- for the next four weeks.
:26:43. > :26:49.Let us have a recap of the headlines. A massive explosion in
:26:49. > :26:52.the Norwegian capital Oslo has killed at least seven people.
:26:53. > :26:56.Communities and the East Coast are set to share in a multi-million-
:26:56. > :27:06.pound government windfall. Tomorrow, a bright start with sunny
:27:06. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:23.Responses from Twitter. Turbo is a waste of money, says Alex. This one
:27:23. > :27:26.from Peter, all this means is disruption, cable-laying and is