:00:01. > :00:05.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:05. > :00:14.The headlines tonight. Claims foreigners are being targeted by
:00:14. > :00:21.companies because they make better workers and the British.
:00:21. > :00:26.- - than the British. It is because they have been let down so many
:00:26. > :00:29.times, they decide they will not take British people any more.
:00:29. > :00:34.Forced to wait in pain for seven months. A Lincolnshire woman claims
:00:34. > :00:38.NHS red tape for delays to her treatment.
:00:38. > :00:48.A fire had run business the way that has been run, I would have
:00:48. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.been fired. The cannot eat outside because of
:00:53. > :00:58.the smell. It is horrendous. The colourful caullies it's hoped
:00:58. > :01:08.will encourage more of us to eat our greens.
:01:08. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:12.One more day of hot weather. The First tonight, there are
:01:12. > :01:14.controversial claims that some companies are actively trying to
:01:14. > :01:17.avoid employing British born workers. A leading recruitment
:01:17. > :01:19.agency based in the Fens claims that some firms are specifically
:01:20. > :01:29.asking for Eastern European staff because it's claimed they work
:01:30. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:36.harder than their UK board counterparts. - - UK-born
:01:36. > :01:39.counterparts. The findings appear to fly in the face of recent advice
:01:39. > :01:46.from a leading government minister, who urged bosses to stop relying on
:01:46. > :01:51.Labour from abroad. More from Tim Iredale.
:01:51. > :01:58.The status of the potato harvest sees this team of migrants hard at
:01:58. > :02:07.work. They were recruited by a gang master who came here from the
:02:07. > :02:10.Ukraine 15 years ago. People come here because economics as so bad.
:02:10. > :02:14.lot of British workers will not go from one side of the town to
:02:14. > :02:20.another to find work. I do not mean that as a general thing. There are
:02:20. > :02:24.some very good British workers. The migrant workers come from the other
:02:24. > :02:27.side of the world. The boss of one recruit to that Agency which covers
:02:27. > :02:32.the firm's claims that many firms asking specifically for migrants
:02:32. > :02:35.rather than British-born workers. It is illegal to ask for anyone
:02:35. > :02:41.from any country and not from a particular country. It is
:02:41. > :02:44.discrimination. All the way it is illegal, people managed to get it
:02:44. > :02:53.in a conversation. It is purely because they have been let down so
:02:53. > :02:58.many times that they decide, I will not take English people any more.
:02:59. > :03:03.According to official government figures, in 28 -- in 2002, the
:03:03. > :03:08.number of low-skilled workers born overseas was around one in 11. By
:03:08. > :03:12.2011, that number had increased to one in five. A statistic that
:03:12. > :03:17.surprises few people on the streets of Boston. In this area, you could
:03:17. > :03:20.get a job no problem, but you do not seem to get the priority
:03:20. > :03:24.anymore. There is a lot of people who come in my shop and they are
:03:24. > :03:30.down because they cannot find a job. We have got too many. There's to
:03:30. > :03:34.many of them here. I'm afraid we are the odd ones out now. A I have
:03:34. > :03:38.to do 50 miles a day just to get to work. I am looking for something
:03:38. > :03:42.local but his heart. The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan
:03:42. > :03:46.Smith, recently urged British firms to get more young people off
:03:46. > :03:51.benefits and into employment, rather than relying on migrant
:03:51. > :03:54.labour. It seems that many bosses and ignoring his plea.
:03:54. > :04:00.I am joined by the UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire,
:04:00. > :04:05.Geoffrey Bloom. Good evening. Do you sympathise with companies who
:04:05. > :04:09.do not want to employ British workers? I'd do rather. I have had
:04:09. > :04:13.this feedback quite a lot, where people said they are more reliable
:04:13. > :04:18.and work harder, and more likely to turn up on a Monday morning after a
:04:18. > :04:23.party than the British workers. Sadly, that is the perception in
:04:23. > :04:25.most skilled work. Our foreign workers better? I think they are
:04:25. > :04:29.more reliable, certainly for the first three years when they live
:04:29. > :04:33.here. Sadly, they seem to get the British disease after they have
:04:33. > :04:36.been here for a few years. The problem we have is our employment
:04:36. > :04:41.legislation makes it almost impossible for employers to sack
:04:41. > :04:49.bad workers, so they tend not to take a chance. Of course, we have a
:04:49. > :04:53.benefits system. He tries to get people not used to working back
:04:53. > :04:57.into work before they acclimatise. Many of these jobs are jobs that
:04:57. > :05:02.Brits feel they are above doing. This is one of the big problems we
:05:02. > :05:06.have in the economy as it stands. Foreign workers come in, East
:05:06. > :05:09.European workers, and they do jobs that the Brits will not do. Not
:05:10. > :05:15.that they cannot do. That need addressing. How do we make the
:05:15. > :05:19.British were forced actually more appealing to employers? I think we
:05:19. > :05:22.need a system that when people around benefits, and they are fit
:05:22. > :05:27.and healthy but there is no word for them, they have to get up in
:05:27. > :05:31.the morning, they have to report some were at 8 o'clock, even if it
:05:31. > :05:35.is to pick litter. They will be used to getting up in the morning
:05:35. > :05:40.and going to work. When they go to do a real job, they are in the
:05:40. > :05:43.swing of working. Some British workers watching this will be
:05:43. > :05:48.screaming at the television, being slightly offended by that. I hope
:05:48. > :05:54.they are not. I am not trying to suggest this is true of all workers.
:05:54. > :06:00.Of course it is not. In low-skilled work, and seasonal work, I am
:06:00. > :06:07.afraid it appears to be true. were an MEP. Has the free movement
:06:07. > :06:12.of labour within Europe been a success? I do not think so. An
:06:12. > :06:15.entire free movement of labour is a mistake and she reform a social
:06:15. > :06:22.benefits and welfare. You cannot have millions of people coming in
:06:22. > :06:27.and Sue have eight welfare system to facilitate that. You cannot just
:06:27. > :06:30.take them in bits. The answer in one sentence? Get people on
:06:30. > :06:40.benefits out of their house is doing something so they used to the
:06:40. > :06:43.work ethic. Mr Bloom, thank you. Let us know what you think. Are
:06:43. > :06:53.foreign workers better than British? Are some Brits too lazy to
:06:53. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:10.We will have some of those before we finish at 7 o'clock.
:07:10. > :07:20.Still to come: We look at some of our area's hottest medal hopefuls
:07:20. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:26.India before the Olympics. It has emerged that some people are
:07:26. > :07:30.being forced to wait for surgery months longer than government
:07:30. > :07:34.targets, surviving with painkillers and limited mobility. NHS
:07:34. > :07:38.Lincolnshire has told us that this is because clinicians had failed to
:07:38. > :07:43.follow procedures. All spinal surgery has been suspended in
:07:43. > :07:45.Lincolnshire hospitals. As a keen hiker, Barbara and her
:07:45. > :07:51.husband were anticipating an active retirement. But arthritis has
:07:51. > :07:54.caused Barbara's lower vertebra to crumble.
:07:54. > :07:58.I was taking eight painkillers a day, and they are the next down
:07:58. > :08:01.from taking morphine and they're very strong. I have weaned myself
:08:01. > :08:04.off because I am still getting pain even with the painkillers.
:08:04. > :08:09.Surgeons plan to build a cage around Barbara's spine to ease the
:08:09. > :08:13.pressure. The government says patient should have to wait no
:08:13. > :08:20.longer than 18 weeks for the operation. Barbara has been waiting
:08:20. > :08:24.30 so far. And she's not the only one. Look North has learnt of other
:08:24. > :08:30.spinal patients enduring long waits. NHS Lincolnshire says it's because
:08:30. > :08:38.clinicians have failed to properly submit paperwork. A Lincolnshire
:08:38. > :08:42.patients' group is calling for an investigation. I think it's
:08:42. > :08:49.appalling. Absolutely appalling! Somebody somewhere within one of
:08:49. > :08:59.the trusts has made mistakes. The system has gone wrong.
:08:59. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:20.In a statement, NHS Lincolnshire If I had run a business the way
:09:20. > :09:27.that that has been run, I would have been fired. No question about
:09:27. > :09:30.it. It is awful. This means sufferers like Barbara
:09:30. > :09:40.making long journeys to out-of-town hospitals. Another hurdle in an
:09:40. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:44.illness which already has her life on hold. Two people have been
:09:44. > :09:47.rescued from the top of a cherry picker after it crashed into the
:09:47. > :09:50.side of a building in Grimsby. The machine was stuck 60 feet up in the
:09:50. > :10:00.air near Freshney Place Shopping Centre with the men trapped inside.
:10:00. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:04.Fire officers took just under an hour to free them. $NEWLINE
:10:04. > :10:07.Yorkshire Water has apologised to residents in the Hedon area after
:10:07. > :10:10.admitting that the stench from a sewage works is making their lives
:10:10. > :10:13.a misery. Locals say they have had to put up with the unbearable
:10:13. > :10:15.smiled for more than 10 years. Yorkshire Water officials say a new
:10:16. > :10:22.odour control unit should help alleviate the problem. Vicky
:10:22. > :10:27.Johnson reports from Hedon. Most of us look forward to warm
:10:27. > :10:31.days. But not the people of Hedon. Because an overwhelming stench from
:10:31. > :10:36.a nearby treatment works often infiltrate their homes, businesses
:10:36. > :10:41.and even their clothes. There is nothing they can do about it. Jane
:10:41. > :10:45.Hampshire's business is one which suffers particularly. When it is
:10:45. > :10:52.fine, customers like to sit in the garden, but the smell Arnside often
:10:52. > :10:59.makes this impossible. If they cannot sit inside, that's find,
:10:59. > :11:03.it's all right. But if they cannot, they will go and find somewhere
:11:03. > :11:07.else to eat. The so-called Saltend smell emanates from here, one of
:11:07. > :11:11.the biggest sewage plants in Europe, treating 40 million gallons of
:11:11. > :11:19.waste every day. The smell from these works travels miles, as these
:11:19. > :11:23.riders -- as these residents from the village of Paull will testify.
:11:23. > :11:29.Bad eggs. It really upsets the wife. She cannot stand it. It makes her
:11:29. > :11:34.feel sick. A very strong smell. is like being next to an open sewer.
:11:34. > :11:38.It stinks. You can actually tasted. It makes you feel physically sick.
:11:38. > :11:46.A petition has been organised to try to force both East Riding
:11:46. > :11:51.Council and Yorkshire Water to take action. If the Saltend signs smells
:11:51. > :11:56.are considered to be a statutory nuisance, we can take legal action
:11:56. > :12:02.to force them to improve. Even local councillors are baffled as to
:12:02. > :12:06.why nothing's been done. Had it been anywhere else but in South
:12:07. > :12:11.Holderness, had it been Beverley or Kirk Ella, it would have been
:12:11. > :12:16.sorted by now. We have been just left. It is sad. We are an ancient
:12:16. > :12:23.town. Yorkshire Water officials insist they are doing all they can
:12:23. > :12:26.to minimise the steam from the site. Earlier, I spoke to Mark Thompson
:12:26. > :12:33.from Yorkshire Water, and asked him what is causing the smell coming
:12:33. > :12:37.from the plant. In terms of what is causing the
:12:37. > :12:45.odours, we have seen very high concentrated effort went coming in
:12:45. > :12:50.from a number of different sources. We do seek seasonal variations. It
:12:50. > :12:53.is playing a big part in the increasing odors. When the plant
:12:53. > :12:58.was built, Yorkshire Water said it would not smile. What has gone
:12:58. > :13:04.wrong? That was not correct. The person that made that remark simply
:13:04. > :13:11.did not have the knowledge to support it. It is an operational
:13:11. > :13:15.side. It is one of the largest sewage works of its kind in Europe.
:13:15. > :13:22.There is always likely to be some Odor attached to the process. We
:13:22. > :13:26.recognised that the level is too high around the site and we are
:13:26. > :13:30.determined to reduce that as much as possible. You are building a
:13:30. > :13:35.second under control unit. This opens in November. Can you
:13:35. > :13:39.guarantee this will solve this awful problem? I cannot stand in
:13:39. > :13:43.front of you and say it will completely eliminate all odours at
:13:43. > :13:48.the site. What I can say is we are doing everything possible to
:13:48. > :13:53.minimise odors. You were apologising, are you, to your
:13:53. > :13:58.customers? It absolutely is. We would like to say the big apology
:13:58. > :14:02.to our local customers in the area. We recognise it is an acceptable
:14:02. > :14:10.that they have had to suffer these odours. We are determined to put it
:14:10. > :14:20.right. We hold our hands up to failings in the past. We are
:14:20. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:33.determined to address this issue. Still ahead tonight: The colourful
:14:33. > :14:37.caulies it is hoped will encourage more of us to eat our greens.
:14:37. > :14:47.Are you ready for the digital switchover? From tonight, the way
:14:47. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:54.switchover? From tonight, the way you watch BBC Two will change.
:14:54. > :15:04.Tonight's photograph is sunrise at the deep in Hull, taken by Daniel
:15:04. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:21.Britton. Good evening. How are you? I imagine not all of the viewers in
:15:21. > :15:29.high-definition will get to see your make-up! The headline for the
:15:29. > :15:33.next 24 hours is warm and humid. There is a risk of thunder. The
:15:33. > :15:37.thunderstorms have been few and far between so far this evening. They
:15:37. > :15:41.will be triggered by this cold front. Thursday looks very
:15:41. > :15:47.unsettled with showers and longer spells of rain sweeping up from the
:15:47. > :15:54.south-west. It has been a hot one in many places this afternoon. We
:15:54. > :15:59.have seen some thundery showers, but very hit and miss. A risk of
:15:59. > :16:07.some isolated thundery showers this evening. If they develop, they will
:16:07. > :16:17.linger through the night. Some of the showers over your could club in
:16:17. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:29.two parts of East Yorkshire later. The sun will rise just before
:16:29. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:34.5:30am. It looks like he should be a nice morning. Any overnight
:16:34. > :16:44.showers will fizzle away. Temperatures will shoot up during
:16:44. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:54.the day. There could be some scattered thunderstorms. Enjoy the
:16:54. > :16:59.temperatures while you can as we will not CVs for some time. -- as
:16:59. > :17:07.we will not CVs for some time. Pear-shaped on Thursday. Longer
:17:07. > :17:15.spells of rain. Temperatures back to normal on Friday.
:17:15. > :17:18.Good evening to the man who has won �1 million on the Premium Bonds in
:17:18. > :17:28.East Riding. It could be you are!
:17:28. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:32.It could be you are! I have not had a phone-call!
:17:32. > :17:39.The way receive your television programmes is about to change
:17:39. > :17:43.forever. Right now, we are coming to you live from this TV
:17:43. > :17:46.transmitter. It stands 1,200 feet above the Lincolnshire Wolds. For
:17:46. > :17:50.more than 40 years, Belmont is where hundreds of thousands of us
:17:51. > :17:53.in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have received our TV pictures from.
:17:53. > :18:01.But over the next fortnight, its old analogue signal is being
:18:01. > :18:04.replaced with a digital one. Engineers begin their work in just
:18:04. > :18:12.a few hours by switching the BBC Two signal off after midnight and
:18:12. > :18:15.replacing it with a new digital signal. Now, this won't affect you
:18:15. > :18:20.if you get your TV through satellite, Freesat or Sky, or on
:18:20. > :18:23.cable. If you have got a digital box, all you need to do is retune
:18:23. > :18:30.it tomorrow. But if you have not got a digital box, satellite or
:18:30. > :18:35.cable, there is help at hand. Out with the old. In with the new.
:18:35. > :18:37.Though some things stay the same. Tomorrow sees new high powered
:18:37. > :18:41.digital equipment come online at the Belmont Transmitter in
:18:41. > :18:51.Lincolnshire. It is the start of a change in the way we receive our TV
:18:51. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :18:59.signal. BBC Two in analogue will be turned off today permanently. New
:18:59. > :19:02.digital services will start from another part of the site. If you
:19:02. > :19:04.are watching this, your TV signal comes from here. But beneath
:19:04. > :19:12.Belmont, engineers are starting the process of switching off analogue
:19:12. > :19:17.services altogether. Retuning is important. We know most people have
:19:17. > :19:21.at least one television that is ready for digital television,
:19:21. > :19:30.whether that is in a box for his part of the television. But you
:19:30. > :19:33.will need to retune it to receive higher strengths signals. All this
:19:33. > :19:36.effort does come with benefits. More TV channels to watch at home
:19:36. > :19:41.for a start. And for those in Grimsby, there also should be an
:19:41. > :19:51.improvement in signal. I rang the freephone number and the man came
:19:51. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:03.today. I wrote down everything that he said. Now we can call from A-Z
:20:03. > :20:07.with the TV programmes! Some people are not sure what they're doing,
:20:07. > :20:11.salt we are here to help. So when should you retune tomorrow? Well,
:20:11. > :20:15.Belmont switches at 6am. Lincoln's relay transmitter a little later at
:20:15. > :20:21.10am. And Grimsby from 1pm. But the advice for most is to retune around
:20:21. > :20:24.tea-time. Remember, tomorrow is just the start. By 17 August, you
:20:24. > :20:34.will need digital or satellite services or you will lose your TV
:20:34. > :20:44.signal altogether. Our reporter is live from the
:20:44. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:53.transmitter right now. What have we got to do tomorrow?
:20:53. > :21:02.I love cables. Tomorrow, you don't need all of these cables. But you
:21:02. > :21:09.do need your remote control and retune. If you have satellite,
:21:09. > :21:14.there is nothing to do. If you have Anelog, BBC Two will be going off
:21:14. > :21:17.overnight. That is a warning to say that you have two weeks to get
:21:17. > :21:27.satellite or digital. If you do not know how to do that, there is
:21:27. > :21:33.plenty of help. If you want to know more about the digital switchover,
:21:33. > :21:43.you can contact Digital UK. The number to ring is 08456 50 50 50.
:21:43. > :21:50.
:21:50. > :21:52.There are five roadshows tomorrow. With just under a year to go until
:21:52. > :21:55.the 2012 Olympics in London, athletes from East Yorkshire and
:21:55. > :21:58.Lincolnshire are stepping up their training regimes. Several hopefuls
:21:58. > :22:07.will be looking to qualify for the games over the next few months and
:22:07. > :22:09.our Olympic Correspondent has been taking a look at their chances.
:22:09. > :22:12.In recent years, Great Britain's hockey players have become European
:22:12. > :22:15.Champions and achieved significant results on the world stage. So, it
:22:15. > :22:23.is no surprise Glenn Kirkham from Alford is going for gold in the
:22:23. > :22:29.Olympics. I look forward to it and hope there will be a real buzz
:22:29. > :22:33.around the hockey Park. And that the general public will get to know
:22:33. > :22:36.us as hockey players. Home Olympics is a huge thing. Olympic dreams are
:22:36. > :22:39.very much on track for Lincolnshire swimmer Lizzy Simmonds after she
:22:39. > :22:49.finished seventh in the final of the 200 metres backstroke at the
:22:49. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:57.World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. It is pretty exciting.
:22:57. > :23:02.Literally, I am thinking about this every day. It is always at that
:23:02. > :23:06.back of your mind, or even the front of your mind at the moment. I
:23:06. > :23:10.think it is one of those things where it is a once-in-a-lifetime
:23:10. > :23:14.opportunity. Everybody on the team is getting quite excited at this
:23:14. > :23:17.stage. Lizzy's former team-mate Kate Haywood is now based in
:23:17. > :23:26.Australia. She has been keeping her fans up to date with her training
:23:26. > :23:31.by posting videos on the internet. I am in Sydney at the moment. I was
:23:31. > :23:40.at the Australian trials last week. Now I am looking at the tourist
:23:40. > :23:47.sites. Irish secretary in in this swimming pool every day! -- I wish
:23:47. > :23:49.I could swim in this swimming pool. And closing in on Olympic
:23:49. > :23:53.qualification is shooter Aaron Heading from Long Sutton. For him,
:23:53. > :23:57.getting to the Olympics has been a life-long aim. It is a dream. I
:23:57. > :24:02.first pulled the trigger when I was nine years old. From then, I have
:24:02. > :24:05.not looked back. Volleyball captain Ben Pipes from Cottingham is one of
:24:05. > :24:08.a number of British competitors who will be preparing for the Olympics
:24:08. > :24:18.on the continent. He currently plays league volleyball in the
:24:18. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:28.Netherlands, but his heart is very much still at home. We will not
:24:28. > :24:32.change anything we're doing. In quieter moments, you dream about it.
:24:32. > :24:35.So, it is a big year ahead for our local competitors all hoping for
:24:35. > :24:38.the chance to represent their country at London 2012.
:24:38. > :24:40.They are one of the least popular vegetables, but now farmers in
:24:40. > :24:50.Boston think they may just have reinvigorated interest for
:24:50. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:57.cauliflowers. Research by farmers showed the average age of a person
:24:57. > :25:00.who eats them is 50-years-old, but now a solution could have been
:25:00. > :25:03.found to make them popular with the young again.
:25:03. > :25:06.The cauliflower has had a rough time of it recently. Crops have
:25:06. > :25:16.been badly affected by two severe winters, and its popularity is at
:25:16. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:25.an all-time low. There has been a decline over the last 10 years. We
:25:25. > :25:28.want to reinvigorate the industry. But the future has arrived, because
:25:28. > :25:31.in the fields of Boston there is a cauliflower revolution growing.
:25:31. > :25:36.Farmers wanted to add a bit of colour to the appeal of the
:25:36. > :25:41.cauliflowers, so they added a bit of colour to the cauliflowers. So
:25:41. > :25:51.far, they have purple, orange and green. This doesn't just happen
:25:51. > :25:55.
:25:56. > :26:05.because of watering them with food dye or genetic modification. This
:26:05. > :26:11.is a cross-cultivation process which has taken 15 years. We need
:26:11. > :26:19.to generate seaweed that will produce the vibrant colours.
:26:19. > :26:25.generate seeds. But is all this effort worthwhile? I think small
:26:25. > :26:28.children would call for this. They look more tasty. So, with sales
:26:28. > :26:31.already up and a positive reaction, where can they go from here? That
:26:31. > :26:41.is where Look North has a sneaky exclusive. Their pink cabbages will
:26:41. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:58.be launched in the autumn. Let's get a recap of the headlines:
:26:58. > :27:01.When the last hour, a deal has been made in America regarding their
:27:01. > :27:03.debt levels. Claims some companies prefer
:27:03. > :27:05.employing foreign people and are actively trying to avoid British-
:27:05. > :27:07.born workers. A fine dry start with sunny spells.
:27:07. > :27:10.Scattered thunderstorms expected later, although some places staying
:27:10. > :27:15.dry. Hot and humid. Maximum temperature of 27 degrees.
:27:15. > :27:21.Polish workers are super. Most British people cannot be bothered
:27:21. > :27:26.to show up for interviews. Some foreign workers work harder
:27:26. > :27:30.and do jobs that we would refuse to These companies are wrong to do
:27:30. > :27:33.what they are doing. If I was denied a job because I was fury at
:27:33. > :27:39.-- because that was British, I would be furious.