:00:05. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:08. > :00:18.Farmers take extreme measures to increase security after a sharp
:00:18. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:24.rise in rural crime. It is my sister I am protecting.
:00:24. > :00:27.With her to take control of our own destiny. -- it is my stuff.
:00:27. > :00:30.The Hull businesses that have had enough of paying extra to promote
:00:30. > :00:36.the city centre. Why people are frightened of buying fake vodka in
:00:36. > :00:41.Boston. We are told by customers they would only select certain
:00:42. > :00:45.supermarkets because they are frightened. This stuff is poisonous.
:00:45. > :00:54.We find out if drivers would still stop by the roadside to pick up
:00:54. > :01:04.hitchhikers. Some of us saw thunderstorms this
:01:04. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:06.afternoon, a quieter day tomorrow, Criminals are deliberately
:01:06. > :01:11.targeting rural areas of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire
:01:12. > :01:15.according to new research. The insurance company NFU Mutual says
:01:15. > :01:21.farmers are being hit hard by a sharp rise in crime, and it's
:01:21. > :01:27.costing businesses millions of pounds. In Lincolnshire and the
:01:27. > :01:32.East Midlands, agricultural crime rose by sixty-one percent in 2010.
:01:32. > :01:35.In Yorkshire and the North East, it grew by 12%. It's estimated to have
:01:35. > :01:43.cost both areas a total of nearly nineteen million pounds last year,
:01:43. > :01:52.With its rolling landscapes and picture postcard views you wouldn't
:01:52. > :01:55.expect the Lincolnshire Countryside to be the scene of rising crime.
:01:56. > :01:58.For beetroot farmer Chris Moore, security is a major concern. His
:01:58. > :02:08.last job of the day is positioning 'indoor scarecrows' to deter
:02:08. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:14.intruders. It is another thing, something to put people off. There
:02:14. > :02:21.is a burglar alarm and cameras. Most farmers have been the victim
:02:21. > :02:31.of crime. We have had a couple of pick-ups stolen. The internet Cable
:02:31. > :02:32.
:02:33. > :02:39.was annoying. The NFU says he is right to have a security plan as
:02:39. > :02:43.tractors and heating or at thefts have risen. Organised crime is
:02:43. > :02:49.focusing more on countryside and you have expensive equipment out
:02:49. > :02:53.there. Some tractors are worth up to �100,000. But is a keen to
:02:53. > :02:55.stealing a Ferrari. Over in East Yorkshire, Quad bikes have topped
:02:55. > :03:05.the list of stolen property. Membership of the Farmwatch scheme
:03:05. > :03:11.is growing. It alerts members by text of suspicious activity.
:03:11. > :03:15.benefit is we have a success rate of catching people in the act of
:03:15. > :03:24.perching on land and it's been successful. Using things like
:03:24. > :03:28.alarms for the shed, if they can afford CCTV, or using other
:03:28. > :03:31.security products that will make a piece of equipment definitive to
:03:32. > :03:35.the farm. The days are gone where tractors could be left in fields
:03:35. > :03:43.overnight and sheds unlocked. The NFU say ignoring this threat - will
:03:43. > :03:45.cost farmers dearly. Linsey joins us now from a farm in Beltoft in
:03:45. > :03:55.North Lincolnshire. Linsey, do farmers seem to be taking the
:03:55. > :03:58.warning? Yes, typically on a farm like this
:03:58. > :04:02.in harvest time we would see machinery in the fields overnight
:04:02. > :04:07.waiting for work in the morning. It has all been brought into the yard,
:04:07. > :04:14.it is waiting to be locked up in the sheds behind me and the
:04:14. > :04:18.nightwatchman is also due to start his patrol shortly. Farmers tell me
:04:18. > :04:24.this does not just affect them, it affects the whole community. I was
:04:24. > :04:28.in East Yorkshire and one farmer has extra cameras on his CCTV
:04:28. > :04:35.systems trains on the village church because it is close by, when
:04:35. > :04:39.thieves go on the rampage, the village church also gets let stolen.
:04:39. > :04:43.It is up to farmers and parishioners to club together and
:04:43. > :04:49.replace it as well as taking responsibility for replacing their
:04:49. > :04:53.equipment. This is hitting them from all angles.
:04:53. > :04:58.In a moment: As a thousand steel jobs are created at in the North
:04:58. > :05:01.East - we ask would workers swap Scunthorpe for Redcar?
:05:01. > :05:07.Local businesses in Hull have begun a campaign against the organisation
:05:07. > :05:10.which promotes the city centre. All retailers pay a compulsory fee to
:05:10. > :05:18.be a member of the Hull Business Improvement District - which is
:05:18. > :05:22.known as BID. However, some think it's a waste of money. And as the
:05:23. > :05:29.city prepares to vote on its future, the rebels are raising their voice.
:05:29. > :05:35.Our business correspondent Paul Murphy has the story.
:05:35. > :05:38.This man is one of the rebels, he wants nothing to do with the
:05:38. > :05:43.business improvement districts but like 700 other city centre
:05:43. > :05:48.businesses, he has been paying the compulsory fee for five years.
:05:48. > :05:55.is another tax, another backdoor tax. It cannot improve the city
:05:55. > :06:01.centre. That is the council's job, it can't reduce crime and increase
:06:01. > :06:06.policing, but is what we pay the business rates for. The annual
:06:06. > :06:11.festival is one of the achievements as it strives to market the city.
:06:11. > :06:16.The owner of this restaurant says it is doing great things. It would
:06:16. > :06:21.be great if every business got behind it because with the right
:06:21. > :06:27.attitude and force, we can bring Hull further ahead, we have to
:06:27. > :06:32.compete. If we don't have anything to work with, we will lease. Each
:06:32. > :06:42.shop pays 1% of its ratable barley, a couple of hundred pounds the year
:06:42. > :06:46.for small shop. They collect levies of �450,000 a year. Expense
:06:46. > :06:51.�120,000 on salaries and at men. The rebel businesses believe it is
:06:51. > :06:56.a waste of money. At the heart of the rebel business argument is they
:06:56. > :07:00.already pay for policing, marketing and cleaning of the city centre
:07:00. > :07:07.through business rates. An additional levy to do business
:07:07. > :07:16.improvement districts is unnecessary and unjustified. Not so,
:07:16. > :07:19.says Hull BID. They wanted the City to be clean and tidy air with
:07:19. > :07:26.higher foot fault and we can demonstrate that is what we have
:07:26. > :07:31.done. We have seen a reduction in crime and graffiti has virtually
:07:31. > :07:35.been eradicated in the city centre. The businesses will be voting in
:07:35. > :07:39.the coming weeks whether it stays. The rebels claimed the campaign is
:07:39. > :07:43.gaining momentum. We just heard from Kathryn Shillito
:07:43. > :07:50.from Hull BID in Paul Murphy's report. Earlier I asked her if she
:07:50. > :07:55.could understand why some businesses aren't happy.
:07:55. > :08:01.Yes, I can. Businesses are struggling these days, the economic
:08:01. > :08:08.climate is difficult. But I think it has come all in leaps and bounds.
:08:08. > :08:13.We started in 2006 and have achieved against objectives. They
:08:13. > :08:16.say you have made little difference. The businesses are expected, would
:08:16. > :08:22.say differently. I have had meetings with many of them to
:08:22. > :08:31.listen to the concerns. How can be justified charging businesses which
:08:31. > :08:35.don't want be part of your group but they had no option? They were
:08:36. > :08:41.introduced in 2004 and we have one hand and 12 bids. Businesses
:08:41. > :08:45.recognise it is a direct influence over how funds are spent. We have
:08:45. > :08:50.lots of people moaning. These businesses already paid for police
:08:50. > :08:56.think in the business rates, why pay again? We don't replace, we
:08:56. > :09:03.enhance. We don't subsidise. When you look at the graffiti statistics,
:09:03. > :09:09.we have removed 6,000 pieces of graffiti, many of private premises.
:09:09. > :09:13.If you ran a bed shop, the feet first becomes long bring people in
:09:13. > :09:21.but you will not go after your German hot dog and decide you want
:09:21. > :09:27.to bed. These events raised foot fall significantly. People go into
:09:27. > :09:31.the shops, bars and also solicitors and accountants might say we did
:09:31. > :09:38.benefit but they want to see the city looking busy with a vibrant
:09:38. > :09:42.feel with football coming in. you say to the rebel businesses?
:09:42. > :09:46.would like to visit them and explain more how I can help them
:09:46. > :09:52.and I would like to see them becoming part of it and using it
:09:52. > :09:58.for the benefit. You will go to everyone? I hope so. You will be
:09:58. > :10:08.busy. Well is your business affected by this? Is enough being
:10:08. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:27.done to attract people into the A man who stabbed his estranged
:10:27. > :10:31.wife over a hundred times in front of their two year old son has been
:10:31. > :10:35.found guilty of her murder. Linda Merigo from Driffield was attacked
:10:36. > :10:38.in broad daylight outside her Driffield home last year. Police
:10:38. > :10:42.have described 43-year-old Alfred Merigo as a "violent and ruthless
:10:42. > :10:47.murderer". He's been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum
:10:47. > :10:50.term of twenty eight years. The banks of a river in Grimsby are
:10:50. > :10:54.being cleared of weeds after local residents complained that the area
:10:54. > :10:58.had become infested with rats. The River Freshney runs through the
:10:58. > :11:02.town and is near to homes and a playground. People in the area say
:11:02. > :11:04.the rats are a danger to health and the river has become overgrown and
:11:05. > :11:09.clogged with rubbish and weeds. The Environment Agency is working
:11:09. > :11:12.with the council to clean up the riverbanks.
:11:12. > :11:15.An off-licence owner in Boston says people are becoming frightened to
:11:15. > :11:20.buy vodka in the town following last month's explosion at an
:11:20. > :11:26.illegal distillery. Robert Hancock says the full scale of illicit
:11:26. > :11:29.alcohol is only just becoming known. His comments come as the health
:11:29. > :11:35.service says there's been a rise in people becoming ill from fake
:11:35. > :11:40.alcohol. Phillip Norton reports. Rob Hancock has long been aware of
:11:40. > :11:44.a problem with fake vodka in Boston. As a careful off-licence owner and
:11:44. > :11:54.a member of pubwatch - he's been in competition with a black market and
:11:54. > :11:54.
:11:54. > :11:58.has seen problems fake vodka caused with his own eyes. One customer, I
:11:58. > :12:05.witnessed him at being ill, he could hardly talk, his lips were
:12:05. > :12:10.dry. He went to the doctors who said he should drink lots of water
:12:10. > :12:14.and to go to hospital. He had the bottle in his hand. It smelt very
:12:14. > :12:16.bad. Doctors in Lincolnshire says there's now been a rise in the
:12:17. > :12:26.number of people seeking treatment, with symptoms of poisoning from
:12:27. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:32.fake vodka. Patients complain of abdominal pain, blurred vision and
:12:32. > :12:35.to they can also complained of dizziness. More people are
:12:35. > :12:37.describing those symptoms. It is quite frequent.
:12:37. > :12:40.Last month's explosion at an illegal distillery on an industrial
:12:40. > :12:42.estate in the town killed five Lithuanian men and left another
:12:42. > :12:45.fighting for his life. They're believed to have been producing
:12:45. > :12:49.fake Smirnoff vodka, which had flooded the streets in recent
:12:49. > :12:53.months. Millions of pounds is spent every year to protect market
:12:53. > :12:56.leading brand names and the quality of their products. We've spoken to
:12:56. > :12:58.the company which owns Smirnoff today, Diageo, which says it was
:12:58. > :13:01.shocked to learn what happened in Boston, adding that it works
:13:01. > :13:06.closely on anti counterfeit matters through the industry body, the
:13:06. > :13:09.International Federation of Spirits Producers. They say the actual
:13:09. > :13:12.scale of counterfeiting is difficult to judge but reassured
:13:12. > :13:14.the public that the vast majority of spirits sold in the UK are
:13:14. > :13:22.genuine, and they're pushing for maximum sentences for those caught
:13:22. > :13:29.producing fake alcohol. Mr Hancock says his customers have been
:13:29. > :13:33.increasingly cautious. They are very wary. We are being told by
:13:33. > :13:36.customers they will only selected supermarkets and certain shops
:13:36. > :13:39.because they're frightened. This stuff is very poisonous. The advice
:13:39. > :13:46.from trading standards is to only buy alcohol from reputable stores
:13:46. > :13:53.and off-licences. If you're in Lincolnshire are you
:13:53. > :14:03.thinking twice about where you buy your alcohol from? Let us know in
:14:03. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:15.Thanks for getting in touch after Friday's show about a call for a
:14:15. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:56.public vote on capital punishment. Coming up on Look North: Still
:14:56. > :15:02.ahead tonight: The new season has begun, but it
:15:02. > :15:05.was a tough weekend for Hull and Scunthorpe.
:15:05. > :15:15.As hitchhiking becomes a thing of the past, drivers tell us whether
:15:15. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:22.they would still pick up on the Edwin Wilson took this this morning
:15:22. > :15:32.at 5:10am from his garden in Withernsea of the early morning sun
:15:32. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:54.Katie says, my father record every night's Look North. Sad at all
:15:54. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:09.This is what happened at Stamford Bridge earlier after a torrential
:16:09. > :16:15.downpour. There was nearly half an inch of rain fall in just one hour.
:16:15. > :16:22.On with the forecast, will it get better? Yes, it will. Tomorrow,
:16:22. > :16:28.eight dry and bright day. If you look further out into the Atlantic,
:16:28. > :16:35.another area of low pressure will bring unsettled weather macro. Back
:16:35. > :16:40.to this afternoon, this is the radar sequence: It has been a
:16:40. > :16:44.mainly East Yorkshire, northern and eastern parts of Lincolnshire. That
:16:44. > :16:48.is where the showers are at the moment. They are still torrential
:16:49. > :16:53.in places. But they will die away as we go through the night. Skies
:16:53. > :17:03.will clear from the north. Temperatures will drop to nine-at
:17:03. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:11.ten Celsius. Looking at at the Sun, it will rise at 5:30am. Tomorrow,
:17:11. > :17:15.still some cloud to begin with, but it will break up and we will see
:17:15. > :17:19.sunny spells developing. The best of the sunshine will be through the
:17:19. > :17:24.morning, as the cloud all fell again as we head through the
:17:24. > :17:29.afternoon. The most of us, it will be dry. It will not be as breezier
:17:29. > :17:35.as today, but the wind is coming from the north-west and will fill
:17:36. > :17:45.cool for the time being. Make the most of Tuesday if you can. That
:17:46. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :18:00.wet weather returns on Wednesday. This from Alex who rides, he is on
:18:00. > :18:03.the train because he is opening a garden party tomorrow. See you
:18:03. > :18:06.garden party tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
:18:07. > :18:09.To stay in work these days often sees families being forced to move
:18:10. > :18:13.to a new part of the country. For steelworkers in Scunthorpe, where
:18:13. > :18:17.1,200 jobs are under threat, it is an option which many may soon have
:18:17. > :18:20.to consider. The industry has been in decline for years, but now new
:18:20. > :18:30.hope has emerged on Teesside where today, 1000 new steel jobs have
:18:30. > :18:31.
:18:31. > :18:37.been advertised. Phil Connell reports.
:18:37. > :18:43.The two northern towns dominated by its steel. But in at Redcar on
:18:43. > :18:46.Teesside, the industry is showing signs of new beginnings. The firm
:18:46. > :18:53.which bought the steel plant has unveiled a massive recruitment
:18:53. > :18:59.drive. On their website, 1,000 jobs are being advertised, and the 1,200
:18:59. > :19:02.workers facing redundancy are being encouraged to apply. Still making
:19:02. > :19:07.is a very precise science, anyone be foolish not to bring in people
:19:07. > :19:13.with expertise. But we are also looking to the younger generation.
:19:13. > :19:21.For those who attempted the journey from Scunthorpe to Redcar, it is
:19:22. > :19:26.110 miles. The move has good and bad points. In a Redcar,
:19:26. > :19:32.unemployment is 4% higher. While the town may tempt people with its
:19:32. > :19:37.beach, school performance tables are lower than those in Scunthorpe.
:19:37. > :19:41.For the town's steelworkers, there is a lot to consider, but with
:19:41. > :19:48.1,200 jobs under threat, a move away from Scunthorpe maybe the only
:19:48. > :19:54.option. He will have to go where the work is. He if transferring to
:19:54. > :20:01.another region means I will keep my job, I have to do that. There is
:20:02. > :20:04.nothing here whatsoever. Today's's jobs boost comes after years of bad
:20:04. > :20:09.news. Workers made redundant here perhaps
:20:09. > :20:16.should not be too optimistic. Demand for the jobs will be high,
:20:16. > :20:19.with around 10,000 applicants expected.
:20:19. > :20:22.Our reporter Ian Reeve is in Redcar this evening. Redcar is a steel
:20:22. > :20:32.town like Scunthorpe. How big an attraction are these jobs for
:20:32. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:41.people coming to the town? company is stressing that the jobs,
:20:41. > :20:46.1,000 posts, are not earmarked for people from Teesside only. People
:20:46. > :20:51.from other places of the country, their applications will be accepted.
:20:51. > :20:57.The company is also stressing the jobs are not just for steelworkers.
:20:57. > :21:01.A two years ago, 500 people lost their jobs. There were many
:21:01. > :21:09.management, technical staff, those kind of applications would be
:21:09. > :21:15.accepted. There is another plus said, the guy who runs the plant
:21:15. > :21:18.knows the calibre of the Scunthorpe workforce. And you very much indeed.
:21:18. > :21:21.We will continue to follow that story.
:21:21. > :21:25.It was the opening weekend of the new football season. Damian Johnson
:21:25. > :21:35.is here with me. Is it fair to say there were mixed fortunes for our
:21:35. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:41.two League sides? Just about sums it up. Only two League sides now.
:21:41. > :21:51.Football League or the way. Scunthorpe United boss, Alan Knill,
:21:51. > :21:58.described the draw as they have real confidence booster. Jimmy Ryan
:21:58. > :22:02.signed in the summer. After a disappointing pre-season,
:22:02. > :22:07.Scunthorpe United might have travelled to Wycombe in some
:22:07. > :22:13.trepidation. But they secured a point thanks to this equaliser. The
:22:13. > :22:16.manager reflected on a fine display. The performance was everything we
:22:16. > :22:22.asked for. We took the game to Wycombe, even though we were and
:22:22. > :22:27.are wayside. I thought we were excellent, and really encouraging.
:22:27. > :22:34.It was a big confidence boost for everybody. It my to be even better
:22:34. > :22:39.after Wycombe had a man sent off. Tomorrow, they travel to Accrington
:22:39. > :22:46.in the Carling Cup, and an early reunion for a Scunthorpe player on
:22:46. > :22:54.holiday. I was on holiday, and my dad text did make. It was just my
:22:54. > :23:04.luck, really. I am looking forward go back there.
:23:04. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:20.It was a night of missed They paid a heavy price all those
:23:20. > :23:30.misses. Tomorrow, the Tigers will look for an improved performance in
:23:30. > :23:33.the Carling Cup at home to Macclesfield.
:23:33. > :23:36.Hull FC have poured cold water on rumours that coach Richard Agar is
:23:36. > :23:39.quitting the club for Wakefield Trinity. The Guardian newspaper had
:23:39. > :23:42.suggested Agar would leave after being offered a role as director of
:23:42. > :23:45.rugby by new owner Adam Pearson. One of Hull Fc's most colourful
:23:45. > :23:48.characters from the 1980s has written a book about his life in
:23:48. > :23:51.rugby. Lee Crooks has been telling listeners of BBC Radio Humberside
:23:51. > :23:57.about his career before heading to the Humber St Andrews Social Club
:23:57. > :24:04.in the city to sign copies for fans. It explains things people do not
:24:04. > :24:08.know went on, without upsetting too many people as well. It is not a
:24:08. > :24:14.sensational piece of writing, it is just absurd an expression of what
:24:14. > :24:18.my life has been. Once they were a familiar sight by
:24:18. > :24:20.the side of the road. But it seems the hitchhiker is becoming a thing
:24:20. > :24:23.of the past, especially in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire,
:24:23. > :24:33.where a survey shows people are less likely to hitchhike than
:24:33. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:38.anywhere else in the country. Simon Spark has more.
:24:38. > :24:48.Hitchhiking has been around long before there were even cars on the
:24:48. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :25:01.roads, with varying the techniques. And if you picked up this a lot,
:25:01. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:12.you would have escorted a moment in history. But today, we are more
:25:12. > :25:17.likely to see just cars and a change of mood. Many people are not
:25:17. > :25:25.sure as they used to be. According to a new poll, the amount
:25:25. > :25:30.of people who would not pick up a hitchhiker has risen from 75% to
:25:30. > :25:34.95% in just two years. People in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are also
:25:34. > :25:38.the least likely to even give it a go. And I am certainly getting
:25:38. > :25:43.nowhere here. At this cafe, they have almost
:25:43. > :25:49.forgotten what a hitchhiker is. have been here nine years, and I
:25:49. > :25:56.have never seen a hitchhike on this road. It is a thing of the past.
:25:56. > :26:02.There are a few strange people about! Not many, mostly they are
:26:02. > :26:06.lovely, but not any of my customers. They are perfect!
:26:06. > :26:14.And we could not find many people who would hitchhike, apart from
:26:14. > :26:19.Martin. So from an age of free spirits to uncertainty, but maybe
:26:19. > :26:27.we do not need to hitchhike any more. Maybe it is just the end of
:26:27. > :26:29.the road. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:29. > :26:38.and regional headlines: There's been more violence on the
:26:38. > :26:40.streets of London tonight. Shops in Hackney have been looted and police
:26:40. > :26:44.pelted with missiles. And new research shows farmers are
:26:44. > :26:46.being hit hard by a sharp rise in crime which is costing millions of
:26:46. > :26:49.pounds to improve security. Tomorrow's weather: A fine start
:26:49. > :26:52.with plenty of sunshine. Staying dry all day, getting cloudier later.
:26:52. > :27:02.Not as breezy as today but still feeling cool with a maximum
:27:02. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:17.temperature of 18 Celsius. Some response now for the business
:27:17. > :27:21.district: We run a small shop, and the bed has done a wonderful job in
:27:21. > :27:27.cleaning up the High Street and promoting businesses. Another one
:27:27. > :27:32.here, yet another silly quango, keeping a silly people in the silly