19/08/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:

Raids uncover thousands of fake cigarettes and illicit alcohol.

is the people who sell that destroyed the market for it.

Homeowners struggling to sell in the city ranked worst in the

country for house prices. It is just frustrated and more than

anything and I do not see any signs of it getting better.

After the violence - banning orders for Grimsby Town fans who invaded

the pitch. # Sing a song of Yorkshire...

And the most easterly point of And we have seen sunny spells today.

There will be plenty more sunshine over the weekend. I will have the

full forecast later in the Dozens of bottles of illicit

alcohol and thousands of illegal and fake cigarettes have been

seized in a special operation in Lincoln today. It is the biggest

clampdown on the black market trade since an explosion which killed

five people at an illegal distillery here in Boston last

month. The raids were carried out by police, trading standards and

customs. Our reporter was with them. Bottles of illegally imported

alcohol being removed from the shelves. In the back, something

even more serious. Fake vodka. this box we discovered three

bottles of vodka that week suspect to be counterfeit and four bottles

of another type of vodka which we also suspect to be counterfeit.

This was one of four shops raided incident and -- in Lincoln City

centre this morning. It follows an explosion at an illegal distillery

last month. It was an -- a major explosion and people died. It is

the people that cell that create the market for it and if they

didn't sell it there would not be a market created. These are just two

of the suspected counterfeit bottles of our poll found in this

particular shop. What raised suspicions here were poor labelling

and a lack of a duty-paid sticker. Also, thousands and thousands of

illegal counterfeit cigarettes. A specially trained sniffer dog was

brought in. Our officers watched the shopkeeper self two packets of

tobacco. This tobacco is not sold in the UK. It is foreign tobacco.

No duty has been paid on it. There have also found a quantity of

tobacco under the counter and in the storerooms. In total, almost

12,000 illegal and fake cigarettes, 8.5 kilograms of suspected

counterfeit running tobacco and 66 illegally imported or counterfeit

bottles of vodka were found, Priddy to be sold to the public. A lot of

work has gone into today's operation and each agency has

played their part in the work and there will be a lot of work after

the operation in dealing with the premises that have been storing and

seller of -- selling counterfeit goods. A low-cost tobacco and

alcohol products can seem very attractive to local people. However,

the trade in this type of cigarettes does not care who it

sells to. They will sell to children, and arrange young people,

and the health implications, because they are unlicensed and

unregulated, we just do not know what is in them. The products will

be taken away for further testing. The owners of the premises they

were founded are likely to face proceedings.

Joining me from our Lincoln studio is Sevres Barry from Lincolnshire

Trading Standards. Generally, how widespread and easy is it for

people get their hands on illicit and fake cigarettes and alcohol?

have a problem both in Lincoln and in Boston. But we do not feel

Lincolnshire is any different to any other part of the country where

all the time police it alcohol and tobacco is being sold under the

counter. If the product is fake, such as vodka, price aside, how can

you tell by looking at the labels? Some of them are very good. They

are very good. We would always ask people alerted by the price to have

a look at the spelling and the quality of the label. Is it a brand

you recognise that would be sold in a major store? People must know

they are buying fake stuff by the price and if they are tired of

money you can understand why they did it. Sometimes people do not

know. We had the incident in Boston where the selling price is very

similar to that of those products on offer in major supermarkets so

people do not always know. But we would urge people, if they do

suspect that they are buying counterfeit goods, to report in

three places like Crimestoppers and be really careful because we have

evidence that particularly the Fokker is dangerous and if drunk

engorge -- large quantities could cause real health problems. We will

be having the cigarettes and tobacco tested. They certainly do

not go through the same quality checks that legitimate products do.

And if someone knows where they are being assault what should they do?

We would urge people to report it confidentially and anonymously if

they want to go through the normal Crimestoppers number. Thank you.

In a moment, more than just a day trip. Why thousands more people are

choosing to stay at our east coast resorts.

Hull has been named as one of the worst cities in Britain for house

prices. A new report says property prices across the Yorkshire and

Humber region are still 16 % lower than their peak levels in 2007 and

thousands of people are having their homes repossessed.

It is a market that is proving slow to recover, especially in the

Yorkshire and Humber region. A new report by the residential firm

Savills highlights a growing North- South divide and games Hull as one

of the worst cities in Britain for house sales and falling property

prices. You look at areas of Humberside, some parts of West

Yorkshire, and people are feeling the squeeze. It is getting tighter.

The cost of fuel, the cost of living, inflation, is rising.

latest report paints a depressing picture for homeowners in the

Yorkshire and Humber region. In the first six months of this year,

house sales stood at just 46 %, compared to 60% in the south-west

of England. Property prices share a similar disparity. Here, 16 % lower

than what they were in 2007. The report says it is causing

increasing hardship, with around 7,000 homes repossessed in the

region this year, one of the worst statistics in the country. Lee

Drury has been trying to sell his house in Hull for three years. He

has reduced the price by �20,000. just cannot league -- lay any roots

down for anything. It is frustrating at more than anything.

I do not see any sign of it getting better. At Hull Citizens Advice

Bureau, mortgage arrears now account for 75 % of their workload.

It is devastating. Obviously, the realisation perhaps dawns that they

may lose their house, especially when we get close to actual

repossession proceedings. Then the other thought of, where am are

going to leave? Sellers have been told it could be five market before

the market fully recovers, with our region, it seems, trailing the rest

of Britain. Robert Beercock is an estate agent

in Hull. Why is the property market struggling so much in Hull? A lot

of it is down to how these statistics are drawn because of the

geographical boundaries. That angers me somewhat because unlike a

lot of the northern cities with their greater areas, the city of

Hull boundary only measures the inner-city figures as opposed to

the suburbs. Yes, but an inner-city house is not going to be worth any

more if you change the boundaries. No, but you have your good and bad

average prices. The inner-city areas of Leeds and Hull are very

similar. If you bought a house four years ago and you need to move now,

things look very grim. You are stuck. If you bought a house for

the first time with a small deposit you will be in by that no good deed

-- negative equity or you do not have enough cash for a new deposit.

Our people realistic about what property is worth? It is difficult

for people to come to terms with the that they may be losing money

and their assets may be reduced. Could be? They are, aren't they?

Yes, but it is also a buyers' market. But if you are trying to

move on or you have a young family and you need a bigger house, you're

snookered. Yes, but those people are in the minority, and people who

bought a house ten or 50 years ago are in a fairly good position.

is not good publicity for Hull. Are their chances of recovery soon?

whole north of England is going to recover at this level and it is

going to continue to decline slightly, I think, but if people

are realistic they will get their buyers. There are still some very

attractive prices. If you have a house worth �100,000 today will it

be worth less in a year? Potentially a little less but it

all depends on the market in the immediate area, in terms of supply

and demand. It is not great, it is it? It is not looking in the right

direction. If you are struggling to pay your

mortgage at the moment or have reduced the price of your house to

sell it, or art may be enjoying be lower interest rates at the Mehmet,

get in touch. -- all are may be enjoying the lower interest rates

We will have some e-mails before we finish at 7pm.

18 Leader has admitted injuring a four year-old girl hit in the face

with a bridge in Grimsby. Jersey- Lou Perry had her nose broken and

lost two teeth when the brick was fur -- friend through the window of

her father's man. Kallan Richardson pleaded guilty and will be

sentenced later. The Nursing and Midwifery Council

has announced it will carry out a phased return of student nurses to

the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston. It withdrew 82 students last month

over-training concerns. The decision to return them to their

places following meetings with universities.

Demonstrators trying to sell an East Yorkshire Building

manufacturers say they have received three offers for the

business. 200 staff at Britspace in Gilberdyke was sent home on Monday

after the company ran out of money. Employees were told by bosses this

morning they are hopeful a sale can be secured over the weekend. Some

of the interest is from UK-based subsidiaries of overseas companies

but the interest here is essentially in the UK but from

local and far and wide. We have had people putting themselves out

significantly coat -- to come and see us. It shows the unique nature

of our business. Football banning orders to edging

needed 200 years have been handed down to Grimsby football fans

caught -- who fought with police after their team was relegated from

the Football League. 15 months after the trouble, 49 fans have now

been dealt with by magistrates. Nine of them are starting jail

sentences. Our reporter was in court.

These were the scenes after the final whistle at Burton Albion's

match at Grimsby Town last May. Burton's 3-0 win meant Grimsby were

relegated. Fans invaded the pitch, ripped of advertising hoardings and

attacked police and match stewards. These people were not football fans.

The real Grimsby fans were appalled and shocked by their behaviour. We

are talking about grown men, not youngsters. Grown men who had been

drinking since the early morning. 49 Grimsby fans have been

prosecuted. Sentenced today was a 42 year-olds jailed for 20 months

after admitting violent disorder. Matthew Jones, a former soldier,

received an 18 month jail term. Shane Wallace, on the far left, and

Andrew Blackett, in the centre, were imprisoned for 18 months and

20 months. All received football banning orders. The police

investigation involved trawling through hours of CCTV footage.

was frightening for a lot of the families and members of the

football club. One of our witnesses was a steward who had worked for

Grimsby for several years and said it was the worst violence he had

ever seen. Passing sentence, the judge said what he had seen showed

a dinners and thuggery which would step -- scare many ordinary people.

He said this football match was a minor affair but those who were

jailed had behaved as though they were part of a national disaster.

He said the game of football would Still to come: Football teams hope

for an improvement of fortunes. We look ahead to the weekend games.

I am here at the edge of Yorkshire, which has been recognised.

We will be live at Spurn Point soon. This is tonight's photograph. Some

great colours. Thank you. Another Following on from a last night's

film, Steve tweeted me to say they look like camouflaged on him.

How we laughed! You will be able to top up your tan

because the sun is going to shine at times. I am not promising a

totally dry weekend. It will cloud over on Saturday afternoon. Chance

of rain later on. We do have a weather front that will come

northwards on Saturday. That will cloud things over from the side. We

have had sunshine today but it has been clouding over from the West.

There is the risk of light rain. It was a dry for most of us. The cloud

will break up towards dawn. The winds will be pressed. -- fraiche.

-- winds will be fresh. The high waters will be later. Tomorrow,

there will be early cloud raking to give us spells of sunshine. --

cloud breaking. Cloud will increase from the south. It will be a cloudy

afternoon for Lincolnshire. It will be warm up for all of us, with the

wind coming from the south-west. It is a mild direction. Highs of 22

degrees. There will be some patchy rain overnight. There will be a

cloudy start on Sunday. We will see sunny spells, a chance of the odd

shower. Most will avoid and stay My confidence is in tatters! Do I

look orange? Do not answer that. They attract thousands of visitors

every year and now new figures showed seaside resorts along side

are at east coast are experiencing a surge in tourists. The number of

people staying overnight is up by more than 20% this year compared to

2010. Skegness is named as one of the fastest growing resort in the

country. Our reporter has spent the day there.

A slice of the British some are and for this man and his family, there

is nothing better. They have been coming to Skegness for more than

one decade. We have been abroad before but we just like Tyne's --

towns and cities in England. Skegness is the best place we can

ever go to. You have all your pubs, family entertainers, all the things

on people like. How long will you keep coming back here? Probably

until they scatter my ashes on Skegness beach. We will have a game

of cricket. The news it is one of the fastest growing resource is no

surprise to work is here. He beat Rangers to entertain the kids are

part of a big push to keep visitors here. -- Beach Rangers. It gives

them an extra something to do. It is more than just sitting and

playing on their own. They have someone to come and basically give

them activities to do and provide them with something. I think it

gives them a bit of extra for their holiday. A Skegness is the 7th

fastest growing resort in the country. Every year, more than one

million people come to visit here. That number is rising year on year.

It is not the only story of success on the east coast.

One full English. It seems visitors have a healthy appetite for

Bridlington to. Business has developed amazingly. Between 203

hundred, if not more, %. I love the traditional seaside holiday you

cannot beat being it in England, can you. While some foreign resorts

are struggling to attract crowds, it seems the sun is continuing to

shine on the east coast. It has been lovely. Thank you for

the response on the story had last night about long waiting-list --

lists for allotments. The numbers have been highlighted because some

allotments in Sleaford -- allotment owners in Sleaford are fearing they

may lose theirs to make way for a Thank you for all of those.

Lincoln City kick off the weekend's football when they entertain

Wrexham tonight. The Imps are looking for their first win of the

season. With news of that and the rest of the weekend's games, here's

Matthew Mannion. Manager Steve Tilson has called on

his players to make a bigger impact on games after taking only one

point from their opening two matches. But it will not be easy

against Wrexham tonight who are unbeaten so far this season.

In the Championship, Hull City must put discussions over Jimmy

Bullard's future to one side as they face Crystal Palace tomorrow.

After Tuesday's 5-1 defeat to Leeds United, Nigel Pearson is demanding

three points this time around. need a reaction like Leeds had. We

need to be positive and get the crowd behind us. We are looking

forward to the Crystal Palace game. It is important we have a positive

performance and we need to start winning.

Scunthorpe United are in need of a win to get their season going. They

travel to League One's top side, Charlton, tomorrow.

And Grimsby Town new midfielder Tyrone Thompson is expected to make

his debut against Newport County this weekend. The Mariners are yet

to win this season and lost 5 nil to part time side Braintree Town in

midweek. In Rugby League, Hull Kingston

Rovers play St Helens on Sunday. They need to take something from

the game to stay in the hunt for that final playoff spot. Hull FC

are the team sitting in eighth at the moment - just a point above

Rovers. The Black and Whites play Crusaders on Sunday.

Cricket, and it was another good day for Yorkshire at Scarborough

today, as they made 388 runs in their first innings. Joe Root added

to his first ever century for the county, going on to make 160 as the

Tykes got within ten of Sussex's Sussex were 126 for the loss of

three wickets in their second Up to 4,000 music-lovers are

expected in the East Yorkshire village of Tickton for what is

billed as Europe's biggest tribute Band Festival. More than 100 acts

will aim to recreate the experience of seeing a famous band on stage.

This year sees the likes of Take That, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Lady

Gaga. It is so much fun. You get a big range of an audience. You get

little children who think you are who you say you are. Last year, a

group of children thought I was Lady Gaga. They knew get the adults

who know it is time in cheek but they are there to enjoy themselves.

It is always -- it always attract a crowd who want to have a laugh.

That is Lady Gaga! The most easterly point of Yorkshire was

officially marked today as part of a campaign to preserve of the

importance of the county's borders. The Yorkshire Riding society want

Spurn Point to be recognised around the country as a place worth

protecting. Vanessa Clarke is live on a Spurn Point tonight. Where is

the most easterly point of the county?

It is actually here in the middle of Spurn Point. The light house is

two miles down that way. Because Spurn Point curves around, this is

the most easterly place. There was a special ceremony to celebrate how

brilliant this place is. It is around 3.5 miles long and parts of

it are only 50 metres wide. But this fans it is one of the iconic

landmarks of Yorkshire. -- sand spit. Today, at a special ceremony,

members of the Yorkshire Riding society marked its most easterly

point to try and get more people to visit the boundaries of the county

and to help protect them. It is very, very special. There are not

places like this in many parts of the country. Whilst it cannot be

totally protected, I think we have got to do what we can to tried and

Major in his kept in some semblance as it is now. The Yorkshire

Wildlife Trust bought Spurn Point more than 50 years ago for �1,500.

He is their job to look after it and the thousands of birds that

live on it. It have a lot of wildlife on it, from birds, which

are the main attraction at to weasels, butterflies, dragonflies,

it has got everything you could want. This is not just a place of

beauty. It acts as a vital wave break along the Humber estuary and

protects thousands of homes from flooding. The campaigners want

people to appreciate it. They want people to view it as a place of

importance in the Yorkshire. As you can see, this side of it is eroding.

If you look over here, the land is reforming. This whole spit is

moving westwards. This easterly point might move in a few years.

Today was about encouraging visitors to come. If you are free

at the weekend, you can drop down and give of their rendition of A

Symphony For Yorkshire. -- give us an rendition.

Now a recap of the headlines: 12 people have been killed in a

suicide bomb attack on the British Council offices in Afghanistan. The

biggest clampdown on a black market trade since an explosion at an

illegal distillery has been carried out in Lincolnshire. The weather -

dry and bright with broken cloud. Top temperatures of 22 degrees.

That is 72 Fahrenheit. I have had my house on the market for two

years. I live near Scunthorpe, it was valued at �22,000. I have

reduced the price five times. I have offers in excess of 145,000. I