:00:04. > :00:07.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:07. > :00:17.Accident numbers increase at 10% of speed camera sites across the
:00:17. > :00:17.
:00:17. > :00:19.Humber area. It suggests those cameras are not doing their job.
:00:19. > :00:22.Perversely, they are doing the opposite.
:00:22. > :00:23.The North East Lincolnshire college criticised for running struggling
:00:23. > :00:33.businesses. Why East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
:00:33. > :00:40.makes the top ten when it comes to bizarre health and safety bans.
:00:40. > :00:45.Stupid. What is the point of it? takes the fun out of it because
:00:45. > :00:50.that is the purpose of that right. Are alive outside the theatre to
:00:50. > :00:54.witness what might be the largest gathering of scooters this city has
:00:54. > :00:59.seen in decades. A after today's fine conditions, we
:00:59. > :01:06.have some wet weather overnight and tomorrow. Join me for a few
:01:06. > :01:10.minutes' time -- joined me in a few minutes' time Fourie for forecast.
:01:10. > :01:13.-- for a full forecast. Some speed cameras are being used
:01:13. > :01:20.as cash cows and aren't doing their job, as a road safety
:01:20. > :01:26.All too often we hear about accidents and deaths on our roads.
:01:26. > :01:30.New figures show that accidents have increased 10% of camera sides
:01:30. > :01:34.across the Humber. The government hopes the information will help
:01:34. > :01:38.people hold the local councils to account. We will hear from a
:01:39. > :01:42.minister and a moment but first, the safety concerns raised by these
:01:42. > :01:47.two figures. All too often we hear about
:01:47. > :01:53.accidents and deaths on our roads. Cameras like these are supposed to
:01:53. > :01:57.be the answer. New figures contradict that. This camera is one
:01:57. > :02:00.of 89 set up by the Road Safety Partnership but today it has been
:02:00. > :02:06.revealed that at nine of their sights, accidents have actually
:02:06. > :02:14.increased since they were put in place. 80 cameras are doing their
:02:14. > :02:21.job and their use has been defended. Business, in any other industry you
:02:21. > :02:26.would be praised for it. Of the 10% we have got, the cameras have done
:02:26. > :02:32.their job. We need to see if there are other effective solutions that
:02:32. > :02:39.will reduce casualties. In the city where immobile camera is used,
:02:39. > :02:44.accidents have doubled and there is mixed views about its use. It stops
:02:44. > :02:51.people from speeding. They are a good idea where children can be. On
:02:51. > :02:57.roads like this, not really. Maybe people think the only downside is
:02:57. > :03:01.when people slowdown and then speed up. But they are a good. Most
:03:01. > :03:05.people say they are a nuisance. figures have been released to make
:03:06. > :03:09.sure these orange boxes are not being treated like cash machines
:03:09. > :03:15.and the Association of British drivers says money could be but has
:03:15. > :03:19.done. If the problem is to reduce casualties, this is throwing money
:03:19. > :03:23.at an inappropriate solutions because most excellence on a road
:03:23. > :03:28.are caused due to factors like inattention, lack of drive a
:03:28. > :03:32.judgment, or driver fatigue. There are more cost-effective means than
:03:32. > :03:36.speed cameras in getting drivers to slow down, such as vehicle
:03:36. > :03:40.activated signs. They will not be popular because they don't trust
:03:40. > :03:44.people Mailey. People are being encouraged to hold their local
:03:44. > :03:50.council to account if they feel money is being wasted, but at the
:03:50. > :03:53.moment, there are no plans to remove them.
:03:53. > :03:56.I've been speaking to the Road Safety Minister, Mike Penning, and
:03:56. > :04:02.he told me what the government hope to achieve by publishing
:04:02. > :04:06.information about individual speed cameras. What we want to do is have
:04:06. > :04:09.honesty. We won the motorist to understand what the cameras are
:04:09. > :04:17.doing and to make sure cameras are preventing accidents and continue
:04:17. > :04:22.to do so where the local camera partnerships and want that to take
:04:22. > :04:28.place. Also people need to lobby their representatives to change
:04:28. > :04:35.cash cows. So you accept they have been cash gals? I do accept that.
:04:35. > :04:39.Half of the local authorities have as well. Some do exactly what they
:04:39. > :04:44.are designed to do. We have now reduced accidents in some places
:04:44. > :04:48.because of cameras. In the Humberside area, nine camera sides
:04:48. > :04:51.have seen an increase in accidents, so does that suggest the cameras
:04:51. > :04:57.should be taken away because they are not working? Those cameras are
:04:57. > :05:00.not doing their job a but they are doing the opposite, and what I'd
:05:00. > :05:04.expect the camera partnership to do is actually find out why there has
:05:04. > :05:08.taken place and remove those cameras from that particular spot
:05:08. > :05:12.because they are not doing their job. They are not designed to raise
:05:12. > :05:16.money but reduce the amount of accidents on the road. So, you are
:05:16. > :05:23.saying to the Road Safety Partnership those nine cameras
:05:23. > :05:27.should go because they are cash cows? I am saying you must look
:05:27. > :05:32.carefully why those accents have increased. We have given them the
:05:32. > :05:35.autonomy and to money, and it is up to them to reduce casualty rates.
:05:35. > :05:40.Without publishing these figures, the public and motorist would never
:05:40. > :05:45.know whether those cameras would do their job. If local people have got
:05:45. > :05:50.the figures, they know now which cameras are working, can be asked
:05:50. > :05:55.for them to be removed? They should be working through their MP, and
:05:55. > :06:00.the local councillors, to say to the local camera partnership, these
:06:00. > :06:06.cameras aren't working. This is the evidence we have, and so what are
:06:06. > :06:10.you going to do about it? And they should lobby for other measures to
:06:10. > :06:20.reduce levels of accidents. A very interesting to talk to youth. Thank
:06:20. > :06:25.you. So what do you think about this? Should some of the speed
:06:26. > :06:35.cameras go? Let's have some of your thoughts on this. You can e-mail or
:06:36. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:44.Now, still on speed cameras, yesterday we revealed how drivers
:06:44. > :06:49.caught speeding in Lincolnshire could face even greater penalties
:06:49. > :06:52.if they refuse to say who was driving at the time of the offence.
:06:52. > :06:56.Lincolnshire Police claim more people are refusing to own up after
:06:56. > :07:02.being caught on camera. But one local company was fined over �2,000
:07:02. > :07:07.for failing to admit who was behind the wheel.
:07:07. > :07:10.Here's just a few of your responses: Tracey asks: "What about
:07:10. > :07:20.the right to remain silent? How can you be fined for not giving the
:07:20. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:46.name of the driver when we have Thank you very much indeed for all
:07:46. > :07:48.of those. In a moment, campaigners claim our
:07:48. > :07:55.two nearest children's heart surgery units can be saved, despite
:07:55. > :07:58.the results of a public A college in North East
:07:58. > :08:03.Lincolnshire has been criticised for investing public money in
:08:03. > :08:05.businesses that have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Grimsby
:08:05. > :08:08.Institute says running the companies allowed students to gain
:08:08. > :08:16.valuable work experience but has now decided to close all but four
:08:16. > :08:20.of them. Tarah Welsh reports. The future of Floral Hall is
:08:20. > :08:24.uncertain. The gardens have been run by the local college for a
:08:24. > :08:28.decade, but now the Grimsby Institute is pulling out. And this
:08:28. > :08:35.isn't the only venture that the institute's letting go. The college
:08:35. > :08:43.has invested in several loss-making businesses in recent years. If you
:08:43. > :08:47.look at the golf club, in the last year they lost �100,000 which,
:08:47. > :08:50.seemingly, again, there is no reason why a college should be
:08:50. > :08:54.sustaining these kinds of commercial activities and losing
:08:54. > :08:58.this much money on it. The college bought the Laceby Manor golf club
:08:58. > :09:07.in 2007 but sold it earlier this year. Its accounts show it lost
:09:07. > :09:14.Humber Construction lost �450,000 over the same period. Image Studios,
:09:14. > :09:16.a production company, lost �139,000. Some companies did make a profit
:09:16. > :09:19.but the skills funding agency confirmed that the college
:09:19. > :09:28.disclosed a deficit of �469,000 last year but said it was in
:09:28. > :09:38.The former vice-principal of Franklin College says it is normal
:09:38. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:43.for colleges to set up businesses. With the fact colleges have run
:09:43. > :09:50.training restaurants, the prime purpose there is to provide a
:09:50. > :09:54.setting for the students that a training as caterers, not to make a
:09:54. > :09:56.profit. We asked the college for an interview and they declined. But we
:09:56. > :09:59.did receive a statement. The new principal, Sue Middlehurst, said
:09:59. > :10:02.the college generated almost �12 million of revenue last year and
:10:02. > :10:06.has good financial reserves for projects like its new University
:10:06. > :10:10.Centre. It said a review concluded that some of its companies should
:10:10. > :10:17.close as they no longer added value to the Group's strategic goals. As
:10:17. > :10:22.of August, they only have four businesses. Three of which are
:10:22. > :10:26.profitable. I am delighted they have got the focus back on to
:10:26. > :10:31.learning and teaching, and making sure that the quality of the
:10:31. > :10:40.operation is beyond doubt. But some will still ask what the focus had
:10:40. > :10:46.been in the past. Rail passengers expense destruction today because
:10:46. > :10:53.of industrial action. All-First Trans Pennine services were
:10:53. > :11:01.cancelled. The train drivers' union is in dispute with the company on
:11:01. > :11:04.pay. Another strike is going to take place on Friday. Residents in
:11:04. > :11:07.Hedon say a new odour control unit being installed by Yorkshire Water
:11:07. > :11:09.is ten years too late. This afternoon, the company unveiled its
:11:09. > :11:12.multi-million pound plan to the public, after longstanding
:11:12. > :11:17.complaints about the smell from its Saltend water treatment works near
:11:17. > :11:22.Hull. There is always going to be some odour around, but we are very
:11:22. > :11:27.confident in our solution. We are investing �3.5 million but we
:11:27. > :11:34.believe strongly the solution will significantly reduce the odours.
:11:34. > :11:38.am sceptical. I realise they are putting money into this. But we
:11:38. > :11:42.won't know how effective that is until next year. I do think they
:11:42. > :11:49.are listening now and it has taken too long to get to this point. The
:11:49. > :11:52.question is, will it work for? Yorkshire's nearest children's
:11:52. > :11:54.heart surgery unit looks more likely to face closure, after being
:11:54. > :11:57.voted among the least popular options in a public consultation.
:11:57. > :11:59.The NHS is looking to keep just six specialist centres open across
:12:00. > :12:02.England. Lincolnshire's closest unit in Leicester faired better in
:12:02. > :12:08.the poll but campaigners say they'll carry on fighting to keep
:12:08. > :12:10.both units open, as Anne-Marie Tasker reports.
:12:10. > :12:15.Three-year-old Harvey is now fighting fit after an operation to
:12:15. > :12:19.fix a hole in his heart. He had surgery in Leeds in February but
:12:19. > :12:26.his family say it would have been much harder if they'd had to travel
:12:26. > :12:31.further from their home near Hull. As parents, you are torn between
:12:31. > :12:37.your sick child in hospital having heart -- life-saving heart surgery
:12:37. > :12:40.and other trout that means you. For somebody to bring him to visit us
:12:41. > :12:45.meant everything. Have you been in Newcastle, would it have been
:12:45. > :12:48.difficult? Yes. Cost wise, time- wise. Becki has spent months
:12:48. > :12:52.fighting the plans to move heart services away from Leeds. After the
:12:52. > :12:57.NHS said it would be best to pool surgical expertise in fewer centres,
:12:57. > :13:02.it's asked the public and hospitals where those centres should be. The
:13:02. > :13:06.consultation received more than 75,000 responses. They showed most
:13:06. > :13:09.individuals want to see six centres including Leicester. But most of
:13:09. > :13:15.the organisations polled wanted six that don't include either Leeds or
:13:15. > :13:22.Leicester. But doctors at Leeds General Infirmary say the way it
:13:22. > :13:26.was presented in the poll was weighted against them. The fact we
:13:26. > :13:31.were only in one out of four options meant we were always going
:13:31. > :13:35.to be disadvantaged, and we felt we should have been in more than one
:13:35. > :13:39.in four options. We are not disheartened, we know it is right
:13:39. > :13:44.for the patients and for the people in Yorkshire and Humber for the
:13:44. > :13:47.service to remain in Leeds. It is people -- And people in
:13:47. > :13:49.Lincolnshire think it's right their nearest centre in Leicester stays
:13:49. > :13:54.open, too. They feel protest rallies have paid off with patients
:13:54. > :13:59.ranking it among the most popular in the poll. Are you can improve
:13:59. > :14:02.quality and services at hospital, but you cannot move it so easily,
:14:02. > :14:05.so we believe where it is is very important. Families like Becki's
:14:06. > :14:15.won't know the NHS's final decision until the end of the year. And
:14:16. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:24.despite today's report, she says And of course that is a story we
:14:24. > :14:27.will continue to fall. Still ahead tonight: In the top ten - our
:14:27. > :14:36.councils are making the list on the governments most bizarre safety
:14:36. > :14:40.bans. The first generation of adolescents
:14:40. > :14:50.to be swiftly mobile does not have to travel far to find trouble.
:14:50. > :14:50.
:14:51. > :14:55.how one of the country's first youth cultures is living on in Hull.
:14:55. > :15:00.If you have a picture you are proud of send it in. This photo was taken
:15:00. > :15:08.when they were building a new Amusement Arcade in Skegness.
:15:08. > :15:14.Another picture tomorrow night. A rare treat tonight, as Keighley
:15:15. > :15:20.Donovan is with us. Did you know you were in the Grimsby Evening
:15:21. > :15:26.Telegraph last night? I did not. dad said be the article. Bets are
:15:26. > :15:36.being taken on who Jennifer Lopez's next boyfriend will be. Barry asked
:15:36. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:48.if you would be! Prince Harry's odds are 200-1. Viewers are 5000 to
:15:48. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:58.There is a yellow warning in place for rain. Rain could be headed it -
:15:58. > :16:06.- very heavy tonight. We have had good weather today but tomorrow it
:16:06. > :16:10.will go downhill. The pressure charts are still very unsettled and
:16:10. > :16:13.things should improve over the Bank Holiday weekend. You can see how
:16:13. > :16:19.cloud has increased through the afternoon and it is now beginning
:16:19. > :16:21.to produce one or two showers. Those will push away this evening
:16:21. > :16:27.and cloud will thicken the with outbreaks of rain spreading
:16:27. > :16:37.northwards. Some of this will be a very heavy and thundery. The sun
:16:37. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:48.will rise in the morning at at 5:58. Some heavy and thundery rain in
:16:48. > :16:58.places but it will improve slowly. But the rain will become more
:16:58. > :17:01.showery and he's northwards. Not too bad on Friday. Today, up to 22
:17:01. > :17:11.Celsius. Because of the wet start tomorrow, temperatures will
:17:11. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:16.struggle. As I mentioned earlier, still fairly unsettled on Friday.
:17:16. > :17:26.Showers and longer spells of rain but the Bank Holiday weekend looks
:17:26. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:33.promising. 5000 to one, I can't believe that! You can go off people.
:17:33. > :17:36.Dodgems driven as they should be driven. Not something you'll have
:17:36. > :17:39.seen at Butlins in Skegness where for years now, you've not been
:17:39. > :17:42.allowed to deliberately bump fellow drivers. Today, that policy made it
:17:42. > :17:46.onto a list of bizarre bans where the government says health and
:17:46. > :17:50.safety law has been wrongly used to restrict activities. Also on the
:17:50. > :18:00.list, a bylaw limiting kite flying on East Yorkshire's beaches. Phil
:18:00. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:05.Connell reports on what's being called an epidemic of excuses.
:18:05. > :18:09.Rules and regulations and warnings over health and safety - they are a
:18:09. > :18:19.part of modern-day culture. For the government list of so-called
:18:19. > :18:21.
:18:21. > :18:27.lunatic rules - a ban on dodgem bumping has come out second. In
:18:27. > :18:36.Skegness, but once a band for their dodgems and doing what they do best.
:18:36. > :18:41.-- Butlins. It's no fun if you can't bump - that's the point of it.
:18:41. > :18:46.Butlins says there are no bumping policy allows even young drivers to
:18:46. > :18:48.experience the ride and safety. The rules have been described as
:18:48. > :18:52.rules have been described as stifling. We don't want people to
:18:52. > :18:57.come down and say it you breaking rules and regulations. If you want
:18:57. > :19:02.to fly you Kate, fly a kite, and if you want to play conkers, play
:19:02. > :19:07.conkers. Top of the list is Wimbledon, when during wet
:19:07. > :19:10.conditions this year, spectators were banned from Henman Hill. Here
:19:10. > :19:17.in East Yorkshire, health and safety rules imposed by the council
:19:17. > :19:19.have been welcome it. They are a number six on the hit list. Here,
:19:19. > :19:29.restrictions on Kate's have Government Ministers hot under the
:19:29. > :19:33.collar. The council says it is it bans on extreme sports like Kate
:19:33. > :19:39.suffering that are on the hit-list. There is no ban on flying kites in
:19:39. > :19:43.East Riding, and there never has been. Back on the dodgems, for one
:19:43. > :19:48.reporter it was a great day at the seaside. Politely unsafely avoiding
:19:48. > :19:50.as many people as possible. Just before we came on air I spoke
:19:50. > :20:00.to Luise Vassie from the Institution of Occupational Safety
:20:00. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:06.and Health and asked her what she made of it. We think it's great and
:20:06. > :20:10.the welcome the Minister's statement today. It reiterates
:20:10. > :20:14.something we have been saying for some time - that these stories are
:20:14. > :20:21.nothing to do with health and safety, and real health and safety
:20:21. > :20:27.is about looking after people's lives and health while the at work.
:20:27. > :20:32.This may be surprising to some coming from you. Are some of the
:20:32. > :20:37.rules unnecessary? I think they have little to do with health toot
:20:37. > :20:43.and safety and more to do with banning things. Health and safety
:20:43. > :20:47.is not about pointless paperwork or these bans. How have we got in this
:20:47. > :20:52.problem in this country? I think we have used that as an excuse to hide
:20:52. > :20:57.behind. When someone does not want to do something, perhaps because it
:20:57. > :21:01.is difficult and involves a little more time and effort, if we see
:21:01. > :21:08.health and safety as the reason for not doing it, people sit up and
:21:08. > :21:13.think, I might get sued. It creates a fear element which has really
:21:13. > :21:20.unnecessary. People should be having sports days and festivals
:21:20. > :21:25.and having fun. Do other countries have this over-zealous approach?
:21:25. > :21:30.think not. It is something we are suffering from. If you want to
:21:30. > :21:38.tackle it and take forward what the minister has said today, we need to
:21:38. > :21:43.overcome -- all become a little more risks savvy. Let's make sure
:21:43. > :21:53.the next generation we turnout and a little more savvy and risk
:21:53. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:56.intelligent. What needs to change then to allow
:21:56. > :22:01.genuine activities to take place and get away from this culture of
:22:01. > :22:03.blaming health and safety? You can contact us as usual.
:22:03. > :22:06.An RAF servicewoman from Lincolnshire has been speaking
:22:06. > :22:08.about becoming the first woman ever to complete an international
:22:08. > :22:15.endurance challenge. Flight Lieutenant Rachael Cadman ran, swam
:22:15. > :22:18.and cycled from London to Paris, in four days, one hour and 42 minutes.
:22:18. > :22:28.She ran 87 miles, swam 22 miles across the Channel, and then cycled
:22:28. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:36.the 181 miles to Paris. I feel so relieved to be here, and ecstatic
:22:36. > :22:40.to have done it. I am also shatter it, I cant wait for tomorrow when I
:22:40. > :22:42.don't have to do any exercise. Brilliant!
:22:42. > :22:52.A Lincolnshire market town which was given lottery money to revive
:22:52. > :22:56.rural life will feature tonight in a BBC One series. Caistor is one of
:22:56. > :22:59.six communities seen in Village SOS. Residents received a grant from the
:22:59. > :23:09.Big Lottery Fund to try and regenerate the town. They used the
:23:09. > :23:18.money to create an Arts and Heritage Centre. You can see that
:23:18. > :23:23.programme on BBC One at 8pm. It's a movement that started out
:23:23. > :23:32.life in the 1960s. It has not died out as a gathering in Hull tonight
:23:32. > :23:37.is proving. What is this in aid of? Have you ever seen so many scooters
:23:37. > :23:42.in one place. All sizes and shapes and colours, and we have all ladies
:23:43. > :23:46.here tonight is well. The UN and the old. They are here to get
:23:47. > :23:51.revved up tonight ahead of the opening night of the play of the
:23:51. > :24:01.movie Quadrophenia, which is the most iconic movie for any scooter
:24:01. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:06.rider, that really does appeal to all generations.
:24:06. > :24:11.The first generation of adolescents to be swiftly more well does not
:24:11. > :24:18.have to travel far to find trouble. The mode of transport for the Mods,
:24:18. > :24:28.the scooter. It was the decade when the teenager was born - or when you
:24:28. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:43.were identified by what you wore it and what you wrote. It's in the rat
:24:43. > :24:50.catcher been a cult classic film Quadrophenia. Orchid and! Dodd he
:24:50. > :24:54.looks smart! On a scooter! brings back many nostalgic memories
:24:54. > :25:02.and it is hope those memories come alive on stage tonight, as the
:25:02. > :25:07.screenplay of the film makes its stage premiere. I was at a Roger
:25:07. > :25:16.dotty gig which was leaflet did, and I soon as I saw that leaflet, I
:25:16. > :25:25.thought I was at the last Who get when they play Quadrophenia. It is
:25:25. > :25:30.an obsession that spans generations. I am told it don't mean a thing if
:25:30. > :25:33.it ain't got that blind, and despite certainly has the blink.
:25:33. > :25:39.You are the owner of the state and the organiser of this amazing
:25:39. > :25:46.gathering. Yes, I am. Why did he want to do this? This is for the
:25:46. > :25:51.opening night of Quadrophenia but what is it about it that appeals?
:25:51. > :25:56.We thought it was a fantastic opportunity to find all of this
:25:56. > :26:03.together on an area that we have a common interest in. Quadrophenia is
:26:03. > :26:09.such an iconic film and been so much to us, it is a great Prix
:26:09. > :26:14.runner for the Isle of Wight lark - - rally this weekend. The biggest
:26:14. > :26:18.weekend in the skittering calendar. You're here for the opening night
:26:18. > :26:23.of the play Quadrophenia, and we have an original cast member here
:26:23. > :26:29.this evening. Gary Cooper. It has become a cult movie. Did you think
:26:29. > :26:33.back then it would become like this? Not at the time. It was just
:26:33. > :26:38.three months of doing something you enjoy in being an actor in a movie.
:26:38. > :26:43.I did not think there would be all of this. You're still being stopped
:26:43. > :26:48.in the state, are in due? All the time, on the bus and so on. Thank
:26:48. > :26:53.you for coming along. It runs until Saturday, but there are only a few
:26:53. > :27:01.seats left. That is how popular it has been. Peter, you know more
:27:01. > :27:04.about this than me? For you could say that about lot.
:27:04. > :27:07.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: The hunt is
:27:07. > :27:08.on for Colonel Gaddafi - Libyan rebels fight street to street with
:27:08. > :27:11.regime die-hard supporters in Tripoli.
:27:11. > :27:15.Failing to improve road safety - accident numbers increase at 10% of
:27:15. > :27:18.East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire's speed camera sites.
:27:18. > :27:20.The Government says it is time to remove the cameras that are not
:27:20. > :27:23.doing their job. And tomorrow's weather - a wet
:27:23. > :27:30.morning with risk of heavy rain. Gradually clearing away in the
:27:30. > :27:37.afternoon. Maximum temperature of 19 Celsius. That's it from us