:00:09. > :00:16.Good evening. Welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines: A mother's
:00:16. > :00:20.campaign after losing her young daughter to cervical cancer.
:00:20. > :00:27.would say they should be allowed a smear test.
:00:27. > :00:30.How damaged pavements are costing millions to local councils in
:00:30. > :00:37.compensation. Like what crews are putting their
:00:37. > :00:42.lives on the line, now there rescues are being caught on camera.
:00:42. > :00:46.He cut his ear off. He cut off his ear.
:00:46. > :00:50.A local gallery intends to reveal more about the life of Van Gogh.
:00:50. > :01:00.I am at the Leeds Festival with your full bank holiday weekend
:01:00. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:11.Becky Perryman died at the age of just 26 from cervical cancer, two
:01:11. > :01:14.weeks before she was due to get married. Today her family in Hull
:01:14. > :01:19.has told me that she would still be alive today had she been given a
:01:19. > :01:25.routine check earlier. In a moment we will hear what her mother and
:01:25. > :01:32.fiance had to save. First, Crispin has been looking at why women under
:01:32. > :01:38.25 are not routinely checked, despite high-profile deaths.
:01:38. > :01:48.Jake Goodie lived in front of the camera and died publicising the
:01:48. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:54.cervical cancer which killed her. - - Jade.
:01:54. > :01:58.After her death, more women came forward for what is an invasive but
:01:58. > :02:06.potentially life-saving health check. Experts insist that the
:02:06. > :02:10.routine smear test does more harm than good. One in three will have
:02:10. > :02:13.an abnormal test result, which does not mean they are it increased risk,
:02:13. > :02:20.it just means that they have transient abnormalities that would,
:02:20. > :02:24.in most cases, Galway on their own. The test provokes anxiety.
:02:24. > :02:29.feeling amongst GPs is that we should be offering screening from
:02:29. > :02:32.the age of 20. We do not want to see young women dying. Cervical
:02:32. > :02:36.cancer is a disease that is totally preventable.
:02:36. > :02:40.Medical opinions differ, but, within first -- incidences of
:02:40. > :02:47.cervical cancer on the increase in Hull, Betty Perryman's family know
:02:47. > :02:52.that, for them, this debate has been more than merely academic.
:02:52. > :02:58.Earlier today I visited Becky's mother and fiance at their home in
:02:58. > :03:08.Hull. They told me about what Becky was like. She was bubbly, bright,
:03:08. > :03:12.she was happy-go-lucky. She loved life. The thought of her wedding
:03:12. > :03:17.coming up, she was over the moon about getting married. You must
:03:17. > :03:22.have been so excited, Danny. When was the big day? 3rd September.
:03:22. > :03:27.are you coping? This is unbelievable. I do not think it has
:03:27. > :03:34.properly sunk in yet. It seems so real, for want of a better word.
:03:34. > :03:40.When she was diagnosed it was 2009, wasn't it? That is right. How did
:03:40. > :03:46.she cope at the time? At the time, when she first find out, she was
:03:46. > :03:52.really sad and upset. But Becky being Becky, she said, we will get
:03:52. > :03:58.on with this. The Government has aged -- has raised the age of
:03:58. > :04:03.routine smear tests. Are you happy about that? No, not at all. I think
:04:03. > :04:09.it is appalling. The Department of Health says that testing younger to
:04:09. > :04:13.do more harm than good. Why? How could it do more harm than good? If
:04:13. > :04:18.it is going to do more harm than good, if they do not get the smear
:04:18. > :04:23.tests, by the time they do it is too late. And you thought
:04:23. > :04:29.everything would be OK for the wedding? They told us it was
:04:29. > :04:33.terminal a while ago. They said they could not do any more for
:04:33. > :04:41.Becky. They did not give a timeline so I assumed and hoped that she
:04:41. > :04:47.would be OK for the wedding. What is your message for young people?
:04:47. > :04:51.It is for young people and parents as well to get in touch with the
:04:51. > :04:56.government back and say that they should be allowed the smear test
:04:56. > :05:03.before they are 25. Young girls must go for it if they have the
:05:03. > :05:06.chance to get it. Danny, when his Becky's funeral? It is this
:05:06. > :05:13.Wednesday coming. All of our thoughts are with you tonight.
:05:13. > :05:18.Thank you for speaking to us. Dreadfully sad story.
:05:18. > :05:24.In a moment, new hope for the military veterans who say they have
:05:24. > :05:28.Gulf War Syndrome, from doctors in Hull.
:05:28. > :05:31.�2 million - that is how much councils across East Jorja and
:05:31. > :05:36.linkage or have paid out for things like trips, faults and slips in the
:05:36. > :05:39.last four years. A new report from the Tax Payers' Alliance has
:05:39. > :05:44.criticised local authorities for helping to create a so-called
:05:44. > :05:47.compensate in -- compensation culture. Hull City Council had the
:05:47. > :05:51.largest bill in our area but councillors said they have reduced
:05:51. > :05:57.pay-outs and are spending more on repairing roads and pavements.
:05:57. > :06:03.Pot holes, paving slabs, icy walk ways - a recipe for compensation
:06:03. > :06:07.under the modern-day claims culture. But those claims come at a cost,
:06:07. > :06:13.hitting taxpayer's hard. Councils have been criticised for not doing
:06:13. > :06:17.enough to limit them. I think people have a right to claim if
:06:17. > :06:21.they get injured. If the council's inspection regime is being done
:06:21. > :06:26.correctly, then those claims will not be valid. For in the last four
:06:26. > :06:31.years, Hull City Council paid of -- paid out over �1 million in legal
:06:31. > :06:35.fees and compensation. That compares to just �200,000 for the
:06:35. > :06:42.whole of Lincolnshire. When you compare Hull's figures to other
:06:42. > :06:45.cities like Leeds and Sheffield, you find that Leeds paid out �2.5
:06:45. > :06:49.million in Sheffield �1.2 million in the same period. We have an
:06:49. > :06:52.inspection regime where a break for part in the City is inspected at
:06:52. > :06:59.least annually. Footpaths in the city centre and along the main
:06:59. > :07:03.roads out of the city centre and inspected quarterly. There are
:07:03. > :07:07.1,700 kilometres of Path's in the city.
:07:07. > :07:12.The finger has been pointed at some legal forms of making a fast buck.
:07:12. > :07:16.Don Wilson was approached by an insurance agent after receiving
:07:16. > :07:21.treatment for a cricket injury. asked what I had done very gadget -
:07:21. > :07:26.- casually and said, we can get you some money. All I had to do was
:07:26. > :07:31.take a photograph of any raised paving slab on any council estate
:07:31. > :07:36.and send it in with a statement so that they could process the claim.
:07:36. > :07:40.It is not right. A solicitor in Scunthorpe admits that some
:07:40. > :07:45.sections of the claims industry are going too far. People see these
:07:46. > :07:50.adverts on the TV and people get unsolicited text messages and phone
:07:50. > :07:54.calls saying, had you had a claim? People think there are solicitors
:07:54. > :07:58.on the end of the phone but they are not. The unscrupulous claims
:07:58. > :08:02.companies trying to get as much work as possible. Councils say the
:08:02. > :08:11.costs are unavoidable. Critics argue it is money that should be
:08:11. > :08:16.spent elsewhere. Phil joins us now from Hull. How
:08:16. > :08:19.bad it -- how bad is it there, then?
:08:19. > :08:27.This is one street that we found with uneven pavements the day. In
:08:27. > :08:34.order to make a claim, a slab how long it -- as one only has to
:08:34. > :08:38.protrude an inch. With it being so easy to make claims, people can be
:08:38. > :08:42.quite tempted. That is what the councils are up against,
:08:42. > :08:45.particularly in this financial climate. Many people may be tempted
:08:45. > :08:50.to take up those offers and earn potentially thousands of pounds.
:08:50. > :08:54.We would like to hear from you on this one. Andrew McGavin is a local
:08:54. > :08:57.solicitor. He told me that he does not believe that we are living in a
:08:57. > :09:06.compensation culture. I do not think the figures from the Tax
:09:06. > :09:10.Payers' Alliance report do ring true. �1 million in Hull alone. The
:09:10. > :09:14.worst in the country in four years, that is a lot of money. It is, but
:09:14. > :09:19.one has to look at the number of claims and the circumstances of
:09:20. > :09:22.each claim. Do solicitors accept that there can -- that their
:09:22. > :09:32.advertising is encouraging people to make a claim that they would not
:09:32. > :09:36.ordinarily think about? That it does not improve you're chances of
:09:36. > :09:40.succeeding. Years ago, if you wanted a solicitor, you found one
:09:40. > :09:43.in the phone book and rang them up. Is it you fall for making the
:09:43. > :09:46.compensation culture prosper the way it is at the moment? I do not
:09:46. > :09:51.think it is. I do not think there is any evidence that the number of
:09:51. > :09:56.claims is going up. The Tax Payers' Alliance report confirms that
:09:56. > :10:04.numbers are stagnant. If I trip over a paving stone, what is your
:10:04. > :10:09.approach? I think that, if you say I have fallen and injured myself,
:10:09. > :10:16.we have to look at what you fell upon. If it is down to neglect by
:10:16. > :10:20.the council, them perhaps. If you caught your feet, as we all do,
:10:20. > :10:24.then no. People sometimes want to make money
:10:25. > :10:31.and you are happy to make money - it is great, isn't it? No, I do not
:10:31. > :10:35.think it is. When you speak to people who have sometimes had these
:10:35. > :10:39.accidents and have lost their jobs, that is the real human element.
:10:39. > :10:44.If I trip over a paving stone, I can look you up and the phone book.
:10:44. > :10:48.But I am being told on the television all time, make a claim.
:10:48. > :10:54.There are a number of advertising forums. You can look online, there
:10:54. > :10:58.are so many ways to do it. business for solicitors?
:10:58. > :11:08.business on advertising, absolutely. We would like your thoughts on this
:11:08. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:34.We will read out your thoughts before we finish.
:11:34. > :11:37.The Red Arrows' returns to the Lincolnshire home following last
:11:37. > :11:40.week's fatal crash has been delayed because of bad weather. Flight
:11:40. > :11:44.Lieutenant Jon Egging was killed when his plane came down on
:11:44. > :11:48.Saturday in Bournemouth. The team has been cleared to fly again as
:11:48. > :11:50.investigations continue into what caused the crash.
:11:50. > :11:55.Lincolnshire County Council is considering closing its centres
:11:55. > :12:00.that support vulnerable adults in the Candide. It currently provides
:12:00. > :12:03.two respite centres, day care and supportive living accommodation.
:12:03. > :12:08.Staff and those who use them will now be asked whether they should be
:12:08. > :12:11.closed or transfer to to -- transferred to private ownership.
:12:11. > :12:15.Doctors from Hull Royal Infirmary say they may have found a treatment
:12:15. > :12:18.for the so-called Gulf War syndrome. 20 years after the war, thousands
:12:18. > :12:23.of veterans say that they are still suffering from unexplained
:12:23. > :12:31.illnesses linked to the conflict. Now a new medication has been
:12:31. > :12:36.tested on ex-servicemen in Hull. It is a daily injection that is
:12:36. > :12:41.transforming this man's life. walk up one morning and felt a lot
:12:41. > :12:46.better. I thought, I could do this or that. Before, I could not do
:12:46. > :12:51.anything, I was stuck on the so far. He is one of thousands of veterans
:12:51. > :12:58.who have suffered from what is known as Gulf War syndrome. Now
:12:59. > :13:05.after 16 years of chronic fatigue and joint pain injections of
:13:05. > :13:10.hormone replacement therapy are making a difference. I had lost
:13:10. > :13:14.interest in everything. I had complete dysfunction. The treatment
:13:14. > :13:20.has been discovered by doctors at Hull Royal Infirmary. Trials on 11
:13:20. > :13:24.veterans found that nine had a rare condition of the pituitary gland
:13:24. > :13:27.that normally affects one in a million. The condition prevents the
:13:27. > :13:32.gland at the base of the brain producing certain hormones which
:13:32. > :13:36.enable our bodies to function. Treating sufferers with HRT is now
:13:36. > :13:40.being seen as a potential breakthrough. I think that this is
:13:40. > :13:46.a very positive finding, I think it is a positive step for those
:13:46. > :13:49.patients with this problem. It deserves to be tested to see if it
:13:50. > :13:54.is contributing to the Gulf War Syndrome they are suffering.
:13:54. > :14:00.The Gulf war started in January 1991 and finished just three months
:14:00. > :14:02.later. During that time, thousands of soldiers claimed they became ill,
:14:02. > :14:07.blaming the high number of inoculations they were given. Since
:14:07. > :14:12.then, ex-servicemen have been fighting the MoD for compensation
:14:12. > :14:16.and hope that this latest finding will now strengthen their case.
:14:16. > :14:24.need to have questions raised in a house of Commons with regard to why
:14:24. > :14:28.it has taken 20 years to find out why soldiers are ill. They should
:14:28. > :14:32.not for bit of two posts -- post- traumatic stress or depression.
:14:32. > :14:42.Or Monreith best of -- hormone replacement therapy could now hold
:14:42. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:49.the key for many in resolving years Still ahead: How it Scunthorpe
:14:49. > :14:53.United gave their Premier League opponents a real scare last night
:14:53. > :15:01.in the Carling Cup. And behind the scenes with the local racing team
:15:01. > :15:11.taking the lead as the British Superbikes come to Cadwell Park.
:15:11. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:21.Tonight's photograph was taken by Dresses are very much indeed.
:15:21. > :15:31.Another one on Monday. Paul has been a way for a couple of weeks.
:15:31. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:41.While he has been away, they have Our weather reporter is out in the
:15:41. > :15:45.Yes, I think this is definitely my punishment for being so mean to you
:15:45. > :15:50.in the last couple of weeks. I am standing in the rain but I still
:15:50. > :15:55.have a smile on my face! I expect your minders have been
:15:55. > :16:00.stood over with you with umbrellas, protecting the Golden Locks!
:16:01. > :16:06.No, it is just me in the pouring rain! It has been raining for much
:16:06. > :16:10.of the day. The forecast for the Leeds Festival over the weekend is
:16:10. > :16:15.going to slightly improve. It will still be a bit showery tomorrow but
:16:15. > :16:21.not as wet as it has been today and it will feel a bit warmer. Sunday
:16:21. > :16:25.will be the best day, dry with some sunshine. We do have a Met Office
:16:25. > :16:29.warning still valid for the rest of tonight. Many places have seen over
:16:30. > :16:33.half an inch of rain falls. Some places have seen an inch. We could
:16:33. > :16:38.see more than that before it stops raining by the end of the night.
:16:38. > :16:42.This evening, the rain is still heavy, particularly across North
:16:42. > :16:48.parts of Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire. It is turning to turn --
:16:48. > :16:56.starting to turn more patchy and by the end of the night it will be dry
:16:56. > :17:01.Tomorrow will be a much better day than today. We will still see one
:17:01. > :17:11.or two showers at times. There's a chance they could be on the heavy
:17:11. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:17.side. But for many of us it will be As we head on into Sunday, we will
:17:18. > :17:21.see the breeze picking up. Sunday, Bank Holiday Monday, rather breezy
:17:21. > :17:31.but mostly dry with sunny spells and the weather improving into the
:17:31. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:41.start of next week. Have a nice weekend. We know a lot
:17:41. > :17:47.of people are already at the festival. My favourite email was
:17:47. > :17:50.from a viewer Cook said, whatever happened to that guy who used to do
:17:50. > :17:58.the weather and a programme? No idea!
:17:58. > :18:02.Life boats are using the cameras to film rescues. The RNLI hopes the
:18:02. > :18:06.British will help show how its crews put their own life on the
:18:06. > :18:11.line every day. -- hopes of the footage.
:18:11. > :18:16.A dramatic rescue as the Skegness lifeboat crew come to the help of a
:18:16. > :18:20.boat grounded at sea. It is just one of many scenes they tend to,
:18:20. > :18:23.day in, day out, and for the past three years they have been using a
:18:23. > :18:28.special camera equipped helmet to film the action was out on the
:18:28. > :18:34.waves. The dangers of inflatables while you are out at sea and these
:18:34. > :18:39.helmets show all the dangers of two parents who unfortunately let their
:18:39. > :18:44.children drift offshore into danger and it can highlight all the
:18:44. > :18:48.hazards that do actually happen at sea. The RNLI relies solely on
:18:48. > :18:53.donations so having Woodage like this which can be viewed by anyone
:18:53. > :18:56.on the internet is a huge benefit to the charity as it raises public
:18:56. > :19:01.awareness and helps the crews themselves learn from their rescue
:19:01. > :19:08.missions. Since the introduction of these cameras and being able to
:19:08. > :19:11.upload them to websites like YouTube, the RNLI has been having
:19:11. > :19:16.hundreds of hits and that can translate into donations, bringing
:19:16. > :19:20.people to the RNLI website. cameras on the life boats are
:19:20. > :19:25.absolutely brilliant and they do good work anyway. They do not think
:19:25. > :19:31.a lot of people, even though they are able to swim, they just do not
:19:31. > :19:36.know the dangers of things like the weather conditions and everything.
:19:36. > :19:44.The summer holidays may be coming to an end but for the RNLI up and
:19:44. > :19:49.down our coastline, emergency call- outs like this one will continue.
:19:49. > :19:52.We salute the work of the RNLI. There was disappointment for
:19:52. > :19:57.Scunthorpe United last night as The Iron narrowly missed out on causing
:19:57. > :20:07.a big shock -- big shot in the Carling Cup. They played Newcastle
:20:07. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:16.Scunthorpe United fans knew that despite losing, their team had done
:20:16. > :20:24.them proud. Brilliant. They played really well. A bit unlucky for
:20:24. > :20:30.Scunthorpe but as usual, Newcastle get a Get Out Of jail Free card.
:20:30. > :20:38.Obviously, they played a better team than us. We are Scunthorpe
:20:38. > :20:43.United, we just keep going. game got off to a wonderful start.
:20:43. > :20:48.There was a head for Chris Dagnall's cheeky touch. The Iron
:20:48. > :20:53.extended their advantage many times. But as Newcastle mounted wave after
:20:53. > :20:57.wave of attacks, an equaliser was inevitable, and it came from this
:20:57. > :21:03.free kick. That forced extra-time, which was heading to penalties
:21:03. > :21:12.until Sammy Ameobi took charge. COMMENTATOR: Ameobi for Newcastle
:21:12. > :21:15.There are plenty of positive to take out a bit but the biggest
:21:15. > :21:19.disappointment is whenever we go on the pitch I expect my team to win
:21:20. > :21:23.and I think we did enough at times to win this game. That was a really
:21:23. > :21:30.commendable performance from Scunthorpe. The question is, can
:21:30. > :21:33.they repeated? It is less than 48 hours until their game at Sheffield
:21:33. > :21:43.Wednesday. That was last night and this
:21:43. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:05.weekend there are lots of games. Around 50,000 spectators are
:22:05. > :22:09.expected at the Superbikes Championships at Cadwell Park at
:22:09. > :22:13.the weekend. As the crowds make their way across the country, it is
:22:13. > :22:19.a local team leading the championships. Our reporter has
:22:19. > :22:23.been behind the scenes at Louth- based HM plant Honda.
:22:23. > :22:32.A spotlessly tidy workshop in life is the nerve centre of one of the
:22:32. > :22:38.most successful teams in Superbikes. -- Louth. Honda are going for their
:22:38. > :22:42.fourth title in six years. I think the excitement is fantastic.
:22:42. > :22:47.Cadwell Park always brings huge crowds. In the last two or three
:22:47. > :22:51.years it has probably been one of the largest crowd drawing circuits
:22:51. > :22:56.in the British championships. is no end of silverware on display
:22:56. > :23:04.here and hoping to add to it is Shane Byrne, currently leading the
:23:04. > :23:10.championship. He knows Cadwell Park is a test for any rider. It is like
:23:10. > :23:15.riding 210 horsepower around your garden path. There are a lot of
:23:15. > :23:18.blind crests and it is a difficult track. Very demanding. Down at the
:23:19. > :23:23.track, the teams prepared to do battle with each other and with
:23:23. > :23:28.Cadwell Park itself. Ask anyone what makes Cadwell Park so special
:23:28. > :23:36.and they will tell you it is this. The mountain. A section of track so
:23:36. > :23:40.steep that riders take to the air was travelling at 70 mph. Of course,
:23:40. > :23:45.it would not be the same without the fans, willing to take a risk
:23:45. > :23:50.and camp out at the track whatever the weather has in store. We come
:23:50. > :23:55.every year. We have coming -- been coming for about 15 years. It is an
:23:55. > :24:02.amazing place. Just excitement. There is a brotherhood among stars.
:24:02. > :24:09.We look out for each other. We are a tight-knit community. It all adds
:24:09. > :24:17.up to an unmissable weekend for the 50,000 spectators.
:24:17. > :24:22.He is famous for slicing off part of his beer and is still one of the
:24:22. > :24:26.world's most sought after artists. Now a mysterious picture of Vincent
:24:26. > :24:33.Van Gogh has made a surprise appearance at a gallery in Grimsby,
:24:33. > :24:37.which could shed new light on the Dutch man's life and work.
:24:37. > :24:41.It is here in the heart of Paris that Vincent Van Gogh spent much of
:24:41. > :24:47.his time, getting inspiration for his work. His paintings are housed
:24:47. > :24:51.in some of the largest museums in the world, and now at a gallery in
:24:52. > :24:56.Grimsby. What is thought to be the only full-length portrait of the
:24:56. > :25:02.artist is being displayed here, after a couple from Louth bought it
:25:02. > :25:06.for 1,500 pounds. It has been hidden away for over a century.
:25:06. > :25:10.From B 125 years, and the more we find out, the bigger this
:25:10. > :25:13.background picture is as well, the more exciting it gets. It was
:25:13. > :25:18.painted by one of his former students, Jeanne Donnadieu, and
:25:18. > :25:24.this is why they believe it was the man himself. First, his at it. Van
:25:24. > :25:27.Gogh was known for his crumpled hat and rolled-up trousers. He was
:25:27. > :25:32.famous for writing on his own walls, and the Bible in the corner is
:25:32. > :25:35.thought to be the same one he inherited from his father. We have
:25:35. > :25:39.had people standing in front of the painting and bursting into tears
:25:39. > :25:44.because they cannot believe they are seeing a portrait of Vincent
:25:44. > :25:50.Van Gogh. And that's it has actually be allowed to be exhibited
:25:50. > :25:58.in Grimsby. A quick history lesson. Great artist. Could his ear off.
:25:58. > :26:01.Sunflowers. Very expensive pictures. We cannot afford them. For the next
:26:01. > :26:09.two weeks, if you would like to take a look at the famous artist,
:26:09. > :26:13.you know I can, at a small gallery in Grimsby. -- you now can.
:26:13. > :26:17.There is the chance to hear a special radio programme over the
:26:17. > :26:20.bank holiday weekend, looking at life on the docks. It collects the
:26:20. > :26:30.memories and stories of those who worked in the fishing and port
:26:30. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:37.A recap of The National and regional headlines. The battle for
:26:37. > :26:41.Libya. At the end of the week in which the rebels entered Tripoli,
:26:41. > :26:45.who is in control? And a mother's campaign after losing her young
:26:46. > :26:55.daughter to cervical cancer. Her bright spells and scattered
:26:56. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:02.E-mails coming in on the subject of compensation culture. Jim is in
:27:02. > :27:07.Boston. Our legal system perpetuates the compensation
:27:07. > :27:13.culture. Anyone who takes a claim to court should risk it costing
:27:13. > :27:18.them if they lose. Another one, Robert, people walking down the
:27:18. > :27:24.street have a duty of care to look after themselves. If a trip up, why
:27:24. > :27:29.then someone else? Lee in Hull, it is shocking how many times I see