:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:13. > :00:17.Fears a wind turbine factory planned for Hull which could bring
:00:17. > :00:25.10,000 jobs could be under threat. First phone and railway cable now
:00:25. > :00:35.our area's houses are the target for metal thieves. Anything they
:00:35. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:43.can get their hands arm, they take Cracking down on drink driving in
:00:43. > :00:53.Lincolnshire for migrant workers. Your weather forecast will follow
:00:53. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:59.There are fears tonight that a multi-million pound contract
:00:59. > :01:03.bringing thousands of jobs to Hull and the Humber is under threat. An
:01:03. > :01:08.agreement with the wind turbines manufacturer, Siemens, to bring a
:01:08. > :01:12.huge development to the area, ran out at the end of July. Now there
:01:12. > :01:16.are two of rival bids from elsewhere in Europe. Three Hull MPs
:01:16. > :01:21.have called for urgent talks with the Government. In a moment, will
:01:21. > :01:27.be speaking with one of those, Alan Johnson. First, let's have a look
:01:27. > :01:31.at the background. When the plans were revealed, it
:01:31. > :01:35.was the biggest economic boost to our area in generations. A giant
:01:35. > :01:41.factory that would make thousands of wind turbines, bringing with it
:01:41. > :01:44.thousands of jobs. Siemens currently make turbines in Denmark
:01:44. > :01:50.but they want to relocate closer to the sides of three huge new wind
:01:50. > :01:56.finds -- wind farms planned for the North Sea. Hull was the preferred
:01:56. > :02:04.location. The contract ran out in July, prompting MPs to it seek
:02:04. > :02:07.assurances from the parliament in - - in parliament today. We face
:02:07. > :02:13.foreign competition. What this Government do what the last
:02:13. > :02:18.Government did and back this bill - - this bit? Will he do everything
:02:18. > :02:23.he can to secure or Siemens coming to whore? I agree with the lady for
:02:23. > :02:28.raising this issue. It is vital for the future of this economy and the
:02:28. > :02:33.area she represents. I met whiff if Members of Parliament to discuss
:02:33. > :02:37.this issue and have spoken to the head off Siemens. -- I met with
:02:38. > :02:44.members of parliament. We are supporting the development of this
:02:44. > :02:49.EST astray. Now it seems the fight to bring this investment to Hull
:02:49. > :02:55.has only just started. Alan Johnson is joining us. Good
:02:55. > :03:00.evening. The memorandum of understanding between Siemens and
:03:00. > :03:07.Hull City Council has role -- a run-out. Could Siemens walk away
:03:07. > :03:14.from Hull any times -- any time it likes? The memorandum said they
:03:15. > :03:19.will look exclusively at Hull in the UK. The point I have made his
:03:19. > :03:26.if Siemens don't come to whore, they won't come to the UK. They
:03:26. > :03:36.will go elsewhere in northern Europe. -- if they don't come to
:03:36. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:42.Hull, they will go elsewhere. The fact that the contract ran out in
:03:42. > :03:48.July it doesn't mean the deal is there. Some people are saying that
:03:48. > :03:52.Siemens is dead. Neither comment is true. Your point was right, it
:03:52. > :03:57.seems like this has just begun. There is an enormous amount of work
:03:57. > :04:01.that has been dunces January. We are coming to the end game and
:04:01. > :04:09.there is a role for Government here. Hull City Council have been
:04:09. > :04:13.brilliant. Who holds the cars now - - cards now? The Government hold
:04:13. > :04:17.the cards. Because there are different departments, energy,
:04:17. > :04:22.Department for business, Treasury, we have to make sure someone was
:04:22. > :04:28.getting a grip on this from the start. The Prime Minister's
:04:28. > :04:34.comments were important. Now we are sure there is a real ministerial
:04:34. > :04:41.group on Mez. These talks are commercially confidential. Siemens
:04:41. > :04:47.of receiving offers from other countries and offers of Health --
:04:47. > :04:51.help. We are doing everything we can to make it an attractive
:04:51. > :04:54.location. If in a sentence, you message to Vince Cable and the
:04:54. > :05:02.Government to make sure we keep this? If is to say, get a
:05:02. > :05:05.ministerial group on this, they sure it is coming from the top. We
:05:05. > :05:10.want this country -- company to move to this country and we are
:05:10. > :05:17.doing everything we can within reason to help them to do that.
:05:17. > :05:24.Good to talk to you. In a moment, rescued yesterday but
:05:24. > :05:31.this whale in the Humber could become stranded again.
:05:31. > :05:34.Empty council houses being targeted by metal thieves have cost one
:05:34. > :05:42.housing association �70,000. Shoreline Housing in crispy says
:05:42. > :05:49.thieves of ripping out boilers and copper piping. -- Grimsby. The
:05:49. > :05:55.price of scrap metal continues to rise.
:05:55. > :05:58.The point of entry has been through the window. It is a problem that is
:05:58. > :06:05.costing Shoreline Housing thousands of pounds a week. In Grimsby,
:06:05. > :06:15.houses with no sitting tendance are being stripped of lead, copper
:06:15. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:21.piping and other metals. Anything that they can get value for and any
:06:21. > :06:26.means, they don't have any problems in ripping up floorboards. This is
:06:26. > :06:31.a common occurrence. It is existing tenants that are the biggest victim
:06:31. > :06:37.of this crime. In Grimsby, Shoreline Housing provides houses
:06:37. > :06:41.for 8,000 families. The cost of repairing damaged homes has cost
:06:41. > :06:48.them at �63,000 so far this year. A cost which means investment is
:06:48. > :06:53.being lost from other important areas. Not only are we paying for
:06:53. > :06:59.these costs, it means we are delaying the opportunity to let
:06:59. > :07:04.those hands for families in great housing need. We are upset about it.
:07:04. > :07:08.On this street, one resident told me how bad the problems have become.
:07:08. > :07:13.Anything they can get their hands on. They will take it. In recent
:07:13. > :07:18.months, they read it -- and railway lines, churches and a memorial
:07:18. > :07:24.statue pulled from its plinth have been targets. For Tony Bateman, it
:07:24. > :07:29.means extra checks. His scrapyard has never been as busy. If they
:07:29. > :07:34.come with a vehicle, we take the registration number. They have to
:07:34. > :07:39.show identification. Phase thousands of pounds worth of metal
:07:39. > :07:47.here. Housing associations are doing more to protect their homes.
:07:47. > :07:50.Scrap metal prices are true -- driving thieves to wreaking havoc.
:07:51. > :07:57.I would like your thoughts on this one. What should be done to stop
:07:57. > :08:07.the amount of metal theft at the moment? Is the your tough enough?
:08:07. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:24.A man who claims he was abused at a Catholic boys' home in East
:08:24. > :08:28.Yorkshire says he will die before any compensation claims are settled.
:08:28. > :08:34.Robert Maxwell was a pupil at the St William's home near market
:08:34. > :08:37.Wheaton in the 1960s. He and other former residence, which closed in
:08:37. > :08:41.1992, are seeking compensation from the church. The diocese of
:08:41. > :08:45.Middlesbrough denies being responsible for the running.
:08:45. > :08:48.The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has welcomed a move by
:08:48. > :08:52.Lincolnshire County Council urging all county schools to become
:08:52. > :08:56.academies. Yesterday, councillors agreed their schools should be
:08:56. > :09:01.encouraged to take on the status. Mr Gove claims it will help raise
:09:01. > :09:03.education standards. Lincolnshire is a very well have run local-
:09:03. > :09:08.authority and schools have been doing well for young people over
:09:08. > :09:12.the last few years. They can do better and academy status gives
:09:12. > :09:16.them the freedom and flexibility and resources to raise standards
:09:16. > :09:21.for all children. Experts say they are becoming
:09:21. > :09:26.increasingly worried that the whale rescued from Immingham Docks may
:09:26. > :09:30.become stranded for a second time. Rescuers worked for more than six
:09:30. > :09:35.hours to free the 30 ft whale yesterday after it became stuck in
:09:35. > :09:40.the mud. Despite hopes it had swum at to see, they have been several
:09:40. > :09:45.reported sightings in the Humber estuary.
:09:45. > :09:51.We have an expert here monitoring the whale. Good evening.
:09:51. > :09:55.Can you tell us what has been happening? We had a report from the
:09:55. > :09:59.coastguard at 9am this morning saying it was just off the north
:09:59. > :10:04.coast of Grimsby in the centre of the Humber estuary. In a deep
:10:04. > :10:09.channel by wasn't causing a problem. It was swimming westwards back into
:10:09. > :10:14.the estuary. We have had a report an hour and a half ago, something
:10:14. > :10:22.large were seen in the area that the animal was stranded yesterday.
:10:22. > :10:29.They are out there trying to track it to see if it it -- it is the
:10:29. > :10:33.animal we saw yesterday. The area is not his natural habitat,
:10:33. > :10:40.does that caused concern? We were thinking it was an adult mink you
:10:40. > :10:47.wail. Looking at the footage, it is a juvenile or very young fin whale.
:10:47. > :10:51.They need to live over the other side of the continental shelf in
:10:51. > :10:58.deeper waters. There is not much food for them here. This animal
:10:58. > :11:02.would be weaned by now. It is 27 ft long. It may not be the eternally
:11:02. > :11:07.dependent but we have had reports of another whale in the area as
:11:08. > :11:13.well. That is an confirmed at the moment. There is a possibility that
:11:13. > :11:17.it could get beached again. What would happen then? It is a case of
:11:17. > :11:22.looking at the situation as it is there. We don't make any clinical
:11:22. > :11:27.decision on what happens to the whale. It is down to a vet. They
:11:27. > :11:33.would decide whether the animal is fit for refloating or whether it
:11:33. > :11:37.should be euthanasia or put out of its suffering. Because it has a
:11:37. > :11:41.history of stranding and it is not innate good place, if it does need
:11:41. > :11:47.the guidance of its mother and his mother is gone, the vet will
:11:47. > :11:55.probably take a pragmatic view and put it out of its misery. It is
:11:55. > :12:00.case by case. Thank you very much. We will follow the story.
:12:00. > :12:03.Road signs in Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish are being put up in
:12:03. > :12:08.parts of Lincolnshire warning of the dangers of drink-driving as
:12:09. > :12:13.part of a big campaign. It is targeting Eastern European drivers.
:12:13. > :12:17.Migrant make a 1% of the working population in Lincolnshire but
:12:17. > :12:21.account for a third of those who test positive for drink driving --
:12:21. > :12:26.drink-driving. We have been finding out what is being done to tackle
:12:26. > :12:34.the problem. They are posters to warn drivers
:12:34. > :12:38.but not many in Boston will understand them. They are aimed at
:12:38. > :12:43.Latvian and Polish drivers. Statistics show a disproportionate
:12:43. > :12:48.and worrying number of convictions. Even though migrant workers make up
:12:48. > :12:52.1% of the working population in Lincolnshire, 32 % of those caught
:12:52. > :12:58.drinking and driving were foreign nationals, burst from the Boston
:12:58. > :13:06.and sporting areas of Lincolnshire. -- at most from. It is socially
:13:06. > :13:10.unacceptable to drink and drive. We don't know whether they have the
:13:10. > :13:14.same feeling. Hopefully we can influence what we feel about drink-
:13:14. > :13:18.driving upon them. In addition, leaflets like this will be
:13:18. > :13:22.distributed at key points from tomorrow. Then there will be
:13:22. > :13:28.advertising on buses from Monday. Why is all this necessary when all
:13:28. > :13:32.these three countries have strict alcohol limits and higher penalties
:13:32. > :13:38.if you are caught drink-driving? In this Latvian bakery in West St,
:13:38. > :13:43.we asked whether this campaign was a good idea. We got an insight into
:13:43. > :13:52.how big a problem this was. It is really good because especially in
:13:52. > :14:00.Latvia, people drive drunk very often. In Latvia, we have very
:14:00. > :14:09.strong walls. They don't care. people like to drive and when they
:14:09. > :14:13.are drunk. The law isn't strict in Latvia. These are the views from
:14:13. > :14:23.one of the countries targeted so changing many cultures to a
:14:23. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:34.different way of drinking could Think you for watching. Still
:14:34. > :14:37.ahead: the crowds gather to see the works of one of the world's most
:14:37. > :14:47.famous artists. And why Yorkshire has the happiest
:14:47. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :15:02.Tonight's photograph is of Green Lane had Sledmere and it was taken
:15:02. > :15:12.
:15:12. > :15:17.A snazzy new shirt and tie! Removed to Seville five years ago, and we
:15:17. > :15:27.watched Look North every night, says a cure. Peter is more tanned
:15:27. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:33.than the locals! Let's have a look at the headline for the next 24
:15:33. > :15:37.hours. It will be fairly cloudy for tomorrow. There will be a
:15:37. > :15:44.frightening process and apart from the odd shower, they should be a
:15:44. > :15:47.good deal of dry weather. But the weekend is looking unsettled. We
:15:47. > :15:51.weekend is looking unsettled. We see cloud increasing from the west.
:15:51. > :15:57.They are one or two showers around with patchy outbreaks of rain
:15:57. > :16:02.coming in from the West. Although there is a good deal of dry weather
:16:02. > :16:08.around, rain will come through. Amounts will be small but it could
:16:08. > :16:15.be down at times. A breeze coming in from the West and we will see
:16:15. > :16:25.lowest temperatures down to 11 Celsius. The sun will rise in the
:16:25. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:31.morning at 6:22am. The high water times. Quite cloudy, especially at
:16:31. > :16:37.first. A bit of dampness and the odd spot of rain and drizzle. But
:16:37. > :16:43.other than that, a fair amount of dry weather. A few bright and sunny
:16:43. > :16:49.spells coming through. It is not looking all that bad tomorrow. Less
:16:49. > :16:58.of a wind, and we should have temperatures up to 18 Celsius in
:16:58. > :17:03.Hull. Friday - patchy rain at first, brighter and warmer later. The
:17:03. > :17:06.weekend looking very unsettled. Windy at times with the risk of
:17:06. > :17:16.rain. Gales could develop early rain. Gales could develop early
:17:16. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:30.He was Hull's first victim of one of the worst blunders in medical
:17:30. > :17:35.history. He was not expected to live long after he was born with
:17:35. > :17:39.deformed arms and hands. His mother had taken the drug thalidomide
:17:39. > :17:47.during pregnancy. But now Simon Wilcock says while life could not
:17:47. > :17:50.be better, the fight for justice continues.
:17:50. > :17:56.Simon Wilcock enjoying time with the grandchildren he was not
:17:56. > :18:02.expected to live long enough to see. His deformed limbs still a reminder
:18:02. > :18:07.of the thalidomide scandal. We were given life expectancy of no more
:18:07. > :18:11.than 20 or 30 years and that reflected in the amount and levels
:18:11. > :18:17.of compensation we have got, which is why we are fighting for a bit of
:18:17. > :18:21.Justice. More than 1,000 babies were born with deformities after
:18:21. > :18:26.their mothers took the Thalidomide drug during pregnancy. Only Haft
:18:26. > :18:33.survived more than a month. Simon's mother was told he would be lucky
:18:33. > :18:39.to reach 30. I can only put it down to his bravery. We have sat and
:18:39. > :18:44.cried, when he was little. He used to come in from school and tell me
:18:44. > :18:48.what they would call him. I am so proud of him. I never thought he
:18:48. > :18:52.would do what he does. Many other thalidomide survivors have been
:18:52. > :18:57.much more seriously affected than Simon, but he is able to celebrate
:18:57. > :19:07.this milestone birthday knowing he has so far enjoyed a full and
:19:07. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:16.active life. I have played football, up to about 20, I went to the rugby
:19:16. > :19:21.union club. From about the age of 21, I played rugby union until I
:19:21. > :19:25.was 35. While the battle for more compensation goes on, the Wilcock
:19:25. > :19:33.family still have every reason to celebrate this most important of
:19:33. > :19:37.birthdays. The opening of a new �38 million
:19:37. > :19:43.scored in Hull has been delayed after the collapse of the company
:19:43. > :19:47.responsible for supplying furniture for the building. The school was
:19:47. > :19:54.due to open tomorrow. The council says it will be a phased opening
:19:54. > :19:59.with some students starting next Monday for stop those of you who
:19:59. > :20:04.have been in touch about the story about the �92,000 climbing frame in
:20:04. > :20:12.Cleethorpes to be taken down. It could cost a further �70,000 of
:20:12. > :20:22.taxpayers' money to move it. Jamie texted to say, I think it was a
:20:22. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:50.Thank you for those. In rugby league, Hull Kingston Rovers hooker
:20:50. > :20:56.Ben Fisher says he is confident his team will make the play-offs by
:20:56. > :21:01.avoiding defeat at Castleford. They need to win or draw in order to
:21:01. > :21:05.finish in the top eight. Castleford are also vying for the sting --
:21:05. > :21:15.same spot in the table. Castleford have been in the top eight for the
:21:15. > :21:21.whole season. We have to be on our game. We have a big belief in what
:21:21. > :21:26.we are doing and where we are going, and as long as we look after our
:21:26. > :21:31.end, the result will look after itself.
:21:31. > :21:37.A quick word on the digital six- over -- switch over, he may have
:21:37. > :21:40.seen adverts are advising you to retune your TV but because you are
:21:40. > :21:44.seeing this TV programme, you are getting your pictures from the
:21:44. > :21:53.Belmont transmitter which has already switched. So no need to
:21:53. > :21:55.retune again. You might have some new viewers tonight. Thank you for
:21:55. > :22:01.watching. Lamb skips of East Yorkshire had
:22:01. > :22:05.been at the centre of attention at an event in London today. David
:22:05. > :22:11.Hockney unveiled his exhibition 1221 at the Royal Academy of Art.
:22:11. > :22:16.It will feature 150 landscapes and this time not all of them will be
:22:16. > :22:25.on the canvas. Linsey Smith was at the launch.
:22:25. > :22:32.When you're painting sales fell over �5 million, you're guaranteed
:22:32. > :22:37.to attract a crowd. David Hockney did not disappoint today. Just two
:22:37. > :22:42.of the works introduced for the upcoming exhibition. Despite him
:22:42. > :22:49.having homes in Kensington and the Hollywood Hills, all were painted
:22:49. > :22:57.in countryside around Bridlington. It is a lovely bit of England still.
:22:57. > :23:03.I always came before Christmas. The first time I did stay, I realised
:23:03. > :23:09.how beautiful the winter was. It was not black and white, it was not
:23:09. > :23:15.great, in fact sometimes a lot more colour than the summer. As arguably
:23:15. > :23:20.Britain's greatest living artist, David Hockney's works are some --
:23:20. > :23:24.in some of the most famous galleries in the world. It is his
:23:24. > :23:27.home in Bridlington that has provided his inspiration. Driving
:23:28. > :23:36.from his home, David Hockney has created many new pieces for this
:23:36. > :23:43.exhibition. I shall paint it. Very beautiful. 150 in total will be
:23:43. > :23:51.displayed, but not all on canvas. In recent years he has started
:23:51. > :23:56.drawing with an application on his I phone and then on the eye pad Mac.
:23:56. > :24:01.A closer winter tunnel. Or show an intense observation of landscapes
:24:01. > :24:06.in nature. Kuwaitis say David Hockney has had the energy of a 30-
:24:06. > :24:16.year-old while planning this exhibition. He says he spends so
:24:16. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:21.much time on landscapes, expect some portraits soon.
:24:21. > :24:26.The work of David Hockney. People living in Yorkshire are by happiest
:24:26. > :24:32.in Britain. That is the findings of a new lifestyle report which shows
:24:32. > :24:42.that six out of every 10 of us are happy with our lot. J Meikle has
:24:42. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:52.been trying to find out why Yorkshire if such a happy place.
:24:52. > :24:56.Being happy and from Yorkshire is not a new thing. Vintage radio star
:24:56. > :25:01.Wilfred Pickles made an entire career out of it. Here he is
:25:01. > :25:07.performing to a crowd and they are a very jolly lot. Yorkshire today
:25:08. > :25:13.it and they are still smiling. fine with my life, thank you.
:25:13. > :25:16.Yorkshire people are always very friendly. The survey suggest
:25:16. > :25:21.Yorkshire people could be happy because there is an abundance of
:25:21. > :25:25.wide-open spaces, quality of life was certainly one reason this
:25:25. > :25:32.marketing firm set up here. Work matters but so does the rest of
:25:32. > :25:37.your life. It was important we chose allocation where we were all
:25:37. > :25:41.happy to live and access clients. There is a lot of pride in being
:25:41. > :25:43.from Yorkshire. It is a county which revels in his tradition, its
:25:43. > :25:49.food and celebrate being distinctive from the rest of the
:25:49. > :25:54.country. But could happen is here also be simply down to attitude?
:25:54. > :26:04.have a different culture here. It is not as conservative as it is
:26:04. > :26:08.down south. You enjoy what you get. You smile all the time. Over the
:26:08. > :26:17.generations, maybe Yorkshire folk have learnt to appreciate what they
:26:17. > :26:22.have. I hope you are happy tonight. Thank
:26:22. > :26:27.you fortune. If you have a story you think we should know about, get
:26:27. > :26:31.in touch. A recap of the headlines: some of
:26:31. > :26:33.Britain's top economists called for the 50 pence tax rate on the
:26:33. > :26:37.country's richest people to be scrapped.
:26:37. > :26:41.Fears the Humber could lose out in the fight to bring a wind turbine
:26:41. > :26:46.jobs to the area. And tomorrow is mostly dry and
:26:47. > :26:55.bright with cloud and sunshine. Showers are possible. Top
:26:55. > :27:02.temperatures of 19 Celsius. Thank you for your e-mails and
:27:02. > :27:08.texts. Jane says, this would not happen if we had police foot
:27:08. > :27:14.patrols. Martin says, is the housing association replacing the
:27:14. > :27:20.Mad tall stolen with plastic ones? Another says, icy metal theft on a
:27:20. > :27:25.weekly basis as I work for a mobile phone company. The thieves are
:27:25. > :27:31.stealing copra and cutting off phone and mobile for ban coverage