:00:13. > :00:17.Hello. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to Look North.
:00:18. > :00:21.The headlines: How proposed changes to planning laws could change the
:00:21. > :00:26.countryside across our area. have to be particularly careful
:00:27. > :00:32.that we don't turn it into an urban sprawl. As portable accommodation
:00:32. > :00:35.is put out for students in Lincoln, one speaks out about his concerns.
:00:35. > :00:42.When I was told I might have to look at my own accommodation, that
:00:42. > :00:47.is when I started to worry. Lincoln Cathedral bid for more money for
:00:47. > :00:51.its restoration fplg we are finding out the strange --. We are finding
:00:51. > :00:56.out the Strangeways people have been getting into the record books.
:00:56. > :01:04.What is tomorrow like? Not so good, I'm afraid. Join me later for all
:01:04. > :01:09.the details. Good evening. Campaigners say it
:01:09. > :01:13.will lead to the destruction of our countryside, while the Government
:01:13. > :01:19.claims it's essential if we are to avoid a future housing crisis.
:01:19. > :01:23.Reform of the planning laws would see more green field land released
:01:23. > :01:28.for development. That's already prompted a row in Stamford. A
:01:28. > :01:31.developer wants to build hundreds of homes on an area of farmland.
:01:32. > :01:36.Our rural affairs correspondent has more.
:01:37. > :01:41.It's the finest stone town in the country that sits not only on prime
:01:41. > :01:48.commuter belt, but also in the oldest conservation area in England.
:01:48. > :01:54.There's no wonder people want to live in Stamford. Its appeal comes
:01:54. > :02:03.at a price. The average house price here is �228,000. That is above the
:02:03. > :02:08.national average. The council said they have over 3,000 people on the
:02:08. > :02:13.house waiting list, but they are running out of places to build. Of
:02:13. > :02:18.the 560 allocated homes to be built in Stamford, in the future 460 of
:02:18. > :02:23.those will be built on green field sites. This is one of those sites
:02:23. > :02:30.allocated for development. An're y of land which six years ago was
:02:30. > :02:35.give -- an area of land which six years was given special status.
:02:35. > :02:39.This arable field has been allocated for development of 400
:02:39. > :02:47.houses. Robert has been leading the campaign to stop this land from
:02:47. > :02:52.being built on. We have to be particularly careful that we don't
:02:52. > :02:56.turn it into an urban sprawl and to be destroying the aspect of
:02:56. > :03:00.Stamford. These houses that they are talking about here, they're not
:03:00. > :03:06.going to be affordable properties. His view is not one that is shared
:03:06. > :03:12.by the town's MP. I don't think that we can put any towns, not even
:03:12. > :03:15.towns as lovely as Stamford into aspic forever. The average age of
:03:15. > :03:18.the first-time buyer is now 37 years old. Those of us who are
:03:18. > :03:23.lucky enough to have been able to get on the property ladder and buy
:03:23. > :03:27.our first home, I don't think we can pull up the draw bridge and say
:03:27. > :03:32.to the next generation, "Sorry, we're not going to build any more
:03:32. > :03:36.houses for you and houses will go on getting more expensive." What is
:03:36. > :03:41.happening here is happening elsewhere across our region. In
:03:41. > :03:46.East Riding there are more than 100 green-field sites with full or
:03:46. > :03:49.outlined planning permission. In North Lincolnshire 31 sites have
:03:49. > :03:53.been earmarked for development. 14 of which have already got planning
:03:53. > :03:57.permission. So, it's likely more areas like this will be used to
:03:57. > :04:01.meet the housing shortage. A shortage that some believe has
:04:01. > :04:06.reached crisis point. There is a profound housing crisis at the
:04:06. > :04:12.moment. We're building the fewest number of homes for 90 years. We
:04:12. > :04:15.only managed to build 100,000 last year. We need to build 250,000
:04:15. > :04:19.homes in order to deal with the new households that are forming across
:04:19. > :04:25.the country. It may look like a peaceful market town, but a battle
:04:25. > :04:30.has begun here. It's the need for new homes verses the desire to
:04:30. > :04:38.protect our green and pleasant land. It's a battle that could eventually
:04:38. > :04:41.spread up and down the country. It is a very emotive issue.
:04:41. > :04:47.Caroline is joining us live. The Prime Minister was quizzed by MPs
:04:47. > :04:52.in the Commons on this one. What did he say about it? Well, he was
:04:52. > :04:55.quizzed, Peter, because basically he wants to streamline planning
:04:55. > :05:00.regulations, which means you and I will have a greater say about what
:05:00. > :05:05.is built and where it is built within our community. There are
:05:05. > :05:10.fears it will lead to gates being opened to more development on green
:05:10. > :05:15.field sites. We are talking about sites you have seen there in my
:05:15. > :05:20.report tonight. Cameron is adamant these are changes for the better.
:05:20. > :05:26.He defended them yesterday profusely. What we are doing is
:05:27. > :05:30.replacing a 1,000-page bureaucratic guide with something shorter. Plans
:05:30. > :05:34.will mean that local communities and people have a greater say in
:05:34. > :05:39.what is developed and where. We are not changing the law on national
:05:39. > :05:42.parks, on greenbelts, on areas of outstanding natural beauty. Well,
:05:42. > :05:46.here in Stamford, the council are giving people a say. They are
:05:46. > :05:54.saying they want people to get involved in that consultation
:05:54. > :05:58.process. David Cameron has said he will meet with the national
:05:58. > :06:02.pressure groups to explain his plan and why it will be a change for the
:06:02. > :06:04.better. One is the Campaign To Protect Rural England. I am joined
:06:04. > :06:09.by Kate Houghton. Good evening to you.
:06:09. > :06:14.Why are you opposed to the changes in the planning regulations?
:06:14. > :06:17.think our primary concern is that CPRE completely agrees with the
:06:17. > :06:23.Government that we support sustainable development. What we
:06:23. > :06:27.are concerned about is the draft new planning policy uses the word
:06:27. > :06:31."sustainable" as a fig leaf. It's a policy which means the default
:06:31. > :06:35.answer to any development will be, yes. The Government say it will
:06:35. > :06:44.take less time and make it easier and quicker to build affordable
:06:44. > :06:50.homes. That has to be a good thing. CPRE would argue it is not true.
:06:50. > :06:56.The biggest house builders in England are currently sitting on
:06:56. > :07:00.280,000 plotds which are ready to be -- plots which are ready to be
:07:00. > :07:03.built. 1.4 million houses are renting. They want to get on the
:07:03. > :07:07.property ladder. We need, we deserve, we should do something for
:07:07. > :07:11.these people and speed it up and this is what would happen?
:07:11. > :07:15.simply don't agree it's the planning system that is making
:07:15. > :07:19.housing so unaffordable. What we think it is our economic situation
:07:19. > :07:26.where people cannot access credit. Therefore house builders will not
:07:26. > :07:31.build because they are not certain people will buy those houses.
:07:31. > :07:36.can't be overprotective to these sites? Brownfield sites and that
:07:36. > :07:40.doesn't mean it has to be poor quality development. The planning
:07:40. > :07:47.system is to make sure the planning of those sites is done well, that
:07:48. > :07:52.it incorporated good design, green spaces. That they can access the
:07:52. > :07:58.shops and facilities. Houses on brownfield sites can be a good
:07:58. > :08:04.thing. If you look at an aerial map of the UK it is being green, isn't
:08:04. > :08:10.it? Are you being overprotective? don't think so. We have the
:08:10. > :08:15.Government's own affordable housing agency, in 2009, estimated we have
:08:15. > :08:25.enough brownfield land to deliver 1.5 million new homes. We argue not
:08:25. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:31.only does that protect greengreenfield sites to develop --
:08:31. > :08:35.greenfield sites. You may believe the Government is right and that
:08:35. > :08:45.new homes and more importantly cheaper homes are needed. If you
:08:45. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :08:58.want to get in touch on this one, In a moment, on tonight's
:08:58. > :09:05.programme: High smoking rates make parts of Hull and Grimsby some of
:09:05. > :09:10.the worst in the country for throat cancer. Portable cabins have been
:09:10. > :09:15.moved on to campus today as bosses at the University of Lincoln look
:09:15. > :09:20.to solve an accommodation crisis. 200 students will be forced to move
:09:20. > :09:23.into temporary rooms until proper digs can be found.
:09:23. > :09:26.As the University of Lincoln prepares for the arrival of more
:09:26. > :09:30.than 3,000 new students, the temporary accommodation that some
:09:30. > :09:36.of them will be living in is arriving on site. They are being
:09:36. > :09:43.described by the university as "comfortable, fully serviced, en
:09:43. > :09:47.suite twin cabins." We were surprised by the late surge for
:09:47. > :09:51.requests for accommodation. We housed everybody by 21st August,
:09:51. > :09:56.which is very, very late for most universities. We are committed to
:09:56. > :09:59.going the extra mile, to make sure all our students are accommodated,
:09:59. > :10:03.in safe, secure accommodation in the heart of the campus. Preparing
:10:03. > :10:07.for the start of term is Michael. He is one of up to 200 first year
:10:07. > :10:10.students who have been told they may have to stay in temporary
:10:10. > :10:14.accommodation. At first, he and his parents were worried.
:10:14. > :10:19.I guess I'm still going to get the experience because I will be in the
:10:19. > :10:24.city. I don't know, it's not really what I expected. I expected to be
:10:24. > :10:27.in normal halls. I suppose the cabins will be OK. The fact that
:10:27. > :10:31.they have done something about it is really good. I'm really pleased
:10:31. > :10:35.with the fact that now I've got accommodation, even if it is
:10:35. > :10:38.temporary. This is where Michael could be staying for at least the
:10:38. > :10:44.beginning of his university career. Today, a large number of the blue
:10:44. > :10:47.and grey cabins you can see behind me were delivered to the university,
:10:47. > :10:57.where they will form temporary accommodation for up to 140
:10:57. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:05.students N a statement, the student With less than three days to go
:11:05. > :11:08.before Michael and thousands of others begin to arrive, the
:11:08. > :11:14.university is in a race against time to make these portable units
:11:14. > :11:18.ready. Police are investigating after a
:11:18. > :11:23.14-year-old girl was pulled into woods and sexually assaulted in a
:11:23. > :11:33.park in Scunthorpe. It happened yesterday at about 5pm in Central
:11:33. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:42.Park. Here attacker is described Detectives are trying to trace more
:11:42. > :11:48.than 1,400 lambs and ewes stolen from a field near Louth at the
:11:48. > :11:58.weekend. NFU Mutual claim it is the bigest case of sheep Russells in 25
:11:58. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:05.years. -- rustling in 25 years. have never heard of sheep being
:12:05. > :12:11.taken. Not only that the amount of sheep. This is a big, big scale -
:12:11. > :12:18.1,4 hundred 4 -- 1,400 sheep. We would like to know where they have
:12:18. > :12:23.gone. If anyone has seen where they have gone. It is devastating our
:12:23. > :12:30.livelihood and community. Agricultural crime rose by 61% in
:12:30. > :12:36.Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Bob Winter lost �200,000 from his
:12:36. > :12:42.farm in Thornton le Moor in Market Rasen. What do you make of this
:12:42. > :12:45.theft in Louth? It is horrendous. Where are they all going to be
:12:45. > :12:51.slaughtered? I think illegal abattoirs are not going to cope
:12:51. > :12:56.with that amount of ewes and lambs to slaughter. It all has to be
:12:56. > :13:01.sourced and planned already. Where will they go end up going through?
:13:01. > :13:08.I think through markets and out of the backs of lorries, out of the
:13:08. > :13:12.backs of vans at car boat sales and places like that. Are farmers an
:13:12. > :13:17.easy target? In certain respects, like sheep, you can't have a guard
:13:17. > :13:24.on the gate of a sheep paddock all the time. This time of year,
:13:24. > :13:29.tractors are working in the fields. Yes, I think perhaps sometimes
:13:29. > :13:33.tractors are an easy target. Farmers have to be more aware and
:13:33. > :13:36.have more preventative action to stop people stealing them, I think.
:13:36. > :13:40.I've had this problem over the years of things being stolen. If
:13:40. > :13:44.they're going to steal them, they will steal them. There's no
:13:44. > :13:49.deterrent to any of these things. This is a huge number of lambs and
:13:49. > :13:54.ewes. 61% rise in agricultural crime - what's got to be done,
:13:54. > :13:57.briefly, to stop it? I think when they catch people, there's got to
:13:57. > :14:07.be a much more severe deterrent in sentencing. Very good to talk to
:14:07. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:15.you tonight. Thank you for coming A bird's-eye view of a new fund-
:14:15. > :14:19.raising attempt at Lincoln Cathedral.
:14:19. > :14:26.And how Lincolnshire man is now a record breaker like these people
:14:26. > :14:36.from across the world. Tonight's picture is the morning
:14:36. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:45.I am not sure whether they are clouds or aircraft trails or maybe
:14:45. > :14:55.a mixture of both. But I know a man who does! What a fantastic day it
:14:55. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:04.has been, Peter. Talk about the arrogant tweet of the day! What an
:15:04. > :15:13.autumn day, just as forecast. you well know as an aircraft
:15:13. > :15:23.spotter, what those things are in Tomorrow will be more unsettled.
:15:23. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:29.There will be more cloud around. It is a one-day wonder. A lot of the
:15:29. > :15:36.cloud will be over East Yorkshire with Lincolnshire not seeing too
:15:37. > :15:41.much in the way of rain. The cloud is coming up from the south. There
:15:41. > :15:49.has been some patchy cloud in the south of Lincolnshire all day long.
:15:49. > :15:53.It is beginning to get bigger and push across Lincolnshire. Overnight,
:15:53. > :16:03.it will cloud over. There will be a bit of drizzle in places. Most
:16:03. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:16.places will be dry. The sun will rise in the morning at 636 cm. --
:16:16. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:24.at 6:36am. There is rather a lot of cloud around. There will be some
:16:24. > :16:34.cloud in East Lincolnshire. We will see some drier, brighter spells
:16:34. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:43.developing after that. It will not rain all day. Low pressure in
:16:43. > :16:52.charge at the weekend. That means some sunshine but also a scattering
:16:52. > :17:01.of showers, one or two of which Nice to have a few cotton trails on
:17:01. > :17:07.the show! People living in some parts of Hull are 10 times more
:17:07. > :17:14.likely to suffer from throat cancer and other people in other parts of
:17:14. > :17:24.the Humber and Yorkshire. Men over 50 are most at risk, with more than
:17:24. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:35.80% of those diagnosed being male. Only 50% of patients survive for
:17:35. > :17:39.more than five years because the cancer is not caught early enough.
:17:39. > :17:46.To look at him tending his garden near Grimsby, he would never know
:17:46. > :17:56.that bill is recovering from throat cancer. He never felt unwell and
:17:56. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:05.there were no obvious symptoms. oncologist said, in your case, you
:18:05. > :18:14.have a 70% chance of a cure. Which apparently are good odds. This
:18:14. > :18:19.hospital consultant said that early diagnosis is vital. An early
:18:19. > :18:26.diagnosis has a more than 90% survival rate, as opposed to a
:18:27. > :18:36.later diagnosis where it drops down to below 50%. The highest levels of
:18:36. > :18:43.throat cancer he areas are many areas in which 40% of adult males
:18:43. > :18:48.smoke. The main signs of throat cancer and include hoarseness or a
:18:48. > :18:50.change in your voice that lasts for three weeks or more. Other symptoms
:18:50. > :19:00.include difficulty swallowing or feeling that there is something
:19:00. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:06.stuck in your throat. We are going to be doing a direct mail to
:19:06. > :19:11.households, there will be teams in the street around Grimsby and Hull.
:19:11. > :19:15.There will be a lot of effort going into making sure that this
:19:15. > :19:20.information reaches the right people. Williams still seems to
:19:20. > :19:30.have -- needs to have check-ups every week. He is proof that
:19:30. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:44.getting a croaky voice checked out and help save lives.
:19:44. > :19:49.Tartare Steel in Scunthorpe has won a contract to supply track in
:19:49. > :19:56.France. The new track will be delivered to France in 2014.
:19:57. > :20:06.The business Secretary has assured councillors that he is doing all he
:20:06. > :20:09.can to persuade Siemens to invest in the Hull area. It would bring
:20:10. > :20:13.thousands of jobs. Decisions taken in this government
:20:13. > :20:22.department are hugely important to winning the Siemens contract for
:20:22. > :20:27.Hull. After last night's meeting with Vince Cable, our local MPs
:20:27. > :20:31.were more confident. I was pleased that they were saying they were
:20:31. > :20:37.doing everything they could that the relationship -- to make sure
:20:37. > :20:42.that the relationship with Siemens was right. The conform not just the
:20:42. > :20:47.region, -- it could transform not as the region, but UK industry as a
:20:47. > :20:54.whole. The Government was as keen as we are to make sure that this
:20:54. > :21:01.deal comes off. It is critical for my constituents and Hull.
:21:01. > :21:11.Government says it is working to bring Siemens to Hull. A spokesman
:21:11. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:28.Siemens decision is expected in the coming weeks.
:21:28. > :21:31.We will continue to follow that story. Fundraisers at Lincoln
:21:31. > :21:36.Cathedral are all offering a spectacular view from the top of
:21:36. > :21:41.the building in exchange for sponsoring the restoration work. So
:21:42. > :21:48.far, staff have only received -- have only raised 10% of the money
:21:49. > :21:57.needed. They are hoping trips to the top will help boost the coffers.
:21:57. > :22:03.135 ft up, this statue at the top of Lincoln Cathedral has enjoyed a
:22:03. > :22:08.breathtaking view for hundreds of years. Now, a few lucky people
:22:08. > :22:15.heard joining him. Trips to the top are being made available to
:22:15. > :22:19.businesses in exchange for or money for repairs. They can come up and
:22:19. > :22:24.see the amazing view across the county of Lincolnshire. Not many
:22:24. > :22:28.people get to do that. This huge scaffold is not just to support
:22:28. > :22:34.sightseers. It is allowing vital restoration work. When we first
:22:34. > :22:43.came up here, he was covered in moss. That includes an takeover of
:22:44. > :22:50.the statue. There were lots of different types of repair from
:22:50. > :22:53.various points in time. A lot of people have patched him up. A lower
:22:53. > :23:00.down, they are replacing stones and battered by harsh weather and
:23:00. > :23:04.pollution. Dozens of stone blocks need replacing. This one alone will
:23:04. > :23:08.take six weeks. It is not surprising the whole project will
:23:08. > :23:16.take five years to finish. 1980s was the last time there was
:23:16. > :23:21.any work carried out. The work itself is quite straightforward.
:23:21. > :23:29.There is that much more of it because the tower has been so
:23:29. > :23:35.exposed to the elements from all four sides. It will cost �2.5
:23:35. > :23:39.million to complete the restoration work on these turrets. In the
:23:39. > :23:42.process, a handful of very lucky people would get to see a
:23:42. > :23:50.spectacular view of Lincolnshire. Very few of them will ever get that
:23:50. > :23:55.chance again. Talking of history, there will be a
:23:55. > :24:05.chance to find out more about the history of our area. It is a
:24:05. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:15.special event in Grimsby tomorrow. Have a look at this. This is one of
:24:15. > :24:23.the more or unusual records that has made it into this year's
:24:23. > :24:33.Guinness Book. It is the most dogs skipping on the same rock and Japan.
:24:33. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:38.-- the same rope. One man in Stamford has set his own record.
:24:38. > :24:47.Their normal speeds are before a -- their normal speeds of between four
:24:47. > :24:55.miles an hour and eight miles an hour. Meet speed king Colin from
:24:55. > :25:01.Stamford. He has chosen a spectacular stunt to show his is
:25:01. > :25:08.the fastest in the world. For safety reasons, it is best not to
:25:08. > :25:17.attend things like this at home. Colin is a professional stuntman.
:25:17. > :25:22.He reach speeds of 70 mph. Now working on his next project, we
:25:22. > :25:27.managed to speak to Colin when things were quieter. I had to beat
:25:27. > :25:32.60 miles an hour. I had a personal goal that I wanted to break the
:25:32. > :25:36.national speed limit. It was not easy. When we finally did it, it
:25:36. > :25:42.was a feeling of elation and I was very pleased. The new Guinness Book
:25:42. > :25:52.of Records Features all kinds of bizarre and unusual skills. This
:25:52. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :26:05.man from Doncaster displays his talent. What skills in Hull at the
:26:05. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:15.Guinness Book of Records missing? Having the biggest mouth! I have
:26:15. > :26:24.just read and across Britain in 2.5 days. -- I have just ridden my bike
:26:24. > :26:34.across Britain. Maybe there is more we can boast about but and 71 mph,
:26:34. > :26:35.
:26:35. > :26:44.this is one Lincolnshire record that can take some beating.
:26:44. > :26:49.The race against time to save for miners stranded in a Welsh colliery.
:26:49. > :26:57.How propose changes to planning laws could affect the countryside.
:26:57. > :27:07.Some brighter spells tomorrow. Top temperatures around 16 Celsius.
:27:07. > :27:10.
:27:10. > :27:15.It has been armed forces week on look north. Their response here.
:27:15. > :27:25.Martin said, simply ridiculous, once the countryside has gone, it
:27:25. > :27:28.