:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening, and welcome to Look North. The headlines this evening:
:00:12. > :00:14.The former Scunthorpe MP Elliot Morley is released after being
:00:14. > :00:20.jailed for four fiddling his expenses.
:00:20. > :00:24.I do not think that is, that he has served his time. Ordinary people
:00:24. > :00:27.would still be in. There is a different role for M and everyone
:00:27. > :00:31.else. Calls for more help for soldiers
:00:32. > :00:34.leaving the Army with mental health problems will start after a
:00:34. > :00:38.disastrous Liberal Democrat performance in local elections,
:00:38. > :00:42.Nick Clegg tells Look North that voters will come back to the party.
:00:42. > :00:45.People recognise that what we are doing is in the long-term interests
:00:45. > :00:47.of the region, the long-term interests of the country, and that
:00:47. > :00:53.we are doing it for the best reasons.
:00:53. > :00:58.And find out what is causing this protest in one Lincolnshire village.
:00:58. > :01:08.At right today to come tomorrow. All the details coming up shortly.
:01:08. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.-- at brighter day. The former Scunthorpe MP Elliot
:01:14. > :01:18.Morley has been released from prison after serving four months of
:01:18. > :01:25.a 16 month sentence. He was jailed in May for fiddling his expenses.
:01:25. > :01:29.He walked out of prison every man this morning. He claimed more than
:01:29. > :01:32.�30,000 in false mortgage payments on his home in Winterton. Crispin
:01:32. > :01:42.Rolfe explains the latest twist in the story.
:01:42. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:48.In prison for the biggest fraud of the MPs expenses scandal -- scandal.
:01:48. > :01:54.It was in May 2009 that the Daily Telegraph revealed he had claimed
:01:54. > :01:58.�16,000 for a mortgage he had paid off. Two charges, under section 17
:01:58. > :02:04.of the theft Act 1968, for false accounting, have been brought
:02:04. > :02:07.against Elliot Morley. By February 2010, he was charged with false
:02:07. > :02:12.accounting, but spent the rest of the year trying to use
:02:12. > :02:15.parliamentary privilege to avoid facing justice. Her what is your
:02:15. > :02:21.message to your constituents? Why do you not want to be tried in
:02:21. > :02:25.record? But when that failed, he finally appeared in court in April
:02:26. > :02:30.2011 and pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming �30,000 worth
:02:30. > :02:35.of expenses. In May, he started a 16 month prison sentence, only to
:02:35. > :02:40.be freed just four months later. So what now for the former Scunthorpe
:02:40. > :02:44.MP? His life and politics is surely over, but at least he should have a
:02:44. > :02:48.home to go to. Crispin Rolfe joins us now live
:02:48. > :02:55.from Scunthorpe. How has the town reacted to the news that Elliot
:02:55. > :02:58.Morley has been released? Well, here at his home in Winterton and
:02:58. > :03:06.also in Scunthorpe you can imagine there is some surprise at the news
:03:06. > :03:11.he has been released. There is also some anger. But take a look at this,
:03:11. > :03:16.delivered around lunchtime, flowers, and a message from supporters. It
:03:16. > :03:23.says, a welcome home Elliott, could MP, first past minister and a
:03:23. > :03:27.decent men who is not short of men's -- friends. Forward nary
:03:27. > :03:31.people would still be in, but there is one rule for them and to a
:03:31. > :03:37.different one for everybody else. Five he has lost his position. And
:03:37. > :03:41.I think that he has paid for what he has done. He has been fiddling
:03:41. > :03:48.everyone out of their money, he should have served more time. I am
:03:48. > :03:51.not pleased he is out so quickly. He should have a longer sentence.
:03:51. > :03:54.There is also political reaction from the Liberal Democrat
:03:54. > :03:59.conference in Birmingham. Nick Clegg is saying that at least
:03:59. > :04:05.Elliot Morley's case showed that no one was above the law. You have to
:04:05. > :04:08.have a situation -- you cannot have a situation where politicians
:04:08. > :04:14.second-guess the justice system. The most important thing is that a
:04:14. > :04:17.punishment has been issued and that MPs have ended up behind bars. That
:04:17. > :04:23.sends out a really clear signal, that she cannot abuse the Trust of
:04:23. > :04:28.tax payers and had to get away with that. You had been in the town all
:04:28. > :04:33.day. Have you seen Elliot Morley yet?
:04:33. > :04:37.I have spoken to one member of his family, he suggested that he could
:04:37. > :04:43.return to this home within the week, over the next few days, after his
:04:43. > :04:47.release today of. We believe he has been released early on a home to
:04:47. > :04:51.detention curfew order, which is basically designed for low risk
:04:51. > :04:58.prisoners to be released early after one quarter of their sentence.
:04:58. > :05:03.They are then attacked and left to look after themselves -- provided
:05:03. > :05:09.with attack. Eventually that will come off. But the stain of the
:05:09. > :05:16.shame will take longer. But the question is what his future will
:05:16. > :05:21.Earlier, I spoke to Michael Brown. I asked him whether he was
:05:21. > :05:27.surprised that Elliot Morley had been released so quickly. I am. We
:05:27. > :05:31.all know that sentences lead to people getting remission. But I do
:05:31. > :05:36.not think anyone would have expected four mum said of the 16
:05:36. > :05:39.months sentence. I think it brings the justice system into disrepute.
:05:39. > :05:44.Although in the eyes of the law, Elliot Morley has done the crime
:05:44. > :05:49.and done that time, there will be a lot of raised eyebrows over this.
:05:49. > :05:53.How is the decision to resist -- release and so early going down?
:05:53. > :05:57.have looked at the websites of the local newspapers, and I can tell
:05:57. > :06:03.you that it is quite clear the general public really does think
:06:03. > :06:08.that this is an outrage. People do not understand - 16 months is not
:06:08. > :06:12.necessarily 16 months. But it is also not four. I think it would be
:06:12. > :06:16.more honest if judges gave an honest sentence. If in the view of
:06:16. > :06:22.the justice system this crime is worthy of four months in jail, then
:06:22. > :06:27.give somebody four months in jail. In a way, you could say that this
:06:27. > :06:30.kind of white-collar crime fills up the prisons and cost the taxpayer
:06:30. > :06:36.money. And maybe give bigger penalty ought to be withholding his
:06:36. > :06:41.pension, making sure he pays the illicit gains, the �30,000, back.
:06:41. > :06:49.That might be something to consider a. What career path is open to him
:06:49. > :06:52.now? Out as soon politics is shut? Yes, I think so, some people like
:06:52. > :06:56.Jeffrey Archer, who were jailed for a considerable period of time,
:06:56. > :07:01.became experts on the judicial system. And they managed to
:07:01. > :07:07.rehabilitate themselves. I am in favour of rehabilitation. I think
:07:07. > :07:12.we have to be careful between Breen cruel on the one hand, recognising
:07:12. > :07:17.that wants criminals come out of jail we owe them a duty of
:07:17. > :07:21.rehabilitation. Hard though, is most of your life has been in local
:07:21. > :07:26.government and/will government politics? Some of us who did not go
:07:26. > :07:34.to jail lose sight some -- seats and have to find alternative work!
:07:34. > :07:43.So I do not think we should have too much sympathy!
:07:43. > :07:50.Elliot Morley is out of jail. If you have at view. -- if you have
:07:50. > :07:54.the view, get in touch. After a poor local election results
:07:54. > :07:58.for the Liberal Democrats, the party leader tells the programme
:07:58. > :08:02.that voters will be back. As Scunthorpe veteran is calling
:08:02. > :08:06.for the government to give more support to soldiers when they leave
:08:06. > :08:11.the Army. It is thought that up to one quarter of them leave the
:08:11. > :08:15.forces with mental health problems. Many suffer for years before
:08:15. > :08:20.seeking any help. Siobhan Robbins has been to meet some of those
:08:20. > :08:27.readjusting to civilian life. Northern island in the 1980s. At
:08:27. > :08:32.bitter and bloody battle was raging, it was a conflict that took many
:08:32. > :08:40.lives and scarred many more. It was not more than 20 minutes after they
:08:40. > :08:48.had left the police station that we heard the explosion. And 1000 -- a
:08:48. > :08:58.�1,000 bomb was hidden in a dustbin next to a wall. It exploded as the
:08:58. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:12.first vehicle went past, and three Lad, Steve Wilson, private Macaulay
:09:12. > :09:16.and private Macdonald. They were killed instantly. Years later, the
:09:16. > :09:21.memory of Northern island still haunted this Scunthorpe soldier.
:09:21. > :09:25.used to sleep with a machete next to my bed. I got angry, I have road
:09:25. > :09:32.rage, thinking I was getting out of the truck, grabbing the person out
:09:32. > :09:37.of his car or and just really going to town on him. It took him 13
:09:37. > :09:46.years to ask for help and start putting the past behind him.
:09:46. > :09:52.Government should fund smaller, there are over 4,000 men in
:09:52. > :09:56.treatment for combat stress. But you can triple that. Between one-
:09:56. > :10:01.fifth and one quarter of veterans suffer some form of mental health
:10:01. > :10:03.problems. If there was symptoms are not recognised, either by the
:10:03. > :10:08.veteran or by the medical public health system, and treated as
:10:08. > :10:13.quickly as possible, they can add up over years.
:10:13. > :10:18.After 23 years in the army, Jason Logie found adjusting to civilian
:10:18. > :10:28.life hard. When he left in April, he had no home and no job. I feel
:10:28. > :10:33.let down. You're just let your own devices. The family has finally
:10:33. > :10:38.settled, but like many veterans, he has vowed that move to Civvy Street
:10:38. > :10:42.hard. Every year, we rightly remember those who died at war. But
:10:42. > :10:50.it is those who have returned home yet still feel they have lost their
:10:50. > :10:56.lives but now what our support. Do you think enough is being done
:10:56. > :11:00.to support for my shoulders when they returned to civilian life? --
:11:00. > :11:10.former soldiers. Get in touch with former soldiers. Get in touch with
:11:10. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:21.The funeral has taken place today of a 19 month-old boy who drowned
:11:21. > :11:25.at a caravan park in Lincolnshire. Kai Game from Peterborough died two
:11:25. > :11:28.weeks ago after falling into a lake at Skegness Leisure Park. His
:11:28. > :11:33.parents described him as an amazing little boy.
:11:33. > :11:38.Police hunting for a man connected with the murder in Hull eight years
:11:38. > :11:42.ago have released new CCTV pictures. Sheik Muhammed died in 2003
:11:42. > :11:47.following an assault in the city centre. Detectives are trying to
:11:47. > :11:50.trace Tony Karim in relation to the attack. These images show that men
:11:50. > :11:54.together shortly before Sheik Muhammed died.
:11:54. > :11:58.And the report says a plan to close fire control rooms in Hull
:11:58. > :12:02.unblinking was a complete failure. The idea was to replace the 46
:12:02. > :12:09.smaller centres with nine at regional bases, and was scrapped
:12:09. > :12:13.last year. The centres were due to deal with 999 calls from an area.
:12:13. > :12:16.The Public Accounts Committee says the scheme has wasted nearly �470
:12:17. > :12:21.million. Detectives investigating the murder
:12:21. > :12:27.of a man in Boston say they believe they would have found the knife
:12:27. > :12:31.used in the attack. Two local men have been arrested and bailed in
:12:31. > :12:37.connection with the death of Janusz Smoderick. Officers are trying to
:12:37. > :12:42.find Stephen Sleaford, who they named as their prime suspect.
:12:42. > :12:45.The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he understands why many
:12:45. > :12:50.voters in these Jorja and Lincolnshire have rejected his
:12:50. > :12:54.party. Speaking to BBC Look North, he said the recent election
:12:54. > :12:59.meltdown came as a direct result of difficult decisions having to be
:12:59. > :13:09.made by the Coalition Government. Tim Iredale reports from the party
:13:09. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:15.It is no exaggeration in saying that this has been a night made
:13:15. > :13:21.year for the Liberal Democrats. In May, they lost hundreds of council
:13:21. > :13:26.seats and were then read -- removed from power. Abi Bell now leads the
:13:26. > :13:31.Lib-Dems in opposition in Hull. I asked her how she intends to win
:13:31. > :13:35.back the voters the party has lost. I have been out on the doorstep,
:13:35. > :13:44.listening to people, understanding what their issues are and working
:13:44. > :13:48.with them for the solutions weep -- they want to see.
:13:48. > :13:53.The main problem is many voters in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
:13:53. > :13:55.didn't like this man's decision to jump into Government with the
:13:55. > :14:02.Conservatives, something the Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged when I
:14:02. > :14:08.spoke to him today. These are controversial Times, difficult
:14:08. > :14:11.times economic clay. People recognise that what we are doing is
:14:11. > :14:16.in the long term interest of the Yorkshire and Humber region. We are
:14:16. > :14:23.doing it for the best possible reasons. Do you accept they are
:14:23. > :14:29.people in Hull and Grimsby who have turned their backs on to the -- on
:14:29. > :14:37.you and may never vote for you again. Any compromise his treachery,
:14:37. > :14:41.any compromise is a U-turn. That is what some say. The Lib Dems are
:14:41. > :14:46.hoping to avoid another election meltdown like they saw earlier this
:14:46. > :14:53.year. At present, the opinion polls show little sign of improvement in
:14:53. > :14:59.their prospects. I asked Tim what the Lib Dems
:14:59. > :15:05.needed to do to become a political force in our part of the world.
:15:05. > :15:10.Politics is about branding and the Lib Dems are seen by too many
:15:10. > :15:14.people as a toxic brand. They are associated with all the difficult
:15:14. > :15:18.things that have been happening in Government recently, from cuts to
:15:18. > :15:24.public spending, rising unemployment, two broken promises
:15:24. > :15:28.over tuition fees. Politicians are held in low esteem at the moment.
:15:29. > :15:34.Look at the reaction in Scunthorpe today, two Elliot Morley's release
:15:34. > :15:40.from prison. All political parties are going to work harder to regain
:15:40. > :15:44.people's trust. In the Lib Dems case, that means creating jobs
:15:44. > :15:52.across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, so during jobs that could be
:15:52. > :16:02.created by the wind turbines at manufacturing industry. -- securing.
:16:02. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:07.They will struggle to get out of Thank you for watching. Still
:16:07. > :16:12.ahead: At the pressure builds on Lincoln City manager, Steve Tilson,
:16:12. > :16:20.as they face a crucial game tonight. And why a change of Rams for this
:16:20. > :16:26.post lady has caused a stir in a Lincolnshire village. -- rounds.
:16:26. > :16:34.Tonight's photograph is taken by a Philip Burnett, who took this
:16:34. > :16:44.photograph of Flamborourgh cliffs. It is a big night tonight because
:16:44. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:53.Sheffield is going on the weather I have had several e-mails. Ruth
:16:53. > :17:03.says, the great thing about the digital switch-over is we can get
:17:03. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:12.Peter and Paul in my area. I don't know what Sheffield have
:17:12. > :17:16.done to deserve you, to be honest. The headline for the next 24 hours,
:17:16. > :17:24.it is going to be wet for parts of Lincolnshire tonight. Tomorrow
:17:24. > :17:29.looks like a better day. Brighter with some sunshine. It has been a
:17:30. > :17:35.disappointing day. We have this by the front running along southern
:17:35. > :17:41.areas. Right now, it is very wet across some parts of South
:17:41. > :17:46.Lincolnshire. There could be the odd spot of rain for East Yorkshire.
:17:46. > :17:52.It is a Lincolnshire where we are focusing our attention on at some
:17:52. > :18:02.prolonged rain. It will push away later tonight and we will see
:18:02. > :18:03.
:18:04. > :18:13.temperatures down to ten Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at
:18:14. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:22.The forecast for tomorrow, it looked bright first thing. It is
:18:22. > :18:31.bright and generally dry with sunshine. The chance of one or two
:18:31. > :18:41.showers. A windy day with that fresh south-westerly and top
:18:41. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:54.temperatures of 17 Celsius. The out lock, Thursday will be dry and
:18:54. > :19:04.bright. -- out look. The weekend looks and settled. We will give you
:19:04. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:25.On to football and Lincoln City and their manager will be hoping to
:19:25. > :19:30.kick-start their season tonight. The Imps need a win a. The problem
:19:30. > :19:35.is they are playing a top of the table, Gateshead.
:19:35. > :19:40.Time may be running out for Steve Tilson. His side has claimed seven
:19:41. > :19:45.points from the last 20 games stretching back to last season.
:19:45. > :19:50.Gateshead are the visitors tonight. It is likely to be a make-or-break
:19:51. > :19:58.week. If we can win one of the two, get a
:19:58. > :20:03.draw, a would be a good return and get us going. -- it would be. It is
:20:03. > :20:08.going to be a tough game, we know that. We have to make sure we stay
:20:08. > :20:18.in the game as long as we can. latest setback came at Luton on
:20:18. > :20:24.Saturday. They still went down on 1-0. He has had enough time and
:20:24. > :20:27.they don't seem to be going anywhere. I think he should go.
:20:27. > :20:33.Relegation from the Football League on the final day of last season was
:20:33. > :20:39.a blow to local pride. There was a mass exodus of players in the
:20:39. > :20:45.summer. The manager feels a revival is around the corner. If we get on
:20:45. > :20:50.a good run, the confidence bills. If you win a couple of games back-
:20:50. > :20:55.to-back, it can soon change. will hope to stop that winning run
:20:55. > :20:59.tonight against Gateshead. If they lose again this evening, there may
:20:59. > :21:05.be a vacancy in the Lincoln City dug-out.
:21:05. > :21:10.A crucial night for Lincoln City. There will be coverage of the game
:21:10. > :21:14.on BBC Lincolnshire. Grimsby Town's majority shareholder, Mike Parker,
:21:14. > :21:19.has ruled out a return to the club's board and becoming its next
:21:19. > :21:25.chamber. He has told BBC that he is hoping to find investors who will
:21:25. > :21:29.take, Rolf at Blundell Park. It follows John Fenty's resignation
:21:29. > :21:35.yesterday. Mr Parker said fans were right to be concerned about the
:21:35. > :21:42.future of the club. It will continue to lose money and less
:21:42. > :21:49.performances improve. -- unless. If those losses are not supported
:21:49. > :21:59.financially, they have only two options. They either suffer
:21:59. > :22:07.financial problems or it cut its cloth according to its income.
:22:07. > :22:11.Thanks to those e-mails about the school banning nuts. Minster School
:22:11. > :22:16.is cutting that's. Parents were told about the change in policy in
:22:16. > :22:23.a text message. A children can be allergic to milk, egg and fish. You
:22:23. > :22:28.can't start banning all the things that children might be allergic to.
:22:28. > :22:34.Sometimes it lulls children into a false sense of safety. We are not
:22:34. > :22:44.sure we can never say that a school is 100% net free.
:22:44. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:26.There was a big response on that story. We read every e-mail and
:23:26. > :23:30.listen to every message. An entire village in Lincolnshire
:23:30. > :23:36.has been mobilised after losing their beloved post lady to another
:23:36. > :23:41.area. People in Dunston in Lincoln say their posts lady, pale, is part
:23:41. > :23:49.of the village life. She has been given another round India by
:23:49. > :23:54.Bracebridge Heath. Dunston villages are fighting to get her back.
:23:54. > :23:59.Getting on with the job. This might not be the round Paul Butler is
:23:59. > :24:05.used to bet letters need delivering in a Bracebridge Heath. It is here
:24:05. > :24:12.in Dunston where they are missing their beloved post lady. Everybody
:24:12. > :24:20.knows how. She is held for with the people in the village. -- helpful.
:24:20. > :24:28.She is the eyes and ears of the village. It is a new house and all
:24:28. > :24:36.we need to do is tell her that it is our house. You can't blame her.
:24:36. > :24:40.The villagers are concerned that they might be making the new galley
:24:40. > :24:46.feel unwelcome. Losing her hair so upset people that it became a
:24:46. > :24:54.feature in Dunston's Scarecrow Festival last weekend. It has moved
:24:54. > :24:59.350 people to sign for her return. She is part of our community. She
:24:59. > :25:04.knows everybody, she has lived in the village all her life. She knows
:25:04. > :25:09.where people are, she knows who people are and looks after knows --
:25:09. > :25:13.neighbours. The Post Office has told us that changes to services in
:25:13. > :25:23.the Lincoln area mean some customers might notice a disc --
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:30.different pace man or woman at a For now, the new postie is getting
:25:30. > :25:37.on with his rounds. The post is still coming through the letterbox
:25:37. > :25:44.but it is Pearl that villagers want to live ring back to Dunston. --
:25:44. > :25:49.delivering. We wish them well. Remember last
:25:49. > :25:53.night at the end of the programme, I was telling you about 16 year-old
:25:53. > :26:03.Reece Mastin from Scunthorpe who has been voted through to her next
:26:03. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:09.round of the Life finals of the X Factor in Australia. -- life finals.
:26:09. > :26:13.He moved to Adelaide six years ago that is being supported by many
:26:13. > :26:17.family and friends who still live in north Lincolnshire. He will
:26:17. > :26:22.perform before the judges again next week after being voted through
:26:22. > :26:32.to the next round. A fantastic story and we wish him the best.
:26:32. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:38.Fingers crossed. Finally, a recap. Experts warn that
:26:38. > :26:42.the world economy, including Britain, is at risk of a double-dip
:26:42. > :26:48.recession. The former Scunthorpe MP, Elliot Morley, is released from
:26:48. > :26:56.prison after fiddling his expenses. He served a quarter of his sentence.
:26:56. > :27:04.Dry and bright with spells of sunshine. Top temperature of 18
:27:05. > :27:09.Celsius tomorrow. On the subject of Elliot Morley, Col Twitter bed they
:27:09. > :27:15.should be put in jail for what they have been done.
:27:15. > :27:19.Another says he has been subject to a home detention curfew and
:27:19. > :27:23.probation service because he is not possessed of being a serious risk