:00:04. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:08. > :00:18.Hospital staff in Hull are given an extra day off for getting the flu
:00:18. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:23.jab. I am trying to thank staff for taking that right decision.
:00:24. > :00:26.The council flights abroad which cost Lincolnshire taxpayers almost
:00:26. > :00:35.�43,000. Charity shops hit back over claims
:00:35. > :00:40.town centres would be improved if some of them were to close. Quite
:00:40. > :00:44.often, once we have opened our shops, independents come in,
:00:44. > :00:48.they're like the fact that we bring in extra foot fault.
:00:48. > :00:56.And 100 years after Houdini came to Hull, we find out if this man can
:00:56. > :01:06.recreate his famous tricks. Will it be any better tomorrow? I
:01:06. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.will have the forecast later. It's a jab offered every winter to
:01:10. > :01:12.certain groups of people - those over 65, people with serious health
:01:12. > :01:16.conditions, pregnant women, and health workers. And for hospital
:01:16. > :01:25.staff in Hull, if they choose to get the flu jab, this year they'll
:01:25. > :01:28.also get an extra day off work. It's an idea that's come from the
:01:28. > :01:32.Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, to try and encourage more of their
:01:33. > :01:42.workers to protect themselves from the virus. With 8,000 employees,
:01:42. > :01:47.that could mean an extra 8,000 days off, as Gemma Dawson reports.
:01:47. > :01:51.Preparing to have the flu jab. Jon Leyne Wedd said Castle Hill
:01:51. > :01:55.Hospital and will get an extra day off for having the vaccine. -- Je
:01:55. > :02:00.one works at Castle Hill Hospital. That is the bonus, but it is for
:02:00. > :02:10.protection rather than getting the day off. Be able do not want flu.
:02:10. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:19.If you are more informed, they want to protect patients. -- people do
:02:19. > :02:26.now -- people do not want flu. hospital trust employees Nevin and
:02:26. > :02:31.1,000 employees. 3,000 have had the vaccination so far this year.
:02:31. > :02:34.Hospital bosses denied they are bribing staff to have the job.
:02:34. > :02:40.trying to thank staff for taking that decision to do the right thing.
:02:40. > :02:46.It works out for those that if a member of staff is off with flu, it
:02:46. > :02:51.is four or five days. It is more economical for them to have the flu
:02:52. > :02:56.jab. At this Lincoln surgery, Charlotte is having a flu jab for
:02:56. > :03:01.the first time. She is pregnant, which is one of the other high risk
:03:01. > :03:09.groups. I want to protect myself so there is no risk of me going into
:03:09. > :03:13.hospital whilst I am pregnant. is what Charlotte is protecting
:03:13. > :03:17.herself from. As well as pregnant women, the NHS recommends people
:03:17. > :03:22.over 65, those with serious health conditions and health workers
:03:22. > :03:26.should all have the vaccine. Hospital bosses back in Hull will
:03:26. > :03:31.have to see if offering an extra day off in exchange for the flu
:03:31. > :03:41.jabs saves them money. And Ray Gray from the area's UNISON
:03:41. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:46.Union is in the studio for us now. This is difficult? It is. I
:03:46. > :03:51.appreciate what they are trying to achieve. The more people who have
:03:51. > :03:57.the flu jab, the less chance of infection spreading and less people
:03:57. > :04:01.going off sick, but we think giving a day's clear is too much. 8,000
:04:01. > :04:06.staff could be 8,000 days off. The Trust is trying to save money. Is
:04:06. > :04:10.it wise? They have got to claw back �95 million over the next five
:04:10. > :04:14.years. This could cost a lot of money. There are other ways to
:04:14. > :04:21.reward staff. We think it has gone too far. If they will take fewer
:04:21. > :04:24.days off having sick leave, that is a good thing. I do not dispute that,
:04:24. > :04:28.but they rap other ways of rewarding staff. Do medical staff
:04:28. > :04:36.made an incentive to protect themselves? Why do they not just do
:04:36. > :04:42.it anyway? It needs to be voluntary. Not all staff will volunteer to do
:04:42. > :04:46.it. I think the idea of an incentive that is good, but the
:04:46. > :04:53.incentive itself I have a problem with. It is obviously working
:04:54. > :04:57.because more people are coming forward. Yes, it is working. I do
:04:57. > :05:02.not think the incentive idea is wrong, but we think the incentive
:05:02. > :05:07.could be easier. What is the other way you were hinting at? Other ways
:05:07. > :05:12.they could have rewarded staff is by giving them vouchers, giving
:05:12. > :05:16.them some extra money. There is other ways they could have done it.
:05:16. > :05:22.As well as a person be enough, they have to be replaced at work. Given
:05:22. > :05:31.a voucher is the same. It is a lot cheaper than a day's LEA. What do
:05:31. > :05:40.things staff are thinking? -- cheaper than a day's leap. There
:05:40. > :05:49.really are mixed views. Thank-you very much. It is interesting. Let
:05:49. > :05:54.me know your thoughts. To support the idea? -- do you support the
:05:54. > :06:04.idea? Do you think it will mean fewer sick days? Is it a bit of a
:06:04. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:21.In a moment: It's coming up this weekend, but these haunting
:06:21. > :06:27.costumes are not just for Halloween. A man's been arrested after an
:06:27. > :06:30.incident reportedly involving a crossbow in Lincoln. A section of
:06:30. > :06:36.Goldsmith Walk was cordoned off earlier today, after reports of a
:06:36. > :06:40.weapon being fired from an upstairs window. Noone's been injured.
:06:40. > :06:43.A body's been found on playing fields near Gainsborough.
:06:43. > :06:49.Lincolnshire Police were called to Willingham by Stow around 9.30 this
:06:49. > :06:54.morning. 85 posts are under threat at Hull
:06:54. > :06:56.College after cuts to its funding. An appeal's been made for
:06:56. > :06:59.volunteers, but compulsory redundancies haven't been ruled out.
:06:59. > :07:01.The group, which runs sites in Hull, Goole and Harrogate, employs 2,000
:07:01. > :07:04.people. Lincolnshire County Council says
:07:04. > :07:12.it's tightened its rules after tens of thousands of pounds were spent
:07:12. > :07:15.by staff on overseas flights. New figures have revealed more than
:07:15. > :07:21.�42,000 has been spent on overseas travel over the last two years,
:07:21. > :07:31.more than any other authority in the Midlands. On one occasion, more
:07:31. > :07:32.
:07:32. > :07:35.than �6,000 was spent on a trip to America. Siobhan Robbins reports.
:07:35. > :07:39.This was the reaction when Lincolnshire County Council
:07:39. > :07:43.announced it was having to cut millions of pounds from its budget
:07:43. > :07:53.earlier this year. Day centres like this one in Grantham could see it
:07:53. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:59.severs is reduced. So news that ten of thousands has been spent by the
:07:59. > :08:03.council on flights hasn't been well-received. Those people are
:08:03. > :08:05.there to represent us. Between 2009 and 2011, Lincolnshire
:08:05. > :08:15.County Council spent �42,000 on flights, the highest amount in the
:08:15. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:24.That includes a �6,000 business class trip to the USA. All this at
:08:24. > :08:30.a council which now has to save �125 million in the next four years.
:08:30. > :08:35.It is an abuse. That individual is no longer with theirs. I cannot
:08:35. > :08:39.justify it. I would not attempt to drive. Sadly, people do abuse
:08:39. > :08:43.positions of trust and that is what happened here. We started when we
:08:43. > :08:45.found out that we have rules in place to make sure these things do
:08:45. > :08:48.not happen again. Tokoyo, New Zealand and Canada were
:08:48. > :08:54.also on the list of buiness or world class destinations. The group
:08:54. > :09:00.behind the research says authorities need to be more frugal.
:09:00. > :09:05.When there is not much money, do not travel business-class. Look for
:09:05. > :09:07.the best deal, and if possible, do not take the flight.
:09:07. > :09:14.Council leaders say the system's been tightened up to stop further
:09:14. > :09:23.abuse, but it's little comfort to those who's services may be cut.
:09:23. > :09:26.Why was it allowed to go on for two years?
:09:26. > :09:29.Workers at BAE systems in Brough have staged a protest today against
:09:29. > :09:32.the loss of up to 900 jobs. Union members binned company "fair play"
:09:32. > :09:40.leaflets outside the main plant, claiming that BAE had treated staff
:09:40. > :09:46.badly in it's handling of the announcement. - - its handling. The
:09:47. > :09:51.focus now is whether the site itself can be saved. We will carry
:09:51. > :09:53.on pushing and saying they should be work coming on this site. We
:09:53. > :09:58.have the work force and the capability, and the right sort of
:09:58. > :10:03.people who can build anything. This facility is fantastic. We do not
:10:03. > :10:07.want to lose it. We will keep pushing the company to put work on
:10:07. > :10:09.this site. We will continue to follow that story.
:10:09. > :10:19.Lincolnshire's famous Vulcan is being honoured this evening as one
:10:19. > :10:22.of the UKs best engineering achievements. The bomber was a
:10:22. > :10:25.familiar sight in the county's skies during the Cold War. It joins
:10:25. > :10:30.the likes of Tower Bridge and the Channel Tunnel in getting the
:10:30. > :10:33.Engineering Heritage Award. Shoppers and businesses in Lincoln
:10:33. > :10:36.have called plans to route more trains through the city centre as
:10:36. > :10:39."ridiculous." This is currently the scene in Lincoln for up to 40
:10:39. > :10:42.minutes an hour, as the level crossing shuts to allow trains
:10:42. > :10:45.through. But now, because of work elsewhere on the rail network, an
:10:45. > :10:48.extra 42 trains will also be routed through Lincoln. It will happen for
:10:48. > :10:52.the next three Saturdays. It means the barriers could close for up to
:10:52. > :10:59.90 times a day. On this I'm joined from Lincoln by David Mitchell,
:10:59. > :11:04.who's the secretary of the Lincoln small business action group. David,
:11:04. > :11:09.good evening. A barriers be insured for up to 90 times a day. What
:11:09. > :11:14.impact could this have on the city centre? Good evening, Peter. First
:11:14. > :11:19.and foremost, they are being shut for the next four weekend. They
:11:19. > :11:24.will be 80 trains going through when you include the local services
:11:24. > :11:33.and the 42 diverted trains. We also have major roadworks in Lincoln.
:11:33. > :11:37.The City has been gridlocked since last Friday. It is going to be
:11:37. > :11:42.disastrous. This work has to be done. A few mutterings through
:11:42. > :11:48.Lincoln, are you worrying it will affect businesses -- a few more
:11:48. > :11:56.trains through Lincoln. I am also concerned about passengers, people
:11:56. > :11:59.who will be taken from Lincoln to Newark Castle, taken on a bus to
:11:59. > :12:03.new work Northgate, then get a train to London, which will come
:12:03. > :12:07.back to Lincoln. We know what a lovely city it is, but people do
:12:07. > :12:13.not want to see it two or three times. I came on Saturday from
:12:13. > :12:18.Doncaster on a journey which took two hours. There was a family with
:12:18. > :12:22.a two-year-old boy, and they had been travelling since half past two.
:12:22. > :12:30.If these trends were not going straight through, you would change
:12:30. > :12:34.your true. -- trains. If a few were stopping, they would be bringing
:12:34. > :12:39.people and I would change my train, yes. When I spoke to you at
:12:39. > :12:43.lunchtime, the gentleman from the council was excellent. He said they
:12:43. > :12:48.possibly would not have done the road works at the same time as the
:12:49. > :12:52.rail works. There is no co- ordination at all. Here at Lincoln
:12:52. > :12:58.Central Station, to their shame, they have not even got a poster
:12:58. > :13:04.warning people that they could get to court abandoned. We are second
:13:04. > :13:12.rate here. I said at lunch time we are bottom of the dustbin.
:13:12. > :13:17.Mitchell, thank you. Another one you might want to comment on.
:13:17. > :13:20.Still ahead tonight: Calls to cap the number of charity shops on the
:13:20. > :13:30.high street. And he was the world's most famous
:13:30. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:44.escapologist who visited Hull 100 Tonight photograph was taken of a
:13:44. > :13:53.flock of geese at Witton in of Lincolnshire. A stunning picture.
:13:53. > :14:03.It's now time for the weather. you have a nice lunch time? Dave
:14:03. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:15.spotted you looking at a bigger book about airplanes. When is he
:14:15. > :14:15.
:14:16. > :14:25.back? It can't be too soon for me! You can't do a single things -- a
:14:25. > :14:35.Mist is going to clear first thing tomorrow and will see plenty of
:14:35. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:43.sunshine. It is not going to be a breezy day at all. All the cloud
:14:43. > :14:46.we've had, it has been given as spots of rain. It won't be long
:14:46. > :14:54.before the rain clears out into the North Sea and the cloud will break
:14:54. > :14:57.as well. We will have light winds and clear skies overnight. This is
:14:57. > :15:07.a risk of a touch of ground frost across parts of each -- East
:15:07. > :15:17.Yorkshire. The sun will rise tomorrow morning at 750 3am and
:15:17. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:23.will set at 5:36pm. It will be a chilly start tomorrow and there
:15:23. > :15:29.will be some dense mist and fog in places. It will list -- lift in the
:15:29. > :15:39.morning and the rest of the day will be dry and fine. Light winds,
:15:39. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:46.variable nature and temperatures are going to be just below average.
:15:46. > :15:56.As we head through the weekend, Saturday sees the best of the
:15:56. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:08.bright this at first but cloud will I showed three pictures or a rather
:16:08. > :16:11.than the usual one and that did the damage. See you tomorrow.
:16:11. > :16:15.A charity in Lincolnshire has hit back at suggestions that capping
:16:15. > :16:18.the number of charity shops would help revitalise town centres.
:16:18. > :16:21.Retail expert, Mary Portas, is advising the Government on
:16:21. > :16:23.improving our high streets and says that's one way to breathe life into
:16:23. > :16:26.them. Across the whole of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire,
:16:26. > :16:29.there are currently 339 charity shops. In Hull city centre alone,
:16:29. > :16:37.there are 44, while in Lincoln there are 26. Anne-Marie Tasker
:16:37. > :16:42.reports. Lincoln's High Street is home to
:16:42. > :16:48.some of the city's 26 charity shops. And they all get a discount in
:16:48. > :16:51.their rates, boosting the charity's coffers. But one charity says its
:16:51. > :17:01.23 shops in Lincolnshire aren't damaging town centres, but helping
:17:01. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:08.them. Charity shops bring foot fall into an area that is generally
:17:08. > :17:12.quite quiet. We take over units that have been empty for a number
:17:12. > :17:16.of months and was the have opened our shops, we have found that other
:17:16. > :17:24.independent shops come in. But the role of charity shops is being
:17:24. > :17:28.questioned by this retail guru, Mary Portas. I could not imagine
:17:28. > :17:30.anybody buying anything of those shelves. She's famous for boosting
:17:30. > :17:33.businesses, even charity shops themselves. And now the
:17:33. > :17:36.Government's asked her to do the same for the High Street. One of
:17:36. > :17:39.her suggestions is capping the number of charity shops to allow
:17:39. > :17:43.other businesses to prosper. But do shoppers think it would really make
:17:43. > :17:48.a difference? It is a difficult one. Charities need the money anyway. I
:17:48. > :17:56.don't really buy into that. I would spend it elsewhere if the charity
:17:56. > :17:59.shops did not exist. It helps the local people. But charity shops
:17:59. > :18:02.don't seem to be doing any harm here. Louth has 10 of them, but is
:18:02. > :18:05.still busy and bustling. And the town centre manager says giving
:18:05. > :18:13.other businesses rate relief would be more useful than limiting
:18:13. > :18:17.charity shop numbers. That would lead empty units in certain towns.
:18:17. > :18:22.That is not getting rid of the problem. We need to look at
:18:22. > :18:27.business support for all sectors of businesses. Those that are starting
:18:27. > :18:29.up and doing well. That need to be looked at. Another idea is to
:18:29. > :18:33.shorten charity shop leases, so towns aren't overrun by them for
:18:33. > :18:39.years at a time. But in these hard economic times, not all shoppers
:18:39. > :18:42.think that's a bad thing anyway. I'm joined on this now by Tim
:18:42. > :18:45.Danaher, the editor of Retail Weekly magazine. Charity shops on
:18:45. > :18:48.our high streets keep money in the local economy and often take the
:18:48. > :18:52.place of shops which have been standing empty. They're surely a
:18:52. > :18:57.good thing for our high streets? Charity shops to a great job but if
:18:57. > :19:07.there are too many of them, there's a problem because any high street
:19:07. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:12.needs a good mix of retailers. The key issue here is that there is not
:19:12. > :19:18.a level playing field. If somebody wanted to start a new shop, he has
:19:18. > :19:22.to pay the full rates, whereas a charity shop could be run by an
:19:22. > :19:26.enormous international organisation like Oxfam and it only has to pay
:19:26. > :19:31.20 %. The danger is, if you have lots of charity shops, it might
:19:31. > :19:37.reduce the attractiveness of a high street shoppers and get in the way
:19:37. > :19:41.of independent businesses run by local people on a commercial basis.
:19:41. > :19:45.But if you take away the charity shops, you will have even more
:19:45. > :19:52.boarded and vacant shops? But if you create the conditions where
:19:52. > :19:55.people can start entrepreneurial retail services. If somebody was
:19:55. > :20:01.told, you can have this shop for a few years and pay a fraction of
:20:01. > :20:06.business rates, maybe those people may be encouraged to going to those
:20:06. > :20:13.empty shops instead. To you think people are scared to say there are
:20:13. > :20:17.too many charity shops? Charity shops to a brilliant jobs and there
:20:17. > :20:22.are a lot of shops that are unattractive mix on the high street
:20:22. > :20:32.but the key thing is having that next. We want a variety of shops
:20:32. > :20:42.and our high-street. What can be done to stop the number of boarded-
:20:42. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:46.up and bacon chops? -- vacant shops? We need to reduce the risk
:20:46. > :20:56.and encourage people to be entrepreneurial and help them out
:20:56. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:03.with a business costs. And this might be another one you
:21:03. > :21:13.want to comment on as well. Do you think that too many charity shops
:21:13. > :21:14.
:21:15. > :21:18.are bad for the high street? Text and e-mail us in all the usual ways.
:21:18. > :21:21.And thanks for your response on the views to the changes to North East
:21:21. > :21:24.Lincolnshire's recycling scheme. The council wants to charge �25 a
:21:24. > :21:32.year to anyone who's got a brown garden waste bin. The authority
:21:32. > :21:36.currently collects 50,000 brown bins. We had an enormous response
:21:36. > :21:43.on this. John tweeted, "I thought the council wanted people to
:21:43. > :21:47.recycle more! Charging �25 to collect bins is not going to make
:21:47. > :21:49.people use them". Trish got in touch with her view. "I think it is
:21:49. > :21:53.disgusting, wanting to charge us for recycling our garden waste. The
:21:53. > :21:56.council get money from the garden waste we recycle and still want to
:21:56. > :21:59.charge us!" And Nathan texted, "Why not use what would go in the brown
:21:59. > :22:06.bins as compost? Save yourself a bit of money and grow your own
:22:06. > :22:08.veg." Hull City's unbeaten run comes
:22:08. > :22:11.under threat this weekend against Nottingham Forest, who haven't lost
:22:11. > :22:14.since they changed their manager. The Tigers themselves are unbeaten
:22:14. > :22:22.in eight league games following their dramatic win over Watford,
:22:22. > :22:26.which included a first goal at the KC for Aaron Mclean. It is good
:22:26. > :22:35.form and we need to keep that going. All we can do is worry about
:22:35. > :22:39.ourselves. We just need to make sure that we keep the consistency
:22:39. > :22:41.and keep the performances and will be fine.
:22:41. > :22:44.It all started when a North Lincolnshire woman couldn't find a
:22:44. > :22:47.Halloween costume to flatter her curves. But now, Dawn Lancaster
:22:47. > :22:49.from Winterton has turned a dress making hobby into a successful
:22:49. > :22:59.business. With Halloween and Whitby's Gothic Weekend looming,
:22:59. > :23:01.she says she's never been busier. Amanda Thomson has more.
:23:01. > :23:11.They look like they've stepped through time, but these gowns have
:23:11. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:16.been created in a North Lincolnshire conservatory. Dawn
:23:16. > :23:18.Lancaster's gowns are all one offs and they can be found at every
:23:18. > :23:28.medieval pageant, historical re- enactment and even the famous
:23:28. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:36.Whitby Gothic, due to take place this weekend. It has been really
:23:36. > :23:39.crazy. October is the best month for me but it's the busiest. I am
:23:39. > :23:43.constantly sewing and doing stuff. I have been inundated for
:23:43. > :23:47.Hallowe'en costumes and Gothic Austens. I have been really busy
:23:47. > :23:50.but I have enjoyed every minute of it. What started as a hobby eight
:23:50. > :23:58.years ago is now an online business, satisfying a demand for dresses for
:23:58. > :24:03.all occasions. I feel really good in it and the fact that nobody else
:24:03. > :24:08.will have a dress like this makes me feel better. I phoned me and
:24:08. > :24:14.asked her to her and make one for me and raised some money for the
:24:14. > :24:17.local castle. It is wonderful and I really feel the part. It is amazing.
:24:17. > :24:26.Dawn's now looking forward to the end of October and a well earned
:24:26. > :24:28.rest. Amanda Thomson, BBC Look North, at Winterton near Scunthorpe.
:24:29. > :24:31.Tonight marks a rather unusual anniversary. It's exactly one
:24:31. > :24:34.hundred years to the day since the famous escapologist, Harry Houdini,
:24:35. > :24:37.first performed in Hull. He had strong ties to the city, even doing
:24:38. > :24:41.one stunt when he jumped, shackled, into the Humber! Tonight, a group
:24:41. > :24:51.from the Magic Circle will be attempting to re-create one of his
:24:51. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:59.famous routines. Simon Spark has the story.
:24:59. > :25:04.As far as escapologists go, Houdini is the undisputed icon. But he also
:25:04. > :25:11.had strong links with hell. This film even finch -- featured the
:25:11. > :25:20.city. The Magic Circle are celebrating 100 years since he came
:25:20. > :25:30.last to hell. He started off as a king of cards. It was the
:25:30. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:36.sensationalism of his escapes. Despite worldwide fame, Harry
:25:37. > :25:40.Houdini performed here in Hull five times during his career and each of
:25:40. > :25:49.those performances will have been near to where I'm standing now near
:25:49. > :25:54.the Palace Theatre. The theatre was demolished in 1966 and it has now
:25:54. > :25:58.disappeared into the Deeney style. For tonight's celebration, a modern
:25:58. > :26:03.Houdini will himself be challenged to escape Houdini style. He just
:26:03. > :26:07.doesn't know what's in store for him yet. Houdini said never get
:26:07. > :26:16.into something you can't get out of. That is my motto was well. I am
:26:16. > :26:21.really hoping that my skills will rise to the challenge. This is a
:26:21. > :26:29.straight jacket used to restrain the criminally insane. I am going
:26:29. > :26:33.to be put inside of this and the difficult part is getting out.
:26:33. > :26:43.100 years on and Houdini's legacy and association with Hull and as
:26:43. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:47.tight as ever. -- are as tight. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:48. > :26:50.and regional headlines. Relief as European leaders strike a last
:26:50. > :26:53.minute deal to tackle the debt crisis.
:26:53. > :26:55.And hospital staff in Hull are given an extra day off for getting
:26:55. > :26:59.the flu jab. And tomorrow's weather: Mist and
:26:59. > :27:09.fog will slowly clear to leave a dry day. Plenty of sunshine, top
:27:09. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:15.temperatures of 13C. Tracey has said, I work for the NHS
:27:15. > :27:19.and do not need -- need in the centre to have a flu jab. If staff
:27:19. > :27:26.don't have the flu jab and are off sick, why don't you stop this sick
:27:26. > :27:34.pay? Michael says staff should look after their own health. Ryan on