:00:11. > :00:15.Oldham's a look not. A headlines: - - a welcome to Look North. 13 years
:00:15. > :00:20.after his death, Christopher Alder's family get an apology from
:00:20. > :00:24.the government. There were people responsible that have not been held
:00:24. > :00:29.accountable. Local MPs said the government will write off part of
:00:29. > :00:35.the Humber Bridge debt, and that could mean lower tolls.
:00:35. > :00:40.The number of young drivers failing breath tests go up, and police show
:00:40. > :00:46.the consequences of drink-driving. And from Scunthorpe to Sydney. The
:00:46. > :00:51.teenager who has got the Australian X Factor.
:00:51. > :01:01.There's a big improvement to come with our weather. More details
:01:01. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.coming up. Good evening. After 13 years, the
:01:10. > :01:14.family of Christopher Hall -- Christopher Alder have received a
:01:14. > :01:18.landmark apology from the government. It has agreed to pay
:01:18. > :01:25.them compensation after the former soldier collapsed and died in a
:01:25. > :01:28.Hull police station in 1998. I will be asking the former Home Secretary
:01:28. > :01:31.Alan Johnson why it has taken so long. Vicky Johnson has this report
:01:31. > :01:35.first. Janet told a's life has been
:01:35. > :01:39.dominated by her brother's best 13 years ago. She has conducted a
:01:39. > :01:43.tireless campaign to find out how Christopher died in police custody.
:01:44. > :01:50.Today, the government issued an unprecedented apology. Numerous
:01:50. > :01:55.farmers are still fighting for justice -- a new Ms Families. There
:01:55. > :02:01.has been no accountability. People seem to not believe police officers
:02:01. > :02:06.are capable of doing one. So CCTV pictures captured the final minutes
:02:06. > :02:09.of the eight former paratrooper's life in 1998. Officers in the
:02:09. > :02:15.custody suite at Queen's Gardens police station simply stood by and
:02:15. > :02:19.watched. Fire officers were charged back in 1999 with misconduct, but
:02:19. > :02:24.the trial was postponed until after the inquest, which happened in 2000,
:02:24. > :02:27.when the jury decided Christopher had been unlawfully killed. Five
:02:27. > :02:33.Humberside Police officers were charged with manslaughter. During
:02:33. > :02:37.their trial in 2002, those charges were dropped, and they were cleared
:02:37. > :02:42.of all offences. The following year, or five officers were clear after
:02:42. > :02:47.facing disciplinary action. It took continuing pressure from the Alder
:02:47. > :02:51.family before the IPCC issued a highly critical report questioning
:02:51. > :02:57.the independence and effectiveness of previous investigations. This
:02:57. > :03:02.led to an apology from the Humberside force in 2006. The time
:03:02. > :03:04.is right for me publicly to apologise to the family of
:03:04. > :03:09.Christopher Alder for our failure to treat Christopher with
:03:09. > :03:12.sufficient compassion and to the desired standard. They all the
:03:12. > :03:15.family and their legal team have been fighting for years to have
:03:15. > :03:21.their case head in the European Court of Human Rights -- the all
:03:21. > :03:23.the family. The government admitted it had breached its obligations in
:03:23. > :03:29.Regatta preserving life and ensuring no one is subjected to
:03:29. > :03:33.inhuman or degrading treatment. bringing the case to the European
:03:33. > :03:40.Court, the government had been forced into this position of making
:03:40. > :03:43.his admissions. We want to know what will change for the future.
:03:44. > :03:47.The family have scored a landmark victory over the government. Their
:03:48. > :03:57.most pressing concern now is to establish how Christopher's body
:03:57. > :04:02.recently turned up in a mortuary 11 years after his very public funeral.
:04:02. > :04:06.The Hull West and Hessle MP Alan Johnson joins me now. Good evening.
:04:07. > :04:11.Why has it taken the family so long to get an apology from the
:04:11. > :04:18.government? It has taken a long time to get the case head in
:04:18. > :04:22.Strasbourg. Things move at a very slow pace. The family pushed for
:04:22. > :04:25.that to go to Strasbourg. The government made what is called a
:04:25. > :04:32.unilateral declaration, which is practically unheard of. They
:04:32. > :04:35.apologised on behalf of on the side believes, but also recognised this
:04:35. > :04:40.breach of Christopher Alder's civil rights. Not just in terms of what
:04:40. > :04:43.happened to him, but also that there had been no independent and
:04:43. > :04:47.effective investigation. There should have been a public inquiry
:04:47. > :04:52.into this. That is what I and colleagues were pushing for, but it
:04:52. > :04:56.never happened. We never have really got to the bottom of what
:04:56. > :05:04.happened. Was that nothing more you could have done when you were home
:05:04. > :05:11.secretary? Well, no, because by that time, we had had the High
:05:11. > :05:14.Court case, the IPCC investigation. Christopher Alder's sons brought
:05:14. > :05:19.civil proceedings against Humberside Police. The Attorney-
:05:19. > :05:23.General had ruled they should be no public inquiry. The family were
:05:23. > :05:28.left to pursue this through Strasbourg, with the result we have
:05:28. > :05:32.just seen. An apology is one thing, but nobody has been held
:05:32. > :05:42.accountable for Christopher's death. Shouldn't the officers involved
:05:42. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:48.face action? We have been through this. They were accused of misuse
:05:48. > :05:52.of public office. It carries a similar penalty to manslaughter. We
:05:52. > :05:59.have no control over the courts, and that is quite right. The judge
:05:59. > :06:03.halted the trial. The judge ordered the police officers to be believed.
:06:03. > :06:08.I am a defender on the -- I am a defender of the police and many
:06:08. > :06:12.things. Humberside Police have done great work in recent years. Nobody
:06:12. > :06:18.in the force has any doubt that something was dreadfully wrong. We
:06:18. > :06:24.have still not got to the bottom of this. The family have battled on
:06:24. > :06:29.through the most terrible circumstances. I hope his
:06:29. > :06:33.unilateral declaration is some recognition of what went wrong.
:06:33. > :06:37.thank-you for your time. In a moment: Calls for changes to
:06:37. > :06:40.border controls after a drink- driver who killed a woman in
:06:40. > :06:46.Lincolnshire is revealed to be a convicted killer in his home
:06:47. > :06:49.country. Local MPs said the government is
:06:49. > :06:55.planning to write off a substantial part of the massive Humber Bridge
:06:55. > :07:05.debt in a move which could bring down the told charges. Paul Murphy
:07:05. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:09.joins us. What would be the impact if this goes ahead? The only impact
:07:09. > :07:14.that matters to local people and businesses is that beetles will be
:07:14. > :07:21.reduced. If the debt is reduced, so is the interest and so are the
:07:21. > :07:27.tolls. I am told that tolls could go down for a single car to around
:07:27. > :07:31.�1.50, so half of what they are at the moment. The MPs that were in
:07:32. > :07:38.that meeting from the Humber have described the meeting as a bit of a
:07:38. > :07:42.turning point and said they made progress. The meeting we have had
:07:42. > :07:46.today, we are very positive about it. I think we have got some very
:07:46. > :07:50.good news coming in the not-too- distant future. I think we have won
:07:50. > :07:56.the argument about the economic impact of these tours and I think
:07:56. > :08:04.we need to sit it out for a few days. This sounds like very good
:08:04. > :08:09.news tonight. What have local businesses said? One of the most
:08:09. > :08:13.compelling argument for reducing the tolls has come from business
:08:13. > :08:20.and industry in the Humber. They would like to see them around the
:08:20. > :08:27.warm palms 50 mark, or abolished altogether. -- Enron the one pound
:08:27. > :08:31.50 Mac. Facing the economy could be greatly boosted. If we could get �1,
:08:32. > :08:40.that would generate �500 million worth of the economic benefits over
:08:40. > :08:43.25 years. With the renewables opportunities as well, we might be
:08:43. > :08:48.heading for up to half a billion pounds worth of benefit to the
:08:48. > :08:51.economy. All we really know is that the government is going to look at
:08:51. > :09:00.the way to reduce the debt, to reduce the interest rates, bring
:09:00. > :09:05.down the tolls. We hope the detail will emerge next Tuesday, when the
:09:05. > :09:11.Chancellor makes his Autumn Statement. Thank you very much.
:09:11. > :09:15.This is a story we have followed and we will continue to follow it.
:09:15. > :09:18.An inquest has opened into the death of a Red Arrows pilot who
:09:18. > :09:23.died at RAF Scampton. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died
:09:23. > :09:28.when his ejection seat went off while his Hawkeye job was that on
:09:28. > :09:38.the ground. The main parachute did not open. -- his Hawk jet was on
:09:38. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:45.the ground. His funeral will take place next week in Coventry.
:09:45. > :09:50.The Coastguard Agency in Bridlington will stay open for 24
:09:50. > :09:54.hours. The station at Great Yarmouth will close by 2015.
:09:54. > :09:58.Eight that the man who was found guilty of causing the death of a
:09:58. > :10:05.woman in Boston by dangerous driving was already a convicted
:10:05. > :10:08.murderer in his home country -- a Latvian man. Valentina Planciunene
:10:08. > :10:14.died when her moped was knocked into the path of an oncoming
:10:14. > :10:19.vehicle by a car driven by Intars Pless. In 1994, he was convicted of
:10:19. > :10:24.murdering a drinking companion in Latvia, using an axe.
:10:24. > :10:29.Lincolnshire's Euro-MP, Roger Helmer, is calling for a change to
:10:29. > :10:32.immigration law. I spoke to him before we came on the air. I asked
:10:32. > :10:37.him if cases like this are inevitable. I am afraid this is the
:10:37. > :10:40.problem. I agree with your view was, who I am sure are saying we should
:10:40. > :10:46.not allow foreign meddlers into what our country, but we have to
:10:46. > :10:52.say, how will we stop them -- foreign murderers. We cannot run
:10:52. > :10:57.detailed background criminal record checks on everybody coming in. I am
:10:57. > :11:01.not sure how practical it would be. The border agency says the onus is
:11:01. > :11:06.on the country where the criminal record lies, with the police there.
:11:06. > :11:10.They will not be able to telos, will make? I suppose they could,
:11:10. > :11:13.but it would involve setting up a substantial bureaucracy that would
:11:13. > :11:21.have to keep track of all the criminals who had been released in
:11:21. > :11:27.that country and controlling their exit. I think there would be eight
:11:27. > :11:33.fighting me difficult and expensive thing to do. Should Britain refuse
:11:33. > :11:38.permission to people with a criminal record of this kind to?
:11:39. > :11:42.answer would be yes, but I still wonder how we can identify them.
:11:42. > :11:48.should not be that difficult to summon has a criminal record -- it
:11:48. > :11:53.should not be. Imagine you are run officer in a port or airport.
:11:53. > :11:58.Thousands of people walk past you every day. How do you establish if
:11:58. > :12:03.any of them have a criminal record? I travel all the time, and you see
:12:03. > :12:08.vast crowds going to and fro. I can imagine how you would check every
:12:08. > :12:12.one. It is a very difficult situation. We do not want to let
:12:12. > :12:18.these people in. We have to find a practical way of stopping them.
:12:18. > :12:22.What is the answer? Do you have won? I do not. I would like to see
:12:22. > :12:27.closer co-operation between police forces. There may be a way of
:12:27. > :12:33.getting some kind of database of serious offenders and linger need
:12:33. > :12:38.to digital passport information. That could be a solution -- linking
:12:38. > :12:42.it to passport information. Thank- you. The Roger Helmer.
:12:42. > :12:52.Should there be a way of stopping convicted criminals entering this
:12:52. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:14.I look forward to hearing from you. Responses before we finish. Thank
:13:14. > :13:17.you for watching. Still ahead tonight: It's been at the heart of
:13:17. > :13:25.a village for more than a century, now this Lincolnshire landmark has
:13:25. > :13:35.And the teenager from Scunthorpe who fought off all the competition
:13:35. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:53.Tonight photograph was taken by sue. Some stunning autumnal colours.
:13:53. > :13:57.Thank you very much for that. Good evening, young man. Hello, Peter.
:13:57. > :14:03.Carol says we saw Peter in the supermarket with a film crew
:14:03. > :14:13.pretending to be working but we think he was buying fake tan cream.
:14:13. > :14:14.
:14:15. > :14:19.What were you doing? Just that! Only joking. Let's look at the
:14:19. > :14:24.headliner for the next 24 hours. It is brighter. At long last getting
:14:24. > :14:34.rid of this dull and drab weather. Tomorrow it will be brighter with
:14:34. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:39.This run of westerlies will be with us into early December. It is a
:14:39. > :14:44.significant change to the weather we have been having so far in
:14:44. > :14:52.November. There is the weather front, it has been erratically
:14:52. > :14:57.pushing south-east woods. There is cloud around. It is still misty but
:14:57. > :15:01.the weather front will go into the North Sea in the next few hours
:15:01. > :15:08.with skies clearing across our region. A different feel by the end
:15:08. > :15:18.of the night, a ground frost in rural places we one Celsius below.
:15:18. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:29.One or two of you may be scraping - So, a cold in places frosty start
:15:29. > :15:33.otherwise a lovely day, dry and bright with long spells of sunshine.
:15:33. > :15:37.They will be areas of cloud on a freshening south-westerly wind. A
:15:37. > :15:43.lovely day were the you are. The top afternoon temperatures, a
:15:43. > :15:49.little about -- above average for the time of year. 10 or possibly 11
:15:49. > :15:55.degrees Celsius. Looking further ahead, some rain to come on
:15:55. > :16:01.Thursday night, otherwise it looks like fine weather with temperatures
:16:01. > :16:07.by Friday back to normal. An e-mail from Carol, I would like
:16:07. > :16:17.to nominate Paul to carry the Olympic torch. This, if he is not
:16:17. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:21.on holiday! She has the measure of you! Yes, there must be one Jew.
:16:21. > :16:25.Young drivers still aren't getting the drink drive message -
:16:25. > :16:28.Humberside Police say young drivers continue to fail breath tests.
:16:28. > :16:36.Today they challenged a rally driver to drive under the influence
:16:36. > :16:46.to highlight the dangers. Leanne This is what happens when you drink
:16:46. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:51.I couldn't drive. I feel giddy. Martin is an experienced rally
:16:51. > :16:58.driver and today his reaction times were tested before and after a
:16:58. > :17:05.drink. I thought I would break at the same time but it was two or
:17:05. > :17:10.three metres out. He is a racing driver. He ploughed into that war
:17:10. > :17:14.after a pint. It is quite shocking how easy it is to misjudge the
:17:14. > :17:21.braking. Of course this isn't a real wall but it could be, and
:17:21. > :17:24.that's the message they want to get across especially to the under 25's.
:17:24. > :17:29.Young people think they are invincible and it can never happen
:17:29. > :17:35.to them. They do not realise with their culture that a few drinks can
:17:35. > :17:40.make a difference. If an experienced rally driver cannot
:17:40. > :17:45.break in time. A third of accidents in the area involve young people.
:17:45. > :17:50.Last year, when young drivers were stopped, one in 13 were found to be
:17:50. > :17:57.over the drink-drive limit. This year, the number has risen to one
:17:57. > :17:59.in five. Supporting the cause is a man whose brother was killed by end
:17:59. > :18:03.19-year-old drink-driver. Stephen Meara-Blount's brother was killed
:18:03. > :18:08.by a 19-year-old drink driver and he himself has been left with life
:18:08. > :18:13.changing injuries. Anything which can get the message across
:18:13. > :18:16.regarding drink driving I am wholeheartedly behind it. And if it
:18:16. > :18:19.will save the life then it has been worth it.
:18:19. > :18:29.With the festive season approaching it's hoped more people will think
:18:29. > :18:31.
:18:32. > :18:41.That is another story you might want to comment on tonight. A
:18:42. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:48.reminder of the contact details: It's taken 14 years and the best
:18:48. > :18:51.part of �2 million but finally a Lincolnshire landmark has been
:18:51. > :18:55.fully restored. Moulton Windmill near Spalding is the tallest in the
:18:55. > :18:57.country and for the first time in more than a century it has sails.
:18:57. > :19:00.Amanda Thomson watched as they were lifted into place.
:19:00. > :19:04.This is how Moulton Mill used to look before this community got
:19:04. > :19:07.behind the project to restore this wonderful old building. Watching
:19:07. > :19:16.sails return to the mill after more than a century has brought the
:19:16. > :19:21.whole village out to look in wonder. It is absolutely wonderful for
:19:21. > :19:26.everyone here and nice to see the history in the making. What a
:19:26. > :19:30.thrill for the village, a very special day. I used to work there
:19:30. > :19:33.as a young lad. It is fantastic. Until the '90s it was run by John
:19:33. > :19:38.Biggadike over the previous century it had run on steam, diesel and
:19:38. > :19:46.electric. Now he gets to see his old mill with sails for the first
:19:46. > :19:51.time. It is a marvellous achievement. I always hoped it
:19:51. > :19:56.would be preserved but as things have turned out, it has been
:19:56. > :20:03.possible to have a full restoration and as it is the tallest in the
:20:03. > :20:09.country, it was well worth achieving an doing. This has been a
:20:09. > :20:14.huge undertaking. Each one of these shutters has been hand-stitched by
:20:14. > :20:19.friends of the Mail -- the windmill. It is safe for �30,000. They added
:20:19. > :20:23.their names to be part of history. And as the final sail was put in
:20:23. > :20:28.place, it was an emotional moment for those who's made it possible.
:20:28. > :20:35.It is not often I am lost for words but this is one of those moments.
:20:35. > :20:42.It is good. Absolutely Fabulous. An amazing day, amazing. Ecstatic and
:20:42. > :20:46.emotional. Many friends helped us a long way. Astonishing. A windmill
:20:46. > :20:56.is not a windmill without the sails. This is the Rolls-Royce of
:20:56. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:03.windmills. And at more than 100 Well done to everyone raising money
:21:03. > :21:06.for the windmill. Two of our teams are playing in the FA Cup tonight.
:21:06. > :21:08.Scunthorpe United play AFC Wimbledon in a first round replay -
:21:08. > :21:12.there's coverage on BBC Radio Humberside's FM frequency. And over
:21:12. > :21:15.on AM and DAB, full commentary of Grimsby Town against Port Vale.
:21:15. > :21:19.Reece Mastin from Scunthorpe has won the Australian X-Factor
:21:19. > :21:23.competition. The 16-year-old who moved to Adelaide with his family
:21:23. > :21:26.six years ago, had been the bookies favourite to win. The final of the
:21:26. > :21:36.competition was watched by his families in north Lincolnshire this
:21:36. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:39.Ten weeks ago a boy from Scunthorpe started on the Australian X-Factor.
:21:39. > :21:49.Last night he was singing with Kylie Minogue after making it to
:21:49. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:02.the final with three competitors Today was the biggest day of his
:22:02. > :22:06.life when he would find out if he'd won. Nothing is coming through at
:22:06. > :22:10.the moment. To say there was a bit of tension at the family home in
:22:10. > :22:14.Scunthorpe, is most definitely an understatement. My stomach is in
:22:14. > :22:17.turmoil. Horrible. I feel sick. Every relative gathered, and used
:22:17. > :22:27.every piece of technology available, to get any clues as to what was
:22:27. > :22:30.happening. He is in the top two! Eventually they had a break through
:22:30. > :22:38.- a Facebook friend helped them watch it live, via a Skype
:22:38. > :22:48.connection, and this is what they saw. Australia, you have voted and
:22:48. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:12.it's time to announce the winner. He has done it! How good was that?
:23:12. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:17.What a result! Go, Reece Mastin. had stomach ache before but now it
:23:17. > :23:23.is gone. A standing ovation. We believed in you all the way. We
:23:23. > :23:29.knew you could win this. 16 years old, a long career ahead of you.
:23:29. > :23:39.Have fun with the ladies'! Reece is now an official Australian rock
:23:39. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:46.star with an incredible story and The that woke us up! Earlier I
:23:46. > :23:56.spoke to Giles Hardie from the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. I
:23:56. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:06.asked him what made Reece stand-out Well, it is disappointing having
:24:06. > :24:11.stolen the Ashes you have stolen other things from us. What Reece
:24:11. > :24:16.had is the X-Factor. The judges said it in the very first of the
:24:16. > :24:25.final series. All four judges try to come up with a reason why they
:24:25. > :24:31.should be another nine weeks of the finals. Ever since... He is a rock
:24:31. > :24:38.star. It is hard to beat in the competition. How do the Australians
:24:38. > :24:44.feel being beaten by a Brit? thing to realise about Australia is
:24:44. > :24:49.we are very quick to adopt a success. But does not come as a
:24:49. > :24:56.surprise. For the purposes of this interview, I acknowledge he was
:24:56. > :25:00.born in Scunthorpe and has spent arguably most of his life in
:25:00. > :25:06.England. However, once the conversation ends, he is
:25:06. > :25:11.Australian! We are keeping him here, in irons if needs be. It is a
:25:11. > :25:18.tradition you began! So, you will say he is from Scunthorpe for me
:25:18. > :25:24.but for Australia he is Australian. He is from Adelaide. I don't know
:25:24. > :25:32.what Scunthorpe his! He is one of us. Presumably, he will be a number
:25:32. > :25:39.one in your chart at Christmas? Look, the Christmas chart is not as
:25:39. > :25:44.important in Australia. It is an English thing and one I wish we had.
:25:44. > :25:49.But it is the 21st century and as the host told us, 93 times this
:25:49. > :25:52.evening, we can buy the winning single on iTunes tonight so they're
:25:52. > :25:58.not worried about Christmas. They are worried about tomorrow when
:25:58. > :26:04.they want him to be number one. will be a superstar then? He is 16.
:26:04. > :26:09.If he does not at some point between 16 and 60 or 16 and 40
:26:09. > :26:14.which was the age of his final competitor, become a superstar, he
:26:14. > :26:18.is doing something wrong. He certainly has the talent. Very good
:26:18. > :26:26.to have your no programme. Thank you.
:26:26. > :26:29.-- have you Honour the programme. Congratulations to Reece. -- To
:26:29. > :26:32.Have you Honour the programme. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:32. > :26:35.and regional headlines. The biggest protest in recent days as thousands
:26:35. > :26:38.take to the streets of Cairo. 13 years after his death
:26:38. > :26:41.Christopher Alder's family finally get an apology from the government.
:26:41. > :26:43.And tomorrow's weather. A dry and much brighter day with spells of
:26:43. > :26:49.sunshine. Maximum temperature 11 degrees Celsius that's 52
:26:49. > :26:55.Fahrenheit. Some news coming in at that police
:26:55. > :27:01.-- a police bodyguard who had an affair allegedly with the wife of a
:27:01. > :27:07.MP has been sacked. Mr Johnson resigned following allegations
:27:07. > :27:12.about his private life. PC Paul Rice was dismissed without notice
:27:13. > :27:20.following a Scotland Yard investigation. Convicted criminals
:27:20. > :27:25.are brought in this country, Mrs Fuller says why not add criminal
:27:25. > :27:30.records to your passport like points on your driving licence?