:00:06. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:09. > :00:14.The Chancellor calls for Humber Bridge tolls to be halved within
:00:14. > :00:17.eight weeks. The Government has done its bit,
:00:17. > :00:21.and that the local bridge authority can do they ate and I hope we get
:00:21. > :00:25.those tolls down. I will be asking the chairman of
:00:25. > :00:29.the Humber Bridge Board if he can meet that demand.
:00:29. > :00:35.It is the fastest growing crime, police say metal theft is the new
:00:35. > :00:38.ram-raiding. They are stealing tens or hundreds of pounds worth of
:00:38. > :00:42.scrap-metal and causing tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds
:00:42. > :00:44.worth of damage. And the crowds make for a bumper
:00:44. > :00:49.start to the Lincoln Christmas Market with a record number of
:00:49. > :00:59.visitors. Angina may for the all-important
:00:59. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.weekend weather forecast. -- and The Chancellor of the Exchequer has
:01:05. > :01:09.told BBC Look North that toll charges across the Humber Bridge
:01:09. > :01:12.should be cut within eight weeks. George Osborne visited the Bridge
:01:12. > :01:18.today following this week's announced and that tolls would be
:01:18. > :01:22.cut in half to �1.50 each way for cars. The Chancellor said he also
:01:22. > :01:26.expects to see tolls reduced for lorries. In a moment we will be
:01:26. > :01:31.asking Councillor David Gemmell, chairman of Humber Bridge Board, if
:01:31. > :01:37.he can fulfil this challenge. First, here is Tim Iredale.
:01:37. > :01:40.In a week where he signed off �150 million to write down almost half
:01:40. > :01:46.the remaining debt on the Humber Bridge, the Chancellor came to see
:01:46. > :01:53.where his money, or more accurately your money, had been spent. I think
:01:53. > :01:58.it probably help the economy, it means Yorkshire and Lancashire, the
:01:58. > :02:03.Government has acted to get the tolls dead, I hope we will see the
:02:03. > :02:08.car pulls down and we will also see the HGV tolls down, because that
:02:08. > :02:11.will help local -- economy. Now the local bridge authority can do their
:02:11. > :02:15.bit and I hope we can get those tolls down within the next couple
:02:15. > :02:19.of months. That will be a decision for the reorganised Bridge Board.
:02:19. > :02:24.The bigger question for many is what is the Chancellor doing to
:02:24. > :02:29.reduce the growing dole queues on both sides of the Humber? We have
:02:29. > :02:33.had the announcement that almost 900 people will lose their jobs at
:02:33. > :02:36.BAE in Brough, according to the latest figures, for every job
:02:36. > :02:42.vacancy there are 80 jobseeker's chasing the House vacancies. What
:02:42. > :02:46.do you say to those people who say you policies are not working here?
:02:46. > :02:53.I am delivered the problems that have built up over a decade. We ran
:02:53. > :02:57.up huge debts on a national credit card. We are getting the economy
:02:57. > :03:03.moving forward by investing in transport, cutting the tolls on the
:03:03. > :03:06.Humber Bridge, creating the enterprise zones, and in Brough
:03:06. > :03:13.specifically, we got the enterprise zone up and running. Every decision
:03:13. > :03:18.I have made across Yorkshire, I have taken and we are standing here.
:03:18. > :03:21.Many will welcome the announcement this week on new road and rail
:03:21. > :03:26.projects, and of course, the law tolls on the bridge. But critics of
:03:26. > :03:30.the Government argues penises to do much more to get the economy and
:03:30. > :03:35.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire back on track. -- argues he needs
:03:35. > :03:41.to do much more. I am joined now by Councillor David
:03:41. > :03:48.Gemmell. Good evening. Within two months, George Osborne says, can
:03:48. > :03:51.you do it? If he says we can, we will do it. We can do it as soon as
:03:51. > :03:55.we get the go ahead when the finance is true. But will only
:03:55. > :03:58.happen once the local operatives have signed up to what the
:03:58. > :04:05.Government wants. If they sign up fairly quickly, we can do it as
:04:05. > :04:14.quick as that. So, what is the date? I like to think it will be
:04:15. > :04:17.before the break. We will be aiming to do it for February. She must be
:04:17. > :04:20.delighted that the coalition Government have found the money to
:04:20. > :04:23.pay off half the bridge deck. Delighted that anybody found the
:04:23. > :04:29.money. It is something the board had been trying to get for many
:04:29. > :04:35.years. They had done it now, they have insured we are able to reduce
:04:35. > :04:40.the debt to -- substantially by giving us a massive write-off of
:04:40. > :04:44.the dead. It means we can carry on doing what we have always wanted.
:04:44. > :04:48.We have had lots of e-mails from people who bought books of tickets
:04:48. > :04:54.in advance. Can you confirm that everyone who bought some of those
:04:54. > :04:58.will now get a full refund? They will get a refund. There will be an
:04:58. > :05:02.administration charge. About 5%, but other than that, they will get
:05:02. > :05:08.a refund. The Chancellor wants to slim down the bridge board. Do you
:05:08. > :05:14.have too many people on it? When they put a proposal to him, that
:05:14. > :05:17.included making the board's of 10, which could be eight local
:05:17. > :05:24.authority members and to private- sector people. They have actually
:05:24. > :05:30.come up with what we proposed. It will be up to the local party just
:05:30. > :05:34.send whoever they feel is the right person to represent them. -- the
:05:34. > :05:39.local authority to send. But at some point in February, it will be
:05:39. > :05:42.�1.50? With the best will in the world, yes. What do you mean?
:05:42. > :05:49.depends whether we can get disagreement through to the
:05:49. > :05:58.Government. It rests with the local authorities. If we can get that
:05:58. > :06:01.agreement, and I suspect we will... So, by feathery? Thanks very much.
:06:02. > :06:11.-- February. Do you think it should be sooner?
:06:12. > :06:22.
:06:23. > :06:26.If you want to get in touch, here We will have some of those views
:06:26. > :06:31.before we finish. There will be more on George Osborne's visitors
:06:31. > :06:38.are part of the world on the Politics Show this weekend at noon
:06:38. > :06:42.on Sunday, here on BBC One. In a moment, a warning of big
:06:42. > :06:47.council tax rises in Lincolnshire to pay for flood defences.
:06:47. > :06:51.Metal theft is the new ram-raiding, according to police dealing with
:06:51. > :06:55.what is regarded as the fastest growing crime. That is because the
:06:55. > :07:01.damage caused to property is far greater than the value of the goods
:07:01. > :07:04.actually stolen. Linsey Smith looks at how some of the Most Honourable
:07:04. > :07:08.members of society are the greatest victims of the metal thieves. --
:07:08. > :07:12.most vulnerable. Rebecca Sainty and her children
:07:12. > :07:17.were sleeping in their beds when feeds stole cable from a local
:07:17. > :07:21.substation. It sent a huge surge of power into her home, igniting her
:07:21. > :07:30.fuse box. We did not know what was going on. We phoned the fire
:07:30. > :07:35.brigade. It was a priority. It was frightening. There was smoke and
:07:35. > :07:41.sparks. We were fortunate that it was not any worse than it was.
:07:41. > :07:45.Rebecca is not alone. Since the weekend, 79 metal theft have been
:07:45. > :07:50.reported in Lincolnshire. Humberside have recorded 30.
:07:50. > :07:58.Organised gangs have even stolen metal, while posing as workmen
:07:58. > :08:01.wearing high-visibility jackets. The consequential impact it has is
:08:01. > :08:05.massively disproportionate to the value of material that has actually
:08:05. > :08:11.been stolen. Those consequences were felled by families on the
:08:11. > :08:17.Birchwood Estate last weekend. Within two hours, 61 properties had
:08:17. > :08:21.their pipes and ripped out. That estate was a target because it was
:08:21. > :08:25.relatively new and it was a uniform estate. One could identify how they
:08:25. > :08:30.could access the metal, they just needed to repeat that operation on
:08:30. > :08:33.every house. It was really that easy. This mum is late for her
:08:33. > :08:37.family did not pay the ultimate price, although she is still
:08:37. > :08:43.counting the cost. My fridge freezer, my cooker, my washing-
:08:43. > :08:49.machine, they all got damaged. Because I had only recently moved
:08:49. > :08:55.in, I had no insurance. I could not cover the cost. Luckily, my
:08:55. > :08:58.grandfather left me some money to pay something towards it. Rebecca
:08:58. > :09:04.believes something must be done to stop substations being an easy
:09:04. > :09:09.target. We had a big response to our series
:09:09. > :09:14.on metal theft this week and suggestions as to how to tackle a
:09:14. > :09:24.problem. Thank you for all the messages. Chris tweeted to say, you
:09:24. > :09:39.
:09:39. > :09:42.should be licensed to collect Thank you for those. Some were news
:09:42. > :09:47.now. A coroner has ruled that a 64- year-old man from Hull who died
:09:47. > :09:52.from breathing in poisonous gas was unlawfully killed. An inquest heard
:09:52. > :09:56.that Charles Stabler was staying at his Spanish holiday flat when a man
:09:56. > :10:02.broken in April 2,000 and find -- able to 1009. The attacker was
:10:02. > :10:06.caught and later jailed for 25 years will stop Hull's where we
:10:06. > :10:09.station now bears the words of the Hull University librarian Philip
:10:09. > :10:12.Larkin who became one of Britain's best-known poets.
:10:12. > :10:19.Five slate paving stones were unveiled around the statue of
:10:19. > :10:21.Philip Larkin today. Each are inscribed with words from his poems.
:10:21. > :10:27.Council tax payers in Lincolnshire are being warned that their bills
:10:27. > :10:29.could go up by 20% to pay for a flood protection. A new law means
:10:30. > :10:34.that local authorities and individuals may be asked to pay
:10:34. > :10:42.part of the bill to stop coastal flooding. Prevention is vital to
:10:42. > :10:48.protect almost half of the county's agricultural land from sea water.
:10:48. > :10:52.The Fens and the North Sea exist side by side, kept apart by
:10:52. > :10:57.effective defences, like this mud bank. But sea levels are rising and
:10:57. > :11:02.so is the cost of protecting the coast. Hence, a new dilemma.
:11:02. > :11:07.local contribution will be required by the local council. So we will
:11:07. > :11:13.have to put the council tax up. We do not have sufficient funds
:11:14. > :11:18.available any other way. We could be looking at anything up to 20%.
:11:18. > :11:23.And it is not on the councils that could be asked contribute. So good
:11:23. > :11:25.individual businesses, including farmers. My concern, under the
:11:25. > :11:32.previous policy, was that areas like this would receive no
:11:32. > :11:42.Government funding. So I feel the current policy would actually be a
:11:42. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:50.positive opportunity for us to Lincolnshire has already paid a
:11:50. > :11:56.heavy price for a breach in its sea defences. In 1953, a tidal wave
:11:56. > :12:02.swept two miles inland, killing 43 people. Around 200,000 acres of
:12:02. > :12:10.farmland was destroyed. Coastal flooding involves sea water and
:12:10. > :12:14.salt sterilises land. It will take several years, perhaps a decade, to
:12:14. > :12:18.recover from sea water intrusion. The Government says local
:12:18. > :12:23.contributions will mean better flood defences. But authorities in
:12:23. > :12:29.Lincolnshire say the national purse must continue to be used to protect
:12:29. > :12:35.the land that feeds us all. Another one you might want to
:12:35. > :12:40.comment on. It is Friday night here on BBC One. Thank you for watching.
:12:40. > :12:47.Still ahead, why speeds like this are a Sunday drive for Guy Smith
:12:47. > :12:56.from Beverley. Traditional hog roast! And the local traders who
:12:56. > :13:01.had spent months preparing for Lincoln Christmas Market.
:13:01. > :13:09.And tonight's photograph was taken by Peter Elsom. It is called busy
:13:09. > :13:14.on the river. If you have a picture you are proud of, send it in and we
:13:14. > :13:21.will show another one on Monday. Good evening, a young man. How are
:13:21. > :13:26.you? You can send me your tweets. Tell
:13:26. > :13:33.Peter that they brought out a new range of thermal to pays just in
:13:33. > :13:38.time for winter. Not playing!
:13:38. > :13:45.Let us have a look at the headlines for the next 24 hours. It is
:13:45. > :13:49.unsettled. A stiff westerly breeze. Not much in the way of rain tonight.
:13:49. > :13:53.Shoppers will be very isolated tomorrow. Mostly dry with sunny
:13:53. > :13:59.tomorrow. Mostly dry with sunny spells.
:13:59. > :14:03.Westerly winds, possibly more shores around on Sunday. It has
:14:03. > :14:11.been fine since this morning. The king had to the west, the cloud
:14:11. > :14:15.will continue to increase. It threatens a little bit of rain. It
:14:15. > :14:24.does not look as though there will be a great deal of rain tonight.
:14:24. > :14:30.Just bits and pieces, a strong westerly or south-westerly.
:14:30. > :14:39.Temperatures for five Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at
:14:39. > :14:44.7.58. Here are your high water times. It looks as though tomorrow
:14:45. > :14:49.will be quite a nice day. Dry with sunshine. Just the chance of one or
:14:49. > :14:55.two fleeting show worse. Quite a chilly breeze. Temperatures again
:14:55. > :14:59.will be pretty close to the early December average. Around eight
:14:59. > :15:04.Celsius in Driffield. One or two spots might nudge up to nine
:15:05. > :15:08.Celsius. Not a bad day at all. Sunday will be a little bit more
:15:08. > :15:13.unsettled. Some sunny intervals with a higher risk of catching a
:15:13. > :15:23.few scattered showers. A bit of a cold snap early next week. There
:15:23. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:32.could be some wintry conditions. We have got at text here. Paul
:15:32. > :15:39.needs do I'll finish it before he goes on television. That is a very
:15:39. > :15:46.good point. I was ironing this for another hour before I came on the
:15:46. > :15:49.screens! Sport now and Hull boxer Luke Campbell has been named in the
:15:49. > :15:51.British Olympic team for next year's games in London. The
:15:51. > :15:59.Bantamweight recently won a silver medal at the World Amateur
:15:59. > :16:04.Championships and will be one of the favourites to take Olympic Gold.
:16:04. > :16:08.A I have experienced both sides. Obviously, last time round, I just
:16:08. > :16:18.missed out on the Olympic Games eye n be shamed and that was very
:16:18. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:24.disappointing. Dashmack row in be In football, Hull City face
:16:24. > :16:27.Leicester City in their Championship clash tomorrow. The
:16:27. > :16:32.away team are now managed by the former Tigers boss Nigel Pearson,
:16:32. > :16:35.who left just 17 days ago. He's predicting a "good "atmosphere.
:16:35. > :16:38.There will be a very uncomfortable reception for Nigel Pearson when he
:16:38. > :16:42.returns to the KC Stadium tomorrow. It is less than three weeks since
:16:42. > :16:45.he left the club to move back to Leicester City. When he steps into
:16:45. > :16:55.the away dugout he's sure to hear what the home fans think of him.
:16:55. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:21.The former Tigers boss has been replaced by Nick Barmby. I know he
:17:21. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:26.did a really good job here and I am sure people will also remember that.
:17:26. > :17:30.I am really looking forward to going back there. I had a great
:17:30. > :17:33.time at the club and I am sure it will be a great atmosphere.
:17:33. > :17:35.After losing at Southampton in midweek, City need three points
:17:35. > :17:38.this afternoon to get their play- off push back on track.
:17:38. > :17:41.Elsewhere today, after their 7-0 victory against Stockport in
:17:41. > :17:44.midweek, Grimsby Town are playing the FA Cup. A win for The Mariners
:17:44. > :17:47.at Salisbury would see them through to the third round. And Lincoln
:17:47. > :17:49.City are away at Newport County in the Blue Square Premier. The Imps
:17:49. > :17:52.are still just above the relegation zone.
:17:52. > :17:55.He normally races in front of 150,00 people, but this weekend an
:17:55. > :17:58.American Le Mans champion is showing off his skills to die-hard
:17:58. > :18:01.rally fans in Yorkshire. Guy Smith, from Beverley, has just returned
:18:01. > :18:11.from the US as champion - but this weekend he's taken on an entirely
:18:11. > :18:11.
:18:12. > :18:16.different challenge against someone very close to him. He is one of
:18:16. > :18:23.Britain's top racing drivers, but today he has given up his 220 miles
:18:23. > :18:32.per hour sportscar for an ancient Ford Escort. Fresh from winning the
:18:32. > :18:38.American series of their lean on. He has come back for the rally.
:18:38. > :18:47.This thing is the complete opposite. It is only 100 miles per hour, but
:18:47. > :18:57.because it is sliding around, it is their real challenge. This is an
:18:57. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:03.racing in a series in the America. I would say he is one of 410 best
:19:03. > :19:08.racing drivers. If you take out the very early drivers in Formula One,
:19:08. > :19:18.like Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, Danny is in the next level
:19:18. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:24.of drivers. We want to get on this track together. We did it a few
:19:24. > :19:31.years ago in Belgium, but crashed in the first lap. We tend to keep
:19:31. > :19:37.away from each other. He was responsible for me to get into
:19:37. > :19:45.rallying. I came along to watch him and then I fancied having a go
:19:45. > :19:55.myself. We there are not car number 27 comes home first, you have to
:19:55. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :19:59.say that this year has been very successful for him. Tomorrow, it he
:19:59. > :20:03.and his fellow competitors will tackle the stages in the Yorkshire
:20:03. > :20:05.Dales. It has been open just over 24 hours,
:20:06. > :20:08.but already this year's Lincoln Market is proving a record breaker
:20:09. > :20:18.with more than twice the number of expected visitors at last night's
:20:18. > :20:23.opening. Our reporter Leanne Brown is there. How busy is it? As you
:20:23. > :20:29.can see, thousands of people turning up for the Chris Nudds
:20:29. > :20:33.market. There is no official figures, but the toy store on the
:20:33. > :20:40.corner said they had sold eight times as much stuff as they would
:20:40. > :20:46.normally have done. The emphasis here is very much on local produce.
:20:46. > :20:51.You have got the food market just next to me and the specialist
:20:51. > :20:56.marquee called the Lincolnshire Larder, which is showcasing
:20:56. > :21:04.everything local - beers, shut knees and sweets. I have been
:21:04. > :21:08.speaking to some of the traders. third of all the stalls are local
:21:08. > :21:15.traders. It is time for them to show off their produce to locals
:21:15. > :21:21.and tourists alike. The weather has been kind to us this year, which is
:21:21. > :21:31.nice. Thank heavens we are here this year and the weather as
:21:31. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:40.looking after us. The market has taken months of preparation. This
:21:40. > :21:45.Baker will sell 20 to 30,000 calls during the winter season. People
:21:45. > :21:54.like to have it on their cheese board. It goes very well with that
:21:54. > :21:58.and also keeps very well. It is just lightly spiced to a
:21:58. > :22:04.traditional Lincolnshire recipe. It has no additives and it at all.
:22:04. > :22:12.This is a recipe developed by my grandfather in 1936 and it has not
:22:12. > :22:22.changed much. And if you fancy a bit of cheese on your bread, what
:22:22. > :22:27.about some local Lincoln produce? will pull out a plug of this and
:22:27. > :22:37.have little taste. That will tell me of the cheese is ready to go on
:22:37. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:46.sale. They will hopefully sell 80 to 100 of were cheeses are in their
:22:46. > :22:56.entirety. A and if you fancy something more spicy, what about
:22:56. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:09.something from this fire foods company? The latest product is the
:23:09. > :23:16.Super Sport infused with a high quality vodka. That will really hit
:23:17. > :23:26.home. The it is not only market traders the benefit. Local shops
:23:27. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:30.also do. There are some fantastic shots to visit here. They it
:23:30. > :23:39.straight behind me was recently voted the best street in the
:23:39. > :23:45.country. If you are coming along this weekend, Simon has been here
:23:45. > :23:49.all day soaking up the atmosphere and had the special guide for you.
:23:49. > :23:55.If you are one of their thousands who are going to come to the market,
:23:55. > :24:03.here is some advice on how to get the best out of it. First of all,
:24:03. > :24:13.arrive in style. We have come up on the Orient Express. We are enjoying
:24:13. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:25.ourselves. We are something warm have something on your head and
:24:25. > :24:27.
:24:28. > :24:37.nice warm fit where. Wear something amusing. I thought it was just a
:24:38. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:48.nice bit of fun and it also keeps me warm. Like what feels right.
:24:48. > :24:52.was wandering FIA could have got a belt, and I am now wandering in if
:24:52. > :25:02.I should have asked him what people belt. There are so many to choose
:25:02. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:12.from. There is this fantastic ginger grater. You can actually
:25:12. > :25:22.great it on the plate. It comes up lovely and fame. And make sure the
:25:22. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:34.children are entertained. And sulkiness males as well as the
:25:34. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:46.sites. It smells lovely - malt at Weymouth and roasted nuts.
:25:46. > :25:51.smells very Chris Massey. Some fantastic hats in a report. If you
:25:51. > :25:58.are coming along this weekend, you will be treated to a brass band,
:25:58. > :26:07.acquire and some street theta. If you are not feeling festive yet,
:26:07. > :26:11.you certainly will be after a visit to the Christmas market. Yes, BBC
:26:11. > :26:14.Radio Lincolnshire will have all the latest travel details regarding
:26:14. > :26:17.that. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:17. > :26:20.and regional headlines. The prime minister and the French
:26:20. > :26:23.president meet to discuss how they think the Eurozone can be saved.
:26:23. > :26:32.And the Chancellor - George Osborne - calls for Humber Bridge tolls to
:26:32. > :26:42.be halved within eight weeks. onus rests with the local
:26:42. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:50.authorities as well. Tomorrow's weather, mostly dry and bright with
:26:50. > :26:56.sunny spells, with a top temperature of 89 degrees Celsius.
:26:56. > :27:03.Response coming in on the bridge. Okay, the Chancellor wants to bring
:27:03. > :27:13.in more tall prices in the eight weeks. But surely that will simply
:27:13. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:18.lead to a big increase in traffic at that time. And Sue says, at the
:27:18. > :27:26.guy you interviewed looked very uncomfortable when you were talking
:27:26. > :27:34.to him. A bit cynical there. And this from Chris, who is watching,