:00:07. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:10. > :00:13.Tolls are due to halve but it's claimed a row over who should
:00:13. > :00:23.guarantee the rest of the Humber Bridge debt could put those plans
:00:23. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:29.in jeopardy. Wig in it should be done fairly. -- we think it should
:00:29. > :00:37.be done fairly. The Lincolnshire man who claims he
:00:37. > :00:41.owes his life to having an eye test. They said they did they did not get
:00:42. > :00:43.it sorted out, I would be blind within two years, and dead within
:00:44. > :00:46.six. How this natural phenomenon could
:00:47. > :00:50.help soak up the high levels of carbon emissions produced in our
:00:50. > :00:53.area. Struggling to cope. Why an animal
:00:53. > :01:03.rescue centre say they've been inundated with calls in the run up
:01:03. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:10.to Christmas. And join me in what must they the most Christmassy part
:01:10. > :01:15.of our region. Advent calendars are full-size, in all the Christmas
:01:15. > :01:25.glory. It has been another cold day to day, and it looked set to turn
:01:25. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:31.There's a warning tonight that the deal to halve the tolls on the
:01:31. > :01:33.Humber Bridge is in danger of collapse. Earlier this month, the
:01:33. > :01:37.Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that car drivers would
:01:37. > :01:40.pay just �1.50 to cross the Bridge from next spring, but there is now
:01:40. > :01:43.a row among the local authorities on the North and South Bank about
:01:43. > :01:47.the financing of the Deal. The Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole,
:01:47. > :01:57.Andrew Percy, says the whole deal is under threat. I'll be talking
:01:57. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:07.live to Mr Percy in a few moments. First, Simon Spark reports.
:02:07. > :02:13.Yorkshire and Humber, we will have the tolls on the bridge. This was
:02:13. > :02:17.the announcement that people and businesses welcomed last month.
:02:17. > :02:20.has got to be good news. It was a commitment to slash the current
:02:20. > :02:24.Humber Bridge debt of �332 million to �150 million, reducing tolls
:02:24. > :02:26.from �3 to 1.50 by the spring. But the deal was conditional on an
:02:26. > :02:31.agreement between all four neighbouring councils to underwrite
:02:31. > :02:34.the remaining debt. Three say it should be split between them, but
:02:34. > :02:43.North East Lincolnshire council say it should be apportioned on a
:02:43. > :02:47.population basis. How do we pay for the fire service? How do we pay for
:02:47. > :02:52.the police? When we broke up Humberside County Council and
:02:52. > :02:56.shared out the assets, that was done per head. We think
:02:56. > :03:02.underwriting this debt, underwriting the race, should also
:03:02. > :03:05.be done per head of population. -- underwriting the risk.
:03:05. > :03:07.The stance has stirred up feelings from the other councils, publicly
:03:08. > :03:10.saying how it could risk the whole deal. And there's disappointment
:03:10. > :03:13.from employers like Regal Fish Supplies in Barton, who've
:03:13. > :03:23.struggled in the past to attract employees from the north side of
:03:23. > :03:23.
:03:23. > :03:32.the Bridge. I think there is more far reaching effects from reducing
:03:32. > :03:35.the price of the tall. And this was the response from Grimsby. They
:03:35. > :03:41.need to agree. They need to get their right together and sort
:03:41. > :03:47.something out. If the others are doing it, why can't we? They should
:03:47. > :03:53.bang their heads together. Get on the table and say, let's do it.
:03:53. > :03:57.Councillor Shaw doesn't agree that his objection will scupper the deal.
:03:57. > :04:02.If the process needs to go ahead without us, as the council, we are
:04:02. > :04:06.prepared for that. We have said to the leaders of the council, if you
:04:06. > :04:10.would like to go ahead, and we left them to discuss that, please do so.
:04:10. > :04:13.We do not want to win a people stopping it. We want to make sure
:04:13. > :04:16.our residents are treated fairly. The question now is whether the
:04:16. > :04:22.four councils can agree a way forward together or whether North
:04:22. > :04:27.East Lincolnshire stays out of any future agreement. Joining me in the
:04:27. > :04:33.studio is Andrew Percy, who was instrumental in developing the
:04:33. > :04:38.plans to cut the tolls. What's the problem? Hull have said that they
:04:38. > :04:42.and the other two authorities are happy to go it alone? We do not
:04:42. > :04:52.know yet. It is a bad billet North East Lincolnshire and not involved.
:04:52. > :04:56.If they agree, they will have representation on the Bridgeport. -
:04:56. > :05:01.- Bridge Board. Just a few weeks to know, we had indications that they
:05:01. > :05:06.were quite happy. They are now acting like a petulant child and we
:05:06. > :05:09.have this disagreement. It makes no sense at all. They are saying that
:05:10. > :05:14.they have less people. The population is less, so why should
:05:14. > :05:23.they stand the same deal? They are not being asked to underwrite the
:05:23. > :05:27.debt, it is only any difference. There has never been a deficit. If
:05:27. > :05:33.you do it on population, the East Riding ends up with the biggest
:05:33. > :05:40.portion of the debt, and they are probably the people who benefit the
:05:40. > :05:46.least. Do you think they are being deliberately petulant? We have an
:05:46. > :05:49.agreement from Hull City Council, East Riding and North Lincolnshire.
:05:49. > :05:56.I think not these Lincolnshire are writing in a very immature way.
:05:56. > :06:00.the others are happy to go it alone, would you be happy with that?
:06:00. > :06:05.want them to be represented so that they can speak on behalf of their
:06:05. > :06:13.residents. For MPs who been working hard on this, isn't it depressing
:06:13. > :06:18.to see the council's endangering it? The MPs were fearful that one
:06:18. > :06:24.authority would mess this up. The other three are acting very
:06:24. > :06:31.sensibly. We have now won Council acting like this. A bit of politics
:06:31. > :06:37.will not spoil his, when it? The at is what it is. We will not let it
:06:37. > :06:42.less this up. I was told that the tolls would be reduced by the end
:06:42. > :06:50.of February by the bridge board. Well what will happen? April was
:06:50. > :06:53.what we thought. The Chancellor said February. I would have thought
:06:53. > :06:59.people like counsellors shot would want to get the tolls down as soon
:06:59. > :07:05.as possible. Thank you. Would like to know your views on this one. Is
:07:05. > :07:15.it right for the four councils to share the burden equally? Get in
:07:15. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:34.In a moment: A Christmas visit by Hull City's players to ill and sick
:07:34. > :07:37.children. The number of people becoming
:07:37. > :07:40.bankrupt in Hull has nearly doubled, compared with the same time last
:07:40. > :07:44.year. The Citizens' Advice Bureau has dealt with 265 personal
:07:44. > :07:53.bankruptcy cases in the city since the start of October. That's an 89%
:07:53. > :07:58.increase on the figure for the same quarter last year. All sorts of
:07:58. > :08:04.stories. People have lost jobs, who could afford to their borrowing at
:08:04. > :08:08.one time and no longer can. People whose homes are at risk through
:08:08. > :08:11.mortgage problems, potentially possession and eviction.
:08:11. > :08:15.A woman will be assessed by mental health doctors before she tells a
:08:15. > :08:18.court why she murdered her fiance. Julie Dixon, who's 43, was due to
:08:18. > :08:21.tell a judge why she'd killed David Twigg in March. But she was ruled
:08:21. > :08:24.unfit to attend Lincoln Crown court because of issues with her mental
:08:24. > :08:30.health. She originally told police masked men had killed Mr Twigg at
:08:30. > :08:34.but changed her plea at court earlier this month.
:08:34. > :08:37.A jury has been told that a man who's body parts were found across
:08:37. > :08:40.Northern Lincolnshire could have died of a drug overdose. Lee
:08:40. > :08:43.Griffiths is one of five men charged with the murder of Adam
:08:43. > :08:47.Vincent but his lawyers say a toxicologist found enough drugs in
:08:47. > :08:50.Mr Vincent's body to kill him. He's asked the jury in Sheffield to
:08:50. > :08:58.consider whether fractures to the victim's head could have been
:08:58. > :09:01.caused after he died. Mr Griffiths and four other men deny murder.
:09:01. > :09:07.A man from Grantham says he owes his life to a high street optician
:09:07. > :09:10.after he spotted signs of brain cancer during a routine eye test.
:09:10. > :09:14.Chris Brown didn't even know he was ill when he went to get his eyes
:09:14. > :09:22.checked. But within weeks he was having surgery on a potentially
:09:22. > :09:25.fatal tumour. Jo Makel has more. When Chris Brown went to the
:09:25. > :09:28.opticians, he simply wanted a check-up. His vision was blurred
:09:29. > :09:31.after dust blew into one of his eyes at work. But Grantham
:09:31. > :09:35.optometrist Stuart Rusk saw a problem and referred him to a
:09:35. > :09:45.specialist. Chris was diagnosed with a tumour on his pituitary
:09:45. > :09:50.gland at the base of his brain. They said if they did not get it
:09:50. > :09:58.sorted out operated, I would be blind within two years, and dead
:09:58. > :10:02.within six. It was a bit scary. have only played a small part in
:10:02. > :10:06.this. You do get satisfaction when you do something positive to help
:10:06. > :10:09.someone. Chris's condition is rare. Just two in every million people
:10:09. > :10:16.suffer from it. But opticians say they can regularly pick up on other
:10:16. > :10:24.serious illnesses. We can pick up on things like diabetes, high
:10:24. > :10:29.cholesterol, high blood pressure. This is only the second eye testing
:10:29. > :10:32.my life. It is worth having it done if it is going to save lives!
:10:32. > :10:39.week Chris got the news the operation was successful and the
:10:39. > :10:42.tumour had been fully removed. Incredible story.
:10:42. > :10:45.Train companies in our area have confirmed how much they will be
:10:45. > :10:48.increasing their fares by in January. The money raised will pay
:10:48. > :10:50.for more trains and improvements to stations. Northern Rail is
:10:51. > :10:55.increasing its fares by 6.7%, the equivalent of around 30p per
:10:55. > :11:03.journey. East Midland's fares are going up by 5.7%, First
:11:03. > :11:11.TransPennine by 5% and Hull Trains has decided on a 4.5% increase.
:11:11. > :11:16.Passenger groups say it is now a rich man's journey. The reality is
:11:16. > :11:21.that a lot of passengers are stuck with paying these increased fares.
:11:21. > :11:25.They have to get to wear, to school, I have to go shopping or whatever.
:11:26. > :11:29.-- they have to get to work. In many cases, they have no
:11:29. > :11:32.alternative. Thanks to everyone who got in touch
:11:32. > :11:35.about our story about people who cause trouble while drunk in Hull
:11:35. > :11:38.City Centre being threatened with banning orders in the run up to
:11:38. > :11:42.Christmas. Officers say the powers have helped them to cut crime in
:11:42. > :11:45.the city in recent months. They say they want revellers to have a good
:11:45. > :11:53.time, but won't allow people who keep behaving badly while drunk to
:11:53. > :12:03.ruin things for everyone else. Thanks for all the emails and texts
:12:03. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:12:46. > :12:49.on subject. We read and listen to Thank you for theirs. -- There is.
:12:49. > :12:58.Still ahead tonight: Why an animal shelter is full to capacity after a
:12:58. > :13:08.sharp increase in calls from pet We make a visit to a giant advent
:13:08. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:40.If you have a picture you are proud A good evening.
:13:40. > :13:45.No expense spared in the weather graphics.
:13:45. > :13:50.It is going to be a green Christmas it rather than a 0.1. It is set to
:13:50. > :13:57.turn it milder. It will be a rather a dull and damp start tomorrow
:13:57. > :14:05.morning. This a warm front will cross over us tonight bedding some
:14:05. > :14:10.rain. -- bringing it some rain. We will see temperatures into double
:14:10. > :14:20.figures tomorrow. We did see some brightness today, but we kept a
:14:20. > :14:20.
:14:20. > :14:30.fair bit of cloud. The rain will turn heavier and more persistent
:14:30. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:47.tonight. Temperatures dropping to Tomorrow, it is a cloudy, dull and
:14:47. > :14:51.damp start to the day with outbreaks of rain. The rain is
:14:51. > :14:56.patchy in nature and will clear into the North Sea. Some places
:14:56. > :15:00.will hold on to a few spots of drizzle. The best chance of any
:15:00. > :15:06.brightness is further inland. The main thing we will notice tomorrow
:15:06. > :15:14.is how mild it feels. Temperatures are foremost around about 11
:15:15. > :15:24.degrees. That is above average for this time of year.
:15:25. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:29.Our area is one of the biggest carbon polluting areas in the
:15:29. > :15:32.country, but scientists at Hull University believe they may have
:15:32. > :15:35.found a way to re-use and recycle some of those carbon emissions. It
:15:35. > :15:38.comes as plans are underway to build a massive pipeline through
:15:38. > :15:40.East Yorkshire, the first of its kind in the world, that will
:15:40. > :15:46.capture carbon from the main industry polluters and bury it
:15:46. > :15:52.under the North Sea. Our environment correspondent Caroline
:15:52. > :15:55.Bilton has been looking at the ground breaking research.
:15:55. > :16:00.They keep our kettles boiling and our homes warm, but they pump out
:16:00. > :16:03.tonnes of emissions into our atmosphere. The Yorkshire and
:16:03. > :16:06.Humber region has such a large concentration of power stations and
:16:06. > :16:14.industry that it is one of the dirtiest carbon areas in the
:16:14. > :16:18.country. The region alone produces 13 per cent of the UK's greenhouse
:16:18. > :16:22.gases. 90 million tonnes of CO2 is pumped into our atmosphere every
:16:22. > :16:25.year. While efforts are being made to move to more renewable forms of
:16:25. > :16:28.energy, we are still going to be reliant on fossil fuels for some
:16:28. > :16:31.time to come which means those emissions will continue to be
:16:31. > :16:34.pumped into the atmosphere for a while yet. But here in the heart of
:16:34. > :16:44.the Peak District, there could be an answer that would help reduce
:16:44. > :16:50.some of those emissions in the future. This alien looking
:16:50. > :16:54.landscape is Mother Nature's answer to capturing carbon emissions. The
:16:54. > :17:00.site of an old lime kiln in the heart of the Peak District and now
:17:00. > :17:10.the focus of research for scientists at Hull University. Why
:17:10. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:12.did you bring your research here? Simply because the kinds of
:17:12. > :17:19.processes we are interested in, these natural processes, are quite
:17:19. > :17:22.hard to see. This is the only place in the UK where it happens on such
:17:22. > :17:25.a large scale that we can generate useful findings in a short
:17:25. > :17:31.timescale. The white substance growing here is calcite, something
:17:31. > :17:36.you find in building materials, medicines and toothpaste. It is
:17:36. > :17:40.acting like a giant sponge, sucking carbon out of the atmosphere. Mike
:17:40. > :17:43.Rogerson and his team have been studying it for three years. If
:17:43. > :17:48.they can learn to mimic what's going on here on an industrial
:17:48. > :17:51.scale, it could cut carbon emissions. At the moment, we still
:17:51. > :17:58.need to generate some new knowledge about the natural processes, how
:17:58. > :18:02.much carbon is going in and out of these water ways. We have already
:18:02. > :18:09.seen the potential for it industrially. Any industry using
:18:09. > :18:12.hard water could use these methods. Anywhere with hard water could use
:18:12. > :18:16.the systems potentially. All of this research comes at a time when
:18:16. > :18:18.moves are being made to develop a way to capture carbon in Yorkshire
:18:18. > :18:21.and store it. It is a multi- million-pound project that will
:18:21. > :18:25.link the country's biggest producers by a pipeline that will
:18:25. > :18:30.take the CO2 they emit and pump it out to the North Sea where it will
:18:30. > :18:33.be stored in disused oil fields. But what if some of it could be put
:18:33. > :18:41.to good use rather than stored? That is another idea they are
:18:41. > :18:49.working on at Hull University. like to convert it to use as fuel
:18:49. > :18:53.or to formic acid. We could have a process that worked locally there
:18:53. > :18:58.would be useful for individual industries. Useful products from a
:18:58. > :19:02.waste product. But an idea that works in the lab is yet to be
:19:02. > :19:05.developed to work in the real world. The likes of Mike and his team may
:19:05. > :19:10.be many years off achieving their goal but they feel it is worth
:19:10. > :19:13.pursuing. It makes sense to me to look for more imaginative ways to
:19:13. > :19:23.capture carbon, but also to put the carbon into the most stable form
:19:23. > :19:23.
:19:24. > :19:27.possible so it doesn't go back out. We know that there are 500 million
:19:27. > :19:33.year-old lime stones on the planet. Once you make it into that material,
:19:33. > :19:36.it will stay there. It is just one solution to what is a massive
:19:36. > :19:46.problem. But the research being done here, if successful, could
:19:46. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:54.take us one step closer to protecting our planet in the future.
:19:54. > :19:57.Fascinating stuff. Thank you. A dog sanctuary in North
:19:57. > :20:02.Lincolnshire is full to capacity after receiving double the amount
:20:02. > :20:05.of calls from people struggling to look after their pets. The Jerry
:20:05. > :20:07.Green Dog Rescue Centre is blaming the recession as pets become an
:20:07. > :20:16.extra financial burden during difficult times. Sarah Burton
:20:16. > :20:22.reports. Jasper came to the rescue centre two months ago and a
:20:22. > :20:28.terrible state. He could not even walk. Now on the road to recovery,
:20:28. > :20:37.he is one of the lucky ones who has found a new home. As soon as I saw
:20:37. > :20:41.him, I fell for him. It is here at the Jerry Green Dog Rescue Centre
:20:41. > :20:44.that just there was saved. Not all of the dogs here have been
:20:45. > :20:50.mistreated. Most have been brought them because of financial
:20:50. > :20:55.circumstances. Their owners can no longer afford it look after them.
:20:55. > :21:01.These are difficult economic times have led to a huge increase in the
:21:01. > :21:10.number of unwanted dogs. This little one has just come in. His
:21:10. > :21:15.owner has changed jobs and can no longer look after him. People are
:21:16. > :21:22.taking on dogs and do not realise how much it costs. Insurance, a vet
:21:22. > :21:26.bills, it all adds up to a lot. staff here are advising people to
:21:26. > :21:36.call if they need to. There may be no more than that be in, but they
:21:36. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:46.can still offer advice if you can no longer take care of your pet. -
:21:46. > :21:49.- room at the inn. Children at the Hull Royal
:21:49. > :21:52.Infirmary today had a visit from the Hull City first team and their
:21:52. > :21:54.manager Nick Barmby. They received gifts and treats from the players.
:21:54. > :21:56.Simon Clark's report has some flash photography.
:21:56. > :22:01.A smile to break the silence. No youngster was to spend time in
:22:01. > :22:06.hospital, especially at this time of year. But a visit from your
:22:06. > :22:12.favourite team it might go some way to easing the discomfort. In common
:22:12. > :22:19.with other professional teams, Hull City made it their trip to Hull
:22:19. > :22:23.Royal Infirmary children's ward. do it every year. We want to put a
:22:23. > :22:32.smile on their faces. Just to come down and see them smiling and
:22:32. > :22:39.giving out presence, that is worthwhile. Hopefully, at a bad
:22:39. > :22:46.time, being in hospital, we have put a good smile on their faces.
:22:46. > :22:56.And they will have a good Christmas. Striker Cameron Stewart was even
:22:56. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:04.able to compare bandages with one child.
:23:04. > :23:07.Well done those players. There are only four windows left to
:23:07. > :23:11.open on advent calendars, and for those who can't wait for the giant
:23:11. > :23:14.window on Christmas Eve, then The Avenues area of Hull is the place
:23:14. > :23:21.to go. People living there have come together to create a full size
:23:22. > :23:24.advent calendar using their living room windows. Window 20 can be
:23:24. > :23:34.found on Westbourne Avenue where our reporter Amanda Thomson is live
:23:34. > :23:43.for us now. Are you in charge of opening the advent window, Amanda?
:23:43. > :23:53.No, not me. Look at when Don number five. Is that not beautiful? --
:23:53. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :24:00.window number five. Tell us all about it. We based it on last
:24:00. > :24:04.year's theme. We let it up on 16th December. Quite a lot of work and
:24:04. > :24:11.effort but we think it looks good. You are having a Christmas party
:24:11. > :24:17.tonight, so we had better not keep you. You can find these windows of
:24:17. > :24:26.on the Park Avenue, Salisbury Avenue, what a lovely way to spend
:24:26. > :24:30.an evening. Tell us about your window. I've got a Lego Christmas
:24:30. > :24:38.said and the got the inspiration from that. I helped it to draw it
:24:38. > :24:44.and my mum and dad painted it. of this is the brainchild of Lesley.
:24:44. > :24:51.How did you come up with the idea? Not my idea. They came from a
:24:51. > :25:00.resident who moved here from Switzerland. It is absolutely
:25:01. > :25:05.fantastic. I just want to come and talk to collar. Lovely singing.
:25:05. > :25:09.are raising money on behalf of the local hospice. There saying is
:25:09. > :25:14.beautiful. Thank you for entertaining us this evening. There
:25:14. > :25:24.is one job left to do. We cannot leave the street without
:25:24. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:45.eliminating when dot number 20. -- eliminating Wendell -- illuminating
:25:45. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:49.window number 20. Merry Christmas everybody.
:25:49. > :25:52.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:25:52. > :25:57.A review of the summer riots suggests police could use live
:25:57. > :26:00.bullets in future. Claims a row over who should
:26:00. > :26:05.guarantee the rest of the Humber Bridge debt could put at risk plans
:26:05. > :26:08.to halve the tolls. Tomorrow's weather. Cloudy with
:26:08. > :26:18.outbreaks of rain. Becoming mostly dry through the afternoon. Much
:26:18. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:29.milder. Maximum temperature 12 Celsius.
:26:29. > :26:33.Response coming them on those plans, about the risk of the Humber Bridge
:26:33. > :26:43.are dead. Maybe people from the North East
:26:43. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:48.Lincolnshire should still pay the These councillors in North East
:26:48. > :26:52.Lincolnshire need their heads banging together. Why can't they
:26:52. > :26:56.see the bigger picture? I thought it was too good to be
:26:56. > :27:02.true that things would be sorted out.
:27:02. > :27:05.I take my hat off to councillor sure for standing up for his
:27:05. > :27:09.residents. We are all told that we should be
:27:09. > :27:15.in this together so all councils should help with the Humber Bridge
:27:15. > :27:19.are dead. I think they MP made perfect sense