20/12/2011 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:

Tolls are due to halve but it's claimed a row over who should

guarantee the rest of the Humber Bridge debt could put those plans

in jeopardy. Wig in it should be done fairly. -- we think it should

be done fairly. The Lincolnshire man who claims he

owes his life to having an eye test. They said they did they did not get

it sorted out, I would be blind within two years, and dead within

six. How this natural phenomenon could

help soak up the high levels of carbon emissions produced in our

area. Struggling to cope. Why an animal

rescue centre say they've been inundated with calls in the run up

to Christmas. And join me in what must they the most Christmassy part

of our region. Advent calendars are full-size, in all the Christmas

glory. It has been another cold day to day, and it looked set to turn

There's a warning tonight that the deal to halve the tolls on the

Humber Bridge is in danger of collapse. Earlier this month, the

Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that car drivers would

pay just �1.50 to cross the Bridge from next spring, but there is now

a row among the local authorities on the North and South Bank about

the financing of the Deal. The Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole,

Andrew Percy, says the whole deal is under threat. I'll be talking

live to Mr Percy in a few moments. First, Simon Spark reports.

Yorkshire and Humber, we will have the tolls on the bridge. This was

the announcement that people and businesses welcomed last month.

has got to be good news. It was a commitment to slash the current

Humber Bridge debt of �332 million to �150 million, reducing tolls

from �3 to 1.50 by the spring. But the deal was conditional on an

agreement between all four neighbouring councils to underwrite

the remaining debt. Three say it should be split between them, but

North East Lincolnshire council say it should be apportioned on a

population basis. How do we pay for the fire service? How do we pay for

the police? When we broke up Humberside County Council and

shared out the assets, that was done per head. We think

underwriting this debt, underwriting the race, should also

be done per head of population. -- underwriting the risk.

The stance has stirred up feelings from the other councils, publicly

saying how it could risk the whole deal. And there's disappointment

from employers like Regal Fish Supplies in Barton, who've

struggled in the past to attract employees from the north side of

the Bridge. I think there is more far reaching effects from reducing

the price of the tall. And this was the response from Grimsby. They

need to agree. They need to get their right together and sort

something out. If the others are doing it, why can't we? They should

bang their heads together. Get on the table and say, let's do it.

Councillor Shaw doesn't agree that his objection will scupper the deal.

If the process needs to go ahead without us, as the council, we are

prepared for that. We have said to the leaders of the council, if you

would like to go ahead, and we left them to discuss that, please do so.

We do not want to win a people stopping it. We want to make sure

our residents are treated fairly. The question now is whether the

four councils can agree a way forward together or whether North

East Lincolnshire stays out of any future agreement. Joining me in the

studio is Andrew Percy, who was instrumental in developing the

plans to cut the tolls. What's the problem? Hull have said that they

and the other two authorities are happy to go it alone? We do not

know yet. It is a bad billet North East Lincolnshire and not involved.

If they agree, they will have representation on the Bridgeport. -

- Bridge Board. Just a few weeks to know, we had indications that they

were quite happy. They are now acting like a petulant child and we

have this disagreement. It makes no sense at all. They are saying that

they have less people. The population is less, so why should

they stand the same deal? They are not being asked to underwrite the

debt, it is only any difference. There has never been a deficit. If

you do it on population, the East Riding ends up with the biggest

portion of the debt, and they are probably the people who benefit the

least. Do you think they are being deliberately petulant? We have an

agreement from Hull City Council, East Riding and North Lincolnshire.

I think not these Lincolnshire are writing in a very immature way.

the others are happy to go it alone, would you be happy with that?

want them to be represented so that they can speak on behalf of their

residents. For MPs who been working hard on this, isn't it depressing

to see the council's endangering it? The MPs were fearful that one

authority would mess this up. The other three are acting very

sensibly. We have now won Council acting like this. A bit of politics

will not spoil his, when it? The at is what it is. We will not let it

less this up. I was told that the tolls would be reduced by the end

of February by the bridge board. Well what will happen? April was

what we thought. The Chancellor said February. I would have thought

people like counsellors shot would want to get the tolls down as soon

as possible. Thank you. Would like to know your views on this one. Is

it right for the four councils to share the burden equally? Get in

In a moment: A Christmas visit by Hull City's players to ill and sick

children. The number of people becoming

bankrupt in Hull has nearly doubled, compared with the same time last

year. The Citizens' Advice Bureau has dealt with 265 personal

bankruptcy cases in the city since the start of October. That's an 89%

increase on the figure for the same quarter last year. All sorts of

stories. People have lost jobs, who could afford to their borrowing at

one time and no longer can. People whose homes are at risk through

mortgage problems, potentially possession and eviction.

A woman will be assessed by mental health doctors before she tells a

court why she murdered her fiance. Julie Dixon, who's 43, was due to

tell a judge why she'd killed David Twigg in March. But she was ruled

unfit to attend Lincoln Crown court because of issues with her mental

health. She originally told police masked men had killed Mr Twigg at

but changed her plea at court earlier this month.

A jury has been told that a man who's body parts were found across

Northern Lincolnshire could have died of a drug overdose. Lee

Griffiths is one of five men charged with the murder of Adam

Vincent but his lawyers say a toxicologist found enough drugs in

Mr Vincent's body to kill him. He's asked the jury in Sheffield to

consider whether fractures to the victim's head could have been

caused after he died. Mr Griffiths and four other men deny murder.

A man from Grantham says he owes his life to a high street optician

after he spotted signs of brain cancer during a routine eye test.

Chris Brown didn't even know he was ill when he went to get his eyes

checked. But within weeks he was having surgery on a potentially

fatal tumour. Jo Makel has more. When Chris Brown went to the

opticians, he simply wanted a check-up. His vision was blurred

after dust blew into one of his eyes at work. But Grantham

optometrist Stuart Rusk saw a problem and referred him to a

specialist. Chris was diagnosed with a tumour on his pituitary

gland at the base of his brain. They said if they did not get it

sorted out operated, I would be blind within two years, and dead

within six. It was a bit scary. have only played a small part in

this. You do get satisfaction when you do something positive to help

someone. Chris's condition is rare. Just two in every million people

suffer from it. But opticians say they can regularly pick up on other

serious illnesses. We can pick up on things like diabetes, high

cholesterol, high blood pressure. This is only the second eye testing

my life. It is worth having it done if it is going to save lives!

week Chris got the news the operation was successful and the

tumour had been fully removed. Incredible story.

Train companies in our area have confirmed how much they will be

increasing their fares by in January. The money raised will pay

for more trains and improvements to stations. Northern Rail is

increasing its fares by 6.7%, the equivalent of around 30p per

journey. East Midland's fares are going up by 5.7%, First

TransPennine by 5% and Hull Trains has decided on a 4.5% increase.

Passenger groups say it is now a rich man's journey. The reality is

that a lot of passengers are stuck with paying these increased fares.

They have to get to wear, to school, I have to go shopping or whatever.

-- they have to get to work. In many cases, they have no

alternative. Thanks to everyone who got in touch

about our story about people who cause trouble while drunk in Hull

City Centre being threatened with banning orders in the run up to

Christmas. Officers say the powers have helped them to cut crime in

the city in recent months. They say they want revellers to have a good

time, but won't allow people who keep behaving badly while drunk to

ruin things for everyone else. Thanks for all the emails and texts

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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Still ahead tonight: Why an animal shelter is full to capacity after a

sharp increase in calls from pet We make a visit to a giant advent

If you have a picture you are proud A good evening.

No expense spared in the weather graphics.

It is going to be a green Christmas it rather than a 0.1. It is set to

turn it milder. It will be a rather a dull and damp start tomorrow

morning. This a warm front will cross over us tonight bedding some

rain. -- bringing it some rain. We will see temperatures into double

figures tomorrow. We did see some brightness today, but we kept a

fair bit of cloud. The rain will turn heavier and more persistent

tonight. Temperatures dropping to Tomorrow, it is a cloudy, dull and

damp start to the day with outbreaks of rain. The rain is

patchy in nature and will clear into the North Sea. Some places

will hold on to a few spots of drizzle. The best chance of any

brightness is further inland. The main thing we will notice tomorrow

is how mild it feels. Temperatures are foremost around about 11

degrees. That is above average for this time of year.

Our area is one of the biggest carbon polluting areas in the

country, but scientists at Hull University believe they may have

found a way to re-use and recycle some of those carbon emissions. It

comes as plans are underway to build a massive pipeline through

East Yorkshire, the first of its kind in the world, that will

capture carbon from the main industry polluters and bury it

under the North Sea. Our environment correspondent Caroline

Bilton has been looking at the ground breaking research.

They keep our kettles boiling and our homes warm, but they pump out

tonnes of emissions into our atmosphere. The Yorkshire and

Humber region has such a large concentration of power stations and

industry that it is one of the dirtiest carbon areas in the

country. The region alone produces 13 per cent of the UK's greenhouse

gases. 90 million tonnes of CO2 is pumped into our atmosphere every

year. While efforts are being made to move to more renewable forms of

energy, we are still going to be reliant on fossil fuels for some

time to come which means those emissions will continue to be

pumped into the atmosphere for a while yet. But here in the heart of

the Peak District, there could be an answer that would help reduce

some of those emissions in the future. This alien looking

landscape is Mother Nature's answer to capturing carbon emissions. The

site of an old lime kiln in the heart of the Peak District and now

the focus of research for scientists at Hull University. Why

did you bring your research here? Simply because the kinds of

processes we are interested in, these natural processes, are quite

hard to see. This is the only place in the UK where it happens on such

a large scale that we can generate useful findings in a short

timescale. The white substance growing here is calcite, something

you find in building materials, medicines and toothpaste. It is

acting like a giant sponge, sucking carbon out of the atmosphere. Mike

Rogerson and his team have been studying it for three years. If

they can learn to mimic what's going on here on an industrial

scale, it could cut carbon emissions. At the moment, we still

need to generate some new knowledge about the natural processes, how

much carbon is going in and out of these water ways. We have already

seen the potential for it industrially. Any industry using

hard water could use these methods. Anywhere with hard water could use

the systems potentially. All of this research comes at a time when

moves are being made to develop a way to capture carbon in Yorkshire

and store it. It is a multi- million-pound project that will

link the country's biggest producers by a pipeline that will

take the CO2 they emit and pump it out to the North Sea where it will

be stored in disused oil fields. But what if some of it could be put

to good use rather than stored? That is another idea they are

working on at Hull University. like to convert it to use as fuel

or to formic acid. We could have a process that worked locally there

would be useful for individual industries. Useful products from a

waste product. But an idea that works in the lab is yet to be

developed to work in the real world. The likes of Mike and his team may

be many years off achieving their goal but they feel it is worth

pursuing. It makes sense to me to look for more imaginative ways to

capture carbon, but also to put the carbon into the most stable form

possible so it doesn't go back out. We know that there are 500 million

year-old lime stones on the planet. Once you make it into that material,

it will stay there. It is just one solution to what is a massive

problem. But the research being done here, if successful, could

take us one step closer to protecting our planet in the future.

Fascinating stuff. Thank you. A dog sanctuary in North

Lincolnshire is full to capacity after receiving double the amount

of calls from people struggling to look after their pets. The Jerry

Green Dog Rescue Centre is blaming the recession as pets become an

extra financial burden during difficult times. Sarah Burton

reports. Jasper came to the rescue centre two months ago and a

terrible state. He could not even walk. Now on the road to recovery,

he is one of the lucky ones who has found a new home. As soon as I saw

him, I fell for him. It is here at the Jerry Green Dog Rescue Centre

that just there was saved. Not all of the dogs here have been

mistreated. Most have been brought them because of financial

circumstances. Their owners can no longer afford it look after them.

These are difficult economic times have led to a huge increase in the

number of unwanted dogs. This little one has just come in. His

owner has changed jobs and can no longer look after him. People are

taking on dogs and do not realise how much it costs. Insurance, a vet

bills, it all adds up to a lot. staff here are advising people to

call if they need to. There may be no more than that be in, but they

can still offer advice if you can no longer take care of your pet. -

- room at the inn. Children at the Hull Royal

Infirmary today had a visit from the Hull City first team and their

manager Nick Barmby. They received gifts and treats from the players.

Simon Clark's report has some flash photography.

A smile to break the silence. No youngster was to spend time in

hospital, especially at this time of year. But a visit from your

favourite team it might go some way to easing the discomfort. In common

with other professional teams, Hull City made it their trip to Hull

Royal Infirmary children's ward. do it every year. We want to put a

smile on their faces. Just to come down and see them smiling and

giving out presence, that is worthwhile. Hopefully, at a bad

time, being in hospital, we have put a good smile on their faces.

And they will have a good Christmas. Striker Cameron Stewart was even

able to compare bandages with one child.

Well done those players. There are only four windows left to

open on advent calendars, and for those who can't wait for the giant

window on Christmas Eve, then The Avenues area of Hull is the place

to go. People living there have come together to create a full size

advent calendar using their living room windows. Window 20 can be

found on Westbourne Avenue where our reporter Amanda Thomson is live

for us now. Are you in charge of opening the advent window, Amanda?

No, not me. Look at when Don number five. Is that not beautiful? --

window number five. Tell us all about it. We based it on last

year's theme. We let it up on 16th December. Quite a lot of work and

effort but we think it looks good. You are having a Christmas party

tonight, so we had better not keep you. You can find these windows of

on the Park Avenue, Salisbury Avenue, what a lovely way to spend

an evening. Tell us about your window. I've got a Lego Christmas

said and the got the inspiration from that. I helped it to draw it

and my mum and dad painted it. of this is the brainchild of Lesley.

How did you come up with the idea? Not my idea. They came from a

resident who moved here from Switzerland. It is absolutely

fantastic. I just want to come and talk to collar. Lovely singing.

are raising money on behalf of the local hospice. There saying is

beautiful. Thank you for entertaining us this evening. There

is one job left to do. We cannot leave the street without

eliminating when dot number 20. -- eliminating Wendell -- illuminating

window number 20. Merry Christmas everybody.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.

A review of the summer riots suggests police could use live

bullets in future. Claims a row over who should

guarantee the rest of the Humber Bridge debt could put at risk plans

to halve the tolls. Tomorrow's weather. Cloudy with

outbreaks of rain. Becoming mostly dry through the afternoon. Much

milder. Maximum temperature 12 Celsius.

Response coming them on those plans, about the risk of the Humber Bridge

are dead. Maybe people from the North East

Lincolnshire should still pay the These councillors in North East

Lincolnshire need their heads banging together. Why can't they

see the bigger picture? I thought it was too good to be

true that things would be sorted out.

I take my hat off to councillor sure for standing up for his

residents. We are all told that we should be

in this together so all councils should help with the Humber Bridge

are dead. I think they MP made perfect sense