:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening. The headlines: Scrapping the charges, traders say
:00:12. > :00:16.free parking has led to the best Christmas in a decade.
:00:16. > :00:20.A I have been here 10 years. It is the busiest Christmas I have ever
:00:20. > :00:24.known. The woman who killed her partner
:00:24. > :00:29.said it was his idea to commit suicide by making it look like a
:00:29. > :00:34.burglary gone wrong. Ferry passengers faced disruption
:00:35. > :00:38.as some services are cancelled. Would you fancy spending --
:00:38. > :00:44.spending Christmas in one of these? We meet the people planning
:00:44. > :00:48.Christmas Day on the beach. It is lovely, you can't beat it. It is a
:00:48. > :00:58.different world. It could be very mild for the beach
:00:58. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:06.on Christmas Day. The forecast in Good evening. The scrapping of car
:01:07. > :01:09.parking charges in a north Lincolnshire town was a place to
:01:10. > :01:14.boost local businesses struggling in the face of recession. Three
:01:14. > :01:18.months on and traders in Brigg have told us it is set to be their
:01:18. > :01:23.Christmas in decades. The news comes a week after a government
:01:23. > :01:26.review which suggested free parking could help turn the fortunes of the
:01:27. > :01:32.high street up and down the country around. Our communities
:01:32. > :01:36.correspondent has this story. Busy streets thronged with shoppers.
:01:36. > :01:39.Traders are convinced they are returning to Brigg because
:01:39. > :01:45.controversial car parking charges have been dropped, for the first
:01:45. > :01:50.two hours at least. Spellman Butchers claim they have increased
:01:50. > :01:55.turnover by 40%, and they have had to take on extra help to cope with
:01:55. > :02:01.the increase in business. It is a good effect, a lot quicker
:02:01. > :02:05.turnaround with the meat, busier in Brigg, especially on marketplace --
:02:05. > :02:11.market days. Beryl who runs the Loft cade agrees business has never
:02:11. > :02:16.been so brisk. -- cafe. Some new faces, it has
:02:16. > :02:22.brought a lot of new trade into place. I have been here 10 years
:02:22. > :02:25.and it is the busiest Christmas I have ever known -- into Brigg.
:02:25. > :02:28.North Lincolnshire councillors estimate the two hours' free
:02:28. > :02:32.parking in Brigg together with the hour free in Scunthorpe and Ashby
:02:32. > :02:36.will cost around a quarter of �1 million in lost revenue but reckon
:02:36. > :02:41.it has been worth it. To bring the two hours' free parking in has
:02:41. > :02:48.definitely increased the Football tremendously. People are surprised
:02:48. > :02:52.at the level of support it has had. -- football. You can park up easily
:02:52. > :02:56.and comfortably rather than going into Tesco's which is much better.
:02:56. > :03:01.It has made a difference, people park for free, use the little shops
:03:01. > :03:05.we have, it has boosted the town, I think. They should make it a bit
:03:05. > :03:09.longer, actually. If you are going for a coffee or lunch you are in a
:03:09. > :03:13.hurry. But apart from that, brilliant. Anything to make better
:03:13. > :03:15.for the shops, brilliant. Councillors will evaluate the
:03:16. > :03:20.effects of the scheme before deciding whether or not to extend
:03:20. > :03:29.it. In the meantime, shoppers should be aware free parking is
:03:29. > :03:33.limited to just two hours. Any more and they could still face a fine.
:03:33. > :03:37.Rahul Sharma is an expert in free parking and it says it is a good
:03:37. > :03:42.way to attract people back into the high street. It is a welcome
:03:42. > :03:45.suggestion. It gives some advantage to the high street, at least evens
:03:45. > :03:55.the field verses out-of-town shopping centres. The council has
:03:55. > :03:58.to found that -- fund that in some way. Parking charges ended being
:03:58. > :04:03.outdated if they are in an area that once we tell to survive.
:04:03. > :04:08.You're not fighting like with like at the moment. Unfortunately not
:04:08. > :04:11.put the backdrop is shoppers are voting with their feet, they like
:04:11. > :04:21.and have to town-centre has, however much we may moan about the
:04:21. > :04:27.high street, people prefer the convenience -- out of town centres.
:04:27. > :04:30.What have the high Street's got to do to evolve and survive? The role
:04:30. > :04:36.of the high street used to change. We have got a vicious circle
:04:36. > :04:40.whereby there are fewer people, fewer stores, less choice,
:04:40. > :04:44.companies keep closing stores, and it becomes less attractive. I am
:04:44. > :04:49.not sure the High Street itself will be a big retail setting in the
:04:49. > :04:54.future. The role is evolving. You will see more recreation centres,
:04:54. > :05:00.you need to bring in more services. That is the way forward. With a
:05:00. > :05:05.sprinkling of independent shops. that the long way of saying it is
:05:05. > :05:09.the death of the High Street as far as a retail area is concerned?
:05:09. > :05:13.Yes, I think so, more or less. There are bigger town centres that
:05:13. > :05:17.can support High Street but many smaller locations, you are going to
:05:17. > :05:24.see that happen. Would you open a business in the High Street at the
:05:24. > :05:29.moment? Certainly not, depends on which high street. Would you open a
:05:29. > :05:33.business? Certainly a recreation business, yes, depends what is
:05:34. > :05:40.surrounding it. Too many high streets are just about gobby shops,
:05:40. > :05:44.charity shops, and betting shops. - - coffee shops. Thank you very much
:05:44. > :05:48.indeed. Do you agree that allow High Street
:05:48. > :05:53.are just full of betting shops, coffee shops and charity shops?
:05:53. > :05:58.Have we seen the end of high street as we know them? What can we do?
:05:58. > :06:04.How come we encourage more people back to our town centres? Is free
:06:04. > :06:14.parking the answer? Is it essential for our High Street to keep the
:06:14. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:28.businesses alive. Let us have you We look forward to hearing from you.
:06:28. > :06:35.In a moment, the Highways Agency is safety fears about a junction on
:06:35. > :06:39.one of our busiest roads. A woman who killed her partner has
:06:39. > :06:44.told Lincoln Crown Court today he wanted to commit suicide and that
:06:44. > :06:48.it was his idea to make it look like a burglary gone wrong. 43-
:06:48. > :06:53.year-old Julie Dickson has been giving evidence in a hearing to
:06:53. > :07:00.decide why she killed David Twigg. He was locked in a cupboard before
:07:00. > :07:05.his business was set on fire. When David Twigg was killed his Palmer
:07:05. > :07:10.told police they had been attacked by burglars -- his partner told
:07:10. > :07:15.police. Before changing a story saying he wanted to die. She told
:07:15. > :07:25.the court he knew he was being made bankrupt and had talking --
:07:25. > :07:32.
:07:32. > :07:37.happened had started talking about The court heard searches were made
:07:37. > :07:41.on their computer about how to commit suicide and hide pills in
:07:41. > :07:46.food. She told the judge, all these searches were made by David Twigg.
:07:46. > :07:49.But the court was shown a photograph from a traffic camera in
:07:49. > :07:54.Skegness showing David Twigg driving into the town 11 minutes
:07:54. > :07:57.from his home. That picture was taken just 15 minutes before the
:07:57. > :08:03.internet was used and searches were made about how to inflict fatal
:08:03. > :08:06.head injuries. Julie Dickson has admitted starting the fire at his
:08:06. > :08:10.workshop back in March but this afternoon the prosecution
:08:10. > :08:16.questioned why she needed to locum in with no keys if he had really
:08:16. > :08:19.wanted to die it -- locum end. And asked why she changed her stories
:08:19. > :08:29.are so many times. She said I wanted to go along with David's
:08:29. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:40.She will continue to give evidence tomorrow.
:08:40. > :08:43.She has faced cross-examination this afternoon, what was she asked?
:08:43. > :08:48.She was asked many questions about individual points of the evidence
:08:48. > :08:52.she has given over the last nine months to the police and the courts.
:08:52. > :08:56.She was asked why he would need to find out how to disguise pills if
:08:56. > :09:01.he had been trying to commit suicide and she replied, I don't
:09:01. > :09:06.know. The prosecution suggested she had wanted to give him pills hidden
:09:06. > :09:10.in chocolate sauce because both had been found at the business. The
:09:10. > :09:15.prosecution also suggested because she collected all the male and she
:09:15. > :09:19.turned away an Inland Revenue officer telling him David Twigg had
:09:19. > :09:24.had a stroke he may never even have known he was being made bankrupt.
:09:24. > :09:30.They also pointed out he never told anyone else he was feeling either
:09:30. > :09:34.suicidal or he was bankrupt. She was asked did it ever occur to you
:09:34. > :09:39.telling these lies would make you guilty of only manslaughter, and
:09:39. > :09:46.not murder? She replied, yes. Manslaughter carries a much shorter
:09:46. > :09:51.prison sentence than the murder charge she has admitted to.
:09:51. > :09:55.Some more news now. A baby boy from Cleethorpes at the centre of a
:09:55. > :10:00.grievous bodily harm court case has died in hospital. Mourners laid
:10:00. > :10:03.flowers in Grimsby after learning of the death of the boy. A man has
:10:03. > :10:08.been arrested in connection with the incident and will appear in
:10:08. > :10:14.court in January. Police investigating the murder of
:10:14. > :10:17.linking Serb pensioner Sonny Grey have arrested four men. --
:10:17. > :10:20.Lincolnshire pensioner. Three men from Cambridgeshire and a 4th from
:10:20. > :10:27.Lincolnshire have been bailed until February next year.
:10:27. > :10:30.once the Transport Secretary to intervene in a row over the Humber
:10:30. > :10:33.bridge deck. A plan to halve the toll next year could be under
:10:33. > :10:39.threat if North East Lincolnshire Council doesn't sign up to a deal
:10:39. > :10:43.to guarantee bedecked with three other councils in the area.
:10:43. > :10:45.-- bedecked. The Highways Agency will look at safety measures on a
:10:45. > :10:51.halt roundabout after several complaints it has become more
:10:51. > :10:56.dangerous. The garrison Road roundabout is on the main A63 which
:10:56. > :11:00.runs through Hull and 80% of people who live on the nearby Victoria
:11:00. > :11:07.Dock estate claim to feel unsafe when using the junction. For the
:11:07. > :11:11.Highways Agency met with a local councillor to discuss the concerns.
:11:11. > :11:15.It is a busy junction on the main road in and out of Hull. Residents
:11:16. > :11:19.from this housing estate say they are concerned about safety.
:11:19. > :11:25.There are a number of concerns about issues with coming off
:11:25. > :11:29.Victoria Dock, traffic blocking the roundabout, traffic light on the
:11:30. > :11:34.roundabout themselves. And also as you come on to Victoria Dock from
:11:34. > :11:38.town, it is often not clear which Lane you should be in. Last year a
:11:38. > :11:41.cyclist died after an accident on the roundabout. Although there were
:11:41. > :11:47.other circumstances involved the death raised questions about the
:11:47. > :11:51.juncture. The road is used by heavy goods vehicles travelling to and
:11:51. > :11:56.from the docks. Haulier Peter Matthews says the roundabout is a
:11:56. > :12:00.problem. We have had one or two near-misses. People have to change
:12:00. > :12:04.carriageway quickly, come down to the traffic lights, it is green, go
:12:04. > :12:09.round the roundabout, you wouldn't expect a stationary traffic to be
:12:09. > :12:13.standing across the carriageway. You take evasive action. The person
:12:13. > :12:18.next you might not be able to. That is the biggest danger. Traffic
:12:18. > :12:22.lights were installed on his round about three years ago to ease
:12:22. > :12:26.congestion on the A63. In a recent survey of residents living on
:12:26. > :12:31.Victoria Dock 80% of them said they think this roundabout is more
:12:31. > :12:35.dangerous than before the lights were introduced. The last time we
:12:35. > :12:38.study the accidents around this area after the traffic lights will
:12:38. > :12:46.perk -- put in, they said there had been fewer injury accident in the
:12:46. > :12:51.area. We will have a look at what the most recent figures palace to
:12:51. > :13:01.see if any of those safety concerns are justified. The Highways Agency
:13:01. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.will look at what, if anything, Thank you for watching. Still
:13:09. > :13:13.ahead: Fears that vital skills could leave are warier if BAe
:13:13. > :13:20.closes in Brough. If we lose that capability from the Humber region,
:13:20. > :13:30.the tendency is for it not to come back again. Also tonight, why this
:13:30. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:36.seaside location is proving to be Tonight's photograph was taken on
:13:36. > :13:42.Saturday at them SMM sand quarry nature reserve by John Davison --
:13:42. > :13:49.there Messingham sand quarry nature reserve. We look forward to hearing
:13:49. > :13:54.from you. Mick said, who dressed Paul tonight? Does he not know
:13:54. > :14:00.eight I should be under the collar? Unfortunate, we do not have any
:14:00. > :14:03.pictures from last night. What is interesting is that he said, who
:14:03. > :14:11.addressed him, as if you have to be dressed!
:14:11. > :14:16.I'd do! Let's look at a headline. It is a mild one, but it will turn
:14:16. > :14:21.back tomorrow. It will bring a spell of wet and windy weather from
:14:21. > :14:26.late morning into the afternoon. Behind it, a bridge of high
:14:26. > :14:32.pressure. It looks on course for Christmas Day to be one of the
:14:32. > :14:37.mildest for years. Temperatures are around 12, possibly 13. It will be
:14:37. > :14:44.windy as well. We have had sunny spells today and variable amounts
:14:44. > :14:52.of cloud. The cloud may thicken later, but it stays dry. It is very
:14:52. > :15:02.windy, but also a mile dam frost- free. Temperatures, about eight or
:15:02. > :15:04.
:15:04. > :15:09.nine. -- also a mild and frost-free night. We are off to a dry start.
:15:09. > :15:14.They could be some bright patches first thing. We will see outbreaks
:15:15. > :15:20.of rain later in the morning, spreading down from the north-west.
:15:20. > :15:30.I think many places by tomorrow evening will be dry. It will be
:15:30. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:37.very windy. By the end of the day, it will feel quite cold. The
:15:37. > :15:42.important Christmas weekend forecast, well, Christmas Eve looks
:15:42. > :15:52.very nice. Christmas Day, more cloud around, very windy but very
:15:52. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.All the males are I get is a bar who dressed sue!
:16:01. > :16:05.The that is what people are interested in! -- the emails are
:16:05. > :16:10.all about who dressed you. Beryl warnings that a valuable
:16:11. > :16:14.skills could be lost forever if BAE Systems carried out plans to make
:16:14. > :16:17.almost an hundred redundancies at its factory in Brough. The firm
:16:17. > :16:21.announced today it is extending the consultation period over the
:16:21. > :16:26.proposals. It is feared many workers at the site in East
:16:26. > :16:30.Yorkshire are already looking for jobs elsewhere.
:16:30. > :16:34.These high-tech Hawk jets are hand assembled. Precision skills which
:16:34. > :16:38.take years to learn could disappear in weeks once manufacturing end
:16:39. > :16:42.here. The problem it will give us his if we lose their credibility
:16:42. > :16:48.from the Humber region, the tendency is for it not to come back
:16:48. > :16:52.again. Jackie has spent 24 years at the site, as has her husband.
:16:52. > :16:58.Selling up and moving on now seems like their only option. We have a
:16:58. > :17:01.big mortgage on this house. We will not be able to pay it. We are
:17:01. > :17:06.applying, and applying for jobs at the moment, but there does not seem
:17:06. > :17:09.to be anything there. Some here may harbour the hope of work in the
:17:09. > :17:14.Humber's renewable energy industries, but there's jobs could
:17:14. > :17:19.be many months away. Despite a relentless campaign by this work
:17:19. > :17:23.force and their local MPs, BAe is offering them a few glimmers of
:17:23. > :17:28.hope. Little wonder many here are looking to take their skills
:17:28. > :17:35.elsewhere. Over the Pennines in Barrow-in-Furness, they know what
:17:35. > :17:39.that is like. Here, beasts still makes submarines, but 15 years ago,
:17:39. > :17:44.a cancel defence contract put 10,000 people on the dole. The
:17:44. > :17:49.effects of this are still being felt today. -- a council defence
:17:49. > :17:54.contract. Once you lose their jobs, it is very difficult to get them
:17:54. > :18:00.back. It is not easy for someone to make a translation from being a
:18:00. > :18:07.highly skilled person, building to particular standards, Sudan
:18:07. > :18:16.migrating into another industry. Sir -- It to then migrating. Many
:18:16. > :18:20.will welcome the extension on the talks. They must yield meaningful
:18:20. > :18:25.results to avoid an exodus from here.
:18:25. > :18:29.Joining me is Lord Haskins, the chairman of the Humber Local
:18:29. > :18:34.Enterprise Partnership. How concerned I knew, not just about
:18:34. > :18:40.the loss of jobs, but the skill base we have in this area? -- how
:18:40. > :18:47.concerned are you. It always has been a bit of a concern. We will
:18:47. > :18:55.meet skills in the future. We are optimistic that we will get jobs in
:18:55. > :19:01.the renewable energy industry, particularly with the possible
:19:01. > :19:05.investments with Siemens. Is it possible or realistic to get a
:19:05. > :19:11.transfer or redeployment for these people straight from one to another,
:19:11. > :19:15.so we do not lose that skill base? It is difficult to do that. This
:19:15. > :19:20.Siemens jobs probably will not be here for 18 months or two years.
:19:20. > :19:29.There may be training are ways of bridging the gap. We're talking
:19:29. > :19:38.about that to BA and others at the moment. -- BAe. A Jew enlighten us?
:19:38. > :19:43.Well, we do not really know the sort of jobs. We have not given up.
:19:43. > :19:48.It is a timing issue. If BAe keeps the place open for a bit longer
:19:48. > :19:54.than they have said, that will narrowed the gap. Is that the aim,
:19:54. > :19:59.get them to go a bit longer? It is a bit. I would not be too
:19:59. > :20:07.optimistic about the ability to switch. I suspect a lot of the BAe
:20:07. > :20:10.workers, if the place shut, they may go away. They might come back.
:20:11. > :20:19.In the old days when we had Yorkshire Forward, there was a pot
:20:19. > :20:23.of money. What alternative Investment and deal can you offer?
:20:23. > :20:31.A government has given homes -- the government has given us two
:20:31. > :20:36.enterprise zones. If new businesses come and invest, they get generous
:20:36. > :20:40.allowances. The rates are very attractive, and we should be going
:20:40. > :20:47.to attract businesses from within the area and outside to take
:20:47. > :20:52.advantage of those. We could be the hub of renewable energy for the
:20:52. > :20:57.country. Lord Haskins, thank you very much.
:20:57. > :21:01.P&O have been forced to cancel some of its sailings in and out of Hull
:21:01. > :21:06.after continued problems with a lock gate. Yesterday, a mechanical
:21:06. > :21:09.fault meant that the Pride of York docked late. Today, the ferry
:21:09. > :21:18.company has been told that the problem could take weeks to six.
:21:18. > :21:24.Sarah Corker is at the King George Dock in Hull. What more do we know?
:21:24. > :21:29.Well, Peter, the Pride of York left the river terminal about half-an-
:21:29. > :21:34.hour ago, and on time. It would normally sell from King George Dock,
:21:34. > :21:38.but a fault with the lock gate means it could be out of action for
:21:38. > :21:43.up to two weeks. That now means that all shapes and leaving from
:21:43. > :21:46.this one terminal, and that is what is causing disruption. Tonight's
:21:46. > :21:52.savings are not affected, but Deraa cancellations over the next couple
:21:52. > :21:59.of days. -- there are cancellations. The 23rd, the halt as a Brigg
:21:59. > :22:04.sailing has been cancelled. The 24th, the return journey from
:22:04. > :22:10.Zeebrugge or wet sail. The crossing from Hull on the 24th has been
:22:10. > :22:15.brought forward to 9am. The problems began yesterday, when the
:22:15. > :22:21.Pride of York arrived four hours late. APB own the port and they
:22:21. > :22:25.told me they do not know how long it will take to fix. They have told
:22:25. > :22:33.all affected passengers that they can transfer over two alternative
:22:33. > :22:41.services. Thank you, Sarah. This might be another one you want to
:22:41. > :22:46.get in touch with. Thank you for getting in touch about our story
:22:46. > :22:49.last night, about wildlife crime. Police say they are cracking down
:22:50. > :22:55.on armed gangs with high-powered rifles who are targeting rural
:22:55. > :23:00.communities in Lincolnshire. There have been over 600 reported cases
:23:00. > :23:10.in the last four month of the illegal practice where heads are
:23:10. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:39.Now, 17 groups in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on what is called
:23:39. > :23:43.the Olympic legacy fund. His own youth player field in Moulton near
:23:43. > :23:49.Gainsborough will get �32,000 to bring you back into use and there
:23:49. > :23:52.will be a new facility for youngsters. We will have facilities
:23:52. > :23:56.for play basketball, tennis and five-a-side football, as well as
:23:56. > :24:05.the general area to play other sports. This site is very close to
:24:05. > :24:09.the local primary school. Well done to all 17 groups.
:24:09. > :24:13.Now, you think of Christmas and a beach hut in Bridlington might not
:24:13. > :24:18.be the first thing that springs to mind. But the first time ever, East
:24:18. > :24:24.Riding Council is leasing out its beach hut over the winter to the
:24:24. > :24:29.general public. Nearly all of them have been bought. Simon Spark has
:24:29. > :24:36.been to find out more. Here's the deal. Some I=seaside,
:24:36. > :24:42.scarier rides and beach huts. -- Sam Moa=seaside. When set=prisoners,
:24:42. > :24:47.snow and carols. Not in Bridlington, because a review will be spending
:24:48. > :24:53.Christmas here in a beach hut. These are available for hire over
:24:53. > :25:01.Christmas. In the corner, there is a sink. There is also a work
:25:01. > :25:06.surface. You can lay out your food. I was going to say something witty,
:25:06. > :25:10.like you would want to rent a beach huts in a cold December, never mind
:25:11. > :25:20.Christmas, but look at today! It is beautiful, and not even cold. I
:25:20. > :25:26.would not mind renting one. Someone who will be here with her family is
:25:26. > :25:32.NSF. Christmas Day, hope the Labour come after lunch and the Queen's
:25:32. > :25:37.speech, we will potter down here. We will have our mince pies here.
:25:37. > :25:42.It is lovely, absolutely lovely. Seriously, I thought I would be in
:25:42. > :25:47.a beach hut on the 25th at this rate, but thankfully, somebody
:25:47. > :25:53.saved me. If you have ever been here when it is ready Blakedown, he
:25:53. > :25:58.would not want to be year! I am having my lunch at her. Reverend
:25:58. > :26:06.Ben is an expert on what to do with it. During December, we put on
:26:06. > :26:09.something different every night to retell the famous Nativity story.
:26:09. > :26:14.It is a novelty to be playing in a beach hut for a month. It has been
:26:14. > :26:19.a really good atmosphere. certainly is a nice way to get all
:26:19. > :26:28.Christmassy again, but for me, it still made a bit of this. That's
:26:28. > :26:33.more like it! There is no chance of that, as we
:26:33. > :26:38.will find out in a second. Let's have a recap of the headlines.
:26:38. > :26:48.Multiple explosions ripped through Baghdad. 14 people died in the
:26:48. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :27:00.worst violence Iraq has seen in On the subject of shopping and
:27:00. > :27:09.parking, thanks for the messages. Someone says, ample free parking is
:27:09. > :27:13.the key. Counsel should followed Brigg's lead. Somebody else says,
:27:13. > :27:18.no, because workers will take the free spaces and shoppers will still
:27:18. > :27:24.end up having to pay to pack. Mac says, free parking in town get my
:27:24. > :27:27.vote. Best way to get shoppers back to the high street and out of the
:27:27. > :27:30.supermarkets. Kate says that Sleaford is full of barber's and