:00:05. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:08. > :00:18.Failing to assess the care needs of older people. A leading charity
:00:18. > :00:19.
:00:19. > :00:25.accuses Hull City Council of breaking the law. These elderly
:00:25. > :00:28.people, we owe so much to. I think it's wrong.
:00:28. > :00:31.A murder investigation is under way after a woman's body is found on
:00:31. > :00:34.the Queen's Sandringham Estate. The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire
:00:34. > :00:37.Police announces his retirement. Enough is enough - Lincolnshire's
:00:37. > :00:47.most senior councillor says he doesn't want the county to be
:00:47. > :00:48.
:00:49. > :00:58.turned into a forest of wind turbines. It has been a stormy
:00:59. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.start to 2012. The details are Social services in Hull are accused
:01:04. > :01:08.of breaking the law by failing to properly assess the care needs of
:01:08. > :01:12.older people. Age UK says everyone has a legal right to be fully
:01:12. > :01:16.evaluated by their local authority. One family has told us they feel
:01:16. > :01:26.emotionally pressured into caring full-time for their elderly father.
:01:26. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:29.Linsey Smith has this report. Enjoying a day out with his
:01:29. > :01:33.daughters, but three months ago, Clarence Bamforth's family was at
:01:33. > :01:38.crisis point. Dementia and poor health mean it Clarence needed
:01:38. > :01:45.constant care. His daughters have made 20 phone calls to social
:01:45. > :01:51.services, asking for help. It was like a wall. We were
:01:51. > :01:56.struggling. We were not asking for anything more than advice and help
:01:56. > :02:01.where it was needed. They kept a diary chronicling their attempts to
:02:01. > :02:05.access support. It says how their father ended up in hospital with an
:02:05. > :02:09.infection. It made me feel guilty that I was
:02:10. > :02:14.trying to pass what I should be doing for my dad on to them. But I
:02:14. > :02:17.just wanted their support. Elderly people like Clarence have a legal
:02:17. > :02:22.right through the Community Care Act to have their needs assessed by
:02:22. > :02:30.a local authority. Age UK recently conducted a national mystery
:02:30. > :02:34.shopper study. Researchers rang local councils posing as families
:02:34. > :02:37.needing help caring for a relative. This research revealed 16% of
:02:37. > :02:43.people did not receive a care assessment, and 60% did not have
:02:43. > :02:47.their options fully explained. are not giving people their legal
:02:47. > :02:52.rights to be assessed, and to be able to access care. So they are
:02:52. > :02:55.breaking the law. The government needs to look at this as an issue
:02:55. > :03:00.and ensure there are measures put in place to ensure that the social
:03:00. > :03:04.services departments are carrying out a legal requirement. Mandy
:03:04. > :03:08.Pickering is not surprised by the findings. As a trainee social
:03:08. > :03:09.worker in Hull, she has found the department under pressure and
:03:09. > :03:19.overstretched, especially occupational therapists who carry
:03:19. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:55.out assessments. Very much so. I rang to have someone come out for
:03:55. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :07:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 203 seconds
:07:18. > :07:20.Please get in touch. Look forward to hearing from you. The In a
:07:20. > :07:23.moment: The Lincolnshire woman who's shown
:07:23. > :07:28.no remorse for murdering her partner faces more than 20 years in
:07:28. > :07:36.prison. The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire
:07:36. > :07:39.Police, Richard Crompton, has announced his retirement. He says
:07:39. > :07:42.he believes now is the right time to allow some-one else to take up
:07:42. > :07:44.the reins. In a moment, we'll be hearing from Mr Crompton, but first
:07:44. > :07:47.Leanne Brown looks back at his career.
:07:47. > :07:54.He's well known for getting his hands dirty and joining officers on
:07:54. > :07:58.the front line. Ones are now well, it is good to do this to remind us
:07:58. > :08:00.of of what it is like at the sharp end -- once in a while.
:08:00. > :08:03.Richard Crompton joined Lincolnshire Police as deputy in
:08:03. > :08:10.2004 before being made Chief constable in 2008. The biggest
:08:10. > :08:12.problem he faced was money.. The most controversial moment in his
:08:12. > :08:16.career was when the authority announced it was raising it's
:08:16. > :08:20.precept by 79% - that's the amount added to council tax bills. That
:08:20. > :08:23.would have ment an extra �100 a year on some properties but it was
:08:23. > :08:30.capped by the Government at 26%, and local councils had to send out
:08:30. > :08:35.new bills. Not so people come up to me and say that if we can provide
:08:35. > :08:38.more officers on the streets, they would pay more -- a lot of people.
:08:38. > :08:41.He's leaving at a time when huge changes are about to hit. Last
:08:41. > :08:44.month the authority signed a multi- million pound contract to outsource
:08:44. > :08:47.more than 500 civilian posts to security firm G4S. They'll manage
:08:47. > :08:51.the back room services such as control rooms. But Mr Crompton
:08:51. > :08:56.leaves on a high. In the New Year Honours list, he was awarded the
:08:56. > :08:59.Queen's Police Medal is recognition of his work.
:08:59. > :09:09.I've been talking to Mr Crompton and he's been explaining why he's
:09:09. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:14.decided to retire. There are personal and professional reasons,
:09:14. > :09:19.Peter. I joined the police force in London in 1976, so I have been
:09:20. > :09:24.around for quite a long time. Everybody has to go at some time.
:09:24. > :09:29.Professionally, having led the most fundamental change in policing in
:09:29. > :09:36.Lincolnshire over the past few years, knowing that in April of
:09:36. > :09:40.this year, we start a new relationship with a huge contract,
:09:40. > :09:46.which is transforming the shape of policing in Lincolnshire, as
:09:46. > :09:51.excited as I am about that, I think it is best for the organisation if
:09:51. > :09:55.those who are working with the groups are here for a long time.
:09:55. > :10:01.Lincolnshire is a first in the country to do this. His is giving
:10:01. > :10:09.way to an outside organisation? Is it a step forward? I think it is a
:10:09. > :10:14.step forward. I also since early in think this is something many other
:10:14. > :10:19.forces and authorities in the country will follow in the years to
:10:20. > :10:24.come. It is obviously to extend about saving money. You know we
:10:24. > :10:30.have to save significant amounts of money, as do all other forces. It
:10:30. > :10:36.is also enabling us to bring in investment. I could only have
:10:36. > :10:41.dreamt of that in previous years. I do think it is a part of the future
:10:41. > :10:45.of policing in this country. Being chief constable at the time that
:10:45. > :10:50.the cutbacks is difficult. You have talked about it many times to make.
:10:50. > :10:56.As a major decision to go easier? Not at all, know. -- has that made
:10:56. > :11:00.your decision to go it easier? We are recognised as the lowest funded
:11:00. > :11:06.force in the country. Dealing with a comparatively low budget compared
:11:06. > :11:13.to other forces has been a constant throughout my time here. As your
:11:13. > :11:19.budget goes down, policing in the county is bound to be less good. It
:11:19. > :11:21.is a good time to go. Look at it this way. We're in the second year
:11:21. > :11:28.of the comprehensive spending review. During last year, we lost
:11:29. > :11:33.70 police officers, and members of police staff. All of the indicators
:11:33. > :11:38.for crime rate, detection rates, they are all going in the right
:11:38. > :11:45.direction, star I have never accepted it is just an automatic
:11:45. > :11:50.thing to expect performers to reduce as many reduces. We have
:11:51. > :11:55.proved it is not necessarily the case. I know I leave behind me a
:11:55. > :11:58.force who were absolutely committed to continuing. Good to talk to you
:11:58. > :12:01.tonight. A murder investigation is under way
:12:01. > :12:05.after a woman's body was found in woodland on the Queen's Sandringham
:12:05. > :12:09.estate. Detectives in Norfolk say they were alerted to the remains by
:12:09. > :12:19.a member of the public in the village of Anmer on New Year's Day.
:12:19. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:29.Victoria Cook is in Sandringham for What has been happening there
:12:29. > :12:34.today? The investigation has continued and will continue
:12:34. > :12:38.tomorrow. The Sandringham estate is bus. This body was discovered one
:12:38. > :12:41.mile from the Queen's Norfolk residence and then the last 15
:12:41. > :12:47.minutes we have had an update from Norfolk police who say that it is
:12:47. > :12:51.the body of a young adult women. She was found in this area and had
:12:51. > :12:57.been there for between one month and four months. The body was
:12:57. > :13:02.discovered by a dog walker on Saturday afternoon. They still do
:13:02. > :13:06.not know the identity of this woman, but they a win to start their
:13:06. > :13:10.investigation by looking into reports of missing persons.
:13:10. > :13:18.we're focusing on the moment at missing persons and we will
:13:18. > :13:22.prioritise those missing closest to here. But at the same time, there
:13:22. > :13:28.will be things established during the post-mortem that will lead to
:13:28. > :13:33.the our identification of the victim, anyway. Where does the
:13:33. > :13:40.investigation go from here, Victoria? The forensics teams have
:13:40. > :13:43.passed the body to the coroner, and the body was the entrance --
:13:43. > :13:46.transferred to hospital in King's Lynn, where the post-mortem
:13:46. > :13:52.examination was carried egg. There is also vase should be available
:13:52. > :13:57.soon. There are other details, for example the state that the body was
:13:57. > :14:03.found in, the clothing that woman was found in, those details will
:14:03. > :14:07.not be released yet. At the moment the police, it does not discover
:14:07. > :14:13.the body and the person that and people that left the body there are
:14:13. > :14:23.the ones who know about it at the moment, and that is key to their
:14:23. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:28.investigation. Thank you for watching. Still ahead tonight:
:14:28. > :14:34.Tough lessons for caretaker manager Nick Barmby after three defeats in
:14:34. > :14:44.a row for Hull City. And the East Yorkshire children who braved the
:14:44. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:50.bad weather to take part in a centuries-old tradition. Don't
:14:50. > :14:58.forget to keep those photographs coming in. The first of the new
:14:58. > :15:07.year was taken in Pocklington. It is a picture of half-a-dozen the
:15:07. > :15:11.rubbish bins that have been blown over. No more rubbish, please, at
:15:11. > :15:19.that could happen down so that it would have been the lead story on
:15:19. > :15:29.the national news! We can have a look at the top gusts of wind from
:15:29. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:40.It has been very windy but we have escaped the worst of it, that we
:15:40. > :15:48.saw further north. It has been very windy and it looks like gale-force
:15:48. > :15:54.winds to return later. Generally speaking, we should be well
:15:54. > :16:00.protected, on what will be another West-south-westerly wind, up to 60
:16:00. > :16:06.miles an hour by the time we get to tomorrow evening. There is a cold
:16:06. > :16:11.front that brought the squalling heavy rain this morning. Very windy
:16:11. > :16:17.this evening, a scattering of showers, and it will eventually
:16:17. > :16:27.move out of the way, the wind, easing a little bit of all we will
:16:27. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:33.not notice them using very much. The Sun will rise in the morning at
:16:33. > :16:41.the following times. And the times of high water. It OBE a dry, bright
:16:41. > :16:48.start across East Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire. There will be rain in
:16:48. > :16:56.places, but the Pennines at as a shelter for us, so moral. Most
:16:56. > :17:01.places should stay dry. -- tomorrow. We will have costs of 60 miles an
:17:01. > :17:09.hour by tomorrow evening and the temperatures are about average for
:17:09. > :17:12.the time of year at around seven Celsius. A Lincolnshire woman is
:17:12. > :17:15.tonight beginning a life sentence for the murder of her long term
:17:15. > :17:19.partner. Julie Dixon locked 46 year-old David Twigg in a cupboard
:17:19. > :17:21.at their workshop in Burgh le Marsh before setting it on fire. The
:17:21. > :17:31.judge described Dixon as "a resourceful and imaginative liar".
:17:31. > :17:34.Our reporter Jake Zuckerman has been in court. Jailed for life.
:17:34. > :17:37.Julie Dixon murdered her long term partner David Twigg at the couple's
:17:37. > :17:41.joinery workshop in Burgh Le Marsh, in March 2011. She locked him in
:17:41. > :17:44.this tiny store cupboard, and set the building on fire. At the time
:17:44. > :17:54.Dixon told police it was an attack by two masked intruders, but later
:17:54. > :17:59.
:17:59. > :18:02.changed her story, saying the During her trial for murder at
:18:02. > :18:05.Lincoln Crown Court, she finally changed her plea to guilty, but
:18:05. > :18:11.claimed David Twigg wanted to die and she was just helping him end
:18:11. > :18:18.his life. But her account was branded a pack of lies by the Judge.
:18:18. > :18:21.Police today said she remained unrepentant. Even today, being
:18:21. > :18:25.sentenced and Harding pleaded guilty to the fence of Motor, the
:18:25. > :18:30.most serious offence you could have, even now, she has not fully
:18:30. > :18:34.accepted what she has done, has shown no remorse and has said, to
:18:34. > :18:38.this day that this was some kind of suicide pact that had gone
:18:38. > :18:41.tragically wrong. The court heard Julie Dixon was hiding serious
:18:41. > :18:44.financial problems from her partner, and that this was her motive for
:18:44. > :18:50.killing him in a premeditated attack, even scouring the internet
:18:51. > :18:54.for murder techniques. The judge said that David Twigg was an
:18:54. > :19:00.amiable, honourable and hard- working man and that what Julie
:19:00. > :19:05.Dixon had done to him was evil in its conception and execution. He
:19:05. > :19:13.ordered her to serve at least 23 years before becoming eligible for
:19:13. > :19:15.parole. "Enough is enough" - the words of the leader of Lincolnshire
:19:15. > :19:18.County Council when it comes to building more onshore wind turbines
:19:18. > :19:21.in the county. The government recently announced plans for
:19:21. > :19:24.thousands more to be put up across England. But councillor Martin Hill
:19:24. > :19:29.says he doesn't want Lincolnshire to become a "forest of turbines".
:19:29. > :19:33.Our Environment Correspondent Siobhan Robbins reports. They're
:19:33. > :19:36.the stars of the government's push for green energy. But, as a growing
:19:36. > :19:45.number of turbines turn wind into power, they're also turning some
:19:45. > :19:50.people against them. We're getting to the stage were enough is enough
:19:50. > :19:55.in Lincolnshire. As the county council we do not want the entire
:19:55. > :19:57.county to be covered by a forest of wind turbines. And he's not the
:19:57. > :20:01.only one who's had enough. In Deeping St Nicholas, the windfarm
:20:01. > :20:06.outside Delia Williams' house is trying her patience. We have all
:20:06. > :20:10.low-level hum, and it can get loud at times. We have had a ornaments
:20:10. > :20:16.fall off the wall and I think they a blot on the landscape. There are
:20:16. > :20:20.plenty of other ways of getting a renewable energy. We have got to
:20:20. > :20:25.have some sort of power station even with the wind turbines,
:20:25. > :20:28.because if they do not work you do not have electricity. Lincolnshire
:20:28. > :20:30.currently has seven working on- shore wind farms with up to another
:20:30. > :20:33.seven in the pipeline. That compares to East Yorkshire which
:20:33. > :20:36.already has six on-shore working wind farms with up to 13 more to
:20:36. > :20:43.come. With around 2% of the country's turbines, can
:20:43. > :20:47.Lincolnshire really complain? have got our fair share. There used
:20:47. > :20:55.to be a regional target and Lincolnshire, loan, has supplied
:20:55. > :20:58.the original target for all of the East Midlands. But for some, these
:20:58. > :21:01.are the future. It's claimed wind power can cut bill, pollution and
:21:01. > :21:04.increasingly will be out of sight. Marton Hill needs to look at the
:21:04. > :21:09.benefits of wind energy. We cannot carry on as we are. If we want to
:21:09. > :21:13.keep the lights on beer to find new ways of generating a was a city and
:21:13. > :21:18.that means that as the coal-fired news -- power stations and nuclear
:21:18. > :21:24.power stations which the end of their life, we have to find new
:21:24. > :21:27.ways of generating electricity post of increasingly are seeing wind
:21:27. > :21:33.resources -- wind farms built offshore, because the resources of
:21:33. > :21:39.wind are even greater there. There is lots of money to be made in both
:21:39. > :21:49.onshore and offshore wind turbines, but, for some, the visual impact of
:21:49. > :21:50.
:21:50. > :21:58.them is still too high a price to pay. You might want to comment on
:21:58. > :22:01.that - do you agree with the leader of Lincolnshire County Council?
:22:01. > :22:04.It's been a difficult Festive period for Hull City with no wins
:22:04. > :22:07.in their three matches. There's also been no resolution to the
:22:07. > :22:10.manager's situation. Lets go live to our reporter Damian Johnson at
:22:10. > :22:19.the KC Stadium. Nick Barmby's been in temporary charge since November.
:22:19. > :22:24.How close is he to taking the post full-time? We don't actually know.
:22:24. > :22:29.Nick Barmby was promised a decision in the year, and here we are, in
:22:29. > :22:36.the New Year. We are waiting on white smoke emerging from the Kacie
:22:36. > :22:39.Stadium, like when the matches a new Pope at the Vatican. The new
:22:39. > :22:44.year has come and gone but there is still no permanent successor to
:22:44. > :22:48.Nigel Pearson. Nick Barmby remains a popular choice to take over on a
:22:49. > :22:53.full-time basis. Some fans are getting impatient about the delay.
:22:53. > :23:03.It is OK as a caretaker, but maybe he could do a better job as a full-
:23:03. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:10.time manager. He is a lad from Hull, that has come to this job and the
:23:10. > :23:13.City. He is well liked by everybody. Nick Barmby has won three of his 10
:23:13. > :23:18.games in charge but a three straight defeats over the holiday
:23:18. > :23:22.period have checked his progress. Nick Barmby is thought to want Farm
:23:22. > :23:25.assurances about the ambitions of the Honour for the club, but one
:23:25. > :23:32.former team-mate has told them to end the uncertainty so that the
:23:32. > :23:35.Tigers can push for promotion. is all open air at the moment. The
:23:35. > :23:42.most important thing for the football club has to get into the
:23:42. > :23:47.play-offs. The players will want to know, is Nick Barmby taking it on
:23:47. > :23:52.full time on the someone else coming in? Another concern is the
:23:52. > :23:56.number of clubs that are interested in the club's best players, and
:23:56. > :24:05.retaining their services could be key to Nick Barmby taking on the
:24:05. > :24:08.job on a permanent basis. In League One, Scunthorpe United earned a
:24:08. > :24:13.rare away win at Hartlepool yesterday - their first since
:24:13. > :24:22.October. Scunthorpe took the lead in the first half, through Sam
:24:22. > :24:30.Togwell. When Andy Thomson made it two. The victory moved stand-up
:24:30. > :24:40.United clear of relegation danger. -- Scunthorpe United. You can
:24:40. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:47.contact me on Twitter - @DamianJohnson. This morning,
:24:47. > :24:50.children in the East Yorkshire town of Driffield took part in the
:24:50. > :24:53.annual tradition of scrambling. The event sees youngsters rush to scoop
:24:53. > :24:56.up coins and sweets which are thrown into the streets by traders.
:24:56. > :24:59.Sarah Burton his more. Some believe it dates back to the 17th century
:24:59. > :25:01.when travelling fairs handed out sweets to encourage customers.
:25:01. > :25:09.Today, the tradition of scrambling was kept very much alive in
:25:09. > :25:13.Driffield. Years ago, they used to put hot pennies on a shovel, that
:25:13. > :25:18.had been in afar, and would throw them up in the air, then the kids
:25:18. > :25:23.would get them and warm their hands round them. That is how it started.
:25:23. > :25:28.Children gathered as festive goodies were handed out. I think it
:25:28. > :25:33.is one, because shopkeepers are getting involved at all the old
:25:33. > :25:37.traditions. I have got a few chocolates, and a few chocolate
:25:37. > :25:40.coins, as well. One familiar face was Kathleen Hubbard who wouldn't
:25:40. > :25:47.have missed it for the world. She collects treats weeks in advance
:25:47. > :25:55.for those taking part. I am 83, I have been coming here for a lot of
:25:55. > :26:02.years. During the war, and everything. We would come with
:26:02. > :26:11.brown carrier bags, and we would gather food up from the shots, the
:26:11. > :26:13.were bananas, apples and all sorts, then. -- shops. And despite the
:26:13. > :26:23.rain, spirits weren't dampened for this years scramble. Chocolate
:26:23. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:26.coins and pennies, still worth Let's get a recap of the national
:26:26. > :26:29.and regional headlines. A jury at the Old Bailey finds Gary Dobson
:26:29. > :26:32.and David Norris guilty of murdering the black teenager
:26:32. > :26:35.Stephen Lawrence. A leading charity accuses Hull City Council of
:26:35. > :26:39.breaking the law for failing to assess the care needs of older
:26:39. > :26:43.people. Tomorrow's weather a bright start with some sunshine, clouding
:26:43. > :26:45.over but staying mostly dry apart from a few spots of rain. It'll be
:26:45. > :26:53.very windy again with gales developing later. Top temperatures,
:26:53. > :26:58.7 Celsius. The response coming in on the subject of care for the
:26:59. > :27:03.elderly. Marjorie has e-mailed to say, I have been waiting for a care
:27:03. > :27:07.plan for my 81 year old has been for over one year, I am left alone
:27:07. > :27:12.to watch him and taken to the toilet and lift him, and I am 70
:27:12. > :27:17.years old. Hull City Council do not care, and they are made to feel
:27:17. > :27:22.like I am constantly complaining, but all I want is the best for my
:27:22. > :27:27.husband. Another pure said, we contacted Lincolnshire social
:27:27. > :27:32.services through the Community thus, when my mother's dementia became
:27:32. > :27:40.severe, and received very positive advice and assistance. Thank you