:00:09. > :00:14.Welcome to Look North. The headlines. Plans are being put at
:00:14. > :00:17.risk as paramedics said ambulance staff borrowed a word. I think
:00:17. > :00:23.patients are being put at risk and it is a matter of time before
:00:23. > :00:27.somebody loses their life. War's family appeal for help three weeks
:00:28. > :00:32.after she went missing -- and Diann Conboy's family.
:00:32. > :00:39.An investigation says nothing could have stopped the Goole floods.
:00:39. > :00:43.And we find out if the Iron Lady has provoked a North-South divide.
:00:43. > :00:53.Stay mild the next couple of days but cold by Friday. The details
:00:53. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:00.coming up shortly. -- staying mild. Good evening. It is being claimed
:01:00. > :01:04.that patients' lives are being put at risk across Yorkshire because of
:01:04. > :01:08.overwork ambulance staff. A paramedic has told the BBC that
:01:08. > :01:13.crews at being regularly asked to work over their 12 hour shifts
:01:13. > :01:18.without breaks. He says some staff are asked to cover a huge distances
:01:18. > :01:21.to help other areas of the service need response targets. The
:01:21. > :01:26.Yorkshire Ambulance Service denies the claims. We will hear from them
:01:26. > :01:29.in a moment. First, here is Vicky Johnson.
:01:30. > :01:36.Ambulance crews operating across East Yorkshire at increasingly been
:01:36. > :01:41.stretched to the limit. This employee, who wants to remain
:01:41. > :01:47.anonymous, has had his comments revoiced. Morale is very low,
:01:47. > :01:51.basically because we are being worked into the ground. We work 12
:01:52. > :01:55.hour shifts and very often we do not get breaks within that period.
:01:56. > :02:00.His concerns have been echoed by union leaders, who say increasing
:02:00. > :02:04.demand combined with staff shortages are causing problems.
:02:04. > :02:09.They are running the cruise into the ground. As a trade union, we
:02:09. > :02:13.have never liked 12 hour shifts. I think they are far too long for the
:02:13. > :02:17.type of work paramedics do. Go beyond that, and I think you are
:02:17. > :02:23.really pushing the boundaries. You cannot drive a lorry for that long.
:02:23. > :02:28.He does not seem right. Yorkshire Ambulance Service receive
:02:28. > :02:34.up to 4 million calls a year, and has almost 1,900 frontline staff
:02:34. > :02:38.who cover approximately 6,000 square miles. Sometimes, crews are
:02:38. > :02:41.expected to cross county boundaries when there is a surge in demand in
:02:41. > :02:45.other areas. This member of staff told me they increasing workload
:02:45. > :02:50.could have tragic consequences for patients. I think patients had
:02:50. > :02:52.definitely been put at risk and it is a matter of time before somebody
:02:52. > :02:57.loses their life because the Ramblers does not arrive in time.
:02:57. > :03:04.The core into ambulance officials, the Yorkshire service is definitely
:03:04. > :03:10.not overstretched, and they insist that response times here in Hull
:03:10. > :03:14.area are among the best in the country. -- according to ambulance
:03:14. > :03:18.officials. Vince Larvin is from the Yorkshire
:03:18. > :03:22.Ambulance Service. I asked him if services are stretched. Definitely
:03:22. > :03:30.not. I think anything but. Our response times are proving
:03:30. > :03:35.otherwise. The government stand -- the Government's standard is 75 %,
:03:36. > :03:41.and we are achieving almost 90 %. This paramedics says morale is low,
:03:41. > :03:51.Ships at Toulon and rarely they get proper breaks. Is that fair and
:03:51. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:02.accurate? -- shifts are too long. We take the welfare of staff very
:04:02. > :04:06.seriously. Unison told us they regained 12 hour shifts because
:04:06. > :04:13.invariably they do 13 or 14 away days. Why ambulance staff allowed
:04:13. > :04:19.to do that? It can happen on occasion. It is the nature of the
:04:19. > :04:26.job. When we put the shift patterns together, we consulted unions and
:04:26. > :04:31.staff. There was a range of 8, 9 and 10 hour shift patterns
:04:31. > :04:36.available. Why ambulance staff being sent to other parts of
:04:36. > :04:44.Yorkshire? Is that so they hit government response times? To put
:04:44. > :04:50.that into perspective, that happens in all areas. When demand is high
:04:50. > :04:57.in other areas, we do move resources around. That is
:04:57. > :05:03.reciprocal. It happens nationally. This paramedics says lives are
:05:03. > :05:06.being put at risk. Do you accept and agree with him on that?
:05:06. > :05:15.Absolutely not. I think our response times demonstrate we are
:05:15. > :05:19.providing some of the best reply -- best response times in the country.
:05:19. > :05:24.They are really good, not is down to the hard work and commitment of
:05:24. > :05:31.our staff. Thank you very much. I would like to know your thoughts
:05:31. > :05:35.on this. What is your experience of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service?
:05:35. > :05:39.Maybe you work there. What do you think of some of the claims being
:05:39. > :05:49.made? Is it right that crews apple from one part of the region to
:05:49. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:10.In a moment: One council tries to get thousands of people to change
:06:10. > :06:14.to one energy supplier. Anybody has been discovered Mayor
:06:14. > :06:17.Humberside Airport. Police were called to the scene at Great Limber
:06:17. > :06:20.earlier this afternoon. The area has been cordoned off one
:06:20. > :06:24.investigations take place. Investigations are continuing into
:06:24. > :06:29.the death of a woman who died after falling from a block of flats in
:06:29. > :06:34.Bridlington. It happened on South Marine Drive late last night. A 36-
:06:34. > :06:39.year-old man is being questioned. An abattoir in Skegness has gone
:06:39. > :06:44.into administration, putting 26 jobs at risk. Lincolnshire Prime
:06:45. > :06:49.Meat Company has debts of over �1 million.
:06:49. > :06:57.It does not matter what you have done away you have been, all we
:06:57. > :07:01.want is for you to get in touch. Those are the words of Diann
:07:02. > :07:06.Conboy's family, three weeks after she went missing. Humberside Police
:07:06. > :07:11.say the public could pets -- the public could play a vital role in
:07:11. > :07:16.finding the 47-year-old. Woman com -- Diann Conboy. Police
:07:16. > :07:24.have today revealed she had gone missing ones before. It was back in
:07:24. > :07:27.October, and she was staying in and out house may Cottingham. Diann's
:07:27. > :07:31.family have issued a statement through the police calling on
:07:31. > :07:35.people to check their sheds and garages. Please contact the police
:07:35. > :07:41.and let us know you are safe. We are missing our mother, daughter,
:07:41. > :07:45.sister and friend. Diann Conboy was reported missing from her home on
:07:46. > :07:50.21st December. Police said they have an unconfirmed sighting of her
:07:50. > :07:53.at Ellerburn Avenue on the 23rd. Searches had focused on the Sir
:07:53. > :07:59.Henry Cooper schools side before moving to Thwaite Hall in
:07:59. > :08:03.Cottingham last weekend. Diann's last sighting may have been by a
:08:03. > :08:06.white colleague here on Ellerburn Avenue. Police are using it as a
:08:06. > :08:11.starting point as they examine financial records and CCTV across
:08:11. > :08:18.the area. Police insist there is no connection with the disappearance
:08:18. > :08:23.of Diann's encore, Michael Conboy, who has been missing since 2009.
:08:23. > :08:27.But for Diann's family, a difficult time. They edged ahead to get in
:08:27. > :08:32.touch. He does not matter what anybody else says. It does not
:08:32. > :08:36.matter what you have done away you have been. We just when you to get
:08:37. > :08:40.in touch with any of us to let us know it you were safe and well.
:08:40. > :08:44.Until I is fresh information, the searches that were taking place
:08:44. > :08:50.have stopped, despite the police and her family becoming
:08:50. > :08:53.increasingly concerned as each day passes.
:08:53. > :08:57.We will continue to follow that story.
:08:57. > :09:02.A North Norfolk District Council is paying up to �25,000 of taxpayers'
:09:02. > :09:06.money to retrain staff at the Cromer Crab Company. Youngs, which
:09:06. > :09:11.owns the company, is still in talks to secure the future of the factory,
:09:11. > :09:16.but at least 70 jobs are under threat. The council has asked for
:09:16. > :09:19.the cash to be reimbursed. Her rail travel from Yorkshire to
:09:19. > :09:25.London could be about to get much quicker following the announcement
:09:25. > :09:29.there will be a high-speed rail link developed. The trains will
:09:29. > :09:34.travel at up to 250 miles away. It means you will be able to get from
:09:34. > :09:39.Leeds to London in one hour and 20 minutes. But it will be over 20
:09:39. > :09:43.years before the line get built. With energy costs expected to rise
:09:43. > :09:47.by 27 % over the next eight years, one Lincolnshire council has
:09:47. > :09:51.decided to take matters into its own hands. South Holland District
:09:51. > :10:00.Council is hoping to persuade all of its 37,000 residents to switch
:10:00. > :10:03.to a single energy supplier. It is all about bulk discount, as Paul
:10:03. > :10:07.Murphy reports. June and Peter believe that if
:10:07. > :10:14.their energy costs keep rising, they will struggle to pay the bills.
:10:14. > :10:19.They are eating and their heating or me to be carefully calculated --
:10:19. > :10:24.they're eating and heating. Last winter, we did not suffer but my
:10:24. > :10:30.pocket did. They are joining the new fuel tariff register. It allows
:10:30. > :10:35.a community to bulk-buy discount energy from a single supplier. All
:10:35. > :10:44.37,000 households in his council area had been invited to sign up.
:10:44. > :10:48.If we could get everybody together to buy from the same contract, if
:10:48. > :10:55.we could save 10 %, that would be about �4 million we have saved for
:10:55. > :10:59.the district. That would give the shops and Traders extra income.
:10:59. > :11:04.a household spends more than 10 % on -- more than 10 % of income on
:11:04. > :11:09.energy, it is classed as fuel poverty. Around 18 % of households
:11:09. > :11:16.in England fall into this category. In South Holland, that figure is
:11:16. > :11:20.around 25 %. We are fortunate that we both have small pensions to back
:11:20. > :11:30.away state pensions. There are people who rely on the state
:11:30. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:37.pension. I think it is getting harder, and will do. If enough
:11:37. > :11:44.households can be encouraged to sign up to this game, the council
:11:44. > :11:51.hopes to begin negotiations with energy suppliers within weeks.
:11:51. > :11:58.Interesting idea. Thank you for watching this Tuesday night. Still
:11:58. > :12:01.ahead: Plans to give a local landmark a new lease of life.
:12:01. > :12:11.And more than 20 years after leaving office, Margaret Thatcher
:12:11. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:25.If you have a picture you are proud of, send it in. Tonight's is of the
:12:25. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:29.Tony says, last night, Paul suggested we go and look at the
:12:29. > :12:34.magnificent full moon, then added, you might find it more interesting
:12:34. > :12:38.than his forecast. He was right! I did and it was. He said, is there
:12:38. > :12:42.another tonight? It is a bit cloudy. Tell us about
:12:42. > :12:49.last night! Read the weather. Oh, you do not
:12:49. > :12:53.read it, do you? You elaborate! The next 24 hours is a mild one.
:12:53. > :12:58.They will be a lot of cloud around, possibly enough to produce a little
:12:58. > :13:06.drizzle. Temperatures in Bridlington could be up to 12
:13:06. > :13:16.degrees. There could be some drizzle for the Yorkshire wolds. We
:13:16. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:22.had a nice spell of sunshine. I think the cloud will thicken
:13:22. > :13:30.through this evening and overnight sufficiently to produce some
:13:30. > :13:37.drizzle. It looks generally as if it should be dry and frost free
:13:37. > :13:47.again. Lowest temperatures about six or seven. The sun will rise at
:13:47. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:53.8:15am, setting at fora 5:00pm. -- setting up fora 5:00pm. Perhaps a
:13:53. > :14:03.bit of dampness around. Any drizzle will quickly die away, then it is
:14:03. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:09.generally dry but cloudy. You will see some great developing. Top
:14:09. > :14:19.temperatures will probably be in Bridlington, perhaps it see as well.
:14:19. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:23.Elsewhere, around 11. Thursday will be worked at first with patchy rain,
:14:23. > :14:27.but it tends sunny in the afternoon. Some frost on Thursday night, then
:14:28. > :14:37.Friday and Saturday look colder, but generally dry with some
:14:38. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:44.You get very touchy about the forecast! See you tomorrow.
:14:44. > :14:47.Read your autocue! An investigation looking into the cause of flooding
:14:47. > :14:53.in Goole last summer found more rain fell than the drainage systems
:14:53. > :14:56.are designed to cope with. You might remember that last August,
:14:56. > :15:00.it's estimated that more than 64 millimetres of rain "probably" fell
:15:00. > :15:05.on Goole in just one hour. The council say this is a once in a
:15:05. > :15:09.lifetime event. Yorkshire Water has now agreed to spend 275 thousand
:15:09. > :15:12.pounds on a study looking at the town's drainage systems. Our
:15:12. > :15:22.environment correspondent Siobhan Robbins is in Goole now. Just
:15:22. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:32.It was really serious. Two weeks of rain fell in a few hours and this
:15:32. > :15:36.cul-de-sac was an area which was badly hit. To give you an
:15:36. > :15:42.impression of how bad things got, one resident told me he was wading
:15:42. > :15:46.through water up to his knees. He is over 6 ft tall. That is the
:15:46. > :15:50.point of the report to look at what caused the floods and how to
:15:50. > :15:53.prevent a repeat in the future. This was the result of a few hours'
:15:53. > :15:57.rain. A freak summer downpour which left many houses in Goole under
:15:57. > :16:06.water. Five months many victims like Judy blame the cutting out of
:16:06. > :16:10.three pumps at the pumping station for worsening the situation. When
:16:11. > :16:15.the pumps were switched back on, we could see the water going back down
:16:15. > :16:19.the drains. It was quite clear at something had happened. Up until
:16:19. > :16:22.then, the water was rising. today's report paints a different
:16:22. > :16:25.picture it blames exceptional rain. It says most system's would be
:16:25. > :16:29.overwhelmed. But in the future to recommends agencies work together
:16:29. > :16:39.more that a new warning system is put in and pumping stations don't
:16:39. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:43.shut off during heavy rain. We have carried out a million pounds of
:16:43. > :16:48.investment at the pumping station, we have refurbished the pumps and a
:16:48. > :16:51.confident there will be no repeat in terms of those pumps going idle
:16:51. > :16:54.at a critical point. Yorkshire Water is fitting new monitors which
:16:54. > :16:57.will measure the amount of water in drains to stop a repeat. They'll
:16:57. > :17:04.work with the council over the next year to pinpoint any areas which
:17:04. > :17:09.could flood again. We seem to be getting exceptional events every
:17:09. > :17:13.four or five years. It is something we need take up nationally because
:17:13. > :17:19.the guidelines are the sewers must be designed for a one in 13 event
:17:19. > :17:22.but one in 30 is happening every one in five. We need to move the
:17:22. > :17:25.marker post. But for some this doesn't go far enough. Jonathon
:17:25. > :17:30.Taylor had to fit a whole new kitchen. He thinks victims should
:17:30. > :17:36.be compensated. We have had the flooding, the
:17:36. > :17:40.heartache, the headaches. The property damage and sofa made it is
:17:40. > :17:43.too late. These things should have been in place beforehand. Today's
:17:43. > :17:51.recommendations still have to be agreed by the council's cabinet as
:17:52. > :17:56.they'll decide how best to protect homes in the future.
:17:56. > :18:01.The Cabinet will meet next week to discuss a host of recommendations
:18:01. > :18:05.held in a report. One of the main ideas is agencies working more
:18:05. > :18:10.closely together and that has already begun. A survey was
:18:10. > :18:14.commissioned looking at the Suez, trains and ditches to pinpoint any
:18:14. > :18:17.weak spots and defend and better in the future.
:18:17. > :18:21.And this might be another story you've got a view on. Maybe you
:18:21. > :18:24.were affected by those floods last year - are you reassured by these
:18:24. > :18:29.measures? Do you think more needs to be done to avoid a repeat, and
:18:29. > :18:33.if so, what? As always, there's the email and text details for you now.
:18:33. > :18:36.And thanks for all of your tweets, emails, texts and phone messages on
:18:36. > :18:41.our story about the Hull cyclist who's taken to filming every single
:18:41. > :18:45.journey he takes. Simon Mason has spent hundreds of pounds on special
:18:45. > :18:49.glasses with a camera attached. He's done it after becoming
:18:49. > :18:57.concerned for his safety, in case he's involved in an accident. The
:18:57. > :19:07.camera records everything he sees while out on his bike. There was a
:19:07. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:47.huge response last night's. Thank Winky for all of those. -- thank
:19:47. > :19:50.you. Over the years it attracted stars like Michael Ball, Ben Elton
:19:50. > :19:54.and Jim Davidson, but sixteen years ago The Ritz cinema and live venue
:19:54. > :19:57.in Lincoln closed its doors. Since then, it's been used as a pub but
:19:57. > :20:01.now a local community group has come forward and they want to
:20:01. > :20:05.restore it to how it used to be, and it was pretty grand. Simon
:20:05. > :20:08.Spark has this. It's nearly 16 years since anyone
:20:08. > :20:11.other than the owners have set foot in the old Ritz cinema on Lincoln's
:20:11. > :20:21.High Street, and over that time it's badly deteriorated with just a
:20:21. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:28.few signs it was ever a cinema at all. You can see this is originally
:20:28. > :20:35.where the seats would have been and the screen at the back. The frame
:20:35. > :20:38.is still there for the screen but it is an empty shell. These are the
:20:38. > :20:42.only three left. In the projection room there's an old diary logging
:20:42. > :20:45.any problems with the films like oil on Jurassic Park and dirt on
:20:45. > :20:53.the piano. But a return last year by the previous owners Barry and
:20:53. > :20:58.Brenda Stead was a reminder of the stars that used to perform here.
:20:58. > :21:08.The Colosseum in Rome, Gladiators ready for the spectacle! Look at
:21:08. > :21:13.this stage. We had a few good nights here. Many good nights.
:21:13. > :21:20.Every show was a spectacle. They were unique and enjoyed by so many
:21:20. > :21:25.people. I would see the Hollies. remember the live shows. As you go
:21:25. > :21:28.up the stairs, the pictures of the stars. Yes, lots of happy memories.
:21:28. > :21:32.It's this strong sense of connection that's made Pete Genders
:21:32. > :21:38.want to get the Ritz back to the way it was. And his intention is to
:21:38. > :21:46.jointly use it as a community project. It is a big part of my
:21:46. > :21:49.Chartered, my first kiss was here. My big love is for film. I thought
:21:50. > :21:54.to reopen the centre would be a dream come true. It is not
:21:54. > :21:57.something we can manage on their own. We do not have the funding to
:21:57. > :22:01.completely renovated. We need people's health. So this is where
:22:01. > :22:04.the work begins a large part of which will be finding the estimated
:22:04. > :22:12.three quarters of a million pound it'll take before Lincoln will be
:22:12. > :22:17.putting on the Ritz again. The producer told me she sought Trevor
:22:17. > :22:20.and Simon and then she got to work with me. She has known suffering!
:22:20. > :22:24.If you have any memories let us know. Hull City has confirmed Nick
:22:24. > :22:27.Barmby as the club's permanent manager. Barmby took over as
:22:27. > :22:31.caretaker boss in November when Nigel Pearson moved to Leicester.
:22:31. > :22:35.He's since led the Tigers to six victories in 11 games. He says it's
:22:35. > :22:37.a great honour to become manager of his home town club and he's looking
:22:37. > :22:40.forward to the challenge. Grimsby Town hope to make it ten
:22:40. > :22:45.unbeaten matches in a row tonight as they travel to Cambridge United
:22:45. > :22:49.in the Blue Square premier. The Mariners beat Alfreton Town on
:22:49. > :22:52.Saturday to move within eight points of the play-off places.
:22:52. > :22:59.Joint manager Rob Scott says tonight's opponents, who are two
:22:59. > :23:04.places above them, will have something to prove.
:23:04. > :23:08.It is a good test. We would like to see where we are from early in the
:23:08. > :23:13.season. We did not play well, it was a different side in terms of
:23:13. > :23:17.confidence. And how we will play. They went down to 10 men are so
:23:17. > :23:19.they feel aggrieved it wasn't a fair reflection. And you can hear
:23:19. > :23:26.full commentary of tonight's game on BBC Radio Humberside's FM
:23:26. > :23:36.frequency and on the web. Kick off's at quarter to eight, with
:23:36. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:40.build up on Sportstalk which is on She hasn't been the Prime Minister
:23:41. > :23:45.for more than 20 years but it seems Margaret Thatcher still has the
:23:45. > :23:49.power to divide the country. The film The Iron lady is pulling in
:23:49. > :23:56.the audiences down South but seems to be performing less well in more
:23:56. > :24:01.Northern cities. So how is the film about Grantham's most famous
:24:01. > :24:08.daughter going down in our part of the world? Emma Massey's been
:24:08. > :24:12.finding out. The Right Honourable Gentleman
:24:12. > :24:19.knows we had no choice but to close the school. Launched on Friday, The
:24:19. > :24:22.Iron Lady tells the story of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power.
:24:23. > :24:26.The union paymasters have called a strike deliberately to cripple the
:24:26. > :24:29.economy. But the film seems to have split the country with a
:24:29. > :24:39.north/south divide. In London it's playing to packed-out cinemas while
:24:39. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:45.in the north it's a very different story. Screen number five. Some
:24:45. > :24:52.people remember when there was lots of unemployment in the 1980s and
:24:52. > :24:55.they blame her and the government. With the miners' strike, it was a
:24:55. > :25:02.defining point which has made people more antagonistic in the
:25:02. > :25:06.north than the southerners. politics was massive. It stopped
:25:06. > :25:12.many people working, there was trouble with the unions. They will
:25:12. > :25:18.not support the film. Most of them are supporting Labour and always
:25:18. > :25:21.will. Gentlemen, shall we joined the ladies? Deramore Labour
:25:21. > :25:27.strongholds in the north who may not want to see anything to do with
:25:27. > :25:32.Margaret Thatcher. They did not want to see it because of her it
:25:32. > :25:37.was about. So Lady Thatcher may not have been in power since 1990 but
:25:37. > :25:43.it seems she's still as divisive a character as ever.
:25:43. > :25:46.That is the tone if we want to strike. Let's get a recap of the
:25:46. > :25:51.national and regional headlines: London to Birmingham in 45 minutes
:25:51. > :25:54.- a controversial high speed rail line gets government approval.
:25:54. > :25:58.Claims that lives are being put at risk as paramedics say ambulance
:25:58. > :26:01.staff are overworked. And tomorrow's weather: cloudy at times
:26:01. > :26:11.but mostly dry after a damp start. Some sunny intervals. Top
:26:11. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:21.temperature 11 degrees Celsius, The response on the story about the
:26:21. > :26:24.claims ambulance staff are overworked. John says you wait too
:26:24. > :26:29.long for transport because of overstretched staff and Paul
:26:29. > :26:32.vehicles breaking down. Sarah says I'll girl suffers from croup and we
:26:32. > :26:38.had to call the ambulance many times and the responses second to
:26:38. > :26:43.none. The care is outstanding and we thank them. I regularly work
:26:43. > :26:47.over the end of my shift as a paramedic for the East Midlands and
:26:47. > :26:51.the service nationwide is overstretched, not enough staff,
:26:51. > :26:57.vehicles or money to meet demand. I do jobs in Nottingham when I work
:26:57. > :27:03.on the east coast. The system is in crisis and no one will admit it.