:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:17. > :00:20.Despite resident protests drilling for oil and gas in the East
:00:20. > :00:27.Yorkshire countryside gets the go ahead. We are disappointed with the
:00:27. > :00:29.result, we had valid objections and we put our point across fluidly.
:00:29. > :00:33.more public provision as Lincolnshire's last three publicly
:00:33. > :00:42.funded care homes are set to close. Suspended - the councillor who
:00:42. > :00:50.spoke out on Twitter. We have been looking for love on the banks of
:00:50. > :01:00.the Humber. Frost and fog to come at night for the next few days with
:01:00. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.light winds during the day. The For the first time, permission has
:01:09. > :01:13.been given for a company to drill beneath east Yorkshire for oil and
:01:13. > :01:15.gas. The Canadian firm is spending millions of pounds in the hunt for
:01:15. > :01:18.fossil fuels at Walkington near Beverley. Some residents say
:01:18. > :01:28.they're worried about pollution of their water supply. Linsey Smith is
:01:28. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:33.live in the village. Linsey, how significant is this news? This area
:01:33. > :01:37.could play a key role in serving our appetite for fossil fuels, this
:01:37. > :01:41.is the only place in the UK the company is exploring but it is also
:01:41. > :01:47.a significant day for villagers who have campaigned hard to get this
:01:47. > :01:50.stopped. For Peter at the view from his bedroom window makes Walkington
:01:50. > :01:55.a perfect place to live. But a drilling site could soon dominate
:01:55. > :01:59.his horizon, although that is not his main concern... They main
:01:59. > :02:04.concern is potential damage to the water aquifer, what could happen is
:02:04. > :02:09.that we would get oil-based chemicals into the water. When
:02:09. > :02:13.Yorkshire Water chloric the water they are legally bound to do so for
:02:13. > :02:17.disinfection, you will get things like chloroform, or other
:02:17. > :02:21.potentially dangerous chemicals formed in the water. The company
:02:21. > :02:26.had told us there is only a 20% chance they will find oil or gas on
:02:26. > :02:31.the site behind us. But they say the potential returns means it is
:02:31. > :02:35.worth spending millions of pounds exploring. One of the conditions of
:02:35. > :02:39.the approval today is that tracking is forbidden on the site, it is a
:02:39. > :02:43.controversial method believed to have caused a earth tremors in the
:02:43. > :02:49.north-west. Its exclusion meant the committee here felt comfortable
:02:49. > :02:57.giving the go-ahead. Ventures like this are necessary to establish
:02:57. > :03:01.what is under the ground and what is there, recognise there is a
:03:01. > :03:05.world we are trying to move away from, or oil and gas used, but
:03:05. > :03:09.whether we like it or not it will be critical to quality of life for
:03:09. > :03:16.as long as we can see and without this kind of exploration we simply
:03:17. > :03:21.do not get to first base. So the newest addition to the area will be
:03:21. > :03:26.a 49 metre-high drilling work. If successful, it could kelp -- help
:03:26. > :03:29.power cars and heat homes soon. What happens next? Nothing can
:03:29. > :03:36.happen until a risk assessment is carried out on the potential
:03:36. > :03:40.effects of the water supply, when that is done by a drilling rig will
:03:40. > :03:44.be erected in field behind the village. This planning permission
:03:44. > :03:49.only gives the company permission to drill to explore for oil, if
:03:49. > :03:52.they find it they will have to submit another planning application
:03:52. > :03:56.to extract it, at which stage villagers can lodge their
:03:56. > :03:59.objections again and I am sure by that stage they will have been
:03:59. > :04:07.keeping notes on what it is like to have an international energy
:04:07. > :04:14.company as a neighbour. Thank you. In a moment... Concerns for patient
:04:14. > :04:17.care after a hospital is forced to apologise. The last three council
:04:17. > :04:20.run care homes in Lincolnshire are to close. Some elderly people have
:04:20. > :04:23.told us they're worried about how they will now find the care they
:04:23. > :04:26.need. The county council says the decision will save �2.5 million.
:04:26. > :04:30.117 people who use the centres for day and respite care will instead
:04:30. > :04:40.be given money to pay for their own care in the private sector. 120
:04:40. > :04:45.
:04:46. > :04:52.staff will lose their jobs. Crispin Rolfe reports. Protesters
:04:52. > :04:59.campaigned to keep them open but from May, Lincolnshire's last three
:04:59. > :05:02.public sector care homes will close. They provide for day care, respite
:05:02. > :05:08.care and for people coming out of hospital, or preventing them going
:05:08. > :05:11.to hospital. So with the day-care and despite the are confident there
:05:11. > :05:17.is enough provision in the market. There loss of these last three
:05:17. > :05:22.homes means there will be no public safety net to fall back on in terms
:05:22. > :05:26.of public provision. Everything will be at the mercy of the market.
:05:26. > :05:29.The announcement brings an end to Lincolnshire's Public Care Homes,
:05:29. > :05:33.last 5th September care homes closed and now the three remaining
:05:33. > :05:37.will shut by May at the latest. It is part of a government plan to see
:05:37. > :05:42.qualifying adults getting personal budgets by 2013 in order to fund
:05:42. > :05:47.private care. Under these proposals this home will move, for example,
:05:47. > :05:51.from being a public care centre to becoming a private one. That will
:05:51. > :05:55.mean it being transformed into an area to provide help for people in
:05:55. > :05:59.sheltered accommodation around the area. But the concern for residents
:05:59. > :06:04.living here is whether the private standards will have gone up to
:06:04. > :06:10.those they come to expect from council-run services. Ron's worry
:06:10. > :06:13.is that he is still to be assessed for a personal budget and it is the
:06:13. > :06:20.uncertainty of what is ahead that bothers him. We need these places,
:06:20. > :06:24.not just for me, I am sure I will manage in the end, but there are
:06:24. > :06:28.lot of people that do not have the facilities I have. When we close
:06:28. > :06:35.here the staff will leave but what we are hoping is that the staff
:06:35. > :06:38.will stay within the care of all the people and go on to become
:06:38. > :06:44.self-employed and start micro businesses, or be absorbed into
:06:44. > :06:48.other organisations providing care. So change fall in line with
:06:48. > :06:52.government policy but it is how this care provision is delivered is
:06:52. > :06:58.what counts, against the backdrop of savings that Lincolnshire and
:06:58. > :07:02.the country are having to find. Hull's most senior Conservative
:07:02. > :07:08.politician has been suspended by Hull City council for 20 weeks over
:07:08. > :07:11.comments posted on the social networking site Twitter. Councillor
:07:11. > :07:14.John Fareham, a former Lord Mayor of the city, received the ban after
:07:14. > :07:24.he allegedly referred to people in the public gallery of a council
:07:24. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:29.meeting as "retards". What is he supposed to have said? This dates
:07:29. > :07:33.back almost a year ago following a very long council meeting about
:07:33. > :07:37.budget cuts. It is alleged he tweeted the following... 15 hours
:07:37. > :07:42.in council today, very hard hitting day and the usual collection of
:07:42. > :07:45.retard in the public gallery spoiling it for real people. Soon
:07:45. > :07:49.after that message was tweeted many complaints came in and it was
:07:49. > :07:52.removed. I have spoken to people on the street who say people should be
:07:52. > :07:56.much more careful about what the Post on social that working site.
:07:56. > :08:02.Everyone can say what they want but I don't know why anybody would call
:08:02. > :08:06.any body that word. Especially from somebody who is meant be respectful.
:08:06. > :08:10.It is not appropriate. I do think they should be careful because it
:08:10. > :08:14.does have an impression and impact on the community. They should be
:08:14. > :08:19.able to say what they want to an extent but obviously that is going
:08:19. > :08:23.beyond the line. What are the council saying? Very little. They
:08:23. > :08:27.released a statement. Extracts from Matt Reed in posting the tweet
:08:27. > :08:32.councillor Fareham breached the council's code of conduct, the sub-
:08:32. > :08:37.committee concluded he may have caused a breach of the quality
:08:37. > :08:40.enactment and brought the office and council into disrepute. He has
:08:40. > :08:48.been suspended and also asked to take part in some diversity
:08:48. > :08:52.training. The BBC has contacted Mr Fareham and he refused to confirm
:08:52. > :09:00.or deny that it was him who posted the Tweed. He is appealing the
:09:00. > :09:03.decision to suspend him. Just before the programme I spoke
:09:03. > :09:06.to the Brigg and Goole MP Andrew Percy who was a long serving
:09:06. > :09:09.colleague of John Fareham, when they were the only two
:09:09. > :09:15.Conservatives on Hull City Council. I asked him how strongly he
:09:15. > :09:18.supported Mr Fareham now. I think what he said was for this, I do not
:09:18. > :09:22.know the details. I think it was aimed at Union people in the
:09:22. > :09:27.gallery shouting Tory scum. But my issue with it is more about the
:09:27. > :09:33.legitimacy of standards committees because I believe strongly that it
:09:33. > :09:37.is up to the ballot box where politicians draw their limit just -
:09:37. > :09:47.- at their legitimacy from. Can you excuse him allegedly calling
:09:47. > :09:51.members of the public retards? not defending it. It is the almost
:09:51. > :09:57.and I understand he apologised, quite right. But as I have done in
:09:57. > :10:00.occasions in the past when councillors have been ejected from
:10:00. > :10:04.councils I have always said it is not democratic. In this country we
:10:04. > :10:07.should have a power of recall so that electors can recall their
:10:07. > :10:12.election politicians and take the decision -- elected politicians.
:10:12. > :10:15.Are you saying he should not have been suspended? I believe the
:10:15. > :10:20.jitters may comes at the ballot box, to lead people without
:10:20. > :10:26.representation for 20 weeks, which has happened in other cases, is not
:10:26. > :10:31.something I think his Democratic -- legitimacy. So he should not have
:10:31. > :10:36.been suspended? We are not subjected as MPs to that standard,
:10:36. > :10:39.it is put on two councillors. I believe we should have a power of
:10:39. > :10:43.recall so if selectors are unhappy with what a politician has said
:10:43. > :10:47.they can recall them, force them to fight a by-election and make a
:10:47. > :10:50.decision and judgment on them then. People say silly things in all
:10:50. > :10:54.walks of life and sometimes it costs people their jobs, but should
:10:54. > :10:58.be the same for politicians but it should be done by the people who
:10:58. > :11:03.employ you, the people, so we should be done through power of
:11:03. > :11:08.recall, not through an elected quango or committee.
:11:08. > :11:18.We like to know what you think. Is it right the council was suspended
:11:18. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:39.A woman who died after apparently falling from a flat in Bridlington
:11:39. > :11:42.has been named by police. 48-year- old year old Debra Mitchell, who
:11:42. > :11:45.was originally from West Yorkshire, had only lived in the town since
:11:45. > :11:47.last November. Police say they are still treating her death as
:11:47. > :11:50.unexplained. A 36-year-old man arrested in connection with the
:11:50. > :11:53.incident has been released on bail. Two men have been charged with
:11:53. > :11:55.kidnap in relation to a murder investigation in North Lincolnshire.
:11:55. > :11:57.The body of 25-year-old Lithuanian Arvydas Skrinkas, who lived near
:11:57. > :12:00.Scunthorpe, was discovered near Humberside Airport on Tuesday.
:12:00. > :12:07.Detectives are looking at forensic evidence from woodland where he was
:12:07. > :12:10.found as well as leads in Scunthorpe. Unions are warning that
:12:10. > :12:14.fuel supplies could be disrupted after oil tanker drivers agreed to
:12:15. > :12:18.strike action. The Conoco Phillips plant near Immingham is one of
:12:18. > :12:26.three sites which could be affected if lorry drivers strike over terms
:12:26. > :12:32.and conditions. Dates for the Industrial action have not yet been
:12:32. > :12:35.released. A judge has finished summing up the evidence in the
:12:35. > :12:39.trial of five men accused of murdering Adam Vincent from Grimsby.
:12:39. > :12:41.The trial at Sheffield Crown Court is in to its ninth week. Adam
:12:41. > :12:44.Vincent's body parts were discovered in the water at Tetney
:12:44. > :12:49.Lock and in the River Ancholme last year. Tarah Welsh has been
:12:49. > :12:59.following the trial and was in court today. What did the judge say
:12:59. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:02.today? After 40 days all of the evidence has now been heard in this
:13:02. > :13:09.case. This afternoon, Mr Justice McCombe finished summing up to the
:13:09. > :13:12.jury. Adam Vincent's mother was in the public gallery listening. The
:13:12. > :13:16.judge said a pathologist had told the court Mr Vincent died from at
:13:16. > :13:18.least three blows to the head, that he would have lost consciousness
:13:18. > :13:22.immediately and would have died shortly afterwards. He reminded the
:13:22. > :13:25.jury of one of one witnesses who had shared a prison cell with one
:13:25. > :13:29.of the defendants, Mark Jackson. The witness told the court that Mr
:13:29. > :13:32.Jackson had told him Adam Vincent owed money so was beaten up and
:13:32. > :13:35.ended up dying. Five men are charged with Adam Vincent's murder.
:13:35. > :13:38.The prosecution say Lee Griffiths was the controller of a drug gang.
:13:38. > :13:41.That he, his sons Tom and Luke, his step son, Mark Jackson and another
:13:41. > :13:45.man, Matthew Fro killed him and then dismembered and disposed of
:13:45. > :13:55.his body parts. They all deny murder and perverting the course of
:13:55. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:00.justice. Another man Andrew Lusher Thank you for being here. Still
:14:00. > :14:06.ahead on the programme, from a plumber to adventurer, how one man
:14:06. > :14:16.used pedal-powered to raise money for charity. And we have been
:14:16. > :14:20.
:14:20. > :14:30.looking for laughs on the street of Last night's sunset is tonight's
:14:30. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:43.picture. Thank you very much, John. This person says I have noticed a
:14:43. > :14:53.new show at making its debut last night! He says and I am would be
:14:53. > :14:57.
:14:58. > :15:05.It is not a bad one. Have a very different type of weather to come
:15:05. > :15:09.in the next few days tomorrow will be dry and cold. Farmers have been
:15:09. > :15:15.moaning for weeks that they are sick of the wind, that will be out
:15:15. > :15:25.of the way. There will just be light wind at macro over the next
:15:25. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:31.few days. -- wind. It will be cold, especially at night. The afternoon
:15:31. > :15:41.will be glorious. Temperatures dropping away quite nicely. I think
:15:41. > :15:47.there will still be a stiff wind along the coast. Even the wind
:15:47. > :15:57.along the coast will not be too bad. Temperatures around freezing or
:15:57. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:13.just below in rural areas. The sun A cold and frosty start. Otherwise,
:16:13. > :16:17.it will be a beautiful day. A lot of sunshine around. It might be a
:16:17. > :16:25.little hazy at times, but it will not spoil what could be -- should
:16:25. > :16:33.be a lovely day. Here are the top temperatures. It will be only half
:16:33. > :16:38.of what it has been today. The weekend looks dry. There will be
:16:38. > :16:48.some fog on Saturday, then some sunny spells. There could be some a
:16:48. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :17:01.low cloud on Sunday. But the At least you didn't say your wife
:17:01. > :17:05.would direct! -- do-it-! An elderly pay such discharge from
:17:05. > :17:09.hospital with a piece of medical equipment still in his arm is
:17:09. > :17:14.calling for an investigation. Michael Gurney, who is 79, was sent
:17:14. > :17:24.home from the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston late at night in a taxi.
:17:24. > :17:28.Managers have apologised. Cynthia Gurney, from Croft, cares
:17:28. > :17:32.for her husband, Michael. He has prostate cancer and chronic
:17:32. > :17:36.obstructive pulmonary disease. He has needed blood transfusions.
:17:36. > :17:41.Yesterday, he was admitted to Boston Pilgrim hospital for a
:17:41. > :17:46.transfusion, but when they sent him home, his wife discovered this. A
:17:46. > :17:52.tube, called a cannula and used as part of the treatment, still inside
:17:52. > :17:56.a vein in his arm. I was horrified, because I know
:17:56. > :18:01.that only under a very rare circumstances a patient should be
:18:01. > :18:05.dismissed with one of them in their armed.
:18:05. > :18:10.When the driver came he could be in a chair and brought me home. I did
:18:10. > :18:16.not have a chance to say anything. He -- they should have to take it
:18:16. > :18:18.out before. Last year, the hospital was the
:18:18. > :18:23.subject of investigation by the Care Quality Commission. A report
:18:23. > :18:33.was published in November outlining 21 recommendations. In a statement
:18:33. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:47.today, this is what the hospital I would like a big apology. I would
:18:47. > :18:52.like to know why it happened. Why are these things happening?
:18:52. > :18:56.The cannula has now been removed by a district nurse. But the couple
:18:56. > :19:03.want to know how hospital staff managed to overlook it in the first
:19:03. > :19:08.place. The former England footballer Nick
:19:08. > :19:12.Barmby has told BBC Look North that he never wanted to manage any other
:19:12. > :19:16.club than Hull City. He has been speaking for the first time since
:19:16. > :19:23.been confirmed as manager. Our sports reporter heard what he had
:19:24. > :19:28.to save. He was 29 years old, and here was
:19:28. > :19:35.Nick Barmby in the 2000 and for swapping the Premier League for
:19:35. > :19:39.Hull City. A wise move, as it transpired.
:19:39. > :19:43.The club has really kicked on. We have two or three years in the
:19:43. > :19:48.Championship, and then in the 4th year we went up to the Premier
:19:48. > :19:53.League. Nick Barmby had an illustrious
:19:53. > :20:01.career before Hull City. He played for Tottenham, Hull City, Everton
:20:01. > :20:06.at, Leeds and Liverpool. He has won the UEFA Cup, the FA Cup and the
:20:06. > :20:11.League Cup. He credits to Terry Venables and
:20:11. > :20:14.the former Liverpool manager as his inspiration.
:20:14. > :20:21.Terry's style of play and man- management, he always had an aura
:20:21. > :20:26.about him. The Liverpool manager's attention
:20:26. > :20:30.to detail was incredible. He knew everything.
:20:30. > :20:34.This goal against Cardiff in October ended his playing career
:20:34. > :20:40.for the only job in management he wanted.
:20:40. > :20:45.This is the club for me. It is the club I want to stay at. I have
:20:45. > :20:49.never thought about anything else. Even if I stopped as a player, I do
:20:49. > :20:53.not think I would go to another club.
:20:53. > :21:00.Nick Barmby could not have been more explicit. It was only this
:21:00. > :21:07.club he had the ambition to manage. So the fans will be hoping that
:21:07. > :21:13.their comrade delivers for them in the future.
:21:13. > :21:20.We wish him all the very best. A plumber from Grimsby has turned
:21:20. > :21:24.into an adventurer after peddling more than 4000 miles across Canada
:21:24. > :21:32.on a four wheeled bike. It took Paul Everitt six months, but he is
:21:32. > :21:37.already planning his next trip. Say hello to Paul Everitt. He is 28
:21:37. > :21:42.years old, from Grimsby, usually a plumber, but also a bit of an
:21:42. > :21:48.adventurer. His latest feat was travelling over 7000 kilometres
:21:48. > :21:58.across Canada on this four-wheeled bicycle. He says it was really
:21:58. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:10.This is amazing! I have always had a love for adventure and travel. It
:22:10. > :22:20.is nice to get out there and see and do things that normal people
:22:20. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:31.I never knew where I was staying each evening. It was always an
:22:31. > :22:35.adventure! At one point it was very hot, 40 degrees. You cannot escape
:22:35. > :22:40.it. There was also the odd bit of snow.
:22:40. > :22:44.His journey took six months to complete, and he raised money for
:22:44. > :22:50.help for heroes. He plans to tackle the Mississippi river on something
:22:50. > :22:54.like this in June. It is an old-school raft with a
:22:54. > :23:03.float and paddle. In the meantime he will stick to
:23:04. > :23:09.being a plumber, but come the summer, he will be going wild again.
:23:09. > :23:16.If you have a story or a person that you think we should know about,
:23:16. > :23:20.let me know. Send me an e-mail. A best-selling author has advised
:23:20. > :23:24.other budding writers not have to base their romantic novels in a
:23:24. > :23:31.place like Hull. On her blog, Nicola Morgan and so should they
:23:31. > :23:40.should use settings like London and Edinburgh rather Hull or Leicester.
:23:40. > :23:48.But is their romance to be found on the banks of the Humber?
:23:48. > :23:53.They are cities known for romance. Paris, Venice, but what about Hull?
:23:53. > :24:03.On her blog, Nicola Morgan tells budding writers how best to sell
:24:03. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:16.But people in Hull say there is plenty of romance. If you know
:24:16. > :24:20.where to look. We go to the pub!
:24:20. > :24:24.It depends what you like to do. Depends what you think about each
:24:24. > :24:30.other. Do you think Hull is a romantic
:24:30. > :24:35.city? It is our 25th anniversary today.
:24:35. > :24:43.So for us it is! The rain at Frank Cahill would
:24:43. > :24:51.certainly agree. -- and the rain and Frank Cahill. They celebrated
:24:51. > :24:59.their anniversary by marrying today. I think it is very romantic. Is
:24:59. > :25:05.this not romance? And will ride hearing Hull? -- and we are right
:25:05. > :25:09.here in Hull. This lady knows a thing or two.
:25:09. > :25:14.Kate Walker has written 60 romantic novels from her home in Scunthorpe,
:25:14. > :25:20.and she says Hull could host a tale of love.
:25:20. > :25:25.The resort of history and elegant buildings. Every love-story is a
:25:25. > :25:30.people story. But every person in Hull, I am sure there must be a
:25:30. > :25:36.love story somewhere. So maybe one day Hull could Staudt
:25:36. > :25:42.-- could start in a mill -- Mills and Boon. Heartache on the Humber,
:25:42. > :25:46.Happiness in Hull, A Perfect Match in Pearson Park?
:25:46. > :25:50.Let us recap the main headlines. The shares in Tesco take a
:25:50. > :25:53.battering after disappointing Christmas sales.
:25:53. > :25:57.At a drilling for oil and gas in the East Yorkshire countryside gets
:25:58. > :26:07.the go-ahead. A frosty start, with sunshine at
:26:08. > :26:08.
:26:08. > :26:13.tomorrow. The top temperatures If you want to see more about Nick
:26:13. > :26:20.Barmby's plan for the future of Hull City, go to our Facebook site
:26:20. > :26:24.where you can see an extended interview. A big response coming in
:26:24. > :26:31.on the story of the councillor suspended. Thank you for your e-
:26:31. > :26:35.mails. There is one with someone saying it just shows that people
:26:35. > :26:40.think they can get away beneath what they -- saying whatever on
:26:40. > :26:44.social networking site. Another person it says that the reaction is
:26:44. > :26:48.getting silly. How come we are so sensitive to what people say?
:26:49. > :26:54.Michael says I believe in freedom of speech, which includes social
:26:54. > :26:58.networking site. Speed how you feel. Shame on him for be heard for use