:00:06. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:10. > :00:20.Unemployment in the area is on the rise as the number of over-fifties
:00:20. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:27.who are out of work doubles in four years. When you have been in works
:00:27. > :00:30.in she were 15, it late she feel like a second-class citizen.
:00:30. > :00:33.Plans to exhume the body in the grave of Hull paratrooper
:00:33. > :00:36.Christopher Alder. Harnessing the power of the Humber.
:00:36. > :00:45.The new device which could change the way we light our homes.
:00:45. > :00:53.And one man's fight to save a Grade 1 listed building from collapse.
:00:53. > :00:56.And the detailed five-day forecast There has been another sharp rise
:00:56. > :00:58.in unemployment across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Figures
:00:58. > :01:02.released today show that between September and November unemployment
:01:02. > :01:12.in the Yorkshire and Humber region went up by 11,000 with 270,000 out
:01:12. > :01:13.
:01:13. > :01:16.of work. In the East Midlands it rose by 7,000 to 190,000. It has
:01:16. > :01:21.also been revealed that the number of unemployed people over 50 has
:01:21. > :01:31.doubled in our area over the past four years. More from our political
:01:31. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:37.editor Tim Iredale. Father of two-car Holmes worked in
:01:37. > :01:42.the steel industry for more than 30 years before losing his job at the
:01:42. > :01:47.Scunthorpe Works 18 months ago. When you have been in work since
:01:47. > :01:54.you were 15, it makes you feel like a second-class citizen. Your self-
:01:54. > :01:58.esteem does. The recession has meant that thousands of people like
:01:58. > :02:06.car have turned their backs on traditional industries and try to
:02:06. > :02:08.look for work elsewhere. They number of over-fifties in Yorkshire
:02:08. > :02:15.and Northern Lincolnshire claiming jobseeker's Allowance has doubles
:02:15. > :02:20.for more than 10,000 in 2007 to more than 22,000 by the end of last
:02:20. > :02:26.year. The government says it of its work programme is funding a network
:02:26. > :02:31.of training providers to help mature jobseeker's find employment.
:02:31. > :02:36.Is there hope for. Matured jobseeker's?
:02:36. > :02:40.Absolutely. We have a number of ladies who have brought up children
:02:40. > :02:45.as they struggle to find the skills they have to match a job
:02:45. > :02:52.application. The skills you need to have a family are budgeting and
:02:52. > :02:58.organisation. Car has just found a new job working for a construction
:02:58. > :03:07.firm in North Lincolnshire. Keep trying. Keep knocking on doors.
:03:07. > :03:11.There are jobs are there if you look. On the streets of
:03:11. > :03:19.Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, there is still a distinct lack of
:03:19. > :03:23.good news on the jobs front. Tim Iredale, Scunthorpe.
:03:23. > :03:32.A today I spoke to the Employment Minister about the particular issue
:03:32. > :03:37.of unemployment among the over fifties in our part of the world.
:03:37. > :03:44.My message to them is that they are one of our biggest priorities in
:03:44. > :03:47.the labour market. Those under 24 and over 50 often struggle to get
:03:48. > :03:52.into employment. There are two parts to what we are doing for that
:03:52. > :03:57.particular group. The first is through the we launch of the work
:03:57. > :04:01.programme last summer. We are delivering more personalised and
:04:01. > :04:05.tailored support from organisations who are paid on a payment by
:04:05. > :04:10.results basis and only paid when they are successful in getting
:04:10. > :04:14.someone in to work and helping them to stay there. They are succeeding
:04:15. > :04:22.where they have built close ties to employers. I think that provides a
:04:22. > :04:27.better option for those people there may have had in the past.
:04:27. > :04:33.Imparts a poll, over 30 people are facing chasing every vacancy. Can
:04:33. > :04:39.you understand why those people are sceptical?
:04:39. > :04:43.I understand it can be very dispiriting to be unemployed. At
:04:43. > :04:49.one particular moment in time those figures may be true but of the
:04:49. > :04:55.vacancies people apply for change every week. JobCentre plus offices
:04:55. > :05:00.take in 80,000 vacancies a week. There is a constant churn of jobs.
:05:00. > :05:04.The people chasing this week's vacancy may be chasing a different
:05:04. > :05:09.vacancy next week. It is difficult and challenging but we are
:05:09. > :05:13.providing better support. Through the new Enterprise Allowance, we
:05:13. > :05:18.are helping people to move into self-employment. That is a good
:05:18. > :05:24.option for people over 50 who have years of experience to bear on
:05:24. > :05:31.building their own business. Should those people listening
:05:31. > :05:35.tonight be optimistic? You should always be optimistic. Do
:05:35. > :05:39.not lose hope. We want to steer people to the right opportunities
:05:39. > :05:42.as make them think of different kinds of opportunities they may not
:05:42. > :05:47.have considered before but where they have transferable skills for a
:05:47. > :05:54.different kind of job. Will do it all we can to help people back into
:05:54. > :05:59.work. For the employment minister talking
:05:59. > :06:02.to me earlier. We would like to hear about your experiences.
:06:02. > :06:05.We would love to hear from you this evening. What is your experience of
:06:05. > :06:15.trying to get a job, particularly in the private sector? As an
:06:15. > :06:23.employer, do you have vacancies you In a moment, the bogus bag
:06:23. > :06:27.collectors putting charity A father and three sons have been
:06:27. > :06:29.found guilty of murdering Adam Vincent from Grimsby. Adam
:06:29. > :06:33.Vincent's dismembered body was found at sites across North
:06:33. > :06:36.Lincolnshire last spring. A jury at Sheffield Crown Court found 43
:06:36. > :06:38.year-old Lee Griffiths guilty of murder along with his sons Luke
:06:39. > :06:45.Griffiths, who is 19, 20 year-old Thomas Griffiths and stepson 27-
:06:45. > :06:49.year-old Mark Jackson. The jury has still to deliver a verdict on
:06:49. > :06:52.Matthew Frow, who is also charged with murder. A sixth man, Andrew
:06:52. > :06:56.Lusher, charged with perverting the course of justice, has been cleared
:06:56. > :06:59.by the jury. New details have emerged today
:06:59. > :07:06.about police plans to exhume the grave in Hull of Christopher Alder
:07:06. > :07:09.who died in police custody 14 years ago. Despite his funeral and burial
:07:09. > :07:16.being held in 2000, his body was discovered at the city's mortuary
:07:16. > :07:24.last November. It is thought his grave contains the remains of Grace
:07:24. > :07:29.Kamara who died in 1999. Our correspondent, Vicky Johnson, has
:07:29. > :07:32.more. In a few short weeks - Hull's western cemetery should give up the
:07:32. > :07:35.secrets of who is buried in Christopher Alder's grave. It seems
:07:35. > :07:43.likely to contain the remains of Grace Kamara who died in 1999 but
:07:43. > :07:45.whose funeral had been delayed because of visa problems. Her
:07:45. > :07:48.friend says she has mixed feelings about the exhumation Christopher
:07:48. > :07:57.Alder, a former paratrooper died in controversial circumstances while
:07:57. > :08:01.in police custody in 1998. I would like to be there but it
:08:01. > :08:09.might be traumatic for me. My husband is a doctor and maybe a to
:08:10. > :08:14.stand it better. Despite his very public funeral 2 years later - his
:08:14. > :08:17.body was discovered last november in the hull mortuary. But soon,
:08:17. > :08:26.under cover of darkness as is the custom, the long exhumation process
:08:26. > :08:34.will take place. This afternoon I spoke to
:08:34. > :08:39.Christopher's brother Richard. His daughter's ashes are scattered on
:08:39. > :08:44.that Christopher's grave here. He says it he intends to be around for
:08:44. > :08:48.the exhumation. He hopes the whole process is handled as sensitively
:08:48. > :08:51.and discreetly as possible. The body will then be taken in a coffin
:08:51. > :08:54.to Sheffield for further forensic tests But even once the body in the
:08:54. > :09:04.grave is identified the families involved still need to know how
:09:04. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:09.this terrible situation occurred in the first place.
:09:09. > :09:15.The body will be tested to answer the families will be informed of
:09:15. > :09:19.Tata Steel has secured a contract worth tens of millions of pounds to
:09:19. > :09:22.supply steel for Siemens wind power. The order for 25,000 tonnes of
:09:22. > :09:26.steel is the largest so far for the dedicated wind power hub at Tata's
:09:26. > :09:29.plant in Scunthorpe. The steel will be used to build 150 onshore
:09:30. > :09:33.turbines. A public hearing has started today
:09:33. > :09:36.to try and solve a four-year battle over a proposed wind farm in North
:09:36. > :09:40.Lincolnshire. The energy company Ridgewind wants to build seven
:09:41. > :09:43.turbines on land near Burton-Upon- Stather. The hearing involving
:09:43. > :09:53.developers and opponents was attended by almost 200 people with
:09:53. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:01.some being forced to listen outside. If it gets approval, I will have to
:10:01. > :10:07.move. On no question. With our concerns the proposed her buyers
:10:07. > :10:09.will be far too close to properties. The British Heart Foundation says
:10:09. > :10:13.it believes bogus collectors are taking taking charity bags left
:10:13. > :10:16.outside peoples' homes to sell them overseas. It says it usually
:10:16. > :10:20.collects around a hundred bags of unwanted clothes and footwear on
:10:20. > :10:25.its rounds in the Beverley area, but recently just 50 were left.
:10:25. > :10:28.Emma Massey reports. It is collection day in Beverley.
:10:28. > :10:32.Charity bags filled with unwanted clothing and other goods are being
:10:32. > :10:41.picked up by volunteers from the British Heart Foundation. But there
:10:41. > :10:46.is a problem. We have thieves to go around and
:10:46. > :10:55.pick up donations. They do not get to the charity. They sell them on
:10:55. > :10:58.the back market and as they are exported overseas. -- black market.
:10:58. > :11:06.Antonio has been collecting charity bags for 10 years. He says the
:11:06. > :11:15.problem has got much worse. The we have argued with the people
:11:15. > :11:20.we have seen. We are reported to the police and nothing gets done.
:11:20. > :11:30.If a 50 bags were stolen on the last round, that is a loss of
:11:30. > :11:33.
:11:34. > :11:38.potential revenue of �754 stop. think it is disgusting. I think it
:11:38. > :11:46.is a despicable things to do. problem is so bad that Hull-based
:11:46. > :11:51.charity Real Aid says it refuses to use collection bags for donations.
:11:51. > :11:55.It is appalling. When we do not know it -- we do not to collection
:11:56. > :12:04.bags for various reasons but this is one of them. Our drivers will go
:12:04. > :12:06.and collect from donors. They have IT with them as they have are
:12:06. > :12:10.Belmont -- are than sowed the donors know what is all up of
:12:10. > :12:12.thought. Humberside police say they're investigating the thefts
:12:12. > :12:22.and the British Heart Foundation says people need to be more
:12:22. > :12:26.vigilant to make sure their donations go to the right people.
:12:26. > :12:30.Joining me now it is a representatives from charity
:12:30. > :12:36.organisations. Who is stealing these bags? They are worth a lot of
:12:36. > :12:45.money. They are worth a lot of money. We
:12:45. > :12:48.are tackling this problem. I am meeting be at Home Secretary to
:12:48. > :12:53.discuss a police in response. Someone was sentenced to three
:12:53. > :12:59.years in prison for this crime just last week. People should not be too
:12:59. > :13:06.disheartened but it is being tackled.
:13:06. > :13:11.Should it be tackled by charities or the police? We should all tackle
:13:11. > :13:17.it together. If people are suspicious they should report it.
:13:17. > :13:25.This is theft so they will get a response from the police. What do
:13:25. > :13:32.you think of the people who do it? I think it is despicable. He would
:13:32. > :13:36.still from charity? We are working together to tackle best. His is a
:13:37. > :13:44.bad idea to put things in back on our doorsteps? Is the temptation to
:13:44. > :13:48.great? It is a great way to fund raised for charity is. As with
:13:49. > :13:54.anything that has value, there are people who will take it. We need to
:13:54. > :14:01.work together to stop them and tackle it. Reported to police. It
:14:01. > :14:10.is theft and the police can act on its. Should people still put their
:14:10. > :14:17.bags outside? Yes. It is a great way to fund raised. Do not let
:14:17. > :14:22.these thieves steal your charitable spirit.
:14:22. > :14:31.This is another story you might want to comment on. You may have a
:14:31. > :14:34.story to tell. Do text as on the number below or e-mail us. Thank
:14:34. > :14:37.you for watching. Still ahead tonight: Moving one
:14:37. > :14:39.step closer to using the Humber as an energy source for thousands of
:14:39. > :14:49.homes. And the crumbling tower that one
:14:49. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:05.Keeper photographs coming in, if you have one you are proud of. Good
:15:05. > :15:09.evening. It was nice to see you back. You obviously knocked out
:15:09. > :15:14.last night due to the embarrassment of not being able to use some jump
:15:14. > :15:18.leads! For the first time in my life, I
:15:18. > :15:25.nearly had a panic attack. I thought I might have to spend the
:15:25. > :15:30.night in Barton on Humber. Only joking! The headline is a mixed one
:15:30. > :15:38.for the next 24 hours. It remains unsettled in general. Tomorrow may
:15:39. > :15:43.not be too bad. There will be some sunshine. There should be a
:15:43. > :15:49.reasonable amount of fine weather. We have been blessed with clear
:15:49. > :15:57.skies the last two evenings. It is more mixed now. There is a mixture
:15:57. > :16:01.of medium -- of medium and high cloud. They will be some rain to
:16:02. > :16:07.come a long Lincolnshire, particularly in the south. East
:16:07. > :16:17.Yorkshire should be dry with clear spells. Three Celsius in Driffield
:16:17. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:24.and Bridlington. The sun will rise at 80 7:00am, and set up for 6:00pm.
:16:24. > :16:31.Any rain first thing in parts of Lincolnshire and North Norfolk will
:16:31. > :16:36.clear a way. It is not looking too bad. Mostly dry. There is every
:16:36. > :16:41.chance they will be a few showers around, particularly late in the
:16:41. > :16:49.day. I think a large part of tomorrow during daylight hours
:16:49. > :16:54.should be OK. Temperatures back to normal. Seven Celsius in Lincoln.
:16:54. > :17:01.That is 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Friday is looking much more
:17:01. > :17:11.unsettled. The weekend, sunny intervals and scattered showers.
:17:11. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:15.Temperatures close to normal and a If you are watching in Barton on
:17:15. > :17:20.Humber, do direct any letters to him.
:17:20. > :17:24.I love Barton on Humber! Too late now!
:17:24. > :17:30.A row has broken out between a low- cost airline and a fledgling rival
:17:30. > :17:34.which wants to fly from Humberside airport. JetXtra is starting flight
:17:35. > :17:40.to Spain this summer, but the airline Jet2 is threatening legal
:17:40. > :17:46.action, saying the name is too similar to its own.
:17:46. > :17:52.It is a case of spot the difference. On one side, there is new company
:17:52. > :17:56.JetXtra, and on the other, airline Jet2. Jet2 things their names are
:17:56. > :18:00.too similar and is threatening court action. JetXtra told us it
:18:00. > :18:06.will not change its brand. company name is completely
:18:06. > :18:16.different. Our logo and branding are completely different. We think
:18:16. > :18:20.they just try to flex their muscles and warned us that they are there.
:18:20. > :18:24.Jet2's solicitors have sent a letter to JetXtra, demanding it
:18:24. > :18:28.changed its name by tomorrow. The airline said although it supports
:18:28. > :18:32.free and fair competition, there is a possibility a significant number
:18:32. > :18:36.of the public would be misled a confused into believing that his
:18:36. > :18:42.company is associated with Jet2. Other airlines, including easyJet
:18:42. > :18:48.and Jetstar, already used the word jet. Is it possible for a company
:18:48. > :18:51.to own the word? This solicitor says that is unlikely. It bales and
:18:52. > :18:58.to whether one company has a monopoly over the word jet as part
:18:58. > :19:08.of a corporate name. The court would make -- a court would need to
:19:08. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:17.weigh up evidence. For Humberside Airport, creating eight new flight
:19:17. > :19:22.would boost its business and the wider economy. It is good news. Not
:19:22. > :19:26.only will it create much-needed jobs, but it is more convenient for
:19:26. > :19:31.my constituents to go on their holidays. It brings choice closer
:19:31. > :19:36.to them. JetXtra says it is determined its first flight will
:19:36. > :19:41.take off on June 1st. The only doubt will be what name it will fly
:19:41. > :19:46.under. Thank you for getting in touch
:19:46. > :19:49.about our story that children from the age of four in Hull and
:19:49. > :19:56.Lincolnshire are being introduced to positive game role-models to try
:19:56. > :19:59.and reduce homophobic bullying. Studies have shown that around half
:19:59. > :20:09.of gay and lesbian pupils had faced verbal or physical attacks a while
:20:09. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:36.at school. Here are some of your Thank you very much for all of
:20:36. > :20:38.theirs. Plans to use the Humber to power
:20:38. > :20:46.thousands of customers arris step closer as the first full-scale
:20:46. > :20:52.tidal power generator was clenched today -- launched today. This
:20:52. > :20:56.device will help power the Deep in Hull. It is hoped several similar
:20:56. > :21:01.machines will be able to provide green energy on a much larger scale.
:21:01. > :21:06.The atmosphere was tense at Hull docks. After months of planning,
:21:06. > :21:10.this was the day this yellow machine, the Neptune Proteus, hope
:21:10. > :21:19.to begin a journey aimed at eventually bringing tidal power to
:21:20. > :21:26.thousands. These would be the first to benefit. Our systems work 24,
:21:26. > :21:31.seven. Having a generator on our doorstep is ideal. The Neptune
:21:31. > :21:36.Proteus works by taking tidal water in from the Humber. A tear ban
:21:36. > :21:41.inside tents at into energy. That is taken by cables to the shore and
:21:41. > :21:44.sent to The Deep as electricity. The great difference between wind
:21:44. > :21:50.energy and tidal stream energy is that the tide is completely
:21:50. > :21:55.predictable. We know when we will be generating, and when we will not
:21:55. > :21:59.be. Today's journey could be of huge importance to the future of
:21:59. > :22:03.tidal power. Once this device is in place at The Deep, it will be
:22:03. > :22:08.monitored over the next few months and will work as a model for a
:22:08. > :22:13.string of similar devices here in the Humber. In the future, they
:22:13. > :22:17.could bring enough energy to power the equivalent of 3,000 homes.
:22:17. > :22:25.Aside from reliable green energy, tidal power, like other renewables,
:22:25. > :22:30.is big business. His is certainly going to bring work. These devices
:22:30. > :22:35.have to be designed, manufactured, maintained it operated. It
:22:35. > :22:39.inevitably will produce work and we will lead people to do that.
:22:39. > :22:43.Electricity was that been made in around three months. In the future,
:22:43. > :22:48.it is hoped tidal power will be another huge industry based in the
:22:48. > :22:52.Humber. Fascinating. Siobhan Robbins is at
:22:52. > :23:02.The Deep now. How bigger boost could this technology before our
:23:02. > :23:05.area? This will create jobs, but its importance needs to be seen in
:23:05. > :23:10.the wider context of the renewables revolution which is going on in
:23:10. > :23:15.this area. Siemens is planning on building a wind turbine factory up
:23:15. > :23:21.the road, which will create hundreds of jobs. We have
:23:21. > :23:29.investments in wind power also on the South Bank. We also have
:23:29. > :23:34.offshore investment in tidal power. It could create tens of thousands
:23:34. > :23:38.of local jobs in maintenance and supply. One local business leader
:23:38. > :23:43.told me he thinks that green energy is as important as the fishing
:23:43. > :23:49.industry was in its heyday to the local economy. Thank you very much.
:23:49. > :23:53.That is a story we will continue to follow. If you have a story you
:23:53. > :23:56.think we should know about, get in touch.
:23:56. > :24:00.More than half-a-million pounds will be invested in Lincoln City
:24:00. > :24:05.Football Club. A new holding company of existing board members
:24:05. > :24:10.is also going to be set up to change how the Imps album. The Imps
:24:10. > :24:17.are in Surrey this evening to face Carshalton Athletic. It is great
:24:17. > :24:20.that some money is coming into the football club. It involves a change
:24:20. > :24:25.of governors of the football club, and another company that appears to
:24:25. > :24:32.have some control over Lincoln City Football Club, so I have some
:24:32. > :24:38.concerns. There we are. You can follow the action from Carshalton
:24:38. > :24:42.with BBC Lincolnshire tonight. Their coverage starts at 7 o'clock.
:24:42. > :24:46.It is the only building of its kind in the country, but now it is in
:24:46. > :24:51.danger of collapse. Paull Holme Tower in East Yorkshire was bought
:24:51. > :25:01.20 years ago, but the owner says he has been frustrated in his attempt
:25:01. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:10.to stop the Grade 1 listed building from deteriorating.
:25:10. > :25:14.It was once a grand medieval manor house, built in the 15th century
:25:14. > :25:20.with commanding views to the Humber. Today, the owner of Paull Holme
:25:20. > :25:24.Tower is struggling to keep its standing. It has the most amazing
:25:24. > :25:28.barrel-vaulted ceiling, and it is made of brick. It is quite unique
:25:28. > :25:35.in the country. We are suffering from water coming through the
:25:35. > :25:41.ceiling. It is taking at the joints. Simon bought this building 20 years
:25:41. > :25:44.ago, but restoration has proved a slow process. A Heritage Open Day
:25:44. > :25:50.in September attracted hundreds and renewed his determination to save
:25:50. > :25:55.it. There are so many rules and regulations, and so many barriers
:25:55. > :26:01.that seem to pop up. We do not want to preserve it, we want to save it.
:26:01. > :26:04.It has to have a use, a function. It needs to be able to produce an
:26:04. > :26:12.income and it needs public access to people can see this fantastic
:26:12. > :26:16.tower. A lot of people do not know what is here. Paull Holme Tower is
:26:16. > :26:20.an one of the oldest buildings in East Yorkshire. It is very
:26:20. > :26:24.important it is restored and made some use of. A grant from English
:26:24. > :26:32.Heritage will enable it out's future to be explored, but without
:26:32. > :26:38.the help and money, it will remain in ruin.
:26:38. > :26:43.Finally, a recap of the headlines. UK employment hit say 17 year high.
:26:43. > :26:50.In this area, the number of over- 50s out of work doubles in four
:26:50. > :26:54.years. Tomorrow, patchy rain will clear.
:26:54. > :26:59.Top temperatures, seven degrees Celsius.
:26:59. > :27:04.Response coming in on the subject of unemployment.
:27:04. > :27:09.I am a 55-year-old male, out of work for two years. This one saying,
:27:09. > :27:14.I graduated two years ago and have ended up working in a call centre.
:27:14. > :27:17.Not what I hoped for after three years at university. I volunteered
:27:18. > :27:24.in youth work but the Conservative government have made so many cuts,
:27:24. > :27:30.there is no hope of getting work in that sector. Someone else says,