:00:06. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:09. > :00:19.More than 300 hundred jobs are under threat as food factory plans
:00:19. > :00:19.
:00:19. > :00:26.to close in Grimsby. We went into a meeting and they were given 90
:00:26. > :00:29.days' notice. I have not very optimistic, but you just have to
:00:29. > :00:31.keep your chin up. Old tonight, the headteacher
:00:31. > :00:35.warning about students being left behind, as qualifications change.
:00:35. > :00:43.A severe weather warning is in place as our area prepares for more
:00:43. > :00:46.snow. He yes, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire could be a the brunt of
:00:46. > :00:56.that snore tomorrow night. And find out why honouring
:00:56. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:02.Grantham's most famous daughter is More than 300 jobs are under threat
:01:02. > :01:05.at a frozen food factory in North East Lincolnshire. Staff at Kerry
:01:05. > :01:09.Foods have been told its site in Grimsby could close at the end of
:01:09. > :01:19.April. It will bring the number of jobs lost in the frozen food
:01:19. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:27.industry in the area in the last year to 500. A cold winter day has
:01:27. > :01:33.been especially bad for the workforce at Kerry Foods. A 90 day
:01:33. > :01:38.consultation period about all the jobs now begins. In reality,
:01:38. > :01:47.everyone will spend the coming months overshadowed by the terrible
:01:47. > :01:54.prospect of unemployment. A lot of people think that they a bit too
:01:54. > :02:04.old to get on and plot to get unemployed again. -- to get
:02:04. > :02:06.
:02:06. > :02:16.employed again. We were told about this 90 day period. We will
:02:16. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:25.continue to explore all possible options. The Kerry Foods
:02:25. > :02:35.organisation employs 9,000 people nationwide. It only opened in
:02:35. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:44.Grimsby last year. The frozen-food market is a death in a difficult
:02:44. > :02:50.place that the moment. If there is a scrap of positive news, it is
:02:50. > :02:57.this some people in this market in Grimsby are expanding and hiring
:02:57. > :03:04.people. We are still looking to expand and there are other
:03:04. > :03:09.companies looking to come in. Council task force has now been set
:03:09. > :03:17.up to redeploy a the people who may be made redundant.
:03:17. > :03:27.Austin Mitchell is the Labour MP for Great Grimsby and joins me.
:03:27. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:39.said that this looks like a panic measure. What do you mean? Suddenly,
:03:40. > :03:49.the people suddenly get told this without any notice. It is just not
:03:50. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :03:58.good enough. For a G think is going on? Well, I have no idea. This
:03:58. > :04:06.company only set up a year ago, and there will be a worry that they
:04:06. > :04:16.have simply come in to do some asset stripping. And this is meant
:04:16. > :04:20.to be a growth area, frozen food? Yes, because it frozen food is
:04:20. > :04:25.cheaper, it is supposed to be a good area to be in that in times of
:04:25. > :04:35.the recession. But of course, supermarkets are driving down the
:04:35. > :04:41.margins for the companies. What can you and the local council do now?
:04:41. > :04:47.We will certainly do our best to fight this as best as we can.
:04:48. > :04:54.we will also help, should it come to pass, we will certainly come to
:04:54. > :05:02.help the people find other jobs. We are also looking for the local
:05:02. > :05:06.government to extend the Enterprise Zone. We are going to face further
:05:06. > :05:16.competition and we shall be asking the business department what they
:05:16. > :05:18.can also do to help. Headteachers in Grimsby are warning
:05:18. > :05:21.that many young people will struggle to find work because the
:05:21. > :05:24.government says some subjects are less important than nul are. --
:05:24. > :05:34.than others. They say qualifications in skills such as
:05:34. > :05:37.
:05:37. > :05:44.engineering are just as important The these students in Grimsby are
:05:44. > :05:52.working towards their Diploma in performing arts. It is comely worth
:05:52. > :05:57.the equivalent of four GCSEs, but what good is it in later life?
:05:57. > :06:07.has given us great experience of putting our owner sure. We have to
:06:07. > :06:11.sort out the sound, the lighting, the front of house people. Certain
:06:11. > :06:15.qualifications will now not carry the same weight as other subject.
:06:15. > :06:22.At the moment, some volcano vocational qualifications can be
:06:22. > :06:29.worth up to 6 g ESE East, but the government recommends that over
:06:30. > :06:36.3,000 subjects get reduced to just 125. Otherwise, they will not count
:06:36. > :06:41.in school league tables. I've thing that children have been lied to.
:06:41. > :06:48.They had been told that things would be worth five GCE SEs and
:06:48. > :06:53.they are not. The be guess criticism here is the reason to
:06:53. > :06:57.downgrade the Engineering Vocational qualification. It is
:06:57. > :07:04.when thousands of jobs could be created in the green energy sector
:07:04. > :07:08.in the Humber. At this time, we have to be looking out what the
:07:08. > :07:16.local industry has to offer in terms of employment for our local
:07:16. > :07:24.youngsters. It is going to be very hard for other people who are not
:07:24. > :07:27.in any sort of training once they leave school. They are planning to
:07:27. > :07:36.former Lord lobby group to as the gunman to look again at this
:07:36. > :07:39.decision. -- to ask the government. And or this subject will be debated
:07:39. > :07:43.on this weekend's Sunday Politics at 11.00am on BBC One. Guests
:07:43. > :07:53.include Hull East MP Karl Turner. In a moment, Skegness on TV - the
:07:53. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:57.advertising campaign telling us to holiday up home. -- at home. It is
:07:57. > :08:02.a competitive world. Every other country is trying to seduce
:08:02. > :08:04.holidaymakers away. We need to combat that.
:08:04. > :08:07.See severe weather warnings have been issued across East Yorkshire
:08:08. > :08:10.and Lincolnshire over the next 24 hours. This weekend is set to be
:08:10. > :08:17.the coldest spell of winter, with widespread snow expected across all
:08:17. > :08:20.parts. Temperatures will fall as low as minus 6 tonight. Poll will
:08:20. > :08:22.be here with a full forecast in a few moments, but after the
:08:22. > :08:30.disruption caused by last year's weather, local authorities and
:08:30. > :08:33.highways officials have stepped up their preparations.
:08:33. > :08:36.It is the new centre -- nerve centre, responsible for keeping
:08:36. > :08:39.Lincolnshire's roads passable. By alongside organising gritting
:08:39. > :08:49.patrols, officials here have another job. Meet the Twitter
:08:49. > :08:50.
:08:50. > :08:54.Gritter! Via social media, more and more people are coming to us. It
:08:54. > :09:00.exists to be able to give people up-to-date information about what
:09:00. > :09:03.the roads are like. If anything, if it causes people to take an
:09:04. > :09:06.alternative route or drive slightly slower, then it it will be well
:09:06. > :09:09.worth it. All while attention is focused on
:09:09. > :09:11.the roads, snow has already smothered much of our regions's
:09:11. > :09:13.landscapes. The National Farmers Union say it
:09:13. > :09:23.is safe for crops, but not calves. This prize-winning Lincolnshire Red
:09:23. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:32.was born last night. We will probably take it in and he will
:09:32. > :09:36.come back down here in a deal too. But you can see that all the rest
:09:36. > :09:40.of the cows are out enjoying the afternoon sun.
:09:40. > :09:46.Here is not the only one that needs a little warmth. Tonight, Boston's
:09:46. > :09:52.Methodist church will become a temporary homeless shelter. It is
:09:52. > :09:57.government regulations about what is a emergency overnight centre. So,
:09:57. > :10:01.when it is not freezing, we cannot do this, which is rather
:10:01. > :10:03.frustrating. And while the church is trying to
:10:03. > :10:06.prevent incidents, the emergency services could have more to respond
:10:06. > :10:15.to this weekend. East Midlands Ambulance Service are key to avoid
:10:15. > :10:20.scenes like this. When we face cold weather, we have the large increase
:10:20. > :10:27.in people tripping and falling. But we are also campaigning for people
:10:27. > :10:30.to be aware of the dangers of ice Ornette lakes and ponds.
:10:30. > :10:33.Picture postcard it may be, but practical it is not. The only
:10:33. > :10:36.saving Grace is that this cold spell looks to be a short one.
:10:36. > :10:39.Despite the weather, people are choosing to sleep rough tonight to
:10:39. > :10:42.raise the issue of homeless people. The Sleep Easy events are taking
:10:42. > :10:52.place in Lincoln, Grimsby, Hull and in Scunthorpe, where Linsey's is
:10:52. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:06.just now. How many people are They are about 30 people at this
:11:06. > :11:11.event, but there are others across the region. It is to raise the
:11:11. > :11:17.awareness of rough sleeping. These people have a warm bed to sleep in
:11:17. > :11:22.at home, but they have given it up tonight. They have wrapped up with
:11:22. > :11:27.cardboard to keep out the cold, they have sleeping bags and snacks
:11:27. > :11:31.or late at. There are some Humberside police officers who are
:11:31. > :11:34.doing this in their own time because they see the problem of
:11:35. > :11:38.homelessness first hand. It is below freezing, but the people are
:11:38. > :11:44.taking the attitude this is only one night, not like the people who
:11:44. > :11:54.they are trying to help. Let's get the all-important
:11:54. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:01.It is East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who could see the
:12:01. > :12:09.heaviest snowfalls and the Met Office at the Amber alert in place.
:12:09. > :12:13.10 centimetres is expected. Around four inches. It comes into our area
:12:13. > :12:19.later in the afternoon and snows heavily tomorrow evening and
:12:19. > :12:24.tomorrow night. It is this a weather system which is coming up
:12:24. > :12:29.against cold, continental air and when they meet, that is where we
:12:29. > :12:33.think there will be significant snowfall to come. In the short term
:12:33. > :12:41.it is straight forward. Obviously been cold, temperatures dropping
:12:41. > :12:44.like a stone. We are already below freezing in some places. It is very
:12:44. > :12:54.cold this evening and during the course of the night. The breeze
:12:54. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:02.will pick up slightly from the South West later. The sun will rise
:13:02. > :13:08.in the morning at around 7:43am. Those are your high water times. It
:13:09. > :13:15.is a reasonable morning. Frosty to start but plenty of Sunshine around.
:13:15. > :13:19.Get out and enjoy it because cloud will increase in the afternoon. It
:13:19. > :13:25.will snow towards the end of the afternoon and evening across
:13:25. > :13:29.Lincolnshire and North Norfolk. It will be a poor end to the
:13:29. > :13:37.afternoons. You can see clearly Snow will be in to some areas by
:13:37. > :13:47.the end of the day. Some heavy snow tomorrow night. Sunday looks fine
:13:47. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:07.and dry with Sunshine. But it will Thanks for some beautiful photos of
:14:07. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:24.the weather which you've sent to us After years of campaigning,
:14:24. > :14:28.hospital patients could get free travel over the Humber Bridge. It's
:14:28. > :14:35.part of a new proposal from the four councils who are taking on the
:14:35. > :14:40.remaining bridge debt. Our reporter, Anne-Marie Tasker, joins me now?
:14:41. > :14:46.And what has happened today? There has been plenty of talk for all
:14:46. > :14:52.bridge tolls for motorists coming down to �1.50 volts up but this is
:14:52. > :14:55.about hospital praised -- patients going over the bridge for free.
:14:55. > :15:00.Jenny Walton has campaigned for this bar over a decade and she
:15:00. > :15:05.wants patients from over the South Bank to come and go over the bridge
:15:05. > :15:08.for free if they need essential treatment. The stress of coping
:15:08. > :15:14.with any sort of disease for which you have to travel across the
:15:14. > :15:18.bridge for treatment, you cannot believe it unless you have to
:15:18. > :15:24.experience it. To know you don't have to worry quite so much about
:15:24. > :15:31.the cost of going back and forth, treatments, and follow-up clinics,
:15:31. > :15:36.it will be a big relief. Why is this another step closer? It is
:15:36. > :15:42.part of the plan to reach finance the bridge debt, with the four
:15:42. > :15:46.councils taking on a responsibility of the debt each. The MP for the
:15:46. > :15:50.North East Lincolnshire Council thought it was too big a proportion.
:15:50. > :15:57.But he said patients on his area will benefit, they have reached an
:15:57. > :16:02.agreement. There are about 25,000 people in total who have to go for
:16:02. > :16:07.treatment. They cannot get it on the South Bank. It is not a case
:16:07. > :16:11.they decided to go there for treatment, they have no choice. So
:16:11. > :16:15.hopefully 25,000 people will get a free crossing over the bridge to
:16:15. > :16:19.get life-saving treatment which is a bonus for them and a bonus for
:16:19. > :16:29.the area. This does need Government approval, but we have been told it
:16:29. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:37.is a case of when, rather than if it will happen.
:16:37. > :16:40.Let us know what you think about this one. Is it right to offer free
:16:40. > :16:50.tolls to hospital patients who're travelling across the bridge to
:16:50. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:58.Lincolnshire police has revealed that one of its officers was shot
:16:58. > :17:01.during the siege in Sutton St James in Lincolnshire on Tuesday. Armed
:17:01. > :17:06.police were called to the house on Chapelgate after the officer was
:17:06. > :17:09.shot in his police car. He was treated in hospital and discharged
:17:09. > :17:19.the same day. The siege ended when 61 year old, Barry Horspool, was
:17:19. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:36.found dead. After a summer of change Hull KR and Hull FC prepare
:17:36. > :17:45.to kick off the new Super League season. Why honouring Grantham's
:17:45. > :17:48.most famous daughter is dividing opinion in the town.
:17:48. > :17:50.It's hoped that a major new advertising campaign will encourage
:17:50. > :17:53.holidaymakers to visit Skegness rather than go abroad this summer.
:17:53. > :17:56.Television adverts costing �200,000 will be made ahead of the Summer
:17:56. > :18:06.season as part of a campaign to sell the resort to the British
:18:06. > :18:11.public, as Simon Spark reports. Excited crowds and packed beaches
:18:11. > :18:15.are what the tourist leaders want to see this summer and why East
:18:15. > :18:21.Lindsey District Council will be spending �100,000 to be part of an
:18:21. > :18:26.advertising campaign to promote Skegness. A key figure in British
:18:26. > :18:30.tourism was here to support this decision to spend. We will lead it
:18:31. > :18:35.with a major TV campaign which will encourage people to holiday at home.
:18:35. > :18:39.I am delighted Skegness will be part of the campaign. Skegness is a
:18:39. > :18:44.leading resort and we want to make sure people enjoy Skegness along
:18:44. > :18:50.with the other seaside resorts in this country. It will be great. A
:18:50. > :18:54.lot more people coming up. You see places like Bridlington,
:18:54. > :18:59.Scarborough and that type of thing on the television. Why should and
:18:59. > :19:04.Skegness do it. On a day like today, the summer looks and feels a world
:19:04. > :19:09.away, but this is the time of year many families plan their summer
:19:09. > :19:14.holidays. And tourism in East Lindsey was worth �450 million to
:19:14. > :19:20.the economy and Skegness was ranked the 4th most popular holiday
:19:20. > :19:24.destination in the country. 20% of the workforce are employed in
:19:24. > :19:29.tourism and hospitality. It is a vital part of the economy for the
:19:29. > :19:33.District as a whole, not just the coast. Businesses are finding
:19:33. > :19:39.getting the tourists in his only half of the solution in difficult,
:19:39. > :19:43.economic times. Last year was the first time it's impacted heavily on
:19:44. > :19:48.Skegness. Visitor numbers were strong but they amount they spend
:19:48. > :19:53.it was down. Hopefully we have got to keep the numbers up and they may
:19:53. > :19:59.spend a little bit more. Although I am not optimistic on that. There
:19:59. > :20:02.remains a fine balance for the year ahead. Getting people to spend in a
:20:02. > :20:10.continually difficult economic climate will continue to be a
:20:10. > :20:13.bigger challenge. Skegness going on the national map
:20:13. > :20:17.in the adverts. Thanks for your response to our
:20:17. > :20:19.story about the Yorkshire Wolds being blighted by fly-tippers. Its
:20:20. > :20:22.countryside scenes have inspired the paintings of David Hockney, but
:20:22. > :20:32.now there are fears the real landscape is being ruined by the
:20:32. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:08.waste that's being dumped there. The new Super League season kicks
:21:08. > :21:12.off tonight after a winter of change at both Hull Kingston Rovers
:21:12. > :21:15.and Hull FC. Rovers begin with a game at champion,s Leeds tonight.
:21:15. > :21:19.Hull kick off on Sunday when they meet Warrington, who finished top
:21:19. > :21:28.of Super League before the play- offs. Our sports reporter, Simon
:21:28. > :21:33.Clark, assesses the chances of both clubs.
:21:34. > :21:42.And it is fair to say both Hull KR and Hall FC have been distinguished
:21:42. > :21:47.2011. So the two Matt Ridgers were out an income two Australians. They
:21:47. > :21:54.are ready to affect their changes. The whole place has a new feel
:21:54. > :21:58.about it, a new look about it and a better way to play. It is all about
:21:58. > :22:03.attention to detail. Making sure we do everything right and making sure
:22:03. > :22:09.we are prepared. If we can do that, have the it will hold us in good
:22:09. > :22:15.stead for the future. Change is what these fans know all about.
:22:15. > :22:21.From a mind-boggling 19 stones in September, to 16 stone today, it is
:22:21. > :22:27.all thanks to Hall FC's fit fans project. I have a lot more spring
:22:27. > :22:33.in my step. I can chase round with the kids a lot more. Just healthier
:22:33. > :22:39.in general, to be fair. I can see them challenging for 5th or 6th
:22:39. > :22:44.maybe this season. Better than last season. Rovers supporting Wayne and
:22:44. > :22:49.his family are looking forward. With Wayne completing his list of
:22:49. > :22:55.visiting awake around, he wants to see Rovers play Catalan. I want to
:22:55. > :23:00.get there this it and make it a first, on my own. I think it will
:23:00. > :23:06.be very good for the club. Big change is as good as anything. From
:23:06. > :23:10.what we have seen, the manager will do a great job. Hull might look
:23:10. > :23:15.it's lovely self-, but there's changes have been fundamental. It
:23:15. > :23:18.has led to a certain degree of expectation, because every other
:23:19. > :23:27.leading Super League side has improved its squads. So far either
:23:27. > :23:31.of these sides to make the next step up, will be a big ask. I have
:23:32. > :23:37.been told the referee at the Leeds, Hull KR game is going to keep the
:23:37. > :23:41.pitch covers on until kick-off as the temperature in West Yorkshire,
:23:41. > :23:46.Headingley has fallen sharply. BBC Radio Humberside will be there and
:23:46. > :23:49.we will have the latest reports. And you can see how both our clubs
:23:49. > :23:51.get on in the new series of the Super League Show. It's on at
:23:51. > :23:58.11.35pm on Monday night, that's on BBC One.
:23:58. > :24:01.Tomorrow's football has already been hit by the weather. Grimsby
:24:01. > :24:03.Town's FA Trophy tie at Bath City has been called off. For Hull
:24:03. > :24:07.City's game, there will be a provisional pitch inspection at
:24:07. > :24:13.Portsmouth at 10:00am tomorrow. And there will be an inspection at
:24:13. > :24:16.9:00am for Scunthorpe United's game against Walsall. At the moment
:24:16. > :24:19.Lincoln City's game against Braintree is scheduled to go ahead.
:24:19. > :24:23.Tune in to your BBC local radio stations in the morning to find out
:24:23. > :24:26.the latest. She is Grantham's most famous
:24:26. > :24:30.daughter, but the town is split over how Margaret Thatcher should
:24:30. > :24:33.be honoured. Renaming the Guildhall in the town after the former Prime
:24:33. > :24:39.Minister would be a fitting tribute, say some, but others are far from
:24:39. > :24:49.impressed with the idea. And as Crispin Rolfe has been finding out,
:24:49. > :24:59.people in the town are not holding back over the issue.
:24:59. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:06.There is the red corner. And the blue corner. Two sides, one Debate.
:25:07. > :25:11.Should grant them's Guildhall be renamed in honour of the Iron Lady?
:25:11. > :25:17.-- Grantham. She brought this country from the depths of rack and
:25:17. > :25:22.ruin, from the late 70s to the early 80s, to a country where the
:25:22. > :25:26.Great was back into Britain. Buying renaming the Guild Hall, we are
:25:26. > :25:31.taking this step too far from commemorating her life to making
:25:31. > :25:35.her a pinnacle of worship. Born and bred in worship, Margaret
:25:35. > :25:39.Thatcher's birthplace is marked. But his call to change the name of
:25:39. > :25:45.the Guild Hall is proving controversial. Is there a right
:25:45. > :25:52.time whose rule prompted strikes and civil unrest, to modernise the
:25:52. > :25:57.country? No, she caused a lot of trouble, didn't she? She destroyed
:25:57. > :26:02.a lot of things. A lot of people lost their jobs. They were going to
:26:02. > :26:07.put a statue up, but that did not happen. Something should be
:26:07. > :26:13.remembered of Baroness Thatcher in Grantham. It is immaterial to me.
:26:13. > :26:17.Conservatives were keen to retain the Guildhall's existing name. But
:26:18. > :26:23.the time will come when Grant then decides to add another statute to
:26:23. > :26:27.its collections. Sir Isaac Newton might be its famous son, but its
:26:27. > :26:32.most famous daughter is not quite so popular. If they are going to
:26:32. > :26:38.change any names, they might have to do some hand bagging first. But
:26:38. > :26:46.for now, it is seconds out in this debate.
:26:46. > :26:49.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: Chris Huhne,
:26:49. > :26:52.the energy secretary resigns as he is charged with perverting the
:26:52. > :26:55.course of justice. The future of more than 300 food
:26:55. > :27:02.workers in Grimsby is under threat tonight as plans are announced to
:27:02. > :27:09.close a factory. Dry and bright with snow spreading
:27:09. > :27:11.from the West. Top temperature one Celsius.
:27:11. > :27:14.Quick off the mark with your response on whether the bridge
:27:14. > :27:21.should be free for hospital patients.
:27:21. > :27:25.Of course it is there for those who have relatives at her at time when
:27:25. > :27:29.finances are strained. Another one says - they used to
:27:29. > :27:33.late for my husband but I hope it arrives in the future.
:27:33. > :27:37.Three crossing the Humber Bridge of hospital treatment is a good thing,