:00:09. > :00:13.Good evening. Welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines: The winter
:00:13. > :00:17.drought threatening crops and the use of hosepipes.
:00:17. > :00:24.We will not be able to irrigate however high-value crops, which
:00:24. > :00:28.will mean we do not get the quality the custom and supermarkets require.
:00:28. > :00:32.The family of missing Stuart Gilson so they are still waiting for him
:00:32. > :00:38.to walk through the door. The last couple of days, it has just felt
:00:38. > :00:43.like he is working away and will come through that door. The road
:00:43. > :00:48.crashes at one Business Mansur threatening his livelihood.
:00:48. > :00:53.And the war against roses. The Lincolnshire tulips taking on more
:00:53. > :00:59.traditional Valentine blames. not like roses. They are a bit to
:00:59. > :01:04.cliche. Trips are nice, but to say I love you, you would go for roses.
:01:04. > :01:14.Temperatures have been around average. Power have the forecast
:01:14. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:19.later. It has been one of the driest
:01:19. > :01:24.winters in 35 years. Now, There are fears that drought conditions could
:01:24. > :01:28.lead to a hosepipe ban in Lincolnshire. Anglian Water says it
:01:28. > :01:31.cannot true that restricting supplies as early as spring.
:01:31. > :01:41.Farmers have warned that the lack of rain will harm their crops,
:01:41. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:48.possibly forcing up food prices. After last week's snow, the ground
:01:48. > :01:53.looks wet but beneath the surface, it is a different story. It soon
:01:53. > :02:00.breaks up. Normally, nearer the surface, you can make a nice ball
:02:00. > :02:06.out of it. Down there, it breaks up easily, so it is much drier. Chris
:02:06. > :02:09.has an arable farm at mothering humph. Following the county's third
:02:09. > :02:17.driest winter on record, he fears crops and vegetables could be
:02:17. > :02:22.affected both in quality and price. The extent of the problem is clear
:02:23. > :02:27.here. This reservoir is used to regret his -- immigrate his crops.
:02:27. > :02:32.At this time of year, it would normally be full. Levels are down
:02:32. > :02:36.by 80 %. It could pose challenges for the rest of the year. It is
:02:36. > :02:40.very stressful, and we have no prospect of filling it at the
:02:40. > :02:45.moment. We have a prohibition on the water. We probably will not be
:02:45. > :02:49.able to irrigate our high-value crops, which will mean we do not
:02:49. > :02:55.get a yield of do not get the call to the customer and supermarkets
:02:55. > :03:00.require. Be it is not just farmers who may be caught short. This
:03:00. > :03:05.reservoir supplies domestic users. It is down by 20 %, which means a
:03:05. > :03:10.hosepipe ban cannot be ruled out. It sounds a bit crazy at this
:03:10. > :03:14.moment, especially since we have had all the snow. People with
:03:14. > :03:19.gardens and people washing cars, it would be a bit of a blow, but what
:03:19. > :03:23.can you do? David is from the Environment Agency. He describes a
:03:23. > :03:27.shortage as a wake-up call. encourage people to use water
:03:27. > :03:32.carefully, and the more we can save water now, the less likely we would
:03:32. > :03:37.need to impose restrictions later this year. Oh but the coming weeks,
:03:37. > :03:43.farmers will be watching this guy is closely. A spell of continued
:03:43. > :03:50.wet-weather bringing some welcome relief.
:03:50. > :03:57.A running me is Ciaran Nelson from Anglian Water. -- joining me is
:03:57. > :04:04.Ciaran Nelson. How much is a -- how much of a problem we must be?
:04:04. > :04:10.could be significant. The problem with dealing with this goes back to
:04:10. > :04:14.last winter. We have had successive dry spells. We are in a position
:04:14. > :04:18.where we are facing a spring and summer where we might not have as
:04:18. > :04:23.much water as we would like. Should the reservoirs not be full at the
:04:23. > :04:27.end of a winter? Yes, indeed, they should. We are in the middle of our
:04:27. > :04:35.recharge period, where the reservoirs and underground places
:04:35. > :04:44.should be filling up. The refill period started later and is taking
:04:44. > :04:47.longer. We applied for a drought permits to take water out of a
:04:47. > :04:54.river to Pompey into the reservoir at the Atlanta. That will make a
:04:54. > :05:01.small difference. Can you rule out hosepipe bans? We have not had one
:05:01. > :05:06.for 20 years, but I cannot say we will not this year. We are doing a
:05:06. > :05:09.lot to save water. I would encourage customers to use less
:05:09. > :05:15.water. I cannot give guarantees at this stage that we will not have
:05:15. > :05:21.hosepipe bans. That sounds quite worrying. It is something we need
:05:21. > :05:27.to be worried about. We all have an obligation to try to protect water.
:05:27. > :05:31.It is finite. We have not had the rainfall. Even the snow we have
:05:31. > :05:35.seen, it takes 10 centimetres of snow to give the equivalent of one
:05:35. > :05:39.centimetre of rain. Even that will not make much of a dent on the
:05:39. > :05:45.really dry land at there. people run a bath guilt-free before
:05:45. > :05:50.bedtime? I have asked people to perhaps prefer a shower over a bath.
:05:50. > :05:54.Perhaps people could take it for a minute less. That could save over
:05:54. > :06:01.20 litres. If everybody did that, we would soon start to save
:06:02. > :06:07.thousands if not millions of litres. Top tip of the evening. Thank you
:06:07. > :06:14.for coming in. That is one you might want to comment on. In a
:06:14. > :06:18.moment: Eight call-centre employee tells us how bosses at timing
:06:18. > :06:22.toilet breaks. -- at call-centre employee.
:06:22. > :06:27.The family of a missing Hull man said they are still waiting for him
:06:27. > :06:30.to walk back in the door. It is over two weeks since Stuart Gilson
:06:30. > :06:37.went missing. There has been a massive public response to the
:06:37. > :06:45.campaign to find the 21-year-old. Sarah Corker is live in Hull city
:06:45. > :06:50.centre. How strong is this campaign? Across the Hull seed say,
:06:50. > :06:54.on buses, in shops and in the streets, posters like this are
:06:54. > :06:59.appealing for information as to what could have happened to Stuart.
:06:59. > :07:06.His image is now going up on these billboards as well. Complete
:07:06. > :07:13.strangers are helping, offering to Prince of posters -- often to
:07:13. > :07:21.printer off posters and help with searches.
:07:21. > :07:24.Kim Bailey takes comfort from the messages on Facebook. The family
:07:24. > :07:32.said they are overwhelmed by the help they have had from the people
:07:32. > :07:39.of Paul. It is absolutely amazing, the support we have got to, it is
:07:39. > :07:43.just amazing. I cannot get a vet. Stuart Gilson disappeared and the
:07:43. > :07:50.20 eighth of January after a night out. This is the last sighting of
:07:50. > :07:54.him on Drypool Bridge, just before 10:30pm. There is no CCTV footage
:07:54. > :08:01.of Stuart on the other side of the bridge. The police believe he could
:08:01. > :08:07.have taken a short cut on this footpath. His family and friends
:08:07. > :08:11.have been out searching for him. There have been joined by members
:08:11. > :08:16.of the public. They have been retracing the route he could have
:08:16. > :08:21.taken home, looking for close. Everywhere you not, there are
:08:21. > :08:25.posters appealing for help. -- everywhere you look. The last
:08:25. > :08:35.couple of days, it has felt like he is working away and will come
:08:35. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:44.through that door. Just got to keep thinking like that. This woman's
:08:44. > :08:54.son went missing 16 years ago. Sue volunteers for a charity, and is
:08:54. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:02.backing the campaign to find Stuart. Hull citizens should be proud of
:09:02. > :09:07.themselves for what they are doing to help his family. A family man,
:09:07. > :09:10.his loved ones say his disappearance is totally out of
:09:10. > :09:17.character. They're asking the public not to give up hope in
:09:17. > :09:20.finding him. I keep thinking there is someone out there that know
:09:20. > :09:29.something, and I do not know why they are not come forward and
:09:29. > :09:35.saying it. Steward's sister speaking to me. Police have called
:09:35. > :09:40.off physical searches for Stuart, but are still reviewing CCTV across
:09:40. > :09:43.the city to see if they can pick up any other players. They are asking
:09:43. > :09:48.if anyone has seen or heard anything about Stuart to get in
:09:48. > :09:53.touch with than. The family say they are determined to keep looking
:09:53. > :09:58.for him. Some more news now. A man has
:09:58. > :10:01.appeared in court charged with importing Class A drugs through the
:10:01. > :10:07.Hull ferry terminal. A lorry loaded with 13 stone of drugs was seized
:10:07. > :10:11.on Friday. Gary Pattison from Woodmansey, near Beverley, was
:10:11. > :10:17.remanded in custody. Humberside Police Authority says it
:10:18. > :10:26.wants more money from council tax payers. The authority voted for a
:10:26. > :10:30.3.9 % rise. That is for a band D property.
:10:30. > :10:34.A lorry got stuck under a railway bridge in the Stoneferry area this
:10:34. > :10:38.afternoon causing long traffic delays. The driver eventually moved
:10:38. > :10:42.their vehicle forward. Network Rail inspected the Bridge afterwards and
:10:42. > :10:47.says no damage was caused. A member of staff at a call centre
:10:47. > :10:51.in Hull has contacted the BBC to criticise conditions. The employee
:10:51. > :10:57.said the company had started timing trips to the toilet, and anyone who
:10:57. > :11:02.spent too long had to make up the time at the end of their sheet. --
:11:02. > :11:07.the end of their shift. A solicitor has told us that legally the
:11:07. > :11:11.company is not done anything wrong. These staff are among the 4,000
:11:11. > :11:16.working in call centres across the East Riding. Managers here at the
:11:16. > :11:18.KC contact centre said their relations with staff is good, but
:11:19. > :11:23.elsewhere, one worker, who does not wish to be identified, told us
:11:23. > :11:27.about the pressures of the job. He says his company is even
:11:27. > :11:32.restricting their toilet breaks. People are all different. They were
:11:32. > :11:35.some people were pregnant, some have irritable bowel syndrome, and
:11:35. > :11:41.it means they are required to go to the top lot more often. They are
:11:41. > :11:44.worried they would have to pay the time back, and it is affecting my
:11:44. > :11:49.wrath. While breaks are controlled at most call centres, working
:11:49. > :11:54.conditions and stress levels vary. The most successful liaise closely
:11:55. > :11:58.with their staff. KC contact centres employ over 200 people, and
:11:58. > :12:02.annual staff turnover currently runs at around 13 %. That is half
:12:02. > :12:07.the national average. Managers say that is because they treat their
:12:07. > :12:16.workers fairly, and as individuals. We have no intention of making
:12:16. > :12:21.people start to pay back toilet breaks. It is about working with
:12:21. > :12:28.individuals. It is about treating people as individuals, rather than
:12:28. > :12:32.with a broad brush. Some companies think they can save money by
:12:32. > :12:38.restricting how often their employees spend a penny. Others
:12:38. > :12:43.reckon there's a good staff relations at prices. -- are
:12:43. > :12:45.priceless. Sean Dempsey is an employment lawyer. I asked him if
:12:45. > :12:50.companies were within their rights to make workers clock off and on
:12:50. > :12:54.when they visited the toilet. any type of relationship,
:12:54. > :12:58.employment relationship, an employer can manage that
:12:59. > :13:04.relationship as they deem fit. Logging into a computer and logging
:13:04. > :13:08.of when somebody needs to go to the toilets, that can be appropriate in
:13:08. > :13:14.certain circumstances. Hull Fair is it to make people make up time if
:13:14. > :13:24.they have exceeded their allotments -- how fair is it? I think for
:13:24. > :13:29.Mayfair this perspective, if they have specific provisions for time
:13:29. > :13:35.off, I think in certain circumstances it could be fair to
:13:35. > :13:39.make up time at the end of the day if they use a disproportionate
:13:39. > :13:45.demands of rest breaks. One worker told us some of his colleagues
:13:45. > :13:52.avoid drinking so they do not need to pay a visit. How can that be
:13:52. > :13:55.defended? That sounds extreme to me. If it is the case that the rest
:13:55. > :14:01.breaks the employers allowing the employees is such that they cannot
:14:01. > :14:07.drink, that seems to be unfair and could amount to a breach of the
:14:07. > :14:11.duty of trust and confidence. Briefly, what would you say to
:14:11. > :14:16.anyone thinking of taking action against their boss for timing them
:14:16. > :14:21.in such a way? I do not think the timing is an issue. It is what the
:14:21. > :14:26.employer does with that time that could be problematic. If they seek
:14:26. > :14:36.to deduct wages, employees could have an unlawful deduction from
:14:36. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:48.wages claim. Monitoring is not Thank you. Now, we would like to
:14:48. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:59.hear your views on this. Is the fear foreign player to act in this
:14:59. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:21.manner? Get in touch in the We will get some of your thoughts
:15:21. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:26.on this before we finish at 7 o'clock. Still to come, the blood
:15:26. > :15:32.town's helping to keep their colleagues healthy. And his Dulux
:15:32. > :15:35.replacing it roses as the Choice.
:15:35. > :15:45.Tonight's photo is the sun setting at Saxilby in Lincolnshire, sent to
:15:45. > :15:50.us by Melanie Carter. Thank you very much for that. Please keep the
:15:50. > :16:00.these photographs coming. I will be careful how do this. Good evening,
:16:00. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:14.Yes, I have had a few comments about this. Today, it has been
:16:14. > :16:21.fairly average, temperature wives. But at least that is not going to
:16:21. > :16:26.be to call tonight. The cloud will be quite thick at times, but that
:16:26. > :16:30.should clear as we go into the afternoon. As you can see, it is
:16:30. > :16:36.this weather front which is going to bring most of the cloud and the
:16:36. > :16:40.best of the sunshine will be the further west you are. For most of
:16:40. > :16:45.us, it has been a dry day and as we head into this evening and
:16:45. > :16:50.overnight, the cloud will thicken and may give us some spots of light
:16:50. > :16:56.rain. The wind is freshening up from the north-west and that will
:16:56. > :17:02.make quite strong and dusty towards the coast. For most of us,
:17:02. > :17:09.temperatures of five or six degrees. Here are the sunrise and sunset
:17:09. > :17:14.times. Not to chilly to start off with tomorrow, but the cloud
:17:14. > :17:19.threatening up, to give the odd spot of light rain. For many of us,
:17:19. > :17:26.and tried day and the cloud beginning to break during the day,
:17:26. > :17:31.so the best of the weather to the west of the region. As we go
:17:31. > :17:40.through the day, temperatures across East Yorkshire could even
:17:40. > :17:44.push into double figures. It is above-average for this time of here.
:17:44. > :17:54.In to Thursday and Friday, are at the amount of cloud, which will
:17:54. > :17:56.
:17:56. > :18:04.bring us some rain. I am sure there is a big bunch of roses waiting for
:18:04. > :18:07.you when you get home. A are the from you?
:18:07. > :18:09.A business owner say drivers repeatedly crashing in front of his
:18:09. > :18:12.property are costing him a fortune in lost trade.
:18:12. > :18:16.Frank Hopkins is calling on Lincolnshire County Council to load
:18:16. > :18:18.or the speed limit on the main road out of his village. -- to lower the
:18:18. > :18:24.speed limit. There have been ten accidents on
:18:24. > :18:34.this stretch of road in the last decade. According to one local
:18:34. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:39.businessman, it is the speed limit on this bend that is to blame.
:18:39. > :18:43.had about 50 and the speed up as they come down the brain.
:18:43. > :18:46.This was the scene on Friday, when a car came off the road and knocked
:18:46. > :18:48.down a telegraph pole. It is meant that this business has
:18:48. > :18:57.lost both its phone line and internet access. Owner Frank
:18:57. > :19:04.Hopkins says it is the third time it has happened. A it has cost us
:19:04. > :19:13.about �30,000 down the years. The insurance companies will not pay
:19:13. > :19:16.out, because it is an undefined thing. Although there are signs
:19:16. > :19:25.warning motorists to slow down, francs is not enough is being done
:19:25. > :19:27.to warn people about the dangers of the bend. The error about 200
:19:27. > :19:37.higher priority site in Lincolnshire that we have to
:19:37. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:46.address. That is not to say this is not a concern. In 2009, we averaged
:19:46. > :19:49.about three accidents idea. Collisions have now Rel reduced.
:19:49. > :19:51.The Road Safety Partnership reduced the speed limit in 2009 and there
:19:51. > :19:54.have only been two accidents since then.
:19:54. > :19:57.BT are now working on replacing the pole, but it may not be until
:19:57. > :19:59.Friday that business here will be back to normal.
:19:59. > :20:02.Thank for getting in touch last night about the extra training
:20:02. > :20:05.being offered to teenage drivers in Lincolnshire. The South Holland
:20:05. > :20:08.area was labelled one of the worst in the country for young drivers
:20:08. > :20:10.crashing. Thank for getting in touch last night about the extra
:20:10. > :20:14.training being offered to teenage drivers in Lincolnshire. The South
:20:14. > :20:16.Holland area was labelled one of the worst in the country for young
:20:16. > :20:19.drivers crashing. Elizabeth from Gainsborough says...
:20:19. > :20:29.Harry Neil thinks young drivers should be restricted after getting
:20:29. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:55.Thing he very much for all those. When a dog needs urgent surgery
:20:55. > :20:59.finding enough blood to carry out the operation has always been a
:20:59. > :21:04.problem for vets. A recent law change means they can now store pet
:21:04. > :21:08.blood. Now a nationwide charity blood bank, set up for emergency
:21:08. > :21:18.use, is trying to expand. Our reporter Leanne Brown has been to
:21:18. > :21:24.the only surgery in our area, in Boston, where dogs can donate.
:21:24. > :21:27.have cleaned his snaky and now we're going to go-ahead.
:21:27. > :21:36.It is a common procedure for humans, but now dogs can also give blood
:21:36. > :21:45.for use in emergency surgery. is very vital for us. If they have
:21:45. > :21:48.pleading Schumacher's or bleeding from traffic accidents.
:21:48. > :21:55.Before the charity Pet Blood Bank started doing this five years ago,
:21:55. > :22:01.things were done very differently. The vets would have to use their
:22:01. > :22:04.own dog or friends dog. That is obviously quite stressful for
:22:04. > :22:07.everybody involved. Every unit that is collected can
:22:07. > :22:15.help save the lives of four dogs. There are two blood types, positive
:22:15. > :22:23.or negative, and any dog over 25 kilos in weight can donate. It is
:22:23. > :22:28.very important to was that the dogs are not heart or frightened. They
:22:28. > :22:32.do not tend to react adversely to needles. They are often better than
:22:32. > :22:40.Schumann's in that respect. And the charity need more owners to
:22:40. > :22:44.come forward. To me, it is a life- saving project.
:22:44. > :22:47.And they do get a reward for their efforts - a bowl of food.
:22:47. > :22:52.Former Hull City player Dean Windass has announced that he is
:22:52. > :22:54.going into rehab on Monday for 26 days. Last month, he revealed that
:22:55. > :23:04.he tried to take his own life, after struggling to cope since
:23:05. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:14.Hull city could move of the championship table if they beat one
:23:14. > :23:19.of their near his promotion rivals. Fresh from their female victory
:23:20. > :23:27.over Bristol city, they are set to name an unchanged side for the trip
:23:27. > :23:33.to Birmingham city. And Scunthorpe United will be able to play today.
:23:33. > :23:36.We saw last night fans Clearing the snow off the pitch. They are
:23:36. > :23:38.playing Rochdale. And there is coverage of the games
:23:39. > :23:43.on BBC Radio Humberside. Hull City's trip to Birmingham City
:23:43. > :23:46.is on FM and Scunthorpe's match with Rochdale is on AM and digital.
:23:46. > :23:54.And BBC Lincolnshire will have the Lincoln City game against Braintree
:23:54. > :23:57.from 7.00pm. In the Netherlands, they are the
:23:57. > :24:01.flower of love, but can you get away with giving tulips on
:24:01. > :24:03.Valentine's Day? Millions of extra blooms have been
:24:03. > :24:06.grown in Lincolnshire and Siobhan Robbins has been asking if the
:24:06. > :24:16.humble tulip can beat the traditional rose in the romance
:24:16. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:29.stakes. It is that time of here again - Geraint harks, cards and
:24:29. > :24:39.flowers. In the chill of capital of the area. They have been growing
:24:39. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:53.extra ones. Our main product for Valentine's Day are the red ones.
:24:53. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:57.Or on average, we spend �36 a year on flowers. A it is the milk multi-
:24:57. > :25:07.million pound bet industry in the United Kingdom. Lincolnshire is
:25:07. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:18.that the heart of it. So bookies like this do not just say I love
:25:18. > :25:18.
:25:18. > :25:27.you, but are also a huge lift to the local economy. I would buy them
:25:27. > :25:37.red roses. My do not like the look of roses. I think they're a bit
:25:37. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:47.predictable. A pass to be roses. Many people say that although roses
:25:47. > :25:54.remained popular, tulips are now the most growing popular
:25:54. > :26:03.alternative. In the Netherlands, the are the Flower Of Love. We are
:26:03. > :26:08.finding that younger people are in cut increasingly turning to them.
:26:08. > :26:14.The demand far floors will carry on, with mother stayed just around the
:26:14. > :26:17.corner. Let us get a recap of the national
:26:17. > :26:21.and regional headlines New figures on the cost of living - inflation
:26:21. > :26:24.drops for the second month in a row to its lowest level for over a year.
:26:24. > :26:33.After one of the driest winters in 35 years, there are fresh fears
:26:33. > :26:41.that drought conditions could lead to hosepipe bans in Lincolnshire.
:26:41. > :26:45.For 20 years, we have not had a hosepipe ban. That was Anglian
:26:45. > :26:48.Water talking live on the programme. And tomorrow's weather - variable
:26:48. > :26:49.cloud, with light patchy rain in the east at times, but generally
:26:50. > :26:57.dry. The fresh breeze tending to ease
:26:57. > :27:01.during the day and a maximum temperature of 10 Celsius. We are
:27:01. > :27:11.now getting a response coming and regarding the story about call
:27:11. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:22.centres. One person says that people are skiving when the are
:27:22. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:27.taking too many breaks. Another said that timing toilet breaks it