:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening. Welcome to Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:12. > :00:18.As unemployment falls in our area, could culture be the area to
:00:19. > :00:23.creating more jobs? -- the answer. The woman learning to walk again
:00:23. > :00:29.with the help of robotic legs. After five years of sitting down,
:00:29. > :00:34.it is amazing to be on my feet. 200 explosions are weak - residents
:00:34. > :00:38.threaten to withdraw -- would hold their council tax.
:00:38. > :00:43.A new study says that we have lost our sense of community.
:00:43. > :00:47.It has been a milder day today with some sunshine at times. To find out
:00:47. > :00:57.what is in store for the rest of the week, joined me later in the
:00:57. > :01:01.programme. -- joined. Tonight, how festivals and events
:01:01. > :01:07.could help create jobs in the future. But on the day that the
:01:07. > :01:10.latest job news is announced, one company says it will be pulling out
:01:10. > :01:15.of Hull. These are the latest job figures. In Yorkshire and the
:01:15. > :01:20.Humber of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell
:01:21. > :01:26.by 10,000 to just over a quarter of a million. In the East Midlands
:01:26. > :01:30.there was an increase of 1,000 people, taking the number out of
:01:30. > :01:34.work to 188,000. In Hull, where the number of jobless young people is
:01:34. > :01:37.amongst the highest in the country it is hoped that the arts and big
:01:37. > :01:47.events will create jobs. Our business correspondent Paul Murphy
:01:47. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:52.has been finding out how. They have been several projects in
:01:52. > :01:55.our region but behind the fund and the colour lies the attempt to
:01:55. > :02:01.bring income and at jobs to areas of deprivation and rising
:02:01. > :02:08.unemployment. The festival brought in 75,000
:02:08. > :02:13.people. The Hockney exhibition, 63,000 people. It brings people in
:02:13. > :02:18.to spend money so it generates income into the economy. When it
:02:18. > :02:28.comes to art school led regeneration, Margate has produced
:02:28. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:35.the blueprint. -- Arts lead. More than a third of a million visitors
:02:35. > :02:39.have come to this once dilapidated resort since the gallery opened
:02:39. > :02:45.last April. People are beginning to feel that
:02:45. > :02:49.this is working. We have had more than 360,000 visitors to the Turner
:02:49. > :02:54.and I have noticed young people looking through windows and
:02:54. > :02:59.thinking they will buy properties. Make no mistake, there is
:02:59. > :03:04.deprivation end Margate, it has unemployment levels on a par with
:03:04. > :03:10.Hull, but there is much evidence that investments in the arts are
:03:10. > :03:14.creating jobs. The power of increased visitor numbers is seen
:03:14. > :03:21.in the old town. Even in the economic gloom, it has become a
:03:21. > :03:25.warren of pubs and boutiques. before the Turner arrived, we saw a
:03:25. > :03:29.bunch of shops are opening. And since then people have seen how
:03:29. > :03:35.many visitors they have had and have rented out their properties.
:03:35. > :03:39.In Hull, the free museum quarter is one of the success stories of the
:03:39. > :03:44.city's cultural economy but there is believes that more can be done.
:03:44. > :03:49.When people come to an area they bring money, they stay in hotels
:03:50. > :03:55.and they spend money in the town centre.
:03:55. > :03:59.In Hull, D city's former fruit market is being reinvented as a
:03:59. > :04:02.cultural quarter in a city notorious for its high youth
:04:02. > :04:07.unemployment. The man behind this project believes that the young
:04:07. > :04:14.have a crucial part to play. We are asking people to push the envelope
:04:14. > :04:18.to come up with new and exciting ideas. When we see the unemployment
:04:18. > :04:24.figures, we are trying to encourage younger people to come up with the
:04:24. > :04:28.next generation of ideas and answers. Of course, there is no
:04:29. > :04:32.quick fix to the high levels of unemployment announced today, but
:04:32. > :04:38.the steady transformation of this seaside town is providing a glimpse
:04:38. > :04:42.of what can be done. Professor John Lennon from the
:04:42. > :04:46.University of Glasgow is an expert in how culture can regenerate a
:04:46. > :04:51.city. He studied the impact that the Freedom Festival had on the
:04:51. > :04:56.city of Hull. I asked him how arts and culture can revive that part of
:04:56. > :05:02.the world. We have seen this revival in other parts of the UK
:05:02. > :05:07.and Europe. Our cities are shifting from manufacturing to services. We
:05:07. > :05:11.are seeing in Hull the growth of creative and cultural industries,
:05:11. > :05:15.landmark events like the Freedom Festival have really helped to turn
:05:15. > :05:22.around self- belief in places like Hull. Most people will be saying,
:05:22. > :05:26.we want factories, jobs, offices, not a couple of fans in the park.
:05:26. > :05:31.If our economy is structurally shifting. We can't go back to where
:05:31. > :05:37.we were. Most of our production has gone overseas and will not return.
:05:37. > :05:42.The UK is good at creating cultural industries. Those sectors are
:05:43. > :05:47.growing and exploding across Hull, whether in TV and media or
:05:47. > :05:51.marketing and creative functions. The EU have a lot of good growth
:05:51. > :05:57.there and I think it is a gradual growth that we have seen that comes
:05:57. > :06:05.about with the realisation that Hull can, firstly, be a venue for a
:06:05. > :06:10.world-class event like Freedom Festival but also be a location for
:06:10. > :06:15.visitors, the closeness to the European Ferries will help...
:06:15. > :06:24.saw in the film what the Turner Gallery has done full of -- Dunn
:06:24. > :06:29.for Margate's. Could Hull have that kind of success? Hull and the so
:06:29. > :06:34.barring environment has a lot to offer. We have a combination of
:06:34. > :06:42.city, coast and countryside. David have -- David Hockney is your
:06:42. > :06:47.biggest ambassador, selling out in central London with paintings I
:06:47. > :06:54.believe that the tide has turned significantly and I think you will
:06:54. > :07:03.see continued growth, both in civic pride and growth in self-belief,
:07:03. > :07:06.coming out of those industries. Do you agree with Professor Lennon
:07:06. > :07:12.the things like the Freedom Festival could bring up jobs to the
:07:12. > :07:17.city or should the focus still be on trying to get employers to build
:07:17. > :07:27.offices and factories? If you were in charge, what would you do? It
:07:27. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:40.We look forward to hearing from you. It has been confirmed this
:07:40. > :07:48.afternoon did a green energy company will close its offices in
:07:48. > :07:55.Hull. -- and that a green energy. Carillion employs 150 people at its
:07:55. > :08:00.site in the west of the city. What more do we know? They have several
:08:00. > :08:05.business interests but it's their solar panel in -- business but has
:08:05. > :08:10.been affected. People have been installing the panel's to generate
:08:10. > :08:13.their own electricity but from the beginning of March the subsidy to
:08:13. > :08:19.do that is being halved and that has had a dramatic impact on the
:08:19. > :08:24.amount of in -- business being generated. The closure of the
:08:24. > :08:28.factory in Hull is being directly blamed on that downturn. There has
:08:28. > :08:34.been a consultation running since last year and the company has made
:08:34. > :08:38.the closure decision final. There are 100th 50 office workers based
:08:38. > :08:43.at this site and this evening one manager has said that every effort
:08:43. > :08:49.will be made to replicate them to other places in the country. -- 150
:08:49. > :08:53.office workers. Senior police officers are urging
:08:53. > :08:57.the government to set a minimum price level for alcohol.
:08:57. > :09:03.A company from East Yorkshire is helping to develop a robotic suit
:09:03. > :09:06.that will help paraplegic patients walk. There was already a long
:09:06. > :09:12.waiting list for the ReWalk sud and one woman who was told she would
:09:12. > :09:17.never walk again is hoping to prove its worth by walking the London
:09:17. > :09:21.Marathon. It may look like a laboured way to
:09:21. > :09:25.stand but Claire Lomas says that she dreams about held weekly
:09:25. > :09:33.sessions trialling the new ReWalk suit.
:09:33. > :09:36.It is amazing after five years of sitting down to be back on my feet.
:09:36. > :09:41.Clare severed her spinal cord during a riding accident. She was
:09:41. > :09:46.told she would never walk again. Now she is working with East
:09:46. > :09:52.Yorkshire company Cyclone to test the sued for the UK market. For
:09:52. > :09:58.braces support the lake and help to rotate the joints. -- be braces.
:09:58. > :10:01.Sensors under the feet detect when they are lifted and be back pack
:10:01. > :10:11.contains an eight hour battery. The sensors on the hips are similar to
:10:11. > :10:18.those found in iPhones. It is an external system with
:10:18. > :10:25.motors that persists that the joints to give a walking pattern. -
:10:25. > :10:32.- that assists. Clare can walk 30 steps so far but she has set
:10:32. > :10:37.herself a target of completing the London Marathon in April, 26 miles.
:10:37. > :10:41.But there is a bigger challenge awaiting her first. I have the
:10:41. > :10:46.little one's birthday on Friday and we are having a competition to see
:10:46. > :10:52.who can walk further. Young brains learn quicker so I am not sure
:10:52. > :10:59.whether she will overtake me soon! It is an incredible piece of kit
:10:59. > :11:02.with a �43,000 price tag but there was already has substantial waiting
:11:02. > :11:06.list for the ReWalk, which will keep these engineers busy for some
:11:06. > :11:11.time. An incredible story. We wish her
:11:11. > :11:14.all the best. Let's have some more news. A 37-
:11:14. > :11:18.year-old man has been arrested with -- in connection with claims made
:11:18. > :11:27.on the internet about the whereabouts of missing Hull man
:11:27. > :11:31.Stuart kilt and. A man was arrested after police search led to no
:11:32. > :11:34.evidence that he was ever in the area.
:11:34. > :11:44.The Humber Bridge Board has approved a plan which could see the
:11:44. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:49.cost of crossing it halved. Now it needs to go before the government
:11:49. > :11:55.for final approval. People are being asked not to
:11:55. > :11:59.attend the A&E department at the Hull Royal Infirmary and less it is
:11:59. > :12:04.an emergency. There is a high demand for beds and the hospital is
:12:04. > :12:09.advising people to seek advice from GPs and walk-in centres.
:12:09. > :12:19.People in a Lincolnshire village are threatening not to pay their
:12:19. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:28.council tax owed for what they call a news nuisance. -- over what. West
:12:28. > :12:32.Lindsey District Council said there would be 200 explosions next week.
:12:32. > :12:42.The peaceful village of Toft next Newton, but every so often there is
:12:42. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :12:55.this. Sheila says they battle her windows
:12:55. > :13:05.and damage her home and next week she is preparing herself for more
:13:05. > :13:11.than 200 blasts. -- rattle. It brings back the evils of the war.
:13:11. > :13:16.200 bombs going off in one area, it will be horrendous.
:13:16. > :13:22.It is not exactly clear what goes on at this site but it has a
:13:22. > :13:26.licence to store and test weapons and fire despite fireworks. A
:13:26. > :13:31.residents like composer David have been complaining for years but he
:13:31. > :13:36.says 200 is too many and he is taking a stand.
:13:36. > :13:46.We are paying council tax to get a service. If we are customers, we
:13:46. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:54.have customer rights. I am going to There is not anything we can do
:13:54. > :14:00.because the noise that is there is below the level it can be.
:14:00. > :14:04.Residents need to be aware that not paying their council tax is illegal.
:14:04. > :14:10.While the owner of the site was unavailable to come on camera today,
:14:10. > :14:16.he has issued a statement. He says: Exposures are part of important
:14:16. > :14:21.work to counter roadside bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq. He says the
:14:21. > :14:24.25 seconds a day testing is this more inconvenience for saving lives.
:14:24. > :14:34.Whether the residents whose lives have been disrupted for the last
:14:34. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:41.six years agree is another matter. Thank you for watching. Still
:14:41. > :14:46.ahead: Scunthorpe United finally win at home to drag themselves out
:14:46. > :14:56.of the relegation zone. A new study says we have lost touch
:14:56. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:10.with our neighbours. We go in Alf Bunting took this of sunrise
:15:10. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:15.over Barmston Beach in East Yorkshire. Thank you very much for
:15:15. > :15:21.that. Lisa Gallagher, good evening. How are you?
:15:21. > :15:27.Very well, thank you. A picture appeared on Twitter of
:15:27. > :15:33.meet today, half-naked, unfortunately.
:15:33. > :15:39.My eyes! My eyes! She was very quick to draw
:15:39. > :15:46.attention to eight! -- she was very quick to draw
:15:46. > :15:53.attention to it. Tomorrow, we will see sunshine at
:15:53. > :15:59.first. Cloud will increase through the day. Today, we have seen broken
:15:59. > :16:04.cloud. We have seen some sunshine. That is how we end the day. The
:16:04. > :16:14.cloud will tend to melt away out into the North Sea. It will be a
:16:14. > :16:24.cold night. We may see a Trust -- we may see a touch of frost. Let's
:16:24. > :16:26.
:16:27. > :16:31.look at the Sunday Times now. -- the Sun times now. We will say
:16:31. > :16:35.spells of sunshine. It will stay dry through the morning, but in the
:16:35. > :16:42.afternoon, cloud will increase from the north-west. The thickening
:16:42. > :16:49.cloud will bring some outbreaks of rain. Temperatures, still on the
:16:49. > :16:55.mild side, round about nine or 10 degrees. There will be a moderate
:16:55. > :17:04.breeze from the West. Friday should be frost-free. They will be some
:17:04. > :17:14.spots of rain at times. On Saturday, we will have clearer air. Just five
:17:14. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.Do not be fooled by that angelic face! Underneath that face is a
:17:20. > :17:22.very cruel woman! Could buy!
:17:22. > :17:26.Senior police officers in Lincolnshire are urging the
:17:26. > :17:29.government to go ahead with proposals to set a minimum price
:17:29. > :17:34.level for alcohol. The Prime Minister says he is considering
:17:34. > :17:40.idea as part of a package of measures to tackle binge drinking.
:17:40. > :17:46.Let's get more details from Tim Iredale, who is in a Cleethorpes
:17:46. > :17:55.pub. What as a reaction been? not think anybody wants to pay more
:17:55. > :18:00.for their drinks? No! These measures are to stop people getting
:18:00. > :18:03.tanked up on cheap lager, cider and vodka from the supermarkets. The
:18:03. > :18:09.government says it is determined to get to grips with this problem,
:18:09. > :18:13.because it cost the NHS to �0.7 billion every year. Drinkers
:18:13. > :18:18.enjoying a quiet pint in Cleethorpes today. This is how the
:18:18. > :18:21.government would like people to enjoy alcohol, not like this.
:18:21. > :18:27.Health experts believe the problems associated with binge drinking
:18:27. > :18:32.could be reduced if there was a minimum price level for alcohol.
:18:32. > :18:37.think if people knew there was a minimum pricing, they would have
:18:37. > :18:45.the same amount of money, but will not be able to have so much alcohol.
:18:45. > :18:50.They will not be so intoxicated. The Scottish government is in the
:18:50. > :18:55.process of setting a minimum alcohol price. Researchers in
:18:55. > :19:04.Sheffield worked out that a 45p minimum unit would result in an
:19:04. > :19:14.own-brand bottle of vodka or increasing from �8.35 to �11 -- to
:19:14. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:21.These drinkers in Cleethorpes are not convinced it is the right
:19:22. > :19:28.solution. A do not see where the majority of drinkers should be
:19:28. > :19:32.penalised by this system because they are able to restrain their
:19:32. > :19:38.drinking. Stop the supermarket selling very cheap alcohol. I doubt
:19:38. > :19:45.it will make that much difference. One doctor believes the problem of
:19:45. > :19:55.all go all abuse will not be tackled simply by a price rise. --
:19:55. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:03.alcohol abuse. I do nothing pricing is relevant. It is latent within
:20:03. > :20:09.people. The price will not make any difference. There is a cocktail of
:20:09. > :20:17.opinions about their as the government battles the binge
:20:17. > :20:21.drinking culture. We are live in his pub in
:20:21. > :20:24.Cleethorpes. They brew their own beer here. Bill Parkinson is the
:20:24. > :20:31.boss. What do you think to this proposal for minimum alcohol
:20:31. > :20:41.prices? I think if you can make alcohol more expensive, There is a
:20:41. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:50.fair chance drinking in a pub will be more interesting. Some say it
:20:50. > :20:53.will benefit the pub trade and that it will affect the supermarkets
:20:53. > :20:57.more. They row two schools of thought. By making it less
:20:57. > :21:04.attractive to buy from a supermarket, they will spend more
:21:04. > :21:09.in the pub. The other idea is that if people have a limited amount to
:21:09. > :21:13.spend, and are buying the same at a more expensive price in the
:21:13. > :21:17.supermarket, they will have less to spend in the pub. The government
:21:17. > :21:27.have not committed to any firm new laws as yet. That is the picture
:21:27. > :21:34.here this evening. Never let it be said that Look North cannot
:21:34. > :21:38.organise a live broadcast in a brewery.
:21:38. > :21:42.Thank you very much! This is another one you might have an
:21:42. > :21:52.opinion on. Is it the minority of drinkers forcing prices up for the
:21:52. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:07.rest of us? Is the minimum price a Huge response on a was story about
:22:07. > :22:10.the call centre where bosses have started timing trip to the toilet.
:22:10. > :22:20.The arm -- the employee said anyone who spend too long had to make up
:22:20. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:52.the time at the end of their shift. Tests are going on at the
:22:52. > :22:57.University of Lincoln to uncover the origins of a museum exhibit
:22:57. > :23:03.which looks like a mummified mermaid. This picture might not be
:23:03. > :23:11.to everyone's taste! The staff and students have already discovered
:23:11. > :23:16.that the mysterious men made's hair is human, and they are testing the
:23:16. > :23:20.DNA of the mermaid's tail to see what fish it came from. The exhibit
:23:20. > :23:23.is thought to be from Japan or the 4 -- Japan or the Far East, and
:23:23. > :23:28.possibly date back to the mid- nineteenth century.
:23:28. > :23:32.On to football, I'm Hull City held out for a draw at Birmingham City
:23:33. > :23:37.last night. They have not conceded a goal in
:23:37. > :23:42.five League matches. Their attack could not break through. The match
:23:42. > :23:47.ended goalless and City are 7th in the Championship table. A
:23:47. > :23:49.Scunthorpe United moved out of the relegation places after defeating
:23:49. > :23:56.Rochdale. Gary Thompson scored just after the
:23:56. > :23:58.hour as the eye and got their first home win since October. A in the
:23:58. > :24:06.Blue Square Premier, Lincoln City took the lead in the very first
:24:06. > :24:10.minute, but had to equalise in the final few seconds against Braintree.
:24:10. > :24:13.A survey has found that neighbours in Yorkshire at the most unfriendly
:24:13. > :24:19.in the country. The research says nearly half of those do not know
:24:19. > :24:23.our neighbours's names, let alone where to find a community centre.
:24:23. > :24:31.Is that really true? Anne-Marie Tasker has been searching for
:24:31. > :24:36.streets were there really is still a community spirit.
:24:36. > :24:44.Get off my steps! If Nora Batty is anything to go by, Yorkshire
:24:44. > :24:47.neighbours are not friendly. Luckily, we are not all like that.
:24:47. > :24:53.Hello. In West Hull, the residents of Ella Street are proving that
:24:53. > :24:58.survey Iraq. I love living round here. It is very friendly. I do not
:24:58. > :25:04.think we will be leaving any time soon. They do more than say hello.
:25:04. > :25:08.They organise a community festival and plenty more. Neighbours popping
:25:08. > :25:14.for a cup of tea and lots of people go out on the streets digging up
:25:14. > :25:20.the snow and helping each other. People popping for an egg if they
:25:20. > :25:22.are baking and have forgotten to buy something, so it really is very
:25:22. > :25:28.friendly. The map makers Ordnance Survey asked 2000 people if they
:25:28. > :25:37.knew the names of their neighbours. Here in Yorkshire, 41 % said they
:25:37. > :25:42.did not, make make the joint worst place in the country, alongside
:25:42. > :25:47.London. On Ella Street, they know who is here. A our friend Bernard
:25:47. > :25:57.lives next door. He has been there longer than others. Another friend
:25:57. > :26:00.lives directly opposite. Bennett, John, Dean, McClure -- Claire. We
:26:00. > :26:06.got together in the summer and painted our houses. We had good fun
:26:06. > :26:10.doing it. The survey has been done to try to find ways to make us all
:26:10. > :26:13.more friendly. Charity Streets Alive says that is vital. You may
:26:13. > :26:18.not need your neighbours, but people find it nicer to live in a
:26:19. > :26:23.street where it is a bit friendly. You do not have to be friends. You
:26:23. > :26:28.want to know you were part of that street. That could make it just
:26:28. > :26:33.like the good old days. In part of Hull, it seems those good old days
:26:33. > :26:39.never went away. Finally, a recap of the headlines.
:26:39. > :26:43.The jobless count goes up by nearly 50,000. The unemployed total is
:26:43. > :26:51.over 2.6 million. In our area, unemployment has fallen slightly,
:26:51. > :27:01.but one company is pulling out of Hull, where it employs 150 people.
:27:01. > :27:06.Top temperatures tomorrow still mild at 11 Celsius. Response coming
:27:06. > :27:09.in on a culture. Someone said, events like freedom and great for
:27:09. > :27:14.attracting visitors but empty shops and lack of restaurant will not
:27:15. > :27:20.impress people. Factories and offices can be found anywhere.
:27:20. > :27:26.Festivals are fun. Any festival in Hull is a good thing. I think the
:27:26. > :27:30.bridge will have a great impact. Chris says, at an toads will not
:27:30. > :27:34.bring jobs and prosperity to this city. We need to think bigger than