:00:12. > :00:21.Warnings of the worst drought since the Seventies, farmers and wildlife
:00:21. > :00:24.feel the effect. You need weeks of persistent drizzle, persistent rain.
:00:24. > :00:27.A minibus carrying schoolchildren has crashed and overturn the are
:00:27. > :00:30.Market Rasen. The school yard question from a
:00:30. > :00:35.seven-year-old which has turned into a race row.
:00:35. > :00:39.The last minute try it -- the last minute try which robbed Hull K R of
:00:39. > :00:45.a victory, but was this broken clock to blame?
:00:45. > :00:55.And do Skegness and Hull deserve their reputation as some of
:00:55. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.Britain's bleakest towns? The Government says it will act to
:01:04. > :01:09.minimise the effect of what could be the worst drought in
:01:09. > :01:14.Lincolnshire since 1976. The summer between ministers, farmers and
:01:14. > :01:17.wildlife groups has been held in London today. Anglian Water, which
:01:18. > :01:24.supply is Lincolnshire, has already pleaded with his customers to
:01:24. > :01:29.reduce water consumption. What has come out of today's meeting?
:01:29. > :01:33.Inane messages, everyone must work together to save water as suppliers
:01:33. > :01:38.come to be more unpredictable. Customers are being asked to be
:01:39. > :01:44.more careful it, and not to waste water. Taking showers rather than
:01:44. > :01:49.bat. Water companies also have a role. Anglian Water and Yorkshire
:01:49. > :01:54.Water have some of the highest leakage rate. Hosepipe bans are
:01:54. > :01:59.needed early during drought. Farmers are looking at possible
:01:59. > :02:04.water storage. They're looking at plans to combat a dry winter in
:02:04. > :02:09.2013. Drought is already causing big problems.
:02:09. > :02:14.The parched land of 1976. One of the West -- one of the worst
:02:14. > :02:19.drought recorded in the UK. 35 years on, a similar picture is
:02:19. > :02:24.emerging. Normally at this time of year, we would be up to full
:02:24. > :02:28.capacity. It would be full of water. It is quite dry at the moment.
:02:28. > :02:35.Drought is beginning to affect the crops being grown. These are last
:02:35. > :02:39.year's potatoes. This year is not looking so positive. For a potato
:02:39. > :02:43.crop, which comes in late May, early June, to get our yield, we
:02:43. > :02:49.have to have the water. If it was tried between now and then, there
:02:49. > :02:53.could be some major problems ahead. This matches the area most at risk
:02:53. > :02:57.of continuing drought. Unfortunately, it includes areas
:02:57. > :03:03.like Lincolnshire, where most of our food is grown. More rain is
:03:03. > :03:08.vital. We need months of torrential rain, they may not be a popular
:03:08. > :03:12.thing to say, but lots and lots of drizzle. If that does not come, and
:03:12. > :03:16.there is no sign of that on the horizon, there is a possibility we
:03:16. > :03:21.will have restrictions, hosepipe bans, for instance, in the not-too-
:03:21. > :03:28.distant future. There are fewer birds of this reserve in Skegness
:03:28. > :03:32.because the water levels are so low. The drought is almost as bad as we
:03:32. > :03:36.have had it here. If it continues, the main effect will be on the
:03:36. > :03:42.breeding bird population. Particularly things like lapwings.
:03:42. > :03:50.The Czechs need soft mud to feed them. -- their offspring need soft
:03:50. > :03:54.mud. There were calls for lasting changes to protect our water in the
:03:54. > :03:58.future. Next month, the Environment Agency will publish a list of the
:03:58. > :04:00.ad is expected to be in drought in spring and summer in the hope of
:04:00. > :04:04.helping people plan for the year ahead.
:04:04. > :04:11.Before we came on air, I asked Richard Benyon what they're doing
:04:11. > :04:16.to help farmers. We have worked out that Corporation across boundaries
:04:16. > :04:20.of water companies is happening. We need that to happen more. We need
:04:20. > :04:25.to be sure we are assisting food producers, wherever they are. Water
:04:25. > :04:28.is available now, they are using that he fell on farm storage for
:04:28. > :04:32.irrigation purposes and that everybody has joined up in what
:04:33. > :04:35.we're trying to do. Environment Agency in government, working
:04:35. > :04:39.closer with water companies, farmers others to make sure that
:04:39. > :04:43.we're using water as wisely as possible. The water companies
:04:43. > :04:47.themselves are not looking after water, are they? Anglian Water and
:04:47. > :04:51.Yorkshire Water have some of the worst leakage rates in the country.
:04:51. > :04:56.We have seen a lot of improvement on that. 36% of improvement in
:04:56. > :05:00.recent years. What is happening. A lot more needs to happen, I agree.
:05:00. > :05:09.What is really important is the water companies are talking to each
:05:09. > :05:15.other and we are able to, where possible, move water through into
:05:15. > :05:19.connectors from areas that are poor in water to areas where it is rich.
:05:19. > :05:25.It is taking water from streams and rivers that are already dry. That
:05:25. > :05:29.is not going to work, is it? many parts of England, there are
:05:29. > :05:33.water -- rivers where the water level is beyond any level which she
:05:33. > :05:37.can take water from but others aren't. That is why we are taking
:05:37. > :05:43.action now, to make sure that we are able to take water where there
:05:43. > :05:46.is a surplus in certain rivers and use it over the summer. It is not
:05:46. > :05:51.just about rivers and water companies, it is about everybody,
:05:51. > :05:56.how we use water in our household, demand and supply. That is what we
:05:56. > :06:00.were looking at today in the summit. What would be a long-term plans? So
:06:00. > :06:04.that we are not in this mess next year and the year after? There is a
:06:04. > :06:07.pattern forming here. We agreed this morning that there are some
:06:07. > :06:13.emergency matters to take forward to deal with the problem this
:06:13. > :06:16.summer. We recognise that we could be facing an issue next year if we
:06:16. > :06:21.had a third dry winter in a row, we want to make sure that we are
:06:21. > :06:25.taking every step we can to use water has wisely as possible but,
:06:25. > :06:32.where possible, move it from areas which have led to areas which have
:06:32. > :06:39.not. At his record nation through government comes in. -- that is
:06:39. > :06:44.where co-ordination through government comes in. Thank you.
:06:44. > :06:47.Richard Benyon. The government says we all need to work together to
:06:47. > :06:57.conserve water. Will that be enough to avoid drought measures in the
:06:57. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:24.summer? Your thoughts on the Coming up - the crew of HMS Grimsby
:07:24. > :07:28.say they fell 10 ft-tall marching through their adopted port.
:07:28. > :07:33.A minibus carrying schoolchildren has crashed through a hedge this
:07:33. > :07:36.afternoon and overturned in a ditch. The bus was from the Aegir
:07:36. > :07:43.Community special school in Gainsborough. The accident happened
:07:44. > :07:53.on Top Road near Market Rasen. We have been following the story. What
:07:53. > :07:57.can you tell us? The accident happened at just after
:07:57. > :08:03.3pm. It is not known whether any other vehicles were involved. No
:08:03. > :08:07.children were hurt. The driver and his passenger were airlifted to
:08:07. > :08:10.hospital by the Yorkshire air ambulance. All parents have been
:08:10. > :08:15.informed and the pupils from the Aegir Community special school are
:08:15. > :08:19.now say. Lincolnshire County Council have told us an
:08:19. > :08:25.investigation have been launched into what happened. -- has been
:08:25. > :08:31.launched. This will spark fears amongst parents, coming just days
:08:31. > :08:37.after a bus crash in France. A grandmother who drowned along
:08:37. > :08:42.with her grandson in a Lincolnshire lake has been described as a
:08:43. > :08:47.wonderful neighbour. Dawn Mullany was found dead with her seven-year-
:08:47. > :08:51.old grandson, Laurence Mills. His head teacher said he was a star
:08:51. > :08:57.pupil he will be sadly missed. Flowers were the only sign of the
:08:57. > :09:01.tragic accident that happened here. Described as a lovely needed a -- a
:09:01. > :09:04.lovely neighbour who doted on her grandchildren, Dawn Mullany died
:09:04. > :09:09.after a visit to the lake to feed the ducks with her grandson,
:09:09. > :09:14.Laurence Mills. Our neighbours, Pat and Terry saw her just before she
:09:14. > :09:21.left. We saw her at 10 o'clock in the morning. She was of is the
:09:21. > :09:29.going off with the little boy to feed the ducks. I have never seen
:09:29. > :09:34.her sad. There must be really tragic. Her daughter and her
:09:34. > :09:43.grandchildren were her life. She loved gardening and worked in local
:09:43. > :09:49.nurseries. She would do anything for you. A post-mortem has revealed
:09:49. > :09:53.that they both drowned. Some local residents think that she may have
:09:53. > :09:58.been trying to save our grandson when she drowned. Police are
:09:58. > :10:05.continuing to give their support to the family involved. They lost to
:10:05. > :10:10.loved ones in this tragic accident. Today, his head teacher said he
:10:10. > :10:16.would be sadly missed. He had a wonderful sense of humour, he was
:10:16. > :10:21.chatty, sociable and had impeccable manner -- Becker will manners. He
:10:21. > :10:24.loved everything about school and was the first here every morning.
:10:24. > :10:32.An inquest will take place later this week. There are still no clear
:10:32. > :10:36.answers as to how a special day out ended in tragedy.
:10:36. > :10:42.A Lincolnshire MP has been forced to apologise to Parliament after
:10:42. > :10:45.failing to declare his interests and a private health company. The
:10:45. > :10:52.MPs' register of interests shows that Mark Simmonds, who represents
:10:52. > :10:57.Boston and Skegness, has paid �50,000 a year as an adviser to the
:10:58. > :11:01.health care form. -- was paid. He has apologised for not mentioning
:11:01. > :11:07.that when speaking on the debates in the Health and Social Care Bill
:11:07. > :11:13.last year, as he should have. inadvertently admitted to draw the
:11:13. > :11:17.House's attention -- inadvertently omitted to draw that pays attention
:11:17. > :11:19.to my capacity as an adviser for a local health care can bide --
:11:19. > :11:26.provider. I would like to take this opportunity to correct the record
:11:26. > :11:33.and to apologise. Two unexploded little bombs --
:11:33. > :11:36.World War Two bombs have been found near Louth. The area has been
:11:36. > :11:41.evacuated and bomb disposal experts have been at the scene -- will be
:11:41. > :11:47.at the scene tomorrow to make it safe.
:11:47. > :11:52.Still ahead - the crew of HMS Grimsby fire up new friendships in
:11:53. > :11:56.their adopted port. The people of ghoul fightback
:11:56. > :12:06.against claims that they live in one of the UK pause my bleakest
:12:06. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:29.As soon as you went away the weather improved.
:12:29. > :12:35.I am nearly as Orange as you! This is real.
:12:35. > :12:41.They headline is quite a mild one for this week. On Thursday, we
:12:41. > :12:48.could see 15 Celsius across parts of our region. And compare that
:12:48. > :12:53.with the Saturday 11th February when we were down to minus 15. They
:12:53. > :12:56.headline is dry and mild with variable amounts of cloud. Very
:12:56. > :13:03.variable amounts of cloud. Very little of that rain to help the
:13:03. > :13:08.drought. In general, it does not promise too much for the next two
:13:08. > :13:13.weeks. This is a dry direction for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It
:13:13. > :13:17.will also be mild. We have had a week weather front slipping down
:13:17. > :13:24.from the north-west which has produced some patchy rain but most
:13:24. > :13:34.places have remained dry. Just a bit of patchy rain - small minds.
:13:34. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:45.It will clear up and all parts will become dry. The sun will rise in
:13:45. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:52.the morning at 714 A M. A day of the variable, sometimes large
:13:52. > :14:02.amounts of cloud. The odd spot of rain to start with. Some sunny
:14:02. > :14:12.spells coming through. It will feel milder than it has done it today.
:14:12. > :14:17.
:14:17. > :14:27.Top temperatures... The 60 forecast - rain on Wednesday but lookout
:14:27. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:37.Thursday! 15 degrees. -- look at the first if. -- first day.
:14:37. > :14:40.the first if. -- first day. See you tomorrow. Education
:14:40. > :14:43.officials say they are working to resolve claims of a racist incident
:14:43. > :14:46.in a school playground in Hull. It is being reported that parents were
:14:46. > :14:55.called to Griffin Primary school in East Hull. It was after a seven-
:14:55. > :15:00.year-old boy asked a younger pupil about his skin colour. Go it was
:15:00. > :15:03.that this school where a seven- year-old boy asked a five year-old
:15:04. > :15:07.if his brown skin meant he was from Africa.
:15:07. > :15:12.This school reported it as a racist remark and launched an
:15:12. > :15:18.investigation after the younger boy told his mother what happened.
:15:18. > :15:24.my view, the child was not racist but simply being inquisitive and
:15:24. > :15:30.QEGS and doing what a young, bright child would do - ask questions.
:15:30. > :15:34.school says areas a legal duty to report any incident perceived to be
:15:34. > :15:39.racist. The mother involved was asked to sign a document saying he
:15:39. > :15:44.had made a racist remark, she refused saying he was been curious.
:15:44. > :15:48.The school said they were following council guidelines. The guidelines
:15:49. > :15:54.are drawn up with the help of Ofsted. One teaching union says the
:15:54. > :16:00.need to be applied more flexibly. understand why they would want to
:16:00. > :16:05.pass it on in, but I think the judgment as to whether something is
:16:05. > :16:12.racist is something which will need clarification. Other regions of the
:16:12. > :16:18.city had seen a different -- at influx of diverse nations but East
:16:18. > :16:24.Hull remains a diverse region. not think that is racist at all, it
:16:24. > :16:31.is perfectly natural for a child to want to know why someone is black,
:16:31. > :16:40.brown or whatever. We have lots of mixed-race children Penair school.
:16:40. > :16:46.What do you think of the remark? Yes, it is racist. It is just a
:16:46. > :16:51.curious question. It is quite normal really. An innocent question
:16:51. > :16:56.or racism? The parents involved have met with the council to try
:16:56. > :16:58.and get a resolution to this. I am joined by Abel Rivera from a
:16:58. > :17:05.group that promotes the well-being of black and ethnic minority
:17:05. > :17:12.communities throughout Hull and the Humber. Them Good evening. Neither
:17:12. > :17:21.mum thinks this is racist. A local MP has described it to me on the
:17:21. > :17:28.radio as crazy. Is it racist? not. It is curiosity. Children of
:17:28. > :17:36.this age Arona process of learning. They want to know what about others.
:17:36. > :17:40.-- are in a process. We believe this is not racism but curiosity.
:17:40. > :17:47.It is an opportunity for us to learn from this incident, as
:17:47. > :17:52.parents, as a school and as a wider community. When we talked about it
:17:52. > :17:58.on the radio today, everyone said the same as you. Has the school got
:17:58. > :18:04.this wrong? The school has its own policies and I do not want to
:18:04. > :18:13.comment on those. From what you have heard, does that seem rather
:18:13. > :18:20.heavy-handed? At this age, there is no racism. There is curiosity. We
:18:20. > :18:25.need to encourage his curiosity. We need to use this opportunity to
:18:25. > :18:30.take this as a learning curve for our communities and area city.
:18:31. > :18:38.There are many communities in this city. How would you have dealt with
:18:38. > :18:46.this? Which you have used it as at discussion.? Of course. That has
:18:46. > :18:56.happened. There is a great debate about this. It is quite knew how
:18:56. > :19:03.this works, a place for a many diversity is, we are in the
:19:03. > :19:09.learning process. The important thing is the welfare and safety of
:19:09. > :19:13.the children. Thank you very much indeed.
:19:13. > :19:16.Some sports now. Hull Kingston Rovers secured a
:19:16. > :19:26.hard-earned draw with St Helens at Craven Park in a fiercely contested
:19:26. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:41.fixture. The Black and Whites held on to win. The docking points from
:19:41. > :19:47.both matches will be discussed on the Super League show. -- the
:19:47. > :19:50.talking points. In football, Scunthorpe United
:19:50. > :19:53.earned back-to-back wins to ease their relegation worries at the
:19:53. > :19:56.foot of League One. They came from behind at Leyton Orient when Josh
:19:56. > :19:59.Walker equalised with a precise finished. Then Andy Bartram made it
:19:59. > :20:03.two when he stretched to put the ball past the keeper. It was then
:20:03. > :20:13.new boy Jon Parkin who secured a 3- 1 victory near to the end of the
:20:13. > :20:21.game. The pressures of management are explored on late kick-off
:20:21. > :20:27.tonight. You have to bring in new players. All the best players went
:20:27. > :20:31.last year, so that is a tough one. Hopefully the fans can see that and
:20:31. > :20:35.stick with the boss and the team. It has been difficult because you
:20:35. > :20:41.want to walk in and have a success right away, but we had not been
:20:41. > :20:44.able to do that. That is off on late kick-off tonight.
:20:44. > :20:50.Grimsby athlete Richard Buck found great form at the weekend to keep
:20:50. > :20:53.alive his Olympic dream. Richard, who works in a supermarket to make
:20:53. > :21:02.ends meet, was first in the 400 metres with a personal best at the
:21:02. > :21:07.Birmingham grand prix. After the success of the recent David Hockney
:21:07. > :21:12.exhibition in Hull, drawings by Leonardo da Vinci are to go on show
:21:12. > :21:18.in the city. The 10 joins will be exhibited at the Ferens Art Gallery
:21:18. > :21:22.later this year. -- 10 drawings. They belong to the Royal Collection
:21:22. > :21:26.and are touring the country to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee.
:21:26. > :21:30.think it is the first time Leonardo has ever been to Hull. They are
:21:30. > :21:37.some of the greatest works of art in European culture. They are
:21:37. > :21:40.normally kept in Windsor Castle. The only really come out on
:21:40. > :21:46.exhibition. For a venue like Hull to have them is really quite
:21:46. > :21:49.special. Fantastic! The crew of HMS Grimsby say they
:21:49. > :21:52.felt 10 ft tall as they marched through their adopted port at the
:21:52. > :22:02.weekend. Thousands of people turned out to watch the parade and
:22:02. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:20.hundreds queued to get a look round I think the link with Grimsby is
:22:20. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:33.important. It is something for the town to associate with.
:22:33. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:51.We are proud to have them on this You feel 10 ft tall walking through
:22:51. > :23:01.the town centre. It is nice to have that feeling of being appreciated
:23:01. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:08.Now, he claims to have been to the bleakest towns and stayed at the
:23:08. > :23:14.shoddiest hotels and eating questionable food. Tynan Moore's
:23:14. > :23:22.latest book includes Skegness, Hull and cool but is all bad news for
:23:22. > :23:30.those destinations? Crispin Rolfe reports on some redeeming features.
:23:30. > :23:36.You are awful but I like you! some other towns feel a bit 70s at
:23:36. > :23:46.times - do they really need reminding of it? Skegness, cool and
:23:46. > :23:50.Hal all feature in a bit -- in a book by 10 Moore. -- 10 nil if.
:23:50. > :23:55.Goole is one of the few places I struggled to find a silver lining.
:23:55. > :24:04.I cannot say was the right time of year, it was a wet Wednesday at the
:24:04. > :24:10.end of November. I was looking out at this wasteland before me. 1926
:24:10. > :24:16.saw the construction of the most famous landmark - built above a
:24:16. > :24:26.thriving court. Has the view from the water town got better or worse?
:24:26. > :24:36.Here is the town mayor. We are sitting in at I 165 sitting arts
:24:36. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:53.venue. -- 165 seatubg arts venue. You can walk round cool without any
:24:53. > :24:58.fear, it is very safe. It is not a bad town and it is getting better.
:24:58. > :25:03.Not everyone is convinced the town had a lot to offer right now.
:25:03. > :25:10.not a big fan of cool, I would rather go to Doncaster. There is
:25:10. > :25:15.nothing here. It is rubbish to be fair. There is nothing here.
:25:15. > :25:20.name of Goole derives from the Anglo-Saxon for open sewer - surely
:25:20. > :25:25.that means it needs all the extra love it can get. There is no such
:25:25. > :25:33.thing as bad publicity however. Let us get some chat from Crispin
:25:33. > :25:37.now. What is the chance of a change of image? Proposing a day trip to
:25:37. > :25:43.go for Valentine's instead of Venice, is probably where I had
:25:43. > :25:49.been going wrong. Look at the water weighs however, they are
:25:49. > :25:52.spectacular even if industrial. This town is now bidding for city
:25:52. > :25:57.status as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. If he should get
:25:57. > :26:03.that, it would make a massive difference. Local Vettel businesses
:26:03. > :26:08.say they can see massive potential for business coming here. -- local
:26:08. > :26:15.hotel business. This could make a real difference to this East
:26:15. > :26:21.Yorkshire time. Thank you very much. Let us recap the main headlines:
:26:21. > :26:26.There has been a damning report on border security of the UK. The
:26:26. > :26:29.government warms of the worst drought since the 70s, farmers and
:26:29. > :26:33.wildlife in Lincolnshire feel the wildlife in Lincolnshire feel the
:26:33. > :26:40.effects. Tomorrow's weather - dry with sunny spells. Top temperatures
:26:40. > :26:46.of 11 Celsius. Response coming in on the subject of water and how to
:26:46. > :26:51.save it. John says we used to live in the north-west Highlands and
:26:51. > :26:58.there was an enormous surplus of water - surely we can pipe water
:26:58. > :27:00.from a violence to eastern England? There should be a priority for her
:27:00. > :27:08.There should be a priority for her water companies. -- from the
:27:08. > :27:14.Highlands. Water companies should be able to deal with the demands. A
:27:14. > :27:18.typical response from profit-takers and politicians from Stephen. I
:27:18. > :27:23.would be happy to lose -- use less water if the water company reduce
:27:24. > :27:30.my belt. Richards says - the first thing to
:27:30. > :27:35.do is fix the pipes. Do not lose water down a broken pipes. Finally