:00:06. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:09. > :00:17.From gardens to groceries - the council agrees to an out-of-town
:00:17. > :00:21.Marks & Spencer for Scunthorpe. didn't think it would happen, I'm
:00:21. > :00:24.pleased it is going where it is going. That will be the final nail
:00:24. > :00:27.in the coffin of a dying Scunthorpe town centre.
:00:27. > :00:30.Fuel from the fields - farmers look forward to supplying a new biofuel
:00:30. > :00:32.plant near Hull. Hull City fail to score once again,
:00:32. > :00:41.but Scunthorpe United put breathing space between them and the bottom
:00:41. > :00:45.of League One. And the Symphony Orchestra playing
:00:45. > :00:55.a new type of water music. And a lot of dry whether expected
:00:55. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:01.over the next coming days, all of Good evening.
:01:01. > :01:04.There are fears that the town centre of Scunthorpe will die after
:01:04. > :01:08.a decision this afternoon which will allow a new out-of-town
:01:08. > :01:11.development to be built. The development, which includes a
:01:11. > :01:13.branch of Marks & Spencer, was given planning permission in
:01:13. > :01:20.December, but following legal advice councillors were told to
:01:20. > :01:25.reconsider. This afternoon, planners gave it the final go-ahead
:01:25. > :01:31.and it'll mean 300 new jobs. But shopkeepers in the town centre now
:01:31. > :01:35.fear the worst. Vicky Johnson has more.
:01:35. > :01:41.Scunthorpe's High Street, like so many towns, has suffered blow after
:01:41. > :01:45.blow, as major retailers have closed down. So the news that Marks
:01:45. > :01:50.& Spencer wanted to return after a number oversteer absence has been
:01:50. > :01:55.warmly welcomed by many. We are only five minutes from the town
:01:55. > :01:59.centre, so it is easy to get to the town centre from there. We are not
:02:00. > :02:05.against the town centre, we want to help it right, but far from being a
:02:05. > :02:08.threat, at this new development is the only way of its survival.
:02:09. > :02:13.the sting in the Marks & Spencer tale is that the retail giant will
:02:13. > :02:17.only return if it can build a flagship store here, two miles out
:02:17. > :02:27.of town. You are in a location where you are not making as much
:02:27. > :02:31.money as she should, the face of There is a good economic argument
:02:31. > :02:36.for what they are doing. But High Street shopkeepers who have already
:02:36. > :02:39.seen a 40% drop in food fall say the move will be disastrous.
:02:39. > :02:44.council appears to be changing with the wind of what it is going to do.
:02:44. > :02:47.One minute, they will have this place built, that was 10 years ago,
:02:47. > :02:51.build a new bus station, then a couple of years later, they will
:02:51. > :02:55.decide they want people to invest out of 10, moving it away from
:02:55. > :02:59.where they have just invested. Planning councillors, he just last
:02:59. > :03:03.year at past new policies aimed at rejuvenating the town centre,
:03:03. > :03:07.visited the site this morning. Hours later, they narrowly voted in
:03:07. > :03:12.favour of the new development. really pleased, I wanted Marks &
:03:12. > :03:18.Spencer to come back. I don't think they made the right decision. Which
:03:18. > :03:21.is why we are very disappointed. think it will portrayed out of 10.
:03:22. > :03:29.The bird is circle round about has been a bone of contention for a
:03:30. > :03:33.number of years -- out of town, but Bartley circle. It could create up
:03:33. > :03:37.to 300 new jobs and it is hoped the new development could be open by
:03:37. > :03:41.the end of the year if a new legal challenge isn't launch.
:03:41. > :03:45.Vicky is that the side, what was the atmosphere like at the meeting?
:03:45. > :03:50.That at the site. It is usually controversial, so the
:03:50. > :03:54.atmosphere was really tense, it was absolutely packed to the rafters in
:03:54. > :03:59.the council chamber and the planning committee chairman had to
:03:59. > :04:03.use his casting vote to get it through. The developers said that
:04:03. > :04:07.this transformation of the garden centre in to a huge new retail park
:04:07. > :04:12.was going to be a huge opportunity for the whole area. They said it
:04:12. > :04:16.would predictably attract an extra �90 million per year to the area as
:04:17. > :04:20.shoppers came back into the area from places like Gainsborough,
:04:20. > :04:25.Doncaster and Meadow Hall. But those against it said it would be
:04:25. > :04:29.catastrophic, not just for the retailers in the area, but also
:04:29. > :04:34.people living locally. This is the bane Doncaster Road in and out of
:04:34. > :04:39.the town, it is already congested at peak times -- main. They said it
:04:39. > :04:43.could be worse. There is now talk of challenging it it legally, so it
:04:43. > :04:46.may not be the end of the story. A little earlier, I spoke to the
:04:46. > :04:51.Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin and asked him whether this was good news for
:04:51. > :04:56.Scunthorpe. What is certainly good news is that
:04:56. > :05:01.Marks & Spencer and the developers want to invest in Scunthorpe, that
:05:01. > :05:04.is very positive news. As you say, it leaves the question as to
:05:04. > :05:07.whether it is the ideal location for such a development. There are
:05:07. > :05:13.many people who think it would be better placed within the town
:05:13. > :05:17.centre. What do you think? Good news or not? It is good news that
:05:17. > :05:20.Marks & Spencer want to invest in the town, it is good news that that
:05:20. > :05:24.the developers want to invest in the town but it would be better if
:05:24. > :05:27.it was happening in the town centre. But these are commercial decisions
:05:27. > :05:31.and careful consideration has been taken place by the planning
:05:31. > :05:36.committee, which I understand has been voted by the casting vote of
:05:36. > :05:42.the chair to go ahead with the development. Do you think the town
:05:42. > :05:49.centre of Scunthorpe will just to die? This is a planning decision,
:05:49. > :05:55.and there has not been... I know that, I am asking you... It is the
:05:55. > :06:00.job of the people in the can. The retailers in the town centre will
:06:00. > :06:05.be determined to continue to make the town centre work. They, quite
:06:05. > :06:08.properly, have said it makes it a very challenging environment if
:06:08. > :06:15.this planning decision goes ahead of in the end with this development
:06:15. > :06:19.taking place on such a scale, down by Glanford Park. Marks & Spencer
:06:19. > :06:26.said they would not consider another site. They have had the
:06:26. > :06:30.planners over a barrel, they have held all the power. Developers will
:06:30. > :06:35.always say they will not go anywhere else, that is the way they
:06:35. > :06:38.do business. In reality, Marks & Spencer left Scunthorpe over a year
:06:38. > :06:44.ago and they said it wasn't an appropriate business then and they
:06:44. > :06:49.now want to come back into the area. There a change in circumstances and
:06:49. > :06:52.there will be changing decisions in commercial interests, but this is a
:06:52. > :06:56.situation we find ourselves in today and it is positive news that
:06:56. > :06:59.Marks & Spencer want to come back to Scunthorpe. It would be better
:06:59. > :07:04.if it was in the town centre but we bossy what happens as things before
:07:04. > :07:09.would. If he were not an MP and you ran a shop in the centre of
:07:09. > :07:13.Scunthorpe, would you be a worried man? -- if you were not. Certainly
:07:13. > :07:16.shopkeepers and the town centre have made very clear, they have run
:07:16. > :07:20.a brilliant campaign and I suspect they will continue to campaign.
:07:20. > :07:24.They have made it very clear that they see this as a negative
:07:24. > :07:28.development but they are determined entrepreneurs and they will look to
:07:28. > :07:33.continue their business in Scunthorpe into the future. Good to
:07:33. > :07:38.talk to, thank you very much. We would like to know what you
:07:39. > :07:41.think about this one. Will town centres like Scunthorpe die as more
:07:41. > :07:43.and more out-of-town developments and more out-of-town developments
:07:43. > :07:53.appear? Or do you welcome the investment and the jobs and the
:07:53. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :07:59.We look forward to hearing it from here, we will have some before we
:07:59. > :08:02.finish. In a moment:
:08:02. > :08:08.The night-time operation to remove the huge sperm whale from Skegness
:08:08. > :08:10.beach. As you've been hearing in the
:08:10. > :08:13.national news, six soldiers have been killed in the single worst
:08:13. > :08:18.enemy attack on UK troops in Afghanistan since operations began
:08:18. > :08:23.11 years ago. Five of those killed were from the Yorkshire Regiment.
:08:23. > :08:26.They died while on patrol in Kandahar province on Tuesday.
:08:26. > :08:34.Tragic events such as these serve as a reminder of the dangers our
:08:34. > :08:37.armed forces face. Kevin Shoesmith is a reporter with the the Hull
:08:37. > :08:42.Daily Mail and he's just returned from spending a fortnight with the
:08:42. > :08:46.Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan. He is with us in the studio. Kevin,
:08:46. > :08:53.good evening. You spent some time in Helmand province, what is life
:08:53. > :09:02.like that? Long period of inactivity, followed by sudden
:09:02. > :09:12.bursts of activity. Conditions out there are very basic. The security
:09:12. > :09:14.situation does seem to be improving slightly. I was last there in 2000
:09:15. > :09:18.and during Operation Panther's Claw, there has seemed to have been
:09:18. > :09:22.slight progress. What did the troops think of some of the
:09:22. > :09:30.primitive devices, these dangers in century devices? Do they feel as if
:09:30. > :09:35.they are fighting fair? -- incendiary. They do not. They
:09:36. > :09:41.believe that it is a tenacious and skilled NME. These are not guys who
:09:41. > :09:46.won not well-trained, these are insurgency of a spelt years and
:09:46. > :09:52.years fighting that these are sergeants that have spent years and
:09:52. > :09:56.years fighting --. They know the rules of engagement, they know that
:09:56. > :10:01.soldiers do not follow routines and they exploit that, particularly
:10:01. > :10:05.through the use of improvised explosive devices. What goes
:10:05. > :10:12.through your mind when you hear news like today? The first thing is
:10:12. > :10:18.obviously the family back home here in Yorkshire. We don't yet know
:10:18. > :10:24.where the soldiers were from, possibly even East Yorkshire, of we
:10:24. > :10:30.need that information to come out. -- we need. Then obviously, the
:10:30. > :10:34.thought turnout -- 10-the soldiers themselves. -- thoughts turn to the
:10:34. > :10:37.soldiers themselves. I have just returned from Afghanistan and I am
:10:37. > :10:43.wondering whether I knew any of the soldiers, whether I saw any of them
:10:43. > :10:50.out there. What will they be feeling out there tonight? It is a
:10:50. > :10:55.difficult one. It is hard for civilians to fully appreciate. The
:10:55. > :10:59.first thing that the soldiers will be doing is having a talk, the
:10:59. > :11:05.commanders, it will be a time for strong leadership. They will have
:11:05. > :11:10.to rally the guys, but also get them back out on patrol again very
:11:10. > :11:15.quickly. Good to see you, Kevin, thank you for coming in. We will
:11:15. > :11:18.continue to follow that story. Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue's
:11:18. > :11:21.control centre is to be linked to centres in three other areas -
:11:21. > :11:24.Humberside, Hertfordshire and Norfolk. Each area will continue to
:11:24. > :11:29.answer their own 999 calls, but staff in any one of them would be
:11:29. > :11:31.able to handle calls from across all four areas. The government has
:11:31. > :11:34.allocated more than �7 million for the plan.
:11:34. > :11:37.Significant progress has been made to improve patient care at the
:11:37. > :11:42.Pilgrim Hospital in Boston over the past 12 months, according to a new
:11:42. > :11:44.report from the Care Quality Commission. The report highlights
:11:44. > :11:49.improvements to nutrition and hydration as well as extra training
:11:49. > :11:53.that's been put in place for staff. Last year, the watchdog raised a
:11:53. > :11:56.number of concerns. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
:11:56. > :12:00.says it's pleased by the findings and it's continuing to work to hard
:12:00. > :12:03.to provide high standards for patients.
:12:04. > :12:07.The 30-tonne body of a sperm whale has finally been taken away from
:12:07. > :12:13.Skegness beach. Contractors removed the whale in an operation which got
:12:13. > :12:22.underway in the early hours of this morning. The body has now been
:12:22. > :12:28.taken to a specialist waste 3am and in the distance light
:12:28. > :12:34.approach, ready to tackle a huge problem on the beach. It began as a
:12:34. > :12:39.race against the tide. We went to get past the end of the
:12:39. > :12:45.peer before the tide comes in. Once we are past their tis not quite so
:12:45. > :12:50.serious. We would sit chain of the whale up and push it with a
:12:50. > :12:54.bulldozer. We went to get it up there with as much dignity as
:12:54. > :12:58.possible. The carcass of the spear it -- the
:12:59. > :13:08.sperm whale beached on Saturday. 0 in now was the paperwork in place
:13:08. > :13:12.and the time right to move it. -- only gnarl..
:13:12. > :13:16.We wanted to do it when there was as least people here as possible
:13:16. > :13:22.really because it is not a happy occasion.
:13:22. > :13:28.Now comes the real test. They have to get 30 tons Of Whale on the low-
:13:28. > :13:32.loader that waits over there. Thief it was near it and come has put in
:13:32. > :13:35.place. At half-past five it was time For a
:13:35. > :13:42.carefully co-ordinated Minoo there between machine and mammal on to
:13:42. > :13:46.the trailer. Even at this early hour people turned out to watch.
:13:46. > :13:51.I was down to the peer and looked at it being uncovered and stride
:13:51. > :13:56.onto the beach. It is amazing. Really bake.
:13:56. > :13:59.It is only a baby one, I am led to believe. Good job it was not full
:13:59. > :14:06.size. This once graceful giants will now
:14:06. > :14:09.be taken to a landfill site. Thank you for watching this
:14:09. > :14:12.Wednesday night. Still ahead tonight:
:14:12. > :14:19.Scunthorpe United move further away from the drop zone but Hull City
:14:19. > :14:22.draw a blank once again. DISCORDANT PIANO MUSIC PLAYS.
:14:22. > :14:32.Musical scales - the orchestra playing to a rather unusual
:14:32. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:42.Tonight picture was taken by Rob Andrew's in Hornsea. This is the
:14:42. > :14:46.sunset over the Brandesburton gravel site. Thank you for that
:14:46. > :14:52.much -- thank you for that one. Another picture tomorrow night
:14:52. > :14:57.around the same time. This will cheer you up. My daughter
:14:57. > :15:02.now lives in New Zealand and has downloaded Peter Levy because Mac
:15:02. > :15:07.voice for the Sat Nav in her husband's traffic police car.
:15:07. > :15:14.I am very big in Welling so it is just here but I struggle!
:15:14. > :15:19.You are telling me! It will be dry with some sunshine every next 24
:15:19. > :15:28.hours. A lot of dry weather coming up through the weekend and much of
:15:28. > :15:34.next week. That is bad news for drought-stricken Lincolnshire. This
:15:34. > :15:38.high-pressure will push back across as over the next few days. After
:15:38. > :15:43.that wet morning it has been a pleasant afternoon with some
:15:43. > :15:48.sunshine. Still a risk of an isolated shower coming through but
:15:48. > :15:52.basically it is a dry night for most of us with just a pleasing
:15:52. > :15:57.shower in the far west of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.
:15:57. > :16:02.You have shelter from a strong wind further south and it could get cool
:16:03. > :16:12.enough for a ground frost around Gainsborough. Thief the sun will
:16:12. > :16:19.rise in the morning at 6:32am and set at the by 50 4:00pm. Here are
:16:19. > :16:27.the high-tide times. So not a bad day to come. It will be hazy
:16:27. > :16:30.sunshine at times tomorrow but generally very dry. It remains
:16:30. > :16:34.bright. There will be further spells the sunshine and
:16:34. > :16:44.temperatures will be close to normal, around about nine Celsius
:16:44. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:58.in Fridaythorpe Anna's at the same in Gainsborough. -- at answer the
:16:58. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:05.same. Temperatures on the up. 15 What you do not know is that he is
:17:05. > :17:10.in a lot of pain today with that to take. Did they put a lot of wisdom
:17:10. > :17:16.teeth in it? Yes, thanks.
:17:16. > :17:22.Farmers in the Lincolnshire could see a big increase in demand when a
:17:22. > :17:26.new buyer plants his belt. Be firmer building yet it says it will
:17:26. > :17:31.protests more than a million tonnes of grain every year.
:17:31. > :17:35.It is one of the largest plants of its type in the UK. In a few months
:17:35. > :17:42.wheat will come in here, be ground down and brewed into alcohol. It
:17:42. > :17:49.will then go here to be purified into 100% bioethanol to run a car's.
:17:49. > :17:53.The stuff left over will come here and be turned into animal feed.
:17:53. > :17:59.We employ 70 or 80 people ourselves and be on that support around 1000
:17:59. > :18:03.jobs. I think for local farmers it is about being there continuously
:18:03. > :18:08.for them so that they know they have a market place for the
:18:08. > :18:13.products they are producing. This may sound like feel for the
:18:13. > :18:20.future but some of the fuel we use that the future is made from
:18:20. > :18:24.bioethanol. That needs to rise from 5% to 10% by 2020. Firms like
:18:24. > :18:28.Vivergo will be vital in ensuring that supply.
:18:28. > :18:33.Local farmers will be among the main ones to benefit because most
:18:33. > :18:37.of the wheat needed by the site will be grown within a 50 mile
:18:37. > :18:41.radius. Beefeater made there as by product can also be used to feed
:18:41. > :18:46.local cows. The East Riding of Yorkshire
:18:46. > :18:51.produces wheat really well. To have a producer on our doorstep to deal
:18:51. > :18:55.with this amount of wheat is good news for farmers.
:18:55. > :19:01.The weeks may be grown locally but has for some of it poses an ethical
:19:01. > :19:06.issue of growing crops for a fuel rather than food.
:19:06. > :19:10.If you use foods to fuel cars, you are taking food out of the mouths
:19:10. > :19:15.of people. I understand this refinery will use 1 million tonnes
:19:15. > :19:19.of wheat. If you turn that wheat into food, that would be enough to
:19:19. > :19:24.feed everyone in Kenya for one month.
:19:24. > :19:32.The owners say they are balancing the issue by making both food and
:19:32. > :19:38.feet -- fuel and feet. This area and civvy -- this plant adds to the
:19:38. > :19:43.area's renewable fuels. Widening need feels like this?
:19:43. > :19:48.This is all about breaking our reliance on fossil fuels. Oil is
:19:48. > :19:54.very expensive and a reliance on it means we are dependent on surprise
:19:54. > :20:00.from a board for -- from abroad. By a fuel fans say that the more fury
:20:00. > :20:05.make at home, the more we can break away and secure half your security.
:20:05. > :20:11.It cuts down the amount of carbon dioxide being produced by engines.
:20:11. > :20:17.For example, Vivergo say that it is the equivalent of taking 200,000
:20:17. > :20:23.cars off the road. Sandhu disputes the claims that those by a fuels
:20:23. > :20:33.are greener and many feel that with so many people starving in the
:20:33. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:40.world, is it right to grow fuel rather than food?
:20:40. > :20:43.Disabled bike riders from East Yorkshire have been showing off
:20:43. > :20:45.their cycling skills in support of Sport Relief. People who attend the
:20:45. > :20:47.Parishes and Orchard day care centres regularly use the
:20:48. > :20:56.specially-adapted bikes in Hull's East Park. And today they stepped
:20:56. > :21:00.it up a gear to race a mile. I find it really inspirational and
:21:00. > :21:04.it put things into context. And if you're taking part in the
:21:04. > :21:06.Sport Relief Mile we'd like to hear what you're doing. Email us at
:21:06. > :21:09.LookNorth@bbc.co.uk. Onto football and Hull City are now
:21:09. > :21:12.unbeaten in eight games. The 0-0 draw with Yorkshire rivals Leeds
:21:12. > :21:20.United means that they remain ninth in the Championship table. Leanne
:21:20. > :21:24.Brown has more details of that and the rest of last nights football.
:21:24. > :21:30.Unbeaten once again but Hull city have also not want for several
:21:30. > :21:35.games and their outside the play- off places in the championship.
:21:35. > :21:41.They fail to make the pressure tell in the first half. They were denied
:21:41. > :21:45.by good saves from the Leeds United goalkeeper. Off the field, the
:21:45. > :21:50.manager was being his usual less than a calm self- as city pushed
:21:50. > :21:57.forward but they could not make the breakthrough. The second half was
:21:57. > :22:02.more even with Hull city reverting to long-range shots. The manager
:22:02. > :22:05.regretted lost opportunities. I thought we were the better team.
:22:05. > :22:10.I thought some of the football we played in the first half was great
:22:10. > :22:13.and Roche. A couple of good saves kept Leeds in it tonight so I am
:22:13. > :22:20.disappointed we did not get three points.
:22:20. > :22:28.Meanwhile, scum part unite it got a second successive win in League One.
:22:28. > :22:29.Benn now four points clear at the drop zone after winning 2-1 at all
:22:29. > :22:33.done. You'd expect to see plenty of
:22:33. > :22:36.scales at an aquarium but the ones on show at the Deep in Hull today
:22:36. > :22:39.have been of the musical kind. Performers from Hull's Philharmonic
:22:39. > :22:42.Orchestra have been practising a brand new piece of music, specially
:22:42. > :22:49.written to celebrate ten years of the aquarium. Anne-Marie Tasker has
:22:49. > :22:51.been to listen. Practice was going swimmingly today
:22:51. > :22:56.- as two members of Hull's Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsed
:22:56. > :23:06.part of "Sounding The Deep". Their audience - the ocean residents that
:23:06. > :23:11.helped inspire it. We are standing here today in this
:23:11. > :23:16.building, the deep, playing a piece called sounds in the deep. We are
:23:17. > :23:19.using a lot of instruments that are buried deep in pitch.
:23:19. > :23:22.The new composition's been written to celebrate 10 years of this
:23:22. > :23:30.aquarium, the Deep. And it's certainly given the musicians
:23:30. > :23:35.something to get their teeth into. It is different to anything we have
:23:35. > :23:41.ever done be far. It is one of the most complicated face scars I have
:23:41. > :23:43.seen for some time. I am in far a challenge in night but it should be
:23:43. > :23:49.fun. And some will be making waves by
:23:50. > :23:57.swapping traditional instruments for computers. Laptops playing
:23:57. > :24:02.cells from under the seas will help to liven up this building.
:24:02. > :24:05.The deep is a wonderful, iconic building. It is a great piece of
:24:05. > :24:07.architecture. Thought 170 musicians and dancers from
:24:07. > :24:09.across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will perform this
:24:09. > :24:13.piece, and other shorter compositions, at Hull City Hall
:24:13. > :24:23.next saturday. That time, it'll be in front of scores of people,
:24:23. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:32.rather than shoals of fish. Do send us an e-mail if you have a story
:24:32. > :24:34.you think we should report. Let's get a recap of the national
:24:34. > :24:37.and regional headlines. Six soldiers have been killed in
:24:37. > :24:40.Afghanistan - five are from the Yorkshire regiment. It brings the
:24:40. > :24:41.death toll of British soldiers since the war began to more than
:24:41. > :24:44.four hundred. There are fears that Scunthorpe
:24:44. > :24:47.town centre will die after a decision to allow a new out-of-town
:24:47. > :24:50.shopping development. Tomorrow: Dry with sunny spells,
:24:50. > :25:00.although skies will tend to cloud over later. Maximum temperature 9C
:25:00. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:10.(48F). Fresh Southwest wind. A big response coming in on the
:25:10. > :25:17.subject of the out-of-town shop plan from Scunthorpe. Lucy said, at
:25:17. > :25:20."I think it is great news. These new developments are perfect."
:25:20. > :25:24.another correspondent said that people in Scunthorpe should be
:25:24. > :25:29.pleased that this will create extra jobs for the town. Anna has text
:25:29. > :25:34.did and she said that in Grimsby there are two big retail parks away
:25:34. > :25:41.from the town centre but it has not had an adverse effect on the town
:25:41. > :25:46.centre itself. I'm sure you'll have used on those texts. The planners
:25:46. > :25:50.do not have a clue, is what someone said. Martin has e-mail to say that
:25:50. > :25:54.he welcomes the development but why build a new out-of-town shopping
:25:55. > :26:01.area when the steelworks is in decline? When that goes, Scunthorpe