:00:03. > :00:06.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:06. > :00:14.As unemployment goes up again, there are worries that we don't
:00:14. > :00:18.have enough workers with the right skills. We need to invest in
:00:18. > :00:24.education so that we get it rail engineers coming into our business,
:00:24. > :00:26.so they are ready to work from the day they start with us.
:00:26. > :00:28.After being exposed to nuclear tests, veterans are told they won't
:00:28. > :00:32.get compensation. No city status for Goole, but
:00:32. > :00:35.officials say the bid has helped to put the town on the map.
:00:35. > :00:41.How the real Dad's Army made secret plans to save this this East
:00:41. > :00:46.Yorkshire village from a Nazi invasion.
:00:46. > :00:49.Not detailed weather forecast coming up later. -- your detailed
:00:49. > :00:52.weather forecast. Good evening.
:00:52. > :00:56.There are calls tonight for better training for people in East
:00:56. > :00:59.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who are looking for jobs. One of our
:00:59. > :01:01.biggest private sector employers, Siemens, says people don't have the
:01:02. > :01:11.right skills to fill their vacancies and they are having to
:01:11. > :01:15.train people from scratch. In Yorkshire and Humber, the number
:01:15. > :01:23.out of work has risen by 8,000 to 261,000, which is 9.8 per cent of
:01:23. > :01:31.the available workforce. In Lincolnshire and East Midlands, the
:01:31. > :01:34.number rose by 5000 to 187,000. That's 8.2%. The national average
:01:34. > :01:39.is 8.4%. Some local companies say many of the people who are looking
:01:39. > :01:42.for jobs don't have the right skills. Tim Iredale reports.
:01:42. > :01:52.Around 1,600 people work for the global engineering giant Siemens
:01:52. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :01:58.and its gas turbine manufacturing plant in Lincoln. Siemens is one of
:01:58. > :02:01.Lincolnshire's largest private sector employers, and their
:02:01. > :02:04.products are exported all over the world. The managing director admits
:02:04. > :02:07.it is sometimes difficult to find local workers with the right skills.
:02:07. > :02:12.Lincoln itself has very good people, very skilled. What we do not always
:02:12. > :02:21.find immediately is people with the training. For us, we need to invest
:02:21. > :02:24.in education so we get engineers coming in. They are ready to work
:02:24. > :02:28.from their day they start with those.
:02:28. > :02:30.There may be no shortage of people in the jobs market in Lincolnshire
:02:30. > :02:33.and East Yorkshire, but the bosses of some smaller businesses claim
:02:33. > :02:43.that many young people lack the basic skills needed for the
:02:43. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:46.workplace. It is a matter of finding somebody
:02:46. > :02:50.who has the right basic skills, and also people who have basic common
:02:50. > :02:57.sense. One of my members told me a story that she had asked an
:02:57. > :03:00.assistant to find the BT bill. She looked under "B." Having gone
:03:00. > :03:07.through the whole of the filing cabinet, she filed it under "F" for
:03:08. > :03:13."phone." Many young people take issue with the suggestion they do
:03:13. > :03:17.not have the right qualifications. Dan and Neil attended local
:03:18. > :03:21.colleges before securing apprenticeships at Siemens. Do you
:03:21. > :03:26.think you people lack basic skills for the workplace? He in my opinion,
:03:26. > :03:31.no, because the college gives the basic skills you need to take on a
:03:31. > :03:36.more practical role here. college at Lincoln is really good
:03:36. > :03:45.for engineering and has really helped me out. It is the sort of
:03:45. > :03:48.courses Siemens do themselves. the prospect of new jobs created by
:03:48. > :03:52.the green energy expansion on the Humber, the government will come
:03:52. > :03:58.under pressure to make sure home grown workers do not miss out due
:03:58. > :04:01.to a lack of skills. I am joined this evening by the
:04:01. > :04:04.Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole, Andrew Percy. We heard there from
:04:04. > :04:07.two companies who say young people are not being trained in the right
:04:07. > :04:13.skills. Why aren't we giving young people the skills they need for the
:04:13. > :04:18.jobs on offer? I think we are giving them a lot of the skills
:04:18. > :04:28.they need, but for some of these jobs, I am not sure the curriculum
:04:28. > :04:29.
:04:29. > :04:32.is giving what we need to your people. -- younger people.
:04:32. > :04:36.Siemens are saying that they don't have the right skills in Lincoln.
:04:36. > :04:43.Are you worried that they will have the same problem when they bring
:04:43. > :04:49.their huge investment to the Humber? It is a concern. We do need
:04:49. > :04:52.people with the right skills. But employers are saying even the
:04:52. > :05:00.basic skills are not there. Even clerical skills are lacking when
:05:00. > :05:05.someone files the phone bill under "F." Not Lincolnshire tells me one
:05:05. > :05:10.of the biggest problems is finding people with their right literacy
:05:10. > :05:14.levels. Most people leave school with good qualifications, but they
:05:14. > :05:19.raised an issue of the curriculum forcing people through. We have to
:05:19. > :05:23.accept there are people leaving without basic skills. Your
:05:23. > :05:27.government at downgrading vocational courses at GCSE levels,
:05:27. > :05:33.so won't that make it even harder for young people to develop
:05:33. > :05:39.practical skills? Are one issue I raised a few years ago are now as a
:05:39. > :05:44.councillor locally was how we are putting a lot of people through NVQ
:05:44. > :05:50.is as an alternative to GCSEs to massage the tables. We are right to
:05:50. > :05:56.put some vigour into it now. We are putting more money into
:05:56. > :06:01.apprenticeships. We are looking at studios schools, expanding those.
:06:01. > :06:10.They will offer a much more vocational curriculum. Thank you.
:06:10. > :06:13.Good to talk to you. Well, despite the rising figures on
:06:13. > :06:16.the jobs front, some businesses in our region who make specialised
:06:16. > :06:20.goods are reporting more positive news. For those firms, the economic
:06:20. > :06:22.downturn has not been a concern. In fact, they have prospered and
:06:22. > :06:26.created jobs. Paul Murphy has been looking at how these businesses are
:06:26. > :06:33.surviving. Countryside Art is one of those
:06:33. > :06:41.companies which has been left unscathed by the economic downturn.
:06:41. > :06:43.It is continuing to expand. Here, they make designer tea-towels, oven
:06:43. > :06:53.gloves and aprons. Simple items, but using a highly technical
:06:53. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :06:57.printing process. It's a typical niche business.
:06:57. > :07:00.We seem to be unaffected by the recession. We specialise in
:07:00. > :07:10.printing that is very difficult. Not many other people can actually
:07:10. > :07:14.
:07:14. > :07:16.do it. We have built up a wealth of experience. We can print a lot of
:07:17. > :07:19.jobs other printers would turn away or find too hard.
:07:19. > :07:22.Those who have monitored the economic downturn say niche
:07:22. > :07:25.businesses are continuing to thrive. In the good times, they allow you
:07:25. > :07:35.to do even better, and in the bad times they are a security base.
:07:35. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:39.People do not have an alternative. That's what you've captured, that
:07:39. > :07:42.vital hole that people can't go somewhere else for.
:07:42. > :07:45.This chocolate shop owner in Beverley agrees, and says it is
:07:45. > :07:48.about offering a product others would struggle to make.
:07:48. > :07:53.People are looking for something different, they are looking for
:07:53. > :07:56.something special. They work hard and their money is scarce. So they
:07:56. > :08:02.are thinking more about how they spend it.
:08:02. > :08:08.Niche businesses do not have to be small like this one.
:08:08. > :08:12.It is all about offering something a bit special. It is quite simple
:08:12. > :08:15.to print a single colour tea towel, and a lot of other people do that.
:08:15. > :08:25.When we get into the really complicated stuff, that is the sort
:08:25. > :08:25.
:08:25. > :08:29.of thing anyone new to printing would find difficult.
:08:29. > :08:36.They have created seven jobs in the last 18 months, and plan to expand
:08:36. > :08:44.further. These products require good old-fashioned skills and
:08:44. > :08:47.expertise to make. They're emerging as the great survivors of the
:08:47. > :08:52.downturn. What do you think can be done to
:08:52. > :08:54.increase the chances of unemployed people getting a job? Are they
:08:54. > :09:04.getting the right training, or maybe you are unemployed and
:09:04. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:16.disagree with what you've heard. There'll be a special programme on
:09:16. > :09:18.our economy next week. Local people and local business leaders will be
:09:18. > :09:22.discussing unemployment and prospects for growth in East
:09:22. > :09:29.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. That's Our Economy, The Look North Debate
:09:29. > :09:32.on Monday at 11.05pm here on BBC One.
:09:32. > :09:37.In a moment: The shop owner who says businesses
:09:37. > :09:42.in Hornsea have seen profits plummet following the opening of a
:09:42. > :09:48.new supermarket. They say they were used as guinea
:09:48. > :09:51.pigs to test atomic bombs in the 1950s. But today, veterans from
:09:51. > :09:55.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who say there has tests damage their
:09:55. > :09:59.health have lost their battle for compensation at the Supreme Court.
:09:59. > :10:09.The Ministry of Defence has always denied any negligence. Sarah Corker
:10:09. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:17.reports. With your bags to the explosion, your eyes closed and
:10:17. > :10:24.covered by your fists, you could see the bones in your fingers like
:10:24. > :10:27.an X-ray. We went through something that we pray nobody else has to go
:10:27. > :10:30.through. Trevor Butler from Hull was one of
:10:30. > :10:34.thousands of young men sent to the South Pacific to test the atomic
:10:34. > :10:44.bomb. Just months later he says his health began to fail. He lost the
:10:44. > :10:46.
:10:46. > :10:48.sight in one eye and his spine is crumbling. But he watched as the
:10:48. > :10:58.Supreme Court ruled the veterans couldn't sue the Government for
:10:58. > :11:02.damages because they'd brought their cases too late. This court
:11:02. > :11:06.dismisses the nine appeals. It must be bad enough for the veterans
:11:06. > :11:13.together with those others whose claims may now be decided in the
:11:13. > :11:19.same way to learn that they have lost this final round. I am
:11:19. > :11:24.absolutely devastated. All years of pain, anguish. We have exhausted
:11:24. > :11:28.every procedure in this country. The MoD has always argued there's
:11:28. > :11:32.no evidence to show the tests were the only cause of their illnesses.
:11:32. > :11:42.Wendy Brothers from Sleaford was in court. Her husband John flew
:11:42. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:46.through the nuclear clouds and later died of cancer. It is
:11:46. > :11:51.recognition of the sacrifice is those brave men made. They have not
:11:51. > :12:00.had justice. There is always another way. We will find it, and
:12:00. > :12:02.we will make it. The veterans are dying at a rate of
:12:02. > :12:07.three every month, but many say despite today's decision they won't
:12:07. > :12:15.give up, but they're running out of places to take their case.
:12:15. > :12:18.And you can read more detail about this case if you go to our website.
:12:18. > :12:28.Hull's Lord Mayor, Colin Inglis, will not be the Labour Party's
:12:28. > :12:28.
:12:28. > :12:37.candidate for the role of police commissioner for Humberside. He's
:12:37. > :12:39.been left off a list of nominees put together by the party.
:12:39. > :12:46.Councillor Inglis wouldn't comment on the story.
:12:46. > :12:50.A Horncastle man's appeared in court charged with murder. Kieran
:12:50. > :12:53.Podd of Mareham Road is accused of stabbing Paul Richards-Jones, who
:12:53. > :12:56.was 30. His body was found on Monday evening in the home of the
:12:56. > :12:57.accused. Mr Podd, who's 36, has been remanded in custody. He will
:12:57. > :13:00.appear at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday.
:13:00. > :13:03.Extra support and training is being given to student nurses who are
:13:03. > :13:05.returning to Boston's Pilgrim Hospital. The Nursing and Midwifery
:13:05. > :13:08.Council took the unusual step of removing students from the site
:13:08. > :13:11.last summer over serious concerns about the standard of tuition being
:13:11. > :13:13.given. It followed a highly critical report from the Care
:13:13. > :13:16.Quality Commission. The CQC and the NMC say sufficient improvements
:13:16. > :13:19.have been made since then. The Governors at a Lincoln Special
:13:19. > :13:22.School say they won't become an academy, a move which could have
:13:22. > :13:25.saved the school from closure. The County Council plans to close
:13:25. > :13:28.Queen's Park School because the buildings are no longer fit for
:13:28. > :13:36.purpose and there's no room to expand. The pupils will now be
:13:36. > :13:40.transferred to other schools in the city which will get new buildings.
:13:40. > :13:46.Still ahead tonight: Hull City's best win of the season puts them in
:13:46. > :13:49.a strong position to get into the promotion play-offs.
:13:49. > :13:59.How plans were drawn up to protect an East Yorkshire village from Nazi
:13:59. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:27.Tonight's photo is an aerial view Thank you for that. This was taken
:14:27. > :14:33.from a plane window. Good evening. Could you ask Paul to check his
:14:33. > :14:37.barometer to see if it is upside down, somebody says. These high as
:14:37. > :14:41.we are experiencing in Lincoln seem like lows.
:14:41. > :14:45.I can do it tomorrow night. I do not know what the atmospheric
:14:45. > :14:48.pressure is. I will be more useful tonight.
:14:48. > :14:55.I thought you were a forecaster with man flew!
:14:55. > :15:00.Let's look at the headlines. It is a similar story to today. A grey
:15:00. > :15:04.start. Gradually, brightness will edge in from the West. Some of us
:15:04. > :15:09.have seen some late afternoon sunshine, but the most interesting
:15:09. > :15:14.thing and this pressure charter is out to the West. We will see rain
:15:14. > :15:24.bearing weather systems come through on Friday night and into
:15:24. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:30.the weekend. You can see where the gaps where. They pushed into West
:15:30. > :15:34.Lincolnshire. That area of cloud will move into the North Sea. In
:15:34. > :15:40.the short term, it will turn out to be fairly chilly. They will be a
:15:40. > :15:50.touch of ground frost in places. Generally speaking, grey skies
:15:50. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:09.again by the end of the night, with A grey start, perhaps a few bits of
:16:09. > :16:19.Giselle, otherwise a dry day and we will see some breaks been produced
:16:19. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:27.in the West. Temperatures should be a bit higher. We are looking at 12
:16:27. > :16:34.in Hull. 13 is possible in Lincoln. The best temperatures are around
:16:34. > :16:44.the Wash. Not bad on Friday. Some sunshine and variable cloud. That
:16:44. > :16:50.leaves us with an unsettled Shari I bet you are a pain at home,
:16:50. > :17:00.playing for Simba the! I am not one to complain! --
:17:00. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:09.playing for sympathy. Remember that barometer.
:17:09. > :17:12.It's just two months since a new Tesco store opened in Hornsea. It
:17:12. > :17:15.created 170 jobs and the supermarket said it could help to
:17:15. > :17:19.keep trade in the town. But a local shopkeeper says his takings are
:17:19. > :17:20.being hit by up to �2,000 a week, and trade on the town's main
:17:20. > :17:23.shopping streeet has been badly affected.
:17:23. > :17:26.In retail terms, it's the tale of David and Goliath. The small
:17:26. > :17:29.shopkeeper going into battle with a retail giant. But Alvin Wilkinson
:17:29. > :17:36.fears he won't emerge victorious. It's eight weeks since Tesco opened
:17:36. > :17:41.in Hornsea. Takings are down about �1,000 a week. I am selling things
:17:41. > :17:47.at below -- they are selling things at below cost price. I cannot
:17:47. > :17:51.compete with it. I get my supplies from the local wholesaler. I find
:17:51. > :18:01.it devastating. It used to be a vibrant street and there is hardly
:18:01. > :18:10.anybody down the street now. Tesco said they consulted the public, who
:18:10. > :18:15.were overwhelmingly positive. thoroughly enjoyed it. I will go
:18:15. > :18:21.every week. I will take advantage of the special offers. It destroys
:18:21. > :18:30.the community. The street is nowhere near as busy. They are very
:18:30. > :18:33.highly priced. They could bring their products down a bit more. It
:18:33. > :18:36.would help. Tesco also told us there is
:18:36. > :18:39.evidence that when they open in a town, it increases footfall to
:18:39. > :18:42.neighbouring shops. But whereas you can park for free in Tesco, there
:18:42. > :18:52.are charges to park near the local shops.
:18:52. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.Today, East Riding Councillors decided those charges must stay.
:19:00. > :19:02.The fees are to pay for maintenance and such like.
:19:02. > :19:08.That's a big mistake according to David Bird. He remembers Tesco's
:19:08. > :19:12.arrival in Beverley. He said traders have to shape up to survive.
:19:12. > :19:17.You have to accept that if you allow a big supermarket to come to
:19:17. > :19:19.a time, it will have a significant impact on other shops and
:19:19. > :19:23.businesses, and change strategies accordingly.
:19:23. > :19:33.Tesco is in Hornsea to stay. It remains to be seen whether the same
:19:33. > :19:39.can be said for its independent neighbours. That is another one you
:19:39. > :19:41.might want to comment on. The historic port of Goole has
:19:41. > :19:45.spent the last year trying to persuade the Government to
:19:45. > :19:48.recognise it as a city, but people living there have been told they're
:19:48. > :19:58.not included in the list of three new Cities which has been revealed
:19:58. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:02.today. They've lost out to St Asaph, a small town of 3,500 people in
:20:02. > :20:06.North Wales, Chelmsford, which is the county town of Essex, and Perth
:20:06. > :20:14.in Scotland. Vicky Johnson's there tonight. How disappointed are they
:20:14. > :20:24.in Goole? Those behind the big says Goole has always been a small town
:20:24. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:28.with big ambitions. Civic leaders insist that Goole was always in
:20:28. > :20:38.contention. Even though the population is quite low compared
:20:38. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:43.with transferred -- Chelmsford. It seems today the only way is Essex.
:20:43. > :20:50.Civic leaders hearsay while they are disappointed, they set out what
:20:50. > :20:55.they intended to do. The benefits derived from that, all free
:20:55. > :21:05.advertising that and get will help promote the town, and hopefully
:21:05. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:13.help to attract inward investment in the town. Goole has always been
:21:13. > :21:19.regarded as rank outsiders. I took to the street to see what the
:21:19. > :21:26.residents here thoughts about their failed bid, how disappointed they
:21:26. > :21:34.were. You have just found out that Goole has not got city status. By a
:21:34. > :21:42.surprise? No, we are not. Is a disappointing? Not really. The news
:21:42. > :21:49.has come through that Goole has not been chosen. Surprise, surprise!
:21:49. > :21:53.have no interest in it whatsoever. Some residents regard this as a
:21:53. > :21:56.joke, but civic leaders insist they are having the last laugh. They
:21:57. > :22:06.wanted this to put Goole on the map, and they say they have certainly
:22:07. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:28.done that. Chalk this down as the result of
:22:29. > :22:35.the season. Cardiff nearly beat Liverpool in the League Cup final,
:22:35. > :22:44.but here was a rampant Tigers forcing an early goal. Straight
:22:44. > :22:50.after half-time, the Tigers were at it again. To press home their
:22:50. > :22:57.advantage, it was soon made three. Other teams are losing, whereas we
:22:57. > :23:02.are unbeatable. If we carry on, a few more wins and draws we will be
:23:02. > :23:12.right up there at the end. result propels the Tigers into the
:23:12. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:28.play-off zone. The fog it did not excuse the sloppy start at Yeovil.
:23:28. > :23:33.The game looked up for the Iron, and it was, until this, 20 seconds
:23:33. > :23:38.before time. It looked a comfortable win for Yeovil. You
:23:38. > :23:48.have to have a belief and just keep going. You never know what can
:23:48. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:02.happen. It was a great goal. United The Home Guard, made famous by
:24:02. > :24:05.Captain Mainwaring and his men, spent the Second World War
:24:05. > :24:08.defending us from a German invasion. But documents recently put on
:24:08. > :24:10.display show how they paid special attention to protecting one village
:24:10. > :24:13.in East Yorkshire. Papers have been discovered showing the county's
:24:13. > :24:17.very own Dad's Army ready had made a detailed plan to defend
:24:17. > :24:27.Woodmansey from Nazi attack. Anne- Marie Tasker has been finding out
:24:27. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:34.why. # Who do you think you are kidding...
:24:34. > :24:38.#$$NEWLINE The classic TV series Dad's Army reflected the British
:24:38. > :24:41.affection for the Home Guard. They were men unable to sign up for the
:24:41. > :24:45.army but ready to fight back if the Germans had invaded. And even
:24:45. > :24:52.though it might not look much of a military target, this was one of
:24:52. > :25:00.their headquarters, and this a sentry post. This was done by my
:25:00. > :25:03.dad in 19 bodies three. -- in 1943. They're details revealed in these
:25:03. > :25:05.papers written by Prudence Blake's father, Sergeant Charles Massey. He
:25:05. > :25:08.drew up detailed plans to protect the East Yorkshire village of
:25:08. > :25:15.Woodmansey near Beverley, and had kept them in his loft all these
:25:15. > :25:19.years. He read that practically all the Home Guard personnel have
:25:19. > :25:24.access to cycles, which makes you wonder how they would defend
:25:24. > :25:30.themselves against the German tanks. It was low-key for your sake they
:25:30. > :25:36.never landed! Absolutely. I would not have been here.
:25:36. > :25:39.So why Woodmansey? It was feared that if the Germans didn't land at
:25:39. > :25:42.the coast, they'd come from the skies here ready to march on Hull.
:25:42. > :25:45.And while there was a plan to protect the whole village from Nazi
:25:45. > :25:55.invasion, the name of this road, German Nook Lane, got it extra
:25:55. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:03.attention. Strategically, that was an important site. The idea
:26:03. > :26:10.nowadays of Nazi invasion of a quiet rural area is a museum tours
:26:10. > :26:20.nowadays, but back then, it was a serious threat -- is amusing to us
:26:20. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:26.nowadays. So now we know this rural spot was ready to fight the Nazis.
:26:26. > :26:28.Fascinating. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:28. > :26:32.and regional headlines. Belgium's announced a day of mourning after
:26:33. > :26:35.22 children died in a coach crash on the way back from a skiing trip.
:26:35. > :26:40.As unemployment goes up, it's claimed that workers haven't got
:26:40. > :26:43.the skills needed to get jobs in this area.
:26:43. > :26:45.The weather for tomorrow. A grey start in most areas, slowly
:26:45. > :26:55.brightening up with sunny spells developing later. Maximum
:26:55. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:04.temperature 14 Celsis. Response coming in on the subject of
:27:04. > :27:11.training. Darren says, my son stayed on at school, but the only
:27:11. > :27:14.job he could get was working in a call centre. Simon said, businesses
:27:14. > :27:17.are reaping what they have been selling for years. They wanted
:27:18. > :27:25.skilled, experienced workers, but they have not invested in the
:27:25. > :27:29.training required. Finally, Joe says, if the apprenticeships had