:00:03. > :00:06.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:06. > :00:14.Fears for the East Coast Caravan industry following a VAT rise in
:00:14. > :00:20.the Budget. Anything that pushes that price up
:00:20. > :00:22.for the public in the current economy has to be bad news.
:00:22. > :00:30.After a search which ends in tragedy, a community comes together
:00:30. > :00:33.to say goodbye to Stuart Gilson. At the mercy of the level crossing.
:00:33. > :00:36.How a solution may be in sight for shoppers in Lincoln
:00:36. > :00:44.Famous names at a Grimsby Art Gallery, but are the paintings what
:00:44. > :00:53.they seem? More fine dry weather to come. The
:00:54. > :00:56.latest coming up shortly. Good evening. The leaders of one of
:00:56. > :00:58.the most important manufacturing industries in Hull and East
:00:58. > :01:03.Yorkshire say they face an uncertain future after George
:01:03. > :01:09.Osborne's budget. The makers of static caravans will have to charge
:01:09. > :01:13.thousands of pounds more when a VAT loophole is closed in October. Nine
:01:13. > :01:19.out of ten caravans sold in the UK are made in this area, and the
:01:19. > :01:22.Government believes sales could fall by a third. It's more than 24
:01:22. > :01:28.hours since the Budget and the effects on our lives, from
:01:28. > :01:34.transport, to leisure and the family purse are still emerging.
:01:34. > :01:38.First tonigh,t Anne-Marie Tasker reports on the caravan trade.
:01:38. > :01:41.For caravan builders big and small, it's the worst news they could have
:01:42. > :01:44.been given. Here at ABI in Beverley, they make a quarter of the UK's
:01:44. > :01:54.holiday homes. And they fear charging VAT on selling these
:01:54. > :02:01.static caravans will hit jobs. have 350 employees. Statistics are
:02:01. > :02:10.stating that they expect the market to reduce by 30 %. As a
:02:10. > :02:13.manufacturer, parties probably Elise 1,000 jobs that will
:02:13. > :02:16.disappear. And the news couldn't have come at
:02:16. > :02:19.a worse time for Victory Leisure Homes. Today, they rolled the last
:02:19. > :02:26.van out of their old factory in Hull, having spent millions on
:02:26. > :02:30.bigger premises to make more vans. Anything that pushes the price up
:02:30. > :02:35.to the public in the current economy has got to be bad news.
:02:35. > :02:45.Around 17,000 caravans are made in the UK every year, 90 percent of
:02:45. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:52.them in East Yorkshire. The price will escalate. It is feared that a
:02:52. > :02:54.hike in prices could reduce the market by as much as 30 %.
:02:54. > :02:57.East Yorkshire's caravan industry is still recovering from 2008's
:02:57. > :03:00.recession. Credit was hard to find and hundreds of jobs were lost.
:03:01. > :03:07.Hull MP Diana Johnson says this is the last thing the industry or this
:03:07. > :03:14.area needs. At last the government to think again about this, and
:03:14. > :03:18.consider whether this is the thing to do for a mummified in part of
:03:18. > :03:21.industry that is just getting on its feet again.
:03:21. > :03:24.And this could impact on caravan parks up and down the East Coast.
:03:24. > :03:30.Here in Hornsea, they're spending four million pounds on expanding
:03:30. > :03:35.the site. Now they're worried about filling it. We would have preferred
:03:35. > :03:43.to see something like that introduced over time, to allow
:03:43. > :03:50.businesses to plan. Tomorrow, the heads of caravan
:03:50. > :03:54.companies are meeting to try to fight this tax change. There may be
:03:54. > :04:02.a rush in sales before October, but the industry fears it could wipe
:04:02. > :04:10.away jobs and profits next year. I will be talking to Graham Stuart
:04:10. > :04:13.about the impact of this short eighth. -- shortly.
:04:14. > :04:16.A look now at some of the other effects of the Budget. The owners
:04:16. > :04:20.of amusement arcades along the east coast have lost their battle
:04:20. > :04:26.against having a tax imposed on slot machines. A 5% levy will go on
:04:26. > :04:32.earnings from all gaming machines with a jackpot of less than �25.
:04:32. > :04:38.Small businesses will be much worse off. Bolt of them are based at the
:04:38. > :04:41.coast. -- a lot of them. Moving onto transport. Toll prices
:04:41. > :04:44.on the Dunham Bridge in Lincolnshire are set to rise from
:04:44. > :04:47.April the 1st. The increase is a result of the Government scrapping
:04:47. > :04:51.a tax reimbursement scheme, so VAT will now be charged to bridge users.
:04:51. > :04:53.The charge for a car crossing the River Trent into and out of
:04:53. > :04:59.Lincolnshire will go from 30 to 36 pence.
:04:59. > :05:02.And some bus fares in Hull and East Yorkshire are to rise by up to 10%.
:05:02. > :05:10.East Yorkshire Motor Services blames the increase on higher fuel
:05:10. > :05:18.duty and a cut in Government subsidies to bus operators. We have
:05:18. > :05:23.lost roughly �700,000 a year through one scheme. Now, from next
:05:23. > :05:33.month, we are losing �600,000 a year in the grant we get to offset
:05:33. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:38.against your duty. It is just not possible.
:05:38. > :05:40.It's been called a "granny tax". George Osborne has reduced a long
:05:40. > :05:43.standing tax allowance for pensioners. The Government says
:05:43. > :05:50.they won't be worse off in cash terms, but campaigners say over 65s
:05:50. > :06:00.will be worse off by up to �285 in future years. We have been through
:06:00. > :06:04.the hard times. Now, we should be... Well, we should be not living in
:06:04. > :06:08.paradise, but we should not have to worry. We should not have to worry
:06:08. > :06:13.about the next Budget and in taking a little bit more, if you get away
:06:13. > :06:16.with this. Besides, millionaires do not need the money.
:06:16. > :06:20.An increased tax allowance from next year will put more than �200 a
:06:20. > :06:22.year into the pockets of millions of workers. We met one family from
:06:23. > :06:25.Horncastle in Lincolnshire who say their finances are so tight, they
:06:25. > :06:30.would almost be better off on benefits. They're worried about a
:06:30. > :06:35.rise in petrol prices. Here's Jake Zuckerman.
:06:35. > :06:41.8am in the Hobson household. Dad Stewart gets the kids ready for
:06:41. > :06:47.school. As he's setting off to work, Helen gets back from her night
:06:47. > :06:51.shift at an old age home. To get to work, both need their own car.
:06:51. > :06:55.Helen says the Government should have cut fuel duty.
:06:55. > :07:05.We probably spend around �80 to �100 a week running two cars. That
:07:05. > :07:07.
:07:07. > :07:11.is a lot of money off our wages. Oil has increased as well. We are
:07:11. > :07:14.in the country and we have to run on oil.
:07:14. > :07:16.Stewart works 38 hours a week. Helen works 22 hours. Including
:07:16. > :07:20.wages, tax credits and child benefit, the family of six
:07:20. > :07:24.currently live on �620 a week. If Helen gave up her job, they would
:07:24. > :07:27.still have �612 a week to live on. Despite their best efforts, Helen
:07:27. > :07:31.calculates that, financially, the family might even be better off if
:07:31. > :07:39.she gave up work. I am bringing in an extra �8 a week
:07:39. > :07:43.working, if you take into account benefits and everything. So, I am
:07:43. > :07:47.actually not working for anything, apart from I enjoy my job.
:07:47. > :07:54.With petrol duty due to go up by around 3p a litre in August, the
:07:54. > :07:58.Hobsons, like many in rural areas, feel more could be done to help.
:07:58. > :08:01.The Government says the rise is fuel duty in August is smaller than
:08:01. > :08:07.the previous Labour administration had planned and that it's put a
:08:07. > :08:10.system in place to stop above inflation rises in the future.
:08:10. > :08:19.I'm joined by the Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham
:08:19. > :08:25.Stuart. Good evening. Hello. I want to start with caravans. The
:08:25. > :08:30.government acknowledges static caravans sales will fall. Do you
:08:30. > :08:34.support it? I am very concerned about that particular aspect. David
:08:34. > :08:44.Davis and I have requested a meeting with the Chancellor. Do you
:08:44. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:51.think that can be changed? It comes in on October 1st. We did not know
:08:51. > :08:58.about this until it came. I hope to learn more about it, and with David,
:08:58. > :09:02.we will be putting a strong case. The caravan industry in East
:09:02. > :09:12.Yorkshire is very important. Places that will be have been a three-day
:09:12. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:25.working for a while. I think we need to make sure people like the
:09:25. > :09:32.family you were just talking To will be better off working. We need
:09:32. > :09:35.to make sure it does not have any inadvertent impact on an area such
:09:35. > :09:42.as East Yorkshire. Using their caravan thing is probably a
:09:42. > :09:47.mistake? -- you think the caravan thing is probably a mistake? I
:09:47. > :09:52.think it's a has the potential to have a big impact on the local area.
:09:52. > :09:57.We will address concerns. Briefly, those who turn 65 next year, they
:09:57. > :10:05.will not be overjoyed by this tax allowance. What you say to these
:10:05. > :10:10.people? We are lifting 2 million people out of tax altogether. We
:10:10. > :10:15.are lifting how much you can earn before you pay tax to �9,200. We
:10:15. > :10:20.are looking to lift that further in future, accelerating that whenever
:10:20. > :10:25.we can. In the future, hard-working families will be on the same tax
:10:25. > :10:30.band as those who were retired. That will be fair. We want to make
:10:30. > :10:34.sure those on low incomes are are rewarded for having worked, having
:10:34. > :10:38.saved, and that is why we are lifting the allowance. This is a
:10:38. > :10:43.Budget for jobs. I think it is one we can celebrate, not withstanding
:10:43. > :10:47.issues such as the caravan one. Thank you very much for talking to
:10:47. > :10:57.There's been a big response from you to the Budget. Robert in
:10:57. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:30.Did George Osborne have any choice but to make unpopular decisions on
:11:30. > :11:35.
:11:36. > :11:45.tax allowance, VAT, fuel duty and cigarettes? Do you support their
:11:46. > :11:55.
:11:55. > :11:58.decisions? Will have a few thoughts And tonight's Question Time here on
:11:58. > :12:05.BBC One is from the Grimsby Auditorium. The Business Secretary,
:12:05. > :12:08.Vince Cable, is one of the guests, as well as the local MP David Davis.
:12:08. > :12:15.A funeral for Stuart Gilson has been attended by more than 300
:12:15. > :12:19.people. Mourners said the 21-year- old from Hull touched the lives of
:12:19. > :12:24.many people. The searches during the six weeks Stuart was missing
:12:24. > :12:27.drew huge public attention. Jo Makel spoke to people who attended
:12:27. > :12:34.today's service. So many came, the large chapel
:12:34. > :12:40.couldn't hold them all. Mourners gathered in the corridors. They
:12:40. > :12:47.watched on TVs in the waiting room. And all for a man whom many of them
:12:47. > :12:53.didn't know. I have got a lot myself a round about his age. I
:12:53. > :13:00.would not have wished it on anybody. We were searching all the time, so
:13:00. > :13:07.we wanted to pay our respects. the city of Paul, they look after
:13:07. > :13:10.their own. -- City of Paul. The strength and determination of
:13:10. > :13:12.Stuart Gilson's family inspired the community. Hundreds of people
:13:12. > :13:15.joined them to scour Hull and the surrounding countryside. A Facebook
:13:15. > :13:20.page attracted 25,000 members. They hoped to find him alive, but his
:13:20. > :13:24.body was finally discovered in the River Humber. Drypool Bridge, where
:13:24. > :13:26.he was last seen, has become a focus for tributes. Today, his
:13:26. > :13:34.mother tearfully reflected on her son's cheekiness and
:13:34. > :13:37.irresistability. He was a nuisance and a great listener too. The
:13:37. > :13:45.funeral was very personal and yet important too for the family, that
:13:46. > :13:53.anyone who wanted to come was welcome. He has touched many lives.
:13:53. > :13:57.It is nice to think there are all these people prepared to come back
:13:57. > :14:01.today. Maybe if some other person goes missing, these people might
:14:01. > :14:04.help to look for them as well. Not every missing person attracts
:14:04. > :14:07.the same attention as Stuart Gilson did. His family made sure he was
:14:07. > :14:15.not forgotten. And now in his memory, they've asked for donations
:14:16. > :14:21.to a missing persons charity, to help other families in the future.
:14:21. > :14:26.Still ahead tonight: Hull finds out which games it's got in the Rugby
:14:26. > :14:36.League World Cup. Looking for the genuine article.
:14:36. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:49.The art gallery with a display that Tonight's photo of a small yacht
:14:49. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:03.arriving at Brough Haven during the With some strata cumulus. You are
:15:03. > :15:10.not very popular today. Fiona from Bridlington runs an ice-cream stall.
:15:10. > :15:15.She said, I had no day-trippers today despite the sunshine, the
:15:15. > :15:23.cast Paul forecast fog. She got a lovely day! What's cope
:15:23. > :15:26.with her? I think there is a bit of cloth ear syndrome going on here.
:15:26. > :15:34.You cannot call our viewers cloth ears!
:15:34. > :15:40.Why not! The headline for the next 20 FA powers. It is quite decent,
:15:40. > :15:44.because it will be dry but I suspect there will be more cloud
:15:44. > :15:48.around. The club should break-up and there should be sunshine around.
:15:48. > :15:54.There will be a breeze along the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast.
:15:54. > :15:59.You can see them is not a cloud in the sky. It has been a beautiful
:15:59. > :16:06.day across all parts. Temperatures have ranged from nine in
:16:06. > :16:11.Cleethorpes to 15, 16 in Bourne. I think it will be clear for the
:16:11. > :16:17.first part of tonight, but later it turns misty and grey. Like last
:16:17. > :16:22.night, there will be a widespread ground frost. It got to-one in
:16:22. > :16:32.letters feared last night. There is a chance of a touch of frost in
:16:32. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:43.rural areas. I think the morning will be variable. There could be
:16:43. > :16:50.the odd spot of Giselle. It looks like all of us will be dry. --
:16:50. > :16:55.there could be the odd spot of drizzle. We will have a breeze from
:16:55. > :17:03.the North Sea, so the coast will be a little chilly. Highs in
:17:03. > :17:13.Bridlington, nine Oct 10 Celsius. Inland, West is best. A fine
:17:13. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:22.weekend. Pleasance bowls of Fiona the ice-cream seller put on
:17:22. > :17:24.thick trousers today and has been very hot all day!
:17:24. > :17:27.An official report has been released into an explosion at
:17:27. > :17:30.Scunthorpe's Pods leisure centre last summer. It concludes that the
:17:30. > :17:35.cause was a worker mixing chlorine tablets with another chemical. The
:17:36. > :17:38.explosion delayed the opening of the swimming pool by seven days.
:17:38. > :17:42.A solution could finally be found to level crossing closures in
:17:42. > :17:47.Lincoln. The barriers can close up to ten times an hour at busy times,
:17:47. > :17:57.splitting the city in two. Now, talks are taking place to look at
:17:57. > :18:01.two new footbridges. Here's Leanne Brown. It's a familiar sight in
:18:01. > :18:06.Lincoln City Centre, shoppers waiting at the level crossing.
:18:06. > :18:11.delays my journey to work and home again. I have to time mice that
:18:11. > :18:16.time and finish time. It is a general in convenience. It seems to
:18:16. > :18:20.be down every time you are coming along. Very annoying. The mass of
:18:20. > :18:24.people you get here, you cannot walk. The majority of Lincoln's
:18:24. > :18:30.high street shops are run that side of the crossing, so retailers on
:18:30. > :18:34.this side fear that people stop, get bored and walk off. This health
:18:34. > :18:38.food shop has been feeling the effects of the crossing for years.
:18:38. > :18:43.It has affected business a lot. People do not tend to come across
:18:43. > :18:48.the crossing, because they get stuck by a train if not one way,
:18:48. > :18:53.then the other. Lunchtime trade has definitely job. People cannot
:18:53. > :18:57.afford the time to get stuck by the trains. There has been some
:18:57. > :19:01.benefits for the sweet shop. means that we have mad rushes.
:19:02. > :19:08.People walking into town come in sometimes. Other times, we do not
:19:08. > :19:15.have people in four or five or 10 minutes. Network Rail said a bridge
:19:15. > :19:18.will cut waiting times, and it would improve safety.
:19:18. > :19:26.Leanne, people in Lincoln will want to know how soon the footbridges
:19:26. > :19:29.could be installed? Well, I must stress that the plans
:19:29. > :19:35.are in a very Elise stages. The idea is to build a footbridge here,
:19:35. > :19:39.where we are now on the High Street, and another one further down there
:19:39. > :19:43.track near the university. Network Rail say they are working closely
:19:43. > :19:47.with the university and the city Council, and are planning on
:19:47. > :19:52.putting a planning proposal together and submitting that in the
:19:52. > :19:56.summer. As you know, these things do take time, but some retailers
:19:56. > :20:01.are I spoke to say it cannot come soon enough. One shopkeeper who did
:20:01. > :20:07.not want, camera said he had kept a record, and over one hour's period
:20:07. > :20:11.on a Saturday, the barriers were down for a staggering 38 minutes.
:20:11. > :20:14.Thank you. We will follow that story and let you know what happens.
:20:14. > :20:16.A swimmer from Fulbeck in Lincolnshire says she has been
:20:16. > :20:19.inundated with support from her local community since qualifying
:20:19. > :20:22.for the London Olympics. 19-year- old Sophie Allen says her dream has
:20:22. > :20:32.come true after officially becoming part of Team GB's swimming squad.
:20:32. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:38.Vanessa Clarke went to meet her. After qualifing for her first
:20:38. > :20:43.Olympics, Sophie Allen is home for a rest. But her now professional
:20:43. > :20:46.swimming career all started in Fulbeck with some sibling rivalry.
:20:46. > :20:53.The competitive edge between me and my brother made me get better and
:20:53. > :20:56.better! That is how it started for Three years ago, a hip operation
:20:56. > :20:59.set Sophie's training back, but at the British Swimming Championships
:20:59. > :21:09.two weeks ago she overcame all the obstacles to qualify for the 200m
:21:09. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:20.individual medley. She... When she got halfway through the race, we
:21:20. > :21:26.knew she had it. It was frightening to see her completed. Tears filled
:21:26. > :21:33.up in my eyes. It was incredible. Years of dedication and commitment.
:21:33. > :21:38.After the operation, she has come back. She has made it. It will be
:21:38. > :21:41.an experience of a lifetime. Not many people get to do it. I am very
:21:41. > :21:44.excited to be one of them. Sophie will be back in this pool in
:21:44. > :21:50.London's Aquatics Centre at the end of July, when the world will be
:21:50. > :22:00.watching. Plans for the BBC's Olympics
:22:00. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:13.coverage have been revealed. Here in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire,
:22:13. > :22:15.there'll be a special programme on Monday, June 18th. We'll be live
:22:16. > :22:19.from West Park in Hull as the Olympic flame arrives.
:22:19. > :22:22.Hull has failed to be selected to host either the quarter finals or
:22:22. > :22:24.semi finals in next year's Rugby League World Cup. The city will
:22:25. > :22:27.host three matches in the early stages of the tournament, and
:22:27. > :22:30.France and Papua New Guinea will base themselves here. Officials at
:22:30. > :22:36.Hull City Council admit they're disappointed. Linsey Smith has more.
:22:36. > :22:39.Pupils at the Sirius Academy have long had a passion for rugby league.
:22:39. > :22:42.But in October, they'll welcome the French national side to share their
:22:42. > :22:48.facilities. Just one way Hull will be involved in this year's world
:22:48. > :22:52.cup. To get three, I think it is outstanding.
:22:52. > :22:55.Craven Park will host two early stage matches - France v Papua New
:22:55. > :23:05.Guinea and Samoa v Papua New Guinea. England v Fiji will take place at
:23:05. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:11.the KC Stadium. Is it is appointing? It is a big
:23:11. > :23:19.disappointment. We are the hub of rugby league in this part of the
:23:19. > :23:23.world. We expected if we didn't get the semi-final, we would get a
:23:23. > :23:33.quarter-final. The last time Hull hosted rugby league World Cup
:23:33. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:45.action was aimed 1995. A young Stanley Gene was spotted playing
:23:45. > :23:48.for Papua New Guinea. He went on to enjoy a long playing career in the
:23:48. > :23:51.city, a world away from his home in the Papua New Guinean mountains.
:23:51. > :23:57.It's hoped Hull's place in this World Cup will provide more
:23:57. > :24:02.inspiration. Not only to visiting players, but the young spectators
:24:02. > :24:06.set to enjoy it. A small art gallery in Grimsby
:24:06. > :24:10.thinks it may have a collection by some of the world's most famous
:24:10. > :24:13.artists. The pictures, from the collection of one man from Louth in
:24:13. > :24:20.Lincolnshire, contain what some experts believe are Van Goghs,
:24:20. > :24:24.Picassos and Manets. Emma Massey went for a look.
:24:24. > :24:31.Could this be the work of world famous artists? It seems unlikely
:24:31. > :24:33.to find paintings by Vincent Van Gogh in a gallery in Grimsby. The
:24:33. > :24:41.paintings form part of a collection which belongs to Mandy
:24:41. > :24:48.Cruickshank's husband. He suddenly started looking through auctions
:24:48. > :24:56.and things, to see what was there. Every so often, one would jump out
:24:56. > :24:59.at him as being something special for stopped -- special.
:24:59. > :25:02.Although these paintings might look authentic to the untrained eye,
:25:02. > :25:08.none of them are actualy signed. But that doesn't seem to bother the
:25:08. > :25:13.curators here. There are so many ways an artist can sign, it does
:25:13. > :25:21.not have to be his signature. It can be the way he addresses his
:25:21. > :25:24.subject, the way he places his still lifes together. Painter
:25:24. > :25:26.almost acts like blood at a crime scene.
:25:27. > :25:29.Such is the intrigue behind unsigned work, there's even a BBC
:25:29. > :25:37.programme, Fake Or Fortune, which investigates the mystery behind
:25:37. > :25:42.paintings. Picasso, Van Gogh, this exhibition is potentially worth
:25:42. > :25:45.millions and millions of pounds. But perhaps it isn't. One thing is
:25:45. > :25:50.for sure. The people that are coming to see these paintings do
:25:50. > :25:55.not seem to mind if they are authentic or not. I'm really like
:25:55. > :26:00.the mystery. Some of the magic is the unknown of the exhibition. That
:26:00. > :26:06.attracted me. There is so much energy in it. The call has bounced
:26:06. > :26:10.off the screen into your eyeballs, so to speak -- the cause. That is
:26:10. > :26:13.why are like these particular a. It'll cost thousands to attempt to
:26:13. > :26:18.authenticate this collection. Maybe what'll make it so special is the
:26:18. > :26:21.not knowing. Then again, maybe it doesn't even matter.
:26:21. > :26:24.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:24. > :26:27.The man alleged to have murdered seven people in France is killed
:26:27. > :26:37.following a siege. Caravan companies in East Yorkshire
:26:37. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:57.say a new tax could hit them hard. Response coming in on the subject
:26:57. > :27:01.of the Budget. Josie said, this government had no choice, let them
:27:01. > :27:06.do what they think will help, they will make a difference. Jillian
:27:06. > :27:08.says, I am fed up with the moaning about the Budget, most of the
:27:08. > :27:12.moaners have fruited the Government's aim, so why now
:27:12. > :27:17.complain? Roy says, what is wrong with our society when a family
:27:17. > :27:21.cannot manage on �600 a week? Derek and Chris say, although we are
:27:21. > :27:26.retired, we worked on our lives are saved. Because we have contributed
:27:26. > :27:31.to pensions, we are not a burden on the benefits system. It seems there
:27:31. > :27:35.is no incentive for people to save as we have, because we are then hit