:00:08. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:11. > :00:21.Why some children starting secondary school in Hull are six
:00:21. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:26.years behind with their reading. have had children about 25 each
:00:26. > :00:28.year that have joined us, with reading ages of less than five.
:00:28. > :00:31.The tanker driver dispute which started in North Lincolnshire
:00:31. > :00:33.results in a national strike. Hitting out at police commissioners
:00:33. > :00:42.- Humberside's chief constable is the latest senior figure to
:00:42. > :00:48.criticise the changes. This is a system that is untried and untested
:00:48. > :00:50.in this country. It is fundamentally a different style of
:00:50. > :00:59.policing. Taking to the streets for charity -
:00:59. > :01:09.thousands of people run the Sport Summer in March and there is more
:01:09. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:18.to come. Your weekend weather BBC Look North can reveal that some
:01:18. > :01:22.children are starting secondary school in Hull with a reading age
:01:22. > :01:28.of five. Levels of reading and writing in the city are still well
:01:28. > :01:33.behind the national average. The city council has given �10,000 to
:01:33. > :01:41.every Hull secondary school to help raise standards. Our correspondent
:01:41. > :01:45.is balls from the serious academy. The average reading age of children
:01:46. > :01:49.entering school here is nine years five months. But a significant
:01:49. > :01:55.number is below that, which means that the struggle with the rest of
:01:55. > :02:01.the curriculum. Why are we going ever these? Some people cannot read.
:02:01. > :02:06.We have had children, approximately about 25 each year, that have
:02:06. > :02:15.drinkers with a reading age of about five. So the school set up a
:02:15. > :02:21.special nurture group. The group is taught by a teacher specialising in
:02:21. > :02:25.primary school methods. There have already been drastic improvements.
:02:25. > :02:30.Where have put support in two groups have to enable a large
:02:30. > :02:34.number of children to make progress. Every pupil here, whatever their
:02:34. > :02:40.age or level, now takes part in the accelerated breeding programme,
:02:40. > :02:45.which regularly monitors their progress. Quite a few of these
:02:45. > :02:51.people's -- pupils here today had lower levels of reading but with
:02:51. > :02:53.the accelerated reading, things have improved. Literacy is the
:02:53. > :02:58.cornerstone of a good education and around one in five children are
:02:58. > :03:04.simply not making the grade by the age of 11. Even those who do are
:03:04. > :03:09.not guaranteed to pass their GCSEs when they are 16.
:03:09. > :03:13.This group of boys are all currently sitting on a D grade for
:03:13. > :03:19.their GCSE English but they all recognise how important it is to up
:03:19. > :03:28.their game. You are speaking and writing and you will never get a
:03:28. > :03:33.job. If you get the qualification it opens a lot of doors. I want a
:03:33. > :03:36.future with the job I have wanted since I was little. So in a city
:03:36. > :03:45.with some of the lowest literacy levels in the country, there is
:03:45. > :03:49.growing confidence that real progress is now and being mate.
:03:49. > :03:55.Councillor Helene M Mallon is responsible for education at Hull
:03:55. > :04:00.City Council. -- Councillor Helene O'Mullane. Why have so many
:04:00. > :04:10.children, literally possibly hundreds, slipped through the net?
:04:10. > :04:16.You have to remember that school, children come in at varying levels
:04:16. > :04:21.of education. We have always had a problem of children coming into
:04:21. > :04:25.school with very poor pre- literacy skills. They perhaps have not had
:04:25. > :04:29.the nurturing at home. Perhaps English is a second language. There
:04:29. > :04:34.are lots of emotional reasons why children do some can start at a
:04:34. > :04:40.disadvantage. The average reading age for an 11-year-old in many Hull
:04:40. > :04:44.schools is around nine. Can parents be confident that Hull's primary
:04:44. > :04:50.schools are digging their job? think they can. The fact they are
:04:50. > :04:56.coming in extra numbers to bring children into school. In secondary
:04:56. > :05:02.schools, they are bringing back children. We have to ask parents
:05:02. > :05:07.and guardians, over the last two years, we have put a lot of extra
:05:07. > :05:11.work into giving children literacy time, giving them support as
:05:11. > :05:14.analysts and at a children's centres. But you think primary
:05:14. > :05:19.schools are doing their job and his is the parents letting the children
:05:19. > :05:23.down? I think it is both. Some children come in and they have had
:05:23. > :05:28.a lot of reading when they were young, talking, communicating,
:05:28. > :05:32.playing with a loss. They come in their the to learn to read. Others
:05:32. > :05:35.do not have that advantage and we have to work with them at much
:05:35. > :05:39.slower levels to make sure the literacy is well implanted in them.
:05:39. > :05:42.What can you and the primary schools do to make sure that in the
:05:43. > :05:47.future the levels of reading and writing in this city are not be led
:05:47. > :05:51.the national average as they are now? For the last three years we
:05:51. > :05:55.have had a special scheme. Unfortunately, the Government
:05:55. > :05:59.funding for this was pulled this year, but the head teachers
:05:59. > :06:04.themselves have found money for that to continue for another year.
:06:04. > :06:09.In Key Stage One last year there was an a % rise in the level of
:06:10. > :06:15.Reading, which is now starting to work through to key stage 2. We
:06:15. > :06:19.have teachers in the schools with extra expertise. It should improve
:06:19. > :06:23.gradually over the years, as it is at the moment. Let's hope so. Thank
:06:23. > :06:27.you. Let's throw this one open. How can
:06:27. > :06:32.reading and writing be improved? How much responsibility should the
:06:32. > :06:34.parents take? Are they doing their bit? Or will more spending in
:06:34. > :06:44.schools are really make the difference? Our primary schools the
:06:44. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:55.Start your text with the word Look North, all one word. All follow me
:06:55. > :06:59.on Twitter right now. We will have some of your messages before we
:06:59. > :07:04.finish at 7pm. In a moment, as fans protest
:07:04. > :07:07.against the club's board, businesses claim they are being
:07:07. > :07:12.heat for by Lincoln City's poor form.
:07:12. > :07:16.Political pressure is mounting on Chancellor George Osborne to
:07:16. > :07:21.reverse the VAT rise faced on static caravans in the Budget. It
:07:21. > :07:27.is one of the area's largest manufacturing industries. Today
:07:27. > :07:30.Labour politicians visited Willerby Caravans in East Hull and heard how
:07:30. > :07:33.closing a tax loophole would hit sales and jobs.
:07:33. > :07:38.The these workers at Willerby holiday homes have already agreed
:07:38. > :07:43.to go down to a four-day week from five days, in order to prevent
:07:43. > :07:46.redundancies. 90% of static caravans sold in the UK are made in
:07:46. > :07:51.East Yorkshire. Now there are concerns that the caravan industry
:07:51. > :07:56.will face further pressure following the Government's plan to
:07:57. > :08:01.add VAT to static caravans, which would make some on average �6,000
:08:01. > :08:06.more expensive. We are finding it a little bit more contradictory with
:08:06. > :08:09.the Government saying they are trying to get staycations, UK
:08:09. > :08:14.holidays, and here we are making the equipment for those holidays
:08:14. > :08:18.and now we are being penalised. Workers fear this could lead to
:08:18. > :08:22.further caravans being sold and consequently it job losses. This
:08:22. > :08:27.prompted them to get in touch with their local MP, who today brought
:08:27. > :08:34.the shadow minister for regional Price to halt. There has been no
:08:34. > :08:37.consultation. I do not think people in the industry would be adverse to
:08:37. > :08:41.consultation and discussion. But in this case there has been no
:08:41. > :08:45.consultation or discussion and they are introducing it at the worst
:08:45. > :08:49.time of year when we are about to enter the holiday season.
:08:49. > :08:54.Government says finally adding VAT would bring sales of static
:08:54. > :08:57.caravans into line with mobile ones. It is an issue that will be raised
:08:57. > :09:03.in the House of Commons, with the Chancellor being asked to look
:09:03. > :09:06.again. That is a story that we will
:09:06. > :09:09.continue to follow here on Look North.
:09:09. > :09:16.Some more stories tonight. A bad manager has been jailed for 21
:09:16. > :09:21.months for stealing �100,000 from the accounts of five elderly
:09:21. > :09:24.customers, one of whom was dead. -- a bank manager. Owen Danter from
:09:24. > :09:29.Beverley stole the money when he was manager of Santander in
:09:29. > :09:31.Driffield. The bank has been as the customers and taken �30,000 from
:09:32. > :09:35.his pension fund. Lincolnshire County Council has
:09:36. > :09:40.asked the Government for more than �6 million to repair drought-
:09:40. > :09:44.damaged roads. More than 150 sites have been identified as priority
:09:44. > :09:48.areas, mainly around Holbeach, Spalding, Boston and Bourne. The
:09:48. > :09:52.council received �5 million following a similar -- similar bid
:09:52. > :09:59.in 2004. Engineering company is investing in
:09:59. > :10:03.Lincoln. Bifrangi says the deal will invest in new jobs and
:10:03. > :10:07.investment. It involves begin one of the world's biggest metal
:10:07. > :10:11.presses to the site to build a tractor axles.
:10:11. > :10:16.The industrial unrest among petrol tanker drivers, which started on
:10:16. > :10:21.the south bank of the Humber, has now become a national dispute.
:10:21. > :10:24.Drivers who voted for strikes, prompting fears of fuel shortages.
:10:24. > :10:31.The dispute is over terms and safety but employers say that many
:10:31. > :10:35.of the drivers earn more than �45,000 a year. Our reporter is a
:10:35. > :10:41.live near the Conoco Philips oil refinery right now.
:10:42. > :10:47.How has this dispute escalated to the stage tonight? Just to explain,
:10:47. > :10:50.it is separate to fuel distribution companies that take fuel from oil
:10:50. > :10:56.refineries like these and distribute it across the UK. The
:10:56. > :11:00.drivers are those vehicles side that it is supermarkets and garages
:11:00. > :11:05.-- as they try to compete for the lowest price, it is affecting them.
:11:05. > :11:08.The companies they work for asking them to work longer hours and meet
:11:08. > :11:15.tighter deadlines and Murray say that health and safety is taking a
:11:15. > :11:18.back seat as a result. -- they say. Drivers he went on strike for a
:11:18. > :11:23.whole week over cuts in their pay at the beginning of the year and
:11:23. > :11:31.that has led to a national ballot. The tankers stood idle. In January
:11:32. > :11:38.of this year, drivers at the Coreco Phillips oil refinery -- Conoco
:11:38. > :11:43.Philips oil refinery went on strike. They are offering us a reduction of
:11:43. > :11:46.�4,000. The other reductions are around our pensions and our terms
:11:46. > :11:50.and conditions. A those protesting said it was a wider problem within
:11:50. > :11:54.the industry and one of their drivers is now in a national video
:11:54. > :12:01.which has been released to highlight their case.
:12:01. > :12:05.This is not about our pay. This is about having a safe environment for
:12:05. > :12:10.the workforce. A whenever we fill up at the pub, it is oil truck
:12:10. > :12:14.drivers working in what the world's most dangerous professions baccy
:12:14. > :12:18.company -- the country on the road. But today, as oil companies push
:12:18. > :12:24.for even higher profits, health and safety is being compromised. I have
:12:24. > :12:28.been driving for 18 years. We go through extensive training. We are
:12:28. > :12:30.constantly monitored by it are companies and health and safety
:12:30. > :12:34.teams. We drivers across the UK now
:12:34. > :12:38.agreeing to go on strike, there are fears it could lead to the
:12:38. > :12:44.destruction we saw in the year 2000. That was over the cost of petrol
:12:44. > :12:52.and diesel and electric pumps being empty and chaos on the roads.
:12:52. > :12:55.these strikes likely to take place, when? I have spoken to the union
:12:55. > :12:58.Unite and they say legally they have to give its seven days' notice.
:12:58. > :13:03.So it will not happen soon but they say that what happens here is
:13:03. > :13:07.likely to be the epicentre of any strike action. The Government had
:13:07. > :13:12.said that they are ready and that troops are in place to deliver fuel
:13:12. > :13:17.if necessary. The haulage company in Wincanton who delivers the oil
:13:17. > :13:21.has said that the strike is politically motivated and it is
:13:21. > :13:26.impractical and we cannot do it. Grass years.
:13:26. > :13:33.That is another one you might want to comment on. There is a reminder
:13:33. > :13:36.of our e-mail address and the tax Still ahead tonight...
:13:36. > :13:39.As crowds dwindle at Lincoln City, businesses say they are being hit
:13:39. > :13:49.in the pocket. And raising millions for charity -
:13:49. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :13:59.people across our area take part in the Sport Relief Mile.
:14:00. > :14:09.Tonight's photo is of Grimsby Dock Tower. Thanks to Richard Enderby
:14:10. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:25.for that. Ahir please send us your The I got this letter about the
:14:25. > :14:35.Sport Relief Day. This year said you were looking very fit and
:14:35. > :14:43.wondered if you worked it out? Now, it looks as though some are has
:14:43. > :14:51.arrived. As you can see the Airport a a at it was up to 19 degrees
:14:51. > :14:58.Celsius. It has been very pleasant whenever you have been. Tomorrow
:14:58. > :15:06.very similar tomorrow, up with not a cloud in the sky. This high
:15:06. > :15:13.pressure covering virtually all of the British Isles. But that is
:15:13. > :15:20.going to clear by the weekend, when temperatures will back to a more
:15:20. > :15:30.normal. It is dry and clear overnight, but there could be the
:15:30. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:41.odd bit of mist and fog. The low temperature overnight could jot
:15:41. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:49.down to minus Zero degrees at Gainsborough. Any mist and a patchy
:15:49. > :15:55.fog a rapidly dispersing and it will be spot the cloud time. It is
:15:55. > :16:03.going to be clear blue skies with lots of sunshine, with the light
:16:03. > :16:12.variable biddies. On the course, slightly cooler, with the likes of
:16:12. > :16:17.Bridlington probably maybe only getting up to 15 degrees Celsius.
:16:17. > :16:26.On Wednesday, the temperatures even higher, getting up to 21 degrees
:16:26. > :16:32.Celsius, before dropping back as the week progresses. See you
:16:32. > :16:38.tomorrow. It is an easy job for you just now, just saying it is dry and
:16:38. > :16:40.The Chief Constable of Humberside Police has become the latest seeing
:16:40. > :16:44.officer to attack the government's plan for police commissioners --
:16:44. > :16:47.senior officer. Tim Hollis says the move is not tested in the UK and
:16:47. > :16:49.will bring politics into police and. He is also concerned that the
:16:49. > :16:51.future of the country's police forces will be dictated by the
:16:51. > :16:54.personalities of the commissioners. The government says commissioners,
:16:54. > :16:58.who can hire and fire chief constables, will make the police
:16:58. > :17:07.more accountable. I will speak to Mr Hollis in detail after this
:17:07. > :17:16.report from Phil Connell. He is one of the most experienced policemen
:17:16. > :17:23.in Britain and the latest two raised concerns about the
:17:23. > :17:28.controversy over police commissioners. Today, he said
:17:28. > :17:32.commissioners where untried and untested and called for significant
:17:32. > :17:42.change at a time when the police force does not need it because it
:17:42. > :17:46.is doing well. If the person is there on an elected manifesto, it
:17:46. > :17:52.is where problems could arrive. Of the five people to have expressed
:17:52. > :17:56.interest in the job, most have done that background and politics. The
:17:56. > :18:02.concern is that the candidates may be voted them on their political
:18:02. > :18:07.views rather than their ability to cut crime. The most high-profile
:18:07. > :18:12.candidate is John Prescott, the former MP and Deputy Prime Minister.
:18:12. > :18:17.Elections will take place in November. The salary is around
:18:17. > :18:22.�75,000, but they will have paid responsibilities. He will have set
:18:22. > :18:28.budgets and priorities and be able to hire and fire chief Constable's.
:18:28. > :18:35.But ministers say there will be no interference in operational matters.
:18:36. > :18:43.Some people think it will leave the stronger and more transparent force.
:18:43. > :18:46.For a I think it will make the police force a lot more accountable.
:18:46. > :18:56.A they will have to account for the way the spend money and their
:18:56. > :19:00.performance. Mr Hollis is standing down at at the end of this year,
:19:00. > :19:03.but says it is a coincidence. Earlier, I spoke to Chief Constable
:19:03. > :19:13.Tim Hollis. I asked him what his main concerns were about
:19:13. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:17.commissioners? A I do not have a problem with the candidates. I
:19:18. > :19:27.think they will be good people who will want to do their best for the
:19:28. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:37.police force. 180 years of tradition down into the past - does
:19:37. > :19:44.the current system not work quite well? Well, it is very hard to
:19:44. > :19:47.judge these things until you look back on them.
:19:47. > :19:57.What about the cost? At least �70,000 for the Commissioner and
:19:57. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:04.then all the support staff they wall need? If that justified?
:20:04. > :20:14.all a question of how it the money is used to focus on improving
:20:14. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:22.policing in Humberside. N o u years of being the chief, how would you
:20:22. > :20:30.have felt if politicians were telling you how to do your job?
:20:30. > :20:33.will work in practice is very much down to the personal relationships.
:20:33. > :20:43.How much is your decision to step down to do with police
:20:43. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:50.commissioners? It would be unfair to say that was a major part. I
:20:50. > :20:56.will have been it eight years in charge of police and Humberside by
:20:56. > :21:01.that point. It is a good time to hand over the baton to someone else.
:21:01. > :21:11.There are changes nationally and locally, so it is time for some
:21:11. > :21:17.
:21:17. > :21:20.fresh blood and fresh ideas. Now, all an update on a story we brought
:21:20. > :21:22.you on Friday. Ticketholders and caterers who had paid money to
:21:22. > :21:24.attend a cancelled music festival in Lincoln have been promised they
:21:24. > :21:27.will get their money ban. -- money back.
:21:27. > :21:29.Future Entertainment cancelled plans for the festival at the
:21:29. > :21:32.Lincolnshire Showground earlier this year, but tickets were still
:21:32. > :21:35.on sale at the end of last week. Danny Brewster, who says he has
:21:35. > :21:38.sold the company, has promised to refund the money.
:21:38. > :21:40.A driver had a lucky escape today after his lorry overturned in
:21:40. > :21:43.Goole.The accident happened this afternoon near to the river which
:21:43. > :21:46.runs through the town. The driver was uninjured, but traffic was
:21:46. > :21:49.disrupted after the load he was carrying fell out of his trailer.
:21:49. > :21:52.Businesses in Lincoln say the decline of the City football team
:21:52. > :21:55.is hitting them in the pocket. The Imps, who fell out of the Football
:21:55. > :21:58.League last season, are now just two points above the Conference
:21:58. > :22:01.drop zone. On Saturday, fans protested Ed of the match against
:22:01. > :22:03.Newport over how the club is being run.
:22:03. > :22:07.Seven years have passed since Lincoln City's glory days, when the
:22:07. > :22:10.team reached the League Two play- offs twice in three seasons.
:22:10. > :22:14.Now relegated to the Conference, the Imps sit six places from the
:22:14. > :22:17.bottom of the Blue Square Premier. Fans chose Saturday's game against
:22:17. > :22:27.Newport County to call for the chairman to resign -a protest which
:22:27. > :22:34.was daubed disgraceful by the board. If we have got good going, there is
:22:34. > :22:39.not going to be any club life. We need to sort it out now. In are the
:22:39. > :22:41.years I have been coming to watch the team, I have never seen at this
:22:41. > :22:44.bad. A 2-0 win over Newport was little
:22:44. > :22:52.consolation to local businesses, who say they are suffering because
:22:52. > :22:57.of Lincoln City's decline. We when they were doing well in the league,
:22:57. > :23:02.they could get crowds around the 5,000 mark. But all this there,
:23:02. > :23:09.with the cows going down, or profits drop.
:23:09. > :23:13.And a return to League football still looks a long way off. They
:23:13. > :23:18.have not adjusted well to non- League football and are struggling
:23:18. > :23:26.with the finances. There are simply not good enough and there is a long
:23:26. > :23:36.way to goal. The chairman condemned the process the protest, saying
:23:36. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:45.that this was the time for everyone to stick together.
:23:45. > :23:55.Scunthorpe United hit the bar twice, but had to settle for a draw
:23:55. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:08.Portsmouth to get back in the play- off places, after losing 2-12
:24:08. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:23.Leicester city. -- 2-1. Our passing was a bit sloppy and we simply did
:24:23. > :24:26.not do enough to win the game. In rugby league, Hull FC are up to
:24:26. > :24:28.third in the Super League after their fourth straight win. The
:24:28. > :24:31.Black and Whites beat Castleford yesterday. Hull KR beat second
:24:31. > :24:34.place Huddersfield at Craven Park. Hull KR stunned Huddersfield with a
:24:34. > :24:37.dominant second-half performance to end their two-match losing run and
:24:37. > :24:40.deny the visitors top spot in Super League. The scores were level at
:24:40. > :24:43.half time 18-18, both sides scoring three tries in the perfect
:24:43. > :24:45.conditions. After the break though it was a different story and Rovers
:24:45. > :24:50.ran in four second-half tries from Josh Hodgson, Scott Taylor, Sam
:24:50. > :24:54.Latus and Mickey Paea. At Castleford, Danny Tickle helped
:24:54. > :24:58.inspire Hull to their fourth straight victory. Tickle was one of
:24:58. > :25:01.six try scorers and kicked six goals for the Black and Whites. He
:25:01. > :25:11.has now scored more than 2,000 points for the club, who are third
:25:11. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:16.Too many tries to show in David's report, but you can see them all on
:25:16. > :25:19.the Super League Show here on BBC One later this evening.
:25:19. > :25:23.Thousands of people are recovering from taking part in Sport Relief
:25:23. > :25:26.events across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. More than 30 of the
:25:26. > :25:36.Sport Relief Mile events took place yesterday and helped raise over �50
:25:36. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :26:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:26:24. > :26:32.We have had a lot of fun and raised money as well. He is "the youngest
:26:32. > :26:39.and I'll probably the oldest. people of the city always come
:26:39. > :26:43.together for this. I am really proud of them. Well done to
:26:43. > :26:49.everyone who took part in the events. We get a lot of people at
:26:49. > :26:55.in the centre of the city yesterday. Now let us get a recap of the
:26:55. > :27:01.national and regional headlines. The Prime Minister has admitted
:27:01. > :27:05.that some of the party's biggest donors have been to private parties
:27:05. > :27:07.at Number 10 Downing Street. Tomorrow's weather - mist and
:27:07. > :27:17.patchy fog quickly clearing, then another dry, sunny and very warm
:27:17. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:23.day expected, with a high of 20 Celsius. Now, back to this problem
:27:23. > :27:32.about illiteracy. If we do not educate youngsters to basic levels,
:27:32. > :27:36.there is a chance they will turn to crime. Another says, parents are