:00:04. > :00:07.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:07. > :00:16.Concerns about how Boston will cope with being one of the fastest
:00:16. > :00:23.growing towns in the country. Schools are overcrowded. Doctors'
:00:23. > :00:25.surgeries are busy. We struggle with Lazar -- leisure.
:00:25. > :00:27.Back on her feet again - the Lincolnshire pensioner who's the
:00:27. > :00:31.first in England to have groundbreaking heart surgery.
:00:31. > :00:36.Fears that cuts to defences could lead to a repeat of flooding that
:00:36. > :00:46.struck an East Yorkshire village. And life in a bubble - a museum
:00:46. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.dedicated to these classic cars re- And we have had 22 degrees Celsius
:00:52. > :01:02.in East Yorkshire today. We could do one better tomorrow. Your latest
:01:02. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.A Lincolnshire town is expected to see the biggest growth in
:01:08. > :01:14.population anywhere in the country outside of London in the coming
:01:14. > :01:18.eight years. In 2002 there were 55,000 people living in Boston.
:01:18. > :01:26.Today the population is estimated to be 59,000 but new figures
:01:26. > :01:29.suggest that by 2020 it could rise by more than 19% to 70,000. The
:01:29. > :01:33.Government announced today it wants to simplify planning laws to make
:01:33. > :01:41.building new homes easier but in Boston there are still questions
:01:41. > :01:45.over how the town will cope. Building to make room in Boston.
:01:45. > :01:50.This is just one of many developments that will be needed if
:01:50. > :01:53.a huge rise in population happens, as is expected. We have about 50
:01:54. > :01:58.units that we have completed and we are now moving on to a further
:01:58. > :02:04.phase of about a dozen houses. developer is already well aware of
:02:04. > :02:10.the need to meet a growing demand. We have developed over 500 homes in
:02:10. > :02:17.this area over the last ten years or so. And so we know there is a
:02:17. > :02:21.tutor need in a local towns like Boston for housing. Nick and Nicole
:02:21. > :02:25.have just moved into their new house. They are excited about their
:02:25. > :02:29.future together but I have already witnessed big changes in the town
:02:29. > :02:34.and have concerns about further future growth. It does bother me a
:02:34. > :02:40.little bit. Will it cause overcrowding? Is the market town of
:02:40. > :02:45.Boston actually going to change completely and lose its heritage?
:02:45. > :02:50.suppose it's they expand building rise we can accommodate at but if
:02:50. > :02:54.they do not it will be very crowded. The predictions have already led to
:02:54. > :02:58.investments in new pipelines to shift more besides. Anglian Water
:02:58. > :03:02.have announced plans to speed up this pipeline to counter the
:03:02. > :03:06.effects of any drought in Boston. But then there are those that the
:03:06. > :03:11.are the infrastructure of the town just will not cut. We struggle
:03:11. > :03:15.already with hospitals. Schools are overcrowded. Doctors' surgeries are
:03:15. > :03:20.busy. We struggle with leisure. Are we going to put everything in place
:03:20. > :03:23.or are we just going to build apartments? And rather than sweet
:03:23. > :03:27.these warriors under the carpet, Boston Borough Council both
:03:27. > :03:31.acknowledged the scale of the problem and the frustration of not
:03:31. > :03:37.being able to progress plans quickly enough. Of course it will
:03:37. > :03:41.stretch everything. The hospitals, the schools, everything. It is not
:03:41. > :03:47.just for Boston Borough to deal with. It is County Council, central
:03:47. > :03:50.Government, NHS. On the day the Government relaxes planning laws to
:03:50. > :03:56.help progress house building, Boston will need more than just
:03:56. > :04:03.houses to cope with the effects. For Simon is in Boston right now.
:04:03. > :04:05.How is the council going to cope with this expansion? What struck me
:04:05. > :04:11.when I spoke to Boston Borough Council earlier was how worried
:04:11. > :04:15.they were now about population in Boston 9am -- never mind in eight
:04:15. > :04:21.to ten years' time. There was that frustration of not being able to
:04:21. > :04:24.develop plans quickly enough, and based at A&P Tees beer was if the
:04:24. > :04:28.migrant population continued to grow they would need urgent
:04:28. > :04:32.Government help. There was an additional sticking point with the
:04:32. > :04:36.complication on the decision of the Boston Globe barrage being deferred
:04:36. > :04:40.and until that was in place Boston should not be a development zone at
:04:40. > :04:45.all and although they would like to see many more developments like
:04:45. > :04:50.this and will need to do so, where to put them was another sticking
:04:50. > :04:54.point. But they did insist they were seeking help from ministers
:04:54. > :04:59.and they were hoping to get plans, progress and those urgent plans in
:04:59. > :05:01.place. Thank you.
:05:01. > :05:08.David Rose is from the Campaign to Protect Rural England and he's with
:05:08. > :05:13.us now. A rapidly growing population for Boston. New planning
:05:13. > :05:16.regulations announced today. What will that mean for Lincolnshire?
:05:17. > :05:21.think the new guidelines that have been introduced today are a welcome
:05:21. > :05:24.step in many respects in that they are certainly recognise the
:05:24. > :05:27.importance of sustainable development and as you have heard
:05:27. > :05:30.from the report, the one problem that many people recognise is that
:05:30. > :05:34.when there is new housing development, there is frequently
:05:34. > :05:37.insufficient services, said hopefully sustainable development
:05:37. > :05:43.will be introduced as a criteria for new housing developments and
:05:43. > :05:47.that will mean the needs of the local economy and local people are
:05:47. > :05:51.met, but most important, for us, it will meet the environmental
:05:51. > :05:54.concerns people have about building on greenfield sites. Because the
:05:55. > :05:59.growing population, new homes are needed. They need to go somewhere.
:05:59. > :06:03.Yes. We recognise as much as any organisation that there is a
:06:03. > :06:06.housing crisis in this country. What we would argue is that the
:06:06. > :06:11.Farwick promise for the changes in the planning law are based on
:06:11. > :06:16.fallacy. There is plenty of housing that is already being designated,
:06:16. > :06:20.planning approval being didn't. The reality is that developers are
:06:20. > :06:24.sitting on a large bank of housing that they have not built simply
:06:24. > :06:29.because of the economic circumstances at the moment.
:06:29. > :06:33.Boston will grow whether we like it or not. 70,000. Isn't it better
:06:34. > :06:38.that it grows without a lot of planning obstacles in the way? But
:06:38. > :06:43.people want to live in nice places? They do, but they also want to live
:06:43. > :06:48.in goods services -- places with good services. We would argue that
:06:48. > :06:51.the need to make sure that the planners get it right so that
:06:51. > :06:57.people do have a nice environment in which to live. The problem is
:06:57. > :07:03.that if the sprawl of the town's, we need to protect the green space.
:07:03. > :07:07.We are very pleased that in the report published today the
:07:07. > :07:13.Government do recognise that 55 % of the country he is on designated
:07:13. > :07:17.countryside and needs to be preserved and looked after. -- IS
:07:17. > :07:21.un-designated countryside. So what do you make of the
:07:21. > :07:25.Government decision to relax the planning laws? Is there a
:07:25. > :07:35.development plant near you? Will it be good for your area? We were
:07:35. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:49.talking about one in East Yorkshire looking north. All one word. --
:07:49. > :07:54.In a moment, a blow for campaigners fighting to stop a new tax on
:07:54. > :07:57.caravans. People living in an East Yorkshire
:07:57. > :08:00.village say thousands of pounds could be wiped off the value of
:08:00. > :08:03.their homes if flood defences are cut. The Environment Agency is
:08:03. > :08:06.reviewing its maintenance plans for a stretch of the River Aire,
:08:06. > :08:10.including a bank protecting Gowdall near Goole. Almost 150 homes in the
:08:10. > :08:19.village flooded in the year 2000. This bank is the last barrier
:08:19. > :08:29.protecting Gowdall from the River Aire. Residents anxiously keep
:08:29. > :08:32.watch on the river in the distance. This bank is not good enough to
:08:32. > :08:37.support of the full river. In the year 2000 it burst its bank,
:08:37. > :08:42.flooding homes for nearly three weeks. Finally entered the house
:08:42. > :08:45.and came up to the third break here. Laurie Stewart lived in a caravan
:08:45. > :08:49.for almost a year. He's worried plans to stop maintaining the river
:08:50. > :08:53.bank could have devastating consequences. The less the village
:08:53. > :08:58.is protected, the more chance we have of flooding. The more the
:08:58. > :09:04.value of the houses go down, the more the insurance people will not
:09:04. > :09:12.insured. We need to give ourselves maximum protection. If that means
:09:12. > :09:15.marrying the dikes then we man them. Residents are here are worried that
:09:15. > :09:19.if these differences are not maintained, a second bank in the
:09:19. > :09:24.distance will not be able to hold back floodwater and their
:09:24. > :09:28.properties could be at increased risk. Without that riverbank, we
:09:29. > :09:34.will be having a full river level all the time and it is guaranteed
:09:34. > :09:39.it will come up through the gardens. The the Environment Agency St no
:09:39. > :09:42.decision has yet been made on the future of the defences. There are a
:09:42. > :09:48.number of different ways we can look at maintaining the banks and
:09:48. > :09:52.here. However, every pound we spent needs to be carefully considered.
:09:52. > :10:02.Serve with funding full-blooded punches being squeeze, rural
:10:02. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:07.communities fear they will be left left to the most exposed.
:10:07. > :10:11.A-level students at the Grimsby Institute will have to leave or
:10:11. > :10:14.change causes after it announced it is going to stop teaching the
:10:14. > :10:18.qualifications since September. They said they want to place
:10:18. > :10:24.greater emphasis on vocational courses and are removing A-levels
:10:24. > :10:29.from the curriculum as well as almost all GCSEs.
:10:29. > :10:34.Visitors to his part in Hull have three weeks to tell the council
:10:34. > :10:39.house dogs should be controlled. -- visitors to East Park. The council
:10:39. > :10:43.are carrying out the consultation before deciding if any restrictions
:10:43. > :10:50.should be brought in. The Government has confirmed it
:10:50. > :10:55.believes adding the A82 new static holiday homes is appropriate. --
:10:55. > :10:59.adding VAT. The Chief Secretary for the Treasury was responding to a
:10:59. > :11:05.question in the Commons from David Davies. He and other MPs from the
:11:05. > :11:15.main parties fear it will lead to job losses in the area. 90% of the
:11:15. > :11:19.country's static homes are made in Hull and East Yorkshire. Tell us
:11:19. > :11:23.more of what Danny Alexander had to say. He his comments come after a
:11:23. > :11:28.question put to him last night about the budget. Danny Alexander
:11:28. > :11:32.has and is at the decision to add VAT is appropriate. He pointed out
:11:32. > :11:38.that the a 18 would only apply to static holiday homes, not the
:11:39. > :11:43.static residential homes. The question came from the MP David
:11:43. > :11:46.Davis. He said today he will not give up without a fight and the
:11:46. > :11:50.industry's body, the National Caravan Council, say they will
:11:50. > :11:55.continue to push for answers about the changes. We have the longest
:11:55. > :11:59.tax code in the world. It is lit with anomalies. We are in the
:11:59. > :12:06.middle of a recession. Why should we do a correction, as they call it,
:12:06. > :12:12.that will cost thousands of jobs? We will lobby is so that they do
:12:12. > :12:16.actually sit up and take notice. It is important to our region and it
:12:17. > :12:21.is important to protect jobs and carry on growing business.
:12:21. > :12:25.Commons question comes just hours after a visit by the shadow
:12:25. > :12:28.minister for regional growth, who visited Willerby Caravans in Hull
:12:28. > :12:34.with the helm will then peak Darren Johnson. He said yesterday that
:12:34. > :12:39.more discussion was needed. The Treasury today said they were still
:12:39. > :12:43.listening and would taken, it's right up until the start of May.
:12:43. > :12:48.A woman from Lincolnshire has become the first in England to have
:12:48. > :12:52.a new operation on her heart using keyhole surgery. The 89-year-old
:12:52. > :12:56.from Holbeach has been able to have the procedure without having open-
:12:56. > :13:03.heart surgery. This has led to a significant reduction in her
:13:03. > :13:06.recovery time. Aetna is 89 but also number one.
:13:06. > :13:13.The first patient to have a new type of heart valve fitted in
:13:13. > :13:22.England. Today it was all smiles as she met it -- the doctor again he
:13:22. > :13:26.fitted it. I am well. The latest Ralph builds on this design,
:13:26. > :13:32.allowing surgeons to reposition it or even reposition it using keyhole
:13:32. > :13:38.techniques, something that was not possible in the past. Now we have
:13:38. > :13:42.this option to reposition into a satisfying it final position.
:13:42. > :13:50.was being BAFTAs before the operation. Her aortic valve was not
:13:50. > :13:56.functioning well. Three weeks on and she is on the mend. I have not
:13:56. > :14:02.had any pain, just a little discomfort. Otherwise, I am feeling
:14:02. > :14:08.that I am on the mend. This footage shows how procedure. It is very
:14:08. > :14:13.clear to see the metal framework of the heart valve here. That is now
:14:13. > :14:17.in perfect position across the old one, which was quite narrow and not
:14:17. > :14:23.working properly. She has more of a spring in her step and hopes to
:14:23. > :14:29.return to one of her passions. hoping to do a little more than I
:14:29. > :14:33.have been able to do. I used to go dancing quite a bit. I do not know
:14:33. > :14:38.whether I will manage that again but... She is following a woman who
:14:38. > :14:48.five years ago was the first UK patient to have a minimally
:14:48. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:57.We wish her all the best. Thank you for watching. Still to
:14:57. > :15:03.come on the programme, have hundreds of Victorian homes have
:15:03. > :15:13.been saved in Gowdall France to green technology. And also, will
:15:13. > :15:14.
:15:14. > :15:24.all car enthusiasts who want the I know someone who would be ideal
:15:24. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:34.Thank you for the photograph. Good evening. How are you? I will stick
:15:35. > :15:43.with my Robin Reliant. A viewer says, I recently wrote to the BBC
:15:43. > :15:50.to ask them what time Paul's Bank Club Med. They said, what time can
:15:50. > :15:55.you get here? -- what time Paul's fan club met.
:15:55. > :16:05.Temperatures have not been as high inland but it has been a stunning
:16:05. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:18.day on the beach. Inland, the Hot Spot East... 22 degrees, way above
:16:18. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:26.In the sun, it has been very pleasant along the coast. About
:16:26. > :16:33.three-and-a-half weeks ago you asked for a pressure check. It is
:16:33. > :16:37.over 1000 millibars and conditions will remain warm. The emphasis in
:16:37. > :16:41.the next few days is still on a lot of dry weather. Not a cloud in the
:16:41. > :16:45.sky on the satellite picture. Wherever you are this evening, it
:16:45. > :16:50.is absolutely beautiful at BET. It is warm and sunny and overnight
:16:50. > :16:58.there will be clear skies and very little wind to speak of. No wind
:16:58. > :17:08.either. A touch of air frost in low-lying rural parts of our region
:17:08. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.It looks like tomorrow will see a repeat performance of today's
:17:19. > :17:23.fabulous weather conditions. Dry without a cloud in the sky. All
:17:23. > :17:33.parts will be sunny. The breeze will be a light westerly, so the
:17:33. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:43.coast will be every bit as warm as Somewhere, perhaps western parts of
:17:43. > :17:51.Lincolnshire, could get up to 23 tomorrow. Temperatures drifting
:17:51. > :17:54.A new scheme which has seen hundreds of Victorian homes covered
:17:54. > :17:57.with several inches of cladding could now be copied across the
:17:57. > :18:01.country. The terraced properties have been clad in insulation to
:18:01. > :18:07.make them more energy efficient and has saved them from demolition. Now
:18:08. > :18:11.the Government says more areas The Victorian streets of Goole re-
:18:11. > :18:16.clad with insulation. These homes have all been made over by the East
:18:16. > :18:19.Riding Council alongside a local charity shop. This is the
:18:19. > :18:22.difference Government funding made before it ran out three years ago,
:18:22. > :18:32.an extra layer, which Hettie Walker says has benefited both the shop
:18:32. > :18:36.she runs and her home next door. is much improved, both in the
:18:36. > :18:40.heating... It is wonderful in winter. When the snow was on the
:18:40. > :18:44.ground and you walked in, the heat from the first-floor room was
:18:45. > :18:46.unbelievable. The price of my electricity has gone down.
:18:47. > :18:49.Edinburgh Street's improvements could be replicated across the
:18:49. > :18:58.country by a Government keen to show its green credentials. The
:18:58. > :19:04.only issue is who is paying. Funding for the scheme ran out
:19:04. > :19:14.under the last administration. How will the Government role -- a role
:19:14. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:19.at this example to the rest of the country? I think I think that the
:19:19. > :19:23.people here are really happy with what we have done for them. If it
:19:23. > :19:26.can be continued across the country it will be good for everyone.
:19:26. > :19:30.Particularly the type of properties we are tackling here, which are
:19:30. > :19:36.hard to treat. Goole of course has largely beaten the funding cut. But
:19:36. > :19:41.paying for future schemes is not the only option. There could be a
:19:41. > :19:47.problem of smothering buildings with insulation and affecting the
:19:47. > :19:51.external appearance. Nice Victorian or Georgian brickwork can be
:19:51. > :19:54.covered over. So Goole may have pioneered the way but there are
:19:54. > :19:56.obstacles to overcome if the Government wants to see further
:19:56. > :20:03.energy savings without people having to find alternative ways to
:20:03. > :20:07.Last night we revealed that some children are starting secondary
:20:07. > :20:10.school in Hull with a reading age of five. Levels of reading and
:20:10. > :20:13.writing in the city are still well behind the national average. The
:20:13. > :20:23.city council has given �10,000 to every Hull secondary school to help
:20:23. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:34.raise standards. Lots of differing opinions on this subject. We had a
:20:34. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:09.big response to this after the Meanwhile, adult learners in Hull
:21:09. > :21:13.say they are benefiting from new schemes were designed to improve
:21:13. > :21:16.their education. Hull has some of the lowest rates of adults
:21:16. > :21:19.qualifications in the country, with a fifth of people in the city
:21:19. > :21:29.having no formal training at all, but new ideas, such as dads' clubs
:21:29. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:39.in local schools, are helping. This farmers' club at this school
:21:39. > :21:43.was set up to encourage local fathers to have fun with their
:21:43. > :21:47.children. But they have already noticed a big improvement in their
:21:47. > :21:53.children's learning and behaviour since they started getting involved.
:21:53. > :21:59.He would play up a little bit but since we have been doing this, he's
:21:59. > :22:03.not doing it. Danny and the rest of the fathers are among 5,000 adults
:22:03. > :22:07.across Hull every year trying to improve their literacy. At the
:22:07. > :22:12.beginning I could hardly read or write but I can read and write
:22:12. > :22:17.better now. I spend more time with my son, doing his homework because
:22:17. > :22:21.I can read it and understand it more. Around �1.3 million is spent
:22:21. > :22:28.in adult education in Hull every year at the service, like many
:22:28. > :22:35.others, is facing cuts. It is about being much cleverer with the money
:22:35. > :22:40.we have got. Around 15 % of the National adult population struggle
:22:40. > :22:43.with reading and writing. They will always struggle in the jobs market.
:22:43. > :22:48.So the challenge today is to try to encourage more young people to see
:22:48. > :22:54.the point of getting qualifications while there are still in education.
:22:54. > :22:59.To this end, Hull's children's university is using a visit to the
:22:59. > :23:07.RAF to help develop literacy skills. The thrills and spills of live here
:23:07. > :23:11.at RAF Leconfield throws up lots of phrases, adjectives, creative
:23:11. > :23:15.writing, reported writing. Fabulous spin-off which they can take back
:23:15. > :23:19.into the classroom. This sergeant admitted to the children that he
:23:19. > :23:25.had to work hard to get his English skills up to scratch before he
:23:25. > :23:33.could join the RAF. 4th I spent a lot of time on my English GCSE and
:23:33. > :23:43.have to put in a lot of hard work. Back at the bar was' lap and two of
:23:43. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:50.them have recently banned new jobs. In football, Hull City will move
:23:50. > :23:52.back into the Championship play-off places with a win tonight. The
:23:52. > :23:55.Tigers lost to Leicester on Saturday, leaving them two points
:23:55. > :24:04.outside the top six play-off places. Tonight they are away to bottom
:24:04. > :24:07.match as well as Grimsby away to Tamworth on Radio Humberside
:24:07. > :24:10.tonight. SportsTalk is already under way. And BBC Lincolnshire
:24:10. > :24:20.will have all the action from Lincoln City's game against Hayes
:24:20. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:24.and Yeading. The coverage begins at They were regarded as the comedy
:24:24. > :24:27.cars of the 1950s and 1960s and now they're back on show in
:24:27. > :24:31.Lincolnshire. The Bubble Car Museum has more than 30 models of all
:24:31. > :24:41.shapes and sizes and they have had to move to new premises near Boston
:24:41. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:51.Arriving in style, the Cooper family have brought their
:24:51. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:58.collection of bubble cars to this small Lincolnshire village. It was
:24:58. > :25:02.a hobby that got really badly out of hand. It grew into a museum.
:25:02. > :25:11.There is a collection of 30 cars, ranging from the small to the very
:25:11. > :25:17.small. There is even one donated by the late Sir Jimmy Saville. But us
:25:17. > :25:20.from several countries comes the evidence of a trend for smaller and
:25:20. > :25:22.smaller cars... The bubble car emerged in the 1950s and the demand
:25:22. > :25:32.for small, economical cars continued to grow as did the
:25:32. > :25:39.variety of models. This one cells in Germany for about �90. And the
:25:39. > :25:45.new museum is in keeping with the era. We get a lot of crime parents
:25:45. > :25:52.who bring their grandchildren and say, this is what Gran Dedryck. --
:25:52. > :26:00.we get a lot of grand parents. now that the mammoth move is
:26:00. > :26:04.complete, there is some time for Mike to do what he does best.
:26:04. > :26:14.stepping back in time. Forget your parrot steering. None of that is
:26:14. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:24.there. It is basic motoring. -- power-steering. Now everyone can
:26:24. > :26:29.see for themselves what life is like in a bubble.
:26:29. > :26:33.A recap of the headlines: The report into last year's riots
:26:33. > :26:37.claims a lack of opportunities for young people. There are concerns
:26:37. > :26:41.Boston will not be able to cope with being one of the fastest-
:26:41. > :26:45.growing towns in the country. Another dry and sunny, very warm
:26:45. > :26:54.day for when step. Top temperatures in the afternoon getting up to 22
:26:54. > :26:59.Response coming in on the subject of Boston after that discussion
:26:59. > :27:02.about houses and developments. Robert says, Boston is struggling
:27:02. > :27:06.with its infrastructure now. Roads are cracked and have excessive
:27:06. > :27:10.potholes, and putting more housing in place without dealing with this
:27:10. > :27:15.is stupidity. Adrian, we need a larger hospital
:27:15. > :27:20.and better roads before new homes. Catherine, Boston's public
:27:20. > :27:25.transport connections meet improvement.
:27:26. > :27:31.Chris, where are all these people going to move when they -- the work
:27:31. > :27:34.when they moved to Boston? Finally, Boston needs its road and