:00:07. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:11. > :00:15.The mother described as evil by her own son after claims she fell under
:00:15. > :00:19.the spell of a gypsy fortune teller. A round-the-world sailor describes
:00:19. > :00:27.the moment his yacht was hit by a giant wave as his family wait
:00:27. > :00:29.anxiously at home. You might be fine, I am a nervous
:00:29. > :00:32.wreck! The Yorkshire filmmaker back from
:00:32. > :00:41.Yemen, Syria, and a prison cell. How to marry a millionaire - the
:00:41. > :00:49.couple tying the knot after winning the lottery. She basically said we
:00:49. > :00:54.had got six numbers, I didn't believe it. It is a wet end to the
:00:54. > :01:00.day, possibly even some snow in places. I will bring you the
:01:00. > :01:03.forecast later in the programme. A mother is on trial at Hull Crown
:01:03. > :01:12.Court accused of child cruelty against her son after claims she
:01:12. > :01:15.fell under the spell of a gypsy fortune teller. Andrew Clappison
:01:15. > :01:18.from Keyingham in East Yorkshire, who is now 18, has told the court
:01:18. > :01:24.he was physically abused by his mother, Linda Clappison, to such an
:01:24. > :01:33.extent that he needed to have a toe amputated. He described his mother
:01:33. > :01:36.as evil. She denies child cruelty. Our correspondent Vicky Johnson was
:01:36. > :01:39.in court. Linda Clappison from Keyingham had apparently been a
:01:39. > :01:42.good enough mother until around 2002 when her marriage broke down
:01:42. > :01:45.and she became friends with a gypsy from Hull. Hull Crown Court heard
:01:45. > :01:48.how Andrew Clappison's attendance at school dropped from around 95%
:01:48. > :01:57.to less than 43% as she allowed him to accompany the gypsy family on
:01:57. > :02:01.holidays to Scarborough, Cornwall and Whitby. Her 18 year old son,
:02:01. > :02:06.though, tells a different tale. He insists he was made to work for
:02:06. > :02:10.nothing, setting up stalls at the resorts and also at Hull Fair. He
:02:10. > :02:14.also claimed his mother would punch, slap, and kick him. He told the
:02:14. > :02:18.court, "I was scared of her. I was treated like a dog, basically." But
:02:18. > :02:21.his mother told the jury, "I never hit him - not once, I didn't
:02:21. > :02:24.believe in smacking." However, she did admit regularly locking him in
:02:24. > :02:28.his bedroom for about 20 minutes at a time. The court heard how Andrew
:02:28. > :02:30.was treated for frostbite and needed a toe amputating because of
:02:30. > :02:33.freezing temperatures in the homes. His mother said it was because he'd
:02:33. > :02:36.spent too long playing out in the snow. When asked whether she was a
:02:36. > :02:39.good parent, Linda Clappison replied, "I can't think of anything
:02:39. > :02:42.I'd have done differently. I would say I'm a good parent." But she
:02:42. > :02:45.admitted that having heard the "wicked lies" told about her in
:02:45. > :02:55.court, she'd no longer be having any contact with any of her
:02:55. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :02:58.children. And Vicky joins me from the newsroom now. Vicky, a claim
:02:58. > :03:02.was made in court by the prosecution that Linda Clappison
:03:02. > :03:05.had fallen under the spell of a gypsy fortune teller - how did she
:03:05. > :03:07.respond to that? Linda Clappison said she became friends with a
:03:07. > :03:10.gypsy fortune teller called Liz in around 2002. But she denies
:03:10. > :03:13.prosecution claims that she'd fallen under her spell. But she did
:03:13. > :03:17.concede in court that whenever her friend Liz offered to take Andrew
:03:17. > :03:22.out of school for holidays and day trips she readily agreed. She
:03:22. > :03:25.meanwhile would stay at Liz's house to look after their animals. Linda
:03:25. > :03:33.Clappison has now admitted that maybe she should have put her foot
:03:33. > :03:36.down more. The jury also heard that despite concerns being raised about
:03:36. > :03:39.attendance she thought Andrew was doing all right at school which is
:03:39. > :03:42.why she stopped going to any parent evenings. She also denies Andrew's
:03:42. > :03:46.claims that there wasn't enough to eat at home or that he wasn't
:03:46. > :03:53.allowed to have free school meals. She says he simply didn't like them.
:03:53. > :03:56.The court was told Andrew left home as soon as he was able to.
:03:57. > :04:02.In a moment: As Lincolnshire prepares for a hosepipe ban,
:04:02. > :04:05.researchers investigate new ways to cope with drought.
:04:05. > :04:09.An East Yorkshire man taking part in a round-the-world yacht race has
:04:09. > :04:15.said the moment his boat was hit by a giant wave was like "being on the
:04:15. > :04:20.Titanic". David Hawkins from Little Weighton was on the Geraldton yacht
:04:20. > :04:24.when it was hit off the Californian coast, injuring four crew members.
:04:24. > :04:34.Today he and the team arrived back on dry land in America and managed
:04:34. > :04:35.
:04:35. > :04:43.to call home for the first time. Phil Connell was there. You might
:04:43. > :04:48.be fine, I am a nervous wreck. was the telephone call David
:04:48. > :04:54.Hawkins's family had been waiting for. A phone call to confirm he was
:04:54. > :04:59.safe and back on dry land. I bet you needed good sleep, don't you?
:04:59. > :05:04.These are the dramatic scenes in which David was unexpectedly caught.
:05:04. > :05:10.His yacht had been caught by a massive wave. Its steering was
:05:10. > :05:16.destroyed, and two crew members had to be rescued. Today, with
:05:16. > :05:22.temporary steering in place, the yacht limped into Oakland where he
:05:22. > :05:26.called with news of his escape. vision was like scenes from the
:05:26. > :05:31.Titanic, with water bursting through the doors. They came
:05:32. > :05:37.straight through the hatch. We were crouching down, and swimming in
:05:37. > :05:44.water. David was taking part in a round-the-world yacht race, and was
:05:44. > :05:50.in the closing stages heading towards California. These pictures
:05:50. > :05:54.show the kind of conditions they had been facing. At the family's
:05:54. > :05:59.East Yorkshire home, David's wife and daughter have been monitoring
:05:59. > :06:04.his process closely, and they say the incident was a sharp reminder
:06:04. > :06:10.of the dangers he has been facing. I know it is dangerous but it is
:06:10. > :06:14.still a shock when it happens. I was afraid that people were injured
:06:14. > :06:20.so the hapless crew, and if it happened once it could happen again.
:06:20. > :06:24.I am so pleased they are on dry land. Dad will have coped
:06:25. > :06:28.brilliantly. He is a very strong character, they have been
:06:28. > :06:35.fantastically trained, and I would say he would step up in an
:06:35. > :06:40.emergency. The yacht's arrival marks the end of the journey.
:06:40. > :06:43.Having realised a life's ambition, he will soon be heading home with
:06:43. > :06:46.one dramatic story he will never forget.
:06:46. > :06:49.A Hull MP has written to Comet requesting an "urgent phone call"
:06:49. > :06:53.after the firm announced it's shutting its call centre with the
:06:53. > :06:56.loss of more than 200 jobs. The company announced at the weekend
:06:56. > :06:59.it's closing the site in order to concentrate on its offices in
:06:59. > :07:03.Bristol. In the letter, Alan Johnson claims he was under the
:07:04. > :07:07.impression that the final announcement wasn't due until May.
:07:07. > :07:11.A union leader has been found guilty of stealing from a care home
:07:11. > :07:15.charity on the Lincolnshire coast. Neil Greatex, the former president
:07:15. > :07:22.of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, stole almost �150,000.
:07:22. > :07:26.The charity ran the Nottinghamshire The court heard he used the money
:07:26. > :07:30.to pay for work being done on his own property.
:07:30. > :07:32.A biker safety campaign has been launched in Lincolnshire. The Road
:07:32. > :07:34.Safety Partnership has created special road signs in accident
:07:35. > :07:38.black spots to show the number of motorcycle crashes which have
:07:38. > :07:40.happened there. An autopsy on a dead mink whale,
:07:40. > :07:44.discovered near Spurn Head yesterday, has been cancelled after
:07:44. > :07:46.its body was carried back out to sea on the tide. The Yorkshire
:07:46. > :07:49.Wildlife Trust says it can't establish exactly why the mammal
:07:49. > :07:55.died, but says it looked like a juvenile and may have been
:07:55. > :07:57.dependant on its mother. With Lincolnshire and East
:07:58. > :08:00.Yorkshire officially in drought, and a hosepipe ban affecting
:08:00. > :08:07.Lincolnshire from Thursday, farmers in the region are closely
:08:07. > :08:09.monitoring water levels at what is a critical time of year for them.
:08:10. > :08:19.Rainfall over the coming the months could make the difference between
:08:19. > :08:27.success and failure for many crops. Here's our correspondent, Paul
:08:27. > :08:31.Murphy. There was light rain today but it has been one of the driest
:08:31. > :08:37.years for a generation. This farmer has been attempting to store what
:08:37. > :08:44.little water there is. Freshwater is a precious commodity to
:08:44. > :08:50.everybody so all we can do is prepare for every eventuality. If
:08:50. > :08:56.it keeps dry, I will be holding water back. We are now using the
:08:56. > :09:05.satellite system to steer the tractor. Here in Spalding, this
:09:05. > :09:09.sat-nav means more potato planting -- more accurate potato planting.
:09:09. > :09:13.We are trying to minimise cultivation so we don't drive out
:09:13. > :09:19.the soil as much but we are harvesting water from the buildings.
:09:19. > :09:23.It is not just crops and vegetables being affected - by now these
:09:23. > :09:28.Lincolnshire Red cattle should be out in the fields eating grass.
:09:28. > :09:33.Instead they are indoors consuming expensive feed. Supplies are being
:09:33. > :09:38.closely monitored, but if the drought continues farmers will face
:09:38. > :09:43.tougher restrictions on using river water to grow their crops. It is
:09:43. > :09:48.serious. It is causing some farmers to delay planting in the hope there
:09:48. > :09:51.will be some water coming down from the sky, but we have not seen it
:09:51. > :09:59.yet and some farmers are getting desperately worried about their
:09:59. > :10:04.livestock. Farmers are concerned about how the drought could impact
:10:04. > :10:07.on livelihoods and consumer prices. I'm joined now by David Armstrong,
:10:07. > :10:10.who's a farmer near Bardney and also the Lincolnshire County
:10:10. > :10:20.Chairman for the National Farmers Union. David, is the drought as bad
:10:20. > :10:26.as we are led to believe? As we stand here in the rain, I am
:10:26. > :10:33.wondering if it is because it is raining quite heavily! What could a
:10:33. > :10:39.long-term drought do to production in our area? Until now, the drought
:10:39. > :10:46.has not had too much of an effect. Crops growing overwinter have not
:10:46. > :10:51.needed much moisture, but from now on we do require a reasonable
:10:51. > :10:56.amount of rainfall. We were in a similar position last year, then we
:10:56. > :11:02.got a very wet period in June and July, and consequently we had no
:11:02. > :11:12.issues. We heard about some farmers preparing for a more drier climate
:11:12. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:20.- is technology the answer? I don't think you heard me, David - is
:11:20. > :11:27.technology the answer to prepare for a drier climate in the future?
:11:27. > :11:32.I think we have lost David, he is struggling, but thanks to David for
:11:32. > :11:35.trying. And do get in touch with us on this. Are you worried about the
:11:35. > :11:43.drought? How is it affecting you? Or do you feel its all a lot of
:11:43. > :11:48.fuss over nothing? We will be talking to Anglian Water tomorrow
:11:48. > :11:52.night ahead of their introduction of the hosepipe ban. If you have a
:11:53. > :12:02.question you would like us to put to them, send me those in the usual
:12:03. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:26.A lady sent a message this afternoon to say she had seen the
:12:26. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:31.first swallow of the summer, but You have still managed to top up
:12:31. > :12:36.your town, haven't you? In the long range, it looks like low-pressure
:12:36. > :12:40.could dominate April so we could see a return to average for
:12:40. > :12:45.rainfall figures this month. We are starting tonight with a warning for
:12:45. > :12:50.snow, and this is particularly for the higher ground of the Yorkshire
:12:50. > :12:55.wolds. Lower than that, we may see snow but it will not be settling.
:12:55. > :13:00.It is all down to this weather system, slowly pushing south,
:13:00. > :13:08.bringing much colder air behind so that is why we are seeing some of
:13:08. > :13:12.that rain turned to snow. The cloud will build through the afternoon
:13:12. > :13:17.bringing the rain south. At the moment it is all falling as rain,
:13:17. > :13:23.and will continue to do so this evening. Maybe in some of the
:13:23. > :13:26.heavier bursts, falling as snow at lower levels, but not settling. We
:13:26. > :13:34.will see a strengthening north- easterly wind as well, with
:13:34. > :13:39.temperatures down to freezing the further inland you are. A
:13:39. > :13:44.thoroughly miserable start to the day tomorrow. Cloudy, wet and windy,
:13:44. > :13:50.we will see a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow flurries which will
:13:50. > :13:55.stay with us ruin to the afternoon, pushing southwards. It will be
:13:55. > :13:59.later in the day until it starts to clear away from Lincolnshire.
:13:59. > :14:05.Strong wind will take the edge of the temperature, it will feel
:14:05. > :14:15.significantly colder tomorrow. Eight degrees in Bridlington, but
:14:15. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:30.further south only six degrees, way I don't expect those cheap jibe is
:14:30. > :14:34.Still ahead, the Yorkshire film- maker who is back home after being
:14:34. > :14:44.released from a prison cell in Syria.
:14:44. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:53.And the lottery winners tying the A mother from East Yorkshire says
:14:53. > :15:00.access to Therapy for autistic children should be improved. Laura
:15:00. > :15:06.Murrell's daughter has the abilities of an 18 months old girl.
:15:06. > :15:12.She is a fund-raising so she can afford special therapy privately.
:15:12. > :15:17.At four years old, Aveline should be a reading and spelling her name
:15:17. > :15:20.that life with autism means things are different. With no
:15:20. > :15:24.communication skills, it is impossible to teach anything. She
:15:24. > :15:31.is still in nappies because she doesn't understand about potty-
:15:31. > :15:36.training. I dream to read her a bedtime story. Laura believes
:15:36. > :15:42.Applied behavioural analysis could transform her life. Seeing -- seen
:15:42. > :15:48.here in Surrey, it is based on rewarding basic commands. Well done,
:15:48. > :15:53.that was lovely. East Riding Yorkshire council told us that
:15:53. > :16:03.schools have staff trained in Applied behavioural analysis and it
:16:03. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:16.Before Aveline can begin a therapy for free, she needs to be fully
:16:16. > :16:21.assessed. That takes six months and experts say timing is critical.
:16:21. > :16:26.Church shows that the earlier you start this intervention, be more
:16:27. > :16:36.effective it is. Friends and neighbours of fund-raising for the
:16:37. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:43.next month so she can start lessons privately.
:16:43. > :16:48.Is the council alone in making her wait for this Therapy? Not at all.
:16:48. > :16:53.It is normal for children to have to go through an assessment and for
:16:53. > :16:57.them to get a statement of their needs. What she believes his
:16:57. > :17:03.parents should be made aware of the therapies out there so they have
:17:04. > :17:10.choice. She only found out about Applied Behavioural Analysis while
:17:10. > :17:16.searching the Internet. If she had known about it sooner, she wouldn't
:17:16. > :17:22.be in such a rush to get her child started on it. Where is it
:17:22. > :17:28.available? She can have it in the leaves and her mother and carer
:17:28. > :17:32.will undergo a training so they can carry on those specific teaching
:17:32. > :17:37.techniques once Aveline has finished her sessions.
:17:37. > :17:47.If you have got a story you think we would be interested in and you
:17:47. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:52.want to tell us about it, get in Thanks for their responses last
:17:52. > :17:57.night after we told you that the organisation which represents
:17:57. > :18:02.independent petrol stations in the UK have been warning of fuel
:18:02. > :18:06.shortages until after Easter. They are the Retail Motor Industry and
:18:06. > :18:14.some of its members are being forced to put up pies -- prices at
:18:14. > :18:18.the pumps. There was a big response on this story. Carol Sayers, the
:18:18. > :18:28.panic last week gave the petrol stations around here a licence to
:18:28. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:56.put the fuel up to whatever price Thank you for all of those. Just to
:18:56. > :19:01.clarify a,, it has announced it is closing its call centre on George
:19:01. > :19:11.said -- George Street in the centre of whole.
:19:11. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:17.He is being caught up -- he has been caught up in a riot in Syria.
:19:17. > :19:21.Sean McAllister picked up a camera and is now an internationally
:19:21. > :19:28.acclaimed film-maker. He is back in Hull before heading off abroad
:19:28. > :19:33.again. Return to Hull for the Easter
:19:33. > :19:41.holidays but Sean McAllister is used to more hostile environments.
:19:41. > :19:48.The most dangerous things were the crowds. It is when it moves and you
:19:48. > :19:53.can't escape that. I get claustrophobic being in crowds.
:19:53. > :19:59.latest film, The Reluctant Revolutionary, looks after a tour
:19:59. > :20:04.guide in the Yemen and how he makes ends meet. They are volatile places.
:20:04. > :20:09.I am interested in these areas of conflict because most of the time,
:20:09. > :20:19.we see it as a news agenda, we don't see the human stories behind
:20:19. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:29.This is how he goes about making award-winning films. The game is
:20:29. > :20:34.over. I had a small camera and dress like a tourist. I never
:20:34. > :20:41.really appear like I am TV. Does that help getting to the heart of
:20:41. > :20:45.things? I don't want people to take me seriously. People think you are
:20:45. > :20:49.television and either want to start behaving differently or show you
:20:50. > :20:56.different things and not merely the truth. He has returned from Syria
:20:56. > :21:02.where he's be -- he has been arrested for filming undercover.
:21:02. > :21:07.got arrested for filming. It is something his two children find
:21:07. > :21:14.difficult to get used to. There is a lot of war going on so he could
:21:14. > :21:18.be kidnapped or anything could happen. I don't really like it.
:21:19. > :21:25.is called because he gets to see these places but I sometimes don't
:21:25. > :21:31.like it in case... When he went to prison, I didn't think he was going
:21:31. > :21:34.to come back. I got scared. parents are little more
:21:34. > :21:42.understanding. He gets his passion for travelling from his father who
:21:42. > :21:49.was in the Navy. My wife worries more than I do. He gets a lot of
:21:49. > :21:58.grief from his sister's. They think he should be going with a family at
:21:58. > :22:04.home. He is not always in war zones. He has made many films here at home.
:22:04. > :22:09.I try to make films here. Every film I have made in England has
:22:09. > :22:16.been in Hull. If I am going to make a film in England, I might as well
:22:17. > :22:23.hang out with friends in hell. next stop is a film festival in
:22:23. > :22:27.Florence and then to Canada. Good luck to him.
:22:27. > :22:31.Hull FC assistant coach Lee Radford is making a return to the first
:22:31. > :22:34.team for Friday's Derby despite being in retirement. The former
:22:34. > :22:38.player has been coaching since the start of this season but such is
:22:38. > :22:44.the depth of the club's injury crisis, he is set to play against
:22:44. > :22:51.Hull Kingston Rovers. We are light on numbers and experience at the
:22:51. > :22:58.moment. We have lost Eamon O'Carroll and Chris Green. They are
:22:58. > :23:07.a couple of others. Anyone that can play front row is going down at the
:23:07. > :23:11.moment. I didn't have to ask him trot -- twice. Hull Kingston Rovers
:23:11. > :23:21.captain is set to return in Friday's game after missing all of
:23:21. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:25.the season so far. Coach Craig Sandercock said both Galea and
:23:25. > :23:33.Green will be on the sidelines. They will be back in the next week
:23:33. > :23:38.Corsair which is pleasing. They are coming on really well. Derby Day is
:23:38. > :23:43.on Friday. In football, Lincoln City take on
:23:43. > :23:52.Cambridge United tonight hoping to make it four wins in 10 days.
:23:52. > :23:58.Commentary is available on BBC A couple from Beverley are
:23:58. > :24:02.celebrating after winning more than �2 million on the National Lottery.
:24:02. > :24:06.Wayne French and Becky Harrison matched these six numbers in
:24:06. > :24:16.Wednesday's draw. I have been together for 13 years and say they
:24:16. > :24:22.can finally afford to get married. Meet Yorkshire's newest
:24:22. > :24:28.millionaires. Wayne and Becky face the cameras today to pick up a
:24:28. > :24:34.cheque for �2.2 million. She tapped the lottery tickets before we went
:24:34. > :24:40.to bed and told me we had six numbers. I didn't believe have. It
:24:40. > :24:45.just doesn't happen. -- I didn't believe her. On Wednesday, they are
:24:45. > :24:49.lucky dip ticket lived up to its name matching all six numbers. The
:24:49. > :24:55.couple have been together for more than a decade and have four
:24:55. > :25:01.children that have never been able to afford to tie the knot until now.
:25:01. > :25:07.I said to him that we can get married now. It has gone from there.
:25:07. > :25:13.We will get married. A dream wedding? We can afford to now.
:25:13. > :25:23.kind of wedding can you get for 2.2 million? A day like that Beccan's
:25:23. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:28.would set them back �530,000. Matching be Rooney's will cost �5
:25:28. > :25:35.million and if they want to save money for their honeymoon, they can
:25:35. > :25:38.get hitched at Hull register office for �130. The couple say it was a
:25:38. > :25:45.difficult decision to go public but admit it would have been possible
:25:45. > :25:49.to keep their new fortune a secret. When plans to retire from his job
:25:49. > :25:53.as a support worker and spend more time with Becky and the kids.
:25:53. > :25:59.can give their children what they want and need without having to
:25:59. > :26:08.worry whether money is coming from. Top of Wayne's shopping list is a
:26:08. > :26:17.ringer for his fiancee. Then a holiday to Barbados for them all.
:26:17. > :26:21.What a fantastic story. The headlines now. A-level students
:26:21. > :26:26.could face tougher exams after the Government signals a radical shake-
:26:26. > :26:31.A mother on trial at Hull Crown Court is described as evil by her
:26:31. > :26:38.own son after claims she fell under the spell of a gypsy fortune-teller.
:26:38. > :26:45.Cloudy, wet and windy start with snow. Top temperatures tomorrow of
:26:45. > :26:55.seven Celsius. A response come in after we were
:26:55. > :26:55.
:26:56. > :27:01.talking about the drought. Jimmy says, not worried.
:27:01. > :27:05.A usual mountain out of a molehill. We will probably have the wettest
:27:05. > :27:10.summer for years. If we are told we can't by Lord use
:27:10. > :27:13.water that we pay for, if we are not on a meter, do we get a
:27:13. > :27:19.discount? It has been raining in Lincoln for
:27:19. > :27:24.two hours. Hope this makes the farmers happy. The water butts here
:27:24. > :27:28.are filling up nicely. Tomorrow night, I have been -- I
:27:28. > :27:37.will be talking to Anglian Water say you if you have any questions,