:00:05. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:08. > :00:18.Dealing with the drought, the first hosepipe ban in 20 years starts at
:00:18. > :00:19.
:00:19. > :00:26.midnight. People are now thinking about it seriously, not just it is
:00:26. > :00:29.being mentioned more once. People are setting their minds on it.
:00:29. > :00:34.Spring snow leaves rush hour drivers stranded in East Yorkshire.
:00:34. > :00:37.We had this lovely warm weather and now what is back to winter. I
:00:37. > :00:40.cannot understand it, really. A former hostage says the
:00:40. > :00:46.Government should have done more to save his colleagues in Iraq.
:00:46. > :00:51.What's in a place? The white phone boxes helping to define a city. It
:00:51. > :01:01.has been a cold and windy day today, but we will see some sunshine
:01:01. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.tomorrow. The full forecast later In a few hours' time, Lincolnshire
:01:05. > :01:10.and parts of North Norfolk will come under their first hosepipe ban
:01:10. > :01:13.for 20 years. Lincolnshire has been in drought since last June, in East
:01:13. > :01:20.Yorkshire since just last week, but the hosepipe ban applies only to
:01:20. > :01:22.the area south of the Humber from midnight tonight. It comes after
:01:22. > :01:27.two exceptionally dry winters left rivers and reservoirs well below
:01:27. > :01:32.normal levels. After the third driest March on record, these were
:01:32. > :01:35.the conditions facing drivers near Driffield this morning. More on
:01:35. > :01:39.that in a moment, but our first report tonight comes from Crispin
:01:39. > :01:43.Rolfe. Too late. Today, water everywhere,
:01:43. > :01:47.but the cracks are already showing. Winter's trickle has left us with
:01:47. > :01:56.the worst 18 months of rainfall in the last century, with even local
:01:56. > :01:59.fish needing to find water. Farmers have seen it all first hand. Up to
:01:59. > :02:04.the end of the year, we had had three-quarters of the annual
:02:04. > :02:13.rainfall, which has carried on during last three months. I am
:02:13. > :02:15.guessing we are needing a wetter back to where we need to be.
:02:15. > :02:18.with low water, tomorrow Lincolnshire says goodbye to doing
:02:18. > :02:22.this. Though despite the squelch, some like Lindum Cricket Club have
:02:22. > :02:28.escaped a complete hosepipe ban. have to look after the water
:02:28. > :02:32.available to us. We are able to water this square and maintain this,
:02:32. > :02:36.but the outfield, it looks like the ban will still remain in force for
:02:36. > :02:39.that. Rain has come in time to fill water butts, but it's watering cans
:02:39. > :02:43.from here on in. Though gardener Mike Stopper is relishing the
:02:43. > :02:49.challenge. His village, Caister is competing in Britain in Bloom.
:02:49. > :02:55.Clearly, the lawns were a concern for people. And one key tactic
:02:55. > :03:00.there is not remote to short, or the grass grow longer, let it grow.
:03:00. > :03:07.And you have a pond? There are a number of fish there. So you are
:03:07. > :03:16.allowed to water it? I think what I will be doing is to try to allow
:03:16. > :03:20.the plants to survive as best they can. By dry resistant plants will
:03:20. > :03:24.containers and let's not make a drama out of the crisis. Absolutely
:03:24. > :03:26.not. At Brigg, the green fingered are also finding ways round. Though
:03:27. > :03:31.the garden centre here has struggled to keep up with demand.
:03:31. > :03:36.We have seen an increased number of people coming in poor water butts.
:03:36. > :03:42.But the typical thing is for us to get the stock came to meet people's
:03:42. > :03:49.demands. We have been lucky enough to secure Stock, but it is getting
:03:49. > :03:53.it here in time. Those with water butts are ahead of the game at and
:03:53. > :03:57.tomorrow's ban comes in indefinitely unless, of course,
:03:57. > :04:00.water companies see well above average rainfall over the next
:04:00. > :04:03.couple of months. As Norfolk and Lincolnshire prepare to turn off
:04:03. > :04:08.the hoses, East Yorkshire is currently avoiding a ban. But it
:04:08. > :04:14.may not be long before everyone's carrying the can for this drought.
:04:14. > :04:18.So, what does it mean for you? It means you can use a hosepipe to top
:04:18. > :04:21.up a pond if there are fish in it. If you're a blue badge holder, you
:04:21. > :04:25.can water your garden. And hosepipes can be used by businesses.
:04:25. > :04:30.But you can't use your hose to water your garden. You can't wash
:04:30. > :04:32.your windows with a hose and you can't wash your car. Let's talk
:04:32. > :04:39.about all that now with Chris Featherstone from Anglian Water. He
:04:39. > :04:45.joins me from the Lincoln Water tower.
:04:45. > :04:49.In a nutshell, how much water will this saved? Well, we do not know
:04:49. > :04:54.because it is the 20 years since we had a hosepipe ban here. We
:04:54. > :04:59.estimate about 6-10 % of the water we provide will be saved by people
:04:59. > :05:05.not using hosepipes. You have to understand they are very wasteful
:05:05. > :05:09.and can use up to 1,000 litres an hour. We asked for people to send
:05:09. > :05:15.in their questions. Just a few. How will this be policed? Will people
:05:15. > :05:19.be asked to spy on their neighbours? No, we are not asking
:05:19. > :05:23.that but we are asking people to police it with their conscience.
:05:23. > :05:27.Everyone has seen in the media that the effects of the drought, how
:05:27. > :05:32.widespread it is, how it is affecting the environment and
:05:32. > :05:36.depleting resources. We think our customers are happy to support us.
:05:36. > :05:40.We do not want to enforce it, but we expect people to do it.
:05:40. > :05:44.Katharine wants to know how you can just a fight a hosepipe ban when
:05:44. > :05:49.you have allowed a water leak to go unchecked for several weeks. She
:05:49. > :05:56.says the water is coming up with a road. You do have one of the worst
:05:56. > :06:01.leakage targets on record. Well, our leakage record is very good and
:06:01. > :06:06.we had an exceptionally bad year yesterday -- last year. The Severe
:06:06. > :06:11.weather conditions meant that, unfortunately, we must our target.
:06:11. > :06:15.No leakage is good, and we are working very hard to address all
:06:15. > :06:19.the leaks that we can find out their. Or have got another 60
:06:19. > :06:24.people out and about looking for leaks. We are spending �40 million
:06:24. > :06:29.at the moment finding and fixing leaks as soon as we can. As we
:06:29. > :06:36.cannot use our hosepipes, will be get a rebate on our high beat --
:06:36. > :06:43.high bills? Around 70% of customers are metered and they will seek a
:06:44. > :06:48.saving automatically. -- they will see a saving. We ask people to work
:06:48. > :06:52.with us to conserve water and support us in this in what we feel
:06:52. > :06:59.are manageable restrictions. knee people are not on metres,
:06:59. > :07:03.though, are they? -- many people. About 70% of people are meted and
:07:03. > :07:08.the remaining 30% are not. We are not planning to give a rebate at
:07:08. > :07:11.the moment but we feel people understand the issues. Your
:07:11. > :07:15.priority these days is to keep your shareholders happy with higher
:07:15. > :07:24.premiums and customers have to put up with under investment, Steve
:07:24. > :07:31.says. Mare, not true at all. We are a private company. -- no, not true
:07:31. > :07:35.at all. Our investors invest in us. Over the half of the investment we
:07:35. > :07:38.have put into our infrastructure to supply water to our customers has
:07:38. > :07:44.come from investors and if we did not have investors, customer bills
:07:44. > :07:50.would be higher. Briefly, several people wanted to know why you are
:07:50. > :07:55.not building desalination plants to turn salt water into pure water.
:07:55. > :08:05.have looked at that. We do not feel that is needed at the moment.
:08:05. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:13.Desalination is an energy expert -- energy expensive process. It
:08:13. > :08:18.requires so much energy and carbon. We want to be a growing company.
:08:18. > :08:21.Thank you for joining us. We'd love to hear your views on
:08:21. > :08:31.what you've just heard. Are Anglian Water right to introduce the
:08:31. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:48.Drivers had to be rescued in East Yorkshire following unseasonable
:08:48. > :08:51.snowstorms during this morning's rush hour. Vehicles were pulled out
:08:51. > :08:55.of the snow at Garrowby Hill near Wetwang as people were caught out
:08:55. > :09:03.by the snowy conditions following last week's heat wave. Emma Massey
:09:03. > :09:07.reports. Stuck in the snow. This was the
:09:07. > :09:14.scene this morning in East Yorkshire. The accident happened in
:09:14. > :09:18.freezing temperatures on the road near Garrowby Hill. It caused long
:09:18. > :09:24.delays for drivers. So much for April showers. In this area at
:09:24. > :09:29.least there was a blanket of snow. Driving conditions were so bad that
:09:29. > :09:34.even see snow ploughs and gritters were out. It was a similar picture
:09:34. > :09:39.a few miles down the road. There is certainly a good covering of snow
:09:39. > :09:43.here. Who would have thought it but this time last week, the villagers
:09:43. > :09:47.were basking in temperatures of around 20 degrees. From those that
:09:47. > :09:55.I have spoken to, this sort of change in temperature is not out of
:09:55. > :10:00.the or ordinary. We get it every year. Fog, snow, bad weather. We
:10:00. > :10:04.see little. I was watching a programme about global warming. We
:10:04. > :10:12.have had this lovely weather, and now back to winter. I cannot
:10:12. > :10:17.understand that. What was it like here last week? 23 degrees. Just
:10:17. > :10:21.the height, I think, we are a pair fought at you don't have to go far
:10:21. > :10:27.before you see the signs of spring. Five minutes down the road, and the
:10:27. > :10:33.next village along his Wetwang. It is cold and wet, and is very windy,
:10:33. > :10:41.but no snow has fallen here. Two neighbouring villages, both facing
:10:41. > :10:46.the return of cold weather, but one bearing the brunt of wintery
:10:46. > :10:50.conditions. A flood alert is in place on parts
:10:50. > :10:54.of the river Bain in Lincolnshire where a local hotel had to have its
:10:55. > :11:04.cellar pumped out by the fire brigade. We had these pictures sent
:11:05. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:13.in by viewers this afternoon of the scene in Horncastle. Thank you for
:11:13. > :11:15.those pictures. Earlier this morning, here were
:11:16. > :11:19.restrictions for high sided vehicles on the Humber Bridge and
:11:19. > :11:22.Ouse Bridge earlier today. And a number of trees were blown over and
:11:22. > :11:24.had to be cleared from roads, including this one near South Cave
:11:24. > :11:28.in East Yorkshire. Lisa will be here shortly with the
:11:28. > :11:31.forecast, but first onto some of the days other news.
:11:31. > :11:34.A mother of four from East Yorkshire went from being a good
:11:34. > :11:38.mum, to cruel and neglectful after she became obsessed with a gypsy
:11:38. > :11:41.fortune teller, Hull Crown Court has heard. Linda Clappison denies
:11:41. > :11:45.charges of child cruelty to her daughter and her son, Andrew, who's
:11:45. > :11:50.now 18. He claims their mother punched and hit them and regularly
:11:50. > :11:54.left them locked in their bedrooms without heating or lighting. The
:11:54. > :11:56.trial continues. One of Britain's leading charities
:11:56. > :11:59.is warning that unemployment among young people in Lincolnshire and
:11:59. > :12:06.East Yorkshire will continue to rise unless more is done to improve
:12:06. > :12:09.transport links to rural areas. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which
:12:09. > :12:13.is a housing charity based in York, says the cost of rural transport
:12:13. > :12:21.has now become a massive issue and could force young people away from
:12:21. > :12:25.the countryside. Sarah Corker reports.
:12:25. > :12:30.Amber Roberts relies on the bus to take her the 18 miles from her home
:12:30. > :12:36.in Baumber to Lincoln for work. But this week, fares went up by nearly
:12:36. > :12:39.40 pence, blamed on Government cuts and fuel costs. But for Amber it
:12:39. > :12:47.means nearly a quarter of the wage she earns at this solicitor's now
:12:47. > :12:52.goes on transport costs. It is frustrating to think that at the
:12:52. > :12:57.bus fares carry on rising, it might come to a point there is no point,
:12:57. > :13:01.no incentive for me to carry on working. That isn't what I want to
:13:01. > :13:07.do. It may be green and pleasant, but rural communities are crying
:13:07. > :13:10.out for help. If we want our villagers to be thriving
:13:10. > :13:15.communities with young people, young families, primary-school is,
:13:15. > :13:22.we have got a look at issues like transport, housing and affordable
:13:22. > :13:26.child care in rural areas, too. Some feel they are losing out at
:13:26. > :13:28.the expense of urban areas. If you live in the East Riding of
:13:28. > :13:32.Yorkshire or Lincolnshire, the most recent figures show the average
:13:32. > :13:37.amount of Government money spent per head is around �300. But in
:13:37. > :13:41.Hull, that figure's almost double at around �600. And people living
:13:41. > :13:51.in the countryside need to earn over �1,000 a year more than urban
:13:51. > :13:51.
:13:51. > :13:56.counterparts to afford the same standard of living. Here in this
:13:56. > :14:02.village, there is no bus route and the local Post Office has been
:14:02. > :14:05.closed for years. It is a similar story for many rural communities
:14:05. > :14:09.disappearing services and a limit to transport meaning it is more and
:14:09. > :14:14.more difficult for people to live in the countryside. Urban areas
:14:14. > :14:17.benefit from the fact that commercial bus services can run to
:14:17. > :14:23.proffered without subsidies from the local authority. However, that
:14:23. > :14:26.is not often the case in rural areas, we need to focus on the
:14:26. > :14:30.rural areas. But Amber's worried if transport costs continue to rise,
:14:30. > :14:40.she could be faced with the tough choice - to quit her job or move to
:14:40. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:50.Thank you for watching. Still ahead: The excited eight-year-old
:14:50. > :15:00.making final preparations to meet the Queen. And familiar images of
:15:00. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:14.Act but do they represent what it Thank you very much for that Jenas
:15:14. > :15:20.there. Now the weather Department have
:15:20. > :15:30.been busy today, probably. Well, they are always busy. Good evening.
:15:30. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:40.You picked the right week, didn't Bin t? Yes, indeed. We had
:15:40. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:46.Tomorrow promises to be a lot calmer so that is great news. It
:15:46. > :15:56.looks like we are going to have a ridge of high pressure that will
:15:56. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.settle the weather will down but it will head towards us around Easter.
:16:03. > :16:09.Rain is clearing away from the South now. It is a slow process but
:16:09. > :16:16.it will do so after midnight. The wind it is easing as well. We will
:16:16. > :16:26.see a frost tonight. With wet surfaces, they could beat ice on
:16:26. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:36.untreated services by the end of A cold and frosty start tomorrow
:16:36. > :16:40.but it will be dry and bright. Variable amounts of cloud, probably
:16:40. > :16:46.sickest around Lincolnshire but soon melting away. A decent amount
:16:46. > :16:56.of sunshine and not as windy as today so it will not feel as cold.
:16:56. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:05.Temperatures will be higher but Another frost overnight into Good
:17:05. > :17:10.Friday. The best of any brightness at first in the morning. Most of
:17:10. > :17:18.the weekend will be tried maybe seeing a bit of rain later on
:17:18. > :17:23.Thank you very much. You always work hard!
:17:23. > :17:27.Did you have your fingers crossed behind your back!
:17:27. > :17:30.A former hostage from Lincoln who was held for more than two years in
:17:30. > :17:38.Iraq says the government could have done more to save the security
:17:38. > :17:44.guards with him. The IT consultant, peter macro, was kidnapped but his
:17:44. > :17:48.four guards were kidnapped -- killed by his captors. He made his
:17:48. > :17:55.first public speech about the ordeal last night. I remember
:17:55. > :18:04.thinking, you have made it! Memories of freedom after 946 days
:18:04. > :18:10.of imprisonment. I have been held here at... Peter macro has been
:18:10. > :18:15.free now for almost as long as he was held hostage. Yesterday, he
:18:15. > :18:23.shed his story in public for the first time. I didn't want the
:18:23. > :18:27.torture to be dragged out, beaten and killed. In 2007, he was working
:18:27. > :18:32.at this building as an IT consultant in Baghdad. Dozens of
:18:32. > :18:38.armed men from a militia group pulled up and ambushed him and his
:18:38. > :18:42.for guards. He was the only survivor.
:18:42. > :18:49.Good evening. Peter Moore is said to be in good health this evening
:18:49. > :18:55.after two years of active - back captivity in Iraq. Two years on, he
:18:55. > :19:00.think -- things things could have been done differently. Fork out of
:19:00. > :19:04.five people are dead. The Foreign Office obviously needs to do --
:19:04. > :19:10.look at what they did do. There was a media blackout and I wondered
:19:10. > :19:17.whether that made us look like like something... It made us look like
:19:17. > :19:20.we were doing something secret. Foreign Office says all foreign
:19:20. > :19:26.hostage cases are different and decisions are based on expert
:19:26. > :19:34.advice. Peter out recalled the low points and the lack of high ones
:19:34. > :19:40.but at times still managed to raise a laugh. It was pointing at my
:19:40. > :19:48.groin and I was thinking, it is really going to hurt! He has spent
:19:48. > :19:53.time travelling since his release and he will travel in America fire
:19:53. > :19:57.motorbike in May. He says that Lincoln will always be home.
:19:57. > :20:01.A young girl from Hull is getting ready for one of the biggest days
:20:01. > :20:05.of her life because tomorrow she meets Her Majesty the Queen. Elysia
:20:05. > :20:09.is just eight years old and she's one of four children who have been
:20:09. > :20:12.picked to help the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Maundy
:20:12. > :20:15.Service. The event, where - traditionally - Maundy money is
:20:15. > :20:25.given out, takes place tomorrow at York Minster. Jo Makel caught up
:20:25. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:31.with her before the big day. I am delighted to inform you that
:20:31. > :20:35.allies there has been chosen to be one of the Fort...
:20:35. > :20:38.Her mum had to keep it secret for weeks. But when the letter from
:20:38. > :20:46.Buckingham Palace came, Elysia was told she was going to meet the
:20:46. > :20:53.Queen. Her reaction went something like this... Really excited and
:20:53. > :20:57.fantastic. What do you think she will be like. In a hat. They'll be
:20:57. > :21:01.lots of hats. As last year's event shows, the Royal Maundy Service is
:21:01. > :21:08.a very grand affair and a tradition which dates back hundreds of years.
:21:08. > :21:16.So, what does one do when one is a Royal Almonry child? I'm going to
:21:16. > :21:19.talk to her, walk around with a piece of nosegay in my hand. It is
:21:19. > :21:23.fresh herbs and flowers. Preparations are under way at York
:21:23. > :21:26.Minster where the service is being held this year and Elysia has her
:21:26. > :21:33.own preparations. Getting her school uniform just perfect for
:21:33. > :21:38.tomorrow, helped, of course, by her proud mum. I didn't sleep for a
:21:38. > :21:44.week when we got the letter because I was so excited and nervous
:21:44. > :21:48.thinking, it is she going to be good, will she be frightened? And
:21:48. > :21:52.she is not. She is taking it in her stride.
:21:52. > :21:56.Elysia feels lucky. Her name was picked out of a hat to get to do
:21:56. > :22:05.this. And meeting the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year gives her the
:22:05. > :22:10.chance to ask what lots of children want to know. What will you say to
:22:10. > :22:14.the Queen? Will you get an Easter egg for Easter? An exciting day
:22:14. > :22:24.lies ahead. What Elysia and her younger brother and sister need now
:22:24. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:31.is a good night's sleep. No chance! Fantastic! Good luck to her and I
:22:31. > :22:34.hope she has a great time tomorrow. People can get tickets for a
:22:34. > :22:38.special jubilee service at Lincoln Cathedral. The free service will
:22:38. > :22:42.take place on May 19th and will be a celebration of the Queen's 60
:22:42. > :22:50.years on the throne. People who want to attend need to apply for a
:22:50. > :22:54.ticket. Emily Taylor has moved a step
:22:54. > :22:59.closer to a Olympics election. She has been named in the Great
:22:59. > :23:02.Britain's Women's Eight squad for the World Cup in Serbia. It is seen
:23:02. > :23:05.as a pointer for who is likely to make it into the Olympic team. Good
:23:05. > :23:10.luck to have. Forty fibreglass toads which were
:23:10. > :23:14.hidden around Hull are in line for a national award. The Larkin Toads
:23:14. > :23:19.have been shortlisted in the Best Tourism Event category for the
:23:19. > :23:22.Visit England awards. They were on show as part of events to mark the
:23:22. > :23:26.25th anniversary of the death of the poet Philip Larkin.
:23:26. > :23:32.And we are, of course, delighted that the two toads named after
:23:32. > :23:35.myself and Paul Hudson have helped to win that award.
:23:35. > :23:41.For some people the essence of Hull is its white phone boxes, its
:23:41. > :23:45.traditional fair or its distinctive accent. Now, a new exhibition is
:23:45. > :23:55.giving people the chance to hear what the city is all about from the
:23:55. > :24:03.
:24:04. > :24:11.mouths of those who live there. What is unique about Hull?
:24:11. > :24:19.people. The people. What makes it what it is? What gives it its
:24:19. > :24:23.character, it's Hullness. We are friendly and we welcome strangers.
:24:23. > :24:26.Well, this new exhibition hopes to answer these questions and end any
:24:26. > :24:29.disputes. Over a year's worth of research and �50,000 worth of
:24:29. > :24:32.lottery funding has gone into building an archive of Hullness.
:24:32. > :24:41.They asked the people rather than experts. So, what did they find
:24:41. > :24:45.out? Some of the things we imagine GROUP MACRO is about didn't come
:24:46. > :24:54.through as strongly as I thought. It didn't matter quite so much to
:24:54. > :24:59.their people of the city. Like the Guildhall, for example.
:24:59. > :25:06.exhibition is interactive. His telephone is playing recordings of
:25:06. > :25:16.the debate we held about what is special about hell. And GROUP MACRO.
:25:16. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:25.We have tried to use buildings that Of course we've done a bit of our
:25:25. > :25:31.own research. Here's the newly- crowned Miss Hull and her thoughts.
:25:31. > :25:38.You have to come to Hull and see it for yourself. There a big open
:25:38. > :25:42.spaces, shopping centres and I love it. For me, it is the way people
:25:42. > :25:52.speak. The accent does it for me every time and I have thought of a
:25:52. > :26:02.couple of phrases. I have bought a pan of -- can of Coke with a five
:26:02. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:10.per note. You see, most of us know what gives people it's "Hullness"
:26:10. > :26:13.and we love it. Let's have a recap of the main
:26:14. > :26:18.national and regional headlines. Thousands are left without power as
:26:18. > :26:26.heavy snow hits Scotland and the North of England. Anglia Water have
:26:26. > :26:31.denied poor leakage rates has lent -- meant that we have the first
:26:31. > :26:37.hosepipe ban in years. We're working hard to address the links -
:26:37. > :26:42.- leaks. We have another 60 people looking for leaks and we have spent
:26:42. > :26:52.�40 million finding them and fixing them as soon as we can. Thursdays
:26:52. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :26:59.we don't -- weather is dry with the On the subject of the hosepipe ban,
:26:59. > :27:04.responses are coming in. One says, why are we not getting a rebate? It
:27:04. > :27:09.is due to privatise money-making companies not conserving water well
:27:09. > :27:19.enough. The loser is the customer who pays their bonuses.
:27:19. > :27:26.Another: Time we had a National Grid. And, I work away for three or
:27:26. > :27:29.four weeks and are many here for one week so I am saving more water
:27:29. > :27:34.than most. I will use my hosepipe still and