:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:12. > :00:21.A blot on the landscpae or a valuable resource? The Government's
:00:21. > :00:26.urged to rethink where wind turnbines can be built. Seven
:00:26. > :00:30.turbines, three men are what stage. They will be the equivalent of
:00:30. > :00:33.about 18 two-storey houses are stacked on top of each other.
:00:33. > :00:34.On patrol in Afghanistan. The Lincolnshire soldiers and their
:00:35. > :00:39.dogs working to make the country safer.
:00:39. > :00:41.Parks and gardens come under the hosepipe ban. Now there are
:00:41. > :00:44.warnings the tourism industry could be under threat.
:00:44. > :00:47.And as the anniversary of the Titanic's sinking approaches, we
:00:47. > :00:57.meet a telegraph operator charged with keeping a look out for
:00:57. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:04.I will have the full forecast later. Good evening.
:01:04. > :01:08.There are calls tonight for the Government to rethink where it
:01:08. > :01:18.allows wind turbines to be built. It comes after plans emerged to put
:01:18. > :01:20.a new wind farm by a nature reserve outside Spalding. The noise from an
:01:20. > :01:22.existing farm at Deeping St Nicholas has already been
:01:22. > :01:25.challenged in the High Court. But despite people's concerns over
:01:25. > :01:27.house prices and the disturbance, developers insist building turbines
:01:27. > :01:37.at West Pinchbeck will benefit Lincolnshire, as Crispin Rolfe
:01:37. > :01:45.reports. This is the field where the seven wind turbines are going
:01:45. > :01:48.to be. This is The Hermitage here. A shock to the system. Sue Blake
:01:48. > :01:50.moved here to West Pinchbeck to set up a spiritual retreat with her
:01:50. > :01:55.husband, only afterwards discovering proposals for a wind
:01:55. > :01:58.farm just 600 metres away. One of the essential ingredients
:01:58. > :02:03.for a Hermitage is the tranquillity and the stillness that surround an
:02:03. > :02:06.area and that is what attracted us here. The idea of having seven huge
:02:06. > :02:16.industrial-sized turbines whizzing around is going to destroy that
:02:16. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:22.piece. It is bringing a man-made sound into an existing fairly
:02:22. > :02:28.natural soundscape. It is not so much how loud it is, it is the
:02:28. > :02:30.nature and character of the noise. She already monitors this Deeping
:02:30. > :02:36.St Nicholas wind farm, which her former neighbours Jane and Julian
:02:36. > :02:38.Davis say forced them from their home. The couple settled out of
:02:38. > :02:43.court in December, after challenging turbine noise in the
:02:43. > :02:45.High Court. Now Sue fears this new wind farm could leave her in the
:02:46. > :02:49.same position, and unable to sell her home.
:02:49. > :02:59.We have lots of people that say, I don't want to go to Deeping St
:02:59. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:06.Nicholas because of the wind farm. With two nature reserve snakebite,
:03:06. > :03:11.the Lincolnshire Welt -- Wildlife Trust says it has serious concerns
:03:11. > :03:15.about the wind farm. The issue raises bigger questions about
:03:15. > :03:20.Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. What do people and the government
:03:20. > :03:22.expects to see on our landscape. Already across East Yorkshire and
:03:22. > :03:25.Lincolnshire, there are 13 operational wind farms onshore,
:03:25. > :03:28.three are under construction, nine have planning consent, and a
:03:28. > :03:31.further 11 are in the planning stage, in line with renewable
:03:31. > :03:41.energy targets. But the company behind the West Pinchbeck plans
:03:41. > :03:47.
:03:48. > :03:51.says they'll help power 8,000 homes. Of course, neither side wants to
:03:51. > :03:54.have to head to the High Court. But it seems the balance between
:03:54. > :04:03.Lincolnshire's rural needs, and the country's power demands is still to
:04:03. > :04:07.be struck. Earlier, I spoke to Rob Norris from
:04:07. > :04:17.Renewable UK. I began by asking him whether new wind farms pushed house
:04:17. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:21.prices down. That is certainly not the case. There has never been any
:04:21. > :04:26.scientific study all report written that proves a wind farms have any
:04:26. > :04:33.effect on house prices. If anything, the opposite is true, because
:04:33. > :04:36.whenever a wind farm is built, the developer paws thousands into the
:04:36. > :04:41.community in the form of a community benefit fund. That goes
:04:41. > :04:46.for school buildings, sports facilities, village halls, so the
:04:46. > :04:52.infrastructure in the area improves. House prices can actually improve
:04:52. > :04:57.as a result. How would you feel if you move in specifically to require
:04:57. > :05:01.it country area, then seven turbines were planned nearby?
:05:01. > :05:06.people recognise we must do something to keep the lights on. We
:05:06. > :05:11.are losing a quarter of our capacity. We have to build new
:05:11. > :05:16.facilities somehow. Yes, but that is not the answer to the question.
:05:16. > :05:22.How would you feel if that happened? Wind energy is very
:05:22. > :05:27.important. If I see turbines, I see a good way of generating energy. I
:05:27. > :05:31.would welcome it on my doorstep. The noise expert we spoke to said
:05:31. > :05:37.it was reasonable for residents to be concerned. How would you
:05:37. > :05:44.describe the nice? We take people to visit some wind farms. When they
:05:44. > :05:50.stand under the turbine, they are amazed by how quiet they are. I
:05:50. > :05:54.would encourage anybody who has concerns to stand under a turbine.
:05:54. > :06:04.White and to more bills on industrial areas rather than
:06:04. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:18.greenfield areas -- why and -- wind... It is best to cite them in
:06:18. > :06:22.those areas. It has to be done with the consent of the local community.
:06:22. > :06:26.Good to talk to you. And we'd love to hear your thoughts
:06:26. > :06:36.on this story. Has the wind turbine industry got it right or are there
:06:36. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:52.affordable alternatives to wind In a moment:
:06:52. > :06:58.Working to make Afghanistan safer. We meet the Lincolnshire soldiers
:06:59. > :07:01.and their military dogs out on patrol in Helmand.
:07:02. > :07:04.Anglian Water is being warned their hosepipe ban is posing a major
:07:04. > :07:07.threat to Lincolnshire's holiday industry, The water company is
:07:07. > :07:09.insisting that the ban covers the use of hosepipes on public parks
:07:10. > :07:19.and gardens, a decision which has angered tourism leaders on the
:07:20. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:28.Lincolnshire coast. They're now demanding further clarification.
:07:28. > :07:34.Tarah Welsh reports. Keeping miles of coastline blooming
:07:34. > :07:37.is the local council's responsibility. But since the
:07:37. > :07:40.hosepipe ban came in to force, its staff had had to go back to
:07:40. > :07:43.traditional methods. But that takes more time. Shrubs that should have
:07:43. > :07:46.already been planted for the holiday season are backing up at
:07:46. > :07:53.the depot. And there are concerns that empty flowerbeds could leave
:07:53. > :07:57.visitor numbers wilting. We have to have a good looking resort. The
:07:57. > :08:02.Lincolnshire coast is just tourism. We do not have any other industry.
:08:02. > :08:08.We have to keep the visitors coming. East Lindsey District Council is
:08:08. > :08:12.putting hundreds of thousands into improving the area around the
:08:12. > :08:15.seafront. �70,000 is being spent on flowers. There are fears that if
:08:15. > :08:19.his flowerbeds cannot be watered, plans will die and the money will
:08:19. > :08:21.be wasted. Anglian Water rules say parks and
:08:21. > :08:29.public gardens can't be watered with a hosepipe. The council thinks
:08:29. > :08:33.it should be exempt, so tourism can bloom. We know that the way
:08:33. > :08:39.Skegness looks is really important in attracting visitors here. It is
:08:39. > :08:44.not just about flowers. Tourism is worth �450 million to East Lindsey
:08:44. > :08:48.each year. All this money, it is about jobs. It will affect tourism.
:08:48. > :08:53.They will not come back next year. In it looks beautiful now, but what
:08:53. > :08:55.we look like in a week's time? Further up the coast in Cleethorpes,
:08:55. > :08:59.the restrictions also apply. Last year's winners of "best seaside
:08:59. > :09:06.resort" at the Britain in Bloom awards say they won't break the ban,
:09:06. > :09:10.but it could blow their chances this year. We are in this champion
:09:10. > :09:14.of Champions competition this year, which is why the biggest things --
:09:14. > :09:18.one of the biggest things Cleethorpes has come up against,
:09:18. > :09:22.and nothing will be at a disadvantage because of three areas
:09:22. > :09:24.which are not affected by the hosepipe ban. In Cleethorpes and in
:09:24. > :09:27.Skegness, there's an acceptance that everyone has to pull together
:09:27. > :09:30.to save water, but there's a feeling that blanket restrictions
:09:30. > :09:32.could harm resorts that are already struggling.
:09:32. > :09:42.Ciaran Nelson from Anglian Water told me that strict enforcement was
:09:42. > :09:48.needed now to save water. We have to approach this from a situation
:09:48. > :09:51.of no regrets. If we have the third dry winter that many expect, and we
:09:51. > :09:56.are in a more difficult position this time next year, it would not
:09:56. > :10:03.be appropriate for us to look back and think it was OK to exempt
:10:03. > :10:07.certain people. The council say that they urgently need
:10:07. > :10:11.clarification on the issue of whether they are a business, or
:10:11. > :10:16.whether they are a domestic user when it comes to parks and gardens.
:10:16. > :10:20.Can you give the clarification? Exemption is for the use of a
:10:20. > :10:24.hosepipe. In some cases, it does not matter if you are a business or
:10:24. > :10:28.domestic user. It is the purpose of saving water this is in place for.
:10:28. > :10:34.Packs and gardens are counted as gardens, which are covered by the
:10:34. > :10:40.Act. The use of a hosepipe is prohibited at the moment. If I was
:10:40. > :10:44.Peter Levy Garden Services, and the council employed me, I could walk
:10:44. > :10:49.to the gardens and plants, could die? You could not. It is the use
:10:49. > :10:55.of a hosepipe that is prohibited. He does not matter who is doing it.
:10:55. > :10:59.That is because we have to save water. Anglian Water said, if the
:10:59. > :11:04.contractor it is hired to do such activities, the use of a hosepipe
:11:04. > :11:09.for hanging baskets are acceptable as they are hired for the job.
:11:09. > :11:13.do nothing that is the case. If you were using a hosepipe in a public
:11:13. > :11:17.garden, classified as a garden in this situation, you were not able
:11:17. > :11:23.to use a hosepipe. So this statement is wrong? He it sounds
:11:23. > :11:28.like it is. They are certain exemptions, for window-cleaners, or
:11:28. > :11:38.people whose job it is to use a hosepipe on a permanent basis, but
:11:38. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:44.that is for those specific cases. We will have more on that tomorrow
:11:44. > :11:49.lunchtime on the radio. If you want to Commons on that warm, please get
:11:49. > :11:52.in touch. Some more news now. The family of a father and son
:11:52. > :11:56.killed in a car crash near Goole on Saturday have been paying tribute
:11:56. > :11:58.to them today. Derek Sarkar and his son Ethan, who was 14, were killed
:11:58. > :12:02.in the head-on collision on the A614. 70-year-old Sheila Stavert-
:12:02. > :12:05.Lee, who was travelling in another car, also died. Ethan's younger
:12:05. > :12:08.sister Abbie and his mother Karen are still in hospital. Their family
:12:08. > :12:11.have thanked friends for their support.
:12:11. > :12:14.The Chancellor has agreed to meet two MPs next week to discuss
:12:14. > :12:19.concerns that a planned tax on static caravans could cause a large
:12:19. > :12:22.number of job losses in Hull and East Yorkshire. 90% of all of this
:12:22. > :12:28.country's caravans are made in the area and the Government's own
:12:28. > :12:38.figures show that sales could fall by up to 30%. David Davis and
:12:38. > :12:40.
:12:41. > :12:43.Graham Stuart will put their case to George Osborne next Wednesday.
:12:43. > :12:49.Their motto is Strength In Diversity, but the Army's Royal
:12:49. > :12:52.Veterinary Corp is still dominated by men. Lance Corporal Sophie
:12:52. > :12:57.Mitchell from Stamford and Private Kathleen Griffiths from Grimsby are
:12:57. > :13:07.using dogs on security patrol. Linsey Smith looks at the work they
:13:07. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:15.This is the reality of life in Afghanistan. Taliban bombs
:13:15. > :13:22.regularly detonating on security patrols. In the last year, double
:13:22. > :13:30.the number of dog handlers have been deployed to help detect them.
:13:30. > :13:33.The relationship between myself and the dogs is really important. One
:13:33. > :13:38.dog, I took him over from another private, and I think we have
:13:38. > :13:46.finally bonded and we are ready to go out and do some work.
:13:46. > :13:48.There's little wonder it's a close relationship. Flake's skills at
:13:48. > :13:55.sniffing out improvised explosive devices could save Sophie's life.
:13:55. > :14:03.This mum from Stamford is part of just 30% of women in the Corp.
:14:03. > :14:06.takes a bit of pressure off in terms of finding the explosives.
:14:06. > :14:12.Everyone likes to come over and straight the dogs. Everyone seems
:14:12. > :14:14.to smile when they see the dogs. The achievements of the working
:14:14. > :14:17.dogs are notable. Last year, Chocolate, a Belgian Shepherd dog,
:14:17. > :14:24.discovered a Taliban bomb-making factory in the Nad-e-Ali region of
:14:24. > :14:28.Afghanistan. Theo, this spaniel, holds the army's record. He found
:14:28. > :14:31.14 bombs in five months while on the frontline. He died of a seizure
:14:31. > :14:41.last year just hours after his master was shot dead. Private
:14:41. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:44.Kathleen Griffiths from Grimsby has been on tour for just four weeks.
:14:44. > :14:51.The daily routine would include myself and the dog acting as covers.
:14:51. > :14:56.We will be patrolling around. We will be making sure there's nothing
:14:56. > :15:00.endangering their lives. These Lincolnshire Ladies are living the
:15:00. > :15:10.regiment's motto. Strength in diversity, helping to safeguard
:15:10. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:21.their colleagues in his most dangerous environment. Thank you
:15:21. > :15:26.for watching. Still ahead tonight: We meet a
:15:26. > :15:36.telegraph operator charged with looking out for aspects. And find
:15:36. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:43.out which seaside resort is the Keep the photographs coming in.
:15:43. > :15:53.Sunrise across the Wolds at Sledmere in East Yorkshiore by Mark
:15:53. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:00.Lisa Gallagher, good evening. Good evening, Peter. You do a bit
:16:00. > :16:05.of surfing. I hope we will not see pictures of you in a wet suit.
:16:05. > :16:10.I cannot believe I am saying this, but I cannot believe -- I cannot
:16:11. > :16:15.wait for him to come back! I think you will be back on Monday.
:16:15. > :16:20.It cannot be soon enough! If you are planning on doing any
:16:20. > :16:25.surfing or anything outdoors, you will have to contend with a few
:16:25. > :16:32.showers. Tomorrow will be a mixture of sunny spells and scattered
:16:32. > :16:42.showers. Low pressure is never far away. It will cool down as we head
:16:42. > :16:46.through the weekend. The satellite picture today shows the shower
:16:46. > :16:52.clouds. We will see a few showers through the night, but they will
:16:52. > :16:58.not be as heavy as the ones we have seen through the day. We could see
:16:58. > :17:06.a touch of ground frost, but for most, temperatures no lower than
:17:06. > :17:16.four or five. Five is 4-1 Fahrenheit. -- five is thought to
:17:16. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:28.one tomorrow, we will see a few showers right from the word go.
:17:28. > :17:36.Hail and thunder is also a possibility. There will be spells
:17:36. > :17:45.of sunshine. It will feel quite cool. Temperatures will be below
:17:45. > :17:55.average, just nine Oct 10 degree -- 9 or 10 degrees. Little changes
:17:55. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:10.through the week. Temperatures and will it take us through the weekend.
:18:10. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:21.Lest anyone think I was serious, of This weekend marks the 100th
:18:21. > :18:24.anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and for one man from East
:18:24. > :18:27.Yorkshire, it's a date with special significance. Tony Johnson owns
:18:27. > :18:30.transcripts of the ships distress calls that were made in the hours
:18:30. > :18:37.before it sank. Tony, who's from Withernsea, is a former ships radio
:18:37. > :18:42.operator and Phil Connell has been to meet him.
:18:42. > :18:45.It was a distress call centre on the nights the Titanic sank. A
:18:46. > :18:52.transcript -- a transcript of what the captain sent that night is
:18:52. > :19:01.owned by Tony Johnson, a former radio operator who lives in
:19:01. > :19:05.Withernsea. That's 41 North, 50 West. The nature of the distress,
:19:05. > :19:08.struck an iceberg. It must have been horrendous for the radio
:19:08. > :19:13.operator. When he was sending a message out, I do not think he
:19:13. > :19:19.thought that they would sink. Titanic's distress call that night
:19:19. > :19:23.has special significance for Tony. For 30 years, he was a radio
:19:23. > :19:28.communications officer, working on the Q E two and a Queen Elizabeth,
:19:28. > :19:36.at the time, the world's biggest passenger ship. He was also
:19:36. > :19:40.responsible for monitoring aspects. We used to fret on missing the ice
:19:40. > :19:45.report. If we this one, they could take the wrong course going across
:19:45. > :19:51.the Atlantic. -- if they missed one. What would it have been like on the
:19:51. > :19:57.Titanic that night? Everyone was rejoicing and having fun. When they
:19:57. > :20:05.struck the iceberg, it was horrifying. They thought, we have
:20:05. > :20:09.hit an iceberg, we will not sink. 100 years on, the type -- the
:20:09. > :20:17.Titanic's final call for help continues to fascinate. The record
:20:17. > :20:20.of its last moments saved here in East Yorkshire.
:20:20. > :20:23.Drivers in Lincolnshire are more likely to be fined for illegal
:20:23. > :20:25.parking when the county council takes over responsibility from the
:20:25. > :20:28.police this autumn. Since the East Riding Council took over
:20:28. > :20:30.responsibility for its enforcement last year, four times as many
:20:31. > :20:38.tickets have been issued. Now it's expected more offenders will be
:20:38. > :20:44.caught in Lincolnshire. There is likely to be an increase in ticket
:20:44. > :20:54.when we take is over. The police have not been taking his as a
:20:54. > :20:55.
:20:55. > :21:00.priority. We will be carrying out a high level of enforcement. We were
:21:00. > :21:03.reporting on how the East Riding Council controls there enforcement.
:21:03. > :21:13.We've had plenty of responses from you on this topic. Bronwen emailed
:21:13. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:59.from Beverley, angry at churchgoers There was a huge response on that,
:21:59. > :22:04.
:22:05. > :22:07.so thank you for theirs. -- though his. Bridlington has long been
:22:07. > :22:11.established as one of area's top tourist attractions. But now it
:22:11. > :22:14.seems it has a new claim to fame. It's been revealed that the resort
:22:14. > :22:17.is the birthplace of surfing. New evidence shows that royalty took to
:22:17. > :22:19.the waters in 1890, the earliest record of any surfing having taken
:22:19. > :22:26.place in Britain. Leanne Brown is in Bridlington tonight. Leanne,
:22:26. > :22:31.what more do we know about this discovery?
:22:31. > :22:35.Picture the scene if you win a foot -- if you will. It is Victorian
:22:35. > :22:39.time, so people are walking along the beach and on a promenade.
:22:39. > :22:44.People would be dressed very modesty, head to toe in thick
:22:44. > :22:50.clothing, not showing an inch of flesh. As they sat enjoying their
:22:50. > :22:56.cucumber sandwiches, two bronze Hawaiian handsome princes came
:22:56. > :23:05.running out into the sea with their wooden set bought. I am not sure of
:23:05. > :23:09.that is the exact story, but that image has changed the history books.
:23:09. > :23:13.This film was shot in 1929 and it's believed to be the earliest known
:23:13. > :23:21.footage of people surfing in the UK, but we now know that the sport was
:23:21. > :23:25.brought here much earlier. It was a Developed spot in Hawaii when
:23:25. > :23:30.Captain Cook arrived in 1779. Some of his sailors jumped overboard and
:23:30. > :23:33.tried to the surf boards. Whilst being educated in England,
:23:33. > :23:38.these two Hawaiian princes took to the North Sea in Bridlington in
:23:38. > :23:41.what is believed to be the first instance of surfing in Britain.
:23:41. > :23:43.It's all been revealed in a long lost letter which details their
:23:43. > :23:50.escapades, apparently a sight which would have stunned locals at the
:23:50. > :23:52.time. Today, tourism bosses are keen to link the past with the
:23:52. > :24:02.present, and hope this revaluation will encourage more people to
:24:02. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:07.Bridlington to ride on the crest of a wave. It should help to get
:24:07. > :24:13.people come, because people are very interested in Volta a, and
:24:14. > :24:18.very interested in something quirky, and this is a little bit quirky. --
:24:18. > :24:22.people are very interested in royalty. We have a lot of
:24:22. > :24:29.windsurfers on the South Beach. Well, if it's good enough for
:24:29. > :24:36.royalty, why not everyone else? The question is, is this earth any
:24:36. > :24:41.good? Not at the moment. Plenty of people
:24:41. > :24:47.are fishing behind me. I am on North Beach at the moment. I am
:24:47. > :24:53.told South Beach is better for surfing, as his Scarborough beach.
:24:53. > :24:58.You may have seen a TV at set featuring Rupert Grint. He has been
:24:58. > :25:01.sued Bridlington beach and he says, it is better than Bondi beach in
:25:01. > :25:05.Australia. Who can argue with a wizard?
:25:05. > :25:09.Thank you. Richard said, I have never seen a single wave high
:25:09. > :25:15.enough to set with. Let's get a recap of the national
:25:15. > :25:19.and regional headlines. The man who set fire to effect a
:25:19. > :25:22.shop during the London Mariette last year has been sentenced to 11
:25:22. > :25:32.1/2 years was not the government has been encouraged to think about
:25:32. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:41.Response coming in on the subject of the turbines. Eric from
:25:41. > :25:45.Gainsborough says, with the match being planned, our countryside
:25:45. > :25:52.could be dominated and ruined by these structures, which are
:25:52. > :25:57.proposed at over 400 ft high. Another person says, 100 years ago,
:25:57. > :26:02.all villages had a windmill to harness wind power and make life
:26:02. > :26:06.easier. Now we have all the whingers calling turbines noisy!
:26:06. > :26:12.MSS, I do nothing wind turbines are a blot on the landscape. There are
:26:12. > :26:17.no more intrusive than pylons -- M&S says. Tracey says, I walk my