:00:06. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:10. > :00:20.She was facing eviction. How this 97-year-old won her long fight for
:00:20. > :00:22.
:00:22. > :00:27.care home funding. The system stinks. The way they treat bit old
:00:27. > :00:30.people is a disgrace. Told she would never walk after a
:00:30. > :00:33.riding accident. Now Kate Hunter could be in the Paralympics.
:00:33. > :00:42.The end of weekly bin collections for thousands of homes in East
:00:42. > :00:46.Yorkshire. One man and hip -- one man had a piece of vice and I took
:00:46. > :00:53.it away from his hand. The words of the Titanic officer
:00:53. > :00:57.who sent the distress call four decades after his death.
:00:57. > :01:07.There are more showers heading our way this weekend. I will have the
:01:07. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.forecast. Good evening.
:01:10. > :01:13.16 months ago, 97-year-old year Jessie Carter was told she would
:01:13. > :01:16.have to leave her care home in Boston. Four months ago, she was
:01:16. > :01:20.threatened with eviction. But now, after a long campaign, she has been
:01:20. > :01:23.told by Lincolnshire County Council that it will pay for her to stay.
:01:23. > :01:25.Previously, the authority had insisted that she could live in her
:01:26. > :01:29.own home with support. Her family say Jessie's case shows that the
:01:29. > :01:39.care of the elderly in this country is a disgrace. Vicky Johnson
:01:39. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:49.reports. Desiderata cannot walk, nor can she
:01:49. > :01:55.see or hear very well -- Jesse cattle. Lincoln Sir -- Lincolnshire
:01:55. > :02:01.County Council had insisted she could live at home and look after
:02:01. > :02:06.herself. I cannot get out of bed. I cannot get in bed. It has taken 16
:02:06. > :02:11.months to persuade the authority to let her stay here in Boston, at
:02:11. > :02:15.there will be care home, after she was admitted in 20th January 11 on
:02:15. > :02:25.the advice of her doctor. The council has only now agreed to pay
:02:25. > :02:30.her fees, much to the relief of her family. It was unbelievable.
:02:30. > :02:35.success of the family came after they sought advice from Pauline
:02:35. > :02:39.Fowler, whose law firm is seeing an increasing number of these kind of
:02:39. > :02:43.dispute. We are seeing more of these cases where they are at 10
:02:43. > :02:46.down, or have received funding for a while then it is withdrawn.
:02:46. > :02:54.Because we're a big range care home had no firm contract with
:02:54. > :03:03.Lincolnshire social services, -- will be a range, they are still
:03:03. > :03:09.left with a bill. Many people are finding themselves with similar
:03:09. > :03:13.problems. We have members who have thousands tidal been unpaid
:03:13. > :03:21.residents bills, which is a worry for the care home and for the
:03:21. > :03:26.family. Technically, it is their liability. Lincolnshire County
:03:26. > :03:31.Council insists that Jessie was initially very healthy for her age.
:03:31. > :03:37.They say the decision to fund haircare is because of her
:03:37. > :03:41.deteriorating mobility. The system stings, in my opinion. The way they
:03:41. > :03:46.are treating old FA Cup this country is a disgrace. Fought Jesse
:03:46. > :03:50.and her family, this funding row has ended happily. But that will
:03:50. > :03:53.not be the case for others. I'm joined now by Simon Bottery,
:03:53. > :04:01.from the charity Independent Age, which offers help and advice to the
:04:01. > :04:07.elderly and their families. This might be unusual, but what type of
:04:07. > :04:12.issues does it highlight? This is a bit unusual, but it highlights some
:04:12. > :04:15.really important problems. The first, as you refer to, is the
:04:15. > :04:20.complexity of the system. Doctors and social workers do not
:04:20. > :04:24.necessarily understand how the funding system works. For a family
:04:24. > :04:34.member or the person themselves, you can imagine how difficult it is.
:04:34. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:41.Councils are happy to make Very Severe savings, and this is at a
:04:41. > :04:44.time when there are more all the people who need care and support.
:04:44. > :04:48.Something has to give. We are seeing far too many examples of
:04:49. > :04:53.that happening. The general thinking is, if you have no funds,
:04:53. > :05:00.you will get a care home place and be catered for? Is that too
:05:00. > :05:04.simplistic? I am afraid it is. Councils will have a maximum rate
:05:04. > :05:14.they are prepared to pay, and they will often ask relatives to top
:05:14. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:19.that up. There are lots of complications in the system. It is
:05:19. > :05:23.incredibly important to get advice, and that you understand what your
:05:23. > :05:29.rights are, and if necessary, take further advice from a charity like
:05:29. > :05:35.Independent age or from a solicitor. What should be done? It will get
:05:35. > :05:42.worse and worse as people live longer. Yes. The government has
:05:42. > :05:48.promised a White Paper on this subject within the next month or so.
:05:48. > :05:56.They have a report from the Dilnot Commission. That makes sensible
:05:56. > :06:00.proposals. The government have that due to come out. We have to see
:06:00. > :06:06.some serious action from the Government, before the system
:06:06. > :06:13.really tipped over the edge. Good to talk to you. Thank you for that.
:06:13. > :06:16.I'd be interested to hear your thoughts - and experience of this.
:06:16. > :06:26.Have you had a problem getting funding for care? Who do you think
:06:26. > :06:40.
:06:40. > :06:44.should be responsible for paying In a moment: Why a multi-million
:06:44. > :06:47.pound redevelopment of this Lincolnshire landmark has stalled.
:06:47. > :06:51.She was told she would never ride again, but now this Lincolnshire
:06:51. > :06:54.teenager is aiming for a place on Britain's paralympic dressage team.
:06:54. > :06:59.Kate Hunter, who's 17 and from Market Rasen, was left with life-
:06:59. > :07:04.threatening injuries after a riding accident back in 2009. Three years
:07:04. > :07:09.on, doctors say she's made remarkable progress. Phil Connell
:07:09. > :07:18.has been to meet her. At 17, Kate Hunter has defied
:07:18. > :07:21.medical odds. An extraordinary girl with an extraordinary story.
:07:21. > :07:27.worst fear initially was that we just would not have our daughter
:07:27. > :07:35.back. Would she ever wake up from the coma? No matter what has been
:07:35. > :07:37.thrown at her, she has overcome it. It is three years since a riding
:07:37. > :07:47.accident left Kate in Hull Royal Infirmary with life-threatening
:07:47. > :07:52.
:07:52. > :07:54.injuries. She was in a coma for three weeks. Today, she has made
:07:54. > :07:57.what doctors say is remarkable progress. Not just riding again,
:07:58. > :08:01.but competing for a place on the Paralympic dressage team. It is the
:08:01. > :08:11.best feeling in the world to know that I am one of the potential
:08:11. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:22.Olympic people. It is amazing. get this far, she has made
:08:22. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:33.astonishing progress. She has had to learn to walk and talk again.
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:39.is quite humbling to see how they actually deal with it. The riding
:08:39. > :08:43.is a huge part of their lives. They are more mobile on the horse than
:08:43. > :08:52.they can be on the ground. doctor said I would not ride again,
:08:52. > :09:02.but I can. It is amazing. Cater wants to make her career with
:09:02. > :09:03.
:09:03. > :09:05.horses. Incredible story. It's been revealed a Lincolnshire
:09:05. > :09:09.headteacher resigned following a Government enquiry into financial
:09:09. > :09:11.management at his school. Richard Gilliland suddenly quit his job as
:09:11. > :09:15.chief executive at the Priory Federation of Academies almost two
:09:15. > :09:20.weeks ago. Today, the Department for Education said the resignation
:09:20. > :09:28.followed its investigation. A man's died after a fire at a
:09:28. > :09:31.house in Scunthorpe. It happened on Cottage Beck Road. When fire crews
:09:31. > :09:34.arrived, they found the body of man, believed to be aged 54, in the
:09:34. > :09:36.bedroom. An investigation's revealed the fire started by a chip
:09:36. > :09:38.pan left unattended. A Polish language newspaper which
:09:38. > :09:41.covers parts of south Lincolnshire is expanding. Editors say it's
:09:41. > :09:49.because of an increase in demand. The future of a failed shopping
:09:49. > :09:51.centre built with public money is closer to being secured. South
:09:51. > :09:54.Holland District Council agreed last night that Boston College
:09:54. > :09:56.should be allowed to take over the Red Lion Quarter in Spalding.
:09:56. > :10:00.A well-known Lincolnshire landmark will be transformed into shops,
:10:00. > :10:03.offices and flats, despite the fact the district council is yet to buy
:10:03. > :10:05.several vital pieces of land. It was exactly a year ago that
:10:05. > :10:14.permission was given to redevelop Sleaford's huge bass Maltings site.
:10:14. > :10:17.But work hasn't yet started. The building's seen as one of the most
:10:17. > :10:20.important of its kind in the country, and there are fears that
:10:20. > :10:22.if work doesn't start soon, it will fall into disrepair. Linsey Smith
:10:22. > :10:25.reports. It's been hailed the most important
:10:25. > :10:30.industrial building in Lincolnshire. Sleaford's Malting's were built in
:10:30. > :10:39.1907 to process barley for beer. A new plan could see this derelict
:10:39. > :10:43.site transformed into apartments, offices and cafe. It is a
:10:43. > :10:52.significant building of some great scale. It has potential to bring
:10:52. > :10:55.forward some economic benefits of its own. It can create over 500
:10:55. > :11:00.jobs. Planning permission was granted
:11:00. > :11:09.almost a year ago for this project. But various land owners have so far
:11:10. > :11:13.been unwilling to sell land that's vital to the project. Including his
:11:13. > :11:19.patch, that would link it to the town centre.
:11:19. > :11:23.It's frustrating for those who desperately want to save this site.
:11:23. > :11:26.It is important that we preserve this kind of site. It shows how
:11:26. > :11:33.people worked. Other former industrial buildings
:11:33. > :11:36.have been redeveloped successfully. In Gainsborough, Marshall's Yard
:11:36. > :11:42.was the site of an ironworks, now it's a thriving shopping centre.
:11:42. > :11:45.In Barton Upon Humber, the Ropewalk is a successful arts centre. Hull's
:11:45. > :11:47.former fruit market and the surrounding streets are now home to
:11:47. > :11:54.an entertainment venue and boutique style shops, and The University of
:11:54. > :12:01.Lincoln's new engineering school was a disused railway building. The
:12:01. > :12:05.plans were met by scepticism. anything, I do not think they will
:12:05. > :12:10.do it. It would be nice. In the present financial climate, it
:12:10. > :12:14.probably will not happen. If it will create jobs, it has to be a
:12:15. > :12:20.good thing. Unemployment is on the increase. I can see why they will
:12:21. > :12:26.not want to sell the land. North Kesteven District Council say �100
:12:26. > :12:29.million of private investment would be allowed to slip away, so
:12:29. > :12:34.eventually they will go down the compulsory purchase route for that
:12:35. > :12:38.month. It will make sure the Maltings survived another 100 years.
:12:38. > :12:48.Still ahead tonight: Why Hull could be a key battleground in May's
:12:48. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :13:00.local elections. The Titanic officer from Hull who
:13:00. > :13:10.sent out the distress call as the liner started to sink.
:13:10. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:19.Fraisthorpe Beach taken by Muriel No relation, one can only assume!
:13:19. > :13:23.Another picture tomorrow. Lisa Gallagher, eva.
:13:23. > :13:29.A Good evening. My favourite e-mail today was, I
:13:29. > :13:34.think we set was very cool about you in a wet suit. -- I think Lisa
:13:34. > :13:39.was very cool about you. Cruel or accurate?
:13:39. > :13:44.Do not tie anything! Today, we have seen plenty of
:13:44. > :13:50.showers. It looks like tomorrow will be similar. We will see a
:13:50. > :13:56.mixture of the sunny spells and showers. It is going to cool down
:13:56. > :14:03.as we head through the weekend. You can see on a satellite picture
:14:03. > :14:06.where the white clouds are, that is where the showers have been. Those
:14:06. > :14:12.showers will continue in places as we go through the night. They will
:14:12. > :14:21.not be as heavy or frequent as the ones during the day. Temperatures
:14:21. > :14:31.depend on whether you see the showers. Where the skies are clear,
:14:31. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:36.you could see a touch of ground frost. Tomorrow, a cloudy start for
:14:36. > :14:40.Lincolnshire. The cloud will break up and we will see spells of
:14:40. > :14:45.sunshine developing. The showers will become more frequent as we go
:14:45. > :14:49.through the day. Between the showers, spells of sunshine. I do
:14:49. > :14:55.not think the show was tomorrow will be as heavy or frequent as the
:14:55. > :15:04.ones we have seen today. Temperatures struggling for the
:15:04. > :15:11.time of year. Nine of 10 degrees. As we head into Saturday, wintry
:15:11. > :15:19.showers continue to feed their way down the coast. They will spill in
:15:19. > :15:23.and on Saturday. There may even be a little bit of snow at times.
:15:23. > :15:32.Sunday will be the coldest day. It turns wet and windy for the start
:15:32. > :15:35.In three weeks' time, thousands of us will be going to the polls to
:15:35. > :15:38.vote in this years local elections. Political experts say Hull will be
:15:38. > :15:42.a key battleground this year, after labour gained control of the city
:15:42. > :15:49.from the Lib Dems last time around. Seats will also be contested in
:15:49. > :15:58.Lincoln and North East Lincolnshire. Tim Iredale looks at the prospects
:15:58. > :16:02.for the parties. This year sees voters in Hull,
:16:02. > :16:06.Lincoln and North East Lincolnshire go to the polls. One-third of
:16:06. > :16:11.council seats will be up for grabs. In Lincoln, Labour are defending a
:16:12. > :16:15.slender majority of one seat. In Hull, Labour have a larger majority
:16:15. > :16:21.of nine seats, after the party snatched the city from Liberal-
:16:21. > :16:24.Democrat control last year. The BBC's political research editor
:16:24. > :16:31.believes Hull will be a key battleground again. De-seed been
:16:31. > :16:39.fought this year were last fought in 2008. Labour won seven seats and
:16:39. > :16:45.the Lib Dems won 12. Last year, first time the Lib Dems have been
:16:45. > :16:49.in government for 80 years, they want two seats, and Labour won 17.
:16:49. > :16:55.If that is repeated, I am not saying it will be, it is clearly
:16:55. > :16:59.going to be pretty horrific for the Lib Dems. It is also worth keeping
:16:59. > :17:03.an eye on North East Lincolnshire, which is currently a hung council
:17:03. > :17:07.with Labour the largest group. The main three parties are defending
:17:07. > :17:11.four seats here. I asked people in Cleethorpes what issues will
:17:11. > :17:21.influence their choice at the ballot box. The most important
:17:21. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:27.issues are getting young people into work. That would help a lot of
:17:27. > :17:32.our problems. Bringing the children to a beach, there is a lot of dog
:17:32. > :17:37.dirt on the pavement. It would be nice to see that cleaned up. More
:17:37. > :17:41.money for education. Some schools have not got enough places for the
:17:41. > :17:47.children in their catchment. That is very unfair. If you are not
:17:47. > :17:51.registered to vote, you have until next Wednesday, April 18th, to
:17:51. > :17:54.register. Polling takes place on Thursday, May 3rd.
:17:54. > :18:04.The BBC News website has more details on the local elections on
:18:04. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:08.the Vote 2012 page. More than 7,000 homes in East
:18:08. > :18:12.Yorkshire are to lose their weekly collections of non -recyclable
:18:12. > :18:15.rubbish. The council has announced it's to trial fortnightly
:18:15. > :18:18.collections of rubbish and recycling bins in some towns and
:18:18. > :18:23.villages. The trial comes six months after the Government
:18:23. > :18:26.announced it would encourage local councils to keep collections weekly.
:18:26. > :18:36.Crispin Rolfe is in one of the areas which will be affected by
:18:36. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:44.this. Crispin, why have they decided to change things? It comes
:18:44. > :18:50.down partly to trends and party to the recycling aspects. Bolt of
:18:50. > :18:55.councils are doing this kind of thing, where they alternate. The
:18:55. > :18:58.Blue been is the recycling bin, picked up every month, but only
:18:58. > :19:05.once. Compare that to the green game, which goes to landfill, and
:19:05. > :19:11.that is picked up every week. They want to alternate between a two of
:19:11. > :19:20.them. It is being trialled in 7,000 homes across the East Riding. Let
:19:20. > :19:25.me tell you where. Cottingham, Brough, Keyingham, Little Driffield,
:19:25. > :19:28.Swanland and Thorngumbald. There is a trial already in place in
:19:28. > :19:33.Bridlington. They want to see this sort of push on a little bit,
:19:33. > :19:37.because it brings into question how much they have to sent to landfill.
:19:37. > :19:40.The other question is, whether people will buy into it. It is a
:19:41. > :19:46.good idea because we are not filling our bins. We are putting a
:19:46. > :19:51.lot more in our recycling bins. blue been get follow them the green
:19:51. > :19:56.one, but the green on his collected every week. I think it is a good
:19:56. > :20:01.idea. Probably a good idea to trial it. As long as they turned back if
:20:01. > :20:10.it did not work. Why it has the council decided to do this trial
:20:10. > :20:15.now? It comes down to finance. Compare
:20:15. > :20:25.this empty blue been to this green one. It is fall. The council wants
:20:25. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:46.to see this switched round. We are responding to the hundreds of
:20:46. > :20:54.requests we have received from residents, to increase recycling.
:20:54. > :21:01.So when does this that? Next Monday, 23rd April. What will be the
:21:01. > :21:11.measure of success, will be an awful lot less waste in this sort
:21:11. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:24.of been. Crispin, thank you. And this might
:21:24. > :21:27.be a story you want to comment on as well.
:21:27. > :21:30.And thanks for all your response on our story about plans for wind
:21:30. > :21:33.turbines to be built close to a nature reserve near Deeping St
:21:33. > :21:43.Nicholas. We had a huge amount of texts, tweets, emails and messages.
:21:43. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:14.Hull City manager Nick Barmby says he'll sit down with the owners at
:22:14. > :22:21.the end of the season to plot the future of the club. City's playing
:22:21. > :22:24.targets depend on which division they will compete in. The Tigers
:22:24. > :22:30.still have an outside chance of reaching the promotion play-offs
:22:30. > :22:34.after Monday's 2-1 win against Middlesbrough. We will sit down and
:22:34. > :22:42.say how much money we have got. I just want to concentrate on the
:22:43. > :22:46.games we have left now. And on the players who are here at the minute.
:22:46. > :22:49.When the Titanic began sinking, 100 years ago this weekend, it was a
:22:49. > :22:59.man from Hull who sent out the distress call that helped save the
:22:59. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:04.hundreds of survivors. Joseph Boxhall was the liner's fourth
:23:04. > :23:10.officer. He worked out their location and ensured a ship came to
:23:10. > :23:14.their rescue, as Anne-Marie Tasker's been finding out. I could
:23:14. > :23:22.not hear any noise or see any damage. There was more man and a
:23:22. > :23:25.piece of a ice, and I took it out of his hands full stop.
:23:25. > :23:27.The voice of Joseph Boxhall, describing the moments before
:23:27. > :23:30.Titanic's crew realised they faced disaster. He was the ship's fourth
:23:30. > :23:32.officer and established the sinking ship's co-ordinates to ensure this
:23:32. > :23:35.ship, the Carpathia, could rescue survivors. His cousin's grandson,
:23:35. > :23:43.David Boxhall, lives in Cottingham near Hull. He remembers his family
:23:43. > :23:48.being told how Joseph took women and children to safety. He used to
:23:48. > :23:54.tell stories about getting away in the lifeboat. The main thing was,
:23:54. > :23:59.these people were in the icy waters. Anybody who saw what was happening,
:23:59. > :24:04.it must have been horrific. They are heroes, Rayleigh, to get those
:24:04. > :24:10.people say. This is where Joseph Boxhall late, almost Bourne Avenue
:24:10. > :24:16.in Hull. 100 years since the sake - - since the ship sank, there is
:24:16. > :24:21.still a lot of interest in this house. People walk by and plant --
:24:21. > :24:25.people walk by and point up at a house. We realise they are pointing
:24:25. > :24:28.at the plaque. Next month, an exhibition opens
:24:28. > :24:35.here at Hull's Maritime Museum about the Titanic, in which Joseph
:24:35. > :24:45.Boxhall will feature. He is perhaps the most famous Hull person who was
:24:45. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:56.on the shape. -- ship. He made sure an accurate location was sent out,
:24:56. > :24:59.which reached the first rescue ship. This Sunday, many will remember the
:24:59. > :25:07.1,500 who died onboard Titanic. But the Boxhall family will be
:25:07. > :25:10.remembering the 700 saved, in part because of their ancestor. Amazing
:25:10. > :25:12.story. Let's get a recap of the national
:25:12. > :25:16.and regional headlines. There's a fragile ceasefire in
:25:16. > :25:19.Syria for the first time after months of bloodshed.
:25:19. > :25:26.A 97-year-old facing eviction wins her long fight for care home
:25:26. > :25:36.funding from Lincolnshire County Council.
:25:36. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.Response coming in on the subject of care homes and the funding of
:25:49. > :25:53.those. Someone says, the current older generation where it all
:25:53. > :26:01.airlines are so there should be looked after now. Someone else says,
:26:01. > :26:06.what is wrong with families taking care of their relatives?
:26:06. > :26:11.Why pay tax if you have to fight to be looked after? Linda says, the
:26:11. > :26:15.minority who needed should get high quality care subsidised by the
:26:15. > :26:20.state. High quality care should not just before the wealthy. Dyke says,