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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
From dry river beds to a bubbling beck, but the drought restrictions | :00:16. | :00:25. | |
remain in place. The situation is still very serious. I am live at | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
Covenham Reservoir. It is about to get much wetter. | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
Also on tonight's programme: The Government's urged to protect | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
jobs and rethink plans for a caravan tax. | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
Crying crystals. The rare medical condition causing agony for one | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
Lincolnshire woman. Rebuilding history. Goole's | :00:44. | :00:54. | |
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landmark from the 1920s gets a The Environment Agency and the | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
Water Companies have told BBC Look North there will be no easing of | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
the drought orders in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. That's | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
despite Met Office data showing this month could be the wettest | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
April on record. One reservoir in Lincolnshire is almost full and | :01:09. | :01:17. | |
groundwater levels are rising in East Yorkshire. But officials say | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
the rainfall has gone nowhere near reversing the effects of more than | :01:20. | :01:30. | |
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a year of abnormally dry weather. Crispin Rolfe reports. | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
From drought to mere record rainfall. This April, Scopwick Beck | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
has gone from a drive it to something more than just a trickle. | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
Can Lincolnshire 10 its hosepipes back on again? Well, now. After | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
what is set to be the wettest April on record, there is at least six | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
inches flowing through here. It is little consolation to farmers or | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
gardeners, because this amount of water simply is not enough to | :02:03. | :02:12. | |
overturn the hosepipe ban. At his allotment in Lincoln, Fred is still | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
having to rely on his watering can, even though last week the ground | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
was flooded. He would like water companies to work harder to restore | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
supplies. We had a league down here for ages before it was repaired! -- | :02:28. | :02:37. | |
leak. Let's try to get the hosepipe ban lifted so we can water our | :02:37. | :02:45. | |
plans. Lincolnshire has benefited, but needs a lot more rain still. | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
have had two-and-a-half times more than we would expect for an average | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
April. If we continue to have the same amount, for the next three or | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
four month, we still would not catch up with what we should have | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
had over the previous 12 months. Groundwater levels will have | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
recovered slightly, but it is coming from a really low base, of | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
the driest 18 months in a sentry. Because we are still in a drought, | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
it is a very serious situation. The rain is helpful, but it will not | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
change the situation. April has provided Renny Willie Thorne winter | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
drought conditions. But the message remains. Make the most of the wet | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
weather. It will be some time before Lincolnshire's hosepipe ban | :03:32. | :03:41. | |
get lifted. Covenham Reservoir near Louth is now 100% full, yet | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
Lincolnshire remains officially in drought. Paul is there now. How | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
significant has this past two weeks of rain fall been? Meteorologically, | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
very significant. We may beat the record that was set in 1953, which | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
was around about 137 mm. I spoke to Yorkshire Water, and they were | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
positive. They said, we have a long way to go, but in East Yorkshire, | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
we were 20 % down on borehole levels last month, but that has | :04:22. | :04:30. | |
risen to 15%. They stress there is a long way to go. Anglia Water say | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
the benefits of rainfall is that farmers stop irrigating fields, so | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
there is their lack of demand, but they say a game there is a long way | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
to go. The last 18 months has been the driest period ever recorded. | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
That is since 1910. Is there more rain on the way? And I think there | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
is a lot more rain to come. We could have another 20 mm tomorrow | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Another system comes | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
up on Saturday night. The odds are on for us to record the wettest | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
April on record. Thank you very much. Paul will be back later with | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
the forecast. In a moment: Demolishing a sports centre to make | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
way for a supermarket. Why residents in Immingham say it's | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
madness. A woman from Lincolnshire has been | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
describing the agony of her rare medical condition which causes her | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
eyes to fill up with razor sharp crystals. | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
Jodi Smith, who lives near Boston, suffers from a genetic disorder | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
thought to affect just two-thousand people world wide. Vicky Johnson | :05:32. | :05:42. | |
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has been to meet her. Jodi Smith is partially sighted. | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
Five or six times a day, she uses are jobs to help ease the pain | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
caused by her cystinosis, a condition leading to the build-up | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
of the acid cysteine, which forms tiny crystals to form in her eyes. | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
On sunny days and hazy days, I have to keep going like that. It is like | :06:05. | :06:14. | |
sand in my eyes. I have to put my eye jobs in six times a day. | :06:14. | :06:21. | |
condition has had a devastating effect on's health. Into a 1006, we | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
filmed her daughter Clowry, who was it just seven and had to help | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
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around the house -- Chloe. After two kidney transplants and | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
suffering up to six fits a day, Jodi spends much of her time at her | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
parents. We have had to learn along with the doctors. It was muted them | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
as well as those. It is thought there are just 2000 people | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
worldwide with this disorder. Jodi travels to Nottingham to have her | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
condition monitored. It is very serious, it is life-threatening, it | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
affects almost every part of the body, predominantly the kidneys. | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
The crystals in her eyes caused a lot of glare. It makes the eyes | :07:10. | :07:17. | |
very light-sensitive. There is no cure for the cystinosis, but Jodi's | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
family cope with further research, more effective treatment can be | :07:20. | :07:29. | |
found. A The Government has been urged to publish its audit of a | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
Lincolnshire chain of academies at the centre of a financial | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
investigation. Richard Gilliand resigned from his | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
position as the Chief Executive of The Priory Federation of Academies | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
earlier this month. Now Christine Talbot, who's an academy trustee, | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
says the findings should be published at the earliest | :07:41. | :07:50. | |
opportunity. I hope it isn't too long before it is published. The | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
rumours that as circulating the city and beyond are spoiling the | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
fact that these schools are producing excellent standards of | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
education for the people of Lincolnshire. Soldiers at a | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
barracks in Grantham are being trained to deliver fuel if tanker | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
drivers go on strike. Unions are expected to announce tonight | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
whether the drivers will walk out. Soldiers at the Prince William of | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
Gloucester barracks are among those who would drive tankers. | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
It's claimed the number of people living in fuel poverty in | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
Lincolnshire has gone up by a third in the last year. A review by the | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
County Council says more than a quarter of all homes in the county | :08:26. | :08:33. | |
are now having to spend more than 10% of their income on energy bills. | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
A business conference which has hosted the likes of Bill Clinton | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
and the former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is to continue in | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
Bridlington. It follows the decision to stop hosting the | :08:42. | :08:52. | |
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Yorkshire International Business Conference in Leeds. | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
The Government has come under more pressure this afternoon from Mps | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
angry at VAT being put on static caravans. Last week the issue led | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
some local Conservative MPs to vote against their own party on the | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
issue. One who didn't, Greg Knight, the MP for East Yorkshire, came in | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
for criticism. But today in the Commons, Mr Knight called for | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
thousands of jobs in the caravan industry to be protected. I'll | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
speak to him in a moment. First, here's Siobhan Robbins. | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
As many factors in Hull white on future caravans, MPs discuss their | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
future employment -- as manufacturers worked on future | :09:31. | :09:38. | |
caravans. As local MPs put the government under pressure on its | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
plans for 20 % VAT on static caravans, the only one to back the | :09:43. | :09:53. | |
Government last week, Greg Knight, was also present. It is claimed | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
that the plans will affect thousands of jobs, and many of them | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
are here in East Yorkshire. Many people are shocked by a local MP | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
backing the government. I think MPs across the region were disappointed | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
with Greg Knight. We expected him to support the amendment. I am sure | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
he has his reasons. Today, the Bridlington MP voiced his concerns. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
Will he give some thought to the many thousands of people up and | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
down the country who could lose these jobs if these proposals are | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
implemented as originally announced? We are seeking to have a | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
fairer VAT system, but we want to listen to those concerns that are | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
raised about implementation. debate rumbled on, a holiday park | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
owners on the Lincolnshire coast expressed their concerns about the | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
future. We were not expecting it. It was a shock to the industry. 20 | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
% on top of everything else was too much. Too many nails in the coffin. | :10:55. | :11:01. | |
Now is that wrong time to be implementing this VAT on static | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
caravans. The industry will be decimated. We're asking the | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
Chancellor to stop, think about what he's doing to manufacturing. | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
It is not doing anything to rebalance the economy. MPs will | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
have a chance to push the government further on Thursday, as | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
an industry which is only recovering from the recession fears | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
it could be under threat once again -- only just recovering. | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
Greg Knight joins me now. Good evening. Why did you vote with the | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
Government's? The motion was a blocking motion. It was not about | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
the issue of do we put VAT on or not. It would have prevented the | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
government making any changes in this area of law. I did not think | :11:58. | :12:05. | |
we could win that. Before the third, I asked the minister to extend the | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
consultation period. He did not respond initially. Asked again | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
during the debate, for the consultation to be extended -- I | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
asked again. He agreed and said he would extend the consultation. He | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
was acting in good faith. On that basis, I supported him. If you have | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
another chance to vote on VAT and caravans, will you vote the same | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
way? We will have another chance. Will you vote the same way? I do | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
not support what the government have announced they want to do. I | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
am trying to get the government to change its position. I am coming to | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
answer your question. If they come back with exactly the same | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
proposition, I will not supported. He asked the government to | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
safeguard caravan jobs, but you voted for the VAT. No, I voted | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
against a blocking motion which would have stopped the consultation | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
and which would have frozen this area of law. I am not cherry- | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
picking the Chancellor's budget. He has announced a consultation and | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
following my request, has extended that. I believe ministers are | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
listening and acting in good faith. I will make further representations. | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
I watch to see the government changed its position. If it does | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
not, I will not support them. you understand why there is quite a | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
lot of anger in Bridlington? I spoke to the managing director of a | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
caravan company in Bridlington who said he cannot believe you voted | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
with the government and that it was disgusting. I think the anger is | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
due to a misunderstanding. If people think I voted for the eighth | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
8, I can understand the anger -- if people think had voted for the 18th. | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
It is a question of tactics. I want the government to change what it | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
announced originally. The way to do it is to allow the consultation to | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
take its course. Very good to talk to you. Thank you very much. Tim | :14:09. | :14:18. | |
Iredale is with me. What do you make of that? What is clear is that | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
Greg Knight was under an awful lot of pressure when he returned to his | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
constituency at the end of last week, having voted with the | :14:28. | :14:30. | |
government. I know he makes that distinction about it being a | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
blocking motion, but four of his colleagues voted with the | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
opposition. You asked him, and he said he will not support this | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
motion if he has to vote on it again. How much momentum is there | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
on this campaign against the VAT? It is not going away, is it? | :14:50. | :14:59. | |
certainly is not. MPs will discuss the so-called caravan tax again on | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
Thursday. MPs will have to go to a game. Last week, the government won | :15:05. | :15:14. | |
the vote by 25 votes. It only takes 13 Conservatives, possibly the | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
likes of Greg Knight, to change their mind, and it could be kicked | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
out of Parliament. Very interesting. I would like to throw this Open. | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
What do you think about this? Should the government carry on with | :15:28. | :15:37. | |
a caravan tax plan or should it be abandoned? We had a big response | :15:37. | :15:47. | |
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Still ahead tonight: Not pulling their punches. Residents in | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
Immingham say it's madness to close a sports centre for a supermarket. | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
Rebuilding a landmark of the 1920's - Goole's salt pot is to get a | :16:14. | :16:24. | |
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major renovation. Tonight's photo is of the River Hull taken from | :16:26. | :16:36. | |
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Paul his income and a reservoir. We were all -- Paul is in Covenham | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
Reservoir. We were all secretly enjoying the attack by flies he was | :16:48. | :16:57. | |
getting! I remember the chief executive of Yorkshire Water are | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
being covered in flies in 1995, because he said he had not had a | :17:01. | :17:09. | |
bath in three-month! It is very nice here. With all the rain, it is | :17:09. | :17:18. | |
very colourful. We were caught in probably the only downpour of the | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
day. Let's get a straight arm with the graphic sequence. This evening | :17:23. | :17:32. | |
is not to bat. -- this evening is not too bad. It looks as though we | :17:32. | :17:41. | |
are in for a largely dry night. We may see patchy fog in places. It | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
should be generally dry. There should not be too many problems | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
with temperatures down to about four Celsius in rural areas. | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
Tomorrow is another unsettled day. Eight tries dad, but look at that | :17:59. | :18:09. | |
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rain sweeping up from the South -- a dry start. Skies will brighten | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
with sunny spells Gobbett a whisker of scattered showers. There is a | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
risk of thunder. Temperatures around 10 or 11. Watch out for | :18:23. | :18:31. | |
those heavy downpours. I think there will be some heavy, thundery | :18:31. | :18:38. | |
downpours to come on Thursday. Further scattered showers on Friday. | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
Saturday looks reasonably good at the moment. By the end of the day, | :18:42. | :18:52. | |
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heavy rain will push up from the We enjoyed the fly swatting. | :18:56. | :19:04. | |
went straight in, Peter! Said Sue Wright! See you tomorrow. -- serves | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
you right. People living in a North East Lincolnshire town say its | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
madness to close a leisure centre used by 18 different sports clubs. | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
The area is one of the most unhealthy in the country, but | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
Immingham Sports Centre is being demolished to make way for a | :19:18. | :19:26. | |
supermarket. Phil Connell reports. It is a weekday nights at Immingham | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
Sports Centre, and these other types of activities people feel may | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
be lost. The sports hall is being sold to a supermarket developer. | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
Permission for all its demolition has been approved. We are losing | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
our venue, so where can we go? Getting our kids off computers and | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
getting them to interact, then taking Mr away from them, they will | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
go back to their computers. Levels of obesity here are among the worst | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
in Britain. 29 % of the adult population had described as | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
overweight. Out of 326 local authorities, it makes not this | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
Lincolnshire the eighth worst in Britain, raising fears that the | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
loss of facilities like this will make matters even worse. Ahead of | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
next month's local elections, it has become a major talking point in | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
Immingham, with the opposing candidates blaming each other or | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
the centre's closure. At the last settlement, the government cut �43 | :20:28. | :20:36. | |
million out of the budget, and the authorities got to save lots. There | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
is not the money to reject. government had to make these cuts. | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
The government is not telling North East Lincolnshire where to make the | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
savings. It is up to the administration now to administer | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
the budget in the best way. And should not be in spotting -- that | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
should not been shutting down sport centres. While alternative | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
facilities will be provided at the local school, campaigners believe | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
their sports hall can be managed better. With claims that the | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
developers no longer need the site, a committee when project is being | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
considered. It can be used, it will be used. If we are given a chance | :21:15. | :21:23. | |
and the council backers, it will be a good facility -- the council back | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
bowls. In difficult times, the closure could make significant | :21:27. | :21:37. | |
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savings. Another story you might want to | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
comment on. Our story about tackling binge drinking in Hull | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
last night got a big response. In a trial, repeat drunks to cause | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
problems could avoid being taken to court. He said, they will be | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
offered rehabilitation. That is if they agree to certain conditions, | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
including regular breath-test. is not a soft option. We are asking | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
people to recognise their behaviour and ask them to do something about | :22:04. | :22:14. | |
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it. After the show, we had a big Simon Terry from Lincolnshire, one | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
of the country's top archers, said qualifying for the London Olympics | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
is awesome, to use his word. He has sealed his place in the British | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
team, 20 years after his first Olympic Games in Barcelona, where | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
he won the bronze medal. It feels all some. It has been going well | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
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this year. Especially the start of the season. I thought, back on form | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
again. Well done to him. Alien table tennis player from Hull has | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
been selected to play in the National School Games, a test event | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
for the Olympic Games. Imogen Barber, who is 12, will be joined | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
by club-mate Daryl Gee for the events which takes place in the | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
Olympic basketball arena. BBC Lincolnshire is about to start its | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
most ambitious week of broadcasting in its 32 year history. The station | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
is aiming to be on at live from 250 different locations during one week | :23:51. | :24:00. | |
in May. We have always reflected like a Lincolnshire. In this case, | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
we're going that extra mile, because we are not arriving in the | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
community, staying there, doing a report and coming back, we will be | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
there all week, if you like. We will really be part of places. | :24:14. | :24:22. | |
look forward to meeting you in Lincolnshire. If you've ever driven | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
along the M62 or the M18 you've probably seen this strange white | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
tower looming over the landscape. It's nicknamed the saltpot and it's | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
the landmark that says you're nearly at Goole. But after 85 years, | :24:39. | :24:46. | |
the water tower, which is still in use, needs renovation. They can be | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
seen for miles around, and for the residents of Goole, they are a | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
symbol that they are back home. the motorway, it is the first thing | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
you see. It is an iconic. When you are coming back home, you know when | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
you see them, you are home. When you see the salt and pepper, you | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
know you were home. The break water tower was built in 1885. When a new | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
one was needed, they built it next to the old one. Building started in | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
the 1920s, using steel and concrete. It was covered in scaffolding, | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
which was held together with 20,000 reps. This was the scene when the | :25:25. | :25:31. | |
bell sounded for lunch. It's no wonder it is in need of restoration. | :25:31. | :25:39. | |
This salt pot is 85 years old, it is 150 ft tall and can hold 750,000 | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
gallons of water. Over time, it ages, it deteriorates, so we want | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
to make sure it is as safe as possible and continues to be sir. | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
We are carrying out this essential maintenance where we will check the | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
concrete and steel any cracks. work is complete, there are plans | :25:58. | :26:08. | |
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to light their towers. -- might the towers. We want to promote the town, | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
and we want to put coloured light in. Before it can be illuminated | :26:14. | :26:16. | |
colour this iconic structure will be covered in scaffolding once | :26:16. | :26:26. | |
again. If you have a story you think we | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
should know about, get in touch. Let's have a recap of the headline. | :26:34. | :26:40. | |
The Culture Secretary says he will not resign as J Murdoch -- James | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
Murdoch tells the Leveson Inquiry about close links to the government. | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
April showers replenish water supplies, but drought restrictions | :26:47. | :26:57. | |
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are still in place. The subject of VAT and caravans, | :27:04. | :27:10. | |
after that chat we had, somebody says, the government has abandoned | :27:10. | :27:18. | |
others. -- abandoned us. When will they realise they are making big | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
mistake? Karen says, what happens to government promises to help keep | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
jobs in the UK? This tax is damaging. What else will be tax? | :27:28. | :27:38. | |
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