:00:18. > :00:21.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:21. > :00:24.Calls for fairer funding for the police in Lincolnshire. Now the
:00:24. > :00:29.government's to review how the force is financed. We do have more
:00:29. > :00:37.and more with less and less. pensioners face losing their homes
:00:37. > :00:42.after a planning inquiry goes against them.
:00:42. > :00:52.Revert devastated. These units were being occupied as people's main
:00:52. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:00.home. Would a cull tackle the problem of seagulls?
:01:00. > :01:04.And it's full steam ahead as Grantham prepares for the
:01:04. > :01:11.homecoming of the world's fastest steam locomotive. Dot must the
:01:11. > :01:14.detailed forecast and 15 minutes. The Government says it will conduct
:01:14. > :01:17.a review into how money for policing is divided up.
:01:17. > :01:20.It comes after the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire says
:01:20. > :01:23.ministers need to give the county a bigger slice of the police budget.
:01:23. > :01:26.Today, the latest crime figures are released and they show that
:01:26. > :01:35.offences fell in the Humberside force area by 11 per cent, in
:01:35. > :01:39.Lincolnshire they dropped by 2 per cent. Vicky Johnson reports.
:01:39. > :01:44.When police budgets were cut, people feared the worst. But crime
:01:44. > :01:48.is going down and detection rates are stable. But in Lincolnshire,
:01:48. > :01:52.they feel they are doing well despite the current funding formula.
:01:52. > :01:56.I believe we are the current gold standard in policing. Why should
:01:56. > :02:01.they give you more when you can achieve so much on so little?
:02:01. > :02:05.would hope that their government would say, look how little money
:02:05. > :02:08.they have compared it to every other force in the country.
:02:08. > :02:18.According to a report released by her Majesty's Inspectorate of
:02:18. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:32.Constabulary, the amount spent on Lincolnshire has saved money by his
:02:32. > :02:40.controversial partnership with G4S, a private company which now handles
:02:40. > :02:46.its back office operations. Despite this, the force has still lost 120
:02:46. > :02:51.officers over the past three years. What I would appreciate his if the
:02:51. > :02:55.Home Secretary would recognise that there is a cost to the investors.
:02:55. > :02:59.The costs have been pared down to the lowest level. Those in charge
:02:59. > :03:09.they they are doing a good job, but what about the residents they
:03:09. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:17.serve? They are too busy getting Pettit stuff sorted out, not
:03:17. > :03:22.sorting the proper criminals. never see the police. They are all
:03:22. > :03:28.sat and a bit of us here where I live. This wine bar owner is not
:03:28. > :03:32.impressed either. There is no prisoners when you needed. I used
:03:32. > :03:37.as security because there is that anybody there. The police insist
:03:37. > :03:44.they are running Aleem and efficient service as they would be
:03:44. > :03:47.glad to show the Home Secretary exactly how they are achieving that.
:03:47. > :03:50.Earlier I spoke to Zoe Billingham who carried out the report who said
:03:50. > :03:56.Lincolnshire Police had made savings, but had concerns that they
:03:56. > :03:59.had cut too much. Lincolnshire has taken a whole
:03:59. > :04:04.range of steps to make sure it brings its costs down while
:04:04. > :04:08.protecting front line workforce. For that, we say that they have
:04:08. > :04:18.risen to the financial challenge well. Were they too hasty Toutai
:04:18. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:28.ABTA deal with G4S? -- Toutai up a deal. -- to tie up. They have got
:04:28. > :04:37.very few staff and police officers left from which to make additional
:04:37. > :04:42.savings. We think that there them the blue line is at risk of being
:04:42. > :04:47.cut if there are further cost reductions. So they have nowhere to
:04:47. > :04:52.go now? If they make any more savings, it will be front line
:04:52. > :04:59.officers? That is precisely the risk. They have almost run out of
:04:59. > :05:04.places to make savings. But you praising them or not praising them?
:05:04. > :05:09.It is important that the public understand that the force has risen
:05:09. > :05:13.to the challenge well. But there is a risk because of the decisions
:05:13. > :05:21.they have taken in the past apart the because of their historic
:05:21. > :05:31.funding decisions. There is very little room above them into term
:05:31. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:45.now -- a very little room for them to turn now. Do you agree that
:05:45. > :05:49.there funding for Mel is not right? That is not for me to say. The way
:05:49. > :05:52.that police funds are distributed it needs to be looked at in the
:05:52. > :05:58.future. There are some forces in the country that have become very
:05:58. > :06:08.lean and efficient that will find it very difficult to make savings
:06:08. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:13.in the future. Thank you. The report highlighted
:06:13. > :06:16.that Humberside Police has to make more than �3 million worth of
:06:16. > :06:19.savings over the next two years. Concerns were also raised about the
:06:19. > :06:22.speed at which the force had made changes to reduce its funding
:06:22. > :06:24.shortfall after the HMIC said they had not reacted quick enough. But
:06:24. > :06:26.the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, Matthew Grove, says
:06:26. > :06:29.they are providing a good service to the public.
:06:29. > :06:33.It is not how many officers you have, it is what you have them
:06:33. > :06:39.doing. If you have them out on the streets, being on patrol,
:06:39. > :06:46.preventing crimes, protecting your family, you can have a better
:06:46. > :06:49.police service with your officers over all. We want to hear from you
:06:49. > :06:52.on this story. Do you think Lincolnshire should get more money
:06:52. > :07:02.from policing? Or maybe you think with crime falling, it doesn't need
:07:02. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :07:30.In a moment. As the heatwave continues, I'll be
:07:30. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:34.live at the lido to see how the region's keeping cool.
:07:34. > :07:36.Over 100 residents have been coming to terms with the reality they
:07:36. > :07:39.could lose their dream homes at a holiday park in Beverley.
:07:39. > :07:42.Lakeminster Park was built after planning consent for holiday homes
:07:42. > :07:45.in 2006, but now people face losing them because of a breach on the
:07:45. > :07:48.original planning permission, which includes using them as a permanent
:07:48. > :07:51.home. Now, as it stands, there is no planning consent at all on the
:07:51. > :07:53.site and residents have 18 months to find alternative accommodation.
:07:53. > :07:56.Simon Spark reports. This is a community confused, angry
:07:56. > :08:02.and ultimately devastated by a decision that will mean the loss of
:08:02. > :08:05.their dream retirement homes. The Lakeminster Park near Beverley has
:08:05. > :08:08.never had the planning permission that would enable people to live
:08:08. > :08:11.here. But because they are, for reasons still being investigated,
:08:11. > :08:14.East Riding Council served a notice of enforcement for people to leave
:08:14. > :08:21.their properties. An independent planning inspector upheld that
:08:21. > :08:27.decision. To hear suddenly that there is no hope, that's it. We
:08:27. > :08:31.were all devastated. We just do not know what we are going to do now.
:08:31. > :08:35.We have worked all our lives for what we have got and it is going to
:08:35. > :08:38.be taken away from us. Around the corner, we met Barbara who is in
:08:38. > :08:43.her eighties. Let them cut everything off, I don't care.
:08:43. > :08:47.not moving. At my time of life, I will not go. And I think a lot of
:08:47. > :08:51.these people around here are in the same mind as I am.
:08:51. > :08:53.The council say this is not an eviction, this is planning
:08:53. > :08:56.enforcement. The council understands the difficult position
:08:56. > :08:59.the residents are in but the council would advise that they take
:08:59. > :09:07.their own private legal advice as to what steps they now need to take
:09:07. > :09:10.in the future. The council in all fairness has always said it was not
:09:10. > :09:15.land that should have been developed for that purpose.
:09:15. > :09:20.Why didn't they take action then when they knew in March 2009? Why
:09:20. > :09:25.did they leave it for 26 months before they swooped? If they had
:09:25. > :09:29.done it then, there were only a few houses occupied. But they waited.
:09:29. > :09:36.From day one, they have taken poll tax from us, all of us. They knew
:09:37. > :09:39.we were here. Meanwhile, the fraud investigation
:09:39. > :09:42.is continuing into the alleged mis- selling of holiday homes. Police
:09:42. > :09:45.have arrested five people who have been released on bail pending
:09:45. > :09:55.further enquiries. But for the residents here, a time limit of 18
:09:55. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:05.months has been set to find suitable alternative accommodation.
:10:05. > :10:08.A senior officer from Northumbria Police has been asked to
:10:08. > :10:11.investigate the travel restrictions placed on Hull City fans by West
:10:11. > :10:13.Yorkshire Police last season. Some supporters boycotted the game in
:10:13. > :10:15.March against Huddersfield town in protest after being told they could
:10:15. > :10:18.only travel to the stadium using club transport.
:10:18. > :10:20.13 football banning orders and one four month prison sentence have
:10:20. > :10:23.been handed out after violent scenes at Scunthorpe United's
:10:23. > :10:33.ground in April. Brian Whitely from the town has been banned from
:10:33. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:44.A Hull man says more needs to be done to tackle menacing gulls after
:10:44. > :10:47.he was attacked by a flock three days in a row. Keith Lee says it's
:10:47. > :10:52.left him nervous of walking along one of the city's main roads.
:10:52. > :10:58.Crispin Rolfe reports. Beside the seaside. Exactly where you'd expect
:10:58. > :11:01.to see a seagull. Though not Keith Lee where, for him, a brush with
:11:01. > :11:04.the birds came instead alongside a Hull industrial estate. He says
:11:04. > :11:10.he's faced down three separate attacks over the last two weeks,
:11:10. > :11:13.and is worried these sea birds are moving inland. I carried on walking.
:11:13. > :11:17.And then, because I was so frightened anbd it was still above
:11:17. > :11:22.my head, I crossed here. The lorries probably protected me on
:11:22. > :11:31.the first occasion. On the second occasion, they came up within
:11:31. > :11:35.threatening, above my head. I heard the front door go. It seemed as if
:11:35. > :11:42.he could not get in fast enough. He just stood at the bottom of the
:11:42. > :11:46.stairs. He did not have much colour in his face and he was shaking.
:11:46. > :11:49.a rare fright, and the reason for this - a falcon being used by pest
:11:49. > :11:52.controllers from Beverley, not to harm but to scare off seagulls from
:11:52. > :11:55.as far inland as Bradford. When you look at places like shopping
:11:55. > :11:59.centres, schools, nurseries, I do think it is a rising problem. And
:11:59. > :12:04.we need to do something and that is where we come him. We scare them
:12:04. > :12:07.away. In Bridlington a cull has even been discussed, because
:12:07. > :12:17.although the gulls generally live side by side with humans, it's not
:12:17. > :12:18.
:12:18. > :12:21.always been a comfortable co- existence. This sign says it all.
:12:21. > :12:24.Two years ago, two pensioners were hospitalised after a seagull attack.
:12:24. > :12:33.However, the birds are protected and the RSPB wants it to stay that
:12:33. > :12:39.way. Meanwhile the British Trust for Ornithology says there are good
:12:39. > :12:46.reasons why seagulls shouldn't be culled. Seagulls are in decline,
:12:47. > :12:49.they are a protected species. They might do well in cities, but not
:12:49. > :12:52.elsewhere. Wildlife groups argue human waste remains the root
:12:52. > :12:58.problem here. But with no solution in sight, back in Hull, Keith is
:12:58. > :13:02.now more cautious at the sight of a seagull.
:13:02. > :13:12.You might have a view on this story too, should there be a cull on
:13:12. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:26.seagulls to reduce these attacks? Still ahead tonight. Looking for
:13:26. > :13:29.the wow factor to make Hull the UK's city of culture.
:13:29. > :13:39.She was the world's fastest steam locomotive - now Grantham's
:13:39. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:01.We just went on holiday to Torres Molina's in Spain. We switched on
:14:02. > :14:11.the television in the hotel bedroom and there you wear. We get it in
:14:12. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:24.Once again, we are looking at weather conditions that are mainly
:14:24. > :14:29.sunny, dry and hot inland. If you want to escape the heat, the coast
:14:29. > :14:33.is the place to be. They might be a bit of mistiness developing,
:14:33. > :14:39.especially later in the day. That herald as a change for the weekend,
:14:39. > :14:43.we will pick up a lot of low cloud from the North Sea. It will push
:14:43. > :14:47.across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Friday night. In places, it
:14:47. > :14:53.might be reluctant to clear on Saturday. But looking at the
:14:53. > :14:58.satellite picture, absolutely beautiful. Temperatures around 80
:14:58. > :15:07.degrees Fahrenheit once more. A beautiful evening. Temperatures up
:15:07. > :15:17.to 27 and 28 degrees this afternoon. Overnight, clear, but a bit of a
:15:17. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:27.mistiness in some valley bottoms. For most of us, another lovely day
:15:27. > :15:35.tomorrow, fine and any mistiness Clearing. Plenty of strong sunshine
:15:35. > :15:45.to come. Just a hint of a bit of sea threat coming into that
:15:45. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:54.coastline. -- fret. If you want to escape the heat, go to the coast.
:15:54. > :15:58.Low cloud Friday night, slowly breaking up through Saturday
:15:58. > :16:06.towards the coast. It might be reluctant to clear. Temperatures
:16:07. > :16:16.taking quite a drop, but a hot sunshine returns next week.
:16:17. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:28.This is an e-mail, Mollie send it to you?
:16:28. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:46.Mark After two weeks of glorious weather and with no sign of the
:16:46. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:52.temperatures dropping, many of us have been making the most of it. It
:16:52. > :16:55.could be a postcard picture from a foreign holiday, but here at
:16:55. > :16:58.Skegness, the British beach is having a comeback. It's a couple of
:16:58. > :17:01.hours' drive from Nottingham, it is ideal. Gets you away from the
:17:01. > :17:04.everyday routine of life, by the sea. Just makes a nice change.
:17:04. > :17:07.is brilliant for children and there's lots to do. The seal
:17:07. > :17:09.sanctuary, the gardens, the mini village - there's loads to do here.
:17:09. > :17:13.Just sitting here watching everybody enjoy themselves. The
:17:13. > :17:16.children. It's nice. It's hard to believe that a year
:17:16. > :17:21.ago, visitors to the Driffield Show were wading through rain water. But
:17:21. > :17:23.it's our coastal businesses who are basking in this year's summer sun.
:17:23. > :17:30.There was a feeling of dread throughout the accommodation
:17:30. > :17:33.industry in this part of the world. This is the fillip we needed. This
:17:33. > :17:39.is paying back almost last year, not just this year. We could do
:17:39. > :17:42.with this until late October. everyone has time to relax and
:17:42. > :17:47.enjoy the weather. For farmers in Boston, the constant heat has
:17:47. > :17:51.provided perfect growing weather for broccoli. The bad news, it all
:17:51. > :17:57.needs harvesting and quickly. Extremes of weather really. We had
:17:57. > :18:01.a very cold April where planting was delayed. Even when we did
:18:01. > :18:04.manage to plant, the crops didn't grow. That led to an uneven
:18:04. > :18:10.ripening of the crop which has made it a little bit more challenging in
:18:10. > :18:13.terms of meeting supply and demand. For other agricultural businessess,
:18:14. > :18:19.there are some animals struggling to keep cool. These pigs are
:18:19. > :18:23.relying on mud to protect their skin. They suffer from sunburn,
:18:23. > :18:26.sunstroke and heatstroke exactly as we do. We flood the area around the
:18:26. > :18:30.water troughs, they turn that into a wallowing mud pool and roll
:18:30. > :18:39.around in it for the rest of the day. Then when they come out, it
:18:39. > :18:42.hardens up and they have an excellent sunblock for them.
:18:42. > :18:45.from rainy downpours last year, it is fast becoming a summer where
:18:45. > :18:55.people welcome water of a different kind. And while it lasts, proof
:18:55. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:11.that everyone has a great summer holiday on their doorstep.
:19:11. > :19:15.Jill is live at the Lido in Woodhall Spa tonight. How much of a
:19:15. > :19:21.bruised has this been for businesses?
:19:21. > :19:25.When you get weather like this, 29 recorded in Lincolnshire today, you
:19:25. > :19:30.could be forgiven for thinking that this is a campsite in the south of
:19:30. > :19:35.France. I have been speaking to the managers here and they have taught
:19:35. > :19:42.me they have clocked up 7000 visitors in the past two weeks when
:19:42. > :19:48.the weather has been at his best. About 500 people every day. Compare
:19:48. > :19:52.it to last year, that is six times better in terms of visitors. If the
:19:52. > :20:02.some kick shiny, it is not just good for people, but their
:20:02. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:06.businesses to. -- keeps shining. A new fleet of high speed trains
:20:06. > :20:09.which can travel up to 140 miles an hour are to be introduced to the
:20:09. > :20:12.East Coast mainline. The class 800 series will be operational from
:20:12. > :20:22.2019 and will cut journey times between London and Edinburgh by 18
:20:22. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:26.minutes. It's part of a �1.2 billion investment programme. Plans
:20:26. > :20:28.to generate power from a landfill site are being considered by East
:20:28. > :20:30.Riding Councillors. Cityplant, which operates the tip in
:20:30. > :20:33.Gilberdyke, wants to produce electricity from gas on the site.
:20:33. > :20:36.Residents have already complained about smells and say gas turbines
:20:36. > :20:39.will be too close to their homes. I'm prepared to compromise on my
:20:39. > :20:42.own requirements and accept that it's going to be on my boundary if
:20:42. > :20:45.there are satisfactory conditions that will guarantee that the noise
:20:45. > :20:55.will be kept to bearable limits. Which I don't think is in any way
:20:55. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:02.unreasonable. Thanks to everyone who got in touch
:21:02. > :21:05.about the farmers in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who say they'll be
:21:05. > :21:08.priced out of the global market if the Government takes an increased
:21:08. > :21:11.cut of the payments they get from Europe. The UK is planning to take
:21:11. > :21:14.a bigger slice of the payments than other member states. The money,
:21:14. > :21:24.which comes from a European-wide scheme, is meant to support farmers
:21:24. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:37.financially to produce food. Mick: "I think it needs to be more
:21:37. > :21:47.transparent to the public, what farmers receive. Farmers never say
:21:47. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:50.when they're having a good time, we always hear about the bad." And
:21:51. > :21:53.Martin near Gainsborough, who's a farmer himself, says: "Farm
:21:53. > :22:01.subsidies keep food prices down, so its the consumer that actually
:22:01. > :22:05.benefits." The team behind Hull's bid to become the UK City of
:22:05. > :22:08.Culture 2017 has been told it needs the wow factor. With a budget of
:22:08. > :22:18.around �11 million should the city be successful, bosses say they want
:22:18. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:21.to make sure it is spent on the right things. Today, there was a
:22:21. > :22:24.special workshop for members of the public so that they could
:22:24. > :22:29.contribute their own ideas about how to make the city standout
:22:29. > :22:32.against the other rival cities. Amy Cole reports.
:22:32. > :22:35.Hull has already been praised for its cultural flair. Last year,
:22:35. > :22:38.there were thousands of people at key events such as the Freedom
:22:38. > :22:41.Festival and the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. Now they are hoping to
:22:41. > :22:44.build on that success and are bidding to become the UK City of
:22:44. > :22:47.Culture 2017. At a workshop today, members of the public were asked
:22:47. > :22:52.what buildings in Hull they thought had the most cultural value. I was
:22:52. > :22:54.thinking of the William Wilberforce museum. Why is that?Because of the
:22:54. > :23:02.significance in Hull's history in relation to freedom and
:23:02. > :23:06.multiculturalism. I think it would be an important site. I think the
:23:06. > :23:08.Lord Line building, off the Clive Sullivan Way. We feel it is an
:23:08. > :23:16.amazing building, amazing architecture and it could be
:23:16. > :23:18.fantastic. Hull is facing strong competition for the title.
:23:18. > :23:24.Leicester, Dundee and Swansea Bay have also been shortlisted. Not
:23:24. > :23:26.that that is putting anybody off. The focus has to be on getting that
:23:26. > :23:36.bid right. The whole journey is about getting everyone behind you,
:23:36. > :23:38.
:23:38. > :23:41.taxi-drivers, hotels, restaurants. People in the communities who all
:23:41. > :23:51.play a part in the programme. They are still busy brainstorming in
:23:51. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:00.there. The feedback that the team has had on its initial bid is there
:24:00. > :24:03.is strong vision and theme but it needs the wow factor. It needs to
:24:03. > :24:06.raise the bar on artistic programming. The team have to the
:24:06. > :24:08.end of September to submit its final bid and then that all-
:24:08. > :24:12.important decision will be made at the end of November.
:24:12. > :24:14.Work is under way at Grantham station to prepare for a visit by
:24:14. > :24:17.the world's fastest steam locomotive. Mallard set the record
:24:17. > :24:20.75 years ago just south of the town. In September, the engine will
:24:20. > :24:27.return to a specially built siding as part of a festival of speed.
:24:27. > :24:33.Jake Zuckerman reports. Workers at Grantham railway station
:24:33. > :24:36.prepare for a special visitor. They're laying hundreds of feet of
:24:37. > :24:40.new track on the site of a disused siding, ready for 7th September,
:24:40. > :24:42.when the steam engine Mallard will return to the town for the first
:24:42. > :24:48.time in many years. For project manager Neil Lindley, it's
:24:48. > :24:51.particularly exciting. His family has a long standing connection with
:24:51. > :24:54.Mallard. My grandfather was lucky enough to be a fireman on the
:24:54. > :25:03.Mallard and also the Flying Scotsman. We have a long history of
:25:03. > :25:07.my family being involved in the industry. I think that era,
:25:07. > :25:11.compared to what I do in this day and age was worlds apart. You know,
:25:11. > :25:13.the thing I love about it is that history is still there and it's
:25:13. > :25:16.still fighting strong in the industry. In 1938, at Stoke Bank,
:25:16. > :25:18.just south of Grantham, Mallard reached 126 miles an hour, still
:25:18. > :25:21.the fastest speed recorded by a steam locomotive. September's
:25:21. > :25:25.Festival of Speed will celebrate the 75th anniversary of that event,
:25:25. > :25:28.as well as the town's historic connections to the railways.
:25:28. > :25:34.steam locomotive is a great British invention and this is the fastest
:25:34. > :25:37.steam locomotive in the world. Of course, there was a lot of
:25:37. > :25:43.international competition for that title and we will be telling that
:25:43. > :25:46.story too. There will be a representative from the Berlin
:25:46. > :25:48.Technical Museum who will be talking to us about the German
:25:48. > :25:52.records which Mallard just beat. The connection between Grantham and
:25:52. > :25:55.Mallard is an enduring one and it's kept alive today by the name of
:25:55. > :26:00.this new housing estate built on the site of the former engine sheds
:26:00. > :26:03.that were home to Mallard for so many years. Local rail enthusiasts
:26:03. > :26:06.are looking forward to seeing Mallard return to the scene of her
:26:06. > :26:15.greatest triumph. I think it's a tremendous achievement that's been
:26:15. > :26:19.organised. It's the first time the A4 Mallard has been to Grantham in
:26:19. > :26:22.over 50 years. But with less than two months to go before the big day,
:26:22. > :26:32.there's still plenty of what to do to ensure thesw sidings are fit to
:26:32. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:36.receive such an important guest. Let's have a recap of the national
:26:36. > :26:41.and regional headlines. Official figures show that crime
:26:41. > :26:45.has fallen to his laws level for more than 30 years.
:26:45. > :26:49.The government promises a review of police funding. The Lincolnshire
:26:49. > :26:54.force says it is not being given a fair share of the pot.