:00:10. > :00:15.The headlines: The Yorkshire MEP, Godfrey Bloom, says he regrets any
:00:15. > :00:21.offence his comments on foreign aid may have caused. How we can possibly
:00:21. > :00:27.be giving �1 billion a month when we're in this debt to bongo bongo
:00:27. > :00:30.land is complete completely irrational. Of He says he's glad the
:00:30. > :00:35.issue of foreign aid has been put on the agenda.
:00:35. > :00:38.Also cleaning teams start work at a play area in Hull linked to the
:00:39. > :00:42.spread of an infectious bacteria. It's gone through the family in the
:00:42. > :00:46.past couple of weeks any way. Hopefully we won't get it again. It
:00:46. > :00:52.is quite worrying something like this. Snrvment How money from a
:00:52. > :00:58.charity, run by Prince Charles, is helping local farmers.
:00:58. > :01:04.Yes, we've done it! And find out later why this 72-year-old is
:01:04. > :01:07.celebrating after his morning dip. After another fine, dry day across
:01:07. > :01:17.east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, I'll be back later with your full
:01:17. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:25.forecast for tomorrow and into the Good evening. The east Yorkshire
:01:25. > :01:31.based MEP, Godfrey Bloom, says he regrets any offence that's been
:01:31. > :01:35.caused by his use of the phrase "bongo bongo land". He was recorded
:01:35. > :01:39.at a public meeting where he criticised the amount of Government
:01:39. > :01:42.money spentds on overseas aid. The UK Independence Party has warned him
:01:42. > :01:52.not to use those words again. However, in an interview with BBC
:01:52. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:56.Look North, Mr Bloom defended his Godfrey Bloom, he thrives on the
:01:56. > :02:02.image of being one of our most politically incorrect politicians
:02:02. > :02:10.sm. Claim the UKIP MEP has overstepped the mark. How we can
:02:10. > :02:14.give �1 billion a month when we're in this debt to bongo bongo land...
:02:14. > :02:18.As well as using that phrase, Mr Bloom told a meeting of supporters
:02:18. > :02:24.in the Midlands those who received foreign aid spent the money on ray
:02:24. > :02:29.ban sun glasses, apartments in Paris and Ferraris. There's no such place
:02:30. > :02:35.as bango bango land. I don't see how I could upset to a place that
:02:35. > :02:39.doesn't exist. However Natalie says she is offended. Natalie and her
:02:39. > :02:43.husband adopted an African orphan called Star. The family have worked
:02:43. > :02:49.with charities in Africa. It's making them sound nothing more than
:02:49. > :02:53.running through the shrub in loincloths beating drums. They're so
:02:53. > :02:56.much more than that. They're just like us. He's just perpetuating the
:02:56. > :03:00.idea that they're not worth our money because they're black and
:03:01. > :03:04.because they sit around playing bongos all day. It's absurd.
:03:04. > :03:09.question the �11 billion the Government will spend this year on
:03:09. > :03:14.overseas aid. The money that the UK Government disperses through
:03:14. > :03:19.organisations like Christian Aid is very, very heavily accountable. It
:03:19. > :03:22.is going to places where the level of poverty is such that it would be
:03:22. > :03:25.unimaginable for people in this country and where it makes a very
:03:25. > :03:31.real difference to people's lives. Godfrey Bloom is no stranger to
:03:31. > :03:36.controversy. When he was first elected in 2004, he was asked about
:03:36. > :03:40.gender equality and said, "Women should clean behind the fridge." In
:03:40. > :03:47.2010, he was ejected from the European Parliament after directing
:03:47. > :03:51.a Nazi slogan at a German MEP. Following Mr Bloom's comments,
:03:51. > :03:55.UKIP's chairman said today, "We're asking Blood Red Shoes blood not to
:03:55. > :04:00.use this phrase again, as it may be considered disparaging to members
:04:01. > :04:04.from other countries." Steve Crowther claims the response from
:04:04. > :04:08.voters has been anything but negative. I have been in touch with
:04:08. > :04:12.the region quite extensively today. I have to say that from many parts
:04:12. > :04:17.of the party up there we are hearing that the response has been
:04:17. > :04:20.overwhelmingly positive. UKIP say they won't be taking any further
:04:20. > :04:26.disciplinary action against the outspoken MEP, other than a warning
:04:26. > :04:33.to mind his language. Earlier today I spoke to Godfrey
:04:33. > :04:36.Bloom. I asked him if he stands by his comments. Yes, I do. I made a
:04:36. > :04:40.speech in Birmingham and I was talking about the �1 billion a month
:04:40. > :04:43.we send with virtually no audit trail every month. I think it's a
:04:43. > :04:48.disgrace when we're cutting back on hospitals and police in our own
:04:48. > :04:52.country. Do you understand why using the phrase "bongo bongo land" is
:04:52. > :04:56.offensive to many? No, it's offensive to Guardian journalists.
:04:56. > :05:01.It's not offensive to anybody else. Not offensive to people at home.
:05:01. > :05:07.There is no such country. How can anybody be offended? I might have
:05:07. > :05:11.offended and I'm going to write and apologise to President Bongo of the
:05:11. > :05:17.Gambon in case he thought I was referring to him. I was reading an
:05:17. > :05:22.e-mail from Russ who says, "Not just un-PC, but child itch. Would you go
:05:22. > :05:26.along with that? What is stupid is sending nearly 100% of our growth in
:05:26. > :05:30.GDP next year abroad and without a trail, we don't know where the money
:05:30. > :05:34.goes. I would argue that is criedish. You say the Government
:05:34. > :05:38.shouldn't be picking people's pockets to give on foreign aid. It
:05:38. > :05:41.works out at �137 per person. Is that too much? You have to ask the
:05:41. > :05:45.viewers that. We are going to in a moment. I would have thought when
:05:45. > :05:48.people are waiting for cancer treatment, dialysis machines so on
:05:48. > :05:52.and so forth, waiting for these things that we don't have, I would
:05:52. > :05:57.argue sending money abroad is not a good thing. People say it's not just
:05:57. > :06:02.morally right it helps stop breeding grounds for terrorists. That is in
:06:02. > :06:08.our national interest, surely? I believe people should and I do give
:06:08. > :06:11.money to all sorts of charities. I we have a worth worthy charities
:06:11. > :06:15.here in Hull for fresh water but that's not the Government's
:06:15. > :06:20.responsibility. Britain has been praised for being one of the most
:06:20. > :06:24.generous countries in the world. Should we be proud? We are the most
:06:25. > :06:30.generous country in the world per capitala. It isn't for rich men like
:06:30. > :06:34.David Cameron to take money from poor people to send abroad. �430
:06:34. > :06:37.million spend on malaria programmes, that's not apartments in Paris.
:06:37. > :06:41.but of course, only part of the speech has been released. Some of it
:06:41. > :06:45.does good work. I still don't believe it's the role of Government
:06:45. > :06:48.to take taxation from people to give to charities. If I want to give to a
:06:48. > :06:51.charity, Save the Children or antimalaria or Red Cross, whatever
:06:51. > :06:54.it is, that is my responsibility. It's not for the Government to do
:06:54. > :07:01.that. What percentage of people watching will think we give too much
:07:01. > :07:06.in foreign aid? I think nearly 100%. 400 million a month goals to the EU
:07:06. > :07:11.to distribute in aid. We have no idea where it goes. Your listeners
:07:11. > :07:12.who have a mother waiting for cancer treatment or a father waiting for
:07:12. > :07:17.dialysis machines or not enough police in their neighbourhood, I
:07:17. > :07:23.think they'll agree with me. Final question on the bongo bongo land,
:07:23. > :07:30.apology? Do you want to make one? will apologise to President Bongo of
:07:30. > :07:34.the gap Bonn if he -- Gambon if he thinks I was referring to him.
:07:34. > :07:39.you think Britain should be spending billions a year on foreign aid? It
:07:39. > :07:42.is �11 billion. Were you offended bit comments made by Mr Bloom today?
:07:42. > :07:44.If you want to comments, we'll have some before we finish. We look
:07:44. > :07:54.some before we finish. We look some before we finish. We look
:07:54. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:11.cycle race will set off from Yorkshire. Will it now be called
:08:11. > :08:17.England's Grand Depart? Cleaning teams have moved onto a water play
:08:17. > :08:22.IRA in a park in Hull linked to an outbreak of the cryptosporidium
:08:22. > :08:30.infection. An investigation is under way after reports of 18 cases in the
:08:30. > :08:34.area. The bacteria can cause severe diarrhoea, mainly in children.
:08:34. > :08:37.East Park's paddling pool remained closed as workmen moved in to clean
:08:37. > :08:43.the area in what the council has described as a precautionary
:08:43. > :08:46.measure. Since the middle of July, 18 cases of cryptosporidium have
:08:46. > :08:51.been confirmed with the pool being seen as a possible source of
:08:51. > :08:54.infection. We treat all outbreaks seriously...
:08:54. > :08:59.Now public health experts have been called in to assist the council's
:08:59. > :09:05.own investigation. We are taking all the precautions and we are doing all
:09:05. > :09:11.what we have to do, because the first thing is stop the, reduce the
:09:11. > :09:15.risk of infection, try to identify the source. Is most common in
:09:15. > :09:19.children aged between one and five. It's also a danger to the elderly.
:09:19. > :09:23.Though experts say anyone with a healthy immune system should recover
:09:23. > :09:27.within a month. Parents with experience of the
:09:27. > :09:31.illness say it's the one bug they'd rather avoid. It's gone through the
:09:31. > :09:35.family in the past couple of weeks any way. Hopefully we won't get it
:09:35. > :09:40.again. It's quite worrying something like this. Then it puts you off
:09:40. > :09:44.going to other paddling pools. recent hot weather, hundreds of
:09:44. > :09:47.families had enjoyed the paddling pool. Today parents were finding
:09:47. > :09:51.different ways to occupy their children. I'm not happy but if
:09:51. > :09:55.that's the case, we seen somebody yesterday, said they were putting
:09:55. > :09:59.taps in it for the kids to watch their hands. It would be concerning
:09:59. > :10:04.to go if we didn't know about it and then found out later on. I would be
:10:04. > :10:08.angry. Ensure the outbreak's contained, the council says other
:10:08. > :10:11.pools in the city are also being tested It could be possible that
:10:11. > :10:15.somebody who has been to East Park play area could have been to another
:10:15. > :10:20.pool. But it's unlikely. We just want to be sure. Are you doing about
:10:20. > :10:25.that? We're testing the water. In other areas as well? All through the
:10:25. > :10:28.city, to make sure. Mat jort of those affected are said to be
:10:29. > :10:32.children who recently visited the paddling pool, with families tonight
:10:32. > :10:38.being advised to be extra vigilant over hygiene.
:10:38. > :10:44.Phil is in East Park now. How long have the -- are the
:10:44. > :10:48.authorities expecting the pool to be closed? The council will give no
:10:48. > :10:51.clear indication as to when the paddling pool here will be back to
:10:51. > :10:56.normal. It is the height of the summer holiday. They'll be keen to
:10:57. > :11:01.try and resolve these problems as soon as they can. We do know that in
:11:01. > :11:05.the last 24 hours, every GP in Hull and east Yorkshire has been
:11:05. > :11:08.contacted by health experts and alerted as to what has been
:11:08. > :11:17.happening. They are, they say, expecting more cases over the next
:11:17. > :11:19.couple of days to appear. Catching the symptoms early could be crucial
:11:19. > :11:24.in preventing the spread of the infection.
:11:24. > :11:29.More news now, a new inquest will be held into the death of a man whose
:11:29. > :11:32.body was washed up on a Norfolk beach 24 years ago. DNA tests last
:11:32. > :11:37.year led to believe it was Michael Sutherland who lived in Cleethorpes.
:11:37. > :11:40.That should now be determined by the Coroners' Court. An open verdict was
:11:40. > :11:44.pronounced in the first inquest held in 1990.
:11:44. > :11:50.Detectives investigating the armed robbery at a jewellers in Beverley
:11:50. > :11:54.have released a CCTV image a second person. They would like any
:11:54. > :12:00.information about the clothes worn during the robbery. Both suspects
:12:00. > :12:02.wore white paper overalways and black balaclavas. Watches were
:12:02. > :12:05.stolen from the Guest andPhillips Jewellers yesterday morning.
:12:05. > :12:11.Staff Attenborough the City of Lincoln Council will now earn what's
:12:11. > :12:17.known as a living wage, a minimum of �7. 45 an hour. The change will
:12:17. > :12:21.affect 39 people who have been on a rate of �6. 35, just above the
:12:21. > :12:25.national minimum wage. The living wage is worked out with members of
:12:25. > :12:28.the public based on what households need to maintain their standards of
:12:28. > :12:32.living. �7 million is to be spent on
:12:32. > :12:36.improvements to the buildings at the University of Lincoln. The
:12:36. > :12:39.Government money will fund two new schools. The new students are
:12:39. > :12:43.expected to start there in the next two years.
:12:43. > :12:47.Now Prince Charles is well known as a champion of rural life. He even
:12:47. > :12:53.runs his own organic farming business. Now his charity is helping
:12:53. > :12:57.farmers in Lincolnshire. The coastal grazing marshes project is getting a
:12:57. > :13:01.share of �3 million from the Prince's Countryside Fund. The money
:13:01. > :13:05.will be held to help farms diversify and survive. It's being seen as
:13:05. > :13:10.another sign that the future of farming is looking brighter.
:13:10. > :13:20.One of our colleges has just reported that more youngsters are
:13:20. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:34.Ben is one of two apprentice iss in Lincolnshire funded by the Prince 's
:13:34. > :13:38.countryside fund. He's being guided through the most important event in
:13:38. > :13:43.the farming calendar by a custodian of this industry. I was hoping I
:13:43. > :13:50.wouldn't have to spend five days a week in college, so now I get the
:13:50. > :13:54.chance to earn money and work and dot job I like at the same time.
:13:54. > :13:58.started work at 15. This has always been a family farm. We've continued
:13:58. > :14:02.in the same way really. I'd like to think that some of the skill that
:14:02. > :14:07.I've picked up over the years that they'll not die completely, because
:14:07. > :14:11.they'll be passed on. Farmers who congregate in the market, they work
:14:11. > :14:15.hard and they've had long experience. Farming has changed
:14:15. > :14:20.dramatically since the war, as these pictures of a cattle market show.
:14:20. > :14:24.But with many farmers now exceed exceeding retirement age, new blood
:14:24. > :14:29.is needed. Latest figures suggest the number of people farming in
:14:29. > :14:35.Britain has declined 26% over the past 20 years. And it's estimated
:14:35. > :14:39.that 60,000 new farmers are needed in the next decade to ensure its
:14:39. > :14:44.future sustainability. Bishop Burton College in east Yorkshire is helping
:14:44. > :14:48.to train that new generation. Alfie Graham was in the classroom just
:14:48. > :14:52.last year. He now works on the college's farm. The number of young
:14:52. > :14:55.people comeling through -- coming through is quite astonishing. There
:14:55. > :14:58.are more and more people coming into agriculture from nonfarming
:14:58. > :15:02.backgrounds. That's because they see it as something that's not in
:15:02. > :15:06.recession. It could be decades before these graduates are ready to
:15:06. > :15:11.run their own farms, to independently produce the food that
:15:11. > :15:16.this country needs. That is why in the meantime, this industry needs a
:15:16. > :15:21.bit of help. The Prince's Trust have been good in giving us money towards
:15:22. > :15:26.training of people in the area, so that they understand and help to
:15:26. > :15:31.preserve the Lincolnshire coastal grazing marshes use. Ben drives the
:15:31. > :15:36.four miles home to a neighbouring village each night in his tractor.
:15:36. > :15:42.An apprentice taking his training seriously! It's a dedication which
:15:42. > :15:48.help him produce the British produce we enjoy in the future.
:15:48. > :15:56.Good news and a boost for farmers in Lincolnshire. Thank you for
:15:56. > :16:02.watching. Still ahead on the programme: How far? Keep going.On
:16:02. > :16:07.the tides. The 72-year-old swimming the Humber for a 70th time.
:16:07. > :16:17.It will be unique. I really can't think of anybody who would be daft
:16:17. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:29.Thank you for the photos. Tonight's was taken by Mike B ra d.
:16:29. > :16:39.-- Bard. -- Bard.
:16:39. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:43."I was shopping in and very excited when I saw Peter Levy in the pound
:16:43. > :16:50.shop." With all your money! In the shop." With all your money! In the
:16:50. > :16:57.pound shop! All right, get over it. Taking after Hudson. Should have
:16:57. > :17:00.brought some Lypsil for you. Tonight has been nice and warm. The greater
:17:00. > :17:04.risk of catching a shower tomorrow I think. There will be spells of
:17:05. > :17:09.sunshine that could be a little bit warmer tomorrow. 22, 23 degrees
:17:09. > :17:12.around the Wash. And it's because we are still in the settled spell of
:17:12. > :17:16.weather. Still a ridge of high pressure. Tomorrow night, this
:17:16. > :17:19.weather front pushes in. It's a fairly weak affair. It brings patchy
:17:19. > :17:24.rain and drizzle overnight into Friday. Friday should brighten up
:17:24. > :17:28.again. On the satellite picture, we have a mootling of cloud. We have
:17:28. > :17:33.had cloud through the day. Also spells of sunshine. Sunny spells
:17:33. > :17:36.into this evening. It looks like a fine night. A dry night with long,
:17:36. > :17:40.clear spells that. Allows patchy mist and fog to develop.
:17:40. > :17:50.Temperatures back to around 11 or 12 degrees. I think in the countryside,
:17:50. > :17:54.
:17:54. > :17:59.like last night, it could be quite drop to around seven or eight
:17:59. > :18:03.degrees, which is possible, we get a bit of mist, it could feel autumnal.
:18:03. > :18:07.It will warm up. The rest of the sunshine through the morning. The
:18:07. > :18:10.cloud bubbling up. Through the afternoon showers about. Not
:18:10. > :18:13.everywhere catches one. In the sunshine in between, it feels warm
:18:13. > :18:16.with temperatures around where they should be for this time of year. The
:18:16. > :18:22.breeze will be mostly gentle and temperatures will lift to around 22
:18:22. > :18:27.degrees, which is 72 Fahrenheit, perhaps 23 around the Wash.
:18:27. > :18:32.On Friday, we start with a reasonable amount of cloud. It
:18:32. > :18:35.should brighten up. The best day of should brighten up. The best day of
:18:35. > :18:39.the weekend will be Saturday. Can't believe I'm saying this, but
:18:39. > :18:43.when is he back from holiday? for ages. He likes to take about
:18:43. > :18:47.three months off! He's like a politician. Oh, gosh.
:18:47. > :18:50.Serve you right. I've been savage the last couple of weeks. See you
:18:50. > :18:54.tomorrow. Next year, the world's biggest
:18:54. > :18:58.annual sporting event, the Tour De France, will start in Yorkshire.
:18:58. > :19:02.When the decision was announced in December, it was seen as a coup for
:19:02. > :19:07.the county and a huge boost for tourism. Now it's emerged that the
:19:07. > :19:10.Government wanted to market the event not as Yorkshire's Grand
:19:11. > :19:15.Depart, but England's. In a moment we talk to the man given the job of
:19:15. > :19:22.running the tour. First this report. It's one of the biggest sporting
:19:22. > :19:25.events in the world. It attracts millions of spectators. When it was
:19:25. > :19:30.announced that the Tour De France would start in Yorkshire next year,
:19:30. > :19:34.the county was propelled not -- into the international spotlight. We're
:19:34. > :19:38.delighted. For the whole of Yorkshire this is an early Christmas
:19:38. > :19:41.present. Though the route wouldn't pass directly through east
:19:41. > :19:46.Yorkshire, tourism bosses urged local people to embrace it. Now it's
:19:46. > :19:50.emerged that the Government wanted to market the event not as
:19:50. > :19:54.Yorkshire's Grand Depart, but as England's. The national tourist body
:19:54. > :20:01.visit England's first news release about the tour mention England's 11
:20:01. > :20:04.times and York Yorkshire -- mention England 11 times and Yorkshire just
:20:04. > :20:09.three times. With less than a year to go, the revelations make
:20:09. > :20:13.uncomfortable reading for those who worked to bring it to the county.
:20:13. > :20:18.Joining me now is Sir Rodney Walker, the man put in charge of the tour
:20:18. > :20:24.here by the Government. Good evening to you. Hello, Peter.Let's clear
:20:24. > :20:30.this up. The lion's share of the route is in Yorkshire, will it be
:20:30. > :20:35.granded as Grand Depart Yorkshire. The brand is secure. It's agreed
:20:35. > :20:39.with the rights holders and it will be the welcome to Yorkshire Grand
:20:39. > :20:46.Depart. The Government want to market the event not as Yorkshire
:20:46. > :20:50.but as England? It isn't something that I've been full lay ware of. Do
:20:50. > :20:56.visit England want to be aware? Of course, they do. Because there's two
:20:56. > :21:00.days in Yorkshire. The third day is Cambridge, via Essex and the Olympic
:21:00. > :21:05.Stadium to the mall. It is at the end of the day, an English event.
:21:05. > :21:14.There's no question of it being anything other than two days of the
:21:14. > :21:20.Grand Depart in Yorkshire. Two days in Yorkshire and a press release, 11
:21:20. > :21:24.references to England and only three to Yorkshire. Was that a bad move?
:21:24. > :21:30.have spoken several times to the chief executive of visit England and
:21:30. > :21:34.I'm waiting for him to give me his proposals as to out Visit England
:21:34. > :21:38.can complement the publicity that Welcome to Yorkshire are going to be
:21:38. > :21:42.putting out. I don't see any conflict at all. I do want them to
:21:42. > :21:46.be involved but not take over the events. Briefly, we in east
:21:46. > :21:51.Yorkshire here feel already a bit left out of the race. Can you
:21:51. > :21:54.understand that why when west, south and west are part of it and we're
:21:54. > :22:00.not. Is it too late? There's nothing I can do about changing the route,
:22:00. > :22:04.I'm afraid. But what is good news is that a lot of the local authorities
:22:04. > :22:10.through the length and breadth of Yorkshire want to see this event a
:22:10. > :22:15.great success. It's going to cost us �21 million or there about and the
:22:15. > :22:19.prospects are that it will generate over �100 million of inward
:22:19. > :22:23.investment and tourism. I'm sure you regret we're not coming to east
:22:23. > :22:27.Yorkshire as well? I would love it to go to one of my favourite towns,
:22:27. > :22:31.which is Scarborough, which I think is North Yorkshire, rather than
:22:31. > :22:34.east, but it can't go everywhere. OK. Very good to have you on the
:22:34. > :22:39.programme tonight. Thank you very much.
:22:39. > :22:43.Now, lots of response last night on bus, taxi and lorry drivers
:22:43. > :22:48.attending a course in Hull designed to give them a cyclist's view of the
:22:48. > :22:51.city's roads. It's part of council efforts to make drivers aware of the
:22:51. > :22:55.dangers facing cyclists and involve them getting on their bikes and
:22:55. > :23:00.going on the road for themselves. A big response on this one. Just a
:23:00. > :23:04.few, Graham, "If the cyclists choose the cycle lane that has been made
:23:04. > :23:14.available to them, there would be a available to them, there would be a
:23:14. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:37.those. Scunthorpe United have been knocked
:23:37. > :23:40.out of the League Cup against barnedzly after a goal -- Barnsley,
:23:40. > :23:44.after a goalless away draw sent it to penalties.
:23:44. > :23:51.This was the decider after a shootout that saw nine missed spot
:23:51. > :23:56.kicks. The Iron lost narrowly by five penalties to four.
:23:56. > :24:00.It took him over three-and-a-half hours, but 72-year-old Pete
:24:00. > :24:07.Winchester from Lincolnshire has completed his dream of swimming the
:24:07. > :24:14.Humber for the 70th time. He set off from Spurn Point yesterday for a
:24:14. > :24:19.12-mile swim to Cleethorpes. From east Yorkshire's coast to
:24:19. > :24:23.Lincolnshire's. A 70th Humber swim for 72-year-old Pete Winchester and
:24:23. > :24:28.his guide boat team. Over the years, he's raised thousands for charity
:24:28. > :24:36.and still keeps coming back. This time, though, he insists it's his
:24:36. > :24:40.last crossing. I had an ambition to swim the Humber to emulate join
:24:40. > :24:48.finch or Brenda Fisher that swap the channel. When I did it once. My
:24:48. > :24:52.first question to the lads - when are we going again? Now we're on my
:24:52. > :24:58.70th, it will be unique, I really can't think of anybody who would be
:24:58. > :25:03.daft enough. That's because there's more than merely smearing on
:25:03. > :25:07.Vaseline. He has to time it just right and avoiding some obstacles.
:25:07. > :25:13.You can't swim against the current, so we have to make use of a little
:25:13. > :25:16.bit of the ebb, cut across dush the slack water period and then take the
:25:16. > :25:21.flood assisting us behind the swimmer and cut back into the shore.
:25:21. > :25:27.I want to be successful. I do want to call it a day. It is a big one,
:25:27. > :25:35.really. So to the swim. With the tides against him at first, peat's
:25:35. > :25:40.fast start soon slowed Andujar hour in, conditions -- slowed and an hour
:25:40. > :25:46.in, conditions worsened. We want to be further down. Pete this was
:25:46. > :25:50.becoming an epic swim. Two hours in and the shore still not in sight.
:25:50. > :25:53.Normally he would be almost home and dry by now. Instead it was another
:25:53. > :26:01.hour-and-a-half before this. Stop! hour-and-a-half before this. Stop!
:26:01. > :26:05.hour-and-a-half before this. Stop! Pete, stand up! Yes! We've done it.
:26:05. > :26:09.Yeah three-and-a-half hours it was a long one. I was cold, though I'm not
:26:09. > :26:15.cold now. I think because of excitement. I can tell you honestly,
:26:15. > :26:21.it was tough. It's amazing, it is really. Nobody will do it like Pete
:26:21. > :26:29.has, not 70 times. Not as many times. No. So 70 Humber swims at the
:26:29. > :26:34.age of 72, time to retire, you'd think and who knows, maybe he will.
:26:34. > :26:37.I reckon he'll be back. Well done to Pete. Now the main national and
:26:38. > :26:41.regional headlines: The Governor of the Bank of England says interest
:26:41. > :26:46.rates could stay at a record low for another three years. The Yorkshire
:26:46. > :26:50.MEP, Godfrey Bloom, has said he regrets any offence caused by his
:26:50. > :26:57.comments on foreign aid. Tomorrow: Sunny spells and scattered showers.
:26:57. > :26:59.Some places stay dry. Temperatures Some places stay dry. Temperatures
:26:59. > :27:03.up to 23 Celsius. Big response on Godfrey Bloom's comments after
:27:03. > :27:07.talking to him a few minutes ago. Steve says, Godfrey Bloom is right
:27:07. > :27:12.in what he says. We fought in two world wars for the right of Free
:27:12. > :27:15.Speech. Why ostracise the man for speaking the truth? Another one
:27:15. > :27:19.says, complaining of millions of pounds going in aid was speaking for
:27:19. > :27:23.many of us. Quite ridiculous to see the wealth of some of the leaders of
:27:23. > :27:28.third world countries. Simon and Judith say, "We are not
:27:28. > :27:32.amongst Mr Bloom's nearly 100%. His comments and glib manner are
:27:32. > :27:38.designed to create an environment which racist comments are