:00:00. > :00:15.six. On BBC One,
:00:15. > :00:20.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight. With a
:00:20. > :00:27.growing population, Boston is told to prove its case for more
:00:27. > :00:30.government funding. The very significan influx of Eastern
:00:30. > :00:35.Europeans who are here to work has created strain on the provision of
:00:35. > :00:38.services across the borough. After 80,000 people go to the Freedom
:00:38. > :00:42.Festival, is it enough for Hull to win City of Culture? It demonstrates
:00:42. > :00:48.what a great city Hull is, what a great cultural offer it's got.
:00:48. > :00:51.How increasing litter from beaches on the East Coast is killing our sea
:00:51. > :00:54.birds. Green with envy. The baker whose new
:00:54. > :01:03.shop front is turning heads in Louth. There have been thunderstorms
:01:03. > :01:14.around today, join me later for the forecast.
:01:14. > :01:21.England, and today Boston in Lincolnshire spelled out to the
:01:21. > :01:32.government why it should get extra money from the government. People in
:01:32. > :01:46.the area say services including health and education are under
:01:46. > :01:49.massive pressure. From sleepy market town to multi—cultural melting pot.
:01:49. > :01:54.The changes in Boston have been profound. It's claimed more than 60
:01:54. > :01:57.languages are now spoken here and that brings with it pressures and
:01:57. > :02:00.costs. One of the problems is getting those patients understood by
:02:00. > :02:04.the doctors and nurses. We employ a translator, we have done for the
:02:04. > :02:07.last 18 months, who sits in with the doctors and nurses specifically to
:02:07. > :02:21.translate for the patient. So we make sure there's a full medical
:02:21. > :02:24.history. Census figures show that in 2001, nearly 56,000 people lived in
:02:24. > :02:28.the town, but now that figure is nearly 65,000. Up by more than 15%.
:02:28. > :02:31.Much of this recent growth has come from Eastern European migrants
:02:31. > :02:33.working in the fields and factories of Lincolnshire.
:02:33. > :02:37.Population pressure has been a long running concern in this town. But
:02:37. > :02:39.now the council is claiming that the official figures actually
:02:39. > :02:42.underestimate Boston's rapid growth and they're calling for special help
:02:42. > :02:45.from the government. That of course means more money but the Minister
:02:45. > :02:55.who could provide it wants more evidence that it's needed. I put a
:02:55. > :03:00.challenge out to the council itself National Statistics is still
:03:00. > :03:03.underestimating, and I understand the case they put, particularly with
:03:03. > :03:08.houses of multiple occupation, I am happy to work with them to see how
:03:08. > :03:11.we can evidence that in a way that we can look at the funding formula.
:03:11. > :03:15.The strain is felt across the system. There are, for example, in
:03:15. > :03:18.one of the excellent primary schools in the centre of Boston, Park
:03:18. > :03:22.School, 68% of the children in that school don't have English as a first
:03:22. > :03:28.language and there are 16 or 17 different languages.
:03:28. > :03:31.This is a town where people have taken to the streets to protest at
:03:31. > :03:35.the impact of growing numbers of immigrants. But there are also those
:03:35. > :03:38.who believe population growth is a benefit to the system not a drain on
:03:38. > :03:41.it. We've got more people coming through the doors to look for
:03:41. > :03:45.volunteering work. Coming over from eastern Europe, they may not have
:03:45. > :03:48.exactly the skills that are needed for this country, they're not
:03:48. > :03:50.translateable, and it helps them to enhance their job prospects. The
:03:50. > :03:53.meeting with the minister was described as constructive. But it'll
:03:53. > :03:56.be February next year at the earliest before any decisions are
:03:56. > :04:07.made about extra money from Whitehall to help this growing town.
:04:08. > :04:10.I asked Councillor Peter Bedford, the leader of Boston Borough
:04:11. > :04:19.Council, why Boston should get more money from the government?
:04:19. > :04:22.Quite simply because of the number of migrant population that we now
:04:22. > :04:29.have in Boston which the government are not paying us for. But the
:04:29. > :04:36.government says the figures are 65,000, are you saying that is not
:04:36. > :04:42.accurate? We think it is ten or 12,000 on top of that. We are
:04:42. > :04:57.collecting the figures from GP surgeries and the doctors throughout
:04:57. > :05:05.the Boston Borough area. You believe the senses is out by about 12,000?
:05:05. > :05:09.Absolutely. That is our estimation. Have you been fobbed off by the
:05:09. > :05:15.minister, or are you taking this as a challenge? We are taking it very
:05:16. > :05:21.much as a challenge and have not been fobbed off. The minister was
:05:21. > :05:27.very good this morning. He listened to the people around the table. We
:05:27. > :05:31.had health providers, schools, everybody around this table and the
:05:31. > :05:41.Minister said that he was so pleased to have come and heard it all. Can
:05:41. > :06:01.you prove it? I am sure that we can. And if you cannot, you just have to
:06:01. > :06:05.lump it ? If the government have new initiatives, they can try them out
:06:05. > :06:14.in Boston. Do you think that Boston should be a special case quez—mac
:06:14. > :06:17.yes, I do. The Minister is from great Yarmouth. They have a similar
:06:17. > :06:38.problem. Should towns with high levels of
:06:38. > :07:05.population growth get extra money to fund more health and education?
:07:05. > :07:10.In a moment. Police say there'll be no further
:07:10. > :07:16.action against a UKIP councillor accused of online racist comments.
:07:16. > :07:19.The head of Hull's bid to be UK City of Culture in four years says the
:07:19. > :07:22.weekend's successful Freedom Festival has improved the city's
:07:22. > :07:36.chances of winning. It's estimated 80,000 people attended the three day
:07:36. > :07:41.festival. Caroline Bilton reports. From morning, until night. For three
:07:41. > :07:45.whole days, thousands of people came to experience Hull's Freedom
:07:45. > :07:49.Festival. The moment when the Viking ship left the Wilberforce statue,
:07:49. > :07:52.the New York brass band were playing and all the young people walking in
:07:52. > :07:59.the procession started singing. Suddenly there was a sense this was
:07:59. > :08:00.going to be really special. This was the start. 1,000 people
:08:00. > :08:04.parading through the streets with torches, culminating in a recital of
:08:04. > :08:14.Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech. Thank God almighty! We are
:08:14. > :08:36.free at last! But could Hull dare to dream and become a City Of Culture?
:08:36. > :08:41.It was a question many were asking. It does do wonders for a place. It
:08:41. > :08:45.would be great. Without being biased it really deserves it because it has
:08:45. > :08:47.changed a lot, I think, in the last five or ten years. Hull has got more
:08:47. > :09:09.to offer. It deserves it. From indie band The 1975 performing
:09:09. > :09:12.to a capacity crowd to local artists entertaining the younger generation
:09:12. > :09:16.in Queens Gardens, this was a platform for talent and a taste of
:09:16. > :09:20.what could be coming Hull's way should its bid be successful. Things
:09:20. > :09:23.are on the up. It is down to people trying, really. Looking at Hull in a
:09:23. > :09:27.positive light, rather than a negative light. I think this event
:09:27. > :09:30.has been a real calling card for our City Of Culture bid. It demonstrates
:09:31. > :09:34.what a great city Hull is, what a great cultural offer it's got and
:09:34. > :09:35.also that we can put together really fantastic events, really
:09:35. > :09:52.This street was packed with people world—class, high—class events.
:09:52. > :09:59.This street was packed with people 24 hours ago. The festival is all
:09:59. > :10:02.but a memory now. It was a platform for local talent, a spectacle for
:10:02. > :10:05.those watching. Organisers are hoping it has been enough to catch
:10:05. > :10:13.the eye of the City Of Culture judges.
:10:13. > :10:17.And the director of Hull's bid for city of culture Andrew Dixon will be
:10:17. > :10:22.live on our late news at 10.25 here on BBC One.
:10:22. > :10:25.Police investigating the murder of a newborn baby in South Lincolnshire
:10:25. > :10:30.say a 16—year—old girl arrested is receiving hospital treatment. The
:10:30. > :10:32.body of a baby boy was found at a house in Baston near Stamford last
:10:32. > :10:43.Thursday. A postmortem examination showed the child died from an airway
:10:43. > :10:46.obstruction. A new school has opened in Hull
:10:46. > :10:50.today for 600 children who will also attend classes on a Saturday. The
:10:50. > :10:53.Boulevard School is the first so called free—school in the city. It
:10:53. > :10:56.won't be controlled by the local authority and has more freedom to
:10:56. > :10:58.teach outside the traditional curriculum, as well as setting its
:10:58. > :11:01.own term times. The first thing is it's about
:11:01. > :11:06.further parental choice. Schools being planned in collaboration with
:11:06. > :11:10.Hull City Council. There's long been identified a need for a school in
:11:10. > :11:13.this particular area. Talking to parents, and families, and people in
:11:13. > :11:20.this community, they are looking forward to having their school in
:11:20. > :11:23.their community. Lincolnshire Police say they're
:11:23. > :11:26.taking no further action against a UKIP councillor who was accused of
:11:26. > :11:30.posting racist comments on Facebook. Chris Pain has always denied the
:11:30. > :11:36.allegations. Gemma Dawson is following the story. What's been
:11:36. > :11:39.Councillor Pain's response? Well, Chris Pain's always maintained
:11:39. > :11:41.his innocence, claiming his Facebook account was hacked. Since May,
:11:41. > :11:44.Lincolnshire Police have been investigating allegations that he
:11:44. > :11:49.posted racist comments on the internet. Today, though, they've
:11:49. > :11:55.announced that they'll be taking no further action against him or the
:11:55. > :11:58.wider UKIP membership locally. This afternoon, Chris Pain told Look
:11:58. > :12:04.North he's relieved after Police confirmed the news. They confirmed
:12:04. > :12:07.last week that I've not got a case to answer and the case was closed.
:12:07. > :12:10.Obviously, it's been a very saddening crime, especially as I've
:12:10. > :12:14.got friends of all nationalities who I holiday with on a regular basis.
:12:14. > :12:21.It's been very upsetting for myself, for my family for these false
:12:21. > :12:24.accusations. Lincolnshire Police say they take all allegations of hate
:12:24. > :12:27.crime extremely seriously, but they admit there are many factors that
:12:27. > :12:32.make such an investigation very complex. In a statement, Detective
:12:32. > :12:35.Inspector Andy Wardell, urges people to contact the police immediately if
:12:35. > :12:38.they see any racist comments online and not to post any responses
:12:38. > :12:45.because he says that can potentially hinder an investigation. I have
:12:45. > :12:52.contacted the UK Independence Party as well this afternoon, but they've
:12:52. > :12:58.declined to comment. Thank you.
:12:58. > :13:02.Still ahead tonight. 150,000 people see the world's best
:13:02. > :13:07.riders at Burghley. Seeing red. The baker whose new
:13:07. > :13:19.green shop front is turning heads in Louth.
:13:19. > :13:33.Take the photographs coming in. If you have one you are proud of, send
:13:33. > :13:44.it in. Good evening. So many complaints
:13:44. > :13:49.about the Thursday forecast. It did not rain in Grimsby at all on
:13:49. > :13:55.Friday. I have not come on here to listen to your viewers whingeing.
:13:55. > :14:01.I have come on here to give an accurate detailed forecast.
:14:01. > :14:11.I was in Headingley in the pouring rain all day.
:14:11. > :14:18.There have been some big thunderstorms this afternoon.
:14:18. > :14:22.Tomorrow will be windy and cool, especially towards the coast.
:14:22. > :14:39.Coastal Gail Plews Mike are possible. —— coastal gales.
:14:39. > :14:44.Thankfully, those storms will push out to sea. There will be scattered
:14:44. > :14:55.showers following in from the North, but we will ten Toulouse their
:14:55. > :14:59.intensity. —— tend to lose. Temperatures of eight or nine
:14:59. > :15:13.Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning. Roundabout six 25. There
:15:13. > :15:17.will be some brightness in the West, at coastal areas will see patchy
:15:17. > :15:28.rain coming down from the North. That patchy rain could extend
:15:29. > :15:33.inland. West of that, it will be mostly dry. But the wind will pick
:15:33. > :15:42.up. It will feel pretty chilly in the afternoon. Highs of 55 degrees.
:15:42. > :15:51.Patchy rain later. Thursday is looking not too bad, mostly dry.
:15:51. > :16:00.That is the accurate forecast. Don't you worry about these, I would
:16:00. > :16:06.apply to them. —— I will reply. See you tomorrow.
:16:06. > :16:10.There were tears of joy at the Burghley Horse Trials for one local
:16:10. > :16:13.rider who had the best time for a new rider at the prestigious event.
:16:13. > :16:17.Alex Postolowsky thanked her horse Ginger and her mum. As 150,000
:16:17. > :16:21.people turned up to watch the world's best riders, millions of
:16:21. > :16:30.pounds changed hands at the event's fashionable shopping stalls. Jill
:16:30. > :16:36.Archbold reports. At 28, Alex is young for a top event
:16:36. > :16:53.rider. Her debut could not have gone better. I did not think it would
:16:53. > :17:02.actually happen. It was amazing. Alex left with a grant to help pay
:17:02. > :17:14.for training. It is amazing. She has tried so hard with little help, it
:17:14. > :17:30.is fantastic. Gary finished in one of the top... He is always looking
:17:30. > :17:36.alert. And therefore owners who championed the sport as well. When I
:17:36. > :17:40.was a child, I used to watch it on the television. I used to come with
:17:40. > :17:48.my family and I never thought I would be in a position to have a
:17:48. > :17:51.horse here. And then there would be —— and then there were those who
:17:51. > :18:02.were simply interested in the sunshine. It is a lovely,
:18:02. > :18:05.entertaining day. For equestrian fans Burghley is all about spending
:18:05. > :18:09.time getting close to the action. Here at the trade stands, it is
:18:09. > :18:12.about spending of a different kind, proving that shopping is just as
:18:12. > :18:15.important as show—jumping. Burghley Horse Trials, other than the horse
:18:15. > :18:19.trials themselves, as a shopping venue, is billed as the best
:18:19. > :18:24.shopping outside Bond Street. Shopping or show—jumping, this
:18:24. > :18:33.internationally recognised competition shows no sign of
:18:33. > :18:37.slowing. Would you challenge someone who left
:18:37. > :18:40.litter on a beach? According to one marine expert, plastic litter on the
:18:40. > :18:43.beach is killing hundreds of sea birds, badly affecting important
:18:43. > :18:46.colonies north of Bridlington. Paul Rose says if people leave litter, we
:18:47. > :18:49.should challenge them or pick it up ourselves. His research for
:18:49. > :18:53.tonight's Inside—Out here on BBC One found dead birds with stomachs full
:18:53. > :18:57.of plastic. Here's a look at the programme.
:18:57. > :19:02.You might wonder where we would be without plastic in our lives. But we
:19:02. > :19:05.are not the only species to have developed a special relationship
:19:05. > :19:07.with the synthetic material. At Britain's biggest mainland gannet
:19:07. > :19:10.colony at Bempton near Bridlington, generations of birds have learnt to
:19:10. > :19:15.live with our waste, lining their nests with discarded plastic netting
:19:15. > :19:26.and ropes. But wildlife and plastics do not mix well. And to find out
:19:26. > :19:30.more, I am going to get closer to a sea bird than I have ever done
:19:30. > :19:33.before. It's not a pretty sight, seeing what these birds have eaten,
:19:33. > :19:36.but it is the best way of gauging how much trapped plastic is being
:19:36. > :19:37.consumed. Research shows that starvation is a common cause of
:19:38. > :19:40.death. I spoke to Paul Rose and asked him
:19:40. > :19:47.how so much plastic ended sea.
:19:47. > :19:49.It blows in. It is us. We consume a huge amount of plastic. And either
:19:49. > :19:53.accidentally, or deliberately, we end up with loads of it coming down
:19:53. > :19:57.the rivers, coming off the land and dumped in the sea itself. Then the
:19:57. > :20:05.ocean currents bring it around and dump it back on the beach. How do
:20:05. > :20:09.you feel about people when you see them leave the beach and they just
:20:09. > :20:13.leave their rubbish behind? We can't have people doing that. Things do
:20:13. > :20:16.blow a way when you're having a family picnic and the wind comes up.
:20:16. > :20:22.Of course there will be accidental bits of plastic. But people actually
:20:22. > :20:27.leave their rubbish on the beach. I have seen it. I think a bit of
:20:27. > :20:31.direct action. Having in the last few years focused on marine debris,
:20:31. > :20:34.I am pretty good at going up to people and telling them they cannot
:20:34. > :20:39.leave it. If there's any debate, I will pack it up myself. Tell us
:20:39. > :20:43.about the fulmar. You found some rubbish in its stomach when you did
:20:43. > :20:48.an autopsy. Yes, all the beautiful fulmars that we are finding on the
:20:48. > :21:01.coast of Britain, in their stomachs is plastic. It is just amazing. Take
:21:01. > :21:05.a tiny piece of plastic, when we find that in the bird's stomach, the
:21:05. > :21:08.equivalent size is 100 times. It is like having a plastic dinner plate
:21:08. > :21:12.in our stomach. Every single bird, we cut them open and found plastic.
:21:12. > :21:16.Do the birds then learn to live with it or does it cost them their lives?
:21:16. > :21:22.It costs them their lives. They live with it for a little while, but it
:21:22. > :21:24.takes up room that would have food in it. The plastic degrades and puts
:21:25. > :21:38.toxins into the body and kills the bird. Would you challenge someone
:21:38. > :21:42.who left litter on a beach? Would you pick it up yourself? What should
:21:42. > :22:09.be done to reduce plastic in the sea? That programme...
:22:09. > :22:13.A baker from Louth in Lincolnshire who took on the government over what
:22:13. > :22:16.became known as the pasty tax is in trouble with his local council over
:22:16. > :22:19.the colour of his shop. Although many shoppers like the freshly
:22:19. > :22:21.painted bright green front of Pocklington's Bakery, it breaks
:22:21. > :22:24.strict rules on character and appearance laid down by English
:22:24. > :22:26.Heritage. Jessica Lane has the story.
:22:26. > :22:30.Whether you call it lime green, apple green or bottle green, it has
:22:30. > :22:33.got some seeing red. Just days after this shop front in Louth was
:22:33. > :22:37.repainted, the owners got a letter from the council telling them the
:22:37. > :22:41.new shade was not in keeping with the local conservation area. We knew
:22:41. > :22:44.we could not change the colour to a different colour, but we were not
:22:44. > :22:48.aware that we could not change the shade of green to a lighter shade of
:22:48. > :22:51.green. It's disappointing. We tried to enhance the marketplace by giving
:22:52. > :22:54.it a fresher colour and we appear to have done something wrong. East
:22:54. > :22:58.Lindsey District Council says that the paint should be changed because
:22:58. > :22:59.Louth is an historic town and shops should use colours that suit their
:22:59. > :23:05.age and character. It said sensitive because this building is
:23:05. > :23:09.Grade II listed. English Heritage says that means it is recognised as
:23:09. > :23:20.being of architectural and historic interest. Listed building, times
:23:20. > :23:25.change and I think it is important to move with the times. I don't see
:23:25. > :23:29.why they should change it really. It's tidy, it's clean. Looks great.
:23:29. > :23:34.It seems a bit ridiculous really. It looks all right to me. It is
:23:34. > :23:39.preposterous. They are spending money to get this altered. It
:23:39. > :23:43.brightens the place up. Pocklington's are no strangers to a
:23:43. > :23:46.battle. When the government introduced VAT on hot baked goods,
:23:46. > :23:50.commonly known as the pasty tax, they travelled to London to protest.
:23:50. > :23:53.But they say they are not going to take on East Lindsey District
:23:53. > :23:56.Council and English Heritage on this issue and they will, in fact, be
:23:56. > :24:14.changing the paint to a more palatable shade soon.
:24:14. > :24:17.In Rugby League, both our teams are preparing for the Super League
:24:17. > :24:21.playoffs. Hull KR lost their final league game of the season yesterday.
:24:21. > :24:24.They were beaten 34—22 by the London Broncos. The Robins now go to St
:24:24. > :24:26.Helens for their play off on Saturday. Hull FC entertain Catalans
:24:26. > :24:29.on Friday night. In football, Scunthorpe United are
:24:29. > :24:33.still looking for their first win since the opening day of the season.
:24:33. > :24:37.They went in front thanks to a Niall Canavan header at Northampton this
:24:37. > :24:38.weekend. But the home side equalised with just 12 minutes left through
:24:38. > :24:48.Clive Platt. This goal meant the game finished
:24:48. > :24:51.1—1. A professional dancer from North East Lincolnshire has been
:24:51. > :24:53.paired with one of the BBC's best known faces in Strictly Come
:24:53. > :24:56.Dancing. Kevin Clifton from Waltham with
:24:56. > :24:59.Grimsby will dance with the presenter Susanna Reid in the
:24:59. > :25:11.series. The couples were revealed on Saturday and they now have some
:25:11. > :25:15.practice time before the next show. It was one of the last weekends of
:25:15. > :25:18.the year for big summer festivals and events. Over the last three
:25:18. > :25:22.days, we have been out along with tens of thousands of people who have
:25:22. > :25:31.been enjoying what's on offer in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
:25:32. > :25:39.59 years ago I was in that. I was 12 years old at the time and I had a
:25:39. > :25:51.ride in it. What the men went through during
:25:51. > :26:17.World War One is just unbelievable. Very exciting and vibrant. We like
:26:17. > :26:27.the dancers. take it all in. It's got a nice,
:26:27. > :26:46.family feel to it as well. I very busy weekend and are part of
:26:46. > :26:49.the world. Russia has offered to break the
:26:49. > :26:54.deadlock over Syria's chemical weapons.
:26:54. > :26:59.And council leaders in Boston have said that there figures are 20%
:26:59. > :27:07.bigger as they plead for extra money from the government. Tomorrow's
:27:07. > :27:09.weather. A dry bright start, clouding over with rain spreading
:27:10. > :27:14.from the north, especially in coastal areas. Feeling chilly.
:27:14. > :27:22.Maximum temperature 13 Celsius. On immigration, about time the
:27:22. > :27:28.government took some notice. Boston is in ruins and needs help. Clear
:27:28. > :27:36.says, the government doesn't need to get more evidence. When I lived in
:27:36. > :27:44.Spain, if I wanted a translator, I had to pay for it myself, so why
:27:44. > :27:47.should we pay for it here for migrants? Good night.