:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's
:00:00. > :00:04.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One
:00:04. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: The
:00:13. > :00:19.Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom faces disciplinary action from UKIP after
:00:19. > :00:43.he describes women as sluts. All of
:00:43. > :00:49.Also on the programme: The Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Look North
:00:49. > :00:51.he'll scrap what his party calls the bedroom tax — if he becomes Prime
:00:51. > :00:55.Minister. The victims of crime waiting longer
:00:55. > :01:02.than a year to see justice done at Lincoln Crown Court. And the shop
:01:02. > :01:10.that has banned mobile phones. It is ignorant. Anyone should have the
:01:10. > :01:14.decency to end the conversation. I will be back later in the programme
:01:14. > :01:25.with a full forecast of the weather. Godfrey Bloom, the outspoken MEP for
:01:25. > :01:29.Yorkshire and the Humber, is tonight facing a formal disciplinary hearing
:01:29. > :01:32.after having the party whip removed. The politician who lives in East
:01:32. > :01:45.Yorkshire has admitted calling women sluts at a UKIP fringe meeting. The
:01:45. > :01:48.leader of UKIP Nigel Farage said the comments were beyond the pale and
:01:48. > :01:56.that Mr Bloom's repeated behaviour was overshadowing the party's work.
:01:56. > :01:59.That is an appalling thing to say. He's a politician known for his
:01:59. > :02:04.oubursts, but today he's pushed his party too far. In one incident,
:02:04. > :02:12.lashing out at a question he didn't like. You have checked out the
:02:12. > :02:17.colour of people 's faces. Disgraceful! Mr Bloom has become
:02:17. > :02:19.infamous for his maveick style of politics. In 2004, the year he was
:02:20. > :02:22.elected to served Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in Europe, he
:02:23. > :02:26.said "women should clean behind the fridge" when asked about gender
:02:26. > :02:29.equality. In 2010, he was ejected from the European Parliament for
:02:29. > :02:31.using a Nazi slogan against a German politician. In August of this year,
:02:31. > :02:44.Godfrey Bloom referring to foreign countries which
:02:44. > :02:50.received aid as Bongo—Bongo Land. How we can possibly be giving a
:02:50. > :02:55.month when we are in this amount of debt to Bongo—Bongo Land. Earlier
:02:55. > :02:59.this week, he was recorded saying to a group of women at the UKIP
:02:59. > :03:11.conference "this room is full of sluts" after talking about whether
:03:11. > :03:15.they cleaned their kitchens. all of the girls said they didn't clean
:03:15. > :03:19.behind the fridge and I said they were all sluts. It was the joke.
:03:19. > :03:24.Godfrey Bloom dismissed it as a joke. This afternoon, the leader of
:03:24. > :03:31.UKIP said Mr Bloom is his friend but that his beahviour had crossed the
:03:31. > :03:36.line. His behaviour is starting to overshadow all the good things we
:03:36. > :03:41.are saying. He has gone beyond the pale and I think we have no option
:03:41. > :03:44.but to remove the whip from him. By six o'clock, that supsnesion was in
:03:44. > :03:47.force. For now, at least, Godfrey Bloom is adrift in a political
:03:47. > :03:52.wilderness while investigations continue.
:03:52. > :03:56.Well, for the latest, our political editor Tim Iredale joins me from our
:03:56. > :04:03.Leeds studio. Do we know any more about what's going to happen to
:04:03. > :04:07.Godfrey Bloom? We know he has been suspended from the party. The phrase
:04:07. > :04:12.they'd use in these situations is that he has had the whip removed
:04:12. > :04:17.which means he can no longer sit in the European Parliament as a UKIP
:04:17. > :04:22.MEP. It is clear from that clip of Nigel Farage, the party leader, that
:04:22. > :04:25.Godfrey Bloom had become a serial embarrassment to him. I think there
:04:25. > :04:29.was a serious question about his long—term future in the party. I
:04:29. > :04:34.followed his career with great interest. I have watched the gaps,
:04:34. > :04:39.the clangers, the bloomers, and I think while in the past everyone has
:04:39. > :04:45.been able to —— some people have been able to forgive his more
:04:45. > :04:48.controversial amends, even the recent outburst of giving aid to
:04:48. > :04:53.Bongo—Bongo Land land, I think there is a widespread feeling, Peter, that
:04:53. > :04:57.this time he has gone too far. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has
:04:57. > :05:01.told BBC Look North his party would scrap what he calls the bedroom tax
:05:01. > :05:04.if the party is returned to power. This is the Government policy which
:05:04. > :05:09.sees people have their housing benefit reduced if they have a spare
:05:09. > :05:11.room. On the eve of the Labour Party Conference, Mr Miliband has also
:05:12. > :05:14.defended his leadership following criticism from some, including the
:05:14. > :05:23.former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. He's been speaking to our
:05:23. > :05:29.political editor Tim Iredale. It has been a tricky few months for Ed
:05:29. > :05:32.Miliband in the bruising world of politics. Some of Labour 's big
:05:32. > :05:39.hitters have been good call of his leadership. The former deputy
:05:39. > :05:41.minister and long—term —— long time Hull MP John Prescott said Labour
:05:41. > :05:46.had massively failed to get it case over to the public during the
:05:46. > :05:54.summer. I was offered advice including from our former Labour
:05:54. > :05:58.deputy leader. This is the cost of living crisis. If Labour are to form
:05:58. > :06:03.the next government, the party will have to win back seats like Lincoln
:06:03. > :06:06.from the Conservatives. What did voters in this city actually know
:06:06. > :06:11.about Ed Miliband or what he stands for but a mark can you tell me who
:06:11. > :06:15.that is quite a mark that is Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour
:06:15. > :06:21.Party. Do you know much about him or his policies? Not really. I know
:06:21. > :06:26.that he doesn't really put himself out very well. I guess that is why I
:06:27. > :06:33.don't really know his stuff. He is the leader of the Labour Party. What
:06:33. > :06:39.does he stand for? Who knows. Lots of things. But some things we don't
:06:39. > :06:45.all agree on. But I can't name them now. Do you know any of his
:06:45. > :06:56.policies? Not really. They haven't announced many, have they? Many
:06:56. > :07:03.voters don't seem to know anything you I do think that is true. There
:07:03. > :07:07.is an opportunity at our conference to focus on the things that matter
:07:07. > :07:13.and the things that we care about. How we create and coming that works
:07:13. > :07:17.for working people and I hope that is what voters in Lincoln and
:07:17. > :07:28.elsewhere will see. Ed Miliband has revealed one new policy
:07:28. > :07:32.announcement. Bedroom tax policy has led to thousands of tellers with one
:07:32. > :07:39.or more spare rooms losing their housing benefit. —— tenants. I think
:07:39. > :07:44.it will make a real difference to families. Other people think it is
:07:44. > :07:57.fair because most of the people are disabled people, . The pressure is
:07:57. > :08:00.on Ed Miliband to land a can of Just a reminder, this weekend's
:08:00. > :08:07.Sunday Politics will be be on air from 11 o' clock on BBC One.
:08:07. > :08:17.In a moment: As one village shop closes every day, the people in
:08:17. > :08:20.rural areas opening their own corner shops.
:08:20. > :08:24.Lincoln Crown Court has been revealed as one of the worst in the
:08:24. > :08:28.country when it comes to the time people have to wait for justice. New
:08:28. > :08:32.figures from the Government show that it takes more than a year for
:08:32. > :08:35.criminal cases to be dealt with and that makes it the fourth longest
:08:35. > :08:45.wait in the country. Phil Connell has the story. It may be one of the
:08:45. > :08:48.country's most attractive Crown courts but when it comes to
:08:48. > :08:53.processing criminal cases, Lincoln is one of the slowest. On average,
:08:53. > :08:57.from crimes being committed, it takes 55 weeks for cases to be
:08:57. > :09:07.completed. According to the Ministry of Justice, that is the fourth
:09:07. > :09:10.slowest in Britain. For Karen and Allen from Boston, their experience
:09:10. > :09:17.of the legal system was even slower. Their son Justin was killed in a
:09:17. > :09:21.work—related accident in 2010. A case for negligence has just been
:09:21. > :09:27.settled at Lincoln Crown Court, three and a half years later.
:09:27. > :09:36.Instead of giving people 28 days to comply, everything is electronic,
:09:36. > :09:40.you would expect if someone was a document of another company, it
:09:40. > :09:45.should be there very quickly. Britain's fastest court in Merthyr
:09:45. > :09:52.Tydfil takes 28 weeks to process cases so why is the legal system
:09:52. > :09:58.here so much slower? Leicester will have four judges sit —— sitting and
:09:58. > :10:03.Lincoln will only have two. It is not surprising there are delays. To
:10:03. > :10:06.make matters worse, by the end of this year, BCP office in Lincoln
:10:06. > :10:13.will close with all cases being transferred to Nottingham. Many fear
:10:13. > :10:16.it will exacerbate the problem and create even longer delays. It is
:10:16. > :10:17.hoped today's league table will highlight the problem and make the
:10:17. > :10:24.legal here in Lincoln.
:10:24. > :10:28.Earlier, I spoke to Bill Waddington a local solicitor specialising in
:10:28. > :10:37.criminal cases and asked him why he thinks cases are taking so long in
:10:37. > :10:41.Lincoln. Well, I think it is quite a complex issue, to be honest. First
:10:41. > :10:46.of all, it depends how we cases there are. It depends what sort of
:10:47. > :10:51.case it is, and it depends how money cases are feeding into Lincoln from
:10:52. > :10:57.outlying areas. Is Lincoln inefficient? Absolutely not. I think
:10:57. > :11:01.the Crown courts around the country are generally speaking struggling at
:11:01. > :11:05.the moment because of course we are going through a period of court
:11:05. > :11:12.closures, Magistrates' Courts closures, —— magistrates are
:11:12. > :11:19.arriving quicker than they did a few years ago. Why does it matter how
:11:19. > :11:22.quickly the case is heard at court? It is generally accepted that
:11:22. > :11:26.justice delayed is justice denied. And it is of course far more
:11:26. > :11:31.efficient for everybody who is involved in a case for it to be
:11:31. > :11:35.dealt with as quickly as possible. There are victims, witnesses and so
:11:35. > :11:40.on and so forth, memories fade, there are defendants who may or may
:11:40. > :11:45.not be in custody who have the pressure of the trial coming up and
:11:45. > :11:49.so on. No one wants to wear such a long time. A year is the average in
:11:49. > :11:56.Lincoln. What can be done to speed rings up? I think Lincoln has had
:11:56. > :12:01.its problems, shortage of court or judges. Other perhaps more slightly
:12:01. > :12:06.efficient areas that are dealing with them speedier perhaps have more
:12:06. > :12:13.court rooms available or more judges available. We have a period here in
:12:13. > :12:17.Hull where there was a backlog and the backlog had to be sent out to
:12:17. > :12:22.Sheffield which was of course very inconvenient for a lot of people.
:12:22. > :12:25.Very interesting to talk to you. Thank you for coming in.
:12:25. > :12:28.A man who repeatedly punched an anti—fascist protester during an
:12:28. > :12:31.English Defence League march in Hull has been sentenced this afternoon.
:12:31. > :12:35.John Claydon, who's an EDL supporter from Derbyshire, hit David Harding
:12:35. > :12:41.during the march in August. Claydon pleaded guilty and was released on
:12:41. > :12:44.probation. He was also fined and ordered to take anger management
:12:44. > :12:58.classes and complete 100 hours of community service.
:12:58. > :13:01.A shop in The owner says he's made the decision because of a growing
:13:01. > :13:05.number of people talking on their phone while being served. He says
:13:05. > :13:09.its good manners for customers to end their conversations before
:13:09. > :13:12.coming into the store. And there are calls tonight for other shops to
:13:12. > :13:17.follow suit. Caroline Bilton reports.
:13:17. > :13:21.They've become a fixture in our lives. We don't like to leave home
:13:21. > :13:25.without them. Everywhere we go, they go with us. And 94% of the adult
:13:25. > :13:38.population in the UK owns one. should there be rules we adhere to
:13:38. > :13:45.when we're using one? This shop in Crow believes so. We have had so
:13:46. > :13:52.many customers come in and stood talking their mobile phones. We are
:13:52. > :14:01.busy at lunchtime and it is hard to communicate. It is distracting and
:14:01. > :14:04.slightly rude. They serve up their sandwiches with a good dollop of
:14:04. > :14:08.courtesy here and they believe the least a customer can do is to return
:14:09. > :14:15.the gesture, but believe it or not it doesn't always happen. If they
:14:15. > :14:21.are gesturing to the menu, to what they want, as opposed to speaking.
:14:21. > :14:28.You have had people who just gesture at the menu rather than asking what
:14:28. > :14:35.they want? yes. So, what do customers think to the mobile ban?
:14:35. > :14:41.It is ignorant. I hate it when people get on the bus and they are
:14:41. > :14:44.on the phone. I think anybody using a mobile phone should have the
:14:44. > :14:51.common sense and decency to at least stop the conversation. That is
:14:51. > :14:56.probably a good idea. You can get the job done as well. I am not
:14:57. > :15:02.surprised a shop has on to this link. They should be commended. I
:15:02. > :15:05.think every shop should do it. Interestingly, the chains are rather
:15:05. > :15:10.scared to implement this sort of rule where as the independent stores
:15:10. > :15:15.are leading the way in mobile phone manners. It's a bold step to take
:15:16. > :15:22.but this store believes putting good manners before profits will benefit
:15:22. > :15:26.their business. We'd love to hear your thoughts on
:15:26. > :15:30.this story. Are they right to take this stand at what they say is bad
:15:30. > :15:56.manners? Or are they being heavy handed? Let us know what you think.
:15:56. > :16:03.Still ahead tonight: Why the future of Hull FC's coach is far from black
:16:03. > :16:09.and white after they were thrashed in the Super League play—offs.
:16:09. > :16:22.The ten—year—old with his double — made from 30,000 toy bricks.
:16:22. > :16:29.If you have got a picture you up part of, send it in. Waltham
:16:29. > :16:37.An extra pick to windmill and a field of
:16:37. > :16:45.An extra pick to tonight. This is a bonus. This woman got in touch. One
:16:45. > :16:52.of her hens at Grange farm laid this head this morning. It is four inches
:16:52. > :16:58.long, 2.5 inches wide and weighs seven ounces. There it is next to an
:16:58. > :17:02.ordinary egg. She has been in touch with the Guinness book of records.
:17:02. > :17:10.There you are, egg news. Let's get the forecast. I've got an e—mail
:17:10. > :17:14.here from the festival organisers. They are big fans of yours, Peter,
:17:14. > :17:17.they say the ladies who have organised it have a soft spot for
:17:17. > :17:23.you. To quote, if Peter would you turn up in person, it would make the
:17:23. > :17:28.ladies go weak at their knees. Isn't that nice? Good luck to the ladies
:17:28. > :17:33.with the flower show. I hope it goes well. And the weather will be fine
:17:33. > :17:40.for them as well. A lot of settled weather to come. Tomorrow, settling
:17:40. > :17:43.through the morning. That dry day and it will brighten up. The best of
:17:43. > :17:49.the weather will be around tomorrow to time. You can see this area of
:17:49. > :17:57.high pressure building in from the continent. It won't be complete dry
:17:57. > :18:01.and settled. Temperatures will climb over the next few days. Getting
:18:01. > :18:03.above average for the next few days. A lot of sunshine through the course
:18:03. > :18:10.of this morning but a bit more cloud spreading. It has
:18:10. > :18:15.broken in some places so pleasant and to the devil stop this evening
:18:15. > :18:24.and overnight, likely to stay dry. Sun breaks in the cloud will allow
:18:24. > :18:28.for patchy mist and fog to do. Out in the countryside, we could slip
:18:28. > :18:34.back to around seven or eight degrees. The sun will rise in the
:18:34. > :18:40.morning at these times. These are the times of high water. A little
:18:40. > :18:44.bit of patchy mist and fog to start the day tomorrow but this will lift
:18:44. > :18:48.by nine or ten o'clock. There will be a fair amount of cloud through
:18:48. > :18:49.the morning hours. An imprudent throughout the day. A dry day. A dry
:18:49. > :19:08.datacom tomorrow with increasing... a similar day on Sunday, brightening
:19:08. > :19:14.a bit quicker. Simmer story for Monday. Brightening up through the
:19:14. > :19:21.course of the day. Of course, you won't be able to go for the festival
:19:21. > :19:24.because we are meeting for copy. They have been closing at a break of
:19:24. > :19:27.400 a year but the village shop could be making a comeback in parts
:19:27. > :19:31.of Lincolnshire and East Yorks. People are coming together to open
:19:31. > :19:34.their own community shops to take on the supermarkets. Villagers in
:19:34. > :19:37.Scothern in Lincolnshire are among those hoping to establish to revive
:19:37. > :19:47.Queues, they just don't know the affairs correspondent
:19:47. > :19:51.Queues, they just don't know the meaning of the word in the village
:19:51. > :19:53.shop. And the man who serves you is more than a friend more than
:19:53. > :19:57.anything else. The village shop has long been at
:19:57. > :20:01.the heart of rural life. But in recent years, at least one a week
:20:01. > :20:04.has closed across the country. For some in Lincolnshire, that means
:20:04. > :20:07.travelling up to four miles for a pint of milk. In Scothern, villagers
:20:07. > :20:10.find this so frustrating they're planning to open their own
:20:10. > :20:18.cooperative. It'll be in this disused garage in the pub car park.
:20:18. > :20:24.I would like to see the doors thrown open, tables and chairs outside,
:20:24. > :20:27.boxes of fresh fruit and veg. We are going to be a nonprofit making
:20:27. > :20:30.organisation so any money we do make we want to put back into the
:20:30. > :20:34.community. In 1993, there were just 23 community—owned shops. 20 years
:20:34. > :20:38.on, there are over 300. And they are riding the economic downturn, with
:20:38. > :20:39.an average turnover of £157,000, some research suggests beating some
:20:39. > :20:52.supermarkets in terms of sales growth. They do provide this really
:20:52. > :20:57.essential social hub for annuities, especially rural amenities where
:20:57. > :21:00.people can become isolated, people can come together to volunteer in a
:21:00. > :21:04.shop and to be customers and that revives a really vital service.
:21:04. > :21:07.Beccy advised Tealby villagers how to set up this shop. She distributes
:21:07. > :21:14.funding from organisations like Prince Charles Countryside Fund.
:21:14. > :21:19.nicely take over, we have good times and bad times. For no reason what so
:21:19. > :21:23.ever. You can never say Tuesday will be a good day because it varies. So,
:21:23. > :21:26.whether it's gossip or groceries, more communities are helping
:21:26. > :21:29.themselves as they lose vital services.
:21:29. > :21:30.Hull City's manager Steve Bruce says the Tigers go to Newcastle United
:21:30. > :21:41.tomorrow full of confidence. The black—and—white sconces a record
:21:41. > :21:46.number of points. Today, Adam Pearson has ordered a review of all
:21:46. > :21:52.first—team matters. Simon Clark looks at watch this —— what this
:21:52. > :21:57.means. The hunched shoulders and stern expression said it all. Nearly
:21:57. > :22:01.a thousand Hull fans had gone to Huddersfield and it didn't take long
:22:01. > :22:04.to realise there would be known need to purchase tickets. Within minutes
:22:04. > :22:10.of the start, Huddersfield had so many points on the wall, a fightback
:22:10. > :22:16.was of —— out of the question. For Hull, the shorts try was followed by
:22:16. > :22:23.two for this chap. It didn't gloss over the highest number of points
:22:23. > :22:26.conceded by a black and white team. I think we should be able to
:22:26. > :22:37.motivate the players to do better than this. Absently terrible.
:22:37. > :22:40.Terrible. It was not very good. I'm disappointed in what happened here
:22:40. > :22:47.tonight. We will, in the coming weeks, and we will knuckle down and
:22:47. > :22:55.work out over the preseason, what ever you want to call it, . Today,
:22:55. > :22:57.Adam Pearson said he wanted to apologise unreservedly for the
:22:57. > :23:02.embarrassing performance that was produced last night. The club will
:23:02. > :23:05.now undertake a significant review of all areas and matters involving
:23:06. > :23:09.the first—team squad and every supporter who attended the game will
:23:09. > :23:15.receive the admission price of their ticket as a discount when renewing
:23:15. > :23:19.or buying a season pass for 2014. The question for today is can Peter
:23:19. > :23:25.Gentle survive such a humiliating defeat? Here is the view of one
:23:25. > :23:28.regular observer of Hull FC matters. When you look at the season as a
:23:28. > :23:35.whole, it has been one of disappointment. —— Hull. It has been
:23:35. > :23:40.that of a call league campaign. There is no question that Peter
:23:40. > :23:46.Gentle, Goddess —— position will be considered. The decision about his
:23:46. > :23:53.future rests with Adam Pearson and review he began this afternoon. We
:23:53. > :24:01.will continue to follow their future and see what happens. Hull City's
:24:01. > :24:04.manager says the Tigers go to the game tomorrow full of confidence.
:24:04. > :24:08.City drew in their last game against Cardiff and are 16th in the Premier
:24:08. > :24:12.League and Bruce says his players are ready for another tough test.
:24:12. > :24:13.And you can hear how the Tigers get on with BBC Radio Humberside who
:24:13. > :24:15.have full commentary. on with BBC Radio Humberside who
:24:15. > :24:19.have full Coverage starts on their FM frequency at 1.30. They'll
:24:19. > :24:22.United's match against Plymouth. That's on AM.
:24:22. > :24:50.When he started racing money for charity, this boy never been to his
:24:50. > :24:57.reward would be a life—sized model of himself. It has taken 35,000 Lego
:24:57. > :25:06.bricks to build but it is less than five feet tall. Jack took delivery
:25:06. > :25:14.of it this afternoon. Unwrapping not a resident but his twin self. In
:25:14. > :25:19.Lego form. This was built for him after he won a competition looking
:25:19. > :25:21.for real—life heroes. Jack has raised thousands of pounds for
:25:21. > :25:27.charity after the death of his mother from cancer. Jack takes it
:25:27. > :25:32.all in his stride. He is a humble little boy. He deserves this and his
:25:32. > :25:39.mother would be so proud of him. Where to put Jack to is the current
:25:39. > :25:44.dilemma. But it is a reward for an 11—year—old boy who has been through
:25:44. > :25:47.as well as given a lot. This has been scaled one—to—one and we have
:25:47. > :25:58.taken all shapes and sizes and different
:25:58. > :26:06.colours. Jack to is in the kitchen but he would stay there. I'm taking
:26:06. > :26:12.my statue of me to a centre in Skegness to hopefully raise more
:26:12. > :26:19.money for Saint Barnabas. Of course, this Lego will be hard to shift but
:26:19. > :26:25.he aims to raise money in aid of cancer.
:26:25. > :26:32.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines. The
:26:32. > :26:35.Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom has been suspended from the party after
:26:35. > :26:40.calling a group of women at the party conference slots. He says it
:26:40. > :26:45.was just a joke. The Labour leader Ed Miliband says he will scrap the
:26:45. > :26:50.bedroom tax if he becomes Prime Minister. The weather for tomorrow,
:26:50. > :26:53.mist and fog lifting, at times cloudy but staying dry. It will
:26:53. > :27:01.brighten up with good sunny spells in the afternoon. Temperatures good
:27:01. > :27:04.as well. Up to 19 Celsius. Talk about shops who refuse to serve
:27:04. > :27:11.customers who are talking on the mobile. Robert says, I was on my
:27:11. > :27:15.phone to my friend and said I would bring back as I needed to address
:27:15. > :27:20.the driver to get my ticket. Gary says if the sandwich shop refused to
:27:20. > :27:25.sell me, I would go elsewhere and not use it again. Catherine says,
:27:25. > :27:32.the public, they cannot cherry pick their customers like this. Lisa
:27:32. > :27:37.says, it annoys me when I get customers doing it. Some do not even
:27:37. > :27:42.acknowledge you or make eye contact, it is really rude, would they like
:27:42. > :27:47.me to serve them in the same manner? Thank you for those messages. Have a
:27:47. > :27:47.peaceful weekend. I will see you on Monday, take care.