20/09/2013 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: The

Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom faces disciplinary action from UKIP after

he describes women as sluts. All of

Also on the programme: The Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Look North

he'll scrap what his party calls the bedroom tax — if he becomes Prime

Minister. The victims of crime waiting longer

than a year to see justice done at Lincoln Crown Court. And the shop

that has banned mobile phones. It is ignorant. Anyone should have the

decency to end the conversation. I will be back later in the programme

with a full forecast of the weather. Godfrey Bloom, the outspoken MEP for

Yorkshire and the Humber, is tonight facing a formal disciplinary hearing

after having the party whip removed. The politician who lives in East

Yorkshire has admitted calling women sluts at a UKIP fringe meeting. The

leader of UKIP Nigel Farage said the comments were beyond the pale and

that Mr Bloom's repeated behaviour was overshadowing the party's work.

That is an appalling thing to say. He's a politician known for his

oubursts, but today he's pushed his party too far. In one incident,

lashing out at a question he didn't like. You have checked out the

colour of people 's faces. Disgraceful! Mr Bloom has become

infamous for his maveick style of politics. In 2004, the year he was

elected to served Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in Europe, he

said "women should clean behind the fridge" when asked about gender

equality. In 2010, he was ejected from the European Parliament for

using a Nazi slogan against a German politician. In August of this year,

Godfrey Bloom referring to foreign countries which

received aid as Bongo—Bongo Land. How we can possibly be giving a

month when we are in this amount of debt to Bongo—Bongo Land. Earlier

this week, he was recorded saying to a group of women at the UKIP

conference "this room is full of sluts" after talking about whether

they cleaned their kitchens. all of the girls said they didn't clean

behind the fridge and I said they were all sluts. It was the joke.

Godfrey Bloom dismissed it as a joke. This afternoon, the leader of

UKIP said Mr Bloom is his friend but that his beahviour had crossed the

line. His behaviour is starting to overshadow all the good things we

are saying. He has gone beyond the pale and I think we have no option

but to remove the whip from him. By six o'clock, that supsnesion was in

force. For now, at least, Godfrey Bloom is adrift in a political

wilderness while investigations continue.

Well, for the latest, our political editor Tim Iredale joins me from our

Leeds studio. Do we know any more about what's going to happen to

Godfrey Bloom? We know he has been suspended from the party. The phrase

they'd use in these situations is that he has had the whip removed

which means he can no longer sit in the European Parliament as a UKIP

MEP. It is clear from that clip of Nigel Farage, the party leader, that

Godfrey Bloom had become a serial embarrassment to him. I think there

was a serious question about his long—term future in the party. I

followed his career with great interest. I have watched the gaps,

the clangers, the bloomers, and I think while in the past everyone has

been able to —— some people have been able to forgive his more

controversial amends, even the recent outburst of giving aid to

Bongo—Bongo Land land, I think there is a widespread feeling, Peter, that

this time he has gone too far. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has

told BBC Look North his party would scrap what he calls the bedroom tax

if the party is returned to power. This is the Government policy which

sees people have their housing benefit reduced if they have a spare

room. On the eve of the Labour Party Conference, Mr Miliband has also

defended his leadership following criticism from some, including the

former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. He's been speaking to our

political editor Tim Iredale. It has been a tricky few months for Ed

Miliband in the bruising world of politics. Some of Labour 's big

hitters have been good call of his leadership. The former deputy

minister and long—term —— long time Hull MP John Prescott said Labour

had massively failed to get it case over to the public during the

summer. I was offered advice including from our former Labour

deputy leader. This is the cost of living crisis. If Labour are to form

the next government, the party will have to win back seats like Lincoln

from the Conservatives. What did voters in this city actually know

about Ed Miliband or what he stands for but a mark can you tell me who

that is quite a mark that is Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour

Party. Do you know much about him or his policies? Not really. I know

that he doesn't really put himself out very well. I guess that is why I

don't really know his stuff. He is the leader of the Labour Party. What

does he stand for? Who knows. Lots of things. But some things we don't

all agree on. But I can't name them now. Do you know any of his

policies? Not really. They haven't announced many, have they? Many

voters don't seem to know anything you I do think that is true. There

is an opportunity at our conference to focus on the things that matter

and the things that we care about. How we create and coming that works

for working people and I hope that is what voters in Lincoln and

elsewhere will see. Ed Miliband has revealed one new policy

announcement. Bedroom tax policy has led to thousands of tellers with one

or more spare rooms losing their housing benefit. —— tenants. I think

it will make a real difference to families. Other people think it is

fair because most of the people are disabled people, . The pressure is

on Ed Miliband to land a can of Just a reminder, this weekend's

Sunday Politics will be be on air from 11 o' clock on BBC One.

In a moment: As one village shop closes every day, the people in

rural areas opening their own corner shops.

Lincoln Crown Court has been revealed as one of the worst in the

country when it comes to the time people have to wait for justice. New

figures from the Government show that it takes more than a year for

criminal cases to be dealt with and that makes it the fourth longest

wait in the country. Phil Connell has the story. It may be one of the

country's most attractive Crown courts but when it comes to

processing criminal cases, Lincoln is one of the slowest. On average,

from crimes being committed, it takes 55 weeks for cases to be

completed. According to the Ministry of Justice, that is the fourth

slowest in Britain. For Karen and Allen from Boston, their experience

of the legal system was even slower. Their son Justin was killed in a

work—related accident in 2010. A case for negligence has just been

settled at Lincoln Crown Court, three and a half years later.

Instead of giving people 28 days to comply, everything is electronic,

you would expect if someone was a document of another company, it

should be there very quickly. Britain's fastest court in Merthyr

Tydfil takes 28 weeks to process cases so why is the legal system

here so much slower? Leicester will have four judges sit —— sitting and

Lincoln will only have two. It is not surprising there are delays. To

make matters worse, by the end of this year, BCP office in Lincoln

will close with all cases being transferred to Nottingham. Many fear

it will exacerbate the problem and create even longer delays. It is

hoped today's league table will highlight the problem and make the

legal here in Lincoln.

Earlier, I spoke to Bill Waddington a local solicitor specialising in

criminal cases and asked him why he thinks cases are taking so long in

Lincoln. Well, I think it is quite a complex issue, to be honest. First

of all, it depends how we cases there are. It depends what sort of

case it is, and it depends how money cases are feeding into Lincoln from

outlying areas. Is Lincoln inefficient? Absolutely not. I think

the Crown courts around the country are generally speaking struggling at

the moment because of course we are going through a period of court

closures, Magistrates' Courts closures, —— magistrates are

arriving quicker than they did a few years ago. Why does it matter how

quickly the case is heard at court? It is generally accepted that

justice delayed is justice denied. And it is of course far more

efficient for everybody who is involved in a case for it to be

dealt with as quickly as possible. There are victims, witnesses and so

on and so forth, memories fade, there are defendants who may or may

not be in custody who have the pressure of the trial coming up and

so on. No one wants to wear such a long time. A year is the average in

Lincoln. What can be done to speed rings up? I think Lincoln has had

its problems, shortage of court or judges. Other perhaps more slightly

efficient areas that are dealing with them speedier perhaps have more

court rooms available or more judges available. We have a period here in

Hull where there was a backlog and the backlog had to be sent out to

Sheffield which was of course very inconvenient for a lot of people.

Very interesting to talk to you. Thank you for coming in.

A man who repeatedly punched an anti—fascist protester during an

English Defence League march in Hull has been sentenced this afternoon.

John Claydon, who's an EDL supporter from Derbyshire, hit David Harding

during the march in August. Claydon pleaded guilty and was released on

probation. He was also fined and ordered to take anger management

classes and complete 100 hours of community service.

A shop in The owner says he's made the decision because of a growing

number of people talking on their phone while being served. He says

its good manners for customers to end their conversations before

coming into the store. And there are calls tonight for other shops to

follow suit. Caroline Bilton reports.

They've become a fixture in our lives. We don't like to leave home

without them. Everywhere we go, they go with us. And 94% of the adult

population in the UK owns one. should there be rules we adhere to

when we're using one? This shop in Crow believes so. We have had so

many customers come in and stood talking their mobile phones. We are

busy at lunchtime and it is hard to communicate. It is distracting and

slightly rude. They serve up their sandwiches with a good dollop of

courtesy here and they believe the least a customer can do is to return

the gesture, but believe it or not it doesn't always happen. If they

are gesturing to the menu, to what they want, as opposed to speaking.

You have had people who just gesture at the menu rather than asking what

they want? yes. So, what do customers think to the mobile ban?

It is ignorant. I hate it when people get on the bus and they are

on the phone. I think anybody using a mobile phone should have the

common sense and decency to at least stop the conversation. That is

probably a good idea. You can get the job done as well. I am not

surprised a shop has on to this link. They should be commended. I

think every shop should do it. Interestingly, the chains are rather

scared to implement this sort of rule where as the independent stores

are leading the way in mobile phone manners. It's a bold step to take

but this store believes putting good manners before profits will benefit

their business. We'd love to hear your thoughts on

this story. Are they right to take this stand at what they say is bad

manners? Or are they being heavy handed? Let us know what you think.

Still ahead tonight: Why the future of Hull FC's coach is far from black

and white after they were thrashed in the Super League play—offs.

The ten—year—old with his double — made from 30,000 toy bricks.

If you have got a picture you up part of, send it in. Waltham

An extra pick to windmill and a field of

An extra pick to tonight. This is a bonus. This woman got in touch. One

of her hens at Grange farm laid this head this morning. It is four inches

long, 2.5 inches wide and weighs seven ounces. There it is next to an

ordinary egg. She has been in touch with the Guinness book of records.

There you are, egg news. Let's get the forecast. I've got an e—mail

here from the festival organisers. They are big fans of yours, Peter,

they say the ladies who have organised it have a soft spot for

you. To quote, if Peter would you turn up in person, it would make the

ladies go weak at their knees. Isn't that nice? Good luck to the ladies

with the flower show. I hope it goes well. And the weather will be fine

for them as well. A lot of settled weather to come. Tomorrow, settling

through the morning. That dry day and it will brighten up. The best of

the weather will be around tomorrow to time. You can see this area of

high pressure building in from the continent. It won't be complete dry

and settled. Temperatures will climb over the next few days. Getting

above average for the next few days. A lot of sunshine through the course

of this morning but a bit more cloud spreading. It has

broken in some places so pleasant and to the devil stop this evening

and overnight, likely to stay dry. Sun breaks in the cloud will allow

for patchy mist and fog to do. Out in the countryside, we could slip

back to around seven or eight degrees. The sun will rise in the

morning at these times. These are the times of high water. A little

bit of patchy mist and fog to start the day tomorrow but this will lift

by nine or ten o'clock. There will be a fair amount of cloud through

the morning hours. An imprudent throughout the day. A dry day. A dry

datacom tomorrow with increasing... a similar day on Sunday, brightening

a bit quicker. Simmer story for Monday. Brightening up through the

course of the day. Of course, you won't be able to go for the festival

because we are meeting for copy. They have been closing at a break of

400 a year but the village shop could be making a comeback in parts

of Lincolnshire and East Yorks. People are coming together to open

their own community shops to take on the supermarkets. Villagers in

Scothern in Lincolnshire are among those hoping to establish to revive

Queues, they just don't know the affairs correspondent

Queues, they just don't know the meaning of the word in the village

shop. And the man who serves you is more than a friend more than

anything else. The village shop has long been at

the heart of rural life. But in recent years, at least one a week

has closed across the country. For some in Lincolnshire, that means

travelling up to four miles for a pint of milk. In Scothern, villagers

find this so frustrating they're planning to open their own

cooperative. It'll be in this disused garage in the pub car park.

I would like to see the doors thrown open, tables and chairs outside,

boxes of fresh fruit and veg. We are going to be a nonprofit making

organisation so any money we do make we want to put back into the

community. In 1993, there were just 23 community—owned shops. 20 years

on, there are over 300. And they are riding the economic downturn, with

an average turnover of £157,000, some research suggests beating some

supermarkets in terms of sales growth. They do provide this really

essential social hub for annuities, especially rural amenities where

people can become isolated, people can come together to volunteer in a

shop and to be customers and that revives a really vital service.

Beccy advised Tealby villagers how to set up this shop. She distributes

funding from organisations like Prince Charles Countryside Fund.

nicely take over, we have good times and bad times. For no reason what so

ever. You can never say Tuesday will be a good day because it varies. So,

whether it's gossip or groceries, more communities are helping

themselves as they lose vital services.

Hull City's manager Steve Bruce says the Tigers go to Newcastle United

tomorrow full of confidence. The black—and—white sconces a record

number of points. Today, Adam Pearson has ordered a review of all

first—team matters. Simon Clark looks at watch this —— what this

means. The hunched shoulders and stern expression said it all. Nearly

a thousand Hull fans had gone to Huddersfield and it didn't take long

to realise there would be known need to purchase tickets. Within minutes

of the start, Huddersfield had so many points on the wall, a fightback

was of —— out of the question. For Hull, the shorts try was followed by

two for this chap. It didn't gloss over the highest number of points

conceded by a black and white team. I think we should be able to

motivate the players to do better than this. Absently terrible.

Terrible. It was not very good. I'm disappointed in what happened here

tonight. We will, in the coming weeks, and we will knuckle down and

work out over the preseason, what ever you want to call it, . Today,

Adam Pearson said he wanted to apologise unreservedly for the

embarrassing performance that was produced last night. The club will

now undertake a significant review of all areas and matters involving

the first—team squad and every supporter who attended the game will

receive the admission price of their ticket as a discount when renewing

or buying a season pass for 2014. The question for today is can Peter

Gentle survive such a humiliating defeat? Here is the view of one

regular observer of Hull FC matters. When you look at the season as a

whole, it has been one of disappointment. —— Hull. It has been

that of a call league campaign. There is no question that Peter

Gentle, Goddess —— position will be considered. The decision about his

future rests with Adam Pearson and review he began this afternoon. We

will continue to follow their future and see what happens. Hull City's

manager says the Tigers go to the game tomorrow full of confidence.

City drew in their last game against Cardiff and are 16th in the Premier

League and Bruce says his players are ready for another tough test.

And you can hear how the Tigers get on with BBC Radio Humberside who

have full commentary. on with BBC Radio Humberside who

have full Coverage starts on their FM frequency at 1.30. They'll

United's match against Plymouth. That's on AM.

When he started racing money for charity, this boy never been to his

reward would be a life—sized model of himself. It has taken 35,000 Lego

bricks to build but it is less than five feet tall. Jack took delivery

of it this afternoon. Unwrapping not a resident but his twin self. In

Lego form. This was built for him after he won a competition looking

for real—life heroes. Jack has raised thousands of pounds for

charity after the death of his mother from cancer. Jack takes it

all in his stride. He is a humble little boy. He deserves this and his

mother would be so proud of him. Where to put Jack to is the current

dilemma. But it is a reward for an 11—year—old boy who has been through

as well as given a lot. This has been scaled one—to—one and we have

taken all shapes and sizes and different

colours. Jack to is in the kitchen but he would stay there. I'm taking

my statue of me to a centre in Skegness to hopefully raise more

money for Saint Barnabas. Of course, this Lego will be hard to shift but

he aims to raise money in aid of cancer.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines. The

Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom has been suspended from the party after

calling a group of women at the party conference slots. He says it

was just a joke. The Labour leader Ed Miliband says he will scrap the

bedroom tax if he becomes Prime Minister. The weather for tomorrow,

mist and fog lifting, at times cloudy but staying dry. It will

brighten up with good sunny spells in the afternoon. Temperatures good

as well. Up to 19 Celsius. Talk about shops who refuse to serve

customers who are talking on the mobile. Robert says, I was on my

phone to my friend and said I would bring back as I needed to address

the driver to get my ticket. Gary says if the sandwich shop refused to

sell me, I would go elsewhere and not use it again. Catherine says,

the public, they cannot cherry pick their customers like this. Lisa

says, it annoys me when I get customers doing it. Some do not even

acknowledge you or make eye contact, it is really rude, would they like

me to serve them in the same manner? Thank you for those messages. Have a

peaceful weekend. I will see you on Monday, take care.