:00:00. > :00:18.Good evening. The headlines: More than 250 schools in east Yorkshire
:00:18. > :00:26.and Lincolnshire close because of a strike. It is protecting education
:00:26. > :00:32.long—term. We hope parents will understand and support that. There's
:00:32. > :00:34.anger some from some parents who say they weren't given enough notice of
:00:34. > :00:41.school closures. I am utterly disgusted. Any thought of giving
:00:41. > :00:46.them my support has gone out of the window. Also on the programme: The
:00:46. > :00:52.woman whose family say would still be alive if doctors had not ignored
:00:52. > :00:54.her medical history. A former US president takes his place alongside
:00:54. > :01:01.William Wilberforce and Nelson Mandela. It has been a decent day
:01:01. > :01:12.today. What is in store? We are looking at unsettled conditions.
:01:12. > :01:15.Around 250 schools in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been affected
:01:15. > :01:20.as staff from the two biggest teaching unions went on strike
:01:20. > :01:23.today. The latest figures obtained by BBC Look North show 148 schools
:01:23. > :01:32.closed completely, 108 were partially shut and 337 schools in
:01:32. > :01:36.this area opened as normal. Members of the NUT and the NASUWT say the
:01:36. > :01:47.walk out was over pay, pensions and conditions. Sarah Corker has this
:01:47. > :01:48.report. 8am and teachers on strike in Hull start their journey to a
:01:48. > :01:53.union rally in joined thousands of others from
:01:53. > :01:56.across Yorkshire and the Midlands. 33 years in the profession, Margaret
:01:56. > :02:05.Atkinson is striking over changes which could see teachers working
:02:05. > :02:11.longer. I don't think I could be working in my 60s because I think I
:02:11. > :02:20.would be worn out. I think we want teachers to be better. Do you think
:02:20. > :02:23.68 is too old to be teaching? Yes, definitely. And their list of
:02:23. > :02:26.grievances is growing. Teachers are unhappy about reduced pensions,
:02:26. > :02:32.working until they are 68, excessive workloads and unqualified teachers
:02:32. > :02:37.in the classroom. The government maintains the reforms are driving up
:02:37. > :02:41.standards. Teachers are being forced to go on strike because Michael Gove
:02:41. > :02:47.will not speak to the unions. It is not just a one—day inconvenience, it
:02:47. > :02:53.is protecting education long—term. Teachers are unhappy about reduced
:02:53. > :02:55.pensions. The main bone of contention is performance—related
:02:55. > :02:58.pay, head teachers setting salaries, teachers only moving up the pay
:02:58. > :03:16.scale if they meet certain standards. Parents and the public in
:03:16. > :03:19.general, it will undermine teachers, and they will have the best pensions
:03:19. > :03:24.available to anybody across the land. Some schools were left with
:03:24. > :03:30.not enough staff and forced to shut. Others were able to open as usual,
:03:30. > :03:34.like the South Cave Primary. We were totally unaffected. None of the
:03:34. > :03:40.teachers took any action so all classes were normal. Either publicly
:03:40. > :03:47.to have sympathy? I'm not sure. That is up to the public. The situation
:03:47. > :03:51.is intolerable. Why are you striking? Because I wanted to take
:03:51. > :03:55.industrial action for the good of the young people in Bridlington.
:03:56. > :03:59.Both sides say they are willing top re—open talks, but until that
:03:59. > :04:07.happens pupils will be caught in the middle. For many parents who were
:04:07. > :04:10.meant to go to work today there has been disruption and loss of earnings
:04:10. > :04:14.as they arranged for alternative childcare. Jessica Lane has been to
:04:14. > :04:19.meet two families to see the impact today's walk—out had on them. Ellie
:04:19. > :04:32.May only started school in September. Her dad says one of those
:04:32. > :04:37.lessons is about attendance. I've said to her she has not to go to
:04:37. > :04:42.school. We have to do certain things. Chris tried to take both
:04:42. > :04:53.kids to school today. He says he'd be fined sixty pounds if he took
:04:53. > :04:58.them out of school for a holiday. My wife has cancelled three
:04:58. > :05:02.appointments. If she cannot get those appointments back they will be
:05:02. > :05:04.getting fined, her loss of earnings, which they do not want to pay
:05:05. > :05:11.because that will be lots, somebody is going to be paying for it.
:05:11. > :05:15.Lynsey's a childminder and is looking after her own and other
:05:15. > :05:19.people's children. My sister is a teacher and it does not finish at
:05:19. > :05:23.the end of the day. She is constantly working weekends,
:05:23. > :05:27.paperwork, planning. You think about what you can do, if I did not look
:05:27. > :05:30.after them regularly, what would they do? Parents say more strikes
:05:30. > :05:38.could mean more disruption. Leaving them needing a helping hand. I'm
:05:38. > :05:43.joined now by Rhoda Andrew Chow from the National Union of Teachers. Good
:05:43. > :05:47.evening. Parents watching tonight, will they have much sympathy? What
:05:48. > :05:51.they have done for the children's education today and having to fork
:05:51. > :05:55.out for childcare. Lots of the parents that I met today when we
:05:55. > :06:02.were out in Sheffield were in support of the action that teachers
:06:02. > :06:05.have taken. Teachers are concerned that people have been
:06:05. > :06:09.inconvenienced, but they have taken the action it cause it is the last
:06:09. > :06:15.resort. It is the only thing they can do. The average teaching salary
:06:15. > :06:20.is £33,000 per year. 13 weeks holiday. Lots of people watching
:06:20. > :06:26.would love those conditions. Why are you not happy? We would love those
:06:26. > :06:37.conditions as well for other people in the public sector and the private
:06:37. > :06:40.sector. We do not believe the government are driving it down. It
:06:40. > :06:49.is the teachers who should continue to have good salaries. One of the
:06:49. > :06:55.issues is performance related pay. Why should they not be given an
:06:55. > :06:59.incentive? There has already been a pay system for a great number of
:06:59. > :07:05.years but is in place that allows for teachers to be paid good and
:07:05. > :07:09.fairly by introducing more performance related pay, it is going
:07:09. > :07:15.to disadvantage all teachers because we can see that there will be a
:07:15. > :07:18.drive down. 73% of your members either did not vote or voted against
:07:18. > :07:23.the strike. What will they be thinking? Most of them will be in
:07:23. > :07:31.support of the teachers that did go out today. They did not vote
:07:31. > :07:34.though, did they? But the majority voted for strike action because they
:07:34. > :07:39.could see that there was no alternative, Michael Gove has
:07:39. > :07:43.continued... Will you meet Michael Gove? We would be willing to meet
:07:43. > :07:46.with him. That is what we have wanted to do, and if he would do the
:07:46. > :07:49.same as the Welsh government and meet them we would not have to go
:07:49. > :07:58.forward with strikes. Good to see you. Thank you for coming in. We
:07:58. > :08:03.would like to know what you think about it. Do they have a right to
:08:03. > :08:18.take a stand? If you want to get in touch...
:08:18. > :08:29.Many parents have been affected, we will have your thoughts on this
:08:29. > :08:34.before 7pm. In a moment: The BBC is seeking nominations for the unsung
:08:34. > :08:42.hero of sport 2013. We visit last year's winners. Hannah Pudsey from
:08:42. > :08:46.East Yorkshire lived for eleven years after being given a new heart
:08:47. > :08:50.at the age of just twelve. Today a coroner decided her death last year
:08:50. > :08:53.was due to natural causes but Hannah's mother has described the
:08:53. > :08:55.care her daughter received at Hull Royal Infirmary as inadequate. She
:08:55. > :09:00.believes Hannah might have survived if her complicated medical history
:09:00. > :09:07.had been considered. Our health correspondent, Vicky Johnson
:09:07. > :09:14.reports. She was just 13 when she had her heart transplant and her
:09:14. > :09:21.bravery and determination made her a poster girl for organ donation.
:09:21. > :09:27.You're not the only one, there are loads of kids waiting for hearts and
:09:27. > :09:31.organs. An inquest in Hull today heard how she died hours after being
:09:31. > :09:39.admitted to the Royal infirmary in February last year. Doctors
:09:39. > :09:44.diagnosed her with a complication of diabetes and she was transferred to
:09:44. > :09:47.a specialist ward. Nobody consulted her doctors in Newcastle where she
:09:47. > :09:52.was regularly monitored. Her mother told the coroner her care had been
:09:52. > :09:55.inadequate. There was a lot of information not being relayed from
:09:55. > :10:03.one doctor to another and she was left a long time without further
:10:03. > :10:09.blood tests being ordered. The coroner said an admission to the
:10:09. > :10:11.high dependency unit and the conversation with the cardiologist
:10:11. > :10:17.might have made a difference. They could not save a definite that it
:10:17. > :10:22.would have. He added that he was satisfied there were no missed
:10:22. > :10:27.opportunities. Hannah took every opportunity to raise awareness, even
:10:27. > :10:34.her 21st birthday. Lots of people never get round to doing it. They
:10:34. > :10:41.say they will sign up tomorrow. That tomorrow never comes. Her mother has
:10:41. > :10:44.echoed those sentiments. She has supported transplants. It is not a
:10:44. > :10:50.cure but she always believed everybody should have a chance. More
:10:50. > :10:53.than anything, she wanted her wedding day in July and it was a
:10:53. > :11:01.shame that she did not live to fulfil that greatest wish. Well the
:11:01. > :11:04.coroner related —— recorded accidental causes, the hospital
:11:04. > :11:08.trust accepted they could have supported the family better. It is
:11:08. > :11:14.hoped they can learn from this tragic event. A jury has failed to
:11:14. > :11:20.reach a verdict, in the trial of a woman accused of paying a hit
:11:20. > :11:23.who's 36 and from Hollym near Withernsea, is waiting to hear if
:11:23. > :11:30.she'll have to face another trial, after the jury at Hull Crown Court
:11:30. > :11:35.was discharged. Darren Wilson, who's 45 and from North Hull, was found
:11:35. > :11:39.guilty of conspiracy to murder. A former Mayor of Cleethorpes has been
:11:39. > :11:41.found not guilty of performing a sex act in front of children. But
:11:41. > :11:44.Conservative councillor Keith Brookes was given a restraining
:11:44. > :11:47.order banning him from sunbathing naked in his garden for five years.
:11:47. > :11:56.He denied outraging public decency at Grimsby Crown Court. Hospital
:11:57. > :11:59.managers in Lincolnshire say they've made improvements to services after
:11:59. > :12:03.being put into special measures. They say death rates have fallen and
:12:03. > :12:06.a hundred nurses have been taken on since the hospitals in Lincoln and
:12:06. > :12:11.Boston were criticised in the Keogh Report. There will be a new
:12:11. > :12:15.inspection early next year. The Unite trade union says that up to 13
:12:15. > :12:18.staff could lose their jobs at Bridlington Hospital under plans for
:12:18. > :12:21.patient meals to be cooked off site. The proposals would see food
:12:21. > :12:24.prepared in York. Managers say they will try and redeploy workers, but
:12:24. > :12:37.Unite say they will oppose redundancies. Still to come: We
:12:37. > :12:39.reveal which former US President has been recognised at the "home of
:12:39. > :12:47.freedom". National Older People Day. Age is
:12:47. > :12:58.just a number, as these ladies prove.
:12:58. > :13:22.Keep your photos coming in. This was taken at RAF Coningsby by John
:13:22. > :13:30.Heard. Good evening. Where's Paul? I have to get on with the forecast. He
:13:30. > :13:34.is on a course. A weather forecasting course. He was the only
:13:35. > :13:46.one asked to go on it. You have made my day. We will see if he is any
:13:46. > :13:49.better. Tomorrow is not going to be very nice. Some beautiful sunshine
:13:49. > :13:55.and we expect some rain in the forecast tomorrow. It is caught a
:13:56. > :14:00.sea of this awkward at front —— it is because of this weather front.
:14:00. > :14:03.The breezy conditions will be the theme of the weather for the next
:14:03. > :14:10.few days. Here the satellite picture. The rain will spread
:14:10. > :14:14.tomorrow. At the moment, we have some clear skies. Some variable
:14:14. > :14:22.amounts of cloud. Overnight, it will break to allow some clear spells.
:14:22. > :14:31.Largely drive. It will be double—figure temperatures. It will
:14:31. > :14:37.remain breezy throughout. The sun will rise just 7am. It will set at
:14:37. > :14:44.6:30pm. The time of high water will be 455 a.m.. —— 450 5am. As we head
:14:44. > :14:50.through the morning, you can see this band of rain pushing up. There
:14:50. > :14:54.will be heavy spells. It will clear off to the north. The rain will
:14:54. > :15:00.become like and patchy. Still the risk of showers. Perhaps a little
:15:00. > :15:03.brightness as well. It is going to be rather breezy for a time
:15:03. > :15:08.tomorrow, and the wet weather and the rain will mean it feels a little
:15:08. > :15:14.miserable. Temperatures will be around average for the time of
:15:14. > :15:19.year, ranging from 14—16 degrees. On Thursday, it will be a decent day
:15:19. > :15:25.and it will cloud over. There will be some rain towards the evening
:15:25. > :15:32.hours. Scattered spells of showers coming on the weekend. You can ask
:15:32. > :15:39.Paul tomorrow. The look of panic in your face when I asked where he was.
:15:39. > :15:45.Fantastic. Don't get me into trouble. The damage is done. The
:15:45. > :15:48.winners of last years BBC Sports Unsung Hero say the award helped
:15:48. > :15:52.transform their club's profile. Tina Parker and Len Gooch won the 2012
:15:52. > :15:55.award for their work at a judo academy. Our sports reporter Simon
:15:55. > :16:02.Clark has been to see how their success changed Judo in Scunthorpe.
:16:02. > :16:07.Former and her father Len Gooch started the
:16:07. > :16:11.Kwai Academy a decade ago in a wooden hut. Now their newly
:16:11. > :16:15.refurbished centre on Scunthorpe Hebden Road is a state—of the—art
:16:15. > :16:18.facility for the sport. A grant from Sport England helped but so too
:16:18. > :16:28.recognition of winning the BBC's Unsung Hero award. We have achieved
:16:28. > :16:33.a lot since we done it. We will improve the club and everything.
:16:33. > :16:39.There has also been schools. It has got a load a bit more. It has helped
:16:39. > :16:42.us overall. It is been really good. Tina and Len have always put the
:16:43. > :16:46.emphasis on coaching youngsters and introducing them to the sport that
:16:46. > :16:48.they love. Now they come from not only Scunthorpe but all over
:16:48. > :16:57.Lincolnshire to practise, especially now the facilities are the best.
:16:57. > :17:01.Since they won it has an very good because there is lots of space. They
:17:01. > :17:08.have had more people coming in, people doing judo and it is a better
:17:08. > :17:16.place for us. Last year there was not many people coming but now there
:17:16. > :17:24.is a lot more people coming. Me and my dad, getting on with what we like
:17:24. > :17:30.doing. When they were saying we were wonderful and the kids were enjoying
:17:30. > :17:31.it, that is the plan. This is the trophy they were awarded. If you
:17:31. > :17:42.know somebody worthy of a nomination, logon to the BBC
:17:42. > :17:47.website. You will find it in the sports personality section. British
:17:47. > :17:51.judo is now looking at the gym as a potential centre of excellence, all
:17:51. > :18:01.helped by a nomination for the unsung hero awards. To make a
:18:01. > :18:02.nomination go on to the BBC sport website. All the information is
:18:02. > :18:13.there. A review into policing arrangements,
:18:14. > :18:16.that led to West Yorkshire Police putting restrictions on Hull City
:18:16. > :18:19.fans travelling to the Huddersfield game, has been completed. Some
:18:19. > :18:22.Tigers supporters boycotted the match in March against Huddersfield
:18:22. > :18:30.Town in protest, after being told they could only travel to the
:18:30. > :18:36.stadium using club transport. They will be without their top scorer for
:18:36. > :18:42.a month. Tom Brady, after having an operation, has been ruled out. The
:18:42. > :18:46.winger Tom Briscoe has been selected as part of Steve MacNamara's England
:18:46. > :18:49.squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Briscoe scored twice in Hull's
:18:49. > :18:53.final game of the season which was also his last for the club as he
:18:53. > :18:57.will move to another un—named team this winter. England will play Fiji
:18:57. > :19:04.at the KC Stadium on the 9th of November. I think we have got some
:19:04. > :19:10.ability to finish off some things. We have got some genuine speed. That
:19:10. > :19:17.is how an international team should be. Most of the attributes needed to
:19:17. > :19:24.compete. We know the teams we are competing against the will have that
:19:24. > :19:32.as well so it is game on. England have wailed —— England have named
:19:32. > :19:42.the team 20 squad including an athlete from our area. The team will
:19:42. > :19:46.tourist really over the winter. A big response on the subject of
:19:46. > :19:51.libraries, and a petition against plans to cut libraries. The County
:19:51. > :20:00.Council wants volunteers to take over their running as it seeks to
:20:00. > :20:02.save money. There's been a mixed response on this subject. Dave in
:20:02. > :20:05.Lincoln says it's important libraries are kept open, saying,
:20:05. > :20:09."Whilst it is recognised that a minority of people use a library,
:20:09. > :20:12.these tend to be the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our society — the
:20:12. > :20:14.elderly, unemployed and children. We must protect their interests." But
:20:14. > :20:18.Stewart Waddell in Grimsby disagrees. He says, "Libraries are
:20:18. > :20:22.used by the few and paid for by the many, close them all and save us
:20:22. > :20:29.taxpayers the money". Kevin in Goole is also happy to see libraries
:20:29. > :20:33.closed. He says "People have to move with the times. Libraries are not as
:20:33. > :20:36.essential as they used to be hence cuts. I would prefer my taxes to go
:20:36. > :20:42.to more essential services." Thank you for those. Here is one of the
:20:42. > :20:45.most famous American presidents, and today, Abraham Lincoln has been
:20:45. > :20:55.commemorated in the same place as William Wilberforce. It is thanks to
:20:55. > :20:58.a monument. Called the Wall of Names, it honours the world's most
:20:58. > :21:01.influential human rights campaigners. And today, people
:21:01. > :21:07.travelled from the USA to see the latest name added to it. Anne—Marie
:21:07. > :21:11.Tasker was there. Songs from the Hope Choir greeted the hundred
:21:11. > :21:14.people who'd come to see the latest addition to Hull's Wall of Names.
:21:14. > :21:16.Watched by dignitaries and helped by schoolchildren from Hull, the US
:21:16. > :21:26.Embassy's Cultural Attache unveiled the name Abraham Lincoln. It was a
:21:26. > :21:32.huge honour for me, personally, as an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, but
:21:32. > :21:36.as an American to see that in every corner of the UK they honour and
:21:36. > :21:41.recognise the significance of Abraham Lincoln and his role in
:21:41. > :21:44.history and human rights. That speech has been made by how many
:21:44. > :21:47.sons since the war began? Lincoln is known worldwide. He's been
:21:47. > :21:50.immortalised in film — and the only historical figures more written
:21:50. > :21:53.about than him are Jesus and Napoleon. He's not just one of
:21:53. > :21:58.America's most famous presidents but the man who abolished slavery in the
:21:58. > :22:02.US. And that's why he's been recognised on the wall that stands
:22:02. > :22:10.in the shadow of the birthplace of anti—slavery campaigner William
:22:10. > :22:14.Wilberforce. This is an incredibly memorable occasion, to have the 16th
:22:14. > :22:16.president of the United States recognised on this great Wall is
:22:16. > :22:23.quite an honour. of William Wilberforce because of
:22:23. > :22:28.the deeds they did in bringing slavery to an end. Abraham Lincoln
:22:28. > :22:34.at the same time, positions himself alongside those figures. There is a
:22:34. > :22:37.connection there and we celebrate that. The wall already honours the
:22:37. > :22:40.world's most famous freedom campaigners — Nelson Mandela, Martin
:22:40. > :22:48.Luther King, Sylvia Pankhurst and Hull's William Wilberforce. On the
:22:48. > :22:54.150th anniversary of his speech that freed slaves in America — Abraham
:22:54. > :22:57.Lincoln joins them. Anne—Marie is live in Hull's museums quarter
:22:57. > :23:07.tonight, why are today's events so significant? Is in the building
:23:07. > :23:10.behind this whole they study slavery and emancipation and there are fewer
:23:10. > :23:17.more globally recognised names than Abraham Lincoln. The reason it has
:23:17. > :23:23.gone up now, it is 150 years since he gave the speech that led to the
:23:23. > :23:27.end of slavery. It is probably not the last time we are going to honour
:23:27. > :23:32.him here in Hull. Should it become the City of Culture in 2017 there
:23:32. > :23:38.are plans for a huge exhibition. It will look at Abraham Lincoln and
:23:38. > :23:42.William Wilberforce. In that case, in giving his name on the wall
:23:42. > :23:50.behind me will be just the first step in paying tribute. ——
:23:50. > :23:52.engraving. Flags have been flying as Lincolnshire Day is celebrated
:23:52. > :23:54.across the county. It's the seventh year that people have marked what's
:23:54. > :24:00.special about the country. to mark the moment when the county
:24:00. > :24:14.rebelled against the King almost 500 years ago. You would never describe
:24:14. > :24:17.the Rolling Stones or Dame Judi Dench as helpless pensioners but
:24:17. > :24:23.many older people still get a bad press. Seen as a burden on society.
:24:23. > :24:27.Today is National Older People's Day, and an event was held at Hull's
:24:27. > :24:30.Guildhall to celebrate the aging process and show that 'growing up'
:24:30. > :24:34.doesn't necessarily mean 'growing old'.
:24:34. > :24:41.Sarah Walton went along to learn a thing or two. Showing us how it
:24:41. > :24:50.should be done, meet Jeanne and David, dancing partners for 25
:24:50. > :25:00.years. I'm 74. 65. How old do you feel? About 34. 94 on bad days.
:25:00. > :25:03.Despite that, the couple want to encourage people to stay active.
:25:03. > :25:10.Unfortunately with society, the older person gets weary of being out
:25:10. > :25:14.and about. So the organisers here want to show people it doesn't have
:25:14. > :25:18.to be that way. We have people in their 80s and 90s here who do not
:25:18. > :25:27.feel old. What we have evidence of an shown is they do not appear old.
:25:27. > :25:29.They are not alone. Hilary Clinton could be the next US president, the
:25:29. > :25:33.most powerful 73—year—old Dame Judi Dench got her
:25:33. > :25:37.pension before she got her first Oscar. And despite a combined age of
:25:37. > :25:46.nearly 300, the Rolling Stones headlined the Glastonbury festival.
:25:46. > :25:50.Even though the event is about letting people know what support
:25:50. > :25:58.there is, it is about celebrating what it means to get older. Meet
:25:58. > :26:03.Phyllis, who's just turned 100. Sometimes I feel as if I can let
:26:03. > :26:10.myself go. Just try telling this lot to grow old gracefully.
:26:10. > :26:19.Let's have a recap of the headlines: Ed Miliband takes on the Daily Mail
:26:20. > :26:24.over criticism of his late father. Lessons across east Yorkshire and
:26:24. > :26:28.Lincolnshire have been disrupted. 250 schools are affected by teaching
:26:28. > :26:32.strikes. Tomorrow's weather is dry and bright and breezy with some
:26:33. > :26:39.outbreaks of rain. Some of them will be heavy. Top temperatures still
:26:39. > :26:45.mild. Getting up to 16 Celsius. A good response on the subject of
:26:45. > :26:51.teachers. They should join the real world, says one person. The rest of
:26:51. > :26:55.us have performance related pay. We also have to pay huge pension
:26:55. > :27:00.contributions compared to their scheme. I have no sympathy. Phil
:27:00. > :27:06.says, my two boys are off school and totally support the teachers. Time
:27:06. > :27:12.to stop the Tory rewind of the 20th century. This striking teachers says
:27:12. > :27:16.they are not childminders, went to university for four years and are
:27:16. > :27:22.striking —— standing up for the rights of young people and my
:27:22. > :27:26.rights. This one says, all those against the teachers strike, try
:27:26. > :27:30.being a teacher for a week or two then I will listen to your opinion.
:27:30. > :27:35.Presumably she is a teacher. John says, how can teachers argue against
:27:35. > :27:38.performance related pay? The rest of us have had it for 20 years.
:27:38. > :27:41.Goodbye.