:00:00. > :00:04.me and on BBC One, we can join the BBC's
:00:04. > :00:08.Good evening, and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:08. > :00:20.The headlines tonight: A Warning about the impact benefit cuts could
:00:20. > :00:25.have on local youngsters. Coming in and out of the factories, the work
:00:25. > :00:30.dies down. If I lost my benefits, I would not be able to survive.
:00:30. > :00:37.A Hull school that cost £15 million to build could shut just ten years
:00:37. > :00:41.after opening. I am here at the Endeavour School which had promised
:00:41. > :00:44.to offer children in the city a bright future.
:00:44. > :00:54.There's strong support for a saved library by one of Hull's most famous
:00:54. > :00:57.daughters. It is the Kindle generation, but this is a place
:00:57. > :01:00.where children learn how to read. A dramatic display to show just how
:01:00. > :01:06.destructive illegal fireworks can be.
:01:06. > :01:14.And don't forget to join me for that all—important weekend forecast. That
:01:14. > :01:17.is in 15 minutes. Scrapping benefits for under—25s who
:01:17. > :01:20.refuse work or training will lead to an increase in homelessness in
:01:20. > :01:24.places like Grimsby, according to one charity.
:01:24. > :01:30.The Conservatives say young people should be prepared to "earn or
:01:30. > :01:33.learn", or face losing the dole. And while a leading homeless charity
:01:33. > :01:35.says it would have a "devastating" effect, the Cleethorpes MP Martin
:01:35. > :01:37.Vickers says unemployed 16—25—year—olds shouldn't
:01:37. > :01:53.automatically get a home from the state. Here's our Political Editor
:01:53. > :01:57.Tim Iredale. This is the East Marsh area of
:01:57. > :02:03.Grimsby, with a number of people claiming benefits out numbers those
:02:03. > :02:08.in work. This area was described as one think tank as a benefit ghetto.
:02:08. > :02:15.According to the Centre for social justice, 51% of the working age
:02:15. > :02:18.population here rely on benefits. This man is 23 and seeks
:02:18. > :02:25.job—seeker's Allowance and housing benefit —— claims. He worries that
:02:25. > :02:31.young people could be the target of the next big welfare crackdown. I am
:02:31. > :02:37.really trying to get a job as well. I have an interview at a factory
:02:37. > :02:41.tomorrow. But even still, humming in and out of factories, the work dies
:02:41. > :02:49.down. If I lost my benefits, it would not be able to survive. David
:02:49. > :02:53.Cameron has suggested that 16—25 —year—olds who shun education,
:02:53. > :02:59.employment or training, would lose their benefits under a Conservative
:02:59. > :03:05.government. One charity claims that that could have a big impact on
:03:05. > :03:08.places like Grimsby. I think that the impact on areas like the North
:03:08. > :03:14.of England is potentially devastating. Our members in the area
:03:14. > :03:17.report that they are already at record numbers of young people
:03:17. > :03:23.approaching them for help with homelessness. If this goes
:03:23. > :03:25.we expect to see a significant increase in the number of young
:03:25. > :03:30.people seeking help with homelessness problems in these
:03:30. > :03:33.areas. However, many conservatives say that they are simply responding
:03:33. > :03:41.to widespread concern about the abuse of benefits. This was the view
:03:41. > :03:44.of some voters in Cleethorpes. I think that some young people could
:03:44. > :03:50.do more than they do, and in a living. There's always a job out
:03:50. > :03:56.there, you just have to keep looking and applying for courses on things
:03:56. > :04:00.that help you get into work. The reality is that if we are going to
:04:00. > :04:04.meet housing demands over the next generation we cannot be providing
:04:04. > :04:14.social housing for people who are only 17 or 18, and expecting the
:04:14. > :04:20.state somehow to pick up the tab. Expect an increasingly heated war of
:04:20. > :04:31.words from politicians and it comes to the Warren welfare. —— the war on
:04:31. > :04:35.welfare. I spoke to The Independent columnist Owen Jones, who is opposed
:04:35. > :04:38.to the changes, and Robert Oxley of The Taxpayers' Alliance, who says
:04:38. > :04:40.people can't have something for nothing.
:04:40. > :04:43.I asked Mr Jones if he agreed with the Prime Minister's approach. Not
:04:43. > :04:45.at all. This will only drive young people into poverty and
:04:45. > :04:48.unemployment, punishing them for the allure of successive governments to
:04:48. > :04:59.provide full—time work. government got rid of the
:04:59. > :05:03.maintenance loans to encourage young people to stay on in sixth form. Is
:05:03. > :05:12.it fair to almost force youngsters into some form of learning rather
:05:12. > :05:19.than working? It is absolutely right that these people have to do more in
:05:19. > :05:26.the current job market. It does not stand you a good chance of getting a
:05:26. > :05:30.job in today's market. Are people being too picky? Some people need an
:05:30. > :05:34.extra push to go out and look for work. Other people just need greater
:05:34. > :05:39.opportunities. Making sure that anyone who is not in work, and 25,
:05:39. > :05:44.who is going to struggle to get on the job market, is doing something
:05:44. > :05:50.further to improve the chances. And other people agree with that, once
:05:50. > :05:58.the Owen? Damian Green, but according to the joseph Rowntree
:05:58. > :06:03.foundation, there are lots of people applying for the one job —— they may
:06:03. > :06:06.agree. You cannot drive people onto the streets and into poverty because
:06:06. > :06:12.of the failure of governments to deal with this huge jobs crisis. But
:06:12. > :06:16.in the last decade we created 3 million jobs and over 2.5 million of
:06:16. > :06:21.those jobs were taken up by people who were not worn in the UK. So how
:06:21. > :06:24.did those people who were younger were not equipped by the education
:06:24. > :06:30.system to take up those jobs, or they were not willing to take up.
:06:30. > :06:37.So. So a system which both equips them and make sure that they are
:06:37. > :06:42.taking up employment available to them, is what is needed. We need to
:06:42. > :06:49.create skilled work, learning from Germany where they have created
:06:49. > :07:07.renewable energy jobs. But in Germany they have eased... Do you
:07:08. > :07:15.accept, Owen Jones, that this is hugely popular with the public? Not
:07:15. > :07:28.true. The latest poll shows that these measures are not universally
:07:28. > :07:37.supported. Young people are sending CDs and not even getting a response.
:07:37. > :07:41.Many of these young people have paid their national insurance and have
:07:41. > :07:46.been kicked out of work. A lot of young people need that leg up on to
:07:46. > :07:50.the jobs ladder. Mr Jones is trying to pull up that ladder from people
:07:50. > :08:00.who have been struggling. The education has so far failed them and
:08:00. > :08:10.they need further training. Very last word, Owen Jones. The work is
:08:10. > :08:18.not there and you are punishing people because of successive
:08:18. > :08:27.government's inability —— successive governments's inability to create
:08:27. > :08:30.jobs. Should 16—25 year olds be able to
:08:30. > :08:32.claim housing benefit and unemployment benefits if they don't
:08:32. > :08:35.earn or learn? You can email us at
:08:35. > :08:37.looknorth@bbc.co.uk. Or text us. You will be charged at your standard
:08:37. > :09:00.message rate for each message. And you can join him on this week's
:09:00. > :09:04.Sunday politics. He will be debating scrapping benefits for young people
:09:04. > :09:09.who will not work or learn. In a moment: Lincoln Ladies look to go
:09:09. > :09:12.out on a high as they prepare for their final match.
:09:12. > :09:16.Just ten years after opening at a cost of £15 million, a school that
:09:16. > :09:22.was supposed to improve standards in Hull could close. Endeavour High
:09:22. > :09:25.School has hundreds of spare places and has been regularly labelled as
:09:25. > :09:40.underperforming by inspectors. Caroline Bilton is live outside the
:09:40. > :09:47.school. What's gone wrong there? There has been a
:09:47. > :09:50.errors. Pure grades, poor reputation. Falling pupil numbers
:09:50. > :09:54.are all a far cry from what it set out When it opened it was to be the
:09:54. > :09:55.jewel in the crown of Hull's education system, costing £15
:09:55. > :10:00.million. To achieve ten years ago. But within
:10:00. > :10:03.six months cracks began to show. The headteacher resigned and since then
:10:03. > :10:06.it has been placed in special measures three times, which not
:10:06. > :10:16.surprisingly has had an effect on its popularity. I do not think that
:10:16. > :10:20.it is a bad idea that it is closing, because I do not think that it is a
:10:20. > :10:24.very good school. My son did not get on very well there at all. It has
:10:24. > :10:31.been struggling for the last three or four years. Their brother goes
:10:31. > :10:36.there, he is 14 now. He has gone to a college learning school. He has
:10:36. > :10:40.been struggling with the teachers. I would not send my two boys there. I
:10:40. > :10:44.walk past their quite a lot and the things that I have heard about it,
:10:44. > :10:47.the reports on it. The school was built to teach 1,200 pupils but
:10:47. > :10:50.there are fewer than 400 pupils now at Endeavour.
:10:50. > :10:54.By 2016 it's predicted there would be just 228 pupils, with the school
:10:54. > :11:02.facing a £1 million deficit each year. It's since been replaced by
:11:02. > :11:07.newer, bigger schools and acadamies created under the Building Schools
:11:07. > :11:10.for the Future programme. Endeavour has struggled to compete,
:11:10. > :11:24.and today the Council announced that it's once—flagship school is now
:11:24. > :11:28.under threat of closure. It was hoped that it could be turned
:11:28. > :11:32.into an academy and no sponsor has come forward so parents have now
:11:32. > :11:39.received letters saying that the closure needs to be considered. A
:11:39. > :11:42.period of conversation dashed —— consultation has now started. No
:11:42. > :11:47.decision on the future has been made. Parents and staff will be
:11:47. > :11:50.consulted and the results of that will be published in January. With
:11:50. > :11:54.the decision is made to close the school then it could close in 2015.
:11:54. > :11:58.A lorry driver from Goole has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for
:11:58. > :12:01.causing the deaths of two soldiers by careless driving.
:12:01. > :12:05.Colin Pattison's lorry hit the back of the soldiers' Army Land Rover on
:12:05. > :12:10.the A66 in Cumbria two years ago. Pattison also received a six—year
:12:10. > :12:13.driving ban. Hull City Council is taking legal
:12:13. > :12:16.action to try to prevent a horse—drive. Officials and police
:12:16. > :12:20.say the event, which often takes place in Hull Fair week, has caused
:12:20. > :12:23.disruption in the past. The search has begun for a Chief
:12:24. > :12:27.Constable for Lincolnshire Police. Temporary chief Neil Rhodes, here on
:12:27. > :12:30.the left with Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick, said
:12:30. > :12:36.recently that he would apply for the job. Safety experts in Lincolnshire
:12:36. > :12:39.have blown up a Vauxhall Corsa to demonstrate the dangers of illegal
:12:39. > :12:42.fireworks. They're asking the public to report
:12:42. > :12:47.anyone selling fireworks in the county without a licence. They say
:12:47. > :12:57.it's a problem in the run—up to November fifth. Jake Zuckerman
:12:57. > :13:02.reports from Waddington. It is a timely warning designed to
:13:02. > :13:08.grab attention. This afternoon pyrotechnic experts set off a car
:13:08. > :13:10.full of fireworks. The idea — to demonstrate the potential danger
:13:10. > :13:17.illegal firework—sellers could cause. What we want to do today is
:13:17. > :13:21.simulate what would happen in a worst—case scenario, a car—boot sale
:13:21. > :13:26.scenario where someone selling illegal fireworks, literally at the
:13:26. > :13:35.boot of the card, unfortunately an accident happens and the car goes up
:13:35. > :13:39.in flames. This is a stark warning about the potential danger of which
:13:39. > :13:45.fireworks pose. It's part of a clamp—down by Lincolnshire's Trading
:13:45. > :13:51.Standards. We always get intelligence about illegal sales of
:13:51. > :13:58.fireworks. What we would like to encourage people to do is to contact
:13:58. > :14:01.us a fair bit earlier. With a month to go before bonfire night,
:14:01. > :14:04.emergency services are keen to get the message across, to make sure
:14:04. > :14:16.that something like this doesn't happen for real. Jake Zuckerman, BBC
:14:16. > :14:28.Look North, Waddington. Still ahead tonight: Some people can't stand the
:14:28. > :14:30.sound of one set of bagpipes — this man says he has more than anyone
:14:30. > :14:46.else on Earth. Tonight's picture is of the sunset
:14:46. > :14:52.at Claxby Top. He was a picture that you do not often see on a Friday.
:14:52. > :14:57.You will have to put up with me today! Baycol bagpipes musical
:14:57. > :15:04.instruments. How did the work that one out?
:15:04. > :15:09.Seeing as we have a guest coming on you please their bagpipes, you
:15:09. > :15:14.probably don't want to say that! The forecast for the next 24 hours
:15:14. > :15:19.looks like not a bad one. Partly cloudy with some sunshine. The risk
:15:19. > :15:24.of one or two showers, but basically a ridge of high pressure should be
:15:24. > :15:32.in charge of our weather. It should be there for much of next week with
:15:32. > :15:37.some pleasantly warm conditions. Almost an Indian summer next week.
:15:37. > :15:42.In the short term, it is windy. We have got one or two wet showers
:15:42. > :15:47.pushing and from the West. They will largely fizzle out. The wind eases
:15:47. > :15:53.towards dawn and we will see temperatures down to 12 or 13
:15:53. > :16:05.Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at ten past seven. A bright
:16:05. > :16:13.day, variable cloud and some sunshine. The hint of one to light
:16:13. > :16:18.showers. —— one or two light showers. But otherwise we will see
:16:18. > :16:24.some sunny spells developing. The breeze will be right to moderate
:16:24. > :16:32.south—westerly. Temperatures will be generally 17 Celsius. Around the
:16:32. > :16:37.wash, just a degree higher. Sunday looks nice as well, high pressure in
:16:37. > :16:43.charge. It may tend to cloud over at times but we are looking at a fine,
:16:43. > :16:48.bright day. A lovely day to visit the coastal strip. Next week the
:16:48. > :16:52.emphasis is on a lot of fine, dry weather, and really quite warm for
:16:52. > :17:11.this time of the year. That is the forecast.
:17:11. > :17:14.The forecast is always accurate! Nice to see you on a Friday night.
:17:14. > :17:26.Five—day week, it is the future. She is one of the nation's
:17:26. > :17:30.best—loved actresses, and earlier this year, Maureen Lipman joined the
:17:30. > :17:32.campaign to save a small library in her home city of Hull.
:17:32. > :17:37.I spoke to Maureen earlier visited the library close to her
:17:37. > :17:39.childhood home in Hull. After protests and petitions the Hull City
:17:39. > :17:43.Council let volunteers take over its running in order to keep it open.
:17:43. > :17:48.Lincolnshire county council wants to hand 30 of its libraries to
:17:48. > :18:01.volunteers to save millions of pounds. The QB 1000 closures
:18:01. > :18:04.nationwide. —— there could be. If councils are short of money and
:18:04. > :18:09.three quarters of the population do not use them, should they be cut to
:18:09. > :18:16.save money and let that money go to vital services? Will it go to vital
:18:16. > :18:20.services? I do not think it will. I think the library is incredibly
:18:20. > :18:26.vital. It is a place for the community to meet, for
:18:26. > :18:30.get—togethers, parties. This one is in lovely surroundings. You can have
:18:30. > :18:37.all manner of fun here. It should not go. It is not that much money.
:18:37. > :18:48.In Lincolnshire there are 45 libraries, that could drop to 15.
:18:48. > :18:59.That is a great saving of £2 million. Is linking in the running
:18:59. > :19:03.for City of Culture? —— Lincoln? But should be celebrate the fact that
:19:03. > :19:11.all in tears running the libraries now, or should BBC and that that
:19:11. > :19:25.not good thing? I think the library is evolving. What would you say to a
:19:25. > :19:34.bestselling children's author who says that libraries are a drain on
:19:34. > :19:37.tax payers money. Yes, it is the Kindle generation, but this is the
:19:37. > :19:41.place where children learn how to read. They take out the extent they
:19:41. > :19:52.decide what they like and they do not like. They come here and they
:19:52. > :19:59.make friends. That was a sound bite. If we took his books and take them
:19:59. > :20:06.outside and trod on them, would he say the same? This place will evolve
:20:07. > :20:15.into something very special. Is Hull going to be City of Culture? We will
:20:15. > :20:18.be behind you. I am performing in Sheffield tonight and we have made
:20:18. > :20:23.the journey easier to stand up for this library. There are a lot of us
:20:23. > :20:28.about, it is not just me, but we need to get behind Hull, it is
:20:28. > :20:34.historic and it deserves a break. We salute you for that. We need you to
:20:34. > :20:45.come back and live here. Don't be ridiculous! Maureen Lipman talking
:20:45. > :20:52.to me this afternoon at the library. A real legend and of course Hull
:20:52. > :20:56.born and bred. A reality TV star from Hull says he'll stop being a
:20:56. > :20:58.bin—lorry mechanic to pursue his music career.
:20:58. > :21:05.Ryan Mathie has been busking in the city centre today, ahead of his next
:21:05. > :21:12.X Factor appearance. Now he claims, whatever happens, he wants to keep
:21:12. > :21:16.playing to the crowds. I have always been behind my city because this is
:21:16. > :21:23.where I am from. Every little bit helps and it just shows what an
:21:23. > :21:32.amazing city it is. People have got behind me and that is why am so
:21:32. > :21:35.proud of my city. 18 years of footballing history
:21:35. > :21:38.comes to an end tonight. Lincoln Ladies will play Arsenal in
:21:39. > :21:42.the Women's League Cup in their final game before they change their
:21:42. > :21:47.name and move to Nottingham. Sarah Walton was there as they set off for
:21:47. > :21:50.London this afternoon. It was all smiles as the team caught the bus
:21:50. > :21:57.earlier, but the emotion of the day was clear.
:21:57. > :22:05.Your mindset is to do well for the history of the club and 18 years
:22:05. > :22:08.that have been built up. From next season the team will be based in
:22:08. > :22:15.Nottingham and known as Notts County Ladies. Today, perhaps the closing
:22:15. > :22:23.of one chapter four Lincoln, but we will be developing and promoting the
:22:23. > :22:30.game on our move. This is the last time that the team will leave from
:22:30. > :22:33.this part of the world to compete. Earlier this week the trophy was in
:22:33. > :22:37.touching distance. But to get their hands on it, they need to get past
:22:38. > :22:41.Arsenal first. We are the only team that they have not beaten the
:22:41. > :22:46.season, so definitely there is a psychological thing for us to draw
:22:46. > :22:50.on when we go into the games. They have always been really close games.
:22:50. > :22:59.Last year we managed to beat them as well. But they finished third from
:22:59. > :23:07.the bottom in the women's super league. As we become not county we
:23:07. > :23:13.want to think about challenging a little more.
:23:13. > :23:17.But if comes as the Lincoln Ladies finish third from the bottom in the
:23:17. > :23:20.women's Super League. So while the team prepares for change, Lincoln
:23:20. > :23:23.Ladies, as they are now, have this one last chance to win big. And in
:23:23. > :23:27.men's football tomorrow there's commentary of Hull City at home to
:23:27. > :23:33.Aston Villa on BBC Radio Humberside's FM frequency at three
:23:33. > :23:36.o'clock. The sports team go on air at 1.30.
:23:36. > :23:40.Scunthorpe United versus Cheltenham Town is on 1485AM. And Aldershot
:23:40. > :23:42.Town versus Grimsby Town is on Digital and Web. BBC Radio
:23:42. > :23:57.Lincolnshire will have commentary on Lincoln's trip to Nuneaton.
:23:58. > :24:03.Lincolnshire will have commentary on Hull's Olympic gold medallist Luke
:24:03. > :24:08.Campbell is boxing tomorrow night. He will aim to move up the rankings.
:24:08. > :24:11.A policeman from Cleethorpes believes he has the world's largest
:24:11. > :24:15.collection of bagpipes, and he's hoping to prove it with an entry in
:24:15. > :24:18.the record books. Danny Fleming started collecting the instruments
:24:18. > :24:31.as a teenager and has spent £10,000 on one set alone. Sarah Corker has
:24:31. > :24:39.been to meet him. Think of a bagpipe it conjures up
:24:39. > :24:45.images of tartan, tassles and a thick pair of socks. He has been
:24:45. > :24:51.playing to visitors year for the last decade. This is where it all
:24:51. > :24:57.began. This is the first set that I was given by my late father. It was
:24:57. > :25:05.refurbished in 1973. This is the oldest set I have, which is an
:25:05. > :25:11.original set. This set is my most expensive, they are valued at about
:25:11. > :25:18.£10,000 now. These are just a selection of his 105 sets. At the
:25:18. > :25:22.age of 13, who wanted to join the army and be a pipe. The great thing
:25:22. > :25:29.about bagpipes is that they can be handed down from generation to
:25:29. > :25:47.generation. Next week he will be showing off his talents on the
:25:47. > :25:50.BBC's programme Bargain Hunt. I think it is ridiculous. He just
:25:50. > :25:57.wants more and more. Once he gets the record, you never know, he might
:25:57. > :26:01.just sell a few. It is not something you often hear at the British
:26:01. > :26:10.seaside, he has been getting some odd looks this afternoon. I think it
:26:10. > :26:15.brings people happy. Brilliant. Other papers usually half 5—10
:26:15. > :26:29.sets, so he is pretty confident that the record is in the bag.
:26:29. > :26:35.If you think you have a story then send us an e—mail and include a
:26:35. > :26:41.contact number. Let's have a recapture of the main
:26:41. > :26:44.national headlines. Amanda Hutton is jailed for 15 years for manslaughter
:26:44. > :26:53.and child neglect after luring her son to starve to death. —— after
:26:53. > :26:57.allowing her son to starve to death. Tomorrow's weather, dry and bright,
:26:57. > :27:02.some spells of sunshine in the afternoon. Still very warm and
:27:02. > :27:08.humid. Responses on the subject of
:27:08. > :27:11.benefits. Paul says, I agree with Martin Vickers, we ride the parents
:27:11. > :27:18.of these young people? I do not want my taxes to subsidise these wrong
:27:18. > :27:23.people. There are many people chasing every job, they simply do
:27:23. > :27:28.not exist, it is not the unemployed's fault. Jobs need to be
:27:28. > :27:34.created urgently. If they cannot be bothered to go to school or work
:27:34. > :27:38.then why should you get benefits? Then says that the government needs
:27:38. > :27:43.to invest in organisations to help young people. Forcing people to do
:27:43. > :27:45.things never actually works. Have a really good weekend. Look
:27:45. > :27:46.after yourself. Goodbye.