:00:00. > :00:00.is all from the News at Six. We cannot
:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight.
:00:08. > :00:17.All prisoners on day release will wear tags after a number of
:00:17. > :00:21.walk—outs from North Sea Camp. The open stage is a very important stage
:00:21. > :00:24.of ensuring the book can be released Concerns about response times as a
:00:24. > :00:26.family waits half an hour, despite living two minutes from an ambulance
:00:26. > :00:33.station. Safely back into the community. We
:00:33. > :00:37.have an ambulance station two minutes away. There was an ambulance
:00:37. > :00:40.parked. I do not see why we didn't get an ambulance.
:00:40. > :00:42.The NHS steps in to save a swimming pool from closure.
:00:42. > :00:54.A warning about the dangers of one of the country's best—loved autumn
:00:54. > :00:57.sights. And I will be back with the full
:00:57. > :01:05.forecast for the weekend, and it is a wet one.
:01:05. > :01:09.The Government says it is so horrified by crimes committed by
:01:10. > :01:15.prisoners on day release from open jails, it's going to electronically
:01:15. > :01:18.tag them. In one of the latest cases, a prisoner from North Sea
:01:18. > :01:24.Camp near Boston is alleged to have carried
:01:24. > :01:25.a nearby village. The Ministry of Justice says tags will warn
:01:25. > :01:35.authorities if offenders travel outside restricted areas. Jessica
:01:35. > :01:38.Lane reports. Many of us might associate open
:01:38. > :01:45.prisons with high—profile, low—risk cases. Like Vicky Pryce, jailed for
:01:46. > :01:51.perverting the course of justice. Or Jeffrey Archer, jail for perjury.
:01:51. > :01:56.But what about Lee Cyrus? He absconded from an open prison last
:01:56. > :01:59.year, was caught after a mob and charged with more than a dozen
:01:59. > :02:05.offences. Last month, Alan Wilmot went on the run while serving life
:02:05. > :02:09.for robbery. He was later caught and arrested in connection with a
:02:09. > :02:14.serious sexual assault. What they both have in common is they were
:02:14. > :02:17.being held here, at North Sea Camp near Boston. The mother of a former
:02:18. > :02:22.inmate claims not only do some prisoners abscond, but her son heard
:02:22. > :02:26.dangerous criminals bragging about committing crimes while on day
:02:26. > :02:30.release. They should not be allowed to be let out into the community by
:02:30. > :02:38.themselves, without a prison officer with them. Because they have
:02:38. > :02:43.definitely not been rehabilitated. The Ministry of Justice says as a
:02:43. > :02:46.result of incidents, at three prisons, an investigation has
:02:46. > :02:50.begun. It wants to strengthen the release on temporary licence system.
:02:50. > :03:05.In a statement, the justice minister said...
:03:05. > :03:10.The nearby villages are just a couple of miles from North Sea Camp.
:03:10. > :03:14.Residents in both have told me they are not really concerned about their
:03:14. > :03:19.props —— their proximity, although others have said they are becoming
:03:19. > :03:23.increasingly worried about the thought of prisoners abscond. You
:03:23. > :03:27.always think, I am pleased I did not see them in my garden. Does it
:03:27. > :03:35.concern you? Sue—mac it does, of course. You do not know who you're
:03:35. > :03:40.going to see. You want to be able to feel safe. We do not think they
:03:40. > :03:45.should be on day release. The Ministry of Justice says the tagging
:03:45. > :03:49.technology should be available next summer, so every movement prisoners
:03:49. > :03:52.make well out of dozen can be monitored. That should reduce the
:03:52. > :03:54.risk of prisoners at scolding and breaking the law while on day
:03:54. > :03:57.release. Mark Day is from the Prison Reform
:03:57. > :04:01.Trust, which campaigns for prisoners' rights. I asked him if we
:04:01. > :04:12.should stop using open prisons for serious offenders. Well, open
:04:12. > :04:15.prisons pay a very important role in the prison estate, particularly for
:04:15. > :04:20.people sentenced to long sentences, coming towards the end of that
:04:20. > :04:25.sentence, in terms of preparing them for release into the community. It
:04:25. > :04:30.is a bit like coming out from a deep sea dive, where you have spent a
:04:30. > :04:33.long time in the system, and you need to come up for air, to
:04:33. > :04:39.reintegrate into the community and experience work, time on the
:04:39. > :04:42.outside, before you release. Some people would say these people are
:04:42. > :04:47.not ready for a day out, maybe not even ready for an open prison. The
:04:47. > :04:50.Chief Inspector is currently conducting a review into the
:04:50. > :04:55.circumstances that happened in a few open prisons. Any crime is of course
:04:55. > :04:59.a tragedy for the victim and it is right that person has brought to
:04:59. > :05:04.justice. The circumstances are thoroughly investigated. But on the
:05:04. > :05:09.whole, it does work well. We know that in the vast majority of cases,
:05:09. > :05:13.people released on temporary licence are released safely, and are safely
:05:13. > :05:16.supervised by the prison had by the people in the community who also
:05:17. > :05:23.have a responsibility for oversight of that person on release. What
:05:23. > :05:26.about the tagging? Is it more like a holiday camp? It is not much
:05:26. > :05:32.consolation who live in the nearby villages. A lot of community groups
:05:32. > :05:39.actually openly work with the prisons, in terms of wanting to see
:05:39. > :05:41.people being able to look —— to lead law—abiding lives when they are
:05:42. > :05:46.released, and the open state is a very important stage of ensuring
:05:46. > :05:52.that people can be released safely back into the communities. So, yes
:05:52. > :05:57.or no for the tagging? It is important that the public has
:05:57. > :06:04.confidence in security... So is that a yes? It needs looking into. The
:06:04. > :06:09.Chief Inspector will be doing a review into what
:06:09. > :06:11.will be important to listen to his recommendations.
:06:11. > :06:15.Is tagging prisoners on day release the answer to the crimes that have
:06:15. > :06:24.been committed? Are open prisons working? Maybe you live near North
:06:24. > :06:26.Sea Camp. Your thoughts on the subject and what you have heard, we
:06:26. > :06:45.might have some before we finish. We look forward to hearing from you.
:06:45. > :06:47.Thank you for watching. In a moment...
:06:47. > :06:52.Teenagers in rural areas criticise Government proposals to raise the
:06:52. > :06:55.driving age. Two brothers from Hornsea in East
:06:55. > :06:58.Yorkshire, whose father died on Tuesday night, believe he could have
:06:58. > :07:04.survived if an ambulance had arrived within the target time set by the
:07:04. > :07:07.Government. Ian and Simon Poole say they can't understand why it took 28
:07:07. > :07:13.minutes to arrive, when they live close to an ambulance station. Their
:07:13. > :07:18.MP, Graham Stuart, says response times in rural East Yorkshire are
:07:18. > :07:23.appalling. Here's our health correspondent, Vicky Johnson.
:07:23. > :07:26.Simon and Ian Poole are still struggling to understand why it took
:07:26. > :07:36.so long for an ambulance to arrive when their father suddenly fell ill
:07:36. > :07:39.earlier this week. We have an ambulance station two minutes away.
:07:39. > :07:45.There was an ambulance parked, but the shot is work boarded up. I do
:07:45. > :07:50.not see why we didn't get an ambulance from Hornsea or from
:07:50. > :07:53.somewhere local. Coming from Hull to Hornsea, you will never make it in
:07:53. > :07:56.more than 25 minutes. Simon, who's had first aid training, gave his
:07:56. > :08:03.father cardiac massage while they waited for help to arrive. If they
:08:03. > :08:09.could have been sooner, I think he would still be here. They have the
:08:09. > :08:11.equipment to keep his heart going. They should have been here. This
:08:11. > :08:14.family's experience isn't unusual. The Government demands that in 75%
:08:14. > :08:19.of the most serious cases, ambulances should attend within
:08:19. > :08:23.eight minutes. But in Hornsea, the average so far this year has been
:08:23. > :08:35.just over 61% and in some Holderness villages, it dropped to 45%. I am
:08:35. > :08:38.appalled at the current level of service. I met with the Chief
:08:38. > :08:41.Executive of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service last year and he agreed it
:08:41. > :08:43.was not good enough to stop there was a slight improvement over time
:08:43. > :08:46.but we have now seen a deterioration. People in rural
:08:46. > :08:50.Holderness deserve a high quality service. A paramedic, who wishes to
:08:50. > :08:53.remain anonymous, is warning that proposed rota changes could mean
:08:53. > :09:01.there will be even fewer ambulances on call at night. There will be less
:09:01. > :09:05.ambulance crews at a certain time. After midnight, after 2am and after
:09:05. > :09:10.4am, which will mean ambulances responding to emergencies or have to
:09:11. > :09:17.travel further. It will possibly put at risk the lives of patients. The
:09:17. > :09:20.crews can only do what they are asked to do. I do not know what the
:09:20. > :09:25.answer is, but I am not gone to leave it here. I will move into it
:09:25. > :09:29.further. Something needs to be fixed, if not for our family, for
:09:29. > :09:34.other people's. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says it will look
:09:34. > :09:37.into the Poole family's case. Their records show that a clinician
:09:37. > :09:40.arrived 15 minutes after the call, with an ambulance following 13
:09:40. > :09:43.minutes later. But Graham Stuart says he'll raise these issues with
:09:43. > :09:52.the head of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service when they meet next month.
:09:52. > :09:55.An update on the 11—year—old boy who's been missing from his home in
:09:56. > :09:59.Grimsby since Monday. Police said this afternoon that he had been
:09:59. > :10:01.found safe and well. The Deputy Police and Crime
:10:01. > :10:05.Commissioner for Humberside Police has been caught speeding. Paul
:10:05. > :10:09.Robinson, seen here on the left, was driving at 90 miles an hour on the
:10:09. > :10:13.M180 last month. He says he will give more attention to his driving
:10:13. > :10:16.in future. A man arrested after an explosion at
:10:16. > :10:19.the office of Nick Boles' Conservative Party office in Bourne
:10:19. > :10:22.has pleaded guilty to possessing an explosive substance. Paul
:10:22. > :10:26.Leversedge, who's 28 and from Bourne, will be sentenced at Lincoln
:10:27. > :10:31.Crown Court at the end of November. Minor damage was caused to the
:10:31. > :10:34.office in June. This road in Scunthorpe will stay
:10:34. > :10:38.closed through the weekend while Anglian Water repairs a main. 14
:10:38. > :10:43.homes were flooded when it burst on Queensway on Wednesday night.
:10:43. > :10:47.A leisure centre in Grimsby, closed when asbestos was found in the
:10:47. > :10:51.building, re—opened this afternoon. Campaigners fighting for the long
:10:51. > :10:54.term future of Scartho Baths say they want to know why it took so
:10:54. > :11:00.long to find the dangerous substance.
:11:00. > :11:04.The NHS is giving more than £2 million to help keep open a swimming
:11:04. > :11:09.pool in Hull for just one more year. —— more than £200,000. There were
:11:09. > :11:13.protests when Hull City Council said it was closing Ennerdale in a move
:11:13. > :11:19.to save money. Health experts said it was a backward step and offered
:11:19. > :11:24.to help. Crispin Rolfe reports. This pool's been saved, but only
:11:24. > :11:27.until April 2015. Hull's Ennerdale Leisure Centre, and the city
:11:27. > :11:29.council, bailed out by the NHS, through a one—off £219,000 payment
:11:29. > :11:42.from the city's Clinical Commissioning Group. What is killing
:11:42. > :11:48.people now are things like obesity, smoking, lack of exercise. This is a
:11:48. > :11:52.CCG saying, we think it is important and we are prepared to put some
:11:52. > :11:55.money in, albeit on a short—term basis, because that is all we can
:11:55. > :11:59.do. The pool had faced closure, with Hull City Council trying to get to
:11:59. > :12:05.grips with £80 million worth of Government cuts. So, for those using
:12:05. > :12:09.the pool today, relief. They have been saving for a year but it should
:12:09. > :12:16.be longer. I think the pool should stay open. Especially as we are in
:12:16. > :12:21.the larger side of the city. I just live across the road, it is so handy
:12:21. > :12:27.for my children. I believe that people actually appreciate more a
:12:27. > :12:31.facility, than the shock of a closure. It aims at home to people
:12:31. > :12:34.that unless people use it, they will lose it. I'd like So, a temporary
:12:34. > :12:38.fix of £219,000. But what happens when the money runs out in 2015?
:12:38. > :12:41.Councillors say they're now working on a long—term plan to build more
:12:41. > :12:44.cost—effective leisure facilities, and pull down those which aren't.
:12:44. > :12:48.Which means the Ennerdale Swimming Pool is likely to face questions
:12:48. > :12:54.over its future all over again in just 18 months time. For now though,
:12:54. > :12:58.Hull's only competition sized pool stays open, though the authorities
:12:58. > :13:05.say it's a case of use it or lose it, as they look for cost
:13:05. > :13:13.efficiencies in 2015. Still ahead tonight...
:13:13. > :13:18.The 80—year—old great—grandfather still working at Hull Fair.
:13:18. > :13:34.The council warning about the dangers of horse chestnut trees.
:13:34. > :13:43.Keep your photos coming in. Tonight's picture was taken at
:13:43. > :13:48.Cleethorpes Pier, a double rainbow. Another picture on Monday night
:13:48. > :13:53.around the same time. Keeley Donovan is here. She wasn't here last week,
:13:53. > :13:56.he had loads of tweet —— tweets asking where you work. —— where you
:13:57. > :16:04.were. You couldn't go clubbing in
:16:04. > :16:11.Cleethorpes now, you would get mobbed! The Keeley Donovan Fanclub.
:16:11. > :16:13.Have a nice weekend. Some councils in Yorkshire and
:16:13. > :16:16.Lincolnshire have been criticised for not being open to social media.
:16:16. > :16:20.Figures suggest many, including East Riding, are denying residents the
:16:20. > :16:31.right to film, blog or tweet during council meetings. This is not the
:16:31. > :16:36.real world, people are not bothered about recording cancel meetings or
:16:36. > :16:43.filming cancel meetings. We are moving towards the election period.
:16:43. > :16:45.It has started a bitterly! —— a bit early.
:16:45. > :16:49.You can see that story in full on the Sunday Politics here on BBC One.
:16:49. > :16:52.Teenagers who live in remote parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
:16:52. > :16:56.have criticised Government plans to raise the driving age from 17 to 18.
:16:56. > :17:00.It's being considered because younger drivers are more likely to
:17:01. > :17:06.be in accidents than older drivers. But some we've spoken to say raising
:17:07. > :17:12.the age limit would stop them getting to work and college. Tolu
:17:12. > :17:15.Adeoye reports from Boothby Graffoe. Danielle Skayman and Ben Ray, both
:17:15. > :17:21.18, both started learning to dry as soon as they could and passed their
:17:21. > :17:29.tests a year ago at 17. —— learning to drive to stop it means I can get
:17:29. > :17:32.to work easier, I am a lot more independent. My family do not have
:17:32. > :17:36.to run the around. Danielle lives in the village of Ingam and needs her
:17:36. > :17:40.car to get to work in nearby Sturton by Stow. If I had only just been
:17:40. > :17:44.starting, that is like a whole year of experience I have missed out on.
:17:44. > :17:50.Just because I was 17 when I started does not mean I was any less
:17:50. > :17:52.competent. Young people have a disproportionate amount of accidents
:17:52. > :17:59.compared to all the people. How should the Government get that
:17:59. > :18:01.down? Maybe they could get a more experienced out on the road with
:18:01. > :18:04.their parents so they have some are next to them, helping them and
:18:05. > :18:07.advising them on what to do in situations. The Government wants to
:18:07. > :18:11.increase the age when teenagers can learn to drive from 17 to 18, to cut
:18:11. > :18:15.accidents. Under the proposals, new drivers would also face a night time
:18:15. > :18:24.curfew, unless a passenger aged over 30 is in the car. Like Danielle, Ben
:18:24. > :18:27.needed his driving licence straightaway, to be able to work as
:18:27. > :18:33.a farmer in Boothby Graffoe. If I didn't have a car, I would had to ——
:18:33. > :18:37.have to catch the bus service. It is much easier just to jump in your
:18:37. > :18:47.car. It has massively impacted upon me. Both in my work and my college
:18:47. > :18:52.life. The next bus here is not due for another 30 minutes. Danielle and
:18:52. > :18:56.then say that as part of the problem, public transport links are
:18:56. > :18:58.not as good in rural areas as they are in major cities. The
:18:58. > :19:01.Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership runs sessions to teach teenagers
:19:01. > :19:04.about safe driving. They've welcomed the ambition to improve standards,
:19:04. > :19:09.but they say this is the wrong way to go about it. Putting the age will
:19:09. > :19:14.not necessarily make a difference. We need to see structured road
:19:14. > :19:19.safety training in amongst the driver training, so we can include
:19:19. > :19:24.as mandatory items motorway driving, night driving and driving in bad
:19:24. > :19:27.weather. If it is structured, it should work and we can bring these
:19:27. > :19:30.casualties are levels down. Although any changes in future won't affect
:19:30. > :19:33.Danielle and Ben, they say they still feel for young people who
:19:33. > :19:44.could be affected. The proposals will be published later this year.
:19:45. > :19:49.We are keen to get your views on whether the driving age should be
:19:49. > :20:00.changed. There is the e—mail address. You can text us as well.
:20:00. > :20:05.Hull Fair, one of the largest of its kind in the country, has been opened
:20:05. > :20:10.by the Lord Mayor. I would like to declare Hull Fair 2013 officially
:20:10. > :20:17.open. In doing so, I wish everyone...
:20:17. > :20:23.open. In doing so, I wish That was the opening. Phillip Norton
:20:23. > :20:31.is at the fairground. It is very windy at the moment, how is that
:20:31. > :20:36.affecting things? It is well underway, despite the wind and the
:20:36. > :20:42.rain. The star attraction is not open yet, it will reopen at the end
:20:42. > :20:47.of the weekend. It is all down to the hard work have the show men
:20:47. > :20:52.here, the oldest is 80 years old. Gilbert Chadwick. He has been
:20:52. > :21:01.bringing attractions here for 50 years. I will do the hydraulics now.
:21:01. > :21:04.OK. Goodbye. 80 years old, and Showman of the
:21:04. > :21:13.Year. Gilbert Chadwick Senior has seen huge changes at this famous
:21:13. > :21:21.fair. I have been attending the fair for about the last 50 years, before
:21:21. > :21:27.that I was with my mum and dad. The wall of death has gone. Now we have
:21:27. > :21:30.fast, hydraulic white knuckle rides that spin you around. This
:21:30. > :21:34.great—grandad shows no sign of hanging up his spanners — he built
:21:34. > :21:46.his Fun House and still adds to it every year. I want to pull it to
:21:46. > :21:53.pieces. I want to pollute abuses before I throw it away. Ask me how I
:21:53. > :21:58.feel about 55, 60. There is nothing I can't do, everything still works,
:21:58. > :22:03.I am very fortunate. I can still do push—ups, life is good. It is all
:22:03. > :22:07.the fun of the fair, it is great. Yesterday he had a job to do on the
:22:07. > :22:14.hydraulics and it started to blow and I said, don't tell me you're
:22:14. > :22:18.going to go up there. I said, oh, no. I put the brakes on because he
:22:18. > :22:23.would just keep going. I say, that is enough now, you are 80, not 28.
:22:23. > :22:27.Have a rest. The sprawling site will welcome thousands of visitors over
:22:27. > :22:35.the next nine days, after the huge task of setting up. It is one of
:22:35. > :22:41.them is —— them things, it is a highlight for Hull. You have a week
:22:41. > :22:47.to get ready, it is just a big buzz. Back in Gilbert's quarters, time to
:22:47. > :22:52.reflect on his life on the road. I would not change it for anything. In
:22:52. > :23:04.the winter, I have chopped firewood, I went to work in the
:23:04. > :23:07.steelworks. I like the fairground. You go around with a smile on your
:23:07. > :23:11.face because you know it is good to be good. You all say good morning to
:23:11. > :23:15.each other, everyone is happy. But we do not like the wind and we do
:23:15. > :23:25.not like the rain. We like the sunshine! It is a great life and I
:23:25. > :23:29.enjoy it. What more can I say? Such a fantastic man, Gilbert Chadwick's
:23:29. > :23:36.story, he is down there now, manning his fun house with all those great
:23:36. > :23:40.characters, who help to make this fantastic fare. It is slightly windy
:23:40. > :23:43.up here! That is why people keep coming from Hull and the surrounding
:23:43. > :23:50.areas to support this fantastic event, year after year.
:23:50. > :23:54.That fair is officially open, if you're going over the next week or
:23:54. > :23:56.so, enjoy, despite the fact the forecast is not brilliant!
:23:56. > :24:00.In local football, Grimsby Town and Lincoln City will look to move into
:24:00. > :24:03.the Conference play off places this weekend. The Mariners visit
:24:03. > :24:07.Salisbury with that game live on BBC Radio Humberside. Coverage starts at
:24:07. > :24:13.2pm tomorrow afternoon. Lincoln host Aldershot with kick off at 3pm on
:24:13. > :24:17.Saturday. Commentary on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
:24:17. > :24:20.Conkers are so dangerous that in recent years, children have had to
:24:20. > :24:26.wear safety goggles while playing with them. One council stripped a
:24:26. > :24:30.tree of conkers to prevent children throwing sticks to knock them down.
:24:30. > :24:40.Now, City of Lincoln Council has tweeted to warn pedestrians of the
:24:40. > :24:45.dangers of falling conkers. Simon Spark investigates. Be careful
:24:45. > :24:48.where you what, because danger can luck from above.
:24:48. > :24:53.When conquerors were dangerously hanging from the city of Lincoln
:24:53. > :24:59.cancel coquetry, they tweeted an alert. If you're heading to
:24:59. > :25:04.Hall, be aware that the conquerors are starting to fall from the trees,
:25:04. > :25:09.suggest be careful. This is the offending tree. As you can see,
:25:09. > :25:13.there is evidence of recently fallen conquerors, so I have come prepared
:25:13. > :25:17.so I can stand here and speak to you safely. But if a conqueror was to
:25:17. > :25:24.land on your head, how much damage would it actually do? To find out,
:25:24. > :25:31.we came to this country Park, which is a number of chestnut tree
:25:31. > :25:35.varieties, to assess the danger. I think the horse chestnut wood hurt
:25:35. > :25:40.the most. They seem to be slightly harder. We hear have a red horse
:25:41. > :25:47.chestnut, which is similar. We also have a lot of sweet chestnuts, which
:25:48. > :25:54.have very hard seed cases, they are coming down in the wind. So, there
:25:54. > :26:10.is danger there, but the reaction on Twitter was less sympathetic.
:26:10. > :26:20.Now I know there are conquerors on it, I might give the bitterness. The
:26:20. > :26:24.council told us the treat was light—hearted, as they would not
:26:24. > :26:34.want their visitors to receive a bump on the head. But we advise that
:26:34. > :26:35.you either use your head, or wear a hard hat, like me. Health and
:26:35. > :26:38.safety, that old chestnut! Let's get a recap of the national
:26:38. > :26:41.and regional headlines. The three main political parties
:26:41. > :26:43.reach a deal on press regulation after months of wrangling between
:26:44. > :26:47.politicians and the press. The Government says prisoners on day
:26:47. > :26:50.release will be tagged after a number of them walked out of North
:26:50. > :26:52.Sea Camp near Boston. Tomorrow's weather, cloudy with rain
:26:52. > :26:55.and drizzle continuing in places through the day. Some heavier and
:26:55. > :26:57.more persistent spells expected across Lincolnshire, especially
:26:57. > :27:04.later and through the evening. Maximum temperature of 14 Celsius.
:27:04. > :27:09.On the subject of open prisons, Daniel says, no prisoners should be
:27:09. > :27:15.allowed out. Our penal system is a joke. Judith says, these incidents
:27:15. > :27:17.are worrying but the consequences of visitors transferring overnight from
:27:17. > :27:25.high security to total liberty would be worse.
:27:25. > :27:28.This is, as a former inmate at North Sea Camp, there were a lot more
:27:28. > :27:30.incidents with inmates released on temporary licence than those that
:27:30. > :27:36.are reported. Inmates should be tagged for public
:27:36. > :27:39.safety. Thanks for all the messages this week and all of our subjects,
:27:39. > :27:43.most brutal to you. Have a good weekend, look after
:27:43. > :27:44.yourself. See you on Monday.