:00:00. > :00:00.the News of the World. That's all from the News at Six.
:00:00. > :00:08.We can now joined the Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:09. > :00:11.North. The headlines tonight: The number of parents being fined for
:00:12. > :00:22.school absences has trebled since last year.
:00:23. > :00:26.She had to have ten days. They refused it, and we got fined ?120.
:00:27. > :00:32.You can't stub it out but businesses are asking e`cigarette users to turn
:00:33. > :00:39.it off altogether. I am live at the Deep, which will be
:00:40. > :00:45.used as the backdrop for a film premiere. I will be back with your
:00:46. > :00:58.forecast. Parents are defying a Government
:00:59. > :01:02.clamp`down and still taking children on holiday during term time. And
:01:03. > :01:12.hundreds more are being fined because of it. Every council area in
:01:13. > :01:16.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire has at least doubled the number of fines
:01:17. > :01:19.handed out since they were ordered to get tough on absence. The
:01:20. > :01:22.Government says missing school seriously damages childrens' chances
:01:23. > :01:25.in exams. But some parents say the fines are nothing compared to the
:01:26. > :01:35.big holiday discounts they're getting. Sarah Corker reports.
:01:36. > :01:39.A family holiday in the sun. Parents can make big savings by taking
:01:40. > :01:45.children away when they should be in the classroom. Swapping school for
:01:46. > :01:48.the Costas. Sophie had so much fun on that one. The Robinsons say the
:01:49. > :01:54.only way they afford a break is to go in term time. Something they got
:01:55. > :02:01.fined for. You look at playing the school ?120, and that is nothing
:02:02. > :02:08.compared to paying up to ?800 more to go to the same place at a later
:02:09. > :02:11.date. Being of at this age, I do not think But the Government's taking a
:02:12. > :02:14.tougher stance. Will make any difference. New rules mean head
:02:15. > :02:21.teachers can now only give permission in exceptional
:02:22. > :02:26.circumstances. It is the difference we see attendance has on achievement
:02:27. > :02:30.in schools. Every day you have out`of`school is making a huge
:02:31. > :02:38.difference. I think it is too big a risk to take. A number of parents
:02:39. > :02:41.fined for taking children out of school has more than trebled in East
:02:42. > :02:48.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. In Hull, there has been the biggest
:02:49. > :02:58.increase. 71 penalty notices were issued last year by Hull city
:02:59. > :03:02.council. That has jumped up this year to 241. One travel agent told
:03:03. > :03:10.me parents are simply ignoring the rules. Are the fine is working as a
:03:11. > :03:15.deterrent? No. I did not think they would. I think they would have to
:03:16. > :03:22.become a very big before it started to have an impact. It would probably
:03:23. > :03:25.need to be something like ?150 per child per week. I think that would
:03:26. > :03:28.stop families being able to travel. More than 100,000 people have signed
:03:29. > :03:34.a petition for the rules to be relaxed. Others today support the
:03:35. > :03:43.fines. School is more important than taking them for one holiday. It
:03:44. > :03:47.won't stop parents taking their children out. I would rather pay a
:03:48. > :03:50.fine then pay more for expensive holiday. The Government says too
:03:51. > :03:52.much time off affects grades. Planning their next break, the
:03:53. > :03:55.Robinsons say they'll pay another fine to make sure they get an
:03:56. > :03:58.affordable faimily holiday. Parent Craig Langman is calling for the
:03:59. > :04:01.Government to reverse its zero tolerence approach to term time
:04:02. > :04:08.holidays. This week he handed a petition to the Department of
:04:09. > :04:12.Education with 126,000 signatures. I asked him why he thinks a cheap
:04:13. > :04:20.holiday is more important than being in class. I believe passionately
:04:21. > :04:25.that a child's education is number one. I am not advocating we should
:04:26. > :04:30.be taking our kids out of school whenever we feel like it. That is
:04:31. > :04:37.not the reason behind this campaign. It is to bring common sense back
:04:38. > :04:41.into the education system. The Department of Education said
:04:42. > :04:56.children lose out on valuable time and wait time catching up. They are
:04:57. > :05:04.right. Not .5% of time off is for children being taken now for
:05:05. > :05:10.holidays. I Usain gone on holiday can be educational? Absolutely, yes.
:05:11. > :05:17.What, sitting in Benidorm in the sunshine is educational? No. In my
:05:18. > :05:26.circumstance, I took my son to Rome. We went to the Colosseum, Vatican
:05:27. > :05:33.City. He was interested because of various trips we have done. Do you
:05:34. > :05:36.think finding is wrong? A lot of parents I have spoken to say even
:05:37. > :05:42.with the fine, it is still cheaper to have a holiday during term time.
:05:43. > :05:45.Absolutely. That is why it is a joke. For people who can afford to
:05:46. > :05:51.pay the fine, it is not an issue, and they are generally the one
:05:52. > :05:56.saying, forget the fine, put your child in school. We're talking about
:05:57. > :06:01.normal, working`class, hard`working people, people who cannot afford to
:06:02. > :06:05.go on holiday when the holiday companies are trying to rip us off.
:06:06. > :06:13.When common sense back into education. Allow parents to have a
:06:14. > :06:16.say. I don't send my child to an institution. Thank you.
:06:17. > :06:24.Should parents be allowed some lee`way by schools if they want to
:06:25. > :06:56.go on holiday in term time? Are fines fair?
:06:57. > :07:04.In a moment: the referee has crossed a point.
:07:05. > :07:06.Charged for criticising a referee, but what message is Bruces'
:07:07. > :07:10.behaviour sending to grassroots football?
:07:11. > :07:13.Horse meat has been found in tinned beef at a shop in Lincolnshire.
:07:14. > :07:17.Routine testing was being carried out on slices of beef in gravy from
:07:18. > :07:24.Home Bargains in Grantham when the horse DNA was discovered. Jessica
:07:25. > :07:29.Lane is in the Lincoln studio newsroom. Jessica, should people be
:07:30. > :07:42.concerned about this? NO SOUND.
:07:43. > :08:19.I've spoken to Lincolnshire Trading Standards, who found the horse meat.
:08:20. > :08:31.SILENCE. A murder investigation has been
:08:32. > :08:38.launched after a man died in Lincoln Prison. Alan Goode, who was 73, was
:08:39. > :08:44.found in his cell at quarter to six this morning. He was serving a
:08:45. > :08:47.nine`month sentence for voyeurism. A 35`year`old inmate has been arrested
:08:48. > :08:49.in connection with the incident and is helping police with their
:08:50. > :08:53.enquiries. Police have named the woman found
:08:54. > :08:55.after a fire in Grimsby. The body of 53`year`old Nicola Heaton was
:08:56. > :09:00.discovered in the house on Westward Ho after the fire was put out. A
:09:01. > :09:03.joint investigation is now under way by the police and Fire Service.
:09:04. > :09:06.The Government is considering letting MPs debate Tata Steel's
:09:07. > :09:10.decision to lose 340 jobs at its plant in Scunthorpe. The planned
:09:11. > :09:15.cuts, announced earlier this week, have been blamed on weak demand in
:09:16. > :09:21.the construction industry. The Labour MP for Scunthorpe, Nic Dakin,
:09:22. > :09:25.raised his concerns in the Commons. This week, tartar steel announced
:09:26. > :09:31.500 job losses, 340 in my constituency. Can we have a
:09:32. > :09:34.statement or debate in the house on what the government is doing to
:09:35. > :09:39.support the steel industry and steelworkers at this time? Any
:09:40. > :09:45.redundancies are of course regrettable, and I think we feel
:09:46. > :09:48.very much for the difficult time the workforce is experiencing. Job
:09:49. > :09:53.centre plus and their rapid response service will be available and do all
:09:54. > :09:57.they can to support those workers. We will continue to follow that
:09:58. > :09:59.story. ?? new line Hull City suffered League Cup disappointment
:10:00. > :10:05.last night after going out against Tottenham Hotspur on penalties,
:10:06. > :10:08.after the match finished 2`2. Spurs led the shoot`out 8`7 when City's
:10:09. > :10:14.Ahmed Elmohamdy stepped forward but the Tigers' player hit it against
:10:15. > :10:17.the keeper's legs. Well, today, manager Steve Bruce said he would
:10:18. > :10:21.argue his case after been charged with misconduct for comments made at
:10:22. > :10:23.the weekend about the referee Michael Oliver. It followed a
:10:24. > :10:32.penalty decision which saw City lose the game. Simon Clark has been
:10:33. > :10:40.finding out if negative comments about referees is having an effect
:10:41. > :10:47.on grassroots football. The kid who scored should have been on the
:10:48. > :10:55.pitch, in my opinion. You don't get the good decision. He has profited
:10:56. > :10:57.by diving. He has given the penalty against us.
:10:58. > :11:00.It's the currency of Match Of The Day. The post`match comments often
:11:01. > :11:10.contain a spiky remark about the referee. And it's for these words
:11:11. > :11:17.Steve Bruce finds himself in the dock. It is difficult to comment
:11:18. > :11:24.because I will find myself in the dock. There was one which, in my
:11:25. > :11:32.opinion, makes a mockery of it. Show a bit of common sense! The referee
:11:33. > :11:36.has cost them a point. He was cross that this had been given as a
:11:37. > :11:38.penalty ` a decision the officials later considered wrong. Steve
:11:39. > :11:55.Lazenby is responsible for bringing future referees into the game. I
:11:56. > :11:59.have come to the county headquarters of the East Riding. He plays down
:12:00. > :12:09.suggestions that managers and pundits are putting off those who
:12:10. > :12:13.aspire to officiate. I think a lot of people take it as a challenge and
:12:14. > :12:18.throw the gauntlet down, and say, I want to be having a go at that. It
:12:19. > :12:25.is something good for them to get involved in. You can go into the
:12:26. > :12:29.European game and ultimately to the World Cup. The fact remains that no
:12:30. > :12:33.game ` be it in the Premier League or a humble park pitch ` can take
:12:34. > :12:39.place without a man or woman in the middle.
:12:40. > :12:40.Still ahead tonight: A film premiere in Hull tonight against a landmark
:12:41. > :13:07.setting. It is Halloween. Thank you for all
:13:08. > :13:16.the pictures. This carving of a Star Wars character has been sent in by
:13:17. > :13:19.Dawn Wood. Darth Maul. Jennie in Louth sent in these pictures of
:13:20. > :13:23.pumpkins, which she and her family carved. And these were sent in by
:13:24. > :13:31.Peter Robinson and his family ` he says it's a hard way of making
:13:32. > :13:40.pumpkin soup. Happy Halloween. Keeley Cook Donovan, good evening.
:13:41. > :13:50.This one looks likely uses the same fake tan issue.
:13:51. > :13:54.How we laughed. It is going to be allowed to dry
:13:55. > :13:59.evening. Tomorrow will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain. As we go
:14:00. > :14:05.through the rest of the week and weekend, there will be further areas
:14:06. > :14:13.of low pressure pushing up from the South West. Saturday can be very
:14:14. > :14:17.windy. Today, we have had a fair amount of cloud. We have seen some
:14:18. > :14:22.breaks in the cloud. In the short term, it will be largely dry, but
:14:23. > :14:27.later this evening, we will see a few heavy showers spreading down.
:14:28. > :14:31.The whole spreading from the north. A bit of missed and fault.
:14:32. > :14:48.Temperatures back into single figures once again.
:14:49. > :15:01.It will be a bright start to the day tomorrow. It will develop into a
:15:02. > :15:11.miserable day. It will not be particularly breezy. Temperatures
:15:12. > :15:19.rising to around 12 or 13. And miserable cloudy wet day to come.
:15:20. > :15:27.Saturday will be clear and frostily. A decent morning. In the afternoon,
:15:28. > :15:33.a band of rain will spread in from the west. Sunday looks like a
:15:34. > :15:46.glossary day. Last night, somebody wrote, Keeley
:15:47. > :15:55.Donovan with straight hair, ding`dong. Not very PC. Don't be
:15:56. > :15:55.knocking on my door like you did last year.
:15:56. > :16:02.I will not. A growing number of businesses in
:16:03. > :16:05.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are banning the use of e`cigarettes in
:16:06. > :16:16.their buildings. Train and bus companies, offices and some pubs are
:16:17. > :16:19.concerned about how it looks. The electronic cigarettes turn nicotine
:16:20. > :16:22.into a vapour which is inhaled, but the fumes look like smoke and some
:16:23. > :16:26.people say that's confusing. Simon Spark reports. The smoking ban came
:16:27. > :16:29.into effect in 2007. It was pretty straightforward, ban smoking in
:16:30. > :16:36.public places. We have seen increasing confusion because of
:16:37. > :16:39.these, e`cigarettes. They have no tobacco and are exempt from
:16:40. > :16:43.smoke`free legislation. That hasn't stopped them from being banned in
:16:44. > :16:49.council offices, on trains, restaurants and buses. They are
:16:50. > :16:53.banned because it is difficult for our stuff to tell the difference
:16:54. > :16:58.between a traditional cigarette and an e`cigarette. It might send wrong
:16:59. > :17:03.signals to other people on the buses. They are also banned in one
:17:04. > :17:11.of the largest pub chains in the UK, Wetherspoon. If we are busy, we do
:17:12. > :17:15.not know if it is from a cigarette or an e`cigarette. It is to make it
:17:16. > :17:19.consistent. Martin started using them a year and a half ago, and
:17:20. > :17:24.thinks a perception of them has a long way to go. I think the balance
:17:25. > :17:28.is wrong and people are against them for the wrong reasons. If somebody
:17:29. > :17:35.lights up a cigarette now, you would smelly straightaway. I think it is
:17:36. > :17:39.quite easy to tell the difference. Adel shows her view. She has taken
:17:40. > :17:46.over a pub and told her Christmas there welcome to use them. We have a
:17:47. > :17:52.lot of local customs, regulars. To be honest, people know not to
:17:53. > :17:57.smoking pubs now. There are about 1.3 million users of the cigarette
:17:58. > :18:01.in the UK, a figure that has quadrupled in the last three years.
:18:02. > :18:04.Because of that, some public health bodies want to see them classed as a
:18:05. > :18:10.medicine so they can be regulated and licensed. Would that affect what
:18:11. > :18:16.people can use them? I do think there should be smoked anywhere if
:18:17. > :18:19.there were classed as medication. I think most people wouldn't mind as
:18:20. > :18:25.long as it is not a real cigarette. That is different from smoking. They
:18:26. > :18:30.are designed to look like cigarettes, and that is why we treat
:18:31. > :18:34.them like we do. The popularity of these continues to increase. What is
:18:35. > :18:40.socially acceptable continues to be accepted.
:18:41. > :19:01.I would be keen to get your views on this one as well. What do you think?
:19:02. > :19:05.The power Company RWE had its planning application for ten wind
:19:06. > :19:13.turbines ` the height of Lincoln Cathedral ` rejected at a meeting of
:19:14. > :19:16.West Lindsey Council last night. This was the reaction of opponents
:19:17. > :19:27.of the wind farm proposed for Hemswell Cliff. Is this a the
:19:28. > :19:29.company may now appeal. We had a lot of response after we
:19:30. > :20:37.covered this story last night. With We'd like to invite you to come to
:20:38. > :20:41.our party for Children In Need. The fair for Pudsey with a mini funfair
:20:42. > :20:44.and entertainment takes place at the Sirius Academy in Hull on 15th
:20:45. > :20:48.November. You can arrive any time from half five, but you do need to
:20:49. > :20:51.book your free tickets through our reception in Hull.
:20:52. > :21:08.The engineering of a major piece of art for Heathrow airport took place
:21:09. > :21:11.in Hull. Now this film of how it was made is being projected onto the
:21:12. > :21:14.side of the Deep Aquarium. Caroline Bilton is there ahead of the
:21:15. > :21:18.screening. Is this unusual for the Deep to be used as a backdrop for a
:21:19. > :21:24.film premiere? Peter, this is a first for Hull. I was given a sneak
:21:25. > :21:29.preview of what it will look like. It will go on show in ten minutes
:21:30. > :21:35.time. This is what it will look like. It is pretty atmospheric on
:21:36. > :21:40.this riverfront. It tells the story of slipstream, this sculpture that
:21:41. > :21:44.will greet passengers in terminal two, Heathrow. It has been made
:21:45. > :22:02.possible by engineering here in Hull. The artist behind it has come
:22:03. > :22:20.to see this film. We are launching a very horizontal piece of
:22:21. > :22:23.architecture. At a time when Hull is trying to become a City of Culture,
:22:24. > :22:26.this is seen as a way of telling people what we are both in
:22:27. > :22:31.broadcasting our achievements to wider audience. I spoke to the man
:22:32. > :22:38.behind the bid, to ask what he thinks this says about the cultural
:22:39. > :22:43.ambitions of Hull. It is important people see you as an important
:22:44. > :22:49.cultural place, not just a city at the end of a railway line that
:22:50. > :22:55.nobody goes to. It is important, because we can and do do these
:22:56. > :23:03.things. The film is going to be playing on a continuous loop every
:23:04. > :23:06.night between seven and nine. My piece of advice is work North West.
:23:07. > :23:09.It is quite cold. I will look at it on my way home.
:23:10. > :23:13.Christopher Biggins, Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog have been in Hull
:23:14. > :23:16.to promote their pantomime Jack And The Beanstalk. They entertained
:23:17. > :23:19.half`term crowds in the St Stephen's shopping centre and said they were
:23:20. > :23:28.looking forward to performing at the Hull New Theatre this Christmas
:23:29. > :23:30.season. Here we are. I look around and there are these gorgeous
:23:31. > :23:36.buildings. I think it looks fabulous. I am excited about
:23:37. > :23:39.appearing in Hull. I have known Chris for a while and it will be
:23:40. > :23:46.great to work within. This is a good panto. The pantomime opens in
:23:47. > :23:50.December, Jack and the been stopped. A couple from Lincoln have thanked
:23:51. > :24:02.the RNLI for rescuing their pet dog who fell 40 feet off a cliff near
:24:03. > :24:05.Pembroke in Wales. He is Tom and Kylie Crowe were on holiday when
:24:06. > :24:12.their Chocolate Labrador Spice accidentally fell 12 metres into the
:24:13. > :24:16.sea. In breach is He was swimming for 40 minutes before lifeboat crew
:24:17. > :24:19.were able to reach him. Just They say they were both in shock when it
:24:20. > :24:23.happened and are unbelievably grateful to the crew. The RNLI say
:24:24. > :24:27.Spice was lucky to survive the fall. For a cat, life couldn't get much
:24:28. > :24:30.better than Graham's. The Staff at the Pets At Home store in Boston in
:24:31. > :24:34.Lincolnshire say he turned up one day and made himself at home. Now
:24:35. > :24:38.he's always there when they open up and they have to throw him out at
:24:39. > :24:41.the end of the day. But has Graham got an owner, Gemma Dawson
:24:42. > :24:45.investigates. New mums and I know what you're thinking.
:24:46. > :24:51.It's not unusual to see animals in a pet store. You know me and you and
:24:52. > :24:54.Minster style But this cat is not for sale. Graham's a regular visitor
:24:55. > :24:58.here ` shunning outside adventure for days at this shop in Boston. And
:24:59. > :25:02.when he first came in, we tried to deter him. He is such a cheeky
:25:03. > :25:09.character we started letting him in. Generally, he tends to play with our
:25:10. > :25:14.ties. He might have a bit of food, little something to drink.
:25:15. > :25:16.Sometimes, he will stay at the hamsters and scratch at the glass.
:25:17. > :25:20.It doesn't worry the hamsters. Graham's been coming here for the
:25:21. > :25:24.last three months. One customer even bought him these treats. But the
:25:25. > :25:34.staff here don't know who owns him. And Graham's not the only cat with
:25:35. > :25:37.an independent streak. Meet Casper ` his owner discovered he's been
:25:38. > :25:40.riding on the buses in Devon. While recently, scientists from the
:25:41. > :25:43.University of Lincoln worked on this documentary showing what cats get up
:25:44. > :25:50.to when we're not looking. Back in Boston, Graham's proving popular
:25:51. > :25:56.with the customers here too. I have not seen many cats who would lie
:25:57. > :26:04.like that and be so quiet and calm. I think he is really, really nice
:26:05. > :26:07.and soft. People are friendly. He is a people car.
:26:08. > :26:14.Graham's now become a bit of a local celebrity. And what does every
:26:15. > :26:18.celebrity need? A stunt double. He is bringing in a couple of friends,
:26:19. > :26:20.one who looks very similar to Graham, and another little black cat
:26:21. > :26:24.comes in as well. So if word spreads, this store could
:26:25. > :26:32.end up with a few more feline friends.
:26:33. > :26:35.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:36. > :26:56.A day of revelations at the "hacking" trial. ?120 for
:26:57. > :27:04.unauthorised school absences. Three times as many families are given
:27:05. > :27:10.fines. Response on taking children out of school. Somebody says, why
:27:11. > :27:13.are teachers allowed to strike if one day out of school is so
:27:14. > :27:18.important? Somebody else says, the government should put pressure on
:27:19. > :27:21.holiday companies. Barry says, as someone who regularly skip school
:27:22. > :27:26.and never got the education available, I think parents should
:27:27. > :27:33.think about the true saving beyond finance. Brenda says, there should
:27:34. > :27:36.be a two`week amnesty for family holidays and no relief granted other
:27:37. > :27:41.than that except for exceptional circumstances. Join me for the radio
:27:42. > :28:25.if you can. Planet Earth - it's unique.
:28:26. > :28:29.It has life. To understand why, we're going to
:28:30. > :28:36.build a planet...up there.