:00:00. > 3:59:59which is going to hit the Philippines on our website. That is
:00:00. > :00:00.all from the BBC News at Six. all from the BBC News at Six.
:00:00. > :00:07.On Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:08. > :00:10.North. The headlines tonight: The leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage, says
:00:11. > :00:21.people in Lincolnshire are being discriminated against in favour of
:00:22. > :00:25.migrants. It is cheap labour. But what about
:00:26. > :00:27.ordinary, decent working families in this country?
:00:28. > :00:36.Businesses in Lincoln urged to pay staff at least ?7.45 an hour. That
:00:37. > :00:40.extra pound and our, we could not afford it.
:00:41. > :00:43.Cut off by the sea ` walkers call for more warning signs after they
:00:44. > :00:46.were stranded on Spurn Point. The 400`year old story of
:00:47. > :00:54.witchcraft, but were the witches framed by an earl? Don't forget the
:00:55. > :01:15.all`important five day forecast. The leader of the UK Independence
:01:16. > :01:18.Party has told Look North xx. Nigel Farage is in Lincolnshire tonight
:01:19. > :01:24.for a recording of the BBC's Question Time Programme. The issue
:01:25. > :01:31.of immigration is likely to be brought into sharp focus as the show
:01:32. > :01:35.comes from Boston tonight. One report this week claims immigration
:01:36. > :01:37.has had a positive effect on the Lincolnshire economy with immigrants
:01:38. > :01:42.less likely to claim benefits than people born in the country. We will
:01:43. > :01:51.hear from Nigel Farage in a moment, but first, here's Tim Iredale.
:01:52. > :01:55.Arriving in Lincolnshire tonight, where UKIP leader Nigel farad is
:01:56. > :01:59.preparing to lock horns with the panel. The last time Question
:02:00. > :02:05.Time's cameras rolled into the county, the programme was dominated
:02:06. > :02:10.by one subject. Boston is at breaking point. The locals cannot
:02:11. > :02:14.cope any more. Doctors surgeries, hospitals, you go down to the high
:02:15. > :02:19.street in Austin and it is like you are in a foreign country. Dean ever
:02:20. > :02:23.organised an anti`immigration protest in the town last year. It
:02:24. > :02:29.prompted an in`depth report by the local council into the economic
:02:30. > :02:35.impact of immigration. He says nothing has changed. The fact that
:02:36. > :02:38.the government have let so many people in, and English kids cannot
:02:39. > :02:45.get away because the Polish nationals have got the work. This
:02:46. > :02:50.English teacher says most migrants have made a positive contribution to
:02:51. > :03:04.the area. They are very hard`working. They have a very good
:03:05. > :03:08.impact. I think their contribution is really good. One report claimed
:03:09. > :03:14.that immigrants who arrived after 1999 were 45% less likely to receive
:03:15. > :03:21.state benefit of tax credits and people born in the UK, and that
:03:22. > :03:25.migrates from the European economic area had contributed to 34% more in
:03:26. > :03:31.taxes than they received in benefits ` ` migrants. One report said people
:03:32. > :03:35.from European countries were less likely to pay benefits and pay more
:03:36. > :03:43.tax than the British. I think that is a variation on the truth, to be
:03:44. > :03:49.honest. We need to get more people from Britain into work, into the
:03:50. > :03:52.jobs these people are doing. As a national TV spotlight shines on
:03:53. > :04:01.Boston tonight, I think we can expect a lively debate from this
:04:02. > :04:06.corner of Lincolnshire. Within the last hour, I ask UKIP
:04:07. > :04:14.leader, Nigel Farage, what the main topic would be tonight. I have
:04:15. > :04:19.absolutely no doubt it will be immigration. It will be the fact
:04:20. > :04:22.we're about to open the borders the whole of Romania and Bulgaria, and
:04:23. > :04:27.it will be this report that shows in the next 25 years, the British
:04:28. > :04:34.population is going to go up to 70 million people. I think that will
:04:35. > :04:39.dominate tonight. This report from UCL says they contribute 34% more in
:04:40. > :04:47.taxes than those born in the UK. That is quite a figure. Well, who is
:04:48. > :04:52.to say? We had a report showing that non`EU migrants have cost is more
:04:53. > :04:57.than they have brought in. Also, the EU migrants have paid more tax than
:04:58. > :05:02.they have claimed in benefits. It may be true but it does not compute
:05:03. > :05:06.the number of British people on benefits because they have not got
:05:07. > :05:11.jobs because the migrants have them. We could argue until the cows come
:05:12. > :05:16.home about the economic benefits of this benefit. What I am certain of
:05:17. > :05:21.is when I go to something like Boston tonight, and I see in any
:05:22. > :05:26.500% rise in the number of non`British people there since the
:05:27. > :05:31.year 2001, their racket to cannot get primary school places, hospitals
:05:32. > :05:37.with long waiting lists. What about those people who are employers, the
:05:38. > :05:42.farmers? I spoke to one on the radio today and he said he would be so
:05:43. > :05:46.good if the migrants were not there. It is a complete myth that before
:05:47. > :05:50.Poland joined the EU, the cauliflowers rotted in the fields of
:05:51. > :05:56.Lincolnshire. They did not. I completely understand that for big
:05:57. > :06:00.employers, for big businesses and rich people, mass immigration has
:06:01. > :06:04.been great. It is cheap labour. What ordinary, decent working families in
:06:05. > :06:10.this country who find themselves unable to get work and are
:06:11. > :06:16.discriminated against in their own country? Your leader here has been
:06:17. > :06:22.thrown out of the party, taking five cancers with him. Embarrassing for
:06:23. > :06:31.you? ` ` taking five councillors with him. Look, when you grow as a
:06:32. > :06:37.party you are bound to have the odd hiccup. In the case of Chris Payne,
:06:38. > :06:43.who was the leader of that group for a brief time, he was found by the
:06:44. > :06:48.NEC to have put things on his Facebook that they believe to be
:06:49. > :06:52.racist. We have got no time for that in UKIP. General election in under
:06:53. > :06:58.two years. If you stood in Boston, would you be their first MP? I say
:06:59. > :07:00.race. Letters get over the hurdles of the European elections in six
:07:01. > :07:06.months, then asking the question, and I will answer it. Will you
:07:07. > :07:13.stand? Listen, I will stand somewhere in 2015. Are you going to
:07:14. > :07:17.stand in Boston? I will fight the European elections in six months
:07:18. > :07:22.with the intention that UKIP causes an earthquake in British electoral
:07:23. > :07:26.politics. I have no other thinking on my mind at the moment. Very good
:07:27. > :07:37.to talk to you tonight. Thank you for your time. Do you agree with
:07:38. > :07:43.Nigel Farage? Be good to hear from you tonight. We will have some
:07:44. > :07:58.before we finish. You can see Question Time from
:07:59. > :08:11.Boston tonight on BBC One straight after our late bulletin at 10.35pm.
:08:12. > :08:14.In a moment: Popping pills for depression ` why there's a large
:08:15. > :08:22.rise in prescriptions in Hull and East Yorkshire.
:08:23. > :08:26.Businesses in Lincoln have been told they should increase the minimum
:08:27. > :08:30.wage by more than ?1 an hour pay and pay what's known as the living wage.
:08:31. > :08:33.The call comes from the city council, which is one of the city's
:08:34. > :08:40.biggest employers and pays its staff the higher rate of ?7.45 an hour.
:08:41. > :08:47.Some employers say it's not realistic. Jake Zuckerman reports.
:08:48. > :08:55.For the lowest paid workers, the legal minimum wage is often the best
:08:56. > :08:58.they can expect to earn. With the rising cost of living, many are
:08:59. > :09:01.finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. It's led to a
:09:02. > :09:10.national campaign for a higher so`called "living wage" which has
:09:11. > :09:12.attracted cross`party support. The minimum hourly wage currently stands
:09:13. > :09:16.at ?6.31, but the City of Lincoln Council has pledged to pay its staff
:09:17. > :09:21.at least ?7.45 an hour. The council introduced the "living wage" in
:09:22. > :09:31.September. It's now written to 100 businesses in the city, urging them
:09:32. > :09:36.to follow suit. We're trying to grow the economy. Lope does help that.
:09:37. > :09:38.There is an important economic argument for it.
:09:39. > :09:42.Receptionist Lee Waterfield, from the Birchwood area of the city, says
:09:43. > :09:47.earning the living wage would make a big difference to her. It is just
:09:48. > :09:53.like, getting in from work and thinking, I would put my heating on
:09:54. > :10:00.for an hour. You would not be so tight with your heating. Nobody
:10:01. > :10:04.wants to have their kids running around the house in winter with
:10:05. > :10:07.three jumpers on. In this letter the council says a
:10:08. > :10:10.study in London found 80% of employers paying the living wage
:10:11. > :10:14.believed that it had enhanced the quality of work of its staff, while
:10:15. > :10:16.absenteeism fell by around a quarter." But some smaller
:10:17. > :10:19.businesses in Lincoln say it's not realistic. That extra pound we would
:10:20. > :10:23.have to give to the staff per hour, we could not afford to do it. We are
:10:24. > :10:25.a very small business. For medium`sized businesses and larger
:10:26. > :10:31.businesses, they can afford to do it. We're just coming out of
:10:32. > :10:40.recession and are in an environment with increasing costs, energy, fuel,
:10:41. > :10:42.business rates. It could be more than some businesses can cope with.
:10:43. > :10:46.But the council hopes other employers will follow its example,
:10:47. > :10:54.and that fewer workers will have to rely on benefits to top up low pay.
:10:55. > :11:06.This is another one we want to hear from you about. You may be run a
:11:07. > :11:11.business and think it is too much. Get in touch.
:11:12. > :11:26.A pilot has walked away with minor injuries after his light aircraft
:11:27. > :11:29.crash landed near Spalding. Lincolnshire police say the incident
:11:30. > :11:33.happened just after midday at the Fenland airfield at Holbeach st
:11:34. > :11:35.Johns. The pilot, who is 46, was the only person on board.
:11:36. > :11:41.A man's appeared in court charged with the murder of his cell mate at
:11:42. > :11:49.Lincoln prison. His 73 Alan Goode was found dead in his cell last
:11:50. > :11:52.week. His cell`mate Kristof Mroz was today remanded back into prison and
:11:53. > :11:56.will appear again in January. Network Rail has put forward its
:11:57. > :12:00.plans for a new footbridge over the railway line in Lincoln. A bridge
:12:01. > :12:03.would end delays for pedestrians at the High Street's level crossing,
:12:04. > :12:06.which closes up to 12 times an hour. ?? new line The Government is
:12:07. > :12:10.promising to think about extending electrification of the railway to
:12:11. > :12:12.Hull. The city is not included in the plans to electrify the
:12:13. > :12:20.Transpennine route, which will only upgrade the line as far as Selby. In
:12:21. > :12:27.the Commons, a Hull MP questioned the Transport Secretary. White is
:12:28. > :12:33.the electrification of the routes Hull going to stop at Selby, and
:12:34. > :12:41.will he do everything he can to support the Hull trains proposal to
:12:42. > :12:49.extend it to Hull? She's making yet another case for an education ` `
:12:50. > :12:51.electrification, and I will look at it again.
:12:52. > :12:53.There's been a 50% increase in prescriptions for anti`depressants
:12:54. > :13:01.in Hull and East Yorkshire. Pharmacists are giving out hundreds
:13:02. > :13:05.of thousands of doses of the drugs. And Look North has found that some
:13:06. > :13:07.people with depression are being told to take anti`depressants
:13:08. > :13:11.because counsellors are too busy to help them. Jill Archbold reports.
:13:12. > :13:15.Depression affects one in every five people ` and when it does, guidance
:13:16. > :13:23.for doctors are to treat it with psychological therapy. When John's
:13:24. > :13:26.marriage broke down, he sought therapy for depression from his GP
:13:27. > :13:35.in East Yorkshire. He asked us to protect his full identity. I was
:13:36. > :13:39.told there would be three months until an assessment and another
:13:40. > :13:45.three months for an appointment. I said that I could not wait six
:13:46. > :13:47.months. They said all they could offer was a course of
:13:48. > :13:50.antidepressants in the meantime. John says his medication made him
:13:51. > :13:53.feel worse, but nationally the number of these drugs being
:13:54. > :13:55.dispensed is at an all`time high. In 2012, the average number of
:13:56. > :13:59.prescriptions given across East Yorkshire was around 26,000 every
:14:00. > :14:08.month. In Hull, the figure is similarly high. Over 24,000 every
:14:09. > :14:10.month. Figures show an increase year on year in the number of
:14:11. > :14:12.antidepressants prescribed in the city.
:14:13. > :14:14.The alternative or complementary treatment is talking therapies, like
:14:15. > :14:23.this session recreated at mental health charity Mind in Hull.
:14:24. > :14:26.People have to understand that antidepressants are not a cure in
:14:27. > :14:30.themselves for the depression. It is a support mechanism. It will help
:14:31. > :14:33.you get through the way you are feeling until such times as you can
:14:34. > :14:36.access other treatments. The Humber NHS Trust say the average
:14:37. > :14:38.wait to see counsellors in East Yorkshire is between four and six
:14:39. > :15:06.weeks. I have a lovely daughter who helped
:15:07. > :15:11.me through it. She made me promise not to go down the suicide route. I
:15:12. > :15:17.have a grandson of five and she made me promise not to do anything. I
:15:18. > :15:20.said it to myself every time I got those thoughts. I have done it
:15:21. > :15:31.myself, where as I could have done with some help ready. Still ahead on
:15:32. > :15:43.the programme: One of the stars of Hull City's season won't play for
:15:44. > :15:44.two months. Hanged for casting spells, but were
:15:45. > :15:58.the Belvoir witches framed? Keep your photos coming in.
:15:59. > :16:07.Jon Coupland took this at RAF Stenigot, which was a Second World
:16:08. > :16:15.War radar station. Another picture tomorrow. Good evening.
:16:16. > :16:19.I have a message here. Peter, I noticed Paul has been on three days
:16:20. > :16:26.in a row, time for another holiday me thinks.
:16:27. > :16:32.It is funny you should do that. Letters look at the headlines. It is
:16:33. > :16:35.not bad. Just like today, although it is generally unsettled, there
:16:36. > :16:44.will be plenty of is in China around. Much of the shower activity
:16:45. > :16:48.is in the West. There is a risk of some showers pushing in to
:16:49. > :16:56.north`west Norfolk and South Lincolnshire perhaps. You can see a
:16:57. > :17:04.bit of rain down to the south`east, but we are blessed in some areas. As
:17:05. > :17:13.we head through the evening, it is basically fine. Just the chance of
:17:14. > :17:21.some isolated showers. The breeze will ease a little bit. Nothing out
:17:22. > :17:37.of the ordinary for early November. Temperatures will be a bit high.
:17:38. > :17:47.We're off to another lovely start. Blue skies and a good deal of
:17:48. > :17:52.sunshine. Just a risk of some patchy rain pushing into the far south. The
:17:53. > :17:58.rest of us, generally dry and remaining bright. Top temperatures
:17:59. > :18:11.similar to today, ran about nine or 10 Celsius. Saturday mostly dry.
:18:12. > :18:22.That is the forecast. Jeff says, Paul's holiday cannot
:18:23. > :18:27.come quickly enough, the more we see of Keeley the better. Do not say
:18:28. > :18:30.anything. The safety of visitors to the Spurn
:18:31. > :18:34.Point nature reserve in East Yorkshire has been reviewed after a
:18:35. > :18:40.group of people got cut off by the high tides. Warning signs have now
:18:41. > :18:45.been put up warning people of the dangers. Caroline Bilton has the
:18:46. > :18:49.story. It was a day like this. The perfect
:18:50. > :18:52.conditions to go for a walk along Spurn Point and visit the
:18:53. > :18:56.lighthouse, but for one group of people, getting back to their cars
:18:57. > :18:59.proved to more difficult than they expected. A couple of people were up
:19:00. > :19:02.to their knees in water and decided to turn back.
:19:03. > :19:06.Martin Reed was one of nine people who got cut off by the tide here.
:19:07. > :19:12.It's a beach today, but on Sunday, water was lapping over the top. This
:19:13. > :19:14.is where the water came over. Andy Gibson has worked for the
:19:15. > :19:20.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust here on Spurn for years and knows only too
:19:21. > :19:26.well of its dangers. There will be my water crossing here. You have no
:19:27. > :19:32.idea how strong that is, or how big that NextWave is.
:19:33. > :19:41.For the stricken group, help came in the form of one of these. A 4X4
:19:42. > :19:45.shuttle service that's currently being used to get Humber Pilots to
:19:46. > :19:48.their permament base at Spurn Head. We gave instructions for our driver
:19:49. > :19:55.to shepherd that group back to safety. The principal aim is to keep
:19:56. > :19:59.a good eye on marine traffic in the river. One of that of their other
:20:00. > :20:04.duties is to keep a general look out around the peninsular. It is good
:20:05. > :20:11.their vigilance helps resolve this situation. Some 70,000 people visit
:20:12. > :20:14.this nature reserve every year. What awaits them on the other side of
:20:15. > :20:18.this gate is an ever`changing landscape that needs to be
:20:19. > :20:23.understood. These temporary signs and now in place. Pamela was will be
:20:24. > :20:27.here by the weekend, in the hope that those who come here will be
:20:28. > :20:33.more vigilant ` ` permanent ones will be here. People need to know if
:20:34. > :20:39.they go out and it is high side, possibly there will not get back. It
:20:40. > :20:44.is hoped visitors to this beautiful but wild place will take heed of the
:20:45. > :20:47.warnings. A World War II veteran from
:20:48. > :20:52.Lincolnshire who flew in dozens of missions as part of RAF Bomber
:20:53. > :20:54.Command has died at the age of 97. Douglas Hudson, who was from
:20:55. > :20:57.Heighington, flew Lancaster and Blenheim bombers during the war, and
:20:58. > :21:02.won the distinguished Flying Cross for his work as a navigator. He was
:21:03. > :21:05.also involved in the successful campaign to have a bomber command
:21:06. > :21:11.memorial erected in Lincoln Cathedral. His family said he had
:21:12. > :21:23.lived with prostate cancer for several years and died peacefully on
:21:24. > :21:31.Tuesday. It has always been my hope that one day, we will help create
:21:32. > :21:36.more awareness to the effect of the losses, those who flew in bomber
:21:37. > :21:39.command. It is beginning to happen now, but it has taken a long time.
:21:40. > :21:48.Douglas Hudson, who has died at the age of 97. Hull City have been dealt
:21:49. > :21:52.a huge blow to their Premier League ambitions after a key player has
:21:53. > :21:54.been ruled out through injury until February. Nigerian Midfielder Sone
:21:55. > :21:58.Aluko has a torn achilles. The Club's manager Steve Bruce has also
:21:59. > :22:06.been fined ?10,000 by the FA for his comments about a referee. Amanda
:22:07. > :22:09.White has more. Sone Aluko has been one of only a
:22:10. > :22:12.handful who've scored for Hull City this season. This brilliant effort
:22:13. > :22:16.secured a 3`2 victory over Newcastle. But a lack of goals has
:22:17. > :22:23.been a worry for City fans, today's news making it more worrying still.
:22:24. > :22:30.It has unfortunately put a damper on everything. It has been confirmed
:22:31. > :22:37.yesterday he has got it in his Achilles. It will keep him out until
:22:38. > :22:40.at least February. We will wait until the specialists have seen him
:22:41. > :22:44.and find out the best way forward for him. He will certainly be
:22:45. > :22:46.missing for the next eight of ten matches.
:22:47. > :22:49.Aluko's injury has also cast doubt on his future at Hull City. Talks
:22:50. > :22:53.over extending his contract beyond the end of the season have been
:22:54. > :22:58.suspended until his fitness can be established. And there was more bad
:22:59. > :23:01.news for manager Steve Bruce today. Surely a bit of common sense the
:23:02. > :23:04.referees have will say, that is not deliberate. These comments after the
:23:05. > :23:12.Tigers controversial league defeat against Tottenham Hotspur last month
:23:13. > :23:16.have earned him a ?10,000 fine. Surely on his mind is how to might
:23:17. > :23:19.with this man, and cope with the growing list of injuries to ensure
:23:20. > :23:24.more happy days in the Premier League.
:23:25. > :23:26.It's a story which has been passed down through generations for
:23:27. > :23:29.hundreds of years, but now a prominent historian has cast new
:23:30. > :23:33.light on a famous Lincolnshire legend. The story centres on a
:23:34. > :23:40.family of women, who were accused of killing two boys using witchcraft.
:23:41. > :23:46.They were hanged at Lincoln Castle. But now a new book suggests that the
:23:47. > :23:48.women were framed. Jo Makel has more.
:23:49. > :23:57.It's a chilling tale of magic and murder. But were the women hanged at
:23:58. > :24:00.Lincoln really guilty of witchcraft? In the early 17th century, Joan
:24:01. > :24:03.Flower and her two daughters Margaret and Phillipa had been
:24:04. > :24:09.servants at Belvoir Castle near Grantham, working for the Earl of
:24:10. > :24:12.Rutland. When Margaret was accused of stealing and other misdemeanors,
:24:13. > :24:27.the story is that they took their revenge, casting spells on the Earl
:24:28. > :24:32.and his family. The story has been handed down from generation to
:24:33. > :24:36.generation. People were terrified of these women, and people were scared
:24:37. > :24:45.of which is in general. Once which pointed a finger at you, that was
:24:46. > :24:49.you cursed for ever and ever. But the story of the Flower women is now
:24:50. > :24:59.the subject of a new book by historian Tracy Borman. You would
:25:00. > :25:02.probably be elderly, and terrifyingly, that meant over 40.
:25:03. > :25:10.She says her research has found the women may have been framed. At the
:25:11. > :25:15.heart of this, was quite a dark, devilish conspiracy. I think James
:25:16. > :25:19.the first favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, wanted to marry the
:25:20. > :25:22.sister of those two boys, and she would be a very rich woman if her
:25:23. > :25:27.brothers died. I think it is possible that Buckingham had a hand
:25:28. > :25:32.in their death. He framed the three local women for it and accuse them
:25:33. > :25:35.of witchcraft, and convince everyone they were to blame. And it was easy,
:25:36. > :25:40.says Tracy, for women in those times to be branded as witches. They
:25:41. > :25:45.probably fell victim to the fact they were poor, they were probably
:25:46. > :25:48.not liked in their community, so it was a way of getting rid of your
:25:49. > :25:53.enemies, basically. Whether guilty or not, the legend of the flower
:25:54. > :26:02.women has lasted for 400 years. And our fascination with witches will
:26:03. > :26:06.ensure the tale lives on. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:07. > :26:09.and regional headlines: A recording has been released of the moment a
:26:10. > :26:14.Royal Marine allegedly shot dead a wounded prisoner in Afghanistan.
:26:15. > :26:17.The leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage, says people in Lincolnshire are
:26:18. > :26:33.being discriminated against in favour of migrants.
:26:34. > :26:41.Unsurprisingly, big response after that chat with Nigel Farage.
:26:42. > :26:43.Somebody says, the majority of immigrants in Boston work`out and
:26:44. > :26:49.contribute to the economy of the town. It is a town where there are
:26:50. > :27:02.very few boarded up shops. Jeff says, businesses bemoan people not
:27:03. > :27:07.having good English language skills and then happily employed
:27:08. > :27:13.immigrants. Somebody else says, UKIP will get my vote. This is from
:27:14. > :27:22.somebody who says, I completely disagree with Nigel Farage, being
:27:23. > :27:25.able dairy and, I do not accept that we are favoured when it comes to a
:27:26. > :27:32.position. I have never claim benefits, and worked really hard to
:27:33. > :27:36.get where I am. Darren says, I think the diversity in Lincolnshire is the
:27:37. > :27:44.best thing that has happened to this county. Thank you for all of those.
:27:45. > :27:46.Join me for the radio if you can tomorrow. Good night.