:00:00. > 3:59:59there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:10.us. Good evening. Welcome to Look North.
:00:11. > :00:14.The headlines: As East Yorkshire waits for a decision on a breeding
:00:15. > :00:18.centre, one scientist says there is an alternative to animal testing.
:00:19. > :00:26.This is a great exciting breakthrough. We expect 90%
:00:27. > :00:31.reduction in the use of animals in our research The typhoon in the fill
:00:32. > :00:46.pines ` workers welcome the support for family and friends. It just
:00:47. > :00:52.makes everything so less like chaos. `` Philippines. Listen. We are Hull.
:00:53. > :00:57.The new film for the city is given its premier. Repainting the road
:00:58. > :01:03.where the lines are the wrong kind of yellow! More sunshine on the way
:01:04. > :01:12.for tomorrow, but your detailed five`day forecast follows shortly
:01:13. > :01:19.Good evening. A leading Government scientist says his research could
:01:20. > :01:24.reduce the number of animals being used for medical testing by 90%.
:01:25. > :01:29.Professor Robin Williams has spent the last ten years investigating
:01:30. > :01:33.alternative methods. Tomorrow, East Riding council will decide whether
:01:34. > :01:37.to approve plans to extend a breeding centre in East Yorkshire
:01:38. > :01:42.where animals are reared for medical research. Our rural affairs
:01:43. > :01:46.correspondent, Linsay Smith, has this report. Epilepsy affecting 50
:01:47. > :01:52.million people worldwide. For the past ten years, it's the subject of
:01:53. > :01:56.Professor Williams' research. He's made breakthroughs in understanding
:01:57. > :02:01.which chemicals are control seizures, but arguably a bigger
:02:02. > :02:07.breakthrough is that his discoveries were not made tested on thousands of
:02:08. > :02:11.animals but these, social omeba, single cell organisms found on
:02:12. > :02:14.forest floors. This is a great, great exciting breakthrough. We
:02:15. > :02:22.expect potentially a 90% reduction in the use of animals in our
:02:23. > :02:27.research This discovery will tangibly help us make better, safer,
:02:28. > :02:31.more potent seizure`controlled treatments. Despite dramatically
:02:32. > :02:36.reducing the number of animals used in his research, Professor Williams
:02:37. > :02:39.says in the final stage tests, animals would still need to be
:02:40. > :02:45.included because the difference between Omeba and the human body is
:02:46. > :02:50.too big There's also a legal requirement in the UK for all new
:02:51. > :02:53.medicines to be tested on animals. It's something that's very important
:02:54. > :02:56.when you are asking a human to try a medicine for the first time on
:02:57. > :03:00.behalf of society to see whether that is safe and effective, to give
:03:01. > :03:05.them the knowledge that that has been tried in animals before it's
:03:06. > :03:09.been given straight to a human. Tomorrow, East Riding Council will
:03:10. > :03:13.decide whether to give planning per in addition a beagle breeding
:03:14. > :03:23.facility. This video from a company that promotes animal research shows
:03:24. > :03:29.the type of unit the company want to build. Animals are reared until
:03:30. > :03:32.required by animal research labs. Protests are expected at the
:03:33. > :03:37.meeting. Campaigners want a Government debate about the number
:03:38. > :03:42.of animals used, something Professor Williams says can be dramatically
:03:43. > :03:47.reduced. We need to change attitudes. The senior scientists and
:03:48. > :03:54.journalists need to be a bit more open minded about the approach to
:03:55. > :04:01.research and animal research at that. Wendy Jarrot is from
:04:02. > :04:07.Understanding Animal Research and is trying to increase awareness on
:04:08. > :04:11.research. Some scientists, are they stuck in their ways using animals
:04:12. > :04:16.too readily when they could be using other things? I don't think so. The
:04:17. > :04:20.law says you can't use an animal if there is a nonanimal alternative.
:04:21. > :04:24.You won't get a licence from the Home Office to do an animal study if
:04:25. > :04:29.there's a way to do it without using an animal. Do we have to accept if
:04:30. > :04:34.we want treatments, we are going to have to continue to use larger
:04:35. > :04:37.numbers of animals like beagles? We all hope we'll be able to reduce the
:04:38. > :04:41.animals and the research you have been talking about is very excising
:04:42. > :04:45.and a lot of research has already happened to develop alternatives to
:04:46. > :04:50.using animals in medical research. You work closely with a number of
:04:51. > :04:55.companies, including B K. Are you simply doing the PR for the
:04:56. > :04:59.pro`animal lobby on their behalf? Well, we are trying to help the
:05:00. > :05:04.public understand why animals are still needed in some cases in
:05:05. > :05:08.scientific and medical research. We are not trying to get people to
:05:09. > :05:13.approve of that. I think it's well accepted that people have mixed
:05:14. > :05:17.views on this subject, it's a very sensitive subject. In many cases,
:05:18. > :05:19.people just don't have the information to make up their own
:05:20. > :05:23.minds about the issue. That's what we are about, trying to help people
:05:24. > :05:31.understand it better. Can you understand why this issue is
:05:32. > :05:34.controversial, it's not that far removed from farming, which is what
:05:35. > :05:39.I was being told on the radio today? I can understand why it's a
:05:40. > :05:43.controversial issue and in many ways it's like farming, it's a way we as
:05:44. > :05:48.society have decided to use animals. I know a scientist who researches
:05:49. > :05:52.onle animals who is vegetarian, who won't wear leather, keep a pet,
:05:53. > :05:57.because he feels they are unnecessary uses of animals, whereas
:05:58. > :06:01.if we want medical progress and new medicines for humans and animals, we
:06:02. > :06:08.do need, unfortunately at the moment still, to use animals for research
:06:09. > :06:11.Thank you very much indeed As councillors prepare to decide on
:06:12. > :06:15.whether or not to grant permission for a larger breeding centre, how
:06:16. > :06:18.important is it for animals to be used in medical research? We'd like
:06:19. > :06:36.your thoughts on this one: That decision, the permission for
:06:37. > :06:40.the expansion of the breeding centre there is being made tomorrow. We'll
:06:41. > :06:44.let you know what happens and continue to follow that story. Look
:06:45. > :06:49.forward to hearing from you In a moment on the programme, how money
:06:50. > :06:55.raised by Children In Need is helping Paralympic athletes of the
:06:56. > :06:59.future The people of Hull will be at the forefront of its bid to become
:07:00. > :07:05.the UK City of Culture. Today, the team leading the bid has premiered a
:07:06. > :07:08.film that will be shown to the competition's judges on Thursday. In
:07:09. > :07:12.the audience was some of the hundreds of people who have starred
:07:13. > :07:15.in the film. They say that they're convinced it will help Hull win the
:07:16. > :07:32.City of Culture It took five weeks to make and stars
:07:33. > :07:36.thousands of people from Hull Including the actor, Sir Tom
:07:37. > :07:43.Courtney. Let me tell you something about this city. All of us were all
:07:44. > :07:48.just passing through and we have all been here forever. This film will
:07:49. > :07:53.open Hull's bid to become City of Culture 2017. The golden rules of
:07:54. > :07:57.Hull... Don't pretend you are something you are not. Don't think
:07:58. > :08:01.you are better than anyone else... Or that anyone is better than you...
:08:02. > :08:04.Don't shout about it, get on with it.
:08:05. > :08:08.ALL: We are Hull. Hull. Its producers hopes it will have a real
:08:09. > :08:13.impact on the judges. The rest of it is dry facts and figures. It's about
:08:14. > :08:17.buildings and capacity and economic development. But this is really
:08:18. > :08:21.about people and this is really saying this is a great city with
:08:22. > :08:25.fantastic people and it's a brilliant place to be. If they get
:08:26. > :08:30.that, then yes, it would be great to think that that makes a contribution
:08:31. > :08:35.At the premier, those who star in the film, including trinity House
:08:36. > :08:39.brethren, Phillip watts and schoolgirl Ruby Stevenson. Felt
:08:40. > :08:43.quite emotional because it's like, you have lived here alyour life and
:08:44. > :08:49.it makes you really proud. Very pleased and proud to represent the
:08:50. > :08:55.city en mass and to put it in a good light. It gets far too much bad
:08:56. > :09:00.press, does Hull. This city belongs to everyone. And you know when it's
:09:01. > :09:07.your turn. And it's our time. Listen. We are Hull The film also
:09:08. > :09:13.features David who runs a shop and arts projects in the city. Hull's
:09:14. > :09:18.always had a stigma with, you know, unemployment, but with the arts, we
:09:19. > :09:22.have always been rich in that area. I've noticed dance, drama, all the
:09:23. > :09:31.arts, Hull's always been rich like that. It will be good for Hull We
:09:32. > :09:37.are all visitors and we have all been here forever. The film has been
:09:38. > :09:52.screened all day at the art gallery, showing people in Hull what the
:09:53. > :10:05.judges will see of them . Hull! Hull! Hull! Say yes to Hull! Say yes
:10:06. > :10:09.to freedom It really is a good film, you must see it. Ann`Marie is in
:10:10. > :10:17.Hull at the moment. How important is this film to the bid then? Well,
:10:18. > :10:20.Peter, it's the very first thing the City of Culture judges would see.
:10:21. > :10:24.It's certainly got people talking already since it was launched this
:10:25. > :10:27.morning. It's had over a thousand views online. One of the people
:10:28. > :10:31.who'll show it to the judges is Mark, the artistic director at the
:10:32. > :10:34.theatre, he's part of the delegation that's going to see the judges in
:10:35. > :10:42.Londonderry. Mark, how important is this video to the bid? I find it an
:10:43. > :10:48.incredibly moving piece of work. This fantastic city is behind this
:10:49. > :10:54.bid, wants it, needs it and it's a great testament that Hull is ready
:10:55. > :10:58.to deliver. It gives you a chance to take the people with you? That's
:10:59. > :11:02.important for us. In the consultation period there was over
:11:03. > :11:07.200 consultations putting the bid together and the voice of the people
:11:08. > :11:11.were smack back in the middle of the bid `` smack bang. It's a testament
:11:12. > :11:14.of the meaning of Hull and what we can achieve. Thank you very much. It
:11:15. > :11:18.would be right on this very spot that we'll find out next Wednesday
:11:19. > :11:23.if that video and the bid as a whole has won it for Hull Thank you very
:11:24. > :11:30.much. Next Wednesday is the day and, by the way, you can read more about
:11:31. > :11:32.the city's bid and also see the video in full online if you go to
:11:33. > :11:54.the website. I had an interview with Ed vasy, the
:11:55. > :11:56.Culture Minister, yesterday, and a couple of the many messages that
:11:57. > :12:29.came through to us: Thank you very much. We'll continue
:12:30. > :12:33.to follow the story A mother from Hull who admitted killing her baby
:12:34. > :12:41.while suffering from postnatal depression, has avoided jail
:12:42. > :12:48.21`year`old Natasha Sultan was given a three`year supervision order and
:12:49. > :12:53.banned from working with children She pleaded guilty. The court heard
:12:54. > :12:58.the baby died from a head injury A restaurant in Hull has been named
:12:59. > :13:14.the best in Yorkshire The winner is... 1884... 1884 Dock Street Kym
:13:15. > :13:21.un only been open 18 months `` Dock Street Kitchen. I cook for customers
:13:22. > :13:25.what I would want to eat really. That's what ends up pleasing people.
:13:26. > :13:28.We are a young business, a young team, everyone tries really hard, we
:13:29. > :13:33.cook seasonally, regionally, locally. Well done to them. The
:13:34. > :13:39.Bridlington Spa only pickd up an award, winning best business tourism
:13:40. > :13:44.award. The visitor centre at the Humber Bridge was highly commended
:13:45. > :13:48.as well. Well done to all three. Filipino crew members at the port of
:13:49. > :13:51.Hull are still waiting to hear if their families are safe in the
:13:52. > :13:56.aftermath of last Friday's typhoon. Four are from the areas where
:13:57. > :13:59.thousands have been left homeless. The storm which struck on Friday is
:14:00. > :14:07.thought to have killed 10,000. Today, the crew from P Ferries,
:14:08. > :14:13.Pride of Rotterdam, spoke to us, about their fears. Half a world away
:14:14. > :14:25.and too far from home. From a ferry in Hull, the family struck by the
:14:26. > :14:29.typhoon which wrought destruction We are very angry and thirsty. Little
:14:30. > :14:38.comfort to these four waiting to hear of friends and family. My
:14:39. > :14:46.brother lives in Leyte. It's a problem because I hear that
:14:47. > :14:50.everything is devastated. They just live near the coast, you know, so
:14:51. > :14:57.I'm worried. There is no communication from my mother and
:14:58. > :15:08.father. It doesn't work. There is no electricity. We are collecting
:15:09. > :15:15.Closing Ceremonies to donate to the victims of the typhoon 80 Filipinos
:15:16. > :15:20.work on board the Pride of Rotterdam, most earnings going home,
:15:21. > :15:25.but charity is also now welcome We are thankful to the Government and
:15:26. > :15:32.the people of England that they donated ?10 million Getting aid
:15:33. > :15:38.direct to the survivors is an aim shared by the Filipino community.
:15:39. > :15:44.Tomorrow, the seafarers centre is hold prayers. We have a lot of
:15:45. > :15:50.seafarers come here and Grimsby. 65% of them in fact are from the
:15:51. > :15:56.Philippines Back on board Hull's Pride of Rotterdam, another
:15:57. > :16:00.overnight sailing awaits. Work will be a welcome distraction for those
:16:01. > :16:09.affected. Sometimes you wake in the middle of the night and just, you
:16:10. > :16:17.know, everything's all in chaos. I'm here and I can do nothing. For all,
:16:18. > :16:25.news can't come fast enough Thank you for watchingings Still ahead:
:16:26. > :16:29.Jew Dee provided loost year's unsung sporting hero. In a moment, we'll
:16:30. > :16:32.find out who has won this year's award. The yellow lines which have
:16:33. > :16:39.to be repainted because they are the wrong shade of yellow
:16:40. > :16:55.Let's get forecast. Paul is here. Good evening. Thank you very much.
:16:56. > :17:00.It certainly was a beautiful day today. Looks like a very similar day
:17:01. > :17:05.to come tomorrow with mainly sunny skies. A real tonic for this time of
:17:06. > :17:09.the year. Apart from some rain to come late tomorrow evening, it
:17:10. > :17:12.should be a mostly fine day. High pressure in charge. This weather
:17:13. > :17:16.front will bring some rain in from the west late tomorrow evening into
:17:17. > :17:22.tomorrow night and should clear in time to leave us with a mostly fine
:17:23. > :17:30.day on Thursday. You can see lots of clear weather right now. This
:17:31. > :17:40.evening will be clear and it's been breezy today. That wind will slowly
:17:41. > :17:43.ease Could be a widespread ground frost, temperatures generally
:17:44. > :18:00.between one and four. A lovely start to the day tomorrow.
:18:01. > :18:04.As by crisp in places, but lots of sunshine. Apart from some fair
:18:05. > :18:08.weather cloud, it's dry and bright with some good spells of sunshine
:18:09. > :18:12.There is the weather front that will bring some rain but not until after
:18:13. > :18:19.dark. Later tomorrow, it turns wet for the rest Top temperatures not
:18:20. > :18:25.far from normal for this time of the year.
:18:26. > :18:31.Wednesday night there'll be some rain at times. A bit of a damp start
:18:32. > :18:42.on Thursday morning, otherwise dry and sunny with a fresh
:18:43. > :18:46.north`westerly. You had a night off last night didn't you, but I dropped
:18:47. > :18:52.you right in it I'm not sad enough to watch on a day off! I have a
:18:53. > :18:58.question for you. A viewer says either my cat likes Peter very much
:18:59. > :19:04.or Peter smells of chicken! Classic photo All sorts of replies going
:19:05. > :19:12.through my mind. No, no, no! I'll say what a pretty picture! Think of
:19:13. > :19:15.the mortgage repayments! Money raised for Children In Need could
:19:16. > :19:19.help more paralympian athletes in Lincolnshire. The county's sports
:19:20. > :19:22.partnership has just bought two racing wheelchairs with the money
:19:23. > :19:28.from the charity It's hoped youngsters will be inspired by Jamie
:19:29. > :19:38.Carter who competed in the London 2012. Welcome to the world of power
:19:39. > :19:46.chair footie. At this new group in Lincoln, youngsters are refining
:19:47. > :19:50.their ball skills. The hope is one day they'll be as good as this guy,
:19:51. > :19:56.Charlie plays for the England team. A lot of able`bodied people with
:19:57. > :19:59.play football. This brings in all disabilities and everyone can get
:20:00. > :20:03.involved in the sport at a basic or high level. It's brilliant for
:20:04. > :20:07.everyone. It's not just power chair. The Lincolnshire sports partnership
:20:08. > :20:14.also trains people in wheelchair racing. It's a real hard sport. It's
:20:15. > :20:18.really hard to explain. The wheelchairs are light so you can't
:20:19. > :20:24.lean backwards otherwise you will fall over. You need speed and air
:20:25. > :20:29.resistance. I have cerebral palsy. I'm very competitive so in a sport
:20:30. > :20:32.like this, like wheelchair sport, it gives me a chance to get up there
:20:33. > :20:39.with the best. They are getting a special coaching session today Jamie
:20:40. > :20:44.Carter competed at the London Paralympics. When I started, I found
:20:45. > :20:49.wheelchair racing the hardest sport to get into. There's nowhere in
:20:50. > :20:53.Lincolnshire like this so to have these chairs, for the kids to be
:20:54. > :20:58.able to come down and have a go, it's great. These two new racing
:20:59. > :21:03.chairs and specialist gloves are here thanks to money donated to
:21:04. > :21:07.Children In Need One of the choirs now could turn one of the kids into
:21:08. > :21:11.a future paralympian. The children, because they don't get the chance to
:21:12. > :21:14.do this, they don't even know that, depending on their level of
:21:15. > :21:15.disability, they could be a world champion in the making now. Time to
:21:16. > :21:31.put the new wheels to the test Children In Need is on Friday. Last
:21:32. > :21:36.year, it was a pair of judo coaches, this year a different sport is being
:21:37. > :21:52.recognised for the unsung hero for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The
:21:53. > :21:58.judging panel including lots of sporting heroes He's funny. Gives a
:21:59. > :22:07.bit of discipline. Wants you to get really good at basketball. They
:22:08. > :22:11.teach really good. Quite funny. The best coach I've ever had. They are
:22:12. > :22:17.young people from a primary school in Hull and they love basketball.
:22:18. > :22:24.Land, focus and miss again! They were introduced to the sport by Neil
:22:25. > :22:27.Kelsey, he's spent decades on court volunteering his time for his sport.
:22:28. > :22:35.It's for this he's been nominated as East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's
:22:36. > :22:40.unsung hero for 2013. . I guarantee Neil is out there some time all the
:22:41. > :22:45.time coaching somebody to play bass debt ball. That's why I nominated
:22:46. > :22:50.him `` basketball. Neil's also raised thousands of pounds, setting
:22:51. > :22:55.up his disability club, Stingers in Motion, for example, cost ?18,000
:22:56. > :23:01.for the wheelchairs alone. This year, the judges desclaired Neil
:23:02. > :23:06.Kelsey the winner There are so many talented kids in this city and
:23:07. > :23:11.region that don't ever get seen if they don't play rugby or football or
:23:12. > :23:15.whatever. It's really rewarding when you see these. You have seen how
:23:16. > :23:21.talented some of them are at seven and eight years of age. That's why
:23:22. > :23:25.I'm still doing it I never played basketball before I came to this
:23:26. > :23:30.school, I could barely bounce a ball, but I've got better. Really
:23:31. > :23:36.happy because he's a really good coach. He does give a bit of
:23:37. > :23:42.discipline, but that's just to make us better basketball players Apart
:23:43. > :23:49.from winning the trophy, Neil gets a night out at the BBC Sports
:23:50. > :23:53.personality of the year event Hull city owners say the club could be
:23:54. > :24:00.known as the Hull Tigers before the start of next season. The owner met
:24:01. > :24:07.with the fans to hear why they oppose the change. Today, he said he
:24:08. > :24:14.preferred the name Hull Tigers? Yes, nothing will change no matter what
:24:15. > :24:18.they say. Look, they can sing City until they die as much as they like.
:24:19. > :24:22.First it was the bakers shop which was the wrong colour, now people in
:24:23. > :24:25.Louth have been told their double yellow lines will have to be painted
:24:26. > :24:31.a different shape. Conservation rules mean the markings on Upgate,
:24:32. > :24:36.have to be a pail yellow and narrow We have been to Louth to find out
:24:37. > :24:41.more In the Georgian market town of Louth, there's no shortage of bright
:24:42. > :24:45.colours. But some shades are deemed unsuitable It's not that bright
:24:46. > :24:49.yellow isn't welcome here, but colours like the one on the door are
:24:50. > :24:53.not welcome on the town's roads. That's because it's a conservation
:24:54. > :24:58.area where the colour of choice needs to be primrose These markings,
:24:59. > :25:03.the normal shade and width on most roads, are being removed by the
:25:04. > :25:07.council, who painted on the wrong ones. I would like to apologise on
:25:08. > :25:11.behalf of Lincolnshire County Council. People have complained and
:25:12. > :25:17.raised issues with the lines. It's not important enough to bother
:25:18. > :25:21.changing them. They'll want renewing before long so they could do it
:25:22. > :25:25.then. It's not just road markings. In the town centre, one bake ry has
:25:26. > :25:30.been asked by the district council to alter its lime green front to be
:25:31. > :25:35.more in keeping with the area. We are in a gorgeous Georgian market
:25:36. > :25:39.town and there are issues of conservation, simple as that. Some
:25:40. > :25:43.colours don't fit, but we like bright colours with bright friendly
:25:44. > :25:48.people Louth is not alone in its quest against colour. A couple in
:25:49. > :25:53.Devon were ordered by their local council to repaint their 17th
:25:54. > :25:58.century cottage and in Suffolk, a chef, Marco Pierre White, was
:25:59. > :26:06.ordered to darken the shade of his hotel. Louth will continue to be a
:26:07. > :26:11.colourful place to visit The colours of Louth there. If you have a story
:26:12. > :26:15.we should know about, give us the details and let us know about that
:26:16. > :26:18.Eus recap the main national and regional headlines: Hundreds of
:26:19. > :26:24.thousands of people are still without food or shelter after the
:26:25. > :26:27.typhoon in the Philippines. As East Yorkshire awaits a decision on a
:26:28. > :26:31.breeding centre, one scientist says he can cut the need for testing on
:26:32. > :26:35.animals. Tomorrow's weather: Dry with sunshine. Cloud increasing
:26:36. > :26:37.later with patchy rain by the evening. Temperatures mild getting
:26:38. > :26:51.up in the afternoon to around nine. Responses on the subject of testing
:26:52. > :27:00.on animals: Amy in Lincoln says she doesn't agree with the testing but
:27:01. > :27:05.it's helpful to improve treatment on animals It should be done when only
:27:06. > :27:09.needed and as a last resort. She says no animals are harmed in any
:27:10. > :27:12.way, shape or form and are looked after just like pets. Daniel says
:27:13. > :27:15.all the people who object should be the first in line to use new drugs
:27:16. > :27:20.that haven't been tested. Let's see how many would volunteer. Michael
:27:21. > :27:24.says man's breast friend betrayed by man, we are so backward, more money
:27:25. > :27:28.should go to alternative testing. Alan says if we continue to accept
:27:29. > :27:33.that animals are required in medical experimentings, we would not
:27:34. > :27:37.increase our efforts to find alternative methods of finding
:27:38. > :27:41.cures. And Jo says it's vital for society, can't people understand
:27:42. > :27:44.progress requires sacrifice. Join me on the radio tomorrow if you can.
:27:45. > :27:52.Thank you for watching. Bye.