:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: Hull's
:00:10. > :00:19.City of Culture hopes are in the hands of the judges now the bid team
:00:20. > :00:23.has finished its final presentation. I hope we did the city proud. I
:00:24. > :00:28.believe we did the city proud. We are now waiting for the decision
:00:29. > :00:31.next week. No drop in crime but ?2 million
:00:32. > :00:35.saved ` the police commissioner defending his first year in charge.
:00:36. > :00:39.The play showing the role East Yorkshire played in saving thousands
:00:40. > :00:42.of children in World War II. And lighting up the city ` Hull
:00:43. > :00:54.prepares to have it's Christmas Lights switched on by a very special
:00:55. > :00:57.guest. At cold day, what will the next few days be like? Join me to
:00:58. > :01:06.find out. "We believe we did the city proud."
:01:07. > :01:09.That's the verdict of Hull's bidding team after they made their final
:01:10. > :01:18.presentation to the judges in the race to be UK City of Culture 2017.
:01:19. > :01:22.Hull hopes its mix of festivals, a vibrant cultural scene and support
:01:23. > :01:24.from local people will be enough to beat challenges from Leicester,
:01:25. > :01:35.Dundee and Swansea Bay. Paul Murphy is in Londonderry, where today's
:01:36. > :01:40.judging is taking place. From early this morning, members from the Hull
:01:41. > :01:48.2017 teams where pounding the streets of Derry, publicising their
:01:49. > :01:54.bid. The flag had on it more than 200 images of schoolchildren from
:01:55. > :02:05.Hull. We wanted to show the judges that children and young people are
:02:06. > :02:11.an important part of this legacy. Across town, what is known as the
:02:12. > :02:20.court beaten team were heading towards the big presentation. ` `
:02:21. > :02:30.core bid team. There will be a full 365 days of activities, 25
:02:31. > :02:33.festivals, existing ones as well as new ones celebrating culture,
:02:34. > :02:37.diversity and the city's relationship with the sea. 12
:02:38. > :02:42.artists will be matched with 12 locations. Arts will be brought to
:02:43. > :02:47.people 's homes, and into some of the iconic landmarks of the city.
:02:48. > :02:50.There have been friendly rivalry between the bidding cities, but
:02:51. > :02:54.don't let that full view. This is a serious process with ultimately
:02:55. > :03:01.impound implications for each community. Here, many will tell you
:03:02. > :03:04.it can make a real difference. It has brought everybody together,
:03:05. > :03:15.which hasn't happened in a long, long time I have really enjoyed it.
:03:16. > :03:21.It is on the map now, so it is. Late this afternoon, the team emerged.
:03:22. > :03:27.All smiles. It has gone well, apparently. You always get some sign
:03:28. > :03:34.from judges of how they feel. We felt that they got what Hull had to
:03:35. > :03:41.offer, but not just what it has to offer for the people in Hull, but
:03:42. > :03:45.the UK also. The team and the entire city of Hull now faces a six`day
:03:46. > :03:54.wait for the judges decision. It may feel a lot longer.
:03:55. > :03:58.I'm now joined from Derry by Councillor Stephen Bayes who was one
:03:59. > :04:03.of the members of the bid team that made today's presentation. How did
:04:04. > :04:08.it go? Good evening. It went well. It wasn't the easiest two hours, but
:04:09. > :04:14.it went well, I think. If the judges give anything away you can tell
:04:15. > :04:21.others about? Well, no. They make the view that it was very important
:04:22. > :04:26.and they were going to make the interview is very hard, so we had
:04:27. > :04:31.some tough questioning. We enjoyed it and we hope we get the right
:04:32. > :04:36.answers. 41,000 people have seen the film here. What did the judges say
:04:37. > :04:40.when they saw the film? Well, it is a bit like a job interview, and you
:04:41. > :04:44.cannot really tell what they are thinking. We will find out next
:04:45. > :04:48.week. Everybody who has seen the film thinks it is wonderful, cannot
:04:49. > :04:53.see why the judges would not think the same. You think you have done
:04:54. > :04:59.enough to win? We have two hope so. It is a huge price to get and the
:05:00. > :05:04.city deserves it. Winning would be fantastic. What would it mean in
:05:05. > :05:11.reality for those offers that live in the city? Well, it is about
:05:12. > :05:14.change. We're trying to change the image of the city, show what can be
:05:15. > :05:27.done and try to create new things in the city. It is a big thing, huge
:05:28. > :05:30.thing. Similar things have changed in Liverpool and Glasgow. It is a
:05:31. > :05:36.massive opportunity. If we lose, what happens then? Will we give up?
:05:37. > :05:41.We didn't give up last time. We will not this time. We will continue the
:05:42. > :05:45.process. It will be a slower pace, but it is a journey we will
:05:46. > :05:52.continue. If you were a betting man, have we done it, yes or no? I am not
:05:53. > :05:57.a betting man. If you work? I am not. There are good to talk to you.
:05:58. > :05:59.What would you say to try and persuade the judges to make Hull the
:06:00. > :06:37.UK City of Culture for 2017? A 15`year`old boy who was killed
:06:38. > :06:40.after being hit by a car in Barton on Humber has been described as "a
:06:41. > :06:43.popular young man with a bright future." Koen Allwood was killed and
:06:44. > :06:51.a teenage girl seriously injured during the accident last night. Two
:06:52. > :07:02.men have been arrested. Sarah Corker reports. ?? new line A wonderful and
:07:03. > :07:06.lovely boy is how friends remembered Koen Allwood today. Tributes were
:07:07. > :07:10.laid for the teenager today ` hit and killed by a car on this quiet
:07:11. > :07:13.residental road. A note from his mother reads, "Koen, please come
:07:14. > :07:21.back." It is an absolute tragic waste of life. 215`year`olds, the
:07:22. > :07:45.beginning of adult hood, basically. It is tragic. ` ` to two
:07:46. > :07:48.15`year`olds. A 15`year`old girl remains in a
:07:49. > :07:52.critical condition in hospital. Those at Koen's school in Barton
:07:53. > :07:56.said they were in a state of shock today. Kasha Reed told me she was
:07:57. > :07:59.the first person at the scene, and called the ambulance. It was about
:08:00. > :08:05.11 o'clock and I had a big bang. We saw a body in the road. We did not
:08:06. > :08:09.know their way to. It is shocking. They don't care how fast they drive
:08:10. > :08:11.down here. Something needs doing about the corner.
:08:12. > :08:16.Two 23`year`old men have been arrested, held on suspicion of
:08:17. > :08:19.causing death by dangerous driving. Police are now piecing together how
:08:20. > :08:27.this much loved teenager died crossing the road.
:08:28. > :08:30.It's been a year since the election of the first police and crime
:08:31. > :08:33.commisioners and BBC research suggests that most people couldn't
:08:34. > :08:37.name their own PCC. It also says that a majority of people think the
:08:38. > :08:44.new role hasn't helped to reduce crime. Matthew Grove won a high
:08:45. > :08:48.profile race against Lord Prescott in the Humberside area. He says he's
:08:49. > :08:52.spent a huge amount of time getting out to meet people and has brought
:08:53. > :09:02.in measures that keep police on the streets. Phillip Norton reports.
:09:03. > :09:06.Meeting the public at a shopping centre in Hull, and there is no
:09:07. > :09:12.shortage of people telling Matthew Grove al policing can be improved.
:09:13. > :09:18.He seemed to listen to what I said, and he seems clean and interested in
:09:19. > :09:25.what others say. I think the man is right in what people say. More
:09:26. > :09:30.coppers on the big would help. You see them on television but you don't
:09:31. > :09:39.see him out and about much. It is nice. Matthew Grove claims to be the
:09:40. > :09:45.most accessible police and crime commission in the country. I am very
:09:46. > :09:50.visible. They know my name and they know I am their servant. I am there
:09:51. > :09:55.to fight for their interests. That is why I am out, places like this,
:09:56. > :10:00.pretty well every week, because I am their servant and I am driven to do
:10:01. > :10:04.everything I can to make the area as safe as it can be. According to a
:10:05. > :10:10.study, more than a third of people don't even know if they have a PCC.
:10:11. > :10:14.Research carried out by the BBC says 60% of their people are aware that
:10:15. > :10:23.the area has a police and crime commission. In the North, 65% of
:10:24. > :10:31.people were aware and 5% could name him. 41% thought the role has had a
:10:32. > :10:35.positive impact on general policing. Matthew Grove took the position
:10:36. > :10:39.thanks to a high`profile victory over Lord Prescott. He has been in
:10:40. > :10:46.the headlines after a couple of embarrassing motoring offences by
:10:47. > :10:52.his deputy, Paul Robinson. His focus is on making police budgets stretch
:10:53. > :10:59.further. He has introduced new IT for offices based in Cottingham, so
:11:00. > :11:05.they can file crime reports from a scene rather than returning to a
:11:06. > :11:10.police station. It has allowed me to stay out from the station and be
:11:11. > :11:19.more accessible and visible to the community. They get an extra one or
:11:20. > :11:25.two hours out on patrol every shift. We have three shifts that that is up
:11:26. > :11:32.to six hours a day. It is equivalent to finding an extra 200 book 400
:11:33. > :11:35.police officers, at no extra cost. He fears he has already helped to
:11:36. > :11:39.save millions of pounds thanks to other measures he has introduced. He
:11:40. > :11:43.promises there is more to come. In a moment I'll speak to Matthew
:11:44. > :11:56.Grove, but first we've been seeing how well local people know him.
:11:57. > :12:01.Matthew Grove. He is a person. Who is it? I do not know. I have never
:12:02. > :12:05.heard of him. I have never heard of it. I know he is something to do
:12:06. > :12:11.with the police. I don't know who he is. He employed his friend, which I
:12:12. > :12:17.disagree with. I would have thought he was a politician. I know he is to
:12:18. > :12:25.do the place. Was he suspended or something? Well, Matthew Grove is
:12:26. > :12:31.with me now. A lot of people do not know you. Is that awkward? I
:12:32. > :12:38.represent a lot of people and it is difficult to know them all. I am
:12:39. > :12:42.doing my best. Yes, but they don't know you. Enthusiasm for the
:12:43. > :12:47.commissioners seems to be underwhelming. I think it is like
:12:48. > :12:52.being a football referee. If you do not do a good job, they know your
:12:53. > :12:57.name. Figures show your office cost more than the old police authority,
:12:58. > :13:07.and crime figures have gone up. It has cost ?200,000 less than the old
:13:08. > :13:16.system. I have made decisions. You have one of the highest areas for
:13:17. > :13:22.staff, 14 members of staff. Statistics can say anything. I am
:13:23. > :13:33.?187,000 cheaper than the former police authority. You have 14
:13:34. > :13:39.members of staff. North Yorkshire has got six. I inherited them. I am
:13:40. > :13:44.go through stage to transfer where I am rectifying that situation. Some
:13:45. > :13:49.of those I going? I will further reduce the costs. The number of
:13:50. > :13:55.people in your office will be less? This is being made to reduce my
:13:56. > :14:00.costs. I am selling my building because I inherited a very grand,
:14:01. > :14:06.expensive building. That costs ?50,000 a year to run. It will be a
:14:07. > :14:09.lot cheaper. All right. You're pointed deputy with no police
:14:10. > :14:12.experience who has been caught speeding and talking on his mobile
:14:13. > :14:18.phone when driving. Is that the right example for a Deputy police
:14:19. > :14:24.Commissioner to set? No, it is not. That is why he has apologised. I
:14:25. > :14:28.took him on for a specific role, to push forward partnership
:14:29. > :14:32.arrangements. He is working for me now and he is delivering some
:14:33. > :14:41.improvements that mean we will cut crime. I cannot be everywhere at
:14:42. > :14:47.once. He is in London at an important events. I spoke to the
:14:48. > :14:55.Commissioner for the West Midlands today. He said that PCC 's should be
:14:56. > :15:01.scrapped. That is one of your fellow commissioners. It is a very
:15:02. > :15:06.eccentric point of view to take. I am saying he is a hypocrite. He is
:15:07. > :15:10.taking ?100,000 a year and saying he is not in a very good job. I am
:15:11. > :15:15.interested in what the public of this area thing, not what somebody
:15:16. > :15:20.in the West Midlands might think. I am working very hard, up to 70 hours
:15:21. > :15:25.a week to deliver for the people of this area, to reduce the cost of
:15:26. > :15:29.their policing service. What do you have to do so that this time next
:15:30. > :15:36.year, people know who you are and like commissioners? I will carry on
:15:37. > :15:39.doing what I am doing now, which is to be out there and talking to the
:15:40. > :15:48.public, and delivering my promises to them. To improve policing and the
:15:49. > :15:53.criminal justice system. In a word, where commissioners are good idea? I
:15:54. > :15:58.think they are a fantastic idea and it should be expanded into the
:15:59. > :16:02.health service, to have a representative who can cut through
:16:03. > :16:04.the bureaucracy and deliver on what people want. Commissioner, thank you
:16:05. > :16:07.for coming in. Last night I spoke to the
:16:08. > :16:10.Lincolnshire PCC Alan Hardwick. Here's what you had to say about his
:16:11. > :16:53.year in the job. Still ahead tonight: The new play
:16:54. > :16:59.celebrating the part East Yorkshire played in saving thousands of
:17:00. > :17:03.children in the Second World War. And she's lit up the city for years
:17:04. > :17:05.` but we'll see the Bee Lady fulfil a lifetime ambition by switching
:17:06. > :17:33.Hull's Christmas lights. Humber Dock in Hull sent in by Alan
:17:34. > :17:36.Houghton. How are you? Very well. Somebody has been in
:17:37. > :17:44.touch saying he lives in Brisbane, and he watches as every night.
:17:45. > :17:49.Do you think he needs to get a life? I was just wondering that. He might
:17:50. > :17:53.want to have another barbecue. Don't get is into trouble tonight.
:17:54. > :18:02.It looks as though we have a chilly night to come. Tomorrow is set to be
:18:03. > :18:06.fine with some sunshine. It looks like fine weather to come this
:18:07. > :18:12.weekend. The risk of some patchy rain on Sunday. The risk of wintry
:18:13. > :18:18.showers next week, especially towards the coast. It has been
:18:19. > :18:26.called today. There has been plenty of sunshine. Just the odd shower
:18:27. > :18:35.scraping in. They will move offshore pretty sharpish. Bit of clarity and
:18:36. > :18:58.there. North`westerly will lead down. There will be a fairly
:18:59. > :19:04.widespread ground Frost. A frosty start with the largely Sunni start.
:19:05. > :19:11.There will be plenty of sunshine around. There could be some high
:19:12. > :19:16.cloud around later. It is a fine day and there will be much less wind as
:19:17. > :19:28.well so it should feel a little bit less cold. Saturday looks dry with
:19:29. > :19:34.sunny spells. More cloud and the risk of patchy rain, although there
:19:35. > :19:38.is some uncertainty. Showers may tend to sleep and snow. That's the
:19:39. > :19:50.forecast. I thought you wouldn't pass passout
:19:51. > :19:55.during that. ` ` I thought you were going to pass out during that. It's
:19:56. > :19:58.been 75 years since the first evacuation of Jewish children from
:19:59. > :20:02.Nazi Germany to Britain, and today their story was told in a special
:20:03. > :20:04.play performed on the platforms of Hull's Paragon Station. "Suitcase"
:20:05. > :20:07.tells how thousands of children were bought to the UK and placed with
:20:08. > :20:20.foster families. Some never saw their parents again. Caroline Bilton
:20:21. > :20:22.reports. It was a rescue operation on a
:20:23. > :20:26.massive scale. 10,000 Jewish children were placed on trains and
:20:27. > :20:33.brought to England to be placed with foster families across the country.
:20:34. > :20:36.I have been practising my German. Today, their story was told in this
:20:37. > :20:40.play performed at Hull's Paragon Station, and among the audience were
:20:41. > :20:48.those who were there for real back in 1939. They said we had to forget
:20:49. > :20:53.our language because we were not going back there. We couldn't speak
:20:54. > :20:58.to one another, not even outside. We tried to occasionally, but we had to
:20:59. > :21:00.try and forget the language altogether. Dina LeBoutiller has
:21:01. > :21:08.never told her story till now. Her new life in England wasn't a happy
:21:09. > :21:13.one. We were not the children they expected, and they didn't letters
:21:14. > :21:18.forget that. My brother and myself thought it was a cheap way of
:21:19. > :21:24.getting help, because we did all the chores in the house as well as going
:21:25. > :21:39.to school. If we did anything wrong, we got the King of the whip, or
:21:40. > :21:40.about. `` cane or the whip, or a belt.
:21:41. > :21:44.For some children, leaving this persecution behind and coming to
:21:45. > :21:47.England was a chance for a new beginning. Bob Rosner came to Hull
:21:48. > :21:52.from Vienna and was taken in by Leo Shultz ` the man who would later
:21:53. > :21:55.become Hull's mayor. Bob is sadly no longer here to tell his story, so
:21:56. > :21:58.it's now told by his wife, Olive. He didn't want to go back. All he could
:21:59. > :22:00.remember was abuse in the street, being spat at, being kicked. Here,
:22:01. > :22:03.everybody was friendly. Bob went on to become a successful
:22:04. > :22:07.architect, designing buildings in this region like Dove House Hospice
:22:08. > :22:14.` a life Bob felt he would have never have had without the
:22:15. > :22:18.genorosity of Leo Shultz. Bob used to say he would be in a pit of ash,
:22:19. > :22:25.and that he gave him everything, he gave him life. I feel grateful to
:22:26. > :22:29.Britain for letting me come to England, because if it hadn't been
:22:30. > :22:32.for that, I wouldn't be here. 75 years on, that generosity is now
:22:33. > :22:36.being remembered on the station platforms where their new lives
:22:37. > :22:39.began. Archaeologists in Lincoln have had
:22:40. > :22:46.the first glimpse of a skeleton that's been buried under the city's
:22:47. > :22:49.castle for centuries. The remains of a church and eight skeletons were
:22:50. > :22:53.discovered earlier this year. One set of remains, buried in a lime
:22:54. > :22:55.stone coffin, were finally uncovered today. The skeleton had leather
:22:56. > :22:59.boots on and it's thought it could be a Saxon King or Bishop. It has
:23:00. > :23:11.now been scanned and is being removed by archaeologists. This is
:23:12. > :23:18.unique in this country. Not only has it been difficult logistically, it
:23:19. > :23:22.has been something so in usual that the archaeologist who found in the
:23:23. > :23:27.first place, we will never find anything that this again. Big find
:23:28. > :23:30.there. It's Children In Need day tomorrow
:23:31. > :23:36.and we'd like to know what you're doing and of course would like to
:23:37. > :23:49.see your pictures too. You can get in touch.
:23:50. > :23:55.Tonight, Hull's Bee Lady has got her wish to turn on the Christmas Lights
:23:56. > :24:01.in her home city, a thank you for raising more than ?100,000 for
:24:02. > :24:07.charity. Amy Cole was there. What sort of reception did Jean get?
:24:08. > :24:14.They're absolutely love her here. There is so much going on, but she
:24:15. > :24:20.is a mini celebrity. I have even one Skype so we are matching. This is
:24:21. > :24:33.the moment when Jean Bishop turned on the Christmas lights. Happy
:24:34. > :24:38.Christmas, Hull. Jean, what was it like turning on those lights? Oh, it
:24:39. > :24:46.was out of this world. I could have stopped there all day and all night.
:24:47. > :24:50.It was lovely. You are on the same balcony that Luke Campbell was on,
:24:51. > :24:56.the Olympic medallist. Yes, I know, it was lovely. I can't believe it. I
:24:57. > :25:03.cant believe I was here. It has been an amazing year. It has, it has. And
:25:04. > :25:08.it has finished. I am going here and there. My feet don't seem to touch
:25:09. > :25:15.the ground, you know. You are a busy bee. I am, very busy. I know a man
:25:16. > :25:20.who really wanted to turn these lights on. He is called Mr Peter
:25:21. > :25:24.Levy. You have stolen his crown. I will have to see about that. I am
:25:25. > :25:32.sorry about him, he is such a nice guy. Locally, it is all fair in love
:25:33. > :25:37.and light switch on. Peter, maybe next year you will get a chance.
:25:38. > :25:39.Thank you very much. She is such a star.
:25:40. > :25:42.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: More
:25:43. > :25:45.aircraft and help arrive in the typhoon`hit Philippines as the aid
:25:46. > :25:50.effort steps up a gear. Hull's City of Culture team says it
:25:51. > :25:51.hopes it's done the city proud as the team finishes its final
:25:52. > :26:07.presentation to the judges. Let's return to Derry, where Hull
:26:08. > :26:18.has made its final presentation to the UK City of Culture Judges. Paul
:26:19. > :26:23.Murphy is there. What is the feeling from the bid team tonight? Are they
:26:24. > :26:27.confident? They are quietly confident publicly.
:26:28. > :26:30.I think privately, they are delighted with how it went,
:26:31. > :26:34.particularly the response from Phil Redmond, who sees lots of parallels
:26:35. > :26:38.between the regeneration of Liverpool and that of Hull. There
:26:39. > :26:53.were also pleased by the incredible social media impact. SILENCE.
:26:54. > :26:58.Thank you very much. Stephen seemed optimistic there as well. Response
:26:59. > :27:06.from this. Mike says, if you are feeling dull, come to Hull. Lynn
:27:07. > :27:09.says, Hull is a lovely place with friendly people and plenty to see
:27:10. > :27:14.gay and night, it has something for everyone. Elaine says, it is time
:27:15. > :27:23.Hull was recognised for the wonderful city it is. Martin says,
:27:24. > :27:27.to be honest, I think Hull is a depressing place, but on hard work
:27:28. > :27:32.alone, they should win this on the hard work they have done. David
:27:33. > :27:36.says, even if they don't win they should go ahead with the planned
:27:37. > :27:44.programme of events. Kate says, give as the prize we will force`feed you
:27:45. > :27:45.patchy and chips. That is nice isn't it? . Good night.