27/11/2013 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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Look North. The headlines tonight: Hospitals are told to scrap smoking

shelters to make it harder for patients to light up.

This guidance aims to change the culture of the NHS. I think people

should give up but it easier said than done.

Three people die on their way to work in an early morning crash. We

are appealing forward says who may have seen these vehicles at 6am or

travelling on this road and they would like them to come forward.

A church loved by poets and film`makers may never be rebuilt

after being gutted by fire. The big Christmas switch`off ` why

some towns are struggling to look festive. We have managed a warm 11

degrees this afternoon, but what about the next few days? Join me in

15 minutes. People who smoke outside hospitals

in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire could face tougher sanctions after

new guidelines were published today. The recommendations come from a

group which advises the NHS on health issues. They say smoking

should be banned in all hospital grounds, and want shelters and other

designated areas removed. Also, patients, staff and even visitors

should be encouraged to give up smoking completely. Our health

correspondent Vicky Johnson is with me. Vicky, how do our local

hospitals deal with the problem of smoking? Despite recent anti`smoking

measures, one in five of us nationally still insist on our

cigarettes. . It's having a huge toll on our health, causing around

80,000 premature deaths a year, and on our finances ` estimated costs to

the NHS and our wider society is more than ?16 billion every year.

But even when they're ill, people are reluctant to kick the habit,

even dragging drip stands outside so they can have a cigarette.

For people like myself that come in for my children, it is a life`saver

to be able to run out and have a cigarette and go back inside and get

on with it. There are people who have just had surgery or cancer

patients and they have to come outside and smoke in the snow. They

have to walk over there. They should be able to sit here and smoke.

Lincolnshire's three main hospital sites still have designated smoking

areas. But a statement has been issued from the trust, saying, "We

regularly review our practices and guidelines to ensure our local

practices are in line with national guidance, and will be considering

the recommendations from the NICE report." Neither the Northern

Lincolnshire and Goole nor the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trusts

have specific areas for smokers. In fact, in Hull, where almost 30% of

the population are addicted, they're aiming to adopt a zero tolerance

approach. That's our aspiration, what we work towards. Our staff

understand that and try to support patients when they are using our

services to try to stop smoking, and we sensitively have a word about the

blog about moving off the premises, but sometimes they can't do that.

They're also supporting patients who smoke to give up before being

admitted to hospital for a planned treatment. The important thing of

all this is that we follow the patient up when they have gone home,

so once we see them in hospital, we carry on support over six or eight

weeks after they have been discharged. NICE wants our hospitals

to go even further. They're aiming to change the culture so that

smoking is no longer acceptable on NHS grounds.

Thank you, Vicky. I'm joined this evening by Professor John Britton

from NICE. Isn't this a bit nanny state? People are not breaking the

law. Hospitals are trying to dissuade people but they can't do

any more. They can, because we undress people when they come into

use our services, but generally it is on the lines of telling them they

have do get `` they could get help. We don't provide support and

treatment for people when they come in. Treatments are effective but

they are not being used. What do you make of the decision by the

hospitals trust in Lincolnshire providing designated smoking areas

at its three main sites? That effectively just how smokers

clustering in certain parts of the grounds but it maintains that model

of smoking being acceptable in the hospital trust, so if you're a

patient sitting in bed trying to give up smoking, you have a

continuous image of how easy it is to go out and smoke. If we are going

to have a smoke free culture in the NHS, it has to be extended. But

aren't they just acknowledging reality, which is that patients and

visitors have smoked, do smoke and will

do? Know, because we have seen it all. We have seen great progress.

Those trust spending money on shelters might spend the instead to

help the people they treat to quit smoking completely. If you are a

smoker in hospital it may be more stressful. The evidence is

otherwise. The important thing is that hospitals treat the problem, so

provide medicines for nicotine addiction straightaway, provide

behaviour support from admission. Would you like to see a law that

banned smoking in hospital grounds altogether? We are suggesting that,

which is to make the NHS smoke`free for the people who use it. Thank

you, Professor. What do you think about this story? Should smoking be

banned right across all hospital premises, and if so, what should

hospital staff do to enforce the rules? What do you think when you

see people standing outside the hospital having a cigarette?

In a moment: Rail bosses in for a rough ride, as they meet with

villagers over engineering work this Christmas.

An investigation has begun this evening after three people from East

Yorkshire died and three others were seriously injured in a crash on the

border between East and North Yorkshire. Emergency services were

called to the B1248 between Driffield and Malton at around 6am

this morning. The stretch of road between Wetwang and

Wharram`le`Street has been closed for much of the day.

Tonight the recovery of three bodies and two vehicles, with two people

from east Yorkshire travelling to Malton for an early shift, the other

a relay van heading towards Driffield. Its driver and two

passengers from the other car or in a serious condition in hospital

after a fire at the scene. It is a difficult seem to be present at.

There has been a small fire at the scene involving the vehicles and

officers are dealing with that as sensitively as they can given the

circumstances we are dealing with. Workers at the bacon factory are

coming to doubts `` to terms with the deaths of their colleagues.

Employers say they are offering support to their colleagues. They

are a big family so when something like that happens, you have to try

and get together. I didn't really know him but there are people in

there who did. People have yet to confirm the identities of those

involved and are appealing for witnesses. Police investigations are

concluding. They have been there since 6am when three people were

killed in this collision. People nearby say this road has a history

of accidents and they would like to see the parties do something about

it. It is shocking but not surprisingly. I have been a couple

of fatalities in the last two years, and we are concerned about the speed

and overtaking on the road. A woman and two men have lost their lives

here are but another two in their mid`30s and the driver of the

Citroen remain in hospital following this fatal crash. Crispin is just

outside the village of Fimber this evening, what do we know about those

involved in the crash? We know that most of them were men,

apart from one woman who was fatally injured, and that the five Indo

forward focus were all from east Yorkshire. They all worked at the

Malton Bacon factory and I spoke to colleagues there who told me the

factory it is 100 strong, many people there. They knew one of the

individuals involved, there are a number of nationalities and the

feeling among the community of that factory is that those who were dead

will be sadly missed. Thank you, Crispin. The defence in the case of

a man accused of aiding and abetting an arson attack on a Grimsby Mosque

says there is no evidence of his car was near the building at the attack.

Daniel Cressey, who's 24 and from New Holland in North Lincolnshire,

denies driving two of his cousins to the scene of the petrol bomb attack.

The defence also says CCTV footage of his car is inconclusive. The case

continues. Railway bosses have met with people

in a Lincolnshire village whose road will be cut off by engineering works

over Christmas. Network Rail is closing a crossing in Saxilby,

meaning residents on one side of the tracks will only be able to get in

and out by foot. Residents of West Bank in Saxilby are preparing for

Christmas, but for them that means attending meetings with Network Rail

and the logistics of being cut off over the entire festive period.

Today there were a lot of unanswered questions. It might be a lot longer

than they say. We thought it was going to be closed for a fortnight

before and it took a month. I would just like to know what is going on.

It will be inconvenient but we have to adapt to it. My freezer is full.

We have been trying to get both parties together so they can have

those discussions. Improvement works mean the crossing will stay closed

from the 20th of December until the 3rd of January, cutting off the West

Bank. Residents will have to walk along this path and use courtesy

buses to get to their cars which will be held in a temporary car

park. Everyone we can think of who needs to be informed about these

works, we are in engaging with and we will continue to do so. It is a

massive job that this is an inconvenience. We are at affecting

people 's lives at a sensitive time. We want to recognise that and do

everything we can to minimise it. The atmosphere was calm but with the

odd expected burst. Why haven't you put a bridge across? There isn't any

space to land at. There is. I think you are talking rubbish. And little

that appointed but these things are going to be done. Everyone was able

to air their views and that went well. This meeting proved the scale

of upheaval the works will cause and the scale of the task ahead to keep

it to a minimum. And Simon Spark is in Saxilby for

us. Is there a feeling that these meetings have helped appease

residents who face having their road cut off over Christmas? As far as

the meetings can help, I believe they have, but I got the general

feeling a resigned feeling from residents today just how

inconvenient Christmas will be for them now, with no shift towards any

alternative in place. Network Rail spoke about how they will make

improvements to the footpath, how they have liaised with every

emergency service and how they will help every person as much as they

can, but right now the second of those meetings is taking place and

whether this one is going any more smoothly then this afternoon, we

will find out soon. If you're in Saxilby you may have a view on that

one. Send me an e`mail or text and let me know.

Still ahead tonight: Odds change on who'll be Scunthorpe United's new

manager after two shock wins. We have a name in the betting, in Mr

Paolo di cameo, which may be a bit of interest for someone. Towards

Bridlington from the bottom of Danes Dyke, taken by Barbara Baldwin. Keep

your pictures coming in. NICE and mild. Let's get the

forecast. It has been a lovely late autumn day. A bit chilly towards

Friday or Saturday but the emphasis on dry weather looks set to

continue. Tomorrow more cloud, maybe some drizzle but brighter spells

should develop later as this week front pushes away southwards, but

things certainly, Thursday night we could see patchy rain. It clears

first thing on Friday morning and then skies brightened with Saturday

looking cold but sunny. You can see gaps on the cloud which list

temperatures to 11. We had 11 in the Vale of York, so not a bad day. We

have cloud across east Yorkshire this evening, which will push south

and we could see drizzle working in from the west although many places

will stay dry, just a chance early, especially across parts of

Lincolnshire, temperatures in the countryside down to two or three

degrees but in the cities near four or five. The sun rises at 7:50am.

Generally a lot of cloud around first thing, thick enough for some

drizzle in places but we should see some breaks pushing down from the

North with the emphasis on a lot of fine weather developing, more cloud

than today but there should be bright for sunny intervals. Top

temperatures not as mild as today but still mine Celsius, close to

average for late November, looking ahead, first thing Friday morning,

otherwise sunshine, a few showers, Saturday looking cold and windy but

sunny. A few messages here just focusing on the left eye. Someone

says your wife has clocked you one again. I have an eye infection but

we battle on and don't complain. You were complaining last night on

Twitter. See you tomorrow. Keep taking the drops.

One of the country's most historically and culturally

important churches may have been destroyed forever by a fire. St

George's in Goltho is a very rare example of a Tudor church which

housed irreplaceable medieval artefacts. It's also credited with

inspiring one of the country's best`known poets. From a distance,

this little church still looks peaceful and inviting, but up close

the damage is clear, so different from how it used to be. We had pale,

cream walls, the chancel at the end, stunning but simple. It is thought

this place inspired one of the country's greatest poets. Someone

was up here and my father came up to see who it was. They had a talk

about how lovely and peaceful it was around here, and then we learned it

was John Betjeman. Grass is drowning the headstones, sloping this way and

that. Cathedral glass in the windows, a roof of slate, restored

with a vengeance for certain about 1888. In its heyday, it was used as

a film set for a period drama. But on October the 21st, there was a

fire here, bringing down there and destroying almost everything on the

inside. It is not know what started the fire but it is thought it could

have been lightning. Despite firefighters' efforts, hundreds of

years of history was destroyed. It is a huge loss. We have never had a

church burns down before. It is rare because it was built from brick,

most rural churches are built from stone. That brought around 4000

visitors a year to Goltho, most welcomed at the nearby coffee shop.

We had people come in here and ask about it and B would say, knit up

there and have a look. It is open. While the church was not used for

local services, it was still an important place for the village to

gather. It was a warm church where people felt cared for and safe.

People wanted to come here to worship, it meant that much to them.

Engineers are still deciding if it can be restored but much of what has

been lost here cannot be replaced. A woman who was closely involved in

exposing a serious mix`up at a mortuary in Hull has died. Christine

Omoregie campaigned for an apology from Hull City Council, Hull Royal

Infirmary and funeral directors after her friend Grace Kamara was

buried in the wrong grave and had to be exhumed.

A dad from Lincolnshire has spoken of his joy after his son came out of

his coma for months after a road accident. Ryan Smith, who's 16 and

from Chapel St Leonards, wasn't wearing a cycle helmet when he

collided with a van in July. He's now being treated at a specialist

brain unit in Surrey. His dad Mark Smith is now campaigning for all

cyclists to wear helmets. He said it was a special moment when Ryan spoke

for the first time. We never expected any vocal to medication

because we were under the instant understanding he would have to learn

to talk again, and cheekily, on Friday when we went to visit, I

asked him if he could say hello. Big, deep breath, and a very slow

hello came out. He `` I finally knew what it was like to cry for joy. It

is a remarkable story. Mark Smith will be talking to me tomorrow

lunchtime on the radio. And we'll carry on to follow Ryan's recovery.

Former servicemen, who say their health was affected by British

nuclear testing in the South Pacific in the 1950s, have handed in a

petition at Downing Street, asking for a special fund to be set up to

help them. Douglas Hern, from Spalding in Lincolnshire, believes

exposure to radiation while serving as a cook in the Navy left him with

health problems. The Ministry of Defence has denied negligence.

Problem is, over the years we have never been able to nail an absolute

statement that can be backed up that whatever it is we are querying is

down to Christmas Island. When you get as many illnesses and as many

problems in the family line, there must be something that is not quite

right there. Cannabis, large amounts of dog waste

and even a whole caravan are some of the items that have been illegally

dumped across East Yorkshire in the last year. The council is trying to

track down the owners of this caravan, which has been abandoned in

a ditch near Wawne. Officials say they're now increasing fly`tipping

patrols. It is one of the most unusual cases we have seen. It will

be very difficult to remove but we are bringing the Environment Agency

in to get it removed. This time last week they had suffered an FA Cup

defeat against their rivals Grimsby town. Tonight, Scunthorpe United lie

just three points from the top of league two. The sacking of manager

Brian laws and the four nil victory over Rochdale last night made it a

mixed week. What does it take to become the

manager of a Football League club? Well, performances like this

certainly help. Fresh from victory over Portsmouth, the Irons' Niall

Canavan put the first past Rochdale last night. After Jamie Spencer was

brought down in the box, Sam Winnall made it two. Spencer himself got the

third, and David Syres sealed the 4`nil victory. But caretaker boss

Russ Wilcox was shy about his chances of a permanent appointment.

I don't think I need to apply. The chairman has seen what he has seen

and the board have seen what they have seen over the last few games,

so I don't think we need to touch on it any more. A couple of good

results mean it is short odds on an 's victory this weekend, but I want

to know where the smart money is going and it comes to the next Aaron

's manager. The odds on Ross Wilcox have tumbled but it is between the

two for the next bit, we do have a name in there, Mr Howley cameo,

which may be an interest for someone, it is 66`1. So, who is the

man on the street's favourite? I would like to think it would be

Nigel Adkins. Gary Maxon, that's the only one I have heard mentioned. I

heard Gary Maxon was due. How could it be? Results are good and the odds

are tumbling, maybe it's time for Russ Wilcox to step out of Brian

Laws' shadow and make Scunthorpe United his own.

With less than a month to go before the big day, many people are

starting to get into the Christmas spirit. But in Boston the festive

feeling is lacking, after it was announced the town's Christmas

Market has been cancelled, just two days before the event was due to

take place. And the Lincolnshire town isn't the only place in our

area where Christmas cheer is hard to find. Boston, filled with festive

fun. This was last year's Christmas market, a hit with visitors and

traders, but what a difference a year makes. Today few people here

were feeling festive after it was announced this year's market has

been cancelled because organisers ran out of time to complete the

necessary safety requirements. All the businesses wanted it. We feel so

sorry for the people in the market, a lot of whom had bought stalk to do

this market and now it isn't going ahead. The safety aspect of it

outweighs what we can do. In the market base, traders were feeling

fed up. Many stallholders had been due to be back for the Christmas

market on Friday and Sunday. Some told me they had already bought

stock and its cancellation could cost them thousands. Fortunately I

got to know in time and I haven't put in a good order for stock which

I was about to do. As soon as we hit the December, everybody starts

thinking about Christmas and we have lost that. I've ordered a lot of

extra stock in ready for a busy weekend. Now we don't know what's

going to happen. But it is not just here that Christmas cheer is hard to

find. In Hull, Newland Avenue won't be lit up this year. The Christmas

lights are too expensive. So shops have been trying to restore some joy

by putting up their own decorations. It costs about ?45 to put them up

and due to lack of funding this year we could not afford to get them up

in time. `` ?40,000. Back in Boston, the Christmas lights will still be

switched on this Friday. They certainly will on Friday night.

Switched on by two stars of Emmerdale. Now a re`capped of the

national and regional headlines. 35 days to go before Bulgarians and

Romanians are free to work in the UK, they're told they'll face

restrictions on housing and other benefits. Hospitals are told to

scrap smoking shelters to make it harder for patients to light up.

Tomorrow's weather, cloudy with a risk of drizzle at first. Most bases

Tomorrow's weather, cloudy with a risk of drizzle will be dry with

sunny spells throughout the day. Top temperatures mild, getting up to

around nine Celsius. On the subject of smoking, Joe once says, I was

recently in hospital with a serious chest complaint. I had a window open

and patients would smoke outside the window which came into the room. I

believe smoking should be banned on hospital but rounds. Dawn says, my

mum was dying of cancer. All she wanted to do was have a cigarette

because it made her feel better. I am an ex smoker but I feel people

who smoke are punished. Dave says it would not be tolerated if they were

drinking alcohol. Adam says taking away smoking shelters takes away

people's free will. Smoking is legal, so smokers should be able to

smoke in public. We will have more on this tomorrow. Join me if you can

on the radio from midday.