:00:00. > :00:00.Louise, thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye
:00:00. > :00:00.from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye
:00:00. > :00:07.from me. And on BBC Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:08. > :00:11.North. The headlines tonight: A loan shark who preyed upon the vulnerable
:00:12. > :00:25.and needy to fund his criminal life is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
:00:26. > :00:26.Conspiring to kill someone, and very nasty arson.
:00:27. > :00:38.Road safety campaigners criticise Euro MP Godfrey Bloom after comments
:00:39. > :00:42.about speeding drivers. Speeding doesn't kill. What kills people is
:00:43. > :00:45.driving without undue care and attention. Dangerous driving. ?
:00:46. > :00:56.?NEWLINE Illegal medicines are seized in a series of raids at East
:00:57. > :01:00.European supermarkets. A chance to buy a piece of history `
:01:01. > :01:09.the historic school selling off more than just its silver. Join me for
:01:10. > :01:12.the detailed forecast in 15 minutes. He was described in court as an
:01:13. > :01:18."underworld gangster," and tonight, a Hull loan shark is starting a
:01:19. > :01:21.12`year prison sentence. Darren Wilson committed a string of crimes
:01:22. > :01:26.including conspiracy to commit murder, drug dealing, arson and
:01:27. > :01:29.illegal money lending. The prosecution had accused him of
:01:30. > :01:41.lending money to the "vulnerable and needy". In a moment we'll hear from
:01:42. > :01:46.an MP who's campaigning for better protection for borrowers. But first
:01:47. > :01:49.Sarah Corker has this report from Hull Crown Court.
:01:50. > :01:51.Targeting some of Hull's poorest people, Darren Wilson lent money
:01:52. > :02:02.illegally, charging extortionate rates of interest. Described as a
:02:03. > :02:09.bully and a ring leader. 406 loans went out worth almost a quarter of a
:02:10. > :02:12.million pounds. Some of these people were particularly vulnerable. There
:02:13. > :02:19.were people who could not go elsewhere for loans and ended up in
:02:20. > :02:25.his clutches. He was making a lot of money. Throwing petrol bombs through
:02:26. > :02:34.windows. Humberside police said those profits bankrolled criminal
:02:35. > :02:46.activities. It is linked to serious organised crime. These people tried
:02:47. > :02:49.to take on a huge job trying to kill someone.
:02:50. > :02:52.With his brother, Dean Armstrong, on the right, the pair spent the
:02:53. > :02:57.profits building up a drugs business. This house was petrol
:02:58. > :03:10.bombed because they want to grow cannabis there. The judge said they
:03:11. > :03:17.acted like "underworld gangsters." For six years, he ran his lunch at
:03:18. > :03:21.business from the street on the brands her estate. For those who
:03:22. > :03:29.could not pay, he threatened them with finance. And this week a report
:03:30. > :03:35.revealed more people in Hull are living with serious debt than
:03:36. > :03:39.anywhere else in the UK. The struggle felt here in this church
:03:40. > :03:56.cafe. It is hard. I have always struggled with money. You get that
:03:57. > :04:03.roller`coaster effect. Loan sharks are ready to exploit people. What
:04:04. > :04:07.seems like fast cash can quickly turn into a frightening and
:04:08. > :04:10.long`term problem. Earlier I spoke to the MP Stella
:04:11. > :04:13.Creasy, who's campaigning for better protection for people borrowing
:04:14. > :04:17.money. I asked her if she could understand why people would resort
:04:18. > :04:29.to illegal loan sharks. Absolutely. We know crisis are happening. ` `
:04:30. > :04:38.weaner prices are rising more than wages. Do you agree if we clamp down
:04:39. > :04:42.on the legal moneylenders, these illegal loan chats will prosper and
:04:43. > :04:49.we will hear more stories like today? No, not at all. The evidence
:04:50. > :05:06.from companies that have had caps, the reverse is true. It is a win`win
:05:07. > :05:14.scenario. What is the cap in terms of interest rates you would like to
:05:15. > :05:21.see. Give me a figure. I want a cap on every part of it that you can get
:05:22. > :05:28.into. 50% of profit come from default charges. It is designed to
:05:29. > :05:45.get you into debt. I want a cap on all of those. The crucial thing is,
:05:46. > :05:50.the government is listening to the case we have been making, which is
:05:51. > :06:00.that capping is the only thing that will help. You haven't got a figure
:06:01. > :06:06.you want? We won independent regulator to look at the market. It
:06:07. > :06:09.looks that the government is finally listening this week.
:06:10. > :06:13.Stella Creasy speaking to me a few moments ago. We want to hear what
:06:14. > :06:16.you've got to say on this one. Have you ever taken out a loan that
:06:17. > :06:20.you've found it difficult to repay? Do you think pay day lenders are a
:06:21. > :06:40.useful way for people to get money when they need it?
:06:41. > :06:46.Thank you for watching. In a moment: Opera North reveal
:06:47. > :06:54.ambitious plans to give youngsters the chance to perform with
:06:55. > :06:57.professional musicians. Three people who died in a head`on
:06:58. > :07:02.crash in East Yorkshire yesterday morning were from Hull. A
:07:03. > :07:05.40`year`old woman and her 18`year`old son as well as a
:07:06. > :07:14.47`year`old died in the crash on the B12`48 near Wetwang. All three were
:07:15. > :07:18.Polish nationals living in Hull. Two other men are still in hospital `
:07:19. > :07:20.one with critical and the other with serious injuries.
:07:21. > :07:23.A man has been found guilty of aiding and abetting an arson on a
:07:24. > :07:27.Grimsby Mosque. 24`year`old Darren Cressey from New Holland had denied
:07:28. > :07:35.giving a lift to two other men who petrol bombed the premises. All
:07:36. > :07:39.three will be sentenced next month. .
:07:40. > :07:42.Road safety campaigners have criticised the controversial East
:07:43. > :07:44.Yorkshire`based Euro MP Godfrey Bloom, following comments he's made
:07:45. > :07:47.about speeding drivers. Mr Bloom says he wants to stand for
:07:48. > :07:51.parliament as a "motorists champion" ` but he's angered some by claiming
:07:52. > :08:01.that speed doesn't kill. More from Tim Iredale.
:08:02. > :08:07.Britain's 30 million drivers are the most oppressed group in the country,
:08:08. > :08:11.says this MEP who is no stranger to controversy. Godfrey Bloom will be
:08:12. > :08:15.leaving Brussels behind soon, and says he wants to defend the rights
:08:16. > :08:21.of motorists at Westminster. Speeding doesn't kill. What kills
:08:22. > :08:25.people is driving without due care and attention, dangerous driving,
:08:26. > :08:31.driving like an idiot, but not driving at 32 mph 33 mph when
:08:32. > :08:36.grandma is going to Tesco. It is two months since Mr Broom announced he
:08:37. > :08:54.would be stepping down as a UKIP MEP after jokingly referred to a group
:08:55. > :09:00.of women as "sluts". Godfrey has been a follower of my work for quite
:09:01. > :09:11.a few years. The motoring industry is a multi`million pound industry.
:09:12. > :09:14.Of course, there are thousands of thousands of unnecessary
:09:15. > :09:16.prosecutions. Godfrey Bloom is critical of what he described as the
:09:17. > :09:22.emotional presentation adopted by some road safety groups, and their
:09:23. > :09:29.use of grieving relatives in campaigns. One man who says he won't
:09:30. > :09:35.be voting for Mr Broom Stephen. Almost eight years ago, his brother
:09:36. > :09:38.Tony was killed by a speeding drunk driver in Hull. He is now a
:09:39. > :09:46.volunteer with a road safety charity. He is an idiot. Total
:09:47. > :09:52.idiot. If they were to stand in front of a car at 60 mph, it would
:09:53. > :09:57.properly kill them. If they stood in front of a car doing 20 mph, it
:09:58. > :10:02.would probably break a bone. It is a simple as that. Speed kills. So, if
:10:03. > :10:08.Godfrey Bloom is serious about representing written's drivers as an
:10:09. > :10:10.MP, he is likely to embark on a bumpy political journey.
:10:11. > :10:13.Joining me now is former police officer and Humberside Police and
:10:14. > :10:24.Crime Commissioner candidate Paul Davison. Good evening. Godfrey
:10:25. > :10:32.Bloom, right one? All wrong? Does speed kill? Speech does kill. I
:10:33. > :10:36.understand his argument, that it is about the way you drive. If he had
:10:37. > :10:40.since the casualties I have seen in my career caused by speed, you
:10:41. > :10:45.certainly would not speak again. What you think of is, is? I don't
:10:46. > :10:51.often agree with him. Some of his comments about the way we use of
:10:52. > :10:56.vehicles, the way we drive, I think are actually correct. But speech
:10:57. > :11:00.does kill. Can you be a better and safer driver at 40 miles an hour
:11:01. > :11:07.than to 30 miles an hour and not paying attention? The problem with
:11:08. > :11:13.speed is, you can begin a 30 miles or 40 miles an hour, with due care
:11:14. > :11:16.and attention. The problem is if a pedestrian walks into the middle of
:11:17. > :11:20.the road, you are far more likely to kill that person at a higher speed.
:11:21. > :11:24.Speed limit and not there for the fun of it, they are therefore
:11:25. > :11:30.reason, to reduce your speed so we can all be far safer on the roads.
:11:31. > :11:35.Many people watching will have been to speed awareness courses. Mr Bloom
:11:36. > :11:40.does not like these emotional presentations by road safety groups.
:11:41. > :11:45.They do work. If you had seen some of the scenes I have been to, it is
:11:46. > :11:53.a very traumatic thing to witness it. Speed cameras reduce accidents
:11:54. > :12:01.and fatal accidents. The evidence is there. The way they have been
:12:02. > :12:05.introduced is the issue. They are a blunt instrument. The first point I
:12:06. > :12:08.would like to make is the money generated from fixed camera sites
:12:09. > :12:12.should go to the Treasury. The second point is, is that of getting
:12:13. > :12:17.a letter through the letterbox straightaway, I think you'd be
:12:18. > :12:22.better off getting a letter advising you straightaway, three strikes
:12:23. > :12:24.and you are out. Thank you for coming in. Very interesting.
:12:25. > :12:28.Do you agree with Godfrey Bloom that speed doesn't kill? What about speed
:12:29. > :12:32.cameras ` do they play a role in keeping us safe, or are they just
:12:33. > :12:43.they to raise money for police forces?
:12:44. > :12:48.Scores of illegal medicines have been seized in a series of raids at
:12:49. > :12:51.East European supermarkets in Boston. They followed the death of a
:12:52. > :12:55.Latvian man in South Lincolnshire who took an unlicensed drug rather
:12:56. > :12:59.than seeking medical advice from a doctor. The raids were carried out
:13:00. > :13:08.by the medicines regulator alongside local police officers. Vicky Johnson
:13:09. > :13:10.joined them. Boston's ethnic supermarkets have
:13:11. > :13:13.built their businesses on selling products from overseas. What many
:13:14. > :13:22.don't realise is that supplying unlicensed foreign medicines is
:13:23. > :13:24.illegal. These investigators, who don't want
:13:25. > :13:33.to be identified for operational reasons, targeted shops in the
:13:34. > :13:36.town's west street. These raids have been prompted by the death of a
:13:37. > :13:51.41`year`old Latvian man who was suffering from a stomach ulcer. You
:13:52. > :13:54.He could have been treated easily by a doctor, but instead he took the
:13:55. > :13:57.prescription drug No Spa from a local supermarket. Shouldn't There's
:13:58. > :14:00.no suggestion that the drug caused his death ` but it should only be
:14:01. > :14:04.taken with a prescription.These investigators want to know where he
:14:05. > :14:08.could have bought it from. It was on sale for some time. It is a pharmacy
:14:09. > :14:17.only product. It can only be sold from a pharmacy.
:14:18. > :14:20.The team has found what they were looking for ` shelves of imported
:14:21. > :14:25.medicines ` including the unlicensed prescription drug. We can't
:14:26. > :14:30.guarantee the safety quality. We don't know what the Triumph of the
:14:31. > :14:37.products is. ` ` we don't know what the Trail is. We can't guarantee the
:14:38. > :14:47.quality or safety. The so who's buying these products?
:14:48. > :14:57.Diva moved to bBston from Lithuania nine years ago. Sometimes I have
:14:58. > :15:01.bought medicines. It is very rare. The deaths of at least two migrant
:15:02. > :15:07.workers in the past year have been connected to unlicensed medicines.
:15:08. > :15:09.Today's rate should send a clear message that these products will not
:15:10. > :15:17.be tolerated. Still ahead tonight: Former Lincoln
:15:18. > :15:19.and Hull goal`scorer, Delroy Facey, is arrested as part of an
:15:20. > :15:21.investigation into alleged match`fixing.
:15:22. > :15:22.History for sale ` the school selling off nearly everything after
:15:23. > :15:48.a move to a modern campus. Paul Goldthorpe took this at RAF
:15:49. > :15:51.Conningsby. Do you have a comment about that?
:15:52. > :16:03.Not really. Just as well because he is a weather
:16:04. > :16:06.forecaster. Somebody told John Kirkley today
:16:07. > :16:14.what was wrong with you and he said, a likely story.
:16:15. > :16:19.Can I just said, I have got conjunctivitis. I have not been
:16:20. > :16:24.lumped by somebody. Tomorrow, it turns sunny. It will also turn
:16:25. > :16:33.windy. After a cloudy, damp start, it will brighten up. Girls are
:16:34. > :16:38.expected in coastal areas tomorrow. It is fairly quiet at the moment. A
:16:39. > :16:44.lot of clout. Temperatures have been on the low side, especially across
:16:45. > :16:49.Lincolnshire. We may see a few cloud breaks coming to this evening. It
:16:50. > :16:52.might lead to a little mist and fog for a time. Then the wind picks up
:16:53. > :16:58.and the cloud thickens. We will see patchy rain spreading down on what
:16:59. > :17:13.is quite a week, called front. Lowest temperatures, for five.
:17:14. > :17:19.Perhaps lower in countryside areas. Tomorrow morning, after windy,
:17:20. > :17:23.cloudy and perhaps a damp start, any patchy rain quickly sweeping away
:17:24. > :17:28.south eastwards. By the end of the morning, it turns sunny and a lot of
:17:29. > :17:42.blue sky. There will be a fresh to strong north`westerly. The wind will
:17:43. > :17:50.turn increasingly chilly. The weekend looking predominantly dry.
:17:51. > :18:02.Marc Laird Sunday and Monday but it stays mostly dry with some bright
:18:03. > :18:06.sunny intervals. . You take care.
:18:07. > :18:10.The former Lincoln and Hull footballer Delroy Facey has been
:18:11. > :18:16.arrested as part of an investigation into alleged match`fixing. The
:18:17. > :18:19.player`turned`agent is one of six people being questioned by the
:18:20. > :18:26.National Crime Agency following an investigation by the Daily Telegraph
:18:27. > :18:29.newspaper. Well Olivia Richwald is in Delroy Facey's home town of
:18:30. > :18:43.Huddersfield. Olivia, what can you tell us? I am standing outside what
:18:44. > :18:44.we believe is a be the home of Delroy Facey in Huddersfield. People
:18:45. > :18:55.have been coming and going all day. He was born in Huddersfield in 1980
:18:56. > :19:02.and played for the local club as a teenager. He moved on to the then
:19:03. > :19:07.Premier side Bolton Wanderers. He was beset by injuries in 2002, and
:19:08. > :19:11.did not stay at Bolton very long. He transferred online to Bradford City.
:19:12. > :19:23.He can have descended through the football ranks. Amongst them was
:19:24. > :19:27.Hull. He played there from June 2004 four year. He also played from
:19:28. > :19:33.Lincoln city. We have some shots from him. Year after that, his
:19:34. > :19:38.career at Hereford United. He now plays for a non`league team in
:19:39. > :19:42.Bradford. It is very important to say all the clubs I have mentioned,
:19:43. > :19:46.there is no suggestion any of those clubs are involved in any of these
:19:47. > :19:54.allegations. Delroy Facey was one of seven people arrested by the
:19:55. > :19:58.National Crime Agency. Breaking news tonight is to people have been
:19:59. > :20:03.charged with conspiracy to defraud. He is not one of them. Iron`macro
:20:04. > :20:05.Olivia, thank you very much. In Football, Russ Wilcox is to
:20:06. > :20:09.continue as Scunthorpe United manager into the New Year. He took
:20:10. > :20:13.over as caretaker manager after Brian Laws was sacked last week and
:20:14. > :20:17.his side have won both games since then.
:20:18. > :20:20.Thanks to everyone who contacted us about the possible clamp`down on
:20:21. > :20:29.people who smoke outside hospitals in our area. New recommendations
:20:30. > :20:33.were published yesterday which say that smoking should be banned on all
:20:34. > :20:34.hospital grounds ` and that shelters and other designated areas for
:20:35. > :21:01.smokers should be removed. You maybe wouldn't have thought
:21:02. > :21:04.opera and Hull would be a natural fit, but then a fortnight ago how
:21:05. > :21:11.many of us would have thought Hull would win the title of City of
:21:12. > :21:14.Culture? Now, though, opera is being introduced to the city and its
:21:15. > :21:18.schools by a travelling company based in Leeds. As Caroline Bilton
:21:19. > :21:26.reports Hull is already taking its place on the cultural map.
:21:27. > :21:35.Hull has got something to sing about ` it's a City of Culture and here is
:21:36. > :21:39.a taste of what's coming its way. Opera North is based in Leeds ` it's
:21:40. > :21:42.performed over 200 times in Hull over the years, but it wants to do
:21:43. > :21:54.more. We are going to issue an invitation to Hull to develop a
:21:55. > :21:59.partnership with others. Opera is a transforming experience. We would
:22:00. > :22:03.like more people to discover it. But their work stretches further
:22:04. > :22:07.than that ` opera could be coming to Hull's schools as well.
:22:08. > :22:10.This travelling opera company want to use music to transform the lives
:22:11. > :22:19.of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. They've been running
:22:20. > :22:28.this project in Leeds. My aunt is coming and she has never seen me
:22:29. > :22:34.doing anything before. It is like in my family's genes. My dad likes
:22:35. > :22:42.singing. My mum likes dancing. We give them instruments, skills to
:22:43. > :22:47.excel musically. That process of learning brings about a wealth of
:22:48. > :22:51.social skills. The plan is to bring popular not only into the theatres
:22:52. > :22:59.and schools in Hull, but also unusual venues like the deep. Would
:23:00. > :23:03.you see an opera if it was put on someone like this? Yes. I would love
:23:04. > :23:09.to see more opera been performed. Have you been to one? Yes. It was
:23:10. > :23:13.fabulous. I cried my eyes out. The latest commitment to the city
:23:14. > :23:16.from Opera North comes of the back of a five`year deal with the Royal
:23:17. > :23:20.Philharmonic Orchestra to take residence in the city. 2017 may be a
:23:21. > :23:24.long way off, but Hull it would seem is now well and truly on the
:23:25. > :23:28.cultural map. Caroline Bilton is in Hull. Can we
:23:29. > :23:38.expect other high profile arts groups to come to the city over the
:23:39. > :23:43.next few years? The big team tell me they are hoping to attract
:23:44. > :23:46.international people. They say they have made links with the London Jazz
:23:47. > :23:51.Festival and the Yorkshire scorcher Park. They're hoping to make links
:23:52. > :23:56.with the Tate and the National Gallery in London. Rather than
:23:57. > :24:01.people from the region travelling to the capital, culture will come to
:24:02. > :24:05.them and it will be right here on their doorstep. The beauty of this
:24:06. > :24:10.is we do not have to wait until 2017. We're going to start getting
:24:11. > :24:13.it now. Thank you very much.
:24:14. > :24:17.It's been a part of the history of Hull for more than 220 years, but
:24:18. > :24:21.it's now being sold off. Staff and pupils from Trinity House Academy
:24:22. > :24:23.have already moved to a brand new school in the city, leaving their
:24:24. > :24:26.historic home on Princess Dock Street. Now everything inside the
:24:27. > :24:31.original building is up for sale ` from desks to white boards and even
:24:32. > :24:49.the ceremonial flagpole. Amanda White has been to find out more. Its
:24:50. > :25:00.maritime links were as strong during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit as
:25:01. > :25:04.when the school was founded. Kick Murphy, whose letters home from sea
:25:05. > :25:08.in the 1890s form a unique record of life at sea, was a pupil at Trinity,
:25:09. > :25:14.as was Captain Russ Garbutt, who followed a career in the merchant
:25:15. > :25:21.navy. Ross was another pupil. I spent a lot of time around the fish
:25:22. > :25:26.stock. Lots of people were in the merchant Navy. To pass examination
:25:27. > :25:30.to go to that school was really something to be proud of.
:25:31. > :25:34.For more than 200 years, this school was a hub of youth and learning.
:25:35. > :25:38.Today, its corridors lie empty, and everything here is going under the
:25:39. > :25:42.hammer. Compared to when this room was full of children in school
:25:43. > :25:47.uniform, it seems a little bit sad, but this auction is an opportunity
:25:48. > :25:53.for lovely things to have a new lease of life. Andrew is the
:25:54. > :25:59.Yorkshire near. We get people from all walks of life. Ex`pupils and
:26:00. > :26:02.students, ex`teachers come for a nosy, people are just interested in
:26:03. > :26:12.genetic cows. We get the hard`core auction goers, the wheeler dealers.
:26:13. > :26:20.So what is there to buy? How about an engineer's laid? Advice. Javelin.
:26:21. > :26:24.The may be one of these pupils from the 1990s will be back to by the
:26:25. > :26:28.flagpole. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:29. > :26:31.and regional headlines. A man who admitted murdering a disabled
:26:32. > :26:35.Iranian refugee he'd wrongly accused of being a paedophile is jailed for
:26:36. > :26:39.life at Bristol Crown Court. A loan shark in Hull who preyed upon
:26:40. > :26:40.the vulnerable and needy to fund his criminal life is sentenced to 12
:26:41. > :27:05.years in prison. Talking about speeding there. James
:27:06. > :27:10.is said, I agree with Mr's comments, it is dangerous driving and
:27:11. > :27:13.overtaking that causes the fatalities, not necessarily the
:27:14. > :27:22.speeding. Martin says, I agree with Godfrey Bloom. Judith says, Mr Bloom
:27:23. > :27:26.lives in a dream world were otherwise perfect drivers though the
:27:27. > :27:28.couple of miles over the limit. People who drive badly one way
:27:29. > :27:38.generally doing others as well. Malcolm says, if speed cameras are
:27:39. > :27:44.good for reducing accidents, why do we see so many not in use? Thank you
:27:45. > :27:46.for the response. Thank you for watching. Good night.