:00:00. > :00:15.Good evening. The headlines tonight: Calls to electrify the railway to
:00:16. > :00:24.Hull and reduce journey times to London by half an hour.
:00:25. > :00:29.I think it would open up East Yorkshire and bring Hull back onto
:00:30. > :00:34.the map, where it belongs. How the tidal surge cut the land
:00:35. > :00:37.from beneath these east coast homes. We want someone to have a look, see
:00:38. > :00:40.the predicament we want someone to have a look, see the predicament
:00:41. > :00:43.we're in. We do not even get our local councillor here.
:00:44. > :00:46.A week after the storm The Princess Royal sees the damage to the
:00:47. > :00:49.historic Boston Stump. The East Yorkshire actor Eleanor
:00:50. > :00:56.Tomlinson tells us about her role in this Christmas period drama. Don't
:00:57. > :01:06.forget the detailed five day forecast.
:01:07. > :01:09.Hello. Rail bosses are urging the
:01:10. > :01:12.Government to give the go`ahead to plans to run faster train services
:01:13. > :01:16.in and out of Hull. Politicians say it's essential the area has better
:01:17. > :01:23.transport links in time for the City of Culture celebrations in 2017.
:01:24. > :01:26.First Hull Trains has submitted a ?90 million plan to electrify the
:01:27. > :01:29.line between Hull and Selby which would cut the journey time from East
:01:30. > :01:42.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to London by up to 30 minutes. More from Tim
:01:43. > :01:45.Iredale. Could East Yorkshire be about to
:01:46. > :01:48.join the high speed rail revolution? Passengers travelling from Hull to
:01:49. > :01:52.London could in future reach the capital in a little over two hours,
:01:53. > :01:57.shaving more than half an hour off the journey time. It can only be a
:01:58. > :02:05.good thing, because it opens up opportunities. It would open up East
:02:06. > :02:09.Yorkshire, and Hull. It would bring Hull back on the map.
:02:10. > :02:11.Work is under way to electrify the Transpennine route from Liverpool to
:02:12. > :02:14.Manchester to Leeds. The proposal from First Hull Trains would see
:02:15. > :02:18.overhead line equipment added to the route between Selby and Hull, which
:02:19. > :02:21.would link up with the East Coast mainline and in future years could
:02:22. > :02:29.connect East Yorkshire with the HS2 high speed link to London. It is an
:02:30. > :02:32.ambitious project. It would cost more than ?90 million, but rail
:02:33. > :02:42.bosses say the Government should give the go`ahead sooner rather than
:02:43. > :02:49.later. To electrify the route from Selby across to Liverpool but miss
:02:50. > :02:57.out that final step makes no sense. We need a decision by Christmas that
:02:58. > :03:00.allows us to move this project. The rail industry says electrification
:03:01. > :03:04.is cleaner and greener but most importantly it's faster. The javelin
:03:05. > :03:17.service from St Pancras to commuter towns in Kent has cut journey times
:03:18. > :03:22.by half. With the City of Culture coming in 2017, we need high`quality
:03:23. > :03:27.transport links to bring potentially hundreds of thousands of people into
:03:28. > :03:32.the city during that year. Network Rail's programme does not bring
:03:33. > :03:33.rectification to the city until some time after 2019, which is
:03:34. > :03:36.acceptable. The Department for Transport says it
:03:37. > :03:39.has hugely ambitious plans for electrification, with a commitment
:03:40. > :03:42.to deliver 900 miles by 2019 and said it was currently discussing the
:03:43. > :03:52.possibility of upgrading the Hull to Selby route with Hull Trains.
:03:53. > :03:57.I spoke to the transport journalist Christian Wolmar. He told me what
:03:58. > :04:05.difference having electric trains would make. Electric trains are far
:04:06. > :04:09.better than diesel trains. They are cleaner, they have better
:04:10. > :04:14.acceleration, they are smoother, cheaper to operate. Electric trains
:04:15. > :04:19.have everything going for them compared with the old diesels. Only
:04:20. > :04:36.35 miles, ?90 million, is it worth that? That sounds quite cheap. Not
:04:37. > :04:40.very many. It is a pretty good deal and definitely worth doing. It will
:04:41. > :04:48.make Hull much more connected with the existing network. Do we lose out
:04:49. > :04:56.because spending per head on public transport is lower here? Are we
:04:57. > :05:00.getting a raw deal? You have to view that slightly in context. There was
:05:01. > :05:05.a lot more public transport in London and the south`east than that
:05:06. > :05:11.is up north. Many people will use cars given the distances and the
:05:12. > :05:31.sparse population in some areas. That is why down south, we get more
:05:32. > :05:39.money for public transport. It will enable cheaper direct trains.
:05:40. > :05:43.Wherever there has been electric and, there is a Sparks perfect. It
:05:44. > :05:51.will attract more people onto the railways. But we have ridden by
:05:52. > :05:59.2017, City of Culture? That will be tight. It always takes a long time.
:06:00. > :06:09.Thank you. I would like to hear from you on
:06:10. > :06:14.this story. What difference would faster, electric trains make to this
:06:15. > :06:15.area? Maybe you think we don't get a fair share of transport money in
:06:16. > :06:39.this area? In a moment: The film makers who
:06:40. > :06:49.captured life on the dole in Scunthorpe estate could make a new
:06:50. > :06:52.series of Skint in Grimsby. Grimsby is like anywhere. It has
:06:53. > :06:55.good and bad. A teenager accused of killing his
:06:56. > :07:01.grandmother has told Hull Crown Court he can't remember attacking
:07:02. > :07:05.her because he was high on drugs. Irene Dale and her husband Allan
:07:06. > :07:09.were stabbed in bed at their home in Hull in April. Their grandson Lewis
:07:10. > :07:11.Dale admits stabbing his grandparents but denies murder and
:07:12. > :07:20.attempted murder. Jill Archbold reports from Hull Crown Court. Irene
:07:21. > :07:26.Dale and her husband had been asleep at their home when 18`year`old Allan
:07:27. > :07:32.Dale needed to get a teaser bathroom. It is alleged they
:07:33. > :07:38.grandson, who was living with them, lunged at his grandfather and
:07:39. > :07:43.stabbed him with a knife. I mean was also stabbed repeatedly. The
:07:44. > :07:49.defendant began to cry as he was giving evidence. He described his
:07:50. > :07:53.regular use of the drug M`Cat and said it made him paranoid. The jury
:07:54. > :07:59.heard what he said he could remember of that evening at the the afternoon
:08:00. > :08:02.taking that struck. He said he remembered going into his
:08:03. > :08:12.grandparents bedroom but nothing after that, only hearing his
:08:13. > :08:18.grandmother screaming. He said he remembered feeling he was being
:08:19. > :08:21.followed. The prosecutor accused Lewis Dale of blaming the drug and
:08:22. > :08:27.not taking the blame for the death of his grandmother. He said, I don't
:08:28. > :08:30.know. The case continues. Lincolnshire Police say they think a
:08:31. > :08:33.double stabbing on Monson Street in Lincoln yesterday evening was an
:08:34. > :08:43.isolated incident. Two men were attacked with a large kitchen knife
:08:44. > :08:46.at around half past five. Their injuries are not thought to be
:08:47. > :08:49.serious. Police say they don't believe there's a wider threat to
:08:50. > :08:51.the public. Health managers in Lincolnshire say
:08:52. > :08:55.improvements are already under way at a GP practice, which had been
:08:56. > :08:57.criticised by national inspectors. A team from the Care Quality
:08:58. > :09:01.Commission found mistakes had been made in the management of drugs at
:09:02. > :09:04.the Wolds Practice in Tetford, near Horncastle. Local managers say
:09:05. > :09:10.they're now working hard to ensure the surgery reaches the standards
:09:11. > :09:13.set by the CQC. Residents living along parts of the
:09:14. > :09:16.East Coast say they're desperate for help after the biggest tidal surge
:09:17. > :09:20.for 60 years left their homes at risk of falling into the sea. The
:09:21. > :09:26.storm surge last Thursday flooded more than 1,000 homes in East
:09:27. > :09:30.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Residents in Boston were worst hit.
:09:31. > :09:33.451 homes were flooded in the town. In North Lincolnshire there were
:09:34. > :09:36.more than three hundred, and in Hull and East Yorkshire a similar number
:09:37. > :09:39.were flooded. As the clean`up continues, people living along the
:09:40. > :09:41.coast say they need urgent help from the authorities. Amanda White
:09:42. > :09:45.reports. Teetering on the edge. These
:09:46. > :09:55.caravans, near Ulrome, were always living on borrowed time. But, after
:09:56. > :10:01.last week's storms, residents say more cliff crumbled like cake.
:10:02. > :10:05.Further up the coast in Skipsea it was a worrying time for Sheila
:10:06. > :10:08.Garforth. Like many on Green Lane her home is already at high risk of
:10:09. > :10:13.falling into the sea. I want someone to come and have a look at us to
:10:14. > :10:16.start to see the predicament we're in. We can't even get our local
:10:17. > :10:21.councillor here and local MP to come and have a look at how desperate we
:10:22. > :10:24.are. We know that we can't stop the cliff coming, eventually, over time
:10:25. > :10:28.but we would like someone to give us something that would help prolong a
:10:29. > :10:32.little bit longer yet. This was already the fastest eroding
:10:33. > :10:36.coastline in Europe. Government policy is to build coastal defences
:10:37. > :10:39.where most live. Bridlington with over 35,000 residents, Withernsea
:10:40. > :10:46.with over 8,000 and Hornsea over 6,000, all have defences. The policy
:10:47. > :11:00.for villages, like Skipsea, where almost 700 live is to let nature
:11:01. > :11:03.take its course. Experts at Hull University say the sheer ferocity of
:11:04. > :11:06.last week's storm surge means experts need to rethink their
:11:07. > :11:17.strategies. Every now and again we will get a storm surge. There's no
:11:18. > :11:21.question about that. Our first duty is to protect life and property. So
:11:22. > :11:25.we are going to have to make sure that the coast is defended against
:11:26. > :11:28.those storm surges and that means, in the future, spending money on
:11:29. > :11:30.coastal defences. East Riding of Yorkshire Council says it will
:11:31. > :11:33.undertake a survey of the damage. For residents like Sheila, this
:11:34. > :11:36.means another waiting game. The Princess Royal has been in Boston
:11:37. > :11:40.this afternoon to inspect the damage done by flood water to The Stump.
:11:41. > :11:44.Specialist teams are expected to stay there for a number of weeks
:11:45. > :11:49.while work is done to dry out the stonework and timbers. Sarah Corker
:11:50. > :11:56.reports. The flood damage Boston Stump
:11:57. > :12:00.welcomed a royal visitor. Princess Anne is the patron of the Church's
:12:01. > :12:05.restoration appeal, and visit every year. She has never seen it like
:12:06. > :12:10.this. She was surprised am quite shocked, I think, at the situation.
:12:11. > :12:14.She was very interested in how we're going to do with it in the short and
:12:15. > :12:21.long term. It is difficult to envisage how we will go forward. A
:12:22. > :12:28.specialist team has been brought in to dry out the centuries`old
:12:29. > :12:37.building. This chapel dates back to the 1400s. It is a delicate job. The
:12:38. > :12:41.water flowed through the masonry. We have a wooden floor here so we have
:12:42. > :12:47.to be very careful how we treat this. A wall of water cascaded into
:12:48. > :12:56.the church and flooded 400 homes as the River Haven burst its banks.
:12:57. > :13:01.Everything was just ruined. A week on, my camp at a still overwhelmed
:13:02. > :13:11.by the damage. Kitchen has got to go. My husband built all this, he is
:13:12. > :13:15.a joiner, and it has been his love. Nicol has to go. We're trying to
:13:16. > :13:19.keep strong for each other, but it is making us feel poorly. They are
:13:20. > :13:27.insured but many others here are not. Repairs to flood defences
:13:28. > :13:36.damaged by the tidal surge are underway. Here, 200 sandbags are
:13:37. > :13:40.being used to strengthen the flood wall next to the rear. Long`term
:13:41. > :13:43.plans to protect the town are being fast tracked. We can protect 20,000
:13:44. > :13:50.properties more with the tidal barrier. We have 18 looking at how
:13:51. > :13:54.we can accelerate that programme. Back at the Stump, printers and was
:13:55. > :13:57.shown the tide marks on the wall. The full extent of the damage it
:13:58. > :14:02.won't be known until the stonework dries out, and that will take many
:14:03. > :14:05.weeks. BBC Radio Humberside will be
:14:06. > :14:06.broadcasting live from South Ferriby in the morning for a special
:14:07. > :14:15.breakfast programme. Lizzie and Carl are on air from 6am.
:14:16. > :14:48.Still ahead tonight: keep your photos coming in.
:14:49. > :14:55.Lincoln in the Mist by Tim Scott. Very nice, back.
:14:56. > :15:03.How are you? Alex Deakin is running a competition on twitter. You have
:15:04. > :15:08.to choose a tie. He will wear it on the news channel in the morning.
:15:09. > :15:15.I have seen that. They are all as dull as ditchwater. I think Alex has
:15:16. > :15:18.too much time on his hands. If Mr Deakin is watching, good
:15:19. > :15:23.evening. She will be drinking coffee at a
:15:24. > :15:30.coffee morning. We are opening the floodgates to a
:15:31. > :15:35.westerly part which will dominate towards the second half of December.
:15:36. > :15:40.There is a risk of some heavy rain at times and severe gales. The
:15:41. > :15:46.recipe is therefore something quite disturbed as we head through the
:15:47. > :15:52.second half of December. It is milder this evening compared with
:15:53. > :16:03.yesterday evening. MacLeod has given some patchy outbreaks of rain. It is
:16:04. > :16:18.the dull and dreary night. We are looking at lowest temperatures
:16:19. > :16:28.around seven or eight. It is a cloudy start. There will be
:16:29. > :16:45.outbreaks of rain. It will be a wet commute. Top temperatures, it is
:16:46. > :16:58.fairly mild. Highs of 11 looking further ahead, there is a vigorous
:16:59. > :17:01.weather front to come. Saturday and Sunday, daylight hours look fine and
:17:02. > :17:14.sunny. Next week looks very unsettled.
:17:15. > :17:22.In Kirby, I think you will find there would be having canapes at the
:17:23. > :17:24.moment `` therapy. You may remember a documentary
:17:25. > :17:34.series set in Scunthorpe earlier this year called Skint. It showed
:17:35. > :17:42.anti social behaviour, drug taking and shoplifting. But there were
:17:43. > :17:45.complaints that it only focused on the negative. Now Channel Four is
:17:46. > :17:48.considering a new series which could be set in Grimsby and there are
:17:49. > :17:53.worries there, about how the town will be portrayed. Sarah Walton
:17:54. > :17:56.reports. Earlier this year, life in Scunthorpe was the focus of this
:17:57. > :18:01.controversial broken. Some people did not like the way the town was
:18:02. > :18:05.shown. Now in Grimsby, filming has started for a possible second
:18:06. > :18:08.series. No sign of the cameras today but it does not take long to find
:18:09. > :18:13.somebody who has been interviewed. They came in the pub and we got
:18:14. > :18:21.talking to them. They wanted to talk to people who knew about the fishing
:18:22. > :18:25.community. Channel four has confirmed it is researching for a
:18:26. > :18:31.new series which it says would examine worthlessness. Some filming
:18:32. > :18:38.has already taken place here on the Marsh estate, an area where more
:18:39. > :18:41.than half of the people of working age are on benefits. John has been
:18:42. > :18:54.approached to take part in the programme. The fear was we had no
:18:55. > :18:58.control. It could be an opportunity. We could get our
:18:59. > :19:02.fingers severely burned. In Scunthorpe, people said there had
:19:03. > :19:08.been some benefit, with the council agreeing to renovate one area. As
:19:09. > :19:13.bad as it is, it needs programmes like that. People sit back on their
:19:14. > :19:25.laurels thinking, nothing is happening around here. But it is.
:19:26. > :19:30.Back in Grimsby, there are mixed thoughts about the show. People
:19:31. > :19:37.always play up to the cameras. I take it with a pinch of salt.
:19:38. > :19:40.Doesn't matter to those. Because never good for any place to be shown
:19:41. > :19:46.in the darkest of light. Grimsby is like anywhere. It has good and bad.
:19:47. > :19:49.More good, hopefully. Channel four will not say whether it will be set
:19:50. > :19:53.until next year. If it is here, there will be great interest in what
:19:54. > :20:04.it brings to the town. You might also have a view on this
:20:05. > :20:07.story if you're from Grimsby. Maybe you're from Scunthorpe and think the
:20:08. > :20:13.series damaged the image of the area. Libraries could be closed in
:20:14. > :20:22.North East Lincolnshire because of budget cuts. The authority says it's
:20:23. > :20:25.also looking at reducing opening hours. A two month consultation's
:20:26. > :20:27.started looking at the proposals, which would save half a million
:20:28. > :20:29.pounds. Money's been secured to redesign
:20:30. > :20:33.Hull's busy Garrison Road roundabout, which has been the scene
:20:34. > :20:36.of a number of accidents. The Highways Agency is spending ?4.5
:20:37. > :20:39.million completely rebuilding the junction. A main road will run
:20:40. > :20:45.through the middle supported by slip roads to take turning traffic.
:20:46. > :20:47.Work's expected to begin by 2016. The Lincolnshire Police and Crime
:20:48. > :20:58.Commissioner's plans to attract 1,000 unpaid volunteers prompted
:20:59. > :21:01.plenty of you to get in touch. Last night, six new recruits were
:21:02. > :21:03.welcomed to the force. They're volunteer Police Community Support
:21:04. > :21:09.Officers who will begin training in the New Year.
:21:10. > :21:55.Here are just a few of your thoughts on the subject.
:21:56. > :22:00.Hull City boss Steve Bruce says the debate on the club's name change
:22:01. > :22:04.should go away until the FA consider the matter. Earlier this week the
:22:05. > :22:07.club submitted a proposal to change its name to Hull Tigers which under
:22:08. > :22:24.FA regulations should be considered in April. Any more then once I have
:22:25. > :22:28.already spoken before get in the way. My important job was to beat
:22:29. > :22:31.Stoke on Saturday. The Louth`based Honda team have
:22:32. > :22:36.pulled out of the British Superbikes Championship for next season.
:22:37. > :22:41.They're the reigning champions and last season Alex Lowe won the riders
:22:42. > :22:44.championship for the team. They say they're pulling out of the
:22:45. > :22:47.competition for financial reasons. We've been following her progress
:22:48. > :22:50.here at Look North since she first appeared on the big screen five
:22:51. > :22:54.years ago. Now Eleanor Tomlinson, who grew up in Beverley, is in the
:22:55. > :23:03.new BBC costume drama which will be shown on Boxing Day. Some of the
:23:04. > :23:07.scenes have also been filmed in her home town. We will hear from her in
:23:08. > :23:09.a moment, but first Amy Cole has this.
:23:10. > :23:11.For the last five years, Eleanor Tomlinson has been gradually
:23:12. > :23:17.building her career and making a name for herself. You may From the
:23:18. > :23:21.teen romcom Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging in 2008 to a part
:23:22. > :23:33.in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland ` starring A`lister Johnny Depp ` in
:23:34. > :23:36.2010. He is the easy as you Here she is after the film's premiere with
:23:37. > :23:44.friends at Beverley High School discussing her appearance in a
:23:45. > :23:48.national magazine. Are the key you But Eleanor is not just a star of
:23:49. > :23:51.the big screen. She's now appearing in the BBC's
:23:52. > :23:54.adaptation of Death Comes To Pemberley Some scenes have been
:23:55. > :23:57.filmed in her home town of Beverley and the drama is be screened prime
:23:58. > :24:00.time on Boxing Day. The three`part murder mystery is
:24:01. > :24:02.likely to push her popularity even further.
:24:03. > :24:06.Earlier I spoke to Eleanor from York where some of the Death Comes To
:24:07. > :24:18.Pemberley was filmed. She told me about her role in the new drama. And
:24:19. > :24:28.I play Georgiana, Darcy's sister. It picks up about ten years on from
:24:29. > :24:31.pride and prejudice. Her brother wants to marry her off, but she does
:24:32. > :24:36.not want to marry the man he wants her to marry. But plenty of love
:24:37. > :24:42.interest for the character, I bet? Yes, absolutely. Why do you think
:24:43. > :24:47.these periods things are so popular at the moment? I think nobody does
:24:48. > :24:54.period drama like the British do. I think we have a knack for it. It is
:24:55. > :24:58.beautiful. It is a piece of history, and it is the chance to
:24:59. > :25:05.have something beautiful and very moving and a great story. No one
:25:06. > :25:09.really does about the British. Now you have found all this fame and
:25:10. > :25:16.fortune, have you abandoned Beverly and left? Absolutely not. Not at
:25:17. > :25:21.all. I come back occasionally to see my family. It is really nice. London
:25:22. > :25:29.is where the work is, so you have to go there. It is really nice to come
:25:30. > :25:36.back to Beverley. It was amazing to film here. What a fantastic slot
:25:37. > :25:42.this has got when it goes out. Yes, Boxing Day. Three consecutive
:25:43. > :25:46.nights. It is amazing. Will you be in Beverley watching it, or
:25:47. > :25:52.somewhere else? I think I will be hiding behind the sofa. My parents
:25:53. > :25:56.are really excited to see it. I am really proud of it. We look forward
:25:57. > :26:04.to seeing it. Congratulations on your success. Thank you very much,
:26:05. > :26:12.Peter. Great success story. Anna Maxwell Martin, who is also from
:26:13. > :26:19.Beverley, is also in the production. It is on at 8:15pm on BBC One on
:26:20. > :26:23.Boxing Day. Look out for the scenes shot in Beverley. Let's get a recap
:26:24. > :26:30.of the national and regional headlines. Some police and ambulance
:26:31. > :26:34.helicopters grounded earlier today because of safety fears have begun
:26:35. > :26:37.flying again. The ?90 million plan to electrify the rail network to
:26:38. > :26:50.Hull ` cutting travel times to London.
:26:51. > :26:57.Response on the subject of electrifying the line between Hull
:26:58. > :27:02.and Selby. Matt says, what a waste to save 30 minutes, why not put that
:27:03. > :27:07.money to local hospitals the state of the red? Becky said, yes, it
:27:08. > :27:13.takes an hour on the train between Hull and Doncaster, the same if he
:27:14. > :27:16.went on car. It would open allsorts of job prospects. James in and
:27:17. > :27:23.abusive, this investment is an excellent proposal with long`term
:27:24. > :27:30.benefits. People need to stop moaning. Julian has a warning here,
:27:31. > :27:35.she says, the money should be spent but it will mean more London
:27:36. > :27:38.residents moving north, pricing is out of the housing market. Thank you
:27:39. > :27:44.for those. Join me tomorrow lunchtime if you can on the radio.
:27:45. > :27:46.Goodbye.