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join the the BBC News at Six. Goodbye. Now we | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
join the BBC News teams where you Good evening and welcome to BBC Look | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
North. The headlines tonight: ?? new line Thousands of jobs on the way as | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
a multi`million pound business park finally gets the go`ahead. I live to | :00:13. | :00:32. | |
reaction `` I am live with reaction to a decision. | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Also on tonight's programme: Due to marry in two weeks' time, but left | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
without a venue following the tidal surge. | :00:42. | :00:42. | |
The Government defends the use of military drones flown from RAF | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Waddington. And behind the scenes with Strictly | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Come Dancing's Kevin and Susanna ahead of this weekend's final. Some | :00:50. | :00:58. | |
kids were talking about is and they said, it is that girl from breakfast | :00:59. | :01:07. | |
and Kevin from Grimsby. The five`day forecast follows shortly. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
It's been described as the biggest economic investment in the area | :01:13. | :01:25. | |
since the Second World War. The Government has given permission for | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
a giant business park for energy companies which will employ 4,000 | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
people to be built on the south bank of the Humber. Construction of the | :01:33. | :01:40. | |
Able UK site will start next year with the company telling BBC Look | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
North they will begin recruiting after Christmas. Paul Murphy has | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
this report. This has always been the vision. Now | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
it's to become a reality. A ?450 million site which will make and | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
assemble wind turbines for the North Sea. The company behind the site | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
describes it as a turning point in the economy of the Humber. We're | :02:00. | :02:15. | |
took about 4000 plus local jobs. `` we are talking about 4000 plus local | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
jobs. The North of England have been supplying parts and so on. | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
This 900`acre site has more than a mile of river frontage, a quay will | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
be built to allow turbine transfer ships to pull alongside. Able UK | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
says the site could create between 4,000 and 10,000 jobs Working on | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
building the Marine Energy Park could start as early as January. | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
It's expected to be completed by 2016. It means creating jobs, | :02:38. | :02:55. | |
attracting business, creating wealth. We want more engineers. | :02:56. | :03:05. | |
There is lots of things. A ball UK is promising lots of jobs and says | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
it could have a profound impact on on companies `` Able UK is promising | :03:10. | :03:38. | |
lots of jobs. We have added slots to the premises. ?NEWLINE Able says a | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
number of companies are already in negotiation about moving in here. | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
There have been objections from rival port operator ABP but they are | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
not expected to cause major delays to this project. Earlier, I spoke to | :03:48. | :04:05. | |
Peter Stephenson from Able UK. I started by asking him if this was | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
good news for the Humber. It is excellent news for the Humber. What | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
about the government backing? I am very pleased. How soon before you | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
get started? Ground work will be started in the first quarter of next | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
year. So the construction starts very quickly. Will these be local | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
jobs? Yes. We have been working around here some ten years now and | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
try to give jobs locally where we can. Good news for employment. Can | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
people start getting in touch straightaway? Yes. TUC any problems | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
on the funding? `` do you see any problems. No, we don't. Have you got | :04:57. | :05:06. | |
many tenants lined up and ready and committed to moving? We have a lot | :05:07. | :05:19. | |
of tenants who want to come here. Regarding the jobs, can you make | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
guarantees that the jobs will go to local people rather than people | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
being ferried in, which we have seen so much? We could not guarantee | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
that. We will be employing the construction side. The preference is | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
to use local people. Preference is good, but sometimes we see people | :05:39. | :05:46. | |
shipped in from abroad. No doubt there will be some of that. ABP says | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
they are disappointed that you have chosen to work in conflict with the | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
port rather than for the benefit of the Humber. Those are strong words. | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
I am surprised you have said that. I have never heard that said. They | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
would not work with others. Willis Cooper your plans? They are doing | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
their best to try to do so. We're here now. Why cant you work | :06:19. | :06:29. | |
together? That is a question for APB. Will they scupper your plans? | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
No. Tim Iredale is in Westminster | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
tonight. How much pressure has their been from politicians to get this | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
deal done? We are told that the Prime Minister | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
and the Deputy Prime Minister put pressure on various officials to try | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
to get this sorted out as soon as possible. Many feared we could be | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
talking about a black day for North Lincolnshire's economy. Instead, it | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
is more of a red letter day for the Humber Green dream. Nobody was more | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
relieved than the MP whose constituency covers the site, Martin | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
Vickers. It is a massive boost for the local economy. The construction | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
industry employs hundreds, possibly thousands. Great opportunities for | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
small businesses to get involved in the supply chain. Long`term, further | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
good news in terms of investment and the fact that Northern Lincolnshire | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
and the Humber region is recognised as a major centre for the | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
renewables. We're told David Cameron welcomes this announcement. The | :07:45. | :07:46. | |
government says it is committed to the Humber be in the UK capital of | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
green energy, and the problems between Able UK and ABP, I am told, | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
can be ironed out. ABP is still an important player in the green energy | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
industry because it is such an integral part of the green pop | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
project that hopes to attract Siemens. At last we have an outcome | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
with Able UK. It is a bit like that old song about it is a long, long | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
time from May to December. It certainly felt like that, Peter. | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
Thank you for that. We want to hear from you on this | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
story. You heard from Peter Stephenson that jobs are available | :08:31. | :08:42. | |
from after Christmas. Will you apply? What difference do you think | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
the development will make to the area? | :08:47. | :09:03. | |
A couple from Grimsby have been forced to rearrange their wedding | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
plans, after the venue they booked was severely damaged by the tidal | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
surge. The couple had booked the Reeds Hotel in Barton upon Humber | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
for the start of January, but this afternoon the company confirmed, it | :09:16. | :09:17. | |
has gone into voluntary liquidation. Simon Spark reports. | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
Tim and Amy had planned their wedding day for two years for the | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
third January 2014, but just weeks before their big day, everything had | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
to be rearranged when the venue they'd chosen was flooded by the | :09:31. | :09:39. | |
tidal surge. It was a lovely venue, with the Humber Bridge in the | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
background. I grew up in Batson and a lot of my family still live | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
there. It made sense to Tuesday, as well as being beautiful. But | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
positioned near the banks of the Humber, the hotel took the full | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
impact of the water on the fifth December. We realise that Reeds | :09:59. | :10:10. | |
must've been involved. We have three young children and we wanted a | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
family celebration for our wedding. It has made it very quite stressful. | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
You can see the way into the hotel is completely blocked off. This | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
well`known local landmark has been family run for steam years. In a | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
statement, they said it has had a catastrophic impact on their | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
business. And this afternoon a statement confirmed the worst | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
possible outcome. It said how the business was unable to recover | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
financially from the cost of the huge amount of work and renovation | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
now needed and that they'd made the very difficult decision that Reeds | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
Hotel is to enter into voluntary liquidation. It said the loss of | :10:52. | :10:54. | |
Reeds Hotel was heart`breaking to the family and is something they | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
hope to move forward from. The company has been unable to pay its | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
debt and has therefore had to call in the liquidator, who will sell the | :11:04. | :11:13. | |
assets then pay out the creditors. The unsecured creditors will be paid | :11:14. | :11:24. | |
later. It is very difficult for everyone. It is a very unfortunate | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
situation. Amy and Tim have still been told they'll get their deposit | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
back, but for the Reeds hotel, this family business, has been literally | :11:36. | :11:49. | |
washed away. A Boston landlord has been found guilty of carrying out a | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
double murder. The man will serve a minimum of 27 years in prison. The | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
body of a missing Grimsby teenager has been found on a beach in | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
Cumbria. 17`year`old Callum Chapman had been staying with a relative in | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
Maryport before he went missing on Sunday. Police say that there are no | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. | :12:17. | :12:18. | |
Unemployment in Yorkshire and the Humber has fallen in line with the | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
national trend. The latest figures show unemployment has fallen by | :12:22. | :12:24. | |
6,000 people, which leaves the jobless total at 239,000. In the | :12:25. | :12:37. | |
East Midlands ` which includes Lincolnshire ` it had fallen by the | :12:38. | :12:40. | |
same number, leaving 162,000 people out of work. | :12:41. | :12:42. | |
Some drainage systems in Goole are to be looked at following a report | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
into last year's flooding. East Riding Council found that while the | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
amount of rainfall was not exceptional, there was a failure of | :12:54. | :12:56. | |
pumping equipment. The council and Yorkshire Water met today to discuss | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
the report. They accepted its findings and will now act on the | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
recommendations. Having the agencies working together can only be a good | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
thing for the town. We have seen significant improvements and | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
additional funding since the flooding last year. This can you | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
make it better, I would hope. Still ahead tonight: we catch up | :13:21. | :13:38. | |
with Suzanne and Kevin. Last night's sunset at South Common, | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
Lincoln. Alan Mayo. Good evening. | :13:45. | :13:54. | |
Good evening. Oh, my word. I should have brought | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
my sunglasses. Somebody said, I just had Paul talking about the history | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
of snowmen, it was fascinating, should I get out more? Yes is the | :14:04. | :14:12. | |
answer. Where do the Christmas national this | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
weekend, so there. You are not gone to Lapland are you? | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
Yes. Fine with sunny spells tomorrow. Like with sunny spells | :14:26. | :14:27. | |
tomorrow. They could be a few wintry showers. Tomorrow evening, a few | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
showers could turn to sleet and perhaps a temporary covering of snow | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
in places. That is tomorrow evening. For much of tomorrow, it will be | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
fine. All attention to the west, and very active weather front is | :14:48. | :14:49. | |
knocking on the door of Manchester now. Is bringing strong winds and | :14:50. | :15:01. | |
torrential rain. There might be some localised flooding associated with | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
that. After midnight, it clears up. A few showers could return. The sun | :15:06. | :15:18. | |
will rise at 8:15am and will set at 3:41pm. Tomorrow will be a brighter | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
day with sunshine. There will be some local wintry showers. We will | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
keep our eye on a feature late afternoon and into the evening which | :15:35. | :15:41. | |
may bring some sleet and rain, or even wet snow. Top afternoon | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
temperatures, around five Celsius. When you factor in that wind, it | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
will feel fairly chilling. Further ahead, Friday not to bad. It has | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
worked and windy again on Friday night. That rain reluctant to play | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
on Saturday. Sunday, a return to brighter skies. That is the | :16:06. | :16:06. | |
forecast. You will have two words that `` you | :16:07. | :16:21. | |
will have to wear that. You look like one of Santa's little helpers. | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
The Defence Secretary has defended the controversial use of drones, or | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
unmanned aircraft, in a visit to Linolnshire. Philip Hammond came to | :16:31. | :16:32. | |
see their operation at RAF Waddington, the command centre of | :16:33. | :16:42. | |
the UK drone programme. Cameras were allowed to film inside for the first | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
time, and Jonathan Beale was there. For the first time, we have been | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
able to witness an aircrew prepare for a mission. They climb into a | :16:52. | :16:59. | |
windowless room here. This is flying but not as we know it. This crew on | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
the ground and Lincolnshire is making decisions about life and | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
death hundreds of miles away in Afghanistan. Have you had to fire | :17:09. | :17:18. | |
weapons? It is, `` I have, but it is not something I like to talk about. | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
It is what we do. I you confident you have not hit civilians? | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
Absolutely. The MoD has allowed cameras into the MoD headquarters. | :17:31. | :17:46. | |
The RAF say this is proof of how civilian casualties are avoided. | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
Missiles are diverted to avoid collateral damage. Mistake had been | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
made. Drones have killed civilians. There has been one incident in which | :18:04. | :18:10. | |
we are aware of civilian casualties out of over 400 uses of weapon | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
systems by remotely piloted aircraft. There have been incidents | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
involving land aircraft. I am afraid the nature of war fair, you cannot | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
guarantee 100% that there will not be natural damage. The military | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
shuns the word drone. They insist there is always a person in charge. | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
This may be the future of warfare. The debate about their use has only | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
just begun. Another one you might have a view | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
on. The largest storm water tunnel in | :18:50. | :18:51. | |
Yorkshire has nearly been finished in Bridlington. It's been built as | :18:52. | :18:59. | |
part of a ?40 million Yorkshire Water project to improve water | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
quality at the town's two beaches. A specialist boring machine has been | :19:06. | :19:08. | |
used to construct the tunnel over the last ten months. It's 800 metres | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
long ` two metres wide and will help drain away waste water. Never had a | :19:13. | :19:20. | |
boring machine on the programme before. | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
Thanks to everyone who got in touch about the two North East | :19:25. | :19:26. | |
Lincolnshire villages who're getting high speed broadband. Residents in | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
the Stallingbrough area were left out of a Government scheme to bring | :19:30. | :19:32. | |
fast internet access to rural areas. But that didn't deter them ` and | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
they've now done a deal with a major provider. | :19:38. | :20:11. | |
Farmers in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire say their business is | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
only just recovering from the wettest summer in a century last | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
year. The counties provide a third of the country's salad and veg. | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
Farmers say perfect conditions this year have kept them from catastrophe | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
but there is still some way to go, as Crispin Rolfe reports. | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
Coming off the conveyor belt. At this time of year production goes up | :20:35. | :20:52. | |
from three tonnes a day to 100. Fortunately, this season it's a | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
bumper crop, compared to last year's horror show ` the weather creating a | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
perfect storm for farmers. It rained all summer, we could not harvest, it | :21:02. | :21:16. | |
was a nightmare. . So for an industry which had been bracing | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
itself for more of the same ` relief. | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
And with more supply this year, hopefully lower prices for shoppers. | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
It is peak parsnip harvesting time right now. This machine is running | :21:29. | :21:36. | |
constantly until Monday. This is in contrast to last year, when wet | :21:37. | :21:39. | |
weather and freezing conditions ruined half of this farm's crop. In | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
Lincolnshire, a similar story of regrowth. The county provides almost | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
a third of the UK's vegetables and salads. Though grower Mark Nundy | :21:51. | :21:57. | |
says it'll be another year before they can recover fully from 2012. If | :21:58. | :22:06. | |
we get a year like last year, the is really difficult. This year, we have | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
recovered a bit. We will see benefits next year. For farmers on | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
the Humber, though, that recovery remains a long way off after this | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
month's tidal flooding and the potential for more next year. It's a | :22:18. | :22:27. | |
harsh reminder for an industry so reliant on the weather, despite | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
otherwise almost perfect conditions. With the big final just a few days | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
away, Grimsby's Kevin Clifton says he's proud to have put his home town | :22:34. | :22:48. | |
on the map. He will partner BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid in | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
the Strictly Come Dancing final on Saturday night, with rehearsals for | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
their last routine now well under way. They took time out from their | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
gruelling schedule to speak to our reporter Phillip Norton. | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
It's just after nine o'clock in the morning. | :23:01. | :23:02. | |
Susanna Reid has already been on air for three hours presenting the BBCs | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
Breakfast programme, but her day is only just beginning ` a new dance | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
routine awaits. Nail it follows on Saturday. Bring is that trophy. | :23:14. | :23:15. | |
Her performances with Grimsby's Kevin Clifton have captivated the | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
viewers and the judges on Strictly Come Dancing. It has been | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
incredible. It has been much more intense than I anticipated. It has | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
been fun, exciting, incredibly hard work and very enjoyable. It has been | :23:28. | :23:36. | |
brilliant. Now for our next couple. It is Susanna and Kevin from | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
Grimsby. Her performances with Kevin Clifton have captivated the viewers | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
and the judges. It has put Kevin and his town in the spotlight. I like | :23:48. | :23:56. | |
the Grimsby is getting talked about. We were out having a coffee the | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
other day and some kids were talking about is and they said to their | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
teacher, it is that girl from breakfast and thingy from Grimsby. | :24:05. | :24:11. | |
Grimsby is more famous than me. And the partnership saw Susanna make | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
her first visit to the town. I was welcomed with open arms. I had a | :24:17. | :24:25. | |
thorough ball `` thoroughly enjoyable time. Surely it is not | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
long until you get the keys to Grimsby. There will be statues, | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
Kevin from Grimsby. He hasn't so for Grimsby. | :24:37. | :24:38. | |
They've come close to crashing out, surviving thanks to the public vote, | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
so they're not taking support from the people of Grimsby for granted ` | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
car stickers among methods being used to gain crucial votes. It moves | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
is when we read messages from people, and make every moment worth | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
while. I would act as a massive thank you. Support has been insane | :24:57. | :25:12. | |
and really nice. It is lovely. It means a lot. | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
As they face the paparazzi, fingers are crossed. The final awaits ` and | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
Grimsby is hoping they'll tango to the title. Good luck to them for | :25:23. | :25:31. | |
Saturday night. Let's get a recap of the national | :25:32. | :25:33. | |
and regional headlines. Sentenced to 35 years ` the rock | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
star Ian Watkins is jailed for a string of horrific sex attacks on | :25:38. | :25:40. | |
very young children. Thousands of jobs on the way as a multi million | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
pound business park finally gets the go`ahead. | :25:45. | :25:56. | |
Let's go back to our top story about the new marine energy park in North | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
Lincolnshire Paul is live in North Killingholme tonight next to where | :26:02. | :26:10. | |
the site will be built. Paul. How big an impact will the | :26:11. | :26:14. | |
announcement have on the area? I think it will do nothing less than | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
placed the Humber at the very centre of the European wind energy stage. | :26:18. | :26:24. | |
That is important. Investors will be looking at this project and other | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
possible projects around the Humber, and wanting to know how they can get | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
involved. There will be squabbles along the way but the reality is, | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
this is happening, recruitment for the construction phase of the huge | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
project here on the south Humber bank begins in January. | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
Paul, thank you. Jonathan from Horncastle says, excellent news for | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
Lincolnshire, and shows the potential for many skilled green | :26:53. | :27:00. | |
jobs in the renewables industry. Lucy in Lincoln says, great news, | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
now what about a direct rail link to London, putting the Humber region on | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
the map. Bob says, hardly anyone in this area will get a job, it will go | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
to outside contractors. Of course, I put that point to Peter Stevenson. | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
Tony said, ABP should butt out. This country need to get its act together | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
with regards to speed in planning and control. Jeff says, while Hull | :27:24. | :27:30. | |
have been messing about with culture, Lincolnshire Council is | :27:31. | :27:39. | |
adding something useful. Thank you for the messages. Thank you for | :27:40. | :27:43. | |
watching. Good night. | :27:44. | :27:46. |