:00:00. > :00:00.itself. Thank you. That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello, good evening, you're watching BBC Look North. Our headlines
:00:09. > :00:18.tonight: The local councils making record profits from parking charges
:00:19. > :00:22.and fines. They can't set the parking charges
:00:23. > :00:25.higher than they need to for parking policy purposes just because there
:00:26. > :00:27.is a shortfall, works maintenance budget.
:00:28. > :00:35.Delays and cancellations as stormy conditions bring a difficult start
:00:36. > :00:42.for the Christmas getaway. The forecast was so bad, I decided to
:00:43. > :00:46.leave a little bit earlier. This time last year, Burton Fleming
:00:47. > :00:50.was flooded. Now engineers are looking at how to lower the flood
:00:51. > :00:53.risk. And after putting Grimsby on the
:00:54. > :01:03.map, Strictly's Kevin Clifton comes home to a hero's welcome.
:01:04. > :01:06.And a warning in place across much of our region. Join me for the
:01:07. > :01:16.latest. Our top story tonight: Drivers are
:01:17. > :01:22.in Hull and parts of Lincolnshire are funding record profits from
:01:23. > :01:25.parking charges and fines. According to figures released by a leading
:01:26. > :01:34.motoring organisation ` the City of Lincoln had the largest recorded
:01:35. > :01:37.surplus in our area. However, both Hull and North East Lincolnshire
:01:38. > :01:42.have seen big increases in the amount of money they raise from
:01:43. > :01:45.parking. Jessica Lane reports. Finding a place to park and paying
:01:46. > :01:52.for it. Subjects which can drive motorists around the bend. The RAC
:01:53. > :01:57.Foundation says we should know where our cash goes after we've put it in
:01:58. > :02:06.the machines. We would want every local authority to be required to
:02:07. > :02:09.give an annual report to explain why parking revenues Research by the RAC
:02:10. > :02:12.Foundation suggests that, in the last year, the City of Lincoln
:02:13. > :02:15.council made more than ?2 million from car parking charges and fines.
:02:16. > :02:19.Are what they are. Local authorities across the rest of Lincolnshire made
:02:20. > :02:23.more than ?2.5 million. Hull City Council had 1.9 million in surplus
:02:24. > :02:29.money, more than double that made in the East Riding of Yorkshire at
:02:30. > :02:32.?800,000. More than ?1 million was collected in North East Lincolnshire
:02:33. > :02:43.and nearly ?700,000 in North Lincolnshire. Some say the extra
:02:44. > :02:48.cash could be spent helping businesses. I would like to season
:02:49. > :02:56.them like a disabled permit given to each shop in the area, then if they
:02:57. > :03:02.have customers who are disabled, they can buy a permit. People in
:03:03. > :03:10.Hull are surprised about the money made from parking. It is outrageous.
:03:11. > :03:15.People come into the town to try to spend money and profit the time,
:03:16. > :03:18.when all profit is being made by the Council. It is an absolute fortune,
:03:19. > :03:24.and it could be used for an awful lot of things, I should think.
:03:25. > :03:28.Figures are calculated by adding up parking charges and penalties
:03:29. > :03:34.notices, and deducting running costs. The Council say it is not a
:03:35. > :03:43.profits. They had to spend some money on improvements.
:03:44. > :03:49.I'm joined live by the deputy leader of Hull City Council Daren Hale.
:03:50. > :03:54.Your authority has continued to increase the money it is made from
:03:55. > :04:00.parking charges. Our motorists are convenient cash cow? No, because
:04:01. > :04:06.that money goes into a load of transport schemes. In Hull, we have
:04:07. > :04:11.the bus pass for pensioners, so they can get a bus at any time, we have
:04:12. > :04:19.to pay for Park and right, parking schemes cost a lot of money. We have
:04:20. > :04:23.also got a load of money spent on road repairs and improvements. But
:04:24. > :04:33.that applies to all authorities. Your neighbour in the East Riding of
:04:34. > :04:42.Yorkshire has gone the other way. We only get funded for residents that
:04:43. > :04:47.live in Hull. East Riding residence, induced museums and the
:04:48. > :04:52.Art Gallery and so on. Councils do not make a profit out of anything.
:04:53. > :05:01.That money goes towards general council spending. It will be cuts
:05:02. > :05:10.this coming year. It goes towards funding transport schemes but also
:05:11. > :05:14.paying for vital services. Wouldn't it encourage people if parking
:05:15. > :05:24.charges were lower and they went good to get a ticket? A lot of
:05:25. > :05:37.businesses need that parking turnover. They need to stay in town
:05:38. > :05:46.just for a couple of hours. We do need turnover and we need parking
:05:47. > :05:50.enforcement. As parking schemes are in force. It is important we
:05:51. > :05:54.generate money and it contributes to vital other services like museums,
:05:55. > :05:56.galleries and theatres. Thank you very much.
:05:57. > :06:00.We'd love to hear from you on this story. If you're a driver who pays
:06:01. > :06:04.parking charges, are you happy that the profits are well spent or do you
:06:05. > :06:16.think they could be put to better use? Let us know what you think.
:06:17. > :06:19.Stay with us for Monday's Look North.
:06:20. > :06:28.The Premier League champions are coming to Hull ` the Tigers prepare
:06:29. > :06:31.to take on Man U. The high winds which caused severe
:06:32. > :06:34.disruption in the South and across Wales earlier today have been
:06:35. > :06:40.causing problems in Lincolnshire this afternoon. Train services have
:06:41. > :06:43.been disrupted, while drivers on the Humber Bridge have also been
:06:44. > :06:46.affected. Forecasters are warning that the bad weather will continue
:06:47. > :06:49.through the night. Caroline Bilton has been following events throughout
:06:50. > :06:52.the day. Where have the main problems been?
:06:53. > :06:56.The main problems have been on the trains. However, winds of up to
:06:57. > :06:59.50mph has lead to the Ouse Bridge on the M62 being closed to high sided
:07:00. > :07:15.vehicles. Speed restrictions on the Humber Bridge have been reduced to
:07:16. > :07:21.30mph. Let me bring you up to date on rail services.
:07:22. > :07:23.East Coast Trains are running a reduced service due to speed
:07:24. > :07:26.restrictions being imposed to and from London Kings Cross. They're
:07:27. > :07:29.slowing everything down in case there are fallen trees. Ticket
:07:30. > :07:32.restrictions have been lifted to allow people to travel earlier
:07:33. > :07:35.should they wish to avoid delays. East Midlands Trains will also be
:07:36. > :07:38.running a reduce service to London. They're offering a full service on
:07:39. > :07:40.their other routes but journey times will be extended due to the speed
:07:41. > :07:47.restrictions. And there is disruption on First
:07:48. > :07:51.Hull Trains between Hull and Kings Cross ` trains may be delayed by up
:07:52. > :07:55.to an hour and some trains will start and terminate early. It's by
:07:56. > :08:03.no means been chaos but it has caused disruption for those trying
:08:04. > :08:10.to get home for Christmas. I decided to leave early because the forecast
:08:11. > :08:20.was so bad. I need to try and find a way to get home. We were booked in
:08:21. > :08:24.for one for 25 to three, but at Kings Cross, they are telling the
:08:25. > :08:27.body to just get on a train. The bad weather is expected to continue into
:08:28. > :08:30.the evening so there is potential for further problems on the rail
:08:31. > :08:34.network. Train operators are warning it could have a knock on effect on
:08:35. > :08:37.trains in the morning. The advice is to avoid travelling in rush hour
:08:38. > :08:41.tomorrow and perhaps delay your journey til later in the day when
:08:42. > :08:45.the weather is expected to improve. We have been urging people to travel
:08:46. > :08:49.today because the worst of the weather is expected to come this
:08:50. > :08:54.evening. We expect we will have to reduce services to just four trend
:08:55. > :08:58.in in and out of King's Cross inside of the normal seven. It will be
:08:59. > :09:09.quite challenging conditions out there. Perhaps today your journey
:09:10. > :09:12.For the latest travel information do listen to your local BBC Radio
:09:13. > :09:15.stations who will have updates every hour. Until later in the day. Thank
:09:16. > :09:19.you. Hull City Council says it must find
:09:20. > :09:21.?48 million in savings over the next two years after receiving
:09:22. > :09:25.information about its likely funding from the Government. The authority
:09:26. > :09:28.says that means it faces a cut of more than 23% and this will
:09:29. > :09:33.inevitably change the way that some services are provided. The
:09:34. > :09:54.Government says Hull's spending power will fall by only 5.5% over
:09:55. > :09:57.the next financial year. Police have started a search for a
:09:58. > :10:00.man who's gone missing at Bempton Cliffs near Bridlington. A camper
:10:01. > :10:03.van belonging to 47`year`old Simon Hodgson`Greaves was found parked at
:10:04. > :10:06.the RSPB visitor centre yesterday. Police say they're exploring the
:10:07. > :10:09.possibility that he may have gone walking and got into difficulties.
:10:10. > :10:12.An inmate who was found dead at Lindholme Prison near Scunthorpe at
:10:13. > :10:21.the weekend was stabbed, a postmortem examination has revealed.
:10:22. > :10:23.The 22`year`old man, who has not yet been named, was discovered on
:10:24. > :10:26.Saturday afternoon. Two other prisoners, aged 23 and 26, were
:10:27. > :10:29.arrested on suspicion of murder. They have since been released from
:10:30. > :10:32.police custody and returned to prison while inquiries continue.
:10:33. > :10:36.Three people from Hull who died in a crash near Malton at the end of last
:10:37. > :10:39.month have been named. 40`year`old Iwona Bartczak and her 18`year`old
:10:40. > :10:41.son Konrad died along with 47`year`old Rysard Orlowski after
:10:42. > :10:45.the car they were travelling in hit a van on the B1248.
:10:46. > :10:50.12 months ago, people in Burton Fleming spent last Christmas pumping
:10:51. > :10:54.out their homes and businesses. Now engineers are looking at three
:10:55. > :10:56.options to prevent future flooding in the East Yorkshire village. An
:10:57. > :11:00.alarm system's been installed in the beck and the Council's investigating
:11:01. > :11:04.ways to reduce the risk of any similar flooding in the future.
:11:05. > :11:15.Gemma Dawson reports. Whenever it rains here, people
:11:16. > :11:22.nervously watch the beck. That's because last Christmas, this is how
:11:23. > :11:27.the village looked. We were not back open to the end of February. We were
:11:28. > :11:32.out of work until then. Once we reopened, we have slowly, gradually
:11:33. > :11:36.been getting our customers back, but it has taken a long time to get up
:11:37. > :11:39.and running properly again. Prince Charles heard about what
:11:40. > :11:42.happened here and visited in the summer to meet the flood victims,
:11:43. > :11:48.including Joyce and Chris. We first met them in January, surveying the
:11:49. > :12:06.damage to their home. Christmas Eve, wasn't it? Every time it rains, you
:12:07. > :12:10.think, is it going to come again? An early warning alarm system has been
:12:11. > :12:13.installed in the beck here ` and the council's bought its own pumps. A
:12:14. > :12:19.recent report blamed record rainfall and high ground water levels for
:12:20. > :12:23.this flooding. There is no guarantee it won't happen again, but the
:12:24. > :12:33.council is investigating three ways to try and prevent it. One option is
:12:34. > :12:38.to lower the carriageway, which would allow floodwaters travel
:12:39. > :12:42.through the village in exceptional circumstances, and the road might be
:12:43. > :12:48.close, but that is better than having properties flooded. Another
:12:49. > :12:50.option is to upgrade the transport system.
:12:51. > :12:54.It's welcome news for Gillian, the new landlady at the Burton Arms. She
:12:55. > :12:56.wasn't here last Christmas when the pub's restaurant flooded, but
:12:57. > :13:03.remains optimistic this won't happen again. Hopefully, there have got on
:13:04. > :13:08.top of it now, and from here on, it will get better and be safer.
:13:09. > :13:10.Hopefully, the measures they will put into place will not happen
:13:11. > :13:12.again, and I really hope it doesn't.
:13:13. > :13:20.So for now, residents here, hoping this Christmas will be a dry one.
:13:21. > :13:23.Still ahead on tonight's programme: Strictly's Kevin from Grimsby gets a
:13:24. > :13:32.standing ovation as he returns to his home town.
:13:33. > :13:39.You couldn't wish for a better Christmas, really.
:13:40. > :13:52.Sunset near North Newbald on the edge of the Wolds by Ian Lyall.
:13:53. > :13:55.Thank you very much for that. So, on a day when we faced chaos on the
:13:56. > :14:01.roads and disruption on the rail network, there is only one man to
:14:02. > :14:07.blame. Good evening to Paul Hudson. I am indebted to you. Of course, it
:14:08. > :14:17.was accurately forecast. Let us look at the warning in place for tonight
:14:18. > :14:25.and tomorrow. I think bed`macro will return `` I think gales will return.
:14:26. > :14:30.We are looking at 50 mph, even up to 60 mph in some places. Look how
:14:31. > :14:36.tightly packed these isobars are. There will be a lot of shelter for
:14:37. > :14:43.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. I suspect many places through
:14:44. > :14:48.Christmas Eve will be trying. The main rain band is clearing. There
:14:49. > :14:52.was a wave on this, and it will come back for a second bite at the
:14:53. > :15:01.cherry. It will become dry just for a time. More rain sweeping up from
:15:02. > :15:21.the south`west. Lowest temperatures down to three or four Celsius. For
:15:22. > :15:26.Celsius is 39 Fahrenheit. Weather`wise, I think it will be
:15:27. > :15:29.bright with some sunshine. Many of those will be dry tomorrow. There
:15:30. > :15:37.will be that strong, south`west wind. Gales fairly widespread at
:15:38. > :15:41.times. Let us look at the top temperatures. It will feel pretty
:15:42. > :15:47.chilly outside. Highs of about six Celsius. That is slightly below
:15:48. > :15:51.average for late December. Christmas Day and Boxing Day look fine, with a
:15:52. > :15:55.lots of sunshine, and much less windy. Wind and leg`macro return on
:15:56. > :16:05.Friday. So it is looking a bit better for
:16:06. > :16:11.the white`haired man with a beard. I thought you were talking about
:16:12. > :16:16.Peter at first. Yes, it should be better for Father Christmas.
:16:17. > :16:20.Boxing Day at the KC Stadium in Hull sees the biggest game of the season
:16:21. > :16:22.since Hull City's promotion. The Tigers entertain champions
:16:23. > :16:26.Manchester United and that means a chance for Steve Bruce to meet his
:16:27. > :16:29.former side. Bruce has yet to beat the team with which he once lifted
:16:30. > :16:32.the Premier League trophy. Here's our sports reporter Simon Clark.
:16:33. > :16:36.It's perhaps too early to call these heady days for Hull City, but this
:16:37. > :16:44.game at West Bromwich Albion saw them claim their 20th point of the
:16:45. > :16:50.season. After Jake Livermore's goal, the Tigers were pegged back by this
:16:51. > :17:04.late equaliser. So far so good, though, this season. Just the small
:17:05. > :17:10.matter of the Champions next. For lovers at Hull, what better day to
:17:11. > :17:18.have it and Boxing Day `` for all of us at Hull. This is how Manchester
:17:19. > :17:21.United warmed up for their trip to East Yorkshire. They plunged a
:17:22. > :17:24.dagger through the heart of West Ham United at Old Trafford making the
:17:25. > :17:28.team of David Moyes look ominously like the one bestowed by Sir Alex
:17:29. > :17:38.Ferguson. Steve Bruce has done a really good job with Hull. He has
:17:39. > :17:45.done a great job. They will be a hard team to beat. They have found a
:17:46. > :17:52.bit of form. There were very convincing winners not the weekend.
:17:53. > :17:55.It is going to be difficult. There is no real expectation. All the
:17:56. > :18:02.expectations on them. So, the biggest game of the season is coming
:18:03. > :18:08.up. Whether you support the Tigers, the Iron or any of the other sites,
:18:09. > :18:12.the festive fixture list looks as tasty as turkey and stuffing itself.
:18:13. > :18:15.And those festive fixtures begin at the KC with Hull City against
:18:16. > :18:19.Manchester United It's a 12.45 kick off and you can hear full commentary
:18:20. > :18:25.on that game on BBC Radio Humberside. The build up starts at
:18:26. > :18:28.12. Scunthorpe United look for their
:18:29. > :18:38.first Boxing Day win since 2008 when they travel to Bury. The Iron are in
:18:39. > :18:41.good form and Saturday's 2`0 win over Morecambe means they're
:18:42. > :18:45.unbeaten in five league games. Another win on Boxing Day could take
:18:46. > :18:51.them top of League Two and make Russ Wilcox a strong favourite to get the
:18:52. > :18:56.manager's job permanently. All I can do is keep repairing the players the
:18:57. > :18:59.best I can each game, and give the credit to them. It is all about
:19:00. > :19:06.them. It is not about individuals who is in charge. It is a great
:19:07. > :19:09.group we have got here. The Iron's match at Bury is also
:19:10. > :19:12.covered on BBC Radio Humberside they'll have full commentary from
:19:13. > :19:15.Gigg Lane from three o'clock BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio
:19:16. > :19:24.Lincolnshire will both feature Lincoln City's match with Grimsby.
:19:25. > :19:27.It will be on AM, digital and the web on BBC Radio Humberside And
:19:28. > :19:30.across all frequencies on BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Kick off is at one
:19:31. > :19:33.o'clock. Kevin Clifton, better known to
:19:34. > :19:36.millions as "Kevin from Grimsby" thanks to his starring role in this
:19:37. > :19:42.year's Strictly Come Dancing, has been back on the dance floor in his
:19:43. > :19:45.home town. 12 million viewers watched as he and his dance partner,
:19:46. > :19:50.Susanna Reid, were beaten in Saturday night's "Strictly" final.
:19:51. > :19:54.But just 24 hours later he was dancing in Grimsby and he says he's
:19:55. > :20:03.been proud to put his home town on the map. Phillip Norton reports.
:20:04. > :20:06.It was a welcome home like no other. With his fiance, fellow Strictly
:20:07. > :20:09.Come Dancing performer Karen Haur, Kevin from Grimsby returned back to
:20:10. > :20:22.the dance floor in the town he's put on the map. I invented a few dances
:20:23. > :20:28.with my fiancee, Karen. Everyone is Marley and clapping you couldn't
:20:29. > :20:31.wish for a better Christmas. 24 hours earlier, he had put his home
:20:32. > :20:41.on the map again in the final. Where's Kevin from? Grimsby!! Oh yes
:20:42. > :20:46.will stop by look where I am from. I am proud of Grimsby `` I love where
:20:47. > :20:50.I am from. I am proud of Grimsby. The fact it gets mention the biggest
:20:51. > :20:53.show every week, brilliant. Millions of people had voted him and BBC
:20:54. > :20:56.presenter Susanna Reid through to the final three of this years
:20:57. > :20:59.competition. They were beaten by model Abby Clancy, but in the eyes
:21:00. > :21:08.of everyone at his family's annual dance school Christmas celebration,
:21:09. > :21:17.he was a winner. Last night, when he's danced his showdowns, I cried.
:21:18. > :21:23.I cried. It was beautiful. I am gone to watch him in one of the shows
:21:24. > :21:26.because they are brilliant. It is unbelievable. To see that polished
:21:27. > :21:29.performance, it is fantastic. And during the night, he swapped
:21:30. > :21:49.Susanna ` for Sue ` a lucky winner of the raffle for a dance with her
:21:50. > :21:52.hero. You are lovely. ??NEWILNE With his newly crowned ballroom champion
:21:53. > :21:55.sister watching on, it was a proud end to an incredible few months for
:21:56. > :22:03.the family Today the couple are heading to New York for Christmas.
:22:04. > :22:14.He never body was a winner. Absolutely. Today, the couple heads
:22:15. > :22:25.to New York but will be back again soon. I love my fish and chips and
:22:26. > :22:32.my mushy peas. I am from New York. New York, Venezuela and Grimsby.
:22:33. > :22:43.Kevin, the dancer from Grimsby, with a place in the nation's heart.
:22:44. > :22:48.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: heavy rain
:22:49. > :22:56.and gale force winds sweep the county causing chaos for people
:22:57. > :22:59.travelling this Christmas. Local councils in East Yorkshire and
:23:00. > :23:16.Lincolshire have made record from parking charges and fines.
:23:17. > :23:22.A big response on the money gained by councils and parking charges.
:23:23. > :23:28.Alan says, if you don't parking charges, leave your car at home.
:23:29. > :23:32.Janice says, I live in market raisin, I go to Louth, Grimsby or
:23:33. > :23:37.anywhere in preference to Lincoln because of its parking charges.
:23:38. > :23:43.Kayleigh says, parking charges are too expensive. The roads in the
:23:44. > :23:47.county of Lincolnshire are terrible. Brian says, I run a removal company
:23:48. > :23:52.Hull, and I would do jobs in the city centre because I immediately
:23:53. > :23:57.become a target for wardens. Thank you for your thoughts on that. This
:23:58. > :24:00.is the last full length Look North for this year, but we will be here
:24:01. > :24:04.with regular bulletins across the festive season. And we'll leave you
:24:05. > :24:07.tonight with the voices of the East Yorkshire based "All for One" choir.
:24:08. > :24:11.The choir was involved in supporting Hull's victorious bid to become City
:24:12. > :24:15.of Culture for 2017. We caught up with them at the city's Holy Trinity
:24:16. > :24:47.church to sing for us "Mary's Boy Child". Merry Christmas from all of
:24:48. > :25:00.us at Look North. # Long time ago in Bethlehem so the Holy Bible said #
:25:01. > :25:15.Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day # Hark now
:25:16. > :25:27.hear the angels sing a king was born today And man will live for evermore
:25:28. > :25:30.because of Christmas Day. Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on
:25:31. > :25:33.Christmas Day. While shepherds watched their flock by night,they
:25:34. > :25:51.see a bright new shining star, they hear a choir sing a song the music
:25:52. > :25:55.seemed to come from afar. Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was
:25:56. > :25:58.born today, And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
:25:59. > :26:02.Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, came to Bethlehem that night, they found
:26:03. > :26:25.no place to bear her child, not a single room was in sight.
:26:26. > :26:38.For a moment all the world was aglow. Now Joseph and his wife,
:26:39. > :26:42.Mary, came to Bethlehem that night, they found no place to bear her
:26:43. > :26:58.child, not a single room was in sight. Hark, now hear the angels
:26:59. > :27:25.sing, a king was born today, And man will live for evermore, because of
:27:26. > :27:28.Christmas Day. # Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
:27:29. > :27:50.And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day. # Oh, my
:27:51. > :27:51.lord... #.