06/01/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

the week. That is all from us, so it is goodbye from me and we can now

Live in one say they fear they will become England's forgotten

community. On the coast the floods have changed the landscape beyond

recognition, and in a few minutes we will have a report from Spurn Point.

First Emma has been finding out how some people who have spent the last

month out of their homes have been coping.

Boston was hit hard by the tidal surge at the beginning of December,

with 500 homes affected. A month on, and flood victims want

financial help. Many have signed a petition asking to be exempt from

paying council tax. Karen was one of then, she is still struggling to get

back on her feet. Don't know whenever I am going to get straight,

because you know, it is just money, all the time, trying to replace

thing. It is not like it is going to be for a couple of weeks. It will be

month before they sort it out. But the council say they can only afford

to reduce council tax by 25% for up to 12 months with a one month

exemption, and that only applies to unfurnished and unoccupied

properties. Here in East Yorkshire this house

was three feet deep in water. Step inside and the devastation is clear

to see. As you can see this is our kitchen,

when the water came in it came to here and it rushed through the

house. It overtook each room. Barry and Caroline's home was badly

flooded after the tidal surge, since then they have been living in a

caravan. They say it is the forgotten village

because the leaf effort has been concentrated on the towns affected.

. It sounds dreadful, they save the towns because there is more houses

damaged, which is natural, but you know, the villages are going to get

hit. It wasn't just Barry and Caroline's home that was flooded on

the 5th December. Most of the houses in this village were under water,

and the majority of the people here have had to move out.

Vicky and her family are also crammed into a caravan and they too

feel more help is needed. We have no seen that much presence of people,

and you know, it is mainly the bigger towns and places like that

that are being, you know, people are going to see. There is not much been

said about us or other villages. In North Lincolnshire 63 families

were flooded out and still haven't returned to their homes.

In in one place people say the floods have brought the community

together. There is a local appeal asking for people to donate

furniture for those who have lost theirs It the community has pulling

to, it has been an amazing group of people helping out, providing meals.

The farmers have been excellent, helping with tractor, helping people

with drive, and the wider community as well. But it will take more than

community spirit for many flood victims to get their lives back on

track. They could be out of their homes for nine months.

Some communities who feel forgotten, we would like to know what you feel

about this one. Should councils be offering financial help or are they

doing as much as they can. Is it what you would expect if you live in

certain area, close to rivers and the sea? Yous on this

`` areas. `` your thoughts on this

The high tides of the last four weeks have changed the shape of the

East Yorkshire coastline beyond recognition. Spurn Point has become

an island, which means that there are new challenges for the local

emergency services. Across the water lies Spurn Point. The sea is on the

left of this picture, the Humber on the right, flows into it. And this

is the road. Like everything else, dumped in a heap by the tidal surge.

Never seen anything like it in my life. Dave is in charge of the

lifeboat station, which operates at Spurn Head. The operational side of

the boat, no effect. But it is everything else. The living, the

shop, the rubbish, the fuel, the electricity, the water. This is what

it looked like before the surge. But the damage inflicted last month now

means even small high tides, as soon on this recent radar are cutting it

in two. The Ordnance Survey has told Look North it may have to consider

redrawing its maps, a familiar landmark has been changed beyond

recognition. Spurn Point appears in geography text book, in CD, it is in

children's exam, it is a recognisable feature. What will

happen now? We have to change our ideas about the way Spurn looks and

the way it operates. The damage is still being assessed, but it having

big implications for those looking after the safety of Europe's busiest

shipping lane. For the lifeboat staff and the pilots access to the

end of the peninsula is now impossible. But both are determined

to keep their services going. They are doing this by relocating

some crew to Grimsby docks I have Al always been a positive person, I

look at this as a challenge. I don't think we will beat nature but we

might claw a bit back. Those who make their living here are

determined not to abandon it. Though they are `` though their battle to

stay in control is looking tougher than ever.

Some incredible pictures there of Spurn Point. Within the last few

moments, a police doner has been removed from an east Hull street

after bomb disposal officers were called in to investigate the

discovery of an explosive substance at a house. It is the second time in

two days that people on Kilnsea Grove have been asked to leave their

homes for safety reasons. Evacuated for the second time in two

days. Kilnsea Grove in east Hull a no go area after the discovery of

yet more of an unknown but explosive substance. Yesterday, reported to

police. Today, as they investigated Sunday's find, the discovery or more

chemical substances. They don't believe it is connected with

Terrorism Acts within the country or outside of the country, but we are

looking into that. I would like to reassure the public that it appears

to be an isolated incident. So this afternoon a rare sight for

any residential area, bomb disposal experts at work. This one of three

trips to and from a home here It has been a scary for family and friends

round the estate. I can't believe something like on a residential

estate like this going on. It is upsetting for everybody.

Especially with litten ones, families with little one, the main

thing is getting down to the nitty gritty. Everybody is safe. Over the

last 36 hours this is what people have had to cope with. After

Humberside Police were called by a member of the public at three

o'clock on Sunday morning, by 9.30 homes were evacuated and three

arrests had been made including a 15`year`old boy. At 7.30 that

evening Kilnsea Grove was re`opened, after officers said that the

substance had been made safe. But by noon today, that cordon was back.

For Steve Candy and his wife Jane, it has been a shock. You expect that

sort of thing when you are Wray y the army but not on a residential

street. Once we found out what happened it was a case of get

everybody out. There is only the three of us, my husband, my son, we

got out and went to my mothers who doesn't live far away. Tomorrow the

hope that these scenes won't be repeated for a third day in a row,

football team have now been released on bail, but police investigations

into what has been found here will continue.

The cordon has been removed. Does this mean people are returning to

their homes? They have started to do so, as you say, literally the cordon

has been brought down since we have been on air, the police happy these

homes are safe and it comes after some considerable disruption to

residents here, as you can see a bit of a party spirit at the moment but

for most, it is a question of getting back to normality which they

have found difficult to do, after this incident more or less repeated

what happened through the whole of Sunday. Thank you.

That is a lively Kilnsea Grove. A NHS tribunal has been hearing how a

hospital worker posted offensive and inappropriate comments about his

patients and colleagues on a social networking site. Paul Nam who worked

in the operating theatres at Lincoln County told the hearing he felt

embarrassed and ashamed about the remarks. He was suspended in 2012

but the Health and Care Professions Council will decide if he is still

fit to practise. Football team have appeared in

court, charged with the murder of a father of two from Hull. Steven

Herbert was attacked on Trafalgar Street on New Year's Day and died

from his injuries. They continue to grow. Floral

tributes for the father of two, killed on New Year's Day.

34`year`old Steven Herbert died after stepping into stop a fight on

Beverley Road. Today, three people appeared before magistrates charged

with his murder. 22`year`old Samuel Jordan, 21`year`old soul how many

Fridays and 23`year`old Tiffany Clark from Hull. They nodded their

heads to confirm their address, and were remanded in custody. They will

appear before Hull Crown Court tomorrow. Detectives are still

trying to trace the driver of a taxi who picked up the defendants here on

Strand Close at five past six on the morning of New Year's Day. They

believe they may hold vital information that could help them

with their inquiries. Drivers using the motorway face

weeks of night`time closures as repair work is carried out. From

tonight until March a section of the M180 will be closed from 8pm to 6am

between junctions two and three. Diversions will be in place. Plans

for a large windfarm project off the Lincolnshire coast have been scaled

down. RWE says it is reducing the amount of energy produced at the

site which was approved last year. It means a proposed sub`station at

Bicker Fen near Boston won't need to be as big as first thought.

It is 18 minutes to 7.00 here. Thank you for watching Look North. Still

ahead. Mixed Fortunes for teams from our area in the weekend's FA Cup

games, and calls for Humberside Airport to be renamed after this

inventor. Now, let us look at the picture for

tonight. Another picture tomorrow night round about the same time.

Good evening young man. Of more interest in Lincolnshire, I forgot

to pension it Norman by hall was the driest place anywhere in the UK and

Lincolnshire was the driest County. You there? I am still awake. I was

thinking about what I was going to have for tea.

Let us look at the headline for tomorrow. Windy but there should be

a good deal of fine weather with sunshine and as we saw throughout

December, it is a very unsettled set up. We get a lot of shelter and any

showers will be fleeting, as they come across the region. We have

escape most of them today, you can see most are in the west, one or two

got through but a few places have stayed dry. We start this evening on

a windy note, but it a mostly dry one, one or two showers creeping

through but they don't get any further east than the wouldingses of

Yorkshire `` wolds. Lowest temperatures six or seven, seven

Celsius is 45 degrees Fahrenheit. So the sun will rise in the morning at

8.15. Your next high water time in Skegness 10.29 in the morning.

So it is another windy day tomorrow, and there will be one or two showers

pushing in from the south`west, but a lot of fine, dry weather, any

showers will be fleeting, we should see some decent spells of sunshine.

Another windy day, but another day of above average temperatures. Let

us look at the maximums tomorrow. Nine or ten Celsius, the average is

nearer seven. That is not bad for the time of year. Wednesday, then,

sunny spell, again a risk of a snuer, it may cloud over at times

but a similar day on Wednesday, Thursday looks dry and so does fry,

although there could be patchy outbreaks of rain on Friday night.

But all in all not too bad a week to come. Just a few showers.

Sometimes people think we make up the e`mails. Mike Jackson says he

can't get a one day forecast right, why does he bother with a five day

forecast. I have not got one wrong this year! It is the 6th. Shopper

says new footpaths are making them feel ill to the extent they could

trigger epileptic fits. The new walkways have been laid as part of

an upgrade on Freeman Street. It has cost more than ?1 million to

generate this area. A huge part was spent on the footpaths but according

to shoppers the patterns are making them feel ill When I am walking down

here, I feel suddenly feel sick, and I feel as if I am going out. A waste

of money. They dazzle you, the black`and`white is all right, but, I

would rather have smooth paths to walk on. It is hoped the upgrade

will reconnect the town centre with the docks area, but now a councillor

who also has epilepsy is worried the patterns could even trigger fits. To

me, it could be potentially a trigger for somebody who has

photo`sensitive epilepsy, and not to consult with people who have got

professional advice, I think was a mistake from the council. Christine

Thompson says she has been made ill, free from migraines from 20 years

she says the patterns have brought on two four day long attacks in a

month. Since they have done them I have had terrible day, really awful

and ended up at the doctor, and I just don't go into free nan street

as much as I used to `` Freeman Street as much as I used to. The

zig`zags what you see, that is how it affected you and I have been

really poorly. Council says it is taking the concerns seriously. We

are concerned here about things like that, and I would urge people to

look to the longer term. The paving is in its newest possible state, it

should start to settle down in the period of time once it gets a bet of

weather and the pattern will become less vivid. So hopefully any nausea

should subside. The main work here has now been

completed, the council says it is not possible to relay the paving,

but experts have told me the patterns are unlikely to trig er

help tick seizures. Nevertheless, some shoppers say they are still

causing them problems, enough to keep some of them away.

Now after Friday's programme many people got in touch about the naming

of people charged with drink`driving by Lincolnshire Police before they

have gone to court. The force says publishing name tons web site and

social media isn't about shaming people, but is designed as a

deterrent to prevent accidents. The police have come in for criticism

for naming people before they have been found guilty. There were many

messages on this story. Thank you for all of them. We read and

listened to them all. Just a few then tonight. Anita in Grantham said

I was led to believe that you are innocent until proven guilty. If the

police are starting to do this with drinking and driving offence, where

will it end? Paul is in Skegness, he says it a good thing to name and

shame drink`drivers, if you blow over 35, you are over the limit, if

you go to court or not. And Francaises "Well done the

police, if they failed the roadside breath test they are guilty. It is

about time they were shamed.". Thank you.

A poet from Lincolnshire has challenged the former Home Secretary

David Blunkett on comments he made about Roma migrants. Benjamin

Zephaniah who lives near Spalding has been meeting people from the

Roma community and in Mr Blunkett's constituency. He. If I meant to say

there would be riots I would have used the word riot. I have always

said things as I see them, but you look back and think, well, in

retrospect, I probably wouldn't have said that. Because I really do need

to ensure that this community pulls together and working tot. David

Blunkett talking to Benjamin Zephaniah. You can see that report

on the Roma community on Inside Out this evening, here on BBC One in 40

minutes time. The two men who have managed Hull

City in the Premier League will face each other in the Fourth Round of

the FA Cup. The Tigers travel to Southend United who are managed by

Phil Brown. The FA Cup third round, it is about sides competing with

illustrious opponents, this happened when a Grimsby Town side led

Huddersfield Town. Former Scunthorpe Utd player Oliver nor wood

equalised. Craig Disley relishing the crowd put his side ahead again.

Then, an astonishing fight back with another player making it 2`2 before

right at the death, a painful own goal from Aswad Thomas I think we

played very well. In the end, I think the best team won. Good

performance Even though we lost we played well. We didn't deserve to

lose. We deserved to win, didn't we. Going into the last I five minutes

of normal time, we were ahead in the game. To end up with not at least a

replay is a bit hard to take. Hull City boss Steve Bruce made a host of

changes and one scored against Middlesbrough in the first half.

Nick Proschwitz made it two and out of the het came south end United. So

the Tigers will travel to meet former boss Phil Brown. I went back

to a fans' presentation where they wanted to honour me. I thought that

wfs nice, the place was full to the rafter, and you know, I was received

well last time I went to the KC Stadium. I don't have any axes to

grind with any of the fans. Grimsby maybe out of the FA Cup but they are

in the FA toy next week. Hull FC have been forced to switch

some if fixtures while the pitch is renovated in the summer. Work will

begin at the end of May meaning they will play their scheduled home game

matches away from the KC. With six months to go until the Tour de

France comes to Yorkshire, the woman responsible for bringing the vent to

the County has defended the money being spent on it. The race will

start in Leeds in June, and ?27 million has been set aside to cover

the dost. Organisers say they expect to match the money made when the

tour came to Kent for one day seven years ago. That generated about ?90

million for the economy and 35 million in publicity value. We have

got it for three days, so it should reap well over ?100 million, so 27

million for a dividend of 100 million and it is a free vent for

millions. Finally tonight do you know who this man is? If campaigners

have their way you will. He is John Harrison, a clock maker from North

Lincolnshire who back in the 18th century changed the way we navigate

round the world. Now a group want him to have his place in history

marked by naming Humberside airport after him.

For 40 years it has been known as Humberside Airport. But to a history

group in North Lincolnshire wants that to change. They want it renamed

after this man, John Harry song, a clock maker from Barrow in

Lincolnshire, 300 years ago, he changed world travel by discovering

a way for ships to use his clocks to work out their position at sea. Now

a history group wants to pay tribute by naming Humberside Airport after

him. Humberside is outdated, it is disliked, it has negative

connotation, John Harrison was a local man who was important to the

whole world, and he ought to be recognised as such. But the airport

disagree, with huge industries planned for the banks of the Humber,

they think it is not the best time to turn their backs on the name In

the fullness of time it maybe something we might look at iment let

us keep our energies focussed, promoting the airport and making

sure companies that want to invest understand our airport is next door

to where the investment is taking place. Other airports have taken on

names of their region's famous son, take Liverpool's John Lennon or

Doncaster's Robin Hood but people seem devied about whether Humberside

should follow suit I don't know who he is. I don't see why they should

name an airport after him. I am happy with it. He has a school named

after him, why not an airport. Campaigners say they would like to

see the name of the local clock maker up there, it looks like it

will be some time before Humberside Airport is called anything else.

What do you think about this one? Anything suggestions? You think the

name a good idea, maybe the John Prescott International? Get in

touch. Your suggestions for a name of who

from the area should be in the title of the airport name. Now a recap of

the main headlines. Chancellor's New Year's resolution to reduce the

deficit means another 25 billion of cuts on the way, and calls for more

financial help for people made homeless by the recent floods.

Tomorrow, a snuer, many areas staying dry, again very mild for the

time of year in the afternoon, the temperatures getting up to round 10

C. And the response on the subject of

flooding and do the flood victims need more help. Vanessa says we got

badly flooded in North Lincolnshire and lost everything. I will cost

hundreds of thousands of pound to repair the damage. Something needs

to be done about the flood defence, a mud embankment is not enough.

Keith says are these people not insured? We were out of our home for

six month, the insurance paid for everything. Do they want everything

done for them? There is a big response on this story. Why don't

Camelot says John allocate some of the Lottery fund towards helping

flood victims. Tracey says Barrow Haven were was affected badly. One

resident I know hasn't even been given a skip. Eric says the

Government doesn't have any money to spare. This next one, there are many

coming in like this. It is from Paul. Isn't it time our Government

stopped sending millions in overseas aid when the flood victims

desperately need help. Surely we should take care of our own

taxpayers first. And finally, I think the councils are doing their

best with the money and resources they have. It is a shame for the

flood victims but I don't see what else our councils can do. If you

were flooded, just before Christmas and you have a story, then, let us

know about it or if you have any story you think we should know

about. Give us an e`mail. Join me for the radio tomorrow if you can.

Plenty to talk about tomorrow lunchtime. Have a nice evening.

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