:00:00. > :00:00.from the Atlantic. Thank you very much. That's it from us. On BBC One
:00:00. > :00:00.we can now so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC
:00:00. > :00:13.One, Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:14. > :00:16.North. The headlines tonight. Spiralling running costs put the
:00:17. > :00:30.future of privately run care homes at risk. There is a chronic
:00:31. > :00:33.underfunding of care nationally. An inquest into the death of a Red
:00:34. > :00:36.Arrows pilot hears claims of a shocking lack of engineering
:00:37. > :00:39.resources at the aerobatics team. Campaigners say Government plans to
:00:40. > :00:42.improve post offices will actually mean a poorer service for local
:00:43. > :00:48.people. If it wasn't for the post office here, I don't know what we
:00:49. > :00:57.would do. Why work from Matisse, Dali, Picasso and Warhol have gone
:00:58. > :00:58.on display at a Lincoln art gallery. Don't forget to join me for the
:00:59. > :01:12.weather forecast. Red tape and rising costs are
:01:13. > :01:15.forcing care homes for vulnerable elderly people out of business,
:01:16. > :01:20.that's according to the owner of one home in Lincolnshire. Now residents
:01:21. > :01:23.living at the Red House in Stamford face having to move out and their
:01:24. > :01:27.families are worried about what that will mean for their care in the
:01:28. > :01:31.future. They claim there's a shortage of residential places in
:01:32. > :01:34.south Lincolnshire. Tonight the organisation that represents care
:01:35. > :01:43.homes says it's a story that's being repeated across the country. Sarah
:01:44. > :01:46.Corker has this report. The cost of providing 24`hour
:01:47. > :01:52.elderly care has proved too much for this Stamford Care Home. Audrey
:01:53. > :02:01.Smart moved here after a stroke four years ago ` and is visited daily by
:02:02. > :02:08.her daughter. We know they are safe, well cared for and we don't have to
:02:09. > :02:12.worry. You have to keep fighting, because she has nobody to speak for
:02:13. > :02:16.her. Upsetting news for the 21 residents here, who must leave by
:02:17. > :02:19.the end of the month. Spiralling staffing costs, red tape and a lack
:02:20. > :02:33.of funding are to blame the owner told me. There is a chronic
:02:34. > :02:38.underfunding nationally. Only five residents are funded by the council,
:02:39. > :02:46.so is this a case of your management by you? No, because we have been
:02:47. > :02:51.doing this for years. At Red House it costs ?670 per resident per week
:02:52. > :02:54.for care. For those eligible the council pays ?436 per person ` plus
:02:55. > :03:05.?109 for those needing nursing care. A total of ?545, a ?125 short fall.
:03:06. > :03:10.Britain's ageing population is putting increasing demand on nursing
:03:11. > :03:14.home places and on the NHS, and there are concerns financial
:03:15. > :03:18.pressures in many are now struggling to cover the cost of care.
:03:19. > :03:22.Lincolnshire County Council says it has recently increased the amount it
:03:23. > :03:26.pays for care ` funding which helps Frank Green and his wife Vera. He
:03:27. > :03:35.makes the short drive to see her here every day. We have been
:03:36. > :03:42.together now 70 years. It is the problem travelling. There are no
:03:43. > :03:49.spaces in this area, which means mum will call from a former five hour
:03:50. > :04:01.visit every day by dad to one or two are visit each week. Estimates
:04:02. > :04:05.suggest 1500 cares homes are at risk of going bust. The owner here warns
:04:06. > :04:08.small care homes, offering one to one care could become a thing of the
:04:09. > :04:12.past if costs continue to rise. I'm joined now by Nadra Ahmed who is
:04:13. > :04:15.from the National Care Association who represents care homes across the
:04:16. > :04:18.country. Are you hearing a similar story from members of your
:04:19. > :04:21.organisation that they are having to close? I think we are beginning to
:04:22. > :04:26.hear much more of that, because we are beginning to hear that people
:04:27. > :04:32.are no longer to sit able to sustain that shortfall. That is the worry,
:04:33. > :04:37.the shortfalls that add up. When you're trying provide a quality
:04:38. > :04:40.service and you are hampered by the fact you're not getting appropriate
:04:41. > :04:46.funding, delivered as commissioning it, then you are in that no win
:04:47. > :04:51.situation, because bureaucracy has been pieced, all the other costs are
:04:52. > :04:58.increasing, but for the last few years, a lot of the commissioners
:04:59. > :05:03.are giving seasonal increases. Some care homes have had a bad press
:05:04. > :05:12.recently, so you must welcome the checks. I welcome checks, because
:05:13. > :05:18.one bad case actually white site all the hundreds of thousands of care
:05:19. > :05:27.workers who are doing excellent jobs, an example is this home where
:05:28. > :05:31.people are so happy. One of them spoils the whole bunch, because
:05:32. > :05:38.that's what people will focus on. Yes, we should have stringent
:05:39. > :05:41.regulations and they should be properly implemented, but it is
:05:42. > :05:46.about people coming into the services and looking at what is
:05:47. > :05:51.going on, not about paperwork. The paperwork takes people away from the
:05:52. > :06:04.job they actually started out to do, which is to care for individuals.
:06:05. > :06:13.They are expensive now, we'll we see less and less of them? I hope not,
:06:14. > :06:20.because I hope people will see that as a future in this market. I hope
:06:21. > :06:25.not, I hope people will look at it and invest in this industry, because
:06:26. > :06:34.it is a great industries to be in. Thank you very much. We want to hear
:06:35. > :06:37.from you on this story ` do you think more money should be made
:06:38. > :06:55.available to help care for the elderly?
:06:56. > :07:05.It is a very emotive issue. We look forward to hearing from you. In a
:07:06. > :07:08.moment. We speak to a man who tells us he lost almost ?1,000 in 20
:07:09. > :07:16.minutes on a high stakes gambling machine.
:07:17. > :07:19.An inquest into the death of a Red Arrows pilot has been hearing how
:07:20. > :07:22.the aerobatics team had a shortage of experienced engineers. Flight
:07:23. > :07:25.lieutenant Sean Cunningham died when his ejector seat activated while his
:07:26. > :07:31.plane was on the ground at RAF Scampton in November 2011. The
:07:32. > :07:35.inquest at Lincoln Coroners Court has today been hearing from the
:07:36. > :07:39.ground crew ` those whose job it was to carry out the final safety checks
:07:40. > :07:42.on the jets. Caroline Bilton was there and joins me from our Lincoln
:07:43. > :07:46.studio. What has been said today about staffing levels at RAF
:07:47. > :07:49.Scampton? The inquest this morning heard today
:07:50. > :07:53.from squadron leader Martin Higgins ` the man in charge of safety. He
:07:54. > :07:55.had returned to work with the team in the summer of 2011 after being
:07:56. > :08:20.away for four years. He commented on the dilution of
:08:21. > :08:23.experience. In fact we heard a number of times throughout the day
:08:24. > :08:27.of how young the engineers were and that a number of them working on the
:08:28. > :08:30.hawk jets were fresh out of training school. Later this afternoon an
:08:31. > :08:34.interview conducted at the time of the incident with Flt Sgt Cox ` a
:08:35. > :08:44.senior maintenance engineer was read out.
:08:45. > :08:49.We've heard from the team who carried out the final checks on
:08:50. > :08:53.Sean's plane on the morning of the incident and nothing untoward was
:08:54. > :08:59.seen. Sean even gave the thumbs up to the team just moments before his
:09:00. > :09:03.ejector seat went off. One Corporal Lyndon Picken described how he was
:09:04. > :09:07.just two feet away when it did. He said he felt the blast and the heat
:09:08. > :09:14.then he was blown off his feet. The inquest continues. It is expected to
:09:15. > :09:17.last up to three weeks. Campaigners in a number of East
:09:18. > :09:20.Yorkshire villages are unhappy at plans to change their post office.
:09:21. > :09:24.The government wants post offices to open longer hours ` which could see
:09:25. > :09:27.them move into local convenience stores. But some Sub Post Masters
:09:28. > :09:39.and Mistresses say it will lead to reduced services. Our Rural Afffairs
:09:40. > :09:43.Correspondent Linsey Smith has more. For centuries, the Post Office has
:09:44. > :09:49.been at the heart of many villages. And over the years, plans to close
:09:50. > :09:53.them have prompted protests. But once again, the Post Office as we
:09:54. > :09:58.know it, is about to change. That's a worry for Helen Watson. Her family
:09:59. > :10:07.has run the branch in South Cave for 36 years. You just feel as though
:10:08. > :10:15.you have worked hard to try and build it up and then they are taking
:10:16. > :10:18.it away from us. Under these modernisation plans, the Post Office
:10:19. > :10:21.hope to move almost 5,000 branches into local convenience stores. That
:10:22. > :10:27.would mean longer opening hours, but the possibility of a cut in the
:10:28. > :10:31.services being offered. We run an Internet business, and if it wasn't
:10:32. > :10:40.for the post office here I don't know what we would do. It is an
:10:41. > :10:46.asset to the village and we should not lose it. We must keep it. If the
:10:47. > :10:50.South Cave Post Office was relocated to a convenience store, residents
:10:51. > :10:52.could have to travel eight miles to Hessle to collect undelivered
:10:53. > :11:00.parcels. And for some services, possibly nine miles to Cottingham.
:11:01. > :11:04.They may have to travel here to post heavier parcels and you were
:11:05. > :11:08.complicated banking transactions. Things they can do here at the
:11:09. > :11:12.moment, but may not be possible when it is in the smallest space. The
:11:13. > :11:16.change has already happened in North Cave ` and it looks like this. The
:11:17. > :11:19.Post Office told us this is the largest investment programme in its
:11:20. > :11:27.history, and they are committed to maintaining services. This
:11:28. > :11:32.government is committed to keeping our post offices by modernising it.
:11:33. > :11:44.We will not be closing any post offices. Many want to keep their
:11:45. > :11:47.post office just as intense. They hope petitions will help. But these
:11:48. > :11:50.new plans contain no room for nostalgia. Linsey Smith, BBC Look
:11:51. > :11:54.North. You might have view on this story as
:11:55. > :11:57.well, is it better to have more post office services in places like
:11:58. > :12:08.convenience stores or should the traditional post office be
:12:09. > :12:12.protected? A man who made bombs in his shed in
:12:13. > :12:16.East Hull has been sent back to jail for ignoring an ASBO which banned
:12:17. > :12:19.him from his hobby. Paul Smith's interest in explosives came to the
:12:20. > :12:23.attention of police when neighbours on this street got sick of the loud
:12:24. > :12:26.bangs. He was jailed in 2012 after devices ` including a pipe bomb, a
:12:27. > :12:29.rocket launcher and sophisticated trigger systems ` were found in a
:12:30. > :12:35.shed at his parents' home. Today, a judge at Hull Crown Court jailed
:12:36. > :12:38.Paul Smith for 20 months. Council tax in North East
:12:39. > :12:42.Lincolnshire could rise for the first time in four years, and the
:12:43. > :12:45.council may cut more than two hundred jobs as it tries to cut
:12:46. > :12:48.spending. Councillors are looking at raising the tax on households by
:12:49. > :12:51.almost two`per`cent every year for the next three years. A final
:12:52. > :12:53.decision will be made later this month.
:12:54. > :12:57.She'd worked in local politics for three decades and Sheila Waudby was
:12:58. > :13:00.was about the realise her dream of becoming Hull's Lord Mayor when she
:13:01. > :13:03.died on Christmas Eve. Today all three of the city's Labour MPs
:13:04. > :13:07.turned out to pay their respects at her funeral. Colleagues described
:13:08. > :13:11.Sheila, a former school dinner lady, as a "formidable woman who did a
:13:12. > :13:25.magnificent job for the people of Hull". Phillip Norton reports.
:13:26. > :13:30.The city she regarded as her family stands still for Deputy Lord Mayor
:13:31. > :13:35.Sheila Waudby. Politicians and city leaders were among those paying
:13:36. > :13:42.their respects to the former dinner lady, who would have become Lord
:13:43. > :13:46.Mayor in a matter of months. It is a very sad occasion. Sheila was a
:13:47. > :13:49.formidable person and she cared passionately about fighting
:13:50. > :13:57.injustice and doing well for her community. The service paid tribute
:13:58. > :14:03.to her dedication to her work as well as her family. Captain John
:14:04. > :14:08.Watson described her as she was a staunch Labour supporter who had a
:14:09. > :14:12.great love for young people. The Eastfield MP said she had helped
:14:13. > :14:18.thousands of people over the years and was respected, even feared,
:14:19. > :14:23.across political divides. But it was perhaps her daughter who captured
:14:24. > :14:27.the congregation by saying that she regarded the city as her family.
:14:28. > :14:33.Thank you for the love and care you gave to mum, she said. I thought
:14:34. > :14:42.that was a lovely gesture, and its book from her experience of how much
:14:43. > :14:45.the city meant to Sheila. After dedicating almost three decades to
:14:46. > :14:50.local politics, it was a fitting farewell to ten one, described as a
:14:51. > :15:03.remarkable public servant and a phenomenal woman.
:15:04. > :15:12.The funeral of Sheila Waudby today. Still ahead tonight: Could this
:15:13. > :15:16.former Lincoln City player cause a cup upset when they face his present
:15:17. > :15:19.side North Ferriby United? The masterworks from some of the world's
:15:20. > :15:29.most famous artists that are going on display in Lincoln. Tonight's
:15:30. > :15:39.photograph. Looking out from Hull Paragon Station on a sunny December
:15:40. > :15:45.afternoon....taken by Colin Edwards. Today is 60 years since weather
:15:46. > :15:54.forecast started in the UK and this is what we have perfected.
:15:55. > :16:20.Bert Ford would have turned in his grave.
:16:21. > :16:23.Tonight: Cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain at first, becoming
:16:24. > :16:28.dry and clear later. Minimum temperature 1C with icy patches
:16:29. > :16:38.possible around dawn. Tomorrow: Fine and dry with a good deal of
:16:39. > :16:42.sunshine. Maximum temperature 6C. Moderate westerly wind. Sunday: Mist
:16:43. > :16:53.and fog lifting into low cloud. Chilly. There could be a ground
:16:54. > :17:09.frost in rural parts. The sun will rise in the morning at around
:17:10. > :17:12.8:15am. A lovely bright day. Long spells of sunshine, probably
:17:13. > :17:19.unbroken. Beautiful conditions along the coast with a moderate wind.
:17:20. > :17:34.Temperatures cluster Village for the middle of January. Seven degrees is
:17:35. > :17:43.possible. A widespread sharp frost to come for Saturday night. It may
:17:44. > :17:51.brighten up in places on Sunday afternoon. Monday looks set to fine
:17:52. > :17:59.after a wet night on Sunday. Choose state sees warm rain.
:18:00. > :18:09.`` more rain. On Wednesday's BBC Look North we
:18:10. > :18:12.were talking about high stakes betting machines and calls for
:18:13. > :18:15.restrictions to be placed on them. After the programme Steve Hendey
:18:16. > :18:23.from Hull got in touch about his past gambling problem. He lost
:18:24. > :18:31.nearly ?1,000 on a machine in just 20 minutes. He told Tolu Adeoye his
:18:32. > :18:37.story. I started when I was 22. Bad it happens when I was younger.
:18:38. > :18:41.Steve Hendey first went into a bookmakers three years ago to bet on
:18:42. > :18:44.a football match. It became a weekly ritual but he soon moved onto the
:18:45. > :18:50.gambling machines. It was the buzz of winning money. They go in with
:18:51. > :18:51.?20 and you come out with 120. We think you can do it all the time,
:18:52. > :19:04.but you can't. What was the point where you thought
:19:05. > :19:10.you didn't want to do it any more? The ?900 in 20 minutes, it made me
:19:11. > :19:15.feel physically sick. Do you take responsibility for the gambling?
:19:16. > :19:22.Yes, it was my choice. I was not strong enough to stop the till I
:19:23. > :19:26.realised it was a very low point. It's been a year since Steve used a
:19:27. > :19:30.machine. He says he's come forward to warn others about how quickly the
:19:31. > :19:37.addiction can escalate. You don't think you will get hooked, but you
:19:38. > :19:41.will. I am a lot stronger now. How have you managed to stop yourself?
:19:42. > :19:47.It was mainly that I was losing a lot of money and I was not happy, so
:19:48. > :19:56.I had to change my life. We had a very big response on that story.
:19:57. > :19:59.A former Lincoln City player is hoping to cause a cup upset and help
:20:00. > :20:03.his present side North Ferriby United into the quarter finals of
:20:04. > :20:06.the FA Trophy. Defender Danny Hone left the Imps two seasons ago and
:20:07. > :20:08.played for Gainsborough Trinity before moving to Conference North
:20:09. > :20:18.leaders Ferriby. Our sports reporter Simon Clark caught up with him.
:20:19. > :20:22.This is Danny Hone who once upon a time proudly wore the red and white
:20:23. > :20:26.stripes of Lincoln City. But this weekend he'll be back at Sincil Bank
:20:27. > :20:29.in Ferriby green and white. Ferriby play a division beneath Lincoln but
:20:30. > :20:35.as the leaders Danny and his team`mates are full of optimism. It
:20:36. > :20:40.is a big game for the club, but the lads and I just see it as another
:20:41. > :20:44.game we are right to win. There is no war pressure on us. It is no
:20:45. > :20:51.different from a normal game and we will go there full of confidence.
:20:52. > :20:55.The two clubs have very different histories. The Imps were formed in
:20:56. > :20:58.1884 ` 50 years before the East Yorkshire club. The Imps reached
:20:59. > :21:00.their highest league position of fifth in division two in 1902.
:21:01. > :21:04.Ferriby's long non`league heritage sees them achieveing their highest
:21:05. > :21:15.league placing this very week top of Conference North. There is a golf
:21:16. > :21:19.from our division to Lincoln, but hopefully we can bridge that. At
:21:20. > :21:22.Sincil Bank this vital midweek Conference Premier victory over
:21:23. > :21:26.Alfreton came at a cost. A number of players took knocks and may not be
:21:27. > :21:33.available to Gary Simpton for the Trophy game. We have had injuries
:21:34. > :21:44.and suspensions and it has really got to us. This game represents a
:21:45. > :21:50.genuine step up in class, but whoever wins, they will be in the
:21:51. > :21:55.last eight of this competition, so the archway of Wembley will start to
:21:56. > :22:00.come into view. What's at stake tomorrow.
:22:01. > :22:07.Hull City meet third`placed Chelsea in the Premier League in a repeat of
:22:08. > :22:10.the opening fixture of the season. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea secured a
:22:11. > :22:13.two`nil win against the Tigers at Stamford Bridge in August and Steve
:22:14. > :22:19.Bruce believes tomorrow's match will be just as difficult. The one thing
:22:20. > :22:23.we have to do is play well because if you play Chelsea in the team they
:22:24. > :22:32.have put out, they have to defend well and we have to pose a threat,
:22:33. > :22:40.because the quality is there for everybody to see, and the
:22:41. > :22:46.outstanding manager, they are rumbling along very, very nicely.
:22:47. > :22:48.Scunthorpe United have announced the signings of three players. Striker
:22:49. > :22:50.Paddy Madden and Midfielder Dave Syers have both agreed
:22:51. > :22:53.two`and`a`half`year contracts at Glanford Park. The Iron have also
:22:54. > :22:57.confirmed that Marcus Williams, who's been on loan with the club,
:22:58. > :23:00.has signed an 18` month deal. And BBC Radio Humberside will have
:23:01. > :23:06.coverage of that match on their FM frequency from three o'clock. Before
:23:07. > :23:15.that they will have commentary on Hull City's home game with Chelsea
:23:16. > :23:19.on FM. That's from 1245. Grimsby Town's FA Trophy trip to Maidenhead
:23:20. > :23:25.will be on digital and the web from three. For the North Ferriby
:23:26. > :23:29.perspective on their match against Lincoln City you will need to be on
:23:30. > :23:32.AM frequency. And BBC Radio Lincolnshire will also have
:23:33. > :23:40.commentary for Imps fans on all frequencies. Their coverage starts
:23:41. > :23:44.from two o'clock. Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol
:23:45. > :23:47.are four of the biggest names in modern art and for the first time
:23:48. > :23:51.from tomorrow you can see works by all of them in Lincoln. After three
:23:52. > :23:53.years of careful negotiation the city's Usher Gallery has secured the
:23:54. > :23:56.Modern Master exhibition which showcases some of history's most
:23:57. > :24:01.iconic artworks. Simon Spark has been taking a look.
:24:02. > :24:06.Four artistic giants of the 20th Century are being displayed for the
:24:07. > :24:10.first time in Lincolnshire. More than 50 works on loan from the
:24:11. > :24:15.Victoria and Albert Museum have been selected to illustrate the use of
:24:16. > :24:30.print. And who better to display than Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso,
:24:31. > :24:35.Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. Yes, it is massively exciting, because I
:24:36. > :24:39.know from being young at school, these are the names you study and
:24:40. > :24:44.for us to stand there and see something you have seen in a book so
:24:45. > :24:56.many times is fantastic. You can see how Matisse has carved into the wood
:24:57. > :25:02.to produce the lines. These are for real weak prints from Salvador Dali.
:25:03. > :25:09.These are anti`war old prints, where you can see the commercial process.
:25:10. > :25:24.This piece from the castle is a drypoint itching. It is amazing, an
:25:25. > :25:28.amazing collection. It is a really big event. The exhibition previously
:25:29. > :25:37.enjoyed a sell out run at the V A in London, but you can see it in
:25:38. > :25:41.Lincoln, completely free of charge. Simon is live at the exhibition
:25:42. > :25:44.tonight ` how much of an achievement is it getting this art work to
:25:45. > :25:49.Lincoln? This is a huge thing for Lincoln and
:25:50. > :25:53.I think this is finally being realised that tonight's launch
:25:54. > :25:59.party. These are original prints from world`renowned artists and they
:26:00. > :26:04.are described as representing the most creative and diverse period in
:26:05. > :26:09.the history of Western art. With a display like this, you need perfect
:26:10. > :26:13.lighting, perfect temperature and extra security, but regardless of
:26:14. > :26:17.that, it is free to get in. It is open from 10am tomorrow and runs
:26:18. > :26:23.white through till the 30th of March.
:26:24. > :26:28.I reckon there will be some queues there. Let's get a recap of the
:26:29. > :26:31.national and regional headlines. A police officer admits he lied in
:26:32. > :26:34.the Plebgate affair that led to the resignation of a cabinet minister.
:26:35. > :26:38.Spiralling running costs but the future of private care Tomorrow's
:26:39. > :26:39.weather: homes at risk. Fine and dry with a good deal of sunshine. Highs
:26:40. > :26:56.of 6C with a moderate westerly wind. We were talking about care home
:26:57. > :27:00.places just a few minutes ago on the programme. It is always a very
:27:01. > :27:07.emotive issue with the viewers of this programme. Just a few of your
:27:08. > :27:14.comments. There is no way to make your home is cheaper, but demand
:27:15. > :27:19.will increase. One person text it that is taking away the money takes
:27:20. > :27:24.away the protection. An anonymous text says, I work in a care home and
:27:25. > :27:29.appreciate the costs and wondering that is available is not enough. I
:27:30. > :27:35.went into gear to help and be a companion to residents, not to be
:27:36. > :27:42.bombarded with paperwork and the lack of staff we have. Thank you for
:27:43. > :27:45.all the messages tonight and this week. Have a very peaceful weekend.
:27:46. > :27:51.Thank you for watching. I