:00:00. > :00:00.looks a better day this weekend. That's all from us. It's goodbye
:00:00. > :00:00.from me. And on BBC One we now join the
:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: More
:00:11. > :00:17.expense for households ` the councils putting up bills for
:00:18. > :00:24.residents. But we are proposing is a moderate
:00:25. > :00:26.`` modest increase to keep up with inflation, otherwise we will have
:00:27. > :00:30.bigger reductions to make. ? A court hears how a woman killed in a
:00:31. > :00:33.collision with her sister was known as a "speed demon".
:00:34. > :00:41.The blind woman who walks too slowly to get a replacement guide dog. They
:00:42. > :00:45.said you were too blind, you can't look after your dog, and you want to
:00:46. > :00:48.slow, see you are not having another guide dog.
:00:49. > :00:58.And BAFTA honours the man who makes space sound good on the silver
:00:59. > :00:59.screen. Went to come tonight, but tomorrow is looking reasonable. The
:01:00. > :01:13.forecast follows shortly. Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:01:14. > :01:16.North. Thousands of council tax payers are
:01:17. > :01:18.facing an increase in their bills. Five authorities across Lincolnshire
:01:19. > :01:23.and East Yorkshire say they're looking at a rise of up to 2% this
:01:24. > :01:26.year. That would mean an extra ?30 a year for the average house. The
:01:27. > :01:29.Government has called on town halls to freeze bills, but Labour`run Hull
:01:30. > :01:32.and North East Lincolnshire say they're being forced to deliver more
:01:33. > :01:40.services for less money. Here's our political editor, Tim Iredale.
:01:41. > :01:45.Balancing the books has become a challenge for many of our local
:01:46. > :01:48.authorities. North East Lincolnshire Council is looking to save up to
:01:49. > :01:55.?500,000 from its libraries budget. So how do people here at the library
:01:56. > :02:00.feel about paying an extra 2% on their council tax bills? Its 2% more
:02:01. > :02:06.than I'm paying, and its 2% I have defined out of restricted funds. I'm
:02:07. > :02:14.happy if it's used to pay the right services, such as libraries. If
:02:15. > :02:19.not, it's questionable. Gratifying money somewhere, don't I? You don't
:02:20. > :02:28.mind paying 2% to? No. The authorities are looking at
:02:29. > :02:38.increasing taxes in these regions. Proposing a freeze our these
:02:39. > :02:42.regions. We knew we had to make savings. Everybody knew the family
:02:43. > :02:48.would be reduced. We have to be financially viable. In doing that,
:02:49. > :02:53.Lincolnshire is able to freeze council tax. I think that is very
:02:54. > :02:57.important. By some authorities may want to put up council tax to cover
:02:58. > :03:01.a shortfall in funding, the government says town halls can't
:03:02. > :03:06.raise the above 2% without consulting local people in a
:03:07. > :03:09.referendum. In Hull, Abel Blair has broken out between the ruling Labour
:03:10. > :03:14.group and opposition Liberal Democrats, who have proposed a rise
:03:15. > :03:18.of 2%. Your Mac that we are proposing is a very modest increase
:03:19. > :03:23.to keep in place with inflation. Otherwise when we will have bigger
:03:24. > :03:27.reductions to make. We it the right thing to do is freeze council tax
:03:28. > :03:33.is. We managed it last time in office. With the web should do the
:03:34. > :03:37.same now. McCann will you find a? It doesn't mean cutting services. The
:03:38. > :03:41.government has to look at what it is doing. It hard to read and always
:03:42. > :03:45.has done. We have to be smarter and leaner as an organisation. We can
:03:46. > :03:49.expect some fierce debate in our council chambers over the next few
:03:50. > :03:52.weeks as budgets are set for the coming year.
:03:53. > :04:00.I'm joined by Chris Shaw, who's the leader of North East Lincolnshire
:04:01. > :04:06.Council. They are planning a 1.9% increase. Good evening. You want to
:04:07. > :04:12.raise it by 1.9%. Is this because you have not budgeted well as other
:04:13. > :04:15.councils are freezing their council tax? With freeze to add tags for
:04:16. > :04:20.five years, but it can only go so far. We are the most efficient
:04:21. > :04:24.authority in the area. Small management team, we've managed to
:04:25. > :04:28.save services, but you can't keep doing that if you have more money
:04:29. > :04:34.taken away. Other councils are facing cuts. Some are not putting
:04:35. > :04:40.them up. Did they raise council tax in the previous five years? We
:04:41. > :04:47.didn't. We're talking about 5p a day to save services. If we do do that,
:04:48. > :04:54.we will have to make big cuts. They say it annoying freezing council tax
:04:55. > :05:01.is attacking families. He is attacking hard`working families by
:05:02. > :05:03.taking ?6 million away from taxpayers of North East Lincolnshire
:05:04. > :05:07.Council a five`year period, meaning we have to manage with half the
:05:08. > :05:12.budget we had two years ago. If you're council tax goes up in some
:05:13. > :05:21.areas, it doesn't in others. It doesn't seem fair. Your Mac
:05:22. > :05:27.character get the services. Your Mac Grimsby, Cleethorpes have seen major
:05:28. > :05:32.development. We have put this into North East Lincolnshire. This will
:05:33. > :05:36.increase rates, and 2% has increased. We've been asked why you
:05:37. > :05:41.haven't had a referendum. increased. We've been asked why you
:05:42. > :05:50.allowed to raise up to 2%. I suppose that is why it the Chancellor is not
:05:51. > :05:56.under investigation. They say you could make cuts by ensuring staff.
:05:57. > :06:00.We are already showing staff. We have already reduced management by
:06:01. > :06:05.50%. That money has gone back into services. You were saying you have
:06:06. > :06:09.no options, so services will get that of the customers. The services
:06:10. > :06:14.will not get breast then we are planning, but we have to do is make
:06:15. > :06:20.sure that David Cameron delivers social care, and services the public
:06:21. > :06:24.wants us to deliver. Thank you for coming in.
:06:25. > :06:28.Let us know what you think about this story. Would you be prepared to
:06:29. > :06:31.pay 2% more for your council tax to preserve or even improve council
:06:32. > :06:38.services, or do you think they could cut back on their existing
:06:39. > :06:39.expenditure? You have had `` you have heard stories from councils in
:06:40. > :07:01.our area. We will have some of your thoughts
:07:02. > :07:04.later. In a moment: People in one East
:07:05. > :07:06.Yorkshire village say damage from last month's tidal surge could have
:07:07. > :07:10.been prevented. Hull Crown Court has heard how a
:07:11. > :07:13.woman, killed after a collision with her sister near Bridlington, was
:07:14. > :07:16.known to be a "speed demon". Jennie Stone and her sister Rosie`Ann Stone
:07:17. > :07:20.were both overtaking the same lorry when the accident happened on the
:07:21. > :07:24.A165 at Fraisthorpe in February last year. Rosie`Ann Stone is accused of
:07:25. > :07:28.causing her sister's death by careless driving. Amanda White has
:07:29. > :07:32.been in court. Rosie`Ann Stone wept in court today
:07:33. > :07:36.as she described the moment her car was hit by a vehicle from behind
:07:37. > :07:43.here on the A165 near Fraisthorpe last February. She recalled seeing a
:07:44. > :07:46.flash of blue and recognising her sister's blonde hair as both cars
:07:47. > :07:57.and the lorry travelled 3`abreast on the main A165. Jennie Stone lost
:07:58. > :08:00.control of her car and hit a tree. The court heard how the accident
:08:01. > :08:02.came just eight months after the woman's brother, Private Gregg
:08:03. > :08:05.Stone, was killed in Afghanistan whilst serving with the third
:08:06. > :08:08.Batallion, The Yorkshire Regiment. His surviving siblings still wear
:08:09. > :08:11.the red jacket of his Burma Company given to them by their brother's
:08:12. > :08:15.comrades after his death. They've all been in court to support their
:08:16. > :08:16.sister. In a statement read in court today, Rosie`Ann told police, "I
:08:17. > :08:29.knew she was a speed demon. But the prosecution claims Rosie`Ann
:08:30. > :08:34.made a fatal mistake when she failed to look over her shoulder before
:08:35. > :08:38.pulling out to overtake the lorry. It was claimed she should have seen
:08:39. > :08:43.Jennie Stone's car, but instead pulled into her path. Rosie`Ann,
:08:44. > :08:51.though, maintained she came out of nowhere. A statement from the
:08:52. > :08:54.sisters' mother, Angela Stone, was read to the jury, in which she said
:08:55. > :08:58.that her eldest daughter, Jennie, was "always in a rush" and "lived
:08:59. > :09:01.her life at 70mph," adding that Jennie's driving made her "feel
:09:02. > :09:04.anxious". It was "erratic" and she had "increased her speed" since
:09:05. > :09:06.getting a faster car. Rosie Ann Stone denies causing death by
:09:07. > :09:13.dangerous driving. The trial continues. Amanda White, BBC Look
:09:14. > :09:16.North, in Hull. The inquest into the death of Red
:09:17. > :09:19.Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham has heard a possible reason why his
:09:20. > :09:22.parachute didn't work. The Flight Lieutenant was ejected from his
:09:23. > :09:26.stationary hawk`jet to a height of around 300ft. An engineer told the
:09:27. > :09:29.inquest in Lincoln that the way a nut`and`bolt was tightened ` even
:09:30. > :09:32.though it met the industry standard ` could have prevented the parachute
:09:33. > :09:35.being released. Police investigating injuries to a
:09:36. > :09:39.baby have taped off a house in Cleethorpes. Hospital staff called
:09:40. > :09:44.police and say the child is in a serious condition. A couple have
:09:45. > :09:46.been arrested. Police say they won't tolerate
:09:47. > :09:50.football hooligans getting involved in protests in Lincoln on Saturday.
:09:51. > :09:53.They say a significant number of officers will monitor demonstrations
:09:54. > :09:57.by an anti`immigration group ` and a group opposed to racism.
:09:58. > :10:01.You will see an increased number of police officers on the street in
:10:02. > :10:04.Lincoln City Centre. We will be allowing the protesters to form a
:10:05. > :10:07.procession to the protest locations, but it is important to us that
:10:08. > :10:14.people are able to continue their daily business.
:10:15. > :10:18.Six years ago, their village was identified as one which was under
:10:19. > :10:22.threat from floods. But people living in Reedness say not enough
:10:23. > :10:28.work has been done on defences, and that's why their homes were flooded
:10:29. > :10:32.in the recent tidal surge. Villagers say a stretch of bank is around a
:10:33. > :10:35.foot and a half lower than in the surrounding areas. But the
:10:36. > :10:40.Environment Agency says there are no structural problems with the
:10:41. > :10:44.defences. Anne`Marie Tasker is in Reedness this evening. How badly was
:10:45. > :10:55.the village affected by the tidal surge? If you take a look behind the
:10:56. > :10:58.cross the road, you can save yourself. There are caravans
:10:59. > :11:02.peppered along the street where people have told me they will be
:11:03. > :11:05.looking for the next six months. On the pavement, there is a huge pile
:11:06. > :11:11.of debris were people have been forced to rip out the inside of
:11:12. > :11:14.their homes. Down the road is the local park. That was supposed to be
:11:15. > :11:20.the refuge centre during the floods, but even that was partially
:11:21. > :11:25.underwater. When the tidal surge came last
:11:26. > :11:28.month, this was the damage it caused. Homeowners say if the state
:11:29. > :11:36.bank had been higher, houses would have been protected. Your Mac you
:11:37. > :11:42.can see the whales, and pass had to come off. They need to get on with
:11:43. > :11:47.it today, not in six or seven years time. And forget about us. Bradford
:11:48. > :11:52.City have been built up, and they are around one and a half feet
:11:53. > :11:56.higher at that point than they are at their lowest point here behind
:11:57. > :11:59.the village. The villagers say it is at this point that the river
:12:00. > :12:05.overtopped and poured through their home. 14 years ago, the Environment
:12:06. > :12:10.Agency told residents the bank needed rating. The lower part is
:12:11. > :12:14.right at the back of the village, so it is where all the houses are.
:12:15. > :12:20.People out angry here that it has not been done. Budgets will only go
:12:21. > :12:26.so far, and everyone will appreciate that. But when you are at your
:12:27. > :12:31.kitchen table and what it comes through the back door, you feel
:12:32. > :12:35.important. It affects you directly. The Environment Agency has told us
:12:36. > :12:40.Reedness is one of many locations where we have identified the need
:12:41. > :12:48.for further attention. In 2008, it identified it as an area for
:12:49. > :12:53.potential investment. Now the area is pressing for that to happen. The
:12:54. > :12:57.Environment Agency have identified improvements needed. Residents know
:12:58. > :13:00.improvements are needed, and hopefully we can get that funding
:13:01. > :13:04.round forward and get these improvements done as soon as
:13:05. > :13:08.possible. People here waiting for the drainage board to fix damage
:13:09. > :13:14.caused by the surge is that they hope work on raising the flood
:13:15. > :13:17.defence will follow soon after. As the Environment Agency put any
:13:18. > :13:23.timescale when they would be able to improve the defences? As I said in
:13:24. > :13:29.my report, they said this area is earmarked for investment by 2000 and
:13:30. > :13:34.30. They say that it's too long to wait. They told me people living
:13:35. > :13:40.here but their MP is pressing for work to start here in June, but in
:13:41. > :13:45.the meantime, people are hoping they don't see another Last Month. Thank
:13:46. > :13:56.You Very Much. That Is The Story We Have Followed. Sentence Case. The
:13:57. > :14:03.Key For Watching. Still Ahead Tonight: Sentence Case
:14:04. > :14:06.First`class Journey ` The Bridlington Man Who's Rowed To
:14:07. > :14:08.Victory In The World's Toughest Race Across The Atlantic.
:14:09. > :14:15.Making space sound good ` the East Yorkshire technician heading to the
:14:16. > :14:22.BAFTAs. Noddle Hill nature reserve near Hull taken by Helen Bovill. She
:14:23. > :14:33.says she has not enhanced the colours. Thank you for that. Eddie
:14:34. > :14:40.says dust bowl have two jobs? How any of these holidays if he only
:14:41. > :14:42.looks `` books for the part`time. There is the award`winning but the
:14:43. > :14:51.award`winning British victories out the weekend. Stop at! The headline
:14:52. > :14:59.for the next 24 hours is not too bad. Variable amounts of cloud.
:15:00. > :15:04.No pressure still in charge of our weather, and it looks like there is
:15:05. > :15:09.little chance of any winter weather throughout the rest of January. It
:15:10. > :15:13.is turning into a very mild winter in deed. We have February to calm
:15:14. > :15:17.before the end of winter, but that's how it is at the moment. 11 degrees
:15:18. > :15:22.today. That grass would be growing. The key to the west. This is a cold
:15:23. > :15:25.front that would bring rain from the south`west overnight. It strike at
:15:26. > :15:29.the moment with broken cloud, that we will see patchy rain, longer
:15:30. > :15:36.outbreaks of rain, later in the night. Used over the tops, but it
:15:37. > :15:47.should clear with temperatures down to four or five degrees. Nissan will
:15:48. > :15:53.rise the morning at 8:10am. The next high water time is 4:38am. A bit of
:15:54. > :15:59.a great start in places. Low cloud, sports event left. Skies were
:16:00. > :16:04.Brighton. Variable cloud, and a few showers. But very hit and miss. I
:16:05. > :16:09.suspect some places will stay dry. As I mentioned, it has been marred
:16:10. > :16:16.today. 11 degrees the hive. Never tomorrow because we have that cold
:16:17. > :16:19.front. Highs of eight Celsius. That is 46 Fahrenheit. Looking further
:16:20. > :16:24.ahead, it is a similar day on Friday. Sunny intervals with a few
:16:25. > :16:26.scattered showers. It looks more and settled on Saturday which I was
:16:27. > :16:31.waiting to give longer outbreaks of rain at times, and that it is back
:16:32. > :16:37.to sunny intervals with a few showers on Sunday. That's the
:16:38. > :16:41.forecast. You keep `` you are quick to come in with a plug for the
:16:42. > :16:50.weather show. I'm sure you will be missing. We are talking clouds this
:16:51. > :17:01.weekend. We can't wait. Enjoy the weekend.
:17:02. > :17:04.A blind pensioner from Lincolnshire who had her guide dog taken away
:17:05. > :17:15.from her because she walked too slowly has been told she may now be
:17:16. > :17:17.given a new dog. But the Blind work to strict criteria but say they will
:17:18. > :17:29.be at Shirley's case again. This was the moment when Shirley
:17:30. > :17:33.Waller from Market Deeping proudly carried the Olympic Torch as far as
:17:34. > :17:36.she could. It felt wonderful. I felt as though the world was on my
:17:37. > :17:40.shoulders, and I was in charge of the world. But she doesn't feel in
:17:41. > :17:42.charge anymore. Her guide dog, Alfie, was taken away from her after
:17:43. > :17:46.suffering problems following surgery. She asked the charity Guide
:17:47. > :17:49.Dogs for the Blind if she could have a replacement, and this is what
:17:50. > :17:53.happened next. The next thing I knew, two of the mobility officers
:17:54. > :17:57.were here, and they sat over there in front of me and said, "You are
:17:58. > :18:04.too blind, you can't look after your dog, and you are too slow, so you
:18:05. > :18:09.are not having another guide dog." Shirley has had guide dogs for 25
:18:10. > :18:15.years, and feels lost without one. I can't go out on my own. I went out
:18:16. > :18:22.one time with the white cane and ended up in the middle of the road,
:18:23. > :18:27.so I'm not going to do that again. It's just awful not being able to do
:18:28. > :18:35.what I had done with a guide dog for 25 years. I was able to go whereever
:18:36. > :18:39.I wanted, whenever I wanted. The charity says it takes the welfare of
:18:40. > :18:43.its animals very seriously. We haven't actually ruled out Shirley
:18:44. > :18:47.having a guide dog in the future. We would expect her to be reassessed,
:18:48. > :18:51.and the key point we would need to consider is that Shirley is able to
:18:52. > :19:04.walk the dog to the level and frequency that we would expect.
:19:05. > :19:07.At the moment, life was surely is not the same. It looks like a
:19:08. > :19:11.resolution is on the cards, as she may get another guide dog.
:19:12. > :19:15.This is another story we'd like you thoughts on. Is it fair to leave
:19:16. > :19:19.Shirley without a guide dog, or are the Guide Dogs for the Blind right
:19:20. > :19:21.when they say it would be unfair to put a dog with Shirley because it
:19:22. > :19:34.wouldn't get enough exercise? Thanks to everyone who got in touch
:19:35. > :19:37.regarding the story about hospitals in our area which are struggling to
:19:38. > :19:44.recruit full`time doctors to work in A departments. We talked about it
:19:45. > :19:47.last night. The figures ` obtained by the Labour Party ` show that
:19:48. > :19:50.spending on temporary staff in hospitals across Northern
:19:51. > :19:54.Lincolnshire and Goole has risen to nearly a million pounds a year. Here
:19:55. > :19:58.are a few of your responses. Concerned of Goole says: "Tell the
:19:59. > :20:09.trainee doctors that the NHS is not a 9`to`5 job.
:20:10. > :20:20.Jane says: And Meds in Hull says he used to work at Hull Royal
:20:21. > :20:36.Infirmary. Thank you very much for those.
:20:37. > :20:41.A building made from caravan bases to showcase architecture in Hull is
:20:42. > :20:46.for sale AGAIN. The ARC was built in 2006 with more than ?500,000 of
:20:47. > :20:50.public money. It sold for just ?21,000 last year, when the charity
:20:51. > :21:00.that ran it closed. Now it's back on the market for ?75,000. Here is a
:21:01. > :21:03.good story. A new bridge in Hull has won an
:21:04. > :21:07.international award for its design. The Scale Lane swing bridge was
:21:08. > :21:10.judged one of the best pieces of transport architecture ` even
:21:11. > :21:19.beating the new Kings Cross Station in London. Well done.
:21:20. > :21:23.Hull City have completed the signing of Everton striker Nikica Jelavic
:21:24. > :21:36.today. The fee for the 3.5`year deal is undisclosed, but is thought to be
:21:37. > :21:42.a club record for Hull. He has flowed through 30 foot
:21:43. > :21:45.waves, and had his boat damaged by sea life has won what's described as
:21:46. > :21:49.the world's toughest rowing race. 53`year`old Mike Burton and his
:21:50. > :21:51.partner, Tom Salt, came first in the Talisker Challenge after rowing
:21:52. > :22:00.3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Jill Archbold reports on
:22:01. > :22:10.their winning moment. The winning moment captured on
:22:11. > :22:16.film. 41 days after they started, Bridlington's pair realised they had
:22:17. > :22:21.finished among bungalow's toughest Boeing race. 16 crews set out on the
:22:22. > :22:24.challenge from the Canary Islands in December, heading west across the
:22:25. > :22:30.Atlantic and covering more than 3000 nautical miles to finish in Antigua.
:22:31. > :22:35.Nelson's English habit was a welcome sight for this British winners.
:22:36. > :22:41.Can't speak highly enough of this man. But across the line.
:22:42. > :22:45.53`year`old Mike is no stranger to life at sea. Four years ago, he was
:22:46. > :22:49.part of the team to group the hole and hammer could be in a ten month
:22:50. > :22:54.race around the world. He met another with a taste for adventure
:22:55. > :22:57.in his rowing partner Tom. Or`mac seen so many people and your loved
:22:58. > :23:05.ones here is just phenomenal. Or`mac only they would be here, but I
:23:06. > :23:08.didn't know who would make across. Despite their experience, posters
:23:09. > :23:13.first`hand rollers and faced extreme weather conditions with waves up to
:23:14. > :23:18.12 metres in height. Meanwhile, Lincolnshire's over the world record
:23:19. > :23:21.by with two boys in a boat. It could be two weeks until they enjoy being
:23:22. > :23:31.back on land. Your Mac I've been dreaming about this. I'm looking
:23:32. > :23:34.forward to wearing clean clothes. If they finish, they will be the
:23:35. > :23:38.youngest pair to work across the Atlantic.
:23:39. > :23:41.The Oscar nominations tomorrow could bring even more good news for a
:23:42. > :23:45.sound engineer from East Yorkshire. Chris Benstead has already been
:23:46. > :23:49.nominated for a BAFTA for his sound work on the film Gravity. The
:23:50. > :23:51.science`fiction movie starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock
:23:52. > :23:58.got eleven BAFTA nominations in total, and is hotly tipped for the
:23:59. > :24:01.Oscars. Simon Spark has been to meet Chris at the Pinewood Film Studios.
:24:02. > :24:05.Pinewood Studios, one of the world's leading destinations for
:24:06. > :24:10.film`makers. But why are we here in theatre seven of Pinewood Studios?
:24:11. > :24:18.You know that film Gravity, with 11 BAFTA nominations? Not only was it
:24:19. > :24:21.partially filmed here, but its sound production is down to someone with
:24:22. > :24:31.connections much closer to home ` in Yorkshire, planet Earth. This is
:24:32. > :24:34.Chris Benstead, a sound editor with a string of films to his name,
:24:35. > :24:40.including Kingdom of Heaven, Thor, Brave, and Captain Phillips. But
:24:41. > :24:45.it's his work on Gravity that has just got him his first BAFTA
:24:46. > :24:50.nomination. What is your connection to Yorks and Lincs? I was born
:24:51. > :24:58.there, raised there. I learnt music there. I wanted to be Noel Gallagher
:24:59. > :25:04.for about five years, then realised it wasn't going to happen. But
:25:05. > :25:09.luckily I've done enough on the technical side that I could go into
:25:10. > :25:19.this area. This is ProTools. We use it to do everything ` record, edit,
:25:20. > :25:24.and mix music. I do use other mixing desks as well, but we do a lot of
:25:25. > :25:28.work in ProTools. So what does this BAFTA nomination mean to you? It's
:25:29. > :25:33.amazing. It is absolutely thrilling. It is ridiculous, really. I never
:25:34. > :25:41.thought this would happen when I was listening to Oasis. But it's
:25:42. > :25:45.amazing. Fingers crossed, you know. You never know. It's just brilliant
:25:46. > :25:49.to be nominated whether we wind or not. We will find out if Chris winds
:25:50. > :25:53.his BAFTA at the ceremony in London on the 16th of February. If he does,
:25:54. > :26:15.he's going to feel out of this world. Great story. His proud
:26:16. > :26:19.parents will be watching. The Oscar nominations are about tomorrow. I
:26:20. > :26:22.will talk on the radio with Chris about his music and the film.
:26:23. > :26:25.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:26. > :26:29.Child abuse is being carried out to order by British men on young girls
:26:30. > :26:30.thousands of miles away in the Philippines.
:26:31. > :26:35.Thousands of council tax payers face an increase in their bills `
:26:36. > :26:38.households face rises of up to 2%. Tomorrow: Patchy low cloud and mist
:26:39. > :26:42.at first. Clearing, then a day of variable cloud with sunny intervals
:26:43. > :26:54.and a few showers. Maximum temperature eight Celsius. Responses
:26:55. > :26:57.are now subject of council taxes. Time to cut the number of
:26:58. > :27:05.councillors and make the rest room and with less like ask, one said.
:27:06. > :27:09.Phil said that the people getting a freeze are financially better off.
:27:10. > :27:15.Another woman said she hasn't had a pay rise but she has to find money
:27:16. > :27:18.for another rise. See we have been asked to pay ?20 for green beans,
:27:19. > :27:23.which will pave more of the council tax. We pay more for council tax and
:27:24. > :27:29.get less. I've never seen a built in such poor condition. Steve says it
:27:30. > :27:33.seems we will not have a council tax increase, but if services would
:27:34. > :27:39.suffer in my area, then I would pay the increase to safeguard our
:27:40. > :27:45.excellent service that we receive. Join me for the radio at midday.
:27:46. > :27:52.Have a lovely evening. I'll be back at 6:30pm tomorrow night.