:00:26. > :00:30.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:31. > :00:33.Plans to rename Hull's football team get the backing of Lord Prescott.
:00:34. > :00:36.There's support for the club's owner as the Tigers unveil their record
:00:37. > :00:40.signing. For anyone who don't seem, he has proved this week he wants the
:00:41. > :00:43.best for the football club. Lincolnshire's Police and Crime
:00:44. > :00:45.Commissioner says the Government is pickpocketing as the force faces
:00:46. > :00:49.more budget cuts. They are picking the pockets of the
:00:50. > :00:52.people of Lincolnshire and other counties by giving money with one
:00:53. > :00:58.hand and taking millions back with the other hand.
:00:59. > :01:03.Can old and young live side by side in these high rise flats?
:01:04. > :01:06.And I am live in Cleethorpes, where members of the BBC panto are
:01:07. > :01:11.preparing to take to the stage. And don't forget the detailed
:01:12. > :01:25.weather forecast in 15 minutes. They're in the process of spending
:01:26. > :01:29.?15 million on two record signings as they try and stay in the Premier
:01:30. > :01:32.League, but tonight the issue of Hull City's name change continues to
:01:33. > :01:35.dominate the national headlines. The former Deputy Prime Minister and
:01:36. > :01:38.Hull MP John Prescott has backed the club's owner, Assem Allam, over his
:01:39. > :01:46.plans to rebrand the club as Hull Tigers. We will hear from Lord
:01:47. > :01:55.Prescott in a moment but first, Simon Clark has this report.
:01:56. > :01:59.He has cast a fee of close to ?7 million, a record for Hull city.
:02:00. > :02:01.This is Nikica Jelavic, signed from Everton, and promises to score goals
:02:02. > :02:05.for the Tigers. I think only about football and I
:02:06. > :02:09.don't think about money. My job is to play, to score goals, to help the
:02:10. > :02:14.team, not think about money. Jelavic could be soon joined by this
:02:15. > :02:25.player, Shane Long. But next season will they be playing for Hull City
:02:26. > :02:28.or Hull Tigers? Today, former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott entered
:02:29. > :02:32.the row, saying the chairman, Assem Allam, could change the name if he
:02:33. > :02:34.wanted. Steve Bruce is weary of the debate, saying his side should be
:02:35. > :02:43.celebrating new signings. You know my thoughts on it, I have
:02:44. > :02:47.said them enough. But I think if anyone doubts him, then what he has
:02:48. > :02:51.done this week again proves that he has got the football club at the
:02:52. > :02:53.best and wants this club to be in the Premier League.
:02:54. > :03:03.Some fans' group are dead against the change. The City till I die
:03:04. > :03:06.campaign says Dr Alllam should not change the name, despite his
:03:07. > :03:09.willingness to invest heavily in his team.
:03:10. > :03:12.It has never been a case of we want the owner to leave, we are
:03:13. > :03:16.completely behind Assem Allam and his vision for the football club. We
:03:17. > :03:19.just believe we can have both, keep the name and market globally without
:03:20. > :03:24.the need to discard a years of history and heritage. And whichever
:03:25. > :03:27.newspaper you read, Assem Allam's threat to walk away if this change
:03:28. > :03:31.is not implement it is headline news. The FA will make the final
:03:32. > :03:35.decision. I certainly wouldn't second`guess
:03:36. > :03:41.them. What I am pretty confident of, though, is if it goes against Assam
:03:42. > :03:47.alarm he will have no compunction `` Assem Allam them you will have no
:03:48. > :03:51.compunction about walking away. You can tell that Steve Bruce is getting
:03:52. > :03:56.increasingly frustrated about this. He wants to talk about his team and
:03:57. > :04:03.new signings. In other words, he cannot wait for 3pm on Saturday at
:04:04. > :04:08.Norwich. Well, that decision from the FA is expected in April.
:04:09. > :04:12.Joining me now is Lord Prescott. Good evening. A lot of passion from
:04:13. > :04:22.the fans, do you understand why Doctor Alain wants to swap?
:04:23. > :04:30.`` Dr Allam in 1950I was at Rotherham playing Hull and at half
:04:31. > :04:35.time they went out and put a big tiger on the park. Tiger has been
:04:36. > :04:41.part of Hull as long as the city. But the fans don't want the name to
:04:42. > :04:45.change. Of course they are, we are passionate, they have two great
:04:46. > :04:49.rugby teams, football teams, they are passionate.
:04:50. > :04:54.But the real change I think is finding ?50 million for two players
:04:55. > :04:58.today, ?70 million he has invested keeping Hull in the Premier League,
:04:59. > :05:01.when we were collapsing four years ago. So if he pays the money he can
:05:02. > :05:05.call the shots and call whatever he wants the micro that is what is
:05:06. > :05:09.happening in the game now. You can see them advertised with all
:05:10. > :05:13.the various sponsorship means. Sponsorship is getting extra money
:05:14. > :05:17.to pay the player to keep us in the Premier League. He is giving us a
:05:18. > :05:22.marketing tool he believes can raise the money. But the fans are saying,
:05:23. > :05:27.is it to commercial? And is there evidence that swapping
:05:28. > :05:34.the name will make a difference? Al back is just meant, he has already
:05:35. > :05:36.put 70 million and `` well, back his judgement.
:05:37. > :05:40.He has put in another 50 million today, Steve Bruce wants to get in
:05:41. > :05:44.and play the game, we need the top players to stay in the Premier
:05:45. > :05:48.League, and it needs money. Do you think he should have
:05:49. > :05:50.consulted fans? Well, he did have a consultation
:05:51. > :05:56.with some of the funds. I believe they offered and agreed to
:05:57. > :06:03.provide an alternative financial package. That takes some believing.
:06:04. > :06:06.You don't just find 70 million or 15 million for teams. The only raised a
:06:07. > :06:11.quarter of a million contributions, and we pay quite a lot for going
:06:12. > :06:16.into the match, but how do you pay 40 million? What would happen if you
:06:17. > :06:21.can awaken Michael don't think he would, but presumably he would want
:06:22. > :06:26.to recover some of his assets. I don't think he means that. He is a
:06:27. > :06:31.professional businessman. Sometimes you should lose language in a
:06:32. > :06:36.different way. `` use Linux. When you say, you will be city and die,
:06:37. > :06:40.don't make it seem as if that is what you are saying to them. I was
:06:41. > :06:44.passionate, but at the end of the day keep Hull in the Premier League
:06:45. > :06:49.and that needs money. What you say to the who do not want
:06:50. > :06:54.change? Well, they can still shout city, I
:06:55. > :06:59.will be shouting Tigers. Let's get on with it and keep them
:07:00. > :07:07.up top. What do you think about this one?
:07:08. > :07:11.Does it really matter what the club is called? Do you worry about what
:07:12. > :07:18.will happen to Hull City if Dr Allam leaves?
:07:19. > :07:22.In a moment... A senior RAF official says safety wasn't compromised in
:07:23. > :07:29.the run up to the death of a Red Arrows pilot.
:07:30. > :07:32.The Police and Crime Commissioner in Lincolnshire has accused the
:07:33. > :07:35.government of "picking the pockets of council taxpayers" after the
:07:36. > :07:41.force was asked to make further savings of ?1 million from its
:07:42. > :07:45.budget of more than 100 million. Alan Hardwick says he has ruled out
:07:46. > :07:49.job cuts in the force, but says it will mean a rise in the part of
:07:50. > :07:55.Council Tax that pays for policing. Jake Zuckerman reports.
:07:56. > :08:00.Since he was elected as Police and Crime Commissioner, Alan Hardwick
:08:01. > :08:03.has had what he says is the difficult job of balancing the
:08:04. > :08:06.budget at Lincolnshire Police. Now he's hit out at the government after
:08:07. > :08:10.it topsliced almost ?1 million from the force's funding.
:08:11. > :08:13.We have here the government performing what I can only describe
:08:14. > :08:16.as slight of hand, picking the pockets of the people of
:08:17. > :08:19.Lincolnshire and other counties by giving us money with one hand and
:08:20. > :08:21.taking millions of pounds back with the other.
:08:22. > :08:25.Mr Hardwick has said it's now inevitable that the part of the
:08:26. > :08:29.council tax that pays for policing will have to rise by up to 2%.
:08:30. > :08:35.But that's led to criticism from one local MP.
:08:36. > :08:38.One local MP says you should not be doing this you should be freezing
:08:39. > :08:42.the council tax. Well, he is a great guy, if he lived
:08:43. > :08:45.in the real world including policing, he would not say that.
:08:46. > :08:48.In 2010 Lincolnshire Police was told by the government to save ?20
:08:49. > :08:51.million within five years. The force claims it has already made
:08:52. > :08:54.considerable progress. In 2012 it outsourced back office functions,
:08:55. > :08:58.like call handling and custody suite operation, to G4S staff. In the
:08:59. > :09:01.first year alone, that contract saved more than ?5 million `
:09:02. > :09:05.equivalent to the cost of 125 police officers ` and is projected to save
:09:06. > :09:11.?36 million over ten years. Alan Hardwick says the force is already
:09:12. > :09:19.the leanest in the country. Today he put his plans for a rise in council
:09:20. > :09:23.tax to people in Lincoln. Investing in the police, you are
:09:24. > :09:25.only going to benefit from it. They keep the streets safe, they take
:09:26. > :09:30.care of us. But not everyone agreed.
:09:31. > :09:33.No, I think they could make other cuts in the police service, rather
:09:34. > :09:39.than ordinary ratepayers having to pay. You have to save, you do not
:09:40. > :10:01.save by making us pay more. In a statement the Home Office said:
:10:02. > :10:06.Well, Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwicke has now launched a
:10:07. > :10:11.public consultation and wants to hear what the people of Lincolnshire
:10:12. > :10:16.has to say about his proposal. The inquest into the death of a Red
:10:17. > :10:19.Arrows pilot has heard that the RAF was going through a period of
:10:20. > :10:22.'considerable change' in the months before he died. The display team was
:10:23. > :10:26.short of engineers, but the man in charge has said safety was not
:10:27. > :10:29.compromised. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died when his ejection
:10:30. > :10:37.seat activated while his plane was on the ground at RAF Scampton in
:10:38. > :10:43.November 2011. Jessica Lane was at the inquest. What was said?
:10:44. > :10:47.Evidence was given by Air Vice Marshall Mark Green, who at the time
:10:48. > :10:49.of the accident was in charge of 22 Training Group, which included the
:10:50. > :10:53.Red Arrows. He said the RAF was going through a
:10:54. > :10:56.period of 'considerable change' in the months leading up to Sean
:10:57. > :10:58.Cunningham's death and staff were uncertain about cuts and
:10:59. > :11:01.redundancies imposed by the government's strategic defence and
:11:02. > :11:06.security review. But he insisted this did not mean safety was
:11:07. > :11:09.compromised. He told the inquest... "the evidence appears to be that the
:11:10. > :11:13.individuals who put the seat together and serviced it, did it in
:11:14. > :11:16.the way we would expect, whether they were supervised or not.
:11:17. > :11:19." Air Commodore George Martin also gave evidence.
:11:20. > :11:22.He said that issues of under`staffing had been raised with
:11:23. > :11:28.him in September 2011 ` two months before Sean Cunningham died ` and
:11:29. > :11:41.they were being dealt with. He said...
:11:42. > :11:51.The inquest continues on Monday. Thank you very much indeed. More
:11:52. > :11:54.news now in brief. A woman has been arrested on
:11:55. > :11:57.suspicion of assisting a suicide after a teenager's body was found at
:11:58. > :12:00.a house in Sleaford. Lincolnshire police were called to Leicester
:12:01. > :12:03.Street yesterday morning, where they found the body of a 21`year`old
:12:04. > :12:06.woman. Officers say a woman of the same age has been released on bail
:12:07. > :12:09.while investigations are carried out.
:12:10. > :12:12.The jury in the case of an East Yorkshire woman accused of causing
:12:13. > :12:15.the death by careless driving of her older sister has been told that
:12:16. > :12:19.sympathy must have nothing to do with their decision. Rosie Ann Stone
:12:20. > :12:22.denies pulling into the path of Jennie Stone when both decided to
:12:23. > :12:27.overtake a lorry on the A165 near Bridlington last February. The judge
:12:28. > :12:33.asked the jury to use cold hard reason to reach its verdict.
:12:34. > :12:36.Humberside Fire and Rescue has sent 13 firefighters to help tackle this
:12:37. > :12:42.fire in Sherburn in Elmet near Leeds where 1,000 tonnes of tyres are
:12:43. > :12:50.burning. Thick black smoke can be seen for miles around. 70
:12:51. > :12:52.firefighters have spent all day at the recycling plant.
:12:53. > :12:56.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, was heckled by a small group of
:12:57. > :12:59.protestors during a visit to a GP's surgery in Immingham. Mr Hunt told
:13:00. > :13:02.Look North he was determined to turn around hospitals in Lincolnshire
:13:03. > :13:09.which are failing to meet some basic standards.
:13:10. > :13:13.We are accountable to the public, I am accountable as Secretary of
:13:14. > :13:16.State, for making sure we turn around hospitals in difficulty. I
:13:17. > :13:23.want my legacy to be that hospitals like North Lincolnshire and United
:13:24. > :13:30.Lincolnshire hospitals group have addressed those problems and we are
:13:31. > :13:33.focusing very heavily on that. Thank you for watching.
:13:34. > :13:36.Still ahead tonight... Going below the surface ` the plans
:13:37. > :13:40.to improve east Yorkshire's chalk streams.
:13:41. > :13:42.And with less than an hour until curtain up ` we're back stage at the
:13:43. > :13:58.Radio Humberside Panto. Keep your photos coming in,
:13:59. > :14:04.tonight's is on Bridlington South Beach. Thank you very much for that.
:14:05. > :14:09.A quick apology, last night we showed a picture and I said, what
:14:10. > :14:13.lovely ducks! I was told in no uncertain terms
:14:14. > :14:18.they are actually grey geese. I apologise for that. Getting your
:14:19. > :14:23.birds mixed up again, Peter? I have a great text here.
:14:24. > :14:27.I always watch Look North and have noticed that Peter often talks
:14:28. > :14:33.quickly without moving his lips. It he a ventriloquist?
:14:34. > :14:37.Well, he works with a dummy! I walked straight into that one!
:14:38. > :14:41.You did, you gave me that on a plate.
:14:42. > :14:43.Leslie cad the headline tomorrow, variable cloud with scattered
:14:44. > :14:49.showers. Low pressure is in charge. Quite a
:14:50. > :14:54.few places today has stayed dry, and the same will apply tomorrow. The
:14:55. > :14:59.showers have been coming across especially southern and eastern
:15:00. > :15:03.parts of Lincolnshire as the afternoon has gone on. Showers will
:15:04. > :15:07.continue to come from the south`west and push at times into east
:15:08. > :15:11.Yorkshire, quite showery at first but they should become more isolated
:15:12. > :15:15.later. Still some showers at dawn tomorrow morning. Some missed in
:15:16. > :15:24.places, lowest temperatures five Celsius. The sun will rise in the
:15:25. > :15:35.morning around 8am. The tide of high water... It looks like a repeat
:15:36. > :15:39.performance tomorrow, variable cloud with sunny intervals and also a
:15:40. > :15:43.scattering of showers. Just like today, some places will miss them
:15:44. > :15:50.all together but if you catch one it could be heavy. The breeze, moderate
:15:51. > :15:55.and from the site. The top afternoon temperatures, never to cold with the
:15:56. > :16:00.southerly wind, highs close to the average for the middle of January,
:16:01. > :16:06.around several serious `` seven Celsius, so fractionally above that
:16:07. > :16:11.at eight Celsius. The further outlook is unsettled, Friday night
:16:12. > :16:16.showers should die away, uncertain on the detail for Saturday but
:16:17. > :16:20.generally cloudy with showers and the possibility of longer outbreaks
:16:21. > :16:25.of rain for a time. Much of next week dominated by low pressure, and
:16:26. > :16:29.it looks cool and showery. As soon as you read that, I saw the
:16:30. > :16:34.look on your face and thought, that is an own goal.
:16:35. > :16:36.Thank you, I did not need to do any work at all, see you tomorrow. Or
:16:37. > :16:46.maybe we will not! Plans to allow younger people to
:16:47. > :16:49.live in local authority flats reserved for the over`55s has caused
:16:50. > :16:52.outrage on a Hull estate. The Council are currently reviewing
:16:53. > :16:55.their age restriction policies to deal with the large increase in
:16:56. > :16:59.demand for flats from young people but those living in Bayswater Court
:17:00. > :17:02.and Muswell Court say it would make their quiet lives a misery. Caroline
:17:03. > :17:08.Bilton has been to meet some of the residents.
:17:09. > :17:11.It is a beautiful place, nice tenants in here, all over 55.
:17:12. > :17:14.tenants in here, all over Mike Bickerstaff loves his highrise
:17:15. > :17:18.home ` he's one of over 100 residents living here who fit the
:17:19. > :17:26.age restriction of over 55. Being able to live out his retirement here
:17:27. > :17:33.was his dream come true. We have a lifestyle and it is nice
:17:34. > :17:37.in here. It is nice, quiet, we have a garden of the want to go out and
:17:38. > :17:40.sit in the summer... But Hull City Council are reviewing their age
:17:41. > :17:43.restriction policies on places like this which could mean younger people
:17:44. > :17:48.and families living here in the future.
:17:49. > :17:52.They do not call for our way of living, nice, quiet, and we do not
:17:53. > :18:00.go for the music banging around, coming in at midnight. He introduced
:18:01. > :18:05.me to Kath, who's lived here for 30 years.
:18:06. > :18:10.Us we are now come into his good, these places are wonderful. But with
:18:11. > :18:15.a family, children ` the thought of them running along the hallways, you
:18:16. > :18:23.know, graffiti in the walls come it is not this block, love. We are
:18:24. > :18:27.settled here, all of us. If we are creating age restrictions for people
:18:28. > :18:31.over 55 and over 30, then we have to make sure we have sufficient
:18:32. > :18:35.accommodation for people under those ages.
:18:36. > :18:39.And have you? Yes, we have, but clearly the
:18:40. > :18:43.bedroom tax is not helping. We know there are good people below
:18:44. > :18:48.those ages, we know that, we are not all the same, we are all
:18:49. > :18:52.individuals, but 55 is a good age to come in these places and live out
:18:53. > :18:56.your life. People clearly feel protective about
:18:57. > :18:58.what they have here and don't want change.
:18:59. > :19:03.While this review is taking place they do come in a way, feel
:19:04. > :19:09.threatened. But no decision has yet been made, that is due at the end of
:19:10. > :19:13.January. It is an interesting one.
:19:14. > :19:20.Let's get the other side of the coin. Earlier we spoke to some young
:19:21. > :19:25.people at a community centre and asked if young and old people can
:19:26. > :19:29.live side by side as neighbours. In a community, where they can live
:19:30. > :19:33.themselves, they are comfortable, they feel relaxed and are not
:19:34. > :19:38.worrying about us next door or late music. A lot of people expect young
:19:39. > :19:42.people not to support and help out where actually we do. Young people
:19:43. > :19:49.have the respect elderly people without music all night, and maybe
:19:50. > :19:53.get a bit intimidated if they see loads of people standing outside,
:19:54. > :19:56.but at the same time I think people need to respect younger people have
:19:57. > :20:01.a right to live their lives how they want to, as well. It looks like the
:20:02. > :20:02.older don't want to live with the Younger, the younger with the
:20:03. > :20:06.older. You may have a view on this, as
:20:07. > :20:10.well. We have some reaction last night to
:20:11. > :20:14.the story that many councils are raising council tax by almost 2%,
:20:15. > :20:19.while others are managing to freeze tax. Sarah in Cleethorpes says, "I
:20:20. > :20:23.am a single mum on a very tight budget. Phil is to.
:20:24. > :20:28.I would be willing to pay the rise as the services provided by the
:20:29. > :20:32.council are vital to me and my family." Percy says, "I'm not a
:20:33. > :20:35.lover of our labour council in Grimsby but listening to the council
:20:36. > :20:37.leader Chris Shaw I don't think they have much of a choice." Mick in
:20:38. > :21:01.Grimsby ` "If a big response on that story, thank
:21:02. > :21:05.you for that. It used to be a fish farm, but now a
:21:06. > :21:08.70`acre site in East Yorkshire has become the areas latest nature
:21:09. > :21:11.reserve. Skerne wetlands have the most notherly chalk streams in the
:21:12. > :21:16.country and are an important home for kingfishers, water voles and
:21:17. > :21:19.dragonflies. There still work to be done but the Yorkshire Wildlife
:21:20. > :21:22.Trust has high hopes for the reserve in the future. Jo Makel's been to
:21:23. > :21:25.take a look. The West Beck chalk stream, near
:21:26. > :21:38.Skerne, is a site of special scientific interest. It's one of the
:21:39. > :21:41.headwaters which join to form the River Hull. And according to the
:21:42. > :21:44.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, East Yorkshire can boast some of the best
:21:45. > :21:46.chalk streams in the country. This is the most northerly chalk
:21:47. > :21:51.river system in the UK and it compares like`for`like with the
:21:52. > :21:56.famous Futsal rivers in `` famous chalk rivers in Hampshire.
:21:57. > :22:01.It comes out filtered through the chocolate, the water, so it is a
:22:02. > :22:05.different habitat to a normal river and has characteristic species that
:22:06. > :22:08.just live in chalk rivers and that is why it is important.
:22:09. > :22:13.Under the water, fish like brown trout and grayling like the clean
:22:14. > :22:16.gravel of chalk rivers. Above, they support species like king fishers
:22:17. > :22:20.and water voles. But this site has another important attraction for the
:22:21. > :22:24.Trust. As a former commercial fish farm, it has 60 ponds and a network
:22:25. > :22:27.of ditches with they can use and adapt to create a mosaic of
:22:28. > :22:33.wetlands. This will help the river and the surrounding area.
:22:34. > :22:36.You have people farming around here and they are obviously doing their
:22:37. > :22:40.bit for wildlife, as well, so if we have a little pocket here that has
:22:41. > :22:44.lots of wildlife that may spill out into the wider countryside.
:22:45. > :22:48.It's a three year project and the area isn't yet open to the public.
:22:49. > :22:52.But the trust is organising special preview visits like this one.
:22:53. > :22:56.I did not realise there were so many fish farms. To make a good use of it
:22:57. > :23:01.like this, it would be a great place, as it develops, to come. From
:23:02. > :23:05.what John has told us today, I am excited at the prospect of creating
:23:06. > :23:08.something dynamic and natural and they have the water control
:23:09. > :23:13.opportunities here which are quite exciting.
:23:14. > :23:16.The trust now needs volunteers to help with practical work as well as
:23:17. > :23:20.monitoring and surveys. People in an East Yorkshire village
:23:21. > :23:23.have praised the pilot of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance who managed
:23:24. > :23:26.to land on this small green in North Frodingham near Driffield this
:23:27. > :23:29.afternoon. The ambulance was called to take a man with spinal injuries
:23:30. > :23:39.to Hull Royal Infirmary, after he had fallen from a building. An
:23:40. > :23:42.amazing bit of flying by the pilot. Oscar nominations were announced
:23:43. > :23:46.earlier and we have two award hopes from East Yorkshire. Chris Benstead
:23:47. > :23:49.` who we featured on Look North last night ` is nominated for his sound
:23:50. > :23:52.work on Gravity. The science fiction film starring George Clooney and
:23:53. > :23:55.Sandra Bullock got ten nominations in total. And Tracey Seaward `
:23:56. > :23:59.originally from Willerby ` seen here getting an honorary degree at the
:24:00. > :24:07.University of Hull, is nominated as a producer for Philomena which stars
:24:08. > :24:18.Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. Good luck to Chris and Tracey, we will
:24:19. > :24:21.find out the winners next month. Christmas may be well and truly over
:24:22. > :24:26.but there's one tradition that's still taking place. Staff from BBC
:24:27. > :24:29.Look North and BBC Radio Humberside are getting ready to stage their
:24:30. > :24:32.pantomime for Children In Need. Tonight is the opening night of
:24:33. > :24:35.Mother Goose in Cleethorpes. Our reporter, Leanne Brown, is there.
:24:36. > :24:39.Leanne, how are the cast feeling? Well, it is extremely busy backstage
:24:40. > :24:47.tonight. The props are getting ready, the goose, Priscilla, is
:24:48. > :24:50.having her make up. On there are last`minute rehearsals taking place.
:24:51. > :24:55.People are nervous, but I don't know why they have been doing this for 13
:24:56. > :24:59.years. It started as a one`off but has been going ever since. Jonathan
:25:00. > :25:05.Parker, radio Humberside presenter, how are you feeling? A little
:25:06. > :25:09.nervous but I think we are ready. You also direct the show, what is it
:25:10. > :25:11.like directing members of the BBC team?
:25:12. > :25:15.It has got easier and easier every year.
:25:16. > :25:22.In 2002 we had never done anything like this, now experienced actors.
:25:23. > :25:25.What is in store tonight for the outrageous costumes?
:25:26. > :25:30.This is the most amiable yet. I have a little fairy liquid bottle
:25:31. > :25:34.you have never seen before. I look forward to seeing that one. Let's
:25:35. > :25:40.move over to Carl Weekley. Why do you keep on doing this?
:25:41. > :25:46.You would have thought it would get better, wouldn't you? We enjoy it,
:25:47. > :25:49.we have massive egos, so we keep coming back. People keep coming back
:25:50. > :25:53.because they say it is different every time. I don't want to tempt
:25:54. > :25:57.fate but you are hoping to reach a big target this weekend.
:25:58. > :26:02.Yes, if enough people come to see it and there are some tickets left, we
:26:03. > :26:06.will rake through the ?100,000 mark, fingers crossed.
:26:07. > :26:10.And if you want to come along, there are still tickets available for
:26:11. > :26:13.Saturday and Sunday night. If you want tickets for those
:26:14. > :26:17.performances you need to call the council box office.
:26:18. > :26:21.The number is on your screen. Good luck to the cast for their opening
:26:22. > :26:24.night. Let's go back to the headlines... The Chancellor has
:26:25. > :26:30.backed an above inflation rise of the minimum wage.
:26:31. > :26:33.Lord Prescott has said that all micro fans should give Dr Allam are
:26:34. > :26:37.backing even if it means a name change.
:26:38. > :26:40.70 million years invested keeping all micro in the Premier League,
:26:41. > :26:44.when we were collapsing four years ago.
:26:45. > :26:47.And the weather tomorrow, cloudy with sunny spells and scattered
:26:48. > :26:52.showers, top temperature in the afternoon around eight Celsius.
:26:53. > :26:58.A big response on the subject of the ball. Jason says, did Hull feel
:26:59. > :27:02.became that matter when they became Hull sharks? It is now history, just
:27:03. > :27:06.as this will be in a few years. I have been following Hull since
:27:07. > :27:11.1958. I could not care less whether they
:27:12. > :27:16.are called Hull city or Hull Tigers. After today's signing I have changed
:27:17. > :27:23.my mind to let Doctor Alain do what he wants.
:27:24. > :27:29.More signings will come, without Allam it is dark days again.
:27:30. > :27:37.This is laughable and you call that a football brand? It is alien to
:27:38. > :27:44.every football supporter, it sounds like a hockey team.
:27:45. > :27:45.Join us tomorrow lunchtime if you can, look after yourselves, good
:27:46. > :27:48.night.