:00:00. > :00:00.rain from the east. That's all from the BBC News At Six.
:00:00. > :00:00.On BBC One, we now the west. That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:15.News at six, so it is goodbye from Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:16. > :00:18.North. The headlines tonight: Crime is down in Lincolnshire but small
:00:19. > :00:21.businesses count the cost of shop lifting The campaign to make sure no
:00:22. > :00:24.ex`serviceman is forced to have a pauper's funeral Protestors who
:00:25. > :00:27.ambushed a train at Drax Power Station have had their convictions
:00:28. > :00:30.overturned. We have to work thoord cause make a profit.
:00:31. > :00:37.We have to work hard to make a profit. . We've had Prime Ministers
:00:38. > :00:41.say how proud they are of their soldiers. They gave their yesterdays
:00:42. > :00:46.for our tomorrows. We owe it to them.
:00:47. > :00:50.Protesters who ambushed a train at Drax Power Station have had their
:00:51. > :00:53.convictions overturned. And Sold for their looks, now rescue
:00:54. > :00:59.charities say they're overwhelmed by abandoned wolf`like dogs.
:01:00. > :01:00.Rain on the way tonight. That detailed five`day forecast follow
:01:01. > :01:17.very shortly. Good evening. Crime is down across
:01:18. > :01:20.Lincolnshire according to the county's Police and Crime
:01:21. > :01:23.Commisioner. But MPs have suggested that police crime figures should be
:01:24. > :01:26.taken with a pinch of salt amid claims that some forces are
:01:27. > :01:30.manipulating the numbers to try and hit targets. Alan Hardwick says his
:01:31. > :01:33.force doesn't have targets and the figures are accurate. Today he's
:01:34. > :01:37.announced plans to deal with shoplifting which is one of the few
:01:38. > :01:46.crimes on the rise. Simon Spark reports. Stacking shelves but
:01:47. > :01:50.keeping a careful watch. Theft and shoplifting has increased by 5% in
:01:51. > :01:54.the last year, with an extra 443 crimes, according to Lincolnshire
:01:55. > :02:00.police's latest performance report. But that's in surprise to this shop
:02:01. > :02:04.in Lincoln. Unfortunately we have more shoplifting. Anything, food,
:02:05. > :02:09.alcohol, anything is with people with hardly any income. They are
:02:10. > :02:15.desperate for things and they target shops like this but shops like this
:02:16. > :02:21.have quite low margins and we have to work as hard as we can to make a
:02:22. > :02:24.profit and it really does call financial problems.
:02:25. > :02:28.But Lincolnshire police are pleased with their results. They show
:02:29. > :02:35.overall crime down by 3%, antisocial behaviour down by 14, and a decline
:02:36. > :02:38.in vile bins more than 9%. I'm `` in violence.
:02:39. > :02:42.I'm delighted with this report. It just shows that the leanest funded
:02:43. > :02:46.force in the country can continue to produce results that are, well,
:02:47. > :02:50.let's say, punch well above its weight. The report comes out, of
:02:51. > :02:55.course, just when police figures are being questioned generally for their
:02:56. > :02:58.be a radioscy. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has written to every
:02:59. > :03:02.police chief in the country to ensure they keep accurate figures.
:03:03. > :03:07.But what damage does this do to public confidence, in figures like
:03:08. > :03:11.this? It makes you wonder sometimes. Obviously it needs to be reported
:03:12. > :03:15.more accurately, doesn't it? We encourage our children to talk to
:03:16. > :03:21.policemen because they give you an honest answer. Now you think ` do
:03:22. > :03:25.they or don't they? A bit sceptical. The whole thing has been grossly
:03:26. > :03:29.mishandled. I'm not surprised the public have the wrong idea. All I
:03:30. > :03:34.can do is speak for Lincolnshire and say I'm as confident as it is
:03:35. > :03:38.possible to be that the way that we record and report crime figures is
:03:39. > :03:44.honest and is probust. No questions have been raised about
:03:45. > :03:48.the reliability of Lincolnshire's fillings, but they are still having
:03:49. > :03:51.to restore public confidence and justify their claims. `
:03:52. > :03:56.Lincolnshire's figures. I spoke to the MP, Bernard Jenkin, Chairman of
:03:57. > :04:02.an influential #35r789ry committee that has been looking into the
:04:03. > :04:05.accuracy of crime figures. `` parliamentary committee. I asked
:04:06. > :04:10.them if people in Lincolnshire can trust the figures published today?
:04:11. > :04:14.To a degree, yes. But overall the statistics have been downgraded.
:04:15. > :04:18.They are no longer national statistics. Lincolnshire is a good
:04:19. > :04:21.example. The Police and Crime Commissioner doesn't set targets.
:04:22. > :04:24.The overwhelming conclusion we have received in evidence, is that it is
:04:25. > :04:27.the targets that distort the figures because the police, with the best
:04:28. > :04:32.will in the world, they are trying to meet the targets, not record the
:04:33. > :04:34.crimes. If you don't have any targets, Lincolnshire can't fail
:04:35. > :04:38.because they are not saying what they are going to do. The targets
:04:39. > :04:42.should not be the criteria for success or failure. The question is
:04:43. > :04:45.how safe the population feels and whether the overall crime survey
:04:46. > :04:51.figures, a different measure of crime, is going down. Do some police
:04:52. > :04:54.forces massage figures, or have they done so? Massage is probably too
:04:55. > :04:58.strong a word. The problem we have, is after decades of target`driven
:04:59. > :05:03.behaviour in police force, there is a habit amongst, you know, the desk
:05:04. > :05:08.sergeant punching the numbers into his computer ` oh, I think I'll make
:05:09. > :05:13.this a criminal damage, not an attempted robbery or I think we'll
:05:14. > :05:17.put this mobile phone down as "lost" rather than "stolen", to make the
:05:18. > :05:20.figures look better. It was part of the team effort to present a good
:05:21. > :05:24.face. Obviously that's in the what what we want. Changing that
:05:25. > :05:27.behaviour in some police force also take a long time. Is the way that
:05:28. > :05:30.crime is recorded at the moment, is it clear enough and good enough and
:05:31. > :05:36.can we always trust what the police say?
:05:37. > :05:40.Well, what we need is more auditing of crime, recorded crime figures, so
:05:41. > :05:44.that there is a more checking up, more policing of the system but
:05:45. > :05:49.also, to encourage police ` and this is a real challenge for leadership `
:05:50. > :05:53.to put the values of their policing service above whatever targets there
:05:54. > :05:57.might be. To put the integrity and honesty and the behaviour of police
:05:58. > :06:00.officers above the achievement of any targets for this crime or that
:06:01. > :06:03.kind of crime. Very good to talk to you, Mr Jenkin.
:06:04. > :06:08.Thank you very much. Your thoughts on this: Do you trust
:06:09. > :06:12.the crime figures when they are published. Are targets important or
:06:13. > :06:16.do they encourage manipulation of crime records? Do you trust what you
:06:17. > :06:20.have heard of figures. If you want to be in touch, you can e`mail, or
:06:21. > :06:37.text us. Now, in a moment on tonight's
:06:38. > :06:42.programme: The inquest into the death of a Red Arrows pilot hears
:06:43. > :06:50.evidence from evector seat experts. Force Protestors who ambushed a coal
:06:51. > :06:53.train on its way to Drax Power Station near Goole have had their
:06:54. > :06:56.convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal. The 29 activists were
:06:57. > :06:58.cleared because an undercover policeman's involvement in the
:06:59. > :07:01.protest was kept secret. They're now calling for a public inquiry into
:07:02. > :07:07.undercover police work. Jake Zuckerman has more.
:07:08. > :07:13.Result is that the convictions are all quashed. The moment a judge at
:07:14. > :07:18.the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions of 29 environmental
:07:19. > :07:21.protesters. Outside they gave their reaction. We just feel really
:07:22. > :07:26.pleased to have been able to continue to shine a light on the
:07:27. > :07:30.underhand tactics of undercover police officers in solidarity with
:07:31. > :07:34.other individuals and groups that have actually suffered far, far
:07:35. > :07:38.greater miscarriages of justice. In 2008, protesters ambushed a train
:07:39. > :07:44.carrying coal to Drax Power Station near Goole. 29 were later convicted
:07:45. > :07:47.of obstructing railway engines and were given either a conditional
:07:48. > :07:52.discharge or community service but what they didn't know at the time
:07:53. > :07:56.was that their convictions depended on the secret evidence of Mark
:07:57. > :07:59.Kennedy an undercover police officer who infiltrated their group. Today
:08:00. > :08:02.the Appeal Court threw out their convictions because the protesters
:08:03. > :08:05.should have been told about his involvement.
:08:06. > :08:11.Paul was one of those cleared but he remains concerned about the use of
:08:12. > :08:15.undercover policing. Undercover policing is being used to support
:08:16. > :08:19.operations and support the police and support the status quo rather
:08:20. > :08:23.nan protecting citizens from violence and such like. We are
:08:24. > :08:28.calling for a public inquiry where we get all this out in the open.
:08:29. > :08:30.Mark Kennedy drove the activists to the protests before tipping off
:08:31. > :08:34.transport police. If protesters had known he was a policeman, they could
:08:35. > :08:37.have argued he'd led them to it and it was because they never had that
:08:38. > :08:43.opportunity that the Appeal Court quashed their convictions.
:08:44. > :08:47.It was West Yorkshire Police who authorised the use of the undercover
:08:48. > :08:50.police officer and in a at the same time tonight it said, "We will look
:08:51. > :08:57.at today's judgment in detail before deciding if any action is needed."
:08:58. > :09:00.An undertaker from Scunthorpe has appealed to the Prime Minister to
:09:01. > :09:04.ensure that war veterans without close family aren't given "paupers"
:09:05. > :09:06.funerals. It comes after Sue McLane was asked to cremate a 90`year`old
:09:07. > :09:11.ex`serviceman, while all his possessions, including his medals,
:09:12. > :09:15.would have been thrown in a skip. She says she wants the Government to
:09:16. > :09:22.pay for those who served the country to get a proper send`off.
:09:23. > :09:30.For ten years, Michael Clarke was a Royal Marine. He died in a care home
:09:31. > :09:36.with no immediate family. His friend barksy Armstrong, was told Michael
:09:37. > :09:38.would be given a basic council`funded funeral and that all
:09:39. > :09:43.his possessions would be thrown away. I said ` what happens then?
:09:44. > :09:47.They said, question get a skip and teleeverything and we deal with the
:09:48. > :09:50.funeral. It just didn't seem right. You can't treat a man like that. You
:09:51. > :09:56.wouldn't treat an animal like that. It shouldn't happen ever again. And
:09:57. > :10:00.funeral director Sue Maclean awith the report of bare and the Royal
:10:01. > :10:04.British Legion, she organised Michael Clarke's funeral in
:10:05. > :10:10.Scunthorpe. They arranged for more than 160 soldiers to come to pay
:10:11. > :10:16.their last respect We had the Piper Piping Men and a bugler play the
:10:17. > :10:19.Last Post for me that's the way every serviceman and woman should
:10:20. > :10:23.have their final journey. We have had Prime Ministers say how proud
:10:24. > :10:27.they are of their soldiers. They gave their yesterdays for our
:10:28. > :10:30.tomorrows. We owe it to them. It is not the first time ex`servicemen
:10:31. > :10:37.have been honoured by people they never knew. Last year hundreds of
:10:38. > :10:42.people attended the funeral of world World War Two veteran Harold
:10:43. > :10:46.Percival. Now an MP is backing the campaign to ensure former soldiers
:10:47. > :10:50.without families are honoured. It is important that we have people like
:10:51. > :10:53.Sue Maclean, willing to champion these issues, so that we can ` you
:10:54. > :10:56.know I have written to the Prime Minister, I have written to the
:10:57. > :11:00.Royal British Legion to see what sort of response we can get from
:11:01. > :11:03.them to address this issue. Sue Maclean has now started a
:11:04. > :11:08.petition, calling on the Prime Minister to take her idea on board.
:11:09. > :11:12.We asked the Government about Sue's campaign. It says it remains the
:11:13. > :11:17.legal duty of local councils to provide a burial when that person
:11:18. > :11:21.can't provide for themselves. But there should be consideration,
:11:22. > :11:25.especially when that person has served their country.
:11:26. > :11:29.Sue's now displaying Michael Clarke's medals, that she saved from
:11:30. > :11:36.the skip. But she wants change so no soldier without a family is
:11:37. > :11:44.forgotten. It raises an interesting debate.
:11:45. > :11:47.Anne`Marie Tasker joins me now. Is there any chance of the government
:11:48. > :11:50.agreeing to fund the funerals of ex servicemen? As he explained in the
:11:51. > :11:52.report, it is the council's responsibility to pay for fun radios
:11:53. > :11:56.like this. But should they consider it in the future it would raise
:11:57. > :12:00.issues like, for example, for 15 years nearly every man in this
:12:01. > :12:03.country did national service, that poses the question ` would all of
:12:04. > :12:06.those countes a ex`servicemen. When I spoke to the Royal British Legion
:12:07. > :12:12.today they said at the moment, at least, it is very rare that there is
:12:13. > :12:16.an ex`serviceman who dies who has no immediate family. We will throw this
:12:17. > :12:19.open as well. Do you think ex`service personnel should have
:12:20. > :12:23.military funeral paid for by the state or is it asking too much from
:12:24. > :12:30.the tax payer? If you want to comment on this, you can e`mail in:
:12:31. > :12:43.Police say they're now treating the death of a man in Lincolnshire as
:12:44. > :12:46.murder. The body of twenty four`year`old Evans Zanovich was
:12:47. > :12:50.found at his home on Etherington Street in Gainsborough last Friday.
:12:51. > :12:51.Police say a fire at his house was deliberately started.
:12:52. > :12:54.Managers at the world's leading manufacturer of ejector seats have
:12:55. > :12:57.been giving evidence at the inquest into the death of a Red Arrows
:12:58. > :13:01.pilot. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died when the seat in his
:13:02. > :13:03.Hawk jet fired as he prepared to take off and the parachute failed to
:13:04. > :13:12.deploy. Many of the questions in the inquest
:13:13. > :13:16.are about a nut and bolt like this one. They attached to a shackle like
:13:17. > :13:22.this, which holds the parachute in place until it's needed but when
:13:23. > :13:28.Flight Lieu ten act Sean Cunningham's seat activated when he
:13:29. > :13:33.was on the ground, his parachute did not release. The seat manufacturer
:13:34. > :13:36.carried out tests after he died. Nicholas Moss, the QC for the
:13:37. > :13:43.Ministry of Defence asked why the equipment used in those tests were
:13:44. > :13:51.new, even though those used on Sean Cunningham's seats were not new.
:13:52. > :13:54.Steven Ru if, f said they used the equipment they had in store. He said
:13:55. > :13:59.they were carried out in good faith. It was fact`finding, not to point
:14:00. > :14:03.blame. Yesterday the inquest heard that Martin Baker hadn't told the
:14:04. > :14:07.MoD about a potential problem with the nut and bolt dating back to the
:14:08. > :14:11.1990s. Sean Cunningham's parents have been a regular presence in the
:14:12. > :14:16.core beer's court. Before he left the room one of the witnesses from
:14:17. > :14:21.Martin Baker passed on the company's condolences. The inquest is set to
:14:22. > :14:24.continue on Thursday. Jessica is in Lincoln at the moment. What has been
:14:25. > :14:30.said today about the training given to those using the ejector seats?
:14:31. > :14:34.Well, much has been made today about the amount of detail given to
:14:35. > :14:37.engineers about exactly how to maintain those ejection seats
:14:38. > :14:41.without causing damage it the nut and bolt you saw earlier. It's
:14:42. > :14:46.emerged during the inquest that the same information was not given to
:14:47. > :14:53.ever are I air or even used by Martin Baker and the RAF themselves.
:14:54. > :14:56.However one Martin Baker employee said they had been using this
:14:57. > :15:01.particular neck nichl for years before Sean Cunningham died and he
:15:02. > :15:04.described it as an unexpected and single rogue event. We will follow
:15:05. > :15:13.that and continue to do so. Thank you for watching. It is
:15:14. > :15:19.6.43pm. Still ahead: A call for tighter regulation as
:15:20. > :15:22.wolf`like dogs become the latous status`breed to be bane donned. ``
:15:23. > :15:28.the latest. And why this herd of deer are
:15:29. > :15:33.bringing visitors to North Lincolnshire.
:15:34. > :15:39.Keep your photographs coming N tonight is of Cleethorpes beach.
:15:40. > :15:43.Taken by Daniel pat Is son. Thank you very much.
:15:44. > :15:47.Dp We got on to the subject of bent bargains last night. I can't
:15:48. > :15:55.I "I found two of Paul's books for but
:15:56. > :15:58.like everyone else, I wasn'ted tempted by the offer." A
:15:59. > :16:01.best`selling author for 50p, come on.
:16:02. > :16:05.I'm devastated. In your dreams.
:16:06. > :16:10.Now look at the headlines for the next 24 hours. Unsettled. Quite a
:16:11. > :16:13.bit of rain around in the morning T does improve slowly through tomorrow
:16:14. > :16:18.afternoon. Hopefully it does brighten up. This weather front
:16:19. > :16:22.making slow progress, it eventually clears, with showers spreading in
:16:23. > :16:27.from the west through Thursday. More rain by the end of Friday. So as I
:16:28. > :16:32.say looking unsettled. Many of us have been stuck in fog, particularly
:16:33. > :16:35.across Lincolnshire. The current temperature at Waddington lifted up
:16:36. > :16:40.to 2 degrees as the fog now is lifting but it has been a cold, day
:16:41. > :16:44.grey. It is chilly this evening, a touch of ground frost but the wind
:16:45. > :16:47.will continue to increase, as the rain eventually pushes in from the
:16:48. > :16:52.west. After midnight for most of us, but it looks as they it'll be a
:16:53. > :16:54.fairly wet second half to tonight. Lowest temperatures around now, one
:16:55. > :17:10.or two Celsius. The sun will rise just after 8.00am
:17:11. > :17:15.tomorrow: A miserable, cold, cloudy, wet, dank morning across all parts
:17:16. > :17:20.with outbreaks of rain. Persistent rain at that. It'll slowly edge out.
:17:21. > :17:26.Not clearing the coast until early afternoon. Hopefully brideness
:17:27. > :17:29.spreading in from the west. Tomorrow morning looks dreadful with a
:17:30. > :17:34.moderate south or south`east wind. Temperatures eventually up to six,
:17:35. > :17:38.probably seven. But certainly for much of the morning it'll feel
:17:39. > :17:41.pretty cold. Looking further ahead. A showery day on Thursday, sunny
:17:42. > :17:44.intervals, scattered showers. Friday, a bright morning, it clouds
:17:45. > :17:49.over with rain towards the end fted day. The weekend increasingly windy,
:17:50. > :17:57.with a risk of more rain. Peter, that's the forecast. #7
:17:58. > :18:04.Best`selling author. I can't believe you said that. I remember you rang
:18:05. > :18:10.me up last year saying you got five barbecues for ?1.
:18:11. > :18:13.I think 50 pction is pushing that book.
:18:14. > :18:17.Aer North Lincolnshire dogs home say they have seen a large number of
:18:18. > :18:22.wolf`like dogs, particularly huskies, made fashionable by films
:18:23. > :18:31.like Twilight, bane donned. It is claimed that breeders are cashing in
:18:32. > :18:37.on this late etc status symbol dog and selling the puppies.
:18:38. > :18:43.This is Loki. His owner couldn't look after him any more so. Home for
:18:44. > :18:48.now is this dog rescue centre in Brigg. Huskies and crosses with
:18:49. > :18:54.malamute. Lots of people are ringing up asking us to take them. We don't
:18:55. > :18:59.have the space. We see them coming n when they hit at lessens and stop
:19:00. > :19:03.being so pretty and need to run. That's what they are breed to do,
:19:04. > :19:08.pulling sleds over long distances as seen here at the annual UK sled dog
:19:09. > :19:14.races in Scotland but the dogs trust has seen a 61% rise in these breeds
:19:15. > :19:19.being abandoned I think it is a slit fashion thing and #23i678s like
:19:20. > :19:22.Twilight have made them popular. There is no getting a I way from the
:19:23. > :19:26.fact that they are good`looking dogs and they are nice, people need to do
:19:27. > :19:32.a lot of research before taking that responsibility on.
:19:33. > :19:41.It is scenes like this, Jacob Black's half`man half`wolf character
:19:42. > :19:45.in Twilight, blamed in part for the trend. A decade ago you had to go on
:19:46. > :19:52.a it with aing list to get a husky or malamute in the UK now, throw,
:19:53. > :19:58.animal welfare chaurts warn you can go online, and get it delivered to
:19:59. > :20:06.your door that day. Further north, Kay has four huge and energetic
:20:07. > :20:10.malamutes. She is a Kennel Club`assured breeder and wants
:20:11. > :20:14.tighter breeders. We have people ring up and say ` would a malamute
:20:15. > :20:18.sit in the front seat of my sports car. No is the quick answer to that.
:20:19. > :20:23.There seems to be a continual churning out of puppies, three,
:20:24. > :20:27.four, litters a year without thought for their futures. Back at the dogs'
:20:28. > :20:31.home, Loki has been looking for two months now for the right owner with
:20:32. > :20:35.the time and energy to look after him.
:20:36. > :20:40.The MP for Grimsby has written to Channel 4 asking them to ` not to
:20:41. > :20:45.film a new series of Skint in the town. The broadcaster has confirmed
:20:46. > :20:49.it is carrying out research in Grimsby but Austin Mitchell says he
:20:50. > :20:59.is worried the show will only demonise the poor. Last year it
:21:00. > :21:05.caused caused controversy over its portrayal of Westcliffe estate in
:21:06. > :21:12.Grimsby. From the 3rd February, driving tests
:21:13. > :21:15.will be taken place at the Craven Park Training and Enterprise Centre.
:21:16. > :21:19.There is criticism of plans for a new Kew on the Humber that would
:21:20. > :21:24.stop the building of a new energy park. Ai'l UK has been granted
:21:25. > :21:27.permission to develop the line but the association of British ports has
:21:28. > :21:30.aplayed to build a quay on the site and the council say that would
:21:31. > :21:33.scupper the creation of thousands of jobs. Thanks to everyone who got in
:21:34. > :21:37.touch about the worries about fracking and the industry from a
:21:38. > :21:40.leading engineer we talked to last night. Hundreds of gas exploration
:21:41. > :21:43.licences are already in place already in Yorkshire and
:21:44. > :21:47.Lincolnshire, Mike Hill worked on the fracking rig which caused a
:21:48. > :21:50.minor earthquake in Blackpool. He says that although underground
:21:51. > :21:53.monitoring would take place there, there are other dangers, including
:21:54. > :21:56.to the water supply. We were talking to Mike last night on the programme.
:21:57. > :22:01.After that, again, second time we talked about fracking in a couple of
:22:02. > :22:03.weeks, a big response, just a few. Simon says: It's all well and good
:22:04. > :22:39.giving councils extra money: Thank you very much indeed for all
:22:40. > :22:42.of those. Hull Kingston Rovers say they are
:22:43. > :22:47.hoping for a big crowd for their gym against Hull FC this weekend. The
:22:48. > :22:50.club's new stand will be open for Sunday's derby which will act as
:22:51. > :22:56.preparation for the Super League season which starts next month.
:22:57. > :23:02.Any game is Rugby League is anything but a friendly, I suppose. Being
:23:03. > :23:05.Hull FC, adds a little bit of spice, I suppose but we are going to use
:23:06. > :23:09.all 28 players from our young ones to our eldest, they will all be
:23:10. > :23:13.given a chance to show what they've got. The East Yorkshire`based tennis
:23:14. > :23:17.player, Kyle Edmund has been named in the Great Britain Davis Cup squad
:23:18. > :23:21.which will face the United States later this month. The teenager from
:23:22. > :23:25.Tickton near Beverly has been brought into the squad ahead of the
:23:26. > :23:29.British number two, Dan Evans, in spite of being ranked more than 200
:23:30. > :23:32.places below him. Selectors say he has more experience of playing on
:23:33. > :23:36.the clay. Well done to Kyle.
:23:37. > :23:41.After their game at Braintree on Saturday, was postponed because of a
:23:42. > :23:44.water`logged pitch. Lincoln City play at Macclesfield tonight. BBC
:23:45. > :23:49.Radio Lincolnshire has commentary of the game. The build`up starts from
:23:50. > :23:53.7.00pm. By the way, BBC Sport relief is only
:23:54. > :23:57.two months away. We are all being encouraged to take part. This year's
:23:58. > :24:01.event will feature, cycling, running and swimming as a way of raising
:24:02. > :24:05.money for good causes in this country and overseas. If you want it
:24:06. > :24:08.get involved in Sport Relief this year, you can find out what is
:24:09. > :24:14.happening by going to the website and looking there. The address is on
:24:15. > :24:16.the screen: Now nature lovers in North Lincolnshire have been
:24:17. > :24:21.attracted to the grounds of a stately home in the area by a rare
:24:22. > :24:27.sight. Normanby Hall's herd of deer are already popular, of course, but
:24:28. > :24:31.it's two unusual members of the group that have been bringing in the
:24:32. > :24:35.extra visitors. Among friends near Scunthorpe, but
:24:36. > :24:41.noticeably different to his fellow fallow deer. This is a rare glimpse
:24:42. > :24:43.of the two white deer that now call Normanby Hall country park their
:24:44. > :24:49.home. They are just one end of the range
:24:50. > :24:54.of fallow deer. You get the fallow deer, traditional and brown with the
:24:55. > :24:58.white spots, right through to the pale ones which look almost white
:24:59. > :25:01.which is what we have got and then they go through to the dark, almost
:25:02. > :25:05.black colour. They pop in other places, I konted say how many as a
:25:06. > :25:10.percentage but not too common. The first white deer was born here five
:25:11. > :25:15.years ago, the youngest is now 18 months old. It is possible that the
:25:16. > :25:20.first white deer to appear here may have been purely down to genetics
:25:21. > :25:24.due to two brown deer. But it is also known that there was a white
:25:25. > :25:27.male deer living on community woodland adjacent to the park. It is
:25:28. > :25:33.possible that he found his way in here and then made his escape. They
:25:34. > :25:36.are sometimes referred to as Judas deer because they can make their
:25:37. > :25:40.fell yes herd easier to spot by hunters. Although, being such emit I
:25:41. > :25:44.had animals, visitors have little chance it getting up close. I have
:25:45. > :25:50.not seen the white deer but there are quite a few deer around, so I
:25:51. > :25:53.have quite enjoyed watching them. We are going to go and have a look it
:25:54. > :25:59.see if we can see them. I think they might be down near the pond. A load
:26:00. > :26:04.of food can help but there is no special treatment from Wendy on her
:26:05. > :26:09.daily rounds be they white deer, red deer or fallow deer. We are not too
:26:10. > :26:15.fussed about the colour, as long as they are healthy.
:26:16. > :26:21.Now, the time is 6.55pm. The main headlines tonight: New claims that
:26:22. > :26:26.you thousands of prisoners were scarf starved, beaten and executed
:26:27. > :26:28.by Government forces in Syria and Lincolnshire police's Commissioner
:26:29. > :26:34.defends the falling crime rate, while other forces are accused of
:26:35. > :26:37.putting targets first It's the targets that dis`Stott the figures.
:26:38. > :26:40.The police, with the best will in the world, they are trying to meet
:26:41. > :26:44.the tafrgts, not record the crime. Bernard general tin on the programme
:26:45. > :26:47.tonight. Wednesday whether. Cloudy and cold with outbreaks of rain in
:26:48. > :26:53.the morning, dry and brighter in the afternoon. Top temperatures at best,
:26:54. > :26:56.around 7. 7 is 45 Fahrenheit. The response on the subject of skriem
:26:57. > :27:00.figures. Thank you for all the messages. A big response. Sarah has
:27:01. > :27:05.tweeted ` why should crime figures matter? Surely for the important
:27:06. > :27:08.thing is for the police to do their jobs successfully and deal with the
:27:09. > :27:11.indents. Bob says ` people don't bother about reporting crime.
:27:12. > :27:14.Nothing gets done. I have seen unreported crimes with no response
:27:15. > :27:19.from the police. I don't bother any more. Less says ` it is how safe we
:27:20. > :27:22.feel, not what the figures might pour tra. At the moment there is
:27:23. > :27:25.probably too much fear and we need the police to make us feel safer.
:27:26. > :27:30.This is an interesting one, anonymous. : I recently retired as a
:27:31. > :27:34.police sergeant. For balance, I would point out that often I had to
:27:35. > :27:39.educate officers who had recorded a crime when the circumstances did not
:27:40. > :27:47.amount to a crime in law. Interesting. Join me tomorrow lunch
:27:48. > :27:53.time as usual. Good evening. See you tomorrow, take care. Good night.