:00:00. > :00:00.shaking your head. That is horrible. That is all from the BBC's News at
:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight. 19
:00:11. > :00:23.missed chances to spot a fault which could have prevented the death of a
:00:24. > :00:26.Red Arrows pilot. The inquest into Sean Cunningham's
:00:27. > :00:33.death was told seven people didn't see that the ejection seat handle
:00:34. > :00:37.was in an unsafe position. Cutting the price at the pumps.
:00:38. > :00:39.Could EU funding reduce the cost of rural fuel?
:00:40. > :00:57.And the pupils planning to build and fly their own plane. The latest
:00:58. > :01:01.forecast comes up shortly. The inquest into the death of a Red
:01:02. > :01:05.Arrows pilot has been told seven people missed a fault with the
:01:06. > :01:09.plane's ejection seat. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died when
:01:10. > :01:14.the seat in his Hawk jet fired as he prepared to take off and the
:01:15. > :01:17.parachute failed to open. Today, experts from the Military Aviation
:01:18. > :01:21.Authority told the court that the safety pin on his ejector seat had
:01:22. > :01:25.not been inserted correctly. Caroline Bilton has been in court
:01:26. > :01:36.today. How significant was today's evidence? It was the first
:01:37. > :01:42.opportunity to hear the findings of that report. The aim was to
:01:43. > :01:45.investigate the accident, but to make sure safety was improved
:01:46. > :01:53.following the accident. There have been many twists and turns in the
:01:54. > :01:58.last few weeks of this inquest. Today, we got answers to some of the
:01:59. > :02:01.many questions that had been asked. He was a pilot who had flown
:02:02. > :02:05.thousands of times before, but today, at the inquest into his
:02:06. > :02:08.death, the findings of an inquiry by the Military Aviation Authority were
:02:09. > :02:11.given, headed up by this man, Commander Daniel Stemmbridge. They
:02:12. > :02:14.found that on the day of his accident Flight Lieutenant Sean
:02:15. > :02:18.Cunningham had not noticed the handle to his ejection seat ` one
:02:19. > :02:22.that he had sat in hundreds of times ` had been left in an unsafe
:02:23. > :02:30.position. Nor did he realise the safety pin preventing it from firing
:02:31. > :02:33.had been incorrectly inserted. But Sean hadn't been the only one to
:02:34. > :03:08.miss this. The service inquiry concluded that:
:03:09. > :03:12.Commander Stemmbridge will be back giving evidence tomorrow into the
:03:13. > :03:15.Military Aviation Authority's findings. It will be another week
:03:16. > :03:18.before the coroner makes his conclusions. We also learned a
:03:19. > :03:23.little about how the Red Arrows operate. The enquiry found that the
:03:24. > :03:29.time is taken from briefing to take off work although entirely
:03:30. > :03:33.appropriate and professional, too short to carry out the relevant
:03:34. > :03:36.safety checks. They were a lot shorter than those carried out by
:03:37. > :03:43.front man squadrons, for example. The service enquiry also found this
:03:44. > :03:46.quadrant had attended less and 50% of safety meetings. The enquiry
:03:47. > :03:49.concluded these may have been contributory factors to the
:03:50. > :03:53.accident. However, I must point out that throughout the inquest as the
:03:54. > :03:59.pilots have been interviewed, none of them said they felt rushed to
:04:00. > :04:00.carry out safety checks whilst in the aircraft.
:04:01. > :04:04.Thank you. In a moment: Prepare for more
:04:05. > :04:06.flooding ` caravan park owners are urged to put evacuation plans in
:04:07. > :04:09.place. A school in Hull and one in North
:04:10. > :04:15.Lincolnshire are among the worst` performing schools in the country
:04:16. > :04:23.according to new league tables. In contrast, some schools in
:04:24. > :04:26.Lincolnshire are among the best. The national tables are based on the
:04:27. > :04:28.latest GCSE results. Sarah Corker has been looking at the tables for
:04:29. > :04:32.us. The Government target is for 40% of
:04:33. > :04:38.pupils to get five GCSEs grade A`star to Cs, including English and
:04:39. > :04:40.Maths. But there's a wide variation in performance.
:04:41. > :04:47.Two schools in Lincolnshire feature amongst the best.
:04:48. > :04:50.Kesteven and Grantham Girls school got 100%, as did Caistor Grammar,
:04:51. > :04:54.putting them both into the top 100 schools nationally.
:04:55. > :05:04.But two of our academies had some of the lowest pass rates. Scunthorpe's
:05:05. > :05:07.Invenio Academy had a 24% pass rate. In Hull, only 20% of students at the
:05:08. > :05:17.Thomas Ferens Academy got the expected standard, putting both in
:05:18. > :05:20.the bottom ten. We only had the students to terms. They joined as in
:05:21. > :05:25.September 2012. The results were very disappointing. We worked
:05:26. > :05:30.incredibly hard with the students. Because we only have them for two
:05:31. > :05:33.terms, there was a limited amount we could do to rectify the situation we
:05:34. > :05:38.inherited. It's a mixed picture too for our
:05:39. > :05:41.local authorities. In Lincolnshire almost 62% achieved the standard,
:05:42. > :05:44.narrowly missing out on a place in the top third in the UK.
:05:45. > :05:47.In North Lincolnshire the figure is almost 57% ` another improvement,
:05:48. > :05:52.but still below the national average. East Riding schools have
:05:53. > :05:55.also seen an improvement, 61% of pupils hitting the target, and
:05:56. > :06:01.moving into the top half of the table. The only authority to see a
:06:02. > :06:04.drop in results was North East Lincolnshire where all its schools
:06:05. > :06:08.are acadamies, 58.5% meeting the expected standard. In Hull it was
:06:09. > :06:12.50% ` that's above the Government target and an improvement. Six years
:06:13. > :06:23.ago Hull had the worst`performing schools. It's now eighth from the
:06:24. > :06:27.bottom. It is reaching 50% is the first step for Hull in making
:06:28. > :06:32.improvements across the city in terms of educational standards. It
:06:33. > :06:36.was in our minds, we felt it was a target we must try and reach. We
:06:37. > :06:38.have reached that and now we must press on and improve.
:06:39. > :06:42.Nationally more schools are achieving the GCSE standard and that
:06:43. > :06:48.performance is mirrored in most, but not all, of our schools.
:06:49. > :06:54.We want to hear from you on this story. What more can be done to
:06:55. > :07:27.improve standards in our secondary schools?
:07:28. > :07:33.An ?11 million technology college is to be built in Scunthorpe creating
:07:34. > :07:36.70 new jobs. The centre will help young people get the specialist
:07:37. > :07:39.skills they need for careers in engineering and renewable energy,
:07:40. > :07:46.and is backed by Able UK, Tata Steel and the University of Hull amongst
:07:47. > :07:51.others. Last month, the Government gave the green light to the ?450
:07:52. > :07:59.million Able Marine Energy Park. This has been two years in the
:08:00. > :08:03.planning. We're almost there is a skills shortage and that is what
:08:04. > :08:10.we're trying to address. We to be one of the first in this region to
:08:11. > :08:13.give people the opportunity to train for those engineering jobs that
:08:14. > :08:16.businesses are asking for. Parking charges for hospitals in
:08:17. > :08:20.Goole, Scunthorpe and Grimsby are to be reduced. Most tickets prices will
:08:21. > :08:25.fall by 50 pence so that parking for an hour will cost ?2, and a day
:08:26. > :08:28.ticket will be ?4.50. The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals
:08:29. > :08:31.trust says the new charges mean they'll still be able to invest in
:08:32. > :08:38.security and maintenance at the sites.
:08:39. > :08:41.Those campaigning for a cut in the cost of petrol and diesel in parts
:08:42. > :08:49.of rural Lincolnshire say they're encouraged by a response from the
:08:50. > :08:57.Government. Councillors in East Lindsey wrote to ministers asking
:08:58. > :09:00.them to reduce fuel duty. The government has responded saying they
:09:01. > :09:14.may consider applying to the EU for permission to offer a deduction.
:09:15. > :09:17.Jake Zuckerman reports. Customers fill up at the Windmill
:09:18. > :09:26.Garage in Saltfleet on the Lincolnshire coast. In this rural
:09:27. > :09:32.area fuel costs are higher. For local people it's a major issue.
:09:33. > :09:40.There is no bus service. Only in the morning, twice a day. Without a car,
:09:41. > :09:47.you are lost. I had to Curzon had to cut down one because it is such an
:09:48. > :09:50.expense. `` I had two cars and Motorists living in the remote
:09:51. > :09:53.Scottish Islands and Isles of Scilly already benefit from a fuel duty
:09:54. > :09:56.discount worth 5p a litre. Had to put down. Chief Secretary to
:09:57. > :09:59.the Treasury Danny Alexander, has applied to the EU to extend that
:10:00. > :10:03.scheme to other areas where there's a high of cost of transporting
:10:04. > :10:05.petrol and diesel, including towns in North Yorkshire, Cumbria and
:10:06. > :10:15.Devon. But Lincolnshire isn't on that list. When you get a big tanker
:10:16. > :10:18.going to Tesco, it is worth it. In Saltfleet today a litre of unleaded
:10:19. > :10:22.costs 132.9p compared to only 130.9 in Settle in North Yorkshire, and in
:10:23. > :10:24.Illfracombe in Devon it's 135.9p a litre. East Lindsey District
:10:25. > :10:25.Councillors have asked Danny Alexander to extend the discount to
:10:26. > :11:02.Lincolnshire. His reply reads: I think it would make a trend is
:11:03. > :11:07.difference. I hope Danny Alexander would listen to the people of
:11:08. > :11:13.Lincolnshire. But here they may have to prepare for disappointment. One
:11:14. > :11:16.of the key criteria for success is that towns have to be over 100 miles
:11:17. > :11:20.by road from the nearest refinery. The presence of oil refineries at
:11:21. > :11:27.nearby Killingholme seems to put Lincolnshire out of contention.
:11:28. > :11:31.You might also have a view on this story. Should there be a cut in the
:11:32. > :11:51.price of fuel in rural areas? Still ahead tonight: Ahead of his
:11:52. > :12:03.next fight Luke Campbell joins me to look back on an incredible 18
:12:04. > :12:06.months. This is a IMing rule, where these schoolchildren are building an
:12:07. > :12:10.aeroplane. `` I am in the.
:12:11. > :12:13.Lee Beel has just won second place in the Seasons category of the RHS
:12:14. > :12:17.Photographer of the Year 2013 Competition.
:12:18. > :12:25.It shows the Waters' Edge Country Park in Barton`upon`Humber in
:12:26. > :12:29.winter. Well done for that. Good evening, young man.
:12:30. > :12:35.When was that taken? In the winter.
:12:36. > :12:39.1963 something? I will cross over that. We have had
:12:40. > :12:46.a lot of comments about Keely Donovan being in Australia. Not one
:12:47. > :12:49.of them was broadcast or. Just do the forecast.
:12:50. > :12:53.You can't brush with all that make`up on. We will look at the
:12:54. > :13:01.headlines. More unsettled weather on the way. Perhaps a bright start but
:13:02. > :13:06.there will be rain and drizzle in from the West through the afternoon.
:13:07. > :13:12.It might be earlier than that. It looks like the chiefly light rain
:13:13. > :13:17.will come through on Friday afternoon. This is the satellite
:13:18. > :13:26.picture. It is not too bad. Some sharp showers working in from the
:13:27. > :13:30.west. There has been the odd clap of thunder reported. They will quickly
:13:31. > :13:37.move out of the way. Road surface temperatures will be below
:13:38. > :13:54.freezing. Watch out for icy patches on untreated areas. The sun will
:13:55. > :14:00.rise around about eight o'clock. A frosty stand. Watch out for that ice
:14:01. > :14:11.if big routers have not been on the roads. `` if it is have not been out
:14:12. > :14:17.on your roads. There will be a chilly south easterly wind. Top
:14:18. > :14:26.afternoon temperatures, really struggling. For, possibly five
:14:27. > :14:43.Celsius. That is 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind and rain will sweep
:14:44. > :14:50.in from the West. That is the forecast.
:14:51. > :14:53.Paul says, can you ask one of your engineers to look into interference
:14:54. > :14:59.on my television, or ask Paul to take the shirt off.
:15:00. > :15:06.Well, if you were asking, Peter. No, no, I would rather get an
:15:07. > :15:09.engineer and. Last month's tidal surge had a
:15:10. > :15:12.devastating impact on homes and businesses, including thousands of
:15:13. > :15:17.caravan and static home owners along the East Coast. Today, caravan park
:15:18. > :15:20.owners are being warned that they need to prepare for future flooding
:15:21. > :15:36.` and ensure their evacuation plans are in place. Paul Murphy has this
:15:37. > :15:45.report. Said this `` the devastation has been a wake`up call. Many static
:15:46. > :15:49.caravans are in areas of flood risk. Today's conference has brought
:15:50. > :15:54.together Park owners and experts, with only one thing on the agenda.
:15:55. > :15:57.The key thing from today is the safety angle. Should the worst
:15:58. > :16:03.happen, should the water come onto their site, we need them to be able
:16:04. > :16:09.to get out. This coastline is also haunted by the terrible flooding of
:16:10. > :16:15.1953, in which 42 people died in Lincolnshire alone. Warning systems
:16:16. > :16:27.and evacuation systems have improved since then. We have got
:16:28. > :16:31.inflatables, we have got sandbags and everything like that. The most
:16:32. > :16:36.important thing is we have told the occupiers to register for flood line
:16:37. > :16:43.to get the warnings, and then we have got a plan for them and by
:16:44. > :16:47.staff to actually evacuate as the alarms go off. In recent years,
:16:48. > :16:51.there has been a rapid expansion in the coastal caravan industry, but
:16:52. > :16:56.the concern is that this must continue to take place with safety
:16:57. > :17:03.in mind. Do we want our coastline to be safe, yes. We wanted to thrive.
:17:04. > :17:07.We want to be aware of what might happen and so be better prepared.
:17:08. > :17:10.This could also be a hidden community, knowing who is here and
:17:11. > :17:20.when is also sometimes difficult to establish. Just another challenge in
:17:21. > :17:23.keeping those here safe. Several MPs from our area have been discussing
:17:24. > :17:36.the issue of flooding in Parliament this afternoon. Martin Vickers
:17:37. > :17:44.secured a debate. My constituents want to hear a reassurance that
:17:45. > :17:47.everything possible will be done, and if additional resources are
:17:48. > :18:03.required, they will be made available. There is no price tag on
:18:04. > :18:08.that. Better warnings are provided. Does the honourable gentleman share
:18:09. > :18:12.with me concerned about flood insurance being available to small
:18:13. > :18:15.businesses in particular and other businesses, because they are vital
:18:16. > :18:19.to the economy in our local area, and the new government scheme which
:18:20. > :18:25.will exclude small businesses from the flood insurance scheme the
:18:26. > :18:30.government is proposing? Diana Johnson they're talking about
:18:31. > :18:33.flooding. We will continue to follow that story.
:18:34. > :18:51.Thanks to everyone who got in touch about the fall in unemployment. The
:18:52. > :18:55.Government says thousands more people are in work in the Yorkshire
:18:56. > :18:57.and Humber region and in the East Midlands, which includes
:18:58. > :18:59.Lincolnshire. The minister for Employment told Look North she
:19:00. > :19:02.believed there were opportunities to help unemployed people back into
:19:03. > :19:05.work locally. They shouldn't have to leave their area. Employment has
:19:06. > :19:13.gone up. There are opportunities. There is work across the spectrum of
:19:14. > :19:24.jobs, IT, leisure, retail. Apprenticeships has gone up. This
:19:25. > :19:28.started the debate. We were also talking to one of our MPs.
:19:29. > :20:13.Lots of responses on this one, many disputing the figures.
:20:14. > :20:19.Teaching staff what's up this morning in a dispute over pay. It is
:20:20. > :20:21.the third time they have taken industrial action in the past
:20:22. > :20:25.formance. Trade union say members have had to strike because staff
:20:26. > :20:32.have only been offered a 1% pay rise. We want something reasonable,
:20:33. > :20:38.something more in line with inflation and taking into
:20:39. > :20:41.consideration some catch up for the reduction over the past four years.
:20:42. > :20:48.The Queen has been visiting her local branch of the Women Institute
:20:49. > :20:51.in North Norfolk this afternoon. Her Majesty is the President of
:20:52. > :20:55.Sandringham W`I and likes to attend their January meeting while she's on
:20:56. > :21:17.her Christmas break in the county. The Queen has been a member of the
:21:18. > :21:20.Women's Institute since 1943. She is a pilot on Lincolnshire are
:21:21. > :21:23.featuring in a new film at the Science Museum in London showing
:21:24. > :21:30.visitors what it is like to fly a typhoon. `` pilots from
:21:31. > :21:36.Lincolnshire. It was shot last summer. I would love to see that.
:21:37. > :21:47.Hull City have signed right`back Elliot Kebbie until the end of the
:21:48. > :21:51.season. Hull boxer Luke Campbell is hoping
:21:52. > :21:54.to fill Hull Arena again when he fights his fifth professional
:21:55. > :21:56.contest next month. Luke tops a bill which includes fellow East Yorkshire
:21:57. > :21:59.fighters Tommy Coyle and Curtis Woodhouse.
:22:00. > :22:02.He's the golden boy with the magic gloves and life has been good to
:22:03. > :22:05.Luke Campbell since the Olympic Games. In four professional fights
:22:06. > :22:08.so far opponents have come and they have invariably fallen. Next up,
:22:09. > :22:14.26`year`old Norwich fighter Scott Moises ` will he go the way of the
:22:15. > :22:21.rest? I trying to put a great performance on. People come back and
:22:22. > :22:23.watch again. The bout in Hull also sees the farewell of
:22:24. > :22:29.footballer`turned`boxer Curtis Woodhouse. But the Driffield
:22:30. > :22:35.destroyer could bow out with a British title at Light Welterweight
:22:36. > :22:48.against Darren Hamilton. I am really excited about it. 28 fights. I aim
:22:49. > :22:56.to go out as a champion. We are delighted to be back in Hull. It is
:22:57. > :23:02.becoming our most popular visit to `` our most popular city to visit.
:23:03. > :23:05.Starved of top boxing for years, Hull's become a new centre for the
:23:06. > :23:13.professional ranks led by golden gloves Luke. We will see fee can win
:23:14. > :23:25.that fight. It is on February the 22nd. Hull City have signed
:23:26. > :23:42.right`back Elliot Kebbie until the end of the season. The 27`year`old
:23:43. > :23:44.joined the Tigers in 2012. Lincolnshire will have its first
:23:45. > :23:48.representative of the Winter Paralympics. J Hetherington, seen
:23:49. > :23:58.carrying the Olympic torch, so is one of the visually impaired skiers.
:23:59. > :24:01.The games begin in March. Pupils at a school in Goole are
:24:02. > :24:08.building a full sized, fully operational aeroplane. When it's
:24:09. > :24:12.finished, it'll be used to teach young people in East Yorkshire how
:24:13. > :24:17.to fly. Sarah Walton has been to see how they're getting on.
:24:18. > :24:21.It's not your average class project. Goole High is one of just four
:24:22. > :24:28.schools across the country taking part in a plane building project,
:24:29. > :24:35.led by a former RAF pilots. We are all getting older. We have got a
:24:36. > :24:42.generation gap. We need to get engineers in now to replace as old
:24:43. > :24:47.folk that are retiring soon. This is what the planes will look like. When
:24:48. > :24:54.it is done, it will teach people in East Yorkshire how to five.
:24:55. > :24:58.Biplanes were championed by the Wright Brothers in the early 1900s.
:24:59. > :25:02.And by the First World War, they were being used by the RAF. But with
:25:03. > :25:07.the development of faster planes they gradually fell out of use.
:25:08. > :25:12.These pupils are bringing them back. The plane comes in a kit. This is
:25:13. > :25:20.part of the few is a large. This is part of the wing. Pupils are having
:25:21. > :25:30.to learn specialist skills. We put it on the plane then put it
:25:31. > :25:34.together. I come every Monday and Saturday is on Thursdays if I can
:25:35. > :25:39.make it, but I can't always make it. It is a good opportunity to come
:25:40. > :25:46.and do engineering stuff. They are making something that will
:25:47. > :25:51.contribute to the community. It is an important thing for them to
:25:52. > :25:57.develop as they get older. Do you trust them? Would you go in it? I
:25:58. > :26:01.have said I will do. They are still raising the money needed to make the
:26:02. > :26:08.plane. They hope to have it in the air by the end of that year.
:26:09. > :26:11.That is great. Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:12. > :26:14.NHS waiting times are branded unreliable ` the National Audit
:26:15. > :26:16.Office says delays are not being recorded properly.
:26:17. > :26:20.An inquest is told there were 19 missed chances to spot a fault which
:26:21. > :26:35.could have prevented the death of a Red Arrows pilot.
:26:36. > :26:42.We were talking about whether people who live in rural areas should get a
:26:43. > :26:45.reduction in the cost of fuel. Phil says, you choose to live in the
:26:46. > :26:50.countryside, nobody makes you, the government should cut fuel prices
:26:51. > :26:54.for everyone, not the favoured few. Ian says, I don't know where people
:26:55. > :26:58.get the idea that people in the countryside are wealthy, we cannot
:26:59. > :27:03.all live in towns and cities, I live in a large village but I have to
:27:04. > :27:09.travel to work the same as 90% of the people who live there. Another
:27:10. > :27:13.one saying, people choose to live in the countryside, why should they get
:27:14. > :27:18.a cut? I can't afford to live in the countryside. Sean says, it would be
:27:19. > :27:27.really helpful as we have to drive further distances to get to decent
:27:28. > :27:31.shops. Finally, Pete Jones says, no, there should be no cuts. Those
:27:32. > :27:37.others who live in and cities have to drive, but nobody ever talks
:27:38. > :27:42.about giving his money. If you don't like it, move. Thank you for
:27:43. > :27:45.watching. Join me for the radio if you can. Have a nice evening. Good
:27:46. > :27:48.night.