:00:00. > :00:00.things will get colder and sweet, find out more on
:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:07. > :00:09.The headlines tonight. Lincolnshire County Council is told
:00:10. > :00:19.to spend less on translation services despite its rising migrant
:00:20. > :00:23.population. We are spending this money on a time when they are
:00:24. > :00:27.cutting front line services and staff. The premature twins from
:00:28. > :00:31.Grimsby saved by a hospital ward on wheels. The toasts for Burns Night
:00:32. > :00:43.that require help from down south. The agricultural self portraits
:00:44. > :00:51.making farmers famous. And unsettled weekend on the way.
:00:52. > :00:54.The latest in 15 minutes. The man in charge of local
:00:55. > :00:57.authorities says councils should stop wasting money on translating
:00:58. > :01:03.documents and leaflets into foreign languages. The Communities Secretary
:01:04. > :01:08.` Eric Pickles ` says people should be encouraged to learn English
:01:09. > :01:12.instead. More than ?150 thousand will be spent on translation
:01:13. > :01:16.services in Lincolnshire this year. But the County Council says it can't
:01:17. > :01:18.reduce that cost because of the growing migrant population. More
:01:19. > :01:28.from our Political Editor Tim Iredale.
:01:29. > :01:33.English is not the first line which for many residents living in Boston.
:01:34. > :01:39.Recent years have seen thousands of people arrive from Eastern Europe.
:01:40. > :01:43.This man teaches English to migrants from Lithuania. She says most people
:01:44. > :01:52.want to learn, but sometimes they need help. More and more people come
:01:53. > :02:04.to the UK, and they need some support, and it's very important.
:02:05. > :02:08.Especially in hospitals, and emergency matters. When children
:02:09. > :02:14.come to school and they don't know where word. Eric Pickles has accused
:02:15. > :02:18.councils of wasting money on translating leaflets and documents
:02:19. > :02:22.into foreign languages. He says migrants should be encouraged to
:02:23. > :02:27.speak English. It's not just councils which are trying to
:02:28. > :02:31.overcome the language barrier. The NHS, police and courts are all
:02:32. > :02:37.having to cope with the substantial cost of translation. We are spending
:02:38. > :02:42.this money whilst we are cutting front line services and staff. We
:02:43. > :02:48.are spending money on translation services ` is just wrong. The
:02:49. > :02:54.government estimates the cost... Cost of translation is ?140 million
:02:55. > :03:02.a year. Local authorities spend ?20 billion annually.
:03:03. > :03:08.The government says you should be cutting the cost of translation. Is
:03:09. > :03:13.that possible? We are lean and mean as it is. We look to every area to
:03:14. > :03:19.make savings, but there are some areas, particularly in children's
:03:20. > :03:23.social care, where we need to make sure that people are understanding
:03:24. > :03:29.what's happening. The courts insist that we provide an interpreter, and
:03:30. > :03:36.have to translate documents. There is no negotiation on that. With town
:03:37. > :03:39.hall budgets under pressure, the cost of providing translation
:03:40. > :03:44.services has become another battle in the war of words between council
:03:45. > :03:47.chiefs and the government. Rita Chadha is the director of the
:03:48. > :03:52.Refugee and Migrant Forum for East London. I spoke to her earlier and
:03:53. > :04:00.started by asking if the money spent on translation services was money
:04:01. > :04:04.well spent. Absolutely. Do not invest in translation is a false
:04:05. > :04:13.economy. It's vital to make sure that our communities function
:04:14. > :04:17.properly. How can we justify it? We have to, because its peoples lives
:04:18. > :04:24.at stake. They need translation services at police stations, in
:04:25. > :04:27.social services, with the NHS. But people watching would say that if
:04:28. > :04:33.they choose to come to this country it should be their responsibility `
:04:34. > :04:38.not taxpayers. We do have rules coming in from outside the EU.
:04:39. > :04:42.People do have to have a level of English before they gain entry.
:04:43. > :04:47.Inflation services will probably diminish in the future, but we're
:04:48. > :04:51.not there yet. Eric Pickles once less spent on this. Is this a
:04:52. > :04:56.sensible move, or is it making it harder for migrants to integrate?
:04:57. > :05:04.The arguments that if you take away translation, evil but all of them
:05:05. > :05:12.are automatically speak English `` will automatically speak English is
:05:13. > :05:17.a false economy. If the translation is not there, it will force people
:05:18. > :05:24.to learn quicker, won't it? Not necessarily. It might cause them to
:05:25. > :05:28.become even more insular. Is it right that these services are
:05:29. > :05:34.funded, when other services by local councils are being cut? All services
:05:35. > :05:39.are under threat. That's a problem for local authorities across the
:05:40. > :05:44.country. The issue is due not invest in translation means that people
:05:45. > :05:47.could end up in a crisis situation. That result in them going back to a
:05:48. > :05:58.knee or social services time and time again. It's a economy. `` A
:05:59. > :06:02.or social services. Should councils have to cut the amount they spend on
:06:03. > :06:07.translating documents into foreign languages? Will doing so help people
:06:08. > :06:11.learn English? Or is it making it harder for communities to get access
:06:12. > :06:29.to services? And there will be more on the cost of translators on this
:06:30. > :06:50.weekend's Sunday Politics. That's at eleven o'clock on BBC One.
:06:51. > :06:53.In a moment on Look North: The parents of seriously ill twins from
:06:54. > :06:55.North East Lincolnshire have thanked the doctors and nurses that
:06:56. > :07:00.transferred their premature girls from hospital in Grimsby to a
:07:01. > :07:04.specialist unit in Sheffield. The Walden family said they couldn't
:07:05. > :07:07.have managed without the help of Embrace ` a Yorkshire charity `
:07:08. > :07:10.which moves seriously ill children hundreds of miles for treatment. The
:07:11. > :07:13.team uses mobile intensive care units on the road, in planes and
:07:14. > :07:18.helicopters. Crispin Rolfe reports. Twin babies with twin problems.
:07:19. > :07:22.Amelia and Arrianna were born ten weeks early at Grimsby's Diana,
:07:23. > :07:26.Princess of Wales Hospital. But within days Amelia ` incubator and
:07:27. > :07:32.all ` was being transferred to experts in Sheffield by a specialist
:07:33. > :07:42.child ambulance. The reason ` a blocked bowel preventing her from
:07:43. > :07:47.going to the loo. We didn't know anything, so my head was all over
:07:48. > :07:53.the place. I felt so upset. I couldn't do anything but cry. Her
:07:54. > :08:01.tummy was swollen, and she wasn't tolerating her feeds. But for mum
:08:02. > :08:12.and dad, almost instant relief in front of BBC cameras when medical
:08:13. > :08:19.tests removed the blockage. The diet appears to be on blocking her bowel.
:08:20. > :08:28.Worry over for Amelia, but not for her twin. She is now diagnosed with
:08:29. > :08:29.the same problem. The Yorkshire charity provided ambulance carried
:08:30. > :08:37.designed especially to protect vulnerable babies. This time, her
:08:38. > :08:43.problem requires surgery. It came as a shock when they said that it was
:08:44. > :08:49.more complicated this time. That's made it even worse. This time, days
:08:50. > :08:57.spent in Sheffield became months of operations. We did manage to join
:08:58. > :09:04.the twins together. Eight months on, and the twins are both home and
:09:05. > :09:14.healthy. The family prays doctors and ambulances for their care. I'm
:09:15. > :09:22.happy to see a happy ending. She is home and doing really well.
:09:23. > :09:25.And there will be more on the twins and their story on Children's
:09:26. > :09:32.Emergency Rescue on BBC Two on Tuesday night at eight.
:09:33. > :09:35.The inquest into the death of a red arrows pilot has heard that the
:09:36. > :09:39.ejection seat which went off while his plane was on the ground was 35
:09:40. > :09:42.years old. The man leading the military inquiry into the death of
:09:43. > :09:45.Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was cross examined for a second day.
:09:46. > :09:49.Commander Daniel Stembridge told the inquest the seat had been in service
:09:50. > :09:52.since 1976 Railings have been put up alongside the River Hull in memory
:09:53. > :10:00.of a man who it's thought fell into the water and died. Staff from the
:10:01. > :10:03.Yorkshire Ambulance Service have announced they will hold two strikes
:10:04. > :10:06.next month. Members of the Unite Trade Union says proposed changes to
:10:07. > :10:10.paramedic shifts could see them going more than ten hours without a
:10:11. > :10:13.meal break. But ambulance managers believe the new rotas will improve
:10:14. > :10:15.the current rules and reduce shift over`runs.
:10:16. > :10:38.Some sports fans in Hull say having two stadiums in the city named after
:10:39. > :10:45.the same company will be confusing. Hull KR have renamed Craven Park as
:10:46. > :10:47.the KC Lightstream Stadium. The communications company already
:10:48. > :10:52.sponsors the city's other major arena ` the KC Stadium. Sarah Walton
:10:53. > :10:56.is in the city for us tonight ` there is already some confusion over
:10:57. > :11:00.this amongst fans? Well the name change is still
:11:01. > :11:05.sinking in. The sign here's still say Craven Park but it'll soon
:11:06. > :11:08.change. This is the new name ` Lightsream is a news superfast
:11:09. > :11:11.broadband being rolled out across Hull, and this brings new
:11:12. > :11:14.sponsorship to Hull KR But we are just about five miles away from
:11:15. > :11:18.where their biggest rivals, Hull FC play at The KC Stadium. So a little
:11:19. > :11:37.earlier I asked the chief executive if that might cause some confusion.
:11:38. > :11:42.I don't think the name matters. We are the east of the city, and the KC
:11:43. > :11:50.Stadium is that the west side. I don't think there is any clash. It's
:11:51. > :11:58.great that they've got the name on the East and on the West. Not an
:11:59. > :12:02.issue. The club was involved in helping to choose the new name. A
:12:03. > :12:06.lot of the street signs should be changed at some point. We've been
:12:07. > :12:17.out on the streets to ask people what they think.
:12:18. > :12:22.I'm with Rovers. What's the point of changing it, just who they can feel
:12:23. > :12:27.better about themselves? You get a bit confused and don't know where to
:12:28. > :12:34.go. It might cause a bit of opposition. Go for it. If it's going
:12:35. > :12:42.to create jobs, give people opportunities to take part in sports
:12:43. > :12:46.and achieve things. Go for it. It's interesting to note that the stadium
:12:47. > :12:51.has been connected to this superfast broadband it's been named after. Any
:12:52. > :12:56.houses over there can't get it ` because the area around the stadium
:12:57. > :12:59.hasn't been connected yet! They are working on a programme to roll it
:13:00. > :13:03.out to more part of the city. What do you think of this one? Will
:13:04. > :13:07.having two KC stadiums be confusing? Will you even call it by it's new
:13:08. > :13:10.name ` or will it always be Craven Park? Do you think the naming of
:13:11. > :13:21.historic stadiums should be up for sale at all?
:13:22. > :13:25.Well, there is rugby league commentary this weekend ` but at the
:13:26. > :13:30.city's other KC Stadium. Hull FC and Rovers meet in a
:13:31. > :13:34.pre`season friendly. Coverage starts at 1.30 on Sunday.
:13:35. > :13:38.And we'll be looking ahead to Hull City's FA Cup match later in the
:13:39. > :13:42.programme. Still ahead tonight: Why the Scots
:13:43. > :13:51.can't celebrate Burns night without a helping hand from this region. The
:13:52. > :14:00.farmers whose snapshots are making them internet stars.
:14:01. > :14:04.The river and the Stump in Boston now St Botolphs footbridge has been
:14:05. > :14:18.removed ready for the new bridge to go in.
:14:19. > :14:34.Cynthia asks if Peter will play bingo with me! I think he's a real
:14:35. > :14:37.dish. There were too warm fronts which
:14:38. > :14:48.came in from the West, which brought in some rain. Let's have a look at
:14:49. > :14:51.the weather. Tonight: Cloudy with rain spreading from the west.
:14:52. > :14:53.Minimum temperature 4C. Moderate southerly wind. Tomorrow: A grey,
:14:54. > :14:56.damp start, brightening up with sunny spells developing through the
:14:57. > :14:58.morning, but with scattered squally showers likely especially later.
:14:59. > :14:59.Maximum temperature 9C. Freshening southwest wind. Sunday: Bright
:15:00. > :15:46.start. Wind and rain later. Next high water time is in
:15:47. > :15:51.Bridlington at ten o'clock this evening. A slow start to Saturday,
:15:52. > :15:55.with mist and drizzle. It should brighten up through the morning,
:15:56. > :16:00.with sunny spells coming through. Through the afternoon, a risk of
:16:01. > :16:06.showers. They could be quite heavy, with hail and thunder. Top
:16:07. > :16:12.temperatures around nine. Let's look at those afternoon temperatures. A
:16:13. > :16:18.little above average for this time of year, but there will be a fresh
:16:19. > :16:22.wind. Those showers are clear by tomorrow evening. Sunday gets off to
:16:23. > :16:27.a dry start. Heavy rain and strong winds will sweep in from the morning
:16:28. > :16:39.will stop early next week, it is unsettled and quite showery. What
:16:40. > :16:48.about bingo with Cynthia? You won't get a warm fronts from her!
:16:49. > :16:54.Tomorrow, Scots from around the world will pay tribute to the
:16:55. > :17:00.national poet Robert Burns. Drinkers might like to toast farmers here,
:17:01. > :17:03.you are playing a major role in supplying the whiskey industry. Much
:17:04. > :17:16.of the malt whiskey distilled in Scotland that its life in the fields
:17:17. > :17:19.of east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Late summer, and the Lincolnshire
:17:20. > :17:23.harvest is almost over... But locally grown barley is into
:17:24. > :17:25.more than beer and animal feed, it's ending up here in Scottish
:17:26. > :17:29.Distilleries. Mark Ireland grows barley especially for malt whisky.
:17:30. > :17:35.The whiskey producers don't want nitrogen content in excess of
:17:36. > :17:40.1.65%. Anything for beer and lager can go up to 1.85%. We have
:17:41. > :17:51.segregated some of the Bali across the yard, so we know which Lott will
:17:52. > :18:01.go to which particular destination. `` segregated the Bali.
:18:02. > :18:04.Mark's farm near Sleaford is part of a co`operative that sends barley to
:18:05. > :18:09.Bridlington for malting. Only the best barley makes the grade to be
:18:10. > :18:23.malted here. Bali has characteristics which is the
:18:24. > :18:35.harvesters are looking for. Barley There's going to be a 20% increase
:18:36. > :18:39.in that requirement in the next five years here in the kiln, it's
:18:40. > :18:59.incredibly humid, as the moisture from the germinated Wali is cooked
:19:00. > :19:05.away. The Scottish whiskey production is
:19:06. > :19:21.so large that we must meet the demands for the barley one. It is an
:19:22. > :19:25.expanding markets. A 20% growth is expected in the next
:19:26. > :19:28.five years and it's a chance for farmers in East Yorkshire and
:19:29. > :19:32.Lincolnshire to turn this into this even if they have to wait a decade
:19:33. > :19:36.ot two to enjoy the fruits of their labours.
:19:37. > :19:39.Yesterday, we talked about schools in Hull and North Lincolnshire that
:19:40. > :20:19.were amongst the worst in the country according to new league
:20:20. > :20:27.tables. Big response on this one. The Essex club are led by Phil Brown
:20:28. > :20:30.who took Hull into the Premier League during the two years he was
:20:31. > :20:34.in charge at the KC Stadium. Our sports reporter Simon Clark has
:20:35. > :20:42.been looking at the impact he has had at his new club.
:20:43. > :20:45.He was a man who celebrated success. And manager who would publicly
:20:46. > :20:56.chastise his players. This was a man who could croon with the best of
:20:57. > :21:02.them. This is former Hull City manager Phil Brown. He is now the
:21:03. > :21:08.manager of Southend United, charged with plotting the downfall of the
:21:09. > :21:16.Tigers in the FA Cup fourth round. It's a different manager. He's the
:21:17. > :21:23.only player that is left here that I was with. It's completely different
:21:24. > :21:27.now. We are taking on the Premier League opposition, and we will
:21:28. > :21:33.hopefully put our best foot forward. He's a cult hero here at Hull.
:21:34. > :21:42.Ladies of a certain age swoon at his feet. Has that cold followed him
:21:43. > :21:49.here to Southend? `` has that cult followed him. This is how he finds
:21:50. > :21:54.the present`day Mr Brown. Hello and welcome to BBC News. He's brought
:21:55. > :21:59.players that like to hit the ball on the deck. The fans have engaged with
:22:00. > :22:07.him will stop Southend are playing very successfully. They are probably
:22:08. > :22:12.tied in the league to at the moment. People will be dubious at first, but
:22:13. > :22:18.they have really turned around. He seems to have had some very early
:22:19. > :22:23.this summer success. He certainly turned the team around. He really
:22:24. > :22:31.has. Will Phil Brown find a way to bridge the gap between East and
:22:32. > :22:34.Hull? Meanwhile, the Tigers have recalled
:22:35. > :22:37.Jack Hobbs from his season long loan at Nottingham Forest. The defender
:22:38. > :22:41.had been about to sign a permanent deal with the Championship club, but
:22:42. > :22:45.he's been brought back to Hull after an injury to James Chester. He's not
:22:46. > :22:48.available for the FA Cup match with Southend. And BBC Radio Humberside
:22:49. > :22:51.will have full commentary of that game on FM and online. Coverage
:22:52. > :22:53.starts in Saturday Sport from half past one.
:22:54. > :22:57.Scunthorpe's trip to Dagenham Redbridge will be on AM.
:22:58. > :23:01.Kick off is at three. And there's commentary of Grimsby Town's trip to
:23:02. > :23:04.Wrexham on digital and on the website. BBC Radio Lincolnshire will
:23:05. > :23:20.be at Lincoln City's home match with Woking. Coverage starts at two.
:23:21. > :23:24.. HMS Grimsby has docked this morning in its adopted town for the
:23:25. > :23:27.first time in two years. Senior officers say it's vital that the
:23:28. > :23:31.minesweeper maintains the links that it has made with the port. It will
:23:32. > :23:33.be open to the public during its visit. Grimsby in particular,
:23:34. > :23:37.because of the maritime connection, it really understands and welcomes
:23:38. > :23:41.the ship. Any time we are at home it's great, and Grimsby in
:23:42. > :23:46.particular understands the importance of maritime trade. And
:23:47. > :23:48.what's the Royal Navy means for the UK.
:23:49. > :23:51.It's a craze that's been sweeping the celebrity world ` famous people
:23:52. > :23:54.taking pictures of themselves on their mobile phone. Even the word
:23:55. > :24:00.selfie is now in the Oxford English Dictionary. But it's not just
:24:01. > :24:15.celebrities. Farmers in our area have been joining in. Phillip Norton
:24:16. > :24:20.explains. It's been touted as the greatest
:24:21. > :24:27.photographic trend of our time. Everyone from Barack Obama and David
:24:28. > :24:32.Cameron, to Pope Francis. All taking selfie is. It was the words of the
:24:33. > :24:46.year, last year. But selfie is so 2014. Or farmers, it's all about the
:24:47. > :24:52.felfie. It's just farmers showing themselves
:24:53. > :25:01.with their livestock. Chickens, pigs, cows. It has become really
:25:02. > :25:07.popular. Last year, use of the word was
:25:08. > :25:11.around 17%. It was only a matter of time before it evolved. This was the
:25:12. > :25:18.winner of the first farmer selfie competition. It makes you realise
:25:19. > :25:21.that there are people out there who are struggling, the same as you.
:25:22. > :25:28.Having a hard day, or once during up. Rachel admits that there is a
:25:29. > :25:36.degree of one`upmanship, as to what you get in the background. They are
:25:37. > :25:39.uniting the farming world. Quite a few where competing as to who could
:25:40. > :25:42.get photographs in front of the latest model of whatever will stop
:25:43. > :25:48.with the livestock people, it's just too can get the biggest case of
:25:49. > :25:53.their cow! Who would have thought that with the rise of mobile
:25:54. > :26:06.technology, new words with the invented, and farmers across
:26:07. > :26:10.Yorkshire would be united. I've just done my first selfie! It's
:26:11. > :26:13.not a pretty sight. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:14. > :26:16.and regional headlines The Conservatives claim take home pay
:26:17. > :26:19.has risen faster than inflation in the last year ` Labour accuse them
:26:20. > :26:22.of fiddling the figures. The Government has calls on Lincolnshire
:26:23. > :26:26.County Council to spend less on translation services despite its
:26:27. > :26:30.growing migrant population. Tomorrow: A grey, damp start,
:26:31. > :26:32.brightening up with sunny spells developing through the morning, but
:26:33. > :26:42.with scattered squally showers likely especially later. Maximum
:26:43. > :26:49.temperature 9C. A big response on the subject of translation.
:26:50. > :26:54.Colin says, where I live in Spain, no translation is provided by local
:26:55. > :26:58.governments. If you can't speak Spanish, you pay for your own
:26:59. > :27:01.translators. When we go abroad, there are
:27:02. > :27:06.translation services everywhere. I don't see the problem will stop they
:27:07. > :27:15.should not be allowed in the country if they don't understand the
:27:16. > :27:19.language. It is a sorry state of affairs that allows councils to
:27:20. > :27:23.spend our taxes on migrant translators, while we Brits are
:27:24. > :27:28.constantly under the threat of library closures. To spend that
:27:29. > :27:38.amount of money on translation services is an absolute disgrace. A
:27:39. > :27:39.very big response on that story. Thank you for watching. Have a
:27:40. > :27:45.peaceful weekend.