:00:00. > :00:00.the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we
:00:00. > :00:00.way. That is all from the BBC News steam at six. Good night from me.
:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: The
:00:10. > :00:17.homeless woman given compensation after she turned down a council
:00:18. > :00:22.flat. I am not being picky. I have gone
:00:23. > :00:27.right to what I want in my life, and to be happy. They do absolutely have
:00:28. > :00:29.the right to turn it down but must then be prepared for the
:00:30. > :00:32.consequences. The volunteers who say they feel
:00:33. > :00:34.bullied into running Lincolnshire's libraries.
:00:35. > :00:37.Lifting the limit ` the plans which could mean faster tractors on our
:00:38. > :00:40.roads. Bringing penguins to Hull ` now
:00:41. > :00:55.work's under way to build an Antarctic haven. Don't forget the
:00:56. > :00:59.five day forecast. A homeless women who came to Hull
:01:00. > :01:02.has been awarded compensation after she refused to accept the council
:01:03. > :01:09.flat offered to her which she described as "gorgeous." Hull City
:01:10. > :01:13.Council has been accused of carrying out an "injustice" for the way they
:01:14. > :01:16.handled Ciccone Owen's case. Now, after failing to tell her the
:01:17. > :01:24.reasons why they closed her homeless application, the council has been
:01:25. > :01:26.found to be at fault. Phillip Norton reports.
:01:27. > :01:29.Ciccone Owen moved to Hull last year with the hope of better medical care
:01:30. > :01:33.for her mental health problems. She was given a priority status as a
:01:34. > :01:44.homeless woman, but says the bedroom was too small on the property
:01:45. > :01:47.offered by Hull City Council. It was a gorgeous property, I cannot fault
:01:48. > :01:50.the council. It was a brand`new kitchen, the full place was
:01:51. > :02:07.carpeted, but it was the bedroom, you could not get a decent bed in
:02:08. > :02:11.there. I could not live there because I would have felt trapped
:02:12. > :02:15.and it is important for somebody with my health, you have got to stay
:02:16. > :02:18.out of the house, you cannot stay in there, and sometimes when you are
:02:19. > :02:22.quite ill, you confine yourself, so I knew that property would be no
:02:23. > :02:26.good for me. When people register for a council house they are given a
:02:27. > :02:29.level of priority. As Ciccone was homeless she was seen as a "high
:02:30. > :02:32.priority" and offered a property. But as she rejected that offer, Hull
:02:33. > :02:36.City Council wrote, explaining that by doing so she'd be placed in a
:02:37. > :02:38.lower priority banding. But, the investigation found that the local
:02:39. > :02:42.authority didn't explain the reasons for why this decision was made. It
:02:43. > :02:45.also failed to say that Ciccone could appeal against it. The council
:02:46. > :02:49.have agreed to look at anybody else who they may have dealt with in this
:02:50. > :02:53.way. They have not explained what the appeal rights are, so they have
:02:54. > :02:56.agreed to do that, and have identified three other cases are
:02:57. > :03:05.people were not receiving accurate information. They absolutely have
:03:06. > :03:09.the right to turn it down, but must be prepared for the consequences.
:03:10. > :03:13.There are people on the waiting list and there will be somebody willing
:03:14. > :03:17.to take that accommodation. If somebody will not, then it must go
:03:18. > :03:21.to Ciccone was offered a new home last week ` but has again turned it
:03:22. > :03:29.down claiming it was unsafe. Someone else who is willing to take it. I'm
:03:30. > :03:33.not being picky, I have just got a right to what I want to do in my
:03:34. > :03:37.life, and to be happy. You know, this is why I have come here, to be
:03:38. > :03:41.happy, to sort my life out. Ciccone Owen ending that report. Phillip
:03:42. > :03:44.Norton is at the Guildhall in Hull tonight. We have heard about this
:03:45. > :03:48.case, but what about the other people who might have been affected?
:03:49. > :03:53.The investigation found three other people in a similar situation to
:03:54. > :03:59.Ciccone, they have been written to and made aware of their right. The
:04:00. > :04:05.local authority also visit has reviewed how it will deal with
:04:06. > :04:10.situations like this in the future. There are currently 10,000 people
:04:11. > :04:16.waiting for a council flat or house in Hull. The council says that
:04:17. > :04:19.should they keep turning down properties offered to them, they may
:04:20. > :04:24.be removed from the list for a short time.
:04:25. > :04:27.We want to hear from you on this story. Should the council have
:04:28. > :04:28.handled Ciccone's case better? Maybe you think she should have accepted
:04:29. > :04:54.the first property she was offered? In a moment: Extending free parking
:04:55. > :04:56.to help boost the high street. Campaigners trying to save a
:04:57. > :05:05.Lincolnshire library say they feel "bullied" into taking`over the
:05:06. > :05:08.service. Volunteers in the county have until tomorrow to express
:05:09. > :05:10.interest in running 30 of Lincolnshire's smaller libraries.
:05:11. > :05:16.The County Council has already received enquiries from groups
:05:17. > :05:19.wanting to run 29 of their sites. The plans will save the authority
:05:20. > :05:23.more than ?1.5 million. Gemma Dawson reports.
:05:24. > :05:26.Meet Michael. He's just one of the volunteers here at Waddington
:05:27. > :05:29.library... It's run by the Lincolnshire Co`operative with the
:05:30. > :05:32.help of local residents ` giving villagers the chance to pick`up
:05:33. > :05:39.their prescription while borrowing a library book... We already run a lot
:05:40. > :05:42.of community services, food stalls in the community, pharmacies, post
:05:43. > :05:46.offices in particular are a vital community service, so we felt this
:05:47. > :05:52.was an extension of our role as a co`operative. They have been running
:05:53. > :05:55.this library alongside the pharmacy since November 2012 and has now
:05:56. > :06:01.expressed an interest in running five other libraries across linking
:06:02. > :06:04.share. `` Lincolnshire. The County Council currently runs 45 static
:06:05. > :06:20.libraries, but that will drop to just 15. Of the remaining 30, the
:06:21. > :06:26.Council has now received expressions of interest for 29. People in
:06:27. > :06:29.Scotter have until tomorrow to submit a bid or risk losing their
:06:30. > :06:33.library. The Council's also received interest from seven communities who
:06:34. > :06:36.want to start`up new libraries. This library is one that could now remain
:06:37. > :06:40.open. Market Deeping Town Council Deeping St James Parish Council have
:06:41. > :06:44.teamed`up to try and save it. As you can see ` people here are passionate
:06:45. > :06:46.about their library. But some say they feel "bullied" into taking`over
:06:47. > :06:50.the service. Finding the volunteers is difficult enough in itself, and
:06:51. > :07:04.then you have to keep them motivated all the time. It is just not viable.
:07:05. > :07:08.Volunteers help to run this library. They admit it was hard work at first
:07:09. > :07:26.but is a big benefit for the village. It takes time and effort.
:07:27. > :07:30.It is worth doing. It is volunteers like Michael who keep this service
:07:31. > :07:38.running. I'm joined now by the leader of Lincolnshire County
:07:39. > :07:41.Council Martin Hill. Good evening. The mayor of market beeping said he
:07:42. > :07:47.felt bullied into showing an interest in running the library. We
:07:48. > :07:54.are not trying to bully anyone but we do appreciate volunteers who have
:07:55. > :08:02.come forward. I think with the support of the county council, it
:08:03. > :08:07.will save money, save time and we will end up with more libraries and
:08:08. > :08:12.we started with. 82% of people in Lincolnshire do not borrow from the
:08:13. > :08:17.library, so the chances are the volunteers come from this other 18%.
:08:18. > :08:21.What do you think makes people think they can run a library? They will
:08:22. > :08:31.get support. It is not just the library, but all sorts of local
:08:32. > :08:43.parish facilities could be run from any building. I think it is
:08:44. > :08:47.something people are well up for. What if a group came forward and you
:08:48. > :08:56.do not think they are up to it? Would you turn them down? . Yes. We
:08:57. > :09:03.have a rigorous process. We just heard about if an interest is not
:09:04. > :09:10.put in by tomorrow. Would the library be closed? Possibly. The
:09:11. > :09:16.alternative is a mobile service. We hope they will put something
:09:17. > :09:20.forward. This is all to save money. Some people will say tonight that
:09:21. > :09:24.the volunteers are saving money so will they get council tax rebates,
:09:25. > :09:37.and what service next would you like people to do? Saving money is part
:09:38. > :09:46.of its. It is a good thing. Government and local councils are
:09:47. > :09:50.trying to encourage people. We are already doing a youth service. We
:09:51. > :09:54.will look at working in partnership with local communities and
:09:55. > :09:59.volunteers. We are seriously looking at that. Very good to talk to you.
:10:00. > :10:05.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of
:10:06. > :10:08.Keith Opray in Hull. The 51`year`old was found dead at his home on
:10:09. > :10:23.Wareham Close in Bransholme on Saturday. A 28`year`old man is being
:10:24. > :10:25.questioned by the police. Yesterday 40`year`old Duncan Keith Heaton from
:10:26. > :10:28.Hull appeared before magistrates charged with murder and robbery. Two
:10:29. > :10:31.other men remain on police bail. An investigation is underway into an
:10:32. > :10:35.incident at Lincoln Prison which left a prison officer with a serious
:10:36. > :10:42.injury. Lincolnshire Police say four officers were assaulted on the 25th
:10:43. > :10:45.of January. They haven't revealed the nature of the injury, but say
:10:46. > :10:47.the Prison Service is helping with their inquiries.
:10:48. > :10:50.The Football Association has charged former Goole AFC captain Karl Colley
:10:51. > :10:54.with improper conduct after he confronted a fan at the weekend.The
:10:55. > :10:57.thirty year old was sacked by the club after this incident when he was
:10:58. > :11:03.sent off in their game against Coalville on Saturday. He has seven
:11:04. > :11:07.days to respond to the charge. Free parking is to be extended to
:11:08. > :11:12.all council car parks in North Lincolnshire. The council says it
:11:13. > :11:15.hopes the move will revive town centres. The new measures which will
:11:16. > :11:19.mean the first two hours are free will come into force in all car
:11:20. > :11:24.parks in the area in May. Here's our business correspondent, Paul Murphy.
:11:25. > :11:28.For some time, many businesses in Scunthorpe have claimed that a lack
:11:29. > :11:31.of free parking has been driving customers away. Today, the council
:11:32. > :11:36.announced it is finally going to give them what they want. It is a
:11:37. > :11:46.positive message for North Lincolnshire and for shoppers. To
:11:47. > :11:51.our free parking. We're working very hard with retailers. Other
:11:52. > :11:55.councillors are softening their approach `` other councils are
:11:56. > :11:59.softening their approach, including East Lindsey. In Horncastle, they
:12:00. > :12:03.say they must fight hard not to lose trade. Because we don't have big
:12:04. > :12:07.names in our town anyway, people think, I can't be bothered, I will
:12:08. > :12:12.go to Lincoln. That is what they do, I am afraid. Empty shops are a
:12:13. > :12:17.familiar sight on most high street and Scunthorpe has been badly hit.
:12:18. > :12:21.Marks Spencer, but Donald and TJ Hughes. There has been an exodus of
:12:22. > :12:25.retailers from Scunthorpe in recent years. The reason that complex, but
:12:26. > :12:30.many believe that parking charges have played a big part. Retailers
:12:31. > :12:38.here are facing further competition when this out of town shopping
:12:39. > :12:42.centre opened in the autumn. This businessman welcomes the council's
:12:43. > :12:47.free parking announcement, but he has frustrations as well. It has
:12:48. > :12:56.happened too late, far too late. We have been campaigning for years
:12:57. > :13:01.relentlessly. There is not going to be many authorities that will give
:13:02. > :13:08.free parking throughout all car parks. Are you responding too late?
:13:09. > :13:15.We are responding when we can afford to respond. Councils bring in big
:13:16. > :13:18.revenues from car parking. The change in policies reflect a real
:13:19. > :13:23.concern for the help of this town centre.
:13:24. > :13:37.You might also like to be in touch about this story. What difference do
:13:38. > :13:46.you think two hours' free parking will make?
:13:47. > :13:57.Still ahead tonight: The teenage tennis star who could be lining up
:13:58. > :14:04.with Andy Murray. I have definitely put in hard work and the best I can
:14:05. > :14:06.to prepare. Building an icy wilderness ` but who
:14:07. > :14:36.will live in a house like this? Only double picture. Are you asleep?
:14:37. > :14:41.No, no. I was going to tell you about how somebody came in the
:14:42. > :14:48.street and stared at me and said, your eyebrows have gone light.
:14:49. > :14:57.I think we will draw a veil over it. The headline is very unsettled. It
:14:58. > :15:01.is going to be cloudy tomorrow. By the end of the afternoon, wet and
:15:02. > :15:06.windy weather will be spreading in from the West. I think the community
:15:07. > :15:14.tomorrow tea`time will be particularly white. Another deep
:15:15. > :15:19.area of low pressure. The weekend, unsettled but a lot brighter, plenty
:15:20. > :15:26.of sunshine and a few sharp and wintry showers. A lot of cloud
:15:27. > :15:38.around. A bit of light snow was reported in Waddington. A lot of
:15:39. > :15:47.cloud. Further patchy rain and perhaps a bit of sleeved over the
:15:48. > :15:58.tops of the walls. We are looking at close of around three Celsius. The
:15:59. > :16:09.sun will rise in the morning around six. In the morning, cloudy with
:16:10. > :16:14.some brighter spells. A bit of brightness coming through. By the
:16:15. > :16:22.end of the afternoon to the evening, it will be very wet indeed. A rotten
:16:23. > :16:26.commute at tea`time. Top temperatures around five or six
:16:27. > :16:44.degrees. That is the forecast. You make it worse for me. You go and
:16:45. > :16:48.where the same shirt and tie combination as I did.
:16:49. > :16:55.By one, get one free. We do not share clothes, by the
:16:56. > :16:59.way. Let us nip that in the bud. Farmers in East Yorkshire claim that
:17:00. > :17:02.new plans to speed up tractors on our roads won't stop drivers getting
:17:03. > :17:05.frustrated, but will improve farm efficiency. The Government wants
:17:06. > :17:08.speed limits increased from 20 to 25 miles an hour, and will allow
:17:09. > :17:11.tractors to carry more. But as Crispin Rolfe reports from
:17:12. > :17:26.Driffield, some motorists say that's still too slow. Greater efficiency,
:17:27. > :17:42.less frustration. Cars overtaking on these roads do it almost as a way of
:17:43. > :17:51.life. The government is looking at increasing tractor speed limit from
:17:52. > :17:59.20 open to 25 mph, and increasing the load they can take. We need to
:18:00. > :18:06.get this corn and vegetables off the land and into storage, using
:18:07. > :18:09.tractors and trailers. Does five miles an hour really make a
:18:10. > :18:18.difference? If attractor drives 3000th of an it
:18:19. > :18:27.the difference is the amount that the tractors carrying. There is an
:18:28. > :18:39.increase of potentially seven tonnes. It gets it off the road. For
:18:40. > :18:43.some people, it is too wet, too fast. They say 20 miles an hour is
:18:44. > :18:54.an appropriate maximum speed for many.
:18:55. > :19:09.40 mph. I would hope 50. They could definitely increased to 30. Muddy
:19:10. > :19:10.roads remain a key concern. Mostly, this brings Britain into line with
:19:11. > :19:18.Europe. The Police and Crime Commisioner for
:19:19. > :19:21.the Humberside force has proposed that people pay just under 2% more
:19:22. > :19:31.for policing during the next financial year. Matthew Grove says
:19:32. > :19:35.the rise will cost about six pence per week on average and will help to
:19:36. > :19:39.minimise the loss of police officers and PCSOs. He says his plans have
:19:40. > :19:48.been backed by a public consultation.
:19:49. > :19:51.Plans have been approved for a new footbridge over the railway line in
:19:52. > :19:55.Lincoln.This design has been accepted by the City Council. It's
:19:56. > :19:57.hoped the bridge will end delays for pedestrians waiting at the level
:19:58. > :20:01.crossing on the high street. Network Rail says people regularly run
:20:02. > :20:04.around or climb over the current barriers.
:20:05. > :20:08.Thanks for getting in touch about fresh calls to ban smoking in cars
:20:09. > :20:11.with children. The House of Lords voted in favour of the move
:20:12. > :20:15.yesterday, so the Government has now told MPs' they can have a free vote
:20:16. > :20:19.on the issue when it is debated next month. Health experts from East
:20:20. > :21:05.Yorkshire say they would welcome a ban.
:21:06. > :21:10.Teenage tennis star Kyle Edmund will learn in the next couple of hours if
:21:11. > :21:13.he's to partner Andy Murray in the first round of matches at the Davis
:21:14. > :21:17.Cup. The 19`year`old from Tickton near Beverley is hoping to be picked
:21:18. > :21:22.when Great Britain play the United States in San Diego. Our sports
:21:23. > :21:31.reporter Simon Clark looks at his chances. 2013 was quite a year for
:21:32. > :21:34.Kyle Edmund. A year which included a senior Wimbledon debut, junior
:21:35. > :21:39.doubles titles in France and America, and this first ranking
:21:40. > :21:43.success at Eastbourne. That is what caught the eye of Leon Smith. Two
:21:44. > :21:47.partner Andy Murray in the singles, sweat has to decide between the more
:21:48. > :21:55.experienced James Ward and the young chap from Teton. I had a good
:21:56. > :22:02.pre`season with Andy. I have put in the hard work and done the best I
:22:03. > :22:06.can to prepare. I can't say I haven't done as best as I could.
:22:07. > :22:16.After a winter practising with Andy Murray, Kyle has just won a
:22:17. > :22:24.tournament in America. I did three with Andy. I coped admirably `` he
:22:25. > :22:29.coped admirably. He has worked hard. Both him and James Ward, they are
:22:30. > :22:35.both doing a really good job. There is some tactics in it. The captain
:22:36. > :22:43.has to make a decision what is best for his team. It all started here in
:22:44. > :22:49.Beverly, where his former mentor Tom Davies marvels at his progress.
:22:50. > :22:53.There is a fine line between being a good player and making it. He seemed
:22:54. > :23:02.to be do the right things and doing the right training, winning the
:23:03. > :23:08.right matches and tournaments. If Kyle should be selected tonight, he
:23:09. > :23:12.becomes the second member of this club after Colin Gregory in the
:23:13. > :23:16.1950s to have played Davis cup tennis. There are not too many clubs
:23:17. > :23:23.in the country outside of Wimbledon that can claim that distinction.
:23:24. > :23:26.We will follow that with interest. A record`breaking journey across the
:23:27. > :23:30.Atlantic has now raised more than ?300,000 for charity after adding
:23:31. > :23:36.more than ?100,000 to the total in the last three days. 21`year`old
:23:37. > :23:39.Luke Birch from Doddington and his friend Jamie Sparks rowed more than
:23:40. > :23:52.3,000 nautical miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. They finished
:23:53. > :24:00.their journey earlier this week becoming the youngest pair ever to
:24:01. > :24:03.row across the Atlantic. The finishing touches are being put
:24:04. > :24:07.to a three`storey swimming pool, diving area and beach complex in
:24:08. > :24:11.Hull. Sadly, it's not for you and me to enjoy but a family of penguins,
:24:12. > :24:14.due to arrive in a month's time. The Jentoo penguins are joining the
:24:15. > :24:16.sharks at the Deep, as Amanda White reports.
:24:17. > :24:21.It's the mystery of the ocean depths that's been bringing people here for
:24:22. > :24:32.more than ten years. But now the Deep is surfacing to welcome some
:24:33. > :24:35.altogether livelier lodgers. These Jentoo penguins live in Edinburgh.
:24:36. > :24:42.Hull will soon have its very own colony. A bit like an expectant
:24:43. > :24:46.father, really, so excited and worried at the same time. They are
:24:47. > :24:57.now over in Texas and we're waiting, praying that they start to mould in
:24:58. > :25:00.time. Everyone is working 16 hours per day trying to get everything
:25:01. > :25:04.ready for them. We cannot wait, just wish we had more, really. To make
:25:05. > :25:12.the new residents feel at home, the team here is sculpting ice cliffs
:25:13. > :25:14.from polystyrene. As part of a special programme to be broadcast
:25:15. > :25:19.later this year BBC wildlife reporter Mike Dilger has been
:25:20. > :25:22.getting stuck in. We have got viewing windows so that people can
:25:23. > :25:25.see down and watch them swimming. There are icebergs, there is a
:25:26. > :25:29.balcony that they can go outside on, and behind us, we have got another
:25:30. > :25:40.beach section where we will hopefully get them nesting at some
:25:41. > :25:42.point. A fascination for the weird and wonderful creatures here has
:25:43. > :25:47.kept people coming back for the last 12 years. You have to admit, there
:25:48. > :25:51.is something rather more appealing about the new kid in town. The
:25:52. > :25:55.penguins are due to arrive from Texas in the next few weeks. We'll
:25:56. > :26:00.be able to see them and their swanky new pad in March. Let's get a recap
:26:01. > :26:07.of the national and regional headlines.
:26:08. > :26:12.As part of the country are still under water after the wettest
:26:13. > :26:15.January for more than a century. Compensation for a homeless woman
:26:16. > :26:32.after she turned down a flat from the council.
:26:33. > :26:40.Big response on that story for the compensation for the homeless woman
:26:41. > :26:44.who turned down a flat. Jen in Lincoln says, I sleep on the settee
:26:45. > :26:50.to let my kids have a bed, sometimes what we want and what we get takes
:26:51. > :26:54.some time. Patricia says, Ciccone needs to realise because cannot be
:26:55. > :26:57.true is as. Graham says, the council have left themselves wide open by
:26:58. > :27:02.not fully correct procedures, but talent offered accommodation should
:27:03. > :27:11.not be able to attend and parameters on a whim. Somebody in Hull says, I
:27:12. > :27:15.suffer from depression and been made homeless, and I am lucky to have
:27:16. > :27:18.been given a place but I would never have dreamt of turning the place
:27:19. > :27:24.down, when you are homeless, roof is still a roof.
:27:25. > :27:31.Powerful message there. Briefly, Daniel says, no wonder councils have
:27:32. > :27:35.no money if they pay compensation to people who turned down a house. It
:27:36. > :27:37.is ridiculous. Thank you for those and thank you
:27:38. > :27:40.for watching. Goodbye.