:00:00. > :00:00.Peter, thank you. That's all from the BBC News at
:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: The
:00:13. > :00:18.father of a teenager who killed his grandmother while on drugs says he's
:00:19. > :00:23.standing by his son. This was not my son. He wouldn't
:00:24. > :00:29.have done this. The plan to upgrade a major east
:00:30. > :00:33.Yorkshire road. 18,000 vehicles use this road every day. It's hoped the
:00:34. > :00:38.scheme will cut congestion and boost businesses.
:00:39. > :00:41.Also tonight: The electronic implant which could help one woman hear
:00:42. > :00:47.clearly for the first time in four decades.
:00:48. > :00:55.Keeping the rats at bay. The new calls for a Westminster cat.
:00:56. > :01:07.And other wet night on the way. We'll have a forecast shortly.
:01:08. > :01:12.The father of the Hull teenager Lewis Dale who murdered his
:01:13. > :01:15.grandmother, while high on the banned drug M`Cat, says his son was
:01:16. > :01:19.not to blame. David Dale blames the drugs for affecting his son's mind
:01:20. > :01:25.and has told Look North about his struggle to get Lewis away from a
:01:26. > :01:28.persistent drug dealer. After taking a large quantity of M`Cat, the
:01:29. > :01:32.17`year`old stabbed both his grandparents as they slept in their
:01:33. > :01:36.east Hull home last April. A jury found him guilty of murder and
:01:37. > :01:47.attempted murder earlier this week. Vicky Johnson reports.
:01:48. > :01:55.Every day, David Dale writes to his son. It's bizarre, it does not add
:01:56. > :02:04.up. I love my son, I love my parents, and that is how I am, but
:02:05. > :02:07.this was not Lewis Dale, it was not my son.
:02:08. > :02:11.Last April, Lewis was staying with his grandparents in East Hull while
:02:12. > :02:14.on bail for an alleged assault when he attacked them during the night
:02:15. > :02:21.with kitchen knives. He'd been taking M`Cat in the hours before.
:02:22. > :02:29.There is no sense in it. Nothing adds up. From the studies I have
:02:30. > :02:33.done, it is just a terrible drug. M`Cat or to give it its official
:02:34. > :02:35.name mephedrone has gained quite a following among teenagers. It's a
:02:36. > :02:39.synthetic drug which was once a legal high. But head teachers lead a
:02:40. > :02:43.campaign to get it banned because it was so widespread. In 2010, the
:02:44. > :02:47.Government made it illegal and it became a Class B drug. But it can
:02:48. > :02:55.still be bought for around ten pounds a gram. David says they'd
:02:56. > :02:59.moved to Brough from Hedon two years ago to get Lewis away from local
:03:00. > :03:02.drug dealers. But they followed him. Four months before the killing,
:03:03. > :03:11.David claims he reported them to the police. I went into the police
:03:12. > :03:16.station on the 20th of January, I explained to them what the situation
:03:17. > :03:20.was, I gave him his name, I gave him where he lived, I think I even
:03:21. > :03:25.showed them text messages as he was text in the F1 point to see if I
:03:26. > :03:28.wanted any. `` at one point. Humberside Police though says that
:03:29. > :03:32.all the information they receive is reviewed and dealt with in the most
:03:33. > :03:35.appropriate way. When Lewis' mum died from cancer seven years ago,
:03:36. > :03:38.David promised to support him always, as have the rest of the
:03:39. > :03:42.family. This was his granddad after Tuesday's guilty verdict. We are a
:03:43. > :03:55.close`knit family. Always have been, always will be. He was my first
:03:56. > :04:03.grandson. You never know what around `` what is around the corner. It has
:04:04. > :04:08.destroyed everything. I don't see anything in the future. How do you
:04:09. > :04:13.reconcile the fact that the boy you lot are killed your mum? I cannot. I
:04:14. > :04:20.cannot understand why it has happened. While David struggles to
:04:21. > :04:24.make sense of the tragedy, he's having to mourn the loss of his
:04:25. > :04:27.mother. Professor Richard Hammersley from
:04:28. > :04:31.Hull University is a psychologist and an expert on addictions. I
:04:32. > :04:42.started by asking him for his reaction to the murder.
:04:43. > :04:46.It is awful. It is very unusual for drugs to lead to this sort of
:04:47. > :04:53.tragedy. It is very worrying, I think. Some people watching will
:04:54. > :04:59.think he is a bad person. Can this drug really alter the mind that
:05:00. > :05:05.much? As far as you can tell from what limited information we have, he
:05:06. > :05:12.was taking large quantities. At the quantities he was taking, it can
:05:13. > :05:18.have unfortunate effects. How does it change the state of mind? A small
:05:19. > :05:23.dose makes people feel a bit high, euphoric and loving towards people.
:05:24. > :05:28.He seems to have been taking something like ten, 20, 30 times the
:05:29. > :05:33.amount people normally take over 24 hours before what happened. At that
:05:34. > :05:38.level, people get paranoid. There have been reports of people phoning
:05:39. > :05:42.helplines worried about delusions. That seems to be the sort of state
:05:43. > :05:47.he has described himself as going in. To go from being loving, to be
:05:48. > :05:56.able to kill, that is conceivable, is it? We don't know how many nights
:05:57. > :06:00.he had gone without sleep. That can have unfortunate effects on people.
:06:01. > :06:06.Many will think it was his desperation for the drug that
:06:07. > :06:11.allowed him to kill. It is not addictive in the sense that heroin
:06:12. > :06:16.or something is. What does happen is that when you are taking high
:06:17. > :06:24.doses, apparently, you tend to want to keep going, taking more and more.
:06:25. > :06:28.What should parents watch out for? What are giveaway signs? I don't
:06:29. > :06:33.think there are any giveaway signs of the drug. But I think parents
:06:34. > :06:38.should watch out for the fact that almost any drug, including alcohol,
:06:39. > :06:45.it is one thing to take a small amount, it is another to take a lot
:06:46. > :06:53.for days on end. They should watch out for signs that that is what is
:06:54. > :06:59.going on. We have a huge problem with binge drinking. Two drinks are
:07:00. > :07:05.good, five of fun, does not mean that 20 are even better, does it? It
:07:06. > :07:12.is the same with any drug. Thank you for your advice.
:07:13. > :07:18.In a moment: The fight for places in Lincolnshire schools after a baby
:07:19. > :07:21.boom in the county. We have people in the immediate
:07:22. > :07:31.community unable to get children into their local school.
:07:32. > :07:35.The cost of council tax in the East Riding could stay the same for the
:07:36. > :07:38.next four years. The Council's leader Stephen Parnaby has approved
:07:39. > :07:42.a freeze on council tax bills for the next financial year, but has
:07:43. > :07:45.made plans to do so for the next four. The authority has made savings
:07:46. > :07:51.of nearly ?24 million pounds from its budget, but says it won't impact
:07:52. > :07:55.on services. Things like libraries, moving all of those things together,
:07:56. > :08:02.people accept that. That's releases money and energy cost. But you need
:08:03. > :08:06.the people to be able to drive that. If you get rid of the people first,
:08:07. > :08:13.there is no one went there to do it for you. If you have talented
:08:14. > :08:17.people, you should keep them. Police say a man who turned himself
:08:18. > :08:20.in over the theft of a handbag in Bridlington never came into physical
:08:21. > :08:23.contact with the victim. Pam Roddis from Sheffield died of a brain
:08:24. > :08:27.haemorrhage four days after her bag was taken in January. Police say
:08:28. > :08:31.CCTV shows the bag being picked up shortly after it was dropped. The
:08:32. > :08:34.man who turned himself in has been charged with theft and will appear
:08:35. > :08:36.at magistrates' later this month. The leader of North East
:08:37. > :08:40.Lincolnshire Council says the Government needs to step in to help
:08:41. > :08:42.Grimsby after news of possible job losses. Around 250 workers are
:08:43. > :08:53.facing redundancy at Icelandic Sea Chill after the company said it was
:08:54. > :08:59.to stop making some ready meals. Lizo local people who shop in local
:09:00. > :09:06.shops. `` these are. We need a task force to come and talk to businesses
:09:07. > :09:10.to try and keep jobs. For years, there have been calls to
:09:11. > :09:13.make the road between Hull and York a dual carriageway. Today it's been
:09:14. > :09:16.announced that a five`mile stretch could be dualled between Pocklington
:09:17. > :09:20.and Wilberfoss. East Riding Council and City of York Council have joined
:09:21. > :09:23.together to ask for ?13 million to fund the upgrade. Our reporter Kate
:09:24. > :09:29.Sweeting is next to the road. Kate, what benefits would this bring?
:09:30. > :09:36.This is potentially where it will start. Of the 18,000 vehicles that
:09:37. > :09:41.use this stretch of road every day, many are heavy goods for
:09:42. > :09:46.agricultural. If you get stuck behind one of those, your journey is
:09:47. > :09:50.likely to be very slow. The idea behind the dual carriageway is to
:09:51. > :09:58.get things moving. It is a route that can get drivers
:09:59. > :10:03.are little... It is horrendous. Going to work, it can take for ever.
:10:04. > :10:11.It is a very tedious road, at Italy since there are a lot of tractors.
:10:12. > :10:17.Some say slow traffic is having a negative impact on the economy. I
:10:18. > :10:22.think it acts on a restriction. I have complaints from many businesses
:10:23. > :10:29.that at certain times of the day they had difficulty with access. We
:10:30. > :10:33.need to do something to improve prospects in the area. There's a
:10:34. > :10:39.plan to upgrade the stretch of road. The idea is to turn the single
:10:40. > :10:44.carriageway into a dual carriageway, something that is being
:10:45. > :10:46.welcomed by safety campaigners. A big problem with people overtaking
:10:47. > :10:52.when they shouldn't. They were getting frustrated. We have young
:10:53. > :10:57.people who have just started college, they have just got their
:10:58. > :11:00.first car, they are driving down the road, in the rush hour with the rest
:11:01. > :11:08.of the traffic, it can be quite intimidating. Must you think about
:11:09. > :11:13.them dual carriageway for that bit? It'll be better if it longer. It
:11:14. > :11:20.would probably be quite a good thing. What difference would it
:11:21. > :11:25.make? That you can drive at a proper speed. The bid is being submitted to
:11:26. > :11:30.the Government next month. Even if it is successful, it could be a long
:11:31. > :11:35.time before the work starts. They have already been some
:11:36. > :11:38.improvements to the road, this roundabout behind me at Pocklington
:11:39. > :11:45.is relatively new. There's another one planned after a long campaign.
:11:46. > :11:48.Whilst we have been told that this dual character goes ahead, it was
:11:49. > :11:52.more about economic growth and safety, this stretch of road is
:11:53. > :11:58.known for being relatively dangerous. There have been several
:11:59. > :12:02.fatalities. Thank you.
:12:03. > :12:05.Should the Hull to York road be improved? Is a five`mile stretch of
:12:06. > :12:30.dual carriageway enough to reduce congestion and improve safety?
:12:31. > :12:36.Thousands more school places are being created in Lincolnshire after
:12:37. > :12:39.a baby boom. The birth rate's up 17% in the last decade. It means many
:12:40. > :12:43.classes are full, while some are held in temporary cabins. This year,
:12:44. > :12:48.many parents will struggle to find a place at their local school. Gemma
:12:49. > :12:53.Dawson reports from Witham St Hughs near Lincoln.
:12:54. > :12:58.It's a growing estate, with a growing problem for parents here.
:12:59. > :13:06.People have had problems coming here, but it is a select school.
:13:07. > :13:09.Every year, there is a problem. My daughter's friend who is in the year
:13:10. > :13:13.above her had to go to a different school. Many mums and dads want to
:13:14. > :13:21.send their children to this school, but that's not always possible. We
:13:22. > :13:24.have people in the immediate community unable to get their
:13:25. > :13:28.children into their local school and that can create a bad feeling out on
:13:29. > :13:33.the estate and from the school's point of view we want to get all of
:13:34. > :13:37.the children in our immediate community into our school. Parents
:13:38. > :13:40.I've spoken to today have told me they struggled to get their children
:13:41. > :13:43.into this school, despite only living a few streets away. Two mums
:13:44. > :13:47.told me that they had to appeal, before their children got a place
:13:48. > :13:50.here. To cope with demand, the school is now going to be made
:13:51. > :13:53.bigger. New classrooms will be built in front of these mobiles. But this
:13:54. > :13:57.isn't the only school that's expanding. More than ?30 million of
:13:58. > :14:00.Government funding is going to be spent increasing the size and number
:14:01. > :14:03.of schools in Lincolnshire over the next three years, with new schools
:14:04. > :14:08.planned for areas including Gainsborough, Lincoln, North Hykeham
:14:09. > :14:11.and Spalding. The County Council says the extra
:14:12. > :14:20.places are needed, not just because people are moving into the area, but
:14:21. > :14:24.because of a baby boom. We know that babies are still being born at the
:14:25. > :14:28.moment. Those figures are rising to what they were ten years ago. I
:14:29. > :14:33.don't think it's the moment, it is a blip. `` at the moment. The council
:14:34. > :14:41.hope the extra investment in schools, like this one, will provide
:14:42. > :14:45.enough school places for the future. What is your experience? A reminder
:14:46. > :15:03.of the number on the screen. Still ahead: The call for a House of
:15:04. > :15:09.Commons cat to keep the rats at bay. To get a cat for pest control, if it
:15:10. > :15:21.was that easy, we would all have one.
:15:22. > :15:35.Another picture tomorrow night. Have you got man flu or something?
:15:36. > :15:43.You want to tread carefully after last nights.
:15:44. > :15:47.I wore the shirt to remind people of the colour Peter went.
:15:48. > :15:48.The headline