:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening. The man responsible for the running of Humberside Police
:00:13. > :00:16.has been accused of macho politics over his plans to increase the
:00:17. > :00:19.amount people pay for policing. Matthew Grove says a small council
:00:20. > :00:25.tax increase will help keep more police on the streets. But some have
:00:26. > :00:28.accused him of acting ignorantly, as Phillip Norton reports.
:00:29. > :00:34.5p, the extra weekly cost to the taxpayer to adequately police the
:00:35. > :00:37.Humberside force area. That's according to the Police and Crime
:00:38. > :00:40.Commissioner, Matthew Grove who says a precept increase is vital, despite
:00:41. > :00:47.councillors on the area's crime panel voting against it. The public
:00:48. > :00:51.say to me their first priority is actually to ensure we have a good,
:00:52. > :00:55.effective policing service. That's what the public tell me week in,
:00:56. > :01:00.week out. They say, Matthew, protect our police service. This is what I
:01:01. > :01:04.need to do on their behalf to protect the police service. It's a
:01:05. > :01:08.very modest increase. Mr Grove is proposing a rise of just
:01:09. > :01:13.under 2% to the police precept. He says that works out at around 5p per
:01:14. > :01:16.week for every household. That money will go towards more officers on the
:01:17. > :01:21.streets by improving the technology they use to make them more
:01:22. > :01:25.efficient. The chairman of the Crime Panel is angry, saying they are
:01:26. > :01:29.being ignored. I think it's quite a foolish way to
:01:30. > :01:34.go about it. I would put it quite simply, a macho type proposal, which
:01:35. > :01:38.is not needed at all. I think it's just a way of saying, I am my own
:01:39. > :01:42.man, I am the Commissioner, I will do as I think. I won't listen to the
:01:43. > :01:46.government, I won't listen to the panel, I won't listen to anybody.
:01:47. > :01:49.Matthew Grove says the Humberside Police force has reached the point
:01:50. > :01:54.now where it cannot provide a robust or adequate service for the area. In
:01:55. > :01:57.addition the force has to make savings of more than ?30 million. He
:01:58. > :02:01.says he is already making savings. This is the former police authority
:02:02. > :02:06.headquarters, a building he put up for sale soon after being elected. A
:02:07. > :02:10.move, he says, that will save ?50,000 a year. On the streets of
:02:11. > :02:15.Hull, most people I spoke to were happy for him to ask for more. If it
:02:16. > :02:20.keeps the police on the streets, yeah, instead of just sat behind a
:02:21. > :02:27.desk filling in forms. I'll pay. If it saves jobs, fair enough. I just
:02:28. > :02:30.don't want it to get wasted on stupid things, luxuries. Maybe with
:02:31. > :02:34.a bit of extra money their argument is they can do more but they should
:02:35. > :02:37.be able to do it anyway. Earlier on Look North, Matthew Grove responded
:02:38. > :02:41.to the criticism. I work for the public, not for the government and
:02:42. > :02:44.certainly not for the Police and Crime Panel. If Matthew Grove goes
:02:45. > :02:48.ahead, these few extra pennies a week will add up to another ?800,000
:02:49. > :02:51.a year for the Humberside Police kitty. The panel that scrutinises
:02:52. > :02:56.his work say his arguments don't stand up.
:02:57. > :03:00.Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has declined to
:03:01. > :03:04.comment, after it was recommended he apologises to his Chief Constable
:03:05. > :03:07.for suspending him last year. The Police and Crime Panel said Alan
:03:08. > :03:13.Hardwick ignored legal advice and wasted ?160,000 when he suspended
:03:14. > :03:17.Neil Rhodes. Mr Hardwick told Look North it would be inappropriate to
:03:18. > :03:20.comment before receiving any official communication from the
:03:21. > :03:23.panel. Businesses on the Lincolnshire Coast
:03:24. > :03:26.have welcomed the government's decision to allow ?5 million to be
:03:27. > :03:31.spent protecting the area from flooding. The money will be spent on
:03:32. > :03:35.building sand banks to defend thousands of homes between
:03:36. > :03:39.Mablethorpe and Skegness. Our correspondent, Paul Murphy, reports.
:03:40. > :03:45.Work to repair this coastline has been under way ever since December's
:03:46. > :03:48.damaging tidal surge. News of extra defence money has been welcomed,
:03:49. > :03:54.especially by vulnerable coastal businesses.
:03:55. > :03:58.We are below sea level here and all the way along. Trusthorpe was
:03:59. > :04:02.flooded and all the people had to be evacuated. And, you know, you see
:04:03. > :04:06.other people being flooded and it is a really scary thing.
:04:07. > :04:09.The 30,000 properties and 20,000 caravans on this low`lying coast
:04:10. > :04:14.represent a significant part of Lincolnshire 's economy.
:04:15. > :04:17.We have incredible assets behind the flood defences that we need to
:04:18. > :04:20.protect, agriculture, industry. Our tourism industry brings ?500,000
:04:21. > :04:26.into the area, very important and, of course, the residents.
:04:27. > :04:30.The defences are here to prevent history repeating itself. Hundreds
:04:31. > :04:33.lost their lives in the East Coast floods of 1953 but one of the
:04:34. > :04:39.survivors believes the newly announced funding doesn't go far
:04:40. > :04:49.enough. No good. Not enough? Not enough. In anyway whatsoever. It
:04:50. > :04:52.wants a lot more spending on it. If they don't, it'll cost more to
:04:53. > :04:55.restore it. The new government money comes on top of an existing
:04:56. > :04:58.programme of flood repairs. It includes funding to protect 200
:04:59. > :05:02.homes at Welwick in East Yorkshire, after damage to the Humber bank. To
:05:03. > :05:05.repair a 60`foot gap in the river bank at Blacktoft, to install a
:05:06. > :05:08.three`quarter of a mile temporary defence at Riverside Quay in Hull
:05:09. > :05:11.and there's protection for more than 2,000 homes on the Trent at
:05:12. > :05:14.Kettlethorpe. There's funding to for Lincoln to protect around 80
:05:15. > :05:18.properties in the Stamp End area of the city.
:05:19. > :05:22.I think in view of the floods that have been happening all over the
:05:23. > :05:27.country, I think it should really be allocated all over as well. The
:05:28. > :05:31.river does come up quite high so I would think for the whole area it is
:05:32. > :05:34.quite a good thing. What the tides take away, the diggers must always
:05:35. > :05:38.put back. The ?5 million of government cash is, of course being
:05:39. > :05:43.welcomed but it is just a drop in the ocean in this constant process.
:05:44. > :05:47.Defences protected much of Lincolnshire 's coast from
:05:48. > :05:48.December's tidal surge. These communities know there is little
:05:49. > :05:58.room for complacency. Businesses helping to fund Hull's
:05:59. > :06:03.City of Culture year say it's a once in a lifetime chance to get rid of
:06:04. > :06:06.stereotyped views about the city. 22 companies have already pledged more
:06:07. > :06:10.than a third of a million pounds, that's of the ?15 million pounds
:06:11. > :06:14.needed. Those involved say it's a unique chance to promote Hull to the
:06:15. > :06:19.world. The City of Culture is a one`off
:06:20. > :06:23.event for the city. This won't come round again for us. So if you want
:06:24. > :06:26.to be on board and believe in what is promoting the city, promoting the
:06:27. > :06:30.culture and showing the positive offerings that we have then, you
:06:31. > :06:38.know, we strongly believe it is money well worth spending. Now the
:06:39. > :06:41.weather with Keeley Donovan. Hello, good evening, further wet and
:06:42. > :06:45.windy weather to come through the course of the night. Already we've
:06:46. > :06:49.got rain setting in from the west. It'll continue to spill northwards.
:06:50. > :06:53.It'll have mostly clearly by the end of the night, just the odd shower.
:06:54. > :06:55.Windy in the short term with potentially some heavy spells of
:06:56. > :07:00.rain too. Temperatures dropping back to three or four degrees. Through
:07:01. > :07:03.the morning there could be the odd shower lingering. Then it'll develop
:07:04. > :07:09.into dry and bright conditions for a good bulk of the day. Later in the
:07:10. > :07:13.day we'll start to see showers heading in from the west. It might
:07:14. > :07:17.be that some places stay dry for most of the day in daylight hours.
:07:18. > :07:20.Windy tomorrow with temperatures reaching six or seven degrees. A few
:07:21. > :07:27.showers through the morning on Sunday. That is all. We are back
:07:28. > :07:37.tomorrow lunchtime. Enjoy the rest of your evening, good night.
:07:38. > :07:44.Hello again. Nelson's flag ship HMS victory, was launched in 1765 and
:07:45. > :07:48.you can still see it today in Portsmouth Harbour. But through the
:07:49. > :07:51.whole of that history, you will struggle to find a wetter winter
:07:52. > :07:56.than this one across southern England. Scotland has already been
:07:57. > :08:02.in the record books. Their December was the wettest since standardised
:08:03. > :08:05.records began about 100 years ago. There's plenty more where that came
:08:06. > :08:10.from. Another storm is knocking on the door and will affect the whole
:08:11. > :08:14.of Western Europe, steaming in from the Atlantic. Giving us a steady
:08:15. > :08:19.stream of rain in most places. Severe gales ahead of that rain
:08:20. > :08:24.gusts up to 60 mph. Battering the coasts once again. For the North,
:08:25. > :08:28.across the Scottish mountains yet more snow. It's really piling up
:08:29. > :08:29.here at the moment. A cold