09/02/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome. The bell of a Hull trawler, the Gaul, has

been rung today in honour of the men who lost their lives when the vessel

sank, 40 years ago. A memorial service took place to remember all

of those from the city who've been lost at sea, as Emma Massey reports.

One minute's silence in memory of men lost at sea marked by the sound

of this bell. It had once sat on board the Gaul. The trawler sank 40

years ago with the largest loss of life in the history of the fishing

industry, with up to 36 fisherman losing their lives. Families of

those lost attended the service. It is incredibly important and part of

the history. It has to be kept going for years and years. It helps the

families. For the sake of the thousands who have lost their lives,

we must continue to tell the stories. It is part of our story.

Today's annual service is held to remember all the lives from Hull

that have been lost at sea. I have come from a shift `` from a fishing

family and a fishing community and I have lost family at sea. I would not

miss this for anything. There was also news today of the city's

long`awaited memorial for lost trawlermen. I was on the committee

for many years and it is something we have been working for four`day

long time and we are at that point for being realised. Next year's

service will be at the new memorial. Wreaths were laid and floral

tributes cast into the sea. It was a chance to reflect on the risk the

men took doing their jobs. Something people who came today hope will

never be forgotten. Lincolnshire Police are

investigating after a body was found in the River Witham in Lincoln.

Officers were called to Spa Road near the city centre earlier today

after a rower reported seeing a body in the water. The police underwater

search unit has now recovered the body, and a postmortem examination

will take place later. A Lincolnshire church could shut its

doors for good unless parishioners can raise enough money to repair it.

The spire on St Margaret's in Thimbleby near Horncastle has been

dismantled for safety reasons. But now it's down, repairs still can't

go ahead unless enough funds are raised. We've got a very long road

to go along. In total, the total repairs and refurbishing, we are

looking in excess of ?150,000. We are confident we can do it.

Difficult decisions are facing those who manage the East Yorkshire coast,

after the damage of this winter's storms. At Spurn Point, the road was

washed away. Now the BBC's Countryfile programme has been

investigating the best way to protect the coast, and whether we

can afford big defences. We can build them but they are extremely

expensive, so if you build more you will have to spend more on

maintaining them. Predictions for climate change suggest larger and

bigger storms will become more frequent in the future. The storm

events that we had in December could recover every ten or 20 years. And

you can see more of that report, including alternatives to heavy sea

walls, on Countryfile later tonight on BBC One.

Onto football now, and Scunthorpe United are still flying high after

their 14th game unbeaten in League Two. In the Premier League, Hull

City finally got their first win of 2014 against Steve Bruce's old club,

Sunderland. An old stamping ground for Steve

Bruce. But the former Sunderland manager returned to the Stadium of

Light with his Hull City team still searching for its first league win

of the year. Fortunately his old team gave Hull a helping hand when

Wes Brown was sent off for bringing down Shane Long.

Nothing came of the resulting free`kick, but the Tigers scored

soon after. Long getting a touch on Jake Livermore's shot from a corner.

Hull had further chances to score, but it wasn't until just after the

hour when Long's fellow strike partner, Nikicia Jelavic, headed

home after a deflection to score his first goal since coming to the club.

The partnership is starting to flourish a bit only have started

doing what I knew they would do in terms of their quality. In League

Two, Scunthorpe United welcomed top`of`the`table Chesterfield to

Glanford Park, and took the lead after 15 minutes through Sam

Winnall. But on the stroke of half time, the Iron gave away a penalty

and Owen Doyle equalised for the visitors.

The draw means Scunthorpe remain in second place in the table.

Let's get the weather forecast now, with Kay Crewdson.

Through this evening, all parts should be largely dry and overnight

we are looking at some clear skies and lighter winds than of late, so

both of those sectors up for the touch of frost with temperatures

dropping to around freezing. HLA and frosty start, watch out for an icy

start. Dry and bright with decent spills of sunshine and isolated

showers across Lincolnshire. Good evening. We have a significant

number of severe warnings out. Most of them have been issued on the

River Thames today. Now, of course, with more rain due this week, that

is not good news, and as well as that, we are expecting some gales as

well on the coast. But this week, perhaps an increased risk of some

snow as well. At the moment we are in a quiet spell of weather, with

fewer showers around, this evening and overnight. There is a risk as

temperatures