:00:00. > 3:59:59reputation enhanced. That's it. Starting on BBC Two now,
:00:00. > :00:11.Jeremy Paxman asks Good evening. There are concerns
:00:12. > :00:16.that some people are taking advantage of food banks and free
:00:17. > :00:19.meal services in Hull. Many are independently run by small groups or
:00:20. > :00:22.churches and rely on people's honesty to take only what they need.
:00:23. > :00:25.Now charities are being encouraged to work together and share
:00:26. > :00:29.information to stop misuse and make the system more effective. Sarah
:00:30. > :00:38.Walton reports. A fresh bowl of steaming soup. A
:00:39. > :00:41.welcome sight on a cold day. Every Saturday, the Amazing Grace Church
:00:42. > :00:48.in Hull gives free food to anyone who says they're in need. Not only
:00:49. > :00:52.the alcoholics, the homeless, not only people who are taking drugs. At
:00:53. > :00:55.one point we had somebody who was a student. For some reason he found
:00:56. > :00:59.himself in a difficult situation. It's open to anybody. People say
:01:00. > :01:02.some are taking advantage of that kindness visiting different
:01:03. > :01:09.charities every day so they can save their money for drink and drugs. You
:01:10. > :01:13.hear it all the time. I see people, the same faces going to the soup
:01:14. > :01:18.kitchens where I go. Always the same faces. I see people coming here who
:01:19. > :01:24.have been paid on a Saturday morning and have ?120 in their pocket. There
:01:25. > :01:27.is a church on Princess Avenue and they put bags of clothes out for the
:01:28. > :01:31.homeless. A certain one, he will grab the full bag and then he'll
:01:32. > :01:35.take it to the clothes bank to sell it and then spend the money on booze
:01:36. > :01:39.or whatever he's taking. The worry is that groups like the one here
:01:40. > :01:42.can't spot when people are taking advantage of the system. Now it is
:01:43. > :01:46.being suggested they all come together and cooperate in a far more
:01:47. > :01:53.official way. That is already being done at some places. Hull food bank
:01:54. > :01:56.is part of the Trussell Trust, a network of 400 centres across the
:01:57. > :02:00.country. It says size gives it influence and allows it to work with
:02:01. > :02:03.a wide range of health and social workers who identify those genuinely
:02:04. > :02:06.in need. But others believe there are benefits to a more informal
:02:07. > :02:10.approach. This church runs a small daily drop`in meal and food bank
:02:11. > :02:13.service. It stops abuse by getting to know people first. We don't
:02:14. > :02:18.advertise the fact there is a food bank at Saint Hilda's. People know
:02:19. > :02:21.about it because this church is in the middle of the community,
:02:22. > :02:30.everybody knows where it is. People who have been helped by the church
:02:31. > :02:33.put the word around. While different groups vary in their approach to
:02:34. > :02:37.tackling food poverty, they do all agree that demand for their service
:02:38. > :02:42.is increasing so it's important to have a debate on how the system can
:02:43. > :02:45.be improved. A county council decision that could
:02:46. > :02:56.see some Lincolnshire libraries run by volunteers, is to be challenged
:02:57. > :02:59.in the High Court. The campaign group, Save Lincolnshire Libraries,
:03:00. > :03:02.has lodged legal papers which could force a judicial review. The
:03:03. > :03:05.authority says it has to save one and a half million pounds and
:03:06. > :03:08.insists it's acting lawfully. Building a supermarket on the site
:03:09. > :03:11.of Louth's cattle market would "cause lasting harm to the town for
:03:12. > :03:13.a generation," according to county councillors in Lincolnshire. East
:03:14. > :03:16.Lindsey district council is consulting on the future of the
:03:17. > :03:26.site, which could be worth ?12 million. A decision will be made
:03:27. > :03:31.later this year. I have seen the devastation supermarkets cause if
:03:32. > :03:35.they are putting the wrong place. I do not want to Louth going the way
:03:36. > :03:38.so many towns in this country have gone.
:03:39. > :03:42.There are calls for Yorkshire's cities to be made safer for cyclists
:03:43. > :03:46.as the region prepares to host this Summer's Grand Depart of the Tour de
:03:47. > :03:50.France. It's hoped the event will inspire more of us to get on our
:03:51. > :03:53.bikes. But figures show that there has been a sharp rise in the number
:03:54. > :03:57.of accidents involving cyclists in the Yorkshire and Humber area since
:03:58. > :03:59.2009. Jake Zuckerman is in Hull this evening. Jake, how dangerous are our
:04:00. > :04:01.roads? According to the most recent
:04:02. > :04:04.statistics for road casualties the number of cyclists being killed or
:04:05. > :04:13.seriously injured in Yorkshire and Humber rose by nearly a third. In
:04:14. > :04:16.2009, 199 adult cyclists were killed or seriously injured. In 2012, that
:04:17. > :04:21.figure had risen to 256. That's a 29% increase. Of course, more people
:04:22. > :04:34.are cycling now, but campaigners say numbers won't increase further
:04:35. > :04:54.unless roads are made safer. David Noble knows every lump and pump in
:04:55. > :04:58.the road. He travels around 40 miles a day on roads and cycle routes. In
:04:59. > :05:02.the last year, he's gone through four tyres and five wheels. I'd
:05:03. > :05:05.sooner take a route that's 24 miles, and using the cycle track cuts time
:05:06. > :05:08.off your journey. But when it comes to cost`effectiveness, when you're
:05:09. > :05:11.replacing ?30 tyres and ?60 wheels every day, obviously going the
:05:12. > :05:14.longer way is the cheapest route. This cycle shop in the city says
:05:15. > :05:17.they're repairing more bikes than ever before, something they blame on
:05:18. > :05:20.poorly`maintained roads. We're seeing a lot of buckled wheels,
:05:21. > :05:23.broken spokes, punctures, torn tyres, bent forks ` people having
:05:24. > :05:26.accidents and going over the bike because of pot holes. Hull has one
:05:27. > :05:31.of the highest numbers of cyclists for a UK city, and in 2011, it was
:05:32. > :05:34.named as one of Britain's top cities for cyclists. With events like the
:05:35. > :05:38.Tour De France coming to Yorkshire this summer, it's hoped it will
:05:39. > :05:41.inspire more of us to get on our bike. Today, a cycling manifesto was
:05:42. > :05:44.launched to encourage the Government to raise its spending on cycling and
:05:45. > :05:48.improve safety. Our surveys have shown that 60% of people who don't
:05:49. > :05:51.ride a bike have said they would if they felt safer, so the latent
:05:52. > :05:55.demand is absolutely enormous, and the potential good that can do our
:05:56. > :05:58.country is also enormous. In Hull, a cycling action plan is in place
:05:59. > :06:02.which aims to encourage more of us to take up the sport, but
:06:03. > :06:05.campaigners say that won't happen if cycle paths are left like this. If
:06:06. > :06:11.those problems can be overcome, it could have an affect on lots of
:06:12. > :06:15.other services. The survey has shown that if 10% of trips were made by
:06:16. > :06:30.cycle, the sailing to the NHS would be ?250 million a year.
:06:31. > :06:40.A very unsettled day. It will be brighter with wintry showers in the
:06:41. > :06:47.afternoon. Icy patches on untreated surfaces, and a fairly widespread
:06:48. > :06:57.ground Frost. We're off to a frosty but drive starts tomorrow morning.
:06:58. > :07:00.Cloud will increase. The afternoon brightens up with sunny spells and a
:07:01. > :07:06.scattering of showers. There may be some snow. Top afternoon
:07:07. > :07:09.temperatures, five or six degrees. That's the forecast.
:07:10. > :07:14.The Superleague Show returns to BBC One tonight. In the first programme
:07:15. > :07:18.of the new series, Hull FC chairman Adam Pearson will be outlining his
:07:19. > :07:22.ambitions for the club ahead of the new season. That's at 11.20 on BBC
:07:23. > :07:24.One. That's all from the late team. Look North is back tomorrow at 6.25.
:07:25. > :07:43.Bye for now. Good evening. You have my permission
:07:44. > :07:47.to complain about too many repeats with the British weather at the
:07:48. > :07:53.moment because yet again it looks as though our winter weather is set to
:07:54. > :07:57.continue with a repeat of last week. Sunny spells and scattered showers
:07:58. > :08:04.today and this is the next area of low pressure pushing in from the
:08:05. > :08:08.west. It influences our weather for the rest of the week. More rain to
:08:09. > :08:16.come and gales and severe gales to come. Ice is a possible risk. That
:08:17. > :08:24.means a cumulative total perhaps or 40-70 millimetres and that is an
:08:25. > :08:28.extra two to three inches. It will exacerbate the flooding we have
:08:29. > :08:34.already got across England at the moment. The cloud, wind and rain is
:08:35. > :08:41.already pushing in from the west. There will be a widespread frost.
:08:42. > :08:45.Ice could be a problem first thing in Northern Ireland. Snow in the
:08:46. > :08:49.hills and maybe in the North East of Scotland we could see snow at lower
:08:50. > :08:56.levels. Rain through northern England and Wales and Somerset. Some
:08:57. > :09:02.of that rain could be quite intense coupled with squally, gusty winds on
:09:03. > :09:06.exposed coasts. In the east it starts off relatively dry, but it
:09:07. > :09:13.will not be long before the wind and the rain spreads further east. Up
:09:14. > :09:17.into the North the snow showers continue on the hills, but by the
:09:18. > :09:24.end of the afternoon we could see wet snow even at lower levels. A
:09:25. > :09:29.cold day. There is a potential for some snow showers at lower levels
:09:30. > :09:33.across England and Wales on Tuesday night and into Wednesday. On
:09:34. > :09:39.Wednesday it is this area of low pressure which is the main factor in
:09:40. > :09:45.Wednesday's weather. More wet and windy weather. An early amber
:09:46. > :09:49.warning has already been issued from the South West. Severe gales are
:09:50. > :09:55.likely as we continue to see some very wet weather coming into central
:09:56. > :10:00.and southern areas. The strongest winds follow in behind those
:10:01. > :10:02.showers. In Scotland you are probably wondering what the