:00:00. > :00:07.heading our way and wet and windy again. That is all from
:00:08. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:17.Marching on Parliament ` the teenagers call to lower the age we
:00:18. > :00:24.can vote A bid for government money after December's floods in Boston.
:00:25. > :00:30.If people can have sex and families, they should have the right
:00:31. > :00:36.to vote. The fishermen who say new rules are putting them out of
:00:37. > :00:44.business. Despite suffering a heart attack, the man who's determined to
:00:45. > :00:48.reach his sporting goal. He turned his life around and is an
:00:49. > :00:56.inspiration to people who do the training. A gust of 65 mph, a gusty
:00:57. > :01:06.night installed with warnings in place, join me for the latest.
:01:07. > :01:11.Good evening. They can legally smoke, dry a car, join the army and
:01:12. > :01:14.start a family. So is it time that people under the age of 18 were
:01:15. > :01:17.allowed to vote? Teenagers from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have
:01:18. > :01:21.joined a protest in London calling for the voting age to be lowered to
:01:22. > :01:25.16. At the moment, young people in England have to wait until they are
:01:26. > :01:28.18 to take part in elections, but some MPs including Scunthorpe's Nic
:01:29. > :01:38.Dakin want to reduce the age limit. More from our Political Editor Tim
:01:39. > :01:42.Iredale. The teenagers who marched on Parliament today have no direct
:01:43. > :01:44.say on who represents them here. Some, including 16`year`old Thomas
:01:45. > :01:53.from Hull, believe that should change. Young people in East
:01:54. > :01:58.Yorkshire should be able to vote. They are under represented and do
:01:59. > :02:03.not understand that they have the same power. They can influence the
:02:04. > :02:09.country and realise that politics plays a part in their lives. While
:02:10. > :02:12.under 18s in England can't vote under rules, 16 and 17`year`olds in
:02:13. > :02:16.Scotland will be able to vote in this year's referendum on
:02:17. > :02:27.independence. Some MPs believe the voting age should be lowered across
:02:28. > :02:34.the UK. Why not have votes at 16? As somebody who has worked with 16 and
:02:35. > :02:38.18`year`olds, my experience says they have as much sense as older
:02:39. > :02:42.people at making judgements and they can vote. But would the majority of
:02:43. > :02:45.young people use their vote? It's estimated that in last year's local
:02:46. > :02:53.elections, 32% of 18`14 year olds turned out to vote, compared with
:02:54. > :02:56.72% of over 65s. I asked college students in Goole whether they
:02:57. > :03:05.wanted to see the voting age lowered? The way that teenagers are
:03:06. > :03:11.acting in society, putting how the country runs into their hands, it
:03:12. > :03:15.will go downhill. I think we should decide what happens in our local
:03:16. > :03:23.community. Why'd you not want to vote? I am too young, really. It
:03:24. > :03:26.should stay at 18 years old. Labour and the Liberal Democrats are
:03:27. > :03:29.broadly in favour of lowering the voting age. But many Conservatives
:03:30. > :03:33.are against the idea. So these would`be voters may have to wait a
:03:34. > :03:41.little longer before they have their say at the ballot box. Professor Jon
:03:42. > :03:44.Tonge chaired a commission in 2009 that advised the government against
:03:45. > :03:54.reducing the voting age. He joins me now from Manchester. Good evening.
:03:55. > :03:58.But some 16`year`olds are in full time work paying taxes, don't you
:03:59. > :04:01.think they have the right to elect the politicians who will be spending
:04:02. > :04:06.their taxed earnings? The majority would not vote. Only a minority
:04:07. > :04:09.voted at the last four general elections, so those teenagers
:04:10. > :04:15.marching on Parliament would be better advised having a word with
:04:16. > :04:21.those teenagers who did not vote. The case would be easier to make if
:04:22. > :04:25.they bothered to vote. If you are 16 or 17, you cannot buy alcohol,
:04:26. > :04:32.tobacco, fireworks and you cannot serve on a jury. They can join the
:04:33. > :04:35.Army, should they not be able to hold to account those political
:04:36. > :04:41.leaders who are about to deploy them? They do not see front`line
:04:42. > :04:47.service and they need parental permission, the same as getting
:04:48. > :04:52.married. They are not full adults and are covered by a child laws. The
:04:53. > :04:58.big problem is that they would not vote and it would not be democratic
:04:59. > :05:03.to extend the franchise. The commission that I chaired, the Youth
:05:04. > :05:06.Citizenship Commission, found that every age category was against
:05:07. > :05:16.lowering the voting age and the commission found the same. Why is
:05:17. > :05:24.Labour, in particular, so supportive of the idea? Ed Miliband said they
:05:25. > :05:31.would legislate on this. It has momentum, this idea. Every political
:05:32. > :05:36.party supports the lowering of the voting age, but there is no demands
:05:37. > :05:43.among the 16 or 17`year`olds. They are divided themselves. If you look
:05:44. > :05:49.at the unpopularity of Parliament and political institutions, the one
:05:50. > :05:55.thing they like is the voting age. Four out of five of the general
:05:56. > :06:01.public agree with the voting age being 18. Thank you for joining us.
:06:02. > :06:05.Do you think 16`year`olds should get the vote because they're able to pay
:06:06. > :06:18.tax? Or do you think they lack the knowledge needed to make political
:06:19. > :06:34.decisions? It does vary, it is very different on the Isle of Man and in
:06:35. > :06:44.Jersey. In a moment... Clearing the way for a ?10 million development
:06:45. > :06:47.which could create hundreds of jobs. David Cameron's claim that money is
:06:48. > :06:51.no object when it comes to flood recovery is going to be put to the
:06:52. > :06:53.test by communities here that suffered flooding following
:06:54. > :06:57.December's tidal surge. More than a thousand homes and businesses were
:06:58. > :07:00.damaged but there are fears that the people affected may be forgotten as
:07:01. > :07:04.the focus turns to the West Country and the banks of The Thames. Jake
:07:05. > :07:07.Zuckerman has spent the day in Boston which is still recovering
:07:08. > :07:11.from the worst conditions seen in more than 50 years. This was Boston
:07:12. > :07:15.town centre little more than two months ago. The highest storm surge
:07:16. > :07:23.in living memory sent flood water cascading through streets,
:07:24. > :07:26.overwhelming homes and businesses. Today, volunteers were helping some
:07:27. > :07:36.of those affected to apply for assistance from the local charity
:07:37. > :07:39.get Boston back on its feet. What is the most urgent? A cooker, please.
:07:40. > :07:43.The organisation has raised ?11,000 pounds, which it wants to use to buy
:07:44. > :07:48.white goods and other essentials for flood victims. People like Kevin
:07:49. > :07:54.Storr, who lost almost everything. This was the kitchen, we had the
:07:55. > :08:00.freezer here. We had a Welsh dresser along here. It is kind of hard to
:08:01. > :08:03.imagine that it was a kitchen. Boston saw more than 500 properties
:08:04. > :08:06.flooded in December. While there's no exact figure Boston Borough
:08:07. > :08:10.Council says it's spent tens of thousands of pounds so far, trying
:08:11. > :08:12.to get things back to normal. In North Lincolnshire more than 300
:08:13. > :08:16.homes and businesses were damaged. The cost is expected to reach ?1
:08:17. > :08:19.million. While in Hull more than 300 properties were damaged including
:08:20. > :08:23.150 homes. Hull City Council says it's spent ?322,000 and that it
:08:24. > :08:31.doesn't expect to get much of that money back from the government.
:08:32. > :08:41.Yesterday David Cameron made this promise to flood victims. Money is
:08:42. > :08:45.no object in this relief effort. Whatever money is needed for it will
:08:46. > :08:49.be spent. Boston Borough Council plans to hold the Prime Minister to
:08:50. > :08:59.his word. It's bidding for extra money to help those affected. One
:09:00. > :09:01.example is council tax discounts and holidays, particularly where people
:09:02. > :09:08.are living in difficult conditions and some cases, people are not
:09:09. > :09:14.living in their homes. There are 150 families who are not in their
:09:15. > :09:18.houses. Here in Boston they are still clearing up after December's
:09:19. > :09:24.flooding and the community is still rallying around. People are still
:09:25. > :09:34.concerns that their plight may be overlooked. `` concerned. High winds
:09:35. > :09:36.have caused problems across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire this
:09:37. > :09:39.afternoon and conditions could get worse this evening. Our reporter
:09:40. > :09:44.Amanda White joins me now. How bad have things been? The winds have
:09:45. > :09:47.been felt the most on the coast this afternoon. There were gusts of 75
:09:48. > :09:52.miles per hour in Holbeach and 67 miles per hour at Wainfleet near
:09:53. > :09:56.Skegness. Just up the road 1500 homes lost power at Burgh le Marsh
:09:57. > :10:03.near Skegness at lunchtime. They all had power restored within two hours.
:10:04. > :10:09.Further north a woman hurt her head after a number of trees fell on a
:10:10. > :10:13.van and a car in Grimsby. And also in Grimsby fire fighters had to
:10:14. > :10:23.dismantle a chimney that was swaying on a Grimsby rooftop before it
:10:24. > :10:28.collapsed. We have heard tonight's passenger sailing from Hull to
:10:29. > :10:35.Rotterdam has been delayed. It was due to leave at 8:30pm but will now
:10:36. > :10:38.leave at midnight. Your local BBC Radio station will have more
:10:39. > :10:41.information. And Paul Hudson will be here in a few minutes with a full
:10:42. > :10:45.weather forecast for the next 24 hours. A group of Lincolnshire
:10:46. > :10:48.farmers are raising money for people flooded in Somerset. They are part
:10:49. > :10:51.of a group on Twitter called Club Hectare, and they say they've raised
:10:52. > :10:55.hundreds of pounds so far. They've also arranged to send straw and food
:10:56. > :11:00.to farmers in the South West of England. Humberside Police and Crime
:11:01. > :11:03.Commissioner Matthew Grove has confirmed that people living in the
:11:04. > :11:07.force area will pay nearly two percent more for policing from
:11:08. > :11:10.April. Mr Grove says the rise will help protect some jobs and allow
:11:11. > :11:16.investment in new technology. He's pressing ahead despite opposition
:11:17. > :11:18.from the Police and Crime Panel. An inquiry looking into the proposed
:11:19. > :11:22.Lincoln Eastern bypass has finished today. Highways and planning
:11:23. > :11:25.officers have been hearing people's objections to parts of the planned
:11:26. > :11:39.road. It's hoped the road will ease congestion in the city. Fishermen
:11:40. > :11:42.say new rules being enforced on the East Coast will put them out of
:11:43. > :11:46.business and damage the local tourist industry. Changes are being
:11:47. > :11:49.made to the way sea fish can be caught, which the Environment Agency
:11:50. > :11:52.says will make fishing more sustainable. But those affected say
:11:53. > :11:56.the rules are unworkable and will destroy their livelihoods. Kate
:11:57. > :12:00.Sweeting reports... They've made their living out of the sea for
:12:01. > :12:04.decades. Shaun Wingham catches the fish and his wife Penny sells it in
:12:05. > :12:11.her shop. But they say if new fishing rules are imposed, their
:12:12. > :12:18.livelihood will be lost. It will put a lot of people out of business. It
:12:19. > :12:22.is very sustainable and it has been going on for years, everything has
:12:23. > :12:28.been working fine, and now they want to put the rules in, which they have
:12:29. > :12:31.no right to do. These pictures show the method Shaun uses to catch
:12:32. > :12:39.things like sea bass. The nets are left overnight for the fish to swim
:12:40. > :12:44.into. The new rules mean he'd have to stay by those nets at all times,
:12:45. > :12:51.something Shaun says is impossible. What they are asking us to do is
:12:52. > :12:54.unworkable and unreasonable. And without the fish that Shaun catches,
:12:55. > :12:59.there'd be nothing to sell in the shop. It would put us out of
:13:00. > :13:03.business, we would struggle. We would struggle terribly, especially
:13:04. > :13:07.in the summertime. We would not be here. And if this type of fishing is
:13:08. > :13:10.lost there would be a wider impact. David Nowell runs the restaurant at
:13:11. > :13:18.Tickton Grange in Beverley and says locally caught fish is a big pull
:13:19. > :13:22.for customers. Quality is the issue, and the local source is very
:13:23. > :13:27.important to us, it is what the menus are all about. We would have
:13:28. > :13:33.to completely rethink its if we lost the ability to source locally. In a
:13:34. > :13:50.statement the Environment Agency told us: It's a position which has
:13:51. > :13:57.angered local food experts. told us: It's a position which has
:13:58. > :14:05.angered local It is a box ticking exercise. The fishermen will meet
:14:06. > :14:14.with the Environment Agency on the 4th of March, in the hope they say
:14:15. > :14:20.of saving their way of life. Do you agree with the Environment Agency?
:14:21. > :14:28.If you are a fisher man do you have concerns about getting fresh fish?
:14:29. > :14:37.`` fishermen. If you want to get in touch with us, here is the e`mail
:14:38. > :14:40.address. Thank you for watching, it is good to have you. Still ahead
:14:41. > :14:51.tonight: the mist chances which saw the Tigers drop down the premier
:14:52. > :14:55.league. `` the missed chances. After a suffering a heart attack we meet
:14:56. > :15:02.the man whose turned his life around ` to run the London Marathon. It is
:15:03. > :15:11.6:45pm, keep the photographs coming in. This is Bridlington South Shore
:15:12. > :15:20.by Jean Button. A great picture, thank you for that, Jean. Let's get
:15:21. > :15:23.the weather details from Paul. A wild night to come across
:15:24. > :15:33.Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. The strongest winds have been along the
:15:34. > :15:38.coast. The strongest winds have been 75 mph but they have eased a little
:15:39. > :15:43.bit. They will pick back up over the next few hours so there is a warning
:15:44. > :15:49.in place for widespread gales and gusts of 60 to 70 mph, possibly
:15:50. > :15:54.higher than that in exposed places. A deep area of low pressure which
:15:55. > :16:01.you can see with these tight isobars. They will open out a bit so
:16:02. > :16:06.a better day tomorrow. This will bring more wins later on Friday. You
:16:07. > :16:14.can see this, look at that, sweeping its way across this. Now we are
:16:15. > :16:18.looking to the West as the winds picked up once more. Widespread
:16:19. > :16:26.gales developing, and showers as well which may turn wintry later
:16:27. > :16:33.tonight. They tend to ease, though. Temperatures are around two Celsius,
:16:34. > :16:44.36 Fahrenheit. The sun will rise in the morning at 7:26am. Still windy
:16:45. > :16:47.tomorrow but we will have lost the severe gales. A strong
:16:48. > :16:53.south`westerly which will blow some gales in from the west. The showers
:16:54. > :16:58.could gather across the far north of the area. Some of those showers
:16:59. > :17:05.could be wintry. Let's look at the top temperatures, coming in at six
:17:06. > :17:11.Celsius. Warnings in place for severe gales in the next few hours.
:17:12. > :17:14.Thank you, Paul. More than 200 jobs could be created in Immingham after
:17:15. > :17:17.Tesco announced that it had agreed to build a store in the town. The
:17:18. > :17:20.?10 million development at the Kennedy Way shopping centre has
:17:21. > :17:34.finally got under way, after many thought it would never happen. Simon
:17:35. > :17:37.Spark reports. The centre of this town has started to change. The
:17:38. > :17:43.Kennedy Way shopping centre has begun its multi`million pound
:17:44. > :17:49.face`lift, and the smiling faces are as much relieved as happy. Even up
:17:50. > :17:56.till last week it was not happening. In till we saw the fencing going
:17:57. > :18:01.up, we thought that. There have been planning and development issues, a
:18:02. > :18:05.lot of things behind the scenes. Let's look forwards and make it
:18:06. > :18:10.right for the future. It is going to be of great project. The rain may be
:18:11. > :18:15.pouring the fact that the safety fencing is up and the demolition has
:18:16. > :18:20.begun will be a ray of sunshine for many people here. Some feared that
:18:21. > :18:26.this day would never come but the whole area will now be transformed
:18:27. > :18:33.before the end of the year. The plans are already up here, our first
:18:34. > :18:43.glimpse of the change ahead. There are going to be 40,000 square feet
:18:44. > :18:53.built. Now it has started, how people feeling? For Immingham,
:18:54. > :19:04.especially, being able to get to Tesco's, will be great. Any
:19:05. > :19:07.supermarket... It is good. They are stores that attract people so
:19:08. > :19:12.wherever they are they will attract people. It has been a long time
:19:13. > :19:18.coming, the sooner the better. Not only will it improve the look, there
:19:19. > :19:26.will be 200 jobs and hopefully, further investment in the future.
:19:27. > :19:30.We've had a big response to the story about NHS plans to store
:19:31. > :19:33.medical records on a new, single database. The NHS insists the system
:19:34. > :19:37.will be secure, but East Yorkshire MP David Davis says it's too risky
:19:38. > :19:41.as the Department of Health has a poor record for keeping data safe.
:19:42. > :19:48.Thanks for all your calls and emails on this one. Ian in Horncastle has
:19:49. > :19:57.had several medical problems and says:
:19:58. > :20:26.on this one. Ian in Horncastle has John in Hull disagrees: Stamford
:20:27. > :20:29.gave us a call from Burstwick: Hull City came off second best against
:20:30. > :20:33.Southampton in their latest Premier League encounter.
:20:34. > :20:36.The Tigers lost 1`0 but it was a costly night in more ways than one.
:20:37. > :20:40.Here's our sports reporter Simon Clark. The signs that this would not
:20:41. > :20:46.be Hull City's night appeared quite early. Defender Paul McShane was
:20:47. > :20:48.stretchered off with a serious ankle injury. Steve Bruce had to
:20:49. > :20:52.re`organise and that handed the initiative to the opponents. Hull
:20:53. > :20:58.City still had chances, Shane Long with this chance. But into the
:20:59. > :21:05.second half Southampton made their superiority tell with this goal
:21:06. > :21:10.after an hour. And it could have been worse. Former Scunthorpe United
:21:11. > :21:20.player Jack Cork so near. 1`0 it finished and no complaints from the
:21:21. > :21:25.Tigers. We kept possession too cheaply, in my opinion. We went too
:21:26. > :21:29.long with the strikers. We kept giving the ball back to Southampton.
:21:30. > :21:34.They enjoyed possession and they have three or four gifted
:21:35. > :21:38.footballers, and on that performance they will have a wondrous career.
:21:39. > :21:40.The result leaves the Tigers perilously close to the relegation
:21:41. > :21:44.zone despite victory at Sunderland on Saturday. It's the tightest
:21:45. > :21:50.battle for years. We have just got to worry about ourselves. We had a
:21:51. > :21:53.good result at Sunderland but a disappointing one tonight. We need
:21:54. > :21:59.to keep positive and picked points up where we can. We knew it was not
:22:00. > :22:02.an easy league. It is the best league in the world. Steve Bruce
:22:03. > :22:16.gets respite for the League with a Monday trip to Brighton in the FA
:22:17. > :22:22.Cup. Australian Aaron Finch who won the Man of the Series award joins
:22:23. > :22:29.the club. Yorkshire's captain believes it is a fantastic coup. He
:22:30. > :22:39.had a fantastic one day 2020`macro series for Australia. That someone
:22:40. > :22:42.on board like that is very special. Former prop Gareth Carvell has
:22:43. > :22:45.re`joined Hull FC after five years away. The thirty two`year`old prop
:22:46. > :22:51.will be in the squad to play Catalan at the KC Stadium on Friday. Carvell
:22:52. > :22:53.spent time at Warrington and Bradford between his two Hull
:22:54. > :22:56.spells. Paralympic wheelchair sprinter Jamie Carter from Market
:22:57. > :23:12.Rasen has been at a school today trying to youngsters involved in
:23:13. > :23:16.sport. The 17`year`old, who took part in London 2012, shared his
:23:17. > :23:19.story with pupils at Witham St Hughs Primary in Lincoln. He also
:23:20. > :23:21.encouraged the children to set themselves a challenge for Sport
:23:22. > :23:24.Relief. It is massively important to raise awareness of sport, and be
:23:25. > :23:28.able to fund them and allow them to do what they want to do. You can
:23:29. > :23:32.take part in Sport Relief which takes place next month. If you want
:23:33. > :23:35.to get involved you can go to the Sport Relief website. The address is
:23:36. > :23:39.on screen now. A runner from Hull who had a heart attack in 2012 is
:23:40. > :23:42.preparing to take part in this year's London Marathon. Lee
:23:43. > :23:45.Popplewell has been given the all clear to take part in the challenge
:23:46. > :23:49.and says he won't let his health scare stop him from taking part in
:23:50. > :23:58.one of country's biggest sporting events. Jo Makel has been to meet
:23:59. > :24:02.him. This is warrior training. It's tough, it's intense and it's all the
:24:03. > :24:05.more remarkable that Lee is doing it. Because just 15 months ago he
:24:06. > :24:15.was in hospital after a heart attack. I went out for a run but I
:24:16. > :24:22.started getting chest pains, and I thought it was indigestion. I tried
:24:23. > :24:26.turning it off but after 500 metres, it spread to my arms and they felt
:24:27. > :24:30.like they were in vices, and I thought it was something serious.
:24:31. > :24:34.Before his attack he'd lost about four stone in weight and had started
:24:35. > :24:38.to get fit. He feels sure if he'd still been in this shape before his
:24:39. > :24:44.fitness regime, the outcome may not have been so good. Now he trains
:24:45. > :24:48.nearly every day. As you hate, sync your hips! Former Hull KR player
:24:49. > :24:56.Iain Morrison puts his though his paces. He has followed the advice of
:24:57. > :25:00.medical professionals, he could have easily pulled on his slippers and
:25:01. > :25:08.dressing gown and polls the curtains shot, and that would've been him for
:25:09. > :25:10.the rest of his life. `` shut. Lee's raising money for the RNLI. Having
:25:11. > :25:13.completed the Bridlington half marathon last October, he's now
:25:14. > :25:16.entering the London Marathon, raising money for the RNLI. I
:25:17. > :25:21.remember watching it and being overwhelmed by people's efforts and
:25:22. > :25:28.seeing young lads coming out from Afghanistan and Iraq and is see them
:25:29. > :25:32.doing it, and I thought I would never be able to do that. It is kind
:25:33. > :25:36.of something I set myself as a challenge. The marathon's in April.
:25:37. > :25:44.So for now it's back to the warrior training. But getting back his
:25:45. > :25:47.health is a battle he's already won. A great story, we wish him well.
:25:48. > :25:52.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines. The Met
:25:53. > :25:58.office has issued its first ever read warning for the winter as for
:25:59. > :26:03.McCain winds batter the country. Local teenagers have marched on
:26:04. > :26:07.Parliament calling for a lower voting age. The weather is bright
:26:08. > :26:10.with some voting age. The weather is bright
:26:11. > :26:25.sunshine but a few wintry showers are possible. I have just heard that
:26:26. > :26:34.the Ouze Bridge is closed on the M 62 to all vehicles. A response on
:26:35. > :26:39.the question of voting. Sarah says, I did not have a good understanding
:26:40. > :26:48.of politics at 16 to be able to vote. If we have the rights to start
:26:49. > :26:52.a family at 16, why can we not vote? Surely starting a family is a bigger
:26:53. > :26:57.responsibility than voting for something we would like to see
:26:58. > :27:04.happen. Paul says, I do not think they have the political knowledge
:27:05. > :27:08.until adult hood. Matt says that the professor does not know what he is
:27:09. > :27:16.talking about. I am 16, Peter, and I would vote. Give us the opportunity.
:27:17. > :27:21.This is from Abbey: I am a politics student and I think we should focus
:27:22. > :27:31.on getting more 18 to 24`year`olds to vote before lowering it earlier.
:27:32. > :27:34.Bunty says: The most difficult decision a 16`year`old makes is
:27:35. > :27:38.which fast food restaurant to use that date, no matter which political
:27:39. > :27:45.party should rule the country! Hanky for those. Join me tomorrow. Siewert
:27:46. > :29:02.6:30pm, good night. `` thank you for those.
:29:03. > :29:03.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker. And Alex