16/02/2014

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:00:23. > :00:34.Good evening. Campaigners say there have been a number of near misses at

:00:35. > :00:43.a crossing near Cherry Willingham. Our reporter has more. With one

:00:44. > :00:47.message. Kieran Hughes has travelled to this Lincolnshire school to tell

:00:48. > :00:55.pupils why they should be careful at a nearby level crossing. They were

:00:56. > :01:01.both killed by a very fast train going to Stanstead Airport. The

:01:02. > :01:09.girls were killed, aged 14 at a level crossing in Essex. These

:01:10. > :01:15.pupils discussed the risks. They have got their hall lives and if

:01:16. > :01:23.they are thinking of running and get Jackson Merrett they are throwing

:01:24. > :01:31.that all away. Jena considers this visit as part of her daughter's

:01:32. > :01:38.legacy. It is quite tough seeing those kids with bright young

:01:39. > :01:41.futures, that is so hard but I do not want anything happening to them

:01:42. > :01:49.and the Lizzie crossing in this village which is quite dangerous.

:01:50. > :01:57.Since November there have been three reports to the School of near miss

:01:58. > :02:02.moments that this crossing. In this day and age to still have a half

:02:03. > :02:10.barrier, it is just not fit from partners. Network Rail staff monitor

:02:11. > :02:17.the crossing as part of a safety day. Many would like to see

:02:18. > :02:23.full`width barriers in place. I would like to see this crossing

:02:24. > :02:31.eligible for upgrading. At the moment with the risk it is 100%

:02:32. > :02:41.safe. Network Rail have achieved their goal of closing a high

:02:42. > :02:47.percentage of crossing but this woman hopes they will close all of

:02:48. > :02:53.them. An investigation is underway after a woman was found dead at a

:02:54. > :03:01.house in life. Police are treating the death as unexplained and a

:03:02. > :03:12.postmortem will now be carried out. `` Louth. A South Yorkshire based

:03:13. > :03:16.politician has called for the foreign aid budget to be diverted to

:03:17. > :03:24.homes and businesses that have been devastated by winter storms. Nigel

:03:25. > :03:30.Farage is backing a national newspaper campaign calling for money

:03:31. > :03:37.to be spent closer to home. What was wrong with the comment about having

:03:38. > :03:41.1% of the foreign aid budget? What is wrong with starting at home with

:03:42. > :03:52.the aid to help those people who are in trouble in our own country? A

:03:53. > :04:01.plan to renovate and protect properties on this street has been

:04:02. > :04:07.approved. They can apply for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Hull

:04:08. > :04:11.Tigers will face Sunderland in the last date of their current

:04:12. > :04:17.competition if they can win tomorrow night in their fifth round tie. Hull

:04:18. > :04:23.Kingston Rovers lost their opening game of the new super league season

:04:24. > :04:32.this afternoon. Robins were beaten against rhinos. The film producer

:04:33. > :04:36.and music editor from East Yorkshire are among the nominees hoping to win

:04:37. > :04:43.awards at tonight's afters. Christopher instead is core

:04:44. > :04:52.nominated for Best Sound for his work on the film Gravity. Philomena

:04:53. > :05:00.is second favourite for the outstanding British film prize.

:05:01. > :05:07.Tracy C word was nominated for that. It would be wonderful to win but we

:05:08. > :05:15.have been there before and felt confident when it has not worked

:05:16. > :05:20.out. Now the weather forecast. It has been a lovely day out there for

:05:21. > :05:25.many of us. You will be clear skies bringing a touch of frost in many

:05:26. > :05:32.places tonight. Cloud will gradually start to thicken from the west and

:05:33. > :05:37.there will be some mist in the East. The wind will be moderate from the

:05:38. > :05:43.south. Tomorrow morning the rain will edge in from the West. It will

:05:44. > :05:50.be light and patchy for much of the day with temperatures peaking at

:05:51. > :05:55.nine Celsius. Staying mostly dry as we go through Tuesday and on into

:05:56. > :06:00.Wednesday. The next spell of heavy rain will come overnight into

:06:01. > :06:16.Thursday. That is all for tonight. Good night.

:06:17. > :06:24.Whilst we are talking about wet and windy weather in the week ahead we

:06:25. > :06:30.will lose the extremes of last week. The first glow of the week will

:06:31. > :06:33.approach overnight. Clear skies will cause temperatures to fall awake,

:06:34. > :06:34.and we are