:00:00. > :00:08.And that is all from us for this evening. Now on BBC One, it
:00:09. > :00:13.Figures obtained by the BBC show a growing number of young people with
:00:14. > :00:16.mental health problems in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
:00:17. > :00:23.are being treated on adult wards ` OR in units outside the region.
:00:24. > :00:34.Tonight the Government Minister for Care has told Look North that the
:00:35. > :00:37.situation is "intolerable". Sarah Corker reports.
:00:38. > :00:39.Back home in Hull, a safe and familiar place for mother and
:00:40. > :00:45.daughter. But this teenager has suffered severe mental problems. For
:00:46. > :00:48.four months, she was treated more than 100 miles away in Cheshire.
:00:49. > :00:54.That distance difficult for the family to cope with. We've changed
:00:55. > :00:56.their voices to protect their identity. It was absolutely
:00:57. > :01:01.horrific. The biggest impact was on her mental health. She just needed
:01:02. > :01:05.her mum. She was frightened, she was alone, she was in a strange place.
:01:06. > :01:08.She didn't know what was real. Even looking out of the window, nothing
:01:09. > :01:16.was familiar. She was on the phone crying to me every day. I saw her a
:01:17. > :01:19.few hours a week, if that. It was really scary because all I wanted
:01:20. > :01:30.was my mum. It delayed my recovery because I had no`one to talk to. I
:01:31. > :01:43.was really alone. I wanted my family and friends, and there wasn't
:01:44. > :01:46.anywhere to go. Since residential care was withdrawn from this unit
:01:47. > :01:49.last year in Hessle, the closest beds for round`the`clock care have
:01:50. > :01:53.been in Leeds and York. NHS England says that while every effort is made
:01:54. > :01:57.to place patients as close to home as possible, there are times when
:01:58. > :02:00.due to specific needs and the number of beds locally, patients are placed
:02:01. > :02:03.further afield. In the past two years, nine children and teenagers
:02:04. > :02:13.with mental health problems were sent out of the East Riding for
:02:14. > :02:15.care. In the last year, that number's increased to 12. Some
:02:16. > :02:18.travelling as far afield as Colchester, 194 miles away. And on
:02:19. > :02:22.four occasions, teenagers aged between 16`18 were admitted to adult
:02:23. > :02:32.wards. They should not be treated in adult wards. It's questionable
:02:33. > :02:35.whether that's legal. Best practice demands that doesn't happen. It is
:02:36. > :02:38.becoming even more scandalous. We need the west End unit or an
:02:39. > :02:42.equivalent to reopen. The Department of Health says it's investing ?54
:02:43. > :02:47.million to improve services. This is intolerable. I've met with Alan
:02:48. > :02:50.Johnson and families involved, and I've made it clear we ought to
:02:51. > :02:54.ensure children are cared for as close to home as is possible. I'm on
:02:55. > :02:57.a mission to improve the standards of mental health care. A national
:02:58. > :03:01.review is now under way into the number of beds available for young
:03:02. > :03:04.people with severe mental illness. Sarah joins us now from Hessle.
:03:05. > :03:12.Sarah, the Government says it is addressing the problem. What
:03:13. > :03:17.improvements are being made? Yes, well, the health minister Norman
:03:18. > :03:21.Lamb says he's determined to make sure mental health is always treated
:03:22. > :03:26.as seriously as physical health. There is a three`month review,
:03:27. > :03:30.so`called rapid review, underwear into this situation. There is a push
:03:31. > :03:35.to treat more young people in the community at home rather than
:03:36. > :03:40.hospitals. Parents are continuing to complain to get this residential
:03:41. > :03:43.unit reopened. It was closed because it failed to meet national
:03:44. > :03:48.guidelines. The NHS says it is providing better care elsewhere.
:03:49. > :03:51.Sarah, thanks. A man who broke his back after
:03:52. > :03:54.falling from faulty scaffolding, says the builder who employed him
:03:55. > :03:57.should have been punished more severely. Robert Wilkin from Lincoln
:03:58. > :04:02.fell from scaffolding at a warehouse last year. Rodney Foyster ` the man
:04:03. > :04:13.who hired him ` received a four`month suspended prison sentence
:04:14. > :04:16.earlier today. Last week Lincolnshire's Police and Crime
:04:17. > :04:19.Commissioner Alan Hardwick told Look North that the fight against rural
:04:20. > :04:25.crime remains one of his top priorities. But a farmer who's had
:04:26. > :04:27.hundreds of pounds of diesel stolen says it's not worth reporting
:04:28. > :04:29.similar crimes because the police don't follow them up. Crispin Rolfe
:04:30. > :04:33.reports. Closing the gate on rural crime `
:04:34. > :04:36.all too late for Simon Hawkes. Just a week after Lincolnshire's crime
:04:37. > :04:39.commissioner made cracking down on farm theft a police priority, this
:04:40. > :04:42.East Kirkby farmer has had fuel and two valuable tractors stolen. Now,
:04:43. > :04:44.after being told police won't investigate the diesel theft
:04:45. > :04:50.further, he's questioning whether it's worth reporting smaller crimes
:04:51. > :04:54.in future. They're not going to achieve anything. There's no point
:04:55. > :05:00.wasting time trying to do it. That is on small thefts and small crimes.
:05:01. > :05:03.I think the big crimes, two tractors going missing, we would want the
:05:04. > :05:09.police here as soon as possible. And here's why Simon's disillusioned. A
:05:10. > :05:12.letter from Lincolnshire Police saying that: Though it does say
:05:13. > :05:28.that: And that's the message the county's
:05:29. > :05:31.police and crime commissioner, Alan Hardwick, is now trying to send,
:05:32. > :05:33.with officers insisting they'd rather farmers over rather than
:05:34. > :05:35.under`reported incidents, even if it that doesn't necessarily result in
:05:36. > :05:39.immediate arrests. I would far rather send an officer
:05:40. > :05:49.to a suspicious incident that turns out to be nothing thatn not send an
:05:50. > :05:51.officer at all. With the case you mentioned earlier, somebody heard
:05:52. > :05:58.tractors starting at two o'clock in the morning, but didn't contact the
:05:59. > :06:01.police. Alan Hardwick met with farmers last week in order to
:06:02. > :06:11.reassure them of his claims that rural crime is falling. Police admit
:06:12. > :06:17.the county remains a hot spots, with ?1.8 million worth of goods stolen
:06:18. > :06:31.each year. The most common items are quad bikes, tools and fuel. In an
:06:32. > :06:33.age of CCTV, then, this seems to come down to a question of
:06:34. > :06:37.communication, with the National Farmers Union encouraging farmers to
:06:38. > :06:40.talk to the police more ` though officers acknowledge they still have
:06:41. > :06:45.work to do to convince farmers that they're not wasting police time.
:06:46. > :06:50.Time for the weather now with Keeley.
:06:51. > :06:54.Hello there. Good evening. A bright and breezy day to come tomorrow. A
:06:55. > :06:57.cooler day than of late as well. Tonight's going to be quite chilly,
:06:58. > :07:00.too. It will be largely dry with clear spells, and temperatures will
:07:01. > :07:03.drop low enough for a touch of ground frost, particularly out in
:07:04. > :07:08.the sheltered countryside. A blustery day to come tomorrow. The
:07:09. > :07:15.breeze will remain strong, but as you can see, there'll be plenty of
:07:16. > :07:18.dry and bright weather about. There'll be some decent spells of
:07:19. > :07:21.sunshine, a few showers, but many places staying dry. Temperatures
:07:22. > :07:25.seven or eight. Saturday the best day of the weekend. Some rain to
:07:26. > :07:29.come on Sunday. Both days will be windy.
:07:30. > :07:39.the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey skies and a bit of drizzle, too.
:07:40. > :07:45.Good evening. You may have had the latest from the Met Office about the
:07:46. > :07:50.rainfall we have had this winter, the wettest winter on record. It is
:07:51. > :07:55.sometimes difficult to visualise the numbers. Let me explain how much
:07:56. > :08:00.rain we had. If you think about a stretch of land across the UK, we
:08:01. > :08:02.had about half a metre of rainfall falling so far this winter. That is,
:08:03. > :08:03.if