:00:00. > 3:59:59forces and protestors. That is all from BBC News. It is goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:18.me. Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:19. > :00:21.North. The headlines tonight: The growing number of young people with
:00:22. > :00:24.mental health problems being sent far from home for treatment.
:00:25. > :00:27.Paralysed from the waist down ` the bricklayer who broke his back after
:00:28. > :00:29.falling three metres from faulty scaffolding.
:00:30. > :00:40.Taking on the developers with her own money because the local council
:00:41. > :00:44.can't afford to. It will take all my savings. I don't care. I am prepared
:00:45. > :00:47.to put my money where my work `` where my mouth is.
:00:48. > :00:49.Finally home after rowing the Atlantic ` tonight friends and
:00:50. > :00:54.neighbours congratulate Lincolnshire's Luke Birch. A bright
:00:55. > :01:06.and breezy day tomorrow. I will be back later with the details for the
:01:07. > :01:09.weekend as well. Figures obtained by the BBC have
:01:10. > :01:12.revealed a growing number of young people with mental health problems
:01:13. > :01:15.in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are being treated on
:01:16. > :01:20.adult wards or in units outside the region. In 2013, the Humber NHS
:01:21. > :01:24.Trust treated more than four times the number of under`18s in adult
:01:25. > :01:29.wards as it did in 2012, that's despite Government recommendations
:01:30. > :01:32.that this shouldn't happen. One mother has told Look North of a
:01:33. > :01:36.shortage of beds nationally, and says that's adding to the distress
:01:37. > :01:39.for families. Sarah Corker reports. Back home in Hull, a safe and
:01:40. > :01:57.familiar place for mother and daughter. But this teenager has
:01:58. > :02:01.suffered severe mental problems. For four months, she was treated more
:02:02. > :02:04.than 100 miles away in Cheshire. That distance different for the
:02:05. > :02:08.family to cope with. We've changed their voices to protect theIr
:02:09. > :02:13.identity. She was frightened and she was alone. She was in a strange
:02:14. > :02:20.place. Knocking was familiar. She was on the phone crying every day. I
:02:21. > :02:24.saw her a few hours a week, if that. It was really scary because all I
:02:25. > :02:29.wanted was my mum. It delayed my recovery because I had no one to
:02:30. > :02:34.talk to. I wanted my family and friends, and there wasn't anywhere
:02:35. > :02:40.to go. Since residential care was withdrawn from this unit last year
:02:41. > :02:43.in Hessle, the closest place for round`the`clock care have been in
:02:44. > :02:46.Leeds and York. NHS England says that while every effort is made to
:02:47. > :02:52.place patients as close to home as possible, there are times when due
:02:53. > :02:55.to specific needs and the number of birds locally, patients are placed
:02:56. > :02:59.further afield. In the past two years, nine children
:03:00. > :03:07.and teenagers with mental health problems were sent out of the East
:03:08. > :03:10.Riding for care. In the last year. That number's increased to 12. Some
:03:11. > :03:18.travelling to far afield as Colchester, 194 miles away. And on
:03:19. > :03:22.four occasions, teenagers aged between 16`18 were admitted to adult
:03:23. > :03:35.wards. They should not be treated on adult wards. It is becoming even
:03:36. > :03:40.more scandalous. We need the west end unit or an equivalent `` or an
:03:41. > :03:43.equivalent to open. And this woman told us that shortage
:03:44. > :03:46.of beds locally meant her 12`year`old daughter was moved to
:03:47. > :03:52.Stafford for treatment. She's critical of the standard of care. I
:03:53. > :03:54.would have travelled anywhere in the country for her, even to the
:03:55. > :04:00.Highlands, because if she was getting what she needed, in my
:04:01. > :04:03.opinion she was not getting what she needed, and it made it awful.
:04:04. > :04:06.The Government is now reviewing into the number of beds available for
:04:07. > :04:09.young people with severe mental illness.
:04:10. > :04:16.I've been talking to Norman Lamb, the Government's Care and support
:04:17. > :04:19.minister. I asked him why children are being sent almost two hundred
:04:20. > :04:31.miles away from The Humber NHS Trust area for treatment.
:04:32. > :04:34.This is intolerable. I've met with Alan Johnson and families involved,
:04:35. > :04:41.and I've made it clear we ought to ensure children are being cared for
:04:42. > :04:43.as close to home as is possible. Sometimes there are complex
:04:44. > :04:46.conditions which require care and support beyond their town or city,
:04:47. > :04:50.but the principle should always be care as close to home as possible.
:04:51. > :04:53.Sending them so far away and having children treated on adult ward flies
:04:54. > :04:57.in the face of recommendations from your own government. Why has this
:04:58. > :05:00.been allowed to happen? It's because of this situation occurring, and it
:05:01. > :05:03.has happened for very many years, I as the Minister responsible have set
:05:04. > :05:08.out this week the standards for crisis mental health care. We have
:05:09. > :05:11.never had this before. We have brought the key organisations
:05:12. > :05:26.together to set the standards should apply everywhere. Central to that is
:05:27. > :05:30.the need for children and young people to be cared for in
:05:31. > :05:33.appropriate settings and as close to home as possible. As you say, you
:05:34. > :05:37.are the Minister responsible. The buck stops with you. What is your
:05:38. > :05:41.message from our area who has had to a 388 round trip just to see her
:05:42. > :05:45.daughter? As I said to the families, it is unacceptable, and the reason
:05:46. > :05:48.why we have launched this new set of standards for crisis care is to
:05:49. > :05:51.address precisely this problem. I am on a mission to improve the
:05:52. > :05:54.standards of mental health care and to ensure mental health is always
:05:55. > :06:00.treated as seriously as physical health. That has never been the case
:06:01. > :06:07.until now. Mr Lamb, thank you. In a moment: The true scale of rural
:06:08. > :06:10.crime ` why farmers say they don't report every theft.
:06:11. > :06:13.Last week, Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick
:06:14. > :06:18.told BBC Look North that the fight against Rural Crime remains one of
:06:19. > :06:22.his top priorities. But one local farmer who's had hundreds of pounds
:06:23. > :06:29.of diesel stolen says it's not worth reporting similar crimes because the
:06:30. > :06:32.police don't follow them up. Simon Hawkes from East Kirkby, has also
:06:33. > :06:34.had two tractors stolen this week. But as Crispin Rolfe reports,
:06:35. > :06:40.officers insist that information from farmers remains vital in
:06:41. > :06:46.tackling rural crime. Closing the gate on rural crime `
:06:47. > :06:48.all too late for Simon Hawkes. Just a week after Lincolnshire's Crime
:06:49. > :06:52.Commissioner made cracking down on farm theft a police priority, this
:06:53. > :06:56.East Kirkby farmer has had fuel and two valuable tractors stolen. Now,
:06:57. > :06:58.after being told police won't investigate the diesel theft
:06:59. > :07:07.further, he's questioning whether it's worth reporting smaller crimes
:07:08. > :07:12.in future: is there not going to achieve anything. There is no point
:07:13. > :07:21.wasting time trying to do it. It is small theft and small crimes. I
:07:22. > :07:25.think the big crimes, I taxes go missing, we would once the police
:07:26. > :07:29.here as soon as possible. And here's why Simon's
:07:30. > :07:32.disillusioned. A letter from Lincolnshire Police saying that
:07:33. > :07:43."there are no further lines of enquiry to help us solve the crime."
:07:44. > :07:47.Though it does say that: "whilst we're unable to detect your crime,
:07:48. > :07:50.your report helps us to identify where and how crime is committed, so
:07:51. > :07:55.we can use our officers more effectively to prevent it."
:07:56. > :07:58.And that's the message the county's Police and Crime Commissioner, Alan
:07:59. > :08:00.Hardwick is now trying to send, with officers insisting they'd rather
:08:01. > :08:03.farmers over rather than under`reported incidents, even if it
:08:04. > :08:06.that doesn't necessarily result in immediate arrests. I would far
:08:07. > :08:08.rather send an officer to a suspicious incident that turns out
:08:09. > :08:12.to be not think there not send an officer at all. Withington you
:08:13. > :08:26.mentioned earlier, somebody had tractors starting, but didn't
:08:27. > :08:29.contact the police. Police admit the county remains a hot spots, with one
:08:30. > :08:34.point million pounds worth of goods stolen each year. The most common
:08:35. > :08:38.items are quad bikes, tools and fuel.
:08:39. > :08:41.In an age of CCTV, then, this seems to come down to a question of
:08:42. > :08:45.communication, with the National Farmers Union encouraging farmers to
:08:46. > :08:48.talk to the police more. Though officers acknowledge they still have
:08:49. > :08:59.work to do to convince farmers that they're not wasting police time.
:09:00. > :09:10.I'd like your thoughts on this story. What's your experience of
:09:11. > :09:12.reporting rural crime? Are the police simply being realistic when
:09:13. > :09:16.they say they can't investigate small scale thefts or do you think
:09:17. > :09:25.all thefts from farms should be investigated?
:09:26. > :09:28.A 32`year`old man has been arrested in connection with a raid at a post
:09:29. > :09:32.office on Monday night. Officers say two men, who appeared to be armed
:09:33. > :09:34.with a hammer, smashed through a protective glass screen before
:09:35. > :09:40.stealing a coin dispenser, and driving away. Humberside Police are
:09:41. > :09:43.still appealing for the public's help in identifying a second man
:09:44. > :09:46.from the e`fit image they released. ?1.5 million of government money is
:09:47. > :09:58.to be spent improving coastal defences along the South bank of the
:09:59. > :10:01.Humber. Stretches of the flood bank were damaged in the tidal surge in
:10:02. > :10:04.December. The Environment Agency says the work will help protect
:10:05. > :10:07.people living in nearby villages. Seven km of flood bank between
:10:08. > :10:10.Barton and Goxhill Haven, have already been repaired with more work
:10:11. > :10:13.planned between now and April. A meeting is being organised in
:10:14. > :10:16.Grimsby for people concerned about a new series of the Channel Four
:10:17. > :10:20.documentary series Skint, which is being filmed in the town. The
:10:21. > :10:22.original series was filmed on the Westcliff estate in Scunthorpe.
:10:23. > :10:25.Channel four has confirmed its carrying out screen testing for a
:10:26. > :10:29.new series. One charity says it's holding a meeting to allow residents
:10:30. > :10:32.to air their concerns about the impact it could have on the town.
:10:33. > :10:33.People are very concerned. They are concerned about the
:10:34. > :10:36.misrepresentation of the community and about children's lives been
:10:37. > :10:46.stigmatised, and about the community being stigmatised. Their concern
:10:47. > :10:50.about businesses and the industry. A man who has to spend the rest of his
:10:51. > :10:54.life in a wheelchair after he fell from 40 scaffolding says the builder
:10:55. > :10:57.who employed him should have been punished. Robert Wilkin broke his
:10:58. > :11:02.back when he fell three metres from the scaffolding at a warehouse last
:11:03. > :11:07.year. The man who hired him today was given a four`month suspended
:11:08. > :11:12.prison sentence. A year ago, life for Robert Wilkin
:11:13. > :11:18.was completely opposite to what it is now. I had to lift his legs up
:11:19. > :11:23.and put him in the bed, then turned him over. When subcontracted to work
:11:24. > :11:30.in a warehouse, his life changed for ever. This scaffolding was erected
:11:31. > :11:37.by his employer. The photograph is from the health and safety
:11:38. > :11:40.executive, to show how it breaches working height regulations. The
:11:41. > :11:47.company had never put scaffolding up before and use the Internet for
:11:48. > :11:55.instructions. Rockefeller distance of three metres, headfirst, breaking
:11:56. > :11:59.his back in two places. The doctor said the chances are he will not
:12:00. > :12:03.walk again. It is not a very nice thing to hear. Or come to terms
:12:04. > :12:06.with. Rodney Foyster left court with a four month suspended sentence, 200
:12:07. > :12:27.hours unpaid work and two thousand nine hundred forty one pounds in
:12:28. > :12:35.costs. Mr Foyster refused to speak today. He said he deeply regretted
:12:36. > :12:44.the incident. Looking up instructions on the Internet is not
:12:45. > :12:52.good enough. I think he has got off very lightly. He should be very
:12:53. > :12:56.thankful. He has one time today. All he has got that might hurt a little
:12:57. > :12:59.bit is a fine. The HSE say over half of the 4,000 major injuries reported
:13:00. > :13:03.to them every year, are easily preventable falls from height or
:13:04. > :13:12.from tripping over materials. For some they're life changing if left
:13:13. > :13:15.unchecked. Still ahead tonight: Remembering a
:13:16. > :13:21.rugby league hero as Hull FC prepare for the first Steve Prescott Cup.
:13:22. > :13:27.There will be extra motivation for us. He was a great bloke.
:13:28. > :13:33.Our picture tonight has been taken by Alf Bunting of a windsurfer he
:13:34. > :13:46.spotted at Fraisethorpe Beach at the weekend. You can see how choppy it
:13:47. > :13:51.is there. The masses orange to match Peter's faith and my dress fast ``
:13:52. > :13:55.my dress. My sister lives in Wales and has
:13:56. > :14:00.been watching this programme all week, but it has meant that my baby
:14:01. > :14:04.niece has had to forego in the night Garden.
:14:05. > :14:13.Maybe we should put that on instead of the weather.
:14:14. > :14:20.It has been changing today. It is on a bit cooler. But it's good thing
:14:21. > :14:27.for tomorrow. It will be another bright and breezy day. You can see
:14:28. > :14:40.from the pressure chart it will be a breezy day. Friday remains blustery.
:14:41. > :14:52.We have had some pleasant spells of sunshine. How cool night as well.
:14:53. > :14:57.Cooler is spreading from the West. There is the risk of a touch of
:14:58. > :15:10.Frost with temperatures down to around two or three degrees.
:15:11. > :15:18.Tomorrow morning, chilly start to the day. I will be a decent amount
:15:19. > :15:29.of dry and bright weather. A few showers pushing in from the west.
:15:30. > :15:35.Where is temperatures have been around 11 or 12, they will be back
:15:36. > :15:43.nearer the seasonal average of seven or eight. The better day of the
:15:44. > :15:47.weekend looks like Saturday. There will be a few early showers, but
:15:48. > :15:55.they will die away. The whole weekend looks breezy. Outbreaks of
:15:56. > :16:02.rain will spreading from the West. The next week remains unsettled.
:16:03. > :16:07.A pensioner from Lincolnshire says she'll spend thousands of pounds of
:16:08. > :16:10.her own money in a legal fight in the High Court to stop a power
:16:11. > :16:13.station being built in her community. Shirley Giles is
:16:14. > :16:18.concerned about pollution from the proposed biomass plant at Sutton
:16:19. > :16:20.Bridge. The development has already been given council planning
:16:21. > :16:35.permission, but now Mrs Giles is attempting to have that overturned.
:16:36. > :16:38.She's been speaking to Paul Murphy. Many 74`year`olds are enjoying
:16:39. > :16:41.gentle retirement, not preparing for legal battles with big business.
:16:42. > :16:44.Shirley Giles is different. This is the site at Sutton Bridge where
:16:45. > :16:52.planning permission has been given for a wood` burning power plant,
:16:53. > :16:56.near to an existing power station. Shirley says she's prepared to use
:16:57. > :17:05.thousands of pounds of her own money to challenge that planning decision
:17:06. > :17:10.in the courts. It will take all my savings. I don't care. I can
:17:11. > :17:13.survive. I have done it before. I do feel strongly about it and am
:17:14. > :17:15.prepared to put my money where my mouth is.
:17:16. > :17:18.Many local residents objected to the development because of concerns over
:17:19. > :17:20.its potential emissions. But the local parish council's abandoned
:17:21. > :17:25.it's objection fearful of rising legal costs that's where Shirley
:17:26. > :17:28.took over. This one`woman campaign to challenge
:17:29. > :17:31.the district council's decision to grant planning permission for the
:17:32. > :17:34.power station could end up costing the pensioner up to ?20,000, but
:17:35. > :17:47.it's a risk she's clearly prepared to take. In a statement the company
:17:48. > :18:12.behind the plant said: even if I have to take out equity, I
:18:13. > :18:18.will do that, because I believe it is absolutely necessary.
:18:19. > :18:21.South Holland district council has told us it understands that Mrs
:18:22. > :18:24.Giles intends to bring judicial review proceedings and it will
:18:25. > :18:28.respond in due course. So Shirley has a long fight ahead. A costly
:18:29. > :18:33.David and Goliath battle, but one which she feels compelled to enter.
:18:34. > :18:37.You've been getting in touch with us about a possible motorway linking
:18:38. > :18:40.Lincolnshire with London. The Government says it's considering a
:18:41. > :18:59.plan to extend the M11 from Cambridge. It's one of a number of
:19:00. > :19:02.ideas being discussed for the next round of funding in six years' time.
:19:03. > :19:06.But Lincolnshire County Council says the money could be better spent
:19:07. > :19:09.elsewhere. It won't go to Lincoln, Sleaford, Grantham. It will be an
:19:10. > :19:13.attractive piece of countryside people drive through on the way to
:19:14. > :19:16.the Humber. It does not represent good value for money.
:19:17. > :19:53.Thank you for those who got in touch.
:19:54. > :19:58.Experts say the recent stormy weather could cause a drop in the
:19:59. > :20:01.number of puffins in East Yorkshire The British Trust for Ornithology
:20:02. > :20:05.says record numbers of birds have washed up dead in France and Spain
:20:06. > :20:09.and that the bad weather could see fewer puffins returning to Bempton
:20:10. > :20:13.Cliffs. That December surge out in the North
:20:14. > :20:16.Sea, there will have been a lot of puffins out there. Some of the
:20:17. > :20:19.puffins from Bempton will have been in the Atlantic and just about
:20:20. > :20:29.making their way back now, through the Bay of Biscay and back into the
:20:30. > :20:32.North Sea to breed back at Bempton. We know normally there's about 4,000
:20:33. > :20:36.pairs at Bempton, so we're looking quite closely. A rugby league hero
:20:37. > :20:48.will be remembered as Hull FC travel to St Helen's tomorrow. The first
:20:49. > :20:51.Steve Prescott Cup is being dedicated to the former fullback who
:20:52. > :20:54.died from cancer last year. Crucial Superleague points are also at
:20:55. > :20:57.stake. Amanda White has more. Six second half tries earned Hull FC
:20:58. > :21:06.only the narrowest of victories over the Catalan Dragons last week. To
:21:07. > :21:11.beat St Helens at Langtree Park will need a much stronger defence. We
:21:12. > :21:15.want to get a result against a top quality outfit. We have some things
:21:16. > :21:24.to build on from last week and hopefully we can.
:21:25. > :21:27.The Superleague match is also a tribute to former Hull FC and Saints
:21:28. > :21:30.fullback Steve Prescott. He raised thousands for charity whilst
:21:31. > :21:33.battling cancer. A cup in his name will be fought over both league
:21:34. > :21:44.meetings between the sides, some competing remember playing alongside
:21:45. > :21:49.him. It will be extra motivation. It was a great bloke. We have great
:21:50. > :21:53.memories of him. For others, especially myself, he played a
:21:54. > :21:56.massive part in my career. We are looking to go down there.
:21:57. > :21:59.Hull Kingston Rovers, meanwhile, need to improve after being
:22:00. > :22:02.comprehensively beaten by Leeds last Sunday. The But winger David Hodgson
:22:03. > :22:23.is out for three months after damaging his knee while Michael
:22:24. > :22:32.Weyman must serve a two`match ban. Technically, he is guilty. That is
:22:33. > :22:41.rugby league for you. Rovers travel to Huddersfield Giants
:22:42. > :22:45.on Sunday. Family and neighbours of a student
:22:46. > :22:48.from Lincolnshire who became one of the youngest people to row across
:22:49. > :22:50.the Atlantic are celebrating his return tonight. People in Luke
:22:51. > :22:57.Birch's home village of Doddington have thrown him a welcome home
:22:58. > :23:00.party. Kate Sweeting reports. It's been an emotional few months
:23:01. > :23:03.for this 21`year`old from Lincolnshire. After spending eight
:23:04. > :23:06.weeks on a boat with only his friend Jamie Sparks for company, the pair
:23:07. > :23:17.rowed themselves into the record books, and returned to a hero's
:23:18. > :23:25.welcome. There were so many people. I can't believe they were there for
:23:26. > :23:31.others. It is ecstasy, and to see your family again, it was one of the
:23:32. > :23:37.best, if not the best, our author of my life. `` hour or so of my life.
:23:38. > :23:41.Today, it was time for his friends and neighbours in Doddington to
:23:42. > :23:44.congratulate him. Totally amazing. I think we thought it would never
:23:45. > :23:52.happen and people would be airlifted out. Every Woody was terrified.
:23:53. > :23:59.Really incredible. Amazing. Fabulous. Proud of him. It has been
:24:00. > :24:02.a difficult few months for others, knowing he was bobbing about in that
:24:03. > :24:10.time ago in the middle of the ocean for is but hugely proud. Completely
:24:11. > :24:13.delighted. I am slightly anxious he will try to do something else.
:24:14. > :24:14.Luke's journey took him from the Canary Islands, over 3,000 nautical
:24:15. > :24:30.miles to Antigua. A long and gruelling challenge.
:24:31. > :24:40.Almost a month on and the pain is becoming a distant memory. But after
:24:41. > :24:43.raising more than ?300,000 for Breast Cancer Care, the legacy of
:24:44. > :24:52.their achievement will live on. Kate is joining the celebrations
:24:53. > :24:56.this evening. Luke joins me now. Well done. What an achievement. What
:24:57. > :25:02.is it been acting friends and family again? It is wonderful. Seeing my
:25:03. > :25:06.family, I have not had that much time to spam with them. We have a
:25:07. > :25:09.small get`together. It looks like everyone has gone but there are some
:25:10. > :25:16.people here still. Have you been surprised at the level of support
:25:17. > :25:21.you have received? I have been completely blown over by it, to be
:25:22. > :25:26.honest. When you are in the ocean, you think, is anybody thinking about
:25:27. > :25:32.us? We were reminded some of the time by e`mail. Even been here, I
:25:33. > :25:37.could not believe these people were here to see me. It is very humbling.
:25:38. > :25:42.Also, the man of the nations we have had, it has been phenomenal. I think
:25:43. > :25:48.your dad wants you to construct on your studies. It has been difficult
:25:49. > :25:56.trying to do that. When you were out there, you teach your mind to drift
:25:57. > :26:00.away from the pain. Now when I try to read a piece of paper, my mind
:26:01. > :26:04.drifts off to something else. I'm trying to learn how to concentrate
:26:05. > :26:10.again. I bet. Well done. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:11. > :26:14.and regional headlines: More than 20 people have been killed in gunfire
:26:15. > :26:16.between police and protesters in Kiev.
:26:17. > :26:19.A growing number of children sent away from home for mental health
:26:20. > :26:26.care ` the Government tells Look North this is unacceptable. I am on
:26:27. > :26:30.a mission as the Minister to improve standards of mental health care, and
:26:31. > :26:33.to ensure mental health is always treated as seriously as physical
:26:34. > :26:34.health. Norman Lamb speaking to me earlier.
:26:35. > :26:52.A quick look at tomorrow's weather. We have had a lot of response about
:26:53. > :26:58.whether farm thefts, whether it is reasonable to expect these to ``
:26:59. > :27:02.police to investigate all crime. Pat says, all crime should be
:27:03. > :27:06.investigated, it seems police can always find an excuse not to do
:27:07. > :27:13.anything. Judith says, if less time and money was spent on Petri parking
:27:14. > :27:16.offences, perhaps there may be more resources for rural crime. This one
:27:17. > :27:32.says, I can see why farmers get upset, but rural houses are affected
:27:33. > :27:35.just as much. Sarah says, try and give the police resources and they
:27:36. > :27:43.might invest more time, they are stretched to the max and can barely
:27:44. > :27:45.cope with urgent calls. Thank you for watching. Have a good evening.