21/02/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

moment. They'll be live in Kiev assessing what chance today's deal

has of Good evening. Councillors in

Lincolnshire have voted to give themselves a pay rise. The basic

allowance for each councillor will rise by more than 20% to just over

?10,000. The ruling Conservative group said the increase had been

suggested by an independent panel. But Labour say it's unfair when the

authority has to save ?40 million in the next financial year. Caroline

Bilton reports. Libraries closing, street lights

being dimmed, 1,500 staff posts at the council axed. These proposals

will have a devastating impact. All reason for protest in recent years

because of belt tightening by the council. And today that belt buckle

went a notch further ` at a full council meeting it was announced an

additional ?40 million needs to be saved this year alone. So it came as

a surprise to some that in the same meeting, councillors voted to accept

a rise in their allowances. The leader of the council currently

receives an allowance of just over ?20,000. That will rise to ?32,000.

An increase of 56%. The basic allowance received by most

councillors is around ?8000, which will rise to just over ?10,000, an

increase of 23%. The council said these changes will bring their

allowances in line with other organisations, but when thousands

need to be saved from the council's budget, is it the right time to

accept the rise? We have decided we will accept the recommendations and

it is a matter for the individual councillor what they do. I do

understand why people, in difficult times and households on tight

budgets and staff is having to reduce here, and I think as leader,

my own personal circumstances, I think at this time I will not be

taking the recommended rise. Each councillor will now decide whether

to take the increase. People out there in Lincolnshire who are

struggling to survive, to find money for food, to keep their homes, will

not understand what has happened. I take it for the record you will not

be accepting your rise? Everybody has to make their own individual

decisions. It is up to individuals, it is not for me to tell people what

they will do. Will you be taking yours? I have no idea. I am against

the whole principal, so I will certainly be considering what to do.

I think it is extreme considering the current state of the economy and

lots of people's wages haven't increased so I think it is

definitely a bit extreme. I think those who are our leaders need to

lead if they want us to follow. Despite tough times ahead, the

council did vote to freeze the council tax for a fourth year

running. But it's unlikely this will be the topic of conversation around

dinner tables tonight in Lincolnshire. Caroline Bilton, BBC

Look North, Lincoln. Anglers say they want to see more

culling of a wild bird that they say is eating most of the fish that live

in an East Yorkshire river. Cormorants like these are being

blamed for taking fish from the Driffield West Beck. The river

attracts anglers from around the world, and there are fears that they

may be put off from visiting the area. The RSPB says it is against

further culling. In the 1960s, the other members of the club here would

think nothing of catching 50 grayling on a winter's afternoon.

Now on this bit of preservation water, the 20 members of the club

don't catch 50 grayling in one year. Concerns are being raised about the

expansion of the static caravan industry on the Lincolnshire coast.

The sector is worth millions to the local economy and supports thousands

of jobs. But some local residents believe the holiday parks are having

too big an impact in the communities where they're based. Here's our

Business Correspondent, Paul Murphy. Caravans for as far as the eye can

see. They are the mainstay of Lincolnshire's coastal economy. And

plans for 140 more of them have now approved by East Lindsey Council.

It's welcoming the continued investment. There are people who

don't want change. However, we need to continuously evolve in order that

we sustain what we have. It's estimated there are 25,000 caravans

on the Lincolnshire coastline. In the winter months around 42,000

people live on the coastal strip. But this can increase tenfold in the

summer. A tourism economy thought to be worth more than ?500 million. It

was quiet today but in the coming weeks the population here will start

to surge again as the holiday`makers return. Of course, they bring with

them huge spending power. Benefits that are felt throughout the coastal

community. But they also place pressure on everything from doctors'

surgeries to something as basic as the sewers. Has this coastline

reached saturation point? In the village of Chapel St Leonards, some

believe it has. For the residents, they see it as disruption,

disruptions getting into Skegness on the main road, disruptions at the

doctor's surgery and they do not feel that they get anything back

from this. Caravans have transformed this coastline, according to this

holiday park developer. If you are talking about putting caps on the

amount of caravans, it will prevent growth. And things will stagnate.

Tourism and its caravans here are the biggest single job creator.

Halting the growth of this sector looks like an impossible ambition.

Paul Murphy, BBC Look North in Chapel St Leonards.

Rugby League, and Hull FC have beaten St Helens away tonight, in

the inaugural Steve Prescott Cup. It was held in tribute to the late full

back, who played for both teams and raised thousands of pounds for

charity before dying of cancer. St Helens beat the Black and Whites.

This core was 34`22. And that wasn't the only tribute

paid to the late player tonight. `` these scores was 34`22. At a

ceremony ahead of the game, the bridge linking Langtree Park to the

town centre was renamed the Steve Prescott Bridge in his honour. Those

who organised the event described him as an "inspiration".

Time to get the weather now with Keeley.

Prescott Hello. A decent weekend, Sunday is

going to be cloudy but tomorrow looks largely fine. As we head

through the night, we might see showers pushing in from the west but

a good hail of dry weather also. Too breezy for any problems with frost

although out in the countryside we could get down to around three or

four degrees. It is going to be a breezy day tomorrow, a fresh

south`westerly breeze but for most places it will be a dry day with

broken cloud and sunny spells. Some cloud will push on from the west

later. A blustery day with temperatures getting up to nine or

10 degrees. Most of Sunday will be dry but it will be a cloudy day.

Windy through the day on Sunday, on Sunday night and Monday heavy rain

and showery. That's all from the late team. Look

North is back tomorrow at lunchtime ` hope you can join us then. Enjoy

National forecast in a few seconds. Some rain around on Monday.

If you remember, this time last week, we had some very vicious

weather costing the country, the storm on Friday night. Much quieter

this Friday night and a much quieter week. Come the weekend, the Atlantic

is still a little fierce. We will have some wind and rain in the

forecast, too, but not all of us. In fact, for some of us, the weekend

will be fairly decent so let's see what happens. This is the recent

satellite picture. We have a window of reasonably good weather. The

cloud and low-pressure is heading in our direction and this area of

low-pressure unfortunately will upset the weather across western

areas of the UK over the next 2 and 48 hours. Now it's relatively quiet.

A bit of a breeze and quite breezy in the North of Scotland. Some

showers around the country but the vast majority, dry weather with

cloudy spells. A