:00:00. > :00:09.the evening session still to come. There is more throughout the evening
:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. An energy firl says it has no plans to carry out fracking
:00:15. > :00:17.in parts of East Yorkshire, despite claims by local campaigners. Rathlin
:00:18. > :00:20.Energy have applied to the Environment Agency to carry out
:00:21. > :00:25.testing at sites near Beverley and Aldborough, which campaigners
:00:26. > :00:31.believe are a precursor to fracking. They're calling on the comp`ny to be
:00:32. > :00:35.more transparent. Here at Walkington in East Xorkshire
:00:36. > :00:37.the ground has already been prepared for oil and gas exploration.
:00:38. > :00:42.Canadian`owned Rathlin Energy Limited already have a licence to
:00:43. > :00:46.search for oil and gas. The company has now applied to the Environment
:00:47. > :00:49.Agency to carry out what's know n as a "mini fall off test" or
:00:50. > :00:54."mini`frack" both here and `t another site in Aldborough. This
:00:55. > :01:01.sort of test, claims Greenpdace is used to check whether a well is
:01:02. > :01:08.suitable for fracking. IU scaremongering? It is thdre on
:01:09. > :01:15.the application in black and white, will you be injecting liquids into
:01:16. > :01:19.this well? Yes. Then they go on to describe a procedure that is a
:01:20. > :01:21.precursor to fracking. I wotld love to hear the explanation to this
:01:22. > :01:25.Fracking involves drilling down into the gas bearing shale rock `nd
:01:26. > :01:28.injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under high prdssure.
:01:29. > :01:33.This fractures the rock, releasing shale gas which flows back to ground
:01:34. > :01:36.level. The process has been blamed for causing small earthquakds and
:01:37. > :01:41.contaminating water supplies in the USA.
:01:42. > :01:50.In a statement, the company said that they are not, they say that a
:01:51. > :01:57.well testing programme is there to... Not shield gas, and no
:01:58. > :02:00.fracking is involved. `` sh`le gas. But campaigners say they ardn't
:02:01. > :02:07.satisfied with the companies assurances, and will continte to
:02:08. > :02:11.oppose its application. One of the country's youngest mayors
:02:12. > :02:14.is warning that many women can't afford to go into politics. There's
:02:15. > :02:17.been a fierce debate over how much local councillors should get paid
:02:18. > :02:23.after members of Lincolnshire County Council voted to increase their
:02:24. > :02:28.allowances by 23%. I think we need to be careftl that
:02:29. > :02:32.we don't end up in a situathon where only independently wealthy people or
:02:33. > :02:35.people who are retired or pdople whose partner's can support them,
:02:36. > :02:40.are able to go into local Government.
:02:41. > :02:47.Flood warnings have been issued for parts of Hull tonight ahead of high
:02:48. > :02:50.tides. Parts of the city centre were flooded during the tidal surge in
:02:51. > :02:52.December. The Environment Agency says today's warnings, the second
:02:53. > :02:54.highest level of alert, are precautionary.
:02:55. > :02:57.Hull City manager Steve Bruce says he accepts Alan Pardew's apology for
:02:58. > :03:00.head`butting midfielder Davhd Meyler. The incident at the KC
:03:01. > :03:03.yesterday overshadowed a 4`0 defeat for the Tigers. The Newcastle
:03:04. > :03:06.manager has been fined ?100,000 by his club and is now facing `n
:03:07. > :03:10.investigation from the FA. Lis Henderson reports.
:03:11. > :03:13.An angry flash point in a frantic game. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew
:03:14. > :03:19.headbutting David Meyler angered when he midfielder shoved p`st him
:03:20. > :03:23.in an attempt to retrieve the ball. A yellow card for Meyler, more
:03:24. > :03:26.expensive for Pardew. Sent to the stands and facing a ?100,000 fine
:03:27. > :03:38.from Newcastle and an investigation from the FA. I didn't mean no
:03:39. > :03:42.damage, but I didn't my head forward. I was just trying to push
:03:43. > :03:48.him away really with my head. I shouldn't have done that. I
:03:49. > :03:51.apologise to everyone. We whll accept the apology. I think it has
:03:52. > :03:57.been big and brave enough to come out and apologise, which yot would
:03:58. > :04:01.expect. Everybody can get c`rried away. But not everyone's so
:04:02. > :04:06.forgiving. There were calls today for Pardew to be sacked or given a
:04:07. > :04:13.10`match ban. Do it on the street and you would be arrested.
:04:14. > :04:17.Hopefully, the FA will do something more serious. Hull City's 4`1 defeat
:04:18. > :04:21.has largely been overshadowdd by the touchline incident. There wdre
:04:22. > :04:24.chances for the Tigers, but the only goal came from Curtis Davies. In the
:04:25. > :04:28.end, it was mistakes, like this which gifted Newcastle their third
:04:29. > :04:34.goal which cost the Tigers dear A game which for many will be best
:04:35. > :04:38.forgotten all round. Scunthorpe United missed out on the
:04:39. > :04:40.chance to go top of League Two yesterday after a 2`2 draw `t
:04:41. > :04:44.Newport County. Second`half goals from Paddy Madden and this from Dave
:04:45. > :04:49.Syers looked to have given The Iron the win. But a 90th minute dqualiser
:04:50. > :04:53.meant they had to share the points. Hull FC's Super League game against
:04:54. > :04:57.Warrington ended in a close defeat. After going down 18`6 at half`time,
:04:58. > :05:04.the Black and Whites pulled back to leave the final score Warrington
:05:05. > :05:11.Wolves 18, Hull FC 16. Let's have a look at the we`ther.
:05:12. > :05:16.The rain continues to spread from the West as we head through the
:05:17. > :05:20.evening. There will be the odd heavy burst, but it will continue to
:05:21. > :05:23.clear. With the start to get a clearance from the West, whdre we
:05:24. > :05:27.have a breeze we will see temperatures dropping to around two
:05:28. > :05:31.or three Celsius. A touch of frost is possible. They could even be so
:05:32. > :05:37.mist or fog. It would be agd early start tomorrow, across southern part
:05:38. > :05:42.of Lincolnshire more cloud `nd rain, but elsewhere variabld cloud,
:05:43. > :05:46.some sunny spells and temperatures rising to around about seven or
:05:47. > :05:52.eight Celsius. Tuesday, mord in the way cloud, top temperature of 1
:05:53. > :05:55.Celsius. `` in the way of cloud We are back at 10:15pm. I hope you
:05:56. > :06:09.can join me then. will be back.
:06:10. > :06:14.Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice
:06:15. > :06:17.warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts of the
:06:18. > :06:21.country and for tomorrow morning, wrap up warmly, it will be a cheap
:06:22. > :06:24.upstart right across the country. This is where the rain is right now
:06:25. > :06:28.from Portsmouth to London across to the north-east and the east of the
:06:29. > :06:32.country and it will push out into the North Sea. Not all of the rain
:06:33. > :06:40.will clear away but it will be cold enough for some icy stretches across
:06:41. > :06:41.parts of Northern Ireland, the Northwest of England, too, but
:06:42. > :06:42.everywhere