:00:00. > 3:59:59to a damning review of Scotland Yard's handling of the case. That's
:00:00. > :00:10.all from the BBC News at Six, so Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:11. > :00:13.North. The headlines tonight: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury says
:00:14. > :00:24.he can't guarantee a rail upgrade for Hull before 2017.
:00:25. > :00:27.I don't know about that. I see the argument for it, but that is an
:00:28. > :00:29.argument that network rail would have two work`out.
:00:30. > :00:36.How pollution in the air we breathe is killing almost 200 peopld
:00:37. > :00:43.prematurely in North Lincolnshire. I am live in Revesby as the search
:00:44. > :00:49.for an American tourist continues. And the British cinema pionder who
:00:50. > :00:57.is seeing a dash`mac whose home is being given a new lease of life
:00:58. > :01:11.And detailed weather forecast the next 15 minutes. The Chief Secretary
:01:12. > :01:15.to the treasury has told BBC Look North that he understands why the
:01:16. > :01:18.rail line to Hull needs upgrading but that he can't guarantee it will
:01:19. > :01:21.happen by 2017. Danny Alexander has been meeting with business leaders
:01:22. > :01:25.in the city to hear their concerns about the local economy. Ond key
:01:26. > :01:29.factor is electrifying the rail line between Hull and the East Coast Main
:01:30. > :01:32.line in time for City of Culture. In a moment, we'll be hearing from
:01:33. > :01:39.Danny Alexander but first hdre's our business correspondent, Paul Murphy.
:01:40. > :01:41.Passengers waiting from this morning's train from Brussels to
:01:42. > :01:48.London had a clear message `` they want a better service and f`ster
:01:49. > :01:55.services between coal and the capital, meaning only be a
:01:56. > :02:00.electrification of the rail line. Electrifying the whole routd will
:02:01. > :02:10.make it simpler and could bring down the costs of going down there. That
:02:11. > :02:15.could keep people in Hull, rather than them leaving the area for
:02:16. > :02:18.work. I generally go to Doncaster Rovers it is more reliable `nd much
:02:19. > :02:26.quicker. Electrification wotld help me a lot. Property boss Malcolm
:02:27. > :02:31.Scott is building a new cafd bar and music venue in the city. He says
:02:32. > :02:37.local and national politici`ns need to stop squabbling and work together
:02:38. > :02:43.to benefit the Humber region. This is the energy estuary and wd need to
:02:44. > :02:45.hammer that home. Because wd are a great trading city and region,
:02:46. > :02:50.central government and regional government needs to sing from the
:02:51. > :02:59.same hymn sheet, that we can help the UK as a whole. This haulage
:03:00. > :03:05.company says cutting fuel dtty would be a start and also a review of
:03:06. > :03:13.business rates. To give somd tax breaks on business rates wotld be
:03:14. > :03:18.very helpful as a start for people in Hull. We have got the budget
:03:19. > :03:21.coming up later this month so what I would like to see, first and
:03:22. > :03:25.foremost, is an agreement whth the government that we can have rail
:03:26. > :03:29.electrification all the way through to Hull. That would be numbdr one.
:03:30. > :03:33.There will be no shortage of opinions shared with Danny @lexander
:03:34. > :03:37.when he meets the business leaders in Hull later this evening.
:03:38. > :03:44.Earlier today I met with Danny Alexander during his visit to Hull.
:03:45. > :03:48.Howell needs investment, as one businessman has told us he will have
:03:49. > :03:55.do we locate a London because the rail line still is not electrified.
:03:56. > :04:00.When will it be? The coalithon government has funded the
:04:01. > :04:03.electrification up to Selby and there is now a lot of presstre on
:04:04. > :04:07.the line from Selby to Hull. That has been raised with me tod`y and I
:04:08. > :04:10.will certainly take that message back. The network rail programme is
:04:11. > :04:18.funded for the next few years will stop they have allocated thd
:04:19. > :04:24.projects they will spend it on, so it will be a question of whdther it
:04:25. > :04:27.can be funded in the next ones. I'm not sure it can be done in time for
:04:28. > :04:32.city of culture. Network rahl would have do work that out. So that is
:04:33. > :04:38.not something you can sign tp yourself? I cannot say, you must
:04:39. > :04:42.fund this other project. We have heard from a businessman who needs
:04:43. > :04:48.help with business rates. Wd have got so many shops boarded up in this
:04:49. > :04:53.city. Why not make this a special case for the city to help otr
:04:54. > :04:56.economy grow? Can you do th`t? No one has so far mentioned business
:04:57. > :05:02.rates to me so I will happily take your representations. There is a
:05:03. > :05:06.nationwide is this rates system and what we have done for this xear and
:05:07. > :05:10.next year is put in place additional discounts for small businesses. We
:05:11. > :05:13.have put in place a cap on the increases are business rates because
:05:14. > :05:18.we recognise that business rates are a big rush for businesses hdre and
:05:19. > :05:26.around the country. Siemens are looking to invest ?200 millhon in
:05:27. > :05:28.Hull at the green part `` green port but they need a commitment from the
:05:29. > :05:35.government going beyond 2020 and lots of jobs rest on this. Will that
:05:36. > :05:38.commitment begins? It is a hugely important project for Hull `nd one
:05:39. > :05:43.which we continue to discuss with the company. We have set out the
:05:44. > :05:48.framework for investment in offshore wind especially. I announced it in
:05:49. > :05:52.December and we put in placd the final pieces. I am working with my
:05:53. > :05:54.colleague Ed Davey in the energy Department to make sure all final
:05:55. > :06:02.decisions are taken as quickly as possible. I need to put in place the
:06:03. > :06:05.correct environment for this set that and for Siemens to invdst about
:06:06. > :06:09.is what I am working very h`rd to do because I know how important it is,
:06:10. > :06:19.not just for Hull, but for the whole of the United Kingdom. How will this
:06:20. > :06:22.city of culture `` Hull is city of culture for 2017. Would you agree it
:06:23. > :06:28.was a better choice than rival Dundee? I think it was a fantastic
:06:29. > :06:32.choice. It has been exciting to hear about some of the plans. How the
:06:33. > :06:38.digital sector will contribtte to that. These are enormously hmportant
:06:39. > :06:44.for the city but for the whole of the UK as well, so we needed to be a
:06:45. > :06:50.success. That was the correct answer and we will not play it in Dundee
:06:51. > :06:53.estimation mark ``! We'd love to hear your thoughts on this story.
:06:54. > :06:57.What do you think the Government should do to boost Hull's economy?
:06:58. > :07:14.Is electrifying the rail line the priority?
:07:15. > :07:20.In a moment: The rugby leagte captain from Hull leading hhs team
:07:21. > :07:27.to victory in the capital. Hundreds of people in northdrn
:07:28. > :07:33.Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire are dying prematurely every year because
:07:34. > :07:37.of poor air quality. In North Lincolnshire alone, that figure is
:07:38. > :07:40.almost 200. The Yorkshire and Humber region is one of 16 areas across the
:07:41. > :07:43.country which exceeds limits set by the European Union as our hdalth
:07:44. > :07:49.correspondent, Vicky Johnson reports.
:07:50. > :07:52.The great choking smog of the 1 50s almost brought London to a
:07:53. > :08:00.standstill and contributed to the deaths of almost 4000 peopld. It led
:08:01. > :08:04.to the clean air act if 1956. While air quality has certainly ilproved,
:08:05. > :08:06.some patients attending this cough clinic run by Hull University say
:08:07. > :08:17.their condition is affected by certain pollutants. I noticd with my
:08:18. > :08:22.asthma that sometimes I cough more if I am not running running along
:08:23. > :08:25.the road. Last month, a schdme to build new homes close to
:08:26. > :08:27.Scunthorpe's steelworks was turned down because of concerns about
:08:28. > :08:37.pollution, particularly levdls of PM10s ` fine dust particles which
:08:38. > :08:41.can get lodged in the lungs. We do have about 179 deaths a year as a
:08:42. > :08:46.result of a pollution, which is really more than we would w`nt, so
:08:47. > :08:50.our aim is to get those down. You need to set that in the context of
:08:51. > :08:52.all the premature death that we have in North Lincolnshire, which we want
:08:53. > :08:56.to get down anyway. There are eight of these air
:08:57. > :09:00.monitoring stations across North Lincolnshire and they show `n
:09:01. > :09:04.improving picture. A spokeslan for Tartars still says they are
:09:05. > :09:09.committed to reducing emisshons from the steelworks here and say recent
:09:10. > :09:15.improvements to the air quality have been because of investments they
:09:16. > :09:18.made. They added the relationship between the steelworks and the
:09:19. > :09:24.surrounding area is important and it is only right what they do `` that
:09:25. > :09:27.they reduce the impact on their neighbours. But the EU isn't happy
:09:28. > :09:33.with the pace of improvements and is now threatening legal action. Legal
:09:34. > :09:37.limits are being breached across the UK and across Yorkshire and the
:09:38. > :09:42.deadline was 2010. The government says they will not achieve limits
:09:43. > :09:44.until 2020, so the improvemdnts are not being made quickly enough.
:09:45. > :09:46.Campaigners claim lives will continue to be put at risk tntil the
:09:47. > :09:55.government cleans up its act and forces reductions in traffic and
:09:56. > :09:58.industrial emissions. An armed robber who killed his
:09:59. > :10:02.accomplice while fleeing police in Hull has been told to expect a long
:10:03. > :10:05.jail sentence. Neville Kitt pleaded guilty to killing Matthew Httchinson
:10:06. > :10:09.by dangerous driving and to the robbery of a newsagents last
:10:10. > :10:12.October. He also pleaded not guilty to possession of a weapon, `n
:10:13. > :10:17.aggravated burglary, theft `nd possession of a CS gas canister The
:10:18. > :10:20.pair were being pursued by police when their motorbike crashed into a
:10:21. > :10:24.car. A coroner says a Lincolnshire man
:10:25. > :10:27.who had surgery at Lincoln County Hospital died in part because
:10:28. > :10:33.adequate steps were not takdn to protect him from the risks of the
:10:34. > :10:38.operation. `` because inadepuate step where taken. Ray Law, who was
:10:39. > :10:42.60, died in 2010 after a prostate operation. The trust that rtns the
:10:43. > :10:46.hospital says it's made significant improvements in all areas of patient
:10:47. > :10:54.safety in the past four years. Ray's family are now considering further
:10:55. > :11:01.action. Relieved it is all over We can settle down. Like my solicitor
:11:02. > :11:06.said, we can sort things through and see what we want to do, whether we
:11:07. > :11:09.want to go forward. Underwater search teams are
:11:10. > :11:11.continuing to look for an Alerican tourist who's gone missing hn
:11:12. > :11:14.Lincolnshire. Volunteers from neighbouring counties have joined
:11:15. > :11:19.the search for 52`year`old Denise Gray. She hasn't been seen since
:11:20. > :11:24.taking a walk on Monday aftdrnoon in the village of Revesby near
:11:25. > :11:28.Horncastle. Our reporter Phhlip Norton has spent the day in Revesby
:11:29. > :11:37.and joins me now. What have the police said today? How extension has
:11:38. > :11:42.the search been? This pub h`s been a focal point for the search `nd the
:11:43. > :11:47.coordination of the voluntedr search and rescue teams from across the
:11:48. > :11:50.East Midlands. From as far `field as Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire,
:11:51. > :11:55.they have been coming and going all day. Searching the fields and the
:11:56. > :11:59.woodland that's around this area, a very isolated area, with lots of
:12:00. > :12:05.agricultural land to search as they look for Denise Gray. There is
:12:06. > :12:09.obviously concern as well bdcause of the extremely cold nights that have
:12:10. > :12:15.set in over the past few daxs. We have got a large team today working.
:12:16. > :12:20.About 20 people. We have got teams from different other countids ``
:12:21. > :12:22.different parts of other cotnties as well. Nottinghamshire,
:12:23. > :12:32.Leicestershire and Cambridgdshire two. What have the police s`id
:12:33. > :12:37.today? They remain extremelx concerned about Denise Gray's
:12:38. > :12:44.whereabouts. They have been diving in lakes for the last coupld of
:12:45. > :12:50.days. They are unsure as to why she has gone missing. She was l`st seen
:12:51. > :12:55.as she left her friend's hotse, staying on a terrorist Beazdr in the
:12:56. > :13:01.country. She was last seen wearing a red waist length jacket and brown
:13:02. > :13:06.trousers. They asked people to keep their eyes open for her. We are
:13:07. > :13:10.appealing for anyone who max have seen hazards Monday when shd was
:13:11. > :13:15.reported missing, any sighthngs at all, we will follow those up. Also
:13:16. > :13:19.for the people that live with in the area, if you can check out
:13:20. > :13:25.buildings, gardens, land th`t you own, it helps us cover that extra
:13:26. > :13:31.bit more area. Also today, candles have then lit at the nearby church.
:13:32. > :13:37.I spoke to one resident and he said that he did not know her, that
:13:38. > :13:40.villages did not know her, but they are lighting the candles to show her
:13:41. > :13:48.and the search teams looking for her that they are in their thoughts
:13:49. > :13:53.Thank you very much. Thank you for watching tonight.
:13:54. > :13:57.Still ahead tonight: The hotse in Hull where movie mogul J Arthur Rank
:13:58. > :14:09.was born is given a new lease of life. I have come as grandm` Wolf. I
:14:10. > :14:12.am widowed 20. I am no cure. Bringing books to life ` World Book
:14:13. > :14:22.Day is celebrated in schools across our area. Tonight's photogr`ph is of
:14:23. > :14:33.ducks in the Park in Grimsbx. Another picture at the same time
:14:34. > :14:41.tomorrow. We will talk about world book Day in a mint. Gerald says can
:14:42. > :14:52.Paul recommend any good book that have been in the bargain bucket for
:14:53. > :15:02.the last few years? No, I c`nnot. I saw that tweet as well wherd you put
:15:03. > :15:08.accurate forecast' is. Very good! It is an improving trend, cert`inly
:15:09. > :15:13.tomorrow afternoon, when we will see brightening skies with sunshine
:15:14. > :15:16.Outbreaks of rain in the morning. This front bringing the rain in the
:15:17. > :15:20.morning and behind that, prdssure will build and we should sed a
:15:21. > :15:26.fairly prolonged spell of sdttled, sunny weather. Next week looking
:15:27. > :15:32.very nice. In the short terl, a lot of cloud around, some of it big
:15:33. > :15:36.enough to produce rain in places. Around this evening, in fact,
:15:37. > :15:40.especially across Lincolnshhre. That will cross into the North Sda and
:15:41. > :15:45.the night should be mostly dry. Later on, we will see threats of
:15:46. > :15:51.patchy rain, especially into central and northern parts of Lincolnshire
:15:52. > :15:58.and East Yorkshire by dawn. A mild night with temperatures of nine
:15:59. > :16:04.Celsius. The sun will rise hn the morning at about 6:36am. Next I
:16:05. > :16:11.water times displayed: Tomorrow morning, cloudy, windy and lild
:16:12. > :16:16.with showers sinking eastwards through the morning. The afternoon
:16:17. > :16:23.looks really nice, dry with good spells of sunshine coming through.
:16:24. > :16:26.Let's look at the top afternoon temperatures `` highs across East
:16:27. > :16:35.Yorkshire of ten or 11 degrdes, a good start around the wash with 12
:16:36. > :16:39.or 13 Celsius. The weekend looks dry, with variable amounts of
:16:40. > :16:48.cloud, but some sunny breaks. Next week, frost and patchy fog by night,
:16:49. > :16:54.but by day some pleasant sunshine. Pauline Fish says, after watching
:16:55. > :17:01.the weather forecast Wednesday night, I wanted to paint my
:17:02. > :17:08.summerhouse but it is raining. What does he have to say? I forecast
:17:09. > :17:13.patchy rain. She needs to gdt her is a syringe!
:17:14. > :17:16.It's a sport which has its roots and heritage in the North but today two
:17:17. > :17:19.rugby league players, born hn the same Hull hospital, have led out
:17:20. > :17:22.their teams for the annual game between Oxford and Cambridgd
:17:23. > :17:25.Universities. Jack Baker of Oxford and Cambridge skipper James Tennison
:17:26. > :17:30.were playing their last gamd before graduating. The match was played in
:17:31. > :17:40.the heart of London and our sports reporter Simon Clark was thdre.
:17:41. > :17:44.There are calls for more train services through a station hn
:17:45. > :17:58.Lincolnshire ` that's been the varsity game is played between
:17:59. > :18:08.Oxford and Cambridge. With Cambridge captained by a man from near Hull,
:18:09. > :18:17.and then another player frol close by, it is quite something. We are
:18:18. > :18:22.looking for a third win in ` row for Oxford today. It is a privilege I
:18:23. > :18:28.have really, really enjoyed this year. We have had a fantasthc season
:18:29. > :18:38.and it has been a privilege to lead the boys. Both boys enjoyed family
:18:39. > :18:42.supports as they carried on. It is brilliant to think that in the
:18:43. > :18:48.centre of the square mile wd will see a rugby match today. He has got
:18:49. > :18:52.me a press pass so I am havhng to take photos. Rather than relaxing,
:18:53. > :19:00.it is like doing a wedding. Early on, Oxford moved to a very
:19:01. > :19:08.commanding lead. The prize was handed out by another son of Hull.
:19:09. > :19:11.We played pretty well around the fringes and that is why the
:19:12. > :19:16.scoreline is as it is. Feel really happy. We will take it home,
:19:17. > :19:25.rebuilt, and hopefully give it to Oxford next year. So, it is victory
:19:26. > :19:29.for Jack and Oxford. Commisdrations to James and Cambridge, but for both
:19:30. > :19:34.of them, a fantastic memory to take with them long after they h`ve
:19:35. > :19:37.graduated. We were talking about trains at the
:19:38. > :19:43.start of the programme and there are calls for more train servicds
:19:44. > :19:46.through a station in Lincolnshire. Gainsborough Central Station is only
:19:47. > :19:53.open on Sunday at the moment but a plan has been drawn up to gdt more
:19:54. > :19:55.trains running through the town A housing development for adults
:19:56. > :19:58.with learning and physical disabilities should be copidd in
:19:59. > :20:01.other parts of the country ` that's according to health experts in North
:20:02. > :20:05.East Lincolnshire The 2.2 mhllion pound home in Grimsby has opened
:20:06. > :20:09.today It can house 16 peopld who have access to care when thdy need
:20:10. > :20:18.it. People living there say it gives them independence. Sometimes when I
:20:19. > :20:25.am doing my washing of pop `nd making myself a cup of tea, I am
:20:26. > :20:34.exactly the same as everybody else, being independent. A childrdn's
:20:35. > :20:37.reading group created by thd country music singer, Dolly Parton, has been
:20:38. > :20:41.expanded to North East Lincolnshire. The Imagination Library givds out a
:20:42. > :20:44.free book to each child every month. The Little Stars Day Nurserx in
:20:45. > :20:47.Grimsby will be the first to benefit from the programme in the area. It's
:20:48. > :20:50.already running in North Lincolnshire. They get a frde book
:20:51. > :20:56.posted to them, to their hole address, to them, every month for
:20:57. > :21:04.five years. That is 60 books. When you think that 19% of children have
:21:05. > :21:15.never act Julie received a book as a guest `` as a gift, what a lovely
:21:16. > :21:19.thing that is. Thanks to evdryone who got in touch over comments from
:21:20. > :21:22.the Independent MEP and Patron of the Drivers' Union Godfrey Bloom,
:21:23. > :21:25.who claims speed cameras don't work. He was speaking on the programme
:21:26. > :21:29.last night when it was reve`led in the past four years, a millhon
:21:30. > :21:31.pounds has been spent fixing cameras that have been vandalised. H don't
:21:32. > :21:34.think they work and I think they take money away from genuind road
:21:35. > :21:38.safety problems and cameras do not actually work. You slow down, maybe
:21:39. > :21:44.you even hit the brake irrationally and someone drives into the back of
:21:45. > :21:46.you. There has been a big rdsponse on this story. Thank you for all the
:21:47. > :22:27.messages. Thank you for those. He was a giant
:22:28. > :22:32.of British cinema, turning the likes of Dirk Bogarde and Diana Dors from
:22:33. > :22:36.unknowns to worldwide superstars. Now the home in Hull in which J
:22:37. > :22:45.Arthur Rank was born is being renovated having been left to years
:22:46. > :22:48.of decay. Amanda White reports. The iconic gong, the signattre of a
:22:49. > :22:57.Hull lad whose career in films funded cinema classics like the Red
:22:58. > :23:07.Shoes. J Arthur Rank was born on Hull's Holderness Road. The fact his
:23:08. > :23:10.birthplace has been derelict for a decade prompted BBC Radio
:23:11. > :23:18.Humberside's David Burns to campaign for its restoration. At last a
:23:19. > :23:21.developer has taken it on.Steve PTC J Arthur Rank's was the son of
:23:22. > :23:24.master miller, philanthropist and methodist Joseph Rank who elployed
:23:25. > :23:27.and improved the lives of Htll people. The whole lot is shot to
:23:28. > :23:31.bits and we are going to turn the whole lot into affordable
:23:32. > :23:38.accommodation using local pdople and apprentices. Many people wanted to
:23:39. > :23:46.see this has turned into a luseum or a cinema but turning it into
:23:47. > :23:53.affordable housing and opportunities for Hull's next generation hs surely
:23:54. > :24:01.a project that his father would have approved of. His father founded the
:24:02. > :24:06.smell and his philanthropy hs marked in this museum. The charitids that
:24:07. > :24:11.they both founded continue to do good work now. This is absolutely
:24:12. > :24:18.within the spirit of what the foundation is about. It is within
:24:19. > :24:23.this spirit of what the Rank family stood for. It is a proud dax for
:24:24. > :24:33.those that have campaigned to see the house restored. Brilliant. Well
:24:34. > :24:36.done. It started when I recdived an e`mail saying, this house is a
:24:37. > :24:43.disgrace. Can you do somethhng about it? This house should be at home
:24:44. > :24:50.again by the end of the year. `` a home.
:24:51. > :24:54.Schoolchildren across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire have been
:24:55. > :24:58.enjoying world book Day tod`y. The idea is to make sure childrdn enjoy
:24:59. > :25:12.reading and get the most out of their books. They have been dressing
:25:13. > :25:19.up to mark the occasion. My favourite book is Matilda. H had
:25:20. > :25:29.this werewolf costume from Halloween and I wondered what to do, so I came
:25:30. > :25:37.as grandma Wolf. There are two possibilities. Either it eats you...
:25:38. > :25:40.We have gone down the fairy tale read to date. It is great to get
:25:41. > :26:07.children interested in readhng. It's a bit warm, so I have to remove
:26:08. > :26:17.it to teach. I take it that you never tell lies? Sometimes hdea
:26:18. > :26:20.Fantastic. The werewolf was a bit scary. Thank you for all of the
:26:21. > :26:27.pictures that were sent in `nd also to the pupils at that primary school
:26:28. > :26:36.in Pinocchio `` in Hull. Let's have a recap of the main headlinds:
:26:37. > :26:39.Twenty one years after the lurder of Stephen Lawrence, a public hnquiry's
:26:40. > :26:41.ordered into undercover polhcing as a damning review points to police
:26:42. > :26:44.corruption. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
:26:45. > :26:48.says he understands the pressure to upgrade the rail line to Hull, but
:26:49. > :26:51.he can't guarantee that it will happen by 2017. Tomorrow's weather:
:26:52. > :26:53.Cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain clearing southwards through the
:26:54. > :26:55.morning, leaving a dry afternoon with spells of sunshine. Maximum
:26:56. > :27:04.temperature a response on the subject of the
:27:05. > :27:08.train line and after the conversation with Danny Alexander,
:27:09. > :27:11.Susan says regarding the electrification of the line, they
:27:12. > :27:17.will have run out of electrhcity before we get it. John says,
:27:18. > :27:24.electrifying the line is an absolute priority. Another one, it she ``
:27:25. > :27:27.Howell needs the electrific`tion of the line and the green port if they
:27:28. > :27:33.are going to step into the 21st century. It is a north`south divide
:27:34. > :27:38.again. Finally, Jamie on twhtter, the government should give grants to
:27:39. > :27:41.new businesses, not hold on to empty properties. Join me again tomorrow
:27:42. > :27:44.if you can. Goodbye.