:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:09. > :00:11.Accused of trying to abduct their own children now one Lincolnshire
:00:12. > :00:14.couple says they'll fight to get them out of care They're designed to
:00:15. > :00:28.protect crops, but some residents want bird scarers banned.
:00:29. > :00:32.Basically, they sound like a war zone. They wake us up early.
:00:33. > :00:37.Hundreds turn out to welcome the country's most successful Winter
:00:38. > :00:41.Paralympian back to her home town. I'm in Bourne where people across
:00:42. > :00:48.the town have been celebrating Jade Etherington's success.
:00:49. > :00:54.I never change that snappy, that nappy changed me. `` nappy.
:00:55. > :00:58.And comedian Jason Manford is left with a ?3,500 bar bill after a gig
:00:59. > :00:59.in Lincoln. Don't forget the forecast that
:01:00. > :01:10.follows. A couple from Lincolnshire accused
:01:11. > :01:16.of conspiring to abduct their own children say they're terrified they
:01:17. > :01:19.will never see them again. The couple who can't be named had their
:01:20. > :01:27.children taken into care a year ago, but claim they did nothing wrong. Of
:01:28. > :01:33.the 37 cases of adoption in the county last year, only two were
:01:34. > :01:39.carried with parental permission. They face losing their two youngest
:01:40. > :01:45.to adoption. Tonight one MP has told Look North that major changes are
:01:46. > :01:47.needed to make the system fairer. Sarah Corker reports The Midlands MP
:01:48. > :01:50.John Hemming who runs the Justice for Families Campaign Group told me
:01:51. > :01:52.social workers were under increasing scrutiny after high several
:01:53. > :01:55.high`profile cases. A garage full of toys, but no
:01:56. > :01:59.children to play with them. It is almost a year since this couple's
:02:00. > :02:04.five children were taken into care. The mother says they were told by
:02:05. > :02:07.social services it was to protect them from future risk of emotional
:02:08. > :02:15.harm. We have changed their voices to protect their children's
:02:16. > :02:18.identity. It is hard and painful. I cannot sleep. I am not allowed to
:02:19. > :02:25.have any contact with my children. It is very hard, that I have to keep
:02:26. > :02:33.fighting. Your eldest son told the school that he had been hit. Did you
:02:34. > :02:41.hit him? No. I never hit my children. In April 2013, the
:02:42. > :02:45.children were taken into care. The couple told me that a court ruled
:02:46. > :02:51.that the two youngest children should be put up for adoption.
:02:52. > :03:01.Earlier this month, both parents were arrested on conspiracy charges.
:03:02. > :03:07.The council says any decision to put a child into care is made with the
:03:08. > :03:12.best interests of that child in mind. Ultimately, it is a decision
:03:13. > :03:16.for the courts to make, and one that is not taken lightly. There has been
:03:17. > :03:22.increasing pressure on social workers since the death of baby P in
:03:23. > :03:28.2008. Local authorities accused of not acting quickly enough. One MP
:03:29. > :03:32.says that the system has become so unfair that parents may have their
:03:33. > :03:36.children taken of them and they should leave the country to avoid
:03:37. > :03:41.social services. The iMac cannot imagine it is happening in a western
:03:42. > :03:46.country. Campaigners have raised it in the
:03:47. > :03:52.European Parliament. So many failed, they have betrayed and mistreated
:03:53. > :03:56.them, they have given them grief. Cases like this are held in family
:03:57. > :04:00.courts behind closed doors. This family say they struggle to
:04:01. > :04:07.understand the system. It has destroyed the life of my children.
:04:08. > :04:12.Did you try to kidnap them? No. We have never tried doing that. They
:04:13. > :04:15.have been released on bail until May and the couple told me they do not
:04:16. > :04:26.know if or when they will see their three sonss again.
:04:27. > :04:31.Sarah mentioned John hemming there. He told me that social workers were
:04:32. > :04:36.under increasing scrutiny after several high`profile cases. I think
:04:37. > :04:41.they are under pressure from Government to do the wrong thing.
:04:42. > :04:46.Because the courts rely on evidence that is a opinion from the social
:04:47. > :04:51.workers employed by the local authority and I know of at least one
:04:52. > :04:55.case where a social worker who recommended that a child be returned
:04:56. > :04:59.to its parents was actually fired because she had been told not to
:05:00. > :05:13.send the baby home. That is why it tends to be wrong. There have been
:05:14. > :05:15.some high profile cases recently, not least that of baby Peter, isn't
:05:16. > :05:22.this situation inevitable with the pressure social workers have been
:05:23. > :05:25.under? ? You have recently said that people who find themselves at the
:05:26. > :05:28.centre of these cases to take their children abroad. Is that a
:05:29. > :05:31.responsible attitude for a Member of Parliament to take? It depends on
:05:32. > :05:34.the circumstances. In a case where it is lawful to leave the country, I
:05:35. > :05:37.know I'm since a baby was born in Spain a week before where somebody
:05:38. > :05:41.had left because she faced proceedings here. I think the baby
:05:42. > :05:44.will probably end up safe in the long term. There was a South Korean
:05:45. > :05:50.couple who were arrested two weeks ago, they were leaving Wales and
:05:51. > :05:54.trying to get back to South Korea. You think the system acts against
:05:55. > :05:57.parents because the hearings take place in secret, surely everything
:05:58. > :06:02.has to be done that can be done to protect the children? You have to
:06:03. > :06:06.get the balance right. Wrongful intervention is damaging to their
:06:07. > :06:12.children, too. Every change causes psychological damage. But there are
:06:13. > :06:16.simple things, if somebody wants to petition the European Parliament,
:06:17. > :06:20.they should not be punished. It is their right to complain to
:06:21. > :06:23.politicians. Very briefly, what changes would you like to see which
:06:24. > :06:28.would stop children being wrongly adopted? There needs to be a quality
:06:29. > :06:32.of scrutiny in the courts and the evidence has to be done by
:06:33. > :06:44.independent people, not people who are instructed to say, your answer
:06:45. > :06:48.is to be guest. Thank you very much. In a moment: Making history ` the
:06:49. > :06:55.record which has finally been broken after more than a 125 years.
:06:56. > :06:59.Gas`powered cannons, used to scare birds from farm land, should be
:07:00. > :07:03.banned according to campaigners. There's been an increase in the
:07:04. > :07:06.number of complaints about devices which local residents say are
:07:07. > :07:12.disturbing the peace near farms in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. But
:07:13. > :07:16.farmers say they're a vital tool to keep hungry birds away from their
:07:17. > :07:24.crops. Our rural affairs correspondent reports.
:07:25. > :07:31.Noisy but effective. Farmers say they are essential to protect young
:07:32. > :07:35.crops. For David and his wife, they are causing a headache, literally.
:07:36. > :07:39.They moved to Lincolnshire for a peaceful retirement. It sounds like
:07:40. > :07:44.bombs going off, they sound like a warzone. It sounds like they're
:07:45. > :07:48.coming at you from every which way. They wake us up early, because they
:07:49. > :07:56.are setting off at the moment from 5:30am onwards. In the garden, you
:07:57. > :08:03.want tranquil conditions. It can be quite disturbing. The NFU has a code
:08:04. > :08:14.of practice that says farmers should not use them before 6am or after
:08:15. > :08:19.10pm. They should place them than 200 metres from sensitive buildings.
:08:20. > :08:22.They should consider that noise travels further downwind. But they
:08:23. > :08:25.say in the countryside, what comes first is crops, not quiet. The
:08:26. > :08:28.countryside is a workplace for the farmers, a farmer's field is no
:08:29. > :08:32.difference to an industrial unit, it is a manufacturing area, so people
:08:33. > :08:35.that live in the countryside need to be sympathetic to why farmers are
:08:36. > :08:40.doing this. But farmers need to be sympathetic to local residents. It
:08:41. > :08:47.is important that people that live in the countryside get on.
:08:48. > :08:54.There are online campaigns dedicated to getting the loudest ones banned.
:08:55. > :08:58.Councils have received at least 170 complaints last year, some are
:08:59. > :09:06.seeing a big increase in letters about Hamas' use of these devices.
:09:07. > :09:15.They don't want to play the game. `` farmers' . We can put an abatement
:09:16. > :09:21.on them. In the fullness of time, we could take court action, we don't
:09:22. > :09:25.want to do that. The only way of controlling it is to implement a
:09:26. > :09:30.total ban on them. The Code of Conduct is not working. Date would
:09:31. > :09:36.like to see other types of bird scares take prominence. Farmers
:09:37. > :09:42.insist that the countryside is for food production, not peace and
:09:43. > :09:45.quiet. `` David. What do you think about this story?
:09:46. > :09:49.Should farmers be allowed to use this type of bird scarer or should
:09:50. > :10:13.people who live in the countryside be entitled to peace and quiet?
:10:14. > :10:18.A 23`year`old man has been sentenced to a minimum of ten years for
:10:19. > :10:26.attacking a man with a hammer outside a nightclub. The man who was
:10:27. > :10:27.21 was hit on the head during a night out. Chris Bradley from
:10:28. > :10:38.Lincoln was attempted murder.
:10:39. > :10:41.Three inmates have been cleared of holding a prison officer hostage at
:10:42. > :10:44.Full Sutton Prison near Pocklington in East Yorkshire. Feroz Khan, Fuad
:10:45. > :10:47.Awale and David Watson were found not guilty of holding Richard
:10:48. > :10:51.Thompson against his will in May 2013. However, Khan and Awale were
:10:52. > :10:52.found guilty of threatening to kill the officer, and will be sentenced
:10:53. > :11:19.next week. Council tenants in North
:11:20. > :11:22.Lincolnshire, forced out of their houses by December's flooding, have
:11:23. > :11:25.started to return home. On Friday, the Environment Agency held a
:11:26. > :11:29.meeting with local authorities to discuss how best to protect the area
:11:30. > :11:32.from future tidal surges. The Head of Housing in North Lincolnshire
:11:33. > :11:35.says many tenants are choosing to stay in the temporary accommodation
:11:36. > :11:37.they were moved to. Have have moved out of their homes, the other half
:11:38. > :11:40.have stayed. It could be more suitable for their time in life to
:11:41. > :11:43.actually move to that accommodation. Humberside Police are appealing for
:11:44. > :11:46.witnesses after a woman was killed in a car accident. They were called
:11:47. > :11:49.at four`o`clock yesterday morning and found a Blue Ford KA car had
:11:50. > :11:52.left the road near Woodmansey. The 19`year`old driver, who was from
:11:53. > :12:01.Beverley, was pronounced dead at the scene.
:12:02. > :12:04.Scandinavian Airlines have begun operating flights between Copenhagen
:12:05. > :12:06.and Leeds Bradford Airport, just days after the same route was
:12:07. > :12:09.scrapped from Humberside Airport. When the route into Humberside was
:12:10. > :12:12.launched, those involved believed one of the main areas of trade would
:12:13. > :12:15.be the renewables industry. The airline said disappointing passenger
:12:16. > :12:18.numbers meant the route was stopped after just six months.
:12:19. > :12:20.Network Rail has announced its investing ?89 million pounds in
:12:21. > :12:23.North Lincolnshire over the next five years. The money will go
:12:24. > :12:26.towards work, including the modernisation of signalling systems
:12:27. > :12:29.and upgrading trains. The company hope the funding will also help
:12:30. > :12:30.support growth at the Port of Immingham and encourage further
:12:31. > :13:03.business activity. She is the most successful British
:13:04. > :13:06.woman in Winter Paralympic history and this afternoon Jade Etherington
:13:07. > :13:08.has been welcomed back to her hometown in Lincolnshire.
:13:09. > :13:12.Visually`impaired skier Jade won four medals at the Sochi games
:13:13. > :13:15.earlier this month. Gemma Dawson is live in Bourne tonight where Jade
:13:16. > :13:19.has been given the freedom of the town. How many people came out to
:13:20. > :13:21.welcome her? 200 people turned up to see Jade and acts are some questions
:13:22. > :13:23.and touch those famous for metals. Arriving in style, Lincolnshire's
:13:24. > :13:27.Paralympian back at her old school to show off her medals. It is great
:13:28. > :13:32.to see everyone. It reminds me how far I have come. From being here and
:13:33. > :13:36.started skiing when I was at school and I would tell people and they did
:13:37. > :13:42.not know what I was talking about and now coming back, it is really
:13:43. > :13:46.fun. For these students, a chance to chat to her about her recent
:13:47. > :13:53.success. Is who has been behind her from the start. It is nice to have
:13:54. > :13:58.her back. Everyone is excited as she is one of ours. She spent months
:13:59. > :14:03.preparing for the Paralympics with her guide, Caroline. She is visually
:14:04. > :14:06.impaired so relies on Caroline to guide her around the course. All
:14:07. > :14:15.this training paid off. In such is the Mothercare one for metals. ``
:14:16. > :14:23.Sochi, the pair won four medals. I'm very proud. She's not the only
:14:24. > :14:32.one. In Bourne, 200 people gathered to greet Jade. To think we have such
:14:33. > :14:39.talent in our area is brilliant. She has done us proud. It brings a lump
:14:40. > :14:45.to your throat. When you see her, and how nicely she speaks for young
:14:46. > :14:52.girl. Everyone was so excited to see me and see the medals and gets to
:14:53. > :14:59.tax them. `` and get to touch them. Then inside for a reception. First
:15:00. > :15:03.time it has been done, wow, I feel very honoured. There are more
:15:04. > :15:13.celebrations to come with an open top bus tour on Friday. As you can
:15:14. > :15:17.see, it has been a busy day. She says she just wants a holiday. I
:15:18. > :15:19.spoke to her later in the afternoon and asked her what she would do
:15:20. > :15:32.next. It is a big decision for Jade, we
:15:33. > :15:51.will have to wait and see what she has decided to do.
:15:52. > :15:54.will have to wait and see what she The comedian who bought a round for
:15:55. > :16:01.his audience after turning up late to the gig. A huge cheer went up,
:16:02. > :16:11.but a lot of us were just saying, is this one of his jokes?
:16:12. > :16:28.We still have the Jason Manford story to come. He paid ?3500 for
:16:29. > :16:41.that bill. Paul bought a round of drinks for his loyal readers, that
:16:42. > :16:48.is ?4 73 you will never get back. You still only for that cup of tea.
:16:49. > :16:53.`` only. High air pollution warning today.
:16:54. > :17:04.They'll continue to be bad tomorrow. Weather`wise, a grey start, it will
:17:05. > :17:09.turn brighter later. It is a stagnant setup and some will have
:17:10. > :17:13.noticed some Saharan dust on your car bonnets, and that is that the
:17:14. > :17:18.dust has come from North Africa. It is all happening. It is fine out
:17:19. > :17:21.there at the moment. Most of us have seen brightness. We are looking to
:17:22. > :17:30.the South West, there is an active weather front. We will have rain
:17:31. > :17:33.later tonight. The showery outbreaks of rain push North eastwards, there
:17:34. > :17:38.could be a clap of thunder, but it won't but down too much rain. Lowest
:17:39. > :17:43.temperatures coming in at seven or eight Celsius. Eight Celsius is 46
:17:44. > :17:52.Fahrenheit. The sun will rise in the morning at around 638 am.
:17:53. > :17:56.It is a grey, damp start. There will be low cloud, mist and fog, the
:17:57. > :18:03.weather front will move, some patchy rain for East Yorkshire at first,
:18:04. > :18:07.skies will slowly brighten. Many parts will be dry with some
:18:08. > :18:09.sunshine. The breeze will just be light and variable. It will just be
:18:10. > :18:19.light and variable. It'll feel quite pleasant want it right up. `` once.
:18:20. > :18:21.Similar on Wednesday, a a lot of low cloud at first. It may be reluctant
:18:22. > :18:34.to clear in places. `` a lot. There's a lead into Friday morning,
:18:35. > :18:38.some patchy rain. What is that tie all about? That is
:18:39. > :18:50.Paisley, I am told it is very stylish. The producer says that he
:18:51. > :18:58.is parents has some `` had someone `` had some wallpaper like that!
:18:59. > :19:04.It's a record which has stood since 1888, but this weekend Russ Wilcox
:19:05. > :19:07.broke the longest unbeaten run for a new manager. His Scunthorpe United
:19:08. > :19:10.side have gone 24 matches since they last lost a game which has propelled
:19:11. > :19:12.them into second place in League Two. Now, Wilcox says they have to
:19:13. > :19:17.finish the job with promotion from League Two. Our sports reporter
:19:18. > :19:20.Simon Clark has been speaking to him.
:19:21. > :19:24.It was a time when Victoria was on the throne and Marquess of Salisbury
:19:25. > :19:27.was Prime Minister. This was the first recoding on film ` a scene in
:19:28. > :19:33.Leeds and the all`England tennis club was born at Wimbledon. ``
:19:34. > :19:36.recording. So to the Football League whose first champions, Preston North
:19:37. > :19:46.End had gone the entire season unbeaten, 23 matches. Their manager
:19:47. > :19:53.had ridden his way into history. The mac know quite a few years where he
:19:54. > :19:58.was very successful with Preston. He introduced the first team talks, he
:19:59. > :20:02.really prepared the teams he had. He was strategic, he was the first kind
:20:03. > :20:05.of manager who would use a blackboard to prepare his side and
:20:06. > :20:08.he was successful for a long time. That was until this man, Russ
:20:09. > :20:16.Wilcox, broke the record, 24 matches unbeaten since he became manager. It
:20:17. > :20:21.is an amazing achievement. For everybody involved, it is the full
:20:22. > :20:26.group, it is myself and my staff and the players and everyone associated
:20:27. > :20:29.with the club. Exciting times, we now have to finish the job. Wilcox
:20:30. > :20:32.record stacks against illustrious managers. Alex Ferguson lost his
:20:33. > :20:37.first game at Manchester United en`route to 38 titles. Brian Clough
:20:38. > :20:40.lost his second Nottingham Forest game to Hull City yet still won 11
:20:41. > :20:46.competitions including two European Cups. And Jose Mourinho lost his
:20:47. > :20:58.ninth Chelsea game on his way to six trophies. Hard work is the key.
:20:59. > :21:02.Quality in the group and if we work hard and stay together like we have
:21:03. > :21:08.done organised, disciplined, there is quality there. It is a positive
:21:09. > :21:11.time. This is how the league table looks today and the tantalising
:21:12. > :21:18.prospect of promotion looms ever nearer Glanford Park.
:21:19. > :21:28.Hull KR achieved their first Silly mistakes were responsible for
:21:29. > :21:31.Hull City's defeat at the weekend, that's according to manager Steve
:21:32. > :21:34.Bruce. The Tigers lost 1`0 away to Stoke with Peter Odemwingie scoring
:21:35. > :21:38.the only goal in the second half. It means Hull have taken just three
:21:39. > :21:40.points from the past 15 and are now four places above the relegation
:21:41. > :21:43.zone. Hull KR achieved their first
:21:44. > :21:45.back`to`back wins of the season, when they thrashed Wakefield
:21:46. > :21:49.yesterday. This was the Robins' first try which was scored by
:21:50. > :21:53.Neville Costigan. They went on to score seven more to beat the
:21:54. > :22:02.Wildcats 44`6. It leaves them tenth in the Super League.
:22:03. > :22:05.We've had a big response to the story that Hull could soon feature
:22:06. > :22:09.in a television programme about life on benefits. Channel five says it's
:22:10. > :22:13.chosen to feature Hull as one of several locations in the UK, but
:22:14. > :22:19.there are fears it could tarnish the city's reputation. Big response on
:22:20. > :22:26.this one. Sue in Hull sent this by text: "I am sick of southerners
:22:27. > :22:31.trying to put Hull down. Everywhere in the country has deprived areas.
:22:32. > :22:38.Why are ours always highlighted by narrow`minded snobs?" Simon in
:22:39. > :22:41.Driffield sent this: "Channel five can get lost. Why do the
:22:42. > :22:46.London`based media have such a low opinion of Hull when others,
:22:47. > :22:53.including big, worldwide businesses, obviously disagree?" Simon referring
:22:54. > :22:56.to Siemens there. But Michelle from Hull disagrees. She says: "A show
:22:57. > :23:01.like this would show how much we have achieved as a city. From a low
:23:02. > :23:07.start to City of Culture. It may not be pretty, but it is Hull. Be
:23:08. > :23:10.proud." An agricultural college in East
:23:11. > :23:13.Yorkshire opened its gates to thousands of visitors yesterday.
:23:14. > :23:20.Bishop Burton College welcomed 6,500 people to see new`born lambs on its
:23:21. > :23:30.working farm. College staff say it's a good opportunity for young farmers
:23:31. > :23:34.to demonstrate their skills. We're behind closed gates for a lot of the
:23:35. > :23:41.year, so it is nice to open up and let people see what we cover here.
:23:42. > :23:46.Today is all about farming, it is great that people can come and see
:23:47. > :23:49.what farming is about. I'm sure you had a good day there if you went.
:23:50. > :23:53.The comedian Jason Manford has been left with a bar bill of ?3,000 after
:23:54. > :23:57.promising to buy an entire audience a drink. He realised he was running
:23:58. > :24:01.40 minutes late for the sell`out show in Lincoln at the weekend so
:24:02. > :24:16.offered to pick up the tab as an apology. Jessica Lane has more. I
:24:17. > :24:21.never changed so that nappy, it's changed me. Have you heard the one
:24:22. > :24:24.about the comedian who bought his Hull audience a drink? Well, it's no
:24:25. > :24:31.joke. Although, on Saturday night, many thought it might be. Huge cheer
:24:32. > :24:37.went up, but a lot of us thought, is this one of his jokes? But it
:24:38. > :24:40.wasn't. Thank you, Jason. It showed respect for his followers and I
:24:41. > :24:43.think that is the biggest thing. Jason Manford had already performed
:24:44. > :24:47.here on Friday night. Then he went home to see his family in
:24:48. > :24:52.Manchester, which is what made him 40 minutes late. So he phoned to
:24:53. > :24:56.apologise and make the offer to buy everyone a drink. The comedian
:24:57. > :25:00.posted a picture of all the drink receipts on Twitter and said the
:25:01. > :25:06.pricy round seemed like a good idea when he made the offer. But staff at
:25:07. > :25:13.the Engine Shed have decided to give him a discount. We couldn't believe
:25:14. > :25:18.it, it is the first time someone has done that. We matched his generosity
:25:19. > :25:24.by reducing the bill by quite a significant amount. ?3000 he will
:25:25. > :25:28.pay. It may have ended up costing him, it was not just his jokes that
:25:29. > :25:37.left a smile on the faces of the 835 people in the audience.
:25:38. > :25:43.Eye would love to know what his fears.
:25:44. > :25:48.Scientists warn that crops motor health and homes will be threatened
:25:49. > :25:51.by global warming. A couple accused of attempting to abduct their own
:25:52. > :25:54.children say they will fight to get them out of care.
:25:55. > :25:58.Tomorrow's weather ` a grey and damp start with mist and fog, but it will
:25:59. > :26:01.slowly brighten up with sunny spells and just a small chance of a shower.
:26:02. > :26:07.Top temperature 14 Celsius. `` 16 Celsius.
:26:08. > :26:10.We were talking about bird scariness. Roger says I feel
:26:11. > :26:15.unsympathetic to the folks complaining about scare is, if you
:26:16. > :26:21.decide to live next to farms, you can expect all the things that come
:26:22. > :26:26.with rural life. They were the usual comments saying it is the country,
:26:27. > :26:30.what do you expect? If these viewers had to listen to
:26:31. > :26:35.the equivalent of a firework display every few minutes all day, every
:26:36. > :26:43.day, from 5:30am till dusk, would they be happy to put up with that?
:26:44. > :26:48.The countryside looks as good as it does as a consequence of the
:26:49. > :26:54.farmers' efforts, it is not some escape to the country fantasy.
:26:55. > :26:56.It is a working environment in which sites and sounds need to be
:26:57. > :27:02.accepted. Tony says that the bird scares would
:27:03. > :27:06.be fine if they were used just in how was daylight. The one behind us
:27:07. > :27:10.goes off all night. Thank you for those.
:27:11. > :27:11.Join us on the radio tomorrow if you can. Have a nice evening. See you
:27:12. > :27:16.tomorrow.