:00:00. > :00:24.pollution levels will be that little bit lower. Thank you.
:00:25. > :00:30.I don't think ?10 per day whll stop these guys wanting to come over
:00:31. > :00:34.It's to close after just 18 months but there's a promise education at
:00:35. > :00:37.this Hull school won't be dhsrupted. Landmarks from the Cold War ` the
:00:38. > :00:50.campaign to save this uniqud radar station.
:00:51. > :00:55.From clingfilmed cars to chhldren's pranks ` we find out what you've
:00:56. > :01:16.fallen for this April Fool's Day. I swapped sugar for salt.
:01:17. > :01:21.From today it costs foreign lorries ?10 a day to use British ro`ds, but
:01:22. > :01:25.many hauliers said the government had not gone far enough. Already
:01:26. > :01:31.several fines have been handed out to drivers leaving Imminghal docks.
:01:32. > :01:33.However critics say more nedds to be done to help British haulagd
:01:34. > :01:46.companies compete against foreign firms. Your operator should have
:01:47. > :01:55.paid a road user levy. And forcing new regulators `` regulations. It
:01:56. > :02:00.was the day new charges camd in for overseas drivers using Brithsh
:02:01. > :02:05.roads. The levy is paid by British and overseas lorry drivers, costing
:02:06. > :02:09.?10 per day up to a maximum of 1000 per year. British drivers c`n claim
:02:10. > :02:15.that money back. It will be knocked off their road tax. I think it will
:02:16. > :02:18.level the playing fields for those coming into the country not
:02:19. > :02:22.contributing to the road maintenance, and I am pleasdd the
:02:23. > :02:27.government has managed to introduce this 12 months sooner than what was
:02:28. > :02:31.thought possible. Among those caught today were British drivers working
:02:32. > :02:36.for foreign companies. In this case, the Dutch firm had paid too little
:02:37. > :02:40.for the size of the lorry. We knew it was coming. It was only because I
:02:41. > :02:43.spoke to drivers from anothdr company that I knew it
:02:44. > :02:48.today, because there has bedn nothing advertised about whdn it
:02:49. > :02:55.would start. For foreign drhvers, anyway. They have now been forced to
:02:56. > :03:00.return to Holland with a ?300 fine. One hauliers says it does not go far
:03:01. > :03:04.enough, pointing out that m`ny drivers save hundreds of potnds by
:03:05. > :03:08.filling up with cheaper diesel on the continent. When you are looking
:03:09. > :03:11.at ?200 per week difference in diesel cost before you look at
:03:12. > :03:16.anything else, adapting ?10 per day is really going to stop these guys
:03:17. > :03:22.wanting to come over. A simhlar feeling at this Lincolnshird
:03:23. > :03:29.truckstop. We have to pay c`r tax, road tax, look how much it hs for
:03:30. > :03:36.our companies. I agree with it. You have to pay over there, you have to
:03:37. > :03:38.pay over here. The horse has gone, they are trying to shut the stable
:03:39. > :03:44.door. 20 years ago in this country, compared to now... Back in
:03:45. > :03:50.Immingham, other problems wdre being found. This is the first foreign
:03:51. > :03:54.lorry found not to have paid any of the new HGV levy. As part of the
:03:55. > :03:58.checks, they found it was completely unsafe for the road. The bald tyre,
:03:59. > :04:03.breaks that don't work and ` driver that has not had any rest for ten
:04:04. > :04:12.days. What do you think abott all this? Tonight, his lorry is
:04:13. > :04:20.impounded with fines of ?800. Strict enforcement will continue ndar the
:04:21. > :04:25.port. Paul Watters from the AA said he was in favour of the new charge
:04:26. > :04:29.for foreign lorry drivers. Ht is a good idea because it will ldvel the
:04:30. > :04:33.playing field. Our drivers pay on the continent with the use large
:04:34. > :04:38.vehicles so it makes sense to have an even playing field. How will the
:04:39. > :04:44.charge for foreign lorries lake it fairer for British hauliers if the
:04:45. > :04:48.amount is so low? Certainly it is a small amount but it is a stdpping
:04:49. > :04:52.stone. At least they feel at last there is a system in place that can
:04:53. > :04:56.be applied as necessary, so I think it helps. It is a stepping stone but
:04:57. > :05:01.we would not want to necess`rily impose that charge at a high level
:05:02. > :05:05.to start with. The hauliers say the charge does not go far enough and it
:05:06. > :05:12.should be higher. If a Brithsh hauliers to France, E pays ?100 per
:05:13. > :05:15.day. Macro yellow `` it is small fry in terms of revenue but it hs the
:05:16. > :05:20.principal at this stage. Thd principle the government is willing
:05:21. > :05:24.to adopt this system and it can consider it in the future when it
:05:25. > :05:29.looks at the tariffs it is charging. Is this the thin end of the wedge?
:05:30. > :05:34.Can you see more and more vdhicle levies in this country, not just for
:05:35. > :05:40.lorries but the cars as well? We are always fearful of new chargds coming
:05:41. > :05:45.in. We can directly charge road users, we are seeing new systems
:05:46. > :05:48.coming in. Highways agency has technology to impose charging at
:05:49. > :05:52.certain points in the network if it chooses so we have to be watchful of
:05:53. > :05:55.what is coming along in the future, bearing in mind there is a general
:05:56. > :05:59.election next year, we know the government is not going to hntroduce
:06:00. > :06:05.charges this time, but what happens next time there is an electhon?
:06:06. > :06:12.Should the lorry charges `` drivers be thankful and get on with it?
:06:13. > :06:15.Foreign lorry drivers should pay their fair share for the dalage they
:06:16. > :06:22.cause to the roads at the mdre mint, they are not paying fuel duty. They
:06:23. > :06:27.are damaging our roads, of course? Undoubtedly, a lorry causes a lot
:06:28. > :06:33.more wear and tear than a c`r. Thank you very much. Let us know what you
:06:34. > :06:38.think about this. Do you thhnk the new rules go far enough, at ?10 per
:06:39. > :07:05.day for a lorry in this country Do you think more needs to be done
:07:06. > :07:10.In a moment, signs of improvement ` but the ambulance service for
:07:11. > :07:15.Lincolnshire fails to meets its targets again.
:07:16. > :07:20.Parents and pupils at a Hull school which is to close less than two
:07:21. > :07:25.years after opening have met education officials this afternoon
:07:26. > :07:28.to discuss their future. Hull Studio School opened in September 2012 with
:07:29. > :07:33.the aim of teaching youngstdrs about the world of business. It whll shut
:07:34. > :07:45.in August after failing to `ttract enough pupils. Gemma Dawson reports.
:07:46. > :07:52.For some students, this opportunity is really exciting. It opendd less
:07:53. > :07:55.than two years ago promising a new type of education, focusing on
:07:56. > :08:01.business and enterprise. But now some students are having to find new
:08:02. > :08:03.places to study. Adam joined the school in September and is
:08:04. > :08:08.disappointed it is now closhng because of a lack of students. The
:08:09. > :08:12.reactions are mixed between the students. People are saying they saw
:08:13. > :08:16.it coming, they are not surprised, other people have been shot.
:08:17. > :08:21.Teachers have to find anothdr job. The overall reaction has bedn that
:08:22. > :08:30.this was going to happen. `` have been shocked. The Hull studho school
:08:31. > :08:35.is sponsored by Hull collegd but it is run by a charity. Studio schools
:08:36. > :08:42.were a new concept in education that started in 2010. They are a type of
:08:43. > :08:45.Academy for pupils aged between 14`19, combining practical skills in
:08:46. > :08:50.the workplace with traditional academic and vocational studies No
:08:51. > :08:55.one from the school has been available for interview, but earlier
:08:56. > :09:00.I spoke to councillor Rosie Nicola, who is trying to reassure p`rents.
:09:01. > :09:04.We have a statutory duty to make sure that children up to 18 have an
:09:05. > :09:10.educational place or are in training, so we will be makhng sure
:09:11. > :09:13.that children looking for places once the studio school closds at the
:09:14. > :09:19.end of this academic year whll be going to school in September in this
:09:20. > :09:22.city. So students here are now being offered support to help thel make a
:09:23. > :09:26.decision about where to go next to continue their education.
:09:27. > :09:32.Gemma Dawson is outside the school this evening. What have pardnts and
:09:33. > :09:37.pupils been told? This afternoon, parents and pupils met with the team
:09:38. > :09:42.at the Hull studio school to discuss what happens next. In a statement
:09:43. > :09:45.tonight, they say they will support every young person to achieve in
:09:46. > :09:50.this academic year and ensure the smooth transition to a new provider.
:09:51. > :09:54.Hull City Council's admissions team were at the meeting, offering
:09:55. > :09:58.students and vice about where they could go next. They think m`ny will
:09:59. > :10:02.choose to go to Hull collegd, but that is a decision for parents and
:10:03. > :10:06.pupils in the coming weeks. A man has died after his car
:10:07. > :10:14.collided with a lorry on thd A1 4 in East Yorkshire. It happened in
:10:15. > :10:17.Willerby this morning, closhng the road for several hours. Polhce have
:10:18. > :10:24.named the man who died as 31`year`old Simon Kirkman. Families
:10:25. > :10:27.living near an East Yorkshire church have been told they won't h`ve to
:10:28. > :10:31.pay for repairs to the building Under an agent law dating b`ck to
:10:32. > :10:37.Henry VIII, the villagers wdre responsible for playing `` paying
:10:38. > :10:41.for the upkeep, but now the right to claim the money has been revoked.
:10:42. > :10:43.From today, people across E`st Yorkshire and Lincolnshire `ffected
:10:44. > :10:47.by flooding after December's tidal surge will be able to apply for
:10:48. > :10:53.grants of up to ?5,000. The money is to be used to protect homes and
:10:54. > :10:57.businesses from future flooding Some parts of the country,
:10:58. > :11:00.particularly where we have the December flooding on the east coast,
:11:01. > :11:05.where people are back in thdir homes already, we are looking at ways that
:11:06. > :11:08.the local authorities can bd flexible to help them be rehmbursed
:11:09. > :11:12.for any costs they might have incurred to do this sort of work.
:11:13. > :11:15.The ambulance service which covers Lincolnshire has again faildd to
:11:16. > :11:18.meet its targets. The East Lidlands Ambulance Service was fined more
:11:19. > :11:21.than ?3 million last year bdcause not enough patients had been reached
:11:22. > :11:25.inside the recommended time. Our health correspondent Vicky Johnson
:11:26. > :11:31.is here. Is there any sign of improvement in the latest fhgures?
:11:32. > :11:35.Definitely signs of improvelent but the picture is still a little
:11:36. > :11:41.patchy, shall we say. The l`test figures show that they have reached
:11:42. > :11:45.their target of getting ambtlances to 95% of patients within 18 minutes
:11:46. > :11:52.for the trust as a whole. However, Lincolnshire narrowly missed that,
:11:53. > :11:55.at 94.5%. For the most serious life`threatening calls, thex are
:11:56. > :12:00.supposed to get to 75% of those within eight minutes. The trust
:12:01. > :12:04.failed as a whole, but curiously, considering its rule nature,
:12:05. > :12:08.Lincolnshire achieve that t`rget. Earlier today, the chief exdcutive
:12:09. > :12:11.of the trust spoke to radio Lincolnshire about their
:12:12. > :12:16.improvements. A significant improvement for us. Clearly, this is
:12:17. > :12:21.early days but it is very good to be looking at those figures now and we
:12:22. > :12:25.are starting to see improvelents. These targets are a basic
:12:26. > :12:30.requirement. Why have they failed to meet them? They would say it is the
:12:31. > :12:34.size of the region, the road network and the sheer increase in the volume
:12:35. > :12:38.of calls they are receiving. Remember, out of ten and lives
:12:39. > :12:41.trusts, they were one of only two to fail to meet the targets. They have
:12:42. > :12:50.been fined millions in the past but there have been improvements. They
:12:51. > :12:53.say that actually it is increasingly important that different arls of the
:12:54. > :12:57.health service work together to reduce the number of urgent calls.
:12:58. > :13:02.We spoke to Doctor Yvonne Owen, who is with the East Lincolnshire
:13:03. > :13:06.clinical commissioning group. In particular, the frail and the
:13:07. > :13:10.elderly people, people who have got long`term conditions, rather than
:13:11. > :13:17.waiting until they are really poorly and they need a 999 responsd to be
:13:18. > :13:21.whisked off to hospital, it's about trying to identify those people put
:13:22. > :13:26.in place the services to actually stop them getting to that stage in
:13:27. > :13:30.the first place. The really important thing now is not just to
:13:31. > :13:33.maintain but to build on thdse improvements. As we all know, one
:13:34. > :13:42.swallow doesn't make a spring, does it? Summer! What is your experience
:13:43. > :13:50.of the East Midlands Ambulance Service?
:13:51. > :13:56.Still ahead tonight ` they're the only examples of their kind in the
:13:57. > :14:03.country ` now there are calls to preserve these giant radar dishes.
:14:04. > :14:07.And did you hear about the course teaching students to take sdlfies?
:14:08. > :14:13.We look at what caught us ott on April Fools' Day.
:14:14. > :14:23.Daniel Firth took this at W`ltham near Grimsby. Some lovely clouds in
:14:24. > :14:31.the sky. Another picture tolorrow night. Good evening, how ard you?
:14:32. > :14:39.Fading stratocumulus. Like xour career! Ian says, hi, Paul, my
:14:40. > :14:43.sister has been in Canada shnce 1976. She saw Peter Reading the news
:14:44. > :14:48.and said, blimey, is that bloke still on TV? Love the macro I am not
:14:49. > :15:02.rising to your bait. The air pollution is more sdrious.
:15:03. > :15:06.South Lincolnshire, still vdry high levels of pollution. By the end of
:15:07. > :15:10.the week, the air will becole much cleaner because we will eventually
:15:11. > :15:16.get a south`westerly. Some of you expressed an interest in thd air
:15:17. > :15:25.pollution. A great start tolorrow `` a great start tomorrow. It'll turn
:15:26. > :15:30.brighter. Maybe a few spots of rain across western parts in the morning.
:15:31. > :15:34.What a beautiful afternoon ht turned out to be. Temperatures well above
:15:35. > :15:43.average, 15 Celsius in a good few places. It might have nudged a bit
:15:44. > :15:49.further to night. This evenhng will be fine. Overnight, low clotd
:15:50. > :15:52.extending into coastal areas of Yorkshire. Some fog and low cloud
:15:53. > :16:01.elsewhere. The hint of showdrs in the far West. Seven Celsius is 5
:16:02. > :16:11.Fahrenheit. The sun will rise at around 6.33. A slow start, ` lot of
:16:12. > :16:19.low cloud and missed. Some showers creeping up the western sidd. Across
:16:20. > :16:23.central and western parts of Lincolnshire, there should be some
:16:24. > :16:30.good sunny breaks coming through. A fair contrast in temperaturds. Chile
:16:31. > :16:40.along the coastal strip. Just eight Celsius in Bridlington. 16`08
:16:41. > :16:47.towards Grantham. Mentioning Victoria Dock does not get xou out
:16:48. > :16:50.of trouble! I heard Peter Ldavy on the role whether show `` thd weather
:16:51. > :16:58.show, the show is bad enough without putting him on it!
:16:59. > :17:04.Hull City forward Yannick S`gbo has been charged with improper conduct
:17:05. > :17:07.by the Football Association. It relates to a tweet he made hn
:17:08. > :17:10.support of French striker Nhcolas Anelka, who was banned after making
:17:11. > :17:21.an anti`semitic gesture durhng a game. Our sports reporter Shmon
:17:22. > :17:24.Clark has more. Nicolas Anelka caused a storm of controversy with
:17:25. > :17:29.this action when he scored for West Bromwich Albion against West Ham. It
:17:30. > :17:36.is called the Cornell gesture. In France where he and Yannick Sagbo
:17:37. > :17:40.grew up, it is deemed anti`Semitic. `` the quenelle gesture. Thd FA
:17:41. > :17:45.found him guilty and banned him for five matches. West Brom sacked him.
:17:46. > :17:49.At the time of the incident, it has emerged that Yannick Sagbo tweeted
:17:50. > :17:53.support with the alleged words, Nicolas Anelka is a legend, I love
:17:54. > :17:59.him. The FA have decided to charge Yannick Sagbo with improper conduct,
:18:00. > :18:05.not as serious as gross misconduct, but if found guilty, he could be
:18:06. > :18:08.sanctioned and receive a ban. He has until April the 8th to respond to
:18:09. > :18:11.the charge. And a reminder that you can listen
:18:12. > :18:14.to coverage of Grimsby Town's match later tonight. The Mariners travel
:18:15. > :18:19.to Wrexham in the Conferencd Premier. Full commentary is on BBC
:18:20. > :18:30.Radio Humberside on FM, AM `nd online. Kick`off is at 7:45pm.
:18:31. > :18:35.We've had big response on the subject of bird scarers, thd
:18:36. > :18:42.gas`powered cannons used to chase birds away from farmland.
:18:43. > :18:46.Campaigners want them banned. But farmers say they're vital in keeping
:18:47. > :18:48.hungry birds away from their crops. Thanks for all of your commdnts on
:18:49. > :19:29.this one. John sent this by text: There are calls to preserve four
:19:30. > :19:33.unique giant radar dishes btilt as part of the country's Cold War
:19:34. > :19:36.defence system. The metal dishes at RAF Stenigot
:19:37. > :19:43.near Donington on Bain are `bout 60 feet wide and the only remahning
:19:44. > :19:46.examples of their kind in the UK. But when the site was
:19:47. > :19:49.decommissioned, they were bought by a private owner and moved to a
:19:50. > :19:57.nearby field, where they've remained for 15 years. Sarah Walton reports.
:19:58. > :20:01.On this windswept hillside of the Lincolnshire Wolds, there's a rather
:20:02. > :20:06.unusual landmark. The Cold War radar dishes of RAF Stenigot. And in the
:20:07. > :20:13.nearby village, they're quite the local feature. They are part of the
:20:14. > :20:18.landscape. They have been there for a very long time. They are part and
:20:19. > :20:23.parcel of the village, really. But while there's a lot of pridd, few
:20:24. > :20:28.know exactly what they are. If something was made of them, if they
:20:29. > :20:32.were remounted, yes, you cotld see them doing something. As thdy are,
:20:33. > :20:36.laying in a field, nobody knows much about them. The dishes were built in
:20:37. > :20:39.1959 in the face of a growing threat from Russia. They were part of a
:20:40. > :20:44.vital NATO communications ndtwork, similar to this one in Berkshire.
:20:45. > :20:52.And it remained in use until the end of the Cold War. This is about as
:20:53. > :20:56.close as I can get to the dhshes. When they were decommissiondd in the
:20:57. > :20:59.1990s, they were bought by ` local businessmen who move them on to
:21:00. > :21:03.private property and they h`ve been there ever since. But we have filmed
:21:04. > :21:07.before them from a nearby mhlitary base. These days people travel from
:21:08. > :21:11.across the country to see what is the last remaining example of this
:21:12. > :21:17.kind of dish in the UK. And experts say they should have been preserved.
:21:18. > :21:22.It was unfortunate, like many things in this country, we have such a rich
:21:23. > :21:26.tapestry of heritage, looking after and trying to maintain everxthing is
:21:27. > :21:28.nearly impossible. It would be marvellous for a project to come
:21:29. > :21:32.forward to say that they wotld like to mount a couple of them b`ck up,
:21:33. > :21:36.just to remind us of how vital they were during the Cold War. Btt it's
:21:37. > :21:39.not that simple. English Heritage says their condition and thd fact
:21:40. > :21:43.that they've been moved would make it difficult for them to get any
:21:44. > :21:46.kind of protected status. The new owner says he admired the dhshes and
:21:47. > :21:51.bought them so they wouldn't be cut up for scrap. There are no hmmediate
:21:52. > :21:55.plans, but he hopes to use them as a film or photography location. A
:21:56. > :22:00.chance yet for these old radar dishes to get a new lease of life.
:22:01. > :22:04.A festival in Hull which promotes new music is to start charghng
:22:05. > :22:07.people. The Humber Street Sdsh attracted 40,000 visitors to last
:22:08. > :22:13.year's free event where arotnd 50 bands, musicians and entert`iners
:22:14. > :22:24.performed. Organisers say charging a ?3 entry fee will help make it
:22:25. > :22:34.sustainable. In 2030, we expected 15`20,000, and all of a sudden we
:22:35. > :22:39.got 41,000. `` in 2013. It'd help with the management, health and
:22:40. > :22:42.safety. We provided toilets, bars, waste management. And also to help
:22:43. > :22:48.with the catering. So were you caught out with an April
:22:49. > :22:51.Fool this morning? I thought the seven day fruit and veg was, but it
:22:52. > :22:55.is not. It's a tradition gohng back centuries and a chance for people to
:22:56. > :22:58.play practical jokes and ho`xes on friends and family. Tolu Addoye has
:22:59. > :23:02.been finding out what peopld across our area have been falling for.
:23:03. > :23:06.It's a day when you need to have your wits about you. Becausd if you
:23:07. > :23:09.don't, you may fall foul to a few pranks. Pupils at Francis Askew
:23:10. > :23:14.Primary in Hull have been playing tricks on their friends and family
:23:15. > :23:19.to mark April Fool's day. Mx family came in my bedroom and I had a
:23:20. > :23:25.bucket of water and I kept ht all over them. Is this the penchl? I
:23:26. > :23:32.said, what have you done to my pencil? He said, I am so sorry. I
:23:33. > :23:37.had swapped sugar for salt. In your dad 's tea? Pranksters have been at
:23:38. > :23:40.work across our area. The owner of this car in Hull was in for a
:23:41. > :23:43.surprise this morning. And hn Lincoln a photo emerged of repairs
:23:44. > :23:47.to the city's famous cathedral. So how did April Fools' Day st`rt? The
:23:48. > :23:51.origin isn't certain, but a popular theory is that when the Popd moved
:23:52. > :23:56.New Year's Day from April the 1st to January the 1st back in 1582, some
:23:57. > :24:00.people didn't know about it and they continued to celebrate New Xear s
:24:01. > :24:03.Day on April the 1st. Those people became the butt of jokes and pranks.
:24:04. > :24:06.Unsurprisingly, today's a btsy time for joke shops, with people buying
:24:07. > :24:15.lots to trick their nearest and dearest. Scratchcards where you can
:24:16. > :24:20.win up to ?5,000. They have been very popular. Traditional things,
:24:21. > :24:26.would`be cushions, joke biscuits, joke pencils, disappearing hnk. ``
:24:27. > :24:31.would`be cushions. Everyone likes to have a laugh. Laughing keeps you
:24:32. > :24:34.young. The media have also been in on the joke. The Grimsby Telegraph
:24:35. > :24:38.wrote of a new UFO course available in the town. And not to be outdone,
:24:39. > :24:42.Hull College launched a course in the art of taking selfies. But did
:24:43. > :24:45.anyone in the city believe ht was genuine? I think it's a bit stupid.
:24:46. > :24:56.I take selfies all the time, I don't need a degree. It's a bit of a joke.
:24:57. > :24:59.It's an April fool 's joke! So from the elaborate hoaxes to the simple
:25:00. > :25:02.practical jokes. It seems today many gullible folk in East Yorkshire and
:25:03. > :25:14.Lincolnshire have been well and truly had. Our stars of the show
:25:15. > :25:16.tonight, the pupils of Francis Askew primary school. They did a grand
:25:17. > :25:21.job. Let's get a recap of the national
:25:22. > :25:25.and regional headlines. A hhghly critical report into the sell`off of
:25:26. > :25:28.Royal mail, which cost taxp`yers hundreds of millions of pounds. A
:25:29. > :25:31.new charge has come in the sell`off of Royal mail, which cost t`xpayers
:25:32. > :25:33.hundreds of millions of pounds. A new charge has come into foreign
:25:34. > :25:35.lorry drivers using British roads some say they don't go far dnough. A
:25:36. > :25:43.great start tomorrow, fog clearing slowly, the risk of a few showers.
:25:44. > :25:48.18 Celsius, 64 Fahrenheit. Talking about lorries, foreign lorrhes
:25:49. > :25:54.paying ?10 per day, Jonathan says, ?10 per day for the `` wherd and
:25:55. > :26:01.care to ruin our roads, what is the date again? Road April the 0st. An
:26:02. > :26:07.English lorry over in Francd would be ?100 per day. Kevin says, should
:26:08. > :26:12.be at least that. A couple here making a suggestion of a minimum of
:26:13. > :26:15.?70 per day to begin with. Join me if you can tomorrow lunchtile. Have
:26:16. > :26:19.a nice evening, look after