:00:11. > :00:15.Good evening. When his son Lewis started taking drugs, David Dale was
:00:16. > :00:20.drawn into a world he never knew existed. At the age of 17 while high
:00:21. > :00:27.on M`Cat, Lewis Dale murderdd his grandmother in Hull. He was jailed
:00:28. > :00:31.for a minimum of 17 years. Tonight his father, David, shows us how easy
:00:32. > :00:33.it is to buy drugs in Hull ` according to him as easy as buying a
:00:34. > :00:36.packet of crisps ` and he w`nts packet of crisps ` and he wants
:00:37. > :00:38.other parents to understand the risks posed to teenagers. Here's
:00:39. > :00:38.other parents to understand the risks posed to teenagers. Hdre's our
:00:39. > :00:41.risks posed to teenagers. Here's our Health Correspondent, Vicky Johnson.
:00:42. > :00:43.Four years ago mephedrone ` known as M`Cat ` was a legal high and easy to
:00:44. > :00:48.buy. But the government ban in 010 buy. But the government ban in 010
:00:49. > :00:57.was supposed to make it harder to get hold of.
:00:58. > :00:58.This will stop unscrupulous manufacturers and others peddling
:00:59. > :01:00.different but a similar harlful different but a similar harmful
:01:01. > :01:03.drugs. But it's still readily available on
:01:04. > :01:06.the streets and cheap, according to this 15`year`old. His words have
:01:07. > :01:12.been revoiced to protect his identity.
:01:13. > :01:17.Very easy. It was harder to get someone to go into a shop and get a
:01:18. > :01:21.pack of fags for me. ?10, close exchange, electrical exchange,
:01:22. > :01:23.anything of value. Lewis Dale killed his grandlother
:01:24. > :01:26.Lewis Dale killed his grandmother and attacked his grandfather while
:01:27. > :01:29.high on drugs last year. He had started taking mephedrone when he
:01:30. > :01:34.was just 14. His father, David, who's never taken drugs, has
:01:35. > :01:36.recently made his own enquiries. It is literally a plague. Khds can
:01:37. > :01:43.It is literally a plague. Kids can get it. It is not a problem for
:01:44. > :01:46.them, like buying up I got crisps. `` like buying a pack of crisps. It
:01:47. > :01:51.`` like buying a pack of crhsps It is 3:20pm now, when I get it I will
:01:52. > :01:54.ring you back. David went off on his own talking to people he cale across
:01:55. > :01:58.in Hull city centre. Before the hour was up we got the
:01:59. > :02:00.call to meet him. I got what I intended to get. There
:02:01. > :02:03.you go. Crystal M`Cat. But we couldn't be sure whether this
:02:04. > :02:05.substance was indeed mephedrone so we took it to the university
:02:06. > :02:07.substance was indeed mephedrone, so we took it to the universitx of
:02:08. > :02:12.Lincoln for analysis. It matches with mephedrone
:02:13. > :02:15.hydrochloride. That is one of the main ingredients.
:02:16. > :02:18.A second test was carried ott to see A second test was carried out to see
:02:19. > :02:23.whether there were any other substances in the sample. Wd are
:02:24. > :02:29.fairly certain, cert as we can be at this point, that it is mephddrone.
:02:30. > :02:35.However, we will need furthdr testing to unequivocally be certain.
:02:36. > :02:40.It has not been bulked up, `s they It has not been bulked up, as they
:02:41. > :02:46.say, it is pure, or near enough pure, mephedrone.
:02:47. > :02:50.Our sample is now being destroyed by being mixed in this bottle with a
:02:51. > :02:52.solvent. After that it will be taken away and incinerated.
:02:53. > :02:54.While mephedrone use is rifd away and incinerated.
:02:55. > :02:55.While mephedrone use is rife in Hull While mephedrone use is rife in Hull
:02:56. > :02:57.according to this teenager, he's given up the drug because hd didn't
:02:58. > :03:01.given up the drug because he didn't like its side`effects.
:03:02. > :03:06.It does make you aggressive. It makes you not care about thd ones
:03:07. > :03:12.you love. You can hallucinate off it. It can do all sorts of things to
:03:13. > :03:17.do. `` to you. When you decide to do this drug you don't realise you can
:03:18. > :03:18.destroy your family as well as yourself.
:03:19. > :03:24.The police needed.
:03:25. > :03:25.People don't necessarily understand the risks and dangers and we're just
:03:26. > :03:27.the risks and dangers and wd're just starting to see some of the longer
:03:28. > :03:34.term effects coming through now. term effects coming through now.
:03:35. > :03:37.The police say for many that mephedrone has become the drug of
:03:38. > :03:41.choice. And they say they nded the public to call them if they suspect
:03:42. > :03:43.people are dealing in their community.
:03:44. > :03:46.The debate between Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage over Britain's future
:03:47. > :03:47.in Europe has prompted a big reaction in East Yorkshire and
:03:48. > :03:48.reaction in East Yorkshire `nd Lincolnshire.
:03:49. > :03:52.Our Political Editor, Tim Iredale, was watching along with politicians
:03:53. > :03:57.from our area. Tim joins us from Hull Marina now. What's the reaction
:03:58. > :04:02.been there? I can tell you that both sides are
:04:03. > :04:06.claiming victory tonight. Following a debate which oppressed many of the
:04:07. > :04:10.hot button topics often highlighted by voters in Lincolnshire and East
:04:11. > :04:15.Yorks. Jobs, immigration, whnd Yorks. Jobs, immigration, whnd
:04:16. > :04:19.turbines, and, of course, the very question of whether Britain should
:04:20. > :04:21.remain part of the European Union. In a moment we will have re`ction
:04:22. > :04:26.from a senior Lib Dem councillor in from a senior Lib Dem councillor in
:04:27. > :04:34.all, but first there is UKIP's regional chairman for Yorkshire and
:04:35. > :04:37.North Lincolnshire. `` Lib Dem councillor in Hull. I think what we
:04:38. > :04:40.saw was Nigel standing up for Great Britain and the British people
:04:41. > :04:45.against Nick Clegg. Again, spinning the truth as he is
:04:46. > :04:50.well`known for their income and he was standing up the European Union
:04:51. > :04:52.and his pension at a later date Obviously I think Nick Clegg won the
:04:53. > :04:55.debate and it was good he w`s able debate and it was good he was able
:04:56. > :05:01.to get across the key message that we have to be in Europe to be in
:05:02. > :05:03.work. Being in Europe means lots of jobs, lots of jobs are linked to
:05:04. > :05:07.jobs, lots of jobs are linkdd to Europe, that is important. Somewhere
:05:08. > :05:13.like Hull, we need the jobs and the risk of coming out of the EU would
:05:14. > :05:18.be detrimental to the number of jobs we have in Hull. The poll tonight
:05:19. > :05:24.suggests that Nigel Farage was the winner by some margin, but they will
:05:25. > :05:26.tell you the only poll that counts is the one decided by voters and
:05:27. > :05:31.that will come in the European that will come in the Europdan
:05:32. > :05:35.elections on May the 22nd. A man has been charged with
:05:36. > :05:36.manslaughter after the death of a man in Lincolnshire. The body of
:05:37. > :05:41.32`year`old Richard Woods was found 32`year`old Richard Woods was found
:05:42. > :05:44.at a house in Louth in Janu`ry. Harry Scott, who is 23, has been
:05:45. > :05:46.bailed to appear at Skegness Magistrates' court later this month.
:05:47. > :05:49.Magistrates' court later thhs month. One of Britain's last remaining deep
:05:50. > :05:50.pit coal mines is to close in Yorkshire. UK Coal has annotnced
:05:51. > :05:54.Yorkshire. UK Coal has announced Kellingley Colliery near Goole will
:05:55. > :05:57.shut in the next 18 months, with a possible loss of 700 jobs. It's also
:05:58. > :06:01.announced the closure of Thoresby Colliery in Nottinghamshire. It will
:06:02. > :06:05.leave Hatfield Colliery in South Yorkshire as Britain's last
:06:06. > :06:08.remaining deep pit mine. A mum from Spalding in Lincolnshire
:06:09. > :06:09.has been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pax
:06:10. > :06:11.has been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs
:06:12. > :06:17.after failing to make sure her daughter goes to school. Tr`cey
:06:18. > :06:18.Baxter told the court that 16`year`old Devon had missed almost
:06:19. > :06:25.half of the school year bec`use half of the school year because
:06:26. > :06:28.she'd been ill. It has been rather cold and foggy
:06:29. > :06:33.today, let's look at the forecast for tomorrow with Paul.
:06:34. > :06:38.Good evening, it is a misty and murky night out of there, a lot of
:06:39. > :06:42.cloud tomorrow, missed and fog for the hills, but a change on white ``
:06:43. > :06:46.Friday. West to south`westerly will brighten the skies. But it hs a
:06:47. > :06:50.brighten the skies. But it is a miserable night out of therd, a bit
:06:51. > :06:54.of patchy rain and drizzle, that Mr and fog, as well, lowest
:06:55. > :07:03.temperatures coming in around six or seven Celsius. And so for Thursday.
:07:04. > :07:05.`` that missed macro and fog. Inland areas may well brighten up a
:07:06. > :07:05.`` that missed macro and fog. Inland areas may well brighten up ` little
:07:06. > :07:11.bit, but a lot of cloud is expected. bit, but a lot of cloud is dxpected.
:07:12. > :07:14.A very chilly day along the coast where it brightens inland, tp
:07:15. > :07:17.A very chilly day along the coast where it brightens inland, up to 12,
:07:18. > :07:18.13, possibly 18 Celsius in West Norfolk.
:07:19. > :07:24.13, possibly 18 Celsius in West Remember you can always e`m`il us,
:07:25. > :07:27.we are of course back tomorrow at 6:25am with more news, weather and
:07:28. > :07:33.travel updates throughout the morning for.
:07:34. > :07:36.be dry. The air pollution has been hitting the headlines today. For
:07:37. > :07:43.more information on that, here is my colleague.
:07:44. > :07:49.Good evening. Very hazy skies in London today and many other towns
:07:50. > :07:53.and cities across the UK. On Thursday there is the chance of some
:07:54. > :07:56.pretty high pollution in the south-east and East Anglia but by
:07:57. > :08:03.the time we get towards the end of the week, we will see clearer
:08:04. > :08:06.Atlantique air coming in and we should get rid of the Saharan dust
:08:07. > :08:11.which has been making services grubby in the last few days. You can
:08:12. > :08:20.see the pattern across the Atlantic. We also have a weather
:08:21. > :08:28.front. The beginning of that change is affecting many western areas of
:08:29. > :08:32.the UK. This particular cloud across the North Sea, you can see there is
:08:33. > :08:37.a general drift here towards Scotland and the North Sea coasts.
:08:38. > :08:42.It has been cold and cloudy and I think that cloud will drift further
:08:43. > :08:44.southwards and westwards through the course of the night. There will be a
:08:45. > :08:46.gloomy start to the