:00:00. > 3:59:59forget a first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel. But
:00:00. > :00:10.now Good evening. Humberside's Chief
:00:11. > :00:14.Constable has told BBC Look North that cuts in police numbers won't
:00:15. > :00:19.mean a poorer service. The force is facing the loss of 200 officers in
:00:20. > :00:23.the next four years. In Lincolnshire they are still fighting for extra
:00:24. > :00:26.funds. We will have more on that in just a moment, but first Sarah
:00:27. > :00:29.Corker has this report on the future of Humberside Police.
:00:30. > :00:33.Justine Curran's arrival was heralded as a new era for the
:00:34. > :00:37.Humberside force. It's been a year where she's received royal
:00:38. > :00:40.recognition for her services. Her officers have faced the challenges
:00:41. > :00:45.of policing EDL matches, and the chaos of December's tidal strge
:00:46. > :00:46.of policing EDL matches, and the chaos of December's tidal surge. ``
:00:47. > :00:49.chaos of December's tidal strge `` marches. Her biggest test is the
:00:50. > :00:53.same, cutting crime with fewer officers. It's roughly around the
:00:54. > :00:57.200 officer mark, and up to 500 police staff, so it is signhficant.
:00:58. > :01:02.police staff, so it is significant. I'm not ducking that. What we are
:01:03. > :01:05.doing at the same time is a lot of modernisation, a lot of change in
:01:06. > :01:07.how we work, how we use technology. Can you understand the publhc's
:01:08. > :01:12.Can you understand the public's concern that this is restricting the
:01:13. > :01:22.force's ability to fight crime? Of course I can understand the concern.
:01:23. > :01:26.I'm not sitting here saying, that's a fantastic thing for us, btt the
:01:27. > :01:29.reason I'm here is to be a bit more sophisticated about it than that.
:01:30. > :01:31.21st`century policing is not as simple as having a cop on every
:01:32. > :01:33.street. And working with the street. And working with thd
:01:34. > :01:35.community and businesses dohng their bit to help police is seen as
:01:36. > :01:35.community and businesses doing their bit to help police is seen `s the
:01:36. > :01:38.bit to help police is seen as the way forward. If you see a crime you
:01:39. > :01:42.way forward. If you see a crime, you should be able to stop it, not just
:01:43. > :01:45.leave it to the police or the community police. I still don't
:01:46. > :01:49.think you can beat seeing bobbies walking around and doing thdir job.
:01:50. > :01:51.I think it has a good effect. The force is increasingly sharing
:01:52. > :01:55.expertise. One dive team serves all Yorkshire forces. Mounted officers
:01:56. > :01:59.are hired in. So what's next? I don't think the merger of forces is
:02:00. > :02:02.on the agenda at the moment. What we need to do, to make sure we are
:02:03. > :02:06.protecting our front`line officers in communities, is to share where we
:02:07. > :02:08.can for those specialist functions I've talked about that are
:02:09. > :02:12.expensive, that we can do better together. When you first st`rted,
:02:13. > :02:17.together. When you first started, you said, I hope the Commissioner
:02:18. > :02:23.leaves policing to us. Has he done that or has he been interfering? No,
:02:24. > :02:24.he's not been interfering. The commissioner's role is to sdt the
:02:25. > :02:27.commissioner's role is to set the strategic priorities, which he's
:02:28. > :02:31.done through the Police and Crime Plan, to give us the budget we need
:02:32. > :02:33.and hold us to account. But it's my job to deliver policing. He respects
:02:34. > :02:37.that. With ?30 million of savings to that. With ?30 million of s`vings to
:02:38. > :02:38.make, top of the to`do list, designing a modern force th`t
:02:39. > :02:38.make, top of the to`do list, designing a modern force that uses
:02:39. > :02:40.new technology to fight crile. new technology to fight crime.
:02:41. > :02:43.Lincolnshire Police has argted for Lincolnshire Police has argted for
:02:44. > :02:44.years that it is underfunded and today, on a visit to the county,
:02:45. > :02:45.years that it is underfunded and today, on a visit to the cotnty the
:02:46. > :02:47.today, on a visit to the county, the Justice Minister promised a review
:02:48. > :02:53.into whether the distribution of money is fair. Jake Zuckerman
:02:54. > :02:53.into whether the distribution of money is fair. Jake Zuckerm`n has
:02:54. > :02:57.money is fair. Jake Zuckerman has more.
:02:58. > :03:00.Police and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green took to the Ermine
:03:01. > :03:03.Damian Green took to the Erline estate in Lincoln to see for himself
:03:04. > :03:07.the challenges that Lincolnshire Police face. His visit todax,
:03:08. > :03:09.Police face. His visit today, an opportunity for those involved in
:03:10. > :03:14.policing the county to meet and lobby for a better deal. If I look
:03:15. > :03:18.in my crystal ball, the pot of money for policing is shrinking. My
:03:19. > :03:20.mission really is to make sure Lincolnshire gets a fair sh`re
:03:21. > :03:20.mission really is to make stre Lincolnshire gets a fair share of
:03:21. > :03:22.Lincolnshire gets a fair sh`re of that, and as a smaller force
:03:23. > :03:23.Lincolnshire gets a fair share of that, and as a smaller forcd that's
:03:24. > :03:24.really quite efficient alre`dy, we've been impressing on the
:03:25. > :03:26.we've been impressing on thd Minister the need to fund
:03:27. > :03:27.Lincolnshire police properlx at Minister the need to fund
:03:28. > :03:33.Lincolnshire police properlx at the cost of being in business.
:03:34. > :03:36.Lincolnshire Police has to save nearly ?20 million by 2015. The
:03:37. > :03:37.force says it has already made considerable progress reduchng the
:03:38. > :03:39.number of police officers by considerable progress reducing the
:03:40. > :03:40.number of police officers bx 10 , number of police officers bx 10 ,
:03:41. > :03:41.and outsourcing back`office functions to private company
:03:42. > :03:45.and outsourcing back`office functions to private companx G4S.
:03:46. > :03:47.functions to private company G4S. But in January, the Governmdnt
:03:48. > :03:49.functions to private companx G4S. But in January, the Government cut a
:03:50. > :03:51.further ?1 million from the force's budget, a move which led to this
:03:52. > :03:55.reaction by Police and Crimd reaction by Police and Crime
:03:56. > :03:59.Commissioner Alan Hardwick. We have here the government performhng what
:04:00. > :04:00.I can only describe as a slhght of hand, they're picking the pockets of
:04:01. > :04:02.the people of Lincolnshire `nd hand, they're picking the pockets of
:04:03. > :04:04.the people of Lincolnshire and other the people of Lincolnshire and other
:04:05. > :04:09.counties by giving us money with one hand, and taking millions of pounds
:04:10. > :04:12.back with the other hand. Today the Minister confirmed the government is
:04:13. > :04:17.reviewing the funding formula that determines how much money
:04:18. > :04:21.Lincolnshire Police receives. I have set in train a root and branch look
:04:22. > :04:25.at the funding formula so that we can be as fair as possible to all
:04:26. > :04:28.parts of the country. The chance to speak directly to the Minister is a
:04:29. > :04:31.rare opportunity, and those in charge of Lincolnshire's force will
:04:32. > :04:39.hope they have managed to influence government thinking.
:04:40. > :04:43.It will be the UK's largest solar energy farm and it will be built at
:04:44. > :04:47.RAF Faldingworth just outside Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. But despite
:04:48. > :04:48.claims that the farm will produce enough energy for 12,000 homes,
:04:49. > :04:51.enough energy for 12,000 holes, people living nearby insist it
:04:52. > :04:55.should never have been given planning permission. Our business
:04:56. > :05:01.correspondent Paul Murphy joins me now. Paul, why has this row broke
:05:02. > :05:06.out? It boils down to the type of land
:05:07. > :05:12.this solar energy Park is being built on, government guidance they
:05:13. > :05:17.should only be tilted on Brownfield or former industrial sites, the
:05:18. > :05:20.council says that is what this site actually is. It's a former
:05:21. > :05:23.airfield. Many local people disagree. In actual fact thhs is not
:05:24. > :05:26.disagree. In actual fact this is not a brownfield site. It was a
:05:27. > :05:27.Brownfield site when it was the airfield, the World War Two
:05:28. > :05:32.airfield. But since its comlission airfield. But since its comlission
:05:33. > :05:39.it's undergone a project of reinstatement. `` back to
:05:40. > :05:44.agriculture. There is a concern, a agriculture. There is a concern a
:05:45. > :05:48.wider concern in Lincolnshire, this food production Co, there is a
:05:49. > :05:51.danger to the elements like these are encroaching on prime
:05:52. > :05:54.agricultural land. We have spent many years making the case to
:05:55. > :05:57.government that Lincolnshire's land is worth a huge amount to government
:05:58. > :06:03.and national plc for food security reasons. We would be very crazy if
:06:04. > :06:12.we then start saying that solar is OK on agricultural land. We will see
:06:13. > :06:18.more of this tension between energy production, and that biomass or wind
:06:19. > :06:21.or solar and food production, particularly in Lincolnshird, a part
:06:22. > :06:26.particularly in Lincolnshire, a part of the country which is ide`lly
:06:27. > :06:29.suited to both. And in tonight's Challenge Cup game, Hull FC drew
:06:30. > :06:38.36`all to Salford, before going out on a golden point. It has been a
:06:39. > :06:43.miserable day, let take a look at the weather. Yellow mac good
:06:44. > :06:47.evening, an improvement tomorrow. A damp and grey start but it should
:06:48. > :06:53.get brighter and we will get a south`westerly and that will create
:06:54. > :06:56.`` clear any air pollution. Much improved air quality. Some patchy
:06:57. > :07:01.outbreaks of rain to come tonight. Hill fog, some mist and temperatures
:07:02. > :07:05.around seven or eight agrees. Friday, a familiar start, misty
:07:06. > :07:08.around seven or eight agrees. Friday, a familiar start, mhsty and
:07:09. > :07:12.dumb but any rain will move away to the north. Cloud into the afternoon
:07:13. > :07:17.but it will get brighter, some sunny intervals and will not two showers,
:07:18. > :07:24.top afternoon temperatures, 14 or 15 degrees. That is the forecast.
:07:25. > :07:30.Newsnight is over on BBC Two with an exclusive interview with the former
:07:31. > :07:34.US president, Jimmy Carter. We are back tomorrow at 6:25am. Goodbye.
:07:35. > :07:38.weather looks. Now the latest on the pesky pollution.
:07:39. > :07:46.Good evening. They say a change of air is good for you and that is what
:07:47. > :07:51.we have on the way. The brush that will sweep away all of the air
:07:52. > :07:55.pollution is a weather system developing in the Atlantic. The
:07:56. > :07:59.Atlantic implements very much across the UK from the next few days --
:08:00. > :08:04.over the next few days. Cleaner air from the Atlantic. Ringing rain as
:08:05. > :08:08.well. That is also good because it tends to wash the particles out of
:08:09. > :08:12.the air. We have seen that happening today with fairly heavy rain at
:08:13. > :08:13.times across parts of Wales and south-west England. It will continue
:08:14. > :08:14.north