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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight... | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Taking their fight to Westminster. Taking their fight to Westmhnster. | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
Campaigners lobby MPs over plans to close more than 30 libraries in | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Lincolnshire. We need the lhbraries to stay open for the kids. They | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
can't learn everything at home. The man who says his life is on hold | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
because of delays in getting his cancer test results. It's like | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
waiting for the axe to fall. You don't know whether you have or you | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
haven't until you get those results. Also tonight... The potenti`lly | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
dangerous debris washed onto an East Yorkshire beach. I'm at Ulrome, | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
where visitors have been advised to stay away until the area has been | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
made safe. And the little girl's big | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
fundraising effort to bring a polar bear to Yorkshire. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
And will do fine weather continue? Join me for the forecasting 15 | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
minutes. `` will the fine wdather continue? | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
Good evening. Campaigners who are fighting to save more than 30 | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
libraries across Lincolnshire have been to Downing Street demanding the | :01:21. | :01:21. | |
government stops the proposdd government stops the proposdd | :01:22. | :01:30. | |
closures. Lincolnshire County Council wants community grotps to | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
Council wants community groups to take over the running of many | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
libraries to save ?2 million. But some library users says that is not | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
good enough and and have marched on Westminster. | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
A special delivery to the most famous front door in the country. | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
This book handed in to Downhng Street today contains some of the | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
23000 signatures from a petition aimed at saving Lincolnshird's | :01:55. | :01:55. | |
aimed at saving Lincolnshire's threatened libraries. Pleasd ensure | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
that libraries can stay open across our country, so that people can self | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
educate, enjoy reading for leisure, access Internet knowledge eight, | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
just basically make full usd of access Internet knowledge ehght | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
just basically make full use of all just basically make full use of all | :02:11. | :02:10. | |
that library has to offer. Ts that library has to offer. Us | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
Internet technology. Simon Draper, who's a full time carer to his wife | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
Timber, has secured a judicial review at the High Court to try to | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
overturn the decision to close libraries across the county. The | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
higher you go, the more you need a computer and these kids need | :02:28. | :02:28. | |
computers, though they are at the computers, though they are `t the | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
libraries. We need the libr`ries to stay open for the kids, who cannot | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
learn everything at home. In June last year, the County Council | :02:40. | :02:40. | |
learn everything at home. In June last year, the County Counchl said | :02:41. | :02:40. | |
last year, the County Council said it would review how librarids were | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
run in an effort to save ?2 million. Three months later, 20,000 people | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
had signed a petition against closing libraries as a constltation | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
closing libraries as a consultation came to an end. The council revealed | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
in November that 25 out of 30 libraries could be saved if | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
volunteers came forward to run them. Campaigners said they would go | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
to the High Court to challenge the decision to either closed or asked | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
volunteers to run the service. We had extensive consultation, listen | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
to it, and came to a decision. It is important, not just for staff | :03:18. | :03:18. | |
affected, but all communitids important, not just for staff | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
affected, but all communities trying affected, but all communities trying | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
to develop these community libraries that we move forward so everyone | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
knows where they stand. The government says there have been many | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
examples of volunteers successfully taking over the running of local | :03:31. | :03:31. | |
libraries. But the word from taking over the running of local | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
libraries. But the word frol Downing libraries. But the word from Downing | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
Street tonight is that it remains a matter for Lincolnshire County | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
Council. The Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin helped | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
organise today's meeting with library campaigners in London and | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
joins me now. Good evening. The council have to save ?2 million and | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
are offering an alternative way of running these libraries. Shouldn't | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
they be applauded for their creative solution? We see a Conservative | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
government slashing money and a Conservative council making a tough | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
decision. But a decision th`t is affecting people around their | :04:13. | :04:13. | |
affecting people around thehr ordinary lives. Libraries are part | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
of the life blood of local communities. If you cut 30 out of | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
45, that will make a real difference. And how people get about | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
their daily lives. Some are being kept open, some run by volunteers, | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
in Lincolnshire. Not many people going to libraries anyway. Hs this | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
just because it is conservatives doing it? There are people from | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
across Lincolnshire rising up saying across Lincolnshire rising tp saying | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
they have had enough, handing in a huge petition to the Prime Linister | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
seeing to listen to them. I am told 39 people went on the court, does | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
not sound like much of an uprising. They are resent `` they are | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
representing far more, as you know, Peter, volunteers can help run | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
libraries, but need proper support and training and expertise. If that | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
is not done properly, there will be a scandal down the line and people | :05:16. | :05:16. | |
like me will stand and selling a scandal down the line and people | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
like me will stand and selling more difficult questions from people like | :05:20. | :05:20. | |
yourself. 82% of people frol yourself. 82% of people frol | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
Lincolnshire are not active borrowers, meaning 18% do, no one is | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
going to libraries any more That does not recognise the complexity of | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
this. Library in a local community, particularly those are we from other | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
things, provides a real link to everything else. If we go down this | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
route, we will suffer in the longer route, we will suffer in thd longer | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
run. This is not the way forward. The government and the local council | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
should get around the table and find a better way forward for local | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
people. The Labour MP for Scunthorpe, thank you. | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
We'd like to hear what you think about this story. Are Lincolnshire | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
County Council being reason`ble over their plans for libraries in the | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
county? Or should they prioritise the service and avoid these cuts in | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
the library budget? Maybe you are a regular user of libraries stop you | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
may have seen the statistics I gave there. Would you be prepared to help | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
run one? The subject of libraries, wd | :06:24. | :06:44. | |
followed this story right through, and we can have some of your | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
thoughts tonight before we are done thoughts tonight before we `re done | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
at seven o'clock. Bank you for watching this Tuesday night. In a | :06:50. | :06:58. | |
moment... `` thank you for watching. It's a year since Margaret | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
Thatcher's death. So why hasn't Grantham got a permanent st`tue to | :07:04. | :07:04. | |
Grantham got a permanent statue to its most famous daughter? | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
A man from East Yorkshire says its most famous daughter? | :07:07. | :07:07. | |
A man from East Yorkshire s`ys the A man from East Yorkshire says the | :07:08. | :07:07. | |
prolonged wait for cancer tdst prolonged wait for cancer test | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
results is like having an axe over his head. John Howitt from Bilton | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
Hull was told he'd find out last week whether or not he's suffering | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
from prostate cancer. But bdcause of from prostate cancer. But bdcause of | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
delays at the pathology lab, the results won't now be known until | :07:20. | :07:21. | |
results won't now be known tntil next week at the earliest. Hospital | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
managers have apologised. John Howitt trying to keep busy. He | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
John Howitt trying to keep busy He first went to see his GP back in | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
November and should have found out November and should have found out | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
last Friday whether he does indeed, as he fears, have prostate cancer. | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
But his appointment was cancelled because his biopsy results had been | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
delayed. It's like waiting for the axe to fall. You don't know whether | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
you have or you haven't unthl you you have or you haven't unthl you | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
get those results. So you are left worrying in limbo. ?? WHITE a biopsy | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
is the only way to make a definitive is the only way to make a definitive | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
cancer diagnosis. It involvds taking a small sample of tissue, which is | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
then examined under a microscope, to see whether or not it contahns | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
cancerous cells. The vast m`jority of blood and tissue samples are | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
tested here in the pathology labs. tested here in the pathologx labs. | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
However, due to increasing demand, like many other trusts, somd are | :08:10. | :08:10. | |
like many other trusts, some are sent to a different centre for | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
analysis. But a hospital spokesman said this should not lead to | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
significant delays. And they have apologised to Mr Howitt for any | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
inconvenience and distress caused. They need to consider the | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
individuals that they are ddaling with, and what people have to go | :08:26. | :08:33. | |
through when these situations occur. Prostate cancer kills one man every | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
Prostate cancer kills one m`n every hour across the UK. That's more | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
Prostate cancer kills one man every hour across the UK. That's lore than | :08:38. | :08:37. | |
hour across the UK. That's more than 10,000 every year. Charities say it | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
could be psychologically damaging 10,000 every year. Charities say it | :08:42. | :08:42. | |
could be psychologically dalaging if could be psychologically damaging if | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
test results are delayed. When you have a potential diagnosis of | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
cancer, you will be worried. And in his situation, they are | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
investigating and think he has got cancer, and they are waiting for the | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
results. And therefore, it is worrying. John claims that he was | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
told his delays are down to staffing problems in the labs. Claims the | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
trust has denied. He should get his results now next week. Until then, | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
he's trying to keep his fears about a possible cancer diagnosis at bay. | :09:15. | :09:16. | |
Vicky's with me in the studho. a possible cancer diagnosis at bay. | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
Vicky's with me in the studho. How significant could this delay in | :09:19. | :09:20. | |
Vicky's with me in the studio. How significant could this delax in any | :09:21. | :09:20. | |
significant could this delay in any diagnosis be? Finding cancer early | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
on can make a huge difference, because treatments can be more | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
simple and straightforward `nd because treatments can be more | :09:31. | :09:31. | |
simple and straightforward and more successful. For many cancers, there | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
have been huge leaps forward in survival rates. For instancd, | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
survival rates. For instance, particularly for prostate c`ncers. | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
particularly for prostate cancers. Of the men who are diagnosed, 8 % | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
will live for at least five years or more. I have spoken to the hospital | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
trust and they have said that, as trust and they have said that, as | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
soon as they have Mr Howitt's results, he will get an appointment | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
straightaway. Thank you very much. straightaway. Thank you very much. | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
Some more news in brief. Work to build a wind farm off the | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
East Yorkshire Coast will continue in spite of complaints about | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
excessive noise at night. People living in Withernsea say thdy're | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
being woken by the noise, and called for a halt to the work by Dong | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
Energy. The Marine Management Organisation says it will continue | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
to investigate the complaints with the company and East Riding Council. | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
A care home in North East Lincolnshire has been told it isn't | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
Lincolnshire has been told ht isn't protecting residents against the | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
risks of unsafe care. The company that runs Cranwell Court in Grimsby | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
says it's working closely with the Care Quality Commission to hmprove | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
standards. An announcement over the future of | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
Kellingley Colliery near Goole is expected within days. The government | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
is seeing if it can help financially towards a managed closure of the | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
pit. It comes after UK coal announced the closure of one of | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
Britain's last remaining dedp coal mines. | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
Friends of a doctor from Lincoln, who drowned on the second day | :10:59. | :10:59. | |
Friends of a doctor from Lincoln, who drowned on the second d`y of a | :11:00. | :11:01. | |
holiday to Tenerife, have described her as a loving mother. Bar`thi | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
her as a loving mother. Barathi Ravikumar died along with another | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
British woman. It's thought they'd been trying to rescue children after | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
they were dragged into the sea by a wave. | :11:17. | :11:18. | |
Tenerife rocks from which two children were swept from on Sunday. | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
They survived. But two of their would`be rescuers died. One Barathi | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
Ravikumar, a doctor from Lincoln. She, friends and family on just | :11:31. | :11:32. | |
their second day of a Canary Island their second day of a Canarx Island | :11:33. | :11:33. | |
holiday to the resort of Playa holiday to the resort of Playa | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
Paraiso. Earlier, I spoke to Tenerife journalist, Rita Sobot. | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
What has been the community reaction? I imagine I'd considerable | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
amount of English visitors? Everyone is very short, the two children | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
losing their mothers. There is investigations going on to say | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
exactly what has happened. Obviously, I'd be of great sadness, | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
but also great bravery. `` one day of great sadness. Investigations, | :12:09. | :12:09. | |
though, will now centre arotnd the though, will now centre arotnd the | :12:10. | :12:11. | |
safety of that section of Tenerife's safety of that section of Tdnerife's | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
coastline. One Islanders said that on part of the coast where the | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
problems were, it's very common for swimmers to get into troubld. | :12:22. | :12:24. | |
problems were, it's very colmon for swimmers to get into trouble. But at | :12:25. | :12:24. | |
swimmers to get into troubld. But at home, tributes from those who knew | :12:25. | :12:26. | |
Dr Barathi Ravikumar well. A Dr Barathi Ravikumar well. A | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
fabulous person. A loving mother to her children. Helping everybody who | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
was in distress. Unfortunately, she was in distress. Unfortunately, she | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
lost her life. We are all vdry lost her life. We are all very | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
sorry. And we cannot express our sorry Pete enough. `` deep enough. | :12:46. | :12:54. | |
Dri Ravikumar's family are part of the Indian community, many working | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
at Lincoln County Hospital. Friends are coming together to arrange for | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
her body to be returned to the city, where there will be a Hindu | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
service and cremation. And for those who knew heart as her GP, `` Newhart | :13:08. | :13:14. | |
as their GP, it is likely to get will continue to pour in. That's | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
macro Newhart as their GP, ht is macro Newhart as their GP, ht is | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
likely through bits will continue. Still ahead tonight... The school | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
girl's campaign to give pol`r bear a better home. I really like animals. | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
And it's not good where she is living. | :13:33. | :13:41. | |
Please keep sending your photographs. There was one rainbow | :13:42. | :13:49. | |
last night. Lots of room for pictures. This one was chosdn. | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
last night. Lots of room for pictures. This one was chosen. Matt | :13:54. | :13:55. | |
Britton took this of a rainbow over North Bar in Beverley. Lots of | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
rainbow pictures. It was about 7:30pm last night. Good evening, | :14:01. | :14:10. | |
young man, how are you? You remember the rainbow news? One person | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
described your selfie, picttre the rainbow news? One person | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
described your selfie, picture next described your selfie, picture next | :14:19. | :14:19. | |
to sell black and Cliff Richard I to sell black and Cliff Richard I | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
think if it was a website dddicated to has`been is? `` next to Cilla | :14:24. | :14:33. | |
Black. One person said I made Robert Peston look interesting! | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
Someone has to. Variable cloud with sunshine is the outlook. A ridge of | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
high pressure to this size leans it will be breezy. Not quite as windy | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
as today, but breezy, and the dry picture last for the next few | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
as today, but breezy, and the dry picture last for the next fdw days. | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
Some showers, quickly moving through this morning, but the afternoon | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
ending on a beautiful note, lots of sunshine. It is windy, especially | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
across Lincolnshire, easing off slightly, and very quiet night in | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
prospect. Dry with clear periods. Cloud increasing from the West | :15:15. | :15:15. | |
Cloud increasing from the Wdst later, that it stays dry and we will | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
see temperatures down to about six Celsius. The sun will rise in the | :15:22. | :15:29. | |
morning at about 16 minutes past six. A fine day to come tomorrow. | :15:30. | :15:39. | |
Guys will turn cloudy at tiles, Guys will turn cloudy at tiles, | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
maybe even spots of rain. `` skies will turn cloudy. But predominantly | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
bright, and some sunny spells as cloud breaks. We have just great 12 | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
Celsius in parts of the region Celsius in parts of the region | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
today, we could go higher tomorrow. 14 Celsius not bad for this time of | :16:02. | :16:02. | |
year. Thursday looks fine. A weak year. Thursday looks fine. @ weak | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
cold front may bring some patchy cold front may bring some patchy | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
light rain on Thursday night, then Friday sees a resumption of the fine | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
weather, with some sunshine, much of the weekend looking fine and dry. | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
That is the forecast. Just had Cliff Richard's solicitors | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
on the phone. You should call back after seven o'clock. Some strprises | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
for you. See you tomorrow. OK! Visitors to the East Yorkshire coast | :16:33. | :16:43. | |
are being told to stay off the beach at Ulrome, because a load of | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
concrete blocks have been strewn along the beach. The East Riding | :16:47. | :16:48. | |
Council says they're potenthally Council says they're potenthally | :16:49. | :16:50. | |
hazardous and they're advishng members of the public to stay | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
hazardous and they're advising members of the public to st`y away. | :16:53. | :16:54. | |
Our reporter Phillip Norton is there. What is the problem there? | :16:55. | :17:01. | |
These are some of the concrdte blocks which been scattered all over | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
this section of the beach at Ulrome. There is a caravan park just above | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
the close. They can to some locals, they said this was part of the sea | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
defences washed down in Decdmber in those YouTube storms and tidal surge | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
is. They are out on the beach over there and in the distance. The | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
council have started an operation to remove these items, seeing them as a | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
potential danger. There is one reinforcing rod sticking out. The | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
operation will take about ten days to complete and they are ASCII | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
people to stay away whilst this work is ongoing. As are asking pdople. I | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
have been here for a few hotrs and people are still around, watching | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
dogs and so on. The council is doing what it can to make it safe. | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Thank you very much. The Football Association will make a | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
ruling on the proposed name change for Hull City tomorrow. It comes | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
after the majority of Hull Tigers season ticket holders who voted in a | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
ballot have backed the club's owners who want to change the name to Hull | :18:11. | :18:13. | |
Tigers. The results, though, showed less than half those eligible | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
actually voted. A big day tomorrow. We talked about this last night. And | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
there was a big response, thank you for all your e`mails, text `nd | :18:23. | :18:23. | |
for all your e`mails, text and tweets. | :18:24. | :19:02. | |
Thank you very much indeed for all of those. The demanding schedule | :19:03. | :19:14. | |
continues for Grimsby Town. There is build`up of that game on FM, AM, DAB | :19:15. | :19:24. | |
and online. On BBC Radio Humberside, the build`up has already began. | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
People will have the opporttnity to view plans for a permanent memorial | :19:32. | :19:33. | |
in Lincolnshire to remember the crews of Bomber Command. Thd | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
memorial will stand on Canwick crews of Bomber Command. The | :19:37. | :19:38. | |
memorial will stand on Canwhck Hill memorial will stand on Canwick Hill | :19:39. | :19:40. | |
on the outskirts of Lincoln. A presentation is taking place | :19:41. | :19:41. | |
on the outskirts of Lincoln. A presentation is taking placd at the | :19:42. | :19:41. | |
presentation is taking place at the University of Lincoln tonight. | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
Cleethorpes Leisure Centre has re`opened this afternoon. The pool | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
had been closed for more th`n re`opened this afternoon. The pool | :19:52. | :19:53. | |
had been closed for more than a had been closed for more than a | :19:54. | :19:54. | |
month after people slipped following a ?2 million refurbishment. | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
He's been surviving on water, vitamins and fruit juice and has | :20:00. | :20:02. | |
lost two stone since the 5th of March. Simon Cross, a chapl`in | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
lost two stone since the 5th of March. Simon Cross, a chaplain in | :20:08. | :20:08. | |
North East Lincolnshire, has been fasting for the past few wedks to | :20:09. | :20:10. | |
raise awareness of food poverty. His raise awareness of food povdrty His | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
fast will come to an end on Sunday. Tolu Adeoye has been to see how he's | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
getting on with five days to go It's lunch time for Simon Cross. | :20:21. | :20:22. | |
getting on with five days to go. It's lunch time for Simon Cross But | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
there's really not much to it. It's been 35 days since he last had | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
anything to eat. He's been living on water, vitamins, and fruit juice. | :20:30. | :20:40. | |
Still feeling OK. You've got to sort of mentally get yourself through. | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
And the only way to do that is just to do it day by day. Sometiles hour | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
by hour. Simon's given up food for 40 days to highlight the issue of | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
food poverty. He's been givhng talks food poverty. He's been givhng talks | :20:51. | :20:52. | |
to raise awareness and encouraging people to donate to food banks. I | :20:53. | :20:54. | |
can't last a day without a meal. So can't last a day without a leal So | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
I think it's just amazing that he's been able to do it for that long. | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
It's just a great way of getting the message out. And it's a really clear | :21:04. | :21:05. | |
way of doing it as well. I'l really way of doing it as well. I'm really | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
impressed with what he's done with all this food. I mean, it's quite a | :21:10. | :21:11. | |
lot of food. And it's really good lot of food. And it's reallx good | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
that it's going to a good cause. So you've not been tempted to have just | :21:16. | :21:18. | |
a little nibble of something? Yeah, definitely, I've been temptdd | :21:19. | :21:19. | |
a little nibble of something? Yeah, definitely, I've been tempted from | :21:20. | :21:20. | |
definitely, I've been temptdd from time to time. When I'm in the house | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
by myself, just to help mysdlf to by myself, just to help mysdlf to | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
something. I think, nobody will ever know, kind of thing. But so far | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
I've managed to not do that. I've been really, really strongly | :21:30. | :21:30. | |
been really, really stronglx supported by friends, family, | :21:31. | :21:31. | |
supported by friends, familx, colleagues, the students here. By | :21:32. | :21:34. | |
strangers who I've never met. All sorts of people have been getting in | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
touch to wish me well. Simon can start eating again on Sundax. | :21:39. | :21:40. | |
touch to wish me well. Simon can start eating again on Sunday. His | :21:41. | :21:40. | |
start eating again on Sundax. His first meal will be a bowl of soup. | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
He's lost two stone and has admitted pushing his body to the limht. But | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
he says it's all worth it to highlight such an important issue. | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
Very good luck to Simon. Five days left. | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
It's a year since the death of former Prime Minister Margaret | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
Thatcher, who was born in Grantham. But there's still no permanent | :22:03. | :22:03. | |
But there's still no permandnt statue in her home town. Designs | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
have been put forward by a local artist and there's widespre`d | :22:08. | :22:08. | |
artist and there's widespread political support. But how close is | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
the statue to becoming a re`lity? Simon Spark has been in Grantham to | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
find out. The Iron Lady in bronze. The latest | :22:15. | :22:15. | |
The Iron Lady in bronze. Thd latest tribute on loan to the Grantham | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
Museum to mark a year since her death. And perhaps just a t`ster of | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
what a statue could look like. But how far on are their plans since | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
they started raising money last March? We are still in the | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
fundraising stages. The mondy coming in has been really positive. Both | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
from the local community support and people from further afield. If the | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
statue can increase the number of visitors, and it can help to improve | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
the economy, then that should be something that is celebrated across | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
all political, um, political opinions. So far, artists | :22:47. | :22:49. | |
impressions position as standing Margaret Thatcher around about here, | :22:50. | :22:51. | |
directly in front of the museum. Margaret Thatcher around about here, | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
directly in front of the museum And a sitting alternative a little bit | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
further over. But all final designs are still yet to be decided. Well, | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
it would remind people that we have had a prominent person. There would | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
be a lot of cones on her he`d all the time, wouldn't there? She would | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
have to be high up. I'd be very pleased to have it, actually. | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
have to be high up. I'd be very pleased to have it, actuallx. I | :23:20. | :23:19. | |
have to be high up. I'd be very pleased to have it, actually. I went | :23:20. | :23:19. | |
pleased to have it, actuallx. I went to her school, so I believe it is a | :23:20. | :23:22. | |
good place to be in Grantham, to her school, so I believe it is a | :23:23. | :23:24. | |
good place to be in Granthal, where good place to be in Granthal, where | :23:25. | :23:26. | |
she is from, so I am proud to be from Grantham. Those in the District | :23:27. | :23:29. | |
Council are mindful of the still divided opinion of Margaret | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
Thatcher, but also recognisd the value of a focal point and the | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
tourism it could bring. It could only be an asset to encourage more | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
people to want to come and `ctually see something that really does | :23:40. | :23:42. | |
celebrate her life. There is an anti`Thatcher view. And there is no | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
doubt about that. But she, xou know, she has worked absolute wonders. | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
Absolute wonders. Other towns have done it. In Huddersfield in 199 , a | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
statue of Harold Wilson outside their railway station was unveiled | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
by Tony Blair. For now, in Grantham a year on, money is still bding | :24:02. | :24:03. | |
a year on, money is still being raised and final designs ard still | :24:04. | :24:05. | |
raised and final designs are still being decided. | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
A six`year`old girl from North Lincolnshire has raised more | :24:13. | :24:13. | |
A six`year`old girl from North Lincolnshire has raised mord than | :24:14. | :24:14. | |
Lincolnshire has raised more than ?1000 to rescue a polar bear from a | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
zoo in Mexico. Martha Walker from Alkborough was so upset by Xupi s | :24:21. | :24:21. | |
Alkborough was so upset by Yupi's story, that she decided to do | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
something to help. The monex she has raised will go towards bringing the | :24:28. | :24:30. | |
polar bear to the Yorkshire Wildlife park near Doncaster. Kate Sweeting | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
has the story. She might be little. But | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
six`year`old Martha Walker has big ideas. After seeing the plight of | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
Yupi the polar bear on the hnternet, she decided to help raise money | :24:46. | :24:48. | |
rescue her from a zoo in Mexico and bring her to the UK. She's living on | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
a concrete floor. And it's too hot as well. And what made you want to | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
help her? Because I really like animals. And it's not good where she | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
is living. She was just so passionate about it. And she went on | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
for quite a while, saying, H really for quite a while, saying, I really | :25:10. | :25:13. | |
want to raise some money and do something for Yorkshire Wildlife | :25:14. | :25:16. | |
Park. And that was it. It kind of snowballed, really. And this is | :25:17. | :25:19. | |
where Yupi will be brought. This ten acre site will be the biggest polar | :25:20. | :25:23. | |
bear facility in Europe. But getting Yupi here isn't cheap. It's costing | :25:24. | :25:26. | |
around ?100,000. Money that the park has to raise. We are really | :25:27. | :25:30. | |
desperate to save Yupi and bring her back to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. | :25:31. | :25:33. | |
Because she is in really bad conditions out in Mexico at the | :25:34. | :25:36. | |
moment. In a very small enclosure. But the worst thing for her is the | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
heat. It's really bad for a polar bear. They are designed to be like | :25:41. | :25:43. | |
storage heaters. To keep all the heat in. So in those soaring | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
temperatures of Mexico, then it is just not great. Martha has done | :25:48. | :25:49. | |
several fundraising events, including this sponsored walk across | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
the Humber Bridge at the wedkend. And her efforts are certainly | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
impressing her school friends. Wow! She must have a lot of confhdence to | :25:57. | :25:58. | |
She must have a lot of confidence to do it at her age. I think it's | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
inspirational, because she's really young. From what I've heard, it s in | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
Mexico and it's really hot and it doesn't like it there. She wants to | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
bring it back, where it's nice and cool, so it will be in its normal | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
habitat. MUSIC PLAYS. Martha has already raised almost | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
?1500 for Yupi the polar be`r. But that could just be the tip of the | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
iceberg. Well done to heart and `` to her and | :26:30. | :26:38. | |
hello to all the young people watching tonight. | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines. Oscar | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
Pistorius appears in court to be lived the moment he killed Reeva | :26:46. | :26:48. | |
Steenkamp. Campaigners lobby MPs in London over | :26:49. | :26:51. | |
plans to close more than 30 Lincolnshire libraries. | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
Tomorrow's weather. Dry and bright with sunny intervals. Although skies | :26:56. | :26:56. | |
with sunny intervals. Althotgh skies will be rather cloudy at times. Top | :26:57. | :26:58. | |
will be rather cloudy at tiles. Top temperature 14 degrees Celsius. | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
Response on the subject of libraries, thank you. One person | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
from Lincoln says they do not know anyone who uses libraries any more, | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
the money could be put into better things. Spencer says the council | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
things. Spencer says the cotncil tried to offer options, but the | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
small group against the closures are not interested in negotiating. And | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
another says, as usual you make the sweeping statement someone can get | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
everything from a computer at home, everything from a computer at home, | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
that was my fault, people who pay council tax have the right to access | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
information at their local libraries. In other words, keep the | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
library is open. Thank you for those. Join me on the radio tomorrow | :27:42. | :27:46. | |
if you can, if not, EU at 6:30pm stop | :27:47. | :28:34. | |
Some businessmen have turned failing companies around. | :28:35. | :28:39. |