:00:00. > :00:09.Korean ferry capsized. That's all from the BBC News
:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight. A
:00:14. > :00:16.shortage of sperm donors is forcing some couples to wait longer for
:00:17. > :00:19.fertility treatment. We've got one donor who's currently donating at
:00:20. > :00:29.the moment. We don't have anybody else coming forward, so that means
:00:30. > :00:32.we will reach critical point soon. Two children are seriously injured
:00:33. > :00:38.after a car crashes into a ditch in North Lincolnshire. A swan is shot
:00:39. > :00:41.with an airgun in an attack that's been described as "blatant animal
:00:42. > :00:47.cruelty". The Lincolnshire lawn that's been voted the best in
:00:48. > :00:52.Britain. And after another lovely day, I'm afraid things take a turn
:00:53. > :01:02.for the worse tomorrow. I will be back with forecast later.
:01:03. > :01:05.Hello. Consultants at a Hull IVF clinic say there's such a shortage
:01:06. > :01:08.of people willing to donate sperm that they've had to turn to using
:01:09. > :01:15.imports from abroad for some patients. The clinic usually gets 15
:01:16. > :01:19.enquiries a month from potential donors but says recently there's
:01:20. > :01:22.been none. It means couples are having to wait longer and get much
:01:23. > :01:29.less choice during their treatment. Vicky Johnson reports. Having a baby
:01:30. > :01:33.is something many of us take for granted. But Aisha certainly
:01:34. > :01:37.doesn't. Every day is just a blessing. Every
:01:38. > :01:43.single day is just wonderful, having him here. She and her partner Lorna
:01:44. > :01:45.needed a sperm donor to help start their family.
:01:46. > :01:50.He's the most wonderful man in the world. He's given me someone so
:01:51. > :01:54.precious, so joyous, and all I can say to him is thank you. But the
:01:55. > :01:58.number of men offering help to the Hull IVF clinic is dropping. The
:01:59. > :02:01.unit here used to receive up to 15 enquiries a month from potential
:02:02. > :02:07.sperm donors, but recently they've had none, which means the situation
:02:08. > :02:10.is becoming critical. We don't have a particularly
:02:11. > :02:13.ethnically diverse range of donors available, and the area within Hull
:02:14. > :02:23.is becoming increasingly diverse, so we have on occasion had to seek
:02:24. > :02:26.donations from abroad. Many potential donors have been put off
:02:27. > :02:29.by changes in the law which means any resulting children can ask for
:02:30. > :02:36.identifying information once they're 18. This donor admits he was
:02:37. > :02:40.initially worried. It sort of put my mind at rest when
:02:41. > :02:45.I realised there's no legal recourse or there's no financial obligations.
:02:46. > :02:48.And on the whole, if you choose to meet with any resulting children,
:02:49. > :02:53.then it's quite a positive experience, so I'd urge people not
:02:54. > :02:56.to let that hold you back. Most egg donations come from women
:02:57. > :03:09.undergoing IVF treatment themselves, but this
:03:10. > :03:11.child, to experience what so many of us take for granted, is just the
:03:12. > :03:15.best thing you can give to someone else. An altruistic donor can donate
:03:16. > :03:18.to two recipients, so that automatically treats two patients,
:03:19. > :03:21.whereas an egg sharer only treats one, so the more altruistic donors
:03:22. > :03:25.that we get, the shorter the waiting list becomes quite quickly. The Hull
:03:26. > :03:28.clinic is one of the most successful in the country, but to help more
:03:29. > :03:30.people experience the joy of family life, they very much depend on the
:03:31. > :05:45.generosity of others. see it differently when they
:05:46. > :05:54.understand it. It was not threatening. Clinic staff are very
:05:55. > :05:58.friendly. There is a lot of support available. Very interesting to chat
:05:59. > :06:02.with you. Thank you for your time. What would put you off coming
:06:03. > :06:06.forward to donate? Are you a couple going through IVF? What would you
:06:07. > :06:29.say to encourage more people to come forward?
:06:30. > :06:39.In a moment: Another state school in Lincolnshire is to take boarders,
:06:40. > :06:43.saying there's a growing demand. Two children are in a serious
:06:44. > :06:47.condition in hospital after the car they were travelling in left the
:06:48. > :06:50.road and went into a ditch in North East Lincolnshire. It happened on
:06:51. > :07:05.South Marsh Road in Stalingrad. The road is closed. `` starling borough.
:07:06. > :07:15.Humberside police have just opened the road. It has been closed for a
:07:16. > :07:20.number of hours. Six people wearing the car. A six`year`old boy has been
:07:21. > :07:24.taken to Sheffield Children's Hospital. His injuries are thought
:07:25. > :07:28.to be serious. The four`year`old girl has been taken to Leeds General
:07:29. > :07:33.Infirmary and she was taken by air ambulance. It is understood her
:07:34. > :07:38.condition is also serious. The rest of the party have been taken to Hull
:07:39. > :07:42.Royal infirmary. It is not their injuries are not life`threatening.
:07:43. > :07:46.As you would expect, Humberside police has launched an investigation
:07:47. > :07:50.to establish how and why that can't let the road.
:07:51. > :07:57.Thank you. We will let you know we get any development on that.
:07:58. > :08:00.The funeral of a GP from Lincolnshire who drowned off the
:08:01. > :08:02.coast of Tenerife has taken place this afternoon. Doctor Barathi
:08:03. > :08:06.Ravikumar died along with another woman when they were swept out to
:08:07. > :08:08.sea. It's thought they got in to difficulty as they attempted to
:08:09. > :08:12.rescue two children. There's been a rise in the number of
:08:13. > :08:15.people out of work in our region. The figures for the last three
:08:16. > :08:18.months show unemployment in Yorkshire and the Humber is at
:08:19. > :08:21.238,000, that's up by 3,000 compared to the previous quarter. In the East
:08:22. > :08:28.Midlands, which covers Lincolnshire, the jobless total is 163,000, up by
:08:29. > :08:31.14,000. A Lincolnshire head teacher says more parents are wanting to
:08:32. > :08:37.send their children to state boarding schools. King Edward VI
:08:38. > :08:40.Grammar school in Louth will take up to 40 sixth form boarders from
:08:41. > :08:47.September next year after demand from parents. State run boarding
:08:48. > :08:52.schools have free tuition, but accommodation has to be paid for.
:08:53. > :08:55.Supporters say they can help provide a stable education to children who's
:08:56. > :08:59.parents work long hours or move frequently but critics argue it
:09:00. > :09:07.hampers emotional development. Leanne Brown reports.
:09:08. > :09:15.At De Aston Cchool in Market Rasen there are 80 students that not only
:09:16. > :09:22.study but sleep here. There are currently 36 state
:09:23. > :09:29.boarding schools in England. Sometimes, they could have elderly
:09:30. > :09:35.parents. We get students were parents are working abroad, in the
:09:36. > :09:44.forces with companies. Three are in Lincolnshire, but at the moment
:09:45. > :09:47.there are none in East Yorkshire. At state boarding schools education is
:09:48. > :09:50.free, but students have to pay between ?9,000`12,000 a year to
:09:51. > :10:02.stay. A private boarding school can cost three times that, at an average
:10:03. > :10:06.of ?27,000`?30,000 a year. And it's the cost that means for decades many
:10:07. > :10:09.people have viewed boarding schools as just for the privileged, but
:10:10. > :10:20.would parents in East Yorkshire use boarding schools if they had the
:10:21. > :10:27.option? Possibly. There is more concentration on the education. You
:10:28. > :10:33.like to put your kids to bed, don't you? It is not cost thing. Education
:10:34. > :10:36.is important, but being with your family is important as well.
:10:37. > :10:40.But back in Lincolnshire there's high demand, and from next year
:10:41. > :10:50.students will be able to stay at King Edward VI school in Louth.
:10:51. > :10:58.These our new facilities for sixth form students. The plan is to have
:10:59. > :11:04.the same standards in the boarding house. There is a plan for a fitness
:11:05. > :11:07.suite. It will add to the county's growing demand for bed and board.
:11:08. > :11:17.Hilary Moriarty is the director of the Boarding Schools' Association. I
:11:18. > :11:20.asked her what benefits there are to state boarding schools.
:11:21. > :11:22.I think for many parents these days, a state school offering boarding
:11:23. > :11:26.places at substantially less than would be the case in an independent
:11:27. > :11:31.school means that they can find appropriate boarding for a child
:11:32. > :11:35.which is affordable. Yes, I mean, this isn't private education, but it
:11:36. > :11:50.is still for the elite. It costs ?10,000 a year per pupil. It costs
:11:51. > :11:54.?10,000 per year per pupil, but for many families, that is the price of
:11:55. > :11:57.a good holiday. I wouldn't say that it's elitist at all. What about
:11:58. > :12:01.those that are saying it's parents dumping their children for the week
:12:02. > :12:04.while they both go off and earn plenty of money? I very much doubt
:12:05. > :12:07.if parents would agree with that. I think parents, particularly where
:12:08. > :12:11.both are working and maybe working long hours and with overseas trips,
:12:12. > :12:14.may well think that a child is better off in a boarding environment
:12:15. > :12:17.than coming at three o'clock and, parents not until seven, what are
:12:18. > :12:21.they doing in between? Somebody said to me today, if you can't be
:12:22. > :12:24.bothered to look after your children at tea`time then don't have
:12:25. > :12:28.children. Is that too harsh? You might say that anybody who puts a
:12:29. > :12:38.child in a nursery at six weeks of age. If you're going to put them in
:12:39. > :12:42.a nursery at six weeks of age, don't bother having them at all. The group
:12:43. > :12:45.Boarding Concern say that boarding school pupils find it difficult to
:12:46. > :12:48.develop emotional intimacy in adult relationships. Is there everything
:12:49. > :12:51.in that? Not in my experience, and I think that's far more evidence to
:12:52. > :12:55.the contrary than there is in favour of that. There's been a rise in the
:12:56. > :13:01.number of state boarding school places. Why is demand going up? I
:13:02. > :13:04.think because of the changes in society, that mean this business of
:13:05. > :13:08.parents working and children with nothing to do after school. If the
:13:09. > :13:11.Government is asking... That's a glorified nursery, then. It is about
:13:12. > :13:20.looking after the children. There is a crossover, isn't there? Boarding
:13:21. > :13:23.is about the after`school and the before`school, rather than the
:13:24. > :13:35.education. The education is a state education. Boarding allows so much
:13:36. > :13:39.more. You have facilities, time, staff, there is time for music and
:13:40. > :13:42.drama and sport, and far more than is possible in a normal school day.
:13:43. > :13:45.This Government is chasing every state school to provide more of
:13:46. > :13:49.that, opening at eight in the morning and closing at seven. It is
:13:50. > :13:53.an interesting one to talk about. We could talk about it for hours. What
:13:54. > :13:55.do you think of this one ` are boarding schools glorified
:13:56. > :13:59.nurseries? Would you pay ten thousand pounds a year to send your
:14:00. > :14:02.child to a state boarding school? Perhaps your children go to a
:14:03. > :14:13.boarding school, what do they get out of it? A swan is recovering
:14:14. > :14:18.after surgery to remove a pellet lodged in its neck after it was shot
:14:19. > :14:21.with an air rifle. The male bird is one of a nesting pair on a canal
:14:22. > :14:24.near Crowle in North Lincolnshire. It's being cared for by the
:14:25. > :14:29.Yorkshire Swan Rescue ` which has described the shooting as an act of
:14:30. > :14:40.blatant animal cruelty. Jessica Lane reports. This report shows images of
:14:41. > :14:43.the Swan's injury. Recovering after surgery to remove the pellet from
:14:44. > :14:46.its neck. Staff at the Yorkshire Swan Rescue Hospital shocked but not
:14:47. > :14:53.surprised, as they say shootings are on the increase. Swans are a target
:14:54. > :14:57.because they are so visible. They are quite friendly to people. They
:14:58. > :15:05.are so used to people feeding them. Usually when they see a person, they
:15:06. > :15:08.will naturally go up to them. The swan was found near Crowle. People
:15:09. > :15:13.who use the canal are worried about the attack John found another swan a
:15:14. > :15:16.few weeks ago This is a mobile phone video of the rescue Swans are
:15:17. > :15:19.protected and property of the crown So injuring one is criminal damage
:15:20. > :15:29.as well as animal cruelty Still ahead tonight: it had a fishing line
:15:30. > :15:35.round it. It is very sad. It is a nasty thing to do. I don't
:15:36. > :15:40.understand it. This is a mobile phone video of the rescue. Swans are
:15:41. > :15:44.protected, and the property of the Crown, so injuring one is criminal
:15:45. > :15:49.damage as well as animal cruelty, and could mean a court appearance.
:15:50. > :15:53.The swamp that was shot is one of the nesting, breeding pair that
:15:54. > :15:56.lives on the canal. Staff hope it can recover, leave the reserve and
:15:57. > :16:07.return to its made in the next month.
:16:08. > :16:10.Thank you for watching. Still ahead: The group claiming success in an
:16:11. > :16:12.attempt to get more teenagers into theatres.
:16:13. > :16:13.The green`fingered couple from Lincolnshire who've won a nationwide
:16:14. > :16:37.gardening award. Sunset taken from South Ferriby be
:16:38. > :16:44.Lee Wilson. `` by Lee Wilson. Another one tomorrow. Possibly the
:16:45. > :16:51.last word about the trip to London. Tell her to give me a call any
:16:52. > :16:55.time. That is from when in Lincoln. Just send the numbers through,
:16:56. > :17:05.Peter. You are incorrigible.
:17:06. > :17:10.You have to get them first. We will seize on changes in the weather. We
:17:11. > :17:19.have had a lovely day. Temperatures got up to 16.2. Tomorrow will be
:17:20. > :17:22.cooler. A week weather front passing down from the north. I pressure is
:17:23. > :17:26.still in charge but it will slip to the East for a time to allow this
:17:27. > :17:55.week weather system to bring some patchy rain possibly. For most
:17:56. > :18:06.places, a lot more cloud. The be a breezy night. We will not have
:18:07. > :18:14.problems with Frost. We start with the sun rising just before 6am, and
:18:15. > :18:22.setting just after 8pm. A lot more cloud around compared with today.
:18:23. > :18:26.The spot of light rain. Most places, it will be dry. Temperatures not
:18:27. > :18:36.doing as well as they have today, getting up to around ten. 13 is 55
:18:37. > :18:42.Fahrenheit. It will feel cooler than that. Friday and Saturday look like
:18:43. > :18:51.the better days of the weekend, with plenty of sunshine. Sunday will be a
:18:52. > :18:57.bit soggy. 's Wayne has been back in touch
:18:58. > :19:01.saying, we will go undercoat and stop at Peterborough on the way. You
:19:02. > :19:06.are in there. Thanks, Peter. I will find you a
:19:07. > :19:09.date and we will go together. Teenagers have taken over the
:19:10. > :19:13.running of many of Lincolnshire's theatres this week as part of a plan
:19:14. > :19:20.to try to get more young people interested in the arts. They've been
:19:21. > :19:24.looking after the venues, booking acts and sorting out the lights and
:19:25. > :19:27.sound. The group behind it says 500 young people
:19:28. > :19:37.Here's Anne`Marie Tasker. Teenagers learning to dance at Stamford Arts
:19:38. > :19:41.Centre. But this course wasn't organised by the venue, but by seven
:19:42. > :19:47.young people who've taken over the centre for two days. They're
:19:48. > :19:50.offering technical lessons too, like sound mixing, hoping to give young
:19:51. > :19:53.people the skills to put on future showsand attract people in who
:19:54. > :19:57.wouldn't usually come to theatres. I've only been a couple of times
:19:58. > :20:01.before. I'll probably come back again, definitely, cos with this,
:20:02. > :20:14.I've learnt a lot. I didn't think things would be appealing to my age
:20:15. > :20:17.` more like older. The takeover is part of a two`year youth project
:20:18. > :20:26.being run by ten arts centres in Lincolnshire. They says it's brought
:20:27. > :20:29.a third more under`25s into their theatres. It's seen more than 1,000
:20:30. > :20:32.young people involved in programming events. And it's brought 500 new
:20:33. > :20:36.young performers and artists into its centres for the first time. It's
:20:37. > :20:39.really about training up the next generation, so making sure that
:20:40. > :20:43.things going on in the arts centres are relevant to young people and
:20:44. > :20:46.that they are going to keep coming to the arts centres for years to
:20:47. > :20:49.come. The participation of these young people doesn't end this week,
:20:50. > :20:51.though. Year`round, they're helping book professional acts here, and the
:20:52. > :20:55.theatres say that's increasing ticket sales. People tend to think
:20:56. > :20:59.because it's an old building, that it's only the old audiences, and we
:21:00. > :21:03.only run events for that, but we don't. So, it is nice to encourage
:21:04. > :21:09.young people. But it's not just about ticket sales. Young performers
:21:10. > :21:12.are starring in shows at the end of the takeover days. Building not just
:21:13. > :21:25.audiences, but the talent of the future too.
:21:26. > :21:28.The Director General of the BBC has been in Hull today to meet
:21:29. > :21:31.representatives involved with the city's successful bid to be City of
:21:32. > :21:34.Culture. Tony Hall, seen on the right, met those involved in
:21:35. > :21:38.promoting Hull over the next three years. There are hopes major events
:21:39. > :21:41.like Radio 1's big weekend could come to Hull in 2017.
:21:42. > :21:55.Hull Trains will put on an extra service to bring Hull City fans back
:21:56. > :21:58.from Wembley after the FA Cup final. It'll leave Kings Cross at 09.11.
:21:59. > :22:06.East Coast Trains will also run extra services to and from the
:22:07. > :22:14.capital. Sunday evening, we was emailing, requesting for trains to
:22:15. > :22:17.be hired in. We've had to go to extreme lengths to get signallers to
:22:18. > :22:20.stay on, boxes to open. It's been pretty challenging but that's going
:22:21. > :22:26.to go into the system tomorrow. They're world record breaking and
:22:27. > :22:29.sitting at the top of League Two. This weekend if results go their way
:22:30. > :22:32.Scunthorpe United will be heading back up the Football League. Two
:22:33. > :22:35.wins will guarantee them promotion after what's been a remarkable
:22:36. > :22:43.season for the club. Amanda White has been looking at their chances.
:22:44. > :22:46.Happy days. In 2009, the Iron were heading to the Championship. Tough
:22:47. > :22:53.times have followed but the Scunthorpe faithful are due a
:22:54. > :22:56.celebration. You walk past and the big pictures are on the walls in the
:22:57. > :23:00.tunnels. They are very special moment that a lot of players never
:23:01. > :23:03.get. To hopefully be a part of that this season will be very special.
:23:04. > :23:09.United are seven points clear of the play`offs, with four matches
:23:10. > :23:12.remaining. Two wins will make them uncatchable, but if they win on
:23:13. > :23:15.Friday and Fleetwood lose then they could be promoted on Saturday if
:23:16. > :23:19.Burton Albion lose. But better still would be a victory over Oxford on
:23:20. > :23:27.Easter Monday to seal promotion in front of a home crowd. We need to
:23:28. > :23:34.get back to championship. That is the aim of the club. I think it is
:23:35. > :23:37.going really well. I am happy. It's thanks to this man, manager Russ
:23:38. > :23:49.Wilcox, who's stepped out of the shadows and into the record books
:23:50. > :23:52.this season with 26 games unbeaten. The feeling around the town is great
:23:53. > :23:57.for me to see. It has been three tough years. Three really tough
:23:58. > :24:06.years, so it is important we get over that line and make it special.
:24:07. > :24:13.Russ Wilcox has been here before. These pictures from 2005. Wouldn't
:24:14. > :24:18.it be wonderful if come next Tuesday, they had to order a new
:24:19. > :24:21.poster? They are a husband and wife team
:24:22. > :24:34.with very different views on what makes the perfect lawn. His half is
:24:35. > :24:37.perfectly manicured, hers a wild meadow. But together their garden
:24:38. > :24:45.has been named the Best in Britain. Simon Spark has been to find out
:24:46. > :24:54.more. This is Malcolm. He likes his garden
:24:55. > :24:58.to look pristine and organised. I like to see stripes in my lawn,
:24:59. > :25:10.cos it takes my eye to somewhere else. Lovely, nice edges, clean. The
:25:11. > :25:14.lawn is the backdrop for any garden, so to me, it sets everything off.
:25:15. > :25:17.That's the base that you start from. And this is Sandra. Her garden
:25:18. > :25:19.preference is meadow`like as nature intended.
:25:20. > :25:22.As you can see, this is the spring meadow. Malcolm likes his stripes
:25:23. > :25:26.and everything very neat and tidy. I like things to be a little bit more
:25:27. > :25:30.on the wild side, let nature take its course, you know, with the
:25:31. > :25:36.butterflies and the bees and that sort of thing. But when you have a
:25:37. > :25:40.married couple with two different tastes, what you end up with is a
:25:41. > :25:42.tale of two halves. But between themselves, this combination of
:25:43. > :25:51.manicured versus wild has itself propagated success. They now own
:25:52. > :25:57.Britain's best lawn, and today they were toasting their recognition.
:25:58. > :26:00.We've been running this competition for nine years, and we've always
:26:01. > :26:10.looked for contrast within a single entry. We've never had a his and
:26:11. > :26:13.hers entry! That's quite unique. It's proof indeed that even together
:26:14. > :26:33.our individuality needs space to grow. If you have a story you think
:26:34. > :26:40.we should know about, get in touch. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:41. > :26:43.and regional headlines. Hundreds of schoolchildren are feared dead after
:26:44. > :26:49.a ferry capsizes off the coast of South Korea. Consultants in Hull set
:26:50. > :26:50.a shortage in sperm donors mean people are going to have to wait
:26:51. > :27:05.longer for fertility treatment. On the subject of sperm donation,
:27:06. > :27:11.Sarah e`mails saying, following IVF twins, I enquired about becoming a
:27:12. > :27:15.donor as I wanted to help other women in a similar situation, but
:27:16. > :27:19.the change in the law has stopped me, because I don't want subsequent
:27:20. > :27:27.children tracing me when they are 18. We talked about that change in
:27:28. > :27:33.the law. Also, boarding, state boarding. Dean in Beverly says, the
:27:34. > :27:38.cost works out at ?192 a week. Who can afford such a price in Yorkshire
:27:39. > :27:41.when the wages are so low? Some people don't even earn that much per
:27:42. > :27:43.week. Thank you for watching. See you
:27:44. > :27:45.tomorrow.