:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:07. > :02:18.Bidding for millions of pounds of help as we could have two repaired
:02:19. > :02:27.the roads will be fantastic. Usually I have two spend ?600 to fix my car.
:02:28. > :02:34.There is still a major problem with the potholes so they need to hurry
:02:35. > :02:39.up. It will help, but it will not cover all the costs.
:02:40. > :02:44.Lincolnshire County Council says that it needs ?400 million to fix
:02:45. > :02:52.all the potholes, east riding County Council need ?200 million. And
:02:53. > :02:54.councils who can fix the potholes in creative ways may get more money.
:02:55. > :02:57.Lincolnshire County Council are looking at new ways of dealing
:02:58. > :03:01.potholes and are trialling a machine which can fill in hundreds of
:03:02. > :03:07.potholes a day, as Gemma Dawson reports.
:03:08. > :03:11.This giant yellow machine is making its way around South Lincolnshire,
:03:12. > :03:20.filling in hundreds of potholes every day. The machinery uses an
:03:21. > :03:27.airflow to blow out the dust and rubble. We then inject into the road
:03:28. > :03:32.surface, and then we apply a mix at 100 miles an hour and then this
:03:33. > :03:37.repair can be trafficked immediately. That is good news for
:03:38. > :03:43.motorists who often complain about the state of countryside roads. Last
:03:44. > :03:47.year, 50,000 potholes were fixed in Lincolnshire, so it is hoped that
:03:48. > :03:53.this machine will help. For six weeks, it has been used by
:03:54. > :03:59.Lincolnshire County Council. It is costing the council ?1000 per day,
:04:00. > :04:05.but can repair 300 potholes. A traditional road repair team costs
:04:06. > :04:10.of 400 per day, but can only fill 80 potholes.
:04:11. > :04:14.It seems to deliver what we need which is more productivity and
:04:15. > :04:19.potentially more work done the same amount of money. What about the
:04:20. > :04:25.impact on jobs? The County Council is to deliver surface `` services.
:04:26. > :04:30.The most important thing that we can do is to maintain the roads. We're
:04:31. > :04:33.not just here to employ people. This is not about replacing people with
:04:34. > :04:39.equipment, this is about getting more jobs done, fixing the road,
:04:40. > :04:45.getting the potholes fixed. We need to look at the best way to do that.
:04:46. > :04:49.The County Council is now looking at whether to buy one of these machines
:04:50. > :04:56.so that they can repair many more countryside roads.
:04:57. > :04:59.This is always one of the controversial subjects. We will be
:05:00. > :05:03.asking for your thoughts soon. Earlier, I spoke to Edmund King from
:05:04. > :05:11.the AA. He says that potholes are a major problem for his members.
:05:12. > :05:19.From all our surveys, potholes and fuel costs are the main concerns
:05:20. > :05:24.that cause problems and they create problems for the cars and injuries
:05:25. > :05:27.for cyclists. This amount of money might sound like a lot, but
:05:28. > :05:32.Lincolnshire County Council say that they need to spend ?400 million
:05:33. > :05:38.themselves to fix the potholes. It will not go very far. No, it is a
:05:39. > :05:45.drop in the ocean. It is estimated that there is a structural
:05:46. > :05:50.maintenance back fall of some ?12 billion. So this fund can go in to
:05:51. > :05:53.fill some of the deepest and most dangerous holes, but it will not
:05:54. > :05:57.address the underlying problems. Do we have to accept that there were
:05:58. > :06:05.always be potholes, because this kind of money will not be available.
:06:06. > :06:10.We need to have more of a proactive programme. Sometimes just filling in
:06:11. > :06:17.the pothole actually leaves a problem in two or three week's
:06:18. > :06:21.time. And many have too resurfaced the road or it is a economy.
:06:22. > :06:29.People always say the same thing, they said that they paid their road
:06:30. > :06:32.fund licence for their roads, not to have their car wrecked. Yes, in my
:06:33. > :06:39.own card the suspension was racked, it cost me a lot of money. Our
:06:40. > :06:45.patrol so that they are caught out more and more to punctures and
:06:46. > :06:49.wheels damaged by potholes. It is a serious problem and perhaps it is
:06:50. > :06:54.time that some of our fuel duty was ring fenced to going to road
:06:55. > :06:57.maintenance, because it is the number one concern of road users.
:06:58. > :07:01.What is your message to the government?
:07:02. > :07:09.Our message is that this will become a political issue both nationally
:07:10. > :07:15.and locally, because motorists are getting fed up with the state of the
:07:16. > :07:20.roads. We would like your thoughts on this.
:07:21. > :07:25.Should the government be praised for making more money available, or is
:07:26. > :07:31.it just a sticking plaster that does not deal with the problem? What are
:07:32. > :07:34.your experiences? How should we deal with potholes? Here is the contact
:07:35. > :07:49.information. We will have some of the comments
:07:50. > :07:53.just before 7pm. In a moment: A row about shipping
:07:54. > :08:04.waste to Denmark from this tiny riverside haven.
:08:05. > :08:06.Karl Turner, the MP for East Hull has apologised and cancelled a
:08:07. > :08:08.Labour Party fundraising event following a complaint that he
:08:09. > :08:12.misused Parliamentary facilities to organise it. He's been accused of
:08:13. > :08:15.breaching the rules set out for MPs by the House of Commons. Sarah
:08:16. > :08:24.Walton has been following this story. Where has this complaint come
:08:25. > :08:28.from? It's been made by a councillor who
:08:29. > :08:31.received a flyer inviting him to an event here at The Freedom Centre in
:08:32. > :08:38.Hull, called the Hull and Humber Economic Summit, in May. Big name
:08:39. > :08:43.speakers listed ` Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Lord Prescott. But
:08:44. > :08:45.Councillor Mike Whitehead, a Conservative Councillor from East
:08:46. > :08:48.Yorkshire claims that information was sent from an official
:08:49. > :08:54.Parliamentary email account while checks for the tickets were made
:08:55. > :08:58.payable to Karl Turner. There's also a complaint that it wasn't made
:08:59. > :09:01.clear on the flyer that this was an event aimed at raising money for the
:09:02. > :09:04.Labour Party. An official letter has been sent to the Parliamentary
:09:05. > :09:13.Commissioner for Standards, and it's being backed by other politicians.
:09:14. > :09:16.People like the Shadow Chancellor and the chairman of the local
:09:17. > :09:19.enterprise partnership need to consider whether they should be
:09:20. > :09:27.attending and speaking at an event which has been mis`sold and which is
:09:28. > :09:29.raising funds for the Labour Party and is being organised using
:09:30. > :09:36.Parliamentary resources in breach of the rules. What has been the
:09:37. > :09:40.response from Karl Turner? Well, I spoke to him a little
:09:41. > :09:44.earlier. He doesn't want to give an interview, but we have a statement.
:09:45. > :09:47.In the last few hours he's cancelled the event, saying it will be
:09:48. > :09:50.rescheduled at a later date. But he also says, "I make an unreserved
:09:51. > :09:54.apology for any oversight in allowing my Parliamentary email to
:09:55. > :09:57.be used for a fundraising event. It was not my intention to breach rules
:09:58. > :10:00.and I will be speaking to the relevant House of Commons
:10:01. > :10:03.authorities and taking their advice." He wants to know what the
:10:04. > :10:06.most appropriate course of action would be. Meanwhile, the Standards
:10:07. > :10:08.Commissioner will now examine the complaint they've been sent before
:10:09. > :10:15.deciding if an investigation needs to take place.
:10:16. > :10:22.And it is raining heavily there, we will soon have the weather forecast
:10:23. > :10:25.for elsewhere. A company proposing to ship waste to
:10:26. > :10:28.Denmark is facing fierce opposition from people who live near the
:10:29. > :10:31.proposed export site in North Lincolnshire. Last year, Old Ferry
:10:32. > :10:35.Wharf Ltd, who are based in Barrow Haven, had to stop handling refuse
:10:36. > :10:38.after locals complained of flies and the smell. But now the firm wants to
:10:39. > :10:41.re`start operations using a new product, which it claims is
:10:42. > :10:44.odourless. Crispin Rolfe reports. They chose to live next door, but
:10:45. > :10:48.insist they'd never have moved to Barrow Haven if they'd known their
:10:49. > :10:51.timber yard neighbours were going to handle waste. Last year, Old Ferry
:10:52. > :10:53.Wharf Ltd stopped operations after complaints about the smell. Now
:10:54. > :10:57.James Thurlow and Kathy MacDonald are worried by new plans by the
:10:58. > :10:59.company to ship another waste product, despite claims it's
:11:00. > :11:04.odourless. It is a real shame, because this is
:11:05. > :11:09.a beautiful place. It is a nature reserve here, you have residential
:11:10. > :11:14.property is extremely close to the wharf and it is at the end of a tiny
:11:15. > :11:20.road. There are much more appropriate facilities, and I know
:11:21. > :11:23.that this waste is being handled elsewhere more readily.
:11:24. > :11:26.This is where Barrow Haven lies on the shores of the Humber's South
:11:27. > :11:29.Bank, just miles from Immingham Docks. And that's solid recovered
:11:30. > :11:32.fuel ` dry rubbish which, as the company explained at a public
:11:33. > :11:40.meeting, would be recycled and sent from Barrow Haven to a Denmark power
:11:41. > :11:44.plant. It is a government approved
:11:45. > :11:50.business. What about the smell? We are told that it is more or less
:11:51. > :11:55.odourless. A lot of the staff who work there live near the wharf,
:11:56. > :12:01.there is no way that we really want to be involved in bringing cargoes
:12:02. > :12:04.that are unsuitable. I do not have a problem with what they are doing, it
:12:05. > :12:08.is how they are doing it. I want to make sure that there are
:12:09. > :12:11.no flies and no smell and It'll be up to the Environment Agency to
:12:12. > :12:14.grant a permit here, once plans are submitted.
:12:15. > :12:18.That it is well contained. But if it does, the Agency will also have to
:12:19. > :12:24.allay local fears that last year's smells won't reoccur, or the company
:12:25. > :12:27.turn to alternative products. But what's termed refuse`derived
:12:28. > :12:30.fuel is something we're all likely to see more of, with Yorkshire's
:12:31. > :12:33.Ferrybridge Power Station soon to embrace energy from waste systems.
:12:34. > :12:36.The question then for people on the shores of the Humber is where it's
:12:37. > :12:40.appropriate to ship this refuse to and from.
:12:41. > :12:44.A man from Hull has been told he'll have to wait until June to leave
:12:45. > :12:46.India ` eight months after his arrest. Ray Tindall was working for
:12:47. > :12:49.a security company providing anti`piracy protection. He was
:12:50. > :12:52.detained with the rest of the crew because of concerns about paperwork
:12:53. > :13:00.for their weapons. He says the charges have been dropped, but the
:13:01. > :13:04.court won't reconvene until June. Hull has one of the highest rates of
:13:05. > :13:07.dog bites, according to new figures. Hospital admissions for dog bites
:13:08. > :13:10.are three times higher in the most deprived areas of the country,
:13:11. > :13:13.according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre. A animal
:13:14. > :13:16.charity in Hull that educates children about dog behaviour says
:13:17. > :13:18.owners are to blame if a dog attacks.
:13:19. > :13:22.It's understanding how dogs behave. I've just got a puppy and it is so
:13:23. > :13:26.much hard work, unbelievably hard work and tiring, and you have got to
:13:27. > :13:30.be patient and be a pack leader. People don't always understand that,
:13:31. > :13:34.they let their dogs do what they like. Some people train their dogs
:13:35. > :13:47.to be aggressive. A lot are in Hull, as a lot of people getting them for
:13:48. > :13:50.that reason. Still ahead tonight: Air men and
:13:51. > :13:53.women from RAF Waddington exercise their freedom of Lincoln.
:13:54. > :14:03.And art on roundabouts ` a sign of things to come.
:14:04. > :14:09.Please keep your photographs coming in. Here is the one tonight.
:14:10. > :14:19.Typhoon Jet at RAF Coningsby, taken by Paul Linton who lives near
:14:20. > :14:24.Beverley. Why am I worried about the paper in
:14:25. > :14:31.your hand? It is an e`mail, saying that my nine`year`old son always
:14:32. > :14:38.says your favourite weather girl is on, dad, whenever you are on.
:14:39. > :14:44.I bet Steve's wife loves you as well. But I have not yet said his
:14:45. > :14:45.surname. It will be mixed weather throughout
:14:46. > :14:57.the weekend. It will be rain tomorrow, but then
:14:58. > :15:01.brightening through the afternoon. Low pressure still persists until
:15:02. > :15:07.the middle of next week. On Sunday, it will pick up from the east, a
:15:08. > :15:11.lots more cloud. It will be like today but without the heavy rain. We
:15:12. > :15:16.have had heavy rain throughout the afternoon. You can see the cloud
:15:17. > :15:21.moving up from the south and as we head through this evening, further
:15:22. > :15:26.rain will move northwards. You can see that there will be some heavy
:15:27. > :15:31.rain spells through there. It will move north throughout the night,
:15:32. > :15:39.leaving drier conditions later. Temperatures at eight or nine
:15:40. > :15:45.degrees. The sun will rise at eight 30s `` 5:37am tomorrow. Here are the
:15:46. > :15:51.tides. Tomorrow will have a lot of the dry weather, but then another
:15:52. > :15:56.band of rain will move in from the South West. A wet morning, with a
:15:57. > :16:03.breeze, but it will move to the North. Brighter spells, sunny spells
:16:04. > :16:07.throughout the day. It will remain cloudy for the longest in the
:16:08. > :16:11.north`east, but it will even get brighter that later. But if you
:16:12. > :16:21.sharp showers through the afternoon. Temperature wise, not as warm as it
:16:22. > :16:28.was earlier this week, but the highest should be 13 degrees. On a
:16:29. > :16:36.Sunday, a lot of cloud around, quiet on Monday, then more unsettled
:16:37. > :16:46.weather later in the week. I am sure that the boy is enjoying
:16:47. > :16:49.that. They've served their country in
:16:50. > :16:52.warzones around the world, but today RAF staff from Lincolnshire were
:16:53. > :16:57.thanked by people living on their doorstep. Service personnel from RAF
:16:58. > :17:00.Waddington marched through Lincoln to mark the anniversary of being
:17:01. > :17:03.given the freedom of the city. Simon Spark reports.
:17:04. > :17:07.The sky may have been grey and wet, but the city of Lincoln was a vision
:17:08. > :17:10.of RAF blue today. Almost 150 men and women from two armed flights
:17:11. > :17:19.marched with bayonets fixed, flags flying and drums beating.
:17:20. > :17:26.I think it is important for the area, because RAF Waddington is part
:17:27. > :17:32.of the area. We are very proud of them. It makes me proud to watch
:17:33. > :17:36.them. My son is marching with them, so we have come to see the parade. I
:17:37. > :17:38.wish it would have been better weather.
:17:39. > :17:42.This is RAF Waddington exercising its right to the freedom of the
:17:43. > :17:45.city, a right that was granted 55 years ago to the day. And with the
:17:46. > :17:54.noise and spectacle that brings demonstrated today it's not
:17:55. > :17:59.something that goes un`noticed. The rain has come down, but
:18:00. > :18:07.everybody has been addressed so smartly. 55 years ago, RAF
:18:08. > :18:11.Waddington was given the honour of the Freedom of Lincoln, and that is
:18:12. > :18:17.something we are very proud of today, because we are proud of our
:18:18. > :18:20.local community links. It is important to have that relationship
:18:21. > :18:22.with the military, so that they support us when we are away on
:18:23. > :18:25.operations. Many of RAF Waddington's men and
:18:26. > :18:28.women have recently returned from operations from Afghanistan and
:18:29. > :18:31.throughout the world, but today was a different show of strength, the
:18:32. > :18:45.strength of its relationship with the people of Lincolnshire.
:18:46. > :18:49.We've had a big response to new figures which show a street in
:18:50. > :18:52.Lincolnshire has one of the slowest broadband internet speeds in the
:18:53. > :18:55.country. People on Station Road in Swineshead have to download web
:18:56. > :18:58.pages nearly 30 times slower than the national average. But another
:18:59. > :19:01.part of the county ` Malvern Close in North Hykeham ` has one of the
:19:02. > :19:04.fastest broadband speeds. Thanks for your responses on this.
:19:05. > :19:15.Angus on Twitter says: "I live in Boston and my broadband is terrible.
:19:16. > :19:29.But Terry in Woodhall Spa asks simply: "Did the country not
:19:30. > :19:36.function before we had computers?" Thanks for all of those.
:19:37. > :19:40.Hundreds of Scunthorpe United fans will be heading for the South West
:19:41. > :19:43.this evening ahead of their vital match at Exeter. A win for United
:19:44. > :19:46.tomorrow could be enough to earn promotion to League One. Our Sports
:19:47. > :19:52.reporter Simon Clark is already there.
:19:53. > :19:58.Welcome to Saint James 's. It is from here that the manager will be
:19:59. > :20:04.controlling the team tomorrow. The scenario for Scunthorpe is simple.
:20:05. > :20:10.If they win here, they are promoted into League One. Even a draw should
:20:11. > :20:16.be good enough, because the goal difference is superior to their
:20:17. > :20:24.rivals. So, how have they got to this point? Wilcox thinks it is
:20:25. > :20:28.because of the signings of the four new players. He says that they have
:20:29. > :20:33.been the backbone of this season's success.
:20:34. > :20:40.Marcus Williams is another one. We have four or five players here with
:20:41. > :20:46.great experience. You also have people who were promoted last season
:20:47. > :20:49.from different clubs. That experience has helped the rest of
:20:50. > :20:55.the group. This is what it is all about, this
:20:56. > :21:01.is the hottest ticket in town. Hundreds and hundreds of fans will
:21:02. > :21:07.be coming to look at this piece of turf here, hoping for a piece of
:21:08. > :21:10.history. Hull City goalkeeper Alan McGregor
:21:11. > :21:15.could be fit to play in next month's FA Cup Final. Goalkeeper Alan
:21:16. > :21:19.McGregor ` who was injured at West Ham last month ` won't take part in
:21:20. > :21:23.tomorrow's league game at Fulham. But he has now returned to training
:21:24. > :21:29.and could be back for a trip to Wembley.
:21:30. > :21:36.He is making a desperate effort to be fit for a couple of weeks' time
:21:37. > :21:41.and I am not going to stop him. But physically he has three broken ribs
:21:42. > :21:45.and a damaged kidney. He is doing his best to see if he can be fit.
:21:46. > :21:48.BBC Radio Humberside will have commentary of Hull City's trip to
:21:49. > :21:53.Fulham on FM.Coverage starts at 1:30. Scunthorpe's trip to Exeter
:21:54. > :22:04.will be on AM and on digital and the match kicks off at three o'clock.
:22:05. > :22:13.Grimsby Town's game at Braintree is on Digital and the website.
:22:14. > :22:24.And Lincoln City's final game of the season against Barnet is on BBC
:22:25. > :22:29.Radio Lincolnshire. For most of us, a roundabout is just
:22:30. > :22:33.something we have to drive around on the way to work, but people in East
:22:34. > :22:36.Yorkshire are about to see them in a different light. Themed art work is
:22:37. > :22:38.being installed on roundabouts in the area to encourage civic pride.
:22:39. > :22:42.Jill Archbold reports. If you found yourself navigating
:22:43. > :22:45.your way to Beverley, there are a few signs you're on the right
:22:46. > :22:49.tracks. And, as you head to the coast, a suggestion the real
:22:50. > :22:52.shimmering blue isn't too far away. East Yorkshire council want to
:22:53. > :23:03.improve more roundabouts like these with artworks.
:23:04. > :23:11.It is all about pride and identifying a special area. We have
:23:12. > :23:17.?34,000 worth of sponsorship, so the cost is cost neutral.
:23:18. > :23:23.It is hoped that this art will give an identity to places that you drive
:23:24. > :23:27.into. Here, windmills. But they have some way to go if they want to be
:23:28. > :23:29.known as some of the best in Britain.
:23:30. > :23:33.This real windmill roundabout near York was once awarded "most
:23:34. > :23:42.beautiful in Britain" by a man who enthuses about the country's best.
:23:43. > :23:48.It gives any local council with local pride to put a garden or a
:23:49. > :23:50.work of art, and it would attract visitors.
:23:51. > :23:54.But there's a knack to getting art the right way round ` this one in
:23:55. > :23:57.West Sussex caused problems when drivers thought decorative sheep
:23:58. > :24:04.were real. But do people in the East Riding think it's a good idea?
:24:05. > :24:13.When we go to France on holiday, the roundabouts are amazing. It puts us
:24:14. > :24:16.to shame. It makes the area looks much better. It brightens up the
:24:17. > :24:20.area. It's been said some islands have an
:24:21. > :24:30.attractive power ` it's yet to be seen if these can attract more to
:24:31. > :24:36.visit the East Riding. If you have a story that you think
:24:37. > :24:39.that we should know about, then contact us.
:24:40. > :24:41.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: The
:24:42. > :24:46.government forces Royal Bank of Scotland to reduce the size of
:24:47. > :24:50.planned bonuses to staff. All of our local councils say
:24:51. > :24:55.they're going to bid for a share of a new multi million pound fund to
:24:56. > :24:58.help fix potholes. Tomorrow's weather: Rain during the
:24:59. > :25:02.morning, but brightening with sunshine and a few showers during
:25:03. > :25:16.the day. A maximum temperature of 13 degrees Celsius.
:25:17. > :25:23.A very big response on the subject of potholes. Margaret says, will you
:25:24. > :25:30.please tell me where our road tax goes? We pay millions in and we get
:25:31. > :25:35.very little out. I mentioned earlier that a lot of people say that.
:25:36. > :25:42.Stewart says, why should those others do not own cars pay for
:25:43. > :25:51.potholes through council tax? Increase car tax so that they can
:25:52. > :25:56.pay for it. Another person says, councils blame the potholes on the
:25:57. > :26:01.weather. I am sick of excuses, after all the money that we pay, and
:26:02. > :26:05.potholes are so dangerous. And another person says, stop moaning
:26:06. > :26:12.and look where you are going. And one more, someone says if the
:26:13. > :26:18.government stops spending money on the high`speed rail, they could use
:26:19. > :26:21.the money on potholes. And after neglecting the roads for years, we
:26:22. > :26:27.now face the problems of catching up.
:26:28. > :27:31.Thank you for watching. I will see you on Monday. Goodbye.
:27:32. > :27:37.In for the sake of British prosperity and jobs.
:27:38. > :27:40.I'm in because we set the global standards