:00:00. > :00:00.rain. A reminder of our
:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:
:00:10. > :00:15.Opponents of a massive chicken farm are told to change their minds if
:00:16. > :00:21.they want to buy British food. If the consumer wants British food,
:00:22. > :00:27.we have the ill more of these facilities to produce it. `` we have
:00:28. > :00:30.to produce. After her mother is killed in a
:00:31. > :00:33.house fire, a daughter warns of the dangers of illegal cigarettes.
:00:34. > :00:36.A promise of sparkling waters and world`class beaches along the East
:00:37. > :00:41.Yorkshire coast. I am in Bridlington, where the first
:00:42. > :00:43.phase of a ?40 million project to improve water quality went live
:00:44. > :00:51.today. And as a talk is given on what makes
:00:52. > :00:53.the North so special, we ask people in London what they think makes a
:00:54. > :01:01.Northerner. Passionate, hard`working. Having a
:01:02. > :01:10.weird accent. They are not part of the country! Blunt, a bit stingy!
:01:11. > :01:18.The bank holiday is looking promising, join me for the details.
:01:19. > :01:22.Good evening. People opposing plans to rear hundreds`of`thousands of
:01:23. > :01:26.chickens in Lincolnshire are being told that if they want British food
:01:27. > :01:29.on their supermarket shelves, they should accept the development.
:01:30. > :01:32.Farmers are under increasing pressure to provide supermarkets
:01:33. > :01:35.with British chicken to meet the demands of shoppers who have shunned
:01:36. > :01:41.imports since the horse meat scandal. But people who live in two
:01:42. > :01:45.villages near Sleaford fear they will be plagued by smells and extra
:01:46. > :01:51.traffic if a chicken farm is built near them. Jill Archbold reports.
:01:52. > :01:56.Their smells and sounds are familiar in Lincolnshire. And in the
:01:57. > :02:00.supermarkets, we are buying more chicken than any other meat. As
:02:01. > :02:05.demand for British chicken grows, so do plans to farm them. On this land
:02:06. > :02:08.near Sleaford, developers want to build a facility to farm thousands
:02:09. > :02:17.and turn their waste into biogas, many living locally have objected.
:02:18. > :02:23.We are not necessarily against chicken farms, we live in the
:02:24. > :02:26.country, but we are against such a large one so close to local
:02:27. > :02:29.facilities. HGVs would enter the site on an
:02:30. > :02:34.existing farm track, which crosses a popular cycle route between two
:02:35. > :02:39.villages. I would not like my children to be passing the HGVs if
:02:40. > :02:43.they had to. I am not looking forward to those HGVs down that
:02:44. > :02:48.path. For those who farm nearby, a chance
:02:49. > :02:53.to become part of a supply chain. There is an undersupply of chicken
:02:54. > :02:57.in this country and if the consumer wants British reduced food, we have
:02:58. > :03:05.to build more of these facilities to produce it.
:03:06. > :03:09.It is estimated we eat 2.2 million chickens a day, and 70% of chicken
:03:10. > :03:12.bought is reared in the UK. In 2001, the number of chickens reared for
:03:13. > :03:16.slaughter was 780 million, this figure rose to nearly 875 million in
:03:17. > :03:18.2012. Lincolnshire poultry farmers like David Panton are one of many
:03:19. > :03:27.who already supply leading retailers.
:03:28. > :03:32.We are producing one tonne of meat every 20 minutes, we are doing this
:03:33. > :03:39.24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. A substantial
:03:40. > :03:42.amount for the English market. Hundreds of objections have been
:03:43. > :03:48.made to North Kesteven District Council, who say the plans are being
:03:49. > :03:51.considered. We are asking for your thoughts on
:03:52. > :03:55.this. I am joined by Donna Jarvis, from Holdingham, who is opposed to
:03:56. > :03:58.the chicken farm, and Gary Ford, the National Farmers' Union's Poultry
:03:59. > :04:04.Advisor. Briefly, why don't you want this?
:04:05. > :04:11.We are against the chicken unit and the digester implant. There are many
:04:12. > :04:16.reasons, transport, noise, smell. It is going to be in our back yards, it
:04:17. > :04:21.is surrounded by houses, there are plenty of other places they could
:04:22. > :04:25.put this. Why should residents have a chicken shed next to their homes?
:04:26. > :04:33.It would be subject to planning permission. It is driven by demand
:04:34. > :04:37.from the great writ issued public, the demand for poultry meat is
:04:38. > :04:42.increasing every year `` Great British public. Supermarkets are
:04:43. > :04:48.looking to source petition poultry and cut out reliance on imported
:04:49. > :04:53.poultry, so it is in response to increasing demand. If we do not have
:04:54. > :05:02.them, we booked ringed in chickens from abroad. `` we will be ringing
:05:03. > :05:07.in. I agree, but we do not need an enormous chicken plant in a small
:05:08. > :05:12.village. It is too big for where they are proposing to put it. The
:05:13. > :05:16.reassurance is that the applicant has to go through a number of
:05:17. > :05:24.assessments, smell, noise, transport, landscape, a plethora of
:05:25. > :05:32.assessments. Does that allay your fears? It does not. Transport issue,
:05:33. > :05:40.we are told their cup we as many as 124 lorries on certain days. ``
:05:41. > :05:49.there could be. The link to the plant crosses a cycle path. I have
:05:50. > :05:54.been reading an e`mail from Bob, he says, I am sure I am not alone in
:05:55. > :05:59.hearing about not in my backyard stories. Now no chicken farms. Do
:06:00. > :06:04.you not want any development in the county? We do, obviously, but there
:06:05. > :06:11.is a time and a place for everything. It is just not, we are
:06:12. > :06:16.not being told what is going on. I work at Saint George's Academy and
:06:17. > :06:22.we have over 2,000 students and a big part of them use the track these
:06:23. > :06:29.HGVs will be crossing. Should we be bothered if our chickens come from
:06:30. > :06:37.France or Holland? We need to make sure as far as we are able, it is
:06:38. > :06:44.British produced to a high standard. We have to be concerned about food
:06:45. > :06:47.miles and sustainability. We see political uncertainty around the
:06:48. > :06:51.world and that does impact on food prices.
:06:52. > :06:57.We will see what people think, thank you very much.
:06:58. > :07:01.We would like your thoughts on this. Does it matter to you if meat is
:07:02. > :07:05.reared in the UK, or should we accept we need to rely on imports?
:07:06. > :07:15.Do people have to accept these developments if we want British food
:07:16. > :07:33.on the shelves? Maybe you agree with Bob who e`mailed.
:07:34. > :07:38.We will have some of those before we finish.
:07:39. > :07:41.The Health and Safety Executive is investigating after a man from Hull
:07:42. > :07:44.was crushed to death between two vehicles. The 25`year`old was
:07:45. > :07:47.loading a van onto a trailer in Plymouth yesterday evening when he
:07:48. > :07:54.got trapped against the Land Rover towing it. His family has been told.
:07:55. > :07:57.Images have been released of two men police want to speak to, after a
:07:58. > :08:00.couple in their sixties were attacked at Scunthorpe Railway
:08:01. > :08:15.Station. Police say the couple tried to intervene in a fight on the
:08:16. > :08:18.platform when they were assaulted. Grimsby Town Football Club is
:08:19. > :08:21.calling on politicians to back plans for a new ?22 million stadium. The
:08:22. > :08:24.club says without council approval, it stands little chance of
:08:25. > :08:27.attracting vital outside investment. A petition has been started by fans
:08:28. > :08:32.in support of a 14,000`seat stadium at Peaks Parkway.
:08:33. > :08:36.We need the support of the councillors and to send a message to
:08:37. > :08:39.the councillors that this is what we want. If we get that, hopefully the
:08:40. > :08:53.councillors will have little choice but to follow that. A woman from
:08:54. > :08:57.Lincolnshire is urging people to be aware of the dangers of illegal
:08:58. > :09:00.cigarettes, after her mother was killed in a house fire. June Buffham
:09:01. > :09:03.died after falling asleep on her sofa while smoking. Experts say
:09:04. > :09:06.illegal cigarettes are more likely to cause a fire because they don't
:09:07. > :09:10.go out so easily. Thousands of packets have been seized in raids,
:09:11. > :09:11.but at around ?3 a packet, many smokers are tempted. Jake Zuckerman
:09:12. > :09:14.reports. Illegal cigarettes seized in
:09:15. > :09:17.Lincolnshire, the same type that caused the death of 71`year`old June
:09:18. > :09:21.Buffham, at her home in Spalding two years ago. The pensioner fell asleep
:09:22. > :09:24.in her chair while smoking. Now her daughter Julie is backing a campaign
:09:25. > :09:34.to raise awareness of the heartbreak that illegal cigarettes can cause.
:09:35. > :09:39.It has been very hard. I still get such a `` I still get flashbacks and
:09:40. > :09:42.I know my Father does. They are made for the illegal market and the
:09:43. > :09:46.cigarettes do not conform with safety standards.
:09:47. > :09:51.They do not have specialist paper. What that does is it makes them go
:09:52. > :09:54.out if they are not actively being smoke.
:09:55. > :10:00.Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue says the risk is significant. Over the
:10:01. > :10:03.last four years, virtually every single domestic fire up where
:10:04. > :10:06.somebody has died has been caused by cigarettes.
:10:07. > :10:09.By law, all cigarettes sold in the UK must be designed to go out if
:10:10. > :10:11.left unattended. But black market cigarettes don't meet those
:10:12. > :10:14.standards. This footage shows the difference
:10:15. > :10:19.between the way legal and illegal cigarettes behave.
:10:20. > :10:24.Over the last year, Trading Standards have carried out 14
:10:25. > :10:28.large`scale raids, confiscating more than 176,000 illegal cigarettes, and
:10:29. > :10:33.there are ten persecutions underweight in the county. ``
:10:34. > :10:36.prosecutions underway. For Julie, the knowledge that her
:10:37. > :10:40.mother's death could have been avoided is still painful. People
:10:41. > :10:43.need to be aware and they need to come forward. They need to tell the
:10:44. > :10:53.authorities where they are being bought. I do not want anybody else
:10:54. > :11:01.to die because of the cigarettes. Thank you for watching. Still ahead.
:11:02. > :11:05.A promise of sparkling waters and world`class beaches along the East
:11:06. > :11:08.Yorkshire coast. And what makes the North so special?
:11:09. > :11:15.We talk to the creator of Brookside and Hollyoaks to find out.
:11:16. > :11:29.Keep your photos coming in. The night's was taken by Gordon pollard.
:11:30. > :11:34.Thank you very much. `` tonight. I can remind you of a great programme
:11:35. > :11:38.on BBC One last night. About a regional weather forecaster who got
:11:39. > :11:42.sacked! Do will get sacked if you do not
:11:43. > :11:48.show better pictures! `` you will get. Excuse me, a viewer kindly sent
:11:49. > :11:53.that in. You glossed over the fact the
:11:54. > :11:58.programme was on and you did not show up!
:11:59. > :12:04.It is going to turn unsettled through tomorrow and tomorrow night.
:12:05. > :12:10.I have good news for the bank holiday. That is the chart for
:12:11. > :12:15.tomorrow with low pressure. Cooler air from the North clashing with air
:12:16. > :12:23.from the cells. The cooler I will in `` will wind and the pressure will
:12:24. > :12:29.build. We will all have a dry weekend with sunshine. A bit cool at
:12:30. > :12:34.first. It should become warm on Sunday and Monday. In the
:12:35. > :12:40.short`term, it has been nice this afternoon, 17 Celsius. A bit of
:12:41. > :12:55.cloud on the satellite picture. We could see showers breaking out. Even
:12:56. > :12:57.fonder. Hit and miss. `` thunder. Lowest temperatures of around eight,
:12:58. > :13:15.nine Celsius. A mixed picture tomorrow. Mostly
:13:16. > :13:17.cloudy, some brighter spells. Patchy rain slowly developing across parts
:13:18. > :13:25.of East Yorkshire. That will head South. There could be heavy
:13:26. > :13:34.downpours developing. Lincolnshire will steam reasonable weather ``
:13:35. > :13:36.will see. Temperatures cooling down. The best temperatures across western
:13:37. > :13:43.parts of Lincolnshire. Friday, eight damp start, sunny on Friday
:13:44. > :13:49.afternoon `` a damp start. The bank holiday is looking promising. When
:13:50. > :13:52.we did headlines, Batman said, stingy northerners, and then you
:13:53. > :14:00.appeared! `` M said. You put those titles
:14:01. > :14:11.together! I was just reading it! Of course!
:14:12. > :14:17.Seasi de resorts rely on two things more than anything else. Good
:14:18. > :14:19.beaches and clean seas. Bridlington suffered after losing its
:14:20. > :14:23.internationally recognised Blue Flag for clean water in 2012, when storms
:14:24. > :14:26.washed sewage into the harbour. The water quality has improved now and
:14:27. > :14:29.Yorkshire Water says a massive new storm tunnel, which came into
:14:30. > :14:31.service today, should prevent the waters becoming polluted again.
:14:32. > :14:35.Amanda White is in Bridlington, Amanda, is it safe to go in the sea?
:14:36. > :14:38.Be simple and is, yes. A blue flag award is not just about water but
:14:39. > :14:46.education and environment and safety. `` the simple and set is,
:14:47. > :14:51.yes. `` answer. At the North Beach, it it exceeds standards. Yorkshire
:14:52. > :15:01.Water has been improving water quality in the years ahead. On a hot
:15:02. > :15:06.sunny day, this is a magnet for visitors but the seas can overflow
:15:07. > :15:08.at Bridlington harbour, until today. This investment might not be
:15:09. > :15:16.complete, but surface water should never caused each pollution again.
:15:17. > :15:22.This is how it is going to work, this overflows and it could take
:15:23. > :15:27.more sewage out joint heavy weather. Instead, it will be siphoned off
:15:28. > :15:32.here into this tonal net work, taking it half a mile to the beach,
:15:33. > :15:37.and in the sea or to the treatment works. `` tunnel. It has taken five
:15:38. > :15:42.years to get to this stage, this is part of a network of water storage
:15:43. > :15:48.and treatment facilities. The standards are tight in terms of
:15:49. > :15:53.water quality but the new EU directive is making them the rights
:15:54. > :15:58.`` making them twice as difficult, so we need to put in the investment
:15:59. > :16:02.we are seeing to improve that bathing water quality for the
:16:03. > :16:06.future. The beaches play an important part
:16:07. > :16:11.in why people come to the Yorkshire coast and we must ensure we get the
:16:12. > :16:15.best possible results for visitors. It has not been painless.
:16:16. > :16:21.Beach`front businesses cannot wait to see it finished.
:16:22. > :16:25.It has been a very long time and very mentally challenging. We are
:16:26. > :16:34.looking forward to seeing the end of it and hopefully, orange teething
:16:35. > :16:39.problems, that is it! `` barring. It will be good for the tourism
:16:40. > :16:47.trade and businesses will profit from having a blue flag award, it is
:16:48. > :16:50.nothing but positive. The new pipeline should be installed by
:16:51. > :16:55.July. Locals will hope a picturesque and
:16:56. > :17:00.tranquil beach will be installed soon after. It will get harder to
:17:01. > :17:05.get a blue flag award. The poorest beaches will have to advise bathers
:17:06. > :17:10.not to go into the water. More crucial than ever that these works
:17:11. > :17:14.and those further down the beach do improve water quality to keep
:17:15. > :17:19.visitors coming and spending money in Bridlington. Thank you very much.
:17:20. > :17:22.Voters in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will join more than 500
:17:23. > :17:25.million people across the continent in this year's European elections.
:17:26. > :17:35.Voting takes place on May 22nd to decide who will sit in the European
:17:36. > :17:38.Parliament for the next five years. Our political editor, Tim Iredale,
:17:39. > :17:42.can tell us more. Tim, how important are these elections?
:17:43. > :17:45.More people will take part in these European elections than ever before.
:17:46. > :17:48.Voters in 28 countries across the continent will elect 751 members of
:17:49. > :17:51.the European Parliament Six MEPs will represent the Yorkshire and the
:17:52. > :18:00.Humber region and five MEPs will represent the East Midlands, which
:18:01. > :18:06.covers Lincolnshire. Euro MPs earn a salary worth approximately ?80,000,
:18:07. > :18:10.plus expenses. Of course, these elections are taking place at a time
:18:11. > :18:18.when Britain's future in the EU is the subject of much debate. Here are
:18:19. > :18:24.the views of some voters in Brigg. I think that we should come out of
:18:25. > :18:31.the EU. I am not saying I would vote for UKIP, but I think we should. It
:18:32. > :18:38.is the biggest hurdle! It is good, they all bringing new jobs in
:18:39. > :18:45.renewables. The money we pay in goes to the wrong countries and we should
:18:46. > :18:48.get more back. I just want us out. While the EU has its critics,
:18:49. > :18:51.supporters say the European Parliament has led the way with some
:18:52. > :18:59.significant policies. Such as: Lowering the cost of mobile phone
:19:00. > :19:01.calls when you travel abroad. Increasing the size of warnings on
:19:02. > :19:04.cigarette packets to encourage people to stop smoking. Clearer food
:19:05. > :19:08.labelling, to allow consumers to make choices about what they are
:19:09. > :19:17.eating. And action to preserve fish stocks, with
:19:18. > :19:19.One North Lincolnshire farmer told us the EU isn't perfect, but on the
:19:20. > :19:27.whole, we are better off in than out.
:19:28. > :19:31.If we are in it, we are in it, let's make the best of it. If we decide I
:19:32. > :19:37.referendum the majority want to be out, let's be out `` by referendum.
:19:38. > :19:43.But let's be clear about how we benefit or how we pay for the EU,
:19:44. > :19:49.that is important to understand. It is slow, but it does matter at the
:19:50. > :19:52.moment. So voters here will their say in the
:19:53. > :20:47.European elections on May 22nd. We creator of Brookside, Grange Hill
:20:48. > :20:49.and Hollyoaks, Phil Redmond, the Hull`born newspaper columnist Robert
:20:50. > :20:52.Crampton, and broadcaster Liz Kershaw will debate Northerness in
:20:53. > :20:56.front of a live audience. Phil Redmond is here to talk about it.
:20:57. > :20:57.First, Anne`Marie Tasker asked people what being Northern means to
:20:58. > :21:11.them. Flat caps, pigeons, factories, all
:21:12. > :21:16.old stereotypes of the North. Years on, TV programmes like Skint suggest
:21:17. > :21:24.we are all on benefits. But what does it really mean to be Northern?
:21:25. > :21:31.Poorer than a Southerner. Being friendly is a main part of it. The
:21:32. > :21:38.women are more outspoken. You cannot be big headed. They are not part of
:21:39. > :21:45.the country. Straight talking, passionate, hard`working grumblers!
:21:46. > :21:49.Kinder, and I like being called love all the time. Having a weird
:21:50. > :21:53.accident. Obviously, the accents are
:21:54. > :21:58.different. The word the seems to disappear! It
:21:59. > :22:04.seems to say, I am getting off here. They do not have it.
:22:05. > :22:08.But Northerness is about more than that. Or so say the organisers of
:22:09. > :22:10.tonight's debate in Hull. They hope discussing Northerness will
:22:11. > :22:15.encourage more people from Yorkshire to make an impact on Britain's
:22:16. > :22:19.culture. They are going to come to this event
:22:20. > :22:23.with preconceptions about what being Northern is all about and because of
:22:24. > :22:27.the panellists and the work they have done, some of those
:22:28. > :22:30.preconceptions will be broken down and blown away.
:22:31. > :22:34.It is hoped tonight's cultural debate will be the first of many,
:22:35. > :22:41.and prove that although there is still the flat caps...
:22:42. > :22:46.The North is still more diverse than people think.
:22:47. > :22:54.Phil Redmond is with me now ahead of tonight's event. Head judge, City of
:22:55. > :23:00.Culture, why do we win? Because of this idea of what it is to be
:23:01. > :23:06.Northern. The criteria for City of Culture
:23:07. > :23:11.that you have to define your particular culture. It is not for
:23:12. > :23:16.people coming from outside the define a city's culture. So it has
:23:17. > :23:23.to come together to define that culture. Then say what kind of chap
:23:24. > :23:28.`` what kind of changes they will bring about. It is about bringing
:23:29. > :23:32.diverse communities together. Many people had raised eyebrows when city
:23:33. > :23:40.Northerness it. Not as many when Liverpool won it!
:23:41. > :23:44.There were stories about people heading for Newcastle who had to do
:23:45. > :23:52.a sharp turn! So what is Northern?
:23:53. > :23:57.I think it comes down to not London. I think we have to be careful when
:23:58. > :24:02.we talk about being London. There is something special about coming from
:24:03. > :24:09.the centre of the universe, which is Liverpool! I think it goes back to
:24:10. > :24:13.when the Romans invaded and they made London the central point. From
:24:14. > :24:19.that point, the Saxons and the Vikings, the Industrial Revolution
:24:20. > :24:25.and the financial revolution, it was always somewhere else. The North,
:24:26. > :24:31.like South Wales and Cornwall, they have always felt slightly set.
:24:32. > :24:36.Northerness is about being together and also apart. When you talk to
:24:37. > :24:42.your media friends in debates in London, it is it relaxed? It is now!
:24:43. > :24:51.I have had 30 years of meat and drink at them! It is interesting. ``
:24:52. > :24:57.of me. The media 35 years ago was still London dominated and the
:24:58. > :25:02.northerners were looked down on but as media exploded, they needed new
:25:03. > :25:07.ideas and 35 years later, it has gone back and we need to fight on.
:25:08. > :25:10.Enjoy your evening, thank you for coming in.
:25:11. > :25:15.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: taunted,
:25:16. > :25:20.lead, slapped, new evidence of cruelty to some form rubble people
:25:21. > :25:23.at an elderly home. Opponents of a massive chicken farm
:25:24. > :25:26.are told to change their minds if they want to buy British food.
:25:27. > :25:29.Tomorrow's weather: Mostly cloudy, patchy outbreaks of rain through the
:25:30. > :25:35.day. Drier, brighter spells are likely too, especially in
:25:36. > :25:40.Lincolnshire. Highs of 13 Celsius. Before we go, a response on the
:25:41. > :25:46.subject of the chicken farm. Tony, it is a farming county, I moved here
:25:47. > :25:54.from down South and enjoy the fact it is raw, moved to London! Brian, a
:25:55. > :25:59.chance for local job and opponents strike again!
:26:00. > :26:02.Martin said, people who live in areas like this should not oppose
:26:03. > :26:08.farming and food production. Adam agrees, a chicken farm will
:26:09. > :26:13.produce more jobs in the area and provide more chicken for the UK.
:26:14. > :26:18.Mary, it is the size of the farm that is unacceptable.
:26:19. > :26:23.Small is beautiful. Having tried to get planning permission to open a
:26:24. > :26:26.business, Jon says he agrees with the local population, they want no
:26:27. > :26:29.change. Have a nice evening.