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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight:

Opponents of a massive chicken farm are told to change their minds if

they want to buy British food. If the consumer wants British food,

we have the ill more of these facilities to produce it. `` we have

to produce. After her mother is killed in a

house fire, a daughter warns of the dangers of illegal cigarettes.

A promise of sparkling waters and world`class beaches along the East

Yorkshire coast. I am in Bridlington, where the first

phase of a ?40 million project to improve water quality went live

today. And as a talk is given on what makes

the North so special, we ask people in London what they think makes a

Northerner. Passionate, hard`working. Having a

weird accent. They are not part of the country! Blunt, a bit stingy!

The bank holiday is looking promising, join me for the details.

Good evening. People opposing plans to rear hundreds`of`thousands of

chickens in Lincolnshire are being told that if they want British food

on their supermarket shelves, they should accept the development.

Farmers are under increasing pressure to provide supermarkets

with British chicken to meet the demands of shoppers who have shunned

imports since the horse meat scandal. But people who live in two

villages near Sleaford fear they will be plagued by smells and extra

traffic if a chicken farm is built near them. Jill Archbold reports.

Their smells and sounds are familiar in Lincolnshire. And in the

supermarkets, we are buying more chicken than any other meat. As

demand for British chicken grows, so do plans to farm them. On this land

near Sleaford, developers want to build a facility to farm thousands

and turn their waste into biogas, many living locally have objected.

We are not necessarily against chicken farms, we live in the

country, but we are against such a large one so close to local

facilities. HGVs would enter the site on an

existing farm track, which crosses a popular cycle route between two

villages. I would not like my children to be passing the HGVs if

they had to. I am not looking forward to those HGVs down that

path. For those who farm nearby, a chance

to become part of a supply chain. There is an undersupply of chicken

in this country and if the consumer wants British reduced food, we have

to build more of these facilities to produce it.

It is estimated we eat 2.2 million chickens a day, and 70% of chicken

bought is reared in the UK. In 2001, the number of chickens reared for

slaughter was 780 million, this figure rose to nearly 875 million in

2012. Lincolnshire poultry farmers like David Panton are one of many

who already supply leading retailers.

We are producing one tonne of meat every 20 minutes, we are doing this

24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. A substantial

amount for the English market. Hundreds of objections have been

made to North Kesteven District Council, who say the plans are being

considered. We are asking for your thoughts on

this. I am joined by Donna Jarvis, from Holdingham, who is opposed to

the chicken farm, and Gary Ford, the National Farmers' Union's Poultry

Advisor. Briefly, why don't you want this?

We are against the chicken unit and the digester implant. There are many

reasons, transport, noise, smell. It is going to be in our back yards, it

is surrounded by houses, there are plenty of other places they could

put this. Why should residents have a chicken shed next to their homes?

It would be subject to planning permission. It is driven by demand

from the great writ issued public, the demand for poultry meat is

increasing every year `` Great British public. Supermarkets are

looking to source petition poultry and cut out reliance on imported

poultry, so it is in response to increasing demand. If we do not have

them, we booked ringed in chickens from abroad. `` we will be ringing

in. I agree, but we do not need an enormous chicken plant in a small

village. It is too big for where they are proposing to put it. The

reassurance is that the applicant has to go through a number of

assessments, smell, noise, transport, landscape, a plethora of

assessments. Does that allay your fears? It does not. Transport issue,

we are told their cup we as many as 124 lorries on certain days. ``

there could be. The link to the plant crosses a cycle path. I have

been reading an e`mail from Bob, he says, I am sure I am not alone in

hearing about not in my backyard stories. Now no chicken farms. Do

you not want any development in the county? We do, obviously, but there

is a time and a place for everything. It is just not, we are

not being told what is going on. I work at Saint George's Academy and

we have over 2,000 students and a big part of them use the track these

HGVs will be crossing. Should we be bothered if our chickens come from

France or Holland? We need to make sure as far as we are able, it is

British produced to a high standard. We have to be concerned about food

miles and sustainability. We see political uncertainty around the

world and that does impact on food prices.

We will see what people think, thank you very much.

We would like your thoughts on this. Does it matter to you if meat is

reared in the UK, or should we accept we need to rely on imports?

Do people have to accept these developments if we want British food

on the shelves? Maybe you agree with Bob who e`mailed.

We will have some of those before we finish.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating after a man from Hull

was crushed to death between two vehicles. The 25`year`old was

loading a van onto a trailer in Plymouth yesterday evening when he

got trapped against the Land Rover towing it. His family has been told.

Images have been released of two men police want to speak to, after a

couple in their sixties were attacked at Scunthorpe Railway

Station. Police say the couple tried to intervene in a fight on the

platform when they were assaulted. Grimsby Town Football Club is

calling on politicians to back plans for a new ?22 million stadium. The

club says without council approval, it stands little chance of

attracting vital outside investment. A petition has been started by fans

in support of a 14,000`seat stadium at Peaks Parkway.

We need the support of the councillors and to send a message to

the councillors that this is what we want. If we get that, hopefully the

councillors will have little choice but to follow that. A woman from

Lincolnshire is urging people to be aware of the dangers of illegal

cigarettes, after her mother was killed in a house fire. June Buffham

died after falling asleep on her sofa while smoking. Experts say

illegal cigarettes are more likely to cause a fire because they don't

go out so easily. Thousands of packets have been seized in raids,

but at around ?3 a packet, many smokers are tempted. Jake Zuckerman

reports. Illegal cigarettes seized in

Lincolnshire, the same type that caused the death of 71`year`old June

Buffham, at her home in Spalding two years ago. The pensioner fell asleep

in her chair while smoking. Now her daughter Julie is backing a campaign

to raise awareness of the heartbreak that illegal cigarettes can cause.

It has been very hard. I still get such a `` I still get flashbacks and

I know my Father does. They are made for the illegal market and the

cigarettes do not conform with safety standards.

They do not have specialist paper. What that does is it makes them go

out if they are not actively being smoke.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue says the risk is significant. Over the

last four years, virtually every single domestic fire up where

somebody has died has been caused by cigarettes.

By law, all cigarettes sold in the UK must be designed to go out if

left unattended. But black market cigarettes don't meet those

standards. This footage shows the difference

between the way legal and illegal cigarettes behave.

Over the last year, Trading Standards have carried out 14

large`scale raids, confiscating more than 176,000 illegal cigarettes, and

there are ten persecutions underweight in the county. ``

prosecutions underway. For Julie, the knowledge that her

mother's death could have been avoided is still painful. People

need to be aware and they need to come forward. They need to tell the

authorities where they are being bought. I do not want anybody else

to die because of the cigarettes. Thank you for watching. Still ahead.

A promise of sparkling waters and world`class beaches along the East

Yorkshire coast. And what makes the North so special?

We talk to the creator of Brookside and Hollyoaks to find out.

Keep your photos coming in. The night's was taken by Gordon pollard.

Thank you very much. `` tonight. I can remind you of a great programme

on BBC One last night. About a regional weather forecaster who got

sacked! Do will get sacked if you do not

show better pictures! `` you will get. Excuse me, a viewer kindly sent

that in. You glossed over the fact the

programme was on and you did not show up!

It is going to turn unsettled through tomorrow and tomorrow night.

I have good news for the bank holiday. That is the chart for

tomorrow with low pressure. Cooler air from the North clashing with air

from the cells. The cooler I will in `` will wind and the pressure will

build. We will all have a dry weekend with sunshine. A bit cool at

first. It should become warm on Sunday and Monday. In the

short`term, it has been nice this afternoon, 17 Celsius. A bit of

cloud on the satellite picture. We could see showers breaking out. Even

fonder. Hit and miss. `` thunder. Lowest temperatures of around eight,

nine Celsius. A mixed picture tomorrow. Mostly

cloudy, some brighter spells. Patchy rain slowly developing across parts

of East Yorkshire. That will head South. There could be heavy

downpours developing. Lincolnshire will steam reasonable weather ``

will see. Temperatures cooling down. The best temperatures across western

parts of Lincolnshire. Friday, eight damp start, sunny on Friday

afternoon `` a damp start. The bank holiday is looking promising. When

we did headlines, Batman said, stingy northerners, and then you

appeared! `` M said. You put those titles

together! I was just reading it! Of course!

Seasi de resorts rely on two things more than anything else. Good

beaches and clean seas. Bridlington suffered after losing its

internationally recognised Blue Flag for clean water in 2012, when storms

washed sewage into the harbour. The water quality has improved now and

Yorkshire Water says a massive new storm tunnel, which came into

service today, should prevent the waters becoming polluted again.

Amanda White is in Bridlington, Amanda, is it safe to go in the sea?

Be simple and is, yes. A blue flag award is not just about water but

education and environment and safety. `` the simple and set is,

yes. `` answer. At the North Beach, it it exceeds standards. Yorkshire

Water has been improving water quality in the years ahead. On a hot

sunny day, this is a magnet for visitors but the seas can overflow

at Bridlington harbour, until today. This investment might not be

complete, but surface water should never caused each pollution again.

This is how it is going to work, this overflows and it could take

more sewage out joint heavy weather. Instead, it will be siphoned off

here into this tonal net work, taking it half a mile to the beach,

and in the sea or to the treatment works. `` tunnel. It has taken five

years to get to this stage, this is part of a network of water storage

and treatment facilities. The standards are tight in terms of

water quality but the new EU directive is making them the rights

`` making them twice as difficult, so we need to put in the investment

we are seeing to improve that bathing water quality for the

future. The beaches play an important part

in why people come to the Yorkshire coast and we must ensure we get the

best possible results for visitors. It has not been painless.

Beach`front businesses cannot wait to see it finished.

It has been a very long time and very mentally challenging. We are

looking forward to seeing the end of it and hopefully, orange teething

problems, that is it! `` barring. It will be good for the tourism

trade and businesses will profit from having a blue flag award, it is

nothing but positive. The new pipeline should be installed by

July. Locals will hope a picturesque and

tranquil beach will be installed soon after. It will get harder to

get a blue flag award. The poorest beaches will have to advise bathers

not to go into the water. More crucial than ever that these works

and those further down the beach do improve water quality to keep

visitors coming and spending money in Bridlington. Thank you very much.

Voters in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will join more than 500

million people across the continent in this year's European elections.

Voting takes place on May 22nd to decide who will sit in the European

Parliament for the next five years. Our political editor, Tim Iredale,

can tell us more. Tim, how important are these elections?

More people will take part in these European elections than ever before.

Voters in 28 countries across the continent will elect 751 members of

the European Parliament Six MEPs will represent the Yorkshire and the

Humber region and five MEPs will represent the East Midlands, which

covers Lincolnshire. Euro MPs earn a salary worth approximately ?80,000,

plus expenses. Of course, these elections are taking place at a time

when Britain's future in the EU is the subject of much debate. Here are

the views of some voters in Brigg. I think that we should come out of

the EU. I am not saying I would vote for UKIP, but I think we should. It

is the biggest hurdle! It is good, they all bringing new jobs in

renewables. The money we pay in goes to the wrong countries and we should

get more back. I just want us out. While the EU has its critics,

supporters say the European Parliament has led the way with some

significant policies. Such as: Lowering the cost of mobile phone

calls when you travel abroad. Increasing the size of warnings on

cigarette packets to encourage people to stop smoking. Clearer food

labelling, to allow consumers to make choices about what they are

eating. And action to preserve fish stocks, with

One North Lincolnshire farmer told us the EU isn't perfect, but on the

whole, we are better off in than out.

If we are in it, we are in it, let's make the best of it. If we decide I

referendum the majority want to be out, let's be out `` by referendum.

But let's be clear about how we benefit or how we pay for the EU,

that is important to understand. It is slow, but it does matter at the

moment. So voters here will their say in the

European elections on May 22nd. We creator of Brookside, Grange Hill

and Hollyoaks, Phil Redmond, the Hull`born newspaper columnist Robert

Crampton, and broadcaster Liz Kershaw will debate Northerness in

front of a live audience. Phil Redmond is here to talk about it.

First, Anne`Marie Tasker asked people what being Northern means to

them. Flat caps, pigeons, factories, all

old stereotypes of the North. Years on, TV programmes like Skint suggest

we are all on benefits. But what does it really mean to be Northern?

Poorer than a Southerner. Being friendly is a main part of it. The

women are more outspoken. You cannot be big headed. They are not part of

the country. Straight talking, passionate, hard`working grumblers!

Kinder, and I like being called love all the time. Having a weird

accident. Obviously, the accents are

different. The word the seems to disappear! It

seems to say, I am getting off here. They do not have it.

But Northerness is about more than that. Or so say the organisers of

tonight's debate in Hull. They hope discussing Northerness will

encourage more people from Yorkshire to make an impact on Britain's

culture. They are going to come to this event

with preconceptions about what being Northern is all about and because of

the panellists and the work they have done, some of those

preconceptions will be broken down and blown away.

It is hoped tonight's cultural debate will be the first of many,

and prove that although there is still the flat caps...

The North is still more diverse than people think.

Phil Redmond is with me now ahead of tonight's event. Head judge, City of

Culture, why do we win? Because of this idea of what it is to be

Northern. The criteria for City of Culture

that you have to define your particular culture. It is not for

people coming from outside the define a city's culture. So it has

to come together to define that culture. Then say what kind of chap

`` what kind of changes they will bring about. It is about bringing

diverse communities together. Many people had raised eyebrows when city

Northerness it. Not as many when Liverpool won it!

There were stories about people heading for Newcastle who had to do

a sharp turn! So what is Northern?

I think it comes down to not London. I think we have to be careful when

we talk about being London. There is something special about coming from

the centre of the universe, which is Liverpool! I think it goes back to

when the Romans invaded and they made London the central point. From

that point, the Saxons and the Vikings, the Industrial Revolution

and the financial revolution, it was always somewhere else. The North,

like South Wales and Cornwall, they have always felt slightly set.

Northerness is about being together and also apart. When you talk to

your media friends in debates in London, it is it relaxed? It is now!

I have had 30 years of meat and drink at them! It is interesting. ``

of me. The media 35 years ago was still London dominated and the

northerners were looked down on but as media exploded, they needed new

ideas and 35 years later, it has gone back and we need to fight on.

Enjoy your evening, thank you for coming in.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines: taunted,

lead, slapped, new evidence of cruelty to some form rubble people

at an elderly home. Opponents of a massive chicken farm

are told to change their minds if they want to buy British food.

Tomorrow's weather: Mostly cloudy, patchy outbreaks of rain through the

day. Drier, brighter spells are likely too, especially in

Lincolnshire. Highs of 13 Celsius. Before we go, a response on the

subject of the chicken farm. Tony, it is a farming county, I moved here

from down South and enjoy the fact it is raw, moved to London! Brian, a

chance for local job and opponents strike again!

Martin said, people who live in areas like this should not oppose

farming and food production. Adam agrees, a chicken farm will

produce more jobs in the area and provide more chicken for the UK.

Mary, it is the size of the farm that is unacceptable.

Small is beautiful. Having tried to get planning permission to open a

business, Jon says he agrees with the local population, they want no

change. Have a nice evening.