:00:07. > :00:11.Good evening. A man whose four`year`old granddaughter died
:00:12. > :00:17.after a crash at level crossing is calling for half`barriers to be
:00:18. > :00:20.outlawed. Emma Lifsey from Haxey in North Lincolnshire was in a car with
:00:21. > :00:23.her grandmother when they accidentally drove past warning
:00:24. > :00:28.lights, and the barrier, on to rail tracks where they were hit by a
:00:29. > :00:31.train. Now, a day after the inquest, Peter Jarret has been speaking to
:00:32. > :00:34.Sarah Corker. Emma's favourite teddy bear forms
:00:35. > :00:38.part of the Lifsey family's memorial to the four`year`old. Her
:00:39. > :00:47.grandfather makes frequent visits here and hopes the tributes can act
:00:48. > :00:52.a warning to others. It is a heightened sense of danger. I do
:00:53. > :00:55.think it is a dangerous place. Emma's grandmother, Diane Jarrett,
:00:56. > :00:58.was driving her home when their car crashing through the barriers and
:00:59. > :01:01.was hit by a train. The East Midlands service had been travelling
:01:02. > :01:05.from Lincoln towards Doncaster. Mrs Jarett was driving from the village
:01:06. > :01:12.of Haxey, and had made the journey over Beech Hill crossing near
:01:13. > :01:17.Finigley hundreds of times before. She suddenly saw the barrier. She
:01:18. > :01:22.says that she thought, that is too late, that is too late. She did not
:01:23. > :01:27.see the train. There was this explosion and the car was ripped to
:01:28. > :01:31.bits. An investigation into the accident found that the glare of the
:01:32. > :01:37.sun could've made it difficult for Diane to see the warning lights and
:01:38. > :01:41.a half barriers and that the lights themselves were less than half as
:01:42. > :01:47.bright as they should have been. And it raised wider questions about
:01:48. > :01:50.safety at crossings. Things could have been done that could have
:01:51. > :01:55.stopped this tragedy and things can be done now to stop other tragedies
:01:56. > :02:00.in the future. That has to be the focus of Network Rail. There are six
:02:01. > :02:04.and a half thousand level crossings in the UK. In the past five years
:02:05. > :02:07.there have been 44 deaths on those crossings. Network Rail say they've
:02:08. > :02:10.invested more than ?100 million to make improvements. Despite this, 450
:02:11. > :02:15.automatic half barriers are still in place. Emma's grandfather told me he
:02:16. > :02:25.believes there's an element of risk at every crossing. I would like half
:02:26. > :02:30.barrier crossings to be outlawed, a thing of the past. Proper, full
:02:31. > :02:35.barrier crossings. I think they have got to make them so conspicuous,
:02:36. > :02:40.that whatever the weather conditions prevail, if it is down, you know
:02:41. > :02:47.that it is down. Do you think that will save lives? Yes, I think it
:02:48. > :02:51.will. Her grandparents have planted roses named after Emma in the very
:02:52. > :02:55.place she loved to play. They hope their pain and loss can some way
:02:56. > :03:01.lead to greater safety at crossings. We will never forget Emma. She will
:03:02. > :03:05.always be four years old. Peter Jarratt, Emma's grand`father,
:03:06. > :03:08.ending that report by Sarah Corker. Scunthorpe hospital has apologised
:03:09. > :03:11.after claims were made that a patient with learning disabilities
:03:12. > :03:14.was left on a ward without food and drink for two days. Managers say
:03:15. > :03:18.they are investigating what went wrong and that they're sorry for any
:03:19. > :03:22.distress caused. The main bridge connecting east and
:03:23. > :03:25.west Hull got stuck open for almost an hour during rush hour this
:03:26. > :03:30.morning. Engineers were brought in to fix the electrical problem on
:03:31. > :03:50.Myton swing bridge. The wind turbine company, Dong
:03:51. > :03:52.MPs, if they're found to have broken the rules. The Brigg and Goole MP,
:03:53. > :03:56.Andrew Percy is supporting a system where people can band together to
:03:57. > :03:58.force a referendum over an MP's future, instead of waiting
:03:59. > :04:01.potentially years for a general election to come round. Campaigners
:04:02. > :04:04.claim it could help avoid a repeat of the expenses scandal, as our
:04:05. > :04:11.Political Editor, Tim Iredale reports.
:04:12. > :04:13.The recent resignation of Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, over her
:04:14. > :06:17.expenses claims brought back bitter improved little since the expenses
:06:18. > :06:25.scandal. Many believe Parliament could do much more to put its own
:06:26. > :06:28.house in order. This is one of the stories being
:06:29. > :06:32.debated on the Sunday Politics. That's this weekend at 11 o'clock on
:06:33. > :06:33.BBC One. Let's get the weather now, with
:06:34. > :06:46.Keeley Donovan. Good evening, it is already very
:06:47. > :06:51.chilly out there, but a finite with some clear spells. Generally try
:06:52. > :06:56.with a long, clear spells. Temperature is low enough for some
:06:57. > :07:01.frost, so gardeners beware, two degrees, three degrees. Tomorrow,
:07:02. > :07:08.plenty of sunshine, it will remain dry, long spells of sunshine with
:07:09. > :07:13.more cloud from the West. Temperatures feeling pleasant in the
:07:14. > :07:18.sunshine. Reaching 13 or 14 degrees, a bit cooler along the coast. Some
:07:19. > :07:23.overnight rain into Sunday, so damp and cloudy. It will brighten up on
:07:24. > :07:29.Monday but spells of sunshine and it will feel pleasant.
:07:30. > :07:32.That is a scam we're back tomorrow, goodbye.
:07:33. > :07:39.the rest of the weekend. Now look at the Outlook with Nick Miller.
:07:40. > :07:43.Neuer-macro don't worry, this is not the repeat. It is live. This is the
:07:44. > :07:48.forecast you are more likely to see in January than May, but this is a
:07:49. > :07:51.cold night for the time of year. We have got some cloud coming into the
:07:52. > :07:56.West, stopping the temperature going down too far. It may produce light
:07:57. > :08:00.rain later in the night, maybe a rogue shower from patchy cloud in
:08:01. > :08:05.East Anglia. For most, dry, clear, temperatures are on the way down and
:08:06. > :08:10.will end up lower than this in the coldest rural spots by morning. -4
:08:11. > :08:15.in rural Scotland in the coldest moral spots in southern England, so
:08:16. > :08:19.gardeners take note, frost for some of us are begins. What about the
:08:20. > :08:25.rest of the weekend? High pressure is here as it begins. You may think,
:08:26. > :08:28.great, settled weather, it does protect the south and east of the UK
:08:29. > :08:36.but Atlantique weather fronts coming to the north and west, giving some
:08:37. > :08:37.rain at times. First, for tomorrow, it is a fine start. Chilly, a lot