:00:00. > :00:00.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight: The
:00:10. > :00:13.mother who says she's being penalised for keeping a spare room
:00:14. > :00:21.for her son who's on a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
:00:22. > :00:28.When it was thrown at is that we had a backdated arrears amounted to pay,
:00:29. > :00:32.it made it very difficult to be able to stay within our means.
:00:33. > :00:35.Myth`busting ` the operations being broadcast live for the first time.
:00:36. > :00:38.The plans to transform this quiet Linconshire waterway into a busy
:00:39. > :00:41.marina. Hull's veterans who freed Holland in
:00:42. > :01:03.the Second World War bring home the symbol of their victory. The latest
:01:04. > :01:06.forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good evening. A mother from North
:01:07. > :01:11.Lincolnshire is accusing the government of forcing her to live in
:01:12. > :01:14.poverty after changes to our housing benefit. Lorraine Seath from
:01:15. > :01:18.Scunthorpe says she should be able to keep a bedroom spare for her son,
:01:19. > :01:24.when he is home from serving with the RAF. But the government says if
:01:25. > :01:27.she does, she will lose some of her housing benefit, in what critics
:01:28. > :01:38.call the bedroom tax. Crispin Rolfe reports. An extra space for
:01:39. > :01:43.Lorraine's son Simon. The bedroom cost the family housing benefit.
:01:44. > :01:46.Simon works for the RAF in Oxfordshire, but comes home at
:01:47. > :01:51.weekends to see his daughter. He has a daughter here. He has
:01:52. > :01:58.relationships with people, neighbours and family that he comes
:01:59. > :02:03.back to, to maintain. Why, then, could he not pay your subsidy? He's
:02:04. > :02:10.paying his council tax and his board where he lives. Because of living in
:02:11. > :02:15.barracks down south, Simon's bedroom, which he shares with his
:02:16. > :02:19.daughter, is not exempt, point to put the Prime Minister yesterday. As
:02:20. > :02:23.the Prime Minister think it is right that he has to pay the bedroom tax
:02:24. > :02:26.to keep a room available for him to stay in when he has to pay the
:02:27. > :02:29.bedroom tax to keep a room available for him to stay in when he's home?
:02:30. > :02:33.If the exemption does not apply in this case, there is the provision of
:02:34. > :02:39.the discretionary housing payment. So far, the rain, who cannot work
:02:40. > :02:50.because of ill`health, says the council has refused her request ``
:02:51. > :02:55.Lorraine. It made it very difficult for us to stay within our means. The
:02:56. > :03:01.way the bedroom tax is being put into place, it doesn't make economic
:03:02. > :03:06.sense and it Pini `` it penalises people. In North Lincolnshire, there
:03:07. > :03:11.are not the smaller properties in their social housing sector. One
:03:12. > :03:18.room means losing 14% in housing benefit. Two rooms and it rises to
:03:19. > :03:24.25%, and could mean families could expect to lose between ?40 and ?80
:03:25. > :03:28.every month. 50,000 people across Yorkshire and the Humber are
:03:29. > :03:33.affected by the bedroom tax. These are service people working overseas
:03:34. > :03:40.people sharing custody with their children and their parts need an
:03:41. > :03:42.extra room for sleeping arrangements. The Department for
:03:43. > :04:12.work and pensions says: X is a site Earlier, I spoke to
:04:13. > :04:18.Jonathan Isaby from the Taxpayers' Alliance.
:04:19. > :04:20.He told me there major problems with the country's housing stock which
:04:21. > :04:24.need fixing. I think we need to look at the
:04:25. > :04:27.availability of housing and the affordability of housing. I think
:04:28. > :04:30.people need to be aware that soldiers who are away on operations
:04:31. > :04:33.and intending to return home permanently, the spare room subsidy
:04:34. > :04:37.does not apply in those cases, but this is a case where a soldier was
:04:38. > :04:40.living at barracks and somebody simply wanted to have a room in a
:04:41. > :04:44.home available on the off chance that her son would come and visit at
:04:45. > :04:47.some point. The thing is, there will be hundreds of thousands of people
:04:48. > :04:51.watching this programme who own their homes, and would love to have
:04:52. > :05:01.a spare room for adult children or visitors or friends, but they simply
:05:02. > :05:05.can't afford it. So the answer to the question is, yes, somebody who
:05:06. > :05:15.is serving but is living in barracks should be liable? Yes, and I think
:05:16. > :05:19.the issue is this, that it's not fair to ask people who can't afford
:05:20. > :05:22.spare rooms in their own homes for their adult children or friends to
:05:23. > :05:26.subsidise that luxury for others. But some will say, his served his
:05:27. > :05:28.country, he is serving his country, therefore the family should get
:05:29. > :05:32.special...not necessarily treatment, but dispensation. He is serving his
:05:33. > :05:39.country and I salute him for doing that. The country is housing him at
:05:40. > :05:43.barracks. He has a home. It would not be fair to ask the taxpayer to
:05:44. > :05:46.provide two different homes for him at the same time. It's not
:05:47. > :05:54.sustainable in terms of the number of houses available for rent in the
:05:55. > :05:57.social sector. Briefly, is the spare room subsidy working? The spare room
:05:58. > :06:00.subsidy is working because it's ensuring there is better
:06:01. > :06:03.distribution of housing around the country and you're not asking people
:06:04. > :06:11.to subsidise for others a lifestyle that they can't afford for
:06:12. > :06:15.themselves. Good to talk to you. Thank you very much indeed.
:06:16. > :06:19.We want to hear from you on this story, should people who are in the
:06:20. > :06:42.armed forces be a special case or should tennants benefits be cut if
:06:43. > :06:46.rooms are hardly used? In a moment: A fortnight before the
:06:47. > :06:52.European Elections, the debate over whether we're better in or out heats
:06:53. > :06:56.up. Operations in Goole are being
:06:57. > :07:02.broadcast live to people in the town to try and give them an insight into
:07:03. > :07:05.what work the hospital does. People have been watching knee and shoulder
:07:06. > :07:15.surgery via a video link while putting their questions to
:07:16. > :07:19.clinicians. Hospital bosses say it's a chance to show off the services
:07:20. > :07:22.they offer to patients. Surgeons here in Goole perform
:07:23. > :07:25.around 1,200 operations a year. For safety and hygiene reasons,
:07:26. > :07:28.operations are carried out behind closed doors, but today, surgeons
:07:29. > :07:31.have been performing what they call a myth`busting exercise. First in
:07:32. > :07:34.the theatre list was a knee replacement, which was shown live
:07:35. > :07:41.via a video link, complete with commentary from one of the
:07:42. > :07:49.consultants. There is a metal tray there. I think it is useful for
:07:50. > :07:52.people to understand what happens. The more patients are educated about
:07:53. > :08:05.surgery and outcomes, I think the better outcome they will get
:08:06. > :08:09.themselves. The surgery looked and sounded quite brutal. It didn't seem
:08:10. > :08:13.to put anyone off. It is good to know what you're going in for. It
:08:14. > :08:23.was really helpful. I enjoyed it. In a funny way. GPs found the surgery
:08:24. > :08:27.showcased very useful. I wanted to see how the new procedure was
:08:28. > :08:30.actually done, so patients who come to me, I can describe the operation
:08:31. > :08:34.to them and give them some insight as to complications that can occur.
:08:35. > :08:37.While this live broadcast is still unusual, cameras are gradually being
:08:38. > :08:47.allowed access to all areas, from the very start of life to behind the
:08:48. > :08:50.scenes of our police stations. Legal experts believe it would be long
:08:51. > :08:53.before we are televising court cases, like that of Oscar Pistorius
:08:54. > :08:56.currently being tried in South Africa. Back in Goole and surgeons
:08:57. > :09:00.insist cameras and a distraction. It's been revealed rail bosses had
:09:01. > :09:03.been planning to close a level crossing near the East Yorkshire
:09:04. > :09:05.border where a man died yesterday. A I have done over 300 of these
:09:06. > :09:13.procedures. They are normally straightforward. No pressure, it was
:09:14. > :09:16.fine. The number of people needing hip and knee 's replacement is
:09:17. > :09:20.expected to soar over the next decade. It is hoped the screening
:09:21. > :09:39.will reassure patients and persuade them to have their surgery in Goole.
:09:40. > :09:43.Now, some more stories in brief. It's been revealed rail bosses had
:09:44. > :09:47.been planning to close a level crossing near the East Yorkshire
:09:48. > :09:49.border where a man died yesterday. 77`year`old Eric Ireland from
:09:50. > :09:53.Moorsholme died after his car was hit by a train on a gated crossing
:09:54. > :09:57.in Scampston. Network Rail has told the BBC it's "in discussions" with
:09:58. > :10:00.the landowner to shut the crossing. No`one on board the train was
:10:01. > :10:04.injured. Around 100 pensioners and disabled passengers have disrupted
:10:05. > :10:09.services in protest over changes to their travel passes. Services had to
:10:10. > :10:14.stop at Doncaster after protesters refuse to pay their fares. The train
:10:15. > :10:18.blocked a number of platforms as police dealt with the incident.
:10:19. > :10:21.Other services were delayed or forced to re`route.
:10:22. > :10:35.Are we better`off in or out of the European Union? That was the subject
:10:36. > :10:38.of a fierce debate today, which featured the politicians hoping to
:10:39. > :10:40.represent East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in Brussels.
:10:41. > :10:44.The European election candidates clashed over a number of issues in a
:10:45. > :10:48.radio debate, which was hosted by Tim Iredale.
:10:49. > :10:52.Some commentators regard Grimsby is one of the eurosceptic towns in the
:10:53. > :11:00.country. Listening carefully to the radio debate was Philip Evans, a
:11:01. > :11:05.Grimsby `based firm which exports of British groceries to overseas
:11:06. > :11:10.retailers. The point about the EU is to create a common market, and that
:11:11. > :11:13.is what we benefit from. The Lib Democrat policy is that we are
:11:14. > :11:23.better off remaining part of the EU. We believe that so many jobs depend
:11:24. > :11:32.on membership of the EU, about 3000 in this region. So much depends on
:11:33. > :11:39.the single market. That is not the UKIP a few. UKIP wants Britain to be
:11:40. > :11:45.self`governing. British people should be governed by a British
:11:46. > :11:49.government. We don't need to be part of a union, a political union.
:11:50. > :11:55.Labour said the European Parliament does make a difference to our daily
:11:56. > :12:01.lives. We are taking decisions on things that affect people, like food
:12:02. > :12:06.labelling, air quality, how many holidays you have, paid holidays.
:12:07. > :12:16.The Tories have promised and in out referendum on our membership of the
:12:17. > :12:19.EU in 2017. The Conservative policy, which is we would like to remain
:12:20. > :12:24.within a European Union, but one which is very much reformed and more
:12:25. > :12:37.suitable for the British people for the future. It was a lively debate
:12:38. > :12:42.between the Yorkshire and Humber Euro election candidates. What is
:12:43. > :12:48.the Grimsby businessman's view? It has made me worry that it will not
:12:49. > :12:54.educate all offers before the election comes up. The hope these
:12:55. > :12:59.debates will help everyone. It will help us make a decision. On the
:13:00. > :13:04.basis of a very emotional debate, I Duncan Weir getting very far. You
:13:05. > :13:12.can see a list of the candidates standing on the BBC website.
:13:13. > :13:14.Thank you for watching. Still ahead tonight: Plans are
:13:15. > :13:25.revealed to transform this quiet Linconshire waterway into a busy
:13:26. > :13:34.marina. The World War II veterans who helped to free...
:13:35. > :13:46.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at North Cliffe near Market Weighton.
:13:47. > :13:56.Josie Latus sent it in. Another picture tomorrow.
:13:57. > :13:59.How are you? I am fine, apart from the smirk on
:14:00. > :14:08.your face. Kerry says, I love Peter's Silver
:14:09. > :14:15.shared, but I couldn't tell where his hair finished and his share
:14:16. > :14:20.started. The headlines is an unsettled one.
:14:21. > :14:27.Some torrential rain across Lincolnshire. The very unsettled
:14:28. > :14:30.weekend with showers and longer spells of rain. Quite windy
:14:31. > :14:41.tomorrow, with a scattering of showers. We have had some rain this
:14:42. > :14:53.morning and some very heavy rain now. Boston is very wet. We could
:14:54. > :15:00.see a bit of evening brightness. From the West, scattered showers.
:15:01. > :15:08.The sharp showers return towards dawn. Lowest temperatures, nine or
:15:09. > :15:16.ten. A breezy nights to come. The sun will rise around 5:30am. Showers
:15:17. > :15:22.from the word go across East Yorkshire Lincolnshire and North
:15:23. > :15:34.Norfolk. As we head through the afternoon, the showers peter out.
:15:35. > :15:47.Quite a few places and up dry. You is a windy day. Top temperatures
:15:48. > :15:57.across East Yorkshire, 13 or 14. Saturday will be very unsettled. The
:15:58. > :16:03.rain clears to showers on Saturday afternoon. That is the forecast.
:16:04. > :16:12.I know you have been making the weather show today. Is there another
:16:13. > :16:19.debate on the rain? We talk about the Antarctic.
:16:20. > :16:22.I will mention The Times tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
:16:23. > :16:25.Plans for a new marina along the River Witham at Woodhall Spa are
:16:26. > :16:29.being welcomed as a chance to secure the future of tourism in the town.
:16:30. > :16:35.Local councillors say the proposals could attract thousands of new
:16:36. > :16:38.visitors. But some local residents worry the area could become
:16:39. > :16:42.overdeveloped. Sarah Walton reports. A quiet day out on the water and a
:16:43. > :16:45.chance to watch the Lincolnshire landscape as you pass by. But it's
:16:46. > :16:48.hoped a marina beside the River Witham here could tempt people to
:16:49. > :17:01.stop and visit nearby Woodhall Spa, spending their money in local
:17:02. > :17:05.buisinesses. British waterways are opening up every day. It is
:17:06. > :17:09.important we are open to that market. The marina would be about a
:17:10. > :17:13.mile from Woodhall Spa and house 300 boats on a pool linked to the river
:17:14. > :17:17.with a new canal. The site would also include 200 homes as well as
:17:18. > :17:22.shops. Plans are at an early stage, but 30 miles away you can get an
:17:23. > :17:26.idea of what it might look like. Burton Water near Lincoln sits on
:17:27. > :17:39.the same river and does attract visitors into the surrounding area.
:17:40. > :17:42.Pop into Lincoln, then go to other places. But back in Woodhall Spa,
:17:43. > :17:45.the Parish council is worries a marina with shops could take
:17:46. > :17:50.business away from town centre, and on the high street there's a mixed
:17:51. > :17:57.reaction. I wouldn't have thought people here would be very happy with
:17:58. > :18:01.the extra influx of visitors in this village. From where it is going to
:18:02. > :18:07.be, I think Woodhall would benefit from it. Overall, brilliant I day.
:18:08. > :18:12.Probably a good idea for businesses, but it might spoil the character of
:18:13. > :18:15.the town itself. This is why we like it here, because it is quiet. The
:18:16. > :18:21.developper says he does understand, and hopes to work very closely with
:18:22. > :18:24.the local community. I live 100 metres away from this development.
:18:25. > :18:31.We always wanted a project that was good forward all Spark, and we would
:18:32. > :18:34.build a cycle path into the village so that people would go into the
:18:35. > :18:37.village and use things there. The next stage is to survey the land
:18:38. > :18:51.here and draw up more detailed plans. If approved, building could
:18:52. > :18:55.start in about four years' time. The a 15 is closed in both directions
:18:56. > :19:00.this evening after a serious accident involving three vehicles.
:19:01. > :19:12.East Midlands are rampant and attended the scene. That is the A15,
:19:13. > :19:22.closed in both directions at the moment.
:19:23. > :19:28.Project got into difficulty above the airfield at RAF Waddington. They
:19:29. > :19:32.say that emergency procedures were implemented before it made a safe
:19:33. > :19:36.landing. Permission has been given to build
:19:37. > :19:42.25 new homes on the former site of Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes. The
:19:43. > :19:52.site has been empty since 2007. Council officers voted in favour of
:19:53. > :19:56.plans. A Hull museum which was being closed
:19:57. > :19:58.to the public to save money will stay open following an online
:19:59. > :20:02.petition signed by over 3,000 people. Hull City Council says the
:20:03. > :20:06.Hands on History Museum will open on alternate Saturday afternoons. The
:20:07. > :20:17.cost will be met by reducing opening times at the Spurn Lightship. You
:20:18. > :20:23.might have a view on that story. Thanks to one who got in touch about
:20:24. > :20:27.the critical report into the Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals we
:20:28. > :20:32.talked about last night. The CQ CQ watchdog said staff shortages were
:20:33. > :20:33.affecting patient care. There were also allegations of bullying. Thank
:20:34. > :21:32.you for all the messages. It symbolises the freedom enjoyed by
:21:33. > :21:39.people living across Europe since the Nazis were defeated in 1945.
:21:40. > :21:42.This, the Torch of liberation, is tonight in Hull after its journey
:21:43. > :21:45.from the Netherlands. It was handed over on Sunday following a special
:21:46. > :21:50.ceremony. Amanda White watched today as it was welcomed into Hull.
:21:51. > :21:53.Having been in the care of the captain on the overnight ferry this
:21:54. > :21:59.morning, the Flame of Liberation was handed back to the Normandy Veterans
:22:00. > :22:02.Association on British soil. It had been presented to chairman John
:22:03. > :22:05.Hainsworth on Sunday in the Dutch town of Vargeningen as its people
:22:06. > :22:19.celebrated the anniversary of their liberation from the Nazis. Take the
:22:20. > :22:24.torch. Keep it burning. And Marge. And much of, yes. Thank you. In
:22:25. > :22:26.Hull, it was welcomed by the students of Archbishop Sentamu
:22:27. > :22:44.Academy, who sang of the freedom hard fought for in Western Europe.
:22:45. > :22:50.There were thousands that been starving and were absolutely
:22:51. > :23:01.begging. I had just been issued with cigarettes. I gave over 1000 away.
:23:02. > :23:10.As the torch crosses the Hull whole `` the torch crosses the river
:23:11. > :23:13.Hull, you can see them behind me. At Hull's Guildhall, thoughts turned
:23:14. > :23:22.to the freedom this flame symbolises. We have never been
:23:23. > :23:32.occupied. We don't know what occupation means. We have freedom of
:23:33. > :23:37.speech, freedom of movement. In Ukraine, in Syria, in Africa, even
:23:38. > :23:41.Afghanistan now, there are still parts of the world where freedom is
:23:42. > :23:47.not something normal, it isn't you have to work for and think about.
:23:48. > :23:54.That is what the flame of freedom is about. We honour those who from the
:23:55. > :23:59.city and region heeded the call to leave these shores, to fight for
:24:00. > :24:02.those who had endured years of oppression and discrimination.
:24:03. > :24:16.This liberation flame will burn on, and so too hope that its essence
:24:17. > :24:20.will never be taken for granted. At the moment the flame is in the
:24:21. > :24:23.Princess key shopping centre. Let's get a recap of the national
:24:24. > :24:26.and regional headlines: Barclays is to cut 19,000 jobs in a radical
:24:27. > :24:30.shake`up of its business. A mother from North Lincolnshire
:24:31. > :24:33.whose son is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan says she's being
:24:34. > :24:42.penalised for keeping a bedroom for him.
:24:43. > :24:46.Tomorrow's weather: Response on that story of the mother whose son is
:24:47. > :24:51.with the RAF and she's keeping a spare bedroom for him.
:24:52. > :24:55.Mark in Lincoln says, not my responsibility or anybody else's
:24:56. > :25:02.responsibility to provide accommodation for anybody else who
:25:03. > :25:09.is working. Mike says, tax subsidise many MPs, serving soldiers should be
:25:10. > :25:12.exempt from this tax. Callum says, I am a serviceman in the Royal Air
:25:13. > :25:17.Force and I think the bedroom tax is a scam. As for the man saying the
:25:18. > :25:23.taxpayer pays for our room on the military base, it is drivel, we pay
:25:24. > :25:24.for our accommodation out of our monthly wage. Thank you for
:25:25. > :25:52.watching. Good night. No-one would have believed, in the
:25:53. > :25:57.first years of the 21st century, that Britain's affairs were being
:25:58. > :26:01.watched and scrutinised With the help
:26:02. > :26:05.of our three political parties, who lie to the British public
:26:06. > :26:08.about their intentions, minds immeasurably
:26:09. > :26:12.more bureaucratic than ours slowly and surely drew
:26:13. > :26:18.their plans against us.