08/05/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.

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

mother who says she's being penalised for keeping a spare room

for her son who's on a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

When it was thrown at is that we had a backdated arrears amounted to pay,

it made it very difficult to be able to stay within our means.

Myth`busting ` the operations being broadcast live for the first time.

The plans to transform this quiet Linconshire waterway into a busy

marina. Hull's veterans who freed Holland in

the Second World War bring home the symbol of their victory. The latest

forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good evening. A mother from North

Lincolnshire is accusing the government of forcing her to live in

poverty after changes to our housing benefit. Lorraine Seath from

Scunthorpe says she should be able to keep a bedroom spare for her son,

when he is home from serving with the RAF. But the government says if

she does, she will lose some of her housing benefit, in what critics

call the bedroom tax. Crispin Rolfe reports. An extra space for

Lorraine's son Simon. The bedroom cost the family housing benefit.

Simon works for the RAF in Oxfordshire, but comes home at

weekends to see his daughter. He has a daughter here. He has

relationships with people, neighbours and family that he comes

back to, to maintain. Why, then, could he not pay your subsidy? He's

paying his council tax and his board where he lives. Because of living in

barracks down south, Simon's bedroom, which he shares with his

daughter, is not exempt, point to put the Prime Minister yesterday. As

the Prime Minister think it is right that he has to pay the bedroom tax

to keep a room available for him to stay in when he has to pay the

bedroom tax to keep a room available for him to stay in when he's home?

If the exemption does not apply in this case, there is the provision of

the discretionary housing payment. So far, the rain, who cannot work

because of ill`health, says the council has refused her request ``

Lorraine. It made it very difficult for us to stay within our means. The

way the bedroom tax is being put into place, it doesn't make economic

sense and it Pini `` it penalises people. In North Lincolnshire, there

are not the smaller properties in their social housing sector. One

room means losing 14% in housing benefit. Two rooms and it rises to

25%, and could mean families could expect to lose between ?40 and ?80

every month. 50,000 people across Yorkshire and the Humber are

affected by the bedroom tax. These are service people working overseas

people sharing custody with their children and their parts need an

extra room for sleeping arrangements. The Department for

work and pensions says: X is a site Earlier, I spoke to

Jonathan Isaby from the Taxpayers' Alliance.

He told me there major problems with the country's housing stock which

need fixing. I think we need to look at the

availability of housing and the affordability of housing. I think

people need to be aware that soldiers who are away on operations

and intending to return home permanently, the spare room subsidy

does not apply in those cases, but this is a case where a soldier was

living at barracks and somebody simply wanted to have a room in a

home available on the off chance that her son would come and visit at

some point. The thing is, there will be hundreds of thousands of people

watching this programme who own their homes, and would love to have

a spare room for adult children or visitors or friends, but they simply

can't afford it. So the answer to the question is, yes, somebody who

is serving but is living in barracks should be liable? Yes, and I think

the issue is this, that it's not fair to ask people who can't afford

spare rooms in their own homes for their adult children or friends to

subsidise that luxury for others. But some will say, his served his

country, he is serving his country, therefore the family should get

special...not necessarily treatment, but dispensation. He is serving his

country and I salute him for doing that. The country is housing him at

barracks. He has a home. It would not be fair to ask the taxpayer to

provide two different homes for him at the same time. It's not

sustainable in terms of the number of houses available for rent in the

social sector. Briefly, is the spare room subsidy working? The spare room

subsidy is working because it's ensuring there is better

distribution of housing around the country and you're not asking people

to subsidise for others a lifestyle that they can't afford for

themselves. Good to talk to you. Thank you very much indeed.

We want to hear from you on this story, should people who are in the

armed forces be a special case or should tennants benefits be cut if

rooms are hardly used? In a moment: A fortnight before the

European Elections, the debate over whether we're better in or out heats

up. Operations in Goole are being

broadcast live to people in the town to try and give them an insight into

what work the hospital does. People have been watching knee and shoulder

surgery via a video link while putting their questions to

clinicians. Hospital bosses say it's a chance to show off the services

they offer to patients. Surgeons here in Goole perform

around 1,200 operations a year. For safety and hygiene reasons,

operations are carried out behind closed doors, but today, surgeons

have been performing what they call a myth`busting exercise. First in

the theatre list was a knee replacement, which was shown live

via a video link, complete with commentary from one of the

consultants. There is a metal tray there. I think it is useful for

people to understand what happens. The more patients are educated about

surgery and outcomes, I think the better outcome they will get

themselves. The surgery looked and sounded quite brutal. It didn't seem

to put anyone off. It is good to know what you're going in for. It

was really helpful. I enjoyed it. In a funny way. GPs found the surgery

showcased very useful. I wanted to see how the new procedure was

actually done, so patients who come to me, I can describe the operation

to them and give them some insight as to complications that can occur.

While this live broadcast is still unusual, cameras are gradually being

allowed access to all areas, from the very start of life to behind the

scenes of our police stations. Legal experts believe it would be long

before we are televising court cases, like that of Oscar Pistorius

currently being tried in South Africa. Back in Goole and surgeons

insist cameras and a distraction. It's been revealed rail bosses had

been planning to close a level crossing near the East Yorkshire

border where a man died yesterday. A I have done over 300 of these

procedures. They are normally straightforward. No pressure, it was

fine. The number of people needing hip and knee 's replacement is

expected to soar over the next decade. It is hoped the screening

will reassure patients and persuade them to have their surgery in Goole.

Now, some more stories in brief. It's been revealed rail bosses had

been planning to close a level crossing near the East Yorkshire

border where a man died yesterday. 77`year`old Eric Ireland from

Moorsholme died after his car was hit by a train on a gated crossing

in Scampston. Network Rail has told the BBC it's "in discussions" with

the landowner to shut the crossing. No`one on board the train was

injured. Around 100 pensioners and disabled passengers have disrupted

services in protest over changes to their travel passes. Services had to

stop at Doncaster after protesters refuse to pay their fares. The train

blocked a number of platforms as police dealt with the incident.

Other services were delayed or forced to re`route.

Are we better`off in or out of the European Union? That was the subject

of a fierce debate today, which featured the politicians hoping to

represent East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in Brussels.

The European election candidates clashed over a number of issues in a

radio debate, which was hosted by Tim Iredale.

Some commentators regard Grimsby is one of the eurosceptic towns in the

country. Listening carefully to the radio debate was Philip Evans, a

Grimsby `based firm which exports of British groceries to overseas

retailers. The point about the EU is to create a common market, and that

is what we benefit from. The Lib Democrat policy is that we are

better off remaining part of the EU. We believe that so many jobs depend

on membership of the EU, about 3000 in this region. So much depends on

the single market. That is not the UKIP a few. UKIP wants Britain to be

self`governing. British people should be governed by a British

government. We don't need to be part of a union, a political union.

Labour said the European Parliament does make a difference to our daily

lives. We are taking decisions on things that affect people, like food

labelling, air quality, how many holidays you have, paid holidays.

The Tories have promised and in out referendum on our membership of the

EU in 2017. The Conservative policy, which is we would like to remain

within a European Union, but one which is very much reformed and more

suitable for the British people for the future. It was a lively debate

between the Yorkshire and Humber Euro election candidates. What is

the Grimsby businessman's view? It has made me worry that it will not

educate all offers before the election comes up. The hope these

debates will help everyone. It will help us make a decision. On the

basis of a very emotional debate, I Duncan Weir getting very far. You

can see a list of the candidates standing on the BBC website.

Thank you for watching. Still ahead tonight: Plans are

revealed to transform this quiet Linconshire waterway into a busy

marina. The World War II veterans who helped to free...

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at North Cliffe near Market Weighton.

Josie Latus sent it in. Another picture tomorrow.

How are you? I am fine, apart from the smirk on

your face. Kerry says, I love Peter's Silver

shared, but I couldn't tell where his hair finished and his share

started. The headlines is an unsettled one.

Some torrential rain across Lincolnshire. The very unsettled

weekend with showers and longer spells of rain. Quite windy

tomorrow, with a scattering of showers. We have had some rain this

morning and some very heavy rain now. Boston is very wet. We could

see a bit of evening brightness. From the West, scattered showers.

The sharp showers return towards dawn. Lowest temperatures, nine or

ten. A breezy nights to come. The sun will rise around 5:30am. Showers

from the word go across East Yorkshire Lincolnshire and North

Norfolk. As we head through the afternoon, the showers peter out.

Quite a few places and up dry. You is a windy day. Top temperatures

across East Yorkshire, 13 or 14. Saturday will be very unsettled. The

rain clears to showers on Saturday afternoon. That is the forecast.

I know you have been making the weather show today. Is there another

debate on the rain? We talk about the Antarctic.

I will mention The Times tomorrow. See you tomorrow.

Plans for a new marina along the River Witham at Woodhall Spa are

being welcomed as a chance to secure the future of tourism in the town.

Local councillors say the proposals could attract thousands of new

visitors. But some local residents worry the area could become

overdeveloped. Sarah Walton reports. A quiet day out on the water and a

chance to watch the Lincolnshire landscape as you pass by. But it's

hoped a marina beside the River Witham here could tempt people to

stop and visit nearby Woodhall Spa, spending their money in local

buisinesses. British waterways are opening up every day. It is

important we are open to that market. The marina would be about a

mile from Woodhall Spa and house 300 boats on a pool linked to the river

with a new canal. The site would also include 200 homes as well as

shops. Plans are at an early stage, but 30 miles away you can get an

idea of what it might look like. Burton Water near Lincoln sits on

the same river and does attract visitors into the surrounding area.

Pop into Lincoln, then go to other places. But back in Woodhall Spa,

the Parish council is worries a marina with shops could take

business away from town centre, and on the high street there's a mixed

reaction. I wouldn't have thought people here would be very happy with

the extra influx of visitors in this village. From where it is going to

be, I think Woodhall would benefit from it. Overall, brilliant I day.

Probably a good idea for businesses, but it might spoil the character of

the town itself. This is why we like it here, because it is quiet. The

developper says he does understand, and hopes to work very closely with

the local community. I live 100 metres away from this development.

We always wanted a project that was good forward all Spark, and we would

build a cycle path into the village so that people would go into the

village and use things there. The next stage is to survey the land

here and draw up more detailed plans. If approved, building could

start in about four years' time. The a 15 is closed in both directions

this evening after a serious accident involving three vehicles.

East Midlands are rampant and attended the scene. That is the A15,

closed in both directions at the moment.

Project got into difficulty above the airfield at RAF Waddington. They

say that emergency procedures were implemented before it made a safe

landing. Permission has been given to build

25 new homes on the former site of Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes. The

site has been empty since 2007. Council officers voted in favour of

plans. A Hull museum which was being closed

to the public to save money will stay open following an online

petition signed by over 3,000 people. Hull City Council says the

Hands on History Museum will open on alternate Saturday afternoons. The

cost will be met by reducing opening times at the Spurn Lightship. You

might have a view on that story. Thanks to one who got in touch about

the critical report into the Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals we

talked about last night. The CQ CQ watchdog said staff shortages were

affecting patient care. There were also allegations of bullying. Thank

you for all the messages. It symbolises the freedom enjoyed by

people living across Europe since the Nazis were defeated in 1945.

This, the Torch of liberation, is tonight in Hull after its journey

from the Netherlands. It was handed over on Sunday following a special

ceremony. Amanda White watched today as it was welcomed into Hull.

Having been in the care of the captain on the overnight ferry this

morning, the Flame of Liberation was handed back to the Normandy Veterans

Association on British soil. It had been presented to chairman John

Hainsworth on Sunday in the Dutch town of Vargeningen as its people

celebrated the anniversary of their liberation from the Nazis. Take the

torch. Keep it burning. And Marge. And much of, yes. Thank you. In

Hull, it was welcomed by the students of Archbishop Sentamu

Academy, who sang of the freedom hard fought for in Western Europe.

There were thousands that been starving and were absolutely

begging. I had just been issued with cigarettes. I gave over 1000 away.

As the torch crosses the Hull whole `` the torch crosses the river

Hull, you can see them behind me. At Hull's Guildhall, thoughts turned

to the freedom this flame symbolises. We have never been

occupied. We don't know what occupation means. We have freedom of

speech, freedom of movement. In Ukraine, in Syria, in Africa, even

Afghanistan now, there are still parts of the world where freedom is

not something normal, it isn't you have to work for and think about.

That is what the flame of freedom is about. We honour those who from the

city and region heeded the call to leave these shores, to fight for

those who had endured years of oppression and discrimination.

This liberation flame will burn on, and so too hope that its essence

will never be taken for granted. At the moment the flame is in the

Princess key shopping centre. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines: Barclays is to cut 19,000 jobs in a radical

shake`up of its business. A mother from North Lincolnshire

whose son is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan says she's being

penalised for keeping a bedroom for him.

Tomorrow's weather: Response on that story of the mother whose son is

with the RAF and she's keeping a spare bedroom for him.

Mark in Lincoln says, not my responsibility or anybody else's

responsibility to provide accommodation for anybody else who

is working. Mike says, tax subsidise many MPs, serving soldiers should be

exempt from this tax. Callum says, I am a serviceman in the Royal Air

Force and I think the bedroom tax is a scam. As for the man saying the

taxpayer pays for our room on the military base, it is drivel, we pay

for our accommodation out of our monthly wage. Thank you for

watching. Good night. No-one would have believed, in the

first years of the 21st century, that Britain's affairs were being

watched and scrutinised With the help

of our three political parties, who lie to the British public

about their intentions, minds immeasurably

more bureaucratic than ours slowly and surely drew

their plans against us.