:00:00. > 3:59:59with boot and ball may be settled by the smallest margins. That is all
:00:00. > :00:10.from us. Now Good evening, and welcome. The UK
:00:11. > :00:13.Independence Party is celebrating success in the local elections after
:00:14. > :00:19.winning eight council seats in our area overnight. In Hull, UKIP won
:00:20. > :00:23.one seat, beating one of Labour's longest`standing councillors. But
:00:24. > :00:29.their biggest gains have come in North East Lincolnshire, where the
:00:30. > :00:32.party won seven seats. Labour remain in overall charge of councils in
:00:33. > :00:35.Hull and Lincoln, but they've now lost control in North East
:00:36. > :00:43.Lincolnshire, as Tim Iredale reports.
:00:44. > :00:46.Hip, hip, hurray! Meet the new kids on the Block. UKIP's success in
:00:47. > :00:50.these elections has seen the party secure a solid power base in
:00:51. > :00:53.north`east Lincolnshire. I think today's result is a fantastic
:00:54. > :00:56.accumulation over the last ten years. We worked for this. We are
:00:57. > :01:01.now a party...well, the fruitcakes have come home. The results see
:01:02. > :01:06.Labour drop to 21 seats on North East Lincolnshire Council. The
:01:07. > :01:08.Conservatives are down to ten seats, with UKIP now boasting eight
:01:09. > :01:14.councillors on the authority. The Liberal Democrats have three.
:01:15. > :01:17.UKIP I think will be a temporary phenomenon, which will split, argue
:01:18. > :01:20.and divide on the council and possibly even in Europe, so the
:01:21. > :01:23.interesting thing about this election is the fact that the
:01:24. > :01:25.electorate has said to both main parties, "A plague on both your
:01:26. > :01:36.houses". For people like me who have long
:01:37. > :01:39.been Eurosceptics before the word was even invented, it confirms our
:01:40. > :01:42.views that people are very disconnected from the whole process,
:01:43. > :01:45.particularly the fact that Europe is seen as a distant organisation going
:01:46. > :01:54.against what British people and indeed in some cases the British
:01:55. > :01:59.government want. Last night saw Labour retain control of Hull City
:02:00. > :02:02.Council. UKIP's share of the vote was more than 25%, but that only
:02:03. > :02:05.resulted in them winning one seat, from the veteran Labour councillor
:02:06. > :02:13.David Gemmill, who served on the authority for 26 years. What do you
:02:14. > :02:16.make of the swing towards UKIP in some areas? There is certainly a
:02:17. > :02:20.general swing right across the country, and national politicians
:02:21. > :02:27.ought to take a great deal of note out of it. It tells you that it is
:02:28. > :02:35.the symptom of something that the public aren't happy with. Labour
:02:36. > :02:40.also kept control of the City of Lincoln Council after gaining two
:02:41. > :02:42.seats from the Conservatives. So a mixture of celebration and
:02:43. > :02:44.commiseration after these local elections. For some, the excitement
:02:45. > :02:55.was all too much. A Hull Academy's been criticised for
:02:56. > :02:58.rewarding up to 80 GCSE pupils a year by putting them up in a
:02:59. > :03:03.four`star hotel, as part of a residential revision weekend. The
:03:04. > :03:06.Sirius Academy says it's part of a plan to boost the grades of those
:03:07. > :03:09.who've been attending the extra study sessions. But anti`academy
:03:10. > :03:12.campaigners say it's a money`wasting gimmick by a school outside of local
:03:13. > :03:19.authority control, and with better budgets, as Sarah Corker reports.
:03:20. > :03:22.It's a stressful time of year for thousands of teenagers, and unlike
:03:23. > :03:28.many schools, the Sirius Academy in Hull put on extra revision sessions.
:03:29. > :03:31.But here, they go even further, rewarding some of those attending
:03:32. > :03:37.these classes with a stay at a hotel for a weekend of learning. All the
:03:38. > :03:42.intense work we've done, in the exam, I just fail it. I get a bit
:03:43. > :03:46.stressed and tired about all the work you are doing and no reward at
:03:47. > :03:50.the end. You could do it all from home yourself, couldn't you? No. At
:03:51. > :03:53.home, I don't think I would have the motivation. The academy runs two of
:03:54. > :03:58.these residentials every year for around 40 GSCE pupils. Since 2009,
:03:59. > :04:04.they have used hotels in Hull, Scarborough, York and North
:04:05. > :04:07.Lincolnshire. The school runs a rewards`based system for students,
:04:08. > :04:10.so good attendance and hard work is rewarded with things like huge
:04:11. > :04:20.impasses for lunch, tickets to football matches or special weekend
:04:21. > :04:25.revision workshops away. Some people say putting kids up in a hotel is a
:04:26. > :04:28.waste of public money. I disagree because we have had a huge impact in
:04:29. > :04:31.terms of performance of our children being able to be given that
:04:32. > :04:39.last`minute revision with the support of qualified members of
:04:40. > :04:49.staff. In 2009, 29% of pupils achieved five A* to C grades. By
:04:50. > :04:55.2013, that figure had risen to 65%. But some argue hotel revision trips
:04:56. > :04:59.are an unnecessary expense. It is almost like a bribe. We have now
:05:00. > :05:02.these elite schools that have been given extra finance and extra cash,
:05:03. > :05:09.and that's great for them, but it does nothing for fair and equitable
:05:10. > :05:12.systems for children elsewhere. Opening at weekends for revision,
:05:13. > :05:14.and trips away cost around ?5,000 a year, and those here say it has
:05:15. > :05:25.helped boost grades. A man has been charged with murder
:05:26. > :05:28.following a shooting in Melton in East Yorkshire on Tuesday night.
:05:29. > :05:32.38`year`old Jonathan Smith from Doncaster died from gunshot wounds.
:05:33. > :05:35.54`year`old Peter Guy from Melton will appear before magistrates in
:05:36. > :05:40.Beverley tomorrow charged with his murder. A 15`year`old boy has been
:05:41. > :05:44.charged with assault, and a third man has been released on police
:05:45. > :05:48.bail. A water park where children fell ill
:05:49. > :05:52.with a bug will stay closed this Bank Holiday Weekend. The site at
:05:53. > :05:56.East Park in Hull shut after a dozen people were infected by
:05:57. > :06:00.cryptosperidium last August. Hull City Council is considering the
:06:01. > :06:04.future of the play area. It's hoped salmon could return to
:06:05. > :06:08.the rivers of East Yorkshire for the first time in decades. The Barmby
:06:09. > :06:12.Barrage near Goole is being opened to allow the fish to migrate up the
:06:13. > :06:15.River Derwent. And as our rural affairs correspondent, Paul Murphy,
:06:16. > :06:26.reports, it could also provide a boost to the local economy.
:06:27. > :06:32.You, these are protected to keep water in the River Derwent from salt
:06:33. > :06:38.water in the river is. Now they being carefully open for just a few
:06:39. > :06:43.hours every day. `` River Ouse. Since Simon will be able to migrate
:06:44. > :06:50.from the sea all the way upstream into east and north Yorkshire. ``
:06:51. > :06:55.salmon. This is being opened on a four hour a day basis to allow these
:06:56. > :07:05.animals to get up and do what they want to do. Within a short period,
:07:06. > :07:08.there were salmon spawning in the River Wye. The River Derwent runs
:07:09. > :07:15.from the North York Moors down through East Yorkshire and into the
:07:16. > :07:21.River Ouse. It is the largest river system. More than 500 salmon and
:07:22. > :07:25.1400 sea trout could now entered the river every year, and this will add
:07:26. > :07:31.more than ?12 million to local economies. The salmon is arguably
:07:32. > :07:36.the most highly prized and iconic of fish is, and although it could be
:07:37. > :07:40.several years before its presence is fully felt her on the Derwent, there
:07:41. > :07:47.is a belief that communities along this river stand to benefit. The
:07:48. > :07:52.river joint villages are age of East Yorkshire, sometimes overlooked. So
:07:53. > :07:57.could anglers and tourists soon be spending more time and money here?
:07:58. > :08:00.It would help the economy because people would need more
:08:01. > :08:07.accommodation, more places to eat, camping facilities. It could help.
:08:08. > :08:11.It would have to be really well promoted. In other parts of the
:08:12. > :08:15.country, is highly prized fish attract quite an audience. In
:08:16. > :08:16.opening its doors for business, the River Derwent is hoping for similar
:08:17. > :08:23.success. In Rugby League, Hull FC took on
:08:24. > :08:26.top`of`the`table team Leeds Rhinos away in the Superleague. The match
:08:27. > :08:33.ended in defeat for the Black and Whites, though ` the final score
:08:34. > :08:36.Leeds 20, Hull FC six. Time for a look at the weekend weather.
:08:37. > :08:41.Good evening. An improvement to the bank holiday weekend, but tomorrow
:08:42. > :08:44.does not look pleasant at all. It will become largely dry through this
:08:45. > :08:47.evening. Clear spells at first, but towards the end of the night,
:08:48. > :08:50.thicker cloud will spread from the south. Temperatures overnight
:08:51. > :08:53.dropping to around ten or 11 degrees. A lot of cloud tomorrow. It
:08:54. > :08:57.will produce showers with long spells of rain. They will spread
:08:58. > :09:00.from the south and could be heavy, thundery and persistent. There could
:09:01. > :09:04.be wet spells of weather at times tomorrow. It will not be as warm as
:09:05. > :09:08.today. We should still get to around 15 or 16 degrees. Fewer showers on
:09:09. > :09:12.Sunday, so more in the way of dry weather, and then increasing amounts
:09:13. > :09:15.of brightness into Monday. The warmest day of the bank holiday
:09:16. > :09:28.weekend will see pleasant spells of sunshine, but unsettled for Tuesday.
:09:29. > :09:29.Thank you. Newsnight is on BBC Two assisting the fallout from the
:09:30. > :09:33.elections. That is it for me. you over to Peter Gibson and
:09:34. > :09:46.National forecast. The bank holiday weekend weather is
:09:47. > :09:51.not looking user-friendly although most places should get one decent
:09:52. > :10:01.day out of the three and some places will get two. We have low pressure,
:10:02. > :10:04.and there will be showers around over the next couple of days
:10:05. > :10:11.particularly. Sunshine breaking through now and again. It will pick
:10:12. > :10:19.up temperatures. Tonight we have rain. We have had thunderstorms in
:10:20. > :10:26.northern England. They are moving into Northern Ireland. A lot of dry
:10:27. > :10:35.weather will stop misty in the north-east. On Saturday, there is a
:10:36. > :10:43.mass of cloud and rain running around the low pressure. There will
:10:44. > :10:44.be heavy rain. It will make slow progress