:00:00. > :00:07.than 40,000 have made the journey so far this year. -- the number
:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:10. > :00:12.The family of a brain damaged teenager says
:00:13. > :00:14.there needs to be better treatment for patients in Lincolnshire.
:00:15. > :00:19.I hate to use the term postcode lottery but we are not in
:00:20. > :00:23.A wet half term holiday leaves many tourist attractions counting
:00:24. > :00:27.It's been devastating. It really has. It is soul`destroying.
:00:28. > :00:30.You know, when you wake up in the morning
:00:31. > :00:32.and the rain is clattering against your window, it's depressing.
:00:33. > :00:38.While outdoor attractions have fared badly, there's better news
:00:39. > :00:41.The Scunthorpe actor starring at one of the world's most famous
:00:42. > :00:45.From the fields to the front line ` the farmers who drove their wagons
:00:46. > :01:03.And the promise of better weather for the weekend.
:01:04. > :01:05.It's almost a year since 16`year`old Ryan Smith
:01:06. > :01:11.from Skegness suffered brain damage after he was knocked from his bike.
:01:12. > :01:15.He's spent the last six months receiving treatment in Surrey
:01:16. > :01:21.but now, as he's about to be sent back home, his parents have
:01:22. > :01:24.criticised the level of care support available in Lincolnshire.
:01:25. > :01:37.Ryan has been receiving therapy at a centre run by a charity
:01:38. > :01:42.His family don't yet know what care could be offered closer to home.
:01:43. > :01:46.Leaning forwards and pushing up on the legs, both of them.
:01:47. > :01:50.Another huge step in Ryan Smith's progress during therapy sessions
:01:51. > :01:55.It's hard to believe this was Ryan last December, only just beginning
:01:56. > :02:01.When he first came to us, he had no head control and he was
:02:02. > :02:06.Obviously, as you can see today, he has sitting balance.
:02:07. > :02:12.Ryan was hit by a van last summer when cycling to work.
:02:13. > :02:22.Six months on, his dad has accumulated 27,000 miles driving
:02:23. > :02:35.There are a massive number of brain injuries within the county and the
:02:36. > :02:42.You seem to have to fight for every grain of help, if you like.
:02:43. > :02:45.Lincolnshire's branch of brain injury charity Headway says
:02:46. > :02:50.the county is a black hole for these services.
:02:51. > :02:51.But the Children's Trust say replicating
:02:52. > :02:55.the Surrey centre would be a major challenge because of the need for
:02:56. > :03:03.One child will have about 50 professionals, in the end,
:03:04. > :03:15.So if you could replicate this you would find it incredibly expensive.
:03:16. > :03:18.After six months here, Ryan is newly ready to leave the Children's Trust
:03:19. > :03:23.in Surrey but his family home won't be modified until September and in
:03:24. > :03:27.the meantime his family are worried about where he can be cared for.
:03:28. > :03:32.There needs to be quick decisions made about Ryan's future
:03:33. > :03:35.before he goes back to his family home and it's not acceptable that he
:03:36. > :03:41.is expected to go home before the work has been completed.
:03:42. > :03:45.Any uncertainty over where Ryan can continue his therapy will be tackled
:03:46. > :03:50.in the usual positive way by both father and son.
:03:51. > :03:59.And what position do we always like to come?
:04:00. > :04:12.That winning attitude is definitely a big testament to Ryan's recovery.
:04:13. > :04:15.Ryan's dad Mark Smith ending that report by Jill Archbold.
:04:16. > :04:17.In a brief statement, the Lincolnshire East Clinical
:04:18. > :04:26.Commissioning Group said they are urgently investigating Ryan's case
:04:27. > :04:31.to try and find an acceptable solution.
:04:32. > :04:35.I'm joined this evening by Luke Griggs who's from Headway, a charity
:04:36. > :04:46.that works with families and their loved ones who have a brain injury.
:04:47. > :04:52.Local police said the situation is not acceptable. The viral health
:04:53. > :04:56.professionals failing to get to grips with what is needed? There is
:04:57. > :05:02.a lack of qualified specialist clinicians to help the ball affected
:05:03. > :05:06.by brain injuries. Both at the acute stage, where Ryan is, but also when
:05:07. > :05:13.people have more moderate and minor brain injuries who need help. Those
:05:14. > :05:21.professionals don't exist in the county. Is this case isolated? I
:05:22. > :05:30.gather a Lincolnshire is a bit of a black hole. Mark was talking of a
:05:31. > :05:38.postcode lottery and that is the case not just Lincolnshire at in the
:05:39. > :05:43.UK. We have made great strides in treating brain injuries, people
:05:44. > :05:52.getting better, have we not fast enough about the care and help these
:05:53. > :06:00.recovering people need? Headway was founded in 1979 on those principles.
:06:01. > :06:05.The 1970s saw a great improvement in neurosurgery but Headway was founded
:06:06. > :06:11.because a life worth saving is a life worth living. With people
:06:12. > :06:16.getting better, this will mean long`term and costly care. Should
:06:17. > :06:26.that money be found by local authorities whatever the cost? It is
:06:27. > :06:30.a false economy to cut back. It is a false economy not to give people
:06:31. > :06:35.rehabilitation following brain injury. You enable them to relearn
:06:36. > :06:46.skills and increase independence. Without the support, people will
:06:47. > :06:53.need longer state support. Are there some families suffering in silence?
:06:54. > :06:57.Yes. Charities like Headway are under increasing pressure to support
:06:58. > :07:04.them. Unless we get help, these people will be cut out of society.
:07:05. > :07:07.Specialist police officers are still at a building site in Pocklington,
:07:08. > :07:09.to make sure an unexploded device is safe.
:07:10. > :07:13.The object was found yesterday on a construction site at West Green.
:07:14. > :07:16.Officers say there's not thought to be any risk to the public.
:07:17. > :07:19.Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a Sheffield war
:07:20. > :07:23.veteran, including servicemen from several RAF bases in Lincolnshire.
:07:24. > :07:26.George Thompson, who fought in the Second World War,
:07:27. > :07:33.He had no family but the RAF started a social media campaign to give him
:07:34. > :07:40.So many people turned up to the funeral that loudspeakers had to
:07:41. > :07:48.Grimsby's skyline could be changing with the news that six of the town's
:07:49. > :07:53.700 people still call them home but if the plans go ahead
:07:54. > :07:57.the first residents could be moving out by the end of the year.
:07:58. > :08:01.This is a story you contacted us on after last night's programme.
:08:02. > :08:46.Stewart got in touch ` Grimsby's tower blocks need to come down.
:08:47. > :08:47.Managers at one of the region's top tourist
:08:48. > :08:51.attractions say the wet weather during the bank holiday week has had
:08:52. > :08:55.Levels of rainfall have left many businesses who rely on tourism,
:08:56. > :09:13.The manager of Pleasure Island in Cleethorpes says they're now
:09:14. > :09:16.counting the cost of three days of heavy rain.
:09:17. > :09:17.But there have been some winners too.
:09:18. > :09:30.The Pleasure Island says this is numbers are down. We have thousands
:09:31. > :09:34.of people to catch up on compare to do next year. When you wake up and
:09:35. > :09:40.the brain is clattering against your window, it is depressing. It is
:09:41. > :09:44.financially and emotionally devastating and it is hard work.
:09:45. > :09:52.Wins seaside attractions don't bring visitors, local businesses also feel
:09:53. > :09:59.it. We anticipated lots of business but the rain came and what could we
:10:00. > :10:06.do? It is not just coastal resorts. Beverley races was called off due to
:10:07. > :10:17.a waterlogged course. The school half term is an important week for
:10:18. > :10:26.tourism,. The industry is worth billions. It also employs around
:10:27. > :10:35.250,000 people. It was nice weather for ducks and fish. We have had a
:10:36. > :10:43.great week. 42% more than we thought. We have had penguins just
:10:44. > :10:48.recently and the weather has been wet, which is good for us as an
:10:49. > :10:52.indoor attraction. Families we spoke to explain how the weather is a
:10:53. > :11:01.decider when it comes to half term. We went to one place and it was a
:11:02. > :11:06.wash`out. It has been raining. When the weather is bad, mostly indoor
:11:07. > :11:11.staff. With a brighter weekend forecast, outdoor attractions will
:11:12. > :11:16.Phillip is live at one of East Yorkshire's big tourist events
:11:17. > :11:24.tonight ` the '80s pop star Paul Young is playing in Burton Agnes.
:11:25. > :11:33.It seems like it has been a mixed picture this week. The sun is
:11:34. > :11:38.finally shining. But organisers took a gamble especially whether the rain
:11:39. > :11:43.in the last few days. It looks like it has paid off. A few thousand
:11:44. > :11:50.visitors tonight and tomorrow. Pleasure Island say they are 4000
:11:51. > :11:57.visitors down on the same period last year. That impact the amount of
:11:58. > :12:04.money coming in. The half term holiday is seen as a crucial window
:12:05. > :12:07.for the tourist industry. Paul Young is on stage tonight. Katherine
:12:08. > :12:13.Jenkins tomorrow night. Lots of strawberries have been ordered in.
:12:14. > :12:18.Everything sourced from local suppliers. Events like this are
:12:19. > :12:22.important for tourism and the local economy.
:12:23. > :12:28.How do you attract visitors to our area in the rain?
:12:29. > :12:46.What's your idea of a good day out with the family when it's raining?
:12:47. > :12:57.If you are correct we will have some tweets before we finish.
:12:58. > :13:00.The Scunthorpe actor starring at one of the world's most famous
:13:01. > :13:05.The men who drove their wagons from the farms of East Yorkshire to
:13:06. > :13:31.The stunning view over Louth town centre from St James Church tower.
:13:32. > :13:39.You have been nice to me this week. As a reward you can come to my
:13:40. > :13:44.barbecue this weekend. There is a lady who is looking forward to
:13:45. > :13:51.seeing you. Things are looking up.
:13:52. > :14:03.What time should I tell my Gran you will be there?
:14:04. > :14:09.Did I just walk into a trap? Hopefully the weekend will be nice.
:14:10. > :14:16.Tomorrow, variable cloud. That is the theme for Saturday and Sunday.
:14:17. > :14:21.It won't be all sunshine but we should see some sunny spells. We
:14:22. > :14:27.have high pressure building so some fine conditions. Low pressure will
:14:28. > :14:31.push in from the west with more unsettled conditions from Monday
:14:32. > :14:38.onwards. We had quite a lot of cloud today. The coast and eastern areas
:14:39. > :14:44.have had the best sunny breaks. This evening and overnight will stay
:14:45. > :14:52.largely drive. The East will have the better breaks in the clouds so
:14:53. > :15:05.it will be cooler towards the coast. Inland and the cloudier skies will
:15:06. > :15:11.make it warmer. Tomorrow, variable amounts of cloud. It will be bright
:15:12. > :15:17.and it will break in places to allow the sun. Hopefully most places will
:15:18. > :15:23.stay dry but take an umbrella because there could be one or two
:15:24. > :15:31.white showers throughout the day. Temperatures were they should be for
:15:32. > :15:36.the time of year. 16 or 17 Celsius. It will feel pleasant end brighter
:15:37. > :15:47.spells. A better chance of sunshine on Sunday. Unsettled next week.
:15:48. > :15:52.Your Gran will tell you off for publicly the mill eating me. ``
:15:53. > :15:58.humiliating. One's set in Bangladesh,
:15:59. > :16:02.the other in Leeds. But they both star Naj Modak,
:16:03. > :16:05.an actor from Scunthorpe. He's back in the town
:16:06. > :16:08.after seeing the films on show at the famous Cannes Film Festival
:16:09. > :16:11.in the south of France last week. This report does contain
:16:12. > :16:13.some flash photography. Shongram, a romantic drama based
:16:14. > :16:16.in Bangladesh in 1971. And Eight, a short film set during
:16:17. > :16:19.the Tudor period, shot in Leeds. They were both showcased
:16:20. > :16:24.at the Cannes Film Festival and both He was there promoting
:16:25. > :16:34.Eight last week. It is amazing being there as a fan
:16:35. > :16:37.and also as an actor. I got to have meetings with
:16:38. > :16:40.people like Universal, Fox. I have other meetings
:16:41. > :16:42.scheduled to go ahead. Naj played a doctor in Shongram
:16:43. > :16:46.and a character called Lord Carter Which film did you did you enjoy
:16:47. > :16:50.making the most and One is working with struggling,
:16:51. > :16:56.up`and`coming actors who are trying The other one is with
:16:57. > :16:59.established actors. Naj wasn't
:17:00. > :17:05.the only Scunthorpe actor rubbing Ian Sharp's movie, Pleasure Island,
:17:06. > :17:10.was also screened as part It was filmed in Cleethorpes
:17:11. > :17:15.and Grimsby. For a lad from Scunthorpe,
:17:16. > :17:20.I'll never get bored of this. It will always be overwhelming
:17:21. > :17:23.the matter how many times, if I'm Naj says his
:17:24. > :17:29.and Ian's success shows how much He first studied acting at
:17:30. > :17:34.North Lindsey College. There's local production companies
:17:35. > :17:39.and it's just fantastic to see people who want to try hard
:17:40. > :17:43.and aim high and work hard and get the right training and they can
:17:44. > :17:47.achieve as much as they want to. After its screening
:17:48. > :17:49.at Cannes, Naj says there's now been some interest in turning Eight
:17:50. > :17:52.into a feature film. While Shongram will be released
:17:53. > :18:04.next month in some UK cinemas. The coach of Hull FC, Lee Radford,
:18:05. > :18:07.has admitted that his team's performances this season
:18:08. > :18:09.have not been good enough. The Black
:18:10. > :18:12.and Whites have failed to win away but they'll try again tomorrow with
:18:13. > :18:17.a trip to bottom club London. Our sports reporter Simon Clark
:18:18. > :18:19.looks at their prospects and sees if their rivals Hull KR can make it
:18:20. > :18:29.three wins in a row. Just as he was as a player
:18:30. > :18:32.Lee Radford took on media questions He's sincere when he says
:18:33. > :18:36.his team have not been good enough Can you say why you have not won
:18:37. > :18:55.yet? We haven't taken teams to the sword
:18:56. > :18:57.when we needed to. Hopefully we will get this right this Saturday.
:18:58. > :19:00.Hull at least showed signs of a revival when they took
:19:01. > :19:03.on leaders Leeds especially with the way they scored their
:19:04. > :19:06.consolation try but the fact remains Hull are outside the play`off zone
:19:07. > :19:21.Hull FC face tricky weeks ahead given they are largely moving
:19:22. > :19:26.between their training ground and away fixtures up and down the
:19:27. > :19:34.country. It is imperative they get their away form sorted out as soon
:19:35. > :19:37.as possible. From where we are to fifth place, it is six points, it's
:19:38. > :20:21.nothing. little things in his game. But for
:20:22. > :21:36.Hull FC it will be a good weekend. The Wagoners were farmers who were
:21:37. > :21:39.used to bring horse`drawn wagons with supplies of food
:21:40. > :21:42.and ammunition to the front line. As the BBC's partnership with
:21:43. > :21:46.the Imperial War Museums continues, Jo Makel reports on the impact
:21:47. > :21:55.of war here at home. for a training ground for soldiers
:21:56. > :22:01.yet the men who laboured here were The owner of Sledmere House,
:22:02. > :22:07.Sir Mark Sykes, could see conflict A veteran of the Boer War,
:22:08. > :22:14.he knew transport would be vital. The only place
:22:15. > :22:18.in the country that was still using Sir Mark saw there was a reserve
:22:19. > :22:25.of skilled drivers that had the kind Sir Mark convinced the War Office
:22:26. > :22:34.and recruited more than 1000 men Unlike other volunteers,
:22:35. > :22:40.these men wouldn't need months This was all about the skills
:22:41. > :22:46.of driving and working with horses and they had trained for that every
:22:47. > :22:49.day of their lives, working Driving competitions helped
:22:50. > :22:56.recruitment. Farmhands who signed up
:22:57. > :23:00.in 1913 were paid a pound a year. Easily earned with
:23:01. > :23:06.the promise to fight. A lot of it probably would be
:23:07. > :23:09.for King and country but I also suspect it was something
:23:10. > :23:12.of an adventure for them. They spend most of their life
:23:13. > :23:15.in East Yorkshire and focused their life on their work and their horses
:23:16. > :23:22.and the farms on which they worked. When war was declared,
:23:23. > :23:30.things moved quickly. We had stories of them being served
:23:31. > :23:33.their papers in the harvest fields and they left the fields and came
:23:34. > :23:40.to Sledmere and they would be off. They ceased to become Special
:23:41. > :23:43.Reservists and they were in the He took barbed wire, provisions,
:23:44. > :23:52.ammunition to the front. At times he had to sleep
:23:53. > :23:59.in derelict buildings. Sometimes they wouldn't get the
:24:00. > :24:03.chance to wash or clean themselves. It really was prevalent,
:24:04. > :24:10.especially in the trenches. The main priority
:24:11. > :24:13.for them was to make sure the horses were fed and sometimes that was
:24:14. > :24:17.at the expense of their own food. They made sure
:24:18. > :24:19.the horses were well`kept, Ted's grandfather Arthur Brown even
:24:20. > :24:27.won the Meritorious Service Medal after an attack
:24:28. > :24:30.which blew him off his wagon. He stayed to calm
:24:31. > :24:36.the other one down. They were shouting get in,
:24:37. > :24:39.get in the trench. He didn't. He stayed with his horse for the
:24:40. > :24:44.next 45 minutes, keeping it calm. His main thought was for his horse,
:24:45. > :24:51.not his own life. The men from the farms had proved
:24:52. > :24:53.their worth During the war,
:24:54. > :24:58.he visited them in France and afterwards designed a special
:24:59. > :25:02.monument to stand in Sledmere Sadly, Sir Mark Sykes died before
:25:03. > :25:11.the building work was complete. It must be one of the most
:25:12. > :25:16.original war memorials we have. Its elaborate design is perhaps
:25:17. > :25:20.testament to just how highly he regarded the men who served with
:25:21. > :25:26.the Wolds Wagoners. And BBC Radio Lincolnshire and
:25:27. > :25:31.BBC Radio Humberside will have more on the impact of the war
:25:32. > :25:34.at home tomorrow morning And you can find out more
:25:35. > :25:41.about how the war affected where you Let's get a recap of the
:25:42. > :25:59.national and regional headlines. The number of migrants reaching
:26:00. > :26:02.Europe illegally rises genetically. More than 40,000 have made the
:26:03. > :26:04.journey so far this year, often using people smugglers.
:26:05. > :26:07.The father of a brain damaged teenager criticises
:26:08. > :26:09.the level of treatment available for his son in Lincolnshire.
:26:10. > :26:12.Variable, often large amounts of cloud, though some bright spells.
:26:13. > :26:24.A light west wind and a highs of 17 Celsius.
:26:25. > :26:36.That is 63 Fahrenheit. Emma on the spec says of Ryan
:26:37. > :26:46.Smith's care concerns, I agree with his family. Patricia says the lack
:26:47. > :26:51.of available caring ligature is down to government funding, not allowing
:26:52. > :26:54.local councils the cash needed. On the half term wash`out, Chris says
:26:55. > :27:00.walking through Maplethorpe there were a lot of people about but
:27:01. > :27:06.places had their shutters up. We remarked that they would moan about
:27:07. > :27:11.not making money. You have to be open to catch the trade.
:27:12. > :27:14.Good night.