:00:00. > :00:23.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me. On
:00:24. > :00:29.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:30. > :00:34.Campaigners say they'll fight new plans to breed dogs for animal
:00:35. > :00:38."Refer a friend" bonuses to help recruit nurses at a Lincolnshire
:00:39. > :00:42.The development that's splitting a town `
:00:43. > :00:44.mixed emotions as a supermarket for Louth moves a step closer.
:00:45. > :00:47.The student from Hull who became one of the most important secret
:00:48. > :01:13.A company that wants to breed hundreds of dogs for animal research
:01:14. > :01:16.in East Yorkshire is challenging a decision which means they can't
:01:17. > :01:35.broadcast secret messages to France came from man here at the University
:01:36. > :01:38.Councillors rejected the plans from B and K Universal,
:01:39. > :01:40.despite advice from officers that they should accept them.
:01:41. > :01:43.The company currently buys in puppies and rears them on site.
:01:44. > :01:46.Over 40,000 people signed a petition against their plans last year.
:01:47. > :01:49.Our Rural Affairs correspondent Paul Murphy reports.
:01:50. > :01:56.Once again the battle lines are being drawn. Many here are concerned
:01:57. > :02:03.about what they say is an industrial development in a peaceful, rural
:02:04. > :02:06.area. It is inappropriate, if you look at all of the times that the
:02:07. > :02:09.applications have been turned down, it is pretty much always about the
:02:10. > :02:17.appropriateness of an industrial place in a tiny hamlet like this.
:02:18. > :02:22.Six months ago East Riding Council rejected the expansion plans to
:02:23. > :02:25.breed animals on site. Under law it could only consider planning issues
:02:26. > :02:30.such as potential noise and not the ethics of animal testing. Many do
:02:31. > :02:37.have concerns about the use of dogs in medical research. I am surprised
:02:38. > :02:44.that they have appealed and I am glad they have appealed because it
:02:45. > :02:47.has put the company once again in this hot plate and they have shot
:02:48. > :03:00.themselves in the foot. `` in the spotlight. In essence, the planning
:03:01. > :03:07.application is for a facility which will allow the company to reach dogs
:03:08. > :03:18.one time. The company says that the one time. The company says that the
:03:19. > :03:21.animals that supplies are used in vital research at that the new
:03:22. > :03:25.facility will not increase local traffic or noise. They say that
:03:26. > :03:34.without it the future of the operation will be put in doubt. The
:03:35. > :03:38.third option would be to go to a more progressive local authority. A
:03:39. > :03:46.lot of work for local contractors. The planning issues in this appeal
:03:47. > :03:50.will now go before the planning expect it.
:03:51. > :03:52.I'm joined by Wendy Jarrett who's from the group
:03:53. > :04:17.Do you except that if we want to use animals for research then we need to
:04:18. > :04:25.use animals that we are less emotional about. There is a lot of
:04:26. > :04:31.work in `` being done to find alternatives to using animals. It is
:04:32. > :04:39.legal in the UK to do research on animals if that is not deal the
:04:40. > :04:44.option. Is enough being done to explore the alternatives? Millions
:04:45. > :04:50.of pounds are being invested every year. The number of dogs used in
:04:51. > :04:56.research has dropped by 40% since 2001, so there is a lot happening
:04:57. > :05:02.but we are still not there yet. We have not found every alternative for
:05:03. > :05:07.every use of every animal. It is an emotive issue. Do you understand why
:05:08. > :05:12.animal lovers do not want animals to suffer in pain. Absolutely. There
:05:13. > :05:19.are not kept in isolation, they are always group to when it is possible,
:05:20. > :05:24.they are not hurt, anaesthetics and painkillers are used whenever
:05:25. > :05:27.are already bred in the UK, is there are already bred in the UK, is there
:05:28. > :05:33.a demand for more? Does that mean that we will not look at turn it as
:05:34. > :05:40.if we're just able to bring more dogs on. At the moment the dogs that
:05:41. > :05:45.are used in the UK are used for a regulatory requirements, it is the
:05:46. > :05:52.law that any new medicine has to be tested on at least two species of
:05:53. > :05:57.animal, I wouldn't and a larger non`rodent animal, in the UK that is
:05:58. > :06:02.usually a dog. At the moment the UK does not breed enough dogs to be
:06:03. > :06:06.used for all that I needed. A quarter are still being imported
:06:07. > :06:15.from abroad and that involves long plane journeys from the USA or other
:06:16. > :06:23.places. I would like to throw this one open, let me know what you think
:06:24. > :06:52.about it. A health trust which covers parts
:06:53. > :06:55.of Lincolnshire is offering cash incentives to staff to attract more
:06:56. > :06:57.nurses. Hospital managers at Peterborough
:06:58. > :06:59.and Stamford NHS Trust say if employees can successfully
:07:00. > :07:02.recruit a nurse they'll get three There are currently more than 140
:07:03. > :07:07.vacancies to fill, but The Royal College of Nursing
:07:08. > :07:14.says it shows desperation. Leanne Brown is here.
:07:15. > :07:27.How is this going to work? The trust which runs the hospital is
:07:28. > :07:33.struggling to attract nurses, like many across the UK. In the past they
:07:34. > :07:39.have gone to Italy, Romania and Spain to try to find recruits. But
:07:40. > :07:45.the latest idea is to offer cash incentives to current staff to see
:07:46. > :07:50.if they can help. It will work like this. If you were a permanent member
:07:51. > :07:58.of staff and you introduce someone as a nurse you will get ?200 if they
:07:59. > :08:03.are taken on. If they stay for 12 months then you will get another
:08:04. > :08:09.?150 and the recruit will also get 100 pounds. But the Royal College of
:08:10. > :08:14.Nursing is not convinced and says that there are better ways of doing
:08:15. > :08:20.things. This looks like a gimmick to me. If we look at the real reasons
:08:21. > :08:23.that will attract staff nurses to a hospital people want to see that
:08:24. > :08:29.they will have good employment conditions, flexibility in their
:08:30. > :08:31.working, investment in their career development, opportunity for
:08:32. > :08:35.training. An organisation that listens to them, those are the key
:08:36. > :08:47.sorts of factors which both keep hold of the staff that you have got
:08:48. > :08:55.but will also attract people in. The hospital has defended the plan and
:08:56. > :09:01.said that it is a creative way of maintaining staffing levels. It may
:09:02. > :09:04.appear to be desperate but in the context of the situation as far as
:09:05. > :09:09.qualified nurses are concerned, every hospital has vacancies, we
:09:10. > :09:14.want the best standard. There was a mixed response to the news on the
:09:15. > :09:21.streets today. There is not enough money to do that sort of thing.
:09:22. > :09:26.Given that we're supposed to be so poor and sold short of funds
:09:27. > :09:30.publicly, where are we going? If they are struggling to find people
:09:31. > :10:16.then exposed gives them a bit of incentive that you have to make
:10:17. > :10:20.Humberside Police underwater search unit removed the body of a man
:10:21. > :10:37.from the water in Queens Gardens this afternoon.
:10:38. > :10:40.an incident in North Somercotes in the early hours of Sunday morning.
:10:41. > :10:50.He appeared before magistrates in Skegness this morning.
:10:51. > :10:53.Senior councillors have approved the sale and redevelopment of Louth
:10:54. > :10:56.Cattle Market. The land is owned by East Lindsey District Council which
:10:57. > :11:00.has received 15 bids for the site, all from supermarkets. Earlier I
:11:01. > :11:03.spoke to Leslie Harrison Wiseman, who is in favour of a supermarket,
:11:04. > :11:06.and Anne McDonald from the Keep Louth Special group, and started by
:11:07. > :11:10.asking Anne whether they were going to give up their fight to stop a
:11:11. > :11:25.We could've just look at the decision today and decided to sell
:11:26. > :11:40.it. We have not done that. We have decided to take it to cancel to be
:11:41. > :11:45.fully debated. It is not that clear yet. The executive board has said
:11:46. > :11:51.that they want the supermarket... The site to be sold to supermarket,
:11:52. > :11:57.but we are still waiting for the scrutiny committee to report to the
:11:58. > :12:03.council and that is not until the end of July. Those are against it
:12:04. > :12:07.can afford to shop in the independent shops, those who cannot
:12:08. > :12:13.afford it have to go to Grimsby. I do not know about you, but in a big
:12:14. > :12:19.supermarket I spend more than I should do. I have to watch my
:12:20. > :12:24.pennies as well. You cannot assume that certain people can afford and
:12:25. > :12:31.others cannot. White ash max. Why do you think that people are in favour?
:12:32. > :12:38.This is a massive site. It has potential for a larger supermarket
:12:39. > :12:40.for the people of this town who can then link their shopping habits and
:12:41. > :12:45.go into for the people of this town who can
:12:46. > :12:48.then town and super `` and shop at the other retailers. You worried
:12:49. > :12:53.that the town will lose its distinctive appeal? Not in the
:12:54. > :12:58.slightest. Lots of the shops are closing and we do not even have a
:12:59. > :13:03.larger supermarket at the moment. If we do not get something then Louth
:13:04. > :13:08.is going downhill fast. Louth is going downhill fast, that is a fair
:13:09. > :13:13.point, isn't it? Not really. I looked at the empty shops as well
:13:14. > :13:14.and what people do not realise is that when a
:13:15. > :13:17.looked at the empty shops as well and shop comes empty before it can
:13:18. > :13:23.be fitted for the other person they have to sort rarely said, that could
:13:24. > :13:29.be a three`month delay. A while ago there were a few fair shops but they
:13:30. > :13:33.have now been taken over. be a three`month delay. A while ago
:13:34. > :13:42.there were a few fair shops I cannot see anybody banging on the gates of
:13:43. > :13:43.Louth to say, let us come in and open up an independent
:13:44. > :13:47.see anybody banging on the gates of Louth shop. Until we do something to
:13:48. > :13:57.make people realise that they can come into Louth and open an
:13:58. > :14:03.individual shop they are not going to. And personally I think that a
:14:04. > :14:09.large supermarket will make able thing, yes, Louth's economic 's is
:14:10. > :14:13.good, let us try to open a shop there as well. Want to do is open,
:14:14. > :14:19.people will use the supermarket. Some people will use it. I am on a
:14:20. > :14:24.budget and I think that shopping in a supermarket ends up being more
:14:25. > :14:28.expensive. The local retailers sell good produce and it is good value
:14:29. > :14:33.for money. You must be celebrating tonight. We are very happy,
:14:34. > :14:52.definitely. We have to make for the final vote `` wait for the final
:14:53. > :14:59.vote. Thank you. Still ahead: The whole she couldn't
:15:00. > :15:10.whose work was vital to the D`day landings.
:15:11. > :15:36.Keep your pictures coming in. This is from one of her viewers...
:15:37. > :15:47.One viewer has said that they went to see Katherine Jenkins, she was
:15:48. > :15:53.fantastic, but they spotted Peter trying to take a photograph, peering
:15:54. > :16:02.over the fence! It will be cloudy and cool with rain
:16:03. > :16:11.at times. So much for the hot weather.
:16:12. > :16:17.With the warmth is the risk of scattered thundershowers. Some sunny
:16:18. > :16:22.spells, especially across Lincolnshire. That seems to have
:16:23. > :16:29.triggered one or two sharp downpours. The shower is pushing
:16:30. > :16:33.across Lincolnshire and then cloud thickening from the south. Patchy
:16:34. > :16:37.By the end of the native looks quite By the end of the native looks quite
:16:38. > :16:44.damp, with the lowest temperature around you. The sun rises in the
:16:45. > :16:53.morning at 4:35am. These are the next high water times. Tomorrow is a
:16:54. > :16:58.cloudy day, a cool day compared with recent days, there will be outbreaks
:16:59. > :17:04.of rain, some of that rain could turn out to be persistent and heavy
:17:05. > :17:08.with some mistiness over the tops of the hills and along the coast, so
:17:09. > :17:13.really not a pleasant prospect. Let us take a look at the highest
:17:14. > :17:21.temperatures we are expecting, only around 13 or 14 Celsius. Well below
:17:22. > :17:25.average for June. That rain will continue into Wednesday evening and
:17:26. > :17:30.Wednesday nights. First thing on Thursday morning the rain will be
:17:31. > :17:35.out of the way. Temperatures rise into the weekend, but Saturday in
:17:36. > :17:46.particular sees a risk of scattered rain.
:17:47. > :17:48.I am sorry I thought that the yellows and oranges meant hot.
:17:49. > :17:53.From your skin colour prospect of! A man, recently diagnosed with a
:17:54. > :17:55.muscle`wasting disease has completed his 215`mile coast`to`coast
:17:56. > :17:57.wheelchair challenge in Hornsea. Roy Taylor,
:17:58. > :18:00.who works on RSPB sites around the Humber, has been highlighting
:18:01. > :18:03.access problems in the countryside He's travelled through
:18:04. > :18:20.East Yorkshire this week I will get through... For Roy
:18:21. > :18:27.Taylor, this was one journey that one year ago he would never have
:18:28. > :18:28.expected to make. Diagnosed with watery neurone disease insert
:18:29. > :18:44.timber, he is now largely I am alive when I am outdoors, my
:18:45. > :18:52.accesses restrict it. Everyone should have the right to be
:18:53. > :19:03.outdoors. Ten days ago he set off from Southport and began to make his
:19:04. > :19:12.way along the Pennine Trail. Nothing compared to the blisters my
:19:13. > :19:20.colleagues have got. It is getting to lunchtime. When we get round the
:19:21. > :19:26.corner we will see the Humber Bridge. It has been an eye`opener,
:19:27. > :19:32.you just walk around, you do not think about it. It is great to have
:19:33. > :19:37.somebody showing you what the problems are. He has done really
:19:38. > :19:47.well. He has great stamina and energy and I am just overwhelmed by
:19:48. > :19:52.him. He is a fantastic man. Even the dog is along for the raid, he had to
:19:53. > :20:02.go in there support fan for a while due to blistered paws. Good
:20:03. > :20:13.camaraderie and atmosphere. Just hope the weather holds up. Roy
:20:14. > :20:22.Taylor's journey came to an end. I started this because I could not do
:20:23. > :20:26.what I could do the day before as an able`bodied person and it was
:20:27. > :20:28.incredibly frustrating not to be able to go where I had been with my
:20:29. > :20:36.dog and my wife and my friends. It has been really worthwhile.
:20:37. > :20:39.Thanks to everyone who got in touch after our story about
:20:40. > :20:42.council workers who are threatening industrial action over proposed cuts
:20:43. > :20:45.Lots of response from you on this story.
:20:46. > :20:48.John in Brough says, "City of Culture closing museums `
:20:49. > :20:51.Why not have a token charge of 50p or ?1."
:20:52. > :20:55."People would rather pay a reasonable fee to keep museums open
:20:56. > :20:57.than see workers lose jobs and facilities close.
:20:58. > :21:02.At least give them a chance to try charging for admission."
:21:03. > :21:05.But David in Market Rasen thinks, "Money the council has should be
:21:06. > :21:06.spent on services that affect people's
:21:07. > :21:31.Museums are way down the list, like libraries."
:21:32. > :21:53.Their man TT rider Karl Harris has been killed.
:21:54. > :21:55.An 80`year`old man has suffered serious injuries after stepping
:21:56. > :21:59.in to save a woman who was being attacked by a dog in Boston.
:22:00. > :22:02.It happened yesterday afternoon, on Margaret Drive in the town.
:22:03. > :22:04.Both people have been treated in hospital and the Staffordshire
:22:05. > :22:08.Today the pensioner has been described as a hero.
:22:09. > :22:13.We just did not know what to do. It was full. The children were with us
:22:14. > :22:22.and everything. Then a man came out of the house from across the road
:22:23. > :22:26.and kicked up my dog. And he just helped us, really.
:22:27. > :22:29.Cleethorpes Leisure Centre will close again this summer over safety
:22:30. > :22:32.The pool has already been closed twice
:22:33. > :22:34.since multimillion`pound repairs were completed six months ago.
:22:35. > :22:36.It's the second time the floor has been replaced.
:22:37. > :22:55.It'll take six weeks and work will start at the middle of this month.
:22:56. > :22:59.He'd been a young student in Hull, coming to the city to learn English
:23:00. > :23:04.But when war broke out Georges Begay became a secret agent.
:23:05. > :23:07.And he devised a plan which proved vital to the D`Day
:23:08. > :23:24.A French pawn broadcast on the BBC. For many listening it would have
:23:25. > :23:31.been merely entertainment. For those in the French resistance it was
:23:32. > :23:36.vital. It signalled the start of the D`day invasion. The idea of using
:23:37. > :23:41.the BBC to broadcast messages to secret agents in France came from a
:23:42. > :23:46.man who studied here at the University of Hull. His family say
:23:47. > :23:59.that the skills he learned from the city influenced his career. George
:24:00. > :24:06.Baget was a student here, he learned English and met his wife. He was
:24:07. > :24:11.cold up and was involved with liaison with the British because his
:24:12. > :24:18.English was so good. He served with the French until, after escaping at
:24:19. > :24:22.Dunkirk, he joined the British Army. He was recruited to a new
:24:23. > :24:30.clandestinely British organisation his role, Churchill said, was to set
:24:31. > :24:37.Europe ablaze. The men and women who joined it did not know what it was
:24:38. > :24:40.for. There were people from MI6 and MI5 and a lot of new people who were
:24:41. > :24:48.involved in creating this new form of warfare. George Baget's role as a
:24:49. > :24:56.radio operator was both frustrating and exciting. He was struck by the
:24:57. > :25:00.incredible slowness of getting messages to France and then getting
:25:01. > :25:07.a reply. He had come up with this idea of using the BBC, a special
:25:08. > :25:14.programme in the evening, The French Speak To The French, and what they
:25:15. > :25:20.realised was that they could use the BBC to actually communicate with
:25:21. > :25:26.secret agents in the field. Preagreed coded messages were mixed
:25:27. > :25:30.with fake ones to confuse the Germans who were also listening in.
:25:31. > :25:36.As the Allies prepared for D`day the number of messages intensified. On
:25:37. > :25:38.the evening of the 5th of June messages were read out which
:25:39. > :25:48.indicated that the landings would take place the next day. The French
:25:49. > :25:53.resistance had to prepare to support the Allied troops and to try to
:25:54. > :26:01.disrupt the German movement in this bond is to D`day. From a young man
:26:02. > :26:05.studying in Hull, George Baget grew into an agent worthy of the military
:26:06. > :26:10.Cross, and his idea proved vital to the success of the D`day landings.
:26:11. > :26:12.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:13. > :26:14.A BBC investigation reveals new evidence
:26:15. > :26:17.of widespread sexual abuse at Knowl View boys' school in Rochdale.
:26:18. > :26:20.An animal research lab says it'll fight a decision to stop it
:26:21. > :26:26.Cool and cloudy with outbreaks of rain in most areas, locally heavy.
:26:27. > :26:49.The response on the results of animal testing. One viewer asks why
:26:50. > :26:55.they need to expand? Can this research be Another viewer says that
:26:56. > :27:00.they should not be allowed to expand. More pressure should be put
:27:01. > :27:05.on animal research is to find alternatives. Favela another
:27:06. > :27:12.comment, they should not be allowed to expand.
:27:13. > :28:12.That is it from us. I will be back at 10:25pm. Join me then.
:28:13. > :28:16.Find out what life's really like in the favelas.