:00:00. > :00:00.in advance of the general election. That is all from the BBC News
:00:07. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:09. > :00:13.The ?100 parking charge ` now there are calls tighter controls
:00:14. > :00:16.You can't afford to lay out ?10 for 20 minutes.
:00:17. > :00:26.Just 12 hours to prepare ` the full scale of December's tidal
:00:27. > :00:31.In December this area was under water ` the council said it did what
:00:32. > :00:35.it could to save people and their properties.
:00:36. > :00:39.the vital role played by Lincolnshire's air crews
:00:40. > :00:44.A Royal welcome for a futurd King ` Prince William drops in
:00:45. > :00:56.It has been a lively afternoon. Funnel clouds have been reported.
:00:57. > :01:04.The latest coming up shortlx. There are calls for tighter controls
:01:05. > :01:07.over parking penalties being charged by private companies after `n
:01:08. > :01:13.East Yorkshire pensioner was ordered to pay ?100 when HE says he was
:01:14. > :01:17.only three minutes over timd. Norman Hunt says he won't p`y
:01:18. > :01:19.the parking charge In a moment we'll be hearing
:01:20. > :01:24.from a consumer expert who says the penalties although perfdctly
:01:25. > :01:27.legal are excessive. But first Crispin Rolfe
:01:28. > :01:36.has this report. Over time at a private`run car park
:01:37. > :01:40.in Hessle, providing free spaces But Norman Hunt
:01:41. > :01:43.from Hull was shocked to be given a charge of ?100 for parking longer
:01:44. > :01:47.than he was allowed to. It's just not on cos if it's
:01:48. > :01:50.a car park, car park for wh`t? Because you can't do nothing
:01:51. > :01:53.in 20 minutes. And to be stung ?100 for it,
:01:54. > :01:56.with leniency of them saying, "Well, if you pay it in such`and`stch
:01:57. > :01:59.a time, make it 60." But what happened to
:02:00. > :02:02.Norman's not unusual. He received not a penalty,
:02:03. > :02:06.but a private parking chargd notice for what amounts to trespass
:02:07. > :02:09.as long the charge is reasonable, compensates the landowner,
:02:10. > :02:13.and doesn't penalise the drhver It all dates back to
:02:14. > :02:21.the 2012 Protection of Freedoms Act, which stopped private companies from
:02:22. > :02:24.wheel clamping, but made it easier to pursue a vehicle's owner for
:02:25. > :02:31.costs, of which there's no laximum. So whereas councils might issue
:02:32. > :02:34.a notice for ?50, or ?25 if paid within 14 daxs, for
:02:35. > :02:37.private parking charges, it's more They'll make it ?40
:02:38. > :02:45.if I'll pay it within 14 daxs, In a statement,
:02:46. > :02:49.the British Parking Association The British Parking Association s
:02:50. > :03:04.guidelines are that After that, the only thing left
:03:05. > :03:10.for the gentleman to question would be the proportionality,
:03:11. > :03:13.bearing in mind he's only gone over But in Hessle, a local hairdressers
:03:14. > :03:20.says that fear of these charges is I get clients coming in
:03:21. > :03:27.and I have to say to them, and they say, "Yeah," and I say
:03:28. > :03:32."Well, you're going to be more than They've maybe come out
:03:33. > :03:37.and moved the car, But Autosec, which manages the Plaza
:03:38. > :03:43.Car Park, insists it's a fahr deal. 20 minutes free,
:03:44. > :03:45.and clear signage warning of Earlier I spoke to Guy Anker who
:03:46. > :03:54.writes articles giving advice on what to do if you get a parking
:03:55. > :03:58.charge like this. I began bx asking him whether Mr Hunt's case hs
:03:59. > :04:06.unusual. Unfortunately, this is the sort of
:04:07. > :04:12.story we hear about quite a bit motorists hit with excessivd unfair
:04:13. > :04:19.fines. The message to anyond caught by any fine is do not autom`tically
:04:20. > :04:24.paying. First, way up your options because there can be a way out. Mr
:04:25. > :04:28.Hunt was three minutes over the limit and he got a ?100 find. Is
:04:29. > :04:37.that proportionate? I can think anybody could argue that. Anyone in
:04:38. > :04:41.this sort of position should not automatically pay. Where thdy
:04:42. > :04:47.options. In this sort of situation where it is a private firm, there
:04:48. > :04:52.are a few options. You could ignore it and hope it goes away. It sounds
:04:53. > :04:57.childish but it sometimes works But they can take you to court. That is
:04:58. > :05:04.the only way ultimately thex can enforce it. It might be better to go
:05:05. > :05:10.down the official route, whhch is to make a formal appeal. If yot stay
:05:11. > :05:17.longer than you are allowed and there is a clear sign, it is your
:05:18. > :05:28.own fault. You said if therd is a clear sign. Often, signs ard not
:05:29. > :05:33.clear. There might be the shgn that it is very clear in one corner. If
:05:34. > :05:39.there is a sign, should you still active? If somebody blocks the
:05:40. > :05:44.traffic, they deserve to be fined. However, we heard too many dxamples
:05:45. > :05:49.of unfair fines, and that is why it is important people know thdir
:05:50. > :05:54.rights and fighting if they truly believe it is unfair. Thank you
:05:55. > :05:58.Do you agree that the penalties being charged by private colpanies
:05:59. > :06:01.are excessive or should drivers just pay up when they are c`ught?
:06:02. > :06:03.Have you been in a similar situation?
:06:04. > :06:23.A tax on plastic bags and the right to sack MPs. But what more did
:06:24. > :06:30.A tax on plastic bags and the right to sack MPs. But what more did
:06:31. > :06:39.the Queen's speech have for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire?
:06:40. > :06:43.A man has died following an assault in North Somercotes, 43 year old
:06:44. > :06:46.Wayne Mark Jennings was takdn to hospital in Grimsby after the attack
:06:47. > :06:48.in the early hours of Sundax Morning.
:06:49. > :06:53.grievous bodily harm and released on bail, the crown prosecution service
:06:54. > :07:00.A coroner says failings at Lincoln County Hospital contributed
:07:01. > :07:08.Robbert Goddard died two daxs after being born at the hospital
:07:09. > :07:12.A series of mistakes meant his mother's pregnancy wasn't
:07:13. > :07:17.In a statement ` the Trust, which runs the hospital, has apologised
:07:18. > :07:20.and says new procedures havd been introduced to reduce the risk of
:07:21. > :07:38.A new report into December's floods shows that Lincolnshhre had
:07:39. > :07:42.only 12 hours notice that the tidal surge was going to be so high.
:07:43. > :07:45.It's almost six months to the day since water overwhelmed parts
:07:46. > :07:50.More than ?8 million worth of damage was done to flood defences, roads
:07:51. > :07:54.In total, 607 homes were flooded ` the majority were in Boston.
:07:55. > :07:58.44 people had to be rescued from flood waters and 203 pdople
:07:59. > :08:09.What's the background to this report?
:08:10. > :08:20.December 's tidal surge was a major emergency. The police, fire
:08:21. > :08:29.brigade, the ambulance, the Environment Agency, and county
:08:30. > :08:37.councils all spent time planning for something that this. It was the
:08:38. > :08:44.largest storm surge that hit the east coast since 1953. Boston's
:08:45. > :08:48.flood defences were overcomd. Hundreds of homes were inundated.
:08:49. > :08:52.Six homes ago, these gardens were full of carpet and sofas as families
:08:53. > :08:57.wedged to repair the flood damage. Emergency services have looked at
:08:58. > :09:00.how they dealt with the flooding and have come together to compile this
:09:01. > :09:06.report, and to see what lessons can be learned for the future. One thing
:09:07. > :09:10.that has emerged is due to hts geography, Lincolnshire onlx had 12
:09:11. > :09:18.hours warning of the severity of the floods, while other areas knew much
:09:19. > :09:22.any how bad it was likely to get. It appeared that those impacts might be
:09:23. > :09:33.minimum. The forecast is suddenly changed. Our response was still
:09:34. > :09:39.flexible. David Philpott saxs the extent of the flooding came as a
:09:40. > :09:52.surprise. I don't think we realised how dangerous it would have been and
:09:53. > :09:52.how high the tide would havd been. The report makes several
:09:53. > :10:15.recommendations, including: Jarrod Parker is still without
:10:16. > :10:21.carpets. She feels more shotld have been done in the aftermath to help
:10:22. > :10:26.flood victims. I don't think much to the council that. There havd never
:10:27. > :10:29.been round, never not on my door. On the whole, emergency planners say
:10:30. > :10:33.the county is better protected than it has ever been in the past, but
:10:34. > :10:40.that will come as little colfort to those who were affected. Wh`t are
:10:41. > :10:45.the plans to avoid similar flooding in the future?
:10:46. > :10:49.The biggest scheme is the Boston tidal barrier. It is like a smaller
:10:50. > :11:04.version of the barrier on the Thames. The scheme is expected to be
:11:05. > :11:09.complete by 2019. The local MP says he wants to see building work begin
:11:10. > :11:10.on it as soon as possible. Thank you. We will continue to
:11:11. > :11:15.follow that. Prince William spent
:11:16. > :11:17.the morning meeting pupils from an East Yorkshire school in
:11:18. > :11:21.his first ever visit to the county. Crowds of hundreds waited
:11:22. > :11:24.in the rain to see him arrive He was there to launch
:11:25. > :11:28.a new award for primary school children to help them prepare for
:11:29. > :11:31.the step up to secondary school wasn't going to deter these die`hard
:11:32. > :11:36.fans. Well, the future king, I maxbe won't
:11:37. > :11:40.see him again. It's lovely. I just wish the weather had been bdtter. A
:11:41. > :11:44.little bit wet, but it's not too cold so it's OK. I'll wait. How long
:11:45. > :11:48.would you wait in the rain for Prince William? Oh, about fhve
:11:49. > :11:49.hours. But the rain did mean no helicopter
:11:50. > :11:53.arrival. The Prince had to journey from Doncaster airport by c`r. And
:11:54. > :11:56.when he arrived, he was gredted like a rockstar. SCREAMING. This is
:11:57. > :12:00.Prince William's first visit to East Yorkshire, so it's no wonder crowds
:12:01. > :12:09.of hundreds have waited to see him. After a performance from thd school
:12:10. > :12:12.band, it was time to meet the pupils, and the Prince was lodest
:12:13. > :12:18.about his own musical talent. I used to play the piano, trumpet
:12:19. > :12:22.and drums when I was about xour age, but I couldn't read music. There's
:12:23. > :12:26.only so much you can remembdr! The Prince was also given a
:12:27. > :12:29.bridge`building demonstration by local primary school pupils. They're
:12:30. > :12:33.taking part in the new Junior Prince's award he was here to
:12:34. > :12:36.launch. And his visit was cdrtainly appreciated.
:12:37. > :12:40.This means so much. It means the world to me, and I'm going to
:12:41. > :12:45.remember it all my life. I never thought he would come to Goole. It's
:12:46. > :12:53.such a small time. He asked what was the best thing we'd done in it.
:12:54. > :12:58.Everyone has had a chance to see him. For the town and this `rea
:12:59. > :13:03.it's lifted us. Despite the weather, we're on cloud nine. It's bden
:13:04. > :13:12.brilliant. After a school tour there w`s just
:13:13. > :13:19.enough time to meet the crowds. And thanks to better weather, he
:13:20. > :13:52.could make a truly royal exht. Still ahead: The Lincolnshire RAF
:13:53. > :14:10.teams who played a vital part in the D`Day landings. The Germans knew we
:14:11. > :14:17.were coming. Lots of picturds this afternoon.
:14:18. > :14:28.Here is one of the funnel cloud Is it a funnel cloud?
:14:29. > :14:32.I think it is, actually. It is basically what you get before it
:14:33. > :14:37.touches down to a tornado, so it is really exciting. Somebody asked if
:14:38. > :14:42.there were more common thesd days, but it is just because everxone has
:14:43. > :14:47.cameras on their mobile phones. Is the same one that moves `re
:14:48. > :14:50.different ones? Different ones develop. We have had
:14:51. > :14:59.them in market brazen, Howddn, Scunthorpe. There have developed as
:15:00. > :15:04.part of the same weather system Thank you for pictures.
:15:05. > :15:10.Every lively conditions indded. I have never seen so many pictures of
:15:11. > :15:16.funnel cloud in one afternoon. Tomorrow, a cloudy jump`start with
:15:17. > :15:22.sunny spells later. This is the system that brought these ftnnel
:15:23. > :15:27.clouds. Friday looks a beautiful day. One with some sunshine. More
:15:28. > :15:40.incivility at the weekend mdan a risk of them is astonished. You can
:15:41. > :15:43.see the atmosphere spinning around. Patchy outbreaks of rain, some
:15:44. > :15:48.funnel clouds, but graduallx things will stabilise overnight. Still
:15:49. > :16:01.patchy rain, the damage is coming in at 11 Celsius. That is 52
:16:02. > :16:06.Fahrenheit. A great, damp starts Thursday. Still a bit of patchy rain
:16:07. > :16:14.in places. That will fizzle through the day. Skies will brighten. The
:16:15. > :16:22.afternoon, mostly dry with sunshine. An improving trend. The bredze will
:16:23. > :16:32.be moderate. Top temperaturds, 6 in Hull. Friday looks a beautiful day
:16:33. > :16:37.across all parts of our reghon. Dry and warm with a good deal of
:16:38. > :16:41.sunshine. Over the weekend, that one will bring a risk of thunderstorms,
:16:42. > :16:48.particularly on Saturday, when the Met office have a yellow warning in
:16:49. > :16:56.place. At least the forecast. Last night, people were leg`lised.
:16:57. > :17:02.Somebody said, the forecast was so bad, Paul, put his name to ht. Has
:17:03. > :17:10.the BBC forgotten his name, he has taken so many days off.
:17:11. > :17:20.Thank you for highlighting that My pleasure. So you tomorrow.
:17:21. > :17:23.A five pence "tax" on plastic bags and plans to give
:17:24. > :17:27.voters the right to sack thdir MP were two of the measures announced
:17:28. > :17:29.Our Political Editor Tim Iredale is in Westminster .
:17:30. > :17:31.Are East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's MPs really going
:17:32. > :17:34.to support a bill that would give voters more
:17:35. > :17:42.So we are told in cases where MPs commit an act of serious wrongdoing,
:17:43. > :17:45.people in their constituencx would be able to start a petition with a
:17:46. > :17:52.view to getting rid of that naughty MP. This is something that has been
:17:53. > :17:56.backed by MPs including Andrew Percy. He has given a cautious
:17:57. > :18:00.welcome to the proposal. He said they do not go far enough.
:18:01. > :18:02.This'll be the first government that's put
:18:03. > :18:05.something in place to allow the public to recall their MPs hf they
:18:06. > :18:10.It's not quite as far as I'd've liked it to have gone,
:18:11. > :18:13.but this is probably the only show in town for now, so
:18:14. > :18:17.let's get this on the statute books, then we can see whether in future
:18:18. > :18:28.But giving people the power to recall is a good start.
:18:29. > :18:35.Labour says it has been abott what hasn't been in the Queen's Speech
:18:36. > :18:39.rather than what has been in it particularly immigration, something
:18:40. > :18:44.which dominated the recent Duropean election campaign in Yorkshhre and
:18:45. > :18:48.Lincolnshire. Yvette Cooper said the government should have done more to
:18:49. > :18:55.deal with many of the issues surrounding migrant workers. I think
:18:56. > :18:59.people are worried about employers who are exploiting cheap migrant
:19:00. > :19:04.labour to undercut local wages. They may be pushing people onto zero
:19:05. > :19:08.hours contracts, employing people illegally. It has to be stopped and
:19:09. > :19:10.dealt with. The Queen's Spedch could have done that.
:19:11. > :19:38.reduced the number of plasthc bags there. We asked shoppers in Hull
:19:39. > :19:44.would they still pay 5p for a plastic bag?
:19:45. > :19:47.I think they should charge 40 pence for carrier bags, all of thdm,
:19:48. > :19:51.How can people afford to pax for carrier bags all the tile?
:19:52. > :19:54.I mean, really, what do you do with them ` tse them
:19:55. > :20:02.It's a necessity, so if I nded it, I'll have to buy it.
:20:03. > :21:23.But it was also a massive operation in the `ir.
:21:24. > :21:25.In the second of our special reports for
:21:26. > :21:28.the 70th anniversary, we look at the part Lincolnshire air crews played.
:21:29. > :21:32.And the man who was one of the few to know exactly where
:21:33. > :21:50.And the German defences needed to be weakened.
:21:51. > :22:00.A job often undertaken by the Lincolnshire`based bombers.
:22:01. > :22:05.It was vital we gained their superiority over France, supremacy
:22:06. > :22:09.even. Without that, the inv`sion could not have gone ahead bdcause
:22:10. > :22:14.the casualties would have bden too great. In the six months up to
:22:15. > :22:19.D`Day, we destroyed the infrastructure, railways, bridges
:22:20. > :22:25.and so on. In that six months, the Allied air forces through `` flew
:22:26. > :22:29.2000 sorties. Despite this build`up,
:22:30. > :22:32.it was vital to keep the ex`ct plans One of the few who was privx to
:22:33. > :22:51.the secret was Robert Johnson I was told to prepare some laps
:22:52. > :22:57.showing the landing area, which were highly secret. It was cruci`l
:22:58. > :23:03.information. The Germans kndw we were coming but didn't know where or
:23:04. > :23:10.when. In that little book, ht was in there. I spent the week toing and
:23:11. > :23:19.froing. I didn't have a drink all that time. To protect the plans even
:23:20. > :23:25.further, there where decepthon schemes,
:23:26. > :23:28.schemes including on the evd of D`Day Operation Taxable carried out
:23:29. > :23:43.it was a vital operation. It is one of the most important things they
:23:44. > :23:52.did. They flew an incrediblx precision navigation exercise. Only
:23:53. > :23:57.18 ships under them. The whole effect was to look like a great
:23:58. > :23:58.convoy going towards this p`rt of France at eight knots. Therd was
:23:59. > :24:04.another operation further e`st. The Germans were faced with three
:24:05. > :24:06.different apparent invasions. It confised
:24:07. > :24:08.and divided their defences. Within hours the real armad` of
:24:09. > :24:23.planes and ships was at Norlandy. A football`mad teenager frol Hull
:24:24. > :24:26.and her friend are heading to Brazil to carry the flag for England
:24:27. > :24:32.at the World Cup. 16`year`old Emily Escreet's mum won
:24:33. > :24:35.the trip for her daughter after But the parents will be left
:24:36. > :24:40.behind when the Hull teenagdrs leave exams behind and head to thd
:24:41. > :24:58.Amazon Rainforest. are the is a Hull girl has been
:24:59. > :25:02.chosen to carry the flag for their heroes. I got a call from mx mum,
:25:03. > :25:06.and she was screaming and shouting down the phone. I thought something
:25:07. > :25:11.was the matter. She said, you have won a trip to Brazil. Me and my
:25:12. > :25:15.friend were jumping around like lunatics. It happened after her mum
:25:16. > :25:21.entered a competition to describe her footy mad teenager. Sattrday
:25:22. > :25:27.morning, play football, Sattrday afternoon, she goes to watch Hull
:25:28. > :25:33.city. So in the mornings, she does refereeing. Emily is heading to
:25:34. > :25:36.Brazil, where she will lead out England to face Italy in thdir
:25:37. > :25:40.opening match. Her friend J`mie is going with her.
:25:41. > :25:46.In the end, it all comes down to the match day. We also go on a trip down
:25:47. > :25:52.the Amazon, so that should be interesting, seeing the tribes and
:25:53. > :25:57.wildlife that Brazil has to offer. Seeing Hull city at Wembley was a
:25:58. > :26:00.dream come true for Emily. She has been following the Tigers and she
:26:01. > :26:05.was three. She now gets to be strolled to shoulder with hdr
:26:06. > :26:11.international heroes at the World Cup. I am extremely lucky. Ht is
:26:12. > :26:20.going to be magnificent. It is an unbelievable opportunity. There is
:26:21. > :26:23.only six of is going from the UK. It is amazing.
:26:24. > :26:32.Especially as to Hull teenagers will be in the thick of a party like this
:26:33. > :26:35.one (at home in has her tie`macro. Good luck to Emily.
:26:36. > :26:42.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines:
:26:43. > :26:49.The government sets out 11 new bills.
:26:50. > :27:04.?100 parking charge. There `re calls for tighter controls other
:27:05. > :27:08.penalties. Response on the subject of parking charges. Stuart says I
:27:09. > :27:12.am sick of hearing motorists bleating about the costs of parking
:27:13. > :27:17.penalties. They do have an alternative, sell it and trx
:27:18. > :27:21.walking. Laura says, the latest in the parking area was perfectly
:27:22. > :27:25.clear, he was part of parking land, although it seems excessive, the
:27:26. > :27:29.charges are clearly stated. Not much simpler there. , I on the stand this
:27:30. > :27:34.gentleman was only three minutes overtime but when I got findd for
:27:35. > :27:41.speeding I was only a few mhles over the limit but I still had to pay the
:27:42. > :27:46.fine. Thank you for those. @nd for watching. Have a good evening. See
:27:47. > :27:54.you tomorrow. When the first travellers crossed
:27:55. > :27:57.America, they were faced with this - The very nature of
:27:58. > :28:13.the American personality was defined. Ray Mears explores
:28:14. > :28:15.the land behind the Hollywood legend and discovers the wild
:28:16. > :28:19.that made the West.