07/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.difficult for volunteers to raise enough money to stage the event

:00:00. > :00:13.It's the spectacle of peopld and colour you'd expect

:00:14. > :00:16.from any festival, attracting over 8,000 visitors and a place hn the

:00:17. > :00:27.top five of Lincolnshire events. But not this year.

:00:28. > :00:29.This year, the Riverside Festival looks like this. Quiet.

:00:30. > :00:32.Because for the first time in its 12`year history,

:00:33. > :00:36.That's the only thing everyone's got to look forward to,

:00:37. > :00:39.What's anyone got round here to do now?

:00:40. > :00:44.I've got grandchildren and ht's a lovely day out, and it fetches

:00:45. > :00:48.A lack of funding and the redundancy of the fdstival

:00:49. > :00:51.coordinator, who was jointlx paid for the town and district councils,

:00:52. > :00:54.left too big a void to manage by the volunteers alone.

:00:55. > :00:57.It was the one festival where the whole town came together.

:00:58. > :01:00.That includes the Old Hall, Marshalls Yard, the town centre

:01:01. > :01:02.independent retailers, everybody came together on that day

:01:03. > :01:09.Behind closed doors, councillors want to support

:01:10. > :01:14.the festival, but unfortunately we don't have the funds to.

:01:15. > :01:16.Marcus owns one of the main buildings

:01:17. > :01:19.which houses many businesses that would have benefited.

:01:20. > :01:21.The cafe here will suffer because the festival was probably

:01:22. > :01:30.It's a shame, but it is a deeper shame because it

:01:31. > :01:36.It is a point agreed with bx Donna, who owns a chocolate business.

:01:37. > :01:42.For my business, it is going to be a big hit for me this year, because

:01:43. > :01:46.last year was my first year trading, and I got a lot of business.

:01:47. > :01:49.But the Riverside Festival over the years has in my opinion turned

:01:50. > :01:56.It needs individual stalls to bring different people in.

:01:57. > :01:59.Whilst Gainsborough stays qtiet this year, there is still hope

:02:00. > :02:02.that the Riverside Festival could return bigger and better next year.

:02:03. > :02:11.Simon Spark, BBC Look North, Gainsborough.

:02:12. > :02:14.Humberside Police has named the man who was found dead

:02:15. > :02:16.at a house on Frodingham Ro`d in Scunthorpe on Thursday.

:02:17. > :02:18.41`year`old Barry O'Brien dhed from a single wound.

:02:19. > :02:21.A 38`year`old woman arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder

:02:22. > :02:28.Two other people have been released on police bail.

:02:29. > :02:30.Army reservists from Granth`m have been honoured today

:02:31. > :02:39.24 soldiers were given camp`ign medals in recognition of thdir work.

:02:40. > :02:42.The men and women from the 062 regiment RLC worked alongside

:02:43. > :02:44.colleagues in the regular army, making sure people and equipment

:02:45. > :02:49.It's just a proud moment, being able to pin that

:02:50. > :02:52.on your chest and have it in photos and walk around whth it.

:02:53. > :02:55.It makes you feel very proud for serving your country.

:02:56. > :02:57.It's a nice little token to recehve back

:02:58. > :03:02.The course of the Hull 10K race has had to be re`routed because

:03:03. > :03:07.The race had been due to go past Wellington House in

:03:08. > :03:14.More than 5,000 people are dxpected to compete in the event tomorrow.

:03:15. > :03:17.A plaque commemorating the Hull poet Philip Larkin has been unvehled

:03:18. > :03:22.It's part of celebrations m`rking the 50th anniversary of Larkin's

:03:23. > :03:24.poem The Whitsun Weddings, which was performed on

:03:25. > :03:33.It was published in 1964 and was about a journey from Hull to London.

:03:34. > :03:35.Lincolnshire singer Thomas Leak is taking part in the final

:03:36. > :03:39.24`year`old Thomas, from Donnington on Bain near Louth, is part

:03:40. > :03:50.If they win, they'll perforl in front of Her Majesty the Queen.

:03:51. > :03:54.A bit of a whirlwind, because it has gone from not knowing what hs

:03:55. > :03:58.happening to where we are now, and it's just so proud of what they ve

:03:59. > :04:01.done, what he's done, what the rest of the band members have done.

:04:02. > :04:05.Here's Kay Crewdson with the forecast.

:04:06. > :04:18.Through this evening, there may be the odd shower, but mostly dry.

:04:19. > :04:20.Tonight, continuing to turn drier and brighter with some evenhng

:04:21. > :04:23.sunshine, though the risk of the odd sharp shower.

:04:24. > :04:25.Dry overnight with variable cloud, a light southerly breeze.

:04:26. > :04:31.Variable cloud and sunny spdlls though, with the risk of sole sharp

:04:32. > :04:55.Good evening. Most of us have seen some rain so far today. It started

:04:56. > :05:01.off in the south. As it worked its way north, we lost the thunder and

:05:02. > :05:05.the lightning. Many of us ended the day on a decent note. After a decent

:05:06. > :05:11.day in the north of Scotland, that band of rain marches northwards Be

:05:12. > :05:16.hiengd it, there is a -- behind it, there is a lot of dry weather to be

:05:17. > :05:22.found. Most of us are dry by the end of the night and relatively mild.

:05:23. > :05:25.Starting Sunday in Scotland, still some showers around in the south and

:05:26. > :05:29.the west. I suspect the north and the east are getting off to a decent

:05:30. > :05:33.start to the day. The North West, there may be a bit more cloud.

:05:34. > :05:36.Northern Ireland doing quite well through the morning. Across Wales,

:05:37. > :05:39.the South West, it might be a bit cloudy, but it is essentially a dry

:05:40. > :05:40.start. The