:00:00. > 3:59:59pleasant in the south-west where the winds are that bit lighter. That is
:00:00. > :00:00.it. Goodbye. Good evening and welcome to
:00:07. > :00:08.BBC Look North. They are self`contained and we have
:00:09. > :00:24.in the row over parking regtlations They are self`contained and we have
:00:25. > :00:29.the legal right to park up for a couple of days anywhere in the
:00:30. > :00:33.United Kingdom. The council says overnight camping is illegal but
:00:34. > :00:36.some visitors said they are being picked on.
:00:37. > :00:40.Thousands of ex`Comet workers could get payouts after a court rtling.
:00:41. > :00:41.The writer who claimed "Hull is decaying and should be
:00:42. > :00:45.allowed to die" comes to city to see things for himself.
:00:46. > :00:48.Final preparations for the international
:00:49. > :01:56.The battle lines have been drawn up in a row over parking
:01:57. > :02:02.here. This reach stretches ` couple of miles and is surrounded by
:02:03. > :02:08.unspoiled countryside. But some people say visitors are disrupting
:02:09. > :02:11.the peace. A number of campdr vans and motorhome owners have arrived
:02:12. > :02:18.and they are angry they cannot stay here overnight. Parking up for a
:02:19. > :02:24.weekend by the Lincolnshire seaside. For the last five years a group of
:02:25. > :02:31.campers have been living on this car park for weeks and months at a time.
:02:32. > :02:36.The council says it is illegal. Motorhome owners say they are being
:02:37. > :02:42.discriminated against. Why do some people want to live in a car park?
:02:43. > :02:46.They are just travelling around They are self`contained and they
:02:47. > :02:52.have a legal right to park tp a one or two days anywhere across the UK.
:02:53. > :02:55.It is the fundal rent sole right of UK citizen to park where thdy want.
:02:56. > :03:00.But these signs clearly forbid overnight stays. Now the cotncil is
:03:01. > :03:07.taking legal action against 40 people. The residents and tourists
:03:08. > :03:20.want to come here and enjoy the place in the daytime and should not
:03:21. > :03:30.be subjected to a use by a small bunch of freeloaders. We will deal
:03:31. > :03:39.with this problem once and for all. Lincolnshire has the highest
:03:40. > :03:50.concentration of caravans in Europe and just up the road, others pay to
:03:51. > :03:52.camper. The issue over night parking, we have had a group that
:03:53. > :03:53.stay there all the year round. They sometimes cause problems with the
:03:54. > :03:55.toilets. They take over the area. What I am concerned about is that it
:03:56. > :03:56.might yet closed. Along the coast, height barriers have been installed
:03:57. > :03:58.to keep motorhomes are. But this has been cut down three times. H have
:03:59. > :03:59.been told that have been problems with rubbish, fires and inthmidation
:04:00. > :04:06.and bullying. People don't feel safe. I have seen all of thd
:04:07. > :04:11.complaints submitted to the council with regards of fires and noise The
:04:12. > :04:18.complaints were about a ravd. No complaint was seen about thd letter.
:04:19. > :04:21.Andy plans to sleep on the beach over the weekend and others are
:04:22. > :04:26.determined to make their pohnt and ignore the rules. Campaigners say
:04:27. > :04:30.they will fight the legal action and the majority have told me they will
:04:31. > :04:36.not be staying here overnight. Anyone who is caught faces ` maximum
:04:37. > :04:42.fine of ?500 and it they do not pay they could have their vehicles
:04:43. > :04:50.seized. The only ones who c`n get an overnight permits are anglers. But
:04:51. > :04:54.it does not allow them to sleep here and there are plenty of campsites
:04:55. > :05:01.nearby and that is where thd council says people should be staying.
:05:02. > :05:33.After UKIP?s recent election success, Germans in Lincoln's twin
:05:34. > :05:40.An accident on one of Boston's main roads this afternoon c`used
:05:41. > :05:45.Part of the A16 Spalding Ro`d was closed following a collision
:05:46. > :05:53.A business on Hessle Foreshore which only recently reopened after
:05:54. > :05:57.severe flood damage last December is now looking for a new owner.
:05:58. > :06:02.The parent company of the Country Park Inn has gone
:06:03. > :06:05.into administrative receivership. It's one of three businesses in
:06:06. > :06:08.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to be affected
:06:09. > :06:12.The Country Park Inn only rd`opened in April after
:06:13. > :06:13.the venue was affected by flooding. The receivers says all bookhngs for
:06:14. > :06:16.future functions will be honoured. East Midlands Ambulance Service
:06:17. > :06:19.which serves Lincolnshire s`ys it's prepared for an expected 15$ rise
:06:20. > :06:24.in call`outs during the World Cup. Managers say it's
:06:25. > :06:28.down to increased drinking. Thousands of people who lost their
:06:29. > :06:31.jobs without redundancy pay when the Hull`based electrical giant Comet
:06:32. > :06:37.collapsed could now get payouts A case brought by former employees
:06:38. > :06:45.against Comet has ruled that they are in line for a Government
:06:46. > :06:50.payout worth around ?10 million The judge found they had not been
:06:51. > :06:53.properly consulted Our reporter, Sarah Walton,
:06:54. > :06:58.has been following developmdnts Sarah how much could
:06:59. > :07:05.former employees receive? The judge said this was such
:07:06. > :07:07.a serious case that he awarded the people represented in this case
:07:08. > :07:12.the highest amount he could, between 70 to 90 days pay, so as you
:07:13. > :07:17.say around ?10 million in total But nearly 7,000 people lost
:07:18. > :07:25.their jobs when Comet closed. The judge is now asking thel to
:07:26. > :07:30.put forward claims so that payout Many of those former
:07:31. > :07:38.employees are from our area. The company was set up in Htll
:07:39. > :07:41.in the 30s. But when it collapsed the Government
:07:42. > :07:44.had to use taxpayers? money to cover the ?23 million worth of pax owed to
:07:45. > :07:49.staff at the time and this new ruling means the Government will
:07:50. > :07:50.also have to pay their compdnsation. But the lawyers representing
:07:51. > :07:54.the staff say the ruling shows just The employees were lied to,
:07:55. > :07:59.they were given what the judge described as positively
:08:00. > :08:01.misleading information. They were not consulted
:08:02. > :08:03.with properly. The judge found they weren't
:08:04. > :08:18.consulteOn Look North at 6:30pm Often they were holding consultation
:08:19. > :08:27.meetings then making represdntatives The Judge will decide
:08:28. > :08:30.in the next month or so if other former employees are also
:08:31. > :08:34.entitled to a payout. The true cost will only be
:08:35. > :08:36.known after that ruling. But at the same time,
:08:37. > :08:37.the Government's Insolvency Service is carrying out a review
:08:38. > :08:41.into the collapse and claims So a year and a half after Comet
:08:42. > :08:51.closed down, When the national publication
:08:52. > :08:54.the Economist described Hull as a city in decline it was
:08:55. > :08:57.a description that upset residents and the city's leaders alikd.
:08:58. > :09:00.Now eight months on and Hull has been named City of Culture
:09:01. > :09:06.for 2017 and Siemens has made a multi`million pound commitment to
:09:07. > :09:08.build a wind turbine factorx here. So the BBC brought the writdr of
:09:09. > :09:16.that controversial article to Hull to see if his views would change.
:09:17. > :09:19.Entitled Britain's decaying towns, the writer Daniel Knowles from The
:09:20. > :09:22.Economist said giving public money to places like Hull was "misguided"
:09:23. > :09:27.and instead of trying to rescue failing towns they should "help the
:09:28. > :09:30.people who live in them commute or move to places
:09:31. > :09:35.After Hull won the City of Culture title, the BBC brought Mr Knowles to
:09:36. > :09:39.the city to make a Radio 4 documentary to sed
:09:40. > :09:48."It's had this uphill struggle and the challenge as Britain coles out
:09:49. > :09:51.of recession and Hull tries to capitalise on this is whethdr we can
:09:52. > :09:55.really turn this regeneration into something that will really benefit
:09:56. > :09:59.the people of Hull and turn the city around."
:10:00. > :10:03.The full documentary, Finding a Future for Hull, it's avail`ble on
:10:04. > :10:07.the iPlayer. Earlier I asked Daniel Knowles and asked him what he
:10:08. > :10:21.thought of Hull now? And you might have your thotghts on
:10:22. > :10:36.It was striking how optimistic the people in charge of whole art. They
:10:37. > :10:41.have this city of culture thtle to show off. Last October you wrote we
:10:42. > :10:49.should give up on failing towns like Hull and let decaying towns died. Do
:10:50. > :10:55.you accept you were wrong? Xes, we did say those words. But if you read
:10:56. > :11:02.it it was more about how to deal with regeneration. You were saying
:11:03. > :11:09.you should not rescue Hull. You wrote that and then a month later we
:11:10. > :11:14.won the City of Culture title. Do you want to say sorry about that?
:11:15. > :11:20.Know, and I feel this is slhghtly aggressive. The fundamental say
:11:21. > :11:25.economic growth is happening in big cities and not small ones. That
:11:26. > :11:30.remains true now, six months later. The city of Culture is a good thing
:11:31. > :11:35.the Hull and I am pleased, but it does not mean we were totally wrong.
:11:36. > :11:42.The fundamental picture of relative economic decline in post`industrial
:11:43. > :11:49.cities and towns remains trte. The challenge is overcoming that. The
:11:50. > :11:52.idea that the cities should be allowed to grow faster at the
:11:53. > :11:58.expense of small ones, we still stand by that, but that is not
:11:59. > :12:04.happening are you saying Sidmens and the city of culture alone c`nnot
:12:05. > :12:08.reverse the decline? If thex combine well with other policies around
:12:09. > :12:16.schools and transport, things that will bring businesses in, they will
:12:17. > :12:20.be a catalyst to help turn `round some of Hull's relative decline
:12:21. > :12:27.They are great news but perhaps the beginning of a change. To stmmarise,
:12:28. > :12:33.Hull is still swimming against the tide? Absolutely. It is a dhfficult
:12:34. > :12:41.one. Something impressive is going on but there is a lot of hard work
:12:42. > :12:48.to go on. Another one you mhght have some thoughts on. He said l`st
:12:49. > :12:54.October we should give up on Hull and Britain's decaying towns and let
:12:55. > :13:05.them die. He still sounded ` bit cynical.
:13:06. > :13:15.Students utterly out to become the seafood Chef of the year. Forget the
:13:16. > :13:23.World Cup, we are getting rdady to be international cabbage throwing
:13:24. > :13:34.Championships. Cabbage and seafood still to come. The photograph was
:13:35. > :13:49.taken by Kenn Moss. Looks lhke an oil painting. Now the weathdr.
:13:50. > :14:02.Continuing with the scare crow theme, I have a message frol Louis.
:14:03. > :14:07.Sorry there isn't a Peter scarecrow yet. Do you want to give us the
:14:08. > :14:17.forecast? Very settled over the next few days
:14:18. > :14:25.with the exception of percehving. We start the forecast with a wdather
:14:26. > :14:29.warning of heavy rain. Localised, but the risk of heavy and thundery
:14:30. > :14:37.downpours. The weather pattdrn is dominated by high pressure. It does
:14:38. > :14:41.not mean it will be sunny over the next few days, but it could be quite
:14:42. > :14:42.the opposite but it could bd settled. On the satellite phcked
:14:43. > :14:43.chip, Cloud spilling down from the north and some places have `n
:14:44. > :14:45.overcast day. As we go throtgh the evening, we see thundery showers
:14:46. > :14:51.spreading but mainly inland. Some places might not get them at all but
:14:52. > :14:55.if you do they will be happx and thundery. Cloud overnight.
:14:56. > :15:01.Temperatures falling back to around 14 or 15 degrees. Sun will rise at
:15:02. > :15:09.4:30am and setting again at 9:3 p.m.. A different feel to the
:15:10. > :15:16.weather. We have picked up ` north easterly breeze by tomorrow morning.
:15:17. > :15:20.Cloudier and cooler. Aside from the odd light shower it will be largely
:15:21. > :15:25.dry through Saturday and we will see the best of any brightness hn the
:15:26. > :15:30.afternoon. Some spells of stnshine breaking through but at timds it
:15:31. > :15:35.could be cloudy. It felt warm and humid today. Inland it could get up
:15:36. > :15:39.to 19 degrees. Those temper`tures along the coast, 15, 16 degrees will
:15:40. > :15:46.feel cooler than it has been this week. High pressure dominatds.
:15:47. > :16:03.Settled weather to come and cloudy at times but it will be largely dry.
:16:04. > :16:13.A wealthy Germantown is sending a message to its twin town in Lincoln.
:16:14. > :16:22.You kept up a quarter of thd votes in the recent Euro elections but in
:16:23. > :16:26.Germany they want closer tids with Europe in
:16:27. > :16:31.Lincoln's twin town of Germ`ny's prosperous wine growing reghon.
:16:32. > :16:33.And for seventh generation wine grower, Stefan Chrisman, life
:16:34. > :16:38.When I took it over from my parents we just sold
:16:39. > :16:44.But nowadays we export about 40 of our wines and it is a perfect thing
:16:45. > :16:49.that the Common Market is there and we can sell the wines to Swdden to
:16:50. > :16:53.Italy, Spain and a lot of dhfferent countries and also to the UK.
:16:54. > :16:56.Back in the UK, the very idea of an EU Federation
:16:57. > :17:01.state is strongly resisted by politicians across the spectrum.
:17:02. > :17:05.But here, many people want their country to
:17:06. > :17:14.TRANSLATION: That is our future we can only go
:17:15. > :17:17.on together because Europe can only stand together against the others.
:17:18. > :17:20.For example, China. Powerful China or Russia.
:17:21. > :17:28.TRANSLATION: I see myself as a European and wish that as wdll.
:17:29. > :17:37.Beneath the surface in Neustadt there are some concerns
:17:38. > :17:47.Stefan has watched Neustadt change over the past decade.
:17:48. > :17:51.There has to be more control over things like immigration.
:17:52. > :17:55.It is not allowed to be that easy to come in and get then bendfits.
:17:56. > :18:00.Neustadt bears the hallmarks of a traditional Germany, but like its
:18:01. > :18:05.country, its identity is closely aligned with that of the EU.
:18:06. > :18:17.Most people are happy to sed that relationship deepen.
:18:18. > :18:36.More on this one on Sunday. People in parts of Hull are bracing
:18:37. > :18:42.themselves for an increase hn their parking permits. They want to raise
:18:43. > :18:45.it from ?7 50 up to ?33 a ydar. A big response on this story. Thanks
:18:46. > :19:36.for your messages and e`mails. A former Lincolnshire distrhct
:19:37. > :19:43.councillor has been found gtilty of indecent assault. He represdnted
:19:44. > :19:47.Chapel Saint Leonards. He stood down shortly after the allegations were
:19:48. > :19:54.made. He was cleared of further counts of rape, indecent assault and
:19:55. > :19:59.indecency with a child. The jury was unable to reach verdicts on indecent
:20:00. > :20:02.assault and indecency with ` child. He has been granted bail and is due
:20:03. > :20:10.back in court on the 7th of July for sentencing.
:20:11. > :20:12.Hull City striker Nikica Jelavic played a decisive role in Croatia's
:20:13. > :20:16.only goal in the side's opening game in the World Cup. Jelavic is only
:20:17. > :20:19.the second Tigers' player ever to appear in a World Cup competition.
:20:20. > :20:23.He captained his side in last night's 3`1 defeat by Brazil and was
:20:24. > :20:24.involved in the build up to Brazil's own`goal which put Croatia `head.
:20:25. > :20:28.In rugby league, both Hull FC and Hull KR are playing tonight. The
:20:29. > :20:31.last time the Black and Whites played was a fortnight ago when they
:20:32. > :20:35.beat the London Broncos. Thdy play Widnes tonight. Hull KR suffered a
:20:36. > :20:36.heavy defeat when they lost at Castleford. Tonight they're at home
:20:37. > :21:14.Lincolnshire tennis player says she is looking forward to playing her
:21:15. > :21:21.Wimbledon qualifying matches next week. Jade Windley will be playing
:21:22. > :21:25.in the singles and doubles qualifying rounds. If she gdts
:21:26. > :21:29.through, it will be her second year playing at Wimbledon.
:21:30. > :21:31.Probably the greatest experhence I've had playing tennis.
:21:32. > :21:40.I really hope I can qualify this year so I can have that agahn.
:21:41. > :21:49.If she gets to Wimbledon shd will be joining Lincoln's Daniel Cl`rk and
:21:50. > :21:57.Kyle Edmonds. Student chefs have been battling for the title of Uk
:21:58. > :22:03.Young Seafood Chef Of The Ydar. Heading up the judging panel was a
:22:04. > :22:07.celebrity chef. Our correspondent watched the competition. Thd pans
:22:08. > :22:18.are boiling hot and the knives razor sharp. The atmosphere is like a
:22:19. > :22:25.pressure cabal. 18 young chdfs or determing to win. I have always
:22:26. > :22:29.wanted to be a chef. We tridd last year but did not get through to the
:22:30. > :22:34.final. But it will not be e`sy to impress. It is nerve wracking when
:22:35. > :22:40.he comes round and shakes your hand. He starts sniffing in your pans
:22:41. > :22:47.With more cookery contest is like these on our screens, this hmage is
:22:48. > :22:54.attracting plenty of young recruits. We have seen a big change. People
:22:55. > :23:03.look at professional chefs `s a good location. When I was a chef, I was a
:23:04. > :23:08.reject from society. This competition promotes the usd of fish
:23:09. > :23:16.in cookery and each team prdpares three fish `based dishes. These
:23:17. > :23:20.young chefs will hopefully dnd up in restaurants and hotels. I think they
:23:21. > :23:25.will realise the value and importance of seafood. According to
:23:26. > :23:31.statistics, we are eating ldss fish as a country these days. Hotsehold
:23:32. > :23:35.registers has declined by 8.4%. But here they are passionate about
:23:36. > :23:41.seafood and keen to reverse that trend. It is hard to cook and people
:23:42. > :23:47.try to stay away from it. It would be better if people did learn how to
:23:48. > :23:54.cook fish. As the sponsors sample the results, it is a thumbs up. I
:23:55. > :24:01.have enjoyed it very much. Ht is restaurant quality, I would be happy
:24:02. > :24:07.to pay for that in a restaurant South Essex College take thd crown.
:24:08. > :24:13.But these students are busy and have no time for disappointment.
:24:14. > :24:16.The organisers of the annual cabbage throwing Championships are getting
:24:17. > :24:22.ready to host contestants from around the world. The event is in
:24:23. > :24:31.its second year. Simon has been to see the preparations. There is a new
:24:32. > :24:41.sport in town. It requires ` keen eye. And nerves of steel. You are
:24:42. > :24:57.about to experience a taste of the world cabbage throwing compdtition.
:24:58. > :25:03.It is like scoring a goal at the World Cup if you get one in the
:25:04. > :25:09.tyres. You do get totally dhfferent results, it is great. You jtst aim
:25:10. > :25:14.your cabbage, pull the pin `nd you are there. This will be the second
:25:15. > :25:23.year that this extravaganza this weekend. They hope to build on the
:25:24. > :25:28.surprise success of last ye`r. Everybody was tentative abott having
:25:29. > :25:41.a go, but later in the day, the arena was full. Everybody w`nted to
:25:42. > :25:50.see it. The only cabbage throwing competition? There is a competition
:25:51. > :25:55.in America. It is the creathon of John Ward. We set the cabbage in the
:25:56. > :26:04.sling. When you pull the pin it will go at a rate of knots. It alazed us,
:26:05. > :26:06.we did not know it would go global. We laughingly said world cabbage,
:26:07. > :26:08.not realising when we looked online and we have got a foothold hn so
:26:09. > :26:16.many countries. The interest last year was phenomenal. There `re
:26:17. > :26:19.health and safety aspects bdcause cabbages way quite a bit. There is
:26:20. > :26:26.an alternative for the children .. Onions. Organisers would like us to
:26:27. > :26:33.stress no vegetables will bd wasted in the making of this report. All of
:26:34. > :26:41.them are rejects and by Monday will be fed to the cattle.
:26:42. > :26:51.Only in Lincolnshire! Let's have a re`of the headlines.
:26:52. > :26:52.The director at the school `t the centre of abuse allegations in
:26:53. > :26:55.Rochdale, a senior police officer says he was misled by the council.
:26:56. > :27:00.People accused of parking illegally on the Lincolnshire coast s`y they
:27:01. > :27:03.will defy the authorities and stay overnight. Risk of a few light
:27:04. > :27:11.showers tomorrow, dry for the rest of the day. Cooler, especially on
:27:12. > :27:15.the coast. On the subject of parking. Somebody says, thex should
:27:16. > :27:36.visit Australia says, these people who choose to
:27:37. > :27:41.break the bylaws should be prosecuted to the maximum. Thanks
:27:42. > :27:45.for your messages. Very good weekend. Look after yourselves.
:27:46. > :27:58.Goodbye. Make the most of your weekend,
:27:59. > :28:01.wherever you are.