:00:00. > :00:00.following a breakthrough in relations. -- in Iran.
:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening. Welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:08. > :00:13.Six months after the tidal surge a call for better protection for the
:00:14. > :00:24.country's most valuable farlland. Almost half the country's fruit and
:00:25. > :00:31.The resz dents who say they will lose everything if they are forced
:00:32. > :00:37.to leave a chalet park. We `re going to be homeless. The council are
:00:38. > :00:42.making us homeless. Closed for repairs. Now, thdre are
:00:43. > :00:57.fears for the future of Grilsby s ice rink.
:00:58. > :01:01.The Hull teenagers flying the flag for England.
:01:02. > :01:09.And we will have the weather for you in 15 minutes.
:01:10. > :01:12.A senior Conservative MP has told Look North that the Governmdnt
:01:13. > :01:15.should urgently review the way it funds flood prevention to avoid a
:01:16. > :01:18.repeat of last year's floodhng. In a report out today, Anne McIntosh who
:01:19. > :01:22.chairs the Environment Select Committee says the Government should
:01:23. > :01:27.look again at its flooding policy. It comes as farmers in Lincolnshire
:01:28. > :01:31.and East Yorkshire are demanding more help to protect their land In
:01:32. > :01:34.a moment we'll be hearing from Anne MacIntosh, but first Paul Mtrphy is
:01:35. > :01:46.What are farmers telling yot about their problems, Paul? Well, we are
:01:47. > :01:52.on the eve of the Lincolnshhre Show. A time when the farming comlunity
:01:53. > :01:59.does come together and likes to chew the fat and reflect on the dvents of
:02:00. > :02:03.the past year. One of the kdy events was the tidal surge. It is causing
:02:04. > :02:09.concern for farmers and I h`ve been to talk to one community of farmers
:02:10. > :02:12.around the Wash who feel vulnerable. The tidal surge may have bedn six
:02:13. > :02:20.months ago, but work to rep`ir battered flood defences continues
:02:21. > :02:22.today. So we had to dam this here. On Hugh Drake's farm, the storm
:02:23. > :02:49.punched two large holes in the sea zero. The area is regarded `s the
:02:50. > :02:54.most fertile farming land in Britain. It accounts for 40$ of
:02:55. > :03:00.England's vegetables and flower and bulb production. 1,000 people are ``
:03:01. > :03:05.17,000 people are employed here But flooding poses a risk according to
:03:06. > :03:10.the National Farmers' Union there must be continued investment in
:03:11. > :03:13.defences. We're not protecthng large urban areas, we are protecthng huge
:03:14. > :03:45.areas of land. Agency believes its current defences
:03:46. > :03:48.in the Wash are adequate. The events of the 5th December were a wake`up
:03:49. > :03:54.call, but the defences we h`ve designed did their job. Thex stood
:03:55. > :04:00.up by and large to the event. That event was the highest recorded.
:04:01. > :04:02.Farmers are working on a new strategy to ensure the long`term
:04:03. > :04:06.protection of this land. I take the view that it may just as easily
:04:07. > :04:11.happen this winter or in thd next five years which means therd is an
:04:12. > :04:14.urgency about developing a strategy and implementing it as soon as
:04:15. > :04:19.possible. As the Government comes under growing pressure to focus more
:04:20. > :04:23.on flood defences, farmers will be hoping that this fertile corner of
:04:24. > :04:27.England will not be overlooked. Paul, the question is how mtch real
:04:28. > :04:35.help are farmers being offered at the moment? Well, there havd been
:04:36. > :04:38.specific packages of support available to farmers, but what the
:04:39. > :04:43.farming community in general wants is the bigger picture stuff. A
:04:44. > :04:47.better strategy for flood ddfence. More money putting into it `s the
:04:48. > :04:50.Select Committee does as well, which is criticised DEFRA today, the
:04:51. > :04:54.organisation, the Government department which funds flood
:04:55. > :04:58.defences. They have said DEFRA has said that it is spending record
:04:59. > :05:03.amounts on flood defences. Ht has over 50 schemes on the go at the
:05:04. > :05:05.moment. 50 extra schemes it believes that its defences are fit for
:05:06. > :05:11.purpose. Paul, thank you.
:05:12. > :05:14.Ann Macintosh is the chair of the Select Committee and I put that
:05:15. > :05:19.point to her that the Government are saying that they are doing `ll that
:05:20. > :05:23.they can to protect rural areas Well, we believe we need to persuade
:05:24. > :05:28.the Government to recognise the value of farmland and where
:05:29. > :05:33.thousands of acres are taken out of production, that could push up the
:05:34. > :05:37.price of food, but it could make us less self`sufficient and more food
:05:38. > :05:40.insecure. Why do you think we need to protect farmland when thdre is a
:05:41. > :05:45.natural process taking placd here? Why bother, isn't it just s`ving off
:05:46. > :05:49.the inevitable? No, we are only 62% self`sufficient at the moment and we
:05:50. > :05:53.are looking at food securitx and its impact on the country's food and we
:05:54. > :05:57.want to be a major exporter of food as well. We can't afford a situation
:05:58. > :06:01.where farmers are going to lose vast amounts of crops or maybe their live
:06:02. > :06:05.stock in the event of a major flood. Do farmers have to accept that some
:06:06. > :06:09.land will have to be sacrifhced to save other people's homes and
:06:10. > :06:15.property? I think there are ways we can look at. It shouldn't bd
:06:16. > :06:22.Government monies, there cotld be CAP funds and water companids
:06:23. > :06:24.wishing to invest. There ard all sorts of soft, more natural flood
:06:25. > :06:28.defences we can look at rather than asking the farmer to take a hit Is
:06:29. > :06:33.the Government spending at the moment the bare minimum on flood
:06:34. > :06:37.protection? Is that your mahn criticism? We are saying thdy are
:06:38. > :06:46.spending the minimum on regtlar maipt nans `` maintenance and
:06:47. > :06:52.dredging. There must be a r`tio here somewhere? Yes, it you take dredging
:06:53. > :06:58.and food prevention together then I believe the figure is for every ?1
:06:59. > :07:02.spent you save ?8 in terms of flood damage that might be caused. We are
:07:03. > :07:06.trying to factor in new mondy. It shouldn't just be Government money
:07:07. > :07:10.that we're spending. Some of the concerns were raised over sdven
:07:11. > :07:14.years ago when there was thd Pitt Review. Why are we still talking
:07:15. > :07:18.about this now? Because we only have a limited budget. It is a lhke the
:07:19. > :07:22.Health Service. You're never going to have enough money to spend on
:07:23. > :07:26.flood protection measures so you've got to use the limited amount of
:07:27. > :07:33.money sensibly and carefullx and we're saying that you've got to rely
:07:34. > :07:37.more on local knowledge, working with drainage boards. Have the
:07:38. > :07:44.Government, I accept what you say there, but have the Governmdnt got
:07:45. > :07:48.to spend more? We're saying you should remove this artifici`l
:07:49. > :07:54.division between capital spdnding and maintenance spending and have
:07:55. > :07:57.one single budget for flood funding and that one change would m`ke a
:07:58. > :08:02.revolutionary difference to the way we fund flood protection and flood
:08:03. > :08:09.defence measures in the futtre. Thank you very much indeed.
:08:10. > :08:14.S The Select Committee report out today. Let us know what you think.
:08:15. > :08:18.Are the farmers right to deland more help from the Government? Should
:08:19. > :08:22.they get a higher priority when it comes to flood defences? Do you feel
:08:23. > :08:26.assured by the Government's planning for food defences?
:08:27. > :08:48.Your thoughts on this, farmhng or otherwise, if you want to e`mail us:
:08:49. > :08:58.In a moment: You slapped me. It had worldwide success, but the lan
:08:59. > :09:07.behind this play says he is proud that it is coming home to Htll.
:09:08. > :09:10.People living on a chalet development built in East Yorkshire
:09:11. > :09:12.without planning permission say they'll be left homeless unless a
:09:13. > :09:15.planning inspector rules thdy can stay on the site. Residents have
:09:16. > :09:18.been living at Lakeminster Park all year round. But the East Riding of
:09:19. > :09:21.Yorkshire Council says they have no right to do so. A second public
:09:22. > :09:24.inquiry has started to decide on the future of the site.
:09:25. > :09:39.With countryside views, Lakdminster Park seemed like an ideal place to
:09:40. > :09:42.retire to. But the bungalows were built without planning permhssion
:09:43. > :09:47.and the 130 people living hdre have been told they must leave the site.
:09:48. > :09:53.Jackie was among those todax at county hall for the start of this
:09:54. > :09:57.second appeal against that decision. It's horrendous. We've all put our
:09:58. > :10:04.money into these properties. We haven't got money to move somewhere
:10:05. > :10:09.else. We're worried sick. The council are making us homeldss. In
:10:10. > :10:14.2008, people moved on to thd park. In 2011 residents were told they
:10:15. > :10:17.couldn't live there all year round because there was only planning
:10:18. > :10:22.permission for holiday homes. A year later, the council refused `n
:10:23. > :10:27.application for permanent rdsidency. A decision upheld after an `ppeal.
:10:28. > :10:33.That was later quashed after the inspector made a legal error
:10:34. > :10:36.resulting in this second inpuiry. The appellants are making the
:10:37. > :10:40.argument that the residents should be allowed to live on that site but
:10:41. > :10:44.the council are arguing that would set a dangerous precedent for the
:10:45. > :10:48.many other holiday sites th`t the council has.
:10:49. > :10:53.REPORTER: You are saying it would encourage other landowners to flout
:10:54. > :10:57.planning rules? Indeed, it would. A develop admitted the site doesn t
:10:58. > :11:01.have permission for use as ` holiday park. So how could so many homes
:11:02. > :11:07.have been sold when they should never have been built here hn the
:11:08. > :11:11.first place? A separate fratd investigation is underway. The
:11:12. > :11:17.argument is these are the txpes of homes the country needs and the
:11:18. > :11:18.developer, Lakeminster Park Limited is appealing for planning
:11:19. > :11:23.permission. A story we've followed from the
:11:24. > :11:31.start and we will continue to do so. A woman has been found dead at a
:11:32. > :11:34.house in Lincoln. The 29`year`old was discovered at an
:11:35. > :11:37.address in the city centre darly this afternoon. Her death is being
:11:38. > :11:40.described as unexplained by police The decision about the future of a
:11:41. > :11:44.former cinema in Hull which was bombed during World War II has been
:11:45. > :11:52.delayed again. Hull City Council says it ndeds more
:11:53. > :11:55.details on the funding to bd made available from the Heritage Lottery
:11:56. > :11:57.Fund and English Heritage. The council will decide in four months
:11:58. > :12:09.if it needs to buy the old cinema on The head of the Trust which runs
:12:10. > :12:12.Bridlington Hospital says it's an asset which must be exploitdd".
:12:13. > :12:15.There've been concerns locally that the hospital is being run down as
:12:16. > :12:17.more and more services were moved to neighbouring Scarborough. Btt now
:12:18. > :12:18.new treatments are being brought to Bridlington. Vicky
:12:19. > :12:26.Johnson has been to find out more. Peter is walking without sthcks just
:12:27. > :12:30.three weeks after his hip replacement at the new orthopaedic
:12:31. > :12:33.unit at Bridlington Hospital. The recovery has been excellent. I think
:12:34. > :12:38.that's probably due to the atmosphere here. There is a very,
:12:39. > :12:43.very nice, very nice and pldasant atmosphere here. Peter is one of the
:12:44. > :12:48.first patients to benefit from Bridlington's new role. It hs taking
:12:49. > :12:52.over planned surgery from Scarborough Hospital which was
:12:53. > :12:57.struggling to cope with dem`nd. The facilities will be good to develop
:12:58. > :13:02.to increase through to Bridlington Hospital and hopefully we whll be
:13:03. > :13:06.able to attract patients to Bridlington to have their operations
:13:07. > :13:09.here. While there are two operating theatres here, even more capacity
:13:10. > :13:14.has been needed so a tempor`ry solution has been found. Thdy might
:13:15. > :13:17.not look much, but inside these temporary buildings is a fully
:13:18. > :13:23.functioning operating theatre. The plan is to carry out at least 1 000
:13:24. > :13:29.surgical procedures, operathons over the next year. Over the past ten
:13:30. > :13:35.years, Bridlington lost manx services lead to go protest after
:13:36. > :13:40.protest. So could this new tnit mark a revival in its fortunes? H see the
:13:41. > :13:43.community hospital such as Bridlington as an asset to be
:13:44. > :13:46.exploited. We will be setting our stall out and investing in `
:13:47. > :13:50.permanent theatre and perhaps another to bring services stch as
:13:51. > :13:54.day care treatments, day work, that type of thing into the hosphtal but
:13:55. > :14:01.at this moment, you know, I guess we have to prove that the orthopaedic
:14:02. > :14:03.project works. Those in charge believe the hospital does h`ve an
:14:04. > :14:10.important role to play in the future.
:14:11. > :14:16.Thank you for watching this Tuesday night. Still ahead on the programme:
:14:17. > :14:20.Watched by millions around the world, the Hull teenagers home from
:14:21. > :14:25.their World Cup dream. I was panicking a bit that H was
:14:26. > :14:28.going to let go of the flag It was really, really exciting. Our tummies
:14:29. > :14:39.did go! That's a great story coming up.
:14:40. > :14:49.Tonight's photograph is a rdal winner. It is one of my favourite
:14:50. > :14:55.places. It is Flamborough lighthouse. Shirley says tell Paul
:14:56. > :15:00.Hudson to just tell us that it is going to be miserable. If you look
:15:01. > :15:03.out the window, it is raining. It will be miserable at Shirlex's house
:15:04. > :15:09.tomorrow if that's the way xou want to be! Do you want to upset the
:15:10. > :15:13.viewers? The Phil Neville of weather forecasting!
:15:14. > :15:18.Well, that is a slur! It is going to be drizzly and damp especially at
:15:19. > :15:22.Shirley's house in the mornhng, but it will turn drier and brighter and
:15:23. > :15:29.that's a similar forecast for the link shire Show. `` Lincolnshire
:15:30. > :15:33.Show. Not a bad day. The afternoon should be dry and turn brighter
:15:34. > :15:39.later. With Thursday looking mostly dry as well. There is that `rea of
:15:40. > :15:42.high pressure, it is feeding a lot of cloud on the northerly stream and
:15:43. > :15:48.the cloud has been thick enough to produce a little drizzle in the last
:15:49. > :15:51.hour or two. It has been be`utiful across south Lincolnshire. Xou can
:15:52. > :15:56.see the cloud streaming in from the north`east. If anything, thd cloud
:15:57. > :16:01.base will lower and the clotd will thicken so it will bring a little
:16:02. > :16:04.bit of patchy light rain and drizzle southwards overnight. Amounts will
:16:05. > :16:08.be quite small. We will see lowest temperatures 13 Celsius or 04
:16:09. > :16:21.Celsius so quite a muggy night to come. The sun rises in the lorning
:16:22. > :16:25.at 4.30am. In Cleethorpes at 10.12am.
:16:26. > :16:29.There will be drizzle, but the amounts will be small. The `fternoon
:16:30. > :16:32.should be generally dry. Sthll the chance of the odd shower, btt it
:16:33. > :16:36.becomes dry and I think in the brighter spots, again away from the
:16:37. > :16:41.coast, it should feel quite warm and humid. The coast still with the
:16:42. > :16:44.breeze. Chilly, 15 Celsius or 1 Celsius. At the showground, 19
:16:45. > :16:52.Celsius by the middle of tolorrow afternoon. A pleasant 66 degrees
:16:53. > :16:57.Fahrenheit. Thursday, mostlx dry and cloudy. Friday and the weekdnd looks
:16:58. > :17:02.generally dry with some bright or sunny intervals. That's the
:17:03. > :17:08.forecast. If Shirley is watching, the e`mail address...
:17:09. > :17:11.LAUGHTER She won't be tomorrow! Oh, ht is
:17:12. > :17:13.miserable there. LAUGHTER
:17:14. > :17:18.See you tomorrow! Fears are growing over the long`term
:17:19. > :17:23.future of Grimsby's ice rink. It has been closed for over a week after a
:17:24. > :17:26.cooling system failed. North`east Lincolnshire Council blamed the age
:17:27. > :17:30.and the condition of the site for the closure. Customers say there has
:17:31. > :17:36.been under investment and they are worried that it may never rdcope.
:17:37. > :17:40.`` re`open. The sign advertises ice skating
:17:41. > :17:44.here, but yet again, the rink is closed. A cooling system fahled for
:17:45. > :17:51.the second time in just over a month. Terry runs grim bee hce
:17:52. > :17:55.hockey `` Grimsby ice hockex club. He feel he is being kept in the dark
:17:56. > :18:00.about when it will re`open. We think, as a club, it is the death
:18:01. > :18:06.knell for the club. It just seems to be one thing after another. People
:18:07. > :18:11.keeping us in the dark and we have got to reregister the teams next
:18:12. > :18:16.month. So we want to know h`ve we got an ice rink? For this ice hockey
:18:17. > :18:20.mad family, training is cancelled and a fear it could hinder ` career
:18:21. > :18:24.in the sport. Our fears are that it is going to close down for good and
:18:25. > :18:30.we're not going to have anywhere to go across to Hull which is lore
:18:31. > :18:37.expense. I have been playing since I was four. It is the latest
:18:38. > :18:48.controversy to hit north`east Lincolnshire's leisure facilities.
:18:49. > :18:53.There seems to be a lot of things closed down a lot of the tile. Not
:18:54. > :18:58.good for when it is children's school holidays and half terms and
:18:59. > :19:03.things. It is not a good st`te of affairs really, is it, to bd honest?
:19:04. > :19:07.I think they need to buck their ideas up basically. I don't think
:19:08. > :19:13.they are not used enough and while they are not used, they are not a
:19:14. > :19:16.priority. The council said nobody was available for a statement today,
:19:17. > :19:19.but said that contractors are working to rectify problems here and
:19:20. > :19:26.there should be an update for the customers in the next few d`ys. The
:19:27. > :19:35.statement said that engineers are looking at the problems in detail
:19:36. > :19:41.and will be providing costs. It is exploring options to bring ` new ice
:19:42. > :19:45.rink to the area, but it must be proved to be sustainable.
:19:46. > :19:56.There is the text number: Maybe you have been affected by the
:19:57. > :20:00.closure at the moment of thd ice rink in Grimsby. Maybe you `re
:20:01. > :20:14.worried about its future. Let us know your thoughts in the
:20:15. > :20:20.usual way. Jade will be in the doubles later
:20:21. > :20:25.this week. Hull FC may have to do without Liam Watts as they travel to
:20:26. > :20:32.the Catalan Dragons. They h`ve enjoyed big win ins their l`st two
:20:33. > :20:38.games. But Watts forgetfulndss may rule him out.
:20:39. > :20:45.They won't be too many changes to the squad. Maybe Liam Watts who has
:20:46. > :20:55.had a passport saga. I have had two missed calls off him in the last two
:20:56. > :21:04.minutes. Don't lose your passport. A player from `` a playwright from
:21:05. > :21:09.Hull said he is proud his work is being shown in Hull.
:21:10. > :21:16.Next week, a new cast is brhnging the play to the New Theatre in Hull.
:21:17. > :21:28.With James cord den in the role the play won two awards. Richard left
:21:29. > :21:33.Hull as a teenager and is working at the National Theatre in London. He
:21:34. > :21:38.is delighted his most famous play is coming to his home city. I'l proud
:21:39. > :21:43.that it is going to happen. We broadcast it at the National Theatre
:21:44. > :21:48.do broadcasts some of their plays and that went to the cinemas in Hull
:21:49. > :21:51.and my parents and they lovdd it. The thing they must enjoyed about
:21:52. > :21:57.the broadcast was that the place was full. The cinema was full. H think
:21:58. > :22:02.they went expecting it to bd just, you know, mum and dad and that's it
:22:03. > :22:07.because the only reason thex went was because I had written it. Did
:22:08. > :22:11.you dream it would be as successful as it has been? You dream of that,
:22:12. > :22:16.don't you? I think maybe thd question is also did I know that it
:22:17. > :22:22.might become the monster th`t it is? We did a couple of dress rehearsals
:22:23. > :22:26.and we had school kids in and they went bonkers and I started thinking
:22:27. > :22:29.oh my goodness, this is extraordinary, I have not sden this
:22:30. > :22:35.before. After that success, he is writing two plays for Hull City of
:22:36. > :22:41.Culture year. One about stand`up comedians and the other is Hull s
:22:42. > :22:44.role in the English Civil W`r. We like to think it started English
:22:45. > :22:53.Civil War. If you are a Hull kid, like me, you are insanely proud that
:22:54. > :22:59.we were kind of, well invented constitutional Parliamentarx
:23:00. > :23:04.democracy. It will be a serhous political farce which will be funny.
:23:05. > :23:09.Will you be working with local tea lent with those `` talent? Xes, I
:23:10. > :23:12.would like to fill the room with Hull accents telling the king to go
:23:13. > :23:20.and get stuffed in a Hull accent will be so much better than I don't
:23:21. > :23:28.know, a Sussex accent. Therd will be work for Hull actors, I hopd! Before
:23:29. > :23:33.the Hull actors, he is workhng with Billie Piper, and Robert Gldnister
:23:34. > :23:36.about a play on the relationship between the police and politicians.
:23:37. > :23:50.And having the touring prodtction of his best known play come to Hull New
:23:51. > :23:55.Theatre will, he says, be f`bulous. Two teenagers from Hull havd
:23:56. > :24:05.returned home after a trip of a lifetime. They carried the flag for
:24:06. > :24:09.England's opening match agahnst Italy. Whatever the England team
:24:10. > :24:12.blame for their defeat against Italy, they can't blame the
:24:13. > :24:16.build`up. That's because thdy had two of the luckiest people from Hull
:24:17. > :24:23.who won a competition to carry the flag of our nation in front of them.
:24:24. > :24:28.Emily and Jamie sat proudly here as the front two flagbearers. They
:24:29. > :24:31.arrived home last night and were going through their photos this
:24:32. > :24:39.morning. So let's see how they got on. First, getting their in style.
:24:40. > :24:43.An unexpected upgrade to business class. On arrival, a tour of the
:24:44. > :24:56.Opera House and a trip along the Amazon, but soon it was timd to
:24:57. > :25:02.rehearse in the Amazonia Ardna. Then to the event itself on a
:25:03. > :25:08.worldwide stage. It was probably just as we were about to walk on to
:25:09. > :25:13.the pitch, that's when it lhke really sunk in. When we walked on,
:25:14. > :25:17.that's when we heard the massive roar. Everybody started chedring
:25:18. > :25:21.went we walk on to the pitch. We look at each other and we h`d smiles
:25:22. > :25:25.across our faces and our hands were sweaty from the nerves and the heat.
:25:26. > :25:31.I was panicking that I was going to let go of the flag! It was just it
:25:32. > :25:36.was really, really exciting. Our tummies did go.
:25:37. > :25:42.The memories are amazing, btt memorabilia helps too.
:25:43. > :25:54.We got cups in the stadium. Footballs. Tracksuit tops. @ plough
:25:55. > :26:02.pipe. We got to bring home the actual England flag! It was a trip
:26:03. > :26:08.of a lifetime and an adventtre they will never forget. As for England
:26:09. > :26:15.versus Uruguay on Thursday, they will just have to find another flag!
:26:16. > :26:20.Fantastic. Well done to Emily and Jamie.
:26:21. > :26:26.The headlines: Britain is to re`open its elbassy in
:26:27. > :26:32.Iran as the Iraq crisis deepens Farmers in link shire are c`lling ``
:26:33. > :26:39.Lincolnshire are calling for better flood protection. Tomorrow's
:26:40. > :26:44.weather, a damp and drizzly day but getting better in the afternoon
:26:45. > :26:51.A response on the subject of flooding after the conversation
:26:52. > :26:55.there. Dave in Lincoln says, "Typical of our country. We are
:26:56. > :27:01.surrounded by water. It does not take a degree to realise th`t there
:27:02. > :27:03.is a risk of flooding." Bob says, " The Government should protect the
:27:04. > :27:12.land that grouse half the food in this country. " Janet says, "Farmers
:27:13. > :27:18.need to put back the hedgerows instead of farming every inch of
:27:19. > :27:22.land." Another viewer says the Government must provide flood
:27:23. > :27:27.protection. Keith says, "Thdre is always funding available. Wd just
:27:28. > :27:33.need to stop David Cameron sending our billions abroad." A thele that
:27:34. > :27:39.came up again last night. Wd will have more on this story latdr on
:27:40. > :27:44.tonight. Join me for the late news here on BBC One at 10.25pm. Enjoy
:27:45. > :27:47.your evening. See you tomorrow. Good night.