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Good evening. Welcome to BBC Look North.

Six months after the tidal surge a call for better protection for the

country's most valuable farlland. Almost half the country's fruit and

The resz dents who say they will lose everything if they are forced

to leave a chalet park. We `re going to be homeless. The council are

making us homeless. Closed for repairs. Now, thdre are

fears for the future of Grilsby s ice rink.

The Hull teenagers flying the flag for England.

And we will have the weather for you in 15 minutes.

A senior Conservative MP has told Look North that the Governmdnt

should urgently review the way it funds flood prevention to avoid a

repeat of last year's floodhng. In a report out today, Anne McIntosh who

chairs the Environment Select Committee says the Government should

look again at its flooding policy. It comes as farmers in Lincolnshire

and East Yorkshire are demanding more help to protect their land In

a moment we'll be hearing from Anne MacIntosh, but first Paul Mtrphy is

What are farmers telling yot about their problems, Paul? Well, we are

on the eve of the Lincolnshhre Show. A time when the farming comlunity

does come together and likes to chew the fat and reflect on the dvents of

the past year. One of the kdy events was the tidal surge. It is causing

concern for farmers and I h`ve been to talk to one community of farmers

around the Wash who feel vulnerable. The tidal surge may have bedn six

months ago, but work to rep`ir battered flood defences continues

today. So we had to dam this here. On Hugh Drake's farm, the storm

punched two large holes in the sea zero. The area is regarded `s the

most fertile farming land in Britain. It accounts for 40$ of

England's vegetables and flower and bulb production. 1,000 people are ``

17,000 people are employed here But flooding poses a risk according to

the National Farmers' Union there must be continued investment in

defences. We're not protecthng large urban areas, we are protecthng huge

areas of land. Agency believes its current defences

in the Wash are adequate. The events of the 5th December were a wake`up

call, but the defences we h`ve designed did their job. Thex stood

up by and large to the event. That event was the highest recorded.

Farmers are working on a new strategy to ensure the long`term

protection of this land. I take the view that it may just as easily

happen this winter or in thd next five years which means therd is an

urgency about developing a strategy and implementing it as soon as

possible. As the Government comes under growing pressure to focus more

on flood defences, farmers will be hoping that this fertile corner of

England will not be overlooked. Paul, the question is how mtch real

help are farmers being offered at the moment? Well, there havd been

specific packages of support available to farmers, but what the

farming community in general wants is the bigger picture stuff. A

better strategy for flood ddfence. More money putting into it `s the

Select Committee does as well, which is criticised DEFRA today, the

organisation, the Government department which funds flood

defences. They have said DEFRA has said that it is spending record

amounts on flood defences. Ht has over 50 schemes on the go at the

moment. 50 extra schemes it believes that its defences are fit for

purpose. Paul, thank you.

Ann Macintosh is the chair of the Select Committee and I put that

point to her that the Government are saying that they are doing `ll that

they can to protect rural areas Well, we believe we need to persuade

the Government to recognise the value of farmland and where

thousands of acres are taken out of production, that could push up the

price of food, but it could make us less self`sufficient and more food

insecure. Why do you think we need to protect farmland when thdre is a

natural process taking placd here? Why bother, isn't it just s`ving off

the inevitable? No, we are only 62% self`sufficient at the moment and we

are looking at food securitx and its impact on the country's food and we

want to be a major exporter of food as well. We can't afford a situation

where farmers are going to lose vast amounts of crops or maybe their live

stock in the event of a major flood. Do farmers have to accept that some

land will have to be sacrifhced to save other people's homes and

property? I think there are ways we can look at. It shouldn't bd

Government monies, there cotld be CAP funds and water companids

wishing to invest. There ard all sorts of soft, more natural flood

defences we can look at rather than asking the farmer to take a hit Is

the Government spending at the moment the bare minimum on flood

protection? Is that your mahn criticism? We are saying thdy are

spending the minimum on regtlar maipt nans `` maintenance and

dredging. There must be a r`tio here somewhere? Yes, it you take dredging

and food prevention together then I believe the figure is for every ?1

spent you save ?8 in terms of flood damage that might be caused. We are

trying to factor in new mondy. It shouldn't just be Government money

that we're spending. Some of the concerns were raised over sdven

years ago when there was thd Pitt Review. Why are we still talking

about this now? Because we only have a limited budget. It is a lhke the

Health Service. You're never going to have enough money to spend on

flood protection measures so you've got to use the limited amount of

money sensibly and carefullx and we're saying that you've got to rely

more on local knowledge, working with drainage boards. Have the

Government, I accept what you say there, but have the Governmdnt got

to spend more? We're saying you should remove this artifici`l

division between capital spdnding and maintenance spending and have

one single budget for flood funding and that one change would m`ke a

revolutionary difference to the way we fund flood protection and flood

defence measures in the futtre. Thank you very much indeed.

S The Select Committee report out today. Let us know what you think.

Are the farmers right to deland more help from the Government? Should

they get a higher priority when it comes to flood defences? Do you feel

assured by the Government's planning for food defences?

Your thoughts on this, farmhng or otherwise, if you want to e`mail us:

In a moment: You slapped me. It had worldwide success, but the lan

behind this play says he is proud that it is coming home to Htll.

People living on a chalet development built in East Yorkshire

without planning permission say they'll be left homeless unless a

planning inspector rules thdy can stay on the site. Residents have

been living at Lakeminster Park all year round. But the East Riding of

Yorkshire Council says they have no right to do so. A second public

inquiry has started to decide on the future of the site.

With countryside views, Lakdminster Park seemed like an ideal place to

retire to. But the bungalows were built without planning permhssion

and the 130 people living hdre have been told they must leave the site.

Jackie was among those todax at county hall for the start of this

second appeal against that decision. It's horrendous. We've all put our

money into these properties. We haven't got money to move somewhere

else. We're worried sick. The council are making us homeldss. In

2008, people moved on to thd park. In 2011 residents were told they

couldn't live there all year round because there was only planning

permission for holiday homes. A year later, the council refused `n

application for permanent rdsidency. A decision upheld after an `ppeal.

That was later quashed after the inspector made a legal error

resulting in this second inpuiry. The appellants are making the

argument that the residents should be allowed to live on that site but

the council are arguing that would set a dangerous precedent for the

many other holiday sites th`t the council has.

REPORTER: You are saying it would encourage other landowners to flout

planning rules? Indeed, it would. A develop admitted the site doesn t

have permission for use as ` holiday park. So how could so many homes

have been sold when they should never have been built here hn the

first place? A separate fratd investigation is underway. The

argument is these are the txpes of homes the country needs and the

developer, Lakeminster Park Limited is appealing for planning

permission. A story we've followed from the

start and we will continue to do so. A woman has been found dead at a

house in Lincoln. The 29`year`old was discovered at an

address in the city centre darly this afternoon. Her death is being

described as unexplained by police The decision about the future of a

former cinema in Hull which was bombed during World War II has been

delayed again. Hull City Council says it ndeds more

details on the funding to bd made available from the Heritage Lottery

Fund and English Heritage. The council will decide in four months

if it needs to buy the old cinema on The head of the Trust which runs

Bridlington Hospital says it's an asset which must be exploitdd".

There've been concerns locally that the hospital is being run down as

more and more services were moved to neighbouring Scarborough. Btt now

new treatments are being brought to Bridlington. Vicky

Johnson has been to find out more. Peter is walking without sthcks just

three weeks after his hip replacement at the new orthopaedic

unit at Bridlington Hospital. The recovery has been excellent. I think

that's probably due to the atmosphere here. There is a very,

very nice, very nice and pldasant atmosphere here. Peter is one of the

first patients to benefit from Bridlington's new role. It hs taking

over planned surgery from Scarborough Hospital which was

struggling to cope with dem`nd. The facilities will be good to develop

to increase through to Bridlington Hospital and hopefully we whll be

able to attract patients to Bridlington to have their operations

here. While there are two operating theatres here, even more capacity

has been needed so a tempor`ry solution has been found. Thdy might

not look much, but inside these temporary buildings is a fully

functioning operating theatre. The plan is to carry out at least 1 000

surgical procedures, operathons over the next year. Over the past ten

years, Bridlington lost manx services lead to go protest after

protest. So could this new tnit mark a revival in its fortunes? H see the

community hospital such as Bridlington as an asset to be

exploited. We will be setting our stall out and investing in `

permanent theatre and perhaps another to bring services stch as

day care treatments, day work, that type of thing into the hosphtal but

at this moment, you know, I guess we have to prove that the orthopaedic

project works. Those in charge believe the hospital does h`ve an

important role to play in the future.

Thank you for watching this Tuesday night. Still ahead on the programme:

Watched by millions around the world, the Hull teenagers home from

their World Cup dream. I was panicking a bit that H was

going to let go of the flag It was really, really exciting. Our tummies

did go! That's a great story coming up.

Tonight's photograph is a rdal winner. It is one of my favourite

places. It is Flamborough lighthouse. Shirley says tell Paul

Hudson to just tell us that it is going to be miserable. If you look

out the window, it is raining. It will be miserable at Shirlex's house

tomorrow if that's the way xou want to be! Do you want to upset the

viewers? The Phil Neville of weather forecasting!

Well, that is a slur! It is going to be drizzly and damp especially at

Shirley's house in the mornhng, but it will turn drier and brighter and

that's a similar forecast for the link shire Show. `` Lincolnshire

Show. Not a bad day. The afternoon should be dry and turn brighter

later. With Thursday looking mostly dry as well. There is that `rea of

high pressure, it is feeding a lot of cloud on the northerly stream and

the cloud has been thick enough to produce a little drizzle in the last

hour or two. It has been be`utiful across south Lincolnshire. Xou can

see the cloud streaming in from the north`east. If anything, thd cloud

base will lower and the clotd will thicken so it will bring a little

bit of patchy light rain and drizzle southwards overnight. Amounts will

be quite small. We will see lowest temperatures 13 Celsius or 04

Celsius so quite a muggy night to come. The sun rises in the lorning

at 4.30am. In Cleethorpes at 10.12am.

There will be drizzle, but the amounts will be small. The `fternoon

should be generally dry. Sthll the chance of the odd shower, btt it

becomes dry and I think in the brighter spots, again away from the

coast, it should feel quite warm and humid. The coast still with the

breeze. Chilly, 15 Celsius or 1 Celsius. At the showground, 19

Celsius by the middle of tolorrow afternoon. A pleasant 66 degrees

Fahrenheit. Thursday, mostlx dry and cloudy. Friday and the weekdnd looks

generally dry with some bright or sunny intervals. That's the

forecast. If Shirley is watching, the e`mail address...

LAUGHTER She won't be tomorrow! Oh, ht is

miserable there. LAUGHTER

See you tomorrow! Fears are growing over the long`term

future of Grimsby's ice rink. It has been closed for over a week after a

cooling system failed. North`east Lincolnshire Council blamed the age

and the condition of the site for the closure. Customers say there has

been under investment and they are worried that it may never rdcope.

`` re`open. The sign advertises ice skating

here, but yet again, the rink is closed. A cooling system fahled for

the second time in just over a month. Terry runs grim bee hce

hockey `` Grimsby ice hockex club. He feel he is being kept in the dark

about when it will re`open. We think, as a club, it is the death

knell for the club. It just seems to be one thing after another. People

keeping us in the dark and we have got to reregister the teams next

month. So we want to know h`ve we got an ice rink? For this ice hockey

mad family, training is cancelled and a fear it could hinder ` career

in the sport. Our fears are that it is going to close down for good and

we're not going to have anywhere to go across to Hull which is lore

expense. I have been playing since I was four. It is the latest

controversy to hit north`east Lincolnshire's leisure facilities.

There seems to be a lot of things closed down a lot of the tile. Not

good for when it is children's school holidays and half terms and

things. It is not a good st`te of affairs really, is it, to bd honest?

I think they need to buck their ideas up basically. I don't think

they are not used enough and while they are not used, they are not a

priority. The council said nobody was available for a statement today,

but said that contractors are working to rectify problems here and

there should be an update for the customers in the next few d`ys. The

statement said that engineers are looking at the problems in detail

and will be providing costs. It is exploring options to bring ` new ice

rink to the area, but it must be proved to be sustainable.

There is the text number: Maybe you have been affected by the

closure at the moment of thd ice rink in Grimsby. Maybe you `re

worried about its future. Let us know your thoughts in the

usual way. Jade will be in the doubles later

this week. Hull FC may have to do without Liam Watts as they travel to

the Catalan Dragons. They h`ve enjoyed big win ins their l`st two

games. But Watts forgetfulndss may rule him out.

They won't be too many changes to the squad. Maybe Liam Watts who has

had a passport saga. I have had two missed calls off him in the last two

minutes. Don't lose your passport. A player from `` a playwright from

Hull said he is proud his work is being shown in Hull.

Next week, a new cast is brhnging the play to the New Theatre in Hull.

With James cord den in the role the play won two awards. Richard left

Hull as a teenager and is working at the National Theatre in London. He

is delighted his most famous play is coming to his home city. I'l proud

that it is going to happen. We broadcast it at the National Theatre

do broadcasts some of their plays and that went to the cinemas in Hull

and my parents and they lovdd it. The thing they must enjoyed about

the broadcast was that the place was full. The cinema was full. H think

they went expecting it to bd just, you know, mum and dad and that's it

because the only reason thex went was because I had written it. Did

you dream it would be as successful as it has been? You dream of that,

don't you? I think maybe thd question is also did I know that it

might become the monster th`t it is? We did a couple of dress rehearsals

and we had school kids in and they went bonkers and I started thinking

oh my goodness, this is extraordinary, I have not sden this

before. After that success, he is writing two plays for Hull City of

Culture year. One about stand`up comedians and the other is Hull s

role in the English Civil W`r. We like to think it started English

Civil War. If you are a Hull kid, like me, you are insanely proud that

we were kind of, well invented constitutional Parliamentarx

democracy. It will be a serhous political farce which will be funny.

Will you be working with local tea lent with those `` talent? Xes, I

would like to fill the room with Hull accents telling the king to go

and get stuffed in a Hull accent will be so much better than I don't

know, a Sussex accent. Therd will be work for Hull actors, I hopd! Before

the Hull actors, he is workhng with Billie Piper, and Robert Gldnister

about a play on the relationship between the police and politicians.

And having the touring prodtction of his best known play come to Hull New

Theatre will, he says, be f`bulous. Two teenagers from Hull havd

returned home after a trip of a lifetime. They carried the flag for

England's opening match agahnst Italy. Whatever the England team

blame for their defeat against Italy, they can't blame the

build`up. That's because thdy had two of the luckiest people from Hull

who won a competition to carry the flag of our nation in front of them.

Emily and Jamie sat proudly here as the front two flagbearers. They

arrived home last night and were going through their photos this

morning. So let's see how they got on. First, getting their in style.

An unexpected upgrade to business class. On arrival, a tour of the

Opera House and a trip along the Amazon, but soon it was timd to

rehearse in the Amazonia Ardna. Then to the event itself on a

worldwide stage. It was probably just as we were about to walk on to

the pitch, that's when it lhke really sunk in. When we walked on,

that's when we heard the massive roar. Everybody started chedring

went we walk on to the pitch. We look at each other and we h`d smiles

across our faces and our hands were sweaty from the nerves and the heat.

I was panicking that I was going to let go of the flag! It was just it

was really, really exciting. Our tummies did go.

The memories are amazing, btt memorabilia helps too.

We got cups in the stadium. Footballs. Tracksuit tops. @ plough

pipe. We got to bring home the actual England flag! It was a trip

of a lifetime and an adventtre they will never forget. As for England

versus Uruguay on Thursday, they will just have to find another flag!

Fantastic. Well done to Emily and Jamie.

The headlines: Britain is to re`open its elbassy in

Iran as the Iraq crisis deepens Farmers in link shire are c`lling ``

Lincolnshire are calling for better flood protection. Tomorrow's

weather, a damp and drizzly day but getting better in the afternoon

A response on the subject of flooding after the conversation

there. Dave in Lincoln says, "Typical of our country. We are

surrounded by water. It does not take a degree to realise th`t there

is a risk of flooding." Bob says, " The Government should protect the

land that grouse half the food in this country. " Janet says, "Farmers

need to put back the hedgerows instead of farming every inch of

land." Another viewer says the Government must provide flood

protection. Keith says, "Thdre is always funding available. Wd just

need to stop David Cameron sending our billions abroad." A thele that

came up again last night. Wd will have more on this story latdr on

tonight. Join me for the late news here on BBC One at 10.25pm. Enjoy

your evening. See you tomorrow. Good night.