18/06/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)


18/06/2014

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He's been on assignment with the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.

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A Hull MP says new rules ailed at reducing pollution in the shipping

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industry could cost jobs and lead to drivers paying more at the pumps.

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Ferry companies have been told to use more expensive fuel which has

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less sulphur in it, but thex're worried about the extra cost.

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Hull East MP Karl Turner agrees and wants the government to act

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Our political editor Tim Irddale reports.

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Like all forms of transport, the shipping industry is under

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pressure to become cleaner, greener and more efficient.

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But according to one Hull MP, ferry operators, such as P, will soon be

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hit by expensive regulations which will force them to change the fuel

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They're going to have to pass it on somehow.

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They're not going to be able to swallow that cost.

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They're either going to havd to make a decision and cancel

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International rules mean th`t the sulphur content of fuel

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The shipping industry claims that switching to lighter, marind diesel

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And they are warning of up to 2000 job losses across the TK.

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I would like the government to show a little

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bit of leadership here now, and to lobby the EU to allow a transition

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period, a route to compliance, as was envisaged by the

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The industry even claims motorists could pay up to 3p a litre lore

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for diesel because of the extra pressure put on refineries.

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Something that shocked drivdrs in Hull today.

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Drivers won't pay 3p a litre more for any reason,

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Yes, I am worried about that, and it will make a big dent

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in our family income because we travel across thd

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The government has hit back at claims that it's not doing enough

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Ministers say they are workhng with Europe to look at ways

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of providing finance for shipping firms and ports.

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It's not an announcement th`t happened today, yesterday,

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This is something the industry has had over shx years

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Extra fuel costs was one of the reasons given

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for the scrapping of the Harwich to Denmark ferry service.

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Many hope Hull's ferry routds don't suffer a similar fate.

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Is there any chance of the government making

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Not for the first time, thex will argue their hands are tied by

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regulations. The shipping industry wants to equip new technology on

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their older vessels. Many whll argue that what will happen if thd east

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coast ferry routes are cut back or even closed, worst case scenario,

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traffic will get on the roads, driving south to the Channel ports,

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creating congestion. And pollution, which is what they are trying to

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stop. Thank you.

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This evening I spoke to Jamds Cole from the environmental pressure

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I asked him why making ferrhes use more expensive fuel was a good

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idea if it led to lorries h`ving to travel further to get to ports.

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I think what we are hearing and what you are saying is that the

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government needs to look at reducing the impact of all modes of

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transport, and we need to look at how we transition to a lower impact

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economy in the best possibld way. What's more important dash of ferry

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sailing or ferry sailing behng lost, and jobs, or reducing sulphur

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emissions? That is not a fahr question. That is the questhon on

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the table at the moment, isn't it? We have to look at the big picture.

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In the big picture, we don't have a choice of moving to know a `` of

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moving to a low impact economy. We have one planet of limited

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resources. If we are to thrhve and have an economy that thrives with

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businesses that thrive, it's not whether we can afford to make a

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change, it is if we can afford not to. We will follow that story.

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East Yorkshire has one of the highest number of convictions

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74 people were convicted in the county last year,

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the fifth highest in the UK and higher than Greater Manchester.

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There are now calls for tougher punishments to deter abusers.

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Concerns about allegations of bullying and harassment

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at the Hull and East Yorkshhre Hospitals Trust have been dhscussed

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Shortly after the former Chief Executive Phil Morley resigned

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in April, a health watchdog published a highly critical report.

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There are also worries about staff morale and recrtitment.

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The head of the trust meets councillors tomorrow.

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The debts facing Lincolnshire's hospitals are among the highest

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Figures from the Labour Party suggest the United Lincolnshire

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Hospitals Trust has a deficht of nearly ?26 million.

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A five year plan's being developed to help the Trust meet

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The Environment Secretary h`s defended the government's rdcord

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on flood protection following criticism by a committee of MPs

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Owen Paterson spoke to farmdrs at the Lincolnshire Show who had

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expressed concern about sea defences.

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He also rejected claims by ` select committee that his department wasn't

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doing enough to protect comlunities at risk of flooding.

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The report attacked us for `sking to do things which we are alre`dy

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doing. We are spending a record sum of money. There is no one w`rrant as

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elastic behind these flood defences. There is no one that sees

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the economic value of protecting high quality agricultural l`nd. That

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was Owen Paterson. Typhoons from RAF Conningsbx's

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3 Fighter Squadron have been used to intercept

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Russian aircraft as part of a NATO Four aircraft and 100 personnel

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left Lincolnshire in April. Yesterday, the British jets

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intercepted and escorted fotr It's been a fine day

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and through this evening We are finally going to see that

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cloud developing, a very we`k front bringing one or two spots

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of light rain or drizzle later, temperatures overnight fallhng back

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to around 13 or 14 degrees. So, a cloudy,

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perhaps damp start to the d`y, once again we will see

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an improvement. It will become largely dry

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and brighten up as well. By tomorrow afternoon, therd should

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be some sunny spells around. It won't feel quite as warm

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as it did today. Temperatures that little bit

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fresher along the coast. Not a lot more sunshine, but largely

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dry conditions with just thd odd Thank you. If you're going to the

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show tomorrow, enjoy. Thank you for watching, we're back tomorrow at

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6:25am. I will see you tomorrow night as usual. Thank you for

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watching. Good night. Celsius. The outlook for the weekend

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is looking pretty good. If you have outdoor plans, plenty of

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fine weather, warm nest the south. Is today, warm nest

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