:00:00. > :01:19.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
:01:20. > :01:25.This vessel has already been widening the approach to thd dog.
:01:26. > :01:29.Some of the large port such as Rotterdam, they have two mahntain
:01:30. > :01:36.the depth of ease and changd the ports to fit in. The Humber
:01:37. > :01:41.obviously, maintaining it to enable these bigger and bigger ships to
:01:42. > :01:44.come into port. 100 years ago the space behind me would have been
:01:45. > :01:49.filled with jetties for the transportation of coal will stop
:01:50. > :01:53.today we have 25,000 tonnes of biomass that has come all the way
:01:54. > :02:00.from America and will be destined for Drax power station. The chance,
:02:01. > :02:05.too, to travel on a pilot boat and see close hand the scale of
:02:06. > :02:11.modern`day cargo ships. I love ships and everything about them. The work,
:02:12. > :02:18.sometimes it was very hard, but you take the good with the bad. Very
:02:19. > :02:22.interesting, very exciting, the way it is handled down the dock, and the
:02:23. > :02:26.job is good. Since its creation for coal, this doc has handled will
:02:27. > :02:34.meat and tender. Timber. Firefighters across East Yorkshire
:02:35. > :02:37.and Lincolnshire have been on strike The action,
:02:38. > :02:41.between 10 and 5 today, was The Government says firefighters
:02:42. > :02:44.have among the most generous Campaigners opposed to cuts to
:02:45. > :02:54.opening hours at some Hull luseums The Council says it has to save
:02:55. > :02:58.?150,000 from its heritage budget but the protestors are angrx
:02:59. > :03:03.about the reduction in servhces Unions want Hull City Counchl
:03:04. > :03:15.to find savings elsewhere. The responses we have had to the
:03:16. > :03:21.petition from people, both local and far away, is astonishment, ht's
:03:22. > :03:25.ridiculous. You have been awarded this City of Culture award `nd what
:03:26. > :03:27.do they do? They close musetms. We need to tell people that thd museum
:03:28. > :03:30.'s idea to attract visitors. Hull City have agreed a fee
:03:31. > :03:32.for the signing of midfielddr The 24 year old spent last season
:03:33. > :03:36.on loan at the KC Stadium. It's believed he will cost ` club
:03:37. > :03:40.record fee in excess of ?7 lillion. In the Super League, there's
:03:41. > :03:43.five minutes left in Hull FC's The Black and Whites trail
:03:44. > :03:47.by 20 points to 4 in France. Last night,
:03:48. > :03:55.Hull KR secured a comfortable away The Robins scored 8 tries
:03:56. > :03:59.in a comfortable 44 points to 1 win They've moved above Hull into
:04:00. > :04:08.ninth in the Super League t`ble It has been a beautiful day. Let's
:04:09. > :04:21.get the weather. Another pleasant day to comd
:04:22. > :04:24.tomorrow, the pollen levels are still high. A fine end to the day
:04:25. > :04:29.with some sunshine, then drx, with clear spells overnight. In the
:04:30. > :04:32.countryside, temperatures could be a few degrees lower than this.
:04:33. > :04:59.low`pressure pushing in frol the west. Bridges dropping off for the
:05:00. > :05:15.first half of the week. `` temperatures tripping off.
:05:16. > :05:20.For the majority of the British Isles, today has wrought long spells
:05:21. > :06:01.of warm sunshine and it is the longest day.
:06:02. > :06:05.of warm sunshine and it is the though, plenty of sunshine. And once
:06:06. > :06:11.again across England and Wales, sparkling skies and as the sun comes
:06:12. > :06:12.up, temperatures will start to rise appropriately. For