:00:00. > 3:59:59high, 15-20. It's not all bad. Thank you very much. That's all from us so
:00:00. > :00:00.it's goodbye On Look North at 6.30: Thousands of
:00:00. > :00:09.patients are forced to wait for Good evening and welcome to
:00:10. > :00:11.BBC Look North. Thousands of patients face
:00:12. > :00:28.delays to see a doctor becatse Two senior doctors have had to stay
:00:29. > :00:40.on because we cannot get replacements.
:00:41. > :00:42.The councils wasting millions picking up litter across East
:00:43. > :00:47.The giant water pipe arriving at Bridlington from Norway to
:00:48. > :00:53.We meet the family trying to turn the town of Market Weighton.
:00:54. > :01:02.England's quite a rubbish tdam, and Thousands of patients are bding
:01:03. > :01:14.forced to wait to see a doctor because GPs don't want to work
:01:15. > :01:17.in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The group that represents them says
:01:18. > :01:19.hundreds of training positions the East Midlands ` which includes
:01:20. > :01:23.Lincolnshire ` 38% are vacant. In Yorkshire
:01:24. > :01:25.and the Humber the figure is 23 . Both are much higher that
:01:26. > :01:29.the national average of 13%. The British Medical Association says
:01:30. > :01:33.GP services are in crisis, ` claim denied by the Government whhch says
:01:34. > :01:36.that nationally it's recruited ,000 GPs are, they say, busier than ever.
:01:37. > :01:51.They're seeing an extra 40 lillion patients compared to five ydars ago.
:01:52. > :01:56.But fewer new doctors are opting to train in general practice.
:01:57. > :02:04.Francesca Wright is a junior doctor and doing a GP placement in
:02:05. > :02:07.Immingham. She says others `re being put off by the Government's promise
:02:08. > :02:22.to extend opening hours. We have been given the imprdssion
:02:23. > :02:30.there will be more on calls and night shift, certainly out of hours
:02:31. > :02:33.shift and weekends. I think a lot of the attraction for some people is
:02:34. > :02:56.now perhaps not there any more. At Peter Melton's practice, two
:02:57. > :02:59.senior GPs have been unable to retire because they can't rdcruit
:03:00. > :03:01.behind them. Last year, doctors were givdn more
:03:02. > :03:03.responsibility for healthcare in their own areas.
:03:04. > :03:05.A spokesman for the Departmdnt of Health insists that the recdnt
:03:06. > :03:35.reforms should have strengthened Services. I have done this before. I
:03:36. > :03:54.have worked long hours. Why should I put myself through that agahn? They
:03:55. > :04:03.haven't explained the real reasons behind this. Was it financi`l? We
:04:04. > :04:06.don't know. Doctors leaders are warning with this increase hn
:04:07. > :04:09.shortage of GPs, especially in our area, the situation is likely to
:04:10. > :04:13.deteriorate further. Dr Chaand Nagpaul is the ch`ir
:04:14. > :04:15.of the British Medical He joins me now
:04:16. > :04:18.from the association's annu`l They
:04:19. > :04:20.haven't explained the real reasons behind this. Was it financi`l? We
:04:21. > :04:22.don't know. Doctors leaders are warning with this increase hn
:04:23. > :04:37.shortage of GPs, especially in our overwhelmed with the demand on our
:04:38. > :04:43.time. We do not have enough GPs enough practice necessaries, enough
:04:44. > :04:50.points month `` enough practice nurses. We are overwhelmed with an
:04:51. > :05:00.increasing number of patients who need our services. We just haven't
:05:01. > :05:08.had an increase in capacity. We are dealing with four or five chronic
:05:09. > :05:10.conditions. A lot of care is moving out of hospitals, so it is simply a
:05:11. > :05:18.mismatch between demand and capacity. It is not just
:05:19. > :05:22.recruitment. GPs are retiring early. In a BMA survey, quarter of GPs were
:05:23. > :05:33.considering quitting altogether Is it scaremongering on your p`rt? I
:05:34. > :05:36.can honestly say it would bd folly to write this offer scaremongering.
:05:37. > :05:42.This is something the department must take seriously. We had a 1 %
:05:43. > :05:59.reduction in the number of xoung doctors who chose to become GPs We
:06:00. > :06:04.have 451 places unfilled. What other pressures GPs say they are tnder? I
:06:05. > :06:12.doctors not as robust as thdy once were? Young doctors choose to work
:06:13. > :06:16.at hospitals rather than surgeries, because I think what is not being
:06:17. > :06:24.understood by the government is that the pressures on being a GP are
:06:25. > :06:28.intolerable for many doctors. We are seeing 25 patients at ten mhnute
:06:29. > :06:36.intervals. Each one requires an intense consultation. You h`ve huge
:06:37. > :06:47.amounts of paperwork. The d`y is absolutely packed. But what about
:06:48. > :06:53.some of the remaining GPs. We'll have to get rid of some of their
:06:54. > :06:58.patients? `` will they have to get rid of some of their patients? We
:06:59. > :07:08.need to make sure patients `re treated safely. If they are unable
:07:09. > :07:11.to recruit a doctor in practice if they have unfilled vacancies,
:07:12. > :07:22.clearly, they must make surd patients are served safely. In the
:07:23. > :07:33.situations, these practices have had dialogue with NHS England on how to
:07:34. > :07:34.resolve that. Very good to have you on the programme. Thank you for
:07:35. > :07:43.joining us. Have you found it difficult to get
:07:44. > :07:46.an appointment because of a GP Perhaps you are a GP `
:07:47. > :07:50.what is the pressure like on you? What can be done to get mord doctors
:07:51. > :08:20.to want to come and work in In a moment:
:08:21. > :08:22.People in Lincolnshire are `sked to raise funds for a new helip`d which
:08:23. > :08:29.could treat injured patients faster. Millions of pounds
:08:30. > :08:31.of taxpayers money is being wasted on cleaning up rubbish across
:08:32. > :08:33.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire On the Lincolnshire coast alone
:08:34. > :08:36.the cost is ?1 million everx year. It's money that the local council
:08:37. > :08:39.says would be better spent dlsewhere if people would take responsibility
:08:40. > :08:56.and simply pick up their litter A sunny day at the beach, btt you
:08:57. > :09:08.don't have to look far to fhnd litter.
:09:09. > :09:12.I have no idea what makes pdople do it, it is a lack of personal
:09:13. > :09:19.responsibility. ?1 million hs a lot of money. I will not tell you what
:09:20. > :09:22.my favourite things will be spent the money but it could be spent more
:09:23. > :09:39.And it's not just lazy seashde visitors that are causing
:09:40. > :09:42.the problem, East Lindsey Dhstrict Council?s new campaign incltdes hard
:09:43. > :09:50.hitting messages about dog fouling and fly tipping aimed at residents.
:09:51. > :10:06.There has been an increase, what is causing it we have no idea. It is
:10:07. > :10:08.down to the individual. The individual dog owner that allows the
:10:09. > :10:11.dog to foul and leaves it. Ht is about responsibility and
:10:12. > :10:14.responsibility are putting xour rubbish in the bin, do not leave it
:10:15. > :10:45.We see people drop litter and it is frustrating. Our powers are limited.
:10:46. > :10:49.We have to clean up the mess and hopefully something more
:10:50. > :10:50.constructive can be done long`term. It is hoped the campaign will reach
:10:51. > :10:53.the conscience of those responsible. Earlier,
:10:54. > :10:56.I spoke to Samantha Harding from the I asked what she thinks
:10:57. > :11:07.of people who drop litter. Earlier,
:11:08. > :11:09.I spoke to Samantha Harding from the I asked what she thinks
:11:10. > :11:13.of people who drop litter. I don't know why people can't think
:11:14. > :11:18.for themselves when they get up from the beach or they get up from a
:11:19. > :11:21.beautiful picnic in the loc`l park or the countryside that thex are
:11:22. > :11:25.just going to take to their house or to a local bin all the pack`ging
:11:26. > :11:27.they've created through the picnic. While there is no sanction,
:11:28. > :11:30.while there is no fine, Essentially, littering is
:11:31. > :11:34.a consequence`free crime. But the fact is, in law, it is
:11:35. > :11:38.a crime to drop litter, and I think Would you like to see a big fine
:11:39. > :11:44.for everyone who's caught? I think people who drop litter
:11:45. > :11:47.should be fined the ?80 the law But the Government don't do
:11:48. > :11:50.a thing about it. It's not the national government who
:11:51. > :11:57.would do it, it's local councils, and I know some
:11:58. > :12:00.of them do have problems resourcing I think those that can really
:12:01. > :12:09.should try to do it properlx. I saw a lorry driver throw
:12:10. > :12:12.a plastic Coke bottle out What do you think of somebody
:12:13. > :12:15.like that? What's the psychology behind that,
:12:16. > :12:18.that they think it's accept`ble to There's some research
:12:19. > :12:21.into lorry drivers and haulhers in general, they don't want to stop
:12:22. > :12:24.the truck, because they essdntially live in their truck,
:12:25. > :12:26.they don't want to dirty it, so they throw a lot of littdr out,
:12:27. > :12:35.even by their own admission. We think hauliers should have
:12:36. > :12:41.almost like a code of conduct where they agree they won't throw
:12:42. > :12:44.things out their windows at all On the film, we were talking about
:12:45. > :12:47.the beach, people go to the beach, Because they're just not thhnking,
:12:48. > :12:53.which I think is a disgrace. They're probably sat there thinking,
:12:54. > :12:55.we're having a lovely time, then they leave behind this
:12:56. > :12:57.disgusting mess that either doesn't get cleared up, that someond else
:12:58. > :13:01.has to pick up, or it gets washed Your message to people who
:13:02. > :13:10.still do this is what? For those of you who are sthll
:13:11. > :13:13.dropping it, stop doing it. It's costing us ?1 billion to
:13:14. > :13:21.pick it up, so stop doing it. How do we stop people
:13:22. > :13:33.dropping litter? Do you think we need
:13:34. > :13:58.stronger penalties? The mother of a toddler who drowned
:13:59. > :14:01.in the bath had eight different drugs in her system at the time he
:14:02. > :14:04.died, a court has been told. 38`year`old Kerry Abel denids the
:14:05. > :14:06.manslaughter of two`year`old Riley Lewis. He was found floating
:14:07. > :14:10.face`down in a bath at his home in Hull in January last year. Jake
:14:11. > :14:22.Zuckerman was in Sheffield Crown Court
:14:23. > :14:28.. The court heard Kerry Abel say she had been with Riley Lewis in the
:14:29. > :14:38.bathroom and she passed out, and when she came to, he was passed out,
:14:39. > :14:41.face down. Toxicology tests found the use of nine different drugs
:14:42. > :14:47.including heroin, cocaine and cannabis. Toxicologist said it was a
:14:48. > :14:52.night she was experiencing the effects of those drugs when her son
:14:53. > :14:58.John. She focused on lesser known drugs temazepam and diazepal. They
:14:59. > :15:04.are supposed to be prescription only, used as sedatives. Thd medical
:15:05. > :15:10.expert described the effect is causing drowsiness and impahred
:15:11. > :15:15.judgement. He said, I think the ability to properly care for any
:15:16. > :15:17.child would be impaired. Thd case continues tomorrow.
:15:18. > :15:21.Thank you. Work is continuing to repair a gas
:15:22. > :15:24.main after an explosion in Scunthorpe.The junction of @shby
:15:25. > :15:27.Road and Lloyds Avenue is still junction of Ashby Road and Lloyds
:15:28. > :15:29.Avenue is still closed to traffic. now been passed to the Health and
:15:30. > :15:32.Safety Executive. Traders in Grimsby are callhng
:15:33. > :15:42.for drinking to be banned in the North East Lincolnshire Council
:15:43. > :15:48.recently held a consultation about giving the police powdrs to
:15:49. > :15:51.ask people to stop drinking alcohol We would like a concrete action to
:15:52. > :15:57.stop drinking from open cans on the street. It affects us in loss
:15:58. > :16:00.of custom, loss of revenue. It affects us in loss of custom
:16:01. > :16:02.loss of revenue. People won't come to
:16:03. > :16:04.our store because the giant water pipe arriving
:16:05. > :16:13.from Norway that could make Bridlington's water cleaner.
:16:14. > :16:17.Turning the town of Market Weighton orange ` the family urging
:16:18. > :16:28.football fans to switch support Beverley Minster across a fheld of
:16:29. > :16:53.poppies taken by Bob Bakewell. Good evening.
:16:54. > :16:58.How are you? Will you be in your onesie at midnight?
:16:59. > :17:02.If anybody has been affected by anything in this programme, everyday
:17:03. > :17:08.health plan. Things will take a turn for the
:17:09. > :17:12.worse. The change is coming, courtesy of this weather system
:17:13. > :17:18.High pressure hanging on for tomorrow. Look what happens on
:17:19. > :17:44.Friday. Still some uncertainty, but there will be rain in places. A lot
:17:45. > :17:49.of cloud as there, some brightness in places. Overnight, the cloud will
:17:50. > :17:51.come and go. All part will be dry. Lowest temperatures, nine or ten
:17:52. > :19:01.Celsius. The public's being asked to help
:19:02. > :19:04.raise millions of pounds for a new helipad to allow patients
:19:05. > :19:07.from Lincolnshire to get to At the moment,
:19:08. > :19:09.people being airlifted to Nottingham's Queens Medical Centre
:19:10. > :19:12.have to land in nearby fields and So medical staff think a helipad
:19:13. > :19:30.on site will help save lives. Karen is from Boston and knows what
:19:31. > :19:34.difference getting airlifted to hospital can make. She was seriously
:19:35. > :19:40.injured when she crashed into a ditch in Horncastle. The air
:19:41. > :19:47.ambulance flew her to the ndarest specialist hospital, 60 milds away
:19:48. > :19:54.in Nottingham. A gentleman said it would t`ke 0
:19:55. > :19:58.minutes to get here. If we were driving, it would have taken two and
:19:59. > :20:04.a half hours. It shows you the difference it makes. Around 250
:20:05. > :20:09.patients a year need to be `irlifted to the Queens medical Centrd in
:20:10. > :20:12.Nottingham. Plans to redevelop the hospital include helipad on the roof
:20:13. > :20:18.of the new multistorey car park yards from the hospital entrance.
:20:19. > :20:26.It will dramatically reduce transfer time. The helicopters that come into
:20:27. > :20:35.the land on two sites, eithdr the University site or the airfheld
:20:36. > :20:39.Both take at least 20 minutds from landing to get here. Similar plans a
:20:40. > :20:42.reality, ?3.5 million will have to be found through fundraising.
:20:43. > :20:48.Something Karen thinks will be worth every penny.
:20:49. > :20:50.An ?18 million waste water outfall pipe has finally arrived on
:20:51. > :20:54.have spent the day guiding the three`quarter`mile`long pipd into
:20:55. > :20:57.place on Bridlington's south beach. It's part of a ten`year project to
:20:58. > :21:19.improve water cleanliness This is plumbing on an industrial
:21:20. > :21:25.scale. This enormous pipe is the final phase of a project to improve
:21:26. > :21:32.the bathing water here in Bridlington. It has drawn qtite a
:21:33. > :21:40.crowd. It fascinates me. I live here. It is good to see what
:21:41. > :21:45.is arriving. You excited?
:21:46. > :21:51.It will be nice to see it completed, yes.
:21:52. > :21:55.It is been two years in the making. Looking forward to the work ending
:21:56. > :22:02.up getting our seafront back. The piped was captured by John
:22:03. > :22:07.Brompton from his aeroplane. Conditions had to be perfect for it
:22:08. > :22:11.to be towed in one complete peace from the River Teise to its new
:22:12. > :22:15.home. Today is a pinnacle of everything we have been working
:22:16. > :22:22.towards for the last ten ye`rs, in terms of securing investment and
:22:23. > :22:34.getting the government to b`ck it. The beaches are important to
:22:35. > :22:38.Bridlington. First, this hugely complex job of
:22:39. > :22:51.floats this type in on the tide before sinking it into placd.
:22:52. > :22:56.This job is a very big pipe. We re getting there. This pipelind is just
:22:57. > :23:05.part of ?40 million at is bden invested here. Water to wash out
:23:06. > :23:10.untreated is now diverted through a massive network of undergrotnd
:23:11. > :23:14.pipes. It will take a few ydars to show up in blue flag statusds, but
:23:15. > :23:19.it will make this beach cle`ner from next week.
:23:20. > :23:21.Midfielder Jake Livermore h`s become
:23:22. > :23:23.Hull City's most expensive ever signing.
:23:24. > :23:26.He has completed a transfer from Tottenham believed to be worth
:23:27. > :23:36.He spent last season on loan at the KC Stadium and the Tigers were
:23:37. > :23:43.For the first season, obviotsly just make a progression
:23:44. > :23:50.on last season. I could've scored more goals myself
:23:51. > :23:55.last season, but like I said, a newly promoted side.
:23:56. > :24:00.Hopefully, now we're a bit lore established and we can all push on,
:24:01. > :24:03.England may be out of the World Cup, but now a football mad family
:24:04. > :24:05.in Market Weighton is trying to encourage the town to adopt
:24:06. > :24:09.Ellen van der Kroon's late husband played with the Dutch international
:24:10. > :24:21.Dennis Berkamp as a child, and now she's persuading nehghbours
:24:22. > :24:23.to support the Netherlands, as Crispin Rolfe reports.
:24:24. > :24:26.With England out, everywherd, the flags are down...except
:24:27. > :24:36.here, in Market Weighton, where a family of Netherlands fans
:24:37. > :24:43.Ellen is half Dutch, and her partner and their children
:24:44. > :24:51.I've always spent my summer holidays in Holland, then in 2001,
:24:52. > :24:54.I met a Dutchman and married him, so I have a lot of Dutch relatives.
:24:55. > :24:59.Ellen's late husband also h`d his own connection ` playing with
:25:00. > :25:02.Netherlands star Dennis Bergkamp when young, so it's no wonddr their
:25:03. > :25:19.It is good because England's quite a rtbbish
:25:20. > :25:23.Against Spain, they won 5`1, against Australia, they won 3`2
:25:24. > :25:28.then the next one against Chile theu won 2`0.
:25:29. > :25:30.All a far cry from England's performance.
:25:31. > :25:39.But the question now for football fans in East Yorkshire is whll they
:25:40. > :25:43.I was going to support an African country but I've lost interdst.
:25:44. > :25:46.I think they've been one of the best teams.
:25:47. > :25:51.I always like an underdog, so it depends on the match.
:25:52. > :25:54.But in Market Weighton, the message is add blue to Dngland's
:25:55. > :26:00.Because Ellen's is a family clearly crazy about the Netherlands,
:26:01. > :26:18.and hoping to persuade others to support our continental cousins
:26:19. > :26:27.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlhnes
:26:28. > :26:31.The former editor of the News Of The World may face a retrial after
:26:32. > :26:34.a jury failed to reach a verdict on two further charges against him.
:26:35. > :26:35.Doctors surgeries across Lincolnshire say thex are
:26:36. > :26:53.struggling to recruit enough GPs to fill vacant posts.
:26:54. > :27:00.On the subject of GPs, Kate says, my surgery is good, I live in Beverley
:27:01. > :27:05.which have a lot of elderly patients, but I was will always see
:27:06. > :27:10.you if it is urgent. Steve says obviously people become ill outside
:27:11. > :27:17.normal hours. Allen says, usual reply at reception
:27:18. > :27:21.is three weeks, and what is wrong with you? They are not medically
:27:22. > :27:26.qualified, so do they expect patients to self diagnose? Barry
:27:27. > :27:37.says the staff at Gilberdykd a fantastic managing appointmdnts He
:27:38. > :27:41.says, if your problem is urgent there will always see you on the
:27:42. > :27:46.same day. Thank you for watching. I whll let
:27:47. > :27:48.users at 1135. Five.