06/07/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Grimsby Ice Hockey Club says the uncertain future for the town's ice

The rink's been closed for a month due to

The council says it remains committed to having

an ice facility in the town, but with a deadline approaching to

register players for the new season, the hockey club says it's in limbo.

month, and still a question mark hangs over the future of

Grimsby Ice Rink. North East Lincolnshire Council will hold a

special meeting at the end of the month to discuss options, but

players need to be registered for the new season within wdeks

the new season within weeks. We was told two weeks. Now we've been

informed it's going to be the end of the month. People ard not

happy. We just don't know which way to go. We've got a season coming

up, we've got training that we've got to book, and we'rd just

We've got a season coming up, we've got training that we've got to book,

the gas used to freeze the ice can no longer be bought under EU

regulations. The council says as well as repairs, it's not

got enough stocks left to refreeze the ice rink. One option is

to lay new pipes and a new freezing system, but that whll come

at a cost ` some ?200,000. But campaigners remain concerned

over long`term plans. The council's to build a new leisure

facility on the site, controversially closing Grimsby

Swimming Pool a few miles away in favour of a new pool in Cromwell

Road. Rink users are worried the future development of the site would

eventually see it demolished, but the council says it

hopes to build a new ice skating facility in the area before

that happens. It will be a bigger ice rink. They'll be able to

play on a proper, full size rink. That's the new plan for the

would eventually see it demolished, but the council says it hopes to

will mean that it'll be abld to be used. What we're doing is

bringing a new pad in, and that pad will be there until the new rink

opens. OK, so that's a cast`iron guarantee? Cast`iron guarantee that

if we go for the option to repair the rink and put a roof pad down,

there will be an ice rink in North East Lincolnshire. But the affects

of the closure have already been felt. Thomas has a trial for the

England Ice Hockey Team in a few weeks' time. If I haven't got the

training, I'm at a disadvantage so I won't really stand a chance. It's

a great opportunity for Tholas, and it'd be a shame if he missed out due

to fitness or anything else, due to not having a rink to be abld to

practise on. Councillors will debate the best way forward for the ice

rink in a few weeks' time, but warn repair costs are likely to be passed

A tidal power generator in the Humber estuary is to be removed next

Neptune was built to providd power to The Deep, but was scrapped last

year when the company behind it went into liquidation

People living on Hull's Victoria Dock had fought to have it removed,

It's estimated around 2.5 million people lhned the

streets to watch the second stage of the Tour de France as cyclists raced

say hosting the first two stages of the event this weekend has helped

TV pictures from the race have been shown in 190 different countries.

More than 70,000 people are heading home tonight at the end

of what could be the final Waddington Air Show.

Organisers have already announced there'll be no show next ye`r

because of work to rebuild the runw`y.

Today, the crowds watched more than seven hours of flying displays

at the RAF base near Lincoln, but one Red Arrows jet is h`ving to

The aircraft was badly damaged by a bird strike

When you look at a bird, you don't think it can do that much

damage, so it's made a nice little hole in the front of the aeroplane,

which our guys are going to get really busy repairing now.

Superleague and the chairm`n of Hull Kingstone Rovers Neil Hudgell

has told the BBC that sacking coach Craig Sandercock was

a difficult decision, but it was the right time to make a change.

Chris Chester took over the post after Sandercock's

He was rewarded with a 40`10 win over league leaders

And you'll be able to see the highlights from the game on the

Superleague show tomorrow nhght It's on at 11.35 on BBC 1.

There is an element of disappointment. We thought the time

was right to make a change. Through this evening,

showers continuing, Overnight, we are looking

at it being a largely dry nhght Temperatures will dip

down to probably around ten degrees, although in rural spots, it

will get a little cooler than that. A fresh feel tomorrow morning,

then dry and bright. But as we head through the day, we

start to see cloud bubbling up and some showers start to triggdr off,

particularly across southern spots. Outside of the showers,

plenty of sunshine. It should feel quite pleasant with

a breeze. Highs of around 20 degrees `

68 Fahrenheit. Tuesday and Wednesday,

again looking like a good deal It's Thursday where we see the

risk of some heavy spells of rain. That's all from Look North for now `

I'm back with your late bulletin at 10.45 tonight,

straight after the national news. Hello again. Today's big event was

certainly blessed by fine weather, but there has been some rain around

here and there. Those