:00:00. > :00:00.from Brazil. That's all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:08. > :00:10.The multi`million pound transformation of the centrd of Hull
:00:11. > :00:12.that could bring more money to the city.
:00:13. > :00:14.Flash flooding hits homes and businesses as parts of
:00:15. > :00:16.East Yorkshire suffer torrential rain Plans to crackdown on
:00:17. > :00:18.motorbikes that have been d`maging a Lincolnshire beauty spot.
:00:19. > :00:21.The girl who's been recognised for never missing a day of classes
:00:22. > :01:14.It's being described as the biggest transformation ever
:01:15. > :01:17.?25 million will be spent ilproving streets and public places ahead
:01:18. > :01:22.of the City of Culture celebrations in 2017
:01:23. > :01:27.People living in the city are being promised street
:01:28. > :01:31.level fountains, mood lighthng and a less cluttered environment.
:01:32. > :01:35.It's claimed it could bring tens of millions of pounds into the local
:01:36. > :01:38.economy although those figures are already being questioned tonight.
:01:39. > :01:41.We'll hear from the City Cotncil in a moment but first our arts
:01:42. > :01:44.and culture correspondent Anne Marie Tasker is in Hull.
:01:45. > :02:03.It is about getting the citx ready. It is a once`in`a`lifetime
:02:04. > :02:08.opportunity for the city. It is important that the city looks its
:02:09. > :02:12.best. But of a story that whll come at a price as I have been fhnding
:02:13. > :02:23.out today. And not everyone thinks it is worth it.
:02:24. > :02:25.It's not had a facelift for decades `
:02:26. > :02:28.but within three years this is what Hull City centre could look like.
:02:29. > :02:30.Street level fountains in Queen Victoria Square,
:02:31. > :02:32.architecture lit at night and the Fruit Market pedestrianised, with a
:02:33. > :02:37.Hull City Council's paying the first half of the ?25 mhllion
:02:38. > :02:44.bill because it believes it will bring in new businesses.
:02:45. > :02:51.If we can attract big busindss and get more income into the city
:02:52. > :02:56.through high`quality jobs that will provide more revenue to restore some
:02:57. > :02:57.of the funding central government has cut from our day`to`day
:02:58. > :03:11.services. Hull City Council has made no secret
:03:12. > :03:12.of the fact it needs to save ?48
:03:13. > :03:15.million over the next two And starting this transform`tion
:03:16. > :03:31.will cost it more than ?12 lillion. Is it worth that much? No. H think
:03:32. > :03:55.we need to do what we can to bring tourism in this world.
:03:56. > :03:56.``and this will.
:03:57. > :03:59.But it's estimated it will bring an extra ?70 millioninto the chty every
:04:00. > :04:03.year And that it will support more than 500 new jobs over ten xears But
:04:04. > :04:06.one group, that analyses our city's economies, offers a note of caution.
:04:07. > :04:24.The events are often smaller or morphological than the plans may
:04:25. > :04:27.suggest. They enable people to get closer to our stalker wonderful
:04:28. > :04:31.heritage buildings in the chty and it is like a gold frame for a
:04:32. > :04:33.bootable picture that will bring out the beauty of the painting which is
:04:34. > :04:35.our city. But with pedestrianising
:04:36. > :04:37.King Edward Street and building performance stages in Queen's
:04:38. > :04:40.Gardens, too, there's not mtch time before City of Culture year to make
:04:41. > :04:48.all these plans a reality. Earlier I spoke to Steven B`yes from
:04:49. > :04:51.Hull City Council and asked him which other cities they'd looked at
:04:52. > :05:01.to get some ideas. If you look at many northern cities
:05:02. > :05:08.in Yorkshire and beyond such as Bradford and Leeds. We think it is
:05:09. > :05:15.quite important we improve the offer that we are giving. Should xou not
:05:16. > :05:19.be spending the money on jobs and keeping essential services such as
:05:20. > :05:27.museums open, rather than h`ving a floating stage and some figtre lies?
:05:28. > :05:32.We helping this proportionately affected by cuts that this hs not
:05:33. > :05:36.money that we would spend on those things, this is capital invdstment
:05:37. > :05:41.and we're trying to invest hn the infrastructure to encourage more
:05:42. > :05:46.private`sector jobs. But however lovely the Fountains maybe, you need
:05:47. > :05:52.shops here. Unless you're looking for something for the pound you are
:05:53. > :06:01.trying to borrow money. We're trying to encourage more people. Btt that
:06:02. > :06:09.is jargon. It is not. You only get shops if you get people. People want
:06:10. > :06:13.to come and experience life here and that is what we're trying ghve them.
:06:14. > :06:21.They you think people understand this? I hope so. As a city, we are
:06:22. > :06:26.trying to betray our best aspect and trying to encourage more retail into
:06:27. > :06:30.the city. We are in competition with places like Batley and Leeds and
:06:31. > :06:35.Sheffield. We have to have ` better offer. Are you saying you whll get
:06:36. > :06:44.retailers are you saying yot will get retailers? It is a way of
:06:45. > :06:50.reducing the cost for the council. It has spent to save initiative It
:06:51. > :07:00.is much cheaper. You see 500 jobs will be created. Where are those
:07:01. > :07:04.jobs? That is in the privatd sector. We are very clear from the
:07:05. > :07:09.calculation is what they ard about in terms of people spending more
:07:10. > :07:16.money, so we create employmdnt that way. Is it more important to keep a
:07:17. > :07:22.library or museum open or Fountains are mood lighting on the City Hall?
:07:23. > :07:32.That comes back to the issud of revenue and capital funding. Forget
:07:33. > :07:38.the jargon. It is not jargon. It is not the same sort of funding. It is
:07:39. > :07:46.always a different sort of funding story. We have revenue fundhng which
:07:47. > :07:50.pays peoples wages capital funding. We want to do both but we are
:07:51. > :07:53.limited of what we can do bx the amount of money that is givdn by
:07:54. > :07:56.central government in terms of revenue. We have is capital to
:07:57. > :08:03.invest in the city centre. Let us know what you think
:08:04. > :08:06.of this story. Is this what Hull needs to bring
:08:07. > :08:08.more visitors and money You will be charged at your standard
:08:09. > :08:52.message rate for each message. Torrential rain has caused flash
:08:53. > :08:54.flooding in East Yorkshire this afternoon. The fire service dealt
:08:55. > :09:01.with around 40 callouts and four homes in Cottingham were flooded.
:09:02. > :09:11.Parts of the village were under a foot of water before the fire
:09:12. > :10:06.service was able to pump thd water could only happen one in 200 years.
:10:07. > :10:14.That prediction has proven to be wrong. There were large hailstones
:10:15. > :10:18.and the water just came up to the top of my steps so I think we have
:10:19. > :10:24.been flooded again for the second time in seven years. Within half an
:10:25. > :10:29.hour of the downpour what w`s running through the doors of at
:10:30. > :10:35.least four homes in this arda. We have managed to keep it in check. I
:10:36. > :10:50.believe Upton though there have been 45 homes that have been flooded The
:10:51. > :10:59.local school was also flooddd as one part of the local hall of rdsidence
:11:00. > :11:05.at Hull University where sole students could not get out. We have
:11:06. > :11:17.been trapped in a room for five hours. This was a small scale event.
:11:18. > :11:23.But it is a reminder of how vulnerable our communities `re
:11:24. > :11:29.becoming far heavy rainfall. This family are trying to recover what
:11:30. > :11:36.they can from the garage. Cottingham high school say that this flood
:11:37. > :11:37.damage has been so severe that they are shut completely to their pupils
:11:38. > :11:48.tomorrow. Back to you. The Government has been warned that
:11:49. > :11:51.many lives could be lost in the next big flood to hit
:11:52. > :11:53.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Humber MPs met the Prime Minister
:11:54. > :12:02.at Downing Street today. David Cameron was told
:12:03. > :12:11.the Government needs to spend almost ?900 million to protect homds
:12:12. > :12:13.and businesses from flooding on the scale of last Decembdr's
:12:14. > :12:15.tidal surge. Our Political Editor Tim Irddale
:12:16. > :12:17.reports from Westminster. It's the ?880 million questhon. Is
:12:18. > :12:22.the Government willing to spend this amount of money over the next ten
:12:23. > :12:25.years to protect East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire from flooding?
:12:26. > :12:28.Dave Mouncey is till picking up the pieces at his home in the flood`hit
:12:29. > :12:31.village of South Ferriby, following December's tidal surge.
:12:32. > :12:50.He fears it could happen ag`in They see it as an event that happens
:12:51. > :12:54.one in 200 years. It came over there in 1954 and this is 2014. Come on,
:12:55. > :13:00.let us do something. Today Humber MPs met the Prhme
:13:01. > :13:14.Minister to set out their c`se for We were lucky it was that it was not
:13:15. > :13:25.more catastrophic and nobodx died this time. On there are hundreds of
:13:26. > :13:39.millions of pounds going into road defences, we need more. ``flood
:13:40. > :13:50.defences. We have been looking at the docks,
:13:51. > :13:54.looking at Immingham and thd facilities there and making sure
:13:55. > :13:59.that our structure is resilhent The Government this week colmitted
:14:00. > :14:02.an extra ?48 million towards flood defences on the Humber. But some MPs
:14:03. > :14:05.believe almost double that `mount should be spent on an annual basis,
:14:06. > :14:08.if householders and businesses are to be fully protected from ` flood
:14:09. > :14:11.event most of us hope we'll never Tim is live at Downing Stredt this
:14:12. > :14:25.evening. Is the Government likely to commit to this extra money for flood
:14:26. > :14:33.defences? I would love to say that thd Prime
:14:34. > :14:54.Minister has persuaded the Chancellor of its checker to a
:14:55. > :15:01.cheque for ?880 million. In the meantime, we hope we do not have
:15:02. > :15:04.another one in 200 year flood catastrophes, otherwise we will not
:15:05. > :15:10.be talking about whether we can afford to spend that money but why
:15:11. > :15:18.we cannot afford not to spend that money.
:15:19. > :15:23.Plans for an Eastern Bypass for Lincoln have been rejected by the
:15:24. > :15:25.Transport Secretary. They'vd been turned down because of a safety
:15:26. > :15:28.issue regarding one of the bridges that was due to be built between
:15:29. > :15:32.Cherry Willingham and Reefh`m. Lincolnshire County Council will now
:15:33. > :16:00.An undertaker has gone to Westminster to ensure that
:16:01. > :16:08.ex`servicemen are given a ddcent funeral. The amount of ex`sdrvice
:16:09. > :16:13.people that die with no farl is this minute but each one deserves a
:16:14. > :16:33.dignified final journey and we will not go away until we get th`t. Still
:16:34. > :16:37.ahead, the damage being dond to a nature reserve in Lincolnshhre and
:16:38. > :17:07.the schoolgirl who has never missed a day of classes. It is not just
:17:08. > :17:12.been east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire that has seen heavy downpours, we
:17:13. > :17:25.have had very heavy rain for the Great Yorkshire Show this afternoon.
:17:26. > :17:33.There are still heavy downpours to come. As we head whose evenhng, they
:17:34. > :17:42.will fizzle out and overnight it looks to set into a try spell. We
:17:43. > :17:47.will see the lowest temperatures down to around 12 Celsius which is
:17:48. > :18:07.50 45 height. It will be cooler than that in countryside idiots.
:18:08. > :18:23.The wind from the North may well reach eight gale force by tomorrow
:18:24. > :18:27.night which means there will be quite unsettled weather to come so
:18:28. > :18:30.on Thursday there will be r`in around from the morning but we hope
:18:31. > :18:34.that will tend to clear on Thursday afternoon and on Friday and Saturday
:18:35. > :18:38.there will be warm air coming in from the near continent but some
:18:39. > :18:43.stable ear as well which me`ns that there is likely to be a scattering
:18:44. > :19:17.of heavy showers with the stnshine. But not a bad day tomorrow.
:19:18. > :19:20.More than 300 families in Htll have had their blue recycling bins
:19:21. > :19:23.confiscated by the council, for putting the wrong sort of rtbbish in
:19:24. > :19:26.them. The City Council says it gave people plenty of warning before
:19:27. > :19:28.seizing the bins and needs to stop the contamination of recycl`ble
:19:29. > :19:30.waste. However critics say the council should be educating
:19:31. > :19:49.offenders, not punishing thdm. Jake Zuckerman reports.
:19:50. > :19:52.On Compass Rd in Hull the bhn men are coming. And they're checking
:19:53. > :19:55.every blue bin they empty. Since January more than 300 blue
:19:56. > :19:57.bins have been confiscated due to repeated contamination.
:19:58. > :20:05.The council says it does give plenty of warning.
:20:06. > :20:09.We send letters and for intdrviews and do not just take these bins
:20:10. > :20:25.away. With each household generathng
:20:26. > :20:47.around one tonne of waste. If they take them away they will
:20:48. > :21:14.just leave them in bags on the street.
:21:15. > :21:17.Hull City Council says the vast majority of households do a good job
:21:18. > :21:19.of recycling. And that the number of blue bins
:21:20. > :21:37.confiscated represents less than 1% of the total in use in the city
:21:38. > :21:40.This is another story we'd like your thoughts on. Is the City Cotncil
:21:41. > :21:43.right to take these bins aw`y as a punishment for people who
:21:44. > :21:56.persistently put non recycl`bles in them?
:21:57. > :21:59.It's home to rare wildflowers and many species of songbirds and
:22:00. > :22:01.butterflies but the Drift n`ture reserve in Lincolnshire is being
:22:02. > :22:04.destroyed by off road vehicles. According to the Police and Natural
:22:05. > :22:07.England the site is being ttrned into a muddy wasteland and now
:22:08. > :22:09.offenders are being told if they're caught they WILL be prosecuted.
:22:10. > :22:16.Simon Spark reports. This is how the drift on thd Viking
:22:17. > :22:18.way near Grantham should look. A plethora of plants and wildlife
:22:19. > :22:21.protected under its designation as a site of special scientific hnterest.
:22:22. > :22:29.But a lot of it now looks lhke this, churned up and rutted because it's
:22:30. > :22:36.This is being used for what is cold green leaning with bikes behng
:22:37. > :22:56.written across the land and destroying it. This is protdcted
:22:57. > :23:01.land and ignoring the signs is bad. We are trying to send a message that
:23:02. > :23:07.we will catch you and if possible we will take your vehicles frol you.
:23:08. > :23:11.This should be level and should be covered in grass and wild flowers
:23:12. > :23:19.and has been restored beford in 2009 but as soon as it was opened, the
:23:20. > :23:24.problem is returned. It was damaged again by frequent forward drive
:23:25. > :23:29.access. We are reluctant to implement anything until we are able
:23:30. > :23:34.to get rid of the vehicles that are destroying habitat here. We have
:23:35. > :24:03.Dragon's TV. ``dragon's teeth here. The message is to find another sport
:24:04. > :24:18.that is not such an important part of this and she countryside. ``of
:24:19. > :24:46.the countryside. A girl from Hull has been honoured
:24:47. > :24:50.for having never missed a d`y of school. Paris started at Stockwell
:24:51. > :24:52.Primary in 2007 and has a 100% attendance record. It's belheved to
:24:53. > :24:55.be the first time that's bedn achieved in the school's history.
:24:56. > :25:02.Tolu Adeoye reports. pupils alike think its quitd frankly
:25:03. > :25:23.miraculous. I would not be able to do that
:25:24. > :25:30.because when I am Pooley, I am pulling. Quite outstanding `nd
:25:31. > :25:34.shocking. It is like she cannot catch anything. I have been teaching
:25:35. > :25:39.a long time and I have never come a long time and I have never come
:25:40. > :25:52.across that for, it is a re`lly incredible achievement.
:25:53. > :26:07.Try not to break any bones `nd if you have a problem speak to someone
:26:08. > :26:17.who can sort it out for you. A special certificate arrived today in
:26:18. > :26:28.honour of her achievement. Now everyone is looking to see hf she
:26:29. > :26:37.can carry it on when she st`rts senior letters have a coupld of the
:26:38. > :26:42.national two British men pldad guilty of fighting in Syria and it
:26:43. > :26:48.is claim that a multi`million pound transformation of the centr`l file
:26:49. > :26:52.could lead investment in thd city. It will become cloudy later on
:26:53. > :27:03.tomorrow with top temperatures around 19 Celsius. We were talking
:27:04. > :27:22.about the transformation of Hull at the beginning another correspondent
:27:23. > :27:27.asks if the this one comes from John Lewis store in New York bec`use last
:27:28. > :27:33.and decided they no longer wanted to shop there as it looked tirdd and
:27:34. > :27:38.shoddy. In short, this was not Nikki says the plans for Hull citx centre
:27:39. > :27:40.are fantastic and will give a much`needed boost to the city
:27:41. > :27:53.centre. Mourners should This is the first example we know of
:27:54. > :28:03.of infrared communication. Imagine if you could
:28:04. > :28:08.talk to the animals. Zoologist Lucy Cooke
:28:09. > :28:12.is going to show us how.