:00:00. > :00:12.for the patients of the future. That's all from us. Now on BBC One
:00:13. > :00:16.?25 million is to be spent giving Hull the biggest facelift
:00:17. > :00:25.People living in the city are promised street
:00:26. > :00:28.Our Culture Correspondent Anne`Marie Tasker reports.
:00:29. > :00:30.It's not had a facelift for decades
:00:31. > :00:33.but within three years this is what Hull City centre could look like.
:00:34. > :00:34.Street level fountains in Queen Victoria Square,
:00:35. > :00:37.architecture lit at night and pedestrianising the Fruit Market,
:00:38. > :00:44.Hull City Council's paying the first half of the ?25 million bill
:00:45. > :00:49.because it believes the changes will bring in new business.
:00:50. > :00:53.If we can attract those big companies, and get
:00:54. > :00:57.more jobs, higher quality jobs, more income into the city, then that, in
:00:58. > :01:04.turn, will provide more revenue to restore some of the funding that
:01:05. > :01:09.central government has cut from our day`to`day services.
:01:10. > :01:13.Hull City Council says that it feels that the
:01:14. > :01:16.city is looking tired. But do people living here feel that that will be
:01:17. > :01:26.They need to make it look more attractive, so
:01:27. > :01:30.that it looks like people actually care about the place.
:01:31. > :01:37.The council are going to spend 12 within pounds. To do this? We need
:01:38. > :01:45.to do so much to bring tourism in. And I think this will.
:01:46. > :01:48.Hull City Council has made no secret of the fact it needs to save ?48
:01:49. > :01:52.And starting this transformation will cost it more than ?12 million.
:01:53. > :01:55.But it's estimated it will bring an extra ?70 million
:01:56. > :01:59.And that it will support more than 500 new jobs over ten years.
:02:00. > :02:04.But one group that analyses our city's economies,
:02:05. > :02:14.We hear a lot of big numbers associated with big cultural events
:02:15. > :02:18.and sports events but the evidence suggests that the benefits are
:02:19. > :02:20.smaller and more local than the announcements suggests.
:02:21. > :02:23.But business aside, these plans will help highlight Hull's history `
:02:24. > :02:25.possibly moving the William Wilberforce statue and giving more
:02:26. > :02:36.It will enable people to get closer to our wonderful stock of heritage
:02:37. > :02:43.buildings in the city and these lands, like a gold frame and a
:02:44. > :02:45.beautiful picture, will bring out the beauty of the painting which is
:02:46. > :02:49.our city. But with work not due to start
:02:50. > :02:51.until Autumn, there's not much time to make all
:02:52. > :02:55.these plans a reality by 2017. Tonight I spoke to Steven Bayes from
:02:56. > :02:59.Hull City Council, and asked him where the hoped for 500 jobs would
:03:00. > :03:02.come from. What we're trying to do is ensure
:03:03. > :03:07.that we have The calculations in terms
:03:08. > :03:15.of bringing in more footfall so that more people spend money
:03:16. > :03:19.and we can fund it that way. What is more important,
:03:20. > :03:27.keeping a library or museum opened, or pavement fountains or
:03:28. > :03:29.mood lighting on the City Hall. We have to work with revenue funding
:03:30. > :03:37.which pays people's wages We want to do both
:03:38. > :03:44.but we are limited by the amount of money that is given to us by central
:03:45. > :03:47.government in terms of revenue. We have this capital to invest
:03:48. > :03:50.in the city centre to try Torrential rain caused flash
:03:51. > :03:53.flooding in areas of
:03:54. > :03:56.East Yorkshire this afternoon. Parts of Cottingham were under
:03:57. > :03:58.a foot of water before the fire
:03:59. > :04:01.service was able to pump it away. Here's our correspondent,
:04:02. > :04:03.Paul Murphy. Badgers Wood in Cottingham
:04:04. > :04:05.is no stranger to flooding. Residents were told that that was
:04:06. > :04:13.a one in 200 years event, a prediction that was proved wrong
:04:14. > :04:20.this afternoon. By the time I got wellingtons
:04:21. > :04:23.and things on the water had covered my air bricks and I was looking
:04:24. > :04:29.for them under water. The water just came up to the top
:04:30. > :04:32.of my step We are probably flooded for
:04:33. > :04:38.the second time within seven years. Within 30 minutes
:04:39. > :04:40.of the downpour water was running through the doors of at least four
:04:41. > :04:45.homes in this neighbourhood. In a matter
:04:46. > :04:48.of minutes it was swamped. We managed to keep it
:04:49. > :04:51.in check to stop any other houses flooding but up until now
:04:52. > :04:54.about four or five have flooded. Elsewhere, a town centre cafe owner
:04:55. > :04:58.recorded the moment that The local school was also flooded,
:04:59. > :05:11.as were parts of the Hull University halls of residence where
:05:12. > :05:14.some students could not get out. The waters began to rise
:05:15. > :05:18.and we got trapped. This was a small`scale event,
:05:19. > :05:25.devastating for a few, This neighbourhood is going to spend
:05:26. > :05:33.this evening having It is hard to believe that all
:05:34. > :05:38.of this damage, thousands of pounds worth,
:05:39. > :05:50.was caused in just a few minutes. Plans for an eastern bypass
:05:51. > :05:52.for Lincoln have been rejected It's been turned down because
:05:53. > :05:56.of a safety issue regarding one of the bridges that was due to be
:05:57. > :05:59.built between Lincolnshire County Council will
:06:00. > :06:03.now have to submit new plans. A legal hearing into the future
:06:04. > :06:06.of Lincolnshire's library service The campaign group,
:06:07. > :06:10.Save Lincolnshire Libraries, want a judge to review the
:06:11. > :06:13.County Council's decision to hand An undertaker from Scunthorpe has
:06:14. > :06:18.taken a petition to Downing Street today calling for the Government to
:06:19. > :06:21.pay for funerals of ex`servicemen
:06:22. > :06:25.who die without family. Sue Maclean wants to stop ex`service
:06:26. > :06:27.personnel having a
:06:28. > :06:29.so`called paupers' burial. The Government says it's up to local
:06:30. > :06:36.councils to provide a basic funeral. Time now for your local weather
:06:37. > :06:46.forecast. Good evening. It will be a largely
:06:47. > :06:52.fine night that come with broken cloud for most and some mist and fog
:06:53. > :06:59.patches developing. Temperatures down to around 12 Celsius. Tomorrow
:07:00. > :07:03.is not going to be a bad day for most of us. Dry and bright with hazy
:07:04. > :07:08.sunshine. As we head through the afternoon, cloud in the far East and
:07:09. > :07:14.on the coast will begin enough to give some patchy rain or drizzle.
:07:15. > :07:19.Very windy on the coast. By then the breeze waft pression elsewhere with
:07:20. > :07:28.three Inland reaching 20 Celsius, and some heavy rain to come on
:07:29. > :07:30.Thursday. We would be back with the first bulletin of the day tomorrow
:07:31. > :07:32.at 6:25am. See then. weekend. Hot on Saturday with
:07:33. > :07:40.thundery showers. Good evening, the rain in Rio is
:07:41. > :07:46.matching the mood, I suspect, this evening. Here, we will take a day
:07:47. > :07:50.off from the rain tomorrow, at least most of us. There will be sunshine
:07:51. > :07:56.around. The showers will be back for the end of the week. Dry over night
:07:57. > :08:00.virtually everywhere. Winds easing down in many places except towards
:08:01. > :08:05.the North Sea coasts. The south-west will keep a breeze going. Not a cold
:08:06. > :08:10.night, temperatures holding 12-14 degrees typically. A dry day
:08:11. > :08:12.virtually everywhere tomorrow. Cloud breaking up to allow good spells of
:08:13. > :08:13.sunshine