:00:09. > :00:10.Good evening from BBC Look North. It's hoped ?300,000 worth of
:00:11. > :00:12.investment will help to boost East Riding's high streets and ldad to
:00:13. > :00:16.the creation of jobs. The council wants local people to think of
:00:17. > :00:22.projects that could revitalhse town centres, and says the best hdeas
:00:23. > :00:29.will be funded with grants of up to ?5,000. Tolu Adeoye reports.
:00:30. > :00:32.The Great British High Stredt hasn't been quite so great in recent years.
:00:33. > :00:36.There's been lots in our arda to try and get shoppers back.
:00:37. > :00:38.Riding Council is offering grants to groups with ideas to improvd town
:00:39. > :00:46.It might take a lick of paint, it might take some flowers, but at
:00:47. > :00:50.the end, we want to see a vhbrant high street in all of our towns
:00:51. > :00:57.pop`shop in Bridlington, whhch was paid for by a Government gr`nt. It
:00:58. > :01:02.allows people to showcase their businesses for a short time.
:01:03. > :01:06.Got some really good feedback from people, where people are gohng from
:01:07. > :01:26.Got some really good feedback from people, where people are going
:01:27. > :01:29.to our other business. Therd is some evidence nationally that high
:01:30. > :01:33.There is some evidence nationally that high streets are doing better.
:01:34. > :01:36.big companies like Comet went bust, around 20% are still vaccant on the
:01:37. > :01:39.high street, but that rises to 9% for shopping centres and 37$ in
:01:40. > :01:41.retail parks. Where the high street responds to
:01:42. > :01:45.are doing really well. Therd are still vacancies on high strdets
:01:46. > :01:47.too, so we can't afford to be complacent.
:01:48. > :01:50.Gainsborough is another town in our area that's invested to bring in
:01:51. > :01:53.make the city centre more accessible.
:01:54. > :02:03.as though we're achieving what we want to, which is encourage visitors
:02:04. > :02:30.The footfall figures, which we do monitor, are encouraging.
:02:31. > :02:33.East Riding Council has put up 300,000 for the project. Now it s
:02:34. > :02:40.left to groups across the area to come up with ideas, like thd pop`up
:02:41. > :02:45.ideas, like the pop`up shop, and bid to take them to the high street
:02:46. > :02:48.An event's been held to raise support for a campaign to s`ve a
:02:49. > :02:51.North Lincolnshire airfield which could be sold off as farmland. The
:02:52. > :02:54.council is working with a local gliding club to try and arr`nge the
:02:55. > :02:57.purchase of the airstrip, at this RAF base at Kirton in Lindsdy. The
:02:58. > :03:01.public were invited to an open day at the base today, in an effort to
:03:02. > :03:04.raise support. The Ministry of Defence is selling the land, which
:03:05. > :03:09.We are trying to facilitate the transition from militarx status
:03:10. > :03:11.into civilian status, and ensure that is a positive
:03:12. > :03:26.experience not only for the gliding club, but for the residents.
:03:27. > :03:29.Local MPs say they're shockdd by the latest revelations
:03:30. > :03:31.surrounding historic allegations of sexual abuse at Westminster.
:03:32. > :03:33.The Government has launched an investigation into missing files
:03:34. > :03:35.relating to alleged child abuse by senior figures in the 1980s.
:03:36. > :03:39.Shadow Home Office Minister and Hull North MP Diana Johnson told
:03:40. > :03:46.today's Sunday Politics that it s important to find out the truth
:03:47. > :03:48.Most MPs are shocked to havd heard about these allegations,
:03:49. > :03:51.the potential there might h`ve been a cover`up, I think MPs are taken
:03:52. > :03:57.aback by this, and that is why we are very pleased that there is going
:03:58. > :04:00.to be this full enquiry, and particularly,
:04:01. > :04:04.this enquiry about the Home Office and what it did or didn't do.
:04:05. > :04:11.We need to get to the bottol of what has happened.
:04:12. > :04:15.Time to take a look at the latest weather forecast now.
:04:16. > :04:17.We've seen some showers this evening.
:04:18. > :04:19.We'll continue to see more, by the coast especially.
:04:20. > :04:22.Further inland, drier conditions, clearer skies and temperatures 3,
:04:23. > :04:30.Tomorrow ` dry, bright, plenty in the way of sunshine to start
:04:31. > :04:33.Some rain to come later in the night.
:04:34. > :04:42.Temperatures generally around 22`23 degrees.
:04:43. > :05:08.That's all from the Look North team for this evening. Good night.
:05:09. > :05:17.Good evening. A fine night ahead. A few showers are lingering across
:05:18. > :05:21.eastern England and eastern Scotland. They should fade away into
:05:22. > :05:27.the small hours. There will be clear skies and it will be a fresher night
:05:28. > :05:29.and last night. Temperatures will slide down into the mid-teens and
:05:30. > :05:31.lower. A