:00:17. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:19. > :00:22.The cost of injuries at school ` councils here pay out more than ?1
:00:23. > :00:25.Schools aren't prepared now to do things they did outside
:00:26. > :00:29.the main curriculum because there are risks associated with it.
:00:30. > :00:35.The East Yorkshire church that's said no to having a woman vhcar
:00:36. > :00:37.Tesco tell shoppers in Immingham we're not abandoning plans
:00:38. > :00:47.Bomber crews gather in Lincolnshire more than 70 years
:00:48. > :01:19.More than ?1.3 million has been paid out by councils in East Yorkshire
:01:20. > :01:24.and Lincolnshire for children injured at school.
:01:25. > :01:28.Parents have successfully sted local authorities for trapped fingers
:01:29. > :01:32.in a desk, falls in the plaxground and sunstroke on a school trip.
:01:33. > :01:34.Some argue there's a lack of supervision in schools
:01:35. > :01:36.while others say a compensation culture is damaging education.
:01:37. > :01:38.Our correspondent Sarah Corker has more.
:01:39. > :01:45.Playground games and the bulps and grazes that come with them are
:01:46. > :01:49.all part of growing up but some accidents at school are proving
:01:50. > :02:01.In five years, payouts and legal fees have cost
:02:02. > :02:04.Including in Lincolnshire, ?12,000 to a pupil
:02:05. > :02:07.injured when a classmate fell onto them from a climbing frame.
:02:08. > :02:10.?8000 for a child hit in thd face by a hockey stick.
:02:11. > :02:14.In Hull, more than ?1000 was paid out to a pupil hurt playing tag
:02:15. > :02:27.But it cost the council ?14,000 in legal fees.
:02:28. > :02:41.It is to the notice of what is happening. I think it can only
:02:42. > :02:49.damage the experience of chhldren at school.
:02:50. > :02:51.At the Oasis Academy in Immhngham there are strict health
:02:52. > :02:54.The principal says its sometimes solicitors who push
:02:55. > :03:00.There is an opportunist approach perhaps where there's been
:03:01. > :03:12.Really, through contacting parents who may
:03:13. > :03:14.have intially been accepting that these accidents do happen, being
:03:15. > :03:17.encouraged to pursue a clail and try to look into a blame culturd.
:03:18. > :03:19.Back in the '60s, children played on concrete pipes
:03:20. > :03:22.and glass windows, provided by the council, as a low`cost play ground.
:03:23. > :03:40.Health and safety would stop that now.
:03:41. > :03:44.We got quite a depressing mdssage from many schools, particul`rly
:03:45. > :03:47.state schools, that schools aren't prepared now to do the things they
:03:48. > :03:49.did outside the curriculum because there are risks associated with it.
:03:50. > :03:52.I'm very concerned that we're robbing children of their childhood.
:03:53. > :03:54.There were some unusual payouts ` sunstroke on school trip,
:03:55. > :03:57.post falling on child's head, a burnt finger from a laptop.
:03:58. > :04:04.So is this a compensation ctlture or health and safety failings?
:04:05. > :04:07.A personal injury lawyer in Grimsby told me these claims are rare
:04:08. > :04:12.Slips and trips ` aren't thdy just a part of growing up and being a kid?
:04:13. > :04:14.Not necessarily when it's somebody else's f`ult
:04:15. > :04:16.And that slip or trip could be prevented
:04:17. > :04:19.and that slip or trip has pdrhaps caused a fairly significant injury.
:04:20. > :04:22.While regulations have made schools arguably much safer
:04:23. > :04:25.in recent decades, they may also have made them less adventurous
:04:26. > :04:39.Gill who's written about risks children take.
:04:40. > :04:46.I think it is undeniable th`t is a much greater worry about chhldren.
:04:47. > :04:52.It is about claims and the perception of risk. The figtres seem
:04:53. > :04:56.to suggest that the problem is reducing what is undeniable is this
:04:57. > :05:02.wider anxiety that is leading teachers, parents and counchls to
:05:03. > :05:09.quickly to get too focused on what might go wrong and to forget that a
:05:10. > :05:12.rounded childhood is one whhch children have some freedom `nd can
:05:13. > :05:25.take some responsibility for themselves. At the parents laking
:05:26. > :05:29.the schools are averse to rhsk? At the heart of the problem is this
:05:30. > :05:36.confusion and that we are forgetting what a good sheltered looks like. I
:05:37. > :05:41.can remember just how valuable it is to have some adventures and play and
:05:42. > :05:46.take some risks and learn your boundaries and I think a lot of this
:05:47. > :05:55.problem would be tackled if we just revived that sense of the v`lue of
:05:56. > :05:59.risk and the health and safdty executives have made statemdnts
:06:00. > :06:09.about the value of letting children take risks that it will takd time to
:06:10. > :06:12.turn this around. Are some of the claims such as been burnt bx a
:06:13. > :06:20.computer or hit by a hockey stick acceptable? I do agree that some of
:06:21. > :06:31.the cases sound as if peopld have caved in without taking the court
:06:32. > :06:40.action properly. But the good news is that as more guidance note for
:06:41. > :06:44.the need for a balanced approach and more schools are confident `bout
:06:45. > :06:48.taking their children out in learning environments such `s the
:06:49. > :06:52.forest Alderwood and in public play areas you're actually seeing more
:06:53. > :06:55.challenging and more exciting playgrounds and I'm sure yot have
:06:56. > :06:57.seen some of those in your region because we have realised th`t we
:06:58. > :07:03.have gone too far. We want to hear from you on this
:07:04. > :07:06.story, do you think the 'compensation culture' is a problem?
:07:07. > :07:09.Maybe you think there should be compensation if children get
:07:10. > :07:40.injured? In a moment: Two Lincolnshire MPs
:07:41. > :07:41.get new jobs as David Cameron reshuffles his
:07:42. > :08:09.ministers. In one Spanish, the congreg`tion are
:08:10. > :09:05.insisting that when the pridst leaves he is
:09:06. > :09:09.Some people would say this hs outdated. Not everything has to do
:09:10. > :09:31.with Bates. Belief in God h`s nothing to do with what the times
:09:32. > :09:37.are. ``with dates. Six other churches would be affected `s well.
:09:38. > :09:55.Not all the congregation ard happy with this. Why should they not have
:09:56. > :10:04.a woman priest. I don't think it should be allowed. There ard those
:10:05. > :10:08.that agree that despite this in devoting in favour of women priests
:10:09. > :10:16.that people should be allowdd the right to say no. As a church, we
:10:17. > :10:23.have made a decision for those who cannot accept that ministry to
:10:24. > :10:31.remain in the church and be served by an male priest. It is part of
:10:32. > :10:40.honouring that decision that enables us to do this. This parish has made
:10:41. > :11:13.it clear that women need not apply to Garten. The new rules cole into
:11:14. > :11:21.effect in November and the church will have to reconsider its
:11:22. > :11:26.position. But it is thought that the yes vote for female bishops will
:11:27. > :11:32.encourage women into the cldrgy but it is also thought that any women
:11:33. > :11:44.coming here will not get a job in this place for the next sevdral
:11:45. > :11:46.years. Do you have a view on this? Should congregations be abld to put
:11:47. > :12:03.a block on women priests? The Crown Prosecution Service has
:12:04. > :12:09.confirmed charges have been dropped disturbance at an anti`fracking
:12:10. > :12:19.camp. John Mager who used to be director at East Riding Council `
:12:20. > :12:22.and his wife Valerie, a forler teacher ` were arrested at the camp
:12:23. > :12:25.at Walkington near Beverley while police were escorting lorrids onto
:12:26. > :12:27.the neighbouring gas explor`tion site. The CPS says there was
:12:28. > :12:41."insufficient evidence." An ASDA supermarket could bd built
:12:42. > :12:47.in Louth if the council votds to sell the former Cattlemarket site.
:12:48. > :12:50.15companies put bids in for the land land after council officials in East
:12:51. > :12:51.Lindsey recommend it's sale. Critics believe a large supermarket will
:12:52. > :12:57.damage local businesses. A signalling fault that caused hours
:12:58. > :13:00.of delays for travellers in and out of Hull last night was causdd by an
:13:01. > :13:03.attempted cable theft. Brithsh Transport Police say they'rd
:13:04. > :13:05.continuing their investigathons today after the cable was ctt at the
:13:06. > :13:09.Hessle Road junction. Hull's ice arena is to closd over
:13:10. > :13:12.the summer holidays because of changes to regulations. The venue's
:13:13. > :13:15.refrigeration system needs to be replaced. The City Council hs
:13:16. > :13:17.talking to Hull Stingrays Ice Hockey team to find a different venue for
:13:18. > :13:23.their pre`season preparations. The final stages of work to remove a
:13:24. > :13:26.tidal power generator which had been abandoned in the Humber are
:13:27. > :13:28.underway. It was originally installed to provide electrhcity to
:13:29. > :13:31.power The Deep, but the company behind the project went into
:13:32. > :13:41.liquidation last year. Residents and businesses
:13:42. > :13:43.in Immingham say it's desperately needed ` but Tesco has delaxed
:13:44. > :13:45.coming to Immingham to create won't now be availble
:13:46. > :13:53.for the festive season. It also leaves the town without
:13:54. > :13:55.a supermarket Tesco says profits are fallhng
:13:56. > :13:59.and they're halting the opening of Supermarket giant Tesco has
:14:00. > :14:02.navigated its way into most towns and cities ` but
:14:03. > :14:05.in Immingham they're still waiting. Many residents travel more than
:14:06. > :14:27.eight miles to Grimsby to do It takes 20 minutes to get to Tesco.
:14:28. > :14:59.Grimsby or Scunthorpe at thd nearest.
:15:00. > :15:20.deyaled coming to the site until next summer ` a disappointment
:15:21. > :15:23.There's a lot riding on Tesco ` shops surrounding the development
:15:24. > :15:31.Tesco has always been a major player on the high street ` but ovdr
:15:32. > :15:36.the last two years profits have dropped, and they're now opdning
:15:37. > :15:41.But it's still left people concerned about the delay.
:15:42. > :15:50.Despite reassurances, residents just hope the grocer isn't
:15:51. > :16:12.I don't think they will comd. I do not think they will.
:16:13. > :16:20.II Bomber crews reunited in Lincolnshire 70 years after their
:16:21. > :16:37.And the plan to bring high culture to rural Lincolnshire.
:16:38. > :17:31.At the says that your forehdad and there's not a move.
:17:32. > :17:53.There will be a lot of cloud at times but that is now breakhng up.
:17:54. > :17:58.We will see temperatures coling in at around about 12 Celsius or 1
:17:59. > :18:04.Celsius. That is around 55 Fahrenheit. The sun will rise just
:18:05. > :18:13.before five o'clock in the lorning. High water time will be just before
:18:14. > :18:16.quarter to ten. It will be ` lovely morning with lots of sun and blue
:18:17. > :18:20.sky and it stays bright and warm through the morning and into the
:18:21. > :18:24.afternoon but clouds will thicken and by the end of the day that is a
:18:25. > :18:29.risk of a few sharp downpours especially crossed East Yorkshire
:18:30. > :18:32.and some western parts of Lincolnshire. To the south ht should
:18:33. > :18:36.stay dry and this is where the highest temperatures will bd. It
:18:37. > :18:47.will not be too bad over thd East Riding. It will be 25 degreds in
:18:48. > :18:51.Kingsland, that is 77 degreds fire in height. Thursday looks w`rm with
:18:52. > :18:56.high is nearly up to 80 Fahrenheit but with the warmth and humhdity
:18:57. > :18:57.through Friday into Saturdax is quite a high risk of thunderstorms
:18:58. > :19:13.breaking out. new jobs in a reshuffle of David
:19:14. > :19:19.Cameron's government. Nick Boles and John Hayes have been to Downing
:19:20. > :19:25.Street this morning to hear about their roles. Our political dditor
:19:26. > :19:32.Tim Iredale is with me now. Tim what jobs has the Prime Minhster
:19:33. > :19:58.given them? Nick Boles Has been given a new role
:19:59. > :20:03.as Minister with responsibility for things such as adult skills and
:20:04. > :20:07.apprenticeships and politic`l commentators always describdd him as
:20:08. > :20:20.part of the inner circle of David Cameron. This will be seen `s a
:20:21. > :20:27.promotion for him. John Hayds Has been a bit of a political agenda in.
:20:28. > :20:31.And is now a senior minister in the Department for Transport so he will
:20:32. > :20:37.have a big say about how much money is spent on new roads and r`il
:20:38. > :20:39.projects and many will argud that the transport infrastructurd of
:20:40. > :20:43.Lincolnshire is largely inadequate so some may say that his largest
:20:44. > :20:49.challenge will be in his own backyard.
:20:50. > :20:53.They carried out thousands of raids over Germany during the Second World
:20:54. > :20:56.War and today veterans from 106 Squadron in Lincolnshire have
:20:57. > :20:59.gathered for what is likely to be their last reunion. The grotp lost
:21:00. > :21:01.59 Lancaster bombers while based at RAF Metheringham in 1943. Some
:21:02. > :21:05.surviving members of the sqtadron have travelled from as far `s Canada
:21:06. > :21:12.to their former air base. Gdmma Dawson reports.
:21:13. > :21:15.This would have been a familiar sight here ` during the Second World
:21:16. > :21:30.War. But today's flypast by the Lancaster
:21:31. > :21:32.is bringing back memories for the men from 106 Squadron.
:21:33. > :21:48.Alfred who spent three months here in 1944.
:21:49. > :21:59.I liked my time here, even though it was war. The camaraderie with the
:22:00. > :22:03.fellows on the base was trelendous. No matter weather you were Dnglish
:22:04. > :22:05.Canadian, you were all thrown together any pile and you m`de it
:22:06. > :22:17.work and did work. carried out hundreds of raids over
:22:18. > :22:22.Germany. Today the remaining veterans gathered at their old
:22:23. > :22:43.airfield. We were looking at a photograph that
:22:44. > :22:53.was taken in March 1944. Most of them did not make it. I was very
:22:54. > :22:58.lucky. Every year at this thme we have our reunion day.
:22:59. > :23:01.But organisers believe this could be the final time that many ard able to
:23:02. > :23:19.We've had a lot of messages after the National Flood Forum sahd more
:23:20. > :23:22.money needs to be spent protecting homes and businesses across East
:23:23. > :23:24.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Skegness was hit by flash floods agahn on
:23:25. > :23:28.Sunday. One hotel in the town says it will now lose thousands of
:23:29. > :23:30.pounds' worth of business. Well, lets take a look at some of
:23:31. > :23:33.your thoughts.Ray in Beverldy says: "The authorities are quick to blame
:23:34. > :23:36.global warming rather than their own maintenance of the drainage systems.
:23:37. > :23:39.We live in the sticks with no mains drainage. We have soak`aways,
:23:40. > :23:41.ditches and dykes to clear the rainwater, and we don't get
:23:42. > :23:44.flooded.Mr Harrison from Bedford says: "I worked for the Rivdr Board
:23:45. > :23:47.for 41 years and we dredged the drains every five years. For the
:23:48. > :23:50.last 20 years, I don't think we ve seen a dredging machine. We've seen
:23:51. > :23:52.machines working, taking wedds out, but not dredging.And Daz suggests:
:23:53. > :23:55."There is money in flooding. Everybody profits except thd
:23:56. > :24:04.insurers and the property owners who have to make a claim."
:24:05. > :24:08.It's a challenge for many pdople in rural Lincolnshire ` how to get
:24:09. > :24:13.involved in art when your ndarest gallery is as much as a couple of
:24:14. > :24:16.hours' drive away. But a new project is trying to overcome that problem
:24:17. > :24:20.by bringing art to the people. And what better way to do than to put it
:24:21. > :24:23.on a lorry that travels across the whole country. Here's our Arts
:24:24. > :24:37.This is not your average artwork. It is around 40 feet long and has been
:24:38. > :24:45.specially commissioned to travel round by Laurie. There is a
:24:46. > :25:08.particular audience that gods to galleries. `` by lorry. This is the
:25:09. > :25:11.first of ten projects that will be produced to reflect the county of
:25:12. > :25:16.Lincolnshire and bring art of people who live hours away from tr`ditional
:25:17. > :25:22.galleries. There are very fdw galleries and so our approach is
:25:23. > :25:26.rather than spending many mhllions of pounds on building new g`lleries,
:25:27. > :25:39.what we have to do is take the art to world people are so people can
:25:40. > :25:46.engage with it. Some did not give the art a second glance but it
:25:47. > :25:53.turned some heads. My three`year`old is not quite so keen on walking
:25:54. > :25:59.round and art gallery. So h`ving it about you is a nice treat? Xes,
:26:00. > :26:10.wonderful. Looking at something like that is quite nice. This rather
:26:11. > :26:13.unusual artwork will be offhcially revealed in London on Thursday but
:26:14. > :26:23.you may well see it on a ro`d near you for years to come.
:26:24. > :26:25.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlhnes
:26:26. > :26:28.Michael Gove is moved from his post as Education Secretary during
:26:29. > :26:35.His job goes to Nicky Morgan ` one of ten promoted women.
:26:36. > :26:38.Local councils have paid out more than ?1 million in compensation
:26:39. > :26:44.A fine bright morning with sunny spells.
:26:45. > :26:51.A cloudier afternoon, with a risk of a few heavy showers.
:26:52. > :27:10.Very warm, with highs around 24 Centigrade (75 Farenheit(.
:27:11. > :27:16.Ian says compensation claims need to be nipped in the bud sooner rather
:27:17. > :27:23.than later. Another viewer says too much blame and too much clahm
:27:24. > :27:27.culture. Andy in Lincoln saxs why not get the patents to sign a risk
:27:28. > :27:33.disclaimer if they do not whsh to sign then they can find another
:27:34. > :27:40.school. Dave says to blame the parents. They are just after the
:27:41. > :27:45.cash. Compensation culture gone mad. We will have some more on this later
:27:46. > :27:48.on. See you later.