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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

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The cost of injuries at school ` councils here pay out more than ?1

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Schools aren't prepared now to do things they did outside

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the main curriculum because there are risks associated with it.

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The East Yorkshire church that's said no to having a woman vhcar

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Tesco tell shoppers in Immingham we're not abandoning plans

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Bomber crews gather in Lincolnshire more than 70 years

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More than ?1.3 million has been paid out by councils in East Yorkshire

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and Lincolnshire for children injured at school.

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Parents have successfully sted local authorities for trapped fingers

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in a desk, falls in the plaxground and sunstroke on a school trip.

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Some argue there's a lack of supervision in schools

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while others say a compensation culture is damaging education.

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Our correspondent Sarah Corker has more.

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Playground games and the bulps and grazes that come with them are

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all part of growing up but some accidents at school are proving

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In five years, payouts and legal fees have cost

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Including in Lincolnshire, ?12,000 to a pupil

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injured when a classmate fell onto them from a climbing frame.

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?8000 for a child hit in thd face by a hockey stick.

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In Hull, more than ?1000 was paid out to a pupil hurt playing tag

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But it cost the council ?14,000 in legal fees.

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It is to the notice of what is happening. I think it can only

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damage the experience of chhldren at school.

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At the Oasis Academy in Immhngham there are strict health

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The principal says its sometimes solicitors who push

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There is an opportunist approach perhaps where there's been

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Really, through contacting parents who may

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have intially been accepting that these accidents do happen, being

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encouraged to pursue a clail and try to look into a blame culturd.

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Back in the '60s, children played on concrete pipes

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and glass windows, provided by the council, as a low`cost play ground.

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Health and safety would stop that now.

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We got quite a depressing mdssage from many schools, particul`rly

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state schools, that schools aren't prepared now to do the things they

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did outside the curriculum because there are risks associated with it.

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I'm very concerned that we're robbing children of their childhood.

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There were some unusual payouts ` sunstroke on school trip,

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post falling on child's head, a burnt finger from a laptop.

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So is this a compensation ctlture or health and safety failings?

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A personal injury lawyer in Grimsby told me these claims are rare

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Slips and trips ` aren't thdy just a part of growing up and being a kid?

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Not necessarily when it's somebody else's f`ult

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And that slip or trip could be prevented

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and that slip or trip has pdrhaps caused a fairly significant injury.

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While regulations have made schools arguably much safer

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in recent decades, they may also have made them less adventurous

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Gill who's written about risks children take.

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I think it is undeniable th`t is a much greater worry about chhldren.

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It is about claims and the perception of risk. The figtres seem

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to suggest that the problem is reducing what is undeniable is this

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wider anxiety that is leading teachers, parents and counchls to

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quickly to get too focused on what might go wrong and to forget that a

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rounded childhood is one whhch children have some freedom `nd can

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take some responsibility for themselves. At the parents laking

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the schools are averse to rhsk? At the heart of the problem is this

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confusion and that we are forgetting what a good sheltered looks like. I

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can remember just how valuable it is to have some adventures and play and

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take some risks and learn your boundaries and I think a lot of this

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problem would be tackled if we just revived that sense of the v`lue of

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risk and the health and safdty executives have made statemdnts

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about the value of letting children take risks that it will takd time to

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turn this around. Are some of the claims such as been burnt bx a

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computer or hit by a hockey stick acceptable? I do agree that some of

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the cases sound as if peopld have caved in without taking the court

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action properly. But the good news is that as more guidance note for

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the need for a balanced approach and more schools are confident `bout

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taking their children out in learning environments such `s the

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forest Alderwood and in public play areas you're actually seeing more

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challenging and more exciting playgrounds and I'm sure yot have

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seen some of those in your region because we have realised th`t we

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have gone too far. We want to hear from you on this

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story, do you think the 'compensation culture' is a problem?

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Maybe you think there should be compensation if children get

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injured? In a moment: Two Lincolnshire MPs

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get new jobs as David Cameron reshuffles his

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ministers. In one Spanish, the congreg`tion are

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insisting that when the pridst leaves he is

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Some people would say this hs outdated. Not everything has to do

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with Bates. Belief in God h`s nothing to do with what the times

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are. ``with dates. Six other churches would be affected `s well.

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Not all the congregation ard happy with this. Why should they not have

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a woman priest. I don't think it should be allowed. There ard those

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that agree that despite this in devoting in favour of women priests

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that people should be allowdd the right to say no. As a church, we

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have made a decision for those who cannot accept that ministry to

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remain in the church and be served by an male priest. It is part of

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honouring that decision that enables us to do this. This parish has made

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it clear that women need not apply to Garten. The new rules cole into

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effect in November and the church will have to reconsider its

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position. But it is thought that the yes vote for female bishops will

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encourage women into the cldrgy but it is also thought that any women

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coming here will not get a job in this place for the next sevdral

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years. Do you have a view on this? Should congregations be abld to put

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a block on women priests? The Crown Prosecution Service has

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confirmed charges have been dropped disturbance at an anti`fracking

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camp. John Mager who used to be director at East Riding Council `

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and his wife Valerie, a forler teacher ` were arrested at the camp

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at Walkington near Beverley while police were escorting lorrids onto

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the neighbouring gas explor`tion site. The CPS says there was

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"insufficient evidence." An ASDA supermarket could bd built

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in Louth if the council votds to sell the former Cattlemarket site.

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15companies put bids in for the land land after council officials in East

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Lindsey recommend it's sale. Critics believe a large supermarket will

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damage local businesses. A signalling fault that caused hours

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of delays for travellers in and out of Hull last night was causdd by an

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attempted cable theft. Brithsh Transport Police say they'rd

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continuing their investigathons today after the cable was ctt at the

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Hessle Road junction. Hull's ice arena is to closd over

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the summer holidays because of changes to regulations. The venue's

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refrigeration system needs to be replaced. The City Council hs

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talking to Hull Stingrays Ice Hockey team to find a different venue for

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their pre`season preparations. The final stages of work to remove a

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tidal power generator which had been abandoned in the Humber are

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underway. It was originally installed to provide electrhcity to

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power The Deep, but the company behind the project went into

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liquidation last year. Residents and businesses

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in Immingham say it's desperately needed ` but Tesco has delaxed

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coming to Immingham to create won't now be availble

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for the festive season. It also leaves the town without

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a supermarket Tesco says profits are fallhng

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and they're halting the opening of Supermarket giant Tesco has

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navigated its way into most towns and cities ` but

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in Immingham they're still waiting. Many residents travel more than

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eight miles to Grimsby to do It takes 20 minutes to get to Tesco.

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Grimsby or Scunthorpe at thd nearest.

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deyaled coming to the site until next summer ` a disappointment

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There's a lot riding on Tesco ` shops surrounding the development

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Tesco has always been a major player on the high street ` but ovdr

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the last two years profits have dropped, and they're now opdning

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But it's still left people concerned about the delay.

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Despite reassurances, residents just hope the grocer isn't

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I don't think they will comd. I do not think they will.

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II Bomber crews reunited in Lincolnshire 70 years after their

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And the plan to bring high culture to rural Lincolnshire.

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At the says that your forehdad and there's not a move.

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There will be a lot of cloud at times but that is now breakhng up.

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We will see temperatures coling in at around about 12 Celsius or 1

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Celsius. That is around 55 Fahrenheit. The sun will rise just

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before five o'clock in the lorning. High water time will be just before

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quarter to ten. It will be ` lovely morning with lots of sun and blue

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sky and it stays bright and warm through the morning and into the

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afternoon but clouds will thicken and by the end of the day that is a

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risk of a few sharp downpours especially crossed East Yorkshire

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and some western parts of Lincolnshire. To the south ht should

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stay dry and this is where the highest temperatures will bd. It

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will not be too bad over thd East Riding. It will be 25 degreds in

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Kingsland, that is 77 degreds fire in height. Thursday looks w`rm with

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high is nearly up to 80 Fahrenheit but with the warmth and humhdity

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through Friday into Saturdax is quite a high risk of thunderstorms

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breaking out. new jobs in a reshuffle of David

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Cameron's government. Nick Boles and John Hayes have been to Downing

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Street this morning to hear about their roles. Our political dditor

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Tim Iredale is with me now. Tim what jobs has the Prime Minhster

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given them? Nick Boles Has been given a new role

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as Minister with responsibility for things such as adult skills and

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apprenticeships and politic`l commentators always describdd him as

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part of the inner circle of David Cameron. This will be seen `s a

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promotion for him. John Hayds Has been a bit of a political agenda in.

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And is now a senior minister in the Department for Transport so he will

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have a big say about how much money is spent on new roads and r`il

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projects and many will argud that the transport infrastructurd of

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Lincolnshire is largely inadequate so some may say that his largest

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challenge will be in his own backyard.

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They carried out thousands of raids over Germany during the Second World

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War and today veterans from 106 Squadron in Lincolnshire have

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gathered for what is likely to be their last reunion. The grotp lost

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59 Lancaster bombers while based at RAF Metheringham in 1943. Some

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surviving members of the sqtadron have travelled from as far `s Canada

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to their former air base. Gdmma Dawson reports.

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This would have been a familiar sight here ` during the Second World

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War. But today's flypast by the Lancaster

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is bringing back memories for the men from 106 Squadron.

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Alfred who spent three months here in 1944.

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I liked my time here, even though it was war. The camaraderie with the

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fellows on the base was trelendous. No matter weather you were Dnglish

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Canadian, you were all thrown together any pile and you m`de it

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work and did work. carried out hundreds of raids over

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Germany. Today the remaining veterans gathered at their old

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airfield. We were looking at a photograph that

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was taken in March 1944. Most of them did not make it. I was very

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lucky. Every year at this thme we have our reunion day.

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But organisers believe this could be the final time that many ard able to

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We've had a lot of messages after the National Flood Forum sahd more

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money needs to be spent protecting homes and businesses across East

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Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Skegness was hit by flash floods agahn on

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Sunday. One hotel in the town says it will now lose thousands of

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pounds' worth of business. Well, lets take a look at some of

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your thoughts.Ray in Beverldy says: "The authorities are quick to blame

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global warming rather than their own maintenance of the drainage systems.

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We live in the sticks with no mains drainage. We have soak`aways,

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ditches and dykes to clear the rainwater, and we don't get

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flooded.Mr Harrison from Bedford says: "I worked for the Rivdr Board

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for 41 years and we dredged the drains every five years. For the

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last 20 years, I don't think we ve seen a dredging machine. We've seen

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machines working, taking wedds out, but not dredging.And Daz suggests:

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"There is money in flooding. Everybody profits except thd

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insurers and the property owners who have to make a claim."

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It's a challenge for many pdople in rural Lincolnshire ` how to get

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involved in art when your ndarest gallery is as much as a couple of

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hours' drive away. But a new project is trying to overcome that problem

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by bringing art to the people. And what better way to do than to put it

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on a lorry that travels across the whole country. Here's our Arts

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This is not your average artwork. It is around 40 feet long and has been

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specially commissioned to travel round by Laurie. There is a

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particular audience that gods to galleries. `` by lorry. This is the

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first of ten projects that will be produced to reflect the county of

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Lincolnshire and bring art of people who live hours away from tr`ditional

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galleries. There are very fdw galleries and so our approach is

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rather than spending many mhllions of pounds on building new g`lleries,

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what we have to do is take the art to world people are so people can

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engage with it. Some did not give the art a second glance but it

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turned some heads. My three`year`old is not quite so keen on walking

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round and art gallery. So h`ving it about you is a nice treat? Xes,

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wonderful. Looking at something like that is quite nice. This rather

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unusual artwork will be offhcially revealed in London on Thursday but

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you may well see it on a ro`d near you for years to come.

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Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlhnes

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Michael Gove is moved from his post as Education Secretary during

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His job goes to Nicky Morgan ` one of ten promoted women.

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Local councils have paid out more than ?1 million in compensation

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A fine bright morning with sunny spells.

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A cloudier afternoon, with a risk of a few heavy showers.

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Very warm, with highs around 24 Centigrade (75 Farenheit(.

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Ian says compensation claims need to be nipped in the bud sooner rather

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than later. Another viewer says too much blame and too much clahm

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culture. Andy in Lincoln saxs why not get the patents to sign a risk

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disclaimer if they do not whsh to sign then they can find another

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school. Dave says to blame the parents. They are just after the

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cash. Compensation culture gone mad. We will have some more on this later

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on. See you later.

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