:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:12.Improving care and out of special measures, but the health secretary
:00:13. > :00:24.We recognise the areas we nded to focus on and we have started at
:00:25. > :00:26.work. Cutting the cost of school leals to
:00:27. > :00:29.improve results in the classroom, It would be helpful to a lot of
:00:30. > :00:44.parents. The elastic band craze which nearly
:00:45. > :00:47.blinded a seven`year`old box. Cat lovers
:00:48. > :00:52.in Lincolnshire lay claim to having The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
:00:53. > :01:10.has told BBC Look North that the right to bring three local hospitals
:01:11. > :01:13.OUT of special measures. Thd trust The trust that runs Grimsby,
:01:14. > :01:18.Scunthorpe and Goole Hospit`ls has been under close government scrutiny
:01:19. > :01:41.for a full year because of higher than average death rates.
:01:42. > :01:44.And even though inspectors say there And even though inspectors say there
:01:45. > :01:51.are improvements some local GPs are improve within six months or face
:01:52. > :01:55.drastic action. More from hhm in a Hospitals Trust to improve within
:01:56. > :01:58.six months or face drastic `ction. for particular praise by thd Care
:01:59. > :02:11.Quality Commission and the Hley There have been really good. We
:02:12. > :02:15.probably came within a whisker of being outstanding.
:02:16. > :02:21.But other units across the trust fared less well.
:02:22. > :02:23.While Goole hospital was rated "good" overall, the hospitals in
:02:24. > :02:25.both Scunthorpe and Grimsby both "require improvement" according to
:02:26. > :02:28.the CQC. Inspectors have iddntified 21 areas where improvements must now
:02:29. > :02:34.be made. Among them staff shortages are still an issue and more must be
:02:35. > :02:38.done to ensure the recruitmdnt of "sufficient qualified, skilled and
:02:39. > :02:40.experienced staff." Work is also needed to review the consistency of
:02:41. > :02:45.care, in particular the high dependency unit at the Dian`
:02:46. > :02:50.Princess of Wales hospital, which was rated "inadequate." And the
:02:51. > :02:53.skills and experience of st`ff working with children in A should
:02:54. > :03:02.be reviewed to meet national recommendations.
:03:03. > :03:10.We have started to take acthon in those areas. In our critical care
:03:11. > :03:13.units, we are investing ?590,00 in developing and extending our high
:03:14. > :03:16.dependency unit. Robert Jaggs Fowler is the medical
:03:17. > :03:18.director for the North Lincolnshire commissioning group. Last month he
:03:19. > :03:21.raised concerns about 10 cases of alleged poor patient care. He says
:03:22. > :03:34.the hospitals need to be kept under Visitors to Grimsby
:03:35. > :04:02.Hospital today though seemed I found them smashing. I can't fault
:04:03. > :04:05.them. Stuff was good, food was good, the care was good.
:04:06. > :04:09.I found them smashing. I can't fault them. Stuff was good, food was good,
:04:10. > :04:12.It's been a difficult few ydars for staff at these hospitals ` but
:04:13. > :04:14.managers insist real improvdments are now under way.
:04:15. > :04:17.I asked the government's He`lth Secretary ` Jeremy Hunt ` why when
:04:18. > :04:19.there are still issues with the North Lincolnshire and Goold Trust
:04:20. > :04:33.if it was right for it to come out of special measures.
:04:34. > :04:39.It is a decision that has bden made by somebody independent. He said he
:04:40. > :04:44.thinks it has got the leadership capable of taking it forward. I
:04:45. > :04:51.think it is good news. Lincolnshire needs more support. If you compare
:04:52. > :04:56.Lincolnshire with North Lincolnshire, they both havd the
:04:57. > :05:01.same overall ratings, but one stays in special measures and one doesn't.
:05:02. > :05:06.That is difficult to understand Special measures is really `bout the
:05:07. > :05:09.leadership in a hospital. Lots of hospitals have issues with this or
:05:10. > :05:12.that element of the care thdy are giving, but it is about the
:05:13. > :05:18.conference the chief inspector has that there is leadership whhch is
:05:19. > :05:22.able to guide the trust to ` better place. He does have that confidence
:05:23. > :05:26.for North Lincolnshire and cool He still remains to be convincdd when
:05:27. > :05:28.it comes United Lincolnshird. It comes United Lincolnshire. He does
:05:29. > :05:34.think that progress has certainly do. I visited the hospital `nd I
:05:35. > :05:40.think the staff have done a terrific job. What if the hospitals don't
:05:41. > :05:45.improve soon? The most you can extend special measures by hts six
:05:46. > :05:53.months. He has given that shx`month extension. After that, therd are
:05:54. > :06:00.some very drastic options. We hope it won't get there. He said today he
:06:01. > :06:03.was optimistic that even trtst he had given extensions to would be
:06:04. > :06:10.able to come out of special measures by Christmas. Some local doctors
:06:11. > :06:15.working there and not happy with the trust and are thinking, thex told
:06:16. > :06:22.us, of not buying their services. Does that worry you? We are in an
:06:23. > :06:27.age of transparency. The big difference between what used to
:06:28. > :06:32.happen and what happens now is at staffs, we said we don't want a
:06:33. > :06:38.system where secretly, insiders know there are problems but the general
:06:39. > :06:41.public doesn't. The fact we are being transparent about our
:06:42. > :06:47.performance in hospitals is creating a big incentive for them to raise
:06:48. > :06:53.their game. I hope by doing that, the hospital will regain thd
:06:54. > :06:57.confidence of local GPs. So we have one trust in special measurds, one
:06:58. > :07:00.out more it's me tell. Prestmably, you would like to pay tribute to
:07:01. > :07:05.some of the staff who have been under such scrutiny? Absolutely
:07:06. > :07:11.I've visited both trust and bad stuff in both of them. I thought
:07:12. > :07:14.there was a real enthusiasm and determination to turn those trusts
:07:15. > :07:23.around. Staff are working vdry, very hard. We would like to pay tribute
:07:24. > :07:27.to them,, check them and sax we re supporting them `` congratulate
:07:28. > :07:42.them. Thank you for your tile. Plans for a direct rail service
:07:43. > :07:51.from Cleethorpes to the caphtal Free school meals could be
:07:52. > :07:54.re`introduced for all primary The city council is looking first
:07:55. > :07:59.at halving the price improving children's concentration.
:08:00. > :08:14.But one economist says it would be a waste of money. Crispin Rolfe has
:08:15. > :08:38.more. By September, the council w`nts
:08:39. > :08:44.children to pay just 50p for meals. At the moment, it is ?1, whhch is
:08:45. > :08:48.the lowest in the country. Hf we get agreement, we can take it down to
:08:49. > :08:53.50p. But ultimately, you hope to take it down to free? I don't think
:08:54. > :08:56.the previous programme should have stopped. It achieved very good
:08:57. > :09:01.results in a short time. It was meant to have an effect over 20 or
:09:02. > :09:03.30 years. The council wants to introduce the subsidy for
:09:04. > :09:11.eight`year`olds to 11`year`olds in September, as free school mdals are
:09:12. > :09:27.brought in nationally for children aged five years old to seven.
:09:28. > :09:33.Parents ended up picking up the cost, which is estimated to be 400
:09:34. > :09:36.per pupil per year. The only decent meal a lot of them
:09:37. > :09:38.are getting so I think it is a good idea.
:09:39. > :09:43.Their public can't afford it but it would be helpful to a lot of
:09:44. > :09:49.parents. We already offer a free bre`kfast
:09:50. > :09:59.club, and we have seen concdntration levels increase. Hopefully, if they
:10:00. > :10:03.reduced the price of school meals, more children will take up the offer
:10:04. > :10:07.and our results will get better Critics argue free school mdals
:10:08. > :10:11.haven't been shown to improve health or attendance.
:10:12. > :10:18.At a time we are still runnhng huge budget deficits, I am not clear it
:10:19. > :10:23.would be a priority to roll out free school meals to all pupils.
:10:24. > :10:28.That is an accurate parents, pupils and teachers will find hard to
:10:29. > :10:31.swallow. The challenge is whether the council can really afford to
:10:32. > :10:34.serve free school meals instead of just part paying for them.
:10:35. > :10:37.Do you support the council halving the price of school dinners to 0
:10:38. > :10:44.pence and eventually making them free? Or do you agree with the
:10:45. > :10:48.economist that it's a waste of money and is the current price of ?1 cheap
:10:49. > :11:12.enough? Here are the contact details.
:11:13. > :11:15.The latest unemployment figtres for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire show
:11:16. > :11:18.the number of people out of work in both areas has fallen. Across
:11:19. > :11:20.Yorkshire and the Humber 16,000 people left the jobless reghster
:11:21. > :11:24.last month ` leaving 222,000 people out of work. In the East Midlands
:11:25. > :11:31.which includes Lincolnshire the jobless total fell by 30,000,
:11:32. > :11:44.The Bishop of Hull is moving after 16 years in the city to become the
:11:45. > :11:47.new Bishop of Hereford. The Right Reverend Richard Frith said he will
:11:48. > :12:03.A mum from Cleethorpes is w`rning that the latest children's craze `
:12:04. > :12:07.called loom bands ` can be dangerous after her son was hit in thd eye
:12:08. > :12:11.Some schools are even banning them and doctors are giving advice
:12:12. > :12:19.They are quite simply tiny colourful elastic bands, but they've captured
:12:20. > :12:25.the imagination of children and some very famous adults. Loom bands can
:12:26. > :12:30.be twisted into bracelets, necklaces. Someone even man`ged to
:12:31. > :12:34.create this dress. It was while trying to make some sandals with his
:12:35. > :12:37.older brother that seven`ye`r`old Kyle from Cleethorpes ended up
:12:38. > :12:54.My brother let go by accident. And it went in your eye? I was petrified
:12:55. > :12:58.because he needs an operation on his eye. I would like to see a warning
:12:59. > :13:02.saying, adult supers `` adult supervision.
:13:03. > :13:04.Loom bands dominate the website Amazon's best`selling toys' list. It
:13:05. > :13:10.didn't take me long to find a wide selection on sale in Hull.
:13:11. > :13:45.I have just bought three different packs. They'll all have conflicting
:13:46. > :13:48.risk, they could cut off thd blood supply and that could be dangerous
:13:49. > :13:53.because a finger could get gangrenous and drop off. Isn't it
:13:54. > :13:55.common sense? It is. I think we see more of it because it is a craze and
:13:56. > :13:58.everybody is doing it. It's hoped Kyle's eyesight will be
:13:59. > :14:01.fully restored once he's had surgery. Carlie says loom b`nds are
:14:02. > :14:04.now banned from her home and she New figures show more women are
:14:05. > :15:19.others are extra careful. New figures show more women are
:15:20. > :15:25.taking up jobs in farming. @nd this is the oldest cat in the world?
:15:26. > :15:45.Barry Stout took this picture of Selby Abbey.
:15:46. > :15:56.Matt Every wrote to me `` M`ry wrote to me and said that you had been
:15:57. > :16:02.talking about me saying I rdsemble a can of sale. People are ready to spy
:16:03. > :16:07.on you. David Dickinson is very jealous
:16:08. > :16:13.More sunshine for Peters town. It will become very warm. Lovely bridge
:16:14. > :16:19.of high pressure. Through Friday and Saturday, we soak up some w`rm,
:16:20. > :16:29.humid air from France. That leads to quite a high risk of thunderstorms
:16:30. > :16:31.during Saturday in particul`r. A right old mess, but there whll
:16:32. > :16:43.hopefully be bright and sunny spells. Some intense downpotrs. This
:16:44. > :16:48.is a cold front currently bringing in a narrow band of rain across East
:16:49. > :16:53.Yorkshire and western parts of Lincolnshire. That will continue
:16:54. > :16:58.south eastwards through the evening. All part become dry with cldar
:16:59. > :17:16.spells. The breeze will be there. Lowest temperatures 13. A lovely day
:17:17. > :17:21.to come. Lots of sunshine around. There is bound to be a bit of
:17:22. > :17:25.Fairweather cloud. A light southerly breeze, perhaps a gentle onshore
:17:26. > :17:48.breeze along the coast. Coastal areas will be cooler than
:17:49. > :17:54.these temperatures suggest. Inland, 29 is possible. Thunderstorls likely
:17:55. > :17:57.on Saturday. You might like to slap me off a
:17:58. > :18:07.little more careful in future because somebody will tell le ``
:18:08. > :18:12.slack me off. Businesses are welcoming
:18:13. > :18:15.a bid to get fast direct direct trains to London from three local
:18:16. > :18:17.towns ` Cleethorpes, Grimsby and Scunthorpe `
:18:18. > :18:20.for the first time since thd 19 0s. Many people
:18:21. > :18:21.in this area have complained the planned ?40 billion high speed
:18:22. > :18:34.rail plans won't help this `rea Connecting Cleethorpes with the
:18:35. > :18:38.capital. Faster, direct trahns are seen as vital for the Humber to
:18:39. > :18:43.attract new business. Plans to resurrect the great North E`stern
:18:44. > :18:49.Railway brand and put on for direct trains a day have gone down well
:18:50. > :18:54.here. We want people to find out where
:18:55. > :18:59.Grimsby is. Not having to mess about on to
:19:00. > :19:04.trains is helpful. At the moment, it takes mord than
:19:05. > :19:08.three hours, and you have to change trains. This new direct service
:19:09. > :19:17.would start a Cleethorpes, stopping only at Grimsby and three other
:19:18. > :19:24.stops. It would cut journey times by up to 20 minutes. A new fledt of
:19:25. > :19:35.high`speed trains would be tsed Target times, about two hours and 45
:19:36. > :19:43.minutes. We see significant and fits in driving south towards th`t area.
:19:44. > :19:54.This manager says poor transport links can be off`putting.
:19:55. > :19:58.It is very neglected. It is important that we concentrate on
:19:59. > :20:00.getting an improved line on the South bank.
:20:01. > :20:06.It would restore that directing from a seaside towns to the capital for
:20:07. > :20:12.the first time since the 1980s. For those heading west to Manchdster,
:20:13. > :20:20.they could soon see a reducdd service. That is because tr`nsplants
:20:21. > :20:28.express service is underused. This man needs fast links to big cities.
:20:29. > :20:32.We have to be to meet peopld, and to go and see our partners and
:20:33. > :20:51.suppliers. If approved, this service could be running by 2017.
:20:52. > :20:57.The number of female farmers is rising. Amanda White has bedn at the
:20:58. > :21:02.Driffield show. What evidence is there that women are the future of
:21:03. > :21:05.farming? Bishop Burton College was hdre
:21:06. > :21:09.today. It has campuses in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire If
:21:10. > :21:13.you look at their enrolment figures, three times a numbdr of
:21:14. > :21:19.young women are studying to a level standard than five years ago. The
:21:20. > :21:24.number studying agriculture at degree standard has doubled. Women
:21:25. > :21:28.were very involved in activhties here today. It looks like
:21:29. > :21:34.traditional man's work, but Angela is the farmer here. There is always
:21:35. > :21:40.a good team behind every wolan as well. It is all about teamwork, and
:21:41. > :21:43.I think women are very good multitaskers, you get a gre`t sense
:21:44. > :21:47.of achievement through farmhng and that is why so many women are coming
:21:48. > :21:53.into the industry. Angela w`s not alone. At the Driffield show, women
:21:54. > :21:59.are clearly hands`on. 6000 came into agriculture in the last year. It is
:22:00. > :22:04.estimated there are 22,000 women farmers across the UK. It is no
:22:05. > :22:11.longer the hard physical slot it used to be. Technology make it much
:22:12. > :22:16.more possible for a woman to do it on the same basis as a man. Women
:22:17. > :22:24.have been farming for gener`tions, doing the work without the glory.
:22:25. > :22:29.This woman is a beef farmer and the first woman to be elected to the
:22:30. > :22:32.National Farmer's Union. Wolen have always been involved in
:22:33. > :22:40.agriculture, but now, we're probably seen more women on industry boards
:22:41. > :22:44.with a high profile. I think as a society, we are more interested in
:22:45. > :22:48.what women are doing. That hs good news for 16`year`old Leah, because
:22:49. > :22:52.her heart and her head appohnting her to farming. I think there is
:22:53. > :22:58.more opportunities chorus and people respect is, and there are a lot of
:22:59. > :23:04.women farmers who battled through stereotyping and everything to be
:23:05. > :23:09.where they are today. I really want to be one of those people.
:23:10. > :23:15.It seems the Driffield show is the setting for a quiet revoluthon.
:23:16. > :23:19.In late rain shower has caused a sudden exodus from the showground,
:23:20. > :23:25.but that has been a feeling of optimism here, I'm not just amongst
:23:26. > :23:26.women, but people are been saying that the future feels right. Thank
:23:27. > :23:29.you. England's most decorated
:23:30. > :23:30.Commonwealth swimmer Mel Marshall says she's proud to be named as one
:23:31. > :23:34.of the coaches for team England Mel from Wrangle
:23:35. > :23:36.near Boston took six medals at the Games in Melbourne ehght
:23:37. > :23:39.years ago and is thrilled she can The record for the world's oldest
:23:40. > :23:44.pet cat is being challenged The previous record holder from
:23:45. > :23:48.Bournemouth recently died, `ge 4. And just when our reporter
:23:49. > :23:50.Simon Spark thought he found an equally ancient cat in
:23:51. > :23:52.Burton Pedwardine near Sleaford This is Maddie, she is 24 and
:23:53. > :24:07.in cat years that makes She lives at the home of artists
:24:08. > :24:19.Amanda and Barry and they are now wondering if she can be a contender
:24:20. > :24:21.for the next oldest cat She is aware of things and she
:24:22. > :24:25.knows when food is on offer. She likes her fire in the whnter
:24:26. > :24:33.time and meows at us first thing Then falls asleep
:24:34. > :24:36.in front of it and singes hdr You suddenly go,
:24:37. > :24:40.I can smell burning. Of course, you may wonder about
:24:41. > :24:43.the secret of Maddie's long life. And as you may have guessed,
:24:44. > :25:15.she has lots and lots The oldest ever cat came from
:25:16. > :25:18.Austin, Texas, living to be 38. The problem for Maddie is proving how
:25:19. > :25:25.old she is, but that is not only problem, because another contender
:25:26. > :25:33.has worked through the cat flap Pinky. She has documented proof that
:25:34. > :25:39.she is 28 years old. I thought, we have got one here who is 28 years
:25:40. > :25:44.old. She lives in the garden, in the greenhouse, she doesn't bother
:25:45. > :25:54.anybody. Will you put her n`me forward? We could put it forward,
:25:55. > :25:59.yes. Pinky beat Maddie by four years. And just look at her
:26:00. > :26:01.excitement? As for Maddie, no hard feelings when you get anothdr egg
:26:02. > :26:05.for being on the television. And we did ask earlier for xou to
:26:06. > :26:08.let us know if you had a contender for oldest cat Carol Nix sahd on our
:26:09. > :26:25.Facebook page: She's 27 and has been part of our
:26:26. > :26:35.family since she was weeks old. There we are. Thank you for that,
:26:36. > :26:37.Carol. More than 600 suspected paedophiles are arrested across the
:26:38. > :26:43.UK as part of a major policd operation. Grimsby, cool and Lincoln
:26:44. > :26:58.hospitals, to special measures. We were talking about the cost of
:26:59. > :27:07.school dinners. Clare says, my son goes to school in east riding and it
:27:08. > :27:15.cost ?2 30 a day, so 50p wotld be fabulous for others. `` for others.
:27:16. > :27:17.Jim says, why should childrdn have to pay for the managers when
:27:18. > :27:24.politicians get all their mdals and drink paid for at a lot mord than
:27:25. > :27:30.?1? Another one, why should I feed other people's children? Also
:27:31. > :27:34.talking about a looming bands. Stacey said, I don't think they
:27:35. > :27:43.should be banned. We are turning into a nation that I wrapping our
:27:44. > :27:47.children in wool and there hs no need. Try as later. Good night.