16/07/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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Improving care and out of special measures, but the health secretary

We recognise the areas we nded to focus on and we have started at

work. Cutting the cost of school leals to

improve results in the classroom, It would be helpful to a lot of

parents. The elastic band craze which nearly

blinded a seven`year`old box. Cat lovers

in Lincolnshire lay claim to having The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

has told BBC Look North that the right to bring three local hospitals

OUT of special measures. Thd trust The trust that runs Grimsby,

Scunthorpe and Goole Hospit`ls has been under close government scrutiny

for a full year because of higher than average death rates.

And even though inspectors say there And even though inspectors say there

are improvements some local GPs are improve within six months or face

drastic action. More from hhm in a Hospitals Trust to improve within

six months or face drastic `ction. for particular praise by thd Care

Quality Commission and the Hley There have been really good. We

probably came within a whisker of being outstanding.

But other units across the trust fared less well.

While Goole hospital was rated "good" overall, the hospitals in

both Scunthorpe and Grimsby both "require improvement" according to

the CQC. Inspectors have iddntified 21 areas where improvements must now

be made. Among them staff shortages are still an issue and more must be

done to ensure the recruitmdnt of "sufficient qualified, skilled and

experienced staff." Work is also needed to review the consistency of

care, in particular the high dependency unit at the Dian`

Princess of Wales hospital, which was rated "inadequate." And the

skills and experience of st`ff working with children in A should

be reviewed to meet national recommendations.

We have started to take acthon in those areas. In our critical care

units, we are investing ?590,00 in developing and extending our high

dependency unit. Robert Jaggs Fowler is the medical

director for the North Lincolnshire commissioning group. Last month he

raised concerns about 10 cases of alleged poor patient care. He says

the hospitals need to be kept under Visitors to Grimsby

Hospital today though seemed I found them smashing. I can't fault

them. Stuff was good, food was good, the care was good.

I found them smashing. I can't fault them. Stuff was good, food was good,

It's been a difficult few ydars for staff at these hospitals ` but

managers insist real improvdments are now under way.

I asked the government's He`lth Secretary ` Jeremy Hunt ` why when

there are still issues with the North Lincolnshire and Goold Trust

if it was right for it to come out of special measures.

It is a decision that has bden made by somebody independent. He said he

thinks it has got the leadership capable of taking it forward. I

think it is good news. Lincolnshire needs more support. If you compare

Lincolnshire with North Lincolnshire, they both havd the

same overall ratings, but one stays in special measures and one doesn't.

That is difficult to understand Special measures is really `bout the

leadership in a hospital. Lots of hospitals have issues with this or

that element of the care thdy are giving, but it is about the

conference the chief inspector has that there is leadership whhch is

able to guide the trust to ` better place. He does have that confidence

for North Lincolnshire and cool He still remains to be convincdd when

it comes United Lincolnshird. It comes United Lincolnshire. He does

think that progress has certainly do. I visited the hospital `nd I

think the staff have done a terrific job. What if the hospitals don't

improve soon? The most you can extend special measures by hts six

months. He has given that shx`month extension. After that, therd are

some very drastic options. We hope it won't get there. He said today he

was optimistic that even trtst he had given extensions to would be

able to come out of special measures by Christmas. Some local doctors

working there and not happy with the trust and are thinking, thex told

us, of not buying their services. Does that worry you? We are in an

age of transparency. The big difference between what used to

happen and what happens now is at staffs, we said we don't want a

system where secretly, insiders know there are problems but the general

public doesn't. The fact we are being transparent about our

performance in hospitals is creating a big incentive for them to raise

their game. I hope by doing that, the hospital will regain thd

confidence of local GPs. So we have one trust in special measurds, one

out more it's me tell. Prestmably, you would like to pay tribute to

some of the staff who have been under such scrutiny? Absolutely

I've visited both trust and bad stuff in both of them. I thought

there was a real enthusiasm and determination to turn those trusts

around. Staff are working vdry, very hard. We would like to pay tribute

to them,, check them and sax we re supporting them `` congratulate

them. Thank you for your tile. Plans for a direct rail service

from Cleethorpes to the caphtal Free school meals could be

re`introduced for all primary The city council is looking first

at halving the price improving children's concentration.

But one economist says it would be a waste of money. Crispin Rolfe has

more. By September, the council w`nts

children to pay just 50p for meals. At the moment, it is ?1, whhch is

the lowest in the country. Hf we get agreement, we can take it down to

50p. But ultimately, you hope to take it down to free? I don't think

the previous programme should have stopped. It achieved very good

results in a short time. It was meant to have an effect over 20 or

30 years. The council wants to introduce the subsidy for

eight`year`olds to 11`year`olds in September, as free school mdals are

brought in nationally for children aged five years old to seven.

Parents ended up picking up the cost, which is estimated to be 400

per pupil per year. The only decent meal a lot of them

are getting so I think it is a good idea.

Their public can't afford it but it would be helpful to a lot of

parents. We already offer a free bre`kfast

club, and we have seen concdntration levels increase. Hopefully, if they

reduced the price of school meals, more children will take up the offer

and our results will get better Critics argue free school mdals

haven't been shown to improve health or attendance.

At a time we are still runnhng huge budget deficits, I am not clear it

would be a priority to roll out free school meals to all pupils.

That is an accurate parents, pupils and teachers will find hard to

swallow. The challenge is whether the council can really afford to

serve free school meals instead of just part paying for them.

Do you support the council halving the price of school dinners to 0

pence and eventually making them free? Or do you agree with the

economist that it's a waste of money and is the current price of ?1 cheap

enough? Here are the contact details.

The latest unemployment figtres for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire show

the number of people out of work in both areas has fallen. Across

Yorkshire and the Humber 16,000 people left the jobless reghster

last month ` leaving 222,000 people out of work. In the East Midlands

which includes Lincolnshire the jobless total fell by 30,000,

The Bishop of Hull is moving after 16 years in the city to become the

new Bishop of Hereford. The Right Reverend Richard Frith said he will

A mum from Cleethorpes is w`rning that the latest children's craze `

called loom bands ` can be dangerous after her son was hit in thd eye

Some schools are even banning them and doctors are giving advice

They are quite simply tiny colourful elastic bands, but they've captured

the imagination of children and some very famous adults. Loom bands can

be twisted into bracelets, necklaces. Someone even man`ged to

create this dress. It was while trying to make some sandals with his

older brother that seven`ye`r`old Kyle from Cleethorpes ended up

My brother let go by accident. And it went in your eye? I was petrified

because he needs an operation on his eye. I would like to see a warning

saying, adult supers `` adult supervision.

Loom bands dominate the website Amazon's best`selling toys' list. It

didn't take me long to find a wide selection on sale in Hull.

I have just bought three different packs. They'll all have conflicting

risk, they could cut off thd blood supply and that could be dangerous

because a finger could get gangrenous and drop off. Isn't it

common sense? It is. I think we see more of it because it is a craze and

everybody is doing it. It's hoped Kyle's eyesight will be

fully restored once he's had surgery. Carlie says loom b`nds are

now banned from her home and she New figures show more women are

others are extra careful. New figures show more women are

taking up jobs in farming. @nd this is the oldest cat in the world?

Barry Stout took this picture of Selby Abbey.

Matt Every wrote to me `` M`ry wrote to me and said that you had been

talking about me saying I rdsemble a can of sale. People are ready to spy

on you. David Dickinson is very jealous

More sunshine for Peters town. It will become very warm. Lovely bridge

of high pressure. Through Friday and Saturday, we soak up some w`rm,

humid air from France. That leads to quite a high risk of thunderstorms

during Saturday in particul`r. A right old mess, but there whll

hopefully be bright and sunny spells. Some intense downpotrs. This

is a cold front currently bringing in a narrow band of rain across East

Yorkshire and western parts of Lincolnshire. That will continue

south eastwards through the evening. All part become dry with cldar

spells. The breeze will be there. Lowest temperatures 13. A lovely day

to come. Lots of sunshine around. There is bound to be a bit of

Fairweather cloud. A light southerly breeze, perhaps a gentle onshore

breeze along the coast. Coastal areas will be cooler than

these temperatures suggest. Inland, 29 is possible. Thunderstorls likely

on Saturday. You might like to slap me off a

little more careful in future because somebody will tell le ``

slack me off. Businesses are welcoming

a bid to get fast direct direct trains to London from three local

towns ` Cleethorpes, Grimsby and Scunthorpe `

for the first time since thd 19 0s. Many people

in this area have complained the planned ?40 billion high speed

rail plans won't help this `rea Connecting Cleethorpes with the

capital. Faster, direct trahns are seen as vital for the Humber to

attract new business. Plans to resurrect the great North E`stern

Railway brand and put on for direct trains a day have gone down well

here. We want people to find out where

Grimsby is. Not having to mess about on to

trains is helpful. At the moment, it takes mord than

three hours, and you have to change trains. This new direct service

would start a Cleethorpes, stopping only at Grimsby and three other

stops. It would cut journey times by up to 20 minutes. A new fledt of

high`speed trains would be tsed Target times, about two hours and 45

minutes. We see significant and fits in driving south towards th`t area.

This manager says poor transport links can be off`putting.

It is very neglected. It is important that we concentrate on

getting an improved line on the South bank.

It would restore that directing from a seaside towns to the capital for

the first time since the 1980s. For those heading west to Manchdster,

they could soon see a reducdd service. That is because tr`nsplants

express service is underused. This man needs fast links to big cities.

We have to be to meet peopld, and to go and see our partners and

suppliers. If approved, this service could be running by 2017.

The number of female farmers is rising. Amanda White has bedn at the

Driffield show. What evidence is there that women are the future of

farming? Bishop Burton College was hdre

today. It has campuses in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire If

you look at their enrolment figures, three times a numbdr of

young women are studying to a level standard than five years ago. The

number studying agriculture at degree standard has doubled. Women

were very involved in activhties here today. It looks like

traditional man's work, but Angela is the farmer here. There is always

a good team behind every wolan as well. It is all about teamwork, and

I think women are very good multitaskers, you get a gre`t sense

of achievement through farmhng and that is why so many women are coming

into the industry. Angela w`s not alone. At the Driffield show, women

are clearly hands`on. 6000 came into agriculture in the last year. It is

estimated there are 22,000 women farmers across the UK. It is no

longer the hard physical slot it used to be. Technology make it much

more possible for a woman to do it on the same basis as a man. Women

have been farming for gener`tions, doing the work without the glory.

This woman is a beef farmer and the first woman to be elected to the

National Farmer's Union. Wolen have always been involved in

agriculture, but now, we're probably seen more women on industry boards

with a high profile. I think as a society, we are more interested in

what women are doing. That hs good news for 16`year`old Leah, because

her heart and her head appohnting her to farming. I think there is

more opportunities chorus and people respect is, and there are a lot of

women farmers who battled through stereotyping and everything to be

where they are today. I really want to be one of those people.

It seems the Driffield show is the setting for a quiet revoluthon.

In late rain shower has caused a sudden exodus from the showground,

but that has been a feeling of optimism here, I'm not just amongst

women, but people are been saying that the future feels right. Thank

you. England's most decorated

Commonwealth swimmer Mel Marshall says she's proud to be named as one

of the coaches for team England Mel from Wrangle

near Boston took six medals at the Games in Melbourne ehght

years ago and is thrilled she can The record for the world's oldest

pet cat is being challenged The previous record holder from

Bournemouth recently died, `ge 4. And just when our reporter

Simon Spark thought he found an equally ancient cat in

Burton Pedwardine near Sleaford This is Maddie, she is 24 and

in cat years that makes She lives at the home of artists

Amanda and Barry and they are now wondering if she can be a contender

for the next oldest cat She is aware of things and she

knows when food is on offer. She likes her fire in the whnter

time and meows at us first thing Then falls asleep

in front of it and singes hdr You suddenly go,

I can smell burning. Of course, you may wonder about

the secret of Maddie's long life. And as you may have guessed,

she has lots and lots The oldest ever cat came from

Austin, Texas, living to be 38. The problem for Maddie is proving how

old she is, but that is not only problem, because another contender

has worked through the cat flap Pinky. She has documented proof that

she is 28 years old. I thought, we have got one here who is 28 years

old. She lives in the garden, in the greenhouse, she doesn't bother

anybody. Will you put her n`me forward? We could put it forward,

yes. Pinky beat Maddie by four years. And just look at her

excitement? As for Maddie, no hard feelings when you get anothdr egg

for being on the television. And we did ask earlier for xou to

let us know if you had a contender for oldest cat Carol Nix sahd on our

Facebook page: She's 27 and has been part of our

family since she was weeks old. There we are. Thank you for that,

Carol. More than 600 suspected paedophiles are arrested across the

UK as part of a major policd operation. Grimsby, cool and Lincoln

hospitals, to special measures. We were talking about the cost of

school dinners. Clare says, my son goes to school in east riding and it

cost ?2 30 a day, so 50p wotld be fabulous for others. `` for others.

Jim says, why should childrdn have to pay for the managers when

politicians get all their mdals and drink paid for at a lot mord than

?1? Another one, why should I feed other people's children? Also

talking about a looming bands. Stacey said, I don't think they

should be banned. We are turning into a nation that I wrapping our

children in wool and there hs no need. Try as later. Good night.