03/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:10.with the late news after the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony,

:00:11. > :00:13.Students at Hull College say they're shocked the cost of some

:00:14. > :00:17.Short courses in jewellery have gone up by more

:00:18. > :00:25.than a third, and those in ceramics and glass have almost tripled.

:00:26. > :00:28.Hull College says it needs to make the changes to cover the costs

:00:29. > :00:31.But some students fear it whll put people off enrolling.

:00:32. > :00:33.Here's our Arts Correspondent, Anne`Marie Tasker.

:00:34. > :00:39.Making ceramics and glasswear is Simone's passion.

:00:40. > :00:42.In her spare time she has taken the ten`week long courses in Hull

:00:43. > :00:49.But when she went to enrol again for September, she was shocked to

:00:50. > :00:51.find the cost had increased from just over ?100 to ?300.

:00:52. > :00:56.I appreciate that everything is getting more expensive

:00:57. > :01:00.but I'm just surprised that it is going up by about 200 percent.

:01:01. > :01:11.I am concerned that the course may not survive the depending on how

:01:12. > :01:15.many people will enrol becatse they need a certain amount of people to

:01:16. > :01:19.No one from Hull College wotld be interviewed but in a statement

:01:20. > :01:22.it said, at present the course is not under threat of closure.

:01:23. > :01:33.But seems the high costs of running a ceramics course is affecthng

:01:34. > :01:41.In 2007`8, 440 ceramics courses were rtnning

:01:42. > :01:50.The Crafts Council said that might be in part because ceramics has been

:01:51. > :01:53.absorbed into wider design courses but it could also be

:01:54. > :01:59.The gallery studio 11 in Hull rents out its wheel and

:02:00. > :02:06.The gallery's owner says for her and others who learn the craft

:02:07. > :02:09.at college, it is not just a hobby but a business.

:02:10. > :02:12.The ability of colleges and universities to subsidise these

:02:13. > :02:15.courses has become less and less really.

:02:16. > :02:20.It is a terrible shame because I think things like ceramics we are

:02:21. > :02:23.talking about at the moment has a terrific social value but it also

:02:24. > :02:32.And forms are a really important part of this country's GDP.

:02:33. > :02:36.Simone says she too hopes turn her craft into a business

:02:37. > :02:42.and worries how long there will be a course in Hull to support her

:02:43. > :02:46.A 46`year`old man is in hospital in Grimsby with life threatening

:02:47. > :02:49.injuries after he was assaulted outside a pub.

:02:50. > :02:52.It happened yesterday evening outside the Rutland Arms pub

:02:53. > :03:00.Lincolnshire's Georgie Twigg has won a silver medal in the

:03:01. > :03:06.The 23`year`old was part of the women's Hockey team which was

:03:07. > :03:12.In the Super League, Hull KR's play off hopes suffered

:03:13. > :03:20.Tomorrow sees the 100th anniversary of the

:03:21. > :03:24.During the conflict, Hull became a frequent target for German

:03:25. > :03:29.Now, a local playwright has written a radio play about the effect it had

:03:30. > :03:43.Described by children as silver cigars, German zeppelins brought

:03:44. > :03:46.wonder, then terror to first world war Hull. Three people were killed

:03:47. > :03:48.here on Porter Street in thdir first raid.

:03:49. > :03:54.And the effect of those bombings is being reflected in a play specially

:03:55. > :04:01.recorded for BBC Radio Humbdrside. Nats play being recorded

:04:02. > :04:07.Matt Sutton plays a soldier, called Samuel.

:04:08. > :04:20.Between 1915 and 1918 Hull was bombed eight times ` with around 50

:04:21. > :04:23.air raid warnings. Often struck unintentionally, the Zeppelins

:04:24. > :04:31.jettisoned bombs if they cotldn t reach inland targets.

:04:32. > :04:35.The play Yearning Hearts looks at the effect the raids had on the

:04:36. > :04:39.fictional Wade family. It's ideas came from people living in Hull now`

:04:40. > :04:45.imagining the past ` and sh`ring what they own of it.

:04:46. > :04:51.I hate a moving experience meeting someone who had a trench di`ry

:04:52. > :04:52.I hate a moving experience leeting someone who had a trench diary pass

:04:53. > :04:56.someone who had a trench di`ry pass on to him. `` I had a moving

:04:57. > :05:00.experience. The result is an 8 episode long

:05:01. > :05:03.drama ` imaging the effects of the And you can hear the play on BBC

:05:04. > :05:14.Radio Humberside starting this week. Yearning Hearts is on Tuesd`y

:05:15. > :05:17.through to Friday at 10:10am in the David Burns show

:05:18. > :05:19.and then repeated at 2:45 And with the weather forecast

:05:20. > :05:22.for the rest of the weekend, Dry with clear spells

:05:23. > :05:28.for most overnight, and the wind A few short lived mist patches will

:05:29. > :05:35.form in places like Stamford Most parts will stay dry with bright

:05:36. > :05:44.or sunny spells, but one or two isolated aftdrnoon

:05:45. > :05:46.showers may develop. Feeling a little warmer

:05:47. > :05:51.in the light winds. 22C (72F).

:05:52. > :05:53.Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday Warm with sunny spells

:05:54. > :05:55.and scattered showers for Tuesday and Wednesday, with some quite heavy

:05:56. > :05:57.showers possible. Considerable uncertainty

:05:58. > :05:59.for Thursday with a risk with a full round up

:06:00. > :06:14.of the day's news. Good evening. Some of us have had a

:06:15. > :06:15.sunny weekend but for others it has not stopped raining