:00:00. > :00:00.degrees. Thursday, more of the same. Is that is all from us. Now on BBC
:00:00. > :00:22.One Good evening and welcome to
:00:23. > :00:24.BBC Look North. Free for all `
:00:25. > :00:28.the MP pressing to get rid of Fans delight as Hull City are
:00:29. > :00:35.considered Deadline Day winners. A human rights activist goes on
:00:36. > :00:39.trial in Thailand after criticising End of the line `
:00:40. > :00:46.the signal box under threat There are fresh calls for hospital
:00:47. > :01:26.car parking charges to be scrapped. The MP for Scunthorpe says high
:01:27. > :01:35.charges add to the ordeal of already ill people.
:01:36. > :01:43.But parking revenue is worth more than ?200 million to the NHS and
:01:44. > :01:46.some say the idea is unrealistic. Parking charges can make hospital
:01:47. > :02:02.visits even more stressful. This couple paid a ?2 50 for an
:02:03. > :02:23.appointment that lasted less than half an hour. The government says
:02:24. > :02:26.free and reduce parking should be available for people with
:02:27. > :02:49.disabilities are people with gravely ill relatives. The Scunthorpe MP
:02:50. > :02:54.once charges scrapped altogether. ``wants charges
:02:55. > :03:04.When people are ill the last thing they need is money worries at that
:03:05. > :03:12.It is far better if there are not many
:03:13. > :03:17.But some patient groups say free hospital parking
:03:18. > :03:23.could be achieved but the constraints of the system will not
:03:24. > :03:37.The land is not there. The money is not there in
:03:38. > :03:40.terms of the revenue aspect from car parking. If you insist that
:03:41. > :03:42.hospitals devote what effort and space they can to car parking
:03:43. > :03:45.provision, that money is out of a single pot and will come from
:03:46. > :03:47.clinical care. It is vital that there are car
:03:48. > :03:51.parking charges. If it is going to the hospital I've not got a problem
:03:52. > :03:54.with it. You look why do we have to pay. All hospital
:03:55. > :03:56.trusts do offer concessional parking but of years charges have increased
:03:57. > :03:59.now the government has issued guidelines to all NHS organisations
:04:00. > :04:02.that free or reduced parking should be available to more people,
:04:03. > :04:04.including those with disabilities, with gravely ill relatives and staff
:04:05. > :04:06.where public transport is not available right now.
:04:07. > :04:08.Nic Dakin is continuing to lobby the government on this issue
:04:09. > :04:11.but with parking charges worth an estimated ?250 million to
:04:12. > :04:13.the NHS nationally, it's revenue that might be difficult to replace.
:04:14. > :04:16.Kate, how realistic is it to have free parking at hospitals?
:04:17. > :04:19.In short, the Department of Health says it doesn't want a law against
:04:20. > :04:22.parking charges. This is a huge revenue earner for hospitals which
:04:23. > :04:25.at a time when their budgets have been frozen, would be almost
:04:26. > :04:28.impossible to claw back. It is important to point out that all
:04:29. > :04:30.hopital trust do offer concessionary charges, so a reduced rate for
:04:31. > :04:32.disabled people for example. The government guidlines issed a
:04:33. > :04:35.disabled people for example. The government guidlines issued a
:04:36. > :04:38.fortnight ago are designed to help, but they are up to the hopital trust
:04:39. > :04:57.if they want to implement them. So if bosses think it's acceptable to
:04:58. > :05:00.charge say ?2 an hour they are perfectly allowed to do so. One
:05:01. > :05:03.possible change, the government has said it wants to see hospitals
:05:04. > :05:06.introducing pay on exit schemes for people who don't have change when
:05:07. > :05:08.they arrive, which it said would help patients and their families,
:05:09. > :05:18.again though its up to hospital trusts.
:05:19. > :05:34.scrapped `` it's up Later we will be talking about national Health
:05:35. > :05:40.Service pay. In a moment: What the referendum in
:05:41. > :05:43.Scotland means for the price of fish Bruce and the owner Assem Allam
:05:44. > :05:58.after the club's record spend on new Fans and football experts are
:05:59. > :06:05.praising the Hull City Manager Steve players. Hull were the busiest
:06:06. > :06:08.premier league side in the transfer window. The final signing was only
:06:09. > :06:11.made in the early hours of this morning when the FA granted a last
:06:12. > :06:14.minute extension. Crispin Rolfe was there as the deals were signed.
:06:15. > :06:17.It took a late night extension, but France star Hatem Ben Arfa said
:06:18. > :06:20."yes" to the Tigers yesterday. As Hull City did some of the Premier
:06:21. > :06:23.League's best deadline deals. The pieces fell into place for four
:06:24. > :06:26.major new signings. First Uruguayan striker Abel Hernandez ` a club
:06:27. > :06:28.record ?!0 million for a World Cup player with seven
:06:29. > :06:56.international goals in 14 appearances. Defensive midfielder
:06:57. > :06:58.and Senegal Captain, Mo Diame, for ?3.5 million. And then two
:06:59. > :07:01.late surprises ` Southampton's Gaston Ramirez, signed on a season
:07:02. > :07:04.long loan along with Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa both highly rated
:07:05. > :07:06.attacking midfielders: And the credit for all this excitement seems
:07:07. > :07:14.to be going to manager Steve Bruce. A lifelong Hull City fan. I've never
:07:15. > :07:17.seen anything like it. I think they are good, yeah.
:07:18. > :07:21.I think they are going to change the team.
:07:22. > :07:22.Ramirez is coming and Ben Arfa. All the hype over the one`hour
:07:23. > :07:24.extension, it's just absolutely crazy.
:07:25. > :07:26.Earlier Senegal's captain Mo Diame also added to the craziness by
:07:27. > :07:29.signing autographs as well as for the Tigers, leaving pundits
:07:30. > :07:31.amazed by the amount of business Steve Bruce has been able to do.
:07:32. > :07:35.What he has here is people who can open the door.
:07:36. > :07:37.Ramirez hasn't really done it at Southampton but everybody knows
:07:38. > :07:39.about his ability. Ben Arfa, the same thing at Newcastle,
:07:40. > :07:42.hasn't really happened for him but on his day, absolutely unstoppable.
:07:43. > :07:45.The icing on the cake was the little bit of the maverick one
:07:46. > :07:48.in Ben Arfa, who we all know is a wonderful talent.
:07:49. > :07:51.He will bring that little bit of flair and creativity,
:07:52. > :07:52.which every team needs. Have you ever done a better day's
:07:53. > :07:57.transfer business in your career? Well, I mean, listen I with my staff
:07:58. > :08:00.and a lot of people work tirelessly behind me.
:08:01. > :08:03.I think we have done fantastic business.
:08:04. > :08:05.And that's the common consensus with players and pundits saying
:08:06. > :08:07.come with him it was a key factor. Steve Bruce is a huge factor. His
:08:08. > :08:10.personal charisma, his man management and it is what he has
:08:11. > :08:14.achieved. Players like to get to cup finals and play in Europe and that
:08:15. > :08:16.is a big factor.
:08:17. > :08:18.Overall Hull City have spent more than ?25 million
:08:19. > :08:19.in this transfer window. So ambitious, yes, but there is one
:08:20. > :08:22.headache, how to fit all their A coroner has ruled that a
:08:23. > :08:26.Lincolnshire doctor who drowned off the coast of Tenerife died
:08:27. > :08:29.accidentally. Dr Barathi Ravikumar ` who was a GP at Bracebridge Heath
:08:30. > :08:32.near Lincoln ` drowned along with Dr Uma Ramalingam in April. An inquest
:08:33. > :08:35.in Stockport heard they were caught by unexpectedly large waves while
:08:36. > :08:53.standing on rocks. A woman who suffered serious facial
:08:54. > :08:56.injuries after falling over on new paving in Grimsby town centre won't
:08:57. > :08:58.be given any compensation. 74`year`old Anne Heenan suffered a
:08:59. > :09:03.broken nose and twisted ankle after falling on New Street. North East
:09:04. > :09:06.Lincolnshire Council said the fall was not due to the design of the
:09:07. > :09:12.kerb and not a defect. Hull's Ice Arena has failed to
:09:13. > :09:15.reopen as planned this evening after being closed for most of the summer.
:09:16. > :09:18.The council says there is a technical fault. The arena has been
:09:19. > :09:21.closed to fit a new cooling system Spalding in Lincolnshire has gone on
:09:22. > :09:33.trial in Thailand after he criticised working conditions in the
:09:34. > :09:35.country's Pineapple industry. Andy Hall is charged with criminal
:09:36. > :09:38.defamation because of the comments he made about the company, Natural
:09:39. > :09:41.Fruit. He faces up to seven years in jail if he's found guilty. He wants
:09:42. > :10:02.the British Government to help him. His report alleged poor conditions
:10:03. > :10:06.for workers at a company owned by Natural Fruit. If he loses his case
:10:07. > :10:16.he could spend up to seven years in prison. The intention behind the
:10:17. > :10:26.cases to silence me because I'm rude peeling what the government and
:10:27. > :10:46.industry do not want me to say. `` revealing. Today I am fighting my
:10:47. > :10:50.case, that is all. He has good support internationally and has good
:10:51. > :11:01.lawyers so we hope he shall win the case. He is trying to protect the
:11:02. > :11:27.migrants and the poor. I speak to him every day and he has a very
:11:28. > :11:29.positive person. `` he is. The Foreign Office has told us they are
:11:30. > :11:36.aware of his case. Still ahead tonight: End of the line
:11:37. > :11:56.` the signal box under threat from The search is on to find people to
:11:57. > :12:01.take part in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
:12:02. > :12:44.David Hancock took this of Spalding.
:12:45. > :12:53.Variable amounts of cloud once more. There will be some sunny breaks and
:12:54. > :13:03.high pressure in charge but also cloud trapped underneath the area of
:13:04. > :13:06.high pressure. There has been the sunshine today. Skegness was
:13:07. > :13:10.beautiful for a time but has no clouded back over from the
:13:11. > :13:14.south`east. There is the cloud that spoiled things through the course of
:13:15. > :13:17.this afternoon, in particular quite thick cloud but it continues to
:13:18. > :13:25.slowly nudge away eastwards. It looks like the cloud will come into
:13:26. > :13:29.Skegness and Bush westwards overnight so after Aquila interlude
:13:30. > :13:35.looks like all parts will be cloudy. The odd spot of drizzle by dawn.
:13:36. > :13:45.There will be a light easterly breeze. Next time water time will be
:13:46. > :14:02.an Skegness at one minute past midnight. `` in Skegness. It should
:14:03. > :14:06.brighten up into the afternoon but with variable amounts of cloud. It
:14:07. > :14:21.should feel quite pleasant with 70 degrees in Bridlington and 21
:14:22. > :14:28.degrees further south. `` 17 degrees. Temperatures will be close
:14:29. > :15:14.to just above the average amount for September.
:15:15. > :15:16.News yesterday that bosses running three hospitals in northern
:15:17. > :15:18.Lincolnshire and Goole have been awarded pay rises of more than
:15:19. > :15:20.a year each has led to widespread criticism.
:15:21. > :15:25.unions, say they do not agree that those in charge of the Trust need to
:15:26. > :15:29.increase salaries to hold onto senior staff. Most NHS staff are
:15:30. > :15:47.We had a huge response to this story and I'm joined by the man who signed
:15:48. > :15:50.off the pay rises at Goole, Scunthorpe and Grimsby Hospitals, to
:15:51. > :15:53.put some of your questions to him. Dr Jim Whittingham, you are the
:15:54. > :15:56.chairman of the trust do you understand why these pay rises are
:15:57. > :16:12.And we knew they would be controversial. At the end of the day
:16:13. > :16:23.it is my job to look after the best interest of the trust and in our
:16:24. > :16:31.view the best interests are served by such measures. How can you
:16:32. > :16:41.justify this when your front line staff are getting 1%? Our intention
:16:42. > :16:48.has always been to move those salaries to a competitive position.
:16:49. > :16:53.Linda says if she were one of the hundreds of staff limited to 1% pay
:16:54. > :17:00.rise she would feel like a face had been robbed in the dark. We do not
:17:01. > :17:07.set to pay for the thousands of doctors and nurses who work here.
:17:08. > :17:31.Those paid rates are set nationally. You say that our murky forces and
:17:32. > :17:34.the going rate. ``market forces. If we had to go out to the marketplace
:17:35. > :17:43.and we would have to pay similar salaries to attract people. This is
:17:44. > :17:46.not a system that we invented. But it is a system that we need to play
:17:47. > :17:53.with as a foundation trust and it is extremely important that the trust
:17:54. > :18:00.is well lead. But you could have stopped this? Yes and we would have
:18:01. > :18:09.taken a different rest. I am paid by the National Health Service to look
:18:10. > :18:12.after the interests of this trust. But you have only just come out on a
:18:13. > :18:18.very torrid time in special measures. That is to the great
:18:19. > :18:21.credit of the thousands of doctors and nurses that we employ and also
:18:22. > :18:27.of great credit to the team that have led them. If you look across
:18:28. > :18:32.our performance we have come out of special measures and we are
:18:33. > :18:38.successful in terms of accident and emergency targets. I can hear some
:18:39. > :18:52.people shouting at the television. Your message would be what? Our
:18:53. > :19:01.staff are well led by an executive team that are transparent and
:19:02. > :19:06.capable. Our staff are well led and need to be well lead. Everybody is
:19:07. > :19:16.doing a fine job and will continue to do so in taking the trust
:19:17. > :19:31.forward. Thank you for and soothing those difficult questions.
:19:32. > :19:49.``answering those difficult questions.
:19:50. > :19:51.There's concern about the price and supply and fish in Grimsby, if
:19:52. > :19:54.Scotland votes to leave the UK next month. Grimsby processes about 80%
:19:55. > :19:58.of the UK's fish, and while most of it comes from Iceland and Norway,
:19:59. > :20:00.many businesses have Scottish suppliers too. Our Business
:20:01. > :20:02.Correspondent Sarah Corker has been looking at the industry's links with
:20:03. > :20:13.While the rest of Grimsby still sleep,
:20:14. > :20:15.merchants gather for the 7am auction at the UK's biggest fish market.
:20:16. > :20:17.?10...20... 30.. 40... It's a fast`paced affair.
:20:18. > :20:20.Most of the produce here usually comes from Iceland or Norway
:20:21. > :20:23.but recent bad weather has seen more Scottish fish on sale.
:20:24. > :20:26.We always like to have Scottish fish available to sell because
:20:27. > :20:29.some people prefer Scottish fish. Price is a biggest factor in the
:20:30. > :20:31.end. It varies from week to week what is
:20:32. > :20:33.available. This cod was landed yesterday in
:20:34. > :20:35.Peterhead in Scotland and transported overnight by road,
:20:36. > :20:37.arriving here at Grimsby fish market this morning.
:20:38. > :20:42.It will then be sold and end up in fish and chip shops, fish mongers
:20:43. > :20:44.and supermarkets across England. So would independence affect that
:20:45. > :20:45.supply? I think Scottish independence is
:20:46. > :20:50.wrong. Britain is better together.
:20:51. > :20:55.Aberdeen to Grimsby 15 years ago. You would end up exporting fish from
:20:56. > :20:59.Grimsby up to Scotland. What would the currency be?
:21:00. > :21:01.Likewise, a lot of fish comes down from Scotland to Grimsby
:21:02. > :21:04.and how would they work it? Grimsby is Britain's fish`processing
:21:05. > :21:06.capital with 75 businesses. Young's Seafood is the number one
:21:07. > :21:09.buyer of Scottish farmed salmon. With processing sites both sides of
:21:10. > :21:14.the border, its Grimsby factory is focusing on salmon production.
:21:15. > :21:18.While big firms like Icelandic SeaChill and supermarket
:21:19. > :21:20.chain, Morrisons, process fish brought down from Scotland.
:21:21. > :21:28.Those at the heart of the industry here believe whatever the outcome
:21:29. > :21:38.on how much fish is allowed to come from Scotland into
:21:39. > :21:40.Grimsby and Hull because all the merchants around here do bring a
:21:41. > :21:43.lot of fish down from Scotland. Of course, England itself is
:21:44. > :21:46.Scotland's biggest market for the sale of fish, so it will continue.
:21:47. > :21:49.But could Scotland choose to do more of its own fish processing?
:21:50. > :21:52.The SNP is lobbying for funding to do just that.
:21:53. > :22:14.Fishmongers in Cleethorpes shrugged off any effect that
:22:15. > :22:20.I don't think that would change if Scotland get independence, they
:22:21. > :22:22.will have their processing facilities, we will have ours.
:22:23. > :22:25.Scotland and England trade both ways, the view here is that will
:22:26. > :22:32.to save.a railway signal box in south Lincolnshire. People in
:22:33. > :22:37.Deeping St James are angry that rail bosses are going to demolish the 150
:22:38. > :22:49.year`old building. Simon Spark reports.
:22:50. > :22:58.Tonight there is a meeting to save a piece of village yesterday. This
:22:59. > :23:06.signal box has stayed here for 166 years but now stands in the way of
:23:07. > :23:14.new equipment. But these signatories also stand in the way. This is our
:23:15. > :23:19.box and we have a lot of enthusiasm to keep this box. My husband
:23:20. > :23:37.remembers many a day helping his father out here. It has an awful lot
:23:38. > :23:41.of memory. We cannot get any dates from Network Real as to when it is
:23:42. > :23:49.being knocked down so it is quite imminent. We have three of the
:23:50. > :23:56.barriers already put up. The barrier still to go up will be in place of
:23:57. > :24:00.the signal box. Network Real and investing millions to modernise the
:24:01. > :24:06.network but despite the list Alger manually operated signal boxes are
:24:07. > :24:12.no longer required. Network Real city have listened to the concerns
:24:13. > :24:17.of the local timidity and are working to preserve as much of the
:24:18. > :24:23.box as possible but it cannot remain in its current location as the land
:24:24. > :24:39.is needed for the new signalling system. ``local community.
:24:40. > :24:42.Auditions are about the start in Lincoln for those wanting to appear
:24:43. > :24:45.in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar which will be performed
:24:46. > :24:49.next year inside the city's Cathedral. The musical caused
:24:50. > :24:51.controversy when it was first launched in London four decades ago,
:24:52. > :25:17.When it was first shown on stage, Jesus Christ Superstar was met with
:25:18. > :25:20.protest ` some feeling it was offensive to the church, even
:25:21. > :25:22.blasphemous. But how times have changed.
:25:23. > :25:32.The musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is going to be performed
:25:33. > :25:37.Tonight open auditions begin to find a chorus of hundreds for the show
:25:38. > :25:40.next July. It's the first step to transforming the Cathedral into a
:25:41. > :25:43.performance venue. In a year when it announced it needed twice as many
:25:44. > :25:46.paying visitors to survive, it will be not just a radical change of
:25:47. > :25:59.These are just some of the people who have turned up for the additions
:26:00. > :26:40.tonight. Let's listen to what they will have to do to win apart. `` win
:26:41. > :26:48.a part. SINGING SINGING The parents of a seriously ill child looked to
:26:49. > :26:53.be set free as the case against them is dropped. Temperatures tomorrow
:26:54. > :27:16.look like getting up to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. There have been replies
:27:17. > :27:20.to our article about hospital parking charges were some people
:27:21. > :27:30.saying it is needed to generate money and effort were free there
:27:31. > :27:32.would be too much congestion. Someone else says they need the
:27:33. > :27:40.money to pay for their overpaid managers. Another viewer asks why
:27:41. > :27:44.MPs are concerned now and says it is because the general election. Have a
:27:45. > :27:48.nice evening.