:00:00. > :00:16.and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:17. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:19. > :00:21.The Deputy Prime Minister w`rns that a bigger Hull wouldn't
:00:22. > :00:30.To I don't think constant changing is the way to make constant growth
:00:31. > :00:33.in the way we need. Plans to ban smoking breaks `
:00:34. > :00:35.council workers in Lincoln are warned cigardtte
:00:36. > :00:38.breaks may come to an end. The little boy from Hull who's
:00:39. > :00:41.travelling to America to help find The Formula One fan who wants to
:00:42. > :00:55.find Lincolnshire's fastest driver. We have had 23 degrees across parts
:00:56. > :01:03.of Lincolnshire, but what about the next few days? Join me for the
:01:04. > :01:07.latest. Good evening.
:01:08. > :01:10.The Deputy Prime Minister h`s told Look North that Hull would not
:01:11. > :01:15.necessarily be stronger if it were bigger.
:01:16. > :01:19.Nick Clegg wants people's vhews on how northern cities,
:01:20. > :01:21.including Hull, can work together with neighbouring areas to create
:01:22. > :01:26.His plan is for the North to rival London and other European Chties.
:01:27. > :01:28.In a moment, we'll be hearing from Mr Cldgg, but
:01:29. > :01:38.Senior figures from the Gerlan renewables industry on a visit, they
:01:39. > :01:42.want to improve business tids with the area. Those who arranged the
:01:43. > :01:46.talks agree with the Deputy Prime Minister that northern citids must
:01:47. > :01:51.work together and make more of their own decisions if they are to create
:01:52. > :02:04.a stronger economy. I think it is right. We are region with a lot of
:02:05. > :02:10.potential and we are the gateway for ports so we need to keep up with
:02:11. > :02:15.other European cities. Nick Clegg says the project is about councils,
:02:16. > :02:22.businesses and members of the public having more of a say over ddcisions
:02:23. > :02:27.in their area. He believes hn this way the Northern hub can be created.
:02:28. > :02:31.Hull has had much to celebr`te in recent times. The city of ctlture, a
:02:32. > :02:36.multi`million pound Siemens investment, and funding sectred to
:02:37. > :02:39.regenerate areas like the fruit market, but it still finds htself
:02:40. > :02:43.forgotten during key discussions about the big northern citids. Some
:02:44. > :02:49.cities have already been working together. Last month Liverpool,
:02:50. > :02:55.Sheffield, Manchester, Newc`stle and Leeds unveiled a ?15 billion plan to
:02:56. > :03:00.improve transport links across the north. Hull supported the plans but
:03:01. > :03:03.was not a key named city. The leader of the council believes working with
:03:04. > :03:08.neighbouring authorities will believe their voices better heard in
:03:09. > :03:12.the future. The Chancellor when I went to Manchester a few wedks ago
:03:13. > :03:17.said this is the greatest opportunity, and he is so pleased
:03:18. > :03:21.that those authorities now speak on behalf of all of the areas `round
:03:22. > :03:25.their cities. The concept of northern cities making more of their
:03:26. > :03:29.own decisions is not new, btt Nick Clegg hopes this time round, people
:03:30. > :03:32.who live and work in the north will feel inspired to have a say on its
:03:33. > :03:35.economic future. Earlier I spoke to Deputy Prime
:03:36. > :03:38.Minister Nick Clegg and started by asking if Hull needed to trx harder
:03:39. > :03:51.to make sure it was included in big I think we just need to acknowledge
:03:52. > :03:58.that if you can generate more growth, more jobs, more economic
:03:59. > :04:03.dynamism in the north, it whll tend to have a positive knock`on effect
:04:04. > :04:08.elsewhere. Humberside disbanded in 1996, that area did have a big
:04:09. > :04:13.voice. Do you think that looking back, disbanding it was a mhstake?
:04:14. > :04:19.There have been so many changes and chopping and changing of government
:04:20. > :04:24.boundaries. I would say that firstly the advent of local enterprhse
:04:25. > :04:26.partnerships which cover a wide area has broadly speaking been a good
:04:27. > :04:32.thing because it has really delivered a lot of clout for local
:04:33. > :04:37.authorities and local busindsses in the Hull and Humberside are`, and
:04:38. > :04:43.secondly I personally would advise against us redrawing the botndaries
:04:44. > :04:48.yet again, creating another regional quango. What about having one
:04:49. > :04:54.authority for Hull and east riding together? If that is what pdople
:04:55. > :04:59.want locally, let's do it. H think it is incredibly important that we
:05:00. > :05:03.get away from this idea that politicians from central government
:05:04. > :05:10.prescribed the straitjacket in which people had to operate. Would Hull be
:05:11. > :05:15.stronger if it was bigger? H don't personally think constant changing
:05:16. > :05:19.of boundaries and quangos and nameplates for organisations is
:05:20. > :05:22.necessarily the best way to create the locomotive of economic growth in
:05:23. > :05:27.the north of England that they need. I would rather look at some of
:05:28. > :05:32.the other new freedoms and powers that need to be devolved to Hull and
:05:33. > :05:45.other parts of the north, whether it is skills, or finance. Do you think
:05:46. > :05:51.there is more of an appetitd for devolution now? I do actually. I
:05:52. > :05:54.think we needed to look at lore devolution to the north of Dngland
:05:55. > :06:00.anyway, and a lot has happened in recent years. Local growth deals,
:06:01. > :06:05.more freedom over the use of money and so on, but I think we nded to go
:06:06. > :06:09.further, not only because the crash in 2008 showed we cannot constantly
:06:10. > :06:14.over rely on what happens in one square mile of the City of London,
:06:15. > :06:16.we have got to look after the 1 0 square miles of the whole country.
:06:17. > :06:19.Thank you for your time. Councillors debate plans to raise
:06:20. > :06:23.a controversial speed limit Workers at the City of
:06:24. > :06:30.Lincoln Council may be denidd cigarette breaks at work under plans
:06:31. > :06:33.to be discussed next week. No smoking zones around council
:06:34. > :06:35.buildings may also be extended. Those behind the plans say ht will
:06:36. > :07:06.help to keep the staff healthy. At Lincoln City Council, bosses want
:07:07. > :07:11.to ban cigarette breaks. If we can just discourage one or two people to
:07:12. > :07:15.give up smoking as a result of making it more difficult to smoke at
:07:16. > :07:18.work, that will be an important thing for them and the wider
:07:19. > :07:25.community in terms of the long`term harm we know smoking does to people
:07:26. > :07:30.'s health. At the moment workers are only allowed a cigarette brdak at
:07:31. > :07:34.the manager's discretion. This area has been set aside for smokdrs. Some
:07:35. > :07:40.told me they felt they were being unfairly targeted and hadn't been
:07:41. > :07:47.properly consulted. However, some said that a smoking ban might help
:07:48. > :07:50.them stop. According to a study carried out for the British Heart
:07:51. > :07:56.Foundation, cigarette breaks at work cost businesses ?8.4 billion per
:07:57. > :08:03.year in lost productivity. The average worker takes four sloking
:08:04. > :08:08.breaks per day. Unions have been consulted on the change of the
:08:09. > :08:12.council and say they have a difficult path to tread. We don t
:08:13. > :08:16.want any of our members to suffer with passive smoking, but epually we
:08:17. > :08:21.have got members who are smokers and who have smoked for a long time and
:08:22. > :08:26.they have hard as part of their normal working practice that they
:08:27. > :08:29.are allowed to go for a cig`rette break. The suggestion has dhvided
:08:30. > :08:34.people in Lincoln. I think people should be allowed to have a break,
:08:35. > :08:38.it is a personal thing. Not allowing it is like saying you cannot wear
:08:39. > :08:46.those clothes or that jewellery to work. If you say you are gohng out
:08:47. > :08:48.of the office for a walk, they soon jump on you. Plans will be
:08:49. > :08:53.considered later this month. Earlier I spoke to Dave Athdrton
:08:54. > :08:56.who's from Freedom 2 Choose. I started by asking him if banning
:08:57. > :09:17.smoking in the workplace is fair. I think it's absolutely ridhculous
:09:18. > :09:20.on the basis that this is jtst another ample opportunity to bully
:09:21. > :09:22.and cajole victimised smokers. When you look at the absentde rates
:09:23. > :09:25.from the public sector versts the private sector, your three
:09:26. > :09:28.times more likely to be on ` sickie Haven't the council got better
:09:29. > :09:33.things to do with their timd than go Why should
:09:34. > :09:38.a big employer lose endless working time by people who want to slip
:09:39. > :09:41.outside for a fag break? There are plenty
:09:42. > :09:43.of other people surfing the net If somebody has five breaks a day,
:09:44. > :09:47.five minutes, First of all, people are allowed
:09:48. > :09:53.by law to take breaks. The health
:09:54. > :09:56.and safety executive recommdnds five minutes every hour, and also funnily
:09:57. > :09:59.enough there has been a paper that came out this week that
:10:00. > :10:04.said the most productive workers are the ones that work for 53 mhnutes
:10:05. > :10:12.and then take a 17`minute break They have got more energy
:10:13. > :10:14.because they have done less work. As a smoker of 30 years,
:10:15. > :10:17.if I can't go out for a cigarette until lunchtime I'm
:10:18. > :10:20.going to be highly unproductive I tend to go out for a cigarette
:10:21. > :10:25.once every one or two hours, take Is the city of Lincoln
:10:26. > :10:29.Council being shortsighted? This will have unintended
:10:30. > :10:36.consequences in the sense that smokers deprived of being able to go
:10:37. > :10:39.for a smoke break will becole more But it is not nannying,
:10:40. > :10:48.it is protecting an employer's working hours and also
:10:49. > :10:51.not wanting a bunch of smokdrs Most smokers
:10:52. > :10:55.when it comes to their smokhng area, It is put in the most awkward
:10:56. > :11:05.and inconvenient of places What is your message to the city
:11:06. > :11:11.of Lincoln Council? I think they are misguided,
:11:12. > :11:17.I think this will waste mord time and more taxpayers' money
:11:18. > :11:19.and I think it should be scrapped Let us know what you think
:11:20. > :11:32.of this story. Should smokers be allowed to take
:11:33. > :11:35.cigarette breaks during working hours or is that unfair on dmployers
:11:36. > :11:58.and other workers who don't smoke? Poor weather has again hampdred
:11:59. > :12:00.attempts to recover the wreckage of a helicopter which crashdd
:12:01. > :12:04.in East Yorkshire on Tuesdax. The pilot, Captain Brian Brhdgeman
:12:05. > :12:07.from Canterbury, and the passenger, John Kent from Romford, werd killed
:12:08. > :12:13.when the craft came down at the Accident investigation teams have
:12:14. > :12:16.been unable to recover the helicopter because
:12:17. > :12:19.of poor visibility. Fire crews in Lincolnshire have been
:12:20. > :12:22.dealing with a large fire Eight engines from
:12:23. > :12:29.around the county have been at the Southview Leisure Park tackling
:12:30. > :12:31.a fire in its leisure compldx. The building was evacuated
:12:32. > :12:35.and no one was injured. A little boy from East Yorkshire
:12:36. > :12:39.is to fly out to the USA to take part in one of the first
:12:40. > :12:42.research projects of its kind. Four`year`old Joshua was born with
:12:43. > :12:46.a rare form of muscular dystrophy ` The new research aims to
:12:47. > :12:52.eventually create a treatment. Our health correspondent,
:12:53. > :12:56.Vicky Johnson reports. Stepping across the Humber Bridge,
:12:57. > :12:58.little Joshua is already He suffers from myotonic dystrophy,
:12:59. > :13:07.a very rare muscle wasting disease. This recent balloon release was
:13:08. > :13:09.aimed at raising awareness The thing most people noticd about
:13:10. > :13:15.him is the blank expression because it affects all of his musclds
:13:16. > :13:18.including his facial muscles. He walked at the age of thrde,
:13:19. > :13:22.which is late, and he has muscle weakness which
:13:23. > :13:25.means that his ability to m`intain There are thought to be fewdr than
:13:26. > :13:32.50 children across the country with this disorder
:13:33. > :13:34.and many of their families turned I think it's a really good hdea
:13:35. > :13:43.because not many people know Going to raise public awareness
:13:44. > :13:46.of Joshua's condition and hopefully get lots
:13:47. > :13:50.of much`needed money for research. Joshua was abandoned at birth by his
:13:51. > :13:54.mum who had her own health problems. Since then he has lived with Sarah,
:13:55. > :13:57.the nurse who cared for him It is her drive which has ldd to him
:13:58. > :14:02.being accepted onto At least Josh can take part
:14:03. > :14:08.in something which will havd an impact on future generathons
:14:09. > :14:12.of children with this condition and I think in the end that will be
:14:13. > :14:18.of some small, very small comfort. Joshua's consultant at the
:14:19. > :14:20.Leeds Children Hospital says there are no known treatments to halt
:14:21. > :14:25.the progress of the disease and These conditions are devast`ting,
:14:26. > :14:31.really affect almost every `spect of a child's life and therefore
:14:32. > :14:33.of their family, and so finding some way
:14:34. > :14:36.of trying to help these children and Joshua is due to fly out to the USA
:14:37. > :14:45.in November to help further research Criticism for an academy ch`in that
:14:46. > :15:02.runs local schools over And the motor racing fan who wants
:15:03. > :15:34.to find the fastest driver Keep the photos coming in, this was
:15:35. > :15:41.taken by Sue Cooper in Skegness I tweeted earlier about the show, all
:15:42. > :15:56.of the news and an accurate forecast. A very quick replx came `
:15:57. > :16:03.is Alex Deakin on the show? Thank you very much for that! The headline
:16:04. > :16:09.is one of overcast skies with drizzle at first. Today across parts
:16:10. > :16:13.of Lincolnshire, 23 Celsius. It looks like breaks like that that
:16:14. > :16:18.produce those temperatures will be few and far between tomorrow, so it
:16:19. > :16:23.looks like a day when the cloud will be reluctant to clear. On S`turday
:16:24. > :16:32.night this front should introduce brighter skies for Sunday. There has
:16:33. > :16:36.been a lot of low cloud and missed, particularly on Mablethorpe
:16:37. > :16:41.northwards and that is now pushing inland. It is a warm evening across
:16:42. > :16:45.many parts of Lincolnshire hn particular. The cloud rolling in,
:16:46. > :16:55.thick enough to produce somd drizzle, some mist and patchy fog.
:16:56. > :17:04.Temperatures coming in at 13 or 14 Celsius, 57 Fahrenheit. The sun will
:17:05. > :17:10.rise in the morning at about 6: 1am. It is a dreary, overcast, drizzly
:17:11. > :17:16.start with fog along the co`st and over the hills. Inland it whll
:17:17. > :17:20.brighten a little, but I thhnk there will be few brighter spells. There
:17:21. > :17:26.will be the risk of some thtndery showers pushing in later. Once that
:17:27. > :17:31.drizzle has fizzled out, it looks set to be dry in most areas but
:17:32. > :17:35.temperatures will not be as high as today. A similar forecast on
:17:36. > :17:49.Saturday, but Sunday and Monday should be noticeably brightdr and
:17:50. > :17:54.dry. There is nothing dank `bout that shirt and tie, you may as well
:17:55. > :18:02.get your money out of it and where it a few times.
:18:03. > :18:04.An academy trust which runs 80 schools, incltding
:18:05. > :18:07.seven in Hull and Lincolnshhre, has been accused of paying hundreds
:18:08. > :18:09.of thousands of pounds to the private business interests
:18:10. > :18:13.The claims are made by The House of Commons Education Select Colmittee
:18:14. > :18:16.which says safeguards to protect taxpayers' money are too we`k.
:18:17. > :18:18.The Academies Enterprise Trtst says the money was paid before the
:18:19. > :18:37.This academy in Louth is ond of seven schools run by the Ac`demy 's
:18:38. > :18:40.enterprise trust. Whilst thdre is no suggestion that any individtal
:18:41. > :18:45.school within the chain has done anything wrong, a report
:18:46. > :18:48.commissioned by the Education Select Committee has been critical of the
:18:49. > :18:52.way the management of it has been conducted. The report claims that
:18:53. > :18:57.over the last three years the Academy 's enterprise trust has paid
:18:58. > :19:00.nearly half ?1 million into the private business interests of its
:19:01. > :19:05.trustees and executives without going to competitive tender. This
:19:06. > :19:10.includes ?180,000 paid to a company owned by the chairman for project
:19:11. > :19:14.and leadership development. Before academies were introduced, loney
:19:15. > :19:18.would pass from the Departmdnt for Education to local councils which
:19:19. > :19:27.would then distribute it to local schools and oversee how thex were
:19:28. > :19:30.run. With academies, the money goes straight from central government the
:19:31. > :19:35.school itself, and they can also raise their own revenue frol
:19:36. > :19:40.charities and businesses. Whth trusts that run schools, thdy are
:19:41. > :19:46.miles away from each other `nd there is no accountability. Sarah
:19:47. > :19:51.campaigned against the introduction of Academy schools in Louth. She
:19:52. > :19:56.says the report is worrying. It is no surprise. We were always worried
:19:57. > :20:02.that the new academy system had a fundamental lack of account`bility.
:20:03. > :20:06.Both the parents but also for the Government, for the systems behind
:20:07. > :20:30.the running of the trusts and sponsors. In a statement, the trust
:20:31. > :20:36.Kingswood Academy in Hull is also part of the chain, and camp`igners
:20:37. > :20:40.worried that schools like this will suffer if a lack of transparency
:20:41. > :20:41.means that money which could be spent on front line teaching is
:20:42. > :20:44.being wasted. The trust that runs a school
:20:45. > :20:47.in Goole has removed the bo`rd of governors following allegations
:20:48. > :20:49.of exam irregularities. Another member of staff at
:20:50. > :20:52.Goole High School Academy h`s been suspended as part of
:20:53. > :20:55.the investigation into the claims. It means eight members
:20:56. > :20:58.of staff have now been removed. The Wakefield City Academies Trust
:20:59. > :21:16.says the investigation inithally The allegations have come from a
:21:17. > :21:20.number of quarters, hence I felt the need to start a thorough
:21:21. > :21:23.investigation. We have got to protect the integrity of
:21:24. > :21:27.examinations and I wouldn't be doing my job if that were not the case.
:21:28. > :21:29.Plans to increase the controversial speed limht on
:21:30. > :21:32.the peaks parkway in Grimsbx could be given the go ahead tonight.
:21:33. > :21:34.North East Lincolnshire council is expected to finalise
:21:35. > :21:36.a decision which could raisd it from 30mph to 40mph.
:21:37. > :21:39.It follows a campaign and petition signed by almost 2 000
:21:40. > :21:52.It is almost one year since average speed cameras were switched on along
:21:53. > :21:56.this stretch of road. The Pdaks Parkway was designed as an dxpress
:21:57. > :22:00.route in and out of Grimsby town centre but many motorists bdlieve
:22:01. > :22:09.that due to its design it w`s a 40 mph road. When average speed cameras
:22:10. > :22:14.and forced a 30 mph speed lhmit it caught many people by surprhse and
:22:15. > :22:19.they were issued with tickets. It seems like a moneymaking sc`m to me,
:22:20. > :22:25.it is not a high risk road, there are no kids running around. To me it
:22:26. > :22:29.was billed as a through road to keep the traffic flowing and I don't
:22:30. > :22:33.think that happens now. A c`mpaign was launched under petition brought
:22:34. > :22:37.before north Lincolnshire Council which agreed to consult with
:22:38. > :22:39.experts. A working group has since recommended the speed limit should
:22:40. > :22:46.be increased to 40 mph. How likely is it that
:22:47. > :23:00.the speed limit will be increased From what I am hearing, it hs likely
:23:01. > :23:05.to be rubber`stamped. Humberside Police said there had been `
:23:06. > :23:09.reduction in the number of call`outs since the 30 mph speed limit were
:23:10. > :23:19.enforced however. There will be other motions put forward bx two
:23:20. > :23:23.different parties. The Consdrvatives are calling for more council
:23:24. > :23:31.meetings to be held every ydar to increase democracy within north east
:23:32. > :23:40.Lincolnshire Council. Banks to everyone who got in touch whth our
:23:41. > :24:19.vote yesterday on whether 16 and 17`year`olds should vote.
:24:20. > :24:36.One man is now trying to find talent to challenge the best Formula One
:24:37. > :24:40.can offer. It looks and sounds like a Formula One car and the track
:24:41. > :24:46.looks like Silverstone, but this is a simulator and it is currently at
:24:47. > :24:51.Louth town Hall. It is prim`rily designed to get young peopld doing
:24:52. > :24:57.GCSE or diploma engineering to come round and test a Formula Ond car,
:24:58. > :25:01.and get it to work properly. Andy describes himself as a Formtla One
:25:02. > :25:06.obsessive and takes that enthusiasm, as well as the
:25:07. > :25:11.simulator, into schools. He says people like Jenson Button and Lewis
:25:12. > :25:16.Hamilton can encourage youngsters to get inspired about engineerhng. He
:25:17. > :25:22.says this simulator is based on a real 1967 race car. He built it to
:25:23. > :25:32.drive himself. Then when he gave up racing, turned it into a silulator.
:25:33. > :25:36.In 1967 the cars didn't havd the external things they have now. If we
:25:37. > :25:41.are using it to teach children, this is what we need to teach thdm. The
:25:42. > :25:46.simulator also appeals to bhgger kids. I have done Formula One games
:25:47. > :25:54.on consoles but this is far more realistic. Andy has now launched a
:25:55. > :25:59.competition to find Lincolnshire's fastest amateur driver, so `ny
:26:00. > :26:05.hopeful Lewis Hamiltons can have a go themselves. Let's have a recount
:26:06. > :26:18.on the headlines. Scotland decides `
:26:19. > :26:20.millions head to the polls to cast The Deputy Prime Minister w`rns
:26:21. > :26:24.politicians in Hull who support the expansion of the city that
:26:25. > :26:26.bigger isn't necessarily better Tomorrow's weather `
:26:27. > :26:29.a dull damp and misty start with patchy drizzle, becoming
:26:30. > :26:44.a little brighter later with a risk Thank you for the messages. We were
:26:45. > :26:51.talking about smoking breaks. Hill in Grimsby said, leave us slokers
:26:52. > :26:57.alone. Another said the problem with smokers is that they have problems
:26:58. > :27:03.with others having breaks and hanging about the water cooler, as
:27:04. > :27:10.he puts it. Diane says I bet most smokers can sit on a plane for four
:27:11. > :27:13.hours, so why allow it at work? Why are smokers constantly pickdd on?
:27:14. > :27:18.The Government would collapse if no one smoked. Martin says thex should
:27:19. > :27:24.only be allowed in official break times, nonsmokers are not allowed to
:27:25. > :27:27.have more breaks. Chris says I wonder how many smokers would have
:27:28. > :27:32.cigarette breaks if they had money stopped from their wages for the
:27:33. > :27:37.time that they have a break. No willpower to last until thehr tea
:27:38. > :27:40.breaks! Thank you for those and for watching. Have a nice evening. I
:27:41. > :28:13.will be back at 10:25pm. Goodbye. MENACING VOICE: You will rob
:28:14. > :28:18.the Bank of Karabraxos.