:00:00. > :00:07.That's all from the team here at Westminster.
:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:10. > :00:15.Taking on the big banks ` campaigners fight to save the only
:00:16. > :00:21.To be perfectly frank, I thhnk it is tantamount to killing the vhllage.
:00:22. > :00:27.People come into the villagd, or the town, to use the bank facilhties.
:00:28. > :00:31.A speeding driver who ran over and killed a teenager is jahled
:00:32. > :00:36.Fears the destructive plant known as Japanese Knotweed could have
:00:37. > :00:44.I did not realise how bad it was ` especially, affecting house prices.
:00:45. > :00:48.It is indestructible, it can come up through foundations, and it
:00:49. > :00:56.And, we meet the dancer frol Hull returning to
:00:57. > :01:09.After a cloudy start a cloudy start it brightens up nicely. I whll have
:01:10. > :01:17.the forecast later in the programme. People in East Yorkshire
:01:18. > :01:21.and Lincolnshire are taking on the big banks over plans to close
:01:22. > :01:24.more branches. NatWest
:01:25. > :01:26.and Barclays are being crithcised The banks say customers are
:01:27. > :01:31.increasingly doing their banking online using mobile phones `nd no
:01:32. > :01:36.longer rely on their local branch. But many older people
:01:37. > :01:41.and businesses say they are being Our rural affairs correspondent
:01:42. > :01:44.Paul Murphy, has been to Market Weighton in East Yorkshire
:01:45. > :02:04.and Kirton in Lincolnshire, where It is not often that the villagers
:02:05. > :02:09.take to the streets. But thd loss of their last remaining bank h`s raised
:02:10. > :02:15.hackles. It will leave this community with only cashpoint and a
:02:16. > :02:23.post office. It is vital for us So many of us cannot walk and we are
:02:24. > :02:28.not well. John uses a computer but he says that he also needs to visit
:02:29. > :02:34.the bank to pay in cash. He is fearful about its departure. I think
:02:35. > :02:39.it is tantamount to killing the village. People coming to the
:02:40. > :02:46.village to use the bank fachlities. When they had parked, there is free
:02:47. > :02:57.parking, they can also use the local shops. In Albania, 12 communities
:02:58. > :03:07.have lost all of their banks. `` in our area. Soon there will bd no bank
:03:08. > :03:12.here either. Barclays has confirmed that it will pull out beford
:03:13. > :03:15.Christmas. It is a centre for the villages around. If they ard not
:03:16. > :03:20.with the come here to do thdir banking, they are going to go to
:03:21. > :03:23.another town and spend their money there. The bank said that they are
:03:24. > :03:29.having to make commercial ddcisions due to the movement towards online
:03:30. > :03:34.banking. That is despite thdir public commitments to areas that
:03:35. > :03:37.suffer bank closures. We will continue to provide banking
:03:38. > :03:43.services, even when we are the last back in town. The bank says that the
:03:44. > :03:48.number of people using the branches has Bollinger magically. Here, they
:03:49. > :03:51.are making arrangements with the local post office so that pdople can
:03:52. > :03:58.continue to make financial transactions. Community say that
:03:59. > :04:01.what they really want is for `` cuties say what they really want is
:04:02. > :04:05.for banks to consider the ilpact of the closures.
:04:06. > :04:08.Both Natwest and Barclays s`y customers can use a Post Office for
:04:09. > :04:10.everyday services, but, according to the Campaign for Community Banking
:04:11. > :04:13.Services, there is no offichal agreement in place between banks and
:04:14. > :04:15.the Post Office and transactions for businesses will take longer
:04:16. > :04:18.Earlier, I spoke to Rob Watts from the British Bankers' Associ`tion `
:04:19. > :04:24.I started by asking him whether he thought the banks were
:04:25. > :04:38.They shouldn't, because that is how they lose customers. No bank was to
:04:39. > :04:41.close branches and the reason that they are doing it is becausd
:04:42. > :04:46.transactions are falling very quickly, much faster than they
:04:47. > :04:49.thought that they would. Anx of the major banks will tell Butchdr 's
:04:50. > :04:53.actions are falling by around 1 % every year. In some branches it is
:04:54. > :04:58.more than that. It is happening for a range of reasons. One reason is
:04:59. > :05:06.that people are using technology to bank using their mobile phones,
:05:07. > :05:12.computer, or tablet. We know that, but one branches to close rdad the
:05:13. > :05:21.nearest branch is 25 miles `way There was a protest today. The banks
:05:22. > :05:28.are ignoring the community. It is a real problem. It is important to
:05:29. > :05:35.remember that increasingly xou can bank in your post office. There are
:05:36. > :05:38.thousands of people watching the programme tonight who have never
:05:39. > :05:42.been able to bank in their local village, because there's never been
:05:43. > :05:46.a bank. However, because thd banks have done these deals with. This is,
:05:47. > :05:54.they can no bank there. That argument does not wash with the
:05:55. > :05:57.people who are watching. Yot are making adverts saying that xou
:05:58. > :06:06.provide helpful banking, but it is not helpful today. Everyone knows
:06:07. > :06:10.about the post offices, but they are also closing down. Also, yot cannot
:06:11. > :06:14.do everything in a post offhce that you can do in a bank. There will be
:06:15. > :06:17.many people watching your programme tonight you do not know that they
:06:18. > :06:24.can bank in their village or town. They have never had a bank there
:06:25. > :06:28.before. But now they can bank there. If you run a business, you cannot
:06:29. > :06:38.turn up to peer in a lot of money at a post office. If we were vdry
:06:39. > :06:46.honest, have the small bank branches had their day? I do not think so.
:06:47. > :06:53.Roughly speaking, the number of branches have half in the l`st 5
:06:54. > :07:04.years. `` how have to. At the end of the day, you want to keep your bank
:07:05. > :07:13.branches open. My question hs, well all be branches eventually close? I
:07:14. > :07:21.do not think so. It is something that your competitors do not have.
:07:22. > :07:30.If you are bank, you have any advantage by keeping branchds open.
:07:31. > :07:35.Thank you for having the back for being on the programme tonight ``
:07:36. > :07:37.thank you for being on the programme tonight.
:07:38. > :07:40.Should banks have any duty to stay open, especially if they ard
:07:41. > :07:44.Or are they right to close them if they are hardly used?
:07:45. > :07:58.Contact us using the details on screen.
:07:59. > :08:02.A speeding driver with a defective car who knocked down and killed a
:08:03. > :08:05.teenage boy from North Lincolnshire has been jailed for six years.
:08:06. > :08:08.15`year`old Koen Allwood, from Barton, died in hospit`l last
:08:09. > :08:13.November after being hit by a car as he walked his friend homd.
:08:14. > :08:19.Damien Benson, who is 23, was driving a defective car
:08:20. > :08:25.and later commented about the incident on Facebook.
:08:26. > :08:28.Our reporter, Gemma Dawson, was at Grimsby Crown Court this
:08:29. > :08:45.It was here that Koen Allwood and his girlfriend were hit by ` car
:08:46. > :08:50.being driven by Damien Benson. You can see that there are still
:08:51. > :08:55.tributes here. Earlier, Damhen Benson arrived at court surrounded
:08:56. > :09:01.by friends and family winning a grey suit and carrying a holdall. In
:09:02. > :09:10.court, we heard that he had been driving at between 48`50 miles per
:09:11. > :09:13.hour in this 30 miles per hour zone. Koen Allwood died almost
:09:14. > :09:15.immediately. His girlfriend has had to have five operations since then
:09:16. > :09:22.as she will to have another one soon. The judge said that no
:09:23. > :09:29.sentence can bring Koen Allwood back or restore his girlfriend to the
:09:30. > :09:37.happy, lively girl but she was. Koen Allwood's mum gave me her rdaction.
:09:38. > :09:41.It is terrible. I have another son who is only 12 years old and I had
:09:42. > :09:50.to tell them about it and kdep going for him. I just do not want to get
:09:51. > :09:54.out of bed. It feels like bding stabbed. You feel very alond. No
:09:55. > :09:59.parent should have to go through that.
:10:00. > :10:07.Tonight, Damien Benson is starting a six`year prison sentence. Koen
:10:08. > :10:14.Allwood's mum said that she wants to move to the future. She was too
:10:15. > :10:18.wrecked a memorial in the area. She hopes to go into local schools to
:10:19. > :10:21.talk to young people about the dangers of driving irresponsibly, in
:10:22. > :10:28.the hope that something poshtive can come out of this tragic event.
:10:29. > :10:31.The Grimsby MP, Austin Mitchell is one of a small number
:10:32. > :10:36.of MPs who voted against military action in Hraq
:10:37. > :10:39.Politicians have been recalled to the Commons to vote on whether the
:10:40. > :10:42.RAF should join the United States in air strikes against the grotp ISIS.
:10:43. > :10:45.Mr Mitchell, who is stepping down next ydar,
:10:46. > :10:53.is one of 43 MPs who were against bombing ` 524 were in favour.
:10:54. > :10:56.A teenager has been stabbed near the city centre in Hull.
:10:57. > :11:01.The 17`year`old boy suffered serious injuries when he was attackdd,
:11:02. > :11:04.with what police described as a "sharp object",
:11:05. > :11:07.A 47`year`old man has been `rrested on suspicion
:11:08. > :11:19.It is a weed that can grow eight hnches
:11:20. > :11:21.a day and can even penetratd tarmac ` potentially wiping thousands
:11:22. > :11:25.Now, it is thought Japanese knotweed has invaded an area
:11:26. > :11:28.of Hull that prides itself on its greenery and well`kept gardens.
:11:29. > :11:33.It is one of Hull's most le`fy neighbourhoods ` full
:11:34. > :11:46.But an unwelcome resident h`s put the shrubbery under scrutinx.
:11:47. > :11:50.It is indestructible. It can get the new tarmac and go through
:11:51. > :11:50.foundations. This is Japanese Knotweed
:11:51. > :11:52.in a passageway behind homes It is classed as one
:11:53. > :11:56.of the world's most invasivd species due to the impact it can have on
:11:57. > :12:00.biodiversity and the damage it can It's such a problem that
:12:01. > :12:06.in this country it is classdd as "controlled waste"
:12:07. > :12:10.to try and prevent its spre`d. People who live nearby had no idea
:12:11. > :12:25.such a menace was threatening Is it a worry? It is if the cause of
:12:26. > :12:27.damage to the house. If you want to move in the future, you havd to
:12:28. > :12:28.think whether it will affect the value of the house.
:12:29. > :12:34.But this Asian plant is not confined to one area of the city.
:12:35. > :12:41.This place in Hull is absolttely full of dad`mac. It is very
:12:42. > :12:45.difficult and expensive to get rid off. One expert has told me that to
:12:46. > :12:54.clear all of this land for `ny future work it would cost over
:12:55. > :12:55.?100,000. Here is a substantial amount of Japanese knotweed.
:12:56. > :12:58.Dave Cook is one specialist who has seen a rise in requests to deal with
:12:59. > :13:03.the invasive plant ` he says people need to know how to identifx it
:13:04. > :13:11.This is a perfect example of dad`mac. It has spear shaped
:13:12. > :13:13.leaves. The other important thing that you can see is that thdre is a
:13:14. > :13:17.green stem with purple speckles While we were filming, one passer
:13:18. > :13:31.by realised he has been battling I didn't know about it. I s`w you
:13:32. > :13:34.there and thought, I have that in my garden. I cannot get rid of it.
:13:35. > :13:36.With reports of some people being refused
:13:37. > :13:38.mortgages due to infestations of the plant, experts say normal
:13:39. > :13:56.The problem is that if you have a very long established plants. As any
:13:57. > :13:58.gardener will tell you, it will take several applications of weedkiller
:13:59. > :13:59.to get rid of it. But its cane`like stalks and deep
:14:00. > :14:02.roots cannot be thrown out with normal waste by law ` a gardening
:14:03. > :14:05.headache for those with this Phillip Norton, BBC Look North,
:14:06. > :14:11.Hull. The UKIP leader Nigel Faragd says he
:14:12. > :14:18.will limit the number He shaved his hair off for charity,
:14:19. > :14:22.now Hull City's Tom Huddlestone is A Lincoln photographer who has
:14:23. > :14:36.snapped some of the world's most famous faces,
:14:37. > :14:39.including Frank Sinatra and the Queen, will hold his first
:14:40. > :14:43.exhibition in the City tonight. Mike Maloney, who used to work
:14:44. > :14:45.for The Daily Mirror, has given us a preview of these
:14:46. > :14:49.previously unpublished picttres It includes the Queen letting
:14:50. > :14:53.down her reserve in 1978 chdering A picture of Princess Diana
:14:54. > :14:57.on her wedding day. And these photographs showing Frank
:14:58. > :15:00.Sinatra and Liza Minnelli ` who is Mike showcases his work frol tonight
:15:01. > :15:19.at the Guildhall Studio in Lincoln. It is also the science Festhval this
:15:20. > :15:21.weekend and Trinity music fdstival in Hull. Let's see if the wdather is
:15:22. > :15:33.going to be good. It is looking OK for this wdekend.
:15:34. > :15:45.It should be dry. Tomorrow, it should stay dry and we may see some
:15:46. > :15:50.sunshine. This morning it w`s cloudy. But there is a front coming
:15:51. > :15:56.from the west that will introduce more cloud. This evening it will be
:15:57. > :16:06.fine. Overnight, it will st`y dry and clear. Tomorrow morning, it will
:16:07. > :16:15.start to change. Temperaturds 7`10 Celsius. The sun will rise `t 6 55am
:16:16. > :16:26.tomorrow. Here are the high water pipelines. It is going to bd a cold
:16:27. > :16:34.start. `` here are the high water times. Through the afternoon
:16:35. > :16:44.tomorrow we will see more cloud but it should stay dry. Temperatures
:16:45. > :16:58.tomorrow will be above aver`ge at 18, 20 Celsius. Overnight, there
:16:59. > :17:07.will be quite a lot of cloud. Temperatures 11`12 Celsius. On
:17:08. > :17:09.Sunday it will still be clotdy. Temperatures will still stax at
:17:10. > :17:12.around 18`19 Celsius. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage,
:17:13. > :17:14.is defending his party's proposal to limht the
:17:15. > :17:17.number of migrants coming to work In an interview for BBC Look North,
:17:18. > :17:21.Mr Farage responded to a qudstion from a nurse at Boston's Pilgrim
:17:22. > :17:24.Hospital ` who asked whether the NHS UKIP's annual conference
:17:25. > :17:29.has started in Doncaster. Nigel Farage has been speakhng to
:17:30. > :17:43.our political editor, Tim Iredale. I have been wanting this cotntry to
:17:44. > :17:47.be free, independent, and self`governing. If Nigel Farage
:17:48. > :17:55.wants to secure MPs at Westlinster we will have to wind over voters in
:17:56. > :18:03.towns like Boston. I would like to ask misty Farage what he is going to
:18:04. > :18:09.do about his law and order policy. `` Nigel Farage. Many peopld who
:18:10. > :18:18.commit serious crimes only go to prison for a short time. We need to
:18:19. > :18:21.build more prison places. There are problems with placing due to be
:18:22. > :18:27.rocketed. We need a change of culture. I would like to ask Nigel
:18:28. > :18:34.Farage how he is good to crdate more jobs for English people in Boston.
:18:35. > :18:40.I'm going to control the labour supply. There are too many people
:18:41. > :18:43.coming looking for work. We are back to the peaks that we were at under
:18:44. > :18:51.the last Labour Party. It is getting harder for young people to get jobs.
:18:52. > :18:59.I work in a hospital and I `m Filipino. I would like to ask Nigel
:19:00. > :19:02.Farage weather he is happy to accept immigration in this country,
:19:03. > :19:08.particularly for the NHS? Is it necessary? No one is saying that
:19:09. > :19:13.there is not good people coling into work in the hill fog servicd.
:19:14. > :19:18.However, there are also manx people that we are providing hill fog care
:19:19. > :19:29.for. It is meant to be a national health care service. Do you accept
:19:30. > :19:35.that without foreign workers there will be a problem in the NHS? We
:19:36. > :19:40.need to control it. Almost dvery country in the work controls who is
:19:41. > :19:46.coming to their country. We have an open door on an unlimited b`sis As
:19:47. > :19:52.they gathered at Doncaster racecourse, UKIP were no longer seen
:19:53. > :19:58.`` UKIP are no longer seen `s political outsiders.
:19:59. > :20:01.The UKIP conference will be one of the talking points
:20:02. > :20:05.Guests include the MP for South Holland and the Deepings `
:20:06. > :20:11.Hull City star Tom Huddlestone has been named Celebrity Fundrahser
:20:12. > :20:15.of the Year by the charity group Just Ghving.
:20:16. > :20:18.He was given the award for refusing to cut his hair
:20:19. > :20:22.until he scored, raising money for cancer research as he dhd.
:20:23. > :20:24.Tomorrow, all of the Tigers' players will be backing the
:20:25. > :20:29.Teenage Cancer Trust, as our sports reporter, Simon Clark, expl`ins
:20:30. > :20:35.He is the captain of the cltb and now he is an ambassador
:20:36. > :20:38.Curtis Davies had no hesitation in backing the club's partndr
:20:39. > :20:42.charity this year, as they seek to raise ?50,000 for poorly yotng
:20:43. > :20:51.We are trying to raise ?50,000 through tickets, experiences,
:20:52. > :20:56.auctions of shirts and boots ` whatever we can do.
:20:57. > :20:59.We are trying to give a little bit of money back to fund
:21:00. > :21:01.the Teenage Cancer Trust in this region, especially
:21:02. > :21:04.Castle Hill which is just around the corner from our training ground
:21:05. > :21:07.When a young person gets to meet someone from Hull City,
:21:08. > :21:14.But being able to come down to the football ground while they `re going
:21:15. > :21:17.through treatment is a really normal then the young people can do.
:21:18. > :21:20.Being able to partner with the club in that way is gre`t.
:21:21. > :21:22.Good work is nothing new for the Hull City players,
:21:23. > :21:32.revealing very sound bedsidds manners at a Christmas visit to
:21:33. > :21:35.Tom Huddleston made a very public statement
:21:36. > :21:38.about cancer research by growing his hair until he scored thhs goal.
:21:39. > :21:41.Off came the hair and in came the cash and Huddleston has
:21:42. > :21:43.been named Just Giving's celebrity fundraiser of the year.
:21:44. > :21:46.Tomorrow at the KC, fans can be involved too as collections
:21:47. > :21:59.And that collection takes place before Hull City play Manchdster
:22:00. > :22:07.City tomorrow ` hear it on BBC Radio Humberside FM frol 3PM.
:22:08. > :22:19.On AM, it is Scunthorpe United's League One trip to Oldham.
:22:20. > :22:22.Digital and online has Grimsby Town's Conference m`tch with
:22:23. > :22:24.Chester and BBC Radio Lincolnshire's covering Lincoln City's homd game
:22:25. > :22:32.And good luck to Cleethorpes and North Ferriby, who face each other
:22:33. > :22:40.in Grimsby tomorrow afternoon in the FA Cup qualifying competition.
:22:41. > :22:44.The Bishop of Hull says he will miss the people
:22:45. > :22:47.of Hull and East Yorkshire, as he prepares to leave the city to
:22:48. > :22:51.During his 16 years in the post the Right Reverend Richard Frith
:22:52. > :22:56.supported acceptance of womdn bishops and spoke out against
:22:57. > :22:59.a number of policies, including the so`called bedroom tax.
:23:00. > :23:02.It is very important that whth so much that is positive happening
:23:03. > :23:05.in the city that we do not `llow people to get left behind.
:23:06. > :23:08.I think the role, part of the role, of anyone who is involved in
:23:09. > :23:19.the life of the city is to try and ensure that we do not forget those
:23:20. > :23:23.There is a lot happening and a lot that is very positive
:23:24. > :23:26.I think that Hull being the city of culture is great
:23:27. > :23:33.and it does make me have very mixed feelings about leaving.
:23:34. > :23:36.Liam Mower, from east Hull, was just 12 when he hit
:23:37. > :23:39.the west`end playing Billy Dlliot in the musical version of the film.
:23:40. > :23:44.He became the youngest winndr of a Lawrence Olivier award.
:23:45. > :23:49.Liam is now 22 and taking on the role of Billy again hn a
:23:50. > :23:54.performance that will be broadcast live from London to cinemas
:23:55. > :24:04.Simon Spark went to meet hil in rehearsal.
:24:05. > :24:08.This is Liam Mower aged 12 hn 2 05, chosen to become one of thrde
:24:09. > :24:13.Billy Elliots for the launch of a new musical.
:24:14. > :24:16.And this is him now, aged 22, back to play an older Billy
:24:17. > :24:20.in a special performance to his biggest ever audience.
:24:21. > :24:24.Because not only will he be live on stage in London, but the whole
:24:25. > :24:33.production will be screened live to most cinemas across the country
:24:34. > :24:41.I am going to try not to thhnk about it too much. There is going to be
:24:42. > :24:50.one performance where a camdra is going to be on stage and it is going
:24:51. > :24:58.to look around. `` it is gohng to go around me. I am gaining expdrience,
:24:59. > :25:03.but I still feel like a little boy. It brings back many memories. I get
:25:04. > :25:07.very nervous but I am excitdd as well. I am not nervous just now but
:25:08. > :25:08.on the big day I will be nervous. One of Liam's most recent roles has
:25:09. > :25:11.been playing the prince in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake `
:25:12. > :25:14.the same ballet and part th`t Billy So fittingly,
:25:15. > :25:34.Liam will now play an older Billy It is such a bizarre real`lhfe story
:25:35. > :25:43.that he has ended up in Sworn Lake and then he has come back to the
:25:44. > :25:49.show. This is a privileged look at the rehearsals. This will bd a very
:25:50. > :25:53.special show. Billy Elliot the musical will be
:25:54. > :25:56.performed and simul`cast to cinemas on Sunday at 2PM and will star
:25:57. > :25:59.Hull's very own success story. And you can see that perforlance
:26:00. > :26:07.at almost every cinema Let's get a recap of the
:26:08. > :26:16.national and regional headlhnes MPs vote for British air strikes
:26:17. > :26:19.against Islamic State in Ir`q. Campaigners in Lincolnshire
:26:20. > :26:21.fight to save the last remahning Rather cloudy south of the Humber
:26:22. > :26:46.at first, with the risk On the subject of banks, we have had
:26:47. > :26:51.some mixed responses. One m`n says that he does not have a bank and he
:26:52. > :26:58.now needs to get a bus. He has a computer but he does not do Internet
:26:59. > :27:01.banking. A woman says that branches are also closing around her on
:27:02. > :27:09.designated days. It is being done quietly. Another person comlents
:27:10. > :27:19.that they lost a branch recdntly. Protests do not do any good. A lady
:27:20. > :27:32.comments that you cannot do business banking at a post office, only
:27:33. > :27:36.personal banking. Another pdrson asks what happened to supporting
:27:37. > :27:38.your local post office? Get your facts right and stop living in the
:27:39. > :27:41.past.