21/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

Three cases lost, only one won in one of the biggest

claims for compensation against the Catholic Church.

The evidence that I've heard, the men crying in my office about their

cases, means that we will ultimately. It is the worst thing

you to be called a liar and we don't believe you. Despite a pay-out for

one that is disappointment for many at the High Court in Leeds.

Death by misadventure - the verdict on three men who died

Despite protests, Grimsby's ice rink is to close for good

after the council said it can't afford to run it.

Standing room only - as church-going falls

across the country, worshippers here buck the national trend.

And with some very strong winds expected for Friday and into the

Christmas weekend join me for the forecast.

A High Court judge has today awarded thousands

of pounds in compensation to a man abused at

Hundreds of men are suing the Catholic Church over historical

sex abuse at the St Williams approved school near Pocklington.

Three other men today lost their cases for compensation

at the High Court in Leeds and another claim will be

Our reporter Caroline Bilton is in Leeds this evening, how has

With great disappointment, Peter. It certainly has not been seen as a

positive outcome by the victims who were here at the High Court in Leeds

today. They waited 12 years to bring the civil case for compensation due

to legal wranglings over who was responsible to pay this

compensation. They have also sat through three successful criminal

prosecutions and the victims were hopeful those kids would rule and

the favour. One out of four are simply not good enough in their

eyes. They are a group of more than 200

men are suing the Catholic Church over claims they were abused at a

children's home in East Yorkshire over 30 years ago. Today judgment

was delivered for the first four cases. Only one claimant was

successful, not the outcome these men were hoping for. I am sick to

the guts about what has happened the day, not just for me but for the 240

other victims. It is not about compensation but about recognise

Asian. The home was run by

the Middlesbrough diocese It is these two Catholic

organisations that the former pupils 249 men are carrying out this

litigation but it has started Judgments were handed down

here at the High Court in Leeds The judge found only in favour

of one of the claimants. Today's judgment does not reflect on

the other children 45 cases that could still be heard. Those acting

on behalf of victims say they will appeal.

It has become a bit of a war of attrition this case and I'm

confident that the evidence that I have heard, the men crying

in my office about their cases, means we will succeed ultimately.

I still have to live the nightmares about this. It is the worst feeling

you can have, to be called a liar, we don't believe you. They were not

there. Niger was 13 when he was sent to the school. His case is still to

be heard. He was one of the boys the former

principal James Carragher abused. He has been jailed three times now

for physically and sexually The former chaplain,

Anthony McCallen, was jailed in January for abusing boys

in his care. The home was run by

the Middlesbrough diocese Today's judgment has not made Nigel

have any hope he will be compensated.

They should have been all five should have won.

They remain hopeful that the last judgment in the case will be ruled

in their favour. It was the time and difficulties involved in bringing

evidence that proves this abuse happened that cause these three

cases to be unsuccessful, according to one of the solicitors on behalf

of the victims today. He is calling for a change of the law and for the

justice system to work with victims rather than against them. The saga

continues into the New Year. Joining me now is Peter

Saunders, Chief Executive of The National Association

for People Abused in Childhood. What's your reaction to this award

of ?14,000 compensation awarded My heart goes out to those men who

have been very badly let down in my opinion. ?14,000 for one of them is

still a drop in the ocean. Compared to the suffering and misery that

this should have been considered for. And a thrill of compensation

not there at all. What we know is that these cases and institutions

that are at the heart of the case defend these actions vigorously.

They have all the resources in the world to employ the best barristers,

the best lawyers, to fight and I think that is really unfortunate

that is the waiters as the law stands. If this was an America that

those men would probably be looking at potentially damages running into

many hundreds of thousands. In this country compensation for these

dreadful crimes and miserly. Is compensation almost seen as

desperation to get some redress? I think that is what it is. When that

is little hope of any more criminal justice, if you like, and of course

in many cases that we have about and you have reported on yourselves, the

perpetrators are sometimes the longer year. Sometimes they are

dead. -- sometimes no longer here. In order to have a sense of closure

at the very least these institutions can do is compensate the victim

survivors adequately such that not only doesn't acknowledge the very

great harm done to them but the money itself will enable them to

move on the lives and gets some good therapy and maybe undertake some

education and just make life a little bit easier because every day

very about survivors living with a degree of misery and pain and

memories and I could hear this and the voices of those men that you

interviewed outside the court. Very interesting to talk about, thank you

very much for your time. We are most grateful to you.

In a moment: Military planning - hospital managers prepare for one

Illegal cigarettes were found at the scene of a house fire that

killed three Polish men in Spalding, an inquest has heard.

Investigators say it's likely that carelessly discarded smoking

material started the fire last April.

There was also evidence that smoke detectors at the property had been

On the night of the 30th April, fire devastated Leathercote House

The 18th century listed building was being rented out by the room,

Witnesses say they'd been drinking heavily all day.

It's one of the worst fires I have attended. The court heard that the

three men were all four times over the legal drink-driving limit when

they died. Witnesses said the men would regularly cover the smoke

detectors in their rooms to stop the lambs going off so they could smoke

indoors, something that was against the tenancy agreement.

The building was so badly damaged, little evidence of how the fire

But investigators believe it's likely that a carelessly dropped

These illegally imported cigarettes were found in one

of the men's bedrooms, and all were known to

To be sold legally in the UK, cigarettes must stop

Those that were recovered, failed safety tests.

It's not definitive, there is no such thing as a fire safer cigarette

in terms of a fire caused by cigarette but the likelihood is a

lot less by using shop bought tax paid cigarettes.

Lincolnshire Trading Standards says it's a continuing problem.

Trading Standards do work really hard to partner with Lincolnshire

Police to tackle the issue and it is one that we currently have seven

investigations pending for. South Lincolnshire Coroner Murray

Spittal told the inquest: "The blood ethanol levels found at postmortem

in all three victims would, more than likely, have severely

compromised their ability to rouse The coroner's conclusion was

that the men died by misadventure. But by habitually disabling smoke

detectors, they may have denied themselves early warning of the fire

that claimed their lives. The organiser of the opening event

of Hull's City of Culture year says Martin Green's comments come

after 12 people were killed in Berlin when a lorry was driven

into a crowded Christmas Market. 25,000 people are expected

to watch a fireworks display The safety of people who come to an

event as was paramount and obviously you watch closely events happening

in the rest of the world. We have a fabulous relationship with all the

blue light services and the security services so this is about good

planning. A surge in reports of illegal hare

coursing in Lincolnshire has led to police enforcing a special order

to disrupt the criminal activity. A dispersal order is in place

until seven o clock this evening which means officers can force those

suspected of the crime All of the residents

of a Lincolnshire care home, which was criticised in a report,

have been found The Limes at Scopwick near Lincoln

is being shut by its owners following a damning report

by the Care Quality Commission. The last of the 19

residents moved out today. Campaigners have won their fight

to keep a college nursery Hull College initially wanted to

close the childcare centre claiming But it's now accepted a business

plan which will allow it I'm pleased that they have

overturned their own decision and it proves that if you put

counterproposals forward, Lots of people in the trade union

movement say, oh, you know, it's a done deal and it's

going to close and I'm If you do nothing,

that's what will happen. In what's one of their busiest weeks

of the year, hospital managers in Lincoln say they're almost

at full capacity with few beds available...but

they do have plans to cope. The national target is for no more

than 85% to be occupied. But latest figures show on average

90% of beds are taken In Hull and East Yorkshire

the figure is above 89%. In Goole and Northern Lincolnshire

it's more than 80%. Our Health Correspondent

Vicky Johnson has been at Lincoln County Hospital today

to see, first hand, how they're Three times a day

managers get together at Lincoln County to discuss how

many patients they've got and who's This lunchtime out of 467

beds at the hospital - But there are patients waiting to be

admitted. When we see ambulances queuing

up outside hospitals - it's generally because there

are delays discharging We want to get the wards to be

moving patients as quickly and safely as possible off-site so then

we can move the patients and from a accident immensely banned as soon as

we can. It's Janet 's job to run round at the hospital several times

a day to see which wards if any have vacancies. We find out what patients

had been discharged and we update the board and find out what patients

are going home and are there any delays above results or scans, we

escalated back to the Centre team. The over 65 is make up the largest

part of the patient numbers. The frailty ward was officially

launched last week but already it's making a massive difference

as the the idea is to admit, treat and discharge patients

within a day or two at most. Once they come into hospital there

at more risk of hospital infections and falls in hospital and

decommissioning because they're not as mobile as it would be at home.

These patients agreed it would be better to be treated and discharged

as quickly as possible. I'm going home this afternoon. What you think

about that? I am pleased. The way I've been treated in the I feel it's

quite successful 22 go back to the care home.

Janet makes her last dash around the hospital around 7pm to see

what beds are available for any night time admissions.

And this whole process starts all over again tomorrow morning.

Thank you very much for watching this Wednesday night. Good to have

your company. Still ahead tonight:

Grimsby's ice rink will shut And the local church reversing the

trend of declining worshippers. This photo of Spurn Point

was taken by Ewan Smith. I wonder if polls New Year

resolution would be to Wear a tie. -- and New Year resolution for Paul.

Let's have a look at the headline. It looks like it will be bright with

some sunshine tomorrow and it looks like lovers will be dry. The main

emphasis of the next two days is the strength of when. You can see the

tightly packed Isa buyers on Christmas Day meaning it will have

deals. Also very mild. If that stays the same wooded of temperatures of

30 degrees on Christmas Day afternoon making it exceptionally

mild. In the short term you can see on the satellite picture there are

some good gaps in the cloud. Just the chance or one or two wet showers

coming through this evening and overnight but very much the

exception to the rule. I suspect most of us will be dry with clear

periods. There will be a fairly widespread ground frost.

Temperatures will be down from 1 degrees to three degrees in urban

areas and perhaps cereal countryside areas. The sun rises in the morning

at around about 20 past eight and your next tie what tower in

Bridlington is 20 minutes past ten tonight. -- high water time. There

will be lots of sunshine and just the chance of one of two fleeting

showers through the afternoon, particularly across western parts of

Yorkshire but it looks like Lincolnshire will be fine and sunny

and so will many eastern parts of Yorkshire. It will be chilly with

top temperature is around 6 degrees are seven Celsius. Friday will have

widespread deals ahead of a weather front bringing quite heavy rain for

a time on Friday afternoon and then the Christmas weekend, a lot of fine

and bright weather for some sunshine. Very strong winds and

eventually very mild. You're very rude to the woman who

wrote about the meteor. It ends more than 80 years of

sporting history and the time. The decision was taken at a meeting

this afternoon with Councillors blaming the increasing costs

of running the venue. What has made the difference today?

The short answer is money. In a building next to me that has been an

ice rink since 1975 but over the last two years it has become

apparent it is costing far too much to run and it is not bringing enough

money end. Let's take is back over the events of some of the events of

the last two years. In 2009 plans to knock it down and is was started by

a petition which had over 32,000 signatures. Later that year in the

middle of the debate about its future the ice rink received

official recognition for the quality of its lessons from the National ice

Skating Association. In June 2014 the ice rinks cooling system failed

forcing it to close for months. At that stage the council but Britain a

temporary ice plan which they say cost ?200,000 and say they were

looking for someone to take over the facility but they have not find

someone who can do it without they're still being a council

subsidy. This is against the background of continued government

cuts this ice rink as a luxury they cannot afford. It's not that were

not trying. We've been trying but there was no money to be found and

we just didn't have the funding because of the government taking

such large amounts of funding now and am talking about 70 million in

the last six years and were just finding it very different now to

provide the services that we want to. What do people think the impact

of this decision will be? There have been some very sad people here

today, Peter. Those quite a large protest before the council meeting

and a hundred or so people turned out to try to the council 's mind

but in the end it was a unanimous decision. There are thousands of

visitors made their shrinking share. The people will probably affect the

most of the people in the three adult and three junior hockey clubs

and other people train here. Those are the people who have nowhere to

go now. It will have a major effect. There are at least four or five ice

hockey teams who no longer have a home. It is a long way to go to the

nearest ice rink from you. The nearest one from Grimsby is Hull.

You can't expect people to travel there are three four times a week.

You deprive them of their sport and recreational activities. The

protesters say they will continue to fight this and they're hoping the

scrutiny committee of the council may call this decision and the

council says they will continue to look for summer job as place

commercially but in reality if that does not happen we're looking at

three months and this place will close.

Let us know what you think of this story.

Have the council made the right decision here.

If you're a regularly user of the Ice Arena

in Grimsby regularly, how will this news affect you?

What do you think of what you've heard? Maybe you are involved in one

of the groups. Hull's Ferens Art Gallery now has

an opening date following its ?4.5 Visitors will be able to see

the gallery's collection Paintings and sculptures started

being returned to the building two weeks ago following 15 months

of work to improve light Thanks to everyone who got in touch

after we told about a new level crossing in Lincoln which has upset

disability campaigners. Plans for a new footbridge

at Brayford Wharf no longer include Network Rail has defended the plans

suggesting people with disabilities Thank you for all the

responses on this topic. Phil in North Hykeham says:

"As my wife is in a wheelchair, we have decided to do

our shopping elsewhere. Lincoln High Street

is not disabled friendly Steve in Lincoln disagrees: "It's

not as if disabled folk Yes, they may have to wait

for the barriers, but on the nearby High Street crossing it's often

quicker to wait for the barriers And Brooke says: "I have

recently lost my mobility, and have begun to appreciate how

many buildings and public places are not adapted

to people in wheelchairs. They should supply a bridge that can

be used by all citizens." Thank you very much indeed for

those. For many people Christmas is one of the few times they go to a

church service. The number of people

going to church in England has But attendance in East Yorkshire

and Lincolnshire has remained the same, and in some

places even grown. Both traditional and more modern

churches in the area say it's because they're adapting to make

worship more relevant For many this is what a traditional

church should look like but St Nicholas' in

Lincoln has had to be We have recently distributed just

over 4000 colour post after every mailbox the package. We are also on

Facebook. And people say it's brought

a new sense of community. In some churches there seems to

better bus on them but not here. We are always made welcome.

Across the country weekly attendance at Church of England

services has fallen by nearly 4% in three years.

But in East Yorkshire numbers have held steady,

and in Lincolnshire it's actually increased by more than 7%.

And it's not just traditional churches here that are growing.

Revive Pentacostal Church in Hull has to meet in a school

It says services modern services appeal to more people.

Any organisation that its historic has a problem that must renew

itself. Every business and every church at the same. You must costly

being renewed in how your thinking and operating. And asked the

question am I been relevant today? And many say they were attracted

by the lack of convention I love the wash appear. -- washer.

-- washer. --Worship. And many churches agree

they don't have to be stuffy. Each year Reverend Matt Woodcock

lead carols singers through Hull's Old Town and speaks

to people usually more interested in cheap spirits

than the holy spirit. Church leaders here say they'll

continue to reach out to people in new ways -

and hope churches elsewhere can Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. German police launch

a Europe-wide manhunt for a suspect in the Christmas

market terror attack. A court awards thousands of pounds

of compensation to a man who claims he was abused

at an East Yorkshire school. Tomorrow's weather: Bright

and breezy with sunny Alison says "Kids won't have

anything to do soon if they keep June says "Such a shame,

yet again Grimsby decides to get rid of something good rather than trying

to find ways to support Marie says "Just keep taking things

away for the kids to do,no wonder they get into bother, Arthur says

32,000 people signed a petition This is where I learnt

to skate many years ago. Fond memories of the wonderful galas

where the top stars appeared The roads we walk have demons

beneath them... ..and yours have been waiting

for a very long time. What is this? We can't do this.

Is this supposed to be a game? I thought this was some

kind of... What? ..trick. Of course it's not a trick.

It's a plan. What's the very worst thing

you can do...