23/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

Prisoners getting high - ?500,000 worth of drugs

Prisoners are taking advantage of the system, because they know

Six months on, voters in Britain's most pro-Brexit town say they don't

We've just got too much foreign nationals.

It was the safer option to stay in for the country.

The first images of how a new football stadium

in Grimsby could look - including an ice arena.

A Christmas competition from the 1930s to decorate hospital

And I will be back with your festive forecast and looks quite windy. That

would be later in the programme. There are calls tonight

for the Government to do more to tackle drug misuse in prisons

in east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Look North has learned that around

?500,000 worth of drugs have been found at one

east Yorkshire prison The Ministry of Justice

says the contraband was found at HMP Humber

following intelligence-led searches. One charity has told us that drugs

are being thrown over prison walls Kate Sweeting has this

exclusive report. Aims rehabilitate. Now look north

have learned that over half ?1 million worth of drugs been seized

during the last three months. Corruption among the small number of

staff is certainly something we cannot rule out. We are seeing

drones being flown into prisons more prisons more and more and

increasingly large conversations. Many more packages I'm sure our

flying under the radar. In July 2015, concerns were raised but the

quantity of drugs in the present. at HMP Humber in a report

by Her Majesty's In a survey as part of that report

49% of prisoners said it was easy And 15% said they'd developed a drug

problem while at HMP Humber. On the back of that report,

the prison created an action plan to tackle the problem -

including increasing cell searches and improving substance misuse

services. A statement from the Ministry

of Justice said, "We know drugs in

prisons is an issue and we are taking unprecedented

action to tackle their This includes mandatory drug testing

for prisoners with extra time behind bars for those caught using banned

substances, tough new laws to deal with people smuggling

new psychoactive substances into jails and the increased use

of sniffer dogs and cell The prison service has faced

a series of challenges recently with disturbances in the last 24

hours in Swaleside prison in Kent, Birmingham earlier this month,

and last weekend there were disturbances at Hull Prison

after 15 inmates were transferred I am really concerned. I think what

people think prisoners think is that it is a soft touch nowadays. They

can get drugs into the prison estate, because there are a few

officers and the officers that either very often I inexperienced. I

think he blurted the advantage of that. The prison officers

Association told us today that one of their challenges is its large

perimeter with a shard of officers to police it. It's odd that in some

cases drugs are being thrown in. The Government is committed to tackling

this problem. -- a shortage of officers.

It's exactly six months since Britain voted to leave

Boston recorded the country's biggest vote in favour of Brexit.

Three-quarters of people in the Lincolnshire town said

Our political editor Tim Iredale has returned to Boston to as is the mood

Few were surprised when Boston voted heavily in favour of quitting

the town has been at the centre of the debate

about the pros and cons of immigration.

More than 75% of registered voters here chose to leave

Less than a quarter wanted to remain.

It was highest Leave vote recorded anywhere in the United Kingdom

Auditor Christopher Lewis was one of the many who voted

We've just got too much foreign nationals and it is just taking too

I thought it was the safer option to stay in for the country financially

and, yes, it was just more the stable option.

Local Government Officer Alex Wilson voted to leave.

Meanwhile, students Aisha and Clare voted

We should have our Borders controlled properly. I don't think

that there are enough people to do the job that Britain requires. I

want to be part of the seed that we had in the EU.

But six months on, how do people view that

Or are they happy with the way they voted?

No regrets at all, no. I am thinking of my children when they grow up.

The town is overcrowded. It is a shame. Think it was the stay for

option still to say in the European Union and its all the uncertainty

with it as well but is carrying on. No regrets. I'm not criticising the

people that are here, I'm thinking about the ones that shouldn't be

here illegally around the world. I do not regret. I wish more people

had voted that way. Sign the some people said afterwards that they

wish they had voted remain. You should've thought that before.

So few regrets in the town dubbed Britain's Brexit capital

after a year when our political landscape changed forever.

This is another story we'd like your views on.

Are you surprised that opinions remain the same as they did six

Have you changed your mind or, if the Referendum was re-run

tomorrow, would you vote in exactly the same way?

There is the e-mail address and the test number. -- text number.

Administrators have been appointed to act for a Lincolnshire food

processing company which closed yesterday.

75 workers at Fishgate in Brookenby are waiting

They discovered the company had closed from a note on the door.

West Lindsey District Council says it will do all it can to help them.

I'm sad for those families and as a council, we will

do our best to give advice and assistance where necessary.

We do have the whole team of people at the

Guildhall who are trained for giving advice on benefits, housing,

Very sad maze for those 75 workers. We will continue to follow the story

of the are any developments of the next few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who got in touch regarding shops being open

Every year, more than ?3 billion are spent

But there's a growing number of people who think shops shouldn't

On last night's programme, I spoke to the manager of St Stephen's

I think for those of us who work, it's a volunteers day.

Nobody is actually made to work, it's a

Everybody who's working is choosing to work?

A lot of people disagree with those comments which were made last night.

Thank you for all the e-mails and text, not just last night but

throughout the year. Here are a few. There was a very big response on

this story, even though we didn't actually ask for it. Thank you for

all of those. Thank you for watching.

The first images of how Grimsby Town's

A 1930s Christmas competition to decorate hospital

A little bit of history was made in Hull late this afternoon. I am

indebted to Mark Adams for sending this picture in.

This is The Sea Challenger arriving in Hull this afternoon,

ready to be loaded up with the first turbine blades from Siemens.

You don't have to wait until the New Year, I have a picture for you. You

showed that one of me looking glamorous last night. I found this

one on Twitter. What a handsome young chap. How old are you there?

21? I'm certainly not going into that. It was about 1989. You are

like a fine wine, you age very well. Is that a present on behalf of the

viewers? Thank you to everybody who got involved in that behind my back.

A little Christmas treat for everybody there. The Christmas

weekend is going to remain rather blustery, so he windy one rather

than a white one I'm afraid. There will be some sunshine around

tomorrow. Lincolnshire could get away with a mainly dry day, but it

is going to be blustery with strong and dry winds. On Christmas Day

there will be another storm system affecting the UK and that will bring

the rest of deals. Later in the day another short spell of quite heavy

rain. You can see all of this cloud associated with storm Barbara Witt

is going towards the north of Scotland now. It did bring strong

winds and a line of heavy rain which went through quite quickly and now

there are clear skies and cherries for the rest of the night. Cold and

blustery. The peak of the winds have eased, but it will be blustery

night. Temperatures dropping to around 45 degrees. The sun will rise

in the morning at 18 minutes past eight. Those are the waters along

because line. It will be blustery and will feel quite chilly. Fair a

few showers being blown in, mainly across Yorkshire and perhaps

Lincolnshire in the afternoon. Linkage gets away with a largely

derided. Sometime between the showers. It will be a little bit

chillier than it has been today. Single figures tomorrow around seven

or 8 degrees. A cool Christmas Eve. In warning for winds later on

Christmas Day, risk of deals and heavy wind then. Look at the

temperature for Christmas Day. 13 degrees. It will be very mild,

fairly cloudy, strong winds, every rain later and settling down for the

next week. I was just looking to see if I could get a refund at the

expensive gift I got cheaper Christmas. I can get some money back

after what you dusted to me. Have a good Christmas. You are cruel.

Officials at Grimsby Town say their proposed new stadium

should secure their future in the modern game.

The comments come as pictures of what it will look

But the plans are still being met with some opposition.

Yunus Mulla as been looking at the story.

What more do we know that this evening? When the Grimsby town sign

that agreement with the National development of extreme leisure

earlier this year after a site was identified by north-east

Lincolnshire Council, attention focused on what a ?55 million scheme

could possibly look like. We now have a better idea of that, because

images of this new stadium have been released today. The future home of

the mariners could look like this if the club and its developers get

their way. The vision of a new community stadium just a few miles

from its current home here at Blundell Park. There is no doubt

that if you look at all football clubs who have relocated to new

stadiums, they always seems to be a feel-good factor surrounding those,

not just at the fit while club, but in the town itself. There will be a

14,000 capacity stadium, 1600 new houses, small shops and fast-food

outlets and other sports and leisure 's facilities including an ice rink.

The current ground is showing its age and a new stadium would bring

better facilities, employment and investment. Any ground has been

talked about for many years. The supporters of the club know all too

well. The current scheme is in its early stages, it strives to go

through full planning and confirmation process. There are

objections. Some claim current proposals are more hype than detail.

Them the development would be in the wrong place. I will fight it till

the very end. It is not right to bulldoze over every body like

feelings, and nature. Is supposed to be protected ground, that is the

green belt. The ghazals as a strict policy will be followed when there

is the potential for public grown to be used. A thing because of done it

any better location. You have to consider the residence and the fact

that his very close to the crematorium. I wouldn't mind if it

was there, but I think the locals might. It affected personally. More

details plans are expected to be presented in the New Year. The

history of this club tells us that we should expect attentional issues

in the near future, but the club is confident that they have the right

development and they say this could be the beginning of the end of their

search for a new stadium, but as he heard there from objectors, they say

they want more detail, because as far as they are is concerned, the

stadium is more hype than detail. Let us know what you

think of this story. Would this be a good

move for Grimsby Town These plans still have to be fully

discussed by the Council so no Hull City have activated contract

extensions for several players including Robert Snodgrass who's

been linked with a move away Speaking at this morning's

Press Conference ahead of the Boxing Day match

against Manchester City, Mike Phelan said he was determined

to keep players at the club Well, what we've done

with not just Robert, with a few of the players here,

we've exercised options that We are ongoing in

negotiations with those players and at this present moment

in time, all those players are A 78-year-old Trophy has been

rediscovered in the archives at a Hull hospital and,

as a result, a Christmas In 1938 a hospital doctor introduced

the prize for the most But the annual contest

was forgotten about, Oh, how dreary hospital wards

can be at Christmas. But not all of them - at Castle Hill

hospital in Cottingham and Hull Royal Infirmary,

at least 12 wards have been battling it out to be crowned

the best decorated thanks to this little, rediscovered

trophy, the Dr Hermon Cup. It was originally awarded back

in 1938 to the best decorated ward And it was named after Dr Richard

Hermon, an Honorary Radiologist who worked in the city

between the 1920's and 1940s, but since the trophy's been found

again in the Trust Archive, a staff member has now

discovered that Dr Hermon Is quite an unusual spelling,

because I think that a lot of people want to spell it differently. Its

jacket like a mile, I just couldn't believe it.

Of course, the competition has now started again too,

so who's won, well, not the North Pole.

We are very devastated. We already ordered the Cabinet for the cups ago

in next year and we were even thinking of employing Father next

year. Tee next year we are already planning. It has been such a big

morale boost. Challenge is on. This is the cup, what they have been

fighting for, what the competition has been resurrected for. Candy

canes and a Christmas present or remit the 2016 winners, Ward 11.

CHEERING We came up with the national Elf

service as the theme. The patients have absolutely loved being on board

with a bit of Christmas spirit back onto the words. It's been amazing.

Whatsit of difference does it make? A lot, a lot. I had my operation

yesterday. Writing like got to join in. The gibbous hats. And taking it

out with me. I'm going out tonight in it. Nobody else wants it. Word

11, were the winners for now. Well done to them. That's a good

evenings all our friends are at the hospital. Responses to our Brexit

report, Joe says the town of Boston was ill-prepared for the scale of

change. I don't blame them for wanting out of the EU. Another

person says I think the result of this will cause immense harm in the

long run. Another says I voted league and have no regrets. We will

emerge a stronger independent country who can make our own laws

are not have to answer to some pace was Europeans. Chris says Harriet

and get us out. Helen says no regrets I voted out and cant wait

It's only a few days until Hull begins its year as the UK's City

of Culture and you'll remember that, in October, the BBC held auditions

to find the "Face of Hull," someone who would report on events

That someone is Kofi Smiles and here's his first guide

I'm Kofi Smile and welcome to Hull, the UK City of Culture for 2017.

I'm the BBC's face of Hull, which means I'll

be keeping you up-to-date on everything that's going to be

Harold 2017 is a year-round programme packed full

of hair raising, gobsmacking and breathtaking events.

You can follow it all on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

YouTube, BBC Radio Humberside and Look North.

There's so much going on and I'm so excited.

It's for theatre and it's all online.

I'll tell you now, it's dystopic, it's creepy

The Humber Bridge will be turned into a

giant musical instrument by Opera North.

Hull will host the Turner Prize, Women of the World Festival

The No Limits programme is going to inspire

Plus, some of our regular local events, like the Hull Folk

and Maritime Festival, the Humber Street Sesh

and the Freedom Festival are getting super-sized for 2017,

making them bigger and better than they already are.

And I'll be your guide through the entire thing.

Whether you're here in Hull or anywhere else in the world,

expect regular reccommendations, insightful interviews and a bit

We'll be seeing a lot more of Kofi in the weeks to come.

And if you'd like to see more before the start of the New Year,

then head to bbc.co.uk/hull2017, there's lots on there

to whet your appetite ahead of the 1st of January.

We wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

We will have bulletins over the festive period,

but tonight we leave you with The Hull Freedom Chorus

performing in the City's Guildhall, with a song which has

become the unofficial anthem for City of Culture.

# Are you ready for the time of your life?

# Are you ready for the time of your life?

# Hand in hand we'll take the caravan to the harbour land

# Now the children of the world can see

# This is a better place for us to be

# One by one we're going to stand up and cry

# From the highest mountain and valley low

# We'll be landing in a world of peace

# It's all right, all right # Let go from your heart hand

# Are you ready for the time of your life?#

Christmas is about family. I'll have that.