27/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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The Scunthorpe-born actress, Liz Smith has died, aged 95.

She was best known for playing Nana in the BBC Sitcom the Royle Family.

Born Betty Gleadle in 1921, she didn't take up acting

professionally until she was almost 50 - but since then the roles

Liz Smith has appeared on our screens for around four decades,

famous now for playing hislarious old women.

But her roots were here in North Lincolnshire.

A lead and did not take it up properly until she was in her 50s.

That's why she came to writing late. She had a difficult childhood,

brought up by her grandparents when her mother died in childbirth

and her father remarried. She moved to London

after meeting her first husband, but when the marriage broke down

she was left alone to raise two children on a series

of part-time jobs. She got her big break

when she was nearly 50, Scunthorpe amateur actress

Rachel Elliot says She was a great talent, absolutely

fantastic and she manage to also a twinkle in her eye even when she was

playing serious flaws. There was humoured her.

Today people in Scunthorpe said they're proud to

I really liked her, I think a lot of people did.

I think she stole a lot of people's hearts.

It was a nice programme to watch, you know.

It is something that feels like a real family.

Did you know she was from round here?

It is nice to think that she was because she is a good actress,

To the world Liz Smith will be forever remembered as Nana

from the Royale Family, But in North Lincolnshire She'll

also be known as one of the county's most successful exports.

A company from Hull that creates temporary bungalows that can be

built in a matter of hours, says it's had big interest

from local councils trying to house people.

The so-called "urban bungalow" is manufactured

at a factory in Hull, but can then be taken across

One housing trust in Shropshire is already trialling the idea

to cope with their long housing waiting list.

Adding the finishing touches, to something that could help local

councils house their tenants of the future.

Built in this factory in Hull, then transported on the back of a lorry,

the so-called urban bungalow can be built in a day.

And with more than a million people on the housing

waiting list in England, many authorities are

It can cover a lot of social problems that local authorities

councils face such as clearly worse and vulnerable adults and for the

homeless and elderly. It is one box that you looked into position and

that is it, you have a house. The company make about ?7 of those homes

a year and usually I used as holiday accommodation. The very think there

are other uses. And in Shropshire, one housing trust

is already trialling the product. It is a lie for 60 years and it

meets all the building regs. -- it is lasting for 60 years.

It's not the first time local councils have used

In the 1940s, prefabricated houses were put up all over Britain to cope

with a shortage of accommodation after the war, and although they

gained a bad reputation some survived for decades.

And more recently in 2014 The Brighton Housing trust converted

36 shipping containers into temporary houses

And councils recognise there is a need for more houses.

There are more than one million people on the housing

and 68,000 people are living in temporary accommodation.

The government estimates that 230,000 new houses need

to be built every year, a target that local authorities

Councils recognise there is a need for more houses.

people on the housing waiting list in England.

more than 1,000 are waiting for a council house.

And in Hull, there are more than 12,000

In Hull, the company says because of the interest

in the Urban Bungalow, they're expanding their work

For them, it's a new market, but for some people,

Bottles of counterfit vodka containing dangerous chemicals have

Trading Standards are warning people to be wary

of buying fake vodka, after some bottles they tested

The chemical can cause nausea, dizziness and other health problems.

The number of people driving while under the influence of drugs

is still too high according to Lincolnshire Police

Nine people were caught in the first three weeks of December.

The police say more officers have been trained to detect drug use

The first morning and it will be here's Paul Hudson with the details.

The first morning and it will be slow to clearing places. Everywhere

in temperatures struggling to four or 5 degrees. There is a fast file

in the morning. I'm back at ten past 11

with a round up of the day's news. Good evening. It's a wintry night

out there. Temperatures as low as minus three in