29/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

we are back with the late news at 11pm, now on BBC One it's time

Three days until Hull becomes the UK City of Culture for 2017,

the man in charge says people will be amazed by what's on offer

The year officially launches at 4pm this Sunday with a seven-day event

called Made in Hull, which uses large-scale projectors

to display 100 years of the city's history on public buildings.

We wanted to do something to open which was free,

It runs for seven nights from the 1st to the 7th of January,

This is a great story of the city being told in dynamic and unusual

ways and I think people will find a lot to inspire, interest

Police have released the name of a man who died in a crash

David Lamming, who was 63 and from Goxhill, crashed his van

Police are investigating whether he became ill at the wheel.

A last chance message is being given to Lincolnshire entrepreneurs to get

hold of millions of pounds of European funding before

There's no guarantee the grants for small rural businesses

Katy Austin reports from the village of Fiskerton near Lincoln.

A couple of months ago, Mike realised his dream.

he set up a micro-brewery on a farm in Fiskerton.

One of the reasons for applying for the funding was that we saw

an opportunity to build a bigger project that would allow us

to employ people within the local area and ensure that we grew

The grant came from what's called a leader scheme,

money from the European Union specifically designed to help

Around ?6 million of leader funding is available across Lincolnshire.

People can apply for grants, typically around ?25,000,

for projects which will boost the rural economy, anything

from tourism, to local produce, to heritage.

The brewery may do so again if it wants to expand but the current

The Brexit vote has created some uncertainty over what happens next.

I don't know what arrangements will be made in the future for EU

funding but obviously funding like this does help businesses.

It certainly helped our business and we are spending that money wisely.

Without it we wouldn't be employing the people we intend to employ.

Who gets the EU money is decided at local level by local action

groups and they are also unsure about the future.

Obviously, things are going to change when Brexit happens

but we are optimistic the government is working

There will be domestic funds, we hope,

and we hope to be part of those so it's wait and see.

But their main message is encouraging people to apply

for the leader funding now while it's definitely there.

If anyone out there has got an idea, they want to know more,

We asked the government if it can guarantee it will replace EU

business grants for rural areas following Brexit.

It told us projects will be honoured in future if they are good value

for money and in line with government priorities.

Mike's beers are already being sold in Lincoln pubs.

He's hoping the grant scheme that has helped him and other businesses

A man who's spent 25 years trying to save a crumbling medieval tower

near Hull has been awarded more than ?100,000.

Simon Taylor will receive a grant of around ?160,000

from Historic England to protect Paull Holme Tower, which is almost

This money that we've received is really significant.

It allows us to finally start repairing the brickwork and put

We are going to put a roof on it, the building inside will be dry

and hopefully when the open day comes along in September,

all the public can come along and see this magnificent building.

More than 4,000 Lincoln City fans will watch their team play

The non-league side beat Oldham Athletic in the previous

round to book the tie against Ipswich in the new year.

The club have sold double their initial allocation of 2,000 seats.

A sport for older people that was first played

in East Yorkshire is becoming more and more popular,

Walking netball clubs are being set up for people who no

longer want to take part in high-speed exercise.

Laura Foster reports from Anlaby, near Hull.

From the brightly coloured bibs to the squeak of the trainers

on the hall floor and the blow of the umpire's whistle,

this sport is very similar to the sport you know from school.

It makes it easier for people who have got some kind

It saves some people from isolation, the older people who haven't been

But the women who are part of this club at Haltemprice Leisure Centre

say it's about more than just fitness.

The camaraderie is absolutely brilliant.

It's got me back into doing things really.

Going into a gym is quite intimidating sometimes

but we get new ladies here and they just

It's been a lifeline for people like Pat.

It's something to come out for and you make new friends.

Walking netball was actually started in East Yorkshire.

Since then it has been adopted by clubs across the country

and moreover it is proving so popular that even more

sessions are going to be held in East Yorkshire

There are already clubs like in Goole, Withernsea,

Beverley and there's one in Boston, but come next year the hope

is that there'll also be sessions in Stamford,

Hull, Driffield, Cleethorpes and Grimsby.

Hopefully it is going to get up there with walking football.

We've only had women in our sessions so far.

Whether in the future we get any men, who knows,

but at the moment it's a lot of women.

The success of sports like this shows that just because you get

older doesn't mean you have to give up the things you love.

Now the weather forecast with Keeley Donovan.

Good evening. Tomorrow is not going to be quite as chilly as it has been

today. We won't have that crisp winter sunshine. There will be more

cloud around. But we will continue to see those temperatures rise. If

you are out and about at midnight, there will be some rain. Into the

New Year, a blast from the Arctic so it will feel cold. We have still got

some icy stretches. The wind and fog will become less dense through the

night. We are going to get more cloud overnight and it will become a

little bit breezy as well but at some point in the night temperatures

will drop to around freezing. Into tomorrow, it will be a cloudy day.

It will thin and break in places to allow some glimmers of sunshine and

it won't feel as chilly as today with temperatures where they should

be at this time of year. Temperatures creeping up on New

Year's Eve but rain overnight makes it cooler for the New Year.

Temperatures have dropped away shortly and we have seen some fog,

particularly through the Midlands. We do have some clout drifting in

from the west. By the end of the night, towards the East Midlands as

well. Further north, more of a breeze from the south-west, bringing

in a weather front. Keeping the temperatures at seven or 8 degrees.

Freezing or just below to the south-east corner. Fog will live to

low cloud and generally speaking a lot