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The death of a four-year-old from Grimsby leads to an investigation

into the safety of children around the country.

Money to help Hornsea attract more visitors,

but some have concerns about flood protection.

It is just about making sure that all those procedures are followed so

no children are left in danger. The government's communities minister

says there is cash for flood And it looks like it will be a cold

and frosty week. It will continue into next week. I will be back later

in the programme. There's going to be an investigation

into how children will be protected across the country,

following the death of a four year Poppy Widdison died

after being fed drugs Yesterday they were both jailed

for thirteen years for child But there's concern that social

services in North East Lincolnshire aren't doing enough to protect

vulnerable children like Poppy. She was only a little girl

but she was born addicted to drugs, and during her short life

was let down by many people. Today, the family court concluded

Poppy died after being shaken. The report also showed that she had

eaten and been exposed to drugs such as heroin, methadone, cat in and

sedatives. -- Ghetto mean. Yesterday, her mother Michala Pyke

and her former boyfriend John Rytting were each told they'll

spend 13 years in prison for child But now questions are being asked

as to how Pyke and Rytting - both heavy drug users -

could have been so cruel to Poppy without health and social services

in North East Lincolnshire knowing. Yesterday Poppy's family

on her father's side said services should have spoken

to them more. Whilst we as a family do not blame

social services will Poppy's death, we acknowledge there were failings

on her part -- their part. One failing was a lack of engagement

with Poppy's father and asked, the extended family. We had read the

service Case review, and a lot of information is new to us.

Poppy was born addicted to heroin because of her mother's addiction.

No robust protection plan nor parenting assessments were made.

There were "meetings" concerning Poppy, but drugs services

Her parents separated and Poppy lived mostly with her mother.

When she was three, a relative said Pyke was smoking

But social workers weren't concerned.

In fact, they never even asked Pyke if this was happening.

They didn't know Pyke and Rytting were in a relationship or that

A week before she died, Poppy stopped going to nursery.

The staff wanted to talk to Pyke about it but

Poppy died before another one could be made.

So what confidence can we have in services

I have met with social services this week, and I know that there is a

really strong commitment to making sure that tragedies like this do not

happen, and over the last two years, there have been significant changes

in the local authority in the way that things are done, and it is just

about making sure that all of those procedures are followed all the time

so that no children are left in danger.

Today, the Childen's Commissioner for England said:

Over the past two weeks, the BBC has made repeated

requests for an interview with North East Lincolnshire

Safeguarding Children's Board for an interview.

So far they've refused all our approaches but they insist

they'll keep working to try to ensure something like this

A man from Cleethorpes has been sentenced to 14 years in prison

after admitting sexual offences against a girl under the age of two

Twenty-eight-year-old Callum Bedford from Lairgate Place in Cleethorpes

admitted a number of offences last year including taking part

in adult sexual activity with an 18-month-old girl.

He was identified as part of an international operation

against people making and distributing indecent images

A court has heard that blood matching that of a murder victim

was found on clothing recovered from the home of the man

60-year-old Fiona Southwell was stabbed 19 times at Grange Farm

Today the jury at Hull Crown Court heard that her DNA matched

bloodstains on a pair of jeans discovered in the bedroom of

Mr Edwards denies murder and the case continues.

Parents in Hedon have been advised to accompany their children

to school today or get them to walk in groups after an attempted attack

The 11-year-old was pushed over by a man

on George Street while on the way to Hedon Primary yesterday morning.

She ran away and police say she wasn't harmed.

The school and another local primary say they contacted parents

Well, I just feel that obviously the children, if you can't walk on your

own, it's a bit of a sad situation. My grandchildren are all accompanied

there by their grandma or dad. There is anyone that goes by herself

up to Preston, and I told her not to go by herself, and try to metres on

the way home from school. An East Yorkshire MP,

who's also a communities minister, says the town of Hornsea can only

benefit from a government grant which is aimed at revitalising

the British coastline. Andrew Percy, who's the MP

for Brigg and Goole, says the ten thousand pound grant

will help draw up a plan for economic growth and job

creation in the area. It comes just a week after part

of the town's flood defences were breached by the tidal surge

and some businesses suffered How well has the town recovered

since the tidal surge? Well, Peter, the sea is relatively

calm this evening. Well behind the town's sea defences tonight, and it

is hard to believe it was just a week ago that where I am standing

with absolutely covered in sea water. Today, government minister is

here in the town, talking about the future and jobs and what is next for

Hornsea, but here on the seafront, many businesses are just trying to

get back to profits. The water came all the way into the

front takeaway, all the way through, it came into the restaurant at the

front... A week since the waves washed

into this fish and chip shop, its owners are still

accessing the damage. And, you know, we have never ever

shut down. We are a seven day a week family, working. And it is just

devastating to us. It wasn't just businesses but homes

that were flooded as the towns sea Today, by much calmer seas,

the government's communities minister announced money to help

this town regenerate, and offered reassurances that

there's cash to protect the town You have to look at it as not one or

another. We are very capable. There is plenty of money to do both, as I

have said, because we have put this funding together for coastal

defences and we are also spending record amounts of money on flood

defences. Ten thousand pounds will

help to create a coastal community team who will develop a plan

for Hornsea's economic growth. We need to think outside the box, so

that when you visit Hornsea with your children and they are playing

on a grassed area, they need to have something to do and to interest

them, and for you to say, when you leave Hornsea, my, we have enjoyed

the day. And other business owners say people

need to be encouraged I think every small market town or

seaside town, regeneration is essential to keep is all going,

really. All the small traders, we need all the help we can get.

Whilst some in this town will start making plans to create

jobs and increase trade, the Environment Agency continue

to make it their job to investigate how and why Hornsea fell

Well, just because Hornsea now has a coastal community team, and that

?10,000, as a town, it has not been promised any more money. They just

came up with a plan of how they would like to spend extra government

funding. They now go up against the coastal towns, the likes of

Bridlington and Cleethorpes, and make kids to get money from a much

bigger part, and they will of course have much competition even just here

in the east coast. -- make bids. But today, it was promised that there

are millions of pounds of funding available in a pot.

When he very much. -- thank you very much.

And of course, we wish the Coastal Communities Team the best with their

work. We will follow that story and bring you any ideas or plans.

Network Rail has admitted it should have consulted with disability

groups before submitting plans for a new footbridge over a level

Campaigners have criticised the company after a lift wasn't

included in the bridge over a railway line.

A public consultation is now underway and a decision will be made

Some people might not want to go up in a lift and crossover. But when it

is cold like today, and the sun is out, you want to get to your

destination as quick as possible. So again, it is about having a choice.

I don't think is acceptable in this day and age for disabled people to

be forgotten. It is disappointing and similar levels, first, that they

are not doing anything to make it accessible, but the second and

probably most important thing is that disabled people have just been

forgotten. I know people will have a view on

this one. We will be asking for your comments and just a moment.

Earlier I spoke to Nick Sandham from Network Rail.

I started by asking whether he thought this

was an own goal for Network Rail - planning a bridge

We do, and firstly, I would like to apologise to the disability groups

in Lincoln for not contacting them properly as we should have done. It

was not the right thing to do. We have learned from that and we'll do

that better in the future. But why did you get in touch, and

why did you actually need to tee why did you think planning a bridge

without disability access in 2017 was acceptable?

We did try to get in touch with the disability group.

No, you try to get in touch with one group and none of the others. They

didn't hear from you. We did try to get in touch with a

group in Lincoln, as you said. We did not get a response, but...

You did not get a response, because they were defunct. It took as 30

minutes to find that out. You did not bother.

That is right. We should have done better, we learned from that and

will apologise for that. So, my original question, why didn't

he was acceptable to build a bridge in 2017 without a lift you macro we

have worked with our partners in Lincoln and two bridges.

I am not talking about the others. Enter about this one. What you are

really saying is, if you are disabled, you are going to have to

stand and wait at the level crossing. It is as simple as that.

On this bridge in particular, we have worked with our partners on it.

The level crossing and footpath alongside it will remain open, that

is true. We think there is a footpath going to be built between

the footbridge and the other one on the High Street, which will allow

flat access across both the railway and by footpath to the bridge would

lift. Many people will not see that is

good enough. Tanni Grey-Thompson said things like this should be

excessive or from the start. Not waiting for an add-on of money. --

accessibility on the start. The problem in this case was that

there were no funds available to build the iconic bridge that the

city of Lincoln wanted. We presented that if you want to go, and this is

a solution we have come up with, but we're waiting for the planning

hearing to that and will take forward many steps with our partners

in Lincoln. So what we're saying is, disabled

access with a live district Spencer? For this bridge, it is, but the

level crossing remains open, and the footbridge will be built between the

two bridges. Do you think the city of Lincoln

council will say yes to those plans? We will see what the planning

hearing says, but we will take forward the outcome of that with our

partners alike we do. Thank you very much indeed.

Let us know what you think of this story.

Should Network Rail have installed facilities for disabled people

as a matter of course? Should it matter how much it costs?

As I hinted there, it is not just disabled people, but those who are

in firm also, and those with prams and pushchairs.

The e-mail is It is 6:43 p.m.. Thank you for

watching. Still ahead tonight: As Donald Trump

is sworn in as US President, opinion is divided on the impact

he might have on people And he was the first Englishman

to dance with one of Russia's top ballet companies -

now he returns home to be honoured I hope you had a good day. It has

been beautiful. Heather Baross took this today

of the City Hall bathed in Sunshine Thank you very much indeed for that.

Keep your pictures coming in. Another one on Monday about the same

time. Kiva Donovan is here, fresh from, my spies understand, filming

down a sewer! Don't laugh at me!

Did you come across any rats? I don't need to go down a sewer to

come across that! I wasn't referring to you! When I

was on a shoot, the researchers looked at my Twitter page with all

those pictures of you and he didn't know who you were, and he said, here

is that weird man you got all over your Twitter page? Thank you, let's

have the forecast. I defended you,

have the forecast. I defended you, obviously.

A cold weekend, chilly, a couple of frosty nights succumb. Some

sunshine, but particularly tomorrow afternoon, a lot more cloud around,

which could produce a lot more light rain or drizzle in one or two spots.

A lot of settled weather to come. I pressure still dominate and it could

hang on in there until probably the middle of next week. So a lot of

settled weather, but cool weather to come. The return to overnight frost,

and perhaps some font to start next week. This is the satellite picture

from earlier. You can see how that cloud burnt away from the south.

Plenty of sunshine this afternoon, but clear skies this evening the

last overnight lead to a bit patchy fog in some prone locations and also

widespread frost. A chilly night, particularly in the countryside,

where temperatures will be a few degrees below freezing. The sun will

rise in the morning had just gone eight o'clock. Setting again at

around 1620. These are your high water times for this evening.

Tomorrow, cold, frosty start. Some mist and fog might linger, but the

best of the sunshine first thing. Cloud already piling in from the

east, so it will become more great through the afternoon and there

could even be a bit of drizzle and the odd light shower during the

afternoon. It will feel chilly, particularly once the cloud has

pushed across us. Temperatures struggling up to around 5-6. Feeling

chilly out there, and then quite cloudy overnight into Sunday, but

some breaks in the cloud, so we could start the day once again with

a frost. Sunday doesn't look too bad at all. Dry and bright with broken

cloud and some spells of sunshine. Feeling chilly, foggy to start the

day is on Monday and Tuesday, but a lot of dry, cool weather.

Thank you very much, Keely. Now, opinion is divided tonight on the

question of how President Trump will affect our lives here in East

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Leading figures in the Muslim

community have accused Donald Trump of spreading hate with some

of the language he used But others say the new US President

will boost business for local firms More from our Political

Editor Tim Iredale. I will faithfully execute the office

of president of the United States. Grimsby -based journalist Nadia

Hussain has followed Donald Trump's wrote to the White House with

interest. As a woman and a Muslim, she says she was shocked by some of

Mr Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail.

The already sexist people are thinking, that's great, I can say

these things because he has just said them. And people who are

already homophobic or afraid of the other are now feeling, oh, that is

wonderful. If the most powerful man in the world can say it, I can say

it too. Donald J Trump is calling for a

total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

It was that pledge to ban Muslims from entering the United States that

led to a petition over here calling for Mr Trump himself to be banned

from entering the UK. There was even a debate in Parliament, where a

Lincolnshire MP used a word rarely heard in the corridors of power.

And if he met one or two of my constituents in one of the many

excellent pubs in my constituency, then they mail their they may well

tell him he is a wazzock. So is that really have the good

people of Louth would describe the new US president? Just like the rest

of the world, Donald Trump divides opinion here.

I don't know too much about him, but from what I know, I think he is

sexist and racist. I think he will cause a lot of chaos.

I am easy with it. The people going round in a panic saying, Brexit,

Trump, the world has come to an end, no it hasn't. It has taken a rather

amusing turn. Many politicians and pro-Brexit

Lincolnshire C Donald Trump's presidency as a good thing.

We have a good relationship as a country with the US. I think our

relationship will strengthen, particularly in the Prime Minister's

statement this week around Brexit. Trump was a big supporter of that,

and helping us to get the right deal for the future for global trade is

going to be incredibly important. So, it is fair to say the jury is

out and President Trump. But love him or loathe him, this is a man

that will dominate global politics for the sealable future. --

foreseeable future. People of a certain age may have

spotted Robert Wyatt from Soft Machine there. Minding his own

business when Tim met him. And Tim will be discussing how

Donald Trump's presidency could affect people here on this

weekend's Sunday Politics. Guests include the Northern

Powerhouse minister Andrew Percy. Thanks to everyone who got

in touch after we told you that the Humberside Police

and Crime Commissioner was concerned by a sharp rise in the level

of crime in the area. Keith Hunter says he wants more

officers out on the beat as figures show violent crime has

increased by a quarter. You will remember the crime

commission was in the studio with me last night and had some strong

words. Thanks for the comments after the programme snipe. Here are a few

of them. Howard in Waltham blames

the cuts in police numbers. Thank you very much indeed for

those. A father and son have won compensation from Humberside Police

after being unlawfully turned away from attending a football match at

Grimsby town last year. They were on board a coach of Wrexham supporters

travelling to a league game in March, but were told to return to

Wales amid concerns of disorder. Our sports reporter Matt Dean is here

with us in the studio now. What happened?

Well, this coach was stopped by Humberside Police at a service area

on the A180, about half an hour away from Cleethorpes, where they were

heading to Grimsby to see their team in action. They were held for about

an hour. No arrests were made, but they were ordered to turn around and

head back to Wrexham. One supporter on board the bus had recently

undergone hip replacement surgery. I got on the coach because I

couldn't have sat in a cramped car. The lads were helping me on and off

the bus with my crutches after being cooped up in the house for two

weeks. I thought it was a day out. I didn't think I was any threat or any

danger. How many fans were involved in this

incident? Mark, who we heard from there, was one of around 60

supporters on the bus, around 35 of whom were issued with dispersal

order notices. They were given by police when they think people will

behave in an anti-social way. Compensation has been given to two

supporters who don't wish to be identified or say how much they have

been awarded, but it is hoped that football fans everywhere will now be

treated differently because of this. We are still seeing too many

examples of harsh treatment of fans, and unfortunately, this is

indicative of just that. To us, it was more or less immediately obvious

that the police had overreached their powers and effectively had

treated a whole group of people as a problem.

The spokesperson for Humberside Police has told us they are except

the claimant should do not have been issued with the notices, and say

they have put additional training in place for the commanders who make

decisions around dispersal orders. Thank you very much indeed for that.

Hull City have confirmed that they've sold midfielder

Jake Livermore to West Bromwich Albion.

The two clubs are understood to have agreed a ten million pound

fee for the 27-year-old after previous offers were rejected.

Livermore joined the club from Tottenham in 2014.

Very good proposal for him. And a very good proposal also when the

deal closes. Were we need in these moments is to find one quick price

for the player, and we need to find this in the next days, because he is

an important player. Hull's pavement fish trail

is being relaid after more Sections of the trail

were removed last year ahead The trail, which was first laid out

in 1992, features life-size fish, A ballet dancer from Hull who has

become an international star has received an honorary degree today

from the city's university. Xander Parish started

dancing at the age of 8 at the Skelton Hooper School

of dance in Hull - he's now performing

with Russia's Mariinsky ballet. The mesmerising moves of Xander

Parish. He is a dancer who has become internationally renowned in

the ballet world, becoming the first ever Britain to dance for Russia's

Mariinsky ballet company. And he grew up in East Yorkshire. His role

takes into stages all over the world. Today, ketamine to this stage

in hole to receive an honorary degree from the city's University.

-- whole. I am absolutely delighted and

honoured to receive this degree. Particularly in the year of City of

Culture here in hell, it is a great privilege and wonderful to be

acknowledged for what I'm doing in the arts. -- here in Hull. I really

very honoured indeed. This is where it all started for

Xander. At the age of eight, he joined this dance school in Hull. He

went from here to the Royal Ballet before being invited to join the

Mariinsky Theatre. As a ballet dance are working in

Russia from Hull, I think I'm only whole's only cultural export to

Russia! And they want to fly the flag for my city and country as

well. Today's ceremony provided a brief

break from dancing. Tomorrow, he'll be back performing at the Coliseum

in London, before flying back to London on Sunday continue flying the

flag for Hull. Well done to him. Tonight, the

second part of the programme showcasing the best of the Yorkshire

Wolds is on BBC One. The adventurer Paul Rosas exploring a 79 mile

walking trail. Tonight, he'll be covering the stretch between market

waiting in the North Sea coast. That is in just over half an hour's time.

Half past seven here on BBC One. Let's have a reminder of the main

national and regional headlines tonight.

Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States

and promises to put America first. The death of four-year-old Poppy

Widdison from Grimsby leaves to an investigation into the safety of

children across the country. Tomorrow's whether, after some

initial Sun sign, slowly coming over. Temperatures, 5-6.

Talking about that planned bridge with no lift, David says, it is

quicker for people with or without disabilities to wake the crossing to

open than it is to use lifts on the bridge.

Alan says, there are stations without disabled access, struggling

to fund lifts and ramps, so why are we discussing level crossings with

lifts? Karl says, people don't use the

bridge on the High Street. I use it, but too many able-bodied people are

just too lazy. And finally, Barry says, this is not

just an issue affecting those with disability. What about mums and dads

with prams? Or the elderly who may not be able to climb stairs? I did

mention that when I was talking a few minutes ago. Thank

you for all the messages, not just a night, but throughout the week.

Have a peaceful weekend and look after yourself. I will see you on

Monday. Good night.