20/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)


20/01/2017

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 20/01/2017. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

:00:00.:00:07.

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

:00:08.:00:11.

into the safety of children around the country.

:00:12.:00:25.

Money to help Hornsea attract more visitors,

:00:26.:00:26.

but some have concerns about flood protection.

:00:27.:00:39.

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

:00:40.:00:49.

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

:00:50.:00:50.

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

:00:51.:01:02.

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

:01:03.:01:03.

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

:01:04.:01:12.

into how children will be protected across the country,

:01:13.:01:16.

following the death of a four year Poppy Widdison died

:01:17.:01:18.

after being fed drugs Yesterday they were both jailed

:01:19.:01:22.

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

:01:23.:01:31.

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

:01:32.:01:38.

vulnerable children like Poppy. She was only a little girl

:01:39.:01:40.

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

:01:41.:01:49.

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

:01:50.:02:02.

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

:02:03.:02:06.

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

:02:07.:02:08.

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

:02:09.:02:12.

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

:02:13.:02:14.

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

:02:15.:02:18.

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

:02:19.:02:22.

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

:02:23.:02:25.

in North East Lincolnshire knowing. Yesterday Poppy's family

:02:26.:02:27.

on her father's side said services should have spoken

:02:28.:02:29.

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

:02:30.:02:43.

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

:02:44.:02:46.

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

:02:47.:02:51.

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

:02:52.:02:55.

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

:02:56.:02:56.

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

:02:57.:02:59.

No robust protection plan nor parenting assessments were made.

:03:00.:03:01.

There were "meetings" concerning Poppy, but drugs services

:03:02.:03:05.

Her parents separated and Poppy lived mostly with her mother.

:03:06.:03:11.

When she was three, a relative said Pyke was smoking

:03:12.:03:17.

But social workers weren't concerned.

:03:18.:03:20.

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

:03:21.:03:25.

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

:03:26.:03:28.

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

:03:29.:03:31.

The staff wanted to talk to Pyke about it but

:03:32.:03:33.

Poppy died before another one could be made.

:03:34.:03:38.

So what confidence can we have in services

:03:39.:03:39.

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

:03:40.:03:52.

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

:03:53.:03:56.

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

:03:57.:03:59.

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

:04:00.:04:03.

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

:04:04.:04:06.

so that no children are left in danger.

:04:07.:04:09.

Today, the Childen's Commissioner for England said:

:04:10.:04:26.

Over the past two weeks, the BBC has made repeated

:04:27.:04:30.

requests for an interview with North East Lincolnshire

:04:31.:04:32.

Safeguarding Children's Board for an interview.

:04:33.:04:35.

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

:04:36.:04:37.

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

:04:38.:04:40.

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

:04:41.:04:49.

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

:04:50.:04:55.

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

:04:56.:05:01.

admitted a number of offences last year including taking part

:05:02.:05:04.

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

:05:05.:05:09.

He was identified as part of an international operation

:05:10.:05:13.

against people making and distributing indecent images

:05:14.:05:16.

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

:05:17.:05:24.

was found on clothing recovered from the home of the man

:05:25.:05:26.

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

:05:27.:05:32.

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

:05:33.:05:39.

bloodstains on a pair of jeans discovered in the bedroom of

:05:40.:05:43.

Mr Edwards denies murder and the case continues.

:05:44.:05:50.

Parents in Hedon have been advised to accompany their children

:05:51.:05:52.

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

:05:53.:05:56.

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

:05:57.:06:02.

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

:06:03.:06:05.

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

:06:06.:06:08.

The school and another local primary say they contacted parents

:06:09.:06:11.

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

:06:12.:06:26.

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

:06:27.:06:32.

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

:06:33.:06:35.

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

:06:36.:06:37.

the way home from school. An East Yorkshire MP,

:06:38.:06:40.

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

:06:41.:06:42.

benefit from a government grant which is aimed at revitalising

:06:43.:06:45.

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

:06:46.:06:47.

for Brigg and Goole, says the ten thousand pound grant

:06:48.:06:49.

will help draw up a plan for economic growth and job

:06:50.:06:52.

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

:06:53.:06:55.

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

:06:56.:06:57.

and some businesses suffered How well has the town recovered

:06:58.:07:00.

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

:07:01.:07:24.

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

:07:25.:07:27.

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

:07:28.:07:31.

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

:07:32.:07:34.

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

:07:35.:07:39.

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

:07:40.:07:45.

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

:07:46.:07:52.

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

:07:53.:07:54.

front... A week since the waves washed

:07:55.:07:55.

into this fish and chip shop, its owners are still

:07:56.:07:58.

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

:07:59.:08:06.

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

:08:07.:08:10.

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

:08:11.:08:11.

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

:08:12.:08:14.

the government's communities minister announced money to help

:08:15.:08:17.

this town regenerate, and offered reassurances that

:08:18.:08:19.

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

:08:20.:08:33.

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

:08:34.:08:38.

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

:08:39.:08:40.

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

:08:41.:08:42.

defences. Ten thousand pounds will

:08:43.:08:42.

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

:08:43.:08:45.

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

:08:46.:08:54.

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

:08:55.:08:57.

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

:08:58.:09:02.

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

:09:03.:09:04.

the day. And other business owners say people

:09:05.:09:05.

need to be encouraged I think every small market town or

:09:06.:09:14.

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

:09:15.:09:18.

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

:09:19.:09:20.

Whilst some in this town will start making plans to create

:09:21.:09:22.

jobs and increase trade, the Environment Agency continue

:09:23.:09:24.

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

:09:25.:09:27.

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

:09:28.:09:41.

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

:09:42.:09:44.

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

:09:45.:09:48.

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

:09:49.:09:51.

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

:09:52.:09:56.

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

:09:57.:10:02.

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

:10:03.:10:05.

are millions of pounds of funding available in a pot.

:10:06.:10:10.

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

:10:11.:10:14.

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

:10:15.:10:18.

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

:10:19.:10:19.

Network Rail has admitted it should have consulted with disability

:10:20.:10:22.

groups before submitting plans for a new footbridge over a level

:10:23.:10:24.

Campaigners have criticised the company after a lift wasn't

:10:25.:10:28.

included in the bridge over a railway line.

:10:29.:10:31.

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

:10:32.:10:34.

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

:10:35.:10:47.

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

:10:48.:10:53.

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

:10:54.:10:56.

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

:10:57.:11:01.

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

:11:02.:11:04.

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

:11:05.:11:06.

probably most important thing is that disabled people have just been

:11:07.:11:08.

forgotten. I know people will have a view on

:11:09.:11:12.

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

:11:13.:11:13.

Earlier I spoke to Nick Sandham from Network Rail.

:11:14.:11:15.

I started by asking whether he thought this

:11:16.:11:17.

was an own goal for Network Rail - planning a bridge

:11:18.:11:19.

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

:11:20.:11:32.

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

:11:33.:11:35.

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

:11:36.:11:38.

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

:11:39.:11:41.

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

:11:42.:11:45.

without disability access in 2017 was acceptable?

:11:46.:11:49.

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

:11:50.:11:52.

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

:11:53.:11:54.

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

:11:55.:11:57.

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

:11:58.:12:01.

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

:12:02.:12:05.

minutes to find that out. You did not bother.

:12:06.:12:14.

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

:12:15.:12:16.

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

:12:17.:12:18.

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

:12:19.:12:21.

have worked with our partners in Lincoln and two bridges.

:12:22.:12:24.

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

:12:25.:12:26.

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

:12:27.:12:29.

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

:12:30.:12:31.

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

:12:32.:12:34.

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

:12:35.:12:37.

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

:12:38.:12:41.

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

:12:42.:12:43.

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

:12:44.:12:46.

lift. Many people will not see that is

:12:47.:12:48.

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

:12:49.:12:53.

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

:12:54.:12:56.

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

:12:57.:12:59.

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

:13:00.:13:03.

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

:13:04.:13:06.

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

:13:07.:13:09.

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

:13:10.:13:11.

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

:13:12.:13:15.

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

:13:16.:13:19.

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

:13:20.:13:21.

two bridges. Do you think the city of Lincoln

:13:22.:13:24.

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

:13:25.:13:27.

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

:13:28.:13:29.

partners alike we do. Thank you very much indeed.

:13:30.:13:32.

Let us know what you think of this story.

:13:33.:13:34.

Should Network Rail have installed facilities for disabled people

:13:35.:13:36.

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

:13:37.:13:47.

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

:13:48.:13:53.

in firm also, and those with prams and pushchairs.

:13:54.:13:53.

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

:13:54.:13:56.

watching. Still ahead tonight: As Donald Trump

:13:57.:14:15.

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

:14:16.:14:18.

he might have on people And he was the first Englishman

:14:19.:14:21.

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

:14:22.:14:25.

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

:14:26.:14:28.

been beautiful. Heather Baross took this today

:14:29.:14:43.

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

:14:44.:14:52.

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

:14:53.:14:58.

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

:14:59.:15:03.

down a sewer! Don't laugh at me!

:15:04.:15:06.

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

:15:07.:15:11.

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

:15:12.:15:15.

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

:15:16.:15:18.

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

:15:19.:15:22.

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

:15:23.:15:26.

have the forecast. I defended you,

:15:27.:15:27.

have the forecast. I defended you, obviously.

:15:28.:15:30.

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

:15:31.:15:34.

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

:15:35.:15:38.

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

:15:39.:15:43.

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

:15:44.:15:46.

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

:15:47.:15:49.

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

:15:50.:15:55.

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

:15:56.:15:58.

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

:15:59.:16:03.

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

:16:04.:16:07.

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

:16:08.:16:12.

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

:16:13.:16:15.

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

:16:16.:16:20.

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

:16:21.:16:25.

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

:16:26.:16:31.

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

:16:32.:16:35.

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

:16:36.:16:39.

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

:16:40.:16:42.

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

:16:43.:16:46.

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

:16:47.:16:50.

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

:16:51.:16:54.

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

:16:55.:16:58.

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

:16:59.:17:02.

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

:17:03.:17:06.

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

:17:07.:17:09.

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

:17:10.:17:15.

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

:17:16.:17:18.

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

:17:19.:17:19.

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Leading figures in the Muslim

:17:20.:17:21.

community have accused Donald Trump of spreading hate with some

:17:22.:17:23.

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

:17:24.:17:25.

will boost business for local firms More from our Political

:17:26.:17:30.

Editor Tim Iredale. I will faithfully execute the office

:17:31.:17:47.

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

:17:48.:17:51.

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

:17:52.:17:54.

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

:17:55.:17:58.

Mr Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail.

:17:59.:18:01.

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

:18:02.:18:04.

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

:18:05.:18:07.

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

:18:08.:18:11.

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

:18:12.:18:13.

it too. Donald J Trump is calling for a

:18:14.:18:18.

total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

:18:19.:18:23.

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

:18:24.:18:26.

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

:18:27.:18:31.

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

:18:32.:18:36.

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

:18:37.:18:41.

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

:18:42.:18:44.

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

:18:45.:18:50.

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

:18:51.:18:53.

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

:18:54.:18:57.

of the world, Donald Trump divides opinion here.

:18:58.:19:01.

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

:19:02.:19:04.

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

:19:05.:19:08.

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

:19:09.:19:14.

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

:19:15.:19:18.

amusing turn. Many politicians and pro-Brexit

:19:19.:19:20.

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

:19:21.:19:24.

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

:19:25.:19:28.

relationship will strengthen, particularly in the Prime Minister's

:19:29.:19:32.

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

:19:33.:19:35.

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

:19:36.:19:40.

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

:19:41.:19:44.

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

:19:45.:19:48.

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

:19:49.:19:57.

foreseeable future. People of a certain age may have

:19:58.:20:01.

spotted Robert Wyatt from Soft Machine there. Minding his own

:20:02.:20:02.

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

:20:03.:20:04.

Donald Trump's presidency could affect people here on this

:20:05.:20:06.

weekend's Sunday Politics. Guests include the Northern

:20:07.:20:08.

Powerhouse minister Andrew Percy. Thanks to everyone who got

:20:09.:20:10.

in touch after we told you that the Humberside Police

:20:11.:20:20.

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

:20:21.:20:22.

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

:20:23.:20:27.

officers out on the beat as figures show violent crime has

:20:28.:20:29.

increased by a quarter. You will remember the crime

:20:30.:20:38.

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

:20:39.:20:42.

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

:20:43.:20:43.

of them. Howard in Waltham blames

:20:44.:20:55.

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

:20:56.:21:18.

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

:21:19.:21:21.

after being unlawfully turned away from attending a football match at

:21:22.:21:25.

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

:21:26.:21:31.

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

:21:32.:21:35.

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

:21:36.:21:36.

with us in the studio now. What happened?

:21:37.:21:42.

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

:21:43.:21:47.

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

:21:48.:21:50.

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

:21:51.:21:53.

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

:21:54.:21:58.

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

:21:59.:22:00.

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

:22:01.:22:07.

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

:22:08.:22:11.

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

:22:12.:22:15.

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

:22:16.:22:17.

danger. How many fans were involved in this

:22:18.:22:22.

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

:22:23.:22:28.

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

:22:29.:22:32.

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

:22:33.:22:36.

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

:22:37.:22:39.

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

:22:40.:22:43.

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

:22:44.:22:44.

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

:22:45.:22:53.

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

:22:54.:22:56.

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

:22:57.:22:59.

that the police had overreached their powers and effectively had

:23:00.:23:04.

treated a whole group of people as a problem.

:23:05.:23:07.

The spokesperson for Humberside Police has told us they are except

:23:08.:23:11.

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

:23:12.:23:16.

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

:23:17.:23:18.

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

:23:19.:23:30.

Hull City have confirmed that they've sold midfielder

:23:31.:23:32.

Jake Livermore to West Bromwich Albion.

:23:33.:23:33.

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

:23:34.:23:36.

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

:23:37.:23:39.

Livermore joined the club from Tottenham in 2014.

:23:40.:23:40.

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

:23:41.:23:48.

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

:23:49.:23:53.

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

:23:54.:23:55.

an important player. Hull's pavement fish trail

:23:56.:23:59.

is being relaid after more Sections of the trail

:24:00.:24:01.

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

:24:02.:24:04.

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

:24:05.:24:09.

become an international star has received an honorary degree today

:24:10.:24:15.

from the city's university. Xander Parish started

:24:16.:24:24.

dancing at the age of 8 at the Skelton Hooper School

:24:25.:24:26.

of dance in Hull - he's now performing

:24:27.:24:29.

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

:24:30.:24:42.

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

:24:43.:24:44.

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

:24:45.:24:53.

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

:24:54.:24:57.

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

:24:58.:25:00.

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

:25:01.:25:04.

-- whole. I am absolutely delighted and

:25:05.:25:07.

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

:25:08.:25:11.

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

:25:12.:25:15.

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

:25:16.:25:20.

very honoured indeed. This is where it all started for

:25:21.:25:24.

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

:25:25.:25:28.

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

:25:29.:25:32.

Mariinsky Theatre. As a ballet dance are working in

:25:33.:25:37.

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

:25:38.:25:41.

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

:25:42.:25:45.

well. Today's ceremony provided a brief

:25:46.:25:49.

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

:25:50.:25:53.

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

:25:54.:25:54.

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

:25:55.:26:01.

second part of the programme showcasing the best of the Yorkshire

:26:02.:26:13.

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

:26:14.:26:19.

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

:26:20.:26:22.

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

:26:23.:26:25.

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

:26:26.:26:32.

national and regional headlines tonight.

:26:33.:26:35.

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

:26:36.:26:39.

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

:26:40.:26:46.

Widdison from Grimsby leaves to an investigation into the safety of

:26:47.:26:49.

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

:26:50.:26:51.

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

:26:52.:26:55.

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

:26:56.:27:03.

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

:27:04.:27:06.

open than it is to use lifts on the bridge.

:27:07.:27:09.

Alan says, there are stations without disabled access, struggling

:27:10.:27:13.

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

:27:14.:27:14.

lifts? Karl says, people don't use the

:27:15.:27:19.

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

:27:20.:27:21.

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

:27:22.:27:25.

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

:27:26.:27:29.

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

:27:30.:27:34.

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

:27:35.:27:35.

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

:27:36.:27:40.

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

:27:41.:27:41.

Monday. Good night.

:27:42.:27:45.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS