:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:11. > :00:13.The plan to have only one large council for
:00:14. > :00:20.Lincolnshire is criticised by District Council leaders.
:00:21. > :00:26.It is the County Council acted like a rogue council it seems to me
:00:27. > :00:27.because it is not the way we have been doing things recently.
:00:28. > :00:30.The husband of a woman killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia
:00:31. > :00:35.Kept off school - the girl who says she's being bullied
:00:36. > :00:57.The Korean guide to speaking Hull that's become an internet sensation.
:00:58. > :01:02.Some dense fog expected over southern parts of Lincolnshire
:01:03. > :01:16.tonight. I will be back later with all the details.
:01:17. > :01:19.A war of words has erupted tonight over a move to scrap the seven
:01:20. > :01:21.district councils in Lincolnshire and replace then with a unitary
:01:22. > :01:25.The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants to hold
:01:26. > :01:28.a referendum on the proposal - which he claims would save 150
:01:29. > :01:32.I'll be speaking to Martin Hill in a moment.
:01:33. > :01:34.But first, our Political Editor Tim Iredale finds out why some
:01:35. > :01:37.in the county are fiercely opposed to the idea.
:01:38. > :01:40.There are currently seven district councils covering Lincolnshire
:01:41. > :01:42.plus the county council, so is it time to merge
:01:43. > :01:47.The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants
:01:48. > :01:53.I think the reason we are doing it is because we keep having these
:01:54. > :01:56.conversations all the time about the difficult financial
:01:57. > :02:00.situation all councils are in and having to find ways
:02:01. > :02:06.of saving money, which means difficult decisions.
:02:07. > :02:09.This is a way you can save a good amount of money without affecting
:02:10. > :02:17.At present the district council's provide localised services
:02:18. > :02:19.such as bin collections, housing and planning.
:02:20. > :02:21.The county council is responsible for big budget services such
:02:22. > :02:25.The idea of abolishing district councils in Lincolnshire is likely
:02:26. > :02:29.You know, it is the county council acting like a rogue council,
:02:30. > :02:32.it seems to me because it is not the way we have been
:02:33. > :02:35.We have done it on a collaborative basis.
:02:36. > :02:37.This is a unilateral move by the county council.
:02:38. > :02:40.I think it's the start of their campaign for what they have
:02:41. > :02:43.sought for a long time, which is a county unitary
:02:44. > :02:49.Lincolnshire County Council is highlighting other areas
:02:50. > :02:53.which have abolished their district councils in favour of
:02:54. > :02:57.It's estimated that Cornwall saved ?16 million a year.
:02:58. > :03:00.Durham made ?21 million of annual savings.
:03:01. > :03:02.And it's estimated that Lincolnshire would save around
:03:03. > :03:08.North Hykeham is part of the North Kesteven district
:03:09. > :03:11.so how do people here feel about having all their services
:03:12. > :03:13.delivered by one so-called super council for the
:03:14. > :03:21.I think you would have less say in what goes on locally
:03:22. > :03:27.You know, I think the smaller councils are more geared up
:03:28. > :03:32.to the smaller districts, sort of thing.
:03:33. > :03:34.If we want the council tax down, yes.
:03:35. > :03:46.If the proposal is approved by the county council next month,
:03:47. > :03:49.then a referendum would take place in May on the same day
:03:50. > :03:53.However, the result wouldn't be binding and any final decision
:03:54. > :03:55.on scrapping Lincolnshire's district councils would rest
:03:56. > :04:03.Tim Iredale, BBC Look North, Lincoln.
:04:04. > :04:08.You can have your say in just a moment.
:04:09. > :04:12.I spoke to the leader of Lincolnshire County
:04:13. > :04:16.I asked him why he thought getting rid of the seven district councils
:04:17. > :04:28.If we talk about losing all the councils we all deliver services. It
:04:29. > :04:32.is all about how they are delivered so the front-line people will still
:04:33. > :04:35.be there delivering on the gritters will still be there in the bin
:04:36. > :04:39.collectors and all the rest of it. It is all about reducing the
:04:40. > :04:46.management back-office costs which is what we could do away with it
:04:47. > :04:49.with your councils. The leader of Lincoln County Council has accused
:04:50. > :04:51.the Caddick is an ongoing role because he says you're in a
:04:52. > :05:05.furniture crisis and this is a money driven. -- enough financial crisis.
:05:06. > :05:08.If it can save ?30 million a year without having a financial crisis
:05:09. > :05:14.outed as a responsible not to consider that. How much will it cost
:05:15. > :05:17.for something that is not legally binding? It will be minimal costs
:05:18. > :05:22.because it is held in the same day as County Council elections are no
:05:23. > :05:26.extra cost. It will be a question of the ballot papers and some of the
:05:27. > :05:32.people counting the ballot papers will have to wait for an hour or so
:05:33. > :05:37.longer but that will be at. Even if the referendum voted in favour it is
:05:38. > :05:41.not legally binding. The Government like devolved powers but it is never
:05:42. > :05:46.going to happen. There is a debate going on across the country and in
:05:47. > :05:50.Dorset they are considering going for a unitary status so I think the
:05:51. > :05:58.Government 's position as if there is an local willingness to go for
:05:59. > :06:01.unitary status they will support it. If somebody else were leader of the
:06:02. > :06:13.County Council and you were leader of say North Kesteven you would not
:06:14. > :06:16.say it was a good idea. If we can save 30 million pounds a year and
:06:17. > :06:22.not affect council services at all that is a good idea. John says in an
:06:23. > :06:27.e-mail we are well served by a district councils and we know our
:06:28. > :06:33.councillors. -- Jordan. The only time a seat Councillor Hell is when
:06:34. > :06:43.he is on the door. They're not going to vote in favour. -- the only time
:06:44. > :06:45.I see councillor Martin Hill. We need to at least consider a
:06:46. > :06:47.situation where it can save a lot of money at the same time is not
:06:48. > :07:00.affecting front line services. We want to hear from you on this
:07:01. > :07:12.story, do you think there should be Would you like there to be won
:07:13. > :07:19.unitary authority or to keep the seven councils? Can you say no to
:07:20. > :07:24.saving per year? Would you welcome the idea of a referendum even
:07:25. > :07:37.although it is not legally binding? You have had what he thinks it will
:07:38. > :07:41.cost. -- you have heard. Should we get rid of the seven district
:07:42. > :07:47.councils Lincolnshire and have one authority? Thank you for watching
:07:48. > :07:49.this Tuesday night. Boom time for local toy companies,
:07:50. > :08:03.but there's concern A man from Hull, whose wife
:08:04. > :08:06.was killed in a terror attack in Tunisia, has described the moment
:08:07. > :08:09.he tried to save her by pulling her Jim Windass' wife Claire
:08:10. > :08:13.was shot when a gunman Bruce Wilkinson from Goole
:08:14. > :08:16.and Carly Lovett from Gainsborough were also among the 22 people killed
:08:17. > :08:19.in June 2015. Our reporter Emily Unia has been
:08:20. > :08:21.at the inquest in London today. Emily, what else did Claire's
:08:22. > :08:33.husband Jim say today? He described her as a beautiful and
:08:34. > :08:39.kind-hearted person who always had time for everyone. Jim Windass
:08:40. > :08:44.Described how on the morning of the 26th of June which was his birthday
:08:45. > :08:47.he and his wife had gone to the beach and reliance on loungers when
:08:48. > :08:52.he had wanted that were firecrackers and he then realised it was gunfire
:08:53. > :08:56.and he needed to act. He knew that player was not a runner 's only
:08:57. > :08:59.tried to drag of the sunbed and sometime during that action hitting
:09:00. > :09:03.a stand a bullet had struck. When the gunmen had gone he checked out
:09:04. > :09:08.and you realise was no pulse so he said I close the rise. -- I closed
:09:09. > :09:10.her eyes. Did we learn any more
:09:11. > :09:20.about what travel advice had been Jim Windass Described a booking is
:09:21. > :09:29.holidays at Thomsons and hulls and 70 in player had been to Tunisia
:09:30. > :09:32.before. He said at no time staff mentioned the security situation in
:09:33. > :09:36.Tunisia are at the Foreign Office website and he said that if the
:09:37. > :09:39.enormity would have gone somewhere else. Without any doubt of somebody
:09:40. > :09:43.at Albany was a chance of a terrorist situation I would not have
:09:44. > :09:52.gone there,. -- if somebody had told me. When asked by the barrister if
:09:53. > :09:58.he had seen documents with travel advice he said he had not. And so
:09:59. > :10:06.they booked again. The trial is expected to last another six weeks.
:10:07. > :10:09.The parents of a 12-year-old girl who could bleed to death
:10:10. > :10:12.from a bruise say they've had to remove her from school in Hull
:10:13. > :10:20.It's claimed Crystal Pugh, who's a haemophiliac,
:10:21. > :10:22.was repeatedly hit by pupils at Kingswood Academy
:10:23. > :10:26.The school says it has procedures in place to deal with incidents
:10:27. > :10:28.of bullying and a health plan to support Crystal
:10:29. > :10:31.But her parents say the school has let her down.
:10:32. > :10:43.For the family the kitchen now doubles as a classroom. Until
:10:44. > :10:47.yesterday 12-year-old Crystal Pugh and her sister were pupils at
:10:48. > :10:53.Kingswood Academy in Hull but now her parents have decided is not safe
:10:54. > :10:58.for Crystal to stay. We have taken out of school because she is getting
:10:59. > :11:01.physically and verbally and emotionally bullied. They said it
:11:02. > :11:10.for years now but nobody 's done anything about it. I guess we just
:11:11. > :11:12.get worse every day. Crystal Has haemophilia A, a potentially fatal
:11:13. > :11:19.disease that prevents blood from clotting. She could die. If they are
:11:20. > :11:23.punching in her robes and her kidneys we do not know they have
:11:24. > :11:28.damaged her kidneys and her spleen. There are too many bodies at school
:11:29. > :11:32.and are giving the same punishment that they get for a lesser offence.
:11:33. > :11:36.It is ridiculous. The headmaster Dale Jackson did not want to be
:11:37. > :11:40.interviewed Betty sent a statement saying the school has zero tolerance
:11:41. > :11:49.of bullying and incidents dealt with effectively. He also said that he
:11:50. > :11:56.and other members of staff have met with the honour of various occasions
:11:57. > :12:04.and they have a support plan. -- met with the Pugh family. Crystal Says
:12:05. > :12:10.her life is much better than she has left. I used to have stressed there
:12:11. > :12:14.are now since I have left it as mean much better. Crystal 's parents say
:12:15. > :12:24.the system let her down. A man has been jailed for life
:12:25. > :12:27.for murdering a woman in Skegness. Casey Scott stabbed and strangled
:12:28. > :12:30.Lenuta Haidemac last summer The judge ordered that he serve
:12:31. > :12:34.at least 19 years in prison. Campaigners fighting to stop beagles
:12:35. > :12:36.being bred for animal experiments at a site in East Yorkshire have
:12:37. > :12:39.lost their fight. A judge has denied protesters leave
:12:40. > :12:41.to Appeal the decision to allow B K Universal
:12:42. > :12:44.to expand their site at Grimston. Cruelty Free International say
:12:45. > :13:01.they're disappointed by the ruling. toys in our area say they've seen
:13:02. > :13:06.huge demand over the last year. Figures released today show
:13:07. > :13:13.the industry grew with sales reaching a record ?3.5 billion
:13:14. > :13:15.making it the largest Hundreds of companies will be
:13:16. > :13:19.showing off their latest products at the Toy Fair in London this week
:13:20. > :13:21.including Lincolnshire based Plum Products who designed
:13:22. > :13:23.and made the trampoline Our Business Correspondent
:13:24. > :13:28.Leanne Brown reports. It's a chance for toy makers to show
:13:29. > :13:31.off their latest designs. The fair in London is the UK's only
:13:32. > :13:33.dedicated trade show and Lincolnshire firm,
:13:34. > :13:35.Plum Products, will be showcasing We have got some examples here
:13:36. > :13:40.of a new range that we are looking An example here is
:13:41. > :13:43.a mud pie kitchen. It starts life quite open and some
:13:44. > :13:46.of the scribbles and sketches you can see around us here,
:13:47. > :13:48.we literally could go through 50/60 sketches and end up
:13:49. > :13:51.with perhaps two out of those. The company was responsible
:13:52. > :14:03.for the trampoline in the John Lewis Christmas advert,
:14:04. > :14:06.which they say had It changed the landscape
:14:07. > :14:11.significantly. I think it very much put trampolines
:14:12. > :14:15.on kids' Christmas present lists. We saw a halo effect across all our
:14:16. > :14:18.resellers and sold many, many more times the volume
:14:19. > :14:26.than we would ever Figures released today show
:14:27. > :14:32.that toy sales in the UK increased by 6.3% last year -
:14:33. > :14:37.making the market value rise But despite growth in the industry
:14:38. > :14:42.61% of toy makers are concerned about Brexit and today
:14:43. > :14:46.the Supreme Court ruled that can't This company in Brigg market sells
:14:47. > :14:59.wooden toys from Germany. They say they might have to modify
:15:00. > :15:03.and a change in the future. Wooden toys have become very popular
:15:04. > :15:06.now, especially because people For us, the biggest
:15:07. > :15:12.problem with Brexit Will there be a free trade
:15:13. > :15:15.agreement straight away, All those things affect
:15:16. > :15:19.business dramatically. The industry faces a difficult
:15:20. > :15:21.year ahead but companies are confident their innovation can
:15:22. > :15:23.keep children interested. HSBC have announced
:15:24. > :15:58.the closure of three banks in our area, in Horncastle,
:15:59. > :16:05.Hedon, and Brigg. The Korean expert in Hull
:16:06. > :16:06.speak helping people to know their twagging
:16:07. > :16:09.from their tenfoots. This pictture of the Humber Bridge
:16:10. > :16:28.was taken by Dean Vannucci. My new series starts on the 13th of
:16:29. > :16:35.February and it is on at 915 every morning. We started the forecast was
:16:36. > :16:39.a warning. We have some dense fog developing across parts of
:16:40. > :16:43.Lincolnshire, southern parts of Lincolnshire to be specific.
:16:44. > :16:47.Probably a bit of mist and fog but it is the size of Lincolnshire where
:16:48. > :16:51.most concerned about. Then the into big up over the next few days.
:16:52. > :16:54.Doubts about a little bit more tightly packed so I don't think
:16:55. > :16:58.there will be as many problems with fog and when directions the site
:16:59. > :17:01.that will get very chilly to the next few days until the temperatures
:17:02. > :17:06.creep up with an Atlantic influencer weather over the weekend. Clear
:17:07. > :17:10.skies at the moment and a little more cloud creeping into parts of
:17:11. > :17:16.East Yorkshire. We will have some is developing and already have some
:17:17. > :17:21.around The Wash. We expecting there to default to develop and shuttle
:17:22. > :17:26.problems of the remit density into the morning here. Not as cold as
:17:27. > :17:30.last night here. The sun will rise in the morning just before eight
:17:31. > :17:34.o'clock and set again just before half past four. The next high water
:17:35. > :17:38.in Skegness will be a quarter past Ford in the morning. We start the
:17:39. > :17:41.morning of the grey note and some problems with visibility during the
:17:42. > :17:46.rush hour per parts of Lincolnshire. Cloud spread over the top of that
:17:47. > :17:50.little grey all day. Further north some sunshine for a time even here
:17:51. > :17:54.we will see a of crowd spreading across the course of the day. We
:17:55. > :17:57.will still have a bit of a difference in the temperature.
:17:58. > :18:00.Always Calista for the site you are because the era is coming and off
:18:01. > :18:04.much call the continent and that was settle do the theme over the next
:18:05. > :18:09.few days. Temperatures are generally suppressed around at The Wash. On
:18:10. > :18:12.Thursday we start the day with frost and temperatures really struggled to
:18:13. > :18:14.lift through Thursday. A lot of pride which will tend to break up
:18:15. > :18:16.through the day and then temperatures on the rise for Friday
:18:17. > :18:22.the weekend. Went to country dial -- winter
:18:23. > :18:38.country file diaries and the 13th. It's been announced that three HSBC
:18:39. > :18:41.branches in our area will close because of the growth of internet
:18:42. > :18:43.and mobile banking. The company will shut
:18:44. > :18:46.branches in Horncastle, Brigg and Hedon in East Yorkshire
:18:47. > :18:49.where our reporter Victoria Holland is for us now - what does this mean
:18:50. > :19:00.for people in Hedon? This HSBC branch in the marketplace
:19:01. > :19:03.is one of only two banks of soul when this shatters store the Lloyds
:19:04. > :19:05.bank which is a tourist and will be the last bank in time. This is part
:19:06. > :19:11.of a national UK trend. In the past two years they've closed
:19:12. > :19:21.a quarter of their UK branches. Today it announced
:19:22. > :19:23.the closure of three banks in our area, in Horncastle,
:19:24. > :19:25.Hedon, and Brigg. Last week Yorkshire Bank
:19:26. > :19:27.announced it would close 39 branches across the UK,
:19:28. > :19:29.including those in Goole and Hull. And last year the last bank
:19:30. > :19:52.in Howden left town, I suppose it is reality. It is the
:19:53. > :21:03.personal touch that will go. My partner uses it twice a week.
:21:04. > :21:10.The company says that 90% of their transactions
:21:11. > :21:12.on the digital channels and closing these branches will insurer more
:21:13. > :21:15.But many of the branches they're closing
:21:16. > :21:17.in small towns and rural areas and many elderly people
:21:18. > :21:28.A petition to knight the last surviving member
:21:29. > :21:30.of the Dambusters has reached more than 200,000 signatures.
:21:31. > :21:33.Veteran Jonny Johnson was a bomb aimer in the World War Two raid.
:21:34. > :21:35.He was not named in the new year's honours list.
:21:36. > :21:38.It prompted TV presenter Carol Vorderman to start an online
:21:39. > :21:42.petition, calling for him to be knighted for his charity work.
:21:43. > :21:46.We talked about it on the programme and Carol Vorderman will be on radio
:21:47. > :21:49.Humberside just after seven o'clock. You've been getting in touch with us
:21:50. > :21:52.about jail sentences for motorists Jessica Danby died after her moped
:21:53. > :21:56.was hit by a car trying The driver pleaded guilty
:21:57. > :21:58.to dangerous driving and was sentenced to two
:21:59. > :22:00.years in jail. Jessica's mother says
:22:01. > :22:05.that's not enough. Trevor called, he says,
:22:06. > :22:07.I don't think two years is enough. These judges don't live in the real
:22:08. > :22:10.world, he should have got He's cut her life short and he's
:22:11. > :22:15.going to be out in no time. Mary from Sutton-in-Ashfield
:22:16. > :22:18.texted us, she says, Nobody in their right mind
:22:19. > :22:20.would overtake in fog. If the boot was on the other foot
:22:21. > :22:24.and his own daughter had been killed I am sure he would also think that
:22:25. > :22:26.two years imprisonment Hull City say midfield player
:22:27. > :22:38.Ryan Mason is making 'excellent progress' as he recovers
:22:39. > :22:40.from a fractured skull. Mason was injured during the game
:22:41. > :22:43.against Chelsea at the weekend. The player remains at
:22:44. > :22:45.St Mary's hospital in London Lincoln City fans were queuing
:22:46. > :23:04.from the early hours of today for FA Hundreds of supporters spent
:23:05. > :23:07.the morning trying to buy tickets for Saturday's game
:23:08. > :23:09.against Championship side Until some legends brought a little
:23:10. > :23:15.fire, kept everyone warm. You know, to get tickets for this
:23:16. > :23:19.game is a pretty big deal. We are going up, mate,
:23:20. > :23:22.we are going up. Beverley tennis player Kyle Edmund
:23:23. > :23:26.has been selected for Britain's Edmund is likely to play
:23:27. > :23:29.in the singles against Canada because Andy Murray will probably be
:23:30. > :23:32.rested. The RNLI lifeboat
:23:33. > :23:34.station at Spurn Point have a new crew member -
:23:35. > :23:41.Basil, the fox. The wild animal has befriended
:23:42. > :23:45.the team and has become a regular As you can see, he is
:23:46. > :23:54.certainly not camera shy. The internet can be a great way
:23:55. > :23:56.to learn another language, but a young man from South Korea has
:23:57. > :24:00.been taking it upon himself to teach people different
:24:01. > :24:03.versions of British Dialect. Korean Billy has been
:24:04. > :24:05.using social media to help people speak Mancunian,
:24:06. > :24:09.Liverpudlian, even Geordie, but because of the City of Culture,
:24:10. > :24:12.his attention has now turned to help One thing about this City of Culture
:24:13. > :24:21.experience is the fact that it continues to grab world-wide
:24:22. > :24:25.attention and not just for big turbine blades in the city centre,
:24:26. > :24:29.now it seems people want to understand the very soul of this
:24:30. > :24:32.city, to understand the people but to understand the people
:24:33. > :24:38.you need to understand Meet Korean Billy an internet
:24:39. > :24:56.sensation because of his amazing ability to teach the wonders
:24:57. > :24:58.of the British dialect. He's taught liverpudlian,
:24:59. > :25:10.Geordie and now one of his latest First of all you need to remember
:25:11. > :25:20.that Hull is cold Hull by local people. --Called. The H It is not
:25:21. > :25:22.normally pronounced. Within his three-minute video
:25:23. > :25:24.are five key phrases that you may need and you can
:25:25. > :25:36.practise with him... To be fair they don't
:25:37. > :25:41.look like a bad attempt, but it's not for me to judge -
:25:42. > :25:46.it's for the people. It's good. Not bad actually, it was
:25:47. > :25:52.pretty funny. Fair reviews, but surely now,
:25:53. > :25:54.it's time for the ultimate comparison, Billy's tuition,
:25:55. > :26:07.versus the real thing. Thanks to Billy and the people
:26:08. > :26:18.here, the world is now Let's get a recap of the national
:26:19. > :26:30.and regional headlines The Supreme Court say Parliament
:26:31. > :26:32.rather than Ministers should have the power to decide
:26:33. > :26:35.when to trigger Brexit talks. There's anger over plans that
:26:36. > :26:37.could see district councils Lincolnshire County Council
:26:38. > :26:40.say the move could save Tomorrow's weather: Dense fog slow
:26:41. > :26:48.to clear across parts of Lincolnshire where it will stay
:26:49. > :26:50.grey and cold. There should be brighter
:26:51. > :27:04.spells further North. The idea of losing the seven
:27:05. > :27:11.district councils ligature. Christine says in West Lindsey we're
:27:12. > :27:14.very good services including waste collection. John said the proposals
:27:15. > :27:19.for ligature should be copied by Yorkshire. John says close libraries
:27:20. > :27:23.and collapsing roads and fields also an elderly clear in a competent road
:27:24. > :27:27.planning, that's ligature County Council, why wouldn't want to give
:27:28. > :27:31.it even more powers? Jerry says why not get rid of the County Council
:27:32. > :27:35.and let the district councils run Lincolnshire? There are many more
:27:36. > :27:40.where those came from. Keep them coming in and thank you for
:27:41. > :27:45.watching. And back with the second Blue North that the past ten. Join
:27:46. > :27:48.me if you can. -- Luke North.