24/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The plan to have only one large council for

Lincolnshire is criticised by District Council leaders.

It is the County Council acted like a rogue council it seems to me

because it is not the way we have been doing things recently.

The husband of a woman killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia

Kept off school - the girl who says she's being bullied

The Korean guide to speaking Hull that's become an internet sensation.

Some dense fog expected over southern parts of Lincolnshire

tonight. I will be back later with all the details.

A war of words has erupted tonight over a move to scrap the seven

district councils in Lincolnshire and replace then with a unitary

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants to hold

a referendum on the proposal - which he claims would save 150

I'll be speaking to Martin Hill in a moment.

But first, our Political Editor Tim Iredale finds out why some

in the county are fiercely opposed to the idea.

There are currently seven district councils covering Lincolnshire

plus the county council, so is it time to merge

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants

I think the reason we are doing it is because we keep having these

conversations all the time about the difficult financial

situation all councils are in and having to find ways

of saving money, which means difficult decisions.

This is a way you can save a good amount of money without affecting

At present the district council's provide localised services

such as bin collections, housing and planning.

The county council is responsible for big budget services such

The idea of abolishing district councils in Lincolnshire is likely

You know, it is the county council acting like a rogue council,

it seems to me because it is not the way we have been

We have done it on a collaborative basis.

This is a unilateral move by the county council.

I think it's the start of their campaign for what they have

sought for a long time, which is a county unitary

Lincolnshire County Council is highlighting other areas

which have abolished their district councils in favour of

It's estimated that Cornwall saved ?16 million a year.

Durham made ?21 million of annual savings.

And it's estimated that Lincolnshire would save around

North Hykeham is part of the North Kesteven district

so how do people here feel about having all their services

delivered by one so-called super council for the

I think you would have less say in what goes on locally

You know, I think the smaller councils are more geared up

to the smaller districts, sort of thing.

If we want the council tax down, yes.

If the proposal is approved by the county council next month,

then a referendum would take place in May on the same day

However, the result wouldn't be binding and any final decision

on scrapping Lincolnshire's district councils would rest

Tim Iredale, BBC Look North, Lincoln.

You can have your say in just a moment.

I spoke to the leader of Lincolnshire County

I asked him why he thought getting rid of the seven district councils

If we talk about losing all the councils we all deliver services. It

is all about how they are delivered so the front-line people will still

be there delivering on the gritters will still be there in the bin

collectors and all the rest of it. It is all about reducing the

management back-office costs which is what we could do away with it

with your councils. The leader of Lincoln County Council has accused

the Caddick is an ongoing role because he says you're in a

furniture crisis and this is a money driven. -- enough financial crisis.

If it can save ?30 million a year without having a financial crisis

outed as a responsible not to consider that. How much will it cost

for something that is not legally binding? It will be minimal costs

because it is held in the same day as County Council elections are no

extra cost. It will be a question of the ballot papers and some of the

people counting the ballot papers will have to wait for an hour or so

longer but that will be at. Even if the referendum voted in favour it is

not legally binding. The Government like devolved powers but it is never

going to happen. There is a debate going on across the country and in

Dorset they are considering going for a unitary status so I think the

Government 's position as if there is an local willingness to go for

unitary status they will support it. If somebody else were leader of the

County Council and you were leader of say North Kesteven you would not

say it was a good idea. If we can save 30 million pounds a year and

not affect council services at all that is a good idea. John says in an

e-mail we are well served by a district councils and we know our

councillors. -- Jordan. The only time a seat Councillor Hell is when

he is on the door. They're not going to vote in favour. -- the only time

I see councillor Martin Hill. We need to at least consider a

situation where it can save a lot of money at the same time is not

affecting front line services. We want to hear from you on this

story, do you think there should be Would you like there to be won

unitary authority or to keep the seven councils? Can you say no to

saving per year? Would you welcome the idea of a referendum even

although it is not legally binding? You have had what he thinks it will

cost. -- you have heard. Should we get rid of the seven district

councils Lincolnshire and have one authority? Thank you for watching

this Tuesday night. Boom time for local toy companies,

but there's concern A man from Hull, whose wife

was killed in a terror attack in Tunisia, has described the moment

he tried to save her by pulling her Jim Windass' wife Claire

was shot when a gunman Bruce Wilkinson from Goole

and Carly Lovett from Gainsborough were also among the 22 people killed

in June 2015. Our reporter Emily Unia has been

at the inquest in London today. Emily, what else did Claire's

husband Jim say today? He described her as a beautiful and

kind-hearted person who always had time for everyone. Jim Windass

Described how on the morning of the 26th of June which was his birthday

he and his wife had gone to the beach and reliance on loungers when

he had wanted that were firecrackers and he then realised it was gunfire

and he needed to act. He knew that player was not a runner 's only

tried to drag of the sunbed and sometime during that action hitting

a stand a bullet had struck. When the gunmen had gone he checked out

and you realise was no pulse so he said I close the rise. -- I closed

her eyes. Did we learn any more

about what travel advice had been Jim Windass Described a booking is

holidays at Thomsons and hulls and 70 in player had been to Tunisia

before. He said at no time staff mentioned the security situation in

Tunisia are at the Foreign Office website and he said that if the

enormity would have gone somewhere else. Without any doubt of somebody

at Albany was a chance of a terrorist situation I would not have

gone there,. -- if somebody had told me. When asked by the barrister if

he had seen documents with travel advice he said he had not. And so

they booked again. The trial is expected to last another six weeks.

The parents of a 12-year-old girl who could bleed to death

from a bruise say they've had to remove her from school in Hull

It's claimed Crystal Pugh, who's a haemophiliac,

was repeatedly hit by pupils at Kingswood Academy

The school says it has procedures in place to deal with incidents

of bullying and a health plan to support Crystal

But her parents say the school has let her down.

For the family the kitchen now doubles as a classroom. Until

yesterday 12-year-old Crystal Pugh and her sister were pupils at

Kingswood Academy in Hull but now her parents have decided is not safe

for Crystal to stay. We have taken out of school because she is getting

physically and verbally and emotionally bullied. They said it

for years now but nobody 's done anything about it. I guess we just

get worse every day. Crystal Has haemophilia A, a potentially fatal

disease that prevents blood from clotting. She could die. If they are

punching in her robes and her kidneys we do not know they have

damaged her kidneys and her spleen. There are too many bodies at school

and are giving the same punishment that they get for a lesser offence.

It is ridiculous. The headmaster Dale Jackson did not want to be

interviewed Betty sent a statement saying the school has zero tolerance

of bullying and incidents dealt with effectively. He also said that he

and other members of staff have met with the honour of various occasions

and they have a support plan. -- met with the Pugh family. Crystal Says

her life is much better than she has left. I used to have stressed there

are now since I have left it as mean much better. Crystal 's parents say

the system let her down. A man has been jailed for life

for murdering a woman in Skegness. Casey Scott stabbed and strangled

Lenuta Haidemac last summer The judge ordered that he serve

at least 19 years in prison. Campaigners fighting to stop beagles

being bred for animal experiments at a site in East Yorkshire have

lost their fight. A judge has denied protesters leave

to Appeal the decision to allow B K Universal

to expand their site at Grimston. Cruelty Free International say

they're disappointed by the ruling. toys in our area say they've seen

huge demand over the last year. Figures released today show

the industry grew with sales reaching a record ?3.5 billion

making it the largest Hundreds of companies will be

showing off their latest products at the Toy Fair in London this week

including Lincolnshire based Plum Products who designed

and made the trampoline Our Business Correspondent

Leanne Brown reports. It's a chance for toy makers to show

off their latest designs. The fair in London is the UK's only

dedicated trade show and Lincolnshire firm,

Plum Products, will be showcasing We have got some examples here

of a new range that we are looking An example here is

a mud pie kitchen. It starts life quite open and some

of the scribbles and sketches you can see around us here,

we literally could go through 50/60 sketches and end up

with perhaps two out of those. The company was responsible

for the trampoline in the John Lewis Christmas advert,

which they say had It changed the landscape

significantly. I think it very much put trampolines

on kids' Christmas present lists. We saw a halo effect across all our

resellers and sold many, many more times the volume

than we would ever Figures released today show

that toy sales in the UK increased by 6.3% last year -

making the market value rise But despite growth in the industry

61% of toy makers are concerned about Brexit and today

the Supreme Court ruled that can't This company in Brigg market sells

wooden toys from Germany. They say they might have to modify

and a change in the future. Wooden toys have become very popular

now, especially because people For us, the biggest

problem with Brexit Will there be a free trade

agreement straight away, All those things affect

business dramatically. The industry faces a difficult

year ahead but companies are confident their innovation can

keep children interested. HSBC have announced

the closure of three banks in our area, in Horncastle,

Hedon, and Brigg. The Korean expert in Hull

speak helping people to know their twagging

from their tenfoots. This pictture of the Humber Bridge

was taken by Dean Vannucci. My new series starts on the 13th of

February and it is on at 915 every morning. We started the forecast was

a warning. We have some dense fog developing across parts of

Lincolnshire, southern parts of Lincolnshire to be specific.

Probably a bit of mist and fog but it is the size of Lincolnshire where

most concerned about. Then the into big up over the next few days.

Doubts about a little bit more tightly packed so I don't think

there will be as many problems with fog and when directions the site

that will get very chilly to the next few days until the temperatures

creep up with an Atlantic influencer weather over the weekend. Clear

skies at the moment and a little more cloud creeping into parts of

East Yorkshire. We will have some is developing and already have some

around The Wash. We expecting there to default to develop and shuttle

problems of the remit density into the morning here. Not as cold as

last night here. The sun will rise in the morning just before eight

o'clock and set again just before half past four. The next high water

in Skegness will be a quarter past Ford in the morning. We start the

morning of the grey note and some problems with visibility during the

rush hour per parts of Lincolnshire. Cloud spread over the top of that

little grey all day. Further north some sunshine for a time even here

we will see a of crowd spreading across the course of the day. We

will still have a bit of a difference in the temperature.

Always Calista for the site you are because the era is coming and off

much call the continent and that was settle do the theme over the next

few days. Temperatures are generally suppressed around at The Wash. On

Thursday we start the day with frost and temperatures really struggled to

lift through Thursday. A lot of pride which will tend to break up

through the day and then temperatures on the rise for Friday

the weekend. Went to country dial -- winter

country file diaries and the 13th. It's been announced that three HSBC

branches in our area will close because of the growth of internet

and mobile banking. The company will shut

branches in Horncastle, Brigg and Hedon in East Yorkshire

where our reporter Victoria Holland is for us now - what does this mean

for people in Hedon? This HSBC branch in the marketplace

is one of only two banks of soul when this shatters store the Lloyds

bank which is a tourist and will be the last bank in time. This is part

of a national UK trend. In the past two years they've closed

a quarter of their UK branches. Today it announced

the closure of three banks in our area, in Horncastle,

Hedon, and Brigg. Last week Yorkshire Bank

announced it would close 39 branches across the UK,

including those in Goole and Hull. And last year the last bank

in Howden left town, I suppose it is reality. It is the

personal touch that will go. My partner uses it twice a week.

The company says that 90% of their transactions

on the digital channels and closing these branches will insurer more

But many of the branches they're closing

in small towns and rural areas and many elderly people

A petition to knight the last surviving member

of the Dambusters has reached more than 200,000 signatures.

Veteran Jonny Johnson was a bomb aimer in the World War Two raid.

He was not named in the new year's honours list.

It prompted TV presenter Carol Vorderman to start an online

petition, calling for him to be knighted for his charity work.

We talked about it on the programme and Carol Vorderman will be on radio

Humberside just after seven o'clock. You've been getting in touch with us

about jail sentences for motorists Jessica Danby died after her moped

was hit by a car trying The driver pleaded guilty

to dangerous driving and was sentenced to two

years in jail. Jessica's mother says

that's not enough. Trevor called, he says,

I don't think two years is enough. These judges don't live in the real

world, he should have got He's cut her life short and he's

going to be out in no time. Mary from Sutton-in-Ashfield

texted us, she says, Nobody in their right mind

would overtake in fog. If the boot was on the other foot

and his own daughter had been killed I am sure he would also think that

two years imprisonment Hull City say midfield player

Ryan Mason is making 'excellent progress' as he recovers

from a fractured skull. Mason was injured during the game

against Chelsea at the weekend. The player remains at

St Mary's hospital in London Lincoln City fans were queuing

from the early hours of today for FA Hundreds of supporters spent

the morning trying to buy tickets for Saturday's game

against Championship side Until some legends brought a little

fire, kept everyone warm. You know, to get tickets for this

game is a pretty big deal. We are going up, mate,

we are going up. Beverley tennis player Kyle Edmund

has been selected for Britain's Edmund is likely to play

in the singles against Canada because Andy Murray will probably be

rested. The RNLI lifeboat

station at Spurn Point have a new crew member -

Basil, the fox. The wild animal has befriended

the team and has become a regular As you can see, he is

certainly not camera shy. The internet can be a great way

to learn another language, but a young man from South Korea has

been taking it upon himself to teach people different

versions of British Dialect. Korean Billy has been

using social media to help people speak Mancunian,

Liverpudlian, even Geordie, but because of the City of Culture,

his attention has now turned to help One thing about this City of Culture

experience is the fact that it continues to grab world-wide

attention and not just for big turbine blades in the city centre,

now it seems people want to understand the very soul of this

city, to understand the people but to understand the people

you need to understand Meet Korean Billy an internet

sensation because of his amazing ability to teach the wonders

of the British dialect. He's taught liverpudlian,

Geordie and now one of his latest First of all you need to remember

that Hull is cold Hull by local people. --Called. The H It is not

normally pronounced. Within his three-minute video

are five key phrases that you may need and you can

practise with him... To be fair they don't

look like a bad attempt, but it's not for me to judge -

it's for the people. It's good. Not bad actually, it was

pretty funny. Fair reviews, but surely now,

it's time for the ultimate comparison, Billy's tuition,

versus the real thing. Thanks to Billy and the people

here, the world is now Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines The Supreme Court say Parliament

rather than Ministers should have the power to decide

when to trigger Brexit talks. There's anger over plans that

could see district councils Lincolnshire County Council

say the move could save Tomorrow's weather: Dense fog slow

to clear across parts of Lincolnshire where it will stay

grey and cold. There should be brighter

spells further North. The idea of losing the seven

district councils ligature. Christine says in West Lindsey we're

very good services including waste collection. John said the proposals

for ligature should be copied by Yorkshire. John says close libraries

and collapsing roads and fields also an elderly clear in a competent road

planning, that's ligature County Council, why wouldn't want to give

it even more powers? Jerry says why not get rid of the County Council

and let the district councils run Lincolnshire? There are many more

where those came from. Keep them coming in and thank you for

watching. And back with the second Blue North that the past ten. Join

me if you can. -- Luke North.