:00:07. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:09. > :00:17.A cancer patient's dying wish - better bedside phones in hospitals.
:00:18. > :00:20.There would have been many times she wouldn't want it to pick up the to
:00:21. > :00:25.me, just to talk. The students accused
:00:26. > :00:27.of acting like dictators, and branded intolerant
:00:28. > :00:29.by their town's MP. What the students union has done now
:00:30. > :00:32.is clamp down completely So they're very willing
:00:33. > :00:39.to stick up for students, it seems, as long as those
:00:40. > :00:41.students agree completely Still without water -
:00:42. > :00:46.the 200 homes in the Lincolnshire And the actors nominated for one
:00:47. > :01:03.of the biggest theatre A wet night, but some spring
:01:04. > :01:09.sunshine for most of us. Join me later for the detailed forecast.
:01:10. > :01:11.The Students' Union at the University of Lincoln
:01:12. > :01:14.is being accused of censorship - and compared to North Korea
:01:15. > :01:16.for suspending the social media account of a group of young
:01:17. > :01:21.The Union denies the accusation, but the Lincoln MP Karl McCartney
:01:22. > :01:24.has got involved saying it's been taken over by the "Loony Left"
:01:25. > :01:37.More from our Political Editor Tim Iredale.
:01:38. > :01:40.There's a long tradition of student protest in this country,
:01:41. > :01:42.but some claim that free speech is becoming increasingly
:01:43. > :01:46.Many universities have strict policies about the language that can
:01:47. > :01:50.be used in certain areas - some student unions have even
:01:51. > :01:53.designated "safe spaces" where discussion related to gender,
:01:54. > :01:59.race and sexual orientation are strictly regulated
:02:00. > :02:13.Safe spaces where students can come together and all people can come
:02:14. > :02:20.together to have discussion and debate without filling intimidated.
:02:21. > :02:22.The University of Lincoln's Conservative Society claims that
:02:23. > :02:24.when it highlighted a recent survey by an online magazine describing
:02:25. > :02:27.the Student Union as "very intolerant" it had its official
:02:28. > :02:30.social media account suspended - a response described by Lincoln's MP
:02:31. > :02:31.Karl McCartney as "intolerant, illiberal and totalitarian".
:02:32. > :02:34.The University of Lincoln's Student Union said it was investigating
:02:35. > :02:37.a "breach of code of conduct" but insisted that "freedom of Speech
:02:38. > :02:48.where students can express opinions and ideas freely within the law."
:02:49. > :02:55.You have got a label to take things on the chin. It is not as if the
:02:56. > :02:58.conservative society what actually really adversarial and some other
:02:59. > :03:06.things they had used the social media account for. I think the
:03:07. > :03:13.students union have a major sense of humour failure. I feel we are more
:03:14. > :03:21.understanding of peoples differences and open-minded. I don't think many
:03:22. > :03:25.people are offended easily. You can say anything controversial discuss
:03:26. > :03:28.controversial subjects because people do get offended all the time.
:03:29. > :03:31.So the age-old debate about free speech is being played out in a very
:03:32. > :03:34.modern setting with our universities facing a delicate balancing act
:03:35. > :03:44.between the right to be heard and the right not to be offended.
:03:45. > :03:46.Earlier I spoke to Ella Whelan from Spiked Online -
:03:47. > :03:49.a free speech website which is also covering this story.
:03:50. > :03:59.I asked her what her reaction was to the suggestion of 'censorship:'
:04:00. > :04:04.Your first reaction is to laugh because it is really quite
:04:05. > :04:16.surprising, what has happened with the students of union. -- students
:04:17. > :04:19.union. But we're not short. 90% of UK universities censor speech in
:04:20. > :04:25.some way so while this is a hilariously follows is not that
:04:26. > :04:27.shocking. Do you know about this generation Snowflake? These people
:04:28. > :04:35.who are offended at the drop of a hat because that is what this is
:04:36. > :04:39.about? It is fair to say there are separate groups of students union
:04:40. > :04:42.offices and people in the university administration that having a jerk
:04:43. > :04:46.reaction and are seeking to ban anything that could be described as
:04:47. > :04:51.offensive in this very pathetic way. But surely this is part of a wider
:04:52. > :04:57.trend towards censorship not just on campus but in wider society I am
:04:58. > :05:00.tentative about which Snowflake because this is as if it has just
:05:01. > :05:04.fallen at the sky because the sharp of a much bigger problem. People at
:05:05. > :05:07.normalcy that this is fine if they are putting out stuff that they
:05:08. > :05:11.agree with but if you're putting something else. If you're are
:05:12. > :05:17.mainstream Orkin said the student wants to say to you and what does it
:05:18. > :05:22.say about the University? I think most people are really upset about
:05:23. > :05:26.this. It is a terrible indictment about the state of free speech at
:05:27. > :05:31.our universities that you cannot criticise, politically criticise,
:05:32. > :05:35.your own union. This is not school. The universities and student unions
:05:36. > :05:41.are not our bosses. This is a union not allowing its members to have a
:05:42. > :05:48.point of view. The local Conservative MP Kyle McCartney says
:05:49. > :05:57.this is the loony left taking over. -- Karl. Is he right? Censorship
:05:58. > :06:00.happens on both the right and the left and historically tended to be
:06:01. > :06:05.the right that tends towards censorship. Now we have union
:06:06. > :06:09.officers who are politically liberal and left leanings so to say this is
:06:10. > :06:12.all to do with the loony left is absolutely underestimating the skill
:06:13. > :06:21.of the problem. We see it in both right and left. What would be your
:06:22. > :06:25.message to the student union? To back off students and absolutely
:06:26. > :06:27.step away from doing this level of censorship. They have no place in
:06:28. > :06:34.policing what students can say and no place in demarcating what is and
:06:35. > :06:42.isn't right on campus. Repeal the ban and leave students alone.
:06:43. > :06:45.You can be sure that this will get people talking tonight.
:06:46. > :06:49.Self-obsessed and unable to listen to points of view
:06:50. > :07:08.If you direct uni at the moment, what do you think of the students
:07:09. > :07:16.union? Our students snowflakes? Very keen to hear from you, especially if
:07:17. > :07:33.you are at university in Hull Arlington. -- or Lincoln. I will be
:07:34. > :07:38.talking to Karl McCartney at half past ten.
:07:39. > :07:41.Anglian Water's main job is to get clean water to your tap.
:07:42. > :07:44.But for the last three days they've been promising - and failing -
:07:45. > :07:46.to fix a leak that's cut off hundreds of homes.
:07:47. > :07:48.Our Environment Correspondent Paul Murphy is at Asterby
:07:49. > :07:59.This is some of the new pipework that is going to be put in in the
:08:00. > :08:03.next few days and they're going to be working through the night.
:08:04. > :08:06.Anglian say the papers under the stream and getting access to it is
:08:07. > :08:11.difficult and they also say that the terrain around here is hilly and
:08:12. > :08:18.creating pockets of a in the water network which is still blocking
:08:19. > :08:21.supply to about 200 households. -- air.
:08:22. > :08:23.A third day without reliable mains water for Tetford
:08:24. > :08:26.And so it's bottles for him and his family.
:08:27. > :08:33.Even in the resilient communities of the Lincolnshire wolds
:08:34. > :08:35.there is a sense of growing frustration that Sunday
:08:36. > :08:37.night's water leak continues to cause problems.
:08:38. > :08:39.The updates they've given us when it is going to be
:08:40. > :08:48.Obviously frustration, our child goes to school in the village.
:08:49. > :08:57.For two days now she's not been at school.
:08:58. > :09:00.So we have been sorting out childcare.
:09:01. > :09:03.Anglian Water has been involved in two operations since Sunday.
:09:04. > :09:05.Getting bottled water to more than 1,000 households and fixing
:09:06. > :09:08.Even though supplies have been reconnected,
:09:09. > :09:12.biggest problem they now face is that the system is full
:09:13. > :09:15.of stubborn pockets of air which are continuing to
:09:16. > :09:19.prevent the flow of water to hundreds of households.
:09:20. > :09:23.There are 16,000 of them in this shed.
:09:24. > :09:27.They drink three tonnes of water a day - the taps are dry -
:09:28. > :09:33.We had a slight trickle last night that just
:09:34. > :09:37.about got through to now and I think we are going to run out in the
:09:38. > :09:44.Because most of the egg is made up of water so we need
:09:45. > :09:50.We do understand peoples frustrations.
:09:51. > :09:58.I can't unfortunately give you an exact time when
:09:59. > :10:01.everybody will be back on water other than to say
:10:02. > :10:04.the inconvenience this is happening for people.
:10:05. > :10:06.We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as
:10:07. > :10:09.The civil engineering project to get this system fixed
:10:10. > :10:12.Anglian Water is offering reassurances that
:10:13. > :10:16.but is now holding back from saying when this will be.
:10:17. > :10:27.It has to be said people in Lincolnshire villages seem to be
:10:28. > :10:31.very calm and patient. I think they are resilient and resourceful people
:10:32. > :10:37.in general and they get their power lines knocked out by winter storms
:10:38. > :10:40.and boards like this one get blocked by snow quite regularly. The
:10:41. > :10:44.objection really have is that Anglian Water said on Monday morning
:10:45. > :10:48.it would be fixed by Monday midday and we're now 20 to seven on Tuesday
:10:49. > :10:55.and our patience is running out. The private company that runs
:10:56. > :10:56.Lincolnshire County Council's finances has been given a million
:10:57. > :10:59.pound penalty, following It's the second year in a row
:11:00. > :11:03.that payments to Serco have been held back,
:11:04. > :11:05.because of hundreds of mistakes in the payment of teachers,
:11:06. > :11:07.firefighters and council staff. The Grimsby MP Melanie Onn has
:11:08. > :11:21.claimed that a constituent being held at a prison
:11:22. > :11:23.near Doncaster was attacked by fellow inmates who
:11:24. > :11:25.had keys to his cell. She went on to claim inmates
:11:26. > :11:28.are in charge of prisons across the country -
:11:29. > :11:38.something that was dismissed After a constituent of mine was
:11:39. > :11:43.seriously assaulted when other inmates had access to keys to their
:11:44. > :11:48.cells when he did not, is not clear that the people in charge of our
:11:49. > :11:55.prisoners are not governors of the Secretary of State, it is the
:11:56. > :11:59.prisoners? That is not the case but we recognise that by recruiting more
:12:00. > :12:00.staff and strengthening the front line will make it easier for staff
:12:01. > :12:06.to challenge and support prisoners. A man from Hull whose wife died
:12:07. > :12:10.of cancer at the age 52 is raising money to fulfil her dying wish -
:12:11. > :12:13.and it's a very basic wish. To be able to call
:12:14. > :12:18.friends and family. Beverley Garnett said she felt
:12:19. > :12:20.isolated at Castle Hill Hospital where there are no patient phones
:12:21. > :12:23.and a very poor mobile phone signal. Now Terry Garnett is trying
:12:24. > :12:40.to get wifi installed. At the age of 16 she met her future
:12:41. > :12:49.husband. Her life was cut short by pancreatic cancer at age of 52.
:12:50. > :12:55.Despite receiving what Obama said the excellent care at the hospital
:12:56. > :12:56.the lack of mobile signal and a bedside phone left feeling isolated
:12:57. > :13:03.in her final moments. There were a number of times
:13:04. > :13:04.during the course of the night
:13:05. > :13:06.where she She must have been in
:13:07. > :13:10.a very dark place knowing There would have been many times
:13:11. > :13:13.that she would have wanted to pick up the phone just to speak
:13:14. > :13:16.to me, just to talk. Not just about cancer, just to talk
:13:17. > :13:19.about everyday things to take to help Beverley's family
:13:20. > :13:25.with their campaign to have WiFi installed
:13:26. > :13:28.within the Queen's Medical Centre. The NHS trust which runs
:13:29. > :13:30.this hospital says it technology plays a huge part
:13:31. > :13:33.connecting families and patients. But it adds offering radiotherapy
:13:34. > :13:35.from within a complex building can cause problems
:13:36. > :13:37.with mobile connectivity. Hospital bosses have
:13:38. > :13:51.agreed to meet with It's a familiar story for other
:13:52. > :13:56.families. This lady says her stepfather who died of cancer find
:13:57. > :14:01.his inability to call from hospital distressing. It is bad enough not
:14:02. > :14:06.being able to call from hospital but for some people who are terminally
:14:07. > :14:17.El, it is the last week or I were a the missing out and they have the
:14:18. > :14:22.need to speak to people. -- who are terminally ill. It is their last
:14:23. > :14:27.week or month and they have the need to speak to people.
:14:28. > :14:29.Hospital bosses have agreed to meet with
:14:30. > :14:34.You can have the chemotherapy, radiotherapy but also part
:14:35. > :14:37.of the process of the healing is to be able to get in touch
:14:38. > :14:41.I had a discussion with Beverley and it was one
:14:42. > :14:43.of her dying wishes that I started a crusade.
:14:44. > :14:50.I'm very focused in making sure that we explore every avenue.
:14:51. > :14:52.And Terry Garnett got in touch with the BBC about that.
:14:53. > :14:57.We'll keep you updated on what happens.
:14:58. > :15:05.If you have a story you think we should know about send us an e-mail.
:15:06. > :15:19.A teenager nominated for one of the biggest awards in the country. The
:15:20. > :15:22.staff and the people see I knew he was something special. -- the
:15:23. > :15:52.pupils. So it says here that you do a five
:15:53. > :16:07.day forecast but you only do three. Tim is being about them here. --
:16:08. > :16:14.being abetted them here. -- being a bit dim here. The headline for the
:16:15. > :16:19.next 24 hours is very nice indeed. It looks quite springlike and driver
:16:20. > :16:24.some sunshine. East Yorkshire having a lovely day. Some patchy rain in
:16:25. > :16:28.the extreme south of Lincolnshire. These weather fronts coming from the
:16:29. > :16:31.West which brings rain tonight. Most of it clear is that there is a wave
:16:32. > :16:36.on the weather front that may well just bring some cloud and patchy
:16:37. > :16:40.rain and southern parts of literature and North West North not
:16:41. > :16:48.just for a time. Once you get north of the link and it looks a nice day.
:16:49. > :16:55.East Yorkshire looks good. -- Lincoln. This mass of cloud is a
:16:56. > :16:58.weather front bringing rain across all parts. After a fine evening
:16:59. > :17:02.cloud will continue to increase from the West and turns wet overnight
:17:03. > :17:06.with outbreaks of quite persistent rain. It moves fairly quickly.
:17:07. > :17:11.Weather front and there by five o'clock in the morning. To the north
:17:12. > :17:16.is is dry and a frost free night and we will see temperatures tonight of
:17:17. > :17:26.around six Celsius. The sun rises at 34 minutes past six and your nights
:17:27. > :17:34.high water time is that Hull Victoria Dock at quarter past two.
:17:35. > :17:42.Skegness later. To the north it is really nice and East Yorkshire and
:17:43. > :17:50.Goole and Hull Anne Beverley and Bridlington having a good day and
:17:51. > :17:54.Grisby in Scunthorpe good too. 12 Celsius. And Thursday looks a nice
:17:55. > :18:08.day too. And there is the five-day forecast. I rest my case. And today.
:18:09. > :18:17.See you tomorrow. Day three. We first thought about this night. The
:18:18. > :18:22.incredible claim of a train journey from Hull to Liverpool and 30
:18:23. > :18:26.minutes needed more investigation. Today plans for magnetic trains in
:18:27. > :18:32.the North of England were called Bazaar.
:18:33. > :18:34.This is the fastest train in the world -
:18:35. > :18:40.travelling at 375 miles per hour in Japan.
:18:41. > :18:43.It's a far cry from some of the trains we've filmed over here.
:18:44. > :18:50.So what do passengers think to the idea?
:18:51. > :18:59.Travelling half as fast as the speed of sound. That would be a great
:19:00. > :19:06.idea. The Japanese have them and why should we not have over here? We
:19:07. > :19:11.invented the railways. Expensive to produce. I do not use that line so
:19:12. > :19:14.it would not affect me but would probably work OK if they just
:19:15. > :19:19.upgraded what they have got. It would be grand. It would be like the
:19:20. > :19:22.Bullet in Japan. The superfast trains
:19:23. > :19:24.are called Maglev trains short Unlike normal trains which have
:19:25. > :19:27.wheels rolling on metal tracks the Maglev are lifted
:19:28. > :19:29.from the tracks by powerful magnets - floating in
:19:30. > :19:40.the air above the track. Using an underground tunnel the
:19:41. > :19:45.private company behind the plans says a journey from Hull to Leeds
:19:46. > :20:01.will be 30 minutes. and a non-stop trip to Liverpool
:20:02. > :20:05.would be 29 minutes. At the moment that journey would
:20:06. > :20:17.take around three and a half hours. But rail experts say it's
:20:18. > :20:28.not right for the UK. There's no point having to put the
:20:29. > :20:35.brakes on a sinner should leave the station. Electrification is the way.
:20:36. > :20:38.-- as soon as you the station. -- leave the station.
:20:39. > :20:41.A teenager from Hull has been nominated for an Olivier award -
:20:42. > :20:42.British theatre's equivalent to the Oscars.
:20:43. > :20:48.19-year-old Ben Hunter has been short listed for his role
:20:49. > :20:53.in Gary Barlow's musical The Girl - and it's all the more outstanding
:20:54. > :21:00.because it's his very first acting job since he left school.
:21:01. > :21:09.Sheridan Smith is also nominated for Best actress in a musical.
:21:10. > :21:12.For Ben Hunter, getting a part in Gary Barlow's West End musical
:21:13. > :21:15.was a big enough achievement - so getting nominated for Britain's
:21:16. > :21:17.top acting awards for his role is the icing on the cake.
:21:18. > :21:20.Ben's the youngest ever nominee for the Olivier award for best
:21:21. > :21:33.I always wanted it to happen but I never thought it would happen at 19.
:21:34. > :21:36.I couldn't believe it. I always aim to be nominated for one but two
:21:37. > :21:43.Ashley get nominated is a really strange thing. -- to actually get
:21:44. > :21:46.nominated. The other contenders are brilliant people up there.
:21:47. > :21:49.It's only 18 months since Ben was at Collegiate School, near Hull,
:21:50. > :21:53.preparing to audition for the part of Danny.
:21:54. > :22:04.This is the stage where they started out in school plays ranging from Our
:22:05. > :22:13.Pay Out to all of our. Even then staff and pupils knew he was
:22:14. > :22:17.something special. -- Oliver. Not only was he talented but he worked
:22:18. > :22:21.hard at it. He was asking me how to get an agent when he was 13. He was
:22:22. > :22:26.always in the school play and he always stood out as one of the best.
:22:27. > :22:28.I feel really quite proud that someone I know has been nominated
:22:29. > :22:32.for this award and he definitely deserves it.
:22:33. > :22:40.Ben's not the only nominee from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
:22:41. > :22:41.Sheridan Smith, from Epworth near Scunthorpe, has
:22:42. > :22:44.been nominated again - this time for best actress
:22:45. > :23:04.She hopes to claim her third Olivier at the ceremony. The awards about
:23:05. > :23:08.the Albert Hall. -- are at the Albert Hall.
:23:09. > :23:10.Two Loggerhead sea turtles are settling into life
:23:11. > :23:12.in their new home at The Deep in Hull.
:23:13. > :23:15.Sensa and Malbouche are each just over a metre long
:23:16. > :23:17.and moved here from Belgium after their old
:23:18. > :23:23.They are exploring at the moment and using every inch of the tank
:23:24. > :23:29.swimming from top to bottom and enjoying their new surroundings.
:23:30. > :23:34.It looked like it was gliding gracefully through the water.
:23:35. > :23:40.It was really big and when it was like swimming,
:23:41. > :24:00.-- lapping. You can see the turtles at their new home.
:24:01. > :24:02.There are two matches tonight involving our local football teams.
:24:03. > :24:04.In League One Scunthorpe travel to Charlton.
:24:05. > :24:06.While Lincoln City are at Braintree in the National League.
:24:07. > :24:13.More details on the BBC Sport website.
:24:14. > :24:15.A mum who advertised her son on Facebook -
:24:16. > :24:18.to get him out of the house, has made national headlines.
:24:19. > :24:20.Donna Cooper said Nick would work for free to get him
:24:21. > :24:30.Katy Austin is at their home in Beeford near Bridlington tonight.
:24:31. > :24:41.That is right. I am with Donna Cooper and her son neck. This all
:24:42. > :24:49.started when after racing at school -- Nick. -- after and in the
:24:50. > :24:55.schoolyard to stay at home. He was playing on his computer. Did you
:24:56. > :24:59.think you were being lazy? Not at all. What would you like to have
:25:00. > :25:07.been doing during those days? Going out. Tell us what you did with the
:25:08. > :25:10.Facebook group. After being unimpressed with them not being able
:25:11. > :25:19.to go to school I advertised his services for work and the local
:25:20. > :25:23.Facebook page. Did you get much reaction? It was overwhelming in all
:25:24. > :25:29.fairness. The local businesses were really supportive. One business
:25:30. > :25:30.where he did go to work for a few hours was the Beach Hut cafe and it
:25:31. > :25:34.is what they thought. He was lovely, really well
:25:35. > :25:41.mannered, really polite. Very friendly and he did
:25:42. > :25:43.a really good job. He came in, washed pots,
:25:44. > :26:00.cleaned a few tables. How did you find your time getting
:26:01. > :26:04.work experience? It was all right. Do you think it was a better use of
:26:05. > :26:10.your time and hanging around at home? Yeah, definitely. When you're
:26:11. > :26:16.surprised at the reaction? No. Yeah. I don't know. This is all had a
:26:17. > :26:23.great outcome. What has happened at the end of all this? A lady got in
:26:24. > :26:27.touch and he has an apprenticeship now. Hopefully it is what he wants
:26:28. > :26:32.to do so all is good. It has worked out well. Congratulations. Maybe
:26:33. > :26:35.some inspiration for some other parents out there.
:26:36. > :26:46.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:47. > :26:48.The Government has suffered its second defeat in a week
:26:49. > :26:52.A cancer patient's dying wish to her husband -
:26:53. > :26:54.better bedside phones in hospitals to tackle isolation.
:26:55. > :26:56.Tomorrow's weather: Another dry and bright day
:26:57. > :27:11.On students and service Martin says the student union is behaving like a
:27:12. > :27:15.dictator. Gary says I fear for the future of this country of these
:27:16. > :27:19.others are boys of the movers and shakers of the future. Harry says
:27:20. > :27:23.we're friends were members of the Lincolnshire conservative society
:27:24. > :27:26.and I'm appalled. Page says being a university student is about being
:27:27. > :27:30.independent and live a bit of unions are putting you down and go against
:27:31. > :27:37.your opinion of feelings that is no point in speaking your views at all.
:27:38. > :27:41.Thank you and all of these. I tapped past ten and will be talking to the
:27:42. > :27:46.MP Karl McCartney.