07/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

A cancer patient's dying wish - better bedside phones in hospitals.

There would have been many times she wouldn't want it to pick up the to

me, just to talk. The students accused

of acting like dictators, and branded intolerant

by their town's MP. What the students union has done now

is clamp down completely So they're very willing

to stick up for students, it seems, as long as those

students agree completely Still without water -

the 200 homes in the Lincolnshire And the actors nominated for one

of the biggest theatre A wet night, but some spring

sunshine for most of us. Join me later for the detailed forecast.

The Students' Union at the University of Lincoln

is being accused of censorship - and compared to North Korea

for suspending the social media account of a group of young

The Union denies the accusation, but the Lincoln MP Karl McCartney

has got involved saying it's been taken over by the "Loony Left"

More from our Political Editor Tim Iredale.

There's a long tradition of student protest in this country,

but some claim that free speech is becoming increasingly

Many universities have strict policies about the language that can

be used in certain areas - some student unions have even

designated "safe spaces" where discussion related to gender,

race and sexual orientation are strictly regulated

Safe spaces where students can come together and all people can come

together to have discussion and debate without filling intimidated.

The University of Lincoln's Conservative Society claims that

when it highlighted a recent survey by an online magazine describing

the Student Union as "very intolerant" it had its official

social media account suspended - a response described by Lincoln's MP

Karl McCartney as "intolerant, illiberal and totalitarian".

The University of Lincoln's Student Union said it was investigating

a "breach of code of conduct" but insisted that "freedom of Speech

where students can express opinions and ideas freely within the law."

You have got a label to take things on the chin. It is not as if the

conservative society what actually really adversarial and some other

things they had used the social media account for. I think the

students union have a major sense of humour failure. I feel we are more

understanding of peoples differences and open-minded. I don't think many

people are offended easily. You can say anything controversial discuss

controversial subjects because people do get offended all the time.

So the age-old debate about free speech is being played out in a very

modern setting with our universities facing a delicate balancing act

between the right to be heard and the right not to be offended.

Earlier I spoke to Ella Whelan from Spiked Online -

a free speech website which is also covering this story.

I asked her what her reaction was to the suggestion of 'censorship:'

Your first reaction is to laugh because it is really quite

surprising, what has happened with the students of union. -- students

union. But we're not short. 90% of UK universities censor speech in

some way so while this is a hilariously follows is not that

shocking. Do you know about this generation Snowflake? These people

who are offended at the drop of a hat because that is what this is

about? It is fair to say there are separate groups of students union

offices and people in the university administration that having a jerk

reaction and are seeking to ban anything that could be described as

offensive in this very pathetic way. But surely this is part of a wider

trend towards censorship not just on campus but in wider society I am

tentative about which Snowflake because this is as if it has just

fallen at the sky because the sharp of a much bigger problem. People at

normalcy that this is fine if they are putting out stuff that they

agree with but if you're putting something else. If you're are

mainstream Orkin said the student wants to say to you and what does it

say about the University? I think most people are really upset about

this. It is a terrible indictment about the state of free speech at

our universities that you cannot criticise, politically criticise,

your own union. This is not school. The universities and student unions

are not our bosses. This is a union not allowing its members to have a

point of view. The local Conservative MP Kyle McCartney says

this is the loony left taking over. -- Karl. Is he right? Censorship

happens on both the right and the left and historically tended to be

the right that tends towards censorship. Now we have union

officers who are politically liberal and left leanings so to say this is

all to do with the loony left is absolutely underestimating the skill

of the problem. We see it in both right and left. What would be your

message to the student union? To back off students and absolutely

step away from doing this level of censorship. They have no place in

policing what students can say and no place in demarcating what is and

isn't right on campus. Repeal the ban and leave students alone.

You can be sure that this will get people talking tonight.

Self-obsessed and unable to listen to points of view

If you direct uni at the moment, what do you think of the students

union? Our students snowflakes? Very keen to hear from you, especially if

you are at university in Hull Arlington. -- or Lincoln. I will be

talking to Karl McCartney at half past ten.

Anglian Water's main job is to get clean water to your tap.

But for the last three days they've been promising - and failing -

to fix a leak that's cut off hundreds of homes.

Our Environment Correspondent Paul Murphy is at Asterby

This is some of the new pipework that is going to be put in in the

next few days and they're going to be working through the night.

Anglian say the papers under the stream and getting access to it is

difficult and they also say that the terrain around here is hilly and

creating pockets of a in the water network which is still blocking

supply to about 200 households. -- air.

A third day without reliable mains water for Tetford

And so it's bottles for him and his family.

Even in the resilient communities of the Lincolnshire wolds

there is a sense of growing frustration that Sunday

night's water leak continues to cause problems.

The updates they've given us when it is going to be

Obviously frustration, our child goes to school in the village.

For two days now she's not been at school.

So we have been sorting out childcare.

Anglian Water has been involved in two operations since Sunday.

Getting bottled water to more than 1,000 households and fixing

Even though supplies have been reconnected,

biggest problem they now face is that the system is full

of stubborn pockets of air which are continuing to

prevent the flow of water to hundreds of households.

There are 16,000 of them in this shed.

They drink three tonnes of water a day - the taps are dry -

We had a slight trickle last night that just

about got through to now and I think we are going to run out in the

Because most of the egg is made up of water so we need

We do understand peoples frustrations.

I can't unfortunately give you an exact time when

everybody will be back on water other than to say

the inconvenience this is happening for people.

We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as

The civil engineering project to get this system fixed

Anglian Water is offering reassurances that

but is now holding back from saying when this will be.

It has to be said people in Lincolnshire villages seem to be

very calm and patient. I think they are resilient and resourceful people

in general and they get their power lines knocked out by winter storms

and boards like this one get blocked by snow quite regularly. The

objection really have is that Anglian Water said on Monday morning

it would be fixed by Monday midday and we're now 20 to seven on Tuesday

and our patience is running out. The private company that runs

Lincolnshire County Council's finances has been given a million

pound penalty, following It's the second year in a row

that payments to Serco have been held back,

because of hundreds of mistakes in the payment of teachers,

firefighters and council staff. The Grimsby MP Melanie Onn has

claimed that a constituent being held at a prison

near Doncaster was attacked by fellow inmates who

had keys to his cell. She went on to claim inmates

are in charge of prisons across the country -

something that was dismissed After a constituent of mine was

seriously assaulted when other inmates had access to keys to their

cells when he did not, is not clear that the people in charge of our

prisoners are not governors of the Secretary of State, it is the

prisoners? That is not the case but we recognise that by recruiting more

staff and strengthening the front line will make it easier for staff

to challenge and support prisoners. A man from Hull whose wife died

of cancer at the age 52 is raising money to fulfil her dying wish -

and it's a very basic wish. To be able to call

friends and family. Beverley Garnett said she felt

isolated at Castle Hill Hospital where there are no patient phones

and a very poor mobile phone signal. Now Terry Garnett is trying

to get wifi installed. At the age of 16 she met her future

husband. Her life was cut short by pancreatic cancer at age of 52.

Despite receiving what Obama said the excellent care at the hospital

the lack of mobile signal and a bedside phone left feeling isolated

in her final moments. There were a number of times

during the course of the night

where she She must have been in

a very dark place knowing There would have been many times

that she would have wanted to pick up the phone just to speak

to me, just to talk. Not just about cancer, just to talk

about everyday things to take to help Beverley's family

with their campaign to have WiFi installed

within the Queen's Medical Centre. The NHS trust which runs

this hospital says it technology plays a huge part

connecting families and patients. But it adds offering radiotherapy

from within a complex building can cause problems

with mobile connectivity. Hospital bosses have

agreed to meet with It's a familiar story for other

families. This lady says her stepfather who died of cancer find

his inability to call from hospital distressing. It is bad enough not

being able to call from hospital but for some people who are terminally

El, it is the last week or I were a the missing out and they have the

need to speak to people. -- who are terminally ill. It is their last

week or month and they have the need to speak to people.

Hospital bosses have agreed to meet with

You can have the chemotherapy, radiotherapy but also part

of the process of the healing is to be able to get in touch

I had a discussion with Beverley and it was one

of her dying wishes that I started a crusade.

I'm very focused in making sure that we explore every avenue.

And Terry Garnett got in touch with the BBC about that.

We'll keep you updated on what happens.

If you have a story you think we should know about send us an e-mail.

A teenager nominated for one of the biggest awards in the country. The

staff and the people see I knew he was something special. -- the

pupils. So it says here that you do a five

day forecast but you only do three. Tim is being about them here. --

being abetted them here. -- being a bit dim here. The headline for the

next 24 hours is very nice indeed. It looks quite springlike and driver

some sunshine. East Yorkshire having a lovely day. Some patchy rain in

the extreme south of Lincolnshire. These weather fronts coming from the

West which brings rain tonight. Most of it clear is that there is a wave

on the weather front that may well just bring some cloud and patchy

rain and southern parts of literature and North West North not

just for a time. Once you get north of the link and it looks a nice day.

East Yorkshire looks good. -- Lincoln. This mass of cloud is a

weather front bringing rain across all parts. After a fine evening

cloud will continue to increase from the West and turns wet overnight

with outbreaks of quite persistent rain. It moves fairly quickly.

Weather front and there by five o'clock in the morning. To the north

is is dry and a frost free night and we will see temperatures tonight of

around six Celsius. The sun rises at 34 minutes past six and your nights

high water time is that Hull Victoria Dock at quarter past two.

Skegness later. To the north it is really nice and East Yorkshire and

Goole and Hull Anne Beverley and Bridlington having a good day and

Grisby in Scunthorpe good too. 12 Celsius. And Thursday looks a nice

day too. And there is the five-day forecast. I rest my case. And today.

See you tomorrow. Day three. We first thought about this night. The

incredible claim of a train journey from Hull to Liverpool and 30

minutes needed more investigation. Today plans for magnetic trains in

the North of England were called Bazaar.

This is the fastest train in the world -

travelling at 375 miles per hour in Japan.

It's a far cry from some of the trains we've filmed over here.

So what do passengers think to the idea?

Travelling half as fast as the speed of sound. That would be a great

idea. The Japanese have them and why should we not have over here? We

invented the railways. Expensive to produce. I do not use that line so

it would not affect me but would probably work OK if they just

upgraded what they have got. It would be grand. It would be like the

Bullet in Japan. The superfast trains

are called Maglev trains short Unlike normal trains which have

wheels rolling on metal tracks the Maglev are lifted

from the tracks by powerful magnets - floating in

the air above the track. Using an underground tunnel the

private company behind the plans says a journey from Hull to Leeds

will be 30 minutes. and a non-stop trip to Liverpool

would be 29 minutes. At the moment that journey would

take around three and a half hours. But rail experts say it's

not right for the UK. There's no point having to put the

brakes on a sinner should leave the station. Electrification is the way.

-- as soon as you the station. -- leave the station.

A teenager from Hull has been nominated for an Olivier award -

British theatre's equivalent to the Oscars.

19-year-old Ben Hunter has been short listed for his role

in Gary Barlow's musical The Girl - and it's all the more outstanding

because it's his very first acting job since he left school.

Sheridan Smith is also nominated for Best actress in a musical.

For Ben Hunter, getting a part in Gary Barlow's West End musical

was a big enough achievement - so getting nominated for Britain's

top acting awards for his role is the icing on the cake.

Ben's the youngest ever nominee for the Olivier award for best

I always wanted it to happen but I never thought it would happen at 19.

I couldn't believe it. I always aim to be nominated for one but two

Ashley get nominated is a really strange thing. -- to actually get

nominated. The other contenders are brilliant people up there.

It's only 18 months since Ben was at Collegiate School, near Hull,

preparing to audition for the part of Danny.

This is the stage where they started out in school plays ranging from Our

Pay Out to all of our. Even then staff and pupils knew he was

something special. -- Oliver. Not only was he talented but he worked

hard at it. He was asking me how to get an agent when he was 13. He was

always in the school play and he always stood out as one of the best.

I feel really quite proud that someone I know has been nominated

for this award and he definitely deserves it.

Ben's not the only nominee from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Sheridan Smith, from Epworth near Scunthorpe, has

been nominated again - this time for best actress

She hopes to claim her third Olivier at the ceremony. The awards about

the Albert Hall. -- are at the Albert Hall.

Two Loggerhead sea turtles are settling into life

in their new home at The Deep in Hull.

Sensa and Malbouche are each just over a metre long

and moved here from Belgium after their old

They are exploring at the moment and using every inch of the tank

swimming from top to bottom and enjoying their new surroundings.

It looked like it was gliding gracefully through the water.

It was really big and when it was like swimming,

-- lapping. You can see the turtles at their new home.

There are two matches tonight involving our local football teams.

In League One Scunthorpe travel to Charlton.

While Lincoln City are at Braintree in the National League.

More details on the BBC Sport website.

A mum who advertised her son on Facebook -

to get him out of the house, has made national headlines.

Donna Cooper said Nick would work for free to get him

Katy Austin is at their home in Beeford near Bridlington tonight.

That is right. I am with Donna Cooper and her son neck. This all

started when after racing at school -- Nick. -- after and in the

schoolyard to stay at home. He was playing on his computer. Did you

think you were being lazy? Not at all. What would you like to have

been doing during those days? Going out. Tell us what you did with the

Facebook group. After being unimpressed with them not being able

to go to school I advertised his services for work and the local

Facebook page. Did you get much reaction? It was overwhelming in all

fairness. The local businesses were really supportive. One business

where he did go to work for a few hours was the Beach Hut cafe and it

is what they thought. He was lovely, really well

mannered, really polite. Very friendly and he did

a really good job. He came in, washed pots,

cleaned a few tables. How did you find your time getting

work experience? It was all right. Do you think it was a better use of

your time and hanging around at home? Yeah, definitely. When you're

surprised at the reaction? No. Yeah. I don't know. This is all had a

great outcome. What has happened at the end of all this? A lady got in

touch and he has an apprenticeship now. Hopefully it is what he wants

to do so all is good. It has worked out well. Congratulations. Maybe

some inspiration for some other parents out there.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.

The Government has suffered its second defeat in a week

A cancer patient's dying wish to her husband -

better bedside phones in hospitals to tackle isolation.

Tomorrow's weather: Another dry and bright day

On students and service Martin says the student union is behaving like a

dictator. Gary says I fear for the future of this country of these

others are boys of the movers and shakers of the future. Harry says

we're friends were members of the Lincolnshire conservative society

and I'm appalled. Page says being a university student is about being

independent and live a bit of unions are putting you down and go against

your opinion of feelings that is no point in speaking your views at all.

Thank you and all of these. I tapped past ten and will be talking to the

MP Karl McCartney.