:00:00. > :00:07.Sunday it will turn called. Back to you. That is all.
:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:10. > :00:15.Money for social care and a rate cap for small businesses; the chancellor
:00:16. > :00:23.I'm at Westminster where both sides have been reacting to the budget.
:00:24. > :00:27.Some say it didn't go far enough. Businesses here say there is good
:00:28. > :00:30.news in the budget with pubs being promised a discount
:00:31. > :00:40.on their rates. Whether it will offset the increases
:00:41. > :00:41.we were expecting anyway, many customers say it's a slight drop in
:00:42. > :00:43.the ocean. Also on the programme, a new army
:00:44. > :00:58.of land girls as more women look Also tonight, people taking to their
:00:59. > :01:02.bike to search for missing people. And, a new army of land girls as
:01:03. > :01:07.more women look for a career in agriculture on international women's
:01:08. > :01:10.day. I think there is no glass ceiling at all within agriculture.
:01:11. > :01:14.If you want to do something, the opportunities are there. And the
:01:15. > :01:19.last living British dam Buster call force recognition as he returns to
:01:20. > :01:25.the spot where he dropped his bomb. 13 degrease today. Will the spring
:01:26. > :01:33.sunshine last? Join me for the detailed five-day forecast.
:01:34. > :01:35.It's a budget which, according to the Prime Minister
:01:36. > :01:39.addresses the key issues facing the country.
:01:40. > :01:41.The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, today increased the amount of money
:01:42. > :01:43.available for Social Care by ?2 billion.
:01:44. > :01:46.He said growth would be higher and borrowing would be lower
:01:47. > :01:53.But his opponents have accused him of utter complacency.
:01:54. > :01:56.Local businesses have broadly welcomed his speech and we'll be
:01:57. > :01:59.hearing from some of them in a moment, but first our political
:02:00. > :02:03.Editor Tim Iredale reports on the measures the Chancellor hopes
:02:04. > :02:14.will address the financial challenge of a growing elderly population.
:02:15. > :02:21.Budget day is the day where we find out whether we'll be better or worse
:02:22. > :02:26.off. If you were to ask the majority of these women protesting at
:02:27. > :02:28.Westminster today, they'll tell you they're out-of-pocket due to
:02:29. > :02:32.previously announced changes which means that some of them who thought
:02:33. > :02:36.they could retire at 60 will now have to wait until they're 66 to
:02:37. > :02:39.collect their state pension. The Government have just totally ignored
:02:40. > :02:43.us. They'll not even entertain talking to us about it. They say
:02:44. > :02:47.there's no money, we are not going to do anything about it, we have
:02:48. > :02:52.already given you a six-month extension. But the six-month
:02:53. > :02:56.transition arrangement they've put in doesn't cover all women. The
:02:57. > :03:09.Chancellor didn't address the pension concerns but he did tackle
:03:10. > :03:13.arguably the biggest issue tackling the growing population of elderly
:03:14. > :03:18.people. Council tax will be increased by 3% in the form of a
:03:19. > :03:23.levy or precept to pay for social care. Councils said they were facing
:03:24. > :03:27.a ?2.6 billion short fall by 2020. Today, the Chancellor announced ?2
:03:28. > :03:32.billion for social care over the next three years. There is an ageing
:03:33. > :03:37.population, increasing demand for social care, and this is a good step
:03:38. > :03:42.forward for people in Lincolnshire and everywhere else. Some argue it's
:03:43. > :03:46.still not enough. It doesn't sound enough. At least it's a contribution
:03:47. > :03:51.towards a significant problem. What we have is the Government holding
:03:52. > :03:55.its hands up and saying there is no crisis in our watch on health and
:03:56. > :04:01.social care and throwing some money at it. We need to look at how social
:04:02. > :04:05.care works in the long-term. This will be an extra ?1 billion this
:04:06. > :04:09.coming year and I think that will be good news, I hope, for Lincolnshire
:04:10. > :04:15.County Council and across the country. The number crunching begins
:04:16. > :04:18.and councils across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire will know how much of
:04:19. > :04:22.that ?2 billion they'll receive towards the growing cost of care.
:04:23. > :04:25.The chancellor told MPs there'll be extra financial help for businesses
:04:26. > :04:27.which have been affected by recent rate rises and that
:04:28. > :04:30.certain pubs would receive a discount on their rates.
:04:31. > :04:31.People who run businesses locally have broadly
:04:32. > :04:39.welcomed today's budget, as our Business correspondent
:04:40. > :04:52.Subbusinesses eagerly awaited the budget day pose and the start of the
:04:53. > :04:55.Chancellor's speech. In the first budget since Brexit, it was revealed
:04:56. > :04:59.the economy is growing and unemployment is falling. But is that
:05:00. > :05:05.the case locally? Well those that represent businesses in the area say
:05:06. > :05:10.it's a bright future. We are doing very well at the moment, the City of
:05:11. > :05:13.culture, the Siemens investment, the council talks about billions of
:05:14. > :05:17.investment, I'm sure that's more than we've probably ever had at any
:05:18. > :05:22.single point in the past so we are on a bit of a role. There are
:05:23. > :05:29.difficulties as we do know about, but broadly good news. Here at
:05:30. > :05:32.Safety Supplying Clothing, they're expanding rapidly and would have
:05:33. > :05:36.liked more of a UK strategy from the Chancellor. This is our national
:05:37. > :05:39.distribution centre and we have outgrown it so we are going to have
:05:40. > :05:44.to build another one. When it's all finished and up to speed, there'll
:05:45. > :05:47.be over 300 new jobs for Hull. I was looking for fundamental honesty
:05:48. > :05:53.about the state of the nation's finances which I got, I would like
:05:54. > :05:59.to hear a full I haves and strategy. What about small businesses? It was
:06:00. > :06:03.a sigh of relief for this cafe which business rates won't increase. It
:06:04. > :06:15.was a sigh of relief. They may have doubled almost. Now the budget's
:06:16. > :06:22.come out, it's a a relief. This small brewery supplies around 100 in
:06:23. > :06:25.our area. They welcomed the Government's
:06:26. > :06:28.recognition of pubs being a part of the community and hopefully, it's
:06:29. > :06:32.the first time we have seen that in a budget, hopefully that will
:06:33. > :06:37.continue in the future developments. And we heard there'll be ?90 million
:06:38. > :06:47.of transport spending for the north. So what would people like that money
:06:48. > :06:58.to be spent on? More cycle lanes, as flat as Amsterdam. Make roads wider
:06:59. > :07:03.if possible. More cycle ways. Widen the pavements. A sign on the main
:07:04. > :07:06.road into Hull reads "what can you do? " It seems with a little help,
:07:07. > :07:07.rather a lot. Let us know what you think of what
:07:08. > :07:11.the Chancellor had to say today. There'll be an extra
:07:12. > :07:13.?2 billion for Social Care, a subject which has been
:07:14. > :07:15.in the headlines recently. But if you're self employed,
:07:16. > :07:17.your National Insurance More on the budget from Tim who is
:07:18. > :08:01.live in London just before 7. Around 200 properties have a fourth
:08:02. > :08:06.day without water after a pipe burst in the Lincolnshire Wolds
:08:07. > :08:08.over the weekend. Anglian Water has been involved
:08:09. > :08:10.in two operations since Sunday, fixing a huge underground water pipe
:08:11. > :08:23.and getting bottled water I'm really conscious that we've made
:08:24. > :08:31.several bad guesses about how long it's going to take and I don't want
:08:32. > :08:34.to make another one. We are hoping to get water back to people tonight
:08:35. > :08:37.and we are hoping for a solution tomorrow. We should begin to push
:08:38. > :08:40.this to a conclusion tomorrow. Northern Rail has announced details
:08:41. > :08:43.of a reduced service next Monday, The RMT union balloted
:08:44. > :08:46.for the strike over fears that new trains planned for 2018 would no
:08:47. > :08:49.longer require conductors. Northern Rail says it will run
:08:50. > :08:52.just 40% of its usual The chairman of Hull
:08:53. > :08:56.and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Mike Ramsden has announced
:08:57. > :09:00.he is to step down at He took on the role as chairman
:09:01. > :09:05.after widespread bullying was exposed by the Care Quality
:09:06. > :09:06.Commission. It's hoped a ?3 million investment
:09:07. > :09:10.into East Midlands Ambulance Service will help improve the care patients
:09:11. > :09:12.receive. A new electronic record
:09:13. > :09:15.system will be delivered over the next two years,
:09:16. > :09:17.giving paramedics quicker access to medical records and allowing
:09:18. > :09:22.injury information to be sent to the hospital before
:09:23. > :09:26.the patient arrives. Campaigners trying to save a playing
:09:27. > :09:29.field in Scunthorpe say they're disappointed that
:09:30. > :09:32.North Lincolnshire Council has voted This afternoon the council approved
:09:33. > :09:39.proposals for 122 homes But over 1,000 people have signed
:09:40. > :09:55.a petition against the plans. My children have played on here and
:09:56. > :10:02.my grandchildren still do. I think it's really a shame that they're
:10:03. > :10:07.going to take it off of us. There is no problem in it being built on
:10:08. > :10:11.brown field site, that needs developing, but it's a useable
:10:12. > :10:14.space. If it's built on for houses or anything else for that matter,
:10:15. > :10:17.it's gone and it won't be coming back.
:10:18. > :10:20.Every year, hundreds of people go missing in Lincolnshire and valuable
:10:21. > :10:22.police time is spent trying to find them.
:10:23. > :10:24.Now thanks to a lottery grant, a team of volunteers on mountain
:10:25. > :10:29.But there are only four bikes for the whole of Lincolnshire -
:10:30. > :10:34.and the Lowland Search and Rescue team admits it needs more
:10:35. > :10:38.Laura Foster joined them as they trained in woods
:10:39. > :10:44.They're like mountain rescue without the hills; the coast guard
:10:45. > :10:47.without the water; this team is on call 24 hours a day-
:10:48. > :10:52.Ready to help Lincolnshire Police find people who've gone missing
:10:53. > :10:54.because of dementia, mental health issues
:10:55. > :11:00.or because they've run away from home.
:11:01. > :11:05.I can see it almost like a fourth emergency service. There are times
:11:06. > :11:08.when the emergency services themselves are pretty stretched.
:11:09. > :11:12.They need the assistance of volunteers. The mountain bike
:11:13. > :11:16.element is fairly new to us so we are hitting the ground running, so
:11:17. > :11:20.to speak, but yes, the element is to get out there as fast as possible.
:11:21. > :11:23.They're given a meeting point that can be anywhere from Grimsby
:11:24. > :11:28.Some will go on foot, but this new bike team rides in a four.
:11:29. > :11:31.The person at the front's in charge of navigating,
:11:32. > :11:34.the second rider looks left, the third looks right
:11:35. > :11:40.while the fourth is the team leader and watches over the group.
:11:41. > :11:45.At the moment the team are being briefed on their drill to find Pete.
:11:46. > :11:50.He and I were in the middle of the forest. What have you got to do
:11:51. > :11:54.exactly? Got to run, hide, play a certain type of persona so it
:11:55. > :11:58.challenges and tests their skills. Yes, hopefully they can find me and
:11:59. > :11:59.bring me back safe. All right, off you go.
:12:00. > :12:02.It's not just about cycling, the team are specially trained
:12:03. > :12:06.in calming down vulnerably individuals and guiding
:12:07. > :12:13.Lincolnshire Police says their help is incredibly important.
:12:14. > :12:22.We'd struggle to find the staff. We do rally every available member of
:12:23. > :12:31.staff, but that extra help is invaluable. Currently they've only
:12:32. > :12:35.got four bikes for the second biggest county in the UK. We need
:12:36. > :12:41.more volunteers to be able to join, train up and give a little bit of
:12:42. > :12:44.timethe community. At the moment, there are no mountain bike search
:12:45. > :12:56.teams for Yorkshire, it's hoped that will be set up in the future.
:12:57. > :13:00.They're doing great work there. Maybe they'll get some more
:13:01. > :13:08.volunteers after tonight. If you have a story you think we
:13:09. > :13:12.should know about, send me an e-mail. Still to come: The last
:13:13. > :13:15.living British dam Buster calls for recognition as he returns to the
:13:16. > :13:39.spot where he dropped his bomb. Now Toonite else photograph is a
:13:40. > :13:45.real winner. -- tonight's photograph. It was taken at St
:13:46. > :13:48.Mary's church in Barton upon Humber. Another picture tonight at around
:13:49. > :13:53.the same time. Good evening, young man.
:13:54. > :14:02.People often ask me, what does Paul do earlier in the day. A sneak
:14:03. > :14:07.preview from earlier today. That looks really hard. I knew you were
:14:08. > :14:11.going to do that! There was a weather conference on. Do you think
:14:12. > :14:17.anybody actually believes that who is watching? Caught red handed. It's
:14:18. > :14:22.the last time I'm tweeting pictures like that. The headline for the next
:14:23. > :14:26.24 hours. It's going to be very nice. Lots of sunshine to come.
:14:27. > :14:32.Tomorrow it will be a little on the windy side. There's the headline,
:14:33. > :14:40.sunny, windy and dry. Temperatures around 12 or 13. This warm front
:14:41. > :14:44.will bring a bit of drizzle for Friday, Friday although a cloudy day
:14:45. > :14:49.will be mostly dry and should stay mild. There was a bit of a back hang
:14:50. > :14:52.of cloud for a time. It was fairly cloudy first thing but the afternoon
:14:53. > :14:58.really made up for it with that sunshine. 13 degrees widely across
:14:59. > :15:04.parts of our region. So, this evening is fine with clear spells
:15:05. > :15:08.and very little happening overnight. A weak weather front bringing the
:15:09. > :15:12.odd shower up to the north-west side of Yorkshire. It's going to be dry
:15:13. > :15:25.with temperatures five, six or seven. The sun rises at 6. 37. There
:15:26. > :15:28.might be a bit of patchy cloud around first thing as the weak
:15:29. > :15:32.weather front moves into the North Sea, otherwise what a lovely day.
:15:33. > :15:38.Blue skies for many, lots of sunshine. The only downside is it's
:15:39. > :15:44.going to be windy. It will be a westerly whistling down the Humber.
:15:45. > :15:46.So Hull and Grimsby perhaps feeling that. Temperatures are above average
:15:47. > :15:58.for the first half of March. A little further ahead, mostly dry
:15:59. > :16:01.and cloudy on Friday. Weak weather fronts comed bring patchy rain for a
:16:02. > :16:08.time over the weekend. That said, there'll be a lot of fine weather on
:16:09. > :16:11.offer for golf. Tim wrote last night about whether it's a four or
:16:12. > :16:15.five-day forecast. Nicky says, reviewing the weather of the day is
:16:16. > :16:18.not a forecast, thens viewer Tim is right, it's only a four-day
:16:19. > :16:24.forecast. Talking about what we have had today is not a forecast. It's 6.
:16:25. > :16:26.45, four hours left of today, that's day one, and then another four
:16:27. > :16:28.there... Love to chat but lost the will to
:16:29. > :16:35.live! A career in farming and agriculture
:16:36. > :16:38.is becoming increasingly popular among women in our area,
:16:39. > :16:40.according to Bishop Burton College. Five years ago 10% of the college's
:16:41. > :16:44.students were women but that figure Today, as part of International
:16:45. > :16:48.Women's day, the college has been trying to inspire women to pursue
:16:49. > :16:53.careers in agriculture. War transformed the status and role
:16:54. > :17:01.of women; in Britian's fields the land girls proved it wasn't just
:17:02. > :17:04.men who could drive tractors and harvest crops.But several
:17:05. > :17:10.decades later; one of the countries biggest agricultural colleges
:17:11. > :17:23.is still trying to inspire more I think there is no glass ceiling at
:17:24. > :17:27.all in agriculture. If you want to do something, the opportunities are
:17:28. > :17:31.there. We used to have one in ten students signing up for ago cultural
:17:32. > :17:33.courses. We've now got four or five in ten and that's happened in the
:17:34. > :17:34.last five years. Student Emily Richardson grew up
:17:35. > :17:38.on an arable farm and always wanted to follow in her fathers footsteps;
:17:39. > :17:41.she says her gender didn't matter. Hundreds of women gathered today
:17:42. > :17:53.at the college to hear success It is a man's industry, but it's got
:17:54. > :17:58.better. Half the course girls and the majority of the teachers are
:17:59. > :18:01.women, so over time the perception of men in agriculture is getting
:18:02. > :18:03.pushed aside by women as well in that they can do it.
:18:04. > :18:06.Hundreds of women gathered today at the college to hear success
:18:07. > :18:13.stories with the hope of inspiring students like Eve.
:18:14. > :18:18.When you say you're doing agriculture, people don't believe
:18:19. > :18:21.it. It's nice to see so many women in the industry and so many women
:18:22. > :18:26.doing really well many the industry as well. It just shows all the
:18:27. > :18:28.different things that you can do within agriculture.
:18:29. > :18:30.Across the world others have used this day to protest
:18:31. > :18:32.for women's rights - strikes were held in
:18:33. > :18:39.In Russia, it's a public holiday where the sales
:18:40. > :18:43.In East Yorkshire - Janine Burley set up her own
:18:44. > :18:46.business after being made redundant - she's one of a growing number
:18:47. > :18:56.It's realingly important you encourage other women to do what
:18:57. > :19:00.you've done because sometimes women get stuck in a rut and feel they're
:19:01. > :19:04.limited when actually really women are not limited at all. So it's
:19:05. > :19:06.really nice to be out there saying to women, yes, you can do it too.
:19:07. > :19:09.As the next generation of young girls grow up -
:19:10. > :19:12.the organisers of women's day say they hope it's in a world
:19:13. > :19:25.Jill is at a Boxing Academy where something special
:19:26. > :19:45.When it comes to sports dominated by men, boxing is one of them. More
:19:46. > :19:48.than 30 women are here having a go for free today, thanks to
:19:49. > :19:53.professional boxer Tommy Coyle. Why did you have this idea to open the
:19:54. > :19:58.doors of the academy? Well, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a
:19:59. > :20:01.woman and I love giving stuff away and giving something back, so why
:20:02. > :20:06.not. Thank you very much. Quickly let's speak to one of the women
:20:07. > :20:11.having a go. Amanda, do you feel empowered by having a go at a sport
:20:12. > :20:18.like boxing? Empowered, invigorated, it's a great place to come get your
:20:19. > :20:22.stress and anxieties out. I was a gym-Phoebe up until last year when
:20:23. > :20:29.my friend introduced me to coming here. The integration for women
:20:30. > :20:32.continues into the weekend. Hull hosts the festival the Women of the
:20:33. > :20:36.World for the first time ever this weekend.
:20:37. > :20:44.The multi-million selling electric string quartet Bond, featuring
:20:45. > :20:46.Hull-born Gayee Westerhoff, will complete the lineup
:20:47. > :20:52.of the Women of the World festival in Hull which starts this Friday.
:20:53. > :20:57.Bond will join fellow Hull performers Lucy Beaumont
:20:58. > :21:00.and Maureen Lipman on the opening night at the City Hall.
:21:01. > :21:05.WOW is a festival of culture and debate which aims
:21:06. > :21:08.to ensure women and girls realise their potential.
:21:09. > :21:12.Thanks to everyone who got in touch after we told you how the Lincoln
:21:13. > :21:15.University Student's Union had suspended the social media account
:21:16. > :21:23.Dan "These students have too much time on their hands.
:21:24. > :21:27.I studied veterinary medicine at university and was too busy
:21:28. > :21:31.working my socks off to be offended by decisions made by
:21:32. > :21:37.Alistair "Universities have long been breeding grounds
:21:38. > :21:40.for the extreme left wing brainwashing of young students.
:21:41. > :21:42.Woe betide anyone with their own political opinion on campus.
:21:43. > :21:45.They will find themselves censored or gagged.
:21:46. > :21:51.PJ from Hull "Can someone please tell the Lincoln students
:21:52. > :21:55.that there is no such thing as a right to not be offended,
:21:56. > :22:02.and that genuine rights like freedom of speech are not just 'values'.
:22:03. > :22:07.They flew daring missions from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire
:22:08. > :22:13.during World War Two, but today the last surviving
:22:14. > :22:16.Dambuster has renewed his calls for his unit to be recognised more
:22:17. > :22:20.George 'Johnny' Johnson served with 617 squadron.
:22:21. > :22:24.In a special report the BBC's Michael Buerk has taken
:22:25. > :22:26.Johnny back to Germany, to the spot where
:22:27. > :22:37.George Osborny Johnson may be looking at the present, but he's
:22:38. > :22:44.seeing the past. He's back three quarters of a century to a moon lit
:22:45. > :22:50.night and almost impossible mission. It was a thrilling experience. As a
:22:51. > :22:54.young man, he was part of RAF bomber command, part of the sustained
:22:55. > :22:59.lethal campaign against the Nazi's war machine that all but destroyed
:23:00. > :23:08.many of Germany's cities. Jonnie flew on 50 missions. One stood out.
:23:09. > :23:13.This is a huge lake held back by the great dam. It's a tourist resort
:23:14. > :23:18.these days. Out of season it's quiet and peaceful. 74 years ago, it was
:23:19. > :23:24.the target for the most famous bombing raid in history.
:23:25. > :23:33.The mission involved dropping specially invented bombs designed to
:23:34. > :23:37.destroy the three targets, the dams captured in the 1950s film the
:23:38. > :23:44.Dambusters. As a bomb aimer, Jonnie Johnson's job was to hit the Zorpa
:23:45. > :23:49.dam. Our briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as
:23:50. > :23:53.possible to the centre of the dam. It was something we hadn't practised
:23:54. > :23:58.at all in training, that type of attack. So it was practise,
:23:59. > :24:02.practise, practise here until you got it right. Go did you, on this
:24:03. > :24:10.raid or any other, is any thought for the people underneath? No, not
:24:11. > :24:16.during operational times. This 14-year-old was hiding in a tunnel
:24:17. > :24:24.under the dam that night. The doors inside the dam burst open. All the
:24:25. > :24:32.children were screaming. It was chaos. Jonnie's bomb was spot on,
:24:33. > :24:40.but not enough to breach the Zorpa. But the other Dambusters blew great
:24:41. > :24:46.holes in the Morna and Ada dams. The war's supreme feat of flying dealt
:24:47. > :24:51.Hitler the most dramatic of blows. Now his two old men at the side of a
:24:52. > :24:59.lake where they nearly died long ago, they're the only ones left
:25:00. > :25:03.remembering. We talked about this a few weeks bag, there's now 308,000
:25:04. > :25:10.people signed a petition for Jonnie to get a Knighthood. The main and
:25:11. > :25:13.national headlines: 2.5 million self-employed people will pay higher
:25:14. > :25:17.national insurance contributions. Businesses here say there is some
:25:18. > :25:22.good news with the promise of rate cuts for pubs and small companies.
:25:23. > :25:25.Let's two back to the budget. Our Political Editor Tim Iredale is in
:25:26. > :25:33.Westminster. What's been the reaction to the budget?
:25:34. > :25:37.I'm live at the Treasury here tonight where the bean counters will
:25:38. > :25:40.be hoping for some good press following the announcements made
:25:41. > :25:43.today. Lincolnshire county council is one of the authorities that's
:25:44. > :25:47.been given a cautious welcome to an extra ?2 billion which will be spent
:25:48. > :25:54.on social care over the next three years. Other Cowan sails say it
:25:55. > :25:58.falls far short though and there's ?90 million to be spent on transport
:25:59. > :26:06.-- other councils. So-called pinch point. To put that into perspective,
:26:07. > :26:11.?90 million doesn't even cover the cost of Lincoln's eastern bypass and
:26:12. > :26:16.it's half the cost of the A63 in Hull. That money will have to be
:26:17. > :26:19.spread very thinly. This wasn't a give-away budget and I don't think
:26:20. > :26:24.anyone really will be feeling massively better off tonight.
:26:25. > :26:30.Thank you very much. Reading some of the e-mails and texts coming in. Ian
:26:31. > :26:34.is in Skegness, we have extra money for social care, does this mean that
:26:35. > :26:38.we'll not be paying the extra few percent on council tax? I doubt that
:26:39. > :26:41.very much, Ian. Thank you for these, keep them coming in, more tomorrow
:26:42. > :27:23.night. Thank you for watching. See you at 10. 30. Bye.
:27:24. > :27:26.Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto our screens,
:27:27. > :27:28.setting the stage alight...literally.
:27:29. > :27:34.Stars were a-swinging... Could somebody help me?
:27:35. > :27:46.Join the party, as new stars perform on...
:27:47. > :27:50.You can still see her - but it has to be supervised.