09/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The headlines tonight: An East Yorkshire MP blames

cycle lanes for causing pollution and congestion.

On your bike is the polite message from cycle campaigners to Sir Greg

Knight tonight. The engineering companies trying

to employ more women. Our factory job is not a man's job.

Nowhere near. Caught on camera -

the archive film showing how Hull New found fame - the schoolboy

who carried his injured friend over the finish line

of a cross country race. We are living the dream. We could

make a movie! Sunshine today. Will it last? Join me for the forecast.

Too many cycle lanes are causing an increase in traffic

congestion and pollution in our towns and cities.

That is the view of the East Yorkshire MP Sir Greg Knight

who says too much of the highway is being turned over to cycle lanes

causing traffic to slow down which increases emissions

Cycling groups say his comments are simply wrong.

Caroline Bilton is live in Cottingham near Hull tonight.

How have Sir Greg Knight's comments been received by cyclists today?

Well, let's face it. The road travel between cyclists and motorists has

been fraught for some time. I'm afraid these comments today have

done nothing to smooth over those cracks. There are over 500 miles of

cycle lanes in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. This is one of them.

Abroad adapted to make it easier for cyclists to get from A to B. You can

look at this in one of two weighs. To encourage people to leave their

cars at home and get on their bikes, or, as Sir Greg Knight sees it, a

cause for congestion. The start of the Tour De Yorkshire

two years ago in Bridlington, an event that has helped boost

the popularity of cycling with thousands more now taking

to the saddle as a result and it's led to councils investing

heavily in improving The East Riding for example

spending more than ?8 But one East Riding MP,

who's constituency town of Bridlington will once again be

hosting the Tour de Yorkshire this year, is calling for cycle lanes

to be scrapped to make way for cars. Is there not a case for making local

authorities in future take into account the congestion effects

of their crusade to improve road space in favour of wider

pavements and cycle lanes. Followers of Greg Knight

on Twitter will see he's He chairs the Parliamentary

Historic Vehicles Group. One might say he's

a bit of petrol head. He believes cycle lanes

cause congestion, adding If we had more cycle lanes,

there'll be more cyclists out there There would not be the congestion

and the pollution. It comes just weeks after Hull

was found to be breaching pollution limits, a problem that is linked

to around 40,000 deaths But for cyclists in the city

today removing cycle I think his comments

are a load of rubbish. I don't think they

should be scrapped. There is a bigger picture and it

needs to be addressed in general why there is a lot of traffic

in the city centre. Make it freer for the bigger

vehicles to move about. Cycling campaigners claim cars

create ten times the amount of carbon dioxide as bikes for every

kilometres travelled. In Denmark, the average person cycles 600 miles

per year, compared to 46 miles in the UK. It's claimed pollution in

Europe could be reduced by a quarter if everyone cycled as much as they

did in Denmark. We are a long way off of reaching the cycle utopia of

Denmark, but. the Government says it intends

to invest 300 million in improving Mr Knight may find his suggestion

struggles to get the green light. The consensus from those I've spoken

to today is we should be investing more money into cycle highways,

certainly not giving motorists encouragement to stay in their

cards. Thank you.

We would like to hear from you on this story,

Would we be better off with out cycle lanes?

Maybe you are a cyclist and want to be in touch?

A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious

injuries following a crash on the A1 near Newark.

Nottinghamshire Police say six vehicles were

involved in the collision which happened earlier.

The A1 southbound carriageway has re-opened, but the northbound

side will remain closed until 8pm tonight.

The Conservative MP for Cleethorpes says he won't rule out a vote

against the government over changes to National insurance

Plans to raise contributions for self employed workers were announced

Martin Vickers says he won't be disappointed if the budget

I'm not going to commit myself as yet because I've not had a chance to

discuss it with the minister, but I am concerned about the hit on the

self-employed. The Conservative Party have always prided themselves

in being the party of business and of the small business man in

particular. And you can hear that full

interview with Martin Vickers on our late programme tonight

on BBC one at 10:30pm. ?30 million of Government money

is to be invested in improving roads and supporting

businesses in Lincolnshire. The money will be used to build

a new centre for health science and also engineering research

at the University of Lincoln. It will be run by Siemens

and the University. Businesses in part of Lincoln city

centre say they are fed-up after seeing an increase

in thefts and vandalism. Shop owners on Bailgate claim

the CCTV in the area isn't doing The Council says it is due to be

upgraded over the next few months. Close to the Castle and Cathedral,

Lincoln's Bailgate is home to many independent businesses

which are popular with But recently they've seen

some unwelcome visitors. The windows of this shop

were recently smashed Staff here have now changed

their displays to try We have got our internal CCTV

cameras and we have also We can't have the external ones

because of the building Businesses here are now calling

for improved CCTV coverage. It does appear to be the case that

every time something happens, the CCTV, without fail,

was pointing in the wrong direction. I actually wonder whether it points

in any direction apart There is one camera

and it faces down there. Unfortunately, we are a bit exposed,

as are the other shops. The Council says the CCTV

is in good working order. The CCTV is due to be upgraded

over the next few months and we are looking at options

to increase coverage. Although this will be subject

to finances and we can't commit to any specific expansion areas

at this point. In the last month we've had five

burglaries in the Bail... Inspector Coates tells me the police

have now increased patrols here. We have put additional patrols

overnight when the offences We also have a dedicated police

community support officer for the Bailgate area,

so we try and patrol the area as much as we can but,

obviously, with limited resources, there is only so much

we can achieve. Officers say they've yet catch

anyone for the recent offences More than ?2 million

is being spent improving Lincoln County Hospital's neonatal

unit, which cares for The modernised department

will provide two intensive care, three high dependency and 12

special care cots. Health managers have been discussing

whether to centralise the county's maternity and neonatal

services in Lincoln. Hull's only world title winning

boxer has returned to the city to take centre stage at this

weekend's Women of Barbara Buttrick championed women's

boxing back in the 1950s in the United States

where she now lives. Today Hull boxer Tommy Coyle

unveiled a plaque in her honour, as the 87 -year-old spoke to girls

about the challenges of competing From back in the 1950s, they cannot

imagine how much the attitudes have changed and how much of an

opportunity they have. Three months ago, I didn't know her story. It is

an absolute pleasure to meet her. And to put up there in the gym for

her. Not enough women are applying

for jobs in manufacturing and engineering according to some

of our area's leading employers. There are double the number of jobs

available in those industries in the Humber region compared

to the UK average, but women Here's our business

correspondent, Leanne Brown. Laying the fiberglass at Hull's wind

turbine blade factory. 19-year-old Chloe is

the youngest worker at Siemens. She's only been here a few months

but wishes she'd started sooner. Women, at school and college, we get

told to go into waitressing or photography, that kind of thing. You

get told that our factory job is more of a man's job. It's nowhere

near. Cranes left the heavy things for you. We are only Listing

Fiberglas. It is not heavy lifting. In East Yorkshire and

Northern Lincolnshire One of the factories first

blades is now on display It's hoped the prominence of this 75

meter feat of engineering will inspire women to attend

a special event this weekend. There are lots of fabulous women who

have fabulous careers. But we don't always see them. The event is to

showcase them and let them talk to the ladies and the roles of Hol and

show them what great jobs we do. -- Hull.

Kirsty Clode Holly who's a student at Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning company Airco is proof that events do work.

I went to an event today. I used to think manufacturing was a male kind

of thing, not for girls. And I absolutely love it.

The company actively promotes what they do in schools

It is not male dominated. Ladies are encouraged here and in lots of big

companies. It is a sea change and I think that is really important.

So as opportunities grow is hoped a new generation of women

Flight Lieutenant Alicia Mason is one of the top engineers

She told me how she ended up doing that job in the Royal Air Force.

DNO, when I was at school, physics and maths were my favourite

subjects. -- do you know. My physics teacher said that she thought it

would be a good environment for me. There was not an engineering

programme at my all girl school. I hit the books, I went to the library

and read into engineering. I thought it sounded like the thing for me.

Then I decided to join the air force. We have just heard from a

woman at Siemens Saint when she was at school she was told to go into

waitressing or photography and engineering is not a role for women.

What should schools be doing? Do you know what, in many jobs, there are

so many rolls out there. Listen to people is advice, but if you want to

do something, go for it. Nobody should tell you what you can or

cannot do. It is up to you. Maybe you want to be a waitress or an air

hose test, an engineer, doctor or dentist. It doesn't matter. Do what

you want to do. Engineering is for me. I like fixing things and I like

physics. So I went for it. What would you say to girls at school

watching the TV tonight regarding engineering as a career? Just go for

it. Find out as much as you can. For me, engineering in the military was

what I wanted to do, so I joined the Air Cadets. I spoke to engineers and

find out what it was like. That is how I got into it. I went to

university to study engineering and then I joined the air force when I

left. Tremendous story. Thank you for telling us all about it. Thank

you, Peter. Still ahead tonight: The film

archive showing how we used to live. Brothers in arms - the schoolboy

who carried his injured friend over The photograph tonight is taken by

Dave Wohlstetter. I understand he used a fish-eye lens. There we are.

David, thank you. Regarding the five day forecast, Roy wrote to me this

morning. If Paul Hudson gives a five-day accurate forecast, why

don't we all may have to suffer him every fifth day? I think many people

would go along with that. I think you'll find many people

would like me to be on five days a week.

Let's have the forecast... The headline for the next 24 hours.

Not the sunny skies of today, it will cloud over from the West

through the course of tomorrow. Let's look at this week warm front

which will bring a band of cloud eastwards after what should be

bright start with some sunshine. Saturday, cloudy and some patchy

rain southwards. A good deal of dry weather to come on Saturday as well.

Absolutely stunning out there with blue skies and sunshine. As we head

through the course of this evening, little will change. The wind will

continue to ease. Falling light overnight. There will be a ground

frost in rural locations, particularly in East Yorkshire.

Three or four or five. A bright start with some sunshine in

the morning. Gradually clouding over from the West. The afternoon looks

pretty cloudy. The emphasis is on a good deal of dry weather. Looking at

the top temperatures, just a light southerly breeze and we look at

highs of about ten or 11 degrees. Ten for Grimsby. Another fairly

cloudy day on Saturday. The risk of some patchy rain on Sunday, but dry

and bright spells. Peter! That is your forecast. Neill says there are

five hours left, not four hours. Peter, I think you need to get out a

bit more, don't you? Let's not upset people.

Some of the best moving images captured in Hull

over the last 100 years, by both amateurs and professionals,

will be shown on the big screen for the first time.

"Hull on Film" has been described as a "fascinating

Graham Relton is from the Yorkshire Film Archive and has

been showing our reporter Jill Archbold some of the footage.

This is the earliest footage we will show. Everyday life from 1900.

People coming home from work. The Park. It was made by early pioneers

of the moving image. Did try to get as many people on film as possible

and the charge people a small fee to see themselves on the silver screen.

This piece of footage takes us through to the 1940s and the Second

World War. It's quite poignant we look back at the devastation, the

bombing and the blitz of 1941. Then we see the celebrations and however

they came together to mark VE Day. Do you think film-makers at this

time knew they were documenting such a momentous day? This was a film

maker from Beverley cold Ernest. He made newsreels. I think he had an

eye on the future and he knew what he was capturing. We couldn't do a

film show about the city of Hull without looking at the fishing

industry. A rich industry going back many hundreds of years. I love these

images of the barbarous, who had to duck out of the way of the swinging

baskets. That's how they got their name. At long last, the River Humber

will have a bridge. It is incredible to see the operation. The

foundations and the building of the towers. We don't want people to

watch these films in silence. Talk about your memories. Maybe you will

recognise family members and ancestors. We want people to come

forward and identify the people in these films.

And if you want to see "Hull on Film" - it will be

screened at the VUE cinema in Princes Quay next month.

A national memorial - partly made in Lincolnshire -

has been unveiled in London dedicated to those who served

and worked in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Stamford Stone cut the huge blocks of stone that form

The ceremony was led by the Queen and was watched by two

and a half thousand others - including families

The last gold sculpture has been found as part of an art

Treasured City encouraged people to look for the gold items

using clues at the 2021 arts centre in the town.

The final gold object was found at the base of a fence post

Lincoln City have been in touching distance of the FA Cup today.

The trophy took a tour of the city ending in a trip to Sincil Bank.

The players got to hold it before it was quickly taken away.

The imps play at Arsenal on Saturday in the FA Cup quarter finals.

If you're looking for some inspiration of what to see and do

this week in the UK's City of Culture, here's Kofi Smiles.

It's your last chance to give the blade

a goodbye hug until it leaves on the 18th March.

WOW Festival, that's Women of the World,

celebrates all things girl power and gender equality.

and it's a nonstop festival full of inspiring talks,

debate, music, comedy, art and a whole bunch more.

Three Ships is an exhibition by The Yorkshire Ones,

a group of artists who draw inspiration

It focuses on three ships with huge historic

It's here at the Hull Maritime Museum and you have

Art from the Tenfoot is a series of paintings by Chrissy Collinson,

showing some of Hull's unseen urban routes.

It's free and it runs until the 21st March

And finally, the Heads Up Festival starts this week.

It happens twice a year in various locations in the city.

It's ten days of cultural goodness

And if you want to see more from Kofi, go to our City of Culture

Two Immingham schoolboys have made national news after an act

of selfless friendship was captured on film.

It happened on the finish line of a cross country competition

10-year-old Julian carried his younger friend Riley over the line

You'll see Julian and Riley in many national newspapers today,

Julian returning to carry his friend over the finish line after he'd been

I carried Riley because he was getting into more pain. It wasn't

just an ordinary stitch, it was a really hard state which makes you

cry. He came back for me and picked me up and took me to the finish

line. It was an act

reminiscent of this one. Alistair Brownlee helping

his brother Johnny over At Allerton Primary the most

able children are taught I wanted to help them. We need

sportsmanship. I thought it was wonderful. When children don't give

up, there is hope. Julian was that hope for his friend, Riley.

photographer Jon Corken was here in Weelsby Woods to take

the photograph that's given the whole nation a warm glow.

I am proud to have captured the moment. It was very busy. For

attempted to have such a mature attitude and not want to leave his

friend behind, it was fantastic. Everyone was gobsmacked that we made

it into the Daily Telegraph. Our little story has gone viral and it

has been in all the newspapers. How do you feel about being famous? I am

living the dream. Just think, me and Riley could make a movie.

And making the nationals isn't a bad start on the road to Hollywood.

Living the dream. Well done to them. I'm sure they will be watching the

telly tonight. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines: The Chancellor is forced

on to the defensive about his plans to raise national insurance

for the self-employed. The East Yorkshire MP,

Sir Greg Knight, says too many cycle lanes are causing traffic

congestion and pollution. Tomorrow's weather: Sunny spells

at first, soon turning cloudy. Risk of a few spots of rain

or drizzle, although most Darren in Skegness -

If cyclists want to share the roads with motorists then they should pay

insurance to be on the roads Mike - Totally agree

with Mr knight . With all the cycle and bus lanes

cars can't move anymore. Aaron - I'm a cyclist and do

over 4000 miles a year, having more cycle lines

will encourage the next generation to get on a bike more Ryan -

Cyclists are an absolute nuisance, I am constantly slowing down

or stopping because of cyclist being inconsiderate and thinking

they rule the road. I totally agree with the criticism

of cycle lanes , most of the spandex