20/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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The pledge from the Humberside Police And Crime Commissioner.

I intend over the period of this plan to deliver in excess

of 200 additional officers across Humberside Police,

The free childcare places that are leaving Lincolnshire

The flytipping clean-up that's cost a quarter-of-a-million pounds,

Every morning we go, and they don't just give us

a little pile of paperwork, they give us a dictionary.

Tonight, Hull City Council say they've prosecuted just 60

people, despite dealing with thousands of cases.

And it's been a popular attraction for the last two months,

but now The Blade heads to a new home.

And some cold weather to come this week. Join me later in the programme

to find out The Humberside Police And Crime

Commissioner says he wants to recruit an extra

200 police officers in Keith Hunter has been setting

out his strategy for how the force Currently there is a vacancy

for a new Chief Constable after Justine Curran

left last month. Mr Hunter has told me there have

been no applicants so far. I will be speaking

to him in a moment. Victoria Holland has been

looking at the crime plan. The Police and Crime Plan sets out

what Keith Hunter wants to achieve over the next four years,

after he was elected He's leading a force

with no budget increase, no permanent Chief Constable and,

at the last inspection, There are several things he wants

to focus on while he's Police He wants communities to have a say

in how police resources are used, He doesn't set any specific

crime reduction targets, saying there is an "unhealthy

fixation on overall crime figures". He wants the force to work

more closely with other organisations, in what he calls

a "joined-up approach". That includes working

with mental health services He says at the moment cuts in those

areas are putting extra The police the service

of last resort. They pick up the pieces everyone

else can't deal with on top of every There is a major issue

around mental health. And they pick up the pieces

for other services as well. The number of times police vehicles,

not just in this area but right across the region and the country

are dealing with gaps in the provision of Ambulance Services,

it's causing some real issues. After years of cuts

to the numbers of police officers at Humberside Police,

today Keith Hunter said he wanted He wants to recruit 200

extra officers by 2020, In 2008, Humberside Police had just

over 2,200 officers. By 2016, that figure

had fallen to 1,500. Today I spoke to people in Hessle,

including one former police officer. We don't have a village bobby is

like when I started. We don't have them anymore. It is no wonder the

crime has gone up in rural areas. I think it is about people feeling a

lot safer. If you see someone funny around the street, you would feel

safer if there was a policeman. It looks good but there is still not

back up to the numbers they had when I was younger. You definitely need

more police presence on the street. Well, one of the most important

appointments that Keith Hunter will be looking to make is the role

of Chief Constable. This is the recruitment film they've

released trying to attract applicants to replace Justine Curren

who left last month. But so far, the force have

received no definite The deadline for applicants

is the 2nd of April, so just And the results of the force's

annual inspection will also be I spoke to Keith Hunter,

and asked how we would know whether his plan had worked

at the end of the four years? Because it is a different kind

of plan, we have to develop different kinds of measures,

because it is really about how There are no targets so you can't

really fail or go wrong. There are no targets because targets

distract organisations from delivering the outcomes

people really desire. So this plan is designed

specifically to actually try and deliver what people

in communities have said they want. Saying you want safe communities,

that is the police's job, This plan paints a different

direction of travel. It is about how we plan

differently with partners to come together to deliver

more sustainable outcomes. Does that mean Humberside has lost

too many police officers My belief is absolutely it has lost

too many police officers. It hasn't over the past few years

made best use of its resources to ensure the maximum number

of officers are available. Even with 200 more, you are still

470 less than ten years ago. You don't need as many

as ten years ago? If I had a choice I would want more

police officers over and above what I hope to deliver

over the next four years. You need more funding for that

and funding has been cut and we have to live

in the real world. And you'd pay the these new officers

with the council tax going up If we look at how funding for police

officers and the force is delivered, the Government is reducing year

on year the grant it gives, and there is assumption

and the Government are saying to Police And Crime Commissioners

they should increase the precept by the maximum amount each year

to maintain flat cash. My spending power will go down

year on year, and yet I will still deliver

additional police officers. You're looking for a

new Chief Constable. That's not very good,

a couple of weeks away from closing. It has been out for

a couple of weeks. I expect applications to come

in in the last week, that is normal. You are saying in the advert nobody

must have preconceived ideas about the area,

you highlight how good Is Hull and Humberside

difficult to get people to? Any chief officer post is difficult

to fill at the moment, This area does have a particular

resonance with people, What I want to do is say to people,

come and have a look at what really is at the heart of this area

and what the opportunities are. If you have no applications,

what do you do? But we will have to look

at going out and trying I'd have to think very

seriously before doing that. We want to hear from

you on the story. Do you welcome the 200

extra police officers? What else would like to see

the police focussing on? What you make of the new crime plan?

What to think of the new Chief Constable? Is it difficult to

attract people to this area to work, in senior jobs? The advertising film

includes what the area has two offer.

Here are all the ways you can contact us.

We will have some of your answers before seven o'clock.

Police are investigating after what they've described as two

"cold and calculated" attacks on pensioners' homes

Two elderly people were tied up, and one was threatened

with a knife, in separate incidents on Portland Terrace

Both had money and mobile phones stolen from their homes

Police say they believe the two incidents are linked.

I've just been to check on my parents who are well into their 80s.

Dad is disabled and I've just been to ensure that they keep

And I just hope they can catch this individual whoever it is.

I don't know what the world is coming to.

We never open the door without looking out

One of the reasons I want to appeal to the people of Gainsborough today

is because, I do want people to check on their elderly

I'd hate to think there was somebody there who can't raise the alarm

We will have more on that story tonight at 10:30pm.

A court has heard how an East Yorkshire holiday park

at the centre of a dispute over whether it could be lived

on all year round had in fact been used as a permanent residence

William Flannagan is accused of misselling holiday homes

Today ,the jury at Hull Crown Court were told the site was a "rundown

eyesore" before he took it over, and people had been living

The court heard the development under Mr Flannagan was exactly

what the planning department at the East Riding Of Yorkshire

Mr Flannagan denies any wrongdoing, and the case continues.

More trains are to start running from Lincoln and Grantham

From the 21st of May, East Midland trains says there'll be

an hourly service for most of the day.

There'll be an extra seven trains from Lincoln to Nottingham,

and two extra trains each way between Nottingham and Grantham.

Nursery owners in Lincolnshire are warning they can't deliver

the Government's promise of free childcare with the money

From September, working parents will be entitled to 30 hours

of free childcare for three and four-year-olds, but some

nurseries say they will have to subsidise the cost of care.

The Government says it's investing a record amount in childcare over

A promise made to working parents by David Cameron that

a Conservative Government would give them 30 hours of free childcare

But the owner of this day nursery in Gainsborough says the promise

of free childcare comes at a cost to her business, and says

the funding she will receive falls short of what it costs

I will be given ?3.82 from the local authority for every hour

So I am making a loss on every hour they are here.

And if they are here for 30 hours a week, that will be a loss

From September parents of three and four-year-olds will be entitled

In our area, nursery schools run by the local authority will receive

But when it comes to private or independent nurseries,

funding will vary from ?4 an hour down to ?3.87 in the East Riding,

The Government says it's investing a record ?6 billion in childcare

But some nursery owners say it's the way it's shared

Parents have been told they are getting free 30 hours

when in actual fact it is subsidised and coming out of our pockets.

We have worked very hard for our businesses,

borrowed against our houses, our children come second.

We need to make sure people understand we are trying

to cover our costs, to make sure we can pay our bills.

But it's good news for parents like Michelle who will return

I've wanted to go back to work for a long time

Financially we will be better off having two incomes.

30 hours is brilliant because without it, it

The Government says local authority-run nursery schools

receive additional funding to meet the costs of specialist teachers.

We want to provide a good quality service

We tighten our belts as much as we can.

If you want us to provide it you are going to have to give

Private nurseries aren't required to offer 30 hours

and by September some may chose not to provide free places.

It has cost a quarter-of-a-million pounds to deal with in the last year

and Hull City Council say fly-tipping has become an epidemic.

To help highlight the problem, the council dumped a weekend's worth

of fly-tipped rubbish in the city centre today.

Despite more than 5,000 incidents in the last year though,

Matthew Bone is live in Hull for us tonight.

Why is the council taking more fly-tippers to court?

The challenge is you need to catch people in the act. The City Council

has struggled. This is one of the notorious areas just near Merrifield

Street. 42 separate reports of fly-tipping over the last year

alone, most here behind me in this patch. Hopefully the capital have

been hoping to increase the number of prosecutions with signs here. And

a publicity stunt in the city centre today.

Was it a new cultural art installation?

No, this was put here by the council. Why?

To get the message across to everybody

It's because fly-tipping is on the rise.

Last year, there were around 5,500 reports of fly-tipping in Hull.

It cost the council around ?250,000 to clean up.

They've got two crews pretty much working full-time

And out in Hull this morning, there was plenty of work to do.

Yeah, I called them out because I'm sick of seeing rubbish

They come through with food, and just throw the rubbish

And the workers say it's getting worse.

Every morning we go and they don't just give us a little pile

of paperwork, they give us a dictionary, just to work through.

Sometimes we go and we have to be careful with the bags

because there are needles in them, and everything.

So why are so many people fly-tipping?

Is it because they don't know it's wrong, or because they don't

After all, there were thousands of reports last year - how many fines?

I think it's tens at the moment, but we need to...

The difficulty is, is getting the evidence, and that's the message

In fact, of more than 3000 investigations in the last year,

there have been only 56 fines and a further 61 prosecutions.

The council is asking for help from the public.

If they contact us with any evidence, any information that we

can use, we will do, and try and pursue every case.

The council's crew cleaned up this mess this morning,

And while people continue to fly-tip,there'll be plenty

The council can try to reduce the incidence is, one is to make it

easier to dispose of your staff legitimately with more services. The

council do offer a collection service. The other is to increase

prosecutions. The challenge is you need to catch people in the act and

the council says to do that they will need the help of local people

here. Thank you. Another one you might

want to comment on, should council do more to prosecute people who

fly-tip? 5000 incidents last year, only 61 prosecutions. If you want to

comment, this is our e-mail address and text. Thank you for watching.

After attracting thousands of visitors to Hull city centre,

I am at Bradley in Grimsby where this junior Cleethorpes town

football club are looking forward to a trip to Wembley Stadium.

This is from Nick Hedges in Beverley.

Good evening. Paul is poorly, Peter. My heart

bleeds. Some of us just struggle along. You

can sound great, you have managed to make it.

But I didn't bring in with man flu. He has a very bad case. The

difference is you are a professional!

I hope he is watching! It is going to be called this week, the rain has

induced a much cooler air mass, the return of frost and potential for

the white stuff, snow, especially Tuesday into Wednesday.

Tomorrow, you will feel the difference. A lot of dry weather

about but in the afternoon there will be a few showers and tonight

they may produce a little bit of snow. This area of low pressure into

Wednesday might bring a few centimetres of snow, definitely

worth keeping up-to-date with the forecast.

You can see from the satellite, a lot of cloud. A filthy morning,

plenty of rain. That rain has cleared away. We have a fine end

into the evening. Rather breezy overnight, a few showers especially

over northern areas. And frost into tomorrow morning. You can't ball at

the risk of icy stretches in the rush hour. Here are the times of

sunrise and sunset, and high water. A chilly, frosty start tomorrow.

Noticeably cooler. Through the morning, a good deal of dry and

bright weather, decent spells of sunshine, a few showers in the

afternoon producing some hail and the odd rumble of thunder. Much

cooler than it has been. Up to 16 last week. This is a shock, 8

degrees. A persistent style of rain into Wednesday with the potential of

snow. Wet and windy on Wednesday. Lovely.

You being nice to me has made me suspect.

I am always nice to you! You are my favourite.

Fewer than 20 years ago, they were an under-seven junior

Cleethorpes Town stunned everybody by winning the semifinal of the FA

Vase and booked their place in the final.

Our sports reporter Simon Clark is at Bradley in Grimsby

Simon, how much of a surprise was this?

I think if you take it from this season, no surprise, they are going

very well. But if you look at it historically this senior side has

only been around for five years and it just shows what can happen when

you do everything right at the same time.

This was a moment when the dream came true.

Cleethorpes Town, with a history stretching back to just

It was almost 90 minutes earlier that the deciding moment came.

A first-minute goal 2-1 on aggregate to defeat Bromsgrove Sporting.

You see kids, it's every boyhood dream.

You see kids running around here dreaming.

all they dream about playing at Wembley.

Cleethorpes started life as a community club

Junior football remains at its heart.

Youngsters and parents alike simply stunned

by what their first team had achieved.

It was a great game, they played well and, yeah,

It is amazing when Grimsby Town got there last year,

We took the kids there, to participate, to see the future

Lincoln City were hoping to join Cleethorpes in the FA Trophy final

but this incident was judged to be to York from which they scored

We're upset, upset for everybody associated with the club,

the supporters wanted to get to Wembley.

Sometimes you have to feel the pain to enjoy the glory.

-- Maybe we need to feel this pain to drive us

on for what is to come in the league.

Hull City hopes's of avoiding relegation faltered at Everton

when Tom Huddlestone was sent off this.

Everton led 1-0 at that stage and soon cut the Tigers

Scunthorpe United's brief revival ended at Oxford,

Oxford won 2-1 sending the Iron down to fifth.

And as Cleethorpes Town were playing in Grimsby,

In rugby league, Hull Kingston bad draw against Crawley Town

In rugby league, Hull Kingston bad as -- Rovers made it through.

Back to Cleethorpes, if you want to watch that game at Wembley on May

the 21st, you can get tickets from the FA website. Numbers for you, the

run so far, ?30,000 they have earned, another ?5,000 if they win,.

And money to be paid into grassroots football the these if they are

successful. Great news for the thoughts, fingers

crossed. Hull's Old Town is set to receive

more than half-a-million pounds The area is home to 40%

of the city's listed buildings, and has been named as one

of ten national locations that The money has come

from Historic England. It dominated the centre

of Hull for ten weeks. But The Blade certainly

got people talking. But yesterday, the 75-metre long

wind turbine blade was taken down,

and back to the factory Many will miss it,

especially businesses, one of which says it's had a third

more customers while Our culture correspondent

Anne-Marie Tasker reports. Lifted from the plinth where it's

sat since January, Blade's stay came Many had come to see the 12 hour

operation. Over the past ten weeks, tens of thousands more have been to

touch, photograph and discuss it. We always knew it was going to get

in the papers. We always knew people would love it or hate it. A lot of

people have come on the side of loving it. We knew it would be

popular or get impact but not as much as it has.

It is only been here further 70 days but has become something of a

landmark. As the cranes come in to take it away, there are many who

will be sad to see it go. We have fallen in love with a blade

so we came to say goodbye. I love it, it is fascinating, you

get an idea of the scale up close. Yes, it is called.

It made people interact and talk to strangers and enjoyed being in the

city centre. That has brought benefits from

nearby businesses. This coffee shop saw a 35% jump in the number of

customers. Compared to last year, this year has

been fantastic. We have broken records. We have been a communal

hotspot for everything going on, we have had projects and shows as well,

fantastic, the amount of people coming through the door.

Work was underway to install another artwork, to commemorate those who

died in the First World War. Now, Blade is back at the Siemens factory

where it was built and it will wait here alongside its siblings until

the company can get planning permission to put this work of art

on permanent show. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. Theresa May sets the date when the

UK will begin to the Brexit process, she will make the announcement on

March the 20 night. The hull and Humberside Police commissioner says

he will increase the number of police officers.

The weather, top temperature, nine Celsius.

After talking to the Police and Crime Commissioner, this response, I

only see a copper when they arrest someone. Justin said Lincolnshire

got in the former applicants so I don't think the area is of concern.

Would anyone come to a sinking ship? David says the Commissioner may find

difficulty in attracting a new Chief Constable to this area. Barry says

Keith Hunter is correct, targets have a negative effect on services,

they are the bane of public services.

Carroll says what is wrong with promoting from within, and Assistant

Chief Constable? This is what is wrong, people have no chance of

being promoted. Thank you for watching.

Join us again after the Ten O'Clock News.

The 24-year-old man has been charged with murder.

You made sure an innocent man is charged!

What gives you the right to say that he's innocent?

If police wrongdoing is part of this, I want to know.

Huntley's definitely hiding something.