:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:07. > :00:10.Schools in some of the most deprived parts of East Yorkshire
:00:11. > :00:18.and Lincolnshire lose out under new government funding plans.
:00:19. > :00:25.47 out of the 54 schools in this area, all losing money, so as a
:00:26. > :00:25.whole, the north-east is seriously affected.
:00:26. > :00:29.Worries that a ban on using wheat in petrol could lead to job
:00:30. > :00:32.A ban on going to the toilet - a Hull academy brings
:00:33. > :00:36.in new measures to stop youngsters from avoiding lessons.
:00:37. > :00:39.How the multi-million pound refit of two Hull ferries could bring more
:00:40. > :00:50.Some nice weather on the way in the next few days. Join me for the
:00:51. > :01:06.latest. Good evening. As we have been
:01:07. > :01:10.hearing, four people, including a police officer, have been killed and
:01:11. > :01:13.at least 20 people injured in a terror attack in the heart of
:01:14. > :01:18.London. It's believed there was only one attack are involved, and that he
:01:19. > :01:26.has died. It happened outside the Houses of Parliament, where many of
:01:27. > :01:29.our MPs were at work. The Goole MP Andrew Percy are still in his
:01:30. > :01:35.office, where he barricaded himself in when the attacks began. He joins
:01:36. > :01:38.us now. What happened this afternoon, and what was the reaction
:01:39. > :01:42.in the Westminster village? Well, it was very bizarre, really,
:01:43. > :01:45.because I had just finished voting in the House of Commons. I was
:01:46. > :01:49.leaving to go to my office a few yards away, and suddenly, seven
:01:50. > :01:53.people came in, running up the stairs. I said, there is a division
:01:54. > :01:58.on, so you can't go that way, they will not let you through. They said,
:01:59. > :02:01.there is a man with a gun, there is a man with a knife, and we have been
:02:02. > :02:06.told to run this way. I looked at them and thought, you make a quick
:02:07. > :02:09.assessment in that moment, and I said, quick, come with me, we will
:02:10. > :02:16.run to my office. So we ran to my office and I hid them in my office.
:02:17. > :02:19.My staff were just leaving, so I shouted at them to get back in the
:02:20. > :02:24.office. We have been trained in all of this. Get in the office, turn
:02:25. > :02:28.your phone is switch the lights off and barricaded doors, which they
:02:29. > :02:31.did. I took the seven people into my other office, just opposite. They
:02:32. > :02:36.had seen the incident. One in particular Saudi whole thing unfold.
:02:37. > :02:43.My office is only about 200 yards away from where it all happened, and
:02:44. > :02:46.they ran in. He had seen the police officer getting stabbed, and then
:02:47. > :02:49.started to run. That is when he bumped into me and I said, come to
:02:50. > :02:57.my office, because they were obviously fairly panic stricken, and
:02:58. > :03:03.with the marauding attack, the best thing is obviously to run and hide.
:03:04. > :03:08.That is an incredible story. You must have spoken to other MPs. What
:03:09. > :03:14.are they saying tonight? Security there is already, as I know, very
:03:15. > :03:17.tight. Well that now have to change? I think the problem is, too many
:03:18. > :03:21.people say too many things when these things have happened and
:03:22. > :03:25.everyone is now an expert in security. I would not comment,
:03:26. > :03:31.because all I know is we have a determined attack on the House of
:03:32. > :03:36.Commons, and that individual did not get very far, only about 100 yards
:03:37. > :03:44.into the House of Commons, and was put down very quickly. And the
:03:45. > :03:48.terrible thing about this, really, is we have lost a police officer,
:03:49. > :03:53.and according to the reports, and the poor people on the bridge had
:03:54. > :03:57.nowhere to run and hide. But security around this whole area of
:03:58. > :04:03.central London is very, very tight. This is the attack we must fear, and
:04:04. > :04:09.I have done a number of Cobra meetings in the last year or so, and
:04:10. > :04:12.practices which have been about this eventuality, of a marauding attack,
:04:13. > :04:17.and a car -based or truck -based attack, because it is something that
:04:18. > :04:20.is very difficult for the security services to guard against. Anyone
:04:21. > :04:24.can get a car and drive it at pedestrians, and it is very
:04:25. > :04:27.difficult, but the security response has been incredible. And police and
:04:28. > :04:31.helicopters everywhere, and obviously, the Ambulance Service has
:04:32. > :04:34.been fantastic too. You certainly sounds shaken up.
:04:35. > :04:36.Thank you bring much indeed, I am glad you are safe, Mr Percy.
:04:37. > :04:40.The Brigg Goole MP Andrew Percy. There's a warning that pupils
:04:41. > :04:43.in some of the most deprived parts of our area will lose out
:04:44. > :04:45.in the latest shake-up Grimsby and Cleethorpes look set
:04:46. > :04:49.to be the biggest losers in the government's proposed
:04:50. > :04:51.new funding formula. Many schools in rural areas will get
:04:52. > :04:54.more money, but there's anger in North East Lincolnshire
:04:55. > :04:57.which is one of places where the education
:04:58. > :05:00.budget is due to be cut. More from our Political
:05:01. > :05:11.Editor Tim Iredale. How many quarters do we need to make
:05:12. > :05:14.a whole one? School budgets have been the subject
:05:15. > :05:17.of fierce debate for decades, but the latest proposed shake-up of the
:05:18. > :05:21.way schools are funded has prompted many to ask the government to look
:05:22. > :05:27.again at its sons. They have got the formula wrong. It
:05:28. > :05:30.is having a deleterious impact across all schools, and nobody seems
:05:31. > :05:33.to be a winner. Schools in rural areas have long
:05:34. > :05:38.argued they don't get as much money per pupil as those in urban areas,
:05:39. > :05:41.but we dressing the balance has been controversial. According to
:05:42. > :05:45.education researchers, Lincolnshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and
:05:46. > :05:49.hole will all have a greater number of schools that gain from the
:05:50. > :05:52.proposed new funding formula. -- whole. But North Lincolnshire and
:05:53. > :05:55.North East Lincolnshire have more schools that will lose funding
:05:56. > :05:58.compared to the number that will gain. That has prompted the North
:05:59. > :06:01.East Lincolnshire councillor who is in charge of children's services to
:06:02. > :06:06.write to the government, warning that local schools will lose ?1
:06:07. > :06:08.million next year, and it is the most deprived areas that will
:06:09. > :06:15.suffer. This Academy, which has 2200
:06:16. > :06:21.students, is affected by a ?7,000 cut. Cleethorpes, our other
:06:22. > :06:26.secondary Academy in this area, by a ?30,000 cut, and our primary by the
:06:27. > :06:29.equivalent of about 40,000, I primary have about 500 children. So
:06:30. > :06:33.it is significant. Earlier before today byes tragedy at
:06:34. > :06:36.Westminster and folded, the Prime Minister defended the need to look
:06:37. > :06:38.again at the way schools are funded. There has been a general acceptance
:06:39. > :06:47.that the current funding formula for schools is unfair. That is why this
:06:48. > :06:51.government is looking to find a formula, a fairer formula. The
:06:52. > :06:54.proposals have been open to consultation, which ended today.
:06:55. > :06:57.Some hope the government will now go back to the drawing board.
:06:58. > :06:58.Thank you, Tim. You might have a view on this story,
:06:59. > :07:02.are the changes to the way Perhaps you live in or go to school
:07:03. > :07:06.in North East Lincolnshire You have heard the story. The e-mail
:07:07. > :07:24.address is on the screen. East Riding Council's
:07:25. > :07:30.accused of shifting blame during the case of a man accused
:07:31. > :07:36.of mis-selling holiday chalets. More than a hundred jobs
:07:37. > :07:39.could be lost in East Yorkshire if the government changes the rules
:07:40. > :07:45.on green fuel for cars. At the moment, the petrol
:07:46. > :07:47.we buy at the forecourt contains bio-ethanol,
:07:48. > :07:53.a chemical that is made from wheat. Much of it is made by
:07:54. > :07:55.Vivergo, a company based But under new proposals,
:07:56. > :07:59.the Government could ban the use Out Rural Affairs Correspondent
:08:00. > :08:07.Linsey Smith reports. Some of the questions around the use
:08:08. > :08:17.of wheat to make green energy. John Holtby sells all
:08:18. > :08:20.of his crops to Vivergo, his nearby bioethanol plant.
:08:21. > :08:37.A welcome market for his business. We try sometimes to grow wheat for
:08:38. > :08:42.bread, but because this area is quite high yielding, we tend not to
:08:43. > :08:45.get the quality, so it is a bit of a trade-off between quality and yield,
:08:46. > :08:47.because we're high yielding, we just can't get the quality that the bread
:08:48. > :08:48.makers want. And this is where John's crops
:08:49. > :08:51.are used to make bioethanol. It's been called the biggest
:08:52. > :09:04.brewery in the north. By ethanol is like triple strength
:09:05. > :09:07.vodka. It is blended with the petrol with by the forecourt, making it
:09:08. > :09:11.more environmentally friendly. The fuel produced here at the moment
:09:12. > :09:13.brings equivalent benefits to take in 180,000 cars off the road.
:09:14. > :09:17.The government wants us to increase green
:09:18. > :09:21.Electric cars are one of their big focuses and developing alternative
:09:22. > :09:24.But they want to limit the amount of green energy
:09:25. > :09:28.that is made from crops - or even ban it altogether.
:09:29. > :09:33.And that's a big concern here at Vivergo's refinery,
:09:34. > :09:39.If the government were to crop the cap of zero, I don't have any
:09:40. > :09:41.feedstock that I could produce the bile ethanol or high-protein animal
:09:42. > :09:47.feed, so that would mean we would have to shut and the industry in the
:09:48. > :09:53.UK most likely would go with it. We employ people, highly skilled
:09:54. > :09:58.engineers, on this site. If we were too close, clearly those jobs would
:09:59. > :10:01.be lost. Vivergo are campaigning for war by our ethanol to be blended
:10:02. > :10:05.with the departure we buy, but not the Rwanda agrees. -- not everyone
:10:06. > :10:11.agrees. We believe that using props to their
:10:12. > :10:16.word for fuel is not sensible land use. It is Sydney not sensible for
:10:17. > :10:23.the priority of increasing food self-sufficiency in the UK.
:10:24. > :10:28.In a statement, the Department of Transport says:
:10:29. > :10:38.Responses that Vivergo staff eagerly await.
:10:39. > :10:41.A school in Hull has introduced a rule to stop
:10:42. > :10:44.children going to the toilet during lesson time.
:10:45. > :10:47.Archbishop Sentamu Academy says it's to make sure pupils don't avoid
:10:48. > :10:55.Children will only be allowed to go with special
:10:56. > :10:57.permission from parents, but the decision has
:10:58. > :11:04.angered some mums and dads. Jo Makel has this report.
:11:05. > :11:06.It's a school which is trying to improve after Ofsted put it
:11:07. > :11:11.And staff hope that stopping lesson time toilet visits will help
:11:12. > :11:26.In one or two who will try that as an excuse to avoid maybe conjugating
:11:27. > :11:30.French verbs or doing some high-level algebra, and so we just
:11:31. > :11:34.wanted to make sure that was never the case. As I said, we are
:11:35. > :11:38.constantly looking for ways to make sure that we are at the top of our
:11:39. > :11:41.game, and the students are too, and we thought this is one we could do
:11:42. > :11:45.that. The question is, why not
:11:46. > :11:48.specifically deal with the 12-macro? Why make a blanket ban on going to
:11:49. > :11:51.the toilet? It is very straightforward, really.
:11:52. > :11:55.If the is a clue what the rules are, it are, it is easy for them to
:11:56. > :11:56.follow them. -- if the students know what the rules are.
:11:57. > :11:58.It's not the first school to try this.
:11:59. > :12:01.But as these headlines show in some cases restricting toilet breaks
:12:02. > :12:04.At Archbishop Sentamu, children with medical conditions
:12:05. > :12:08.And the head says only four parents have raised issues.
:12:09. > :12:13.But at the school gate, opinions are divided.
:12:14. > :12:19.They should be able to go to the toilet. They can just sit there and
:12:20. > :12:22.hold it in all that time. The lessons are quite long, and they?
:12:23. > :12:26.I agree with it, but it depends what circumstances.
:12:27. > :12:31.The girl would not used to use the toilet more than boys, but it is
:12:32. > :12:31.totally different. I disagree with it absolutely.
:12:32. > :12:35.And a children's bowel and bladder charity says
:12:36. > :12:42.Being denied access to the toilet to empty their bowels can affect not
:12:43. > :12:45.just the bowels, but the bladder as well, and the child's psychological
:12:46. > :12:49.well-being. There is also the effect on the child that they would want to
:12:50. > :12:52.stop drinking so much. They know they will not have access to the
:12:53. > :12:57.toilet, they will limit their fluid intake during the school day.
:12:58. > :13:02.The headteacher here at the school says he will not be reviewing this
:13:03. > :13:03.policy, but he has urged any parents who have concerns about it to come
:13:04. > :13:13.and see him and talk to staff. This will get plenty of discussions
:13:14. > :13:18.going. We ask you for your views on just a moment, but first, Adrian
:13:19. > :13:22.Joyce is from the union the NASUWT. I asked him if the school has the
:13:23. > :13:27.right idea to deal with behavioural problems.
:13:28. > :13:30.I am not sure if it is to deal with behavioural problems. The point is
:13:31. > :13:33.students go to school to learn. If they have a medical problem, they
:13:34. > :13:37.will need more frequent toilet breaks and others. But they are
:13:38. > :13:40.given time. There is time before and after school and at lunch today to
:13:41. > :13:42.the toilets. They should be there to learn.
:13:43. > :13:47.Why should parents have to go to the trouble of excluding their child if
:13:48. > :13:50.asked, when every parent will give that, when they?
:13:51. > :13:55.The point of it is they are young adults. They are toilet trained. If
:13:56. > :13:58.there is a medical condition, yes. We have to do a good job as teachers
:13:59. > :14:01.and raise standards. You can't stop a call of nature if
:14:02. > :14:06.they want to go to the toilet? Of course they can. They are grown
:14:07. > :14:09.people. For a medical illness, there is an issue that we need to live
:14:10. > :14:14.after them and care for them. The point is, they are there to learn,
:14:15. > :14:16.not to wander in and out of lessons. It children's charity said this
:14:17. > :14:19.could cause children to wet themselves and cause long-term heart
:14:20. > :14:21.and kidney problems, and the embarrassment that goes with it.
:14:22. > :14:27.Many parents are horrified. I think you will find that that is
:14:28. > :14:30.probably a slightly disingenuous. There are 1500 children at that
:14:31. > :14:35.school. Those pupils go to that school. Only a very few, you can
:14:36. > :14:38.count on the fingers of one hand, have complained, and four of those
:14:39. > :14:40.who have complained that happy with what has been happening. I have
:14:41. > :14:46.spoken to the printable this afternoon, and there are only one to
:14:47. > :14:48.families who not happy. Everyone else accept it.
:14:49. > :14:51.I will be asking for views at the moment. Here is one from Facebook
:14:52. > :14:54.today. My child happened to have an
:14:55. > :14:57.accident in front of the class. God help the teacher who refuse hairy to
:14:58. > :15:00.liberate. That is very supportive parent,
:15:01. > :15:03.isn't it? They are doing what they should do, fighting for their own
:15:04. > :15:08.child. I quite agree with that, but there are ways of doing it. Our
:15:09. > :15:10.teachers have to increase and relay standards and that is what we're
:15:11. > :15:14.trying to do without children wandering in and out unnecessarily.
:15:15. > :15:17.If your son or daughter was at a school with this policy, would you
:15:18. > :15:20.be happy with it? I would go and talk to the school.
:15:21. > :15:23.If there was a medical condition, I would expect them to support me. If
:15:24. > :15:26.there was not, I would expect my child to abide by the rules, are
:15:27. > :15:31.sensible. Had to see you. Thank you very much.
:15:32. > :15:33.People have been writing about this already on Facebook today.
:15:34. > :15:35.Karen Wilson says we shouldn't even be considering this!
:15:36. > :15:37.Of course children should be entitled to go to
:15:38. > :15:41.Disgusting if a child is stopped, some children won't be able to hang
:15:42. > :15:44.on and it could cause them to have an accident!
:15:45. > :15:47.Lee says, this is a ludicrous suggestion and completely contrary
:15:48. > :15:50.Seriously, how much 'learning time' can one miss out
:15:51. > :15:58.And Mark says, you can't have 1,000 children popping out to the toilet
:15:59. > :16:00.every five minutes as it completely disrupts lessons.
:16:01. > :16:03.Children should be able to wait unless they have a medical condition
:16:04. > :16:12.In use and this one, and we will have some before and seven. What do
:16:13. > :16:17.you make of this story? Do you agree with the Academy, or do you think it
:16:18. > :16:20.is too much? If you want to be in touch, here is the e-mail address
:16:21. > :16:28.and the text number. I look forward to hearing from you on that one.
:16:29. > :16:30.The trust which runs hospitals in Grimsby,
:16:31. > :16:32.Scunthorpe and Goole has been put into financial special measures.
:16:33. > :16:34.Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust has been
:16:35. > :16:37.struggling to cope with how much it's been spending -
:16:38. > :16:40.and is set to be ?30 million pounds in debt by the end
:16:41. > :16:43.It says it's determined to reduce its deficit while maintaining
:16:44. > :16:47.Ninety people have been made redundant after M Potato
:16:48. > :16:49.The company, which is based near Beverley, called
:16:50. > :16:51.in the administrators earlier this month.
:16:52. > :16:53.It's hoped that there will be interest in buying
:16:54. > :17:03.A couple of bits past seven o'clock. Good to have you with us.
:17:04. > :17:05.Still ahead tonight: A multi-million pound ferry refit
:17:06. > :17:11.that could help to bring more visitors to East Yorkshire.
:17:12. > :17:18.We recognise that we need to keep up with the times, and I think it was
:17:19. > :17:27.time really to give these ships a bit of a makeover.
:17:28. > :17:36.Tonight's photograph is of Lee speak, taken by AR. Thank you very
:17:37. > :17:39.much for that. Another picture around the same time tomorrow. That
:17:40. > :17:42.in the forecast for tonight and into tomorrow. Paul is here.
:17:43. > :17:45.Thank you much. It looks like some good news on the
:17:46. > :17:50.way. The week and in particular will be lovely. Clocks go forward early
:17:51. > :17:54.hours of Sunday morning, so it looks really nice. Skies like this through
:17:55. > :17:57.Friday and into the weekend. Tomorrow does not look too bad after
:17:58. > :18:03.what could be a bit of a cloudy start. Low pressure in charge at the
:18:04. > :18:07.moment, but it builds quite strongly across the UK, and we will be
:18:08. > :18:11.favoured very nicely with that setup. Lots of sunshine, very
:18:12. > :18:14.straightforward forecast. We have had quite a bit of rain this
:18:15. > :18:20.afternoon, but it has moved on quite smartly. The main rain band is out
:18:21. > :18:24.into the North Sea, but it will stop in pushback Westminster in the
:18:25. > :18:30.night. A few showers are possible at first tonight, and then a bit of a
:18:31. > :18:35.dry slot before the rain pushes back westwards. We will see clear spells
:18:36. > :18:41.following behind, with the lowest bidders blizzard 4-5 C. -- the
:18:42. > :18:50.lowest temperatures. Your next high water time in Bridlington at 00 37.
:18:51. > :18:53.There might be the odd spot of rain first thing in the morning. Some
:18:54. > :18:59.residual cloud, but that will soon break up as the wind strengthens
:19:00. > :19:03.from the East. It will blow in a lot of dry air, so a lot of blue sky and
:19:04. > :19:08.sunshine developing through the course of Thursday night. You will
:19:09. > :19:11.notice that stiff North East along the coast and across the hills.
:19:12. > :19:18.Let's look at the top temperatures, coming in from 9-10 towards the
:19:19. > :19:22.coast, 11 in Lincoln. A lovely weekend to follow. The wind will
:19:23. > :19:29.ease, the sunshine quite warm during the afternoons, but just the chance
:19:30. > :19:32.of a spot of ground frost. Thank you much.
:19:33. > :19:34.A court has heard claims that the East Riding
:19:35. > :19:37.of Yorkshire Council colluded with a Hull law firm in order
:19:38. > :19:39.to shift blame onto the property developer of Lakeminster Park.
:19:40. > :19:42.William Flannigan is accused of mis-selling holiday chalets
:19:43. > :19:44.at the park near Beverley on the basis they could be
:19:45. > :19:51.lived in all year round. Crispin Rolfe has more.
:19:52. > :19:53.Today the jury heard claims from William Flannigan's defence
:19:54. > :20:01.counsel who claimed that blame was being laid squarely
:20:02. > :20:06.at the developers door in a plan which was being formulated
:20:07. > :20:08.by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull law firm
:20:09. > :20:13.Gosschalks to attack Mr Flannigan ...
:20:14. > :20:15.But whilst being cross examined, the council's former Head
:20:16. > :20:17.of Planning, Peter Ashcroft, dismissed any idea that the council
:20:18. > :20:20.and law firm had been acting "hand in glove".
:20:21. > :20:22.Instead he said that Lakeminster Park had been "a serious
:20:23. > :20:25."breach of planning policy, which could have set
:20:26. > :20:29."a very dangerous precedent for other holiday homes."
:20:30. > :20:32.And the court also heard that the law firm had only become
:20:33. > :20:35.involved after residents were told they should seek take legal
:20:36. > :20:38.advice after finding that their homes did not have
:20:39. > :20:47.In concluding today's session the judge reminded the jury
:20:48. > :20:49.that their primary concern is what residents were told
:20:50. > :20:56.Eventually, he said, that's what you're going to decide.
:20:57. > :20:58.William Flannigan denies ten counts of fraud by misrepresentation
:20:59. > :21:16.The government has announced plans for a new prison
:21:17. > :21:19.We had a big response last night after it was confirmed
:21:20. > :21:21.that the Minor Injuries Unit in Hornsea is to close
:21:22. > :21:26.and those in Withernsea and Driffield will be downgraded.
:21:27. > :21:30.And in part, the news was rubber-stamped yesterday. Thank you
:21:31. > :22:15.for your response to this. That was the figure that was being
:22:16. > :22:18.bandied around ten visits per day, five of those to redraft wounds.
:22:19. > :22:19.Thank you very much all your responses on that.
:22:20. > :22:22.We can now celebrate Hull's year as UK city of culture
:22:23. > :22:27.The ales, bitter and lagers have been specially made
:22:28. > :22:32.The drinks were launched with a pint-pulling competition
:22:33. > :22:38.For every drink sold, five percent of the takings will go
:22:39. > :22:55.As you raise your glasses, let's raise the roof, with the greatest of
:22:56. > :23:03.Yorkshire cheer. To us, to culture, to this night of fine drinking, that
:23:04. > :23:04.comes with our very own beer. It is going to be a long night,
:23:05. > :23:07.isn't it?! Two of Hull's ferries
:23:08. > :23:09.have been re-launched following a multi-million
:23:10. > :23:13.pound refit. The Pride of York and the Pride
:23:14. > :23:16.of Bruges have had their shops, P, who run services to Europe
:23:17. > :23:22.with the vessels, say the upgrade secures the future of the route
:23:23. > :23:33.into the next decade. Our business correspondent is at
:23:34. > :23:36.Hull's ferry terminal at the moment. What can people expect when they now
:23:37. > :23:40.get on board for their Dutch ash or whatever?
:23:41. > :23:47.Well, and dockside at the moment, which is why I am wearing all this
:23:48. > :23:50.safety equipment, and I have just witnessed the Pride Of York set sail
:23:51. > :24:00.on its journey to Belgium. It is an overnight crossing, and
:24:01. > :24:08.passengers will arrive in zee Brugge just after nine o'clock tomorrow
:24:09. > :24:12.morning. -- Zeebrugge. It has been raining here today, and I have
:24:13. > :24:15.checked the shipping forecast. There will be moderate to rough, but even
:24:16. > :24:16.if that crossing is not so great, at least they will have a little bit of
:24:17. > :24:23.luxury. Giving a 32,000 tonne ship a
:24:24. > :24:27.makeover is no easy task, but the work is now complete, meaning
:24:28. > :24:34.services to Europe will continue for years to come. We definitely see a
:24:35. > :24:37.future in Hull. We start to see growth, particularly in our freight
:24:38. > :24:43.customers, and we want to see that in future. This certainly takes us
:24:44. > :24:47.into the 2020s and beyond. More than ?8 million has been spent on the
:24:48. > :24:50.upgrade. The shop has doubled in size, the restaurant has been
:24:51. > :24:56.updated, and the cabin is improved. It is hoped it will be money well
:24:57. > :25:01.spent. This is our main connectivity with Northern Europe, so Holland,
:25:02. > :25:06.Belgium, Germany, northern France, this is where most of our visitors
:25:07. > :25:11.were coming through. They can bring a car with them, enabling them to
:25:12. > :25:14.channel around until. So the money invested in the boat is clearly
:25:15. > :25:17.improves the product that makes it even more attractive.
:25:18. > :25:21.Built 30 years ago, the ferry can carry more than 800 passengers on
:25:22. > :25:25.the same amount of vehicles. It is popular with tourists and freight
:25:26. > :25:28.drivers, so the transformation was showcased to a variety of different
:25:29. > :25:32.businesses. Based in the south of England. We do
:25:33. > :25:35.a lot of unaccompanied traffic to and from the continent. We are
:25:36. > :25:38.adjusted in this route up at Hull here to see what we are up against,
:25:39. > :25:43.to be able to offer a service through the northern Maine town
:25:44. > :25:50.areas, straight across to Manchester.
:25:51. > :25:52.We are from a coach company. We take passengers to York, Leeds, so just
:25:53. > :25:56.to see what our customers are offered, really, it is really good.
:25:57. > :25:59.P and O say they are seeing growth, and the refit means they will carry
:26:00. > :26:08.on sailing way into the next decade. Well, it's a sister vessel, the
:26:09. > :26:12.Pride Of Bruges, has had a similar refit which will be launched next
:26:13. > :26:15.week. When I spoke to P, they said they were really keen to increase
:26:16. > :26:19.their tourist offering, and of course, you can't escape that hole
:26:20. > :26:23.is the City of Culture. They recently ran a mini cruise called
:26:24. > :26:26.Made In Hull, which was eight sell-out. So they say they are
:26:27. > :26:30.looking at doing more things like that in the future.
:26:31. > :26:35.Thank you much indeed. It is 7:12 p.m.. Let me just have a reminder
:26:36. > :26:37.for you of the main national and regional headlines.
:26:38. > :26:39.Four people are killed and twenty people are injured
:26:40. > :26:43.following a terrorist attack in the heart of Westminster.
:26:44. > :26:51.Pedestrians were driven into, and the attacker stabbed a policeman to
:26:52. > :26:55.death before being shot. The Prime Minister is due to chair a meeting
:26:56. > :26:56.of the government's emergency committee Cobra in the next few
:26:57. > :26:58.minutes. Schools in some of the most deprived
:26:59. > :27:00.parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire lose out under
:27:01. > :27:02.new government funding plans. Tomorrow's weather, dry and turning
:27:03. > :27:05.much brighter with plenty of sunshine developing.
:27:06. > :27:19.Maximum temperature, 11C. Toilets, then. Karl says, I don't
:27:20. > :27:23.enjoy with that. I would be exhuming and happy as a parent if that
:27:24. > :27:26.happened. Elizabeth is allowing only those with medical problems to go to
:27:27. > :27:31.the toilet during lesson time only point out that they have a problem
:27:32. > :27:35.which could lead to bullying. Lynn says, but goodness' sake, children
:27:36. > :27:39.should go before lessons start. The children need to go to The toilet
:27:40. > :27:41.accommodation be allowed to go regardless, says Chris.
:27:42. > :27:43.Thank you for watching. Have a nice evening and only later if you can.
:27:44. > :27:45.Goodbye.