22/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

Schools in some of the most deprived parts of East Yorkshire

and Lincolnshire lose out under new government funding plans.

47 out of the 54 schools in this area, all losing money, so as a

whole, the north-east is seriously affected.

Worries that a ban on using wheat in petrol could lead to job

A ban on going to the toilet - a Hull academy brings

in new measures to stop youngsters from avoiding lessons.

How the multi-million pound refit of two Hull ferries could bring more

Some nice weather on the way in the next few days. Join me for the

latest. Good evening. As we have been

hearing, four people, including a police officer, have been killed and

at least 20 people injured in a terror attack in the heart of

London. It's believed there was only one attack are involved, and that he

has died. It happened outside the Houses of Parliament, where many of

our MPs were at work. The Goole MP Andrew Percy are still in his

office, where he barricaded himself in when the attacks began. He joins

us now. What happened this afternoon, and what was the reaction

in the Westminster village? Well, it was very bizarre, really,

because I had just finished voting in the House of Commons. I was

leaving to go to my office a few yards away, and suddenly, seven

people came in, running up the stairs. I said, there is a division

on, so you can't go that way, they will not let you through. They said,

there is a man with a gun, there is a man with a knife, and we have been

told to run this way. I looked at them and thought, you make a quick

assessment in that moment, and I said, quick, come with me, we will

run to my office. So we ran to my office and I hid them in my office.

My staff were just leaving, so I shouted at them to get back in the

office. We have been trained in all of this. Get in the office, turn

your phone is switch the lights off and barricaded doors, which they

did. I took the seven people into my other office, just opposite. They

had seen the incident. One in particular Saudi whole thing unfold.

My office is only about 200 yards away from where it all happened, and

they ran in. He had seen the police officer getting stabbed, and then

started to run. That is when he bumped into me and I said, come to

my office, because they were obviously fairly panic stricken, and

with the marauding attack, the best thing is obviously to run and hide.

That is an incredible story. You must have spoken to other MPs. What

are they saying tonight? Security there is already, as I know, very

tight. Well that now have to change? I think the problem is, too many

people say too many things when these things have happened and

everyone is now an expert in security. I would not comment,

because all I know is we have a determined attack on the House of

Commons, and that individual did not get very far, only about 100 yards

into the House of Commons, and was put down very quickly. And the

terrible thing about this, really, is we have lost a police officer,

and according to the reports, and the poor people on the bridge had

nowhere to run and hide. But security around this whole area of

central London is very, very tight. This is the attack we must fear, and

I have done a number of Cobra meetings in the last year or so, and

practices which have been about this eventuality, of a marauding attack,

and a car -based or truck -based attack, because it is something that

is very difficult for the security services to guard against. Anyone

can get a car and drive it at pedestrians, and it is very

difficult, but the security response has been incredible. And police and

helicopters everywhere, and obviously, the Ambulance Service has

been fantastic too. You certainly sounds shaken up.

Thank you bring much indeed, I am glad you are safe, Mr Percy.

The Brigg Goole MP Andrew Percy. There's a warning that pupils

in some of the most deprived parts of our area will lose out

in the latest shake-up Grimsby and Cleethorpes look set

to be the biggest losers in the government's proposed

new funding formula. Many schools in rural areas will get

more money, but there's anger in North East Lincolnshire

which is one of places where the education

budget is due to be cut. More from our Political

Editor Tim Iredale. How many quarters do we need to make

a whole one? School budgets have been the subject

of fierce debate for decades, but the latest proposed shake-up of the

way schools are funded has prompted many to ask the government to look

again at its sons. They have got the formula wrong. It

is having a deleterious impact across all schools, and nobody seems

to be a winner. Schools in rural areas have long

argued they don't get as much money per pupil as those in urban areas,

but we dressing the balance has been controversial. According to

education researchers, Lincolnshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and

hole will all have a greater number of schools that gain from the

proposed new funding formula. -- whole. But North Lincolnshire and

North East Lincolnshire have more schools that will lose funding

compared to the number that will gain. That has prompted the North

East Lincolnshire councillor who is in charge of children's services to

write to the government, warning that local schools will lose ?1

million next year, and it is the most deprived areas that will

suffer. This Academy, which has 2200

students, is affected by a ?7,000 cut. Cleethorpes, our other

secondary Academy in this area, by a ?30,000 cut, and our primary by the

equivalent of about 40,000, I primary have about 500 children. So

it is significant. Earlier before today byes tragedy at

Westminster and folded, the Prime Minister defended the need to look

again at the way schools are funded. There has been a general acceptance

that the current funding formula for schools is unfair. That is why this

government is looking to find a formula, a fairer formula. The

proposals have been open to consultation, which ended today.

Some hope the government will now go back to the drawing board.

Thank you, Tim. You might have a view on this story,

are the changes to the way Perhaps you live in or go to school

in North East Lincolnshire You have heard the story. The e-mail

address is on the screen. East Riding Council's

accused of shifting blame during the case of a man accused

of mis-selling holiday chalets. More than a hundred jobs

could be lost in East Yorkshire if the government changes the rules

on green fuel for cars. At the moment, the petrol

we buy at the forecourt contains bio-ethanol,

a chemical that is made from wheat. Much of it is made by

Vivergo, a company based But under new proposals,

the Government could ban the use Out Rural Affairs Correspondent

Linsey Smith reports. Some of the questions around the use

of wheat to make green energy. John Holtby sells all

of his crops to Vivergo, his nearby bioethanol plant.

A welcome market for his business. We try sometimes to grow wheat for

bread, but because this area is quite high yielding, we tend not to

get the quality, so it is a bit of a trade-off between quality and yield,

because we're high yielding, we just can't get the quality that the bread

makers want. And this is where John's crops

are used to make bioethanol. It's been called the biggest

brewery in the north. By ethanol is like triple strength

vodka. It is blended with the petrol with by the forecourt, making it

more environmentally friendly. The fuel produced here at the moment

brings equivalent benefits to take in 180,000 cars off the road.

The government wants us to increase green

Electric cars are one of their big focuses and developing alternative

But they want to limit the amount of green energy

that is made from crops - or even ban it altogether.

And that's a big concern here at Vivergo's refinery,

If the government were to crop the cap of zero, I don't have any

feedstock that I could produce the bile ethanol or high-protein animal

feed, so that would mean we would have to shut and the industry in the

UK most likely would go with it. We employ people, highly skilled

engineers, on this site. If we were too close, clearly those jobs would

be lost. Vivergo are campaigning for war by our ethanol to be blended

with the departure we buy, but not the Rwanda agrees. -- not everyone

agrees. We believe that using props to their

word for fuel is not sensible land use. It is Sydney not sensible for

the priority of increasing food self-sufficiency in the UK.

In a statement, the Department of Transport says:

Responses that Vivergo staff eagerly await.

A school in Hull has introduced a rule to stop

children going to the toilet during lesson time.

Archbishop Sentamu Academy says it's to make sure pupils don't avoid

Children will only be allowed to go with special

permission from parents, but the decision has

angered some mums and dads. Jo Makel has this report.

It's a school which is trying to improve after Ofsted put it

And staff hope that stopping lesson time toilet visits will help

In one or two who will try that as an excuse to avoid maybe conjugating

French verbs or doing some high-level algebra, and so we just

wanted to make sure that was never the case. As I said, we are

constantly looking for ways to make sure that we are at the top of our

game, and the students are too, and we thought this is one we could do

that. The question is, why not

specifically deal with the 12-macro? Why make a blanket ban on going to

the toilet? It is very straightforward, really.

If the is a clue what the rules are, it are, it is easy for them to

follow them. -- if the students know what the rules are.

It's not the first school to try this.

But as these headlines show in some cases restricting toilet breaks

At Archbishop Sentamu, children with medical conditions

And the head says only four parents have raised issues.

But at the school gate, opinions are divided.

They should be able to go to the toilet. They can just sit there and

hold it in all that time. The lessons are quite long, and they?

I agree with it, but it depends what circumstances.

The girl would not used to use the toilet more than boys, but it is

totally different. I disagree with it absolutely.

And a children's bowel and bladder charity says

Being denied access to the toilet to empty their bowels can affect not

just the bowels, but the bladder as well, and the child's psychological

well-being. There is also the effect on the child that they would want to

stop drinking so much. They know they will not have access to the

toilet, they will limit their fluid intake during the school day.

The headteacher here at the school says he will not be reviewing this

policy, but he has urged any parents who have concerns about it to come

and see him and talk to staff. This will get plenty of discussions

going. We ask you for your views on just a moment, but first, Adrian

Joyce is from the union the NASUWT. I asked him if the school has the

right idea to deal with behavioural problems.

I am not sure if it is to deal with behavioural problems. The point is

students go to school to learn. If they have a medical problem, they

will need more frequent toilet breaks and others. But they are

given time. There is time before and after school and at lunch today to

the toilets. They should be there to learn.

Why should parents have to go to the trouble of excluding their child if

asked, when every parent will give that, when they?

The point of it is they are young adults. They are toilet trained. If

there is a medical condition, yes. We have to do a good job as teachers

and raise standards. You can't stop a call of nature if

they want to go to the toilet? Of course they can. They are grown

people. For a medical illness, there is an issue that we need to live

after them and care for them. The point is, they are there to learn,

not to wander in and out of lessons. It children's charity said this

could cause children to wet themselves and cause long-term heart

and kidney problems, and the embarrassment that goes with it.

Many parents are horrified. I think you will find that that is

probably a slightly disingenuous. There are 1500 children at that

school. Those pupils go to that school. Only a very few, you can

count on the fingers of one hand, have complained, and four of those

who have complained that happy with what has been happening. I have

spoken to the printable this afternoon, and there are only one to

families who not happy. Everyone else accept it.

I will be asking for views at the moment. Here is one from Facebook

today. My child happened to have an

accident in front of the class. God help the teacher who refuse hairy to

liberate. That is very supportive parent,

isn't it? They are doing what they should do, fighting for their own

child. I quite agree with that, but there are ways of doing it. Our

teachers have to increase and relay standards and that is what we're

trying to do without children wandering in and out unnecessarily.

If your son or daughter was at a school with this policy, would you

be happy with it? I would go and talk to the school.

If there was a medical condition, I would expect them to support me. If

there was not, I would expect my child to abide by the rules, are

sensible. Had to see you. Thank you very much.

People have been writing about this already on Facebook today.

Karen Wilson says we shouldn't even be considering this!

Of course children should be entitled to go to

Disgusting if a child is stopped, some children won't be able to hang

on and it could cause them to have an accident!

Lee says, this is a ludicrous suggestion and completely contrary

Seriously, how much 'learning time' can one miss out

And Mark says, you can't have 1,000 children popping out to the toilet

every five minutes as it completely disrupts lessons.

Children should be able to wait unless they have a medical condition

In use and this one, and we will have some before and seven. What do

you make of this story? Do you agree with the Academy, or do you think it

is too much? If you want to be in touch, here is the e-mail address

and the text number. I look forward to hearing from you on that one.

The trust which runs hospitals in Grimsby,

Scunthorpe and Goole has been put into financial special measures.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust has been

struggling to cope with how much it's been spending -

and is set to be ?30 million pounds in debt by the end

It says it's determined to reduce its deficit while maintaining

Ninety people have been made redundant after M Potato

The company, which is based near Beverley, called

in the administrators earlier this month.

It's hoped that there will be interest in buying

A couple of bits past seven o'clock. Good to have you with us.

Still ahead tonight: A multi-million pound ferry refit

that could help to bring more visitors to East Yorkshire.

We recognise that we need to keep up with the times, and I think it was

time really to give these ships a bit of a makeover.

Tonight's photograph is of Lee speak, taken by AR. Thank you very

much for that. Another picture around the same time tomorrow. That

in the forecast for tonight and into tomorrow. Paul is here.

Thank you much. It looks like some good news on the

way. The week and in particular will be lovely. Clocks go forward early

hours of Sunday morning, so it looks really nice. Skies like this through

Friday and into the weekend. Tomorrow does not look too bad after

what could be a bit of a cloudy start. Low pressure in charge at the

moment, but it builds quite strongly across the UK, and we will be

favoured very nicely with that setup. Lots of sunshine, very

straightforward forecast. We have had quite a bit of rain this

afternoon, but it has moved on quite smartly. The main rain band is out

into the North Sea, but it will stop in pushback Westminster in the

night. A few showers are possible at first tonight, and then a bit of a

dry slot before the rain pushes back westwards. We will see clear spells

following behind, with the lowest bidders blizzard 4-5 C. -- the

lowest temperatures. Your next high water time in Bridlington at 00 37.

There might be the odd spot of rain first thing in the morning. Some

residual cloud, but that will soon break up as the wind strengthens

from the East. It will blow in a lot of dry air, so a lot of blue sky and

sunshine developing through the course of Thursday night. You will

notice that stiff North East along the coast and across the hills.

Let's look at the top temperatures, coming in from 9-10 towards the

coast, 11 in Lincoln. A lovely weekend to follow. The wind will

ease, the sunshine quite warm during the afternoons, but just the chance

of a spot of ground frost. Thank you much.

A court has heard claims that the East Riding

of Yorkshire Council colluded with a Hull law firm in order

to shift blame onto the property developer of Lakeminster Park.

William Flannigan is accused of mis-selling holiday chalets

at the park near Beverley on the basis they could be

lived in all year round. Crispin Rolfe has more.

Today the jury heard claims from William Flannigan's defence

counsel who claimed that blame was being laid squarely

at the developers door in a plan which was being formulated

by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull law firm

Gosschalks to attack Mr Flannigan ...

But whilst being cross examined, the council's former Head

of Planning, Peter Ashcroft, dismissed any idea that the council

and law firm had been acting "hand in glove".

Instead he said that Lakeminster Park had been "a serious

"breach of planning policy, which could have set

"a very dangerous precedent for other holiday homes."

And the court also heard that the law firm had only become

involved after residents were told they should seek take legal

advice after finding that their homes did not have

In concluding today's session the judge reminded the jury

that their primary concern is what residents were told

Eventually, he said, that's what you're going to decide.

William Flannigan denies ten counts of fraud by misrepresentation

The government has announced plans for a new prison

We had a big response last night after it was confirmed

that the Minor Injuries Unit in Hornsea is to close

and those in Withernsea and Driffield will be downgraded.

And in part, the news was rubber-stamped yesterday. Thank you

for your response to this. That was the figure that was being

bandied around ten visits per day, five of those to redraft wounds.

Thank you very much all your responses on that.

We can now celebrate Hull's year as UK city of culture

The ales, bitter and lagers have been specially made

The drinks were launched with a pint-pulling competition

For every drink sold, five percent of the takings will go

As you raise your glasses, let's raise the roof, with the greatest of

Yorkshire cheer. To us, to culture, to this night of fine drinking, that

comes with our very own beer. It is going to be a long night,

isn't it?! Two of Hull's ferries

have been re-launched following a multi-million

pound refit. The Pride of York and the Pride

of Bruges have had their shops, P, who run services to Europe

with the vessels, say the upgrade secures the future of the route

into the next decade. Our business correspondent is at

Hull's ferry terminal at the moment. What can people expect when they now

get on board for their Dutch ash or whatever?

Well, and dockside at the moment, which is why I am wearing all this

safety equipment, and I have just witnessed the Pride Of York set sail

on its journey to Belgium. It is an overnight crossing, and

passengers will arrive in zee Brugge just after nine o'clock tomorrow

morning. -- Zeebrugge. It has been raining here today, and I have

checked the shipping forecast. There will be moderate to rough, but even

if that crossing is not so great, at least they will have a little bit of

luxury. Giving a 32,000 tonne ship a

makeover is no easy task, but the work is now complete, meaning

services to Europe will continue for years to come. We definitely see a

future in Hull. We start to see growth, particularly in our freight

customers, and we want to see that in future. This certainly takes us

into the 2020s and beyond. More than ?8 million has been spent on the

upgrade. The shop has doubled in size, the restaurant has been

updated, and the cabin is improved. It is hoped it will be money well

spent. This is our main connectivity with Northern Europe, so Holland,

Belgium, Germany, northern France, this is where most of our visitors

were coming through. They can bring a car with them, enabling them to

channel around until. So the money invested in the boat is clearly

improves the product that makes it even more attractive.

Built 30 years ago, the ferry can carry more than 800 passengers on

the same amount of vehicles. It is popular with tourists and freight

drivers, so the transformation was showcased to a variety of different

businesses. Based in the south of England. We do

a lot of unaccompanied traffic to and from the continent. We are

adjusted in this route up at Hull here to see what we are up against,

to be able to offer a service through the northern Maine town

areas, straight across to Manchester.

We are from a coach company. We take passengers to York, Leeds, so just

to see what our customers are offered, really, it is really good.

P and O say they are seeing growth, and the refit means they will carry

on sailing way into the next decade. Well, it's a sister vessel, the

Pride Of Bruges, has had a similar refit which will be launched next

week. When I spoke to P, they said they were really keen to increase

their tourist offering, and of course, you can't escape that hole

is the City of Culture. They recently ran a mini cruise called

Made In Hull, which was eight sell-out. So they say they are

looking at doing more things like that in the future.

Thank you much indeed. It is 7:12 p.m.. Let me just have a reminder

for you of the main national and regional headlines.

Four people are killed and twenty people are injured

following a terrorist attack in the heart of Westminster.

Pedestrians were driven into, and the attacker stabbed a policeman to

death before being shot. The Prime Minister is due to chair a meeting

of the government's emergency committee Cobra in the next few

minutes. Schools in some of the most deprived

parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire lose out under

new government funding plans. Tomorrow's weather, dry and turning

much brighter with plenty of sunshine developing.

Maximum temperature, 11C. Toilets, then. Karl says, I don't

enjoy with that. I would be exhuming and happy as a parent if that

happened. Elizabeth is allowing only those with medical problems to go to

the toilet during lesson time only point out that they have a problem

which could lead to bullying. Lynn says, but goodness' sake, children

should go before lessons start. The children need to go to The toilet

accommodation be allowed to go regardless, says Chris.

Thank you for watching. Have a nice evening and only later if you can.

Goodbye.