:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:08. > :00:09.The headlines tonight: Sad and immoral - thieves blasted over
:00:10. > :00:13.Another attack on a war memorial to thousands of
:00:14. > :00:27.The they are lacking in some intelligence, lacking in morals,
:00:28. > :00:31.belief in what people have done for them in the past. I will be wired
:00:32. > :00:36.here were local people say they are disgusted but they will step in to
:00:37. > :00:38.replace what has been lost. -- I will be live.
:00:39. > :00:41.The potholes that councils say they can't afford to fix -
:00:42. > :00:43.millions of pounds is needed to sort out our crumbling roads.
:00:44. > :00:49.Years ago when we went on holiday to Europe the roads were awful and
:00:50. > :00:51.awards were perfect and now it is the opposite. They will not get any
:00:52. > :00:55.better if you just leave them. The arcade owner who says
:00:56. > :00:57.the new pound coin will cost him thousands -
:00:58. > :00:59.and wants the Government Free travel jabs and gluten-free
:01:00. > :01:03.food may stop as the NHS cuts back on prescriptions that cost
:01:04. > :01:06.it millions. The East Yorkshire village that's
:01:07. > :01:09.becoming a safe haven For the detailed five day forecast
:01:10. > :01:24.join me in 15 minutes. It's a tribute to 55,000 dead
:01:25. > :01:30.airmen of Bomber Command - the RAF crews that many credit
:01:31. > :01:32.with shortening So tonight there's a furious
:01:33. > :01:39.reaction to a series of thefts from their memorial
:01:40. > :01:42.at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln,
:01:43. > :01:45.which is still under construction. Among the items stolen -
:01:46. > :01:48.a flag pole and its union flag. Simon Spark is at the memorial,
:01:49. > :02:04.what else has been taken? I think what has angered second day
:02:05. > :02:09.but the most is this has not does -- is not the first time, it is the
:02:10. > :02:14.second time in a fortnight thieves have struck. Or at the weekend a
:02:15. > :02:21.flag and flag and flagpole and two weeks before that donation boxes,
:02:22. > :02:25.generators, over ?2000 worth of equipment was stolen, even a blue
:02:26. > :02:32.wreath left at the bottom of the spire like a family in an act of
:02:33. > :02:34.remembrance was found shredded. The International Bomber Command Centre
:02:35. > :02:40.is being built to honour all those involved with Bomber Command and
:02:41. > :02:43.will commemorate more than 55,000 Bomber Command aircrew who died
:02:44. > :02:47.during the Second World War, the majority of the bombing raid set of
:02:48. > :02:51.Lincolnshire and actions are credited with a dramatically
:02:52. > :02:57.changing the outcome of World War II. Recently the construction of the
:02:58. > :03:01.memorial has been -- become a target for thieves and vandals. At some
:03:02. > :03:07.point over the weekend a five metre white flagpole similar to this one
:03:08. > :03:15.was stolen from here. Along with the union Jack flag flying on it. They
:03:16. > :03:20.are sad people, they are lacking in some intelligence, certainly lacking
:03:21. > :03:23.in morals, concern and commitment and belief in what people have done
:03:24. > :03:29.for them in the past. People like 90 pupil wears who was one of just two
:03:30. > :03:40.survivors were his plane was shot down -- 90-year-old fought back. He
:03:41. > :03:43.then became a prisoner of war. I am horrified and angry people could be
:03:44. > :03:49.faced monuments to people who gave their lives for this country. There
:03:50. > :03:56.are men up there, several that I knew personally there are names are
:03:57. > :04:03.up there. And to think of somebody going there and destroying things, a
:04:04. > :04:09.lot of vandals and goes on up there and it shatters me, I see no reason
:04:10. > :04:29.for it. Police today said... Meanwhile, staff at the
:04:30. > :04:34.International Bomber Command centres say security will now be improved
:04:35. > :04:37.but CCTV systems would simply be too expensive.
:04:38. > :04:39.There's been a big response from the public following
:04:40. > :04:49.Children at the William Alvey Primary School in Sleaford have
:04:50. > :04:55.already offered to replace the flag that was stolen.
:04:56. > :05:00.A security firm has also come forward to offer extra
:05:01. > :05:03.Earlier today, I spoke to Tony Worth, the chairman
:05:04. > :05:04.of the International Bomber Command Centre.
:05:05. > :05:07.I asked him what he made of the response.
:05:08. > :05:09.The public have been most supportive and been fantastic in the way
:05:10. > :05:13.Can you put into words what you think about the people
:05:14. > :05:17.who are doing this, who have done this?
:05:18. > :05:20.I think they are totally disrespectful, they are totally
:05:21. > :05:23.mindless and here we are trying to do good things both
:05:24. > :05:26.for the county and also to memorialise those people
:05:27. > :05:31.who during the war gave their lives and gave their all to
:05:32. > :05:36.It is all charity work and the money has come from veterans,
:05:37. > :05:39.it has come from individuals and from grant bodies,
:05:40. > :05:43.and for that to have happened now when we are most of the way
:05:44. > :05:51.through getting things finished is absolutely appalling.
:05:52. > :05:58.You are doing all this good work and here we are having this
:05:59. > :06:00.conversation and even a security firm has offered to help.
:06:01. > :06:11.What we have to do is to increase the security, but everything we do
:06:12. > :06:14.in increasing security and everything else
:06:15. > :06:20.And it is money which is being given to us by other people,
:06:21. > :06:23.it is not our money, and we have got to look after it
:06:24. > :06:27.and as it is we've got to raise quite a lot of money to get
:06:28. > :06:30.the thing finished, something in the region
:06:31. > :06:36.There is a very good chance the person or persons who have done
:06:37. > :06:40.Just say to them what you think and your message to them.
:06:41. > :06:43.Actually, I would quite like to meet them because I would
:06:44. > :06:46.like to understand what it is that makes them do these things.
:06:47. > :06:48.It is totally mindless, does not make any sense at all,
:06:49. > :06:51.I cannot understand why anybody would take a flag or a flagpole
:06:52. > :06:54.or even break into our shed and take all of the snacks and things
:06:55. > :06:58.which we were going to give to the people who came to our open
:06:59. > :07:04.I do wish you well, we'll follow the story.
:07:05. > :07:22.I know there will be strong feelings on this story and we will keep you
:07:23. > :07:26.up-to-date with any developments on that.
:07:27. > :07:28.Thousands of potholes will continue to blight roads in East Yorkshire
:07:29. > :07:31.and Lincolnshire because councils can't afford to repair them all.
:07:32. > :07:34.That's the finding of a new report which says millions of pounds
:07:35. > :07:36.of extra cash is needed to fix crumbling roads.
:07:37. > :07:38.And there's a warning some routes are so bad
:07:39. > :07:42.Phillip Norton is here, what are our local councils
:07:43. > :07:47.Well, local councils have been given extra Government funds in the past
:07:48. > :07:50.year specifically to help with filling in potholes,
:07:51. > :07:53.on top of their usual highways budgets.
:07:54. > :07:56.The problem is, they cant keep up with the escalating problem.
:07:57. > :08:01.It's called the Pothole Action Fund and the amount
:08:02. > :08:07.Lincolnshire County Council was given ?1.8 million
:08:08. > :08:10.from the kitty last year, enough to fill more than 34,000 potholes.
:08:11. > :08:21.?87,000 - which filled just over 1600 potholes.
:08:22. > :08:24.Today campaigners said much more needs to be spent to bring roads up
:08:25. > :08:29.More potholes than money, that's the problem facing local
:08:30. > :08:31.authorities, with a forecast things will only get worse.
:08:32. > :08:37.These potholes were filmed in just one street in Hull this morning.
:08:38. > :08:40.Years ago, when we went on holiday to Europe,
:08:41. > :08:44.the roads were awful, yet our roads were perfect.
:08:45. > :08:47.Now it's completely the other way around.
:08:48. > :08:50.They are not going to get any better if you're just leaving them.
:08:51. > :08:53.I get where they're coming from but they're not going anywhere,
:08:54. > :08:55.they're still going to have to fix them.
:08:56. > :08:58.It's not good for your tendons when you're bouncing up and down,
:08:59. > :09:03.It's a problem that's already costing cash
:09:04. > :09:07.Lincolnshire County Council says more than ?270 million has been
:09:08. > :09:11.spent on road maintenance in the past five years.
:09:12. > :09:14.Across the area, people have taken to social media and identified
:09:15. > :10:00.Campaigners say there is a terminal decline in road
:10:01. > :10:06.standards, which could lead to drastic measures.
:10:07. > :10:10.We are creeping towards a tipping point in road condition.
:10:11. > :10:16.One in six local roads now only have five years life left in them.
:10:17. > :10:21.If they don't get the funding necessary to bring those up
:10:22. > :10:24.to scratch, then the ultimate sanction for them is to
:10:25. > :10:31.The Government is investing ?1.3 billion in roads this year.
:10:32. > :10:34.Campaigners say that's not enough and it would take 12 years to clear
:10:35. > :10:43.Phillip Norton, BBC Look North, Hull.
:10:44. > :10:46.Should drivers give up on the idea of every pothole being fixed?
:10:47. > :10:53.Are they just something we have to learn to live with?
:10:54. > :11:00.Here is how to get in touch. Would you like to see more money put aside
:11:01. > :11:06.for repairing potholes and would you be happy to pay more road tax to get
:11:07. > :11:17.them repaired? Are we at the tipping point?
:11:18. > :11:23.Your views on the potholes and we will have some on before we finish
:11:24. > :11:27.at 7pm. An East Coast arcade
:11:28. > :11:29.operator is calling for government compensation
:11:30. > :11:30.following the introduction Skegness Pier says adapting its slot
:11:31. > :11:35.machines to take the new coin is costing it ?30,000,
:11:36. > :11:37.but the bank of England insists that the introduction will help
:11:38. > :11:52.prevent people faking them. A new 12 sided ?1 coins in
:11:53. > :11:57.circulation from today but already causing a headache in some of our
:11:58. > :12:03.east Coast seaside arcades. At Skegness peer most of their 400 slot
:12:04. > :12:11.and game machines need to be adapted to take the shape and weight of the
:12:12. > :12:16.new money. We have around 400 machines and 300 of them need
:12:17. > :12:21.changing. Throughout the whole winter mechanics have reprogramming
:12:22. > :12:24.them and we had to sell a lot of. There has been no help or
:12:25. > :12:30.compensation from the Government and I feel we are being penalised, we
:12:31. > :12:37.have two fund the cost by ourselves. It started a couple of years ago
:12:38. > :12:46.with the ?10 and now the ?1 and the ?10 note and then the new ?20 note.
:12:47. > :12:49.Inside every machine is one of these, the mechanism which
:12:50. > :12:54.determines which coin is which and for most of these that now must be
:12:55. > :13:00.changed. The problem is not all of them will work with the all ?1 coin
:13:01. > :13:04.as well as the new one, so for operators the question is when will
:13:05. > :13:09.the new one be enough circulation meaning it will be right for them to
:13:10. > :13:13.switch over? The old opponent is only legal tender until October, at
:13:14. > :13:19.which time shops, lockers and vending machines will have had to
:13:20. > :13:25.adapt, as will some council run parking machines, at cost to the
:13:26. > :13:30.taxpayer. There are 75 machines across the district, 38 have been
:13:31. > :13:35.done so far and the total cost is around ?3500. It is an expense
:13:36. > :13:38.councils can do without? We have huge financial challenges and we
:13:39. > :13:41.could do without it but it is something we and all authorities
:13:42. > :13:46.have to deal with, along with private sector businesses. Why the
:13:47. > :13:51.change? Bank of England says the new coin is ultimately far harder to
:13:52. > :13:59.forge sewed introduction will mean the next generation grew up without
:14:00. > :14:07.ever using the old rodents pound. -- the all round pound coin.
:14:08. > :14:09.Still ahead tonight: Free travel jabs and gluten-free food may stop
:14:10. > :14:12.as the NHS cuts back on prescriptions that cost it millions.
:14:13. > :14:16.And the East Yorkshire villagers who will welcome dozens of hedgehogs
:14:17. > :14:45.tonight's photograph is taken by John Clarke and it is by coincidence
:14:46. > :14:54.of Skegness. I think that is the sunrise, Peter. Jack says, is Paul
:14:55. > :15:00.trying to change his image with the open neck shirt, trying to look
:15:01. > :15:06.younger? If so, it is not working. The Saturday night Fever look, we do
:15:07. > :15:13.not think it is working? Or too tight on, please, oh and put you to
:15:14. > :15:18.shame. Maybe I should try a to and fake tan, do you think that will
:15:19. > :15:23.work? For the next 24 hours it is looking
:15:24. > :15:27.mild, some brightness the Lincolnshire coast on Thursday is
:15:28. > :15:36.looking promising because we drag some warm air from the new
:15:37. > :15:40.continent. -- near continent. The weekend is looking unsettled,
:15:41. > :15:48.especially Saturday. It has brightens up nicely, a very pleasant
:15:49. > :15:53.and Hull England sweep -- Hull and Grimsby. Through this evening it
:15:54. > :15:58.will tend to cloud over and we will see patchy rain developed across
:15:59. > :16:07.Lincolnshire, persistent bursts here, a mild nights. Moderate
:16:08. > :16:16.south-west winds. The sun rises in the morning, here are the times. A
:16:17. > :16:22.cloudy and damp start in places, patchy rain, otherwise it soon
:16:23. > :16:26.becomes a dry. Brightness coming through, rain never far away but the
:16:27. > :16:37.fair amount of fair in Lincolnshire in particular. As I say, there will
:16:38. > :16:43.be good dry periods and certainly mild air from the Atlantic. Not bad
:16:44. > :16:49.at temperatures for the end of March. Well above average, which is
:16:50. > :16:57.10 Celsius. First the start cloudy and damp brightening up later. --
:16:58. > :17:03.Thursday starts cloudy and damp. Sap at the cool with heavy showers. That
:17:04. > :17:07.is the forecast. -- Saturday looks cool.
:17:08. > :17:13.I am looking for a good lawyer, after that remark!
:17:14. > :17:15.As the NHS looks to save millions of pounds
:17:16. > :17:18.some things prescribed by doctors could be stopped.
:17:19. > :17:20.That includes gluten-free bread, paracetamol and sun cream.
:17:21. > :17:23.Already in parts of this area patients are being urged
:17:24. > :17:25.to buy their own paracetamol - which are a few pence
:17:26. > :17:28.in a shop but end up costing the NHS much more.
:17:29. > :17:37.Our health correspondent, Vicky Johnson reports.
:17:38. > :17:44.The NHS has never been under such financial pressure and so health
:17:45. > :17:54.officials looking how to cut costs and prescription charges is one key
:17:55. > :17:57.area. And treatments like these are all currently available on
:17:58. > :18:01.prescription but NHS England is going to consult on whether products
:18:02. > :18:05.that are freely available over-the-counter should still be
:18:06. > :18:09.offered by GPs. What we need is to make sure that is a balance between
:18:10. > :18:13.people being able to buy the product they want from the supermarket and
:18:14. > :18:18.make sure children and people who might not have the ability to pay
:18:19. > :18:22.for those products are given support through the NHS. It is important
:18:23. > :18:26.people are treated as individuals rather than a blanket ban for all
:18:27. > :18:35.these products for everybody. This woman has coeliac disease which is
:18:36. > :18:41.caused by Clinton. Her family's cafe sells some gluten-free products but
:18:42. > :18:45.she thinks it is vital basic foods remain free on prescription. For
:18:46. > :18:51.somebody who may have been poorly for a while and is not sure what to
:18:52. > :18:56.eat what to have it and give them that natural first step with what to
:18:57. > :19:02.start with and then they can move onto other pastors. It is vital for
:19:03. > :19:08.everybody. Paracetamol can be purchased for as
:19:09. > :19:16.little as 19p per packet but it cost the NHS over ?10 per packet. Last
:19:17. > :19:21.year the NHS and Hull spent over ?500,000 on these what national it
:19:22. > :19:24.was over 87 million. Many health groups have restricted prescription
:19:25. > :19:29.for paracetamol and most of the people we spoke to agree this was
:19:30. > :19:34.the right thing to do. I think if you need them then buy them, that is
:19:35. > :19:39.my perception. Paracetamol is so cheap but I do not think there is
:19:40. > :19:45.any need to have that on prescription. You can just buy it
:19:46. > :19:49.yourself since it is so cheap. Doctors and pharmacists are faced
:19:50. > :19:52.with a dilemma of making sure patients get the most appropriate
:19:53. > :19:54.treatment while asking some of them to bear some of the cost.
:19:55. > :19:57.Will local health officials be watching this closely
:19:58. > :20:00.after their comments on paracetamol last year?
:20:01. > :20:08.They certainly will. We were told last year paracetamol bill for the
:20:09. > :20:13.NHS in Lincolnshire was ?1 million and East Riding it was more than 1.5
:20:14. > :20:18.million. Health bosses then said it was not an effective use of
:20:19. > :20:23.resources and they started to restrict the prescription use of
:20:24. > :20:29.paracetamol. Since they started doing so in East Riding they already
:20:30. > :20:32.save 1.3 million and expect those savings to increase for the rest of
:20:33. > :20:37.the year. This is the background to why the NHS has confirmed this
:20:38. > :20:42.preview of what will be available and not available on prescription.
:20:43. > :20:48.We do not know how long this review will take, it starts next month, we
:20:49. > :20:51.do not know when they will come up with a decision. Thank you. This is
:20:52. > :20:58.another story you might want to comment on. We will talk more and I
:20:59. > :21:08.walked up to the pharmaceutical. -- pharmaceutical Society emulate Look
:21:09. > :21:10.North at 10:30pm. -- on the late Look North.
:21:11. > :21:13.A man who couldn't read or write until the age of 32,
:21:14. > :21:17.when he found out he was dyslexic, is speaking out, with the hope
:21:18. > :21:19.of helping other people in the same situation.
:21:20. > :21:20.Howard Duckworth from Goole in East Yorkshire says
:21:21. > :21:23.it was a relief to discover, in his words,
:21:24. > :21:32.Howard Duckworth, who runs a hotel in Goole, struggled to read
:21:33. > :21:40.and write until his dyslexia diagnosis at the age of 32.
:21:41. > :21:44.Often known as a hidden disability, he described the moment he realised
:21:45. > :21:50.When you are suddenly given a title, it's almost...
:21:51. > :21:57.It's a relief that you aren't thick, you aren't lazy, there's just
:21:58. > :22:05.Dyslexia is a genetic learning difficulty that affects around
:22:06. > :22:17.It occurs regardless of gender, race, or level of intelligence
:22:18. > :22:19.and it's recognised under the Equality Act 2010.
:22:20. > :22:24.Despite this, the British Dyslexia Association says its seeing
:22:25. > :22:30.an increasing number of enquiries related to discrimination issues.
:22:31. > :22:36.To give you an example, we had somebody recently
:22:37. > :22:39.who was working in a zoo and was taken off that job
:22:40. > :22:42.with a job change and given a job as a dog warden.
:22:43. > :22:44.And that would involve writing reports.
:22:45. > :22:46.This legal expert says employers could face huge costs
:22:47. > :22:52.Looking at the figures from '15 to '16 for the tribunals,
:22:53. > :22:59.a normal unfair dismissal claim, not involving disability,
:23:00. > :23:02.Looking at a disability related unfair dismissal claim, 21,000.
:23:03. > :23:05.And looking at the biggest award for disability discrimination
:23:06. > :23:09.You can see how that could have a massive financial
:23:10. > :23:11.knock-on for companies who don't recognise this.
:23:12. > :23:15.The Government is now looking to work more closley with businesses
:23:16. > :23:17.and increase the number of disability employment
:23:18. > :23:24.Howard meanwhile is urging others not to let dyslexia hold them back.
:23:25. > :23:27.This is why so many dyslexics end up being self-employed.
:23:28. > :23:30.They come up with the various different ideas and they create it.
:23:31. > :23:34.You look at some of the big businesses and these people,
:23:35. > :23:39.if you actually go back to the ideas, they are dyslexic.
:23:40. > :23:41.They are looking at it from a totally different idea.
:23:42. > :23:44.It's hoped more awareness will help to provide more
:23:45. > :23:57.dyslexic-friendly workplaces across the region.
:23:58. > :24:02.If you have a story you think we should know about drop me an e-mail
:24:03. > :24:03.and give me a telephone number, also.
:24:04. > :24:06.Portraits of famous people are going on display
:24:07. > :24:09.They're on loan from the National Portrait Gallery.
:24:10. > :24:11.The exhibition includes likenesses of the author JK Rowling
:24:12. > :24:16.The National Portrait Gallery's annual portrait exhibition
:24:17. > :24:20.is probably the most prestigious in the world, and each year
:24:21. > :24:23.the winner is commissioned to produce a portrait
:24:24. > :24:26.for the Portrait Gallery, and these are the ones they've
:24:27. > :24:29.produced over the years, so it is very much
:24:30. > :24:34.The hedgehog is an endangered species and now people in part
:24:35. > :24:37.of East Yorkshire are to become the first hedgehog friendly
:24:38. > :24:40.They're starting by building homes for the creatures in their gardens
:24:41. > :24:43.in Burton Fleming, before dozens of rescued hedgehogs
:24:44. > :25:10.This cathedral hedgehog gets star treatment. He is cared for by a team
:25:11. > :25:16.of volunteers. -- this hedgehog gets star treatment. They could soon find
:25:17. > :25:21.themselves in a new home 50 miles away to create the first hedgehog
:25:22. > :25:26.friendly village in the north. 32 hedgehogs in an area with the
:25:27. > :25:32.minimum number for a support of 50 -- support of population, another
:25:33. > :25:35.50, will make a healthy population and United gene pool and the
:25:36. > :25:42.hedgehog will travel up to two miles per night so it cannot be locked
:25:43. > :25:48.into one or two gardens, it needs a large area to run around. -- healthy
:25:49. > :25:54.gene pool. The hedgehog population in rural areas as half since 2000,
:25:55. > :25:59.due to predators like badgers and disappearing habitat. One of
:26:00. > :26:04.villagers trying to combat this. The residents are creating puddles for
:26:05. > :26:09.hedgehogs move between gardens and building special bends. -- creating
:26:10. > :26:16.tunnels. Little Mac I think future should still be brought up with
:26:17. > :26:21.hedgehogs in the life. Apart from the ones who need medical
:26:22. > :26:23.treatment most are hibernating ready for the big move and new lives in
:26:24. > :26:29.their hedgehog friendly village. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:30. > :26:32.and regional headlines: Scotland's parliament backs a second
:26:33. > :26:33.independence referendum - that puts it on a collision course
:26:34. > :26:36.with Westminster and Theresa May. The war memorial to
:26:37. > :26:38.thousands of dead airmen - tonight a furious reaction
:26:39. > :26:41.to another theft at the site. Tomorrow's weather -
:26:42. > :26:43.rather cloudy with a little E-mails and texts on the subject of
:26:44. > :26:58.potholes. Mike, "There is no excuse
:26:59. > :27:01.for potholes, motorist pay a fortune In France, there is no road
:27:02. > :27:06.tax and no potholes, Sharon,
:27:07. > :27:09.'The roads around Lincoln It has already cost me ?600
:27:10. > :27:13.in repairs to my alloy wheels. The Council have denied
:27:14. > :27:15.responsibility even though I have provided photographs showing
:27:16. > :27:21.the potholes at a depth of 5 inches. Peter,
:27:22. > :27:23.'I think it will be better to go back to cobbled roads and forget
:27:24. > :27:25.about thin layers of tarmac.' Alan, 'as there are millions more
:27:26. > :27:28.cars on the roads nowadays where's the multi millions in car tax
:27:29. > :27:40.going.' Have a nice evening join me if you
:27:41. > :27:43.can at 1030 this is not I will see you tomorrow night at 6:30pm.
:27:44. > :27:46.Goodbye for now.