31/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The start of City of Culture celebrations bring in

record-breaking numbers of visitors and put Hull on the map.

We are out there now with Made In Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a thing you

would normally put first and foremost but now it is equally on

the same platform. Back home, the man who says his

criticism of China saw him held in a jail in Beijing for more

than a week. The new lifeboat that's

ready to help save lives The motorsport on the waves that's

bringing competitors to Goole And after this week's mild weather,

it is getting a bit fresher for the weekend. I will be back with all the

details about the weekend and into next week in a few minutes time.

Museums, galleries and businesses say they've seen record-breaking

increases in visitors since Hull became UK City of Culture.

Today is the end of the first season of events and businesses ranging

from breweries to theatres to restaurants say it's done more

than they could have imagined to bring in people and change

Our culture correspondent Anne-Marie Tasker reports.

The events that opened City of Culture were the UK's

And since then, people have kept coming.

The Mercure and Ibis hotels say they've had 52% more bookings

Hull Trains says it saw a 15% increase in journeys to the city

And 83% of Hull residents surveyed said they'd visited the city centre

in the evening compared to 43% a year ago.

And that's helped this brewery in Hull increase

Although it's delighted that City of Culture's put Hull on the map,

it feels small businesses could be more included.

A little bit of niggles in regards to small

businesses getting involved in the City of Culture.

Some things get delayed, some things are not necessarily

What difference have you seen to Brand Hull

I think Hull, as a name, is now up there with Made in Yorkshire.

So, Yorkshire has been traditionally the thing that

But now it is equally on the same platform.

And artistic events like The Blade and the unveiling of the Lorenzetti

Museums and galleries have had almost six times as many visitors

as the same period last year, though of course the

But since it's reopened in January, the gallery's had more visitors

And the twice-yearly Heads Up Festival says ticket sales

Hull Truck's show The Hypocrite was the fastest-selling

in the theatre's history, and the acrobatic spectacular Depart

And that's frustrated Tracey Ellis from Withernsea.

She says the City of Culture website is hard to navigate

and as she doesn't use social media, doesn't know about events

The ballet that is going to be open in the new theatre, all it keeps

saying is that the tickets are currently unavailable

but they are not saying when they are available.

But other people I have spoken to are saying the same thing

and they are missing a lot of what is happening

and what is going on because there is just no information.

Tomorrow, season two begins with events like the musical journey

across the Humber Bridge and an art show inspired by a urinal.

The question is, will the next three months prove as much of a record

You can get your say and get them on the telly in just a moment. Contact

details in just a moment. Earlier, I spoke to Martin Green,

who's the Director of City of Culture, and I asked him how

confident he was three months ago that things would work out

as well as they have. Look, I was as confident

as you could be based on your experience and the will of this city

to succeed, but you would be any egomaniac if you thought

that the reaction would be We have just seen all the good

things and all the positives. Let me just ask you about

a couple of things. One thing is that things sell

out far too quickly. I haven't even got a chance to get

on and the tickets are gone. It is one of those

nice bad problems. We obviously hoped things would sell

out but not in the time they are. So it has actually been more

successful than you thought? And you just never know

what is going to happen. What we are doing is looking very

carefully at where we can extend things and squeeze some more tickets

out of capacity. With Flood, we have part one

happening again later in the year and I am looking to see

if I can extend that. Tracey, who we have just seen,

does not use social media. Things are sold out because she's

not on social media She wants to know why she can't get

tickets to the ballet. Why are the tickets not

going to be available? Because there is just planning

going into that and you need to know exactly how many tickets you have

got and the configurations. And we're also looking at other

ways that we can get We do release everything

in all media as we do it, but again, the speed of things has taken

us by surprise. The other thing is we're obviously

always suggesting... So, for instance, when Radio 1's

Big Weekend predictably sells out next week,

we will be pushing that there is loads of other live music to see,

from Paul Heaton, ELO, so, you know, there is still lots

on for lots of people to see I was at the marina last

Saturday in the sunshine. Tourists there looking

at maps and things. I mean, it is just incredible.

It was great. I have only lived here for two

and a half years and even I have And people who have lived

here for much longer are telling me it is.

I took my mum down the last weekend. It was a joy to see all those people

out, just enjoying the city. I gather that they want

you to stay a bit longer? We have a board, we're

looking at the future Look, until we see what the job

is and what is to do... The energy I have put into this over

four and a half years, you know, We have nine months to go

and that is where I will focus. It was unfair but it was

worth asking, wasn't it? The focus is on the

next nine months. Should I ring up and try and get

some tickets for the Big Weekend? With respect, Peter,

you and I are too old for that. This one is for the kids, right?

It is for the kids. Let them have it.

We will go to something else. Very good to see you.

Thank you very much. Martin Green talking to me LOL this

afternoon. -- earlier. Three months in, is

Hull doing a good job Has it lived up to the hype

and the expectations? Maybe you've got a particular

highlight or something particular that you'd like to see or experience

in the City over You can have your say. Look forward

to hearing from you on your views on the City of Culture. We will have

some more before we are done at seven p.m..

We heard in Anne-Marie's report about sounds composed

and inspired by Humber Bridge - you can see more about that tonight,

on Inside Out, on BBC One at 7.30 or catch up on the iPlayer.

Thank you for watching this Friday night.

Plans to help the area's hospitality industry overcome a recruitment

crisis after Britain leaves the European Union.

A Hull man fears his political views on social media may have been

behind his ten day detention in a Chinese prison.

Bobby Silby was held in a cell in Beijing while travelling

through China back to the UK earlier this month.

E is an outspoken critic of the Government in China. -- he is.

Here's our political reporter, Sarah Sanderson.

Travelling back from a family holiday in the Phillippines,

Bobby Silby didn't expect his return trip would land him behind bars.

While he was waiting to board a flight to the UK

at Beijing Airport, he claims he was stopped

by officials for posting content about China

on social media, which then led to his arrest.

I got aggressive questioning. Who was the Japanese woman you were

with? They wanted to know why I had been seeing things I had said about

China, some of the articles and newspaper things I have contributed

to. Some of the courts to the media. Some of my postings on Chinese and

Western social media as well. Mr Silby says he was then accused

of damaging a computer, taken away to a police

station and then spent 10 days in a detention centre,

where he shared a cell Did you damage any property at all?

No absolutely not. I am a frequent flyer and they have taken hundreds

of flights. I know how to behave in an airport.

in China has a tight grip on political life there.

And despite it having the world's largest online population,

much of what they can access is restricted.

There are however exceptions to independent coverage online

that is not seen as a threat to social stability.

Sadly, I'm very pessimistic. I think the Chinese, in Thailand and Hong

Kong, have shown democracy is not a Western import and does have Chinese

characteristics. The Foreign Office in Britain says...

Mr Silby was released without any charges.

We have not heard from the Chinese authorities about exactly why he was

arrested but he is now back home with his family in Hull.

The Chinese embassy in London says that it is not aware of the

individual case and adds that China upholds the rule of law and handles

all cases in accordance with the law.

Operations at Boston Pilgrim Hospital were cancelled

and ambulances had to be diverted after a fire there

It started with an electrical fault in a kitchen on the ninth floor.

Several wards were evacuated and nine staff members were treated

for breathing in smoke, but no-one was seriously hurt.

Managers say operations will go ahead on Monday as planned.

We have had to cancel our day case operations and elective operations

in order that we can care for the patients who have been disrupted and

moved to other clinical areas. Outpatients are going ahead as

normal. We are trying to have a plan in place for our elective operating

from Monday onwards. We spend a lot of time training and exercising for

this type of event, at situations like in the hospital. We found that

the situations plans we have done have been really useful here and

help us to deal with the incident in a quick and professional way.

Police have urged caravan parks and guest house owners to be

vigilant as a missing woman and her two sons may have checked

Officers believe Dylan and Louis were taken by their 42-year-old

mother Samantha Baldwin from Nottingham on Monday

A statement from a judge from the family court says that Miss Baldwin

poses a threat to the children. The family have links

to Lincolnshire. Check on caravan parks,

hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, people who have holiday lets,

to actually look at who has If they fit the description,

then I urge you to come We will let you know of any

developments on that one. Britain's last surviving

Dambuster has been in Lincoln to lend his support

to the International Johnny Johnson flew

in the famous Dambusters raid He's presented a cheque

to the centre which is being built as a lasting memorial to the bomber

crews who lost their I think, as long as it is here,

future generations will be able to see these names and remember

that they are here because these people did what they did,

fighting for their freedom. The hotel, restuarant and tourism

sector has raised fears of a "recruitment crisis"

and economic damage if restrictions are put on workers coming

in from the European Union. The British Hospitality Association

has sent a report to Number 10 in the first major business

intervention since the Our business correspondent

Leanne Brown reports. Tourism brings in billions of pounds

to the local ecomony, but will there be enough staff

to serve ice cream in the future? One of the UK's biggest

holiday resorts says We rely on one third of our work

based from European employees. To replace that straight off would be

very difficult. We are in the hospitality and service industry.

You actually have to employee able to serve people. -- employed people

to serve people. Here at this Spanish

restaurant in Lincoln, they say employing staff from Europe

to give it that authentic feel. Our customers like to see that we

have Spanish staff and they like to interact in Spanish because it

reminds them of their holidays or the time they spend in Spain. They

like to interact, especially with the front of the house. Across

Yorkshire and the East Midlands, more than 15,000 people from the EU

working hospitality alone. The majority Arab waiters, chefs and

housekeeping staff. The body that represents them says there will be a

shortage of any restrictions are bought in post-Brexit.

We could have a major shortfall of something like 60,000 upwards. What

we really want is when you ask a child, what you want to be when you

grow up, we want them to be able to say, I would like to run my own

hotel, restaurant, bar... Work somewhere in the many coastal areas

in the region. At the East Yorkshire tourism awards in Britain to last

me, there was less concerned. -- Bridlington.

We have a strong economy and good tourism industry in this area and it

does not concern me at all. One thing is clear. The hospitality

industry is not leaving anything to chance and is the first sector to

work on a plan since the triggering of Article 50. Thank you for

watching. The crew carrying out final checks

before the official launch Speeding through the waves -

jet ski racing comes Keep the photos coming in. This was

taken by Pete Brown in Bridlington. Thank you for that. Another picture

on Monday at the same time. We can't see your badge from their!

Somebody sent that in. What is worrying is that they have had it in

the draw for 15 years of something. 15 years? Without collar affair?

More like 25 euros -- with that colour of hair?

It is -- has been above-average temperatures last few days.

Tomorrow, April showers to start the month. Then mostly dry and fine with

broken cloud on Sunday. Both these a bit fresher. It has felt pleasant in

the sunshine despite being breezy today. Here is the satellite which

are from a few hours ago. We might get the odd shower keeping in from

the West this evening but generally, all the me, it looks like it is dry

with token cloud and a little bit cooler than Mustang with

temperatures slipping to single figures. -- van last night.

Tomorrow, we have a bit of a mix. It won't be a wash-out but showers will

be alone. Sunny spells, pleasant in the sunshine but a scattering of

showers. There is a light piece. Showers could be slow-moving. There

could be the odd rumble of thunder. But not a total wash-out. Decent dry

and bright weather in between. Even though it is a couple of degrees

down on today's highs, it is a bit cooler tomorrow. In the sunshine and

light breeze it fuel pleasant. It is going to be a cooler start to the

day. It will be a bit cooler on Sunday. We will have sunshine, not

wall-to-wall sunshine, Bob Macleod breaks, it is not bad at all. Most

of the rain falls overnight Monday into Tuesday. But the rest of the

week looks fine. You will ice badge and then you have

to spoil it by saying something rude. I expect nothing different!

I was saying how handsome you can picture now you just look

distinguished, Peter. I suppose now you will take it off,

that is what you're going to do. Have a nice weekend.

They've undergone months of training but the Skegness lifeboat crew

is now fully operational and their new boat will be

The vessel arrived in the resort in January thanks to a huge

legacy donation from Joel and April Grunnill,

Phillip Norton has been out with the crew.

Just after eight o clock on a Sunday morning,

and the Joel and April Grunnill is launched off

You have your days where it is quite rough, but it is great.

I'm a construction manager in my day job,

different do at the weekend and relax and meet new people.

The crew have been training hard since taking delivery

of the lifeboat in January, and today, they're meeting

colleagues from Hunstanton, so they can get used to working

It can be tricky at times. It is very small and fast.

We cover a long distance across the wash.

Skegness have got the better capability

Often we work in conjunction with Skegness, we can get

there quickly, assess the situation with the back-up.

Skegness do the heavy work, the real work.

We have been travelling at around 20 knots across the worse. Since this

board came here to Skegness in January, 14 crew members have been

trained to make sure she is fully operational. The lifeboat was

largely paid for thanks to ?1.5 million donation by a late

crewmember. For those who worked alongside him on rescues, a fitting

legacy. He is a fantastic bloke. I am really pleased his name will be

on the board. The same as April. It is just a pity that he is not still

After a few hours, we're heading back, and time for one last little

To save turnaround time, this is how she's brought back ashore.

It is pretty much like a controlled crash.

The impact is great on everybody inside.

It took us by surprise when we first started with this boat.

With the emergency boat, we did nothing like that.

Tomorrow, the Joel and April Grunnill will be officially named,

watched by many from this town who have already taken this

Fantastic. All the very best to them and all the RNLI volunteers on the

East Coast. Thanks to everyone who got in touch

after we told you that North East Lincolnshire Council had

bought Victoria Mill in Grimbsy. It's cost them more

than 2 million pounds. Peter's got in touch to say,

"The Victoria Mill building should be saved for future

generations as it is a part There are very few historic

buildings left in this town". Pollen Cleethorpes says... -- Paul

in Cleethorpes... Thank you very much indeed for all

of those. The Radio 1 breakfast

show was in Hull today, broadcasting in the run up

to the Big Weekend at Nick Grimshaw and his team

presented their show The team also hosted

a question and answer session at Archbishop Sentamu Academy

as part of the Radio 1 Academy. It is definitely the biggest

and noisiest and most fun thing And, yeah, I can't

wait to come to Hull. I can't wait to bring

Katy Perry to Hull. People like that, and with them

being on Radio 1 so often, It is an opportunity

that we would not have had if it wasn't for things

like the City of Culture. More good news. Nick Grimshaw is on

holiday and a couple of weeks -- for a couple of weeks. When he gets

back, there will be more an incidence of acts to come. --

announcements of acts. Hull City defender Curtis Davies

wants to see their former player Robert Snodgrass given

a good reception tomorrow. He makes his first return

to the KCOM Stadium since leaving the club for opponents

West Ham United in January. If they do give them a little bit of

stick, he will want to prove something to them. He did it while

he was here, so he doesn't really need to, but he will want to score

something like that. It is one of those things. Players will come back

and be liked or not liked. We're just looking forward to the game and

hopefully we can silence him. Jet skiers from all over the country

are heading to a lake near Goole this weekend. It started as a small

interest group that has gone viral on social media because their main

interest is in a particular type of jet ski. Simon Spark explains.

As well as the sunshine and spray of Westfield Lake near Goole,

the full-throttle sounds of jet skis will be flooding the

But this event won't be your average gathering of jet ski enthusiasts,

this group are only interested in the vintage models.

Now you may be thinking jet skis are a relatively

So what makes a jet ski a vintage jet ski? These are all pre-95. At

least 20 years old and arguably more exciting to write. Jet skis about

bigger and bigger over the years and now it feels like you're on a boat

rather than jet ski. This was the first sit down jet ski ever made.

This one is a sport class, very agile craft. Very unstable,

essentially. This was the first two seater jet ski ever made. There are

millions of this model or in the world. Fabulous to ride in very

agile. A bit like Alan Singer and a pencil. The smaller letters, the

more interesting it is to write. Like balancing on a pencil.

This will be the group's first event at Westfield Lake and according

to the site warden, they've been pretty eager.

We went to the gate to take delivery of the toilets and a lad was outside

sleeping in his van. He had arrived from Somerset and was heard at 3am

this morning. Keane, very keen. -- he was keen, very keen.

If the weather stays like this, many of them will be keen to stay in the

water. And we are very pleased to you that

the toilets have been delivered! Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. No talk

on trade until there's a deal the Government's Brexit

plan and warns of tough Hull sees a record number

of visitors during the opening three months of the City

of Culture celebrations. Tomorrow's weather -

a mixture of sunshine and showers. Some of the showers will be

heavy and slow moving Response in the City of Culture.

Simon says, it was brilliant in Hull. It makes me proud to hear

about the numbers of people in the city. This one says, I agree with

the lady. If you can't get online or on a telephone, you have no chance

of participating in events. Steve says, well done, Hull, it has been

really great. Mrs Holland says, it will be fantastic to have the lake

shore again. It was brilliant and brought many people into the city.

We enjoyed it so much. Bill says, Hull is doing a great job. So good

to hear positive comments about Hull nearly every day on Facebook. Thank

you for watching and have a nice and peaceful weekend. Look after

yourself. I will see you on Monday. Good night.