:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:07.The trial of a holiday park owner accused of mis-selling
:00:08. > :00:09.chalets collapses - a judge tells him there's
:00:10. > :00:21.There is that much, it can go on and on.
:00:22. > :00:24.The teachers offered extra days off if they don't want to work
:00:25. > :00:27.by a school that says it's struggling to recruit.
:00:28. > :00:29.They have enough time off there already.
:00:30. > :00:34.I don't think they need any extra for a duvet day.
:00:35. > :00:36.As long as it doesn't disrupt the children
:00:37. > :00:39.or the other teaching staff, then it is a good idea.
:00:40. > :00:42.Protestors delight as health bosses are told the Government must decide
:00:43. > :00:48.the future of a threatened East Yorkshire Minor Injuries Unit.
:00:49. > :00:50.The plastic rubbish washed up on our beaches that's being given
:00:51. > :01:06.And live on the East Coast looking at the efforts to reduce the effects
:01:07. > :01:06.of plastic on the marine environment.
:01:07. > :01:09.A rugby player turned soldier and war hero remembered
:01:10. > :01:25.A lot of fine weather to come, join me for the accurate forecast.
:01:26. > :01:30.There were tears of relief in court today after the case
:01:31. > :01:32.of a chalet park home owner, accused of mis-selling
:01:33. > :01:37.The trial at Hull Crown Court had heard that William Flannigan had
:01:38. > :01:41.mis-sold the chalets at Lakeminster Park in Beverley
:01:42. > :01:46.with the promise that owners could live in them all year round.
:01:47. > :01:49.But the judge today ruled there was no case to answer.
:01:50. > :01:53.Mr Flannagan's solicitor says lives have been ruined during the six year
:01:54. > :02:03.Lakeminster Park was a place people came to to retire,
:02:04. > :02:05.but instead of peace and tranquillity they found
:02:06. > :02:08.themselves at the centre of a planning dispute that
:02:09. > :02:15.ultimately lead to them being evicted from their homes.
:02:16. > :02:17.For six years this man, William Flannagan,
:02:18. > :02:20.carried the blame - accused of mis-selling homes
:02:21. > :02:23.on the basis they could be lived in all year round, when he only had
:02:24. > :02:26.planning permission for the chalets to be used for holiday use.
:02:27. > :02:28.Today the case against him collapsed.
:02:29. > :02:35.The people who are standing by me, there are a lot of people
:02:36. > :02:40.now still on the Park, not knowing the outcome now.
:02:41. > :02:43.We want to focus now so they know where they are and hopefully
:02:44. > :02:54.Very emotional now and I'm not going to say much more.
:02:55. > :02:55.William Flannagan was granted planning permission
:02:56. > :02:58.for Lakeminster Park to be used as holiday homes in November 2006.
:02:59. > :03:01.In 2008, the first residents moved in, but in June that year,
:03:02. > :03:04.East Riding of Yorkshire Council was made aware of a possible
:03:05. > :03:07.However, it took another three years before the council
:03:08. > :03:14.In that time, 50 residents had moved onto the site.
:03:15. > :03:15.He appealed for retrospective planning permission,
:03:16. > :03:23.In September 2014, the council gave residents 18 months to move out.
:03:24. > :03:25.This year, Mr Flannagan went on trial, accused of fraud
:03:26. > :03:30.A trial which today collapsed due to insufficient evidence.
:03:31. > :03:35.During the last nine weeks, a jury here at Hull Crown Court has
:03:36. > :03:38.has heard how William Flannagan was the subject of a witch-hunt -
:03:39. > :03:40.a victim himself of a carefully worked out plan
:03:41. > :03:43.by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
:03:44. > :03:48.A plan that would deflect the blame away from themselves.
:03:49. > :03:51.There is little jubilation at this stage,
:03:52. > :03:53.given the lives that have been ruined and friendships lost
:03:54. > :04:02.Mr Flannagan will now turn his attention,
:04:03. > :04:04.as with the residents remaining on Lakeminster Park,
:04:05. > :04:10.to start taking action against the East Riding
:04:11. > :04:11.of Yorkshire Council for their conduct.
:04:12. > :04:13.The council did not respond to these allegations tonight.
:04:14. > :04:21.Of course, caught up in all of this are the residents
:04:22. > :04:23.of Lakeminster Park, who, for the last six years, have
:04:24. > :04:28.Some residents chose to take action against Mr Flannagan -
:04:29. > :04:37.He did as much as he possibly could to get things
:04:38. > :04:40.straight, but the council weren't straight with him, as far as we're
:04:41. > :04:43.What has happened to him is absolutely traumatic and
:04:44. > :04:47.it shouldn't have happened to anyone.
:04:48. > :04:50.Mr Flannagan says he will now focus on the future of those
:04:51. > :04:52.who are still left here at Lakeminster Park.
:04:53. > :05:05.What happens to the people living there?
:05:06. > :05:13.The collapse of the case today has no bearing whatsoever on the future
:05:14. > :05:18.of residence here at Lakeminster Park. The council planned to
:05:19. > :05:22.continue with the eviction notices. Mr Flanagan says he will take civil
:05:23. > :05:28.action against the council and others. The people here have perhaps
:05:29. > :05:32.been left but more questions than answers. They have invested their
:05:33. > :05:36.life savings into the site and their lives have been turned upside down
:05:37. > :05:39.because of the planning dispute. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
:05:40. > :05:41.will now have to decide whether controversial plans to close
:05:42. > :05:43.and down-grade minor injury units in Hornsea,
:05:44. > :05:47.Withernsea and Driffield Local councillors say they had no
:05:48. > :05:52.option but to refer the matter to Jeremy Hunt citing concerns
:05:53. > :05:56.about the risk to patients. Health managers say they're
:05:57. > :06:00.disappointed by the move. Our health correspondent,
:06:01. > :06:03.Vicky Johnson, reports. They've held protest,
:06:04. > :06:05.after protest and now campaigners The plans to close some
:06:06. > :06:11.of the East Riding's minor injury units will now be referred to Jeremy
:06:12. > :06:13.Hunt. June Barton, who's fighting
:06:14. > :06:15.to save Hornsea MIU, is calling for local health
:06:16. > :06:30.managers to resign. They have totally ignored public
:06:31. > :06:36.opinion. The other thing about the consultation is if you override
:06:37. > :06:39.overwhelming public opinion you have to give a good reason why, and no
:06:40. > :06:41.reason has been forthcoming. group approved plans to create three
:06:42. > :06:44.new urgent care centres at Beverley, Bridlington and Goole,
:06:45. > :06:46.which would all be open They'd be supported by lower
:06:47. > :06:50.level minor injury units But they'd be available
:06:51. > :06:58.by appointment only. Hornsea would lose
:06:59. > :07:00.its MIU altogether. Today a local scrutiny panel said
:07:01. > :07:11.they couldn't support the plans. The statement we have received under
:07:12. > :07:14.half of the health care and well-being scrutiny committee says
:07:15. > :07:18.that while they acknowledge there may have been good intentions
:07:19. > :07:22.surrounding the plans, they believe they pose a risk to health care
:07:23. > :07:30.provision in East Riding and they have no alternative but to make the
:07:31. > :07:33.referral. And delighted the council committee have agreed with me that
:07:34. > :07:38.it should be referred to the Secretary of State. He will pass it
:07:39. > :07:42.onto the independent panel to look at this and scrutinise it in detail
:07:43. > :07:46.and see if it agrees with in believing their strategy does not
:07:47. > :07:51.listen to what local people want. Jane Hawkard has
:07:52. > :07:54.expressed her disappointment But campaigners and local
:07:55. > :08:07.politicians alike still There will be more on that story at
:08:08. > :08:25.10:30pm. Police searching for a mother,
:08:26. > :08:28.who has been missing with her two young sons for more
:08:29. > :08:31.than a week, have asked her 40-year-old Samantha Baldwin
:08:32. > :08:34.was last seen with six-year-old Dylan Madge and Louis Madge,
:08:35. > :08:37.who's nine, eight days ago. Police say their inquiry
:08:38. > :08:39.is focussing on Nottinghamshire There have been no direct
:08:40. > :08:45.sightings since last Monday. We need to know that she
:08:46. > :08:48.and the boys are safe. The investigation is
:08:49. > :08:50.ongoing and will continue We are following a number
:08:51. > :08:54.of lines of enquiry, both regionally and nationally,
:08:55. > :08:56.and we have a large number of officers
:08:57. > :09:00.directed on this enquiry. Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has
:09:01. > :09:06.refused to back a report asking Ministers to assess the impact
:09:07. > :09:09.of leaving the EU It was published by the Committee
:09:10. > :09:18.for Exiting the EU and said if Ministers wanted to walk away
:09:19. > :09:21.with no deal, Parliament Mr McCartney say some members need
:09:22. > :09:25.to take a more optimistic view. A school in Lincolnshire is offering
:09:26. > :09:28.staff "duvet days" to try The headteacher of Long Sutton
:09:29. > :09:33.County Primary School hopes that giving staff incentives including
:09:34. > :09:36.an extra day off each year, will mean that more teachers
:09:37. > :09:42.will apply for jobs there. But some critics argue it sends out
:09:43. > :10:01.the wrong message about teaching. Finding teachers who want to work in
:10:02. > :10:04.rural areas can be tricky. But a school in Long Sutton is now
:10:05. > :10:05.offering a duvet day as an incentive.
:10:06. > :10:07.The school gates are locked for the Easter holidays,
:10:08. > :10:10.but in term-time teachers and staff here at Long Sutton Primary
:10:11. > :10:14.That's an extra pre-arranged day off every year for full-time employees -
:10:15. > :10:16.with part-time workers getting a percentage of their hours.
:10:17. > :10:24.The scheme cost the school ?3500 a year, but the head teacher thinks it
:10:25. > :10:25.is worth it to retain the best staff.
:10:26. > :10:27.But in Long Sutton today, the idea received
:10:28. > :10:31.They have enough time off there already.
:10:32. > :10:34.I don't think they need any extra for a duvet day.
:10:35. > :10:36.As long as it doesn't disrupt the children
:10:37. > :10:50.or the other teaching staff, then it is a good idea.
:10:51. > :10:52.Figures show nationally the number of vacancies
:10:53. > :10:54.and temporarily filled positions doubled over three years -
:10:55. > :10:57.rising from 1,800 vacant roles in 2011 to more than 4,000
:10:58. > :11:00.Today nearly 40 teaching jobs are being advertised on Lincolnshire
:11:01. > :11:04.So would an extra day off entice Emily, a trainee teacher,
:11:05. > :11:18.I have just secured my first job close to home, I'm not ready to move
:11:19. > :11:22.away from home. In the future it would be something that might be a
:11:23. > :11:23.possibility and I would consider relocating.
:11:24. > :11:25.The school in Long Sutton isn't the only
:11:26. > :11:29.The NHS is currently offering ?20,000 to encourage trainee
:11:30. > :11:34.While last year, the trust which runs Scunthorpe
:11:35. > :11:39.Hospital offered staff a ?250 bonus if they referred
:11:40. > :11:43.But this teacher is concerned that offering a "duvet day" could give
:11:44. > :11:57.In a time when people are worried about money, we have very good
:11:58. > :12:01.pensions, we get reasonable pay, so the idea that we get extra time off,
:12:02. > :12:01.if I was a parent I would question that.
:12:02. > :12:04.Back in Long Sutton, the headteacher here admits it's
:12:05. > :12:14.a hard nosed business decision - but one he believes is working.
:12:15. > :12:16.Earlier, I spoke to the headteacher of the school, Bill Lord,
:12:17. > :12:19.and I asked him if ?3,500 a year could be better spent
:12:20. > :12:28.on teaching the children or on school buildings.
:12:29. > :12:36.It sounds like a lot of money, but in a budget of ?1.3 million aching
:12:37. > :12:43.sure that we have the best teachers is the priority. The other thing
:12:44. > :12:48.that has not been presented in the press, is that that money is raised
:12:49. > :12:54.by work I do supporting educational companies, so it is cost neutral to
:12:55. > :13:01.the school. But people will be saying, teachers get enough time off
:13:02. > :13:05.already. If I look at the staff I have going to sports shops and
:13:06. > :13:10.buying big bags to carry the marking home at 5pm I don't think anyone
:13:11. > :13:16.could accuse the staff of slacking. It is making sure that I have. Every
:13:17. > :13:24.September, which is so hard. Why is it so hard to get teachers to come
:13:25. > :13:31.to Lincolnshire? The major is that -- the major issue is that young
:13:32. > :13:36.teachers trained in cities and they want to stay in the bright lights.
:13:37. > :13:39.The move to Peterborough and Nottingham and Lincoln, but it is
:13:40. > :13:47.hard to get them to come to places like this. Halogen and ?40,000 for a
:13:48. > :13:54.three-bedroom semidetached house. Do you need to offer a more incentives
:13:55. > :14:01.to get teachers? We have offered some fantastic jobs, interesting
:14:02. > :14:07.jobs such as research, management positions, and we are averaging 0.8
:14:08. > :14:13.applications per person. That includes advertising nationally. We
:14:14. > :14:19.cannot get people to move to our area easily. What will you say to
:14:20. > :14:30.parents who think that teachers already get enough time off. It is
:14:31. > :14:35.an easy argument to make. The latest survey of workplaces shows that
:14:36. > :14:42.teachers are averaging at primary 50-60 hours a week. They work hard.
:14:43. > :14:46.My priority as a headteacher is to make sure that our children get the
:14:47. > :14:55.same chances all the other children in the country. Can people decide to
:14:56. > :14:58.take a duvet day? No, but we have increased our attendance by offering
:14:59. > :15:04.the same sort of incentive to the children. ?250 a year we pay in for
:15:05. > :15:16.attendance. We would be keen for your views on
:15:17. > :15:21.this one. Here is how to get in touch. Do you think it is a good
:15:22. > :15:31.idea for teachers and will it bring more people to Lincolnshire? 34
:15:32. > :15:41.vacancies at the moment. The e-mail address is there. We will have some
:15:42. > :15:46.of your views on that before we finish at 7pm. Thank you for being
:15:47. > :15:47.with us tonight. Jack Harrison - the rugby player
:15:48. > :15:51.turned soldier and war hero - remembered in his
:15:52. > :15:53.home city of Hull today. Why the old plastic rubbish
:15:54. > :15:55.washed up on our beaches Here is a picture of Boston by Mark.
:15:56. > :16:46.Another one tomorrow night. How nice it is to have or in doing
:16:47. > :16:55.the weather, can you not keep him? Did he ask for a signed photograph
:16:56. > :17:02.was back here is the headline for the next 24 hours. Fine and settled
:17:03. > :17:08.weather, it is dry with variable clothes. This is very exciting. High
:17:09. > :17:15.pressure will be with us for the next of the week and into the
:17:16. > :17:20.weekend. The pollen count is high so it is the birch pollen if you are
:17:21. > :17:31.snivelling about. Pollen levels will increase as we head into the
:17:32. > :17:36.weekend. The cloud is beginning to break up now across Lincolnshire and
:17:37. > :17:39.hopefully we will see some evening sunshine and then it is dry
:17:40. > :17:50.overnight with clear spells and patchy cloud. The lowest
:17:51. > :17:57.temperatures will be 5-6 degrees. The sun will rise in the morning at
:17:58. > :18:07.6:26am. Here are the high water times. Tomorrow looks Jaidee and
:18:08. > :18:18.find. It will be cloudy at times. There will be some bricks as -- some
:18:19. > :18:26.bricks in the cloud as well. Once the sun gets weaker later ran the
:18:27. > :18:33.cloud will break up. Top temperatures are not bad, 12
:18:34. > :18:38.degrees. More of the same for the rest of the week and into the
:18:39. > :18:49.weekend. It will be more sunny on Saturday and Sunday.
:18:50. > :18:52.Waste plastic that's washed up along the beaches on the East Coast
:18:53. > :18:55.will soon be collected and converted into new bottles.
:18:56. > :19:00.Environmental campaigners say plastic in our seas
:19:01. > :19:09.is damaging to marine life, but now it will be put to good use.
:19:10. > :19:16.Our environment correspondent, Paul Murphy, is in
:19:17. > :19:20.How big is the problem of plastic waste
:19:21. > :19:34.Plastic is the real problem because it takes decades to decompose. They
:19:35. > :19:39.say that the first plastic ever made is still in the sea. It is estimated
:19:40. > :19:43.that more than 50,000 plastic bottles and containers will be
:19:44. > :19:48.picked up by litter pickers around the UK coastline.
:19:49. > :19:55.Here in Cleethorpes, this man is getting involved in beach cleaning
:19:56. > :20:00.week. It is a never-ending task as each tide brings in more rubbish,
:20:01. > :20:08.much of which is plastic. We are trying to raise awareness and then
:20:09. > :20:13.go beyond that, looking to start to involve and design social change, to
:20:14. > :20:20.get people to recycle. This voluntary effort is considerable,
:20:21. > :20:25.but so is the size of the problem. The scientific estimates are
:20:26. > :20:30.sobering. There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the
:20:31. > :20:35.oceans and by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea Dan Fish.
:20:36. > :20:40.That is why this packaging company is trying something different. They
:20:41. > :20:48.are using plastic waste from waste clean-ups. East Coast I will soon be
:20:49. > :20:56.recycled in this way. We are making plastic bottles so what can we do to
:20:57. > :21:02.be part of the solution to Ocean plastic rather than cause and the
:21:03. > :21:07.problem. It is also an awareness raising campaign. The design of the
:21:08. > :21:14.bottle takes its inspiration from the animals that are being harmed by
:21:15. > :21:19.plastic waste. The population of these animals is reducing
:21:20. > :21:25.dramatically. The consequence of that is that if they disappear, the
:21:26. > :21:29.overall marine ecosystem will collapse. Up and down the cause
:21:30. > :21:35.dedicated volunteers are doing their bit, but longer term solutions are
:21:36. > :21:40.not so simple. Changing attitudes to using and reusing plastic is the
:21:41. > :21:44.bigger prize. That Portuguese bottling company is not working on
:21:45. > :21:51.East Coast plastic yet because it is still working through the Menton of
:21:52. > :21:57.waste -- through the mountain of waste collected after the Rio
:21:58. > :22:03.Olympics. It is now commercially viable to pick up plastic and turn
:22:04. > :22:07.it back into bottles, showing just how big an issue this is and it is
:22:08. > :22:17.going to take decades to turn the ship around. To alter the problem
:22:18. > :22:19.and reduce the amount of plastic. We saw people tidying up round here at
:22:20. > :22:22.the weekend, so well done to them. Thanks to everyone who got in touch
:22:23. > :22:25.after we told you about how ?10 million of Governmemnt money
:22:26. > :22:27.is coming to improve Donna from Bridlington called in,
:22:28. > :22:51.she says: One of Hull City's former assistant
:22:52. > :23:20.managers is hoping his knowledge of the club will help his new club
:23:21. > :23:24.to beat the Tigers in an important Steve Agnew, who's now
:23:25. > :23:29.in charge at Middlesbrough, is preparing his side to visit
:23:30. > :23:33.the KCOM Stadium. He worked with some of the Tigers
:23:34. > :23:36.current squad before his departure in 2014 and has noted their recent
:23:37. > :23:49.progress. They are on a good run of form,
:23:50. > :23:56.certainly at home, they have won four out of five games. It is going
:23:57. > :24:04.to be a difficult game. Again, with my knowledge, and not going to give
:24:05. > :24:07.too much away, and understanding I think it is an advantage for us.
:24:08. > :24:10.A former Hull FC player who died during World War One has been
:24:11. > :24:11.honoured with a special ceremony this afternoon.
:24:12. > :24:14.Jack Harrison played for the rugby league side before joining
:24:15. > :24:22.He died in battle, and was awarded the Victoria Cross.
:24:23. > :24:36.Here's one up at's most honoured war veterans. People came together to
:24:37. > :24:41.remember Jack Harrison, a moving moment for his relatives. We are
:24:42. > :24:49.proud of the man and to see all of this adoration towards him going on
:24:50. > :24:55.is wonderful. Chuck Harrison was 27 when he died in France, one of
:24:56. > :25:00.hundreds killed from this Yorkshire Regiment. Jack's bravery set him
:25:01. > :25:05.apart. He died while leading his men into no man's land trying to knock
:25:06. > :25:09.out a machine battery and save his platoon. He won The Victoria Cross
:25:10. > :25:14.and he is remembered by the Armed Forces to this day. We should never
:25:15. > :25:19.forget our history. The sort of things he gave his life to have the
:25:20. > :25:23.country we have today, that is immense, we should never forget
:25:24. > :25:27.that. We can use those attributes he demonstrated as a young man in use
:25:28. > :25:32.them as an example of what can be achieved and demonstrated.
:25:33. > :25:38.Leadership, courage, selflessness. He was christened John Harris but
:25:39. > :25:47.everyone knew him as Jack. A stone bearing his name is here. Before he
:25:48. > :25:51.joined the Army he was at scorer for Hull FC and present-day players
:25:52. > :25:59.still talk of his achievements. Before he was a war hero he was an
:26:00. > :26:08.unbelievable rugby league player. He holds a record for the amount of
:26:09. > :26:12.tries in season. Then the story at that is even greater, the sacrifice
:26:13. > :26:17.ultimately he made. It was for us all to be here today. Family,
:26:18. > :26:20.military personnel and rugby stars came together today to honour Jack
:26:21. > :26:28.Harrison, a fitting group to remember a remarkable life.
:26:29. > :26:29.Remembering and honouring Jack Harrison today.
:26:30. > :26:35.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.
:26:36. > :26:42.58 people are dead after a suspected chemical bombing raid on Syria. The
:26:43. > :26:45.trial up a holiday park owner accused of mis-selling chalets
:26:46. > :26:49.collapses and the judge tells and there is no case to answer. The
:26:50. > :26:53.weather is mostly fine and dry, although cloudy at times. Top
:26:54. > :27:01.temperatures getting to about 13 degrees. We have been talking about
:27:02. > :27:08.duvet days at Long Sutton primary school. One dear says, teachers
:27:09. > :27:14.having a duvet day will not have any effect on children, that only
:27:15. > :27:17.happens when parents take their children on holiday. We saw on
:27:18. > :27:22.Facebook says that parents can be fined for taking their children out
:27:23. > :27:27.of school, but they want teachers to duvet days. Darren says that it is a
:27:28. > :27:31.great idea to give teachers and extra butterfly 's ability for a
:27:32. > :27:36.duvet day. Sarah says not a chance in hell, it is time that we find the
:27:37. > :27:38.schools corporate attendance. Have a nice evening. Join me later at
:27:39. > :27:59.10:30pm. Goodbye. HORN BEEPS
:28:00. > :28:06.That car. John, John, you've got mud all over
:28:07. > :28:09.your pants. Come here. I've got spit on them now,
:28:10. > :28:12.haven't I?