04/04/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The trial of a holiday park owner accused of mis-selling

chalets collapses - a judge tells him there's

There is that much, it can go on and on.

The teachers offered extra days off if they don't want to work

by a school that says it's struggling to recruit.

They have enough time off there already.

I don't think they need any extra for a duvet day.

As long as it doesn't disrupt the children

or the other teaching staff, then it is a good idea.

Protestors delight as health bosses are told the Government must decide

the future of a threatened East Yorkshire Minor Injuries Unit.

The plastic rubbish washed up on our beaches that's being given

And live on the East Coast looking at the efforts to reduce the effects

of plastic on the marine environment.

A rugby player turned soldier and war hero remembered

A lot of fine weather to come, join me for the accurate forecast.

There were tears of relief in court today after the case

of a chalet park home owner, accused of mis-selling

The trial at Hull Crown Court had heard that William Flannigan had

mis-sold the chalets at Lakeminster Park in Beverley

with the promise that owners could live in them all year round.

But the judge today ruled there was no case to answer.

Mr Flannagan's solicitor says lives have been ruined during the six year

Lakeminster Park was a place people came to to retire,

but instead of peace and tranquillity they found

themselves at the centre of a planning dispute that

ultimately lead to them being evicted from their homes.

For six years this man, William Flannagan,

carried the blame - accused of mis-selling homes

on the basis they could be lived in all year round, when he only had

planning permission for the chalets to be used for holiday use.

Today the case against him collapsed.

The people who are standing by me, there are a lot of people

now still on the Park, not knowing the outcome now.

We want to focus now so they know where they are and hopefully

Very emotional now and I'm not going to say much more.

William Flannagan was granted planning permission

for Lakeminster Park to be used as holiday homes in November 2006.

In 2008, the first residents moved in, but in June that year,

East Riding of Yorkshire Council was made aware of a possible

However, it took another three years before the council

In that time, 50 residents had moved onto the site.

He appealed for retrospective planning permission,

In September 2014, the council gave residents 18 months to move out.

This year, Mr Flannagan went on trial, accused of fraud

A trial which today collapsed due to insufficient evidence.

During the last nine weeks, a jury here at Hull Crown Court has

has heard how William Flannagan was the subject of a witch-hunt -

a victim himself of a carefully worked out plan

by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

A plan that would deflect the blame away from themselves.

There is little jubilation at this stage,

given the lives that have been ruined and friendships lost

Mr Flannagan will now turn his attention,

as with the residents remaining on Lakeminster Park,

to start taking action against the East Riding

of Yorkshire Council for their conduct.

The council did not respond to these allegations tonight.

Of course, caught up in all of this are the residents

of Lakeminster Park, who, for the last six years, have

Some residents chose to take action against Mr Flannagan -

He did as much as he possibly could to get things

straight, but the council weren't straight with him, as far as we're

What has happened to him is absolutely traumatic and

it shouldn't have happened to anyone.

Mr Flannagan says he will now focus on the future of those

who are still left here at Lakeminster Park.

What happens to the people living there?

The collapse of the case today has no bearing whatsoever on the future

of residence here at Lakeminster Park. The council planned to

continue with the eviction notices. Mr Flanagan says he will take civil

action against the council and others. The people here have perhaps

been left but more questions than answers. They have invested their

life savings into the site and their lives have been turned upside down

because of the planning dispute. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

will now have to decide whether controversial plans to close

and down-grade minor injury units in Hornsea,

Withernsea and Driffield Local councillors say they had no

option but to refer the matter to Jeremy Hunt citing concerns

about the risk to patients. Health managers say they're

disappointed by the move. Our health correspondent,

Vicky Johnson, reports. They've held protest,

after protest and now campaigners The plans to close some

of the East Riding's minor injury units will now be referred to Jeremy

Hunt. June Barton, who's fighting

to save Hornsea MIU, is calling for local health

managers to resign. They have totally ignored public

opinion. The other thing about the consultation is if you override

overwhelming public opinion you have to give a good reason why, and no

reason has been forthcoming. group approved plans to create three

new urgent care centres at Beverley, Bridlington and Goole,

which would all be open They'd be supported by lower

level minor injury units But they'd be available

by appointment only. Hornsea would lose

its MIU altogether. Today a local scrutiny panel said

they couldn't support the plans. The statement we have received under

half of the health care and well-being scrutiny committee says

that while they acknowledge there may have been good intentions

surrounding the plans, they believe they pose a risk to health care

provision in East Riding and they have no alternative but to make the

referral. And delighted the council committee have agreed with me that

it should be referred to the Secretary of State. He will pass it

onto the independent panel to look at this and scrutinise it in detail

and see if it agrees with in believing their strategy does not

listen to what local people want. Jane Hawkard has

expressed her disappointment But campaigners and local

politicians alike still There will be more on that story at

10:30pm. Police searching for a mother,

who has been missing with her two young sons for more

than a week, have asked her 40-year-old Samantha Baldwin

was last seen with six-year-old Dylan Madge and Louis Madge,

who's nine, eight days ago. Police say their inquiry

is focussing on Nottinghamshire There have been no direct

sightings since last Monday. We need to know that she

and the boys are safe. The investigation is

ongoing and will continue We are following a number

of lines of enquiry, both regionally and nationally,

and we have a large number of officers

directed on this enquiry. Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has

refused to back a report asking Ministers to assess the impact

of leaving the EU It was published by the Committee

for Exiting the EU and said if Ministers wanted to walk away

with no deal, Parliament Mr McCartney say some members need

to take a more optimistic view. A school in Lincolnshire is offering

staff "duvet days" to try The headteacher of Long Sutton

County Primary School hopes that giving staff incentives including

an extra day off each year, will mean that more teachers

will apply for jobs there. But some critics argue it sends out

the wrong message about teaching. Finding teachers who want to work in

rural areas can be tricky. But a school in Long Sutton is now

offering a duvet day as an incentive.

The school gates are locked for the Easter holidays,

but in term-time teachers and staff here at Long Sutton Primary

That's an extra pre-arranged day off every year for full-time employees -

with part-time workers getting a percentage of their hours.

The scheme cost the school ?3500 a year, but the head teacher thinks it

is worth it to retain the best staff.

But in Long Sutton today, the idea received

They have enough time off there already.

I don't think they need any extra for a duvet day.

As long as it doesn't disrupt the children

or the other teaching staff, then it is a good idea.

Figures show nationally the number of vacancies

and temporarily filled positions doubled over three years -

rising from 1,800 vacant roles in 2011 to more than 4,000

Today nearly 40 teaching jobs are being advertised on Lincolnshire

So would an extra day off entice Emily, a trainee teacher,

I have just secured my first job close to home, I'm not ready to move

away from home. In the future it would be something that might be a

possibility and I would consider relocating.

The school in Long Sutton isn't the only

The NHS is currently offering ?20,000 to encourage trainee

While last year, the trust which runs Scunthorpe

Hospital offered staff a ?250 bonus if they referred

But this teacher is concerned that offering a "duvet day" could give

In a time when people are worried about money, we have very good

pensions, we get reasonable pay, so the idea that we get extra time off,

if I was a parent I would question that.

Back in Long Sutton, the headteacher here admits it's

a hard nosed business decision - but one he believes is working.

Earlier, I spoke to the headteacher of the school, Bill Lord,

and I asked him if ?3,500 a year could be better spent

on teaching the children or on school buildings.

It sounds like a lot of money, but in a budget of ?1.3 million aching

sure that we have the best teachers is the priority. The other thing

that has not been presented in the press, is that that money is raised

by work I do supporting educational companies, so it is cost neutral to

the school. But people will be saying, teachers get enough time off

already. If I look at the staff I have going to sports shops and

buying big bags to carry the marking home at 5pm I don't think anyone

could accuse the staff of slacking. It is making sure that I have. Every

September, which is so hard. Why is it so hard to get teachers to come

to Lincolnshire? The major is that -- the major issue is that young

teachers trained in cities and they want to stay in the bright lights.

The move to Peterborough and Nottingham and Lincoln, but it is

hard to get them to come to places like this. Halogen and ?40,000 for a

three-bedroom semidetached house. Do you need to offer a more incentives

to get teachers? We have offered some fantastic jobs, interesting

jobs such as research, management positions, and we are averaging 0.8

applications per person. That includes advertising nationally. We

cannot get people to move to our area easily. What will you say to

parents who think that teachers already get enough time off. It is

an easy argument to make. The latest survey of workplaces shows that

teachers are averaging at primary 50-60 hours a week. They work hard.

My priority as a headteacher is to make sure that our children get the

same chances all the other children in the country. Can people decide to

take a duvet day? No, but we have increased our attendance by offering

the same sort of incentive to the children. ?250 a year we pay in for

attendance. We would be keen for your views on

this one. Here is how to get in touch. Do you think it is a good

idea for teachers and will it bring more people to Lincolnshire? 34

vacancies at the moment. The e-mail address is there. We will have some

of your views on that before we finish at 7pm. Thank you for being

with us tonight. Jack Harrison - the rugby player

turned soldier and war hero - remembered in his

home city of Hull today. Why the old plastic rubbish

washed up on our beaches Here is a picture of Boston by Mark.

Another one tomorrow night. How nice it is to have or in doing

the weather, can you not keep him? Did he ask for a signed photograph

was back here is the headline for the next 24 hours. Fine and settled

weather, it is dry with variable clothes. This is very exciting. High

pressure will be with us for the next of the week and into the

weekend. The pollen count is high so it is the birch pollen if you are

snivelling about. Pollen levels will increase as we head into the

weekend. The cloud is beginning to break up now across Lincolnshire and

hopefully we will see some evening sunshine and then it is dry

overnight with clear spells and patchy cloud. The lowest

temperatures will be 5-6 degrees. The sun will rise in the morning at

6:26am. Here are the high water times. Tomorrow looks Jaidee and

find. It will be cloudy at times. There will be some bricks as -- some

bricks in the cloud as well. Once the sun gets weaker later ran the

cloud will break up. Top temperatures are not bad, 12

degrees. More of the same for the rest of the week and into the

weekend. It will be more sunny on Saturday and Sunday.

Waste plastic that's washed up along the beaches on the East Coast

will soon be collected and converted into new bottles.

Environmental campaigners say plastic in our seas

is damaging to marine life, but now it will be put to good use.

Our environment correspondent, Paul Murphy, is in

How big is the problem of plastic waste

Plastic is the real problem because it takes decades to decompose. They

say that the first plastic ever made is still in the sea. It is estimated

that more than 50,000 plastic bottles and containers will be

picked up by litter pickers around the UK coastline.

Here in Cleethorpes, this man is getting involved in beach cleaning

week. It is a never-ending task as each tide brings in more rubbish,

much of which is plastic. We are trying to raise awareness and then

go beyond that, looking to start to involve and design social change, to

get people to recycle. This voluntary effort is considerable,

but so is the size of the problem. The scientific estimates are

sobering. There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the

oceans and by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea Dan Fish.

That is why this packaging company is trying something different. They

are using plastic waste from waste clean-ups. East Coast I will soon be

recycled in this way. We are making plastic bottles so what can we do to

be part of the solution to Ocean plastic rather than cause and the

problem. It is also an awareness raising campaign. The design of the

bottle takes its inspiration from the animals that are being harmed by

plastic waste. The population of these animals is reducing

dramatically. The consequence of that is that if they disappear, the

overall marine ecosystem will collapse. Up and down the cause

dedicated volunteers are doing their bit, but longer term solutions are

not so simple. Changing attitudes to using and reusing plastic is the

bigger prize. That Portuguese bottling company is not working on

East Coast plastic yet because it is still working through the Menton of

waste -- through the mountain of waste collected after the Rio

Olympics. It is now commercially viable to pick up plastic and turn

it back into bottles, showing just how big an issue this is and it is

going to take decades to turn the ship around. To alter the problem

and reduce the amount of plastic. We saw people tidying up round here at

the weekend, so well done to them. Thanks to everyone who got in touch

after we told you about how ?10 million of Governmemnt money

is coming to improve Donna from Bridlington called in,

she says: One of Hull City's former assistant

managers is hoping his knowledge of the club will help his new club

to beat the Tigers in an important Steve Agnew, who's now

in charge at Middlesbrough, is preparing his side to visit

the KCOM Stadium. He worked with some of the Tigers

current squad before his departure in 2014 and has noted their recent

progress. They are on a good run of form,

certainly at home, they have won four out of five games. It is going

to be a difficult game. Again, with my knowledge, and not going to give

too much away, and understanding I think it is an advantage for us.

A former Hull FC player who died during World War One has been

honoured with a special ceremony this afternoon.

Jack Harrison played for the rugby league side before joining

He died in battle, and was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Here's one up at's most honoured war veterans. People came together to

remember Jack Harrison, a moving moment for his relatives. We are

proud of the man and to see all of this adoration towards him going on

is wonderful. Chuck Harrison was 27 when he died in France, one of

hundreds killed from this Yorkshire Regiment. Jack's bravery set him

apart. He died while leading his men into no man's land trying to knock

out a machine battery and save his platoon. He won The Victoria Cross

and he is remembered by the Armed Forces to this day. We should never

forget our history. The sort of things he gave his life to have the

country we have today, that is immense, we should never forget

that. We can use those attributes he demonstrated as a young man in use

them as an example of what can be achieved and demonstrated.

Leadership, courage, selflessness. He was christened John Harris but

everyone knew him as Jack. A stone bearing his name is here. Before he

joined the Army he was at scorer for Hull FC and present-day players

still talk of his achievements. Before he was a war hero he was an

unbelievable rugby league player. He holds a record for the amount of

tries in season. Then the story at that is even greater, the sacrifice

ultimately he made. It was for us all to be here today. Family,

military personnel and rugby stars came together today to honour Jack

Harrison, a fitting group to remember a remarkable life.

Remembering and honouring Jack Harrison today.

Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines.

58 people are dead after a suspected chemical bombing raid on Syria. The

trial up a holiday park owner accused of mis-selling chalets

collapses and the judge tells and there is no case to answer. The

weather is mostly fine and dry, although cloudy at times. Top

temperatures getting to about 13 degrees. We have been talking about

duvet days at Long Sutton primary school. One dear says, teachers

having a duvet day will not have any effect on children, that only

happens when parents take their children on holiday. We saw on

Facebook says that parents can be fined for taking their children out

of school, but they want teachers to duvet days. Darren says that it is a

great idea to give teachers and extra butterfly 's ability for a

duvet day. Sarah says not a chance in hell, it is time that we find the

schools corporate attendance. Have a nice evening. Join me later at

10:30pm. Goodbye. HORN BEEPS

That car. John, John, you've got mud all over

your pants. Come here. I've got spit on them now,

haven't I?