:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines tonight: Figures reveal more than a thousand local
:00:07. > :00:11.children are carers for parents - some as young as five.
:00:12. > :00:16.Tonight, one family open up and tell their story.
:00:17. > :00:21.My dad used to help my mum and then because my dad died,
:00:22. > :00:26.I started helping her, and Megan and Maddie.
:00:27. > :00:29.It's not right, they should just be living a normal life and should
:00:30. > :00:31.have Mummy and Daddy, and shouldn't have to
:00:32. > :00:37.And remarkably, one local council told us they don't know the number
:00:38. > :00:43.In other news tonight: They feared no-one would go to the funeral
:00:44. > :00:47.of war veteran Robert Neale, but it was standing room only
:00:48. > :00:52.At the start of today's surface, the minister quoted the hymn,
:00:53. > :00:54.when I needed a neighbour, were you there?
:00:55. > :01:07.A householder catches this six-vehicle crash on camera and says
:01:08. > :01:17.And she was the reporter sent to cover a beauty
:01:18. > :01:32.And with the news of the weekend and potentially some wintry weather, I
:01:33. > :01:37.will be here with the details in 15 minutes.
:01:38. > :01:40.Figures given to Look North show that children who are younger
:01:41. > :01:44.than five years old are providing care for family members
:01:45. > :01:48.Overall, the number of children known to have caring
:01:49. > :01:52.responsibilities in East Yorkshire and some parts of Lincolnshire has
:01:53. > :01:56.more than doubled in four years and there are now more than 1,600
:01:57. > :02:04.Local authorities are legally required to assess whether young
:02:05. > :02:07.carers need support And some schools are now training staff
:02:08. > :02:15.Eight-year-old Marlee from Scunthorpe is making
:02:16. > :02:19.It is just one of the things that Marlee, his nine-year-old sister
:02:20. > :02:22.Megan and four-year-old Maddie do to help her, because Mum
:02:23. > :02:26.is often confined to bed with painful long-term
:02:27. > :02:34.My dad used to help my mum and then, because my dad died,
:02:35. > :02:40.I started helping her, and Megan and Maddie.
:02:41. > :02:42.My eldest, Megan, she can help me in the bathroom,
:02:43. > :02:44.she'll wash my back, she'll help us when I'm
:02:45. > :02:47.restricted with my movements, because I struggle to wash my hair.
:02:48. > :02:49.She will help me with things like that.
:02:50. > :02:52.Maddie, my youngest, she will get the washing in and out.
:02:53. > :02:55.Marlee is very strong, so he will help with lifting things.
:02:56. > :03:06.They should just be living a normal life and should have Mummy and Daddy
:03:07. > :03:08.and they shouldn't have to have the worry
:03:09. > :03:13.But I am proud because they just do it anyway.
:03:14. > :03:16.Research by Look North has found that since 2013,
:03:17. > :03:19.the number of children assessed as young carers by North
:03:20. > :03:23.Lincolnshire Council has doubled from 48 to 97.
:03:24. > :03:26.In North East Lincolnshire the number has gone up from 156
:03:27. > :03:33.to 332 and in the East Riding, it has risen from 64 to 144.
:03:34. > :03:36.In Lincolnshire, the numbers will remain steady at around 1,100
:03:37. > :03:40.and Hull City Council was unable to tell is how many young carers
:03:41. > :03:47.Once carers are identified, there is some support out there.
:03:48. > :03:50.We support them to ensure that they have the same
:03:51. > :03:56.We do this by providing them with a young carers needs assessment
:03:57. > :03:59.using a whole family approach to ensure that there is not
:04:00. > :04:03.excessive levels of care being taken by the child.
:04:04. > :04:06.Caring at home can mean children miss some school
:04:07. > :04:10.Now some schools like this one have trained teachers
:04:11. > :04:15.to identify and help pupils with caring responsibilities.
:04:16. > :04:18.If we do spot those signs, then it means we can invite them
:04:19. > :04:21.along to our weekly young carers group and we can offer them
:04:22. > :04:27.the support in and out of the school to help them with their caring role.
:04:28. > :04:30.Back in Scunthorpe, Megan and Marlee have come to a first aid session
:04:31. > :04:35.These children know they might have to use their skills
:04:36. > :04:40.The rise in the number of known young carers is partly due
:04:41. > :04:43.to growing awareness and partly due to changes in the law which entitle
:04:44. > :04:47.them to an assessment, but children's charities say
:04:48. > :05:00.there are still many more out there who we do not yet know about.
:05:01. > :05:02.Earlier I spoke to the Children's Commissioner, Anne Longfield,
:05:03. > :05:05.and I asked her whether these youngsters deserve our
:05:06. > :05:14.They are doing it because they love their family and they want to help
:05:15. > :05:18.And it is usually their siblings and their parents they are helping,
:05:19. > :05:23.so they really are doing amazing things, but they also need support
:05:24. > :05:26.as children and we know that a lot of them don't get that support
:05:27. > :05:30.How worrying is it that the number of young carers in parts
:05:31. > :05:36.of our region have actually doubled in numbers?
:05:37. > :05:43.I would want to look at them and understand them better.
:05:44. > :05:46.There may be some explanations because there were new requirements
:05:47. > :05:50.for local authorities to register and assess young carers
:05:51. > :05:54.a couple of years ago, so it may be that more are coming
:05:55. > :05:59.forward, but it is something that really is very important and one
:06:00. > :06:04.Hull City Council have told us that they do not know how many
:06:05. > :06:19.Is that wrong or can they not know unless these families come forward?
:06:20. > :06:24.They should have a judgment and assessment of how many they know
:06:25. > :06:28.all. I undertook a study last year that estimated that four out of five
:06:29. > :06:36.young carers were unknown and did not get support. That is
:06:37. > :06:41.frightening. And some children want to keep this under the radar, they
:06:42. > :06:45.are worried that there will be implications for the family, but we
:06:46. > :06:50.know there are great inconsistencies around the country. In the
:06:51. > :06:56.south-west, around half of young carers get support, in London it is
:06:57. > :07:01.less than 20%. In the region it is 25% but that means 75% do not but
:07:02. > :07:07.that is something that needs to be addressed. In this part of the
:07:08. > :07:12.world, figures doubled in the last five years. It is clearly a problem.
:07:13. > :07:20.What should those young people do if any are watching at the moment? The
:07:21. > :07:25.first thing to do is to say, you are doing a great service to your
:07:26. > :07:29.family. But do talk to others about it, talk to teachers. Schools can
:07:30. > :07:34.make a huge difference in offering support and do talk to other adults
:07:35. > :07:41.that can help. Thank you very much for your time. The commissioner has
:07:42. > :07:43.taken away all figures and is going to study them and get back to us.
:07:44. > :07:45.Let us know what you think of this story.
:07:46. > :08:19.Inquests into the deaths of a couple who died earlier this month
:08:20. > :08:23.in Southern Lincolnshire have heard that their son found his father's
:08:24. > :08:27.body hanging in a stable block at their home.
:08:28. > :08:30.The inquests into the deaths of Lawrence William and his wife
:08:31. > :08:39.Our reporter James Zuckerman was there.
:08:40. > :08:46.Police were initially called to the home of Florence and Bernice William
:08:47. > :08:52.on the 7th of April after reports that a body had been discovered. The
:08:53. > :08:56.detective leading the investigation explained this was a body of
:08:57. > :09:01.49-year-old Lawrence William, the first to be discovered at the
:09:02. > :09:05.premises. His eldest son was at home and had been unable to find his
:09:06. > :09:10.father and started searching the property. He found him hanging in a
:09:11. > :09:15.stable block. Police say they are not treating his death as
:09:16. > :09:19.suspicious. At this stage the whereabouts of Bernice William, a
:09:20. > :09:25.50-year-old local primary school teacher, were still unaccounted for.
:09:26. > :09:33.She had been reported missing some two weeks earlier. Police say her
:09:34. > :09:35.sons believed she was away from home, staying with friends, but
:09:36. > :09:39.further enquiries found this was not the case, so officers began a search
:09:40. > :09:46.of the house. Two days later they discovered a second body in a front
:09:47. > :09:51.room hidden under carpet underlay. This was the body of Bernice
:09:52. > :09:55.William. A postmortem proved to be inconclusive, however police say
:09:56. > :09:58.they are treating her death as suspicious. The inquest was told
:09:59. > :10:04.that the police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the
:10:05. > :10:08.deaths. Home Office postmortem examinations and toxicology reports
:10:09. > :10:10.have been ordered and the inquest was adjourned while police carried
:10:11. > :10:14.out the rest of their investigation. This is the moment,
:10:15. > :10:19.captured on CCTV, when a car smashed into five vehicles parked
:10:20. > :10:22.on a residential street It happened yesterday tea-time just
:10:23. > :10:27.seconds after a cyclist had Simon Spark is there
:10:28. > :10:32.for us this evening. What more can you tell
:10:33. > :10:45.us about the incident? This is Barcroft Street in
:10:46. > :10:50.Cleethorpes, a road you would normally drive down very carefully.
:10:51. > :10:58.There is a corner shop, cars are parked on either side of the road
:10:59. > :11:05.but yesterday just before 6:30pm, a resident captured some incredible
:11:06. > :11:09.CCTV footage. You can see the speed and impact of a red car smashing
:11:10. > :11:17.into a silver one which in turn hits a white van and stopping only when
:11:18. > :11:25.it hits another car. People rush out there. Two people come out of the
:11:26. > :11:30.car. The van is used by a band. They had equipment in it and they have
:11:31. > :11:34.been checking that today. From a second angle you can see of how
:11:35. > :11:39.perforce of how the silver car is forced into a wall and people are
:11:40. > :11:44.saying how lucky it was that no one was walking down the path at the
:11:45. > :11:47.time. The latest loan from police is that a 23-year-old man and an
:11:48. > :11:54.18-year-old woman have been arrested. The 23-year-old is still
:11:55. > :11:58.in custody and although police have spoken to a lot of people around
:11:59. > :11:59.here, they would still like any more information.
:12:00. > :12:02.Proposals for a new biogas plant in East Yorkshire have been
:12:03. > :12:07.The company behind the plans for an anaerobic
:12:08. > :12:10.digester near Leven said it would use the latest
:12:11. > :12:14.But protesters argued the development would be too
:12:15. > :12:24.A World War Two veteran has been given an honourable send off thanks
:12:25. > :12:28.Robert Neale, from Belchford, had no family and few friends, but that
:12:29. > :12:30.didn't stop his funeral being well attended this morning.
:12:31. > :12:36.They were expecting just a handful of people at this funeral,
:12:37. > :12:39.but that was before the Royal British Legion
:12:40. > :12:48.He had enlisted at 18 and served his country in Tripoli.
:12:49. > :12:52.Bob outlived his wife Joan and they had no children.
:12:53. > :13:01.But today, the Forces Family honoured his passing.
:13:02. > :13:03.Bob's few friends were moved by the turnout.
:13:04. > :13:08.Very special, truly deserved this today.
:13:09. > :13:11.I think he would have been amazed by the amount
:13:12. > :13:16.of people here and very honoured, very honoured.
:13:17. > :13:19.A private person was Bob, but the turnout is very nice.
:13:20. > :13:22.He would have liked the lady walking in front of the coffin.
:13:23. > :13:25.It is thanks to Bob's neighbour Sam that today's service
:13:26. > :13:34.Living in a rural area like a Lincolnshire,
:13:35. > :13:37.people get isolated and do become lonely and I felt it is important
:13:38. > :13:40.that we all get together, we all come together to say thank
:13:41. > :13:43.you to this very generous man and the Forces Family,
:13:44. > :13:48.Not knowing if anybody was going to turn up,
:13:49. > :13:52.you could tell how she felt during the service that she thought
:13:53. > :13:57.that people do care about somebody who had nobody, but he has not got
:13:58. > :14:01.At the start of today's service, the minister quoted the hymn,
:14:02. > :14:04.when I needed a neighbour, were you there?
:14:05. > :14:23.The funeral of Robert Neill and the lovely neighbours. Thank you for
:14:24. > :14:35.watching this Thursday night. Still ahead: Three big prom concerts
:14:36. > :14:41.coming to Hull, their first time the event has left London in 70 years.
:14:42. > :14:42.And she was the reporter sent to cover a beauty pageant and ended up
:14:43. > :14:54.winning it. Tonight's photo is taken by Lucy of
:14:55. > :15:03.Stanford. Another picture tomorrow night. You will not like this one.
:15:04. > :15:08.Paul's comb over didn't quite work last night. His bald patch was
:15:09. > :15:16.clearly visible. Turn around then. And there it is. You will find this
:15:17. > :15:24.is all mine though, Peter! Give it a target and see what happens. The
:15:25. > :15:28.headline is looking fairly quiet in the short time. Some interesting
:15:29. > :15:34.weather to come next week. Tomorrow looks cloudy. Temperatures today
:15:35. > :15:38.have reached 16 degrees despite the fact there has been a lot of cloud
:15:39. > :15:46.around. There is the chart fortunes do, a real plunge from the Arctic.
:15:47. > :15:50.Some sunshine but also scattered showers, hail, sleet, snow and
:15:51. > :15:56.thunder and lightning and there is the risk of a bit of frost. In the
:15:57. > :16:01.short term it is pretty mild. There has been a lot of cloud around but
:16:02. > :16:05.decent brakes have developed this afternoon. It is fairly present this
:16:06. > :16:10.evening and then overnight looks set to be fairly quiet with variable
:16:11. > :16:16.amounts of cloud but more parts will be dry and we will see temperatures
:16:17. > :16:24.tonight nearer eight across countryside areas. The sun rises at
:16:25. > :16:31.5:48am. Your next high water times in Skegness at 2:25am. Tomorrow will
:16:32. > :16:37.be a fairly cloudy day but it does look dry. That breeze picks up a
:16:38. > :16:42.little, we will see decent brakes developing across east Yorks,
:16:43. > :16:48.Lincolnshire and into North West Norfolk as well. Temperatures on the
:16:49. > :16:53.mild side of normal. Highs of 15 degrees in Hull and Beverley with
:16:54. > :16:57.similar values across Lincolnshire. We can looking colder but brighter
:16:58. > :17:04.with sunshine and it should mostly dry. Rain to come on Monday. Behind
:17:05. > :17:11.that cold front, those showers fall turned wintry. People are e-mailing
:17:12. > :17:20.in saying they prefer it the other way round, the back of you. See you
:17:21. > :17:22.tomorrow. It's one of the biggest
:17:23. > :17:25.music events in the world and this summer, The Proms
:17:26. > :17:26.are travelling outside London for the first time
:17:27. > :17:29.in more than 75 years Three open-air concerts
:17:30. > :17:32.are being held in July as part of the eight-week-long festival,
:17:33. > :17:46.as our culture correspondent The Proms are one of the big estates
:17:47. > :17:51.in the musical calendar. 90 concerts spread across eight weeks that take
:17:52. > :17:56.classical music to a huge audience. Although there are Proms in the park
:17:57. > :18:01.events outside London, this summer, the Proms are coming to Hull with
:18:02. > :18:06.every piece of music played about or connected to water. This is the
:18:07. > :18:11.first time we have taken a prom out of London so I hope it will be
:18:12. > :18:16.special. We are marking the anniversary of handle's water music.
:18:17. > :18:22.It was performed on the River Thames on barges and we are moving it up
:18:23. > :18:29.North. That is because the venue for the concerts and looks out onto the
:18:30. > :18:34.Rivers Humber and Hull. Sage of the top has staged the freedom Festival
:18:35. > :18:39.but performing here has hazards. You cannot do much about it if an
:18:40. > :18:43.ambulance goes past, but the two real ones are high winds because
:18:44. > :18:50.then the music flies away but we will all have clothes pegs so that
:18:51. > :18:55.will be fine, and if it is hot and sunny, it tends to melt the violins.
:18:56. > :19:02.And for the city's classical music fans, this is a big deal. Paula
:19:03. > :19:08.plays with the Hull filament on the strap and says the news is just as
:19:09. > :19:12.thrilling. It is exciting for classical music fans. Their big
:19:13. > :19:17.weekend has Katy Perry and other artists that are really famous and
:19:18. > :19:21.successful, but for classical music fans knowing the Proms will come
:19:22. > :19:26.here, we will witness some high-quality classical music and it
:19:27. > :19:32.is not something we get often. The Proms may be an annual event but
:19:33. > :19:37.Hull's concerts I once that are to be held outside of London for more
:19:38. > :19:40.than seven decades. Tickets go on sale on the 13th of May.
:19:41. > :19:44.The Lego daffodils have been snapped up, but there is still lots to see -
:19:45. > :19:47.with all the details of what's on in the UK City of Culture,
:19:48. > :19:58.This week's Challenge Hull is to ask someone who speaks a different
:19:59. > :20:01.language to teach you a new word or phrase.
:20:02. > :20:03.That was me trying to say, "Hello, how are you?"
:20:04. > :20:11.Sea of Hull was officially the largest nude
:20:12. > :20:15.installation in the UK and you can see the long-awaited photos at the
:20:16. > :20:18.Ferens Art Gallery from Saturday, along with works by Ron Mueck and
:20:19. > :20:23.Next Thursday, Run for the Line at Holy Trinity Church uses
:20:24. > :20:27.word and song to tell the story of one of the First World War's
:20:28. > :20:32.deadliest battles with the help of rugby league legend Sammy Lloyd.
:20:33. > :20:35.On Saturday, bring the family to Beverley Treasure House for the
:20:36. > :20:39.They will show you how to take great pictures
:20:40. > :20:43.And don't miss out on the Narnia Trail
:20:44. > :21:01.You must have been very brave indeed to
:21:02. > :21:04.come here, because I know that you have an evil king
:21:05. > :21:08.that rules Look North, is this true?
:21:09. > :21:22.And if you want to see more from this year so far,
:21:23. > :21:30.go to our City of Culture website at bbc.co.uk/hull2017.
:21:31. > :21:33.Thank you to everyone who got in contact with the programme
:21:34. > :21:35.after MPs unanimously voted in favour of calling
:21:36. > :22:06.A newspaper reporter from Lincolnshire is getting
:22:07. > :22:09.attention from around the world after she ended up winning a beauty
:22:10. > :22:12.Laura Gooderham, from New Waltham, was spotted
:22:13. > :22:19.when interviewing contestants at the Miss Great Grimsby
:22:20. > :22:31.As part of her day job, Laura Trott force across north-east Lincolnshire
:22:32. > :22:36.writing stories and doing interviews. But when she was sent to
:22:37. > :22:40.cover the audition stages of the Miss Great Grimsby contest, things
:22:41. > :22:47.went differently. She was spotted and convinced to take part. I had a
:22:48. > :22:51.perception of pageants, I thought it was about girls competing with each
:22:52. > :22:57.other on how good-looking they are and I thought that is not me, but
:22:58. > :23:01.the girls have come away feeling more confident and we have raised
:23:02. > :23:08.thousands for charity. She ended up winning. I was thinking, that is it,
:23:09. > :23:15.that is done, second later I heard my name. Her colleagues couldn't
:23:16. > :23:19.believe them either. You are dead to find out what the people are
:23:20. > :23:25.therefore and see who will win, so to find out one of the reporters
:23:26. > :23:29.with taking part is remarkable. The event is a heat for the Miss England
:23:30. > :23:43.competition. Today the organisers said:
:23:44. > :23:50.Do you feel bad for the other girls considering you are not meant to be
:23:51. > :23:56.in the competition to begin with? Are part of me does, but I have won
:23:57. > :24:01.and it is my chance to prove everyone I can do this. Laura will
:24:02. > :24:07.compete for the title of Miss England in July. Her story has made
:24:08. > :24:11.headlines around the world, but going forward, Laura says the only
:24:12. > :24:13.headlines Hsia concerned with are the ones she will write for her
:24:14. > :24:16.employer. Let's get a recap of the national
:24:17. > :24:26.and regional headlines. As the election campaigning begins,
:24:27. > :24:29.Jeremy Corbyn establishes himself as the antiestablishment candidate.
:24:30. > :24:33.than a thousand local children - some as young as five -
:24:34. > :24:46.Tomorrow's weather, dry and cloudy with some sun. Top temperatures of
:24:47. > :24:50.15 Celsius. On the subject of young carers, Graham says, it is nice to
:24:51. > :24:57.see the government recognising the work young carers do. Dot says,
:24:58. > :25:05.while should any child be carers for their parents? The pressures must be
:25:06. > :25:10.overwhelming. Where is the welfare state. And Steve says, I am
:25:11. > :25:15.astounded that Hull does not know the numbers of young carers. I
:25:16. > :25:20.assume they are not helping anyone otherwise they would have an
:25:21. > :25:25.indication of numbers. These children need help. Thank you for
:25:26. > :25:27.watching. Join me later. Goodbye for now.