:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to the late Look North. The headlines tonight...
:00:07. > :00:10.A cancer charity slammed after calling a chemotherapx patient
:00:11. > :00:20.Whoever they are, they should be struck off, totally.
:00:21. > :00:23.And fighter jets from Lincolnshire prepare to be sent to Romanha
:00:24. > :00:30.Some damp weather to come in places overnight and for some of us, it
:00:31. > :00:48.A cancer charity has been criticised by a woman undergoing chemotherapy
:00:49. > :00:51.after they called and asked for money in her will.
:00:52. > :00:54.Diane Elliott from Bardney near Lincoln wants to know how
:00:55. > :01:02.The charity says it was not aware of Diane's cancer
:01:03. > :01:08.Cold calling has become comlon practice amongst many charities
:01:09. > :01:12.looking to raise funds by phoning potential donors.
:01:13. > :01:16.But when cancer patient Diane Elliot received an unsolicited call last
:01:17. > :01:19.week from the charity Cancer Research UK -
:01:20. > :01:33.Can we talk to you, have yot got time to talk to us about yotr will?
:01:34. > :01:40.I said, I'm sorry, my will has got nothing to do with you.
:01:41. > :01:43.My son is a lawyer and he will sort out my will.
:01:44. > :01:45.You have been called by Cancer Research UK.
:01:46. > :01:47.Diane says the charity wanted her to leave it
:01:48. > :01:50.She's convinced she was deliberately targeted,
:01:51. > :01:57.I think there was a leak somewhere along the line.
:01:58. > :02:06.It upsets me that somebody could be so
:02:07. > :02:14.We are used to giving charities -- giving to charities and fivd shops
:02:15. > :02:18.But it is when people are called in their own
:02:19. > :02:20.homes, something they are going to far.
:02:21. > :02:22.People feel under pressure to help whether they have
:02:23. > :02:26.It bothers me less if a charity called
:02:27. > :02:29.although I would have my dotbts as to whether it was genuind.
:02:30. > :02:31.I think even charities on the street,
:02:32. > :02:32.begging without permission, is wrong.
:02:33. > :02:40.They create a bad impression and should be stopped.
:02:41. > :02:49.I don't think there should be a ban on charities calling supporters
:02:50. > :02:52.Lotsa people like hearing from charities. I think the key thing is
:02:53. > :02:56.making sure that people who are happy to get them get those calls,
:02:57. > :02:58.the people who are not get ` complete right to say no.
:02:59. > :03:10.In a statement Cancer Research UK, said...
:03:11. > :03:12.Diane is hoping cancer will soon be in her past.
:03:13. > :03:17.But she says this experiencd with a charity which claims to help
:03:18. > :03:24.people in her position has made her ordeal even worse.
:03:25. > :03:26.David Hickson is from a group which campaigns
:03:27. > :03:32.Earlier I asked him what he thought of the phone call made to Dhane
:03:33. > :03:36.Obviously, this case is very distressing,
:03:37. > :03:40.but it highlights a point that the telephones should no longer
:03:41. > :03:45.be used as a means of contacting people in an unsolicited marketing
:03:46. > :03:50.effort in the home or on their personal mobile.
:03:51. > :03:52.But this is how the big brand charities make their
:03:53. > :03:57.Are you saying that it should be stopped, full stop?
:03:58. > :04:00.We are quite clear, we no longer believe that the telephone
:04:01. > :04:05.is an appropriate tool under any circumstances to approach
:04:06. > :04:09.people for what is termed a direct marketing.
:04:10. > :04:22.That includes selling, it also includes charities
:04:23. > :04:23.seeking donations and indeed political parties' canvassing.
:04:24. > :04:26.You say that, but it is going on all the time.
:04:27. > :04:28.All those people that you have just listed there,
:04:29. > :04:33.Eventually, the government will be able to change the general
:04:34. > :04:36.regulation that derives frol an EU directive once Brexit is colplete
:04:37. > :04:38.but in the meantime, regulators covering areas stch
:04:39. > :04:40.as claims management, that is PPI and accident cl`ims
:04:41. > :04:43.financial services and also the charities that now
:04:44. > :04:47.have their own fundraising regulator, they could take `ction
:04:48. > :04:52.to say approach people in other ways but not with direct voice tdlephone
:04:53. > :04:59.So a call to somebody asking for money when they die
:05:00. > :05:10.I think letters and consent are an area that we need to talk
:05:11. > :05:16.about, likewise e-mails and even text messages, perhaps.
:05:17. > :05:19.But on the issue of a direct telephone call, which invarhably
:05:20. > :05:24.demands somebody's immediatd attention - that is the unipue thing
:05:25. > :05:28.about a telephone call - in that case, we say no.
:05:29. > :05:31.In this case, though, the charity says it is prob`bly
:05:32. > :05:33.just a pure coincidence, just random numbers and it
:05:34. > :05:39.As far as we are concerned, they are probably within thd law
:05:40. > :05:42.in what they did, but as far as we are concerned,
:05:43. > :05:46.direct marketing by telephone to people's homes and personal
:05:47. > :06:01.An inquest has heard that a marriage break-up led to a man
:06:02. > :06:04.killing his wife and daughtdr and then himself in Spalding in July.
:06:05. > :06:08.A coroner ruled that Lance Hart was a cold and scheming man
:06:09. > :06:10.and unlawfully killed Claire and Charlotte Hart.
:06:11. > :06:14.They were shot in a swimming pool car park in the town days
:06:15. > :06:17.after Claire had moved out of the family home.
:06:18. > :06:21.Hull City Council says it plans to meet the new Transport Sdcretary
:06:22. > :06:25.to press for improvements to the A63 to start on time.
:06:26. > :06:27.The council wants reassurances that the work will start
:06:28. > :06:32.on Castle Street at the end of 018, as agreed with the previous
:06:33. > :06:39.The body of a 40-foot fin whale that washed up on a beach
:06:40. > :06:41.in North Norfolk last week has been removed.
:06:42. > :06:44.Experts had been examining the carcass.
:06:45. > :06:46.Early this morning specialist contractors came to the beach
:06:47. > :06:49.at Holkham to take it away to a rendering plant
:06:50. > :06:55.Typhoon jets from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire are to be sdnt
:06:56. > :06:59.to Romania as part of Nato operations in the Black Sea area.
:07:00. > :07:02.Up to six aircraft are likely to be based in the south of country
:07:03. > :07:04.from where they will be flyhng missions for Nato.
:07:05. > :07:07.They will be providing what the government describdd
:07:08. > :07:11.as "reassurance" to Britain's allies in the face of increasing
:07:12. > :07:18.In the last three years, Typhoons from RAF Coningsby have
:07:19. > :07:21.been involved in Middle Eastern war zones, flying out to
:07:22. > :07:26.But today's announcement coles in response to what the Minhstry
:07:27. > :07:30.of Defence describes as a "lore assertive Russia" and follows
:07:31. > :07:34.Vladimir Putin's decision to invade the Ukraine in 2014,
:07:35. > :07:39.This is why up to six of RAF Coningsby's Typhoons
:07:40. > :07:43.will fly to Romania for four months next year.
:07:44. > :07:45.The MoD says they will offer reassurance to
:07:46. > :07:49.Nato's Black Sea Allies, including Bulgaria and Turkdy -
:07:50. > :07:54.countries, which like the Ukraine were once under Russian influence.
:07:55. > :08:01.We will deploy RAF Typhoon `ircraft to Romania for the very first time
:08:02. > :08:04.to provide air policing and reassurance for
:08:05. > :08:09.I'm also confirming today that we will be sending
:08:10. > :08:14.a battle group to Estonia, comprising a full British b`ttalion
:08:15. > :08:25.with light armour and French and Danish companies in support
:08:26. > :08:28.What Nato does in the Baltic region and also in the south-east
:08:29. > :08:32.It is proportionate and it hs fully in line with our
:08:33. > :08:36.All of this of course comes just a week after Russia
:08:37. > :08:38.sailed its only aircraft carrier through the English Channel
:08:39. > :08:42.in what some are calling a show of strength to Nato.
:08:43. > :08:44.This could also be part of the decision to send RAF crews
:08:45. > :08:47.from Lincolnshire to Romani` this winter and close
:08:48. > :08:54.The East Yorkshire MP, Sir Greg Knight, has been told
:08:55. > :08:57.the government won't back hhs calls to stop putting the clocks
:08:58. > :09:03.Sir Greg has been a longstanding campaigner against the practice
:09:04. > :09:09.and believes that it's bad for business and is unsafe.
:09:10. > :09:12.Is the leader of the house `ware that in the next few days,
:09:13. > :09:14.we are going to go through the ridiculous ritu`l
:09:15. > :09:17.of putting our clocks back, thereby plunging the nation
:09:18. > :09:21.into darkness and misery by mid-afternoon?
:09:22. > :09:25.Can we look again at the benefits of using summertime in wintdr?
:09:26. > :09:28.It would reduce road accidents and it would boost tourism.
:09:29. > :09:32.As he knows, there was not `greement between different parts
:09:33. > :09:36.of the United Kingdom about the way forward and I do think that
:09:37. > :09:40.on a subject like this, the unity of the United Kingdom
:09:41. > :09:43.and respecting the interests of all parts of the United Kingdom,
:09:44. > :09:48.The government has no plans at the moment to bring forw`rd
:09:49. > :10:07.And the weather forecast with Keeley Donovan
:10:08. > :10:13.More settled weather in the next few days. Cloud will thicken ovdrnight
:10:14. > :10:18.from the north and there will be some small pockets of light rain and
:10:19. > :10:22.drizzle sinking southwards. Temperatures falling back. @ mild
:10:23. > :10:28.night to come. Tomorrow there will be a lot of cloud, some govdrnors at
:10:29. > :10:31.first. For most of Lincolnshire it will struggle to perk up. It will
:10:32. > :10:37.dry up but there will be cloud in the afternoon. Parts of East
:10:38. > :10:43.Yorkshire will see sunshine. Temperatures getting up to `round 40
:10:44. > :10:45.degrees. The settled weather looks set to continue. Drier weather over
:10:46. > :10:56.the weekend but at times, cloudy. Thank you for watching. We `re in
:10:57. > :11:00.Breakfast tomorrow morning. Catches then if you can.
:11:01. > :11:02.fine and dry and on the mild side. My colleague Helen Willetts has with
:11:03. > :11:12.the national picture. Good evening. The dry October
:11:13. > :11:16.weather is set to continue into the weekend. It's been kind if you've
:11:17. > :11:21.been on half term. Not that I'm promising this sort of weather for
:11:22. > :11:28.all. Isn't it lovely, taken on the Isle of Wight. Our top temperature
:11:29. > :11:29.was 17 Celsius, not too far away. What a lovely and to the date here