:00:00. > :00:00.of the German flag in tribute to those who lost their lives
:00:00. > :00:15.The headlines tonight: It's claimed a new bridge over this
:00:16. > :00:17.level crossing in Lincoln will discriminate against
:00:18. > :00:22.A former police detective warns little can be done to prevent future
:00:23. > :00:27.Council bosses in Hull say work is on track,
:00:28. > :00:30.but don't expect the orange barriers to be gone by the start
:00:31. > :00:44.Some rather stormy weather in the run-up to Christmas. I will be back
:00:45. > :00:50.with all the details. Railway chiefs are being accused
:00:51. > :00:53.of appalling discrimination for ignoring the needs of people
:00:54. > :00:56.with disabilities in Lincoln. Network Rail is building
:00:57. > :01:00.a new bridge at the Brayford Wharf level crossing -
:01:01. > :01:06.and says installing lifts for people with mobility problems
:01:07. > :01:08.would be too expensive. The Brayford Wharf East level
:01:09. > :01:14.crossing in Lincoln is busy. It's the second-highest risk
:01:15. > :01:28.on the East Midlands train route. So Network Rail wants
:01:29. > :01:32.to put in a footbridge. would have a difference, though -
:01:33. > :01:42.there'd be no lift. We asked some pedestrians
:01:43. > :01:50.what they thought of that. If they're going to build is it
:01:51. > :01:53.really to have lifts. I thought it was the law
:01:54. > :01:55.that you had to provide access for disabled people
:01:56. > :02:02.for providing public service. I can see why it would be helpful
:02:03. > :02:10.because they can't have one, I think it be better to have
:02:11. > :02:12.than not. It's been a couple of minutes now
:02:13. > :02:15.since the barriers went down and the train is in full flow
:02:16. > :02:18.going across the crossing you can With a bridge, they'd have been able
:02:19. > :02:22.to cross by now, but anyone who struggles with stairs
:02:23. > :02:24.would still be waiting. Network Rail told us it tried
:02:25. > :02:27.to consult a Lincoln disabilities group about the bridge -
:02:28. > :02:29.but didn't hear back. I don't know when they would've done
:02:30. > :02:32.that because I have been retired for nearly five years now and when I
:02:33. > :02:35.left the organisation closed It is appalling that in this day
:02:36. > :02:41.and age they can actually put plants and to build something
:02:42. > :02:43.without any disabled access. The thing is they have discriminated
:02:44. > :02:48.against disabled people, whether it put plants and to build something
:02:49. > :02:50.without any disabled access. The thing is they have discriminated
:02:51. > :02:53.against disabled people, whether it Network Rail points out it's not
:02:54. > :02:59.going to close the crossing, so everyone could still use it
:03:00. > :03:01.when the barriers are up. And says the reason for the lift
:03:02. > :03:05.being taken out is lack of funding. But campaigners want a bridge that's
:03:06. > :03:10.accessible to all, all the time. More cash machines will be ripped
:03:11. > :03:13.from the walls of stores and banks in this area by gangs
:03:14. > :03:20.of roving thieves. A former senior detective says it's
:03:21. > :03:22."inevitable" because little can It's a crime that takes just minutes
:03:23. > :03:30.to carry out but can leave communities picking up
:03:31. > :03:32.the pieces for months. This year has seen a rash
:03:33. > :03:35.of ATM thefts across East Yorkshire Former Detective Chief
:03:36. > :03:37.Inspector Stuart Gibbon says the responsible
:03:38. > :03:41.organised are highly organised. From a police perspective
:03:42. > :03:44.of the investigation These people are forensically
:03:45. > :03:55.aware and they will do anything to disguise their identity
:03:56. > :03:58.for CCTV purposes and will also take steps to avoid leaving
:03:59. > :04:00.fingerprints and DNA. I hate to say we have
:04:01. > :04:02.to accept it, but there is an inevitability
:04:03. > :04:04.about this type of Donington in Lincolnshire was one
:04:05. > :04:14.of the towns that were hit. Months later the shop
:04:15. > :04:23.was still closed, even though thieves failed
:04:24. > :04:36.to steal a single penny
:04:37. > :04:38.here, the cost has been estimated at several
:04:39. > :04:40.hundred thousand pounds. It's going to look very similar
:04:41. > :04:43.to what it did prior to We're still working on ways
:04:44. > :04:46.of preventing any of this happening ever again so that could
:04:47. > :04:50.be re-siting of ATM so it is an This type of crime has
:04:51. > :04:53.become all too familiar. In January thieves
:04:54. > :04:55.stole cash from a cash A month later the Co-op
:04:56. > :04:57.in Skrllingthorpe In April a shop in Home
:04:58. > :05:01.on Spalding Moor and a bank In May the ATM in a shop in
:05:02. > :05:05.Sutton Bridge was ripped out. In September came
:05:06. > :05:07.the failed ram-raid And in December thieves
:05:08. > :05:10.struck yet again at I think that just need
:05:11. > :05:13.to review the security. If they are doing
:05:14. > :05:15.as much as they can that very little they can do
:05:16. > :05:18.actually to prevent this from It could be February before
:05:19. > :05:22.the fall work here to repair the shop is complete
:05:23. > :05:24.and after such a long period of disruption people
:05:25. > :05:26.living here want to ensure measures are put in place that will stop
:05:27. > :05:29.anything like this happening again. The Government is being urged
:05:30. > :05:32.to intervene immediately to tackle The Conservative MP for Gainsborough
:05:33. > :05:35.- Sir Edward Leigh - told the Commons that not enough
:05:36. > :05:38.doctors were being trained. A shortage of 80 GPs against
:05:39. > :05:41.a target of 900 in Lincolnshire. And only six out of 30
:05:42. > :05:43.training places were Will the Secretary of
:05:44. > :05:46.State now grip the GP services in Lincolnshire
:05:47. > :05:48.for the sake of our people? The reality is that
:05:49. > :05:50.in the last parliament we increased number
:05:51. > :05:52.of GPs by 5% and this parliament we are planning
:05:53. > :05:53.to increase them by another 5000 which
:05:54. > :05:57.will be the biggest increase in GPs A ban on some species of birds
:05:58. > :06:05.at public gatherings has been put in place -
:06:06. > :06:08.following an outbreak of bird Thousands of turkeys either
:06:09. > :06:14.died or had to be culled after the disease was found
:06:15. > :06:18.at Austen Fen Farm, near Louth. The ban applies to chickens,
:06:19. > :06:21.turkeys, ducks and geese - and means they can't be taken
:06:22. > :06:23.to livestock fairs, Just 12 days till Hull becomes
:06:24. > :06:35.the UK City of Culture - for a whole year -
:06:36. > :06:37.the city's council has been giving reassurances that large scale work
:06:38. > :06:40.to repave the main streets BUT they warn people not to not
:06:41. > :06:44.to expect it all to be done Sarah Walton is live
:06:45. > :06:47.in Hull, will people Well you could notice a difference
:06:48. > :07:05.in just 12 days' time because the new year is when phase
:07:06. > :07:09.one of the works is due to finish and these infamous orange barriers
:07:10. > :07:24.will start to disappear. Areas of here and the food market at
:07:25. > :07:27.the crudest examples -- at the clearest examples
:07:28. > :07:29.of what's been done - many of these businesses
:07:30. > :07:32.here are new and were attracted here by the revamp.
:07:33. > :07:34.This is what the council is trying to replicate
:07:35. > :07:38.The first phase of an ambitious plan to transform the city centre
:07:39. > :07:40.is almost complete - contractors are working hard to meet
:07:41. > :07:44.the end of year deadline on what's been huge project.
:07:45. > :07:48.it is grown and grown and grown and we decided to do as much as we can
:07:49. > :07:51.do before the year of culture. It's all part of a ten-year city
:07:52. > :07:53.plan started three years ago. Winning City of Culture
:07:54. > :07:56.led to a decision to So now Whitefriargate
:07:57. > :08:02.is looking different - and who hasn't noticed the change
:08:03. > :08:05.at the fruit market - although in some places
:08:06. > :08:12.there's still a way to go. Queen Victoria Square will be
:08:13. > :08:16.finished which is why it is the centrepiece of the opening event.
:08:17. > :08:19.The Galilee at opening time in the new Theatre is planned for later in
:08:20. > :08:24.the year and our own contemporary art gallery and Humber Street will
:08:25. > :08:25.open as planned in February. Everything is happening as it has
:08:26. > :08:28.been planned. But after phase one comes phase
:08:29. > :08:32.two - work to rennovate King Edward Square which won't be
:08:33. > :08:34.completed till Easter. And that's a concern for local
:08:35. > :08:46.businesses who say customers I'm worried for January and
:08:47. > :08:54.February. We have plodded on and have kept our heads above water so
:08:55. > :08:57.the staff still have their hours. It is really only.
:08:58. > :09:02.are being put off by the maze of orange barriers.
:09:03. > :09:08.Hull has been messy and noisy for longer than many
:09:09. > :09:11.had expected but the vision for a city centre that people
:09:12. > :09:13.want to visit and businesses want to be is final
:09:14. > :09:18.So the message from the council today was really the bulk of this
:09:19. > :09:21.work will be done for City of Culture - but the
:09:22. > :09:25.There'll be some finishing off to do and work on side roads,
:09:26. > :09:27.as well as the King Edwards Square development.
:09:28. > :09:29.But you should start noticing a change soon -
:09:30. > :09:32.and that will be welcome news, because I think most people
:09:33. > :09:39.here are pretty keen to see the back of these things now.
:09:40. > :09:45.The player of Grimsby town met some of their younger fans who live in
:09:46. > :09:48.the hospital this Christmas. There were visitors to Diana Princess of
:09:49. > :09:49.Wales children's unit and they give the children guess from the club
:09:50. > :10:07.shop. Well done to the players. A fine book cold out out there at
:10:08. > :10:10.the moment with frost in places but more pliable spreading for the North
:10:11. > :10:12.West bringing patchy rain and drizzle and then of the night
:10:13. > :10:17.temperatures will be around four or 5 degrees. Tomorrow there will be
:10:18. > :10:21.sunshine for time during the middle part the day and afternoon some
:10:22. > :10:24.showery rain will track south-eastwards and quite blustery
:10:25. > :10:30.with that writing again later with a high of around eight or 9 degrees.
:10:31. > :10:35.-- brightening again. Across parts of Yorkshire on Friday there will be
:10:36. > :10:40.very windy conditions and will be affected by storm Barbara was wet
:10:41. > :10:43.and windy weather to come. That could be some disruption to travel
:10:44. > :10:44.and through Christmas weekend it does remain unsettled and quite
:10:45. > :10:52.windy at times. Thank you for watching we're back in
:10:53. > :10:54.the morning with summary starting at 25 most past six and every have an
:10:55. > :11:05.hour. -- half hour. country it's worth knowing the
:11:06. > :11:12.national forecast. Over now to Tomasz.
:11:13. > :11:15.So, the weather's going to blow a few cobwebs away in the coming days
:11:16. > :11:20.and maybe a few other things, as well. How stormy is it going to get?
:11:21. > :11:25.For most of us probably not too terrible. It is, however, going to
:11:26. > :11:33.be very nasty across parts of Scotland on Friday. The clouds are
:11:34. > :11:37.racing across the Atlantic and we will see a storm by the time we get
:11:38. > :11:40.to around about Friday and then Friday night.
:11:41. > :11:43.At the moment we have a weather front crossing the country, we have
:11:44. > :11:45.had dreadful weather in the north-west, it was cold and raining
:11:46. > :11:48.in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. This band of rain will be
:11:49. > :11:55.somewhere here by the end of the night. Behind it a shot of cooler
:11:56. > :11:57.air, colder air and frequent showers. This is what Wednesday
:11:58. > :11:59.looks like.