23/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

?500,000 worth of drugs has been found at an East Yorkshire

The Ministry of Justice says the contraband was found at HMP

Humber following intelligence-led searches since October.

One charity has told us that drugs are being thrown over prison walls

HMP Humber in Everthorpe aims to rehabilitate inmates

but the prison has had long-standing issues with drugs and now Look North

has learned that ?500,000 of illegal substances were seized

there in the last three months alone.

It's a problem not unique to this prison.

Campaigners say there are many factors.

Corruption amongst a small number of staff is something we can't rule

We have seen drones being flown into prisons more and more,

and we are seeing increasingly large confiscations.

But many more packages, I'm sure, are flying under the radar.

In July 2015 concerns were raised about the quantity of drugs

in HMP Humber in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons.

In a survey as part of that report, 49% of prisoners said it was easy

or very easy to get illegal drugs, and 15% said they'd developed a drug

On the back of that report, the prison created an action plan

to tackle the problem, including increasing cell

searches and improving substance misuse services.

In a statement, the Ministry of Justice said: The prison service

has faced a series of challenges recently, with disturbances

in the last 24 hours in Swaleside prison in Kent,

Birmingham earlier this month, and last weekend there

were disturbances at Hull Prison after 15 inmates were transferred

I think what prisoners think is that it's a soft touch nowadays.

They can get drugs into the prison estate because there's few officers,

and the officers that are there are very

So I think people have taken advantage of that.

The Prison Officers' Association told us today that one of HMP

Humber's challenges is its large perimeter, with a shortage

It's thought in some cases, drugs are being thrown in.

But the Government says it is committed to tackling this problem.

Administrators have been appointed to act for a Lincolnshire food

processing company which closed yesterday.

75 workers at Fishgate in Brookenby are waiting to find out

They discovered the company had closed from a note on the door.

West Lindsey District Council says it will do all it can to help them.

I'm disappointed, I'm sad for those families.

And, as a council, we will do our best to give advice

We do have a whole team of people at the Guildhall who are trained

for giving advice on benefits, on housing, anything

Councils in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are to share close

to ?9 million to help build more affordable homes.

The Government money is being given to areas which have high levels

of second home ownership, which it says is reducing housing

The first images of what Grimsby Town's new stadium could look

Extreme Leisure is leading the project to build a fourteen

thousand seater stadium on the town's Peaks Parkway.

A new ice rink, restaurants, shops and housing are

The plans will go before the council's cabinet next month.

Six months after the Lincolnshire town of Boston voted by the largest

margin in the country to leave the European Union -

many people there say they don't regret the way they voted.

Back in June, three quarters of people in Boston backed Brexit.

Our political editor, Tim Iredale, reports from the town.

Few were surprised when Boston voted heavily in favour

With its large migrant population - the town has been at the centre

of the debate about the pros and cons of immigration.

More than 75% of registered voters here chose to leave

Less than a quarter wanted to remain.

It was highest leave vote recorded anywhere

Auditor Christopher Lewis was one of the many who voted to leave.

we've just got to the foreign nationals and it's just taking too

much pressure on local towns. Teacher Sophie Noone

was one of the minority I thought it was the safer option,

staying, for the country. Financially, and this stable option.

Local Government Officer Alex Wilson voted to leave.

It's a matter of people not from the EU getting in.

Meanwhile, Students Aisha and Clare voted to remain.

I don't think that there are enough people to do the jobs that Britain

requires. I wanted to be part of the EU.

But six months on - how do people view that

Or are they happy with the way they voted?

No regrets at all. I'm thinking of the children when they grow up. The

town is overcrowded, which is a shame. I think it was just the safer

option, still, to stay in the EU. I've no regrets. I'm not criticising

the people that I hear it's the ones who shouldn't be here, is legally,

from other countries within the world. I don't regret. I wish more

people had voted remain. A lot of people say they wish they had. So,

few regrets in the town voted Britain's Brexit capital.

And now for the all-important Christmas forecast.

The windy weather looks set to continue across

the Christmas weekend and then things will quieten down next week.

It's windy out there tonight - a few showers blowing through but

generally a dry night and a chilly one too,

with temperatures really dropping back to around 3 or 4 degrees.

Some decent sunny spells tomorrow, but that wind will be

gusty through the day, and we'll see a few showers too,

You're more likely to get them the further north you are.

But, on balance, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine,

But cooler than today, with temperatures getting up to around

Christmas Day itself looks very mild indeed.

Quite cloudy, and then, later in the day, a spell of heavy

That's it from the late team on Friday evening. We'll be back

tomorrow evening. Goodbye. big day? Christmas Day. It will stay

mild and temperatures could reach 14, 15. He is down bet that the

national picture. It will be more northern parts of

the UK that see the worst of the weather. Another storm is developing

in the Atlantic. This will turn