27/12/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

The Scunthorpe-born actress, Liz Smith has died, aged 95.

She was best known for playing Nana in the BBC Sitcom the Royle Family.

Born Betty Gleadle in 1921, she didn't take up acting

professionally until she was almost 50 - but since then the roles

Do these things play cassettes as well?

Liz Smith has appeared on our screens for around four decades,

famous now for playing hilarious old women.

But her roots were here in North Lincolnshire.

Liz Smith was born Betty Gleadle in 1921 here in the Crosby area

of Scunthorpe and she went to this junior school and then

on to the local senior school, but she came to acting late,

not taking it up properly until she was in her 50s.

Scunthorpe amateur actress Rachel Elliott says

She was really a great talent, absolutely fantastic.

She managed to always have a twinkle in her eye, even

There was a humour about her that you could see coming through.

To the world Liz Smith will be forever known as Nana

from the Royle Family, but in North Lincolnshire,

she will also be known as one of the county's

Kate Sweeting, BBC Look North, in Scunthorpe.

A 63-year-old man's died after he crashed into an empty

parked car in Goxhill near Barrow upon Humber.

It happened at around 11.30 this morning.

Police believe he may have had a medical episode at the wheel.

Bottles of counterfit vodka containing dangerous chemicals have

Trading Standards are warning people to be wary of buying fake

vodka, after some bottles they tested contained methanol.

The chemical can cause nausea, dizziness and

A company from Hull that creates temporary bungalows that can be

built in a matter of hours, says it's had big interest

from local councils trying to house people.

The so-called "urban bungalow" is manufactured

at a factory in Hull, but can then be taken across

One housing trust in Shropshire is already trialling the idea

to cope with their long housing waiting list.

Adding the finishing touches, to something that could help local

councils house their tenants of the future.

Built in this factory in Hull, then transported on the back of a lorry,

the so-called urban bungalow can be built in a day.

And with more than a million people on the housing

waiting list in England, many authorities are

We can cover a lot of social problems that local authorities

and councils are facing, such as care leavers,

vulnerable adults and also for the homeless and elderly

It is one box that once you lift it into position then you have a house.

The company make around 7000 of these homes every year

and usually they are used as holiday accommodation but now they think

they could be part of the solution to the housing crisis.

And in Shropshire, one housing trust is already trialling the product.

It makes all the building regulations.

Britain's first factory made show house...

It's not the first time local councils have used

In the 1940s, prefabricated houses were put up all over Britain to cope

with a shortage of accommodation after the war, and although they

gained a bad reputation some survived for decades.

And councils recognise there is a need for more houses...

There are more than 1 million people on the housing

And 68,000 people are living in temporary accommodation.

The government estimates that 230,000 new houses need

to be built every year, a target that local

In Hull, the company says because of the interest

in the Urban Bungalow, they're expanding their work

For them, it's a new market, but for some people,

Victoria Holland, BBC Look North, Hull.

Let's get a look at the weather - Paul Hudson has the details.

A warning in place for a fog which will develop through the night. It

will be looking to clear tomorrow. Clear whether at the moment but it

will turn misty shortly with those fog patches and a widespread frost,

temperatures around -2 or minus three. Tomorrow watch out for the

fall, it could be reluctant to clear in places, most places will brighten

up, the best of the sunshine in Yorkshire but wherever you are able

feel cold, temperatures between 3-5 . That is the forecast.