:00:00. > :00:08.The headlines from BBC Look North this Wednesday night:
:00:09. > :00:11.There's been a sharp rise in hate crimes reported to Humberside
:00:12. > :00:15.and Lincolnshire Police since the Brexit vote.
:00:16. > :00:18.I have been a victim of hate, victimised,
:00:19. > :00:21.people have called me names, called terrorist.
:00:22. > :00:24.You kind of get used to it but sometimes,
:00:25. > :00:27.when you are on your own, you get frightened.
:00:28. > :00:32.A hospital trust is told that it must improve following an inspection
:00:33. > :00:38.A Lincolnshire MP adds his voice to calls for the House
:00:39. > :01:00.Record levels of hate crime have been reported by police
:01:01. > :01:05.in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire since the EU referendum in June.
:01:06. > :01:08.A hate crime is any attack which the victim, or anyone else,
:01:09. > :01:12.thinks is based on someone's prejudice towards them
:01:13. > :01:15.because of their race, religion, sexual orientation,
:01:16. > :01:18.disability or because they're transgender.
:01:19. > :01:22.Humberside Police recorded 140 hate crimes between July
:01:23. > :01:28.An increase of 34% compared to the same period in 2015.
:01:29. > :01:33.Lincolnshire Police recorded 78 hate crimes during the same period.
:01:34. > :01:39.Nationally, 14,000 hate crimes were reported between July
:01:40. > :01:46.Our correspondent Vicky Johnson reports from Scunthorpe.
:01:47. > :01:50.In the days since the EU referendum, some members of our community have
:01:51. > :01:54.been telling Humberside Police about the abuse they face.
:01:55. > :01:58.Stuff that we are seeing after Brexit, things like,
:01:59. > :02:02.we voted for leaving the EU, wy are you still here?
:02:03. > :02:07.Basic things along the lines of there's no place in society
:02:08. > :02:10.for your community, go back to your country.
:02:11. > :02:13.Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe, one of the most multicultural
:02:14. > :02:19.People of different nationalities and religions seem to rub along
:02:20. > :02:22.for the most part quite well together, however, some
:02:23. > :02:25.of those we spoke to have suffered racial abuse.
:02:26. > :02:29.Abid Khan says the abuse can be deeply offensive.
:02:30. > :02:32.People call me names, I have been called a terrorist,
:02:33. > :02:39.You name it, lots of things under the sun, I have been called.
:02:40. > :02:45.For Husna and her family the taunting can prove intimidating.
:02:46. > :02:49.They just tell you to take the niqab off, the scarf
:02:50. > :02:55.You kind of get used to it but, you know,
:02:56. > :02:57.sometimes when you are on your own, you get frightened,
:02:58. > :03:05.Chido, who moved from Zimbabwe 12 years ago, thinks people have become
:03:06. > :03:10.At the beginning it was kind of difficult but as the years have
:03:11. > :03:15.gone by, things are starting to get easier because not many people
:03:16. > :03:20.comment or they are adjusting to the difference that we can
:03:21. > :03:26.But that's not always the case in Lincolnshire where there's
:03:27. > :03:28.been great uncertainty since the Brexit vote.
:03:29. > :03:32.This service of friendship was meant to help heal divisions.
:03:33. > :03:35.And the police say they're encouraging all victims of hate
:03:36. > :03:41.As much as it's terrible that these incidents occur at all,
:03:42. > :03:45.it is good news that people are feeling that Lincolnshire Police
:03:46. > :03:48.can be trusted with that information and that we will do something
:03:49. > :03:53.While there has been an increase in the number of hate crimes
:03:54. > :03:56.reported to both the Humberside and Lincolnshire Police forces,
:03:57. > :04:00.the number of cases is still relatively low compared
:04:01. > :04:09.Unemployment figures have reduced in Yorkshire.
:04:10. > :04:12.In the Yorkshire and the Humber region, 137,000 people were out
:04:13. > :04:16.of work and claiming benefit in the last quarter of 2016.
:04:17. > :04:21.But in the East Midlands, which includes Lincolnshire,
:04:22. > :04:32.Police activity has continued at a Lincolnshire firing range
:04:33. > :04:36.after officers began seizing weapons from the site on Monday.
:04:37. > :04:40.It's after the Home Office revoked a firearms licence held by an arms
:04:41. > :04:44.dealer on the Skydock site at Faldingworth.
:04:45. > :04:48.Lincolnshire Police has said it's working with military experts
:04:49. > :04:52.to seize the weapons to ensure public safety.
:04:53. > :04:56.Ambulance and fire crews based in Louth are to share a station.
:04:57. > :04:59.It's part of a long-term plan for emergency services
:05:00. > :05:02.to collaborate more closely, save money and provide
:05:03. > :05:07.The Louth station will be on Eastfield Road and will be
:05:08. > :05:11.the first in Lincolnshire to be run this way.
:05:12. > :05:15.Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has been criticised
:05:16. > :05:18.because of a shortage of nurses and has been told that it has
:05:19. > :05:24.The Care Quality Commission also said that A standards
:05:25. > :05:27.needed to get better, but noted some improvements
:05:28. > :05:30.after previous claims that staff were bullied.
:05:31. > :05:33.Our reporter Katy Austin is at Hull Royal Infirmary.
:05:34. > :05:39.Well, it says the trust requires improvement.
:05:40. > :05:43.Now, that is the same rating it got in 2014,
:05:44. > :05:46.when criticisms were made of a bullying culture
:05:47. > :05:53.Emergency care's better, the staff culture is better.
:05:54. > :05:56.But there aren't enough nurses and A waiting
:05:57. > :06:03.However, the man in charge says he's confident things are on the up.
:06:04. > :06:08.It is disappointing but we need to recognise the CQC have
:06:09. > :06:11.raised the bar in terms of what they are looking
:06:12. > :06:15.for and there has been a huge amount of work going on to get us pointed
:06:16. > :06:18.in the right direction so I am confident we are now in a place
:06:19. > :06:21.where we can move to good and then beyond.
:06:22. > :06:24.Now, this trust serves a population of more than 600,000 people
:06:25. > :06:31.Its main bases being the Hull RI and Castle Hill Hospital.
:06:32. > :06:36.And out of five categories looked at by the inspectors,
:06:37. > :06:41.including safety and effectiveness, just one, the caring of staff,
:06:42. > :06:50.So there's optimism at the top but there's clearly work to be done.
:06:51. > :06:54.A Lincolnshire MP has called on his colleagues to pass a motion
:06:55. > :06:58.of no confidence in the Speaker of the House of Commons.
:06:59. > :07:02.Lincoln's Karl McCartney says that John Bercow's position is untenable
:07:03. > :07:07.after he made comments critical of the US President Donald Trump.
:07:08. > :07:11.But others say that the Speaker has every right to voice his opinions.
:07:12. > :07:14.Our Political Editor Tim Iredale has more.
:07:15. > :07:22.He is the man charged with keeping order in the House of Commons
:07:23. > :07:25.but at least one of our MPs believes John Bercow is out of order
:07:26. > :07:28.after he said President Trump would not be welcome to address
:07:29. > :07:31.parliament when he arrives in the country later this year.
:07:32. > :07:36.I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump.
:07:37. > :07:40.Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has e-mailed fellow MPs urging them
:07:41. > :07:43.to support a motion of no-confidence in Speaker Bercow, saying
:07:44. > :07:47.that he is not politically impartial and that his position
:07:48. > :07:52.The role of the Speaker of the House of Commons is meant to be
:07:53. > :07:57.By speaking out on such a politically divisive issue,
:07:58. > :08:00.he has broken the terms of the contract of which his
:08:01. > :08:03.job is and I believe, fully supportive of Karl,
:08:04. > :08:07.But another MP called Karl disagrees.
:08:08. > :08:10.He said in his opinion he would not want him to be
:08:11. > :08:15.He is entitled to have that opinion because it is the Speaker
:08:16. > :08:17.of the House of Commons, together with the Speaker
:08:18. > :08:21.of the Lords and the Lord Great Chamberlain who will decide
:08:22. > :08:25.John Bercow is entitled to have that opinion.
:08:26. > :08:29.This is Speakers' Corner in Lincoln where people come to have their say
:08:30. > :08:34.So what's the verdict here on whether the House
:08:35. > :08:37.of Commons Speaker was right or wrong to speak out
:08:38. > :08:43.Donald Trump is segregating people so I think it is the right
:08:44. > :08:46.thing for him to say, for John Bercow to say.
:08:47. > :08:50.His views are bad but they will strike more people to put their foot
:08:51. > :08:55.I think a lot more people will make a stand.
:08:56. > :08:59.If Donald Trump wants to come to the UK, let him come to the UK.
:09:00. > :09:04.It is not John Bercow's right to speak out and talk
:09:05. > :09:09.Parliament isn't sitting this week but when MPs return
:09:10. > :09:12.to Westminster next week, we will know whether Karl McCartney
:09:13. > :09:15.has been successful in persuading his colleagues to support a motion
:09:16. > :09:18.of no-confidence against the Speaker.
:09:19. > :09:22.Tim Iredale, BBC Look North, Lincoln.
:09:23. > :09:26.Luke Campbell has held an open training session in Hull tonight
:09:27. > :09:30.ahead of his fight at Hull Ice Arena on February 25th.
:09:31. > :09:35.He will take on Mexican Jairo Lopez in a lightweight bout.
:09:36. > :09:39.Luke has lost just one of his 15 fights and this bout could be
:09:40. > :09:50.a stepping stone to a world title fight in the near future.
:09:51. > :09:54.Time for the weather now with Paul Hudson.
:09:55. > :09:59.It has been pretty wet in places so far this evening.
:10:00. > :10:03.Bright and breezy with a variable amount of cloud.
:10:04. > :10:09.So we get rid of that rain fairly shortly and then overnight
:10:10. > :10:13.just one or two showers possible, otherwise it is going to be
:10:14. > :10:17.Lowest temperatures around five Celsius.
:10:18. > :10:22.As for tomorrow, it looks as though it is going to be bright and breezy.
:10:23. > :10:28.There could be the odd shower but there will be some sunny breaks.
:10:29. > :10:30.Quite a windy day with top temperatures around 10 Celsius.
:10:31. > :10:35.Some low cloud on Friday morning, otherwise it brightens up
:10:36. > :10:45.And the weekend is looking mostly fine.
:10:46. > :11:03.That is it from us tonight. Thank for watching. Goodbye.
:11:04. > :11:06.the weekend. Wouldn't promise you two dry days but you never know,
:11:07. > :11:10.here is Nick with the national picture.
:11:11. > :11:14.Hello. We put that cold weekend well behind us now. Temperatures edging
:11:15. > :11:19.upwards and our weather watchers are seeing plenty of signs of spring.
:11:20. > :11:20.Spending more time looking down than looking up at the skies,