:00:00. > :00:08.Lincolnshire's largest egg producer says the threat of bird-flu hasn't
:00:09. > :00:14.gone away and restrictions have been lifted too quickly.
:00:15. > :00:18.We think it's very, very uncertain if the hens will be safe if they're
:00:19. > :00:21.let out because wild birds at the moment are still everywhere.
:00:22. > :00:25.Plans for more than 1,000 new student rooms at the University
:00:26. > :00:27.of Hull are approved, despite concerns over the safety
:00:28. > :00:34.The former Mayor of Driffield is told to apologise after liking
:00:35. > :00:41.And after what's been a decent enough day for most of us
:00:42. > :00:42.across the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, rain,
:00:43. > :00:59.Lincolnshire's largest egg producer says the government has been too
:01:00. > :01:04.quick to remove strict bird flu regulations and that it's not safe
:01:05. > :01:09.Some restrictions that have been in place for a few
:01:10. > :01:15.But Fairburn's farm in Alford, which produces millions of eggs each
:01:16. > :01:26.-- week, says that's wrong and its birds will stay indoors.
:01:27. > :01:27.Here's our rural affairs correspondent, Linsey Smith.
:01:28. > :01:31.That's exactly where these hens will be staying for now.
:01:32. > :01:33.They belong to Fairburns, who produce 50 million eggs
:01:34. > :01:40.A family business they say is far too important to risk.
:01:41. > :01:44.The avian influenza that we have seen has been like nothing that
:01:45. > :01:48.In areas where we feel that the hens are at risk,
:01:49. > :01:51.that their welfare is at risk, we will be keeping them in.
:01:52. > :01:55.At the moment, we think it is very, very uncertain if the hens will be
:01:56. > :01:58.safe if they are let out because wild birds at the moment
:01:59. > :02:02.At Drewton's farm shop in East Yorkshire, so much
:02:03. > :02:06.of the home-made produce uses free range eggs.
:02:07. > :02:10.From today, all eggs and poultry must show this label showing
:02:11. > :02:12.Categorically, the eggs are absolutely safe to eat.
:02:13. > :02:15.The feed the chickens have been fed is exactly the same, the water,
:02:16. > :02:18.temperatures in the building, so those things are no different
:02:19. > :02:22.so therefore the quality of the product is exactly the same.
:02:23. > :02:25.30,000 birds have been culled in our area so far
:02:26. > :02:30.5,000 turkeys near Louth in December.
:02:31. > :02:33.Two weeks later, 6,000 birds died in Fulstow.
:02:34. > :02:38.Then near Boston, 19,000 were culled.
:02:39. > :02:40.In Vietnam, birds are being vaccinated.
:02:41. > :02:45.There's no such jab available for the strain affecting UK flocks,
:02:46. > :02:47.but at the University of Lincoln, science is being used
:02:48. > :02:53.The other primary piece of relevant work we've been doing is to look
:02:54. > :02:56.at genetic resistance, so we can identify some birds that
:02:57. > :02:59.are more resistant to getting influenza in the first place,
:03:00. > :03:02.that will eventually lead to being able to breed
:03:03. > :03:05.genetically resistant birds, birds that are inherently more
:03:06. > :03:12.But researchers admit producing immune birds is years away.
:03:13. > :03:16.So, for now, other farms are following Fairburn's lead
:03:17. > :03:22.Linsey Smith, BBC Look North, Alford.
:03:23. > :03:35.What does this mean for people who buy these eggs?
:03:36. > :03:38.It means that the free range eggs that they normally buy
:03:39. > :03:40.will have a sticker on the box explaining that the hens
:03:41. > :03:42.are temporaily indoors to keep them safe.
:03:43. > :03:45.We spoke to shoppers today, who said that it wouldn't put them
:03:46. > :03:48.off buying eggs as long as its just temporary and they are happy
:03:49. > :03:54.But for the producers, this is a worry going forward.
:03:55. > :03:57.They say bird flu appears to be more virulent this year
:03:58. > :04:00.and birds may need to be housed earlier
:04:01. > :04:08.A new ?80 million development at the University of Hull will be
:04:09. > :04:10.built despite concerns over the safety of girls
:04:11. > :04:17.The development on Cottingham Road includes beds for 1,500 students.
:04:18. > :04:18.Victoria Holland is outside the University now.
:04:19. > :04:25.This development would sit right next to Newland School for girls,
:04:26. > :04:28.which is actually on the University Campus.
:04:29. > :04:32.At the moment the land's used as a car park, but the university
:04:33. > :04:34.want to build a sports centre and accommodation
:04:35. > :04:44.Some of these blocks would be nine storeys high and they'd be
:04:45. > :04:48.The school's worried about two things -
:04:49. > :04:51.that the student accommodation overlooks the school,
:04:52. > :04:54.including the girl's playing field, and there's a risk of grooming.
:04:55. > :04:57.There are also worries that the pupils would be able to see
:04:58. > :05:02.We were specifically concerned with the obscuring of the glass
:05:03. > :05:04.to stop the ability to be able to see in.
:05:05. > :05:13.They could see things that they shouldn't see, really.
:05:14. > :05:15.Being minors, that makes it then a concern.
:05:16. > :05:17.The planning panel themselves reviewed this and said that those
:05:18. > :05:21.That doesn't stop us continuing to talk to the school,
:05:22. > :05:23.listen to parents and anything we can do to make sure
:05:24. > :05:25.they're not concerned, percpetion or otherwise,
:05:26. > :05:27.we will listen and see as far as we can take it.
:05:28. > :05:30.Planners from Hull City Council approved this
:05:31. > :05:32.The university wants to start building in May.
:05:33. > :05:40.80 jobs are being cut at BP Chemicals at Saltend.
:05:41. > :05:42.The losses are part of what the company calls
:05:43. > :05:46.a "global re-structuring" of its petro-chemical business.
:05:47. > :05:49.400 people work at the site near Hull.
:05:50. > :05:52.100 jobs are being created in Bardney, near Lincoln
:05:53. > :05:55.where the company that makes Ryvita is investing ?50 million
:05:56. > :06:00.It's being built on the site of the former sugar
:06:01. > :06:06.A second high-profile East Yorkshire councillor has been told
:06:07. > :06:10.to apologise after controversial posts on social media.
:06:11. > :06:13.Today a hearing found the former Mayor of Driffield, Heather Venter,
:06:14. > :06:18.had liked several racist and anti Muslim comments on Twitter.
:06:19. > :06:21.Earlier this year, a conservative councillor was told to step down
:06:22. > :06:23.after posting offensive comments about the murdered MP Jo Cox.
:06:24. > :06:32.Driffield isn't a town with a history of political
:06:33. > :06:34.controversy, but once again it's comments made on social
:06:35. > :06:37.media which are coming under the spotlight.
:06:38. > :06:40.Heather Venter is a former mayor of Driffield who remains
:06:41. > :06:45.Today, she faced a conduct hearing after complaints were made
:06:46. > :06:48.about posts which appeared on her Twitter feed.
:06:49. > :06:52.She was accused of tweeting a link to right-wing website which said
:06:53. > :06:57."White South Africans march in London Against White Genocide."
:06:58. > :07:00.And she was said to have liked a comment which said,
:07:01. > :07:07.Today, with the help of a friend, she defended her reputation.
:07:08. > :07:10.I didn't make any racist tweets whatsoever.
:07:11. > :07:13.If you look at the tweets themselves, you will see
:07:14. > :07:16.they have been cut and pasted and they were not her tweets.
:07:17. > :07:21.The only one tweet was mine and that was a headline
:07:22. > :07:29.from the Evening Standard about all the knifings in London.
:07:30. > :07:31.Following that article about knife crime, she liked
:07:32. > :07:35.a comment that said, "It's all the blacks in London".
:07:36. > :07:45.Heather Venter was found to have broken East Riding
:07:46. > :07:48.of Yorkshire Council's code of conduct and will now have to make
:07:49. > :07:55.Now every member of the council will take part in special training
:07:56. > :08:02.Last year, East Riding councillor Dominic Peacock was expelled
:08:03. > :08:05.from the Conservative Party after he posted an offensive comment
:08:06. > :08:10.on Facebook relating to the murdered MP Jo Cox.
:08:11. > :08:12.There was no further comment from Councillor Ventor
:08:13. > :08:19.Tonight, I spoke to social media expert Sam Faulkner.
:08:20. > :08:24.I asked him whether it was very easy to go wrong on Twitter.
:08:25. > :08:29.I think there's something of a misconception with social media
:08:30. > :08:31.in general, but I think people tend to think, certainly on Twitter,
:08:32. > :08:34.perhaps only their few followers are seeing what they are saying,
:08:35. > :08:38.but this is very much an open public forum and I think people
:08:39. > :08:42.need to remember that, need to be sort of reminded of that.
:08:43. > :08:45.What is your reaction to what this town councillor has done?
:08:46. > :08:48.I think it's one of those classic social media gaffes,
:08:49. > :08:51.if you can call this a gaffe, because, as I say, it is fairly
:08:52. > :08:55.I think it just underlines the importance of being aware
:08:56. > :09:00.of the consequences of what you are saying
:09:01. > :09:06.I always call it the dinner party rule.
:09:07. > :09:09.It's easy to forget that this is very much a public statement.
:09:10. > :09:13.If you wouldn't say it in public, don't say it on social media.
:09:14. > :09:18.If you like a racist comment, then the rest of us can presumably
:09:19. > :09:20.make an assumption that that person is racist, even
:09:21. > :09:27.At the very least, that's the position you put yourself in.
:09:28. > :09:32.If you like or retweet something, there are subtleties and etiquette,
:09:33. > :09:35.but it is almost always going to be taken as endorsement.
:09:36. > :09:40.It's as good as saying, if you like, it's as good as saying it.
:09:41. > :09:45.It can and will be taken as an endorsement.
:09:46. > :09:48.It's a difficult one to get out of, certainly.
:09:49. > :09:53.If you could give one tip on using Twitter, it would be what?
:09:54. > :09:57.As I say, this is a public forum, if you wouldn't say it to somebody
:09:58. > :10:00.sitting next to you on the bus, don't say it on Twitter.
:10:01. > :10:12.Yes, that is a bit of sleet and snow you're seeing behind me
:10:13. > :10:15.because things are going to turn a bit unsettled overnight.
:10:16. > :10:17.This band of rain makes its way across from the West,
:10:18. > :10:20.turning to sleet or snow, some of this falling to lower levels
:10:21. > :10:24.A blustery night, lows of 2 or 3 Celsius.
:10:25. > :10:28.Behind this band of rain, we could see some ice tomorrow morning.
:10:29. > :10:31.Then that clears to the South and, as you can see, things
:10:32. > :10:36.We're going to some sunshine, or at least some bright spells,
:10:37. > :10:39.temperatures getting to 8 or 9 Celsius.
:10:40. > :10:41.Still a bit breezy, though, tomorrow.
:10:42. > :10:43.So we see some rain, then, on Friday, into Saturday.
:10:44. > :10:48.Quite unsettled on Saturday, brighter Sunday.
:10:49. > :11:04.outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What does that mean? Maybe John Hammond
:11:05. > :11:09.will tell you.