10/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

An elderly East Yorkshire farmer who shot and injured a convicted

burglar who was on his land has been cleared of all charges.

83-year-old Kenneth Hugill fired a double-barrelled shotgun

at his Wilberfoss farm near Pocklington, hitting

Today, a jury took just 24 minutes to decide that his actions

were justified and found him not guilty of grievous bodily harm.

Our rural affairs correspondent, Linsey Smith, has this report.

It was an incident 16 months ago not far from the village of Wilberfoss

that has since dominated the lives of an elderly couple,

They were asleep in their desolate farmhouse, a house that's been

plagued by rural crime around it, when Kenneth heard noises outside.

He got dressed and went down to investigate,

He said he didn't see any people, but walked across the front

of what he thought was a vehicle when that vehicle revved up

He said that he was terrified and fired two shots,

one into the air and one down the side of the vehicle.

He said he fired the shots to scare anyone away.

But down the side of that vehicle was Richard Stables,

a convicted burglar who said he was there to hunt

Outside of court today, Mr Hugill's family criticised

what they say was a very heavy-handed response

In a response, Humberside Police have told us...

The CPS have also defended their decision to bring this

case to court after that decision was criticised.

They say it was in the public interest considering that

That decision will be debated tonight in the pub here.

We were speaking to people earlier who were also debating how far

people should be allowed to go to defend their homes.

I think people should be able to defend their land, absolutely.

He didn't use undue pressure, did he?

Well, I know, but the fact is he put the other shot into the air just

Why can't people just keep off other people's land in the first place?

I spoke to Mr Hugill this evening, who said that him and his wife

are hoping for some peace now after what has been a very

A 31-year-old man has died and two fire fighters have been

hurt following a fire and explosion in Hull.

The emergency services were called to the house containing five flats

The building exploded shortly after fire crews arrived.

Two adults and a child were rescued, but one man was seriously hurt

In terms of housekeeping, we would encourage all landlords

to ensure they have regular checks on all their utilities,

that the fire alarms are working, that there are working smoke

detectors and most importantly that residents have a plan,

particularly in a building that has multiple occupation.

More than ?6 million is to be spent modifying a roundabout in Hull

which has been the scene of several accidents.

The government has allocated the cash for work

on the Garrison Road roundabout, which will make the area safer

Our environment correspondent, Paul Murphy, reports.

Roundabouts like this one are a threatened species.

Traffic experts say this busy mix of turning lorries

and cars, and even cyclists, is inherently dangerous.

And it's clear local people will be glad to see the back

The number of horns that blow here and you see cars on the wrong

Sometimes you're in fear going round that roundabout.

I know people won't use the roundabout, it's so dangerous.

It's literally half an hour on your journey in the morning.

Yeah, some mornings you're just stood stationary.

The new ?6 million scheme will send the A63 through the middle

There will be more lanes leaving and entering it and traffic

The work should be completed by 2020 and should coincide with the planned

improvements to Castle Street through the centre of Hull.

If this junction here isn't improved at the same time or before

the Castle Street major improvement takes place, it will become an even

There have been more than 20 accidents here in recent years,

including the death of a cyclist who was crushed by an unsecured

container that fell off a lorry as it leaned in a turn.

You can see one of the reasons why this roundabout

This large lorry with a caravan on it having to lean

No fault of the driver or the lorry, but planners believe that,

inherently, is a dangerous situation for all traffic.

This road is of huge economic importance to cities

across the north of England and work to improve traffic flow and safety

The Domesday Book is going to be on display in Lincoln as part

of a major exhibition later this year.

The country's earliest surviving public record will be

in the Magna Carta vault in Lincoln Castle from

The document will be on loan from its permanent home

9,000 Lincoln City fans will descend on London tomorrow for the biggest

Non-league Lincoln play Arsenal in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup

It's the furthest a non-league club have got in the competition

Certainly, coming to the Emirates wasn't part of the plan

But with Danny and Nicky and the team they've put together,

miracles are possible at Lincoln City this season.

And every heart-stopping moment will be captured

on BBC Radio Lincolnshire - they'll have full commentary

of the game with all the build-up starting from 2pm.

Now let's get the weather with Keeley.

It's a cloudy one, and that blanket of cloud holding temperatures up,

insulating the ground so they won't drop any lower

To start the weekend, it is going to be largely dry.

It might be that through tomorrow morning we get some breaks

in the cloud, possibly some sunny spells for a time across parts

of Lincolnshire, but generally the theme is quite cloudy.

You'll notice a few spots of rain on the graphics.

I don't think they will amount to very much so we can

rely on a mainly dry day to come tomorrow.

If we get any brightness, temperatures will get

a little higher than this, perhaps to around 13 or 14 Celsius.

Rain to start Sunday, brightening up for a time.

That's all from BBC Look North tonight.

We'll be back tomorrow night at 5.50pm.yeah

We'll be back tomorrow night at 5.50pm.

Where the sunshine broke through to the North of Cornwall temperatures

rose to 17 degrees under the blue skies. For many of us the cloud

didn't break up through the day, keeping temperatures pegged at

around about 13 degrees. That was the high today in the London region.

Mild over night with the blanket of cloud around. Most places dry.