30/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

are out of the way, will the EU start pursuing a common defence

policy? Join me on BBC Two. Good evening, welcome

to the late Look North. to take on an abandoned listed

building, that's already cost This isn't about preserving heritage

for heritage's sake, it's about the role that buildings like this

complaint in the future of Grimsby. The search for a missing

woman and her two young And a man admits keeping illegal

chemicals at his house, And it's been exceptionally mild

today, I'll be back with all the details later in the programme.

An abandoned building, that has already cost taxpayers

in Grimsby ?2 million, has been bought by

North East Lincolnshire Council says it was forced into buying

Victoria Mill, which is a listed building, after it became unsafe.

It's a building that's dominated Grimsby's skyline since 1889.

It's now left the council with a repair bill running into millions.

Without us intervening, at the public expense, that building

And one that would have been a risk to the public,

so we had no real choice to be honest.

Problems began a year ago, when some residents living

in adjacent flats were moved out temporarily because

That same month, North East Lincolnshire Council spent

They tried to get the owners of the mill, CPG Investments Ltd,

to pay for the repairs, but to no avail.

In August the council said the repair bill had risen,

And this week, it's been announced an agreement has been reached

for the council to purchase the building, for ?1.

People are coming up, looking at the building thinking "Well,

And if you're trying to sell one, who's going to buy

David Needham lives in the adjacent flats, and was one of the residents

who had to be evacuated while repairs were carried out.

At least we know what's going on, and we know who owns it

and there is a face behind something, you know who it is,

and they are doing something about it and hopefully it's

going to start the ball rolling, something's going to come of it.

The Victoria Mill saga has left North East Lincolnshire Council

The repairs alone are costing ?2.2 million;

And then there's the accommodation for those who had to be evacuated

It's been a necessary spend of taxpayers' money,

because of the health and safety risks and the liability

to the residents of the borough, we had to do it.

It was a eyesore before because there was pigeons coming out

of the roof and it really looked, you know, dreadful.

But, I suppose if it's going to be put to some

When that scaffolding's down, it's going to be beautiful.

They want to be spending more money on the town centre.

It came at a price, but Victoria Mills is no longer in limbo.

Work can now start to give it a future.

Earlier I spoke to Ben Robinson from Historic England, who campaigns

I asked him whether councils should be spending money to protect

The initial investment hopefully will realise long-term benefits,

This isn't about preserving heritage for heritage's sake,

this is about the role that important buildings like this can

There's plenty of these old, derelict buildings -

In terms of Grade II buildings, you're talking about buildings

of national significance, so this is not just a locally

significant building, this is a building of national

It's a prominent landmark, it's been a landmark

It might be, but do you think people really care, when there are so many

other priorities that the councils need to spend their money on?

Do you think they're really bothered?

It's one aspect of the sort of work that councils should be doing.

They've been decisive in this case, they've shown leadership,

and when there are sums of money available for regeneration,

for reinvigoration of places, it's those councils that are showing

this sort of leadership that should be first in line.

Those councils that recognise the importance of their built

environment, and what it means for the future.

But if you are spending money on a building just

to stop the repairs, just to keep it safe,

but it's still going to stand empty and derelict, what's the point?

The council have had to step in and undertake emergency measures.

And our support is for that urgent work, we've been able to provide

some money towards that urgent work and give them a little bit of help.

Police say a mother, who's believed to have

abducted her two young sons, may have left the country

Samantha Baldwin - who is from Newark and has family

connections to Lincolnshire - hasn't been seen since Monday.

Also missing are her sons Dylan and Lewis Madge.

Katy Austin is here - why are police so concerned?

Very concerned, they are treating this as an abduction,

saying 42-year-old Samantha Baldwin doesn't have legal custody

of nine-year-old Louis Madge or his six-year-old brother Dylan.

Today, police have released CCTV images released showing Samantha's

Today, police have released CCTV images showing Samantha's

last known movements, in Nottingham city centre

Police have previously said she and the boys could be

in Lincolnshire or Manchester, as they have connections

But they've also told airports and seaports

to keep a close eye out, in case Samantha and her sons

The scale of the inquiry is on a national basis,

Whilst there is no indication that Samantha has left

the country with the children, that is still an open line

of inquiry, and we will go wherever the inquiry takes us,

we will be relentless until we can recover those

Do we think they are any closer to knowing where they are?

Not that we know of, officers are following up some reported signing

-- sightings, and Nottinghamshire -- sightings, and Nottinghamshire

Police have said they have released on bail to people they had arrested

on suspicion of assisting an offender. Police have also started a

Twitter hashtag -- hashtag, but despite wanting a large scale

investigation they still don't know where Samantha and her sons are. --

launching. An education trust that operates 32

schools including 16 in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

could cut 40 support jobs. The David Ross Education Trust says

it's trying to save money, which will be reinvested

in teaching, and that very few job losses would involve

compulsory redundancy. A ?60 million wood chip factory

will be constructed near Hull. It'll be built by

Accsys Technologies, 130 jobs will be created to build

it, and there'll be a further 30 A man who caused large parts

of Bridlington to be shut down by the bomb squad has admitted

he "forgot" to apply for a licence 40 homes were evacuated last August

while specialist police officers cleared Gert Meyer's property

in Oxford Street in the town. Back in August last year,

several streets were cordoned off and 40 homes were evacuated,

after police found unlicensed chemicals

at a property on Oxford Street. Bomb disposal experts were brought

in, and the whole operation cost Appearing in court yesterday,

the man who owned the chemicals, Gert Meyers, a trained chemist who'd

sold to laboratories He'd previously been spoken

to by police after he sold chemicals to two people who were later

convicted of terrorism offences. Although he pleaded guilty

to breaching the Poisons Act on this occasion, he said the police

were heavy-handed, and said he'd forgotten to renew his licence

for the chemicals after his business Somebody from the Home Office

came round and said, And I said, "Thank you

for telling me that." And then they knew I had

them anyway, because I'd So they raided my house, to find

what they knew I already had. When these chemicals

were discovered, this area was completely out of bounds

for several hours. A 100-metre cordon was put in place,

and bomb disposal experts from the Army carried out a series

of small explosions In court yesterday, Mr Meyers

insisted the incident last August had been an honest mistake,

which he regretted. It's hard, you know,

it's frightening... Lift you off your bed,

handcuffs on, police cell. 75 interviews, or

something like that. Gert Meyers says he has

apologised to his neighbours for the inconvenience

caused last August. He will be sentenced

at Crown Court next month. Finally tonight, the weather with

Keeley. Well, it's felt exceptionally mild,

hasn't it today, and in fact temperatures in parts

of Lincolnshire, at Holbeach They're the kind of temperatures

we'd expect for July. Now, it will be mild again

tomorrow, but not as mild. But still pleasant in the sunshine -

overnight a lot of cloud, the cloud will produce a little bit

of patchy rain and drizzle on and off but temperatures

staying in double figures. So tomorrow there will be a little

bit of patchy rain around during the morning for a time,

and the thicker cloud as well, and then it'll break up

into sunshine and showers and if anything through the day

increasing amounts of sunshine, and the showers becoming very

hit and miss. So take your brolly

with you if you're heading out, Temperatures tomorrow

still above average, 16 degrees. Sunshine and showers

for Saturday, fine on Sunday. That's it from ours. I'm back

tomorrow. See you then. -- that it from us.

time of year. The chance of a shower on Saturday. Sunday will

time of year. The chance of a shower on Saturday. Sunday will be dry.

Hello, it will cool off over the next few days but that's not

unusual, given how warm it was today. This was London. We just had

the warmest March day since 2012, 20 two Celsius in the Sunnis skies in

the south-east. It was much warmer than recently