:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines from BBC Look North this Thursday lunchtime.
:00:00. > :00:07.East Yorkshire ambulances are given longer to reach patients
:00:08. > :00:15.Plans for a new Spurn Point visitor centre will be considered again
:00:16. > :00:19.And a new, faster lifeboat is on its way to Skegness
:00:20. > :00:25.It's a step change in technology, a step change in safety
:00:26. > :00:41.The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says paramedics will no longer get
:00:42. > :00:45.to call-outs within their eight minute target unless
:00:46. > :00:50.The National Audit Office has warned that some ambulance trusts
:00:51. > :00:53.are unable to cope with demand for their services and it's hoped
:00:54. > :00:59.Call handlers will be given more time to assess individual cases
:01:00. > :01:01.before deciding whether to send an ambulance or not.
:01:02. > :01:03.Our correspondent, Leanne Brown, is here.
:01:04. > :01:18.If you find yourself having to call 999 and ambulance will automatically
:01:19. > :01:23.the dispatched within 60 seconds and calls classed as very serious will
:01:24. > :01:27.need to be responded to in eight minutes but NHS managers say because
:01:28. > :01:32.of this system several ambulances often get sent to the same address
:01:33. > :01:36.and some get stood down en route once it becomes apparent then not
:01:37. > :01:39.needed. Under this pilot call handlers would have up to four
:01:40. > :01:44.minutes to assess the situation and they would be no time frame for when
:01:45. > :01:50.the ambulance might arrive it is -- if it is not life threatening, these
:01:51. > :01:56.are like Burns, if you are suffering from chest pains. If someone is not
:01:57. > :02:02.breathing or having a heart attack and ambulance was still be
:02:03. > :02:04.dispatched straightaway. It is no secret ambulances across England
:02:05. > :02:09.have been struggling with their response times. You get here
:02:10. > :02:13.represent paramedics and the call handlers say this will help a little
:02:14. > :02:14.bit but it is not the answer as there are major problems across the
:02:15. > :02:16.service. It will help in the little way,
:02:17. > :02:18.but it's not the answer. You can't look at the Ambulance
:02:19. > :02:22.Service in isolation. Even if we quicken the service up,
:02:23. > :02:25.and they get to A quicker, unless we make sure that A can
:02:26. > :02:29.receive the patients, they are just going to sit in the back
:02:30. > :02:31.of the ambulances at A Unless we can clear
:02:32. > :02:33.the beds in the hospital, when they do get in A,
:02:34. > :02:36.they will just sit in A Unless we can get the community
:02:37. > :02:39.sorted, they will sit So the whole chain
:02:40. > :02:49.needs to be looked at. This is also being tested by the
:02:50. > :02:50.South Westerns Ambulance Service and West Midland Ambulance Service.
:02:51. > :02:54.If it's seen as a success it will be rolled out across the country.
:02:55. > :02:56.There will be no investigation into potential police misconduct
:02:57. > :02:58.in relation to the 1985 Bradford City fire disaster.
:02:59. > :03:00.56 football fans died, including two Lincoln City supporters.
:03:01. > :03:03.The Independent Police Complaints Commission says there is no
:03:04. > :03:07.indication of potential misconduct by individual police officers.
:03:08. > :03:09.It's after West Yorkshire Police voluntarily referred
:03:10. > :03:14.Controversial proposals for a visitor centre on land
:03:15. > :03:17.near to the Spurn peninsula are being discussed
:03:18. > :03:20.by East Riding Council later this afternoon.
:03:21. > :03:23.It's the second time the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has
:03:24. > :03:25.sought approval for its plans after its initial
:03:26. > :03:29.There have been more than 700 objections from local residents
:03:30. > :03:34.Here's our environment correspondent, Paul Murphy.
:03:35. > :03:38.It is more than three years since Yorkshire Wildlife Trust first
:03:39. > :03:42.mooted plans for a visitor centre on land to the south of Kilnsea.
:03:43. > :03:46.It's hoped the ?900,000 project will open up the area to more
:03:47. > :03:49.visitors and interpret and explain this unique landscape.
:03:50. > :03:55.But the Spurn visitor centre proposal has met
:03:56. > :03:58.with strong local opposition, concerns that it will have
:03:59. > :04:01.a detrimental impact on the local environment,
:04:02. > :04:04.suggestions that using existing buildings for the centre
:04:05. > :04:10.East Riding Council has already rejected an application
:04:11. > :04:13.by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, that was last summer.
:04:14. > :04:15.Councillors were concerned about flood risk to the proposed
:04:16. > :04:20.centre and also the visual impact it might have in an area renowned
:04:21. > :04:27.This afternoon councillors are considering a second application
:04:28. > :04:30.but many local people have criticised that too, claiming it's
:04:31. > :04:38.A councillor who was expelled from the Conservative Party
:04:39. > :04:41.after posting an offensive tweet following the death of MP
:04:42. > :04:43.Jo Cox says he has no intention of resigning.
:04:44. > :04:46.Dominic Peacock has written to the chief executive
:04:47. > :04:49.of East Riding Council saying that he has received overwhelming
:04:50. > :04:52.support from ward residents and has described his critics
:04:53. > :04:57.Last month a council committee said he should stand
:04:58. > :05:03.Hull City can make it to only their second major
:05:04. > :05:06.cup final if they beat Manchester United tonight.
:05:07. > :05:09.They'll face Southampton in the EFL Cup if they overcome a two-goal
:05:10. > :05:13.deficit from the first leg of the semifinal.
:05:14. > :05:16.City head coach Marco Silva admits it will be difficult.
:05:17. > :05:19.They scored the last goal, I think, in the last five minutes
:05:20. > :05:22.because if they come with 1-0 it is different for them, sure.
:05:23. > :05:25.It's a strong team, a fantastic coach.
:05:26. > :05:29.Sure we have problems but we will try to put
:05:30. > :05:35.A brand new lifeboat is on its way to Skegness after tests
:05:36. > :05:40.It's faster, more agile and can travel further to rescues
:05:41. > :05:42.than the 26-year-old vessel it's replacing.
:05:43. > :05:46.In the first of two special reports, Phillip Norton looks at how
:05:47. > :05:50.a ?1.5 million donation from a lifeboat family brought
:05:51. > :06:06.It has been a saviour on the seas around Skegness for more than 25
:06:07. > :06:12.years. I have rescued 195 people and the lives of 38 was saved because of
:06:13. > :06:19.this vessel. A brand-new lifeboat will arrive here on Saturday, thanks
:06:20. > :06:23.to a Skegness family. For almost 160 years descendants of the family
:06:24. > :06:29.served continuously with the lifeboat here. That continuous
:06:30. > :06:35.service ended in 1984 when one of the family retired. But when he died
:06:36. > :06:40.in 2011, he left money for the lifeboat and along with a donation
:06:41. > :06:45.from his cousin, April, the family has gifted ?1.5 million. It was a
:06:46. > :06:49.surprise, really. We were gathered in the crew room and April was in
:06:50. > :06:55.their and nobody knew what was going on. She announced there is a legacy
:06:56. > :07:00.being left to secure the future of funding for the station here in
:07:01. > :07:05.Skegness and introduced this new lifeboat. This is the purpose-built
:07:06. > :07:10.lifeboat manufacturing centre in Poole. Wet every year six brand-new
:07:11. > :07:15.shunning class lifeboats are born. The latest being the -- the new
:07:16. > :07:19.Skegness lifeboat which was constructed here. They are very
:07:20. > :07:25.fast, very manoeuvrable for the crew. Getting alongside a casualty,
:07:26. > :07:30.getting close to any precarious edges. It is welcome knowing that
:07:31. > :07:34.the brave volunteers in the background willing to get into one
:07:35. > :07:41.of these. Here she is emerging from the freezing fog, the new Skegness
:07:42. > :07:45.lifeboat. The family connection will help save lives for many years to
:07:46. > :07:50.come. Phillip Norton, the BC Look North,. You can see the second
:07:51. > :07:51.report from Philip tomorrow. Now a look at the weather
:07:52. > :07:54.forecast with Paul Hudson. The coldest winter day
:07:55. > :07:58.of the season so far. At least it is generally dry and
:07:59. > :08:02.there is a big change on the way. You can see on Saturday the wind
:08:03. > :08:04.coming from the south-west, that sets the scene for a much
:08:05. > :08:09.milder week next week. It is certainly not
:08:10. > :08:11.mild at the moment. Temperatures in Lincoln, for
:08:12. > :08:15.example, are still only minus one.. That cloud could be thick enough
:08:16. > :08:20.for one or two light snow flurries but essentially it is dry and just
:08:21. > :08:23.look at these top temperatures, one Celsius, that is 34 Fahrenheit,
:08:24. > :08:27.with a significant wind-chill if you add in the effect
:08:28. > :08:30.of the south-east breeze. As we head through this
:08:31. > :08:32.evening and overnight, we will get take a few cloud breaks
:08:33. > :08:35.coming from the south-east. They may well be later in the night,
:08:36. > :08:39.the cloud fills back in again, the risk of one or two light wintry
:08:40. > :08:42.showers and a widespread frost. Another grey day to come tomorrow,
:08:43. > :08:47.a few wet wintry at first. There might be some bright sunny
:08:48. > :08:50.intervals but essentially it looks like another cloudy one with a bit
:08:51. > :08:54.of rain towards the end of the day Eventually a little milder
:08:55. > :08:59.although still feeling cold, Friday night looks wet,
:09:00. > :09:06.Saturday morning, that overnight rain soon clearing then
:09:07. > :09:08.it is brighter. Sunday looks mostly dry, much milder
:09:09. > :09:20.as we had into next week. Thank you. That brings you up to
:09:21. > :09:23.date this lunchtime. We will have more view tonight at 6:30pm. Have a
:09:24. > :09:37.lovely afternoon. Goodbye. TV: He's not your father.
:09:38. > :09:50.WOMAN GASPS so why not pay your TV licence in
:09:51. > :10:03.weekly instalments, too?