:00:00. > :00:09.A woman from Hull, who successfully campaigned for better safety aboard
:00:10. > :00:15.North Sea Trawlers in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 79.
:00:16. > :00:18.Mary Denness was one of a group of women from the city dubbed
:00:19. > :00:20."The Headscarf Revolutionaries", who started lobbying the Government
:00:21. > :00:25.after three trawlers sank with the loss of 58 lives.
:00:26. > :00:28.They captured the public's attention with a determined
:00:29. > :00:31.and hard fought campaign, as Victoria Holland reports.
:00:32. > :00:34.She was the skipper's wife who changed lives.
:00:35. > :00:38.Mary Denness joined three other women on a revolution in the 60s,
:00:39. > :00:45.to make their men's lives safer on North Sea Trawlers.
:00:46. > :00:47.That build build-up of anger, of frustration, and then two
:00:48. > :00:52.It was the fuse that caused the explosion.
:00:53. > :00:55.A lot of women said we had no right to be
:00:56. > :00:58.interfering in the men's work, that the fish stocks were the men's
:00:59. > :01:05.territory - it was very misogynistic in those days.
:01:06. > :01:07.Mary and the other headscarf revolutionaries
:01:08. > :01:10.started a petition, marched on the docks and eventually met
:01:11. > :01:15.Their work meant that safety improved on trawlers and it
:01:16. > :01:20.also inspired other artists, authors and Hull campaigners.
:01:21. > :01:22.Today, flowers had been left at a bench which had
:01:23. > :01:24.been unveiled in her honour two years ago.
:01:25. > :01:31.Mary became a very eloquent spokesman then and later.
:01:32. > :01:37.It is quite apt that we are here remembering this remarkable
:01:38. > :01:43.without whom countless thousands of lives would have been lost.
:01:44. > :01:46.The campaign meant the industry was regulated, with a trained radio
:01:47. > :01:52.And Mary's bench serves as a reminder of the effect these
:01:53. > :01:55.four women from Hull had on the lives of their husbands
:01:56. > :02:01.Victoria Holland, BBC Look North, Hull.
:02:02. > :02:03.The campaigner Mary Denness, who's died at the age of 79.
:02:04. > :02:06.A man has been charged following a series of car thefts
:02:07. > :02:08.in Hull and East Yorkshire on Friday morning.
:02:09. > :02:09.One attempted theft took place in Hedon.
:02:10. > :02:12.23-year-old Leon Ndenu has been charged with four counts
:02:13. > :02:14.of robbery, four counts of attempted robbery, two counts of assault,
:02:15. > :02:17.possession of an imitation firearm and possession
:02:18. > :02:22.He'll appear before magistrates tomorrow.
:02:23. > :02:24.A man has been found dead in Grimsby.
:02:25. > :02:28.Police were called to an alley off David Street at about 6:30am this
:02:29. > :02:33.His death is not being treated as suspicious.
:02:34. > :02:36.There are calls for the Chancellor to use Wednesday's Budget
:02:37. > :02:39.to increase the amount spent on social care in parts of our area.
:02:40. > :02:42.The Government has allowed councils in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
:02:43. > :02:45.to increase bills by an extra 3% this year to meet
:02:46. > :02:50.the growing cost of care, but some MPs say that's still not enough.
:02:51. > :02:54.I'd like him to provide proper funding for social care,
:02:55. > :02:57.particularly in areas like Hull were we know that the precept
:02:58. > :03:01.increase that Government have announced, the
:03:02. > :03:04.3% that we can have in Hull, will not generate the amount of
:03:05. > :03:08.It is 56% more in the East Riding than we'll be able to generate here.
:03:09. > :03:12.So I'd like him to do something specific about the poorer
:03:13. > :03:15.areas that are really having a social care crisis because of the
:03:16. > :03:20.More than 300 members of Hull's Jewish community have come together
:03:21. > :03:25.to mark 250 years of Jews living in the city.
:03:26. > :03:29.I gained my culture from this community -
:03:30. > :03:34.Hull-born actress Maureen Lipman was guest of honour at a special
:03:35. > :03:38.And she and others paid tribute to how Hull had welcomed
:03:39. > :03:45.In a way, it's a sort of miracle that a community has survived 250
:03:46. > :03:49.years of the trials and tribulations, from one
:03:50. > :03:52.or two early settlers, and is still here.
:03:53. > :03:57.I had a fantastic, both Jewish and secular, education here.
:03:58. > :04:01.250 years of the Jewish people coming
:04:02. > :04:06.into and being welcomed by the great city of Hull.
:04:07. > :04:08.And finally, it's been a good afternoon for Hull KR
:04:09. > :04:11.They've thrashed Sheffield Eagles at home.
:04:12. > :04:16.Just time for your weather forecast then -
:04:17. > :04:18.Abbie Dewhurst has all of the details.
:04:19. > :04:21.Some showers making an appearance over
:04:22. > :04:23.tonight but, as we head through to the early hours
:04:24. > :04:26.of tomorrow morning, I think the cloud will start to thin
:04:27. > :04:28.and break and we will see some decent clearer spells.
:04:29. > :04:30.Temperatures down in towns and cities will be at
:04:31. > :04:34.around 4 or 5 degrees but rurally they will drop a little bit lower.
:04:35. > :04:36.So it will be quite a chilly start to tomorrow.
:04:37. > :04:39.Quite cloudy as well at first, but we will see some
:04:40. > :04:41.really good breaks, some nice sunshine developing
:04:42. > :04:45.Also at risk, as you can see, of seeing one or two showers
:04:46. > :04:48.and, given the light winds, these might take a while to clear.
:04:49. > :04:49.Temperatures tomorrow up at 9 degrees.
:04:50. > :04:52.That's all from us for now, but we'll be back tomorrow
:04:53. > :05:10.Good evening. We have seen all sorts today. Some rain, some hail, some
:05:11. > :05:15.snow and even a bit of sunshine. Things are calming down for the most
:05:16. > :05:18.part but still a bit damp in some eastern counties overnight and some
:05:19. > :05:21.showers in the western side of Scotland with a touch of frost
:05:22. > :05:26.already here. And another weather system bring rain and snow towards
:05:27. > :05:31.the south-west by dawn, it's quite chilly 3-5 will be fairly typical. A
:05:32. > :05:34.little snow to be had over the tops of the moors in the south-west of
:05:35. > :05:38.England but generally a lot of rain. Not a great commute. Some might
:05:39. > :05:40.fringe nooted south of Wales. But generally speaking through Wales,
:05:41. > :05:44.Midlands, and south-east a reasonable start. Although for many
:05:45. > :05:47.eastern counties a fair bit of cloud and pockets of light rain and
:05:48. > :05:50.drizzle. Further west that bit brighter. A decent start in Northern
:05:51. > :05:51.Ireland. Maybe a few