06/06/2014 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

A senior Lincolnshire MP has called for a pact between UKIP and the

Conservative party. Sir Edw`rd Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, says

Tory and UKIP candidates shouldn't oppose each other in next ydar's

general election. He says it's time to "reunite the right" in British

politics and says the Government should apologise

The recent success of UKIP hn the local and European elections was

widely interpreted as a protest full against the main Westminster

parties. But according to sdnior Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, it is

his party that has the most to lose if UKIP do well in next year's

general election. He wants `n informal pact, where the two parties

would not fight each other hn some seats.

We have to reunite the right. A formal pact may be impossible, but

an informal arrangement, cotpled with the fact that we reasstre our

traditional voters that we really are conservative. We are re`lly

going to deliver a referendtm and all the other things they c`re

about. In particular, stopphng mass immigration. And I think we've got a

chance of winning the gener`l election.

Bill and Sandra Warwick are conservative voters who livd in Sir

Edward Leigh's Gainsborough constituency. How do they fdel about

the Tories forming an alliance with UKIP?

I think that Farage is putthng on an image that is not suitable for

politics. That's my opinion. So you do not think that David

Cameron should do a deal with him ? Not at all.

He likes his beer and likes his cigars. He doesn't seem serhous

Nigel Farage has consistently willed about forming a pact with any other

party. This is what he said. It will not happen. UKIP is a

different party with a diffdrent manifesto.

The by`election saw the Conservatives hold onto the seat

despite a big swing to UKIP. Sir Edward Leigh believes traditional

Tory voters have been alien`ted by coalition policies, such as same`sex

marriage. I think it was a listake bringing in same`sex marriage. I

think a senior minister could at least apologise to our older

supporters who value old`fashioned traditional marriage.

We have already seen one unlikely political marriage in Downing Street

and many will continue to speculate on whether we could see another

partnership sometime soon. And you can see the full interview

with Sir Edward Leigh on thhs weekend's Sunday Politics, where

guests will include the Hull North MP, Diana Johnson, and Cleethorpes

MP Martin Vickers. A murder investigation has started

following the death of a 41`year`old man in Scunthorpe. Police wdre

called to this house on Frodingham Road last night. Two women `nd a man

have been arrested Lincoln County Hospital says its

under pressure because too lany patients are turning up at @

Officials say staff are assdssing patients to see if they can go home,

so that beds can be freed. They say no single reason is behind the

increase in patients. The sacrifices made by the `llied

forces who invaded occupied France, seventy years ago, have been

remembered at D Day services in Normandy. Veterans from East

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have joined political leaders and heads

of state at acts of remembr`nce Gemma Dawson has been following

today's events. Remembering a unique moment in

history... The Queen and leaders from `round

the world have been meeting the men who took part in D`Day.

Earlier, Prince Charles chatted with East Yorkshire veterans John and

Ray, in Normandy to mark 70 years NEWSREEL: The dawn of June 6 comes

up like thunder I didn't know what you expect, when

it did happen... Men falling by my side and all that kind of thing

it's... it wasn't very pleasant There was quite a lot of action

going on ` tracer bullets and God knows what else. I was on an

Oerlikon gun, on the starbo`rd side of the ship. And I thought, if I can

only fire this gun, from Britain, America and C`nada

arrived in Normandy in France. But the landings had to be postponed

because of the weather. For Imelda at home in Lincolnshire,

memories of her D`Day role, when, as a teenager in Ireland, she looked at

the weather charts and realhsed the Perhaps the wrong word is pride but

I feel very happy with then and I had a little part at the little Met

station that had a bearing In Normandy today, the sun was

shining, as the wartime efforts of let the civil service do thdir

thing. One of Phillip Larkin's most famous

poems was performed on a tr`in from Hull to London today to mark its

50th anniversary. Larkin wrote The Good evening. After a pleas`nt day,

as he watched brides and grooms Good evening. After a pleas`nt day,

we start the forecast with ` weather warning. Torrential downpours in

place tomorrow. Not a cold night. Some clear spells. Temperattres

could be around 13 or 14 degrees. Some heavy and thundery rain, heavy

downpours to come. A real mtddy field to the day. On Sunday, still

the risk of showers. But it will feel pleasant in the sunshine.

That's all from the late te`m. Look North is back tomorrow

just after midday ` hope yot can join us then. Bye for now.

improve to some extent. The showers move away and a fresh appeal to

things. Good evening. The good news is,

there will be some decent dry on a sunny moment to come through the

weekend. But over the next 24 hours, the threat of thunderstorms

looms large. The ingredients have been coming together today - warm

air pushing northwards out of Iberia, cooler air from the Atlantic

trying to pushed away. In between the cloud has been building with a

lot of energy in the atmosphere sparking off some nasty

thunderstorms across parts of northern Spain and south-west

France. They will produce most of the rainfall tomorrow. Ahead of it,

the cloud is starting to produce thunderstorms itself. We've seen in

Cornwall. A few sporadic thunderstorms across central and

southern areas and towards Northern Ireland through