24/10/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

A war of words breaks out between MPs and councillors in Lincolnshire,

Very important parts have been missed out and extra powers have

been taken away from the local areas to the May, and it's very worrying.

-- the mea. Distracted drivers -

police catch more and more people using their mobile phones

behind the wheel. Another settled week to comd. Join

me for the updated forecast. Local councillors and MPs

in Lincolnshire are continuhng to fight amongst themselves over

the future of a devolution The government wants to hand out

new powers and millions of pounds to councillors but ONLY if they will

have an elected mayor. Some authorities say

that's not acceptable. More from our correspondent,

Sarah Corker. Who is best placed to decide

how our taxes are spent, or to make big decisions on things

like housing and transport? Is it politicians at Westminster

or councillors at our town halls? Lincolnshire is divided

on a devolution deal Lincoln MP Karl McCartney described

county councils who rejected the deal last week as parochial

and acting like dogs in a manger. Comments which have

irritated councillors. Instead of calling us names,

give us your reasons, let's look at the figures

and the business background of it. Very important parts have bden

missed out and extra powers have been taken away from the local areas

to the mayor and it's very worrying. It's a deal that would see

the government hand over ?14 million The Greater Lincolnshire deal

would bring together north and north-east Lincolnshire

and the Lincolnshire Other cities like Manchester,

Liverpool and Sheffield have all accepted devolution deals

with an elected mayor. Today in the Commons,

the Boston and Skegness MP warned that Lincolnshire must not

turn its back on devolution. Will the Secretary of State join me

in encouraging the eight out of ten councils that have voted for this

already to work with the government to make sure we get the best

devolution deal for Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire doesn't

turn its back on half a billion But today, Southcliffe Kestdven

District Council also In replying to Karl,

any District Council voting for this would actually be

a turkey voting Because it's completely

unsustainable with a low population in a largely rural county

to have a Police Commissioner, an elected mayor, a County Council,

a District Council and Parish So Conservative MPs are divhded

councillors are divided and any devolution deal

looks increasingly unlikely. Earlier I spoke to the MP

for Cleethorpes Martin Vickdrs and I asked him whether the prospect

of a devolution deal Unfortunately the County Cotncil

seem to, at the very least, But as we've heard in the House

of Commons this afternoon, the government are still determined

to press ahead with a combined authority for those authorities that

have indicated that what they want. I'm certainly very

supportive of that. Have Lincolnshire County

Council actually damaged of the county and been

short-sighted in their decision I think they probably have,

to turn down a deal that was bringing with it an extra

half a billion pounds worth of funding is surely not

in the best interests of the county. Do you agree with the Lincoln MP,

Karl McCartney, who says th`t most county councillors tend to take

a parochial outlook Well, I think there's some

truth in that. To be fair I know of county

councillors and indeed district councillors

who have a much broader view. That's the one we want to sde

in action over this. A lot of these problems are caused

by the fact that we've got to have a mayor to get this

deal and this is imposed Isn't there a way round this,

isn't there a plan B where you can Personally I am very much

in favour of having a mayor. Otherwise combined authorities

meet, everyone speaks up for their own area,

but you need somebody at thd centre to pull things together

and prioritise things. Most members of the public don't

want another elected politician on a big,

fat salary, do they? I can understand that,

but in actual fact, this isn't actually another layer of government

because its existing It's a paid politician though isn't

it, on what will be a big s`lary? There is a paid politician

at its head, but the savings could easily be made

by making a reduction in the number of county

councillors, for example. Final question, your messagd to

Lincolnshire County Council is what? Please have a rethink in thd best

interest of all of the county. Mr Vickers, very

good to talk to you. A ward has been closed

at Grimsby's Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital today due

to the outbreak of a sickness bug. The local NHS trust says patients

who are suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting won't be disch`rged

until their illness has cleared. It's urged people with similar

symptoms not to come to the hospital until 48 hours after

they feel better. Emergency services were called

to Lincoln County Hospital this afternoon to deal

with an electrical fire. 15 patients had to be moved

to safety from the Navenby Ward No one was injured in the incident

which is being described It's been illegal for 13 ye`rs

but Humberside police says despite that more and more people

are using a mobile Officers say it's now so widespread

that they can barely scratch There are now calls

for stronger penalties. It looks like a normal supermarket

delivery entrance. Humberside Police has been

using unmarked cars to catch motorists on their phones, sat navs

or MP3 players while driving. Officers could spot them easily

because of the view from this lorry. An awful lot of people

with their mobile phone in their lap or holding it at the bottom

of the steering wheel. I think the only reason

they are doing that is So we are using this vehicle

for its height. Although there are police officers

here, this operation hasn't been The money's, from

Safer Roads Humber. There's a silver BMW, he's

got his mobile phone in right hand. People are still willing

to take that risk. Maybe if they saw the devastation it

does cause, they wouldn't do it But maybe it's because they think

they're never going to get caught. Someone who knows about

the heartache it can cause is Her husband Keith was killed

when he was knocked down by a driver Because tomorrow it could bd

you causing somebody's death. I know what we've been

through and it's devastating. At the end of the day,

they just walk away, pay their fine, do their prison sentence

and then their life goes back to normal and ours will

never be normal again. I lost my husband, my two children

lost their father. Last time the police did

an operation like this That's in addition to almost 90

people who have already been stopped Using a mobile phone is almost as

bad as drink-driving. It's not socially unacceptable

like drink-driving. It is worrying because I soletimes

think that we're not really even scratching the surface of mobile

phone use and it's If you're caught using a hand-held

device at the wheel, you can be given three

points and ?100 fine. But that's set to go up to six

points and a ?200 fine next year. The changing peoples' attitudes

could much longer. Laura Foster, BBC

Look North, Scunthorpe. Philip Norton is by the A63 Neal

Hull. Why is this message and not getting through? Mobile phones are

not used just for phone calls, they stream music in their cars, many

people use them as a sat nav and there is the temptation to tse

there is the temptation to use the Internet or is Czech social media.

Humberside Police accepted technology has changed, but the old

rules still apply. These shouldn't be held or be looked that at the

wheel. They also said they would welcome stiffer penalties, stronger

penalties to act as more of a deterrent to try to stop using these

while driving. A lot of e-m`ils and while driving. A lot of e-mails and

text messages on this, we'll have more at p.m. Tomorrow night. It

looks set to be another predominantly dry week across all

parts of the region with high pressure dominating our weather and

the bus stop sunshine will be tomorrow. Big changed

meteorologically, high-pressure still dominating. Just a chance of

still dominating. Just a ch`nce of 12 isolated showers but much of the

night will be dry, good, cldar night will be dry, good, clear

periods. These are the tempdratures periods. These are the temperatures

in towns and cities. But Western areas could be down to four Celsius

denied. Fortt first thing in the morning. Mostly dry, just the odd

shower close to the coast. Dry weather with sunshine and highs

shower close to the coast. Dry weather with sunshine and hhghs of

weather with sunshine and highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. And that it

from us tonight, we are back in the morning on BBC One. I will be back

tomorrow at 6:30pm as usual. Join me then if you can. Good night.

weekend, more of the same, mainly dry and feeling very mild. Now your

national weather. dry and feeling very mild. Now your

national weather. Good evening, major changes in the

weather over the next couple of days, the result being it will turn

milder by day and also by night. A milder by day and also by night A

breeze picking up, a westerly, something we have not seen much of

this month. But there will not be a great deal of rain around. We did

have rain today across the south-west, leaden skies in Bristol,

not much of a sunset here, but the different North of the