23/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Welcome to the late Look North, the headlines tonight:

The teenager killed by a dangerous driver...

Tonight there are calls for tougher jail sentences.

And the Government promises ?160 million to boost jobs,

build homes and support businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Let's be absolutely clear, the money we are getting for Yorkshire and the

Humber is significantly more than in London will get out of this pot of

cash. A warning in place for a fog getting dents in places. Join me for

the updated forecast. -- quite dense in places.

There are calls for tougher sentences for motorists convicted

of dangerous driving after a the death of a teenager

Jessica Danby was as riding her moped, when she was hit by a car

The driver, who was trying to overtake a lorry in thick fog

at the time, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and sentenced

But Jessica's mother says that's not enough.

Our correspondent, Vicky Johnson has more.

She was a very bubbly, very bubbly character.

Jess Danby's mum and step-dad try to remember the good

There's a big hole missing, and it's never going to get replaced.

Remember when I was in reception we had show and tell?

Jess was an aspiring actress and had just completed her first show reel.

It might have taken her a little while, but she'd have done it.

I know for a fact she would have done it.

If she wanted to do anything in life, she did it.

It was a foggy morning much like today when Jess

was making her way to her job in Boston along the A52.

She was wearing a high vis jacket and had her moped lights were on.

But then Philip Paddington Wheatcroft crashed head

on into her in dense fog, after overtaking

He'd admitted causing death by dangerous driving

At the end of the day he's killed somebody,

it's as bad as manslaughter in my eyes.

He's gone out and he made that decision to overtake,

when he knew he couldn't see, and it's dangerous, and he should be

At present in the UK, death by dangerous driving has

The Government is currently looking to increase this to life.

In 2015, the average length of sentence given

A judge has had to take into account the background of the driver,

has he got a previous record, what he does for a living,

And then he has to look at the victim statement,

what are the consequences of the death on the

And he has to put all of that into a balance.

The family say everyone must take more responsibility

I know people go to jail regularly and they still commit the same

offences, and it's just a lack of concentration, for a single

It's 15 months since Jess was killed.

Her family say a two year jail sentence is simply not enough

Vicky Johnson, BBC Look North, Donnington.

?160 million of funding is going to be given

to the Yorkshire and Humber region to create jobs, build homes

The Government says the money, which was announced today,

will go some way towards easing the gap between the north

and south and help boost the economy in the north.

The Humber region is getting nearly ?28 million in total.

In Hull - ?3.5 million is being spent

in total on flood defences and redeveloping the city centre.

Improving the defences means that there'll be more sites where more

houses can be built and private companies will want to build things

Andrew Percy has said there are also plans to 'unlock' Grimsby town

centre - to encourage more economic growth in that area.

Let's be absolutely clear, the money we are getting for Yorkshire and

Humber is less than London will get out of the pot. We are doing well

but there's always more to be done to close that North - South divide.

Meanwhle, the East Riding of Yorkshire is sharing ?24

million with York and North Yorkshire.

In Goole, ?2.4 million is going to be spent

creating a new terminal, where the railway, sea, road

and waterway networks can all meet, with the idea of making the town

While ?3.5 million has been set aside for developing

But what about other places on the south bank

Well, Andrew Percy says there'll be an announcement about that

Lord Haskins is the Chair of the Humber Local Enterprise

partnership which will be responsible for the money.

I asked him if this was a win win situation for our area.

I think we've done really well compared with the rest

of the country, the Humber, that's a good thing.

We got much more than we expected to get.

And yet a lot of people say Manchester and the Northwest,

there's this East- West divide?

I don't think it's a completely West-East divide, I think you might

say that leads didn't do as well as Manchester,

but I think the Humber did every bit as well.

You said today 15 years from now Hull will be a thriving city.

I've lived here for 50 years, and I think there's been more

progress in the last five or six years than in the previous 40.

I think that Hull's building, the economy is building,

there's good investment coming in, a lot of self-confidence

in the town, the City of Culture is helping.

Goole is doing well, the East Riding always does well.

Yes, you think Goole need a renaissance?

Goole, what we'd like there is more better paid jobs.

A lot of jobs there, but not enough of the well-paid jobs.

Indeed, that is true in Hull as well.

Yes, you say that Hull will be the most attractive city

If you're watching tonight and you've not got a job,

It isn't, but unemployment is low in Hull, unemployment is as low

as it's been for years at the moment.

The quality of the jobs may not be what we want.

There are a lot of part-time workers, we would like to see more

Our job is to improve the quality of the jobs come and to do that,

we have to improve the quality of the skills of the people here.

Just finally, what can we do in Grimsby to sort things out there?

Just keep doing what we've been trying to do.

There are signs, in Grimsby, The government are going to invest

in the next few years, and I hope that we could

Offshore wind is helping Grimsby as well.

It always seems good news, Lord Haskins, thank

Lord Haskins the Chair of the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership

Lincolnshire County Council say they could save ?150 million

over five years, if they were to become

They intend to put the option to a public referendum

The County Council leader says it would be more

We have confusions over the roads, the County Council

maintains the roads, the District Council sweeps it.

So there's all this confusion, and frankly the public

We work as best we can together, County and District

You say what would we save, you would save, you wouldn't

need a chief executive, you wouldn't need eight management

teams, you wouldn't need eight of all sorts of things.

A leading surgeon says Hull City's medical team probably saved the life

of midfielder Ryan Mason. The player fractured his skull

during yesterday's game at Chelsea Although he is now conscious

and speaking it's thought a full recovery from the injury

could take many weeks. I think what we are seeing

is the result of changes in the process of recognising when

an injury or potential If it had been ignored,

if he'd been allowed to sort of stagger up and carry on,

possibly a worse outcome One of the biggest free music

festivals in Europe is to be 50,000 fans are expected

at Burton Constable near Hull for the Radio One

Big Weekend in May. It's coming to the area as part

of City of Culture celebrations. Acts such as Kings of Leon

and little Mix have I think it's going to be really,

really influential, because obviously a lot of big artists are

coming and people who see them in the media would like to be a part of

that. It will bring a lot of trade to the village. The city of culture

is brilliant, it's brought business in, people have come to see what

Yorkshire is all about. Predominantly dry as high pressure

dominates. A warning in place the mist and fog, some could be quite

dense. High-pressure hanging on but we will drag some cold air in from

the near continent on Thursday. Temperatures might not be higher

than two Celsius. A mixed bag tonight. When the cloud breaks there

will be mist and fog. Watch out for ice and frost. Temperatures down to

minus two degrees. As for tomorrow, a grey star in many places. That fog

slowly lifting and breaking. It could take quite a while, though.

Elsewhere it is bright with some sunny spells developing. Top

temperatures for - five Celsius. Widespread fog again on Tuesday

night and Wednesday morning. That is the forecast.

For the weekend we will have dry weather with sunny spells and it

will be a little bit weather with sunny spells and it

will be a little bit milder. Good evening. We are continuing to

see huge righty in the weather. Getting the detail right is proving

to be a challenge. This was in Pembrokeshire and other parts of the

UK were gloomy throughout the day. The fog is thickening up right now.

Particularly pool on the M5 in south-west England. Very foggy

across parts of the West Country. This fog is tending to spread its

way further