08/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

The headlines tonight: A cautious welcome for the Chancellor's budget

as rate cuts are promised for small businesses and pubs.

Whether it will offset the increases we were expecting anyway, many

customers say it's a slight drop in the ocean.

A "fourth emergency service" - the volunteers taking to their bikes

to help find missing people in Lincolnshire.

Join me for the detailed updated forecast with more sunshine in store

for tomorrow. Businesses in East Yorkshire

and Lincolnshire have broadly welcomed the Chancellor's budget

today - a budget which the government says "addresses

the key issues facing the country". In it, the Chancellor,

Phillip Hammond, promised to introduce a cap on business rates

for small businesses. People on low incomes

will see the living wage increased to ?7.50 an hour,

but National Insurance contributions Our Political Editor, Tim Iredale,

has been at Westminster today, Well, it depends on who you speak

to. I have heard it described as a bumper Brexit budget for our area

and a damp squib, too. We will hear and a damp squib, too. We will hear

from some of our MPs in the moment but first reaction from the business

community in our area. Businesses eagerly awaited

the traditional budget day pose and the start

of the Chancellor's speech. In the first budget since Brexit,

it was revealed the economy is Well, those that represent

businesses in the area say We are doing very

well at the moment. the Siemens investment,

the council talks about billions of investment, I'm sure that's more

than we've probably ever had at any single point in the past,

so we are on a bit of a role. There are difficulties

as we do know about, Here at Safety Clothing,

they're expanding rapidly This is our national distribution

strategy from the Chancellor. so we are going to have

to build another one. When it's all finished and up

to speed, there'll be over I was looking for fundamental

honesty about the state of the nation's

finances which I got. It was a sigh of relief

for this cafe whose business rates won't be as high

as they thought. Now the budget's come out,

it's a really big thing for us. 90% of pubs in the UK

will also receive a discount. This small brewery supplies

around 100 in our area. I spoke to people to see

what their thoughts were. They welcomed the Government's

recognition of pubs being a part of the community and, hopefully,

it's the first time we have seen that in a budget,

hopefully that will continue And we heard there'll be ?90 million

of transport spending for the north. So what would people like that

money to be spent on? Why don't we have the infrastructure

that Amsterdam has? Smoother pavements,

things like that. A sign on the main road into Hull

reads "What can you do?" It seems with a little

help, rather a lot. Tim political reaction has

there been to the budget today? Arguably the biggest talking point

tonight is the pledge to spend extra money on social care. Councils

across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been told they can

increase ties pack -- council tax bills by 3% this year.

Councils said they were facing a ?2.6 billion shortfall by 2020.

So, today the Chancellor announced he would set aside ?2 billion

for social care over the next three years.

Is it enough and I put that question to some of our MPs.

At least it's a contribution towards a significant problem.

What we have is the Government holding

its hands up and saying there is no crisis in our watch on health and

social care and throwing some money at it.

We need to look at how social care works in the long-term.

This will be an extra ?1 billion this coming year and I think

that will be good news, I hope, for Lincolnshire County

This wasn't a headline, giveaway budget and there won't be many

people cracking the bubbly open tonight because they feel better

off, Peter. And if you want more reaction

and analysis of today's budget, there's plenty of information

on the BBC webiste - Northern Rail has announced details

of a reduced service next Monday The RMT union balloted

for the strike over new arrangements Northern Rail says it will run

40% of its timetable The chairman of Hull

and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced he is to step

down at the end of the month. Mike Ramsden took on the role

after widespread bullying was exposed by the Care Quality

Commission. It's hoped a new electronic record

system for East Midlands Ambulance It will give paramedics quicker

access to medical records and allow information to be sent to hospitals

before the patient arrives. Around 200 properties

are still without water four days after pipe burst under a river

in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Anglian Water says bottled water

is being made available to people Every year, hundreds of people go

missing in Lincolnshire and valuable police time is spent trying

to find them. Now, thanks to a lottery grant,

a team of volunteers on mountain But there are only four bikes

for the whole of Lincolnshire and the Lowland Search and Rescue

team admits it needs more Laura Foster joined

them as they trained They're like mountain rescue

without the hills, the coast guard ready to help Lincolnshire Police

find people who've gone missing because of dementia,

mental health issues or because they've run

away from home. I can see it almost

like a fourth emergency service. There are times when

the emergency services themselves are pretty

stretched on the ground. They need the assistance

of volunteers. The mountain bike element

is fairly new to us so we are hitting the ground

running, so to speak, but yes, the element

is to They're given a meeting point that

can be anywhere from Grimsby Some will go on foot, but this

new bike team rides in a four. The person at the front's

in charge of navigating, the second rider looks left,

the third looks right, while the fourth is the team leader

and watches over the group. At the moment the team are being

briefed on their drill to find Pete. He and I were in the

middle of the forest. Got to run, hide, play a certain

type of persona so it Yes, hopefully they can find me

and bring me back safe. It's not just about cycling,

the team are specially trained in calming down vulnerably

individuals and guiding Lincolnshire Police says their help

is incredibly important. We'd struggle to find

the number of staff they can. We do rally every

available member of staff, but that extra

help is invaluable. Currently they've only got four

bikes for the second We're just about getting

by at the moment. We need more volunteers

to be able to join, train up and give a little bit

of time to the community. At the moment, there are no

mountain bike search teams for Yorkshire,

it's hoped that will be Laura Foster, BBC Look

North Market Rasen. And, although it was only a drill,

the team managed to find Pete Let's get a look at

the weather with Paul. What a lovely afternoon it was.

Sunshine tomorrow but windy at first. Fairly quiet conditions.

Maybe one or two showers into more northern areas later. Tomorrow,

variable cloud and the odd spot of rain for East Yorkshire but it looks

bright with plenty of sunshine for most and dry. Quite windy at first.

Cloudy but mostly dry on Friday and some patchy rain for the weekend.

Thank you for watching. We are back in the morning with summaries from

6:25am and your BBC local radio station will be on-air. Radio

Lincolnshire will have the latest on the water supply problems. Tune and

thank outlook, staying mild and Nick has

the bigger picture across the UK. Hello. Spring is in the air with

temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a few spots today as they will again

over the next few days. Very pleasant in the sun. The daffodils

were loving that in York. More places under blue sky tomorrow and

dry. Tonight heavy showers moving across Scotland on strong to gale

force winds, some may clip Northern Ireland. It's a mild night in

southern England and South Wales but damp and drizzly, misty with coastal

and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures in between and dry: This damp

weather hangs on from parts of the Channel Islands, to Cornwall.

Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in South Wales and southern England. In

England, Wales and Northern Ireland some sunny