:00:00. > :00:00.in Ukraine. That is all from the BBC News at six. It is goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:09.and on BBC One Good evening and welcome to BBC Look
:00:10. > :00:19.North. The headlines tonight. 37 years after becoming an MP, Austin
:00:20. > :00:24.Mitchell decides to stand down. A lot of the game to made have been
:00:25. > :00:27.rolled back by this government. A Government minister says Immingham
:00:28. > :00:30.needs more flood protection, but won't promise more money, A fire
:00:31. > :00:33.drives a couple out of the home they'd moved into after their house
:00:34. > :00:37.was flooded, Politicians from all sides have been reacting to the news
:00:38. > :00:41.that the Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell is to step down at the next
:00:42. > :00:51.election. He's represented the town in parliament for the past 37 years.
:00:52. > :00:56.The streets of Hull transformed into the set of a new film.
:00:57. > :01:02.A weekend of two halves as far as the weather is concerned. I will be
:01:03. > :01:14.back with the forecast. Good evening. Politicians from all
:01:15. > :01:17.sides have been reacting to the news that the great Grimsby MP Austin
:01:18. > :01:21.Mitchell will stand down at the next election. He has represented the
:01:22. > :01:24.town in Parliament for 37 years. The Labour leader Ed Miliband praised
:01:25. > :01:27.his "commitment to the people of Grimsby". In a moment, I'll be
:01:28. > :01:40.asking Austin Mitchell why he's decided to retire. But first, Tim
:01:41. > :01:47.Iredale looks back at his career. 21,000. Dot. Austin Mitchell has
:01:48. > :01:54.represented great Grimsby in Parliament since 1977. He says it is
:01:55. > :01:58.time to leave the political stage. It is time for change, time to bring
:01:59. > :02:02.in somebody younger. All I can do is go away and weep quietly, which I am
:02:03. > :02:09.now proposing to do. At a meeting last night, Austin Mitchell told
:02:10. > :02:14.people he will carry on as the MP until the general election next
:02:15. > :02:20.year, then he will step down. Austin Mitchell was a familiar face on our
:02:21. > :02:24.TV screens long before he entered politics. As a reporter with
:02:25. > :02:30.Yorkshire television, he covered serious news as well as
:02:31. > :02:34.light`hearted stories. Not surprisingly, for a former TV
:02:35. > :02:38.presenter, he was one of the leading campaigners in favour of television
:02:39. > :02:43.cameras being introduced in the House of Commons, of that was
:02:44. > :02:47.opposed by the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Most people know
:02:48. > :02:52.Austin as the local MP. It will be a hard act to follow. He has been a
:02:53. > :02:56.great servant to the local community. We have political
:02:57. > :03:02.differences, of course, but our aim is always to improve the lot of the
:03:03. > :03:09.people we represent. What do we say? Out. A fierce critic of the European
:03:10. > :03:13.Union, Austin Mitchell is one of the few Labour MPs to support Britain's
:03:14. > :03:17.withdrawal from the EU. At one point, he changed his name to Austin
:03:18. > :03:24.haddock to show support for Grimsby's fishing industry. People
:03:25. > :03:36.still say it is grim up there, but Austen has made it fun. This was the
:03:37. > :03:40.reaction from Grimsby voters. They should've gone a few years ago and
:03:41. > :03:49.enjoyed retirement. I wish him well. These can a lot of work for
:03:50. > :03:55.Grimsby. `` he has done a lot of work for Grimsby. I think we need
:03:56. > :04:01.somebody new. We need somebody with new ideas. Austin Mitchell will turn
:04:02. > :04:06.80 later this year, by the time of the next general election, he will
:04:07. > :04:10.have represented great Grimsby in Parliament for 38 years.
:04:11. > :04:14.I spoke to Austin Mitchell and asked why he thought now was the right
:04:15. > :04:25.time to announce his retirement as an MP. While, I think having an
:04:26. > :04:32.election in May, Parliament will come to an end early in April, and I
:04:33. > :04:40.think that is time for me to go. I shall be 80 this year. I don't think
:04:41. > :04:45.there is we will elect a geriatric. I don't want to go, actually,
:04:46. > :04:51.because I enjoyed the job so much, but it is time to bring in a new
:04:52. > :04:59.face, new approach, new energy. 37 years. What is your biggest
:05:00. > :05:04.achievement? I shouldn't laugh, because it is a sad moment. I think
:05:05. > :05:15.my biggest achievement was getting compensation for redundant
:05:16. > :05:19.fishermen. The Tory government had refused to pay them. We managed to
:05:20. > :05:31.get compensation. I think that is the biggest achievement. Life as an
:05:32. > :05:38.MP is a constant struggle. It is a struggle. The continuous run of
:05:39. > :05:43.helping people with problems is the most enjoyable thing. You always
:05:44. > :05:59.supported the fishing industry and the trawlermen. You changed your
:06:00. > :06:03.name. That is right. The fishing industry asked MPs to change their
:06:04. > :06:13.name. I was the only person that is enough to do it. I got free fish and
:06:14. > :06:18.chips. Hansard wrote to me and said, did they want my contributions to be
:06:19. > :06:22.from Austin Mitchell or Austin Haddock and at last point I changed
:06:23. > :06:32.back. Will you be sitting next to John Prescott in the House of Lords
:06:33. > :06:36.in a few years' time? I doubt it. I don't think I shall go there because
:06:37. > :06:46.I have not made any contribution to the Conservative Party. Would you
:06:47. > :06:54.like to? Well, I would like to. Politics continues. My history has
:06:55. > :07:00.been constant rearguard actions, against Europe, against economics of
:07:01. > :07:06.the Liberal party and the Conservative Party. I am not going
:07:07. > :07:08.to wish you a happy retirement because I am sure I will see many
:07:09. > :07:12.times before. We'd like to hear your thoughts on
:07:13. > :07:21.this story. As he approaches 80, is Austin Mitchell right to retire. How
:07:22. > :07:35.will you remember him as an MP in this area?
:07:36. > :07:59.Some of you have already been in touch on our Facebook page.
:08:00. > :08:10.In a moment: battling for bragging rights in the rugby league derby.
:08:11. > :08:12.The floods minister says it's "critically important" that
:08:13. > :08:28.Immingham is given more protection from tidal surges. Robert Goodwill
:08:29. > :08:38.has been at the port today to look at the damage done in the floods
:08:39. > :08:41.before Christmas. But he's stopped short of making a firm financial
:08:42. > :08:43.commitment. More from our Paul Murphy.
:08:44. > :08:50.You don't need to look hard in Immingham to get a sense of the
:08:51. > :08:53.damage caused by the tidal surge. At the charity which supports seafarers
:08:54. > :08:58.they don't expect to reopen fully until September. The entire building
:08:59. > :09:05.has been wrecked. The telephone systems have got to be put back in.
:09:06. > :09:08.The alarms have to be put back on. Skirting boards, full declaration,
:09:09. > :09:12.the far has to be built. But the floods here did much more
:09:13. > :09:23.than damage buildings. Immingham is a major processing centre for coal,
:09:24. > :09:26.gas and oil. Many of those facilities were knocked out and the
:09:27. > :09:29.Government was conncered about the nations energy supply. Today the
:09:30. > :09:32.floods minster said he wanted to learn how the government could
:09:33. > :09:35.better protect this port. The call that goes into those big power
:09:36. > :09:42.stations we all see on the motorway, by and large comes from here. Much
:09:43. > :09:45.of it comes through here. It is a vital national asset. It is
:09:46. > :09:49.important this acid is not compromised and put at risk by
:09:50. > :09:54.another tidal surge. The port operator does not need are simple
:09:55. > :09:58.enough. Big, stronger, coastal defences. It said that a it would
:09:59. > :10:05.have also helped to resist the surge. This port is at the centre of
:10:06. > :10:09.the UK's energy supply industry. If this goes out, we have major issues
:10:10. > :10:12.for the economy. That has been There's been no commitment given to
:10:13. > :10:14.fund improved defences, but the tidal surge revealed just how
:10:15. > :10:17.vulnerable the nation's energy supply is, and that's perhaps the
:10:18. > :10:29.most compelling argument for giving this port greater protection.
:10:30. > :10:36.Recognised. Paul is still at Immingham at the moment. What was
:10:37. > :10:40.the importance of this visit today? I think it was significant he was
:10:41. > :10:47.here. It reflects the importance of Immingham strategically.
:10:48. > :10:49.Interestingly, the minister told me that during those Cobra meetings
:10:50. > :10:55.about flooding in December, Immingham was very high up the
:10:56. > :10:59.agenda. That tells you what you need to know about how government views
:11:00. > :11:05.this place. No extra money announced today. That was never the intention.
:11:06. > :11:10.You could be sure that when the discussions take place, Immingham
:11:11. > :11:14.will forget largely when it comes to funding flood defences.
:11:15. > :11:18.Thank you. Some stories now. Two children remain in a serious
:11:19. > :11:21.condition in hospital after the car they were travelling in crashed into
:11:22. > :11:25.a ditch in North East Lincolnshire. It happened yesterday on South Marsh
:11:26. > :11:34.Road in Stallingborough. Police are appealing for witnesses. A former
:11:35. > :11:42.care home in Hull has been renovated into flat and bungalows. This
:11:43. > :11:47.development includes 16 flats and two bungalows, and is in great
:11:48. > :11:51.demand already. Full city council says it has a huge programme of
:11:52. > :11:53.housing works planned over the next 12 months that will generate
:11:54. > :12:01.construction jobs and better accommodation for local people ``
:12:02. > :12:07.whole city council. It is the first time in a few decades such a big
:12:08. > :12:25.programme has been in place. We are pleased to be able to start that
:12:26. > :12:30.construction. The chief executive of whole and East Yorkshire hospitals
:12:31. > :12:32.have announced his resignation `` the chief executive of Hull and East
:12:33. > :12:39.Yorkshire hospitals have announced his resignation. He had been in the
:12:40. > :12:43.role since 2010. Modern 200 men who claimed they were
:12:44. > :12:47.abused at a former school in market Wheaton could see their cases for
:12:48. > :12:53.compensation come to court. Saint William school, which was owned by
:12:54. > :12:58.the catholic school, closed in 1992. There has been a long`running
:12:59. > :13:05.legal battle over hundreds of claims of sexual and physical abuse.
:13:06. > :13:09.It was a residential school owned by the Catholic Church, and it is
:13:10. > :13:16.alleged that in its 40 year history, over 250 boys were physically and
:13:17. > :13:22.sexually abused here. In 2004, the former principal here was jailed for
:13:23. > :13:28.14 years for abusing boys at the school. He was part of a Catholic
:13:29. > :13:33.organisation that run the school and provided teachers. The Roman
:13:34. > :13:40.Catholic dioceses of Middlesbrough owned Saint Williams and appointed
:13:41. > :13:42.the brothers to manage it. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that both
:13:43. > :13:47.organisations should share responsibility for the abuse, and
:13:48. > :13:52.between them, share the cost of any future claims for compensation,
:13:53. > :13:57.which lawyers say could amount to millions of pounds.
:13:58. > :14:02.What has happened in this case now, Caroline? Solicitors acting on
:14:03. > :14:07.behalf of of the men who claim their were abused totals about a hearing
:14:08. > :14:11.at the High Court yesterday. During the hearing, the judge decided that
:14:12. > :14:16.some other compensation claims should be heard in court and trial
:14:17. > :14:20.dates will be set for May of next year. It is still hope that the
:14:21. > :14:26.majority of the cases can be settled without the need to go to court. It
:14:27. > :14:36.is one of the UK's longest running child abuse cases. Those who say
:14:37. > :14:45.they were victims here just want it to be resolved.
:14:46. > :14:51.Thank you for watching. A fire forced a couple out of their own
:14:52. > :14:59.home. How a film in Hull could bring ?1 million to our city.
:15:00. > :15:12.If you take a good picture at the weekend, send it in. Lee Wilson took
:15:13. > :15:20.tonight. Thank you for that. Another picture next week. Good evening.
:15:21. > :15:24.Good evening. All this talk of retirement. Austin Mitchell, Bruce
:15:25. > :15:29.Forsyth. Anything you want to tell us?
:15:30. > :15:32.Happy Easter to you as well. I bought you an expensive Easter eggs
:15:33. > :15:36.this afternoon. Is that why you didn't answer my
:15:37. > :15:40.phone calls? I was told you are chatting in the newsroom.
:15:41. > :15:51.I was buying your pack. The Easter weekend. The first looks
:15:52. > :16:04.nice. It goes downhill on Sunday. A chilly start tomorrow, but it will
:16:05. > :16:20.be a bright the day. Beware, very chilly. Quite blustery out there.
:16:21. > :16:37.Through the evening, we will see clear spells developing. It will
:16:38. > :16:52.develop into a fine night. A touch of Frost to start the day tomorrow.
:16:53. > :16:58.As big of a nippy start, but it will be nice. Dry and fine. Plenty of
:16:59. > :17:15.sunshine. Things going downhill through the weekend. Very chilly out
:17:16. > :17:29.there. Around average for the time of year. Even colder into Saturday.
:17:30. > :17:32.On Sunday, ten and wetter. Everybody wants to know why you were
:17:33. > :17:41.ringing me. Do you want me to tell them?
:17:42. > :17:48.You are in bad books now. The cool family have lost the last
:17:49. > :17:58.of their possessions after a fire in their temporary home.
:17:59. > :18:00.Like many who suffered the surge, Geoff and Stephanie Cowling thought
:18:01. > :18:06.they had weathered their worst look at the hands of of the element in
:18:07. > :18:11.December's floods. The scene in their village. Just days ago, their
:18:12. > :18:18.temporary home caught fire at the hands of the spring sunshine. A fire
:18:19. > :18:22.investigation report has concluded bright sunlight coming in from one
:18:23. > :18:27.of the windows behind me hate a mirror and directed concentrated
:18:28. > :18:31.heat onto one of the sofa cushions, catching fire. Humberside Fire and
:18:32. > :18:39.Rescue services very rare, and one almost impossible to foresee. They
:18:40. > :18:44.just act to get my son a computer, mere computer, get a few things back
:18:45. > :18:49.together, and we have lost everything again. We are back to
:18:50. > :18:54.square one. The family were given ?3000 from their insurance company,
:18:55. > :19:03.some of which they used to buy new household items, items they will now
:19:04. > :19:08.have to buy or borrow again. Friends are wanting to come and help. Even
:19:09. > :19:12.the builder wanted to take washing for his wife to watch for others.
:19:13. > :19:18.Members of the community have offered what help they can. Some of
:19:19. > :19:22.the residents have left money behind a bar for them to come in for a meal
:19:23. > :19:30.and stuff. We have genetically as well. They were have many worries
:19:31. > :19:39.about rooting for a few days. `` we have donated a meal as well. You can
:19:40. > :19:44.always find a silver lining in even the darkest of clouds. I have just
:19:45. > :19:49.got to keep myself together and hope things will come right. At least we
:19:50. > :20:02.are not hurt. It could've been a lot worse. Somebody have been killed.
:20:03. > :20:05.Dreadfully sad story. We wish them the very best.
:20:06. > :20:11.The BBC has received numerous reports of tremors being felt in the
:20:12. > :20:14.south of Lincolnshire this morning. They were the result of a small
:20:15. > :20:17.earthquake which shook parts of the East Midlands at around seven
:20:18. > :20:29.o'clock. There have not been any reports of injuries or damage. I
:20:30. > :20:36.headed distant low rumbling sound. A slight vibration. Having gone
:20:37. > :20:42.through an earthquake, I recognise the signs.
:20:43. > :20:46.Humberside Airport have announced they will be offering flights to
:20:47. > :20:50.Mallorca starting next summer. Thomson holidays will be running the
:20:51. > :20:52.route to Palma from early May to mid October. The airport welcomes
:20:53. > :21:00.Thomson's return and says it's down to local economic changes. Hull FC
:21:01. > :21:04.coach Lee Radford says his roots in East Hull will be put to one side as
:21:05. > :21:09.he takes charge of his first Super League derby tonight. Hull, whose
:21:10. > :21:13.home is in the west of the City, travel East to Hull KR tonight and
:21:14. > :21:16.his side go into the game having won three of the last four derbies.
:21:17. > :21:20.Phillip Norton reports. He's used to the pressure as a
:21:21. > :21:23.player, having had a vital role in many Hull derbies of the past. But
:21:24. > :21:27.for Lee Radford, the fixture's been taken to a whole new level when
:21:28. > :21:37.you're head coach ` especially if you live in the other half of hull.
:21:38. > :21:41.You can see how important it is. Lee Radford was born on this side of
:21:42. > :21:45.the River Hull, the dividing line for whether youre a red and white
:21:46. > :21:54.Hull KR fan in the east of the city, or a black and white Hull FC fan to
:21:55. > :21:57.the west. And with much of the city united with the football club's
:21:58. > :22:01.achievements in the past week, tonight's match brings the rugby
:22:02. > :22:08.rivalry to the fore once again. I live over that side of the city. I
:22:09. > :22:19.can take the kids to school with a smile on my face if we get a good
:22:20. > :22:35.result. It is a massive game. It's the 221st meeting between the
:22:36. > :22:38.rivals. Hull KR trail FC by just one point in the league table, adding to
:22:39. > :22:42.the importance for the Robins to turn around recent losses in the
:22:43. > :22:47.derby on home turf. It will be a tough game. We will play the best we
:22:48. > :22:51.can. A KR fan as a boy, Lee Radford's
:22:52. > :23:19.done his bit for his native side of the
:23:20. > :23:21.distribute tickets for next month's final against Arsenal. Season ticket
:23:22. > :23:24.holders who went to Sunday's win over Sheffield United will be given
:23:25. > :23:27.the first chance to buy Final tickets. Then after the other season
:23:28. > :23:31.ticket holders have their chance tickets will go on general sale with
:23:32. > :23:37.the same priority given to those who attended the cup semi final.
:23:38. > :25:37.Five people have been selected to carry the
:25:38. > :25:43.?1 million into the city. It is an industry. It is the thing people
:25:44. > :25:47.need to concentrate on. The road closures and slight disruption is
:25:48. > :25:50.worth every penny because of what comes back to their city. The
:25:51. > :25:53.filming here will take just a fortnight. But with the film going
:25:54. > :26:06.on global release next year, it will showcase Hull to millions.
:26:07. > :26:18.Very exciting. Strictly speaking, they were not route masters. They
:26:19. > :26:22.were introduced in 1954. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:23. > :26:26.and regional headlines. This is the search continues for
:26:27. > :26:29.survivors following the sinking of a ferry which was carrying hundreds of
:26:30. > :26:32.school students. Austrian Mitchell says he used to
:26:33. > :26:33.alter rubbers in the town in Parliament and the will stand down
:26:34. > :26:49.at the next general election. Some of the messages for Austin
:26:50. > :26:53.Mitchell. Doris said, I did not realise he was coming up to 80, I
:26:54. > :26:58.hope you enjoyed retirement. Another one, he has been brilliant for
:26:59. > :27:05.Grimsby, put your feet up and enjoy retirement. Graham says, I remember
:27:06. > :27:11.a young Austin visiting our street party for the Queens Silver Jubilee
:27:12. > :27:16.in 1977. This is from the Queen family. Thank you, Austin, for all
:27:17. > :27:22.the help of the fishermen. David says, it should be Lord Mitchell, no
:27:23. > :27:31.discretion required. He has been one with the people and one for the
:27:32. > :27:37.people. This is from Mr Blanchard. He says, thank you for looking after
:27:38. > :27:42.the people of Grimsby from a fisherman's grandson. Nice message.
:27:43. > :27:45.Thank you for watching. Have a happy and peaceful Easter. Goodbye.