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