:00:00. > :00:00.in the Turkish mine disaster has risen, over 200 dead and 120 are
:00:00. > :00:00.still trapped. We
:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:20.Calls for an increase in the speed limit for lorries on one of our
:00:21. > :00:23.busiest roads. The driving is dangerous on
:00:24. > :00:27.occasions and the crossing by overtaking vehicles.
:00:28. > :00:30.The Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell is reprimanded following a tweet
:00:31. > :00:35.A little boy with a serious heart condition is chosen to walk out at
:00:36. > :00:53.How long we'll be fine weather last? Join me for the latest.
:00:54. > :00:56.Campaigners say big changes are needed to a major route through
:00:57. > :01:04.Lorry drivers want the speed limit for them on the A15
:01:05. > :01:08.north of Lincoln to be increased from 40 to 50 miles an hour.
:01:09. > :01:11.They say it will help stop impatient car drivers taking risks
:01:12. > :01:25.Slow lorries causing long tailbacks on rule roads. It is a daily
:01:26. > :01:31.frustration on the A15 in Lincolnshire for car and lorry
:01:32. > :01:37.drivers. There is a car overtaking on a blind corner. This haulier says
:01:38. > :01:40.if lorries were allowed to go faster on some stretches, it would stop
:01:41. > :01:46.dangerous overtaking by impatient motorists. On the long straights
:01:47. > :01:52.where visibility is good, if they put it up to 50, the cars that are
:01:53. > :01:57.behind that of restricted, everything quill move. The speed
:01:58. > :02:01.limit for heavy goods vehicles on single carriageway is is 40 miles an
:02:02. > :02:09.hour. The government is carrying out a consultation on raising it to 45
:02:10. > :02:16.or 50 miles an hour. The change would affect 280,000 vehicles. They
:02:17. > :02:21.overtake on bends, it is dangerous. A lorry is a long way, if you have
:02:22. > :02:26.got to go slow, you have got to go slow. Lorry drivers in Scotland will
:02:27. > :02:31.be able to travel at 50 as part of a trial, something this man wants to
:02:32. > :02:35.be tested here, after he was caught speeding in his lorry. I have
:02:36. > :02:40.measured on the stretch we are talking about summer you will get 12
:02:41. > :02:45.overtakes in that time from cars, one of which will be over double
:02:46. > :02:50.white lines, and it is very dangerous. I thought I would test
:02:51. > :02:53.out how long it takes to get from Lincoln along this road to
:02:54. > :02:59.Scunthorpe, and how much of the journey is spent stuck behind a
:03:00. > :03:06.lorry. It was not long before I joined a tailback. I have completed
:03:07. > :03:12.the journey pretty quickly, 22 minutes, an average speed of 50
:03:13. > :03:16.miles an hour. For half of the time, I was behind a lorry, which was
:03:17. > :03:23.clearly going faster than 40 miles an hour. The vehicle handling will
:03:24. > :03:26.be compromised, and putting the vehicles into the overtaking
:03:27. > :03:31.manoeuvres for longer is a risk to other road users, so we do not feel
:03:32. > :03:35.it is a good idea. Some motorists argued the best way to improve
:03:36. > :03:40.safety on this route is to turn the road into a jaw carriageway.
:03:41. > :03:43.Do you think the speed limit for lorries on single carriageways
:03:44. > :03:56.The government has been consulting on this since 2012. We are expecting
:03:57. > :04:03.the findings later this year. It is unlikely there will be any changes
:04:04. > :04:08.soon. This is one stretch of the A15 which lorry drivers they would be
:04:09. > :04:13.safe to travel at 50. It is wide and straight for a good mile or so, we
:04:14. > :04:17.have seen some queues here this evening, and the argument goes that
:04:18. > :04:21.if you put up speed limits, that cuts congestion, speeds up journey
:04:22. > :04:26.times, and that is all good for business. It is worth remembering
:04:27. > :04:29.that the County of Lincolnshire has no motorways, so this is a hot
:04:30. > :04:39.topic, because it can be slow getting around.
:04:40. > :04:46.Should the speed limit the increased? Would you be happy to see
:04:47. > :04:47.lorries going faster? We will have some of your thoughts before we
:04:48. > :05:06.finish at 7pm. The minor parties hoping to make
:05:07. > :05:10.a mark in next week's The Labour MP for Great Grimsby
:05:11. > :05:18.Austin Mitchell has refused to apologise for comparing a US
:05:19. > :05:23.pharmaceutical company to a rapist The Minister For Women Nicky Morgan
:05:24. > :05:29.has described the tweet as deeply offensive and called for the Labour
:05:30. > :05:33.leader Ed Miliband to take action. Mr Mitchell has dismissed the
:05:34. > :05:44.controversy as a storm in a teacup. Earlier, I spoke to Mr Mitchell and
:05:45. > :06:03.asked him whether describing a drugs I am made to feel like Jeremy
:06:04. > :06:06.Clarkson, I did not anticipate this. One of the definitions of rape in
:06:07. > :06:13.the Oxford in this dictionary is to plunder, and that is what I fear
:06:14. > :06:23.will happen to AstraZeneca. You talk about the rape of the countryside
:06:24. > :06:29.and the rainforests, but I have had abuse landing on my head. Others do
:06:30. > :06:37.not see it as a waste of time. It is, because people are missing the
:06:38. > :06:46.point. In Twitter, it is difficult to express what I think is going to
:06:47. > :06:50.the `` going to be the fate of AstraZeneca, subjugation to a
:06:51. > :06:56.foreign company, cutting off research, and weakening of the
:06:57. > :07:02.company, in 140 characters. I did it graphically. Perhaps I should have
:07:03. > :07:06.used the word rapacious. Nicky Morgan has said, if you do not
:07:07. > :07:13.apologise, you should be suspended. Do you want to apologise? All of the
:07:14. > :07:18.people who talk about the HST raping the countryside in the same mode,
:07:19. > :07:25.bigots that it's want to make a party political point, most of the
:07:26. > :07:28.people are conservatives, they want to distract attention from the fact
:07:29. > :07:33.that AstraZeneca is going to be taken over. Do you want to apologise
:07:34. > :07:44.on the TV now, so everybody sees it? Note. I do apologise for
:07:45. > :07:47.inconvenience in Ed Miliband, because of the reaction it has
:07:48. > :07:53.caused, but what I said was the truth. You do not want to
:07:54. > :07:58.apologise? I am sorry for the trouble I have caused the Labour
:07:59. > :08:05.Party, but what I said was essentially true.
:08:06. > :08:09.Do you agree with him that it is a storm in a teacup, or should he not
:08:10. > :08:22.have used the language he used? Police
:08:23. > :08:23.and health`and`safety officials are investigating after a farm worker
:08:24. > :08:27.was killed on a Lincolnshire farm. 60`year`old John Turner died
:08:28. > :08:30.after he was crushed by a cow An inquest into his death has
:08:31. > :08:39.been opened and adjourned. Five people have been hurt
:08:40. > :08:42.in a crash near Skegness. The emergency services were called
:08:43. > :08:45.to the A52 at Ingoldmells just The injured are aged between 16
:08:46. > :08:49.and 33 and were all travelling The Prime Minister has offered
:08:50. > :08:54.the Nigerian government the use of a surveillance aircraft
:08:55. > :08:57.from Lincolnshire to help search The Sentinel plane,
:08:58. > :09:01.which is based at RAF Waddington, would work alongside US forces
:09:02. > :09:05.and the Nigerian army. The girls were taken
:09:06. > :09:08.from a school last month A week tomorrow, more than half
:09:09. > :09:19.a billion people will be eligible Here on BBC Look North, we've been
:09:20. > :09:25.looking at the choices facing voters We've heard from the Conservatives,
:09:26. > :09:28.Labour, Tonight, we look at some
:09:29. > :09:44.of the other parties hoping to make Recent experience tells us the
:09:45. > :09:49.majority of people support one of the parties led by these four men.
:09:50. > :09:53.But there are signs that some voters could put their crosses in a
:09:54. > :09:58.different box in next week's European elections. This provides
:09:59. > :10:02.central heating. Green party candidates have been buoyed by at
:10:03. > :10:07.least one opinion poll putting them have the Liberal Democrats. They
:10:08. > :10:13.believe more homes like this one should benefit from renewable energy
:10:14. > :10:16.such as solar power. People are finding it difficult to deal with
:10:17. > :10:22.their fuel bills, so let's get some European resources in, let's link it
:10:23. > :10:27.with local government resources, which are limited, to try to do some
:10:28. > :10:32.worthwhile things. From green to red and white, these are not England
:10:33. > :10:35.supporters making an early getaway to Brazil, but the English
:10:36. > :10:40.Democrats, demanding a greater voice for England in Brussels. People are
:10:41. > :10:45.sick of the fact that the other home nations of the UK have their own
:10:46. > :10:49.parliament, and England does not, and the people of England feel left
:10:50. > :10:56.behind. Some believe we should not be part of the EU at all. See what
:10:57. > :11:00.you think, getting out of Europe, we would be better, not spending the
:11:01. > :11:05.money. We want to leave Europe, we do not think the referendum is the
:11:06. > :11:13.right way, we think the ballot box for people to vote for us to leave
:11:14. > :11:17.Europe. We would call for an immediate withdrawal outside of the
:11:18. > :11:22.EU, Pol out of it altogether. It is not working. Voters in towns like
:11:23. > :11:28.Beverley are being targeted by a range of political parties. Some
:11:29. > :11:31.want us to remain part of the EU, others want us out, and some are
:11:32. > :11:36.calling for more direct power for Yorkshire. Yorkshire has a good
:11:37. > :11:42.story to tell, a population of 5 million people, the economy is twice
:11:43. > :11:47.the size of Wales, but it has the power of neither. We have enormous
:11:48. > :11:51.potential. The Tour de France is coming here, Hull have the city of
:11:52. > :11:56.culture, we want to be able to unleash the potential. Next
:11:57. > :12:00.Thursday, voters may choose to support the main political parties
:12:01. > :12:01.or consider an alternative in this most unpredictable election
:12:02. > :12:06.campaign. There's been a fall in the number of
:12:07. > :12:10.people out of work in our region. Unemployment in Yorkshire
:12:11. > :12:14.and the Humber is at 230,000. That's down by 8,000 compared to
:12:15. > :12:18.the previous quarter. In the East Midlands, which covers
:12:19. > :12:21.Lincolnshire, the jobless total is However, one candidate standing
:12:22. > :12:29.in the local`council election in Hull, who is opposed to all cuts
:12:30. > :12:45.to council jobs and services, says We welcome the reduction in
:12:46. > :12:49.unemployment, but you have to look deeper than the figures, and look at
:12:50. > :12:53.how many of those young people have been forced onto zero hours
:12:54. > :12:57.contracts, how many are part`time, how many Arsenal having to claim
:12:58. > :13:01.benefits, because most people claiming benefits are working, so it
:13:02. > :13:05.is the working poor that are the ones who we need to look at.
:13:06. > :13:08.And you can find a full list of the candidates standing in
:13:09. > :13:12.the Hull City Council local election by going to BBC Humberside online
:13:13. > :13:18.site and following the links to the local election coverage there.
:13:19. > :13:23.Hull City's FA Cup final opponents explain how they plan to stop
:13:24. > :13:40.And, the boy who will work out `` walk out with his Hull City heroes.
:13:41. > :13:49.Keep the photos coming in with the good weather. This was before the
:13:50. > :13:58.good weather came. Another picture tomorrow night.
:13:59. > :14:07.This one, Mr Hudson is quite sexy now he has had the work done, he is
:14:08. > :14:12.the, shattered Acca for the menopausal generation! We should not
:14:13. > :14:18.have done that before the watershed!
:14:19. > :14:23.What work? I will leave the Botox to you! For the next 24 hours, it is
:14:24. > :14:31.not bad, there will be more cloud tomorrow. Variable cloud, some warm
:14:32. > :14:34.sunny spells as well, just the risk of the odd light shower, so not
:14:35. > :14:40.quite the clear blue sky we have had today. It is a lovely outlook,
:14:41. > :14:45.Friday and Saturday look nice. A question as to when the weather will
:14:46. > :14:53.break down. Not until late on Sunday, it seems, which is good
:14:54. > :14:57.news, but the timing may change. Lots of cloud, which will spill
:14:58. > :15:03.Southeast overnight. It has not stopped temperatures reaching 17
:15:04. > :15:04.this afternoon. Overnight, it turns cloudy, with the odd light shower
:15:05. > :15:24.possible. Variable, perhaps large amounts of
:15:25. > :15:27.cloud through tomorrow, it may well produce the odd light shower, but
:15:28. > :15:31.some good breaks coming through, some sunny spells, though the
:15:32. > :15:43.sunshine may be hazy. A light breeze. A westerly breeze in
:15:44. > :15:53.Bridlington, much better news for the coast. The temperatures are even
:15:54. > :15:59.higher on Friday, a lot of sunshine, a beautiful day. The warm weather
:16:00. > :16:02.lasts until the weekend, just the chance of a shower on Saturday
:16:03. > :16:08.afternoon and a bit of patchy rain late on Sunday.
:16:09. > :16:14.I hope our writer was concentrating on the forecast! Have a nice
:16:15. > :16:21.evening. We do not need a reply! This is all mine!
:16:22. > :16:24.More than 100 personnel from RAF Coningsby have been deployed to
:16:25. > :16:26.help patrol the skies above the Baltic states.
:16:27. > :16:29.Four aircraft left Lincolnshire last month and will spend 16 weeks
:16:30. > :16:32.in Lithuania as part of the NATO operation.
:16:33. > :16:40.It comes amid tensions in the region between Russia and Ukraine.
:16:41. > :16:49.13,000 feet over Eastern Europe, typhoons from RAF Coningsby
:16:50. > :16:53.manoeuvre alongside our Voyager jet. As tensions between Russia and
:16:54. > :16:57.Ukraine continue to rise, these are among four typhoons from the
:16:58. > :17:05.squadron helping to protect the Baltic states and secure NATO
:17:06. > :17:10.airspace. They have been called to a loss of litigation is a craft, they
:17:11. > :17:15.are joining up to try to see what state the aeroplane is in, have a
:17:16. > :17:21.good look, try and identify what type of aircraft it is. The crews
:17:22. > :17:27.have been deployed to this former Soviet airbase in Lithuania, it has
:17:28. > :17:32.taken an RAF team to bring tonnes of equipment and aircraft shelters as
:17:33. > :17:38.well as these jets. They are ready to scramble at a moment's notice.
:17:39. > :17:44.The mission is about reassurance to the Baltic states. As an aircraft in
:17:45. > :17:49.distressed, or an aircraft that has not followed a plan, or a military
:17:50. > :17:54.aircraft that needs to be identified. We are excited to be
:17:55. > :17:59.here, we have been made to feel very welcome in Lithuania, it is great to
:18:00. > :18:03.get stuck in. The Lincolnshire crews were sent here just over two weeks
:18:04. > :18:08.ago amid the West's condemnation of Russia's behaviour. The nearby
:18:09. > :18:15.Baltic states do not have their own air defence fighters so these jets,
:18:16. > :18:19.along with others from RAF Waddington, will support other
:18:20. > :18:24.allies and provide reassurance. It is not dissimilar to the task we
:18:25. > :18:28.carry out in the UK, the duties are fairly similar, the air space,
:18:29. > :18:34.working with the local controllers has been fine, we have been flying
:18:35. > :18:38.missions over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to various international
:18:39. > :18:43.airports as well, as part of our reassurance task. This is what
:18:44. > :18:47.happens if an unidentified aircraft approaches or enters without
:18:48. > :18:53.approval. Airborne within minutes. We are used to it, both at RAF
:18:54. > :18:58.Coningsby and at RAF Leuchars. It is not routine, but we are
:18:59. > :19:04.comfortable. This is the first time the RAF has deployed on an air
:19:05. > :19:05.policing mission for ten years. It is likely this part of the world
:19:06. > :19:18.could be a base for some time yet. Last night, we were talking about
:19:19. > :19:24.the pavement and the road, he said `` the shared space. One person
:19:25. > :19:53.says, this is dangerous and impractical.
:19:54. > :20:01.The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been paying credit to the
:20:02. > :20:04.Hull City manager Steve Bruce ahead of this weekend's FA Cup final.
:20:05. > :20:06.The Frenchman held his side's pre`match press conference
:20:07. > :20:20.Fear at the Arsenal training ground, the talk has been about them
:20:21. > :20:27.breaking their 90s `` nine year wait for a trophy. Here, that counts as a
:20:28. > :20:30.long time. Arsene Wenger took time out to consider the work that Steve
:20:31. > :20:35.Bruce had done at Hull City over the past years. He has done extremely
:20:36. > :20:41.well, I said that two weeks ago, he has done extremely well to keep them
:20:42. > :20:46.up in the Premier League and get them to the FA Cup final. It is a
:20:47. > :20:51.great achievement. Back in Hull, one person that wants to dent the dream
:20:52. > :20:57.is Curtis Davies. For him, the FA Cup has lost none of its magic, and
:20:58. > :21:02.to lift it would be a dream country. To win an FA Cup is the stuff you
:21:03. > :21:06.dream of. To play in an FA Cup final is one thing, that is a dream
:21:07. > :21:12.accomplished, but once you get there, I have said on a number of
:21:13. > :21:16.occasions, you want to win it. I am hoping that we have got enough on
:21:17. > :21:20.the day to do that. There can be little doubt that Arsenal start as
:21:21. > :21:22.out and out favourites, pretty much like Manchester City last season.
:21:23. > :21:27.But as we saw emerged as winners, so maybe there
:21:28. > :21:42.is hope for Hull. Very few people get to walk on the
:21:43. > :21:47.pitch at Wembley, but Freddie will be one of them. He has been chosen
:21:48. > :21:51.as the mascot for the FA Cup final. It is one of the things on his to`do
:21:52. > :21:59.list, and he is getting ready for his moment in the spotlight.
:22:00. > :22:03.Walking out at the KC Stadium is the stuff dreams are made of. Imagine
:22:04. > :22:11.walking out on the hallowed turf of Wembley. Freddie has only three
:22:12. > :22:17.sleeps to wait. At first, I was scared. But then, I got excited. He
:22:18. > :22:21.has a terminal heart condition, and along with riding in a speedboat,
:22:22. > :22:27.being a mascot was on his to`do list, so what is he most looking
:22:28. > :22:36.forward to? Walking onto the field at Wembley. I will be shaking
:22:37. > :22:43.hands, then they take me back to the changing room, but I will still be
:22:44. > :22:50.in my kit when I go back on my coach. Seeing his face when he walks
:22:51. > :22:55.out onto the pitch, he will be so proud, and it will make me... You
:22:56. > :23:00.can not get memories like that, this does not happen everyday. It will be
:23:01. > :23:07.a big day for his sister, as well. She was able to have the surgery
:23:08. > :23:20.Freddie is too unwell for. My heart has been fixed, his can not be.
:23:21. > :23:23.Every second counts. We have no timescale, Freddie could die today,
:23:24. > :23:31.he might not even make Saturday. All he cares about is his lunch. If I do
:23:32. > :23:37.not like it, I will eat what my mum will make! He will not eat jam, so
:23:38. > :23:42.he will see what it is, if it beats his approval, he will eat it, if
:23:43. > :23:47.not, I have got to have a spare one in my bag. Never mind a Hull City
:23:48. > :23:51.victory, we have got to pray it is not jam!
:23:52. > :23:59.What a big day it will be. Ducklings living
:24:00. > :24:01.in Bridlington have found an unlikely bodyguard to protect
:24:02. > :24:03.them from threatening seagulls. A barnacle goose has taken to
:24:04. > :24:06.escorting the ducks and their newly`hatched chicks
:24:07. > :24:11.around the harbour, He'll chase away any seagull
:24:12. > :24:19.that gets too close. If you know a story that we do not
:24:20. > :24:26.know about, send us an e`mail. Let's get a recap of the
:24:27. > :24:35.national and regional headlines. The death toll rises in the Turkish
:24:36. > :24:41.mine disaster, 250 men are confirmed to have died.
:24:42. > :24:45.Austin Mitchell refuses to apologise for a tweet which compared and
:24:46. > :24:51.American drugs firm to a rapist. Most of the people attacking me are
:24:52. > :24:56.conservatives who want to exacerbate the issue to distract attention from
:24:57. > :25:01.the fact that AstraZeneca is going to be taken over.
:25:02. > :25:06.The weather forecast for tomorrow, it gets better and better, most
:25:07. > :25:14.places try and bright, some cloud. It feels very warm.
:25:15. > :25:21.The speed limits for lorries should be increased on roads like the A15,
:25:22. > :25:28.a big response on this. Patrick says, it will not help, the roads
:25:29. > :25:37.need to be a dual carriageway, if not, it should and how people to
:25:38. > :25:41.pass. Rachel says, speed is not a factor, it is more the impatient
:25:42. > :25:46.drivers overtaking in the wrong places and taking unnecessary risks.
:25:47. > :25:51.One person says, allowing lorries to travel at 50 would help, because it
:25:52. > :25:54.would stop some impatient drivers trying to pass, but it will not stop
:25:55. > :25:57.or accident. We will have some more tomorrow
:25:58. > :26:23.night. Have a nice evening, see you tomorrow.
:26:24. > :26:28.Europe. A community of nations which can do no wrong.
:26:29. > :26:31.A perfect brotherhood in which we all share.
:26:32. > :26:39.the benefits are obvious to being in...
:26:40. > :26:44.Hampering a British recovery and harping on about climate change.