:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:11.The Lincolnshire fighter jets preparing to patrol the skies
:00:12. > :00:24.It is not in response to any specific threat but a component of
:00:25. > :00:28.how Nato supports its allies. Ukip
:00:29. > :00:30.representatives say they're still relevant despite their only MP
:00:31. > :00:46.leaving the party. How'd you can get your ticket to
:00:47. > :00:50.Radio 1's Big Weekend. Sun-macro it is a world-class festival and if you
:00:51. > :00:51.compare it to Reading and Leeds, it is still representing really good
:00:52. > :00:54.money. Scunthorpe United win a thriller
:00:55. > :00:56.over a promotion rival but what will it mean
:00:57. > :01:06.for their season? After a sunny weekend, will the sun
:01:07. > :01:17.shine this week? Join me for the weather forecast.
:01:18. > :01:33.As one of the biggest deployment since the end of the Cold War,
:01:34. > :01:40.equivalent and personal flying to Europe.
:01:41. > :01:41.The RAF fighters from RAF Coningsby
:01:42. > :01:43.will work with Romanian forces in the region.
:01:44. > :01:46.But one expert in international diplomacy has warned that it
:01:47. > :01:48.could lead to an escalation in tensions between
:01:49. > :01:50.Russia and the West, as Crispin Rolfe reports.
:01:51. > :01:52.A build up of tanks - first in the Ukraine by Russia,
:01:53. > :01:56.An increase in tension following Russia's 2014 armed
:01:57. > :01:58.takeover of the then Ukranian state, the Crimea.
:01:59. > :02:02.It's a move which this year has seen a build up of forces on both sides
:02:03. > :02:05.And one which is about to include jets, personnel and spares
:02:06. > :02:11.Today 200 tonnes of equipment is already on its way to Romania,
:02:12. > :02:14.from where up to six of the airbase's Typhoons
:02:15. > :02:33.It is about reassurance. The Nato emissions show deterrent against
:02:34. > :02:37.aggression and our ability to demonstrate collective resolve.
:02:38. > :02:45.Sun-macro we have vehicles moving away on land and then going across
:02:46. > :02:46.to the ports. We will be deploying the remaining attachment by air as
:02:47. > :02:49.well. Following Russian incursions
:02:50. > :02:51.into European air space in 2015, last year the Ministry
:02:52. > :02:53.of Defence announced that RAF Coningsby's typhoons
:02:54. > :02:55.would fly to Romania to help patrol the skies above Nato's Black Sea
:02:56. > :02:58.Allies, themselves once And this month, the UK also deployed
:02:59. > :03:01.120 troops to Estonia as part of one of the biggest
:03:02. > :03:03.British deployments But all of this military action,
:03:04. > :03:08.has prompted criticism, with some saying its inflaming
:03:09. > :03:26.Russia's RAF Coningsby. -- own border fears. If you get
:03:27. > :03:32.tension across an area, you can get mistakes. Accidents, incidents and
:03:33. > :03:37.mavericks. You might have patrols that stray across the border and it
:03:38. > :03:42.can lead to major problems. That is the risk of this situation and one
:03:43. > :03:48.which in some ways has to be avoided. RAF Coningsby's role in
:03:49. > :03:52.setting up a air base away from home would be a huge logistical exercise
:03:53. > :03:57.but those in charge also know that the real challenge is to make sure
:03:58. > :03:59.tensions on the border with Russia don't escalate any further.
:04:00. > :04:04.Crispin is with me in the studio now.
:04:05. > :04:09.How important is the role they will be playing out there?
:04:10. > :04:12.Peter, if relations are not quite as cold between Russia and the West
:04:13. > :04:15.Then they're certainly feeling less than summery.
:04:16. > :04:17.So it's into this climate that those from RAF Coningsby
:04:18. > :04:23.In some ways its diplomacy at the sharp end, but that's
:04:24. > :04:40.bombers coming to British airspace. They are trained and they will be
:04:41. > :04:41.looking to do that at the sharp end. Ultimately, they will be doing it a
:04:42. > :04:51.lot closer to the Russian border. The nine-year-old who needs
:04:52. > :04:54.thousands of pounds for a life changing operation.
:04:55. > :04:57.A leading member of Ukip in Lincolnshire insists the Party
:04:58. > :04:59.will bounce back "stronger than ever" following the resignation
:05:00. > :05:05.Douglas Carswell, who's the MP for Clacton, announced on Saturday
:05:06. > :05:10.that he would sit as an Independent in the House of Commons.
:05:11. > :05:12.It's the latest setback for Ukip following the announcement from one
:05:13. > :05:18.of it's main financial backers that he, too, was leaving.
:05:19. > :05:21.But Victoria Ayling, who speaks on Tourism and Heritage,
:05:22. > :05:26.for the party insists Ukip has a bright future.
:05:27. > :05:29.We'll be hearing from her in a moment but first
:05:30. > :05:37.2014 was a high point for Ukip in our area.
:05:38. > :05:42.It won councillors and MEPs in the local and european elections.
:05:43. > :05:46.But Ukip never gained an MP in East Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.
:05:47. > :05:50.Now the party's only sitting MP in the country
:05:51. > :05:57.Douglas Carswell has quit Ukip, syaing it was job done.
:05:58. > :06:04.I went into Ukip and made the switch to get us out of the European Union.
:06:05. > :06:06.Theresa May means Brexit is in safe hands.
:06:07. > :06:09.But Ukip nationally has had a year of turmoil.
:06:10. > :06:12.And some councillors in our area have left the party.
:06:13. > :06:14.This recent defector to the Conservatives says the party
:06:15. > :06:27.At the moment that referendum was granted by David Cameron, we were
:06:28. > :06:29.aware that a lot of the reasons to exist have been shot out of the
:06:30. > :06:31.water. But despite a loss of
:06:32. > :06:33.power at Westminster, the numbers say Ukip does still have
:06:34. > :06:36.some power in East Yorkshire It has zero MPs
:06:37. > :06:39.but it has four MEPs, two representing Yorkshire
:06:40. > :06:41.and the Humber, two representing the East Midlands
:06:42. > :06:43.including Lincolnshire. And 38 local councillors
:06:44. > :06:47.across the area. In the Autumn, Ukip Euro MPs told us
:06:48. > :07:03.until Brexit happens, We must carry on doing our job
:07:04. > :07:07.keeping a good eye on a lot of the legislation which we don't want and
:07:08. > :07:09.we hope will be gone. Whilst we are not gone, it is our duty to do the
:07:10. > :07:12.job which we were elected to do. by-election showed there
:07:13. > :07:16.was still some appetite for Ukip, Ukip may have played
:07:17. > :07:20.an important role in making last The question now is how
:07:21. > :07:25.they convince the doubters that it Earlier I spoke to Victoria Ayling,
:07:26. > :07:36.who's based in Lincolnshire and who's Ukip's spokesman
:07:37. > :07:39.on Tourism and Heritage. I asked her how she felt
:07:40. > :07:52.about losing the party's only MP. He was a divisive character and
:07:53. > :07:56.caused more problems than he is worth and we never got a penny off
:07:57. > :08:01.the short money. Most of the members now feel good riddance. We managed
:08:02. > :08:06.to get a referendum without having an MP which was the biggest
:08:07. > :08:12.achievement by a Nigel Farage so we don't need him. Ukip was set up 23
:08:13. > :08:17.years ago to get us out of the EU. That is happening now. The party is
:08:18. > :08:23.irrelevant and not needed now. Of course we are relevant. Theresa May
:08:24. > :08:26.is backsliding and talking about keeping the European Union arrest
:08:27. > :08:31.warrant and talking about quotas regarding fishes -- Fishing post
:08:32. > :08:36.Brexit. We need to keep a 200 mile limit for our fishermen and we
:08:37. > :08:46.should draw those borders. Why does your one MP save the job is done? It
:08:47. > :08:50.has become evident he was a Tory plant to cause problems in Ukip
:08:51. > :08:55.which has become very apparent anti-left before he was pushed by
:08:56. > :09:00.the NEC today. That is your view but Ukip is a shambles at the moment and
:09:01. > :09:07.everyone is jumping ship. Douglas Carswell, Nigel Farage, it is
:09:08. > :09:12.leaving and falling apart. Nigel was in the audience today in London
:09:13. > :09:18.today. Aaron Banks hasn't jumped and I think you should watch this space
:09:19. > :09:22.because we'll be back stronger than ever because somebody or some
:09:23. > :09:26.organisation, especially Ukip, have got to hold the government to
:09:27. > :09:31.account because the government is backsliding on Brexit and cannot be
:09:32. > :09:38.trusted. You mentioned Paul Nuttall. He had a miserable by-election in
:09:39. > :09:45.Stoke. Who is the better leader for your party? Is it Paul Nuttall or
:09:46. > :09:50.Nigel Farage? You have got it inaccurate. It was a very good
:09:51. > :09:54.second that we came in Stoke and regarding readerships, they are both
:09:55. > :09:59.exactly as competent but they are different. Nigel Farage is an
:10:00. > :10:04.enigma. He is unique and a charismatic leader. Paul Nuttall
:10:05. > :10:08.hazardous way of doing things. If he wants to come back as leader and
:10:09. > :10:14.many think he will, you would welcome mat? I have always been a
:10:15. > :10:18.huge Nigel Farage supporter. I like the way he delivers things and I
:10:19. > :10:23.like his policies. I believe we can go forward as a united entity under
:10:24. > :10:27.Paul Nuttall and Nigel Farage has never left Ukip and is unlikely to.
:10:28. > :10:32.Now we have to hold the government to account to make sure Brexit means
:10:33. > :10:37.Brexit and we don't get the backsliding which seems apparent now
:10:38. > :10:39.with this government. Good to talk to you tonight, thank you very much
:10:40. > :10:48.indeed. Thank you. Is she right? Does Ukip have a
:10:49. > :10:58.strong future? The Prime Minister tomorrow will -- on Wednesday, she
:10:59. > :11:01.will trigger Article 50. Is that done or is there still more work for
:11:02. > :11:10.Ukip to do? We would like your views and
:11:11. > :11:24.comments on this. Grantham's accident and emergency
:11:25. > :11:29.department is opening NHS bosses reduced opening times
:11:30. > :11:34.at the hospital last summer. They say a lack of staff means
:11:35. > :11:37.they couldn't run it safely. The department will now open
:11:38. > :11:40.at eight o'clock and run until A motorcyclist is in a serious
:11:41. > :11:46.condition after a crash It happened at Speedway Corner
:11:47. > :11:50.near Ruskington on Saturday evening A 29-year-old man from
:11:51. > :11:53.Grantham was airlifted School children in Yorkshire
:11:54. > :12:00.and the Humber missed the most lesson-time in England last year,
:12:01. > :12:03.because of term-time holidays. Official figures show
:12:04. > :12:06.that in the East Riding, family holidays made up almost half
:12:07. > :12:11.of all missed lessons. Almost a million pupils in England
:12:12. > :12:19.missed at least one day of school. The deadline has now closed
:12:20. > :12:21.for people wanting to run North East Lincolnshire
:12:22. > :12:24.Council is searching for someone to run it
:12:25. > :12:27.following funding difficulties. Past organisers say it would be sad
:12:28. > :12:31.if no-one can be found to put Nine-year-old Maisie has cerebral
:12:32. > :12:45.palsy and needs a walking frame Surgeons have told her parents
:12:46. > :12:48.an operation could help But that operation is no longer
:12:49. > :12:52.available on the NHS. So her family, who live in Hornsea,
:12:53. > :12:55.are now trying to raise More now from our health
:12:56. > :13:00.correspondent Vicky Johnson, and her report does have some
:13:01. > :13:15.graphic images of surgery. Like any energetic nine-year-old,
:13:16. > :13:20.Maisie enjoys playtime at school but her cerebral palsy means she has to
:13:21. > :13:26.use a walking frame. I can kind of jump with it but I'm not supposed to
:13:27. > :13:35.because it could tip backwards. Maisie suffered a brain injury after
:13:36. > :13:38.being born 11 weeks early. Her twin, Alfie, was unaffected. It is not
:13:39. > :13:48.fair on her that she falls over all the time. Surgeons in Leeds have
:13:49. > :13:53.been first in the country to carry out a highly complex operation to
:13:54. > :13:56.help children like Maisie. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects
:13:57. > :14:03.muscle control and movement. Is usually caused by an injury to the
:14:04. > :14:09.brain around the time of birth. Selective dorsal rise to me helps
:14:10. > :14:13.reduce muscle stiffness and cuts nerves in the spine which makes the
:14:14. > :14:19.muscles rigid. The procedure is suitable for children between three
:14:20. > :14:28.and 12 years old. What it can do is move her from using a frame to using
:14:29. > :14:32.two sticks and then one stick and then independent walking without
:14:33. > :14:36.AIDS. John and his team have carried out 80 of these operations but NHS
:14:37. > :14:37.England have told us they are not funding any more until they've
:14:38. > :14:52.completed an evaluation programme. This means her family and friends
:14:53. > :14:59.now have to raise ?20,000 to pay for her surgery. It is so frustrating
:15:00. > :15:05.that for a little girl to be a normal little girl, she has to pay
:15:06. > :15:12.this money which is what Maisie says, "Why do I have to paid to be
:15:13. > :15:17.normal like my brother?" Sun-macro hopefully I will be able to run and
:15:18. > :15:23.jump and walking my princess high heels. The family don't have long to
:15:24. > :15:25.fund raise as they want to have the operation and intensive
:15:26. > :15:32.physiotherapy before she secondary school. We mesh them all the very
:15:33. > :15:51.best. On Wednesday, we will be
:15:52. > :15:53.broadcasting the programme from Boston where they will be triggering
:15:54. > :16:20.Article 50. We will be in Boston on Wednesday
:16:21. > :16:31.night. Thank you for watching. Still ahead... We have all the information
:16:32. > :16:36.about how you can get to Bob BBC Radio Wales's Big Weekend late in
:16:37. > :16:52.the year. And Scunthorpe United's win.
:16:53. > :17:02.We have this picture from Boston tonight. Good evening, young man.
:17:03. > :17:14.Did you have a good weekend? One person saw me filming on Tuesday
:17:15. > :17:22.last week. He looked miserable and cold. No real change there.
:17:23. > :17:30.The lady that saw you on your balcony for your legs were very
:17:31. > :17:37.white. The headline is not looking too bad. It has been warmer than it
:17:38. > :17:43.has been. Cloud to come over the next few days. A breeze coming in
:17:44. > :17:46.from the south-west. This weather friend may bring one or two showers
:17:47. > :17:51.later in the day but temperatures will be better than the ones we have
:17:52. > :17:56.had this afternoon. The depressed temperatures, it has broken up to a
:17:57. > :18:03.certain extent and it will come back in. If you have some cloud breaks at
:18:04. > :18:08.the moment, they will soon fill in. All parts will be dried tonight.
:18:09. > :18:14.Perhaps a little bit of patchy fog in places. Let us have a look at
:18:15. > :18:20.those minimum temperatures. Not terribly exciting. The sun will rise
:18:21. > :18:33.at 555 AM. It is a dry and cloudy start
:18:34. > :18:38.tomorrow. Very glad Julie the cloud will break up from the south-west
:18:39. > :18:48.and afternoon looked pleasant. Bright or sunny intervals. There is
:18:49. > :18:54.that weak front we talked about. A noticeable improvement in tomorrow
:18:55. > :19:01.afternoon's temperatures. Temperatures around 14 Celsius. 16
:19:02. > :19:10.Celsius is possible in South Lincolnshire. Quite a lot of cloud
:19:11. > :19:13.on Wednesday. It is bright and breezy on Friday with some sunshine
:19:14. > :19:26.and one or two showers. That is the forecast.
:19:27. > :19:33.Have a nice evening. Get those legs tanned. See you tomorrow.
:19:34. > :19:36.It's been revealed when tickets for Radio One's Big
:19:37. > :19:39.The free music event is taking place at Burton
:19:40. > :19:43.50,000 tickets are up for grabs and travel arrangements
:19:44. > :19:50.The only way onto the site will be via a shuttle bus or park and ride -
:19:51. > :19:54.Caroline Bilton is live at Burton Constable Hall
:19:55. > :20:05.Radio One's Big weekend is one of the most anticipated
:20:06. > :20:08.events of the year - taking place here in the shadow
:20:09. > :20:16.of the magnificent Burton Constable hall on the 27th and 28th May.
:20:17. > :20:18.50,000 free tickets will be released during The Radio 1
:20:19. > :20:30.Breakfast Show at 9:10am on Monday 10th April.
:20:31. > :20:33.I use the term, free, loosely as there is a ?8.50
:20:34. > :20:39.adminstration fee to pay for each ticket.
:20:40. > :20:42.Organisers say this is to cover postage and admin costs.
:20:43. > :20:46.People will also need to pay ?13 to use a shuttle bus
:20:47. > :20:53.This will be the only way to get onto the site
:20:54. > :20:57.For safety reasons, people will not be allowed to walk
:20:58. > :21:02.There will be no on-site parking so people will need
:21:03. > :21:05.to park their car at a designated park and ride spot at
:21:06. > :21:13.So in effect a day out at Radio One's Big Weekend
:21:14. > :21:27.What I say is it's a ten hour world-class musical
:21:28. > :21:30.festival for around 20 quid and if you compare that
:21:31. > :21:33.to the V Festival or Reading and Leeds which are 70 or ?80
:21:34. > :21:35.or more, I think it still represents really great money.
:21:36. > :21:41.No one is making any money from this event.
:21:42. > :21:43.The costs are just to cover the costs of getting
:21:44. > :21:46.there and getting back and I still think it represents good
:21:47. > :21:57.They are issued on a first come first served basis.
:21:58. > :22:00.70% will go to HU postcodes - 25% have been set aside for people
:22:01. > :22:04.Tickets will be made available online via the Radio 1 website.
:22:05. > :22:07.Those without internet access will be able to call a hotline
:22:08. > :22:24.For more details go to the website bbc.co.uk/bigweekend.
:22:25. > :22:26.A French Cold War aircraft has begun its journey to Yorkshire today.
:22:27. > :22:29.This Mirage Four nuclear bomber is being taken from Paris
:22:30. > :22:31.to the Yorkshire Air Museum near Pocklington.
:22:32. > :22:33.It's so big it will be travelling on two transporters.
:22:34. > :22:41.The museum will be streaming pictures of its journey online.
:22:42. > :22:53.The French government are gifting another bomber to us. We have the
:22:54. > :23:07.Mirallas three and we have the mirage for. It is a very exciting
:23:08. > :23:09.coming up. -- Mirage with three and Mirage four.
:23:10. > :23:11.Hull Kingston Rovers scrum half Jamie Ellis equalled the world
:23:12. > :23:13.record for successive goal kicks during The Robins 28-14 win
:23:14. > :23:17.This kick made it 41 straight successes levelling the record
:23:18. > :23:21.He missed the chance to break the record later in the game,
:23:22. > :23:24.but the Rovers victory leaves them four points clear at the top
:23:25. > :23:27.There is renewed optimism at Scunthorpe United
:23:28. > :23:29.following a thrilling win over Bradford City yesterday.
:23:30. > :23:32.It comes after a miserable run of form which had seen only
:23:33. > :23:35.one win for the Iron in their previous eleven matches.
:23:36. > :23:37.Yesterday they staged a comeback that saw them leap
:23:38. > :23:39.frog their opponents in the League One table.
:23:40. > :23:49.With just one win in 11 games Scunthorpe United's needed
:23:50. > :23:51.to stop the slide to keep promotion hopes alive.
:23:52. > :23:55.Ivan Toney gave the iron and early lead but it didn't last Kevin Toner
:23:56. > :23:57.equalised for Bradford City and just two minutes later Alex Jones
:23:58. > :24:11.After the break the thrilling contest turned again and Toney's
:24:12. > :24:12.second Scunthorpe United goal brought them level
:24:13. > :24:21.With a late header Matt Crooks earned the Iron all three points,
:24:22. > :24:23.putting them above Bradford City in the chase for
:24:24. > :24:41.There were signs in there that we were back to the heights that we
:24:42. > :24:45.have set ourselves. We have the result and we take their positivity
:24:46. > :24:50.forward into next week. Sun-macro scoring goals is what we want.
:24:51. > :25:02.Managed to do that today. We need to get the win and we got it today.
:25:03. > :25:14.Very good atmosphere and a really good game. First half wasn't so
:25:15. > :25:17.good. We need to keep playing the way we did in the second half and
:25:18. > :25:23.promotion is definitely on the cards.
:25:24. > :25:25.The Iron now sit fourth in the table
:25:26. > :25:29.and face seventh placed Milwall on Saturday.
:25:30. > :25:32.We told you about this on Friday night as thousands of music fans
:25:33. > :25:35.in Hull were preparing for the first ever live performances
:25:36. > :25:37.of David Bowie's album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
:25:38. > :25:41.Both nights at the City Hall were completely sold out.
:25:42. > :25:43.The band featured the last surviving Spiders from Mars member,
:25:44. > :25:52.Woody Woodmansey, who is from East Yorkshire.
:25:53. > :26:01.Fantastic. Waited many years to see this. I closed my eyes and doing
:26:02. > :26:10.life on Mars, it made me want to cry. To think there was existing
:26:11. > :26:14.band members that were there today and David Bowie, it was really
:26:15. > :26:20.moving a fabulous. Extraordinary really fantastic. Apparently it was
:26:21. > :26:22.two great nights. Let's get a recap of the national
:26:23. > :26:25.and regional headlines. Theresa May says she hasn't
:26:26. > :26:27.changed her mind about another independence referendum for Scotland
:26:28. > :26:30.- she wants to keep the UK together. Personnel from RAF Coningsby begin
:26:31. > :26:32.preparations for their Turning brighter later,
:26:33. > :26:36.with sunny spells developing but also with a risk
:26:37. > :26:38.of isolated showers. Warmer, with high's
:26:39. > :27:00.around 15 Celsius. On the subject of Ukip, the Liberal
:27:01. > :27:05.Democrats came third with Labour a close fourth. You have been writing
:27:06. > :27:10.in on the subject. Jean says is a Ukip membership, I can assure you we
:27:11. > :27:16.are continuing to recruit new members at a healthy rate. Liz says,
:27:17. > :27:21.please leave Ukip to rest in peace. The BBC should not give it the
:27:22. > :27:25.oxygen stop Barry says having been instrumental in badgering the
:27:26. > :27:29.country into Brexit, the sooner you can disappear the better. Mike says
:27:30. > :27:33.Ukip have a brilliant feature as an alternative to more of the same. As
:27:34. > :27:38.for irrelevance, one could say the same for the Lib Dems. Thank you for
:27:39. > :27:41.those and for watching. Have a nice evening. Johnny at 10:30pm. Goodbye.