27/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

The Lincolnshire fighter jets preparing to patrol the skies

It is not in response to any specific threat but a component of

how Nato supports its allies. Ukip

representatives say they're still relevant despite their only MP

leaving the party. How'd you can get your ticket to

Radio 1's Big Weekend. Sun-macro it is a world-class festival and if you

compare it to Reading and Leeds, it is still representing really good

money. Scunthorpe United win a thriller

over a promotion rival but what will it mean

for their season? After a sunny weekend, will the sun

shine this week? Join me for the weather forecast.

As one of the biggest deployment since the end of the Cold War,

equivalent and personal flying to Europe.

The RAF fighters from RAF Coningsby

will work with Romanian forces in the region.

But one expert in international diplomacy has warned that it

could lead to an escalation in tensions between

Russia and the West, as Crispin Rolfe reports.

A build up of tanks - first in the Ukraine by Russia,

An increase in tension following Russia's 2014 armed

takeover of the then Ukranian state, the Crimea.

It's a move which this year has seen a build up of forces on both sides

And one which is about to include jets, personnel and spares

Today 200 tonnes of equipment is already on its way to Romania,

from where up to six of the airbase's Typhoons

It is about reassurance. The Nato emissions show deterrent against

aggression and our ability to demonstrate collective resolve.

Sun-macro we have vehicles moving away on land and then going across

to the ports. We will be deploying the remaining attachment by air as

well. Following Russian incursions

into European air space in 2015, last year the Ministry

of Defence announced that RAF Coningsby's typhoons

would fly to Romania to help patrol the skies above Nato's Black Sea

Allies, themselves once And this month, the UK also deployed

120 troops to Estonia as part of one of the biggest

British deployments But all of this military action,

has prompted criticism, with some saying its inflaming

Russia's RAF Coningsby. -- own border fears. If you get

tension across an area, you can get mistakes. Accidents, incidents and

mavericks. You might have patrols that stray across the border and it

can lead to major problems. That is the risk of this situation and one

which in some ways has to be avoided. RAF Coningsby's role in

setting up a air base away from home would be a huge logistical exercise

but those in charge also know that the real challenge is to make sure

tensions on the border with Russia don't escalate any further.

Crispin is with me in the studio now.

How important is the role they will be playing out there?

Peter, if relations are not quite as cold between Russia and the West

Then they're certainly feeling less than summery.

So it's into this climate that those from RAF Coningsby

In some ways its diplomacy at the sharp end, but that's

bombers coming to British airspace. They are trained and they will be

looking to do that at the sharp end. Ultimately, they will be doing it a

lot closer to the Russian border. The nine-year-old who needs

thousands of pounds for a life changing operation.

A leading member of Ukip in Lincolnshire insists the Party

will bounce back "stronger than ever" following the resignation

Douglas Carswell, who's the MP for Clacton, announced on Saturday

that he would sit as an Independent in the House of Commons.

It's the latest setback for Ukip following the announcement from one

of it's main financial backers that he, too, was leaving.

But Victoria Ayling, who speaks on Tourism and Heritage,

for the party insists Ukip has a bright future.

We'll be hearing from her in a moment but first

2014 was a high point for Ukip in our area.

It won councillors and MEPs in the local and european elections.

But Ukip never gained an MP in East Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.

Now the party's only sitting MP in the country

Douglas Carswell has quit Ukip, syaing it was job done.

I went into Ukip and made the switch to get us out of the European Union.

Theresa May means Brexit is in safe hands.

But Ukip nationally has had a year of turmoil.

And some councillors in our area have left the party.

This recent defector to the Conservatives says the party

At the moment that referendum was granted by David Cameron, we were

aware that a lot of the reasons to exist have been shot out of the

water. But despite a loss of

power at Westminster, the numbers say Ukip does still have

some power in East Yorkshire It has zero MPs

but it has four MEPs, two representing Yorkshire

and the Humber, two representing the East Midlands

including Lincolnshire. And 38 local councillors

across the area. In the Autumn, Ukip Euro MPs told us

until Brexit happens, We must carry on doing our job

keeping a good eye on a lot of the legislation which we don't want and

we hope will be gone. Whilst we are not gone, it is our duty to do the

job which we were elected to do. by-election showed there

was still some appetite for Ukip, Ukip may have played

an important role in making last The question now is how

they convince the doubters that it Earlier I spoke to Victoria Ayling,

who's based in Lincolnshire and who's Ukip's spokesman

on Tourism and Heritage. I asked her how she felt

about losing the party's only MP. He was a divisive character and

caused more problems than he is worth and we never got a penny off

the short money. Most of the members now feel good riddance. We managed

to get a referendum without having an MP which was the biggest

achievement by a Nigel Farage so we don't need him. Ukip was set up 23

years ago to get us out of the EU. That is happening now. The party is

irrelevant and not needed now. Of course we are relevant. Theresa May

is backsliding and talking about keeping the European Union arrest

warrant and talking about quotas regarding fishes -- Fishing post

Brexit. We need to keep a 200 mile limit for our fishermen and we

should draw those borders. Why does your one MP save the job is done? It

has become evident he was a Tory plant to cause problems in Ukip

which has become very apparent anti-left before he was pushed by

the NEC today. That is your view but Ukip is a shambles at the moment and

everyone is jumping ship. Douglas Carswell, Nigel Farage, it is

leaving and falling apart. Nigel was in the audience today in London

today. Aaron Banks hasn't jumped and I think you should watch this space

because we'll be back stronger than ever because somebody or some

organisation, especially Ukip, have got to hold the government to

account because the government is backsliding on Brexit and cannot be

trusted. You mentioned Paul Nuttall. He had a miserable by-election in

Stoke. Who is the better leader for your party? Is it Paul Nuttall or

Nigel Farage? You have got it inaccurate. It was a very good

second that we came in Stoke and regarding readerships, they are both

exactly as competent but they are different. Nigel Farage is an

enigma. He is unique and a charismatic leader. Paul Nuttall

hazardous way of doing things. If he wants to come back as leader and

many think he will, you would welcome mat? I have always been a

huge Nigel Farage supporter. I like the way he delivers things and I

like his policies. I believe we can go forward as a united entity under

Paul Nuttall and Nigel Farage has never left Ukip and is unlikely to.

Now we have to hold the government to account to make sure Brexit means

Brexit and we don't get the backsliding which seems apparent now

with this government. Good to talk to you tonight, thank you very much

indeed. Thank you. Is she right? Does Ukip have a

strong future? The Prime Minister tomorrow will -- on Wednesday, she

will trigger Article 50. Is that done or is there still more work for

Ukip to do? We would like your views and

comments on this. Grantham's accident and emergency

department is opening NHS bosses reduced opening times

at the hospital last summer. They say a lack of staff means

they couldn't run it safely. The department will now open

at eight o'clock and run until A motorcyclist is in a serious

condition after a crash It happened at Speedway Corner

near Ruskington on Saturday evening A 29-year-old man from

Grantham was airlifted School children in Yorkshire

and the Humber missed the most lesson-time in England last year,

because of term-time holidays. Official figures show

that in the East Riding, family holidays made up almost half

of all missed lessons. Almost a million pupils in England

missed at least one day of school. The deadline has now closed

for people wanting to run North East Lincolnshire

Council is searching for someone to run it

following funding difficulties. Past organisers say it would be sad

if no-one can be found to put Nine-year-old Maisie has cerebral

palsy and needs a walking frame Surgeons have told her parents

an operation could help But that operation is no longer

available on the NHS. So her family, who live in Hornsea,

are now trying to raise More now from our health

correspondent Vicky Johnson, and her report does have some

graphic images of surgery. Like any energetic nine-year-old,

Maisie enjoys playtime at school but her cerebral palsy means she has to

use a walking frame. I can kind of jump with it but I'm not supposed to

because it could tip backwards. Maisie suffered a brain injury after

being born 11 weeks early. Her twin, Alfie, was unaffected. It is not

fair on her that she falls over all the time. Surgeons in Leeds have

been first in the country to carry out a highly complex operation to

help children like Maisie. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects

muscle control and movement. Is usually caused by an injury to the

brain around the time of birth. Selective dorsal rise to me helps

reduce muscle stiffness and cuts nerves in the spine which makes the

muscles rigid. The procedure is suitable for children between three

and 12 years old. What it can do is move her from using a frame to using

two sticks and then one stick and then independent walking without

AIDS. John and his team have carried out 80 of these operations but NHS

England have told us they are not funding any more until they've

completed an evaluation programme. This means her family and friends

now have to raise ?20,000 to pay for her surgery. It is so frustrating

that for a little girl to be a normal little girl, she has to pay

this money which is what Maisie says, "Why do I have to paid to be

normal like my brother?" Sun-macro hopefully I will be able to run and

jump and walking my princess high heels. The family don't have long to

fund raise as they want to have the operation and intensive

physiotherapy before she secondary school. We mesh them all the very

best. On Wednesday, we will be

broadcasting the programme from Boston where they will be triggering

Article 50. We will be in Boston on Wednesday

night. Thank you for watching. Still ahead... We have all the information

about how you can get to Bob BBC Radio Wales's Big Weekend late in

the year. And Scunthorpe United's win.

We have this picture from Boston tonight. Good evening, young man.

Did you have a good weekend? One person saw me filming on Tuesday

last week. He looked miserable and cold. No real change there.

The lady that saw you on your balcony for your legs were very

white. The headline is not looking too bad. It has been warmer than it

has been. Cloud to come over the next few days. A breeze coming in

from the south-west. This weather friend may bring one or two showers

later in the day but temperatures will be better than the ones we have

had this afternoon. The depressed temperatures, it has broken up to a

certain extent and it will come back in. If you have some cloud breaks at

the moment, they will soon fill in. All parts will be dried tonight.

Perhaps a little bit of patchy fog in places. Let us have a look at

those minimum temperatures. Not terribly exciting. The sun will rise

at 555 AM. It is a dry and cloudy start

tomorrow. Very glad Julie the cloud will break up from the south-west

and afternoon looked pleasant. Bright or sunny intervals. There is

that weak front we talked about. A noticeable improvement in tomorrow

afternoon's temperatures. Temperatures around 14 Celsius. 16

Celsius is possible in South Lincolnshire. Quite a lot of cloud

on Wednesday. It is bright and breezy on Friday with some sunshine

and one or two showers. That is the forecast.

Have a nice evening. Get those legs tanned. See you tomorrow.

It's been revealed when tickets for Radio One's Big

The free music event is taking place at Burton

50,000 tickets are up for grabs and travel arrangements

The only way onto the site will be via a shuttle bus or park and ride -

Caroline Bilton is live at Burton Constable Hall

Radio One's Big weekend is one of the most anticipated

events of the year - taking place here in the shadow

of the magnificent Burton Constable hall on the 27th and 28th May.

50,000 free tickets will be released during The Radio 1

Breakfast Show at 9:10am on Monday 10th April.

I use the term, free, loosely as there is a ?8.50

adminstration fee to pay for each ticket.

Organisers say this is to cover postage and admin costs.

People will also need to pay ?13 to use a shuttle bus

This will be the only way to get onto the site

For safety reasons, people will not be allowed to walk

There will be no on-site parking so people will need

to park their car at a designated park and ride spot at

So in effect a day out at Radio One's Big Weekend

What I say is it's a ten hour world-class musical

festival for around 20 quid and if you compare that

to the V Festival or Reading and Leeds which are 70 or ?80

or more, I think it still represents really great money.

No one is making any money from this event.

The costs are just to cover the costs of getting

there and getting back and I still think it represents good

They are issued on a first come first served basis.

70% will go to HU postcodes - 25% have been set aside for people

Tickets will be made available online via the Radio 1 website.

Those without internet access will be able to call a hotline

For more details go to the website bbc.co.uk/bigweekend.

A French Cold War aircraft has begun its journey to Yorkshire today.

This Mirage Four nuclear bomber is being taken from Paris

to the Yorkshire Air Museum near Pocklington.

It's so big it will be travelling on two transporters.

The museum will be streaming pictures of its journey online.

The French government are gifting another bomber to us. We have the

Mirallas three and we have the mirage for. It is a very exciting

coming up. -- Mirage with three and Mirage four.

Hull Kingston Rovers scrum half Jamie Ellis equalled the world

record for successive goal kicks during The Robins 28-14 win

This kick made it 41 straight successes levelling the record

He missed the chance to break the record later in the game,

but the Rovers victory leaves them four points clear at the top

There is renewed optimism at Scunthorpe United

following a thrilling win over Bradford City yesterday.

It comes after a miserable run of form which had seen only

one win for the Iron in their previous eleven matches.

Yesterday they staged a comeback that saw them leap

frog their opponents in the League One table.

With just one win in 11 games Scunthorpe United's needed

to stop the slide to keep promotion hopes alive.

Ivan Toney gave the iron and early lead but it didn't last Kevin Toner

equalised for Bradford City and just two minutes later Alex Jones

After the break the thrilling contest turned again and Toney's

second Scunthorpe United goal brought them level

With a late header Matt Crooks earned the Iron all three points,

putting them above Bradford City in the chase for

There were signs in there that we were back to the heights that we

have set ourselves. We have the result and we take their positivity

forward into next week. Sun-macro scoring goals is what we want.

Managed to do that today. We need to get the win and we got it today.

Very good atmosphere and a really good game. First half wasn't so

good. We need to keep playing the way we did in the second half and

promotion is definitely on the cards.

The Iron now sit fourth in the table

and face seventh placed Milwall on Saturday.

We told you about this on Friday night as thousands of music fans

in Hull were preparing for the first ever live performances

of David Bowie's album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders

Both nights at the City Hall were completely sold out.

The band featured the last surviving Spiders from Mars member,

Woody Woodmansey, who is from East Yorkshire.

Fantastic. Waited many years to see this. I closed my eyes and doing

life on Mars, it made me want to cry. To think there was existing

band members that were there today and David Bowie, it was really

moving a fabulous. Extraordinary really fantastic. Apparently it was

two great nights. Let's get a recap of the national

and regional headlines. Theresa May says she hasn't

changed her mind about another independence referendum for Scotland

- she wants to keep the UK together. Personnel from RAF Coningsby begin

preparations for their Turning brighter later,

with sunny spells developing but also with a risk

of isolated showers. Warmer, with high's

around 15 Celsius. On the subject of Ukip, the Liberal

Democrats came third with Labour a close fourth. You have been writing

in on the subject. Jean says is a Ukip membership, I can assure you we

are continuing to recruit new members at a healthy rate. Liz says,

please leave Ukip to rest in peace. The BBC should not give it the

oxygen stop Barry says having been instrumental in badgering the

country into Brexit, the sooner you can disappear the better. Mike says

Ukip have a brilliant feature as an alternative to more of the same. As

for irrelevance, one could say the same for the Lib Dems. Thank you for

those and for watching. Have a nice evening. Johnny at 10:30pm. Goodbye.