18/04/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire MPs say they're ready

to fight a general election, that's taken many by surprise.

I don't think the opposition is as strong as it could be.

But West Hull's Labour MP, Alan Johnson, who was once

the Home Secretary says he's standing down.

Testing for a disease which has seen a quarter

of a million cattle culled - now there are fears TB could affect

Lincoln City on the brink of getting back in the league -

I have just been handed smaller daffodils because this goes right

round the block and back. And why hundreds of people queued

to pick daffodils made of Lego. Join me for the broadcast. --

forecast. Theresa May's decision to call

a snap general election has prompted one of our most high profile MPs

to call time on his Alan Johnson - who's represented

Hull West and Hessle for 20 years - says he's stepping down to "do other

things with his life". And East Yorkshire and

Lincolnshire's politicians from all sides say they're ready

to fight the election which will We'll be hearing from Alan Johnson

in a moment but first our Political Editor Tim Iredale

is in his constituency tonight. Was Mr Johnson's decision

to step down a surprise? No one goes on for ever, that is a

point made by Alan Johnson in a letter to local Labour Party members

today. He said he was faced with a choice of stepping down our Carling

until the next potential election in 2022 when he will be into his 70s so

it means that one of the most popular figures at Westminster is

leaving the political stage. But that is just what happens. New

faces, and old faces go. That is the nature of elections.

He's the former postman who stamped his authority on some

of the biggest jobs in politics, including education,

But today Alan Johnson's constituents in Hessle were reacting

to the news that the man who's represented them in Parliament

I think he has got a lot of integrity and experience I think

it's been good for the area. Hopefully he will take this place

will do just as good a job. -- awfully who takes his place. He has

always been there. He has a hard act to follow.

Theresa May's decision to seek a snap general election came

And opinion is divided on whether it s the right thing to do.

This feels like a Prime Minister who was not in control and has no

security on positions on Brexit in particular and why she has taken as

drastic decision to put the country into a period of flats again. I

think having a Government that has a five-year mandate to dig through

negotiations and a new global agreements after these included is

good for our region and provides stability we absolutely required.

Out of the 17 constituencies in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -

12 are held by the Conservatives and five are held by Labour.

Lincoln traditionally sees a closely fought battle battle

And many eyes will on Boston and Skegness - an area which saw

the highest vote in favour of leaving the EU.

The people of Hull voted massively in the 2014 elections and in the

referendum. We have a strong following there and in Great Grimsby

and other Labour areas. The Liberal Democrats are stronger than we've

ever been. I party membership has doubled. This dereliction is

happening now because there's such a weak and divided Labour opposition.

Before any general election election can take place -

two thirds of MPs must support Theresa May's proposal.

The fixed term Parliaments act was passed in 2011 so the 2050 election

was the first under the provision of the act and other its provision in

the next election was scheduled for 2020. -- the 2015 election. There

will be an election on the 8th of June.

So the date is almost set for the second general election

With parts of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire becoming key

It sounds like most MPs any Yorkshire and Lancashire were back

Theresa May and support an election when it comes the House of Commons

for tomorrow. But a lot of the political parties across our area

have even selected candidates to stand in the selection because they

didn't think would be placed in 2020 so that will be a bit of a

last-minute scramble taking place to get those crucial names on the

ballot papers. It sounds like Theresa May is as announcement today

has got everyone by surprise but maybe that was a intention.

I'm joined form Westminster by Alan Johnson.

A lot of your supporters will be gutted tonight. Have you had enough?

Tim talked about old faces blown a new faces coming. Nothing goes on

forever and it's been an absolute pleasure and privilege to represent

Hull West and hassle for 20 years. -- Hessle. It surprised everyone but

it meant that I had to make the decision. I feel sorry for my staff.

It means they lose their job as well. But you can't go on forever

and I'm coming up 67 and I don't want to it on to my 70s, pleasure

though it is to be talking to you. Watching Labour getting so well

beaten in 2015 I remember the look on your face. Could you not pay to

watch that again in seven weeks' time? We won handsomely in Hull an

three Hull had incredible left in the majorities. In politics and

democracy governments change. We were in power for 13 years and I had

11 years as a Government minister which was great. That is behind me

now. The people decide in a democracy and I hope they decide to

back Labour who are doing great things in Hull. Just talking

generally, labour are 20 points behind at the polls and has not been

this bad since the 80s. Do think it could be turned around or is that

pure fantasy with the leader like this? And can be turned around and I

think for Theresa May there is an issue here. Integrity. She said just

a few weeks ago it might be in my entries to go to the country but it

would be in the interest of the country. She actually said that and

we had a general election 2015 and we had the EU referendum in 2016 and

I putting this to a general election three years before one was due, I

think she might pay a price for that, actually. I would not be

surprised if she paid the price for that because it is reminiscent of

Gordon Brown. He suffered a terrible blow by not keeping that integrity

of what he told the voters. Apart from talking to me, what will you

not to mess about being an MP? -- mess. Nothing at all. I loved the

constituency surgeries and it was a privilege for being let into

people's lives to help resolve the problems. I can't actually think of

a single thing. It's a great job and I enjoy doing it. I'm sure we will

have a celebration knew the time. Very good to talk to you tonight. --

neither the time. Let us know what you think

about having a General Election What's the main issue on your mind

as the campaigning begins. Is the Conservative lead

in the polls unassailable or can Do we need the election? Maybe

you'll change your mind is on Brexit since the summer. We will have some

tweets for you and your meals before we finish. -- e-mails. We will have

more on the story it had past ten on the second programme. I will be

talking to the wayward MP Diana Johnson. -- Labour MP Diana Johnson.

Hull could soon see fewer people collecting for charity

The City Council may soon require so-called "chuggers"

to apply for a temporary licence, which would be restricted

In practice it would make it much harder for charities to stop

This is like the equivalent of a phone call, a cold

Another thing that people necessarily one that when they are

trying to enjoy the city centre with all the great improvements we've

A man has died in a crash on the A46 in Lincolnshire.

It happened last night at Osgodby near Market Rasen.

The driver, from the Cleethorpes area, died at the scene.

A female passenger was taken to hospital for treatment.

The last minute goal giving a fans hope and why hundreds of people

queued to get Lego daffodils. -- giving Lincoln fans hope.

Stephen took this picture of Saltend. Their is a beautiful golf

course and quite widely lower the tone by allowing caravans and is

quite beyond me. Just do what she came in to do. You were lost for

words that. I should do that more often, celebrate. It is not looking

too bad for the next 24 hours. It is very quiet and will be some sunshine

particularly across Lincolnshire are gradually close was Berlin from the

North West. The satellite is not really picking the cloud up but

gradually it is going to edge down south over the next 24 hours. That's

the outlook for Friday. It should be of interest to gardeners because

after a milder interlude on Friday this cold front will introduce

colder there for Friday the weekend and could be a touch of frost on the

cards. Right now it is fine and I think that cloud will filter into

East Yorkshire down through Lincolnshire but it is fairly

tenuous staff so that is the chance of touch of ground frost. Maybe one

or 2 degrees and in sheltered localities three of 4 degrees. The

highest high water time in Britain will be 42 minutes past ten and the

morrow. Some sunshine in Lincolnshire and almost they might

always more cloud in East Yorkshire which gradually thickens from the

North West but apart from the odd spot of drizzle it is dry. The

brightest spot of all will be crossed Northolt and side ligature

into eastern parts of ligature. Top temperatures into double figures and

perhaps as high as 11 or 12 when we get decent breaks in the cloud.

Again a special across South Lincolnshire. Gardeners and farmers

would like the dry outlook and Thursday and Friday milder and quite

dry and then Friday not too bad until the cold front slips in

inducing colder air for next weekend. Then there's the chance a

touch of frost. If you do have a caravan, the complaints go to Paul

Hudson. See you tomorrow. It brings over ?4 million

into the county every year - and the Lincolnshire Show looks set

to be just as successful once again. That's despite a disease among

cattle which has caused almost a quarter of a million of them

to be culled. Bovine Tuberculosis has

hit the industry hard, but exhibitors say they'll still be

coming to the Lincolnshire Our Rural Affairs Correspondent

Linsey Smith has more. For almost 150 years

the Lincolnshire Show has been A shop window for breeders

and farmers to sell their pedigrees But there has been concern

about its future after other shows, including nearby

Nottinghamshire County Show, was shunned by exhibitors

because of strict rules about testing show cattle

for Bovine Tuberculosis. We're not seeing

a reduction at the moment. I mean, entries are in as we speak

and we are actually But the indications are there

won't be any reductions. Bovine Tuberculosis

is a contagious disease in cattle. Almost 250,000 animals have been

culled after testing positive. Cattle are more at risk

in the South West and Midlands, which means fewer farmers

are willing to take their cattle It's partly because of expensive

tests farmers have to carry out on their animals when moving

them to shows. But because Lincolnshire's in a low

risk area most farmers only have to test before a show rather

than before and after. It's an unnecessary worry,

according to Michael Read. It is now almost 100% certain

there won't be any TB Definitely not, otherwise

we wouldn't be showing. We have got to be out

and about showing our stock, I think the Lincolnshire Show this

year is the 52nd I've been Organisers had planned other

displays, including a mini knights' trail should

entries not materialise. But, so far, it appears the main

ring will be bustling as always. Linsey Smith, BBC Look North,

Lincolnshire Showground. If you have a story you think we

should know about drop us an e-mail. Tell a soul about it and give us a

phone number and get it on the telephone. -- tell us all about it.

They've been a non-league club for the past six seasons

but on Saturday Lincoln City could reclaim their place

That's after a dramatic comeback which saw the Imps win their latest

match at Gateshead with virtually the last kick of the game.

Our sports reporter Simon Clark was there and he's been looking

at what they have to do now to win on Saturday.

It's been one joyful match after another for this lot.

These Lincoln fans leaving Gateshead were full of happiness, in stark

contrast to how they were feeling just five minutes earlier.

That's because the Imps were reeling from this

But as the game reached its conclusion another penalty, calmly

Then as full-time was about you, the sublime

finish but the unexpected victory and the Imps to the verge of

FA Cup, FA Trophy, league, everything.

It's a home game next Saturday, we are going to do it.

So the fans are ready for one more push at this promotion

lark but the manager admitted the team have

I think we've played 11 in 33 or 34 days, and

were playing against a team that played six.

Physically we were under today and when you can't get the levels

physically you have to be mentally really tough.

And this leading academic says evidence suggests a

When we experience those kind of positive,

We experience positive emotions and then when

they undertake tasks like

going into the next training session, even if the physical

activity they are doing might be of the same intensity it'll feel

And that's reflected by one of the Imps' former players.

I don't think they feel any pressure.

I have had pressure at the bottom and at the

So just when for these fans from Saturday's sell-out game

North Ferriby United were relegated from the National

league after defeat against Barrow.In League One,

Scunthorpe United secured their place in the play-offs

following a victory against Chesterfield.

But Grimsby Town lost at Cheltenham in Russell Slade's

Hull FC beat Leigh by 24 points to ten.

These were the queues in Hull City Centre this lunchtime

as hundreds of people stood for hours waiting

The Lego daffodils have only been there for a week but today they went

on sale to the public to raise money for two charities.

Our culture correspondent Anne-Marie Tasker has more.

They've been attracting quite a crowd: more than 80,000 bricks

transformed into a host of spring daffodils.

And today the rush began to take one home -

I didn't want to miss them. I really like Lego. When the daffodils were

put into the centre of the city everyone knew they would be popular

but nobody knew they would be less popular. There have been hundreds of

people queueing for more than three hours hoping to get their hands on

one. And the queue grew and grew -

and before long, there Something from the City of Culture

to take on. It will be nice to add to the decoration my bedroom.

This queue goes right round the building and doubles back. Levitt is

going to the Lord Mayors charities. How long have you been queueing for?

Three hours. Was it worth it? Yes. My feet are taking. -- are aching.

And for new Mum Ruth Hayward it was yet another City

of Culture experience - already having her baby's footprints

This is technically his third City of Culture will experience.

It took six builders a month to construct the daffodils -

but by a quarter to four, they'd all gone - but we still don't

know who got to take home the Lego watering can.

Did you get the bottling plant? If so let us know. The main story

tonight is that the Prime Minister calls a general election for June.

MPC say that they are ready but there Hull Labour MP Alan Johnson

stepping down. Tomorrow is driver clouding over in the afternoon but

Russell and top temperatures are 11 degrees.

-- Linda says maybe it is that unwelcome surprise but unless you go

to Brexit negotiations with the lid of the strong mandate they will make

mincemeat of us and we will all suffer. Irene and Spalding says I

sincerely hope people vote for Ukip in the next election so we can

really get on Brexit. Alan says with an Lincolnshire it is down to

immigration and Brexit. I believe. Barry says my opinion is that Jeremy

Corbyn will resign and be replaced by David Miliband as Labour leader

by the weekend. On the subject of Alan Johnson standing down, another

Barry says with Alan Johnson resigning let's hope the Labour

Party a point at a local person as opposed to importing a lousy

candidate. More on the subject of the election locally and there will

be talking to Diana Johnson later on in the programme.