10/05/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.

Yesterday the one show so far and right now it is a Scunthorpe, the

Prime Minister 's election road show comes to Northland Pincher. This

steel town has not had a Tory MP since the iron Lady was in power. Is

Theresa May for turning voters here? Her visit comes as Lincoln's Karl

McCartney is told he will face no action over who paid for a big blue

bus - he says "heads should roll" If there is anything that they value

it is the reputation and that was thoroughly trashed by the Electoral

Commission, which was obviously a witchhunt.

In other news, reunited - the driver from Hull

who blacked-out at the wheel - and the mystery woman

Why you shouldn't speed near Grantham - more drivers

are caught on camera there than anywhere else in the country.

East Yorkshire's newest teaching assistant, offering a helping paw

We have had 19 degrees in Hull, and it looks another cracker tomorrow.

Join me for the very latest. The Conservatives have today made it

clear that Scunthorpe is one of the top targets during this general

election campaign, with a visit from the Prime Minister.

Theresa May has been in North Lincolnshire this afternoon

It's the first time she's visited the town and she's the first

of the main party leaders to visit East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

The Scunthorpe Telegraph was there and this is a photo from Calvin

Robinson showing the PM there in the canteen.

Our political editor is outside the steelworks at the moment.

Why Scunthorpe? As you say it is no secret that Scunthorpe is a

Conservative target seats ahead of the general election on June eight

is Theresa May bid to increase majority in parliament. Now Mrs May

arrived here late this afternoon to little fanfare, earlier she was in a

campaign visit in Mansfield and only selected media outlets were allowed

to film her visit to Scunthorpe, she was not meeting voters here. Very

much a controlled visit as has been the case with many of Theresa May's

campaign visit so I understand, some would say stage-managed, but she's

still in British Steel yet tonight. We were told it would be a small

employer she would visit but instead that is the largest employer. In our

click on the council is in with a chance of unseating Labour's Nick

Davies, the man who represented Scunthorpe in parliament since 2010

and if we look at the election results in 2015 year Labour came top

of the pole, just over 3000 votes ahead of the Conservatives in second

place and Ukip in third. The Tories hope they can take those Ukip votes

and that could give them the chance of gaining Scunthorpe.

The visit is being seen as a boost to the party's campaign, and there

has been other goodies for the Tory party today with the end of an

investigation into election spending during the 2015 campaign. Tells

about that. Yes, this is the long-running

collection battlebus expenses investigation, it involves a number

of Conservative candidates from the 2015 general election two years ago,

and clothing Lincoln's Carl McCartney who was investigated by

Lincolnshire Police over his election expenses. Today the CPS

said they would be bringing no charges against Mr McCartney or his

election agent, however, he believes he has been the victim of a

political witchhunt and said that heads should roll. During the last

general election campaign in 2015 the Conservative Party bust

activists across the country to marginal constituencies including

Lincoln. What has caused controversy is that the cost of those trips were

declared as part of national campaign expenses, not local

campaign. Expenses That led to 14 police forces investigating,

including Lincolnshire Police. Today the Crown Prosecution Service

revealed that a number of Conservative candidates and their

agents including Lincoln's Carl McCartney would not face charges.

Very relieved and happy and certainly all of my colleagues who

are in a similar situation, I think many of us hoped and expected this

to be the eventual result but it has taken far too long, nearly 12 months

since we were first told it would be investigated and that certain

allegations had been made. Mr McCartney is critical of the

watchdog the Electoral Commission which began the investigation into

gaudy expenses. E commission decided to be partisan against Conservative

candidates. The commission said the commission 's investigations team

carry out independent robust and impartial investigations acting

filly in accordance with our enforcement policy and with complete

impartiality. Meanwhile the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn expressed

surprise that no charges had been brought against conservatives. Our

election laws must be enforced and adhered to, there are strict

spending limits for a reason, so that money can't buy power, only

votes in the ballot box should be able to get power and that is why I

want you all to register to vote. It is unlikely we have heard the last

of this matter but Lincoln's political candidates will now turn

their attentions to fighting the forthcoming general election.

That is the latest on the battlebus election expenses investigation,

here and Scunthorpe the union and presenting Steelworkers have accused

Theresa May of a shameless -- of shameless electioneering by coming

here, they argue the Prime Minister shows little interest in the steel

industry until now, so a war of words going on in Scunthorpe but it

is unlikely we have seen the last of Theresa May in this part of the

world because as well as targeting Scunthorpe the Tories also believe

they could take Great Grimsby from Labour but clearly there is a long

way to go in this campaign. Thank you very much indeed. .Biz to

moderate programme when we will reveal the People's manifesto, the

issues that you have told us are important in this general election.

Still time to get in touch and tell us what you think should be the one

top priority for the next government. Plenty of ways to get in

touch, there they are on screen. In a moment, it's twice

as long as normal - today experts have been looking

to see if this super lorry is safe You woman from whole was reunited

with the good Samaritan hooking to 820 20 have a seizure while driving.

Sarah has no memory of the incident and said it could have been much

worse if nobody had stopped to help. It was a chance to say

thank you that Sarah Just thank you from the bottom of my

heart. For intervening. And bad he is feeling better, she is looking

better anyway! Last week teaching assistant seller was travel home

from work when something went wrong. And a member turning to St George 's

Road from other street. Sarah was having a fit, she could not move and

had no way of calling for help. But help

was not far behind. Kim Pythian got

caught up in the jam. I am thinking what is going on? Why

is the will to traffic? I looked at the fit car and realised he was

having a fit, turned my car off and ran to the car.

Kim helped make the car safe and staid with sarah

I kept calling her sweetheart, you are all right sweetheart, in here,

and ambulances on its way. When Sarah woke up in hospital

doctors told her she'd been So she put out an appeal

in the Hull Daily Mail before I wanted to meet them face-to-face

and say thank you personally because it meant a lot, could not have been

here any more. King said she would do it again. She needed help I was

glad to be the at the right time. But the story isn't quite over -

both Sarah and Kim are hoping to track down another person,

a man who also stopped to help that day -

who they'd also like to thank. New figures show that the cameras

which have caught most speeding drivers in the UK

are in Lincolnshire. More drivers have been called on the

A1 near Grantham than anywhere else in the UK. The second most

profitable camera was on in 180. Crispin Rolfe is near that

Motorway this evening. Well Peter according

to figures put together by an independent insurance company

the two top speed camera hotspots are at the A1 just south of Grantham

at Great Ponton, and on the M180 The figures show just over six

thousand drivers were caught on the A1 and just under six

thousand on the M180. So if they all received ?100 fine,

that's a total of ?606,000 at Great Ponton and ?583,000

at the M180. Critics claim such cameras

are nothing more than cash cows, People do say that but if you

actually look at the number of vehicles that travelled that section

of road, in excess of 12 million vehicles a year, we can't just under

6000 saw in that sense a majority of people can actually abide by the

speed limit quite well and we congratulate those drivers and wish

that the other 6000 we do catch would actually just not speed on the

first place. So the M1 AT which we're looking at right now, critics

say that Mobile safety cameras are a distraction, as can the average

become as they maintain places such as the A1. They have just been

installed in the last year to replace a fixed point but the

authorities say that if you take a look at the accidents across a

stretch of road here in the areas with the most accidents are the ones

without the cameras. We will be asking for your views on

just the moment but first John settle this year. I asked him why he

thought there was still hostility to cameras will stop I think it really

stems from a misunderstanding of them, it is quite easy on social

media and the like to call them cash cows and it is revenue revenue

revenue. They are cash cows aren't they? This one making 600,000 a year

in revenue, it is unlikely to be taking up -- taken away because it

is good for the different partnerships involved. That camera

has been taken away, and replaced by an average speed, system which

covers a longer stretch of tarmac on the A1. Hopefully for us it will

bring cattle the reduction. What do you set the Alliance of British

drivers saying given how lucrative speed cameras are designed with

surprising that the camera and other financially involved in vested

interest groups continue to misrepresent the reporting of cattle

pay data trends. They're not happy about it and many people watching at

home are not happy about it. The data trends are going down, why

would we invest so much more money in a new system, better system that

makes drivers more compliant and reduce the revenue that cameras

bring in? A simple question, would the road to be less safe if we

switched off the speed cameras tonight? Yes, the word. Are you

embarrassed that we have two speed cameras in this latest that is

published and we are talking about tonight in Lincolnshire? Not at all,

it means that we have identified an area where death and injury has

occurred and we are unable to get an engineering solution to that area

and as a last resort we will place a speed camera there to try and reduce

those casualties, so it is not about revenue. What do you say to the

people and I can almost hear them from here watching TV moaning about

speed cameras as they listen to this tonight? What do you say to them?

The ones that are mourning are more than often the ones who have been

caught, the only person to blame when the Epcot by a speed camera is

the person whose foot is on the throttle. If you don't want to get

caught, don't speed, it is simple. Thank you.

Anything you're saying you can put on TV in ten minutes. Do you think

these speed cameras and others like them are doing a good job? Do you

think they make journey safer? You have heard the story and the answer

from Mr Siddle. If we removed all the cameras, your views, either good

or bad thing? Thank you for watching this

Wednesday, still ahead, the Hull church that has been given a

makeover ahead of a special service this weekend. At a school in

Beverley where Sharon the dog is helping children feel confident when

reading aloud. Tonight 's photograph is of Bridlington, taken by Andy.

Thank you very much indeed. Other out tomorrow at the same time.

You are top of the pole on this vote for your favourite weatherman.

You have taken an unhealthy interest in this.

I just don't want you to win. I think they will drop all far better

newsreaders. You're the only one there so let's have a look at the

next federal errors. -- next 24 hours.

We have had 90 degrees in Hull, six Fahrenheit. A bit of a

south-easterly wind picking up that the whistle up the numbers or

perhaps it is not human quite as warm as it has in whole but it will

get the tomorrow afternoon. Things will turn more unsettled later

Friday, there is the area of low pressure that will take over and

looks as though the showers will be hit and miss on Friday it will be

further scattered local heavy showers on Saturday and Sunday but

temperatures will still be only one side of average and there will be

around. This is the really start this evening, clear blue skies and

lots of sunshine around, and talk amongst yourselves because nothing

will happen tonight. A light breeze with mist and pettifogging places

and we seal was temperatures coming in at four or 5 degrees, 4 degrees

is 39 Fahrenheit. So the sun will rise in the morning just after five

o'clock and high water Bridlington at 5:41am. There will be another

beautiful morning, blue skies all around and sunshine and some

Fairweather cloud of helping inland. Just the chance of an odd shower but

very much the exception to the rule, many of us will remain dry and as I

say that south-easterly wind will pick up through the afternoon.

Feeling cooler along the coast, 16, 1718 in whole. Friday and that we

can someone sunshine to come there will be a risk of heavy showers.

Peter that the forecast. I cast my vote last night, there

wasn't even a category for Darren, I had to start when!

There is, it is for dullness. He has a sympathy vote. If his

family are watching we only joking! See you tomorrow.

Well, it looks like nothing else you'll see on a UK road.

The very long Super lorry isn't even legal in this country.

But the company in Lincoln that's developed it,

claims it could reduce pollution levels and improve traffic flow.

Our Environment Correspondent Paul Murphy has this.

It believes a super lorry carrying more will mean fewer

lorries on the road, less congestion cleaner air.

In one word, productivity. We are currently sending for lorries up and

down all of her trunk roads and motorways where three would do very

The proposed Super Lorry is - that's the same size as the length

of a regular swimming pool, and longer than the entire

In comparison, the maximum length of an articulated

It would also have a greater capacity than a regular lorry,

The maximum limit in the UK is currently 44 tonnes.

This delivers far more efficiency but there are concerns about its

interaction with other road users, how it articulates around

roundabouts and people's awareness of that, what position that might

put them in from a safety perspective.

The twin problems of emissions and congestion are never far

from the headlines, but some campaigners believe bigger

I don't think it would make any difference in congestion, in fact it

might make it worse, those lorries could get stuck, especially in towns

and cities where the streets aren't made for them.

Lorries of this size already operate in parts of Europe.

This company has lobbied for years to get the super lorry

legalised in the UK, and that campaign will continue

Last night, we revealed that the owner of a caravan park

in Skegness is being told to pay tens of thousands of pounds

Roy says "a developer seeking to build 500 houses is required

to fund health and educational facilities to cope with

It is only right a holiday park of this size on the east coast

provides a similar level of infrastructure support."

Ann says "my idea would be that when a patient from another area

visits a GP at their caravan, the GP should be able to bill

the patient's local health service for reimbursement."

And Peta says "The council should increase the park owner's business

tax to contribute to surgery and hospital costs accrued

from the 10 month a year holiday dwellers spend on their sites."

It's a 700 year old building that can currently claim to be

But on Saturday Holy Trinity will become a minster -

making it more important than other churches in the city.

Volunteers have been helping prepare the church for Saturday's ceremony.

And as you've heard the honour will be bestowed by the Archbishop

of York, who'll arrive in Hull by boat.

In less than three days time, this 700 year old building will be

And Holy Trinity , currently the largest parish church

in the country, is busy preparing for its special rebranding.

The though it is a very busy time this lead up to the historic day.

We're all looking forward to it. We had all apprehensive. We have

everything in place but we are sure that is going to be so successful on

the date and the future of whole. The minster status

will be bestowed by the Archbishop Although it won't change the day

to day running of the church, it's hoped this honorary title

will mean more people Most of Saturday's

ceremony will be carried out by the Archbishop

of York John Sentamu at the church itself,

but it'll start here, as he arrives by boat

into the Humber dock. His journey by boat will mark

Hull's maritime history, as well as create a bit

of an entrance. We have managed to acquire for

Teller of nearly 25 boats ranging from police force, the Humber

rescuing books, a lot of residents and businesses.

Holy Trinity is also undergoing a multi-million pound

renovation, the most significant upgrade since Victorian times.

And although the contractors won't be finished before

Saturday's ceremony, volunteers are helping

There has been a lot of that behind the scenes because you can imagine

with all the work that's been going on there is an off a lot of dust so

people have been coming in and cleaning.

It's hoped the church's new minster status

will bring more visitors, and Holy Trinity says

as a minster it wants to be more community focused.

It's hoped the change will have an impact well beyond 2017.

The lockgates at Hull Marina have now been fixed

She's been praised for making school feel "less stressful" and for giving

children "more confidence" when reading aloud.

The newest reading assistant at Longcroft School

in Beverley is proving very popular amongst students.

Our reporter Jill Archbold has been to meet her.

Amelia is thinking very carefully about which book to read aloud...

I have picked any champion of the world by Roald Dahl because it is

quite a fun book and she will probably like this.

She thinks a book by Roahl Dahl will keep the attention

The caravan in the small field behind.

The library at Longcroft school has become Shara

It makes me more confident, it is common relaxing. Sometimes school

can be a bit stressful but then when you're reading to a dog and you can/

could you just feel like you can relax a lot. It will prove once and

Pupils like Robbie say reading to Shara is less intimidating

Sometimes you can hear people whispering about if you made a

mistake but she just sits there and listens to you. She can't judge you

like other people can when you're reading out loud in the classroom.

The kennel club say that dogs are the perfect attentive listeners and

reset says that by reading aloud to dogs children can improve literacy.

I'm keen to get children reading out loud because it builds confidence,

anyway that we can do that that is a little bit different, hopefully will

help, and this really does seem to have a positive impact. And Shah is

a real talking point of the school. of the school's technicians -

who brings her to the library I think she is fantastic and she is

so loving, so why does have that with me when other students can

appreciate it as well? A lot of students don't have pets at home

over them to see her and spent time with, they love it.

Although Shara isn't always a fully

attentive reading partner - she's helping these children

She is the star of the shorter night. Let's have a reminder of the

main national and regional headlines from the BBC this Wednesday,

political shock waves as the US president fires the director of the

FBI, Donald Trump said James Comey was not doing a good job. The brain

minister visits in the steel works as an electric -- has heart election

road show reaches one of the parties target seats.

Tomorrow's weather and other wonder with 20 of sunshine, top

temperatures getting up to around 19 degrees.

The subject of speed cameras, that you create bots, Sean said speed

cameras are as lucrative as drivers make them when they break the law.

He said I was caught speeding 18 months ago and I deserved the find.

Graham says Peter we need more speed cameras, too many people are

speaking too often. Heather said what did he spend money on that they

make from the speed cameras? Not on the roads, that for sure. And

finally the Al said like them or not, speeding is an offence, don't

break the limit, don't break the law, simple, really. Have a nice

evening. Tony Widgery began. Goodbye.