24/02/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

There's a warning tonight that Labour could struggle to hold

on to its traditional strongholds in Northern Cities.

It follows the party's defeat in the Copeland by-election

Pollsters say there's evidence that voters in cities like Hull

are becoming increasingly disillusioned with Labour under

Jeremy Corbyn's leadership - a charge denied by Mr

More from our political editor Tim Iredale, who's report

For decades, Labour has been the dominant political force in the

One polling organisation suggests the party

could be in danger of losing some of its traditional supporters.

If you look at areas like Hull, these are areas where over 60%

of the population voted to leave the European Union.

That disconnect and how Jeremy Corbyn

balances the priorities of the north London Islington liberals

and the working class areas of the north is

a very difficult balancing act for him to make.

Labour held off a challenge from Ukip in the Stoke

But the party last Copeland in Cumbria to the Conservatives.

That was the best by-election result for a governing party since 1966,

when Labour won Hull North, after promising to build

We asked some voters how they rate Labour now.

They are not the same party as they used to be any more.

They are not a people's party, as far as I'm concerned.

Jeremy Corbyn still has many allies across East

His supporters here in the Hull North Labour consitiuency

Jeremy was elected with a policy platform and

I think we need to see the Labour Party adopt that.

The Labour party does have excellent policy to do with health and social

care, integreation, getting rid of this crisis and funding it

properly and making sure that elderly people are

looked after and have a decent standard of living.

We need to hammer home those points more because they will

I want him to lead and set out very clearly the policies that

Policies that are clear about jobs, investing in renewables.

Many Labour supporters will be keen to

avoid another bitter leadership battle.

It is clear the party faces an uphill struggle to win back

Two Lincolnshire men rescued the driver from an overturned lorry,

after one used his false leg to help smash the front window.

The lorry overturned in high winds at Ruskington

Lincolnshire's Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Stuart Tweedale

He and his friend, Craig Nairn, who lost a leg in a road accident,

The driver was pulled shaken, but unhurt, from the cab.

I was trying to break the window with a hammer.

Craig was doing it with his prosthetic leg.

Craig had an accident ten years ago and that

I decided that I was going to make use of my leg and try and

smash a bit of the glass out as well with my prosthetic leg.

I damaged it a little bit but it saved someone's life.

The head of a drinks business in Lincolnshire is urging

the government to scrap its plans to introduce a sugar tax.

Beaver Fruit Farms in Bottesford says many of its drinks would be

subject to a new levy and could put an end to further expansion.

Lincolnshire's sugar beet farmers say any tax on sugar would also

Our business correspondent Leanne Brown has more.

Bottles of sparkling juice and cordial from this family-run

business are shipped all over the world.

The owner says their flavours are hugely popular and it would be

difficult to change their recipe's to include less sugar.

If we make the ginger beer without sugar, it does not

We use sugar as a sweetener but we do not use too much of it.

He says any extra tax could holt development at this factory -

and using artificial sweeteners instead insn't an option.

My products are natural, which sugar is.

We do not use anything artificial here and we do

60% of the uk's sugar comes from sugarbeet and Lincolnshire

is one of the largest producers of the plant.

Growers say the sugar tax is a concern because the industry

is so important to the local economy.

60% of the UK sugar comes from sugar beet. Growers save the sugar tax is

a concern because the industry is so important to the local economy.

It seasonal employment for our staff here for harvesting.

We harvest right through to February.

We grow about 500 hectares each year, 7000

tonnes of sugar beet into the

We have been growing that for a number of years.

When it leaves the farm it comes here to Newark to be turned

into well known products like Silver Spoon.

They say that sugar is the wrong target.

If you want to avoid obesity and maintain your weight, it

It is about calories in and calories out.

Focusing on one ingredient is misleading.

I do not think it will have the impact that the Government

The Spring Budget will have more details on the sugar tax.

Companies like this fear they will be left with a bitter

Those are the main stories this evening. Let's have a look at the

weekend weather forecast now. We saw some lovely sunny

spells across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire today,

but we are in for a change as we Here comes the rain

pushing in from the west. We will have a noticeable

south-westerly wind. I'm afraid, off to a cloudy

start to Saturday. Outbreaks of rain continue

tomorrow morning. As we move into the afternoon,

I think there is room for something brighter across much

of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Those south-westerly winds

remain pretty strong. Sunday and here comes another

weather front pushing in from the Some showers on Monday and Tuesday.

That does it from us. We will be back tomorrow evening at 20 past

five. For updates, go to your local radio stations. Have a lovely time.

Good night. few days it is that the stay miles.

Outbreaks of rain at times particularly as we head into Monday.

A much calmer day today after the nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at

your pictures, tranquil from Hampshire, on the edge of the new

Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that

sea. We are starting to get more pictures of bass coming through. The

1st of March, the first day of meteorological spring. We like it in

three months blocks. This weekend, things are going downhill again.

After this day, where we had the sunshine,