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

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East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire MPs say they're ready

to fight a general election, that's caught some by surprise.

Unfortunately I don't think the opposition is a strong as it could

be. But West Hull's Labour MP,

Alan Johnson, who was once the Home Secretary says

he's standing down. And the debate over restricting

so called charity muggers And we saw some lovely sunshine

across the East Yorkshire and miniature today. How tomorrow

looking? -- Lincolnshire. Theresa May's decision to call

a snap general election has prompted one of the country's most high

profile MPs to call time 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 Here's our Political

Editor Tim Iredale. 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 the election, in 2020 so surprised

everyone. I had to make the decision. Other MPs were divided

about the Theresa May had done the right thing. This feels like a Prime

Minister who does not have any security in a position particularly

around Brexit which is why she's taken this very drastic measure. I

think having a Government which has a five-year mandate to take through

negotiations and through our new global arrangements after those are

concluded is a good thing and is good for our region. That provides

the stability we absolutely require. This was the initial reaction from

voters and Hull. I knew it was going to happen. The political leave a

little times. -- they are politically volatile times. I don't

think the opposition is as strong as it could be so she is likely to when

unfortunately. Out of the 17 insurgencies in East Yorkshire and

ensure proper head by conservatives and five by Labour. -- 12 ahead by

conservatives. -- are held. Lincoln traditionally sees

a closely fought 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 We have a strong following there

and in Great Grimsby The Liberal Democrats

are stronger than we've Before any general election

election can take place - two thirds of MPs must support

Theresa May's proposal. 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 But a lot of the political

parties across our area have even selected candidates to

stand in the selection because they Earlier I spoke to the Labour Hull

North MP, Diana Johnson, about the large Conservative lead

in the opinion polls. Is it fantasy to say that Labour

North MP, Diana Johnson, Is it fantasy to say that Labour

could win this election? You said in June 2006 it is highly likely we

will face a general election next two months. I do not believe we can

reach out to the range of voters will need to attract the Labour

Party, with reference to your leader. That was at a time when we

were going through a new leadership election and that was settled last

year. Jeremy is the leader. We are year. Jeremy is the leader. We are

now starting this general election so we now have to see Jeremy 's

leader and let the people of this leader and let the people of this

country decide in June who they want to be the Prime Minister. I will

certainly be fighting the general election on my record locally as an

experienced MP standing up for our city. Your constituency voted to

leave the EU and you wanted to remain. The Conservative Party is

being seen as a Brexit party now. The Conservatives could do very well

in your constituency. Do you accept that? I have said to you before the

type accept the result of the referendum on the EU and when

Parliament against the session on whether should trigger Brexit I

bought it to trigger so I respect the will of the people. The accept

that the Conservatives now seen as the Brexit party could do very well

in Hull North for the nice time since 1950? -- first time. We have

seen cuts to a local schools and the NHS in crisis and lack of investment

in transport. Seven weeks and two days. Will you win Hull North? I

don't take anything for granted and I will be working very hard on this

general election as I have in 2005 and 2010 in 2015 I hope I will win

but I'm not taking anything for granted.

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.

People who stop you in the street and ask you to sign up

to give to charities, could face a clamp down in Hull.

The City Council is considering changing its rules -

to make it more difficult for them to operate.

It's probably happened to you at least once,

being stopped in the street and

When it comes to charities, some sees admirable

If they start banning people there be no charities,

Others call them chuggers, a combination of the words

used by people who feel irritated or intimidated by them.

I don't want people harassing me every

time go into town or anywhere I go, really.

In the well-informed environment where you are now, maybe

people would think to give to charity in a slightly different way.

Some councillors think there's too much chugging going on.

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

So the council is considering changing the rules to

make charities apply for temporary licences restricted to special

events, effectively making it much harder for

But opponents say this kind of fundraising

helps people understand where their money's going.

It allows for genuine conversations with people about the issues they

support. The proposals will be

discussed by the council's There were queues in

Hull City Centre this afternoon as hundreds of people stood

for hours waiting The skewed goes right round the

building and doubles back. -- this Q.

The Lego daffodils have only been there for a week and took a team

of six builders a month to put together.

But today they went on sale to the public to raise

Something from the City of Culture to take home.

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

And now the weather forecast with Owain Wynn Evans.

A bit of sunshine, a bit of blue sky, today wasn't too bad.

It was a bit chilly first thing, though and

overnight we will see those temperature

cold as last night but it is a dry story at least across East Yorkshire

I don't think we have to worry about a frost tomorrow

But it will be about enough start of the day with a lot of

It tends to cloud over a bit so we will not see the

prolonged spells of sparkling sunshine we saw today.

The pressure chart is serving up a big area of high

pressure which is there to stay over the next couple of days.

Are anything that tries to get us in the weather fronts at bats away. A

subtle story was some chilly nights. Not a bad forecast. Thank you for

watching. Back in the morning and BBC One and on your BBC local radio

station. More on the up and coming election tomorrow morning on radio

Humberside and radio Lincolnshire. The weather hasn't been too dramatic

of late. That is not say it's not without problems. One of those could

occur as early as tonight. There could be a sharp rural frost around

especially so in the southern