24/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

The headlines from BBC Look North this Tuesday lunchtime.

Plans for just one large Lincolnshire-wide council

are defended following criticism by district leaders.

This is a way you can save a good amount of money without affecting

And toy makers from our region say sales are up as they take part

With Brexit everyone expected demand would go down.

In actual fact, it's gone up by between 5% and 6%.

Lincoln's city council leader has accused the county council of acting

"rogue" over a proposed shake-up of local government in the area.

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants to hold a referendum

on whether the seven district councils should be replaced

Martin Hill claims the move would save ?150 million,

More from our political editor, Tim Iredale.

There are seven district councils covering Lincolnshire

plus the county council, so is it time to merge

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council wants

I think the reason we are doing it is because we keep having these

conversations all the time about the difficult financial

situation all councils are in and having to find ways

of saving money, which means difficult decisions.

This is a way you can save a good amount of money without affecting

At present the district council's provide localised services

such as bin collections, housing and planning.

The county council is responsible for big budget services such

The idea of abolishing district councils in Lincolnshire

You know, it is the county council acting like a rogue council,

it seems to me because it is not the way we have been

We have done it on a collaborative basis.

This is a unilateral move by the county council.

I think it's the start of their campaign for what they have

sought for a long time, which is a county unitary

North Hykeham is part of the North Kesteven district

so how do people here feel about having all their services

delivered by one so-called super council for the

I think you would have less say in what goes on locally

You know, I think the smaller councils are more geared up

to the smaller districts, sort of thing.

If we want the council tax down, yes.

If the proposal is approved by the county council next month,

then a referendum would take place in May on the same day

However, the result wouldn't be binding and any final decision

on scrapping Lincolnshire's district councils would rest

Tim Iredale, BBC Look North, Lincoln.

A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman in Skegness.

Casey Scott stabbed and strangled Lenuta Haidemac last summer

The judge ordered that he serve at least 19 years in prison.

Campaigners fighting to stop beagles being bred for animal experiments

at a site in East Yorkshire have lost their fight.

A judge has denied protesters leave to appeal the decision

to allow B Universal to expand their site at Grimston.

Cruelty Free International say they're disappointed by the ruling.

Manufacturers and distributors of children's toys in our area

say they've seen huge demand over the last year.

Figures released today show the industry grew with sales

Hundred of companies will be showing off their latest products

at the Toy Fair in London today, hoping to drum up even more trade

Our business correspondent, Leanne Brown, reports.

It's a chance for toy makers to show of their latest designs.

The fair in London is the UK's only dedicated trade show

and Lincolnshire firm, Plum Products, will be showcasing

We have got some examples here of a new range that we are looking

An example here is a mud pie kitchen.

It starts life quite open and some of the scribbles and sketches

you can see around us here, we literally could go

through 50/60 sketches and end up with perhaps two out of those.

The company was responsible for the trampoline in

the John Lewis Christmas advert, which they say had

It changed the landscape significantly.

I think it very much put trampolines on kids' Christmas present lists.

We saw a halo effect across all our resellers and sold many,

many more times the volume than we would ever

But despite record growth there is concern over

This company in Brigg market sells wooden toys from Germany.

Wooden toys have become very popular now, especially because people

For us, the biggest problem with Brexit

Will there be a free trade agreement straight away,

All those things affect business dramatically.

The industry faces a difficult year ahead but companies

are confident their innovation can keep children interested.

You've been getting in touch with us about jail sentences for motorists

Jessica Danby died after her moped was hit by a car trying

The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving

and was sentenced to two years in jail.

Jessica's mother says that's not enough.

Lincoln City fans have been queuing since the early hours

of this morning for FA Cup fourth round tickets.

Hundreds of supporters have spent the last few hours waiting

for tickets for Saturday's game against Brighton.

Until some legends brought a little fire, kept everyone warm.

You know, to get tickets for this game is a pretty big deal.

We are going up, mate, we are going up.

Lincoln City are in National League action at Barrow tonight.

A win for Danny Cowley's side will take them seven points clear

Now a look at the weather forecast with Keeley Donovan.

Hello, a pleasant crisp winter's afternoon to come. A lot of dry

weather about. Plenty of sunshine. It did not start off that way, we

had plenty of fog but as you see it has now cleared. We will have dry

and bright weather this afternoon with a good deal of sunshine. This

evening we might see some mysterious we develop. Afternoon temperature is

about average, five, 6 degrees are high. This evening, we will see fog

anywhere could get some of that. It will tend to lift overnight but

around southern parts of Lincolnshire, dense fog will develop

overnight and here is where it will stay coldest. Anywhere in the

countryside we could get back to freezing. A warning for fog first

thing. Further north we will start on the bright note but then tidal

spread, particularly across southern parts of Lincolnshire a great day

developing. Looking further ahead on Thursday, a cold day, we start to

draw southerly winds which mean warmer conditions but the continent

around France is cold and we will start to see temperatures climbing

into the weekend and more cloud. Now on Look North tonight we'll be

looking at the Korean dialect expert who's created a handy guide

to being understood in Hull. He says he's made the video to mark

the City Of Culture year. It is very funny, do have a look if

of views online. It is very funny, do have a look if

you have got a chance but you can see more at 6:30pm. Until then have

a lovely afternoon, thank you for watching. Buy buy.

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