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So it could be the fourth election in four years | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
And, as the Copeland by-election in Februray proved, | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
previously safe Labour seats are not safe any more. | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
Could the Conservatives make further gains | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
Already, one Labour MP - Tom Blenkinsop - has refused | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
to stand again while Jeremy Corbyn remains party leader. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Our correspondent, Mark Denten, is in Mr Blenkinsop's constituency | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | :00:37. | :00:44. | |
This is Guisborough, and the Priory is behind me. A historical landmark | :00:45. | :00:53. | |
of this particular area. A bid of more recent history here, Tom | :00:54. | :01:00. | |
Blenkinsop, the local MP here has said he will not fight the election | :01:01. | :01:07. | |
which was announced today. He will not fight it because he has | :01:08. | :01:16. | |
irreconcilable differences with the Corbin leadership of the Labour | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
Party. -- with Jeremy Corbyn's dealership. | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Mr Blank and SOP was not available for interview today. The Labour MP | :01:25. | :01:40. | |
for Middlesbrough wished Tom Blenkinsop well, but said this was | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
about wider issues. Policies subsist long after any | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
individuals, in any event, so we are about the collective | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
and saying, and that is what we are putting | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
to the British people. And they think they'll find | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
a man with Jeremy Corbyn He is consistent, he is honest, | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
he's decent, and he is principled. So what do Tom Blenkinsop's | :01:56. | :02:10. | |
constituents think of his decision today? We got their reaction. | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
He's been an excellent MP for this area. | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
I can understand why he's going to do that, | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
and I think a lot more will do the same. | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
I think that's where the problems will be. | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
I think it might swing to Conservative, possibly. | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
One thing that unites all other parties in every constituency is | :02:25. | :02:38. | |
they were all thinking they had three years before the next | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
election. As of tomorrow, they will have 50 days. | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
Theresa May's snap General Election follows | :02:45. | :02:45. | |
the 2014 Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
The politicians certainly haven't lost their appetite for elections, | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
Gerry Jackson sent this report from Whitehaven, | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
where the Conservatives tasted by-election success | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
It isn't yet eight weeks since the Conservative candidate, | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
Trudy Harrison, came here and turned a 2,500-vote Labour majority | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
into a 2,000-vote Tory by-election triumph. | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
Theresa May had been here during the by-election campaign, | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
and she was back hours after the result was announced. | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
I'm absolutely delighted to be able to be here with the new member | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
of Parliament for Copeland, Trudy Harrison. | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
This is an astounding victory for the Conservative party, | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
So, 3.5 months after they turned out here, | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
the voters are being asked to do it all again. | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
Do they think now is the right time for a general election? | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
I think the Prime Minister has got better things | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
Concentrate on getting us out of Europe. | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
Well, in some ways, I'm probably quite happy | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
At least it might give us some opposition afterwards! | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
If they're going to do one, we will go down and vote. | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
But I'd be in a quandary over who I'm going to vote for. | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
I work for the NHS, and that says it all, doesn't it? | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
So how much might voter fatigue be an issue here? | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
Well, the new MP, Trudy Harrison, said she was looking forward | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
to campaigning again and that her party was making | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he'd take the Labour message | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
and we know the NHS has been an issue here. | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
Maybe the Lib Dems and Ukip will fancy their chances | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
As journalists here in Whitehaven are fond of saying, | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
we could be sailing into uncharted waters this June. | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
Both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have seats in South East England, | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
but Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
Jeff Brown spoke to the Cumbrian MP and asked if he was relishing | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
the opportunity to hit the election trail | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
in a region where, he says, Labour is vulnerable. | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
Well, it's a fantastic opportunity for the British people to change | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
the direction of our country, and that especially applies | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
for those of us in the north-east and Cumbria, who have the chance | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
to say now that whatever we think about the result | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
of the referendum last June, a hard Brexit that takes us out | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
of the single market is very wrong for our country. | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
Only the Liberal Democrats are saying that, | :05:31. | :05:32. | |
More broadly, Great Britain needs a strong and decent opposition. | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
It seems that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn have decided | :05:39. | :05:40. | |
that not only do they not want to be an alternative government, | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
seriously, they also don't want to be a serious opposition. | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
Britain desperately needs a strong and serious, decent opposition. | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
This is the moment for the Liberal Democrats to step up | :05:51. | :05:52. | |
into that position and present the British people | :05:53. | :05:54. | |
And yet our region voted overwhelmingly for Brexit, | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
so surely your message is going to fall on deaf ears? | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
Well, look, if you seen the local by-elections | :06:03. | :06:04. | |
over the last weeks and months, we've seen against the Liberal | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
Democrats in places like Sunderland and indeed over in places | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
like Allston in the North of Carlisle. | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
So what is clearly happening is the Liberal Democrats | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
where a decent, strong opposition should be. | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
That will mean people voting for us who voted to leave last June, | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
as well as the many people who voted to remain as well. | :06:25. | :06:36. | |
Other news now, and an inquest has heard how a four-year-old girl | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
who was using her mobile phone at the time. | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
Ava Henderson was playing in a compound in South Shields last May. | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
The girl was trying to stop the family's bulldog from running | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
into the path of her mother's pick-up truck | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
The coroner recorded a verdict of "accidental death." | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
It's one of the region's most popular tourist destinations | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
but people living and working on Holy Island | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
off the Northumberland coast say plans to sell off a car park | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
will seriously damage businesses and the environment. | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
The county council is selling the land | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
as it tries to make savings of ?2 million. | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
It says any development will be sympathetic | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
Tens of thousands of visitors come here every year. | :07:20. | :07:27. | |
Pilgrims or sightseers, they all need somewhere to park, | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
There's people looking for room, eyeing up our space | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
people come at the optimum time, don't they? | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
So it does all funnel people in together. | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
this is where coaches and blue badge holders park. | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
Just under half of this site has been put up for sale | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
At some times in the year, yes, it isn't quite so full, | :07:51. | :07:57. | |
but at other times of the year it is absolutely stowed out. | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
And that loss of access for visitors | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
to this part of the world will be huge. | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
In a statement, Northumberland County Council told us | :08:09. | :08:10. | |
that car parking on this side of the site, and the toilet block, | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
will still be maintained, and any developer buying land | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
on this side and the overspill behind it, will be governed | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
by strict conservation rules, but still people here are concerned. | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
The biggest worry is the identity of the village would be lost. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
If they allow development on that land, | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
how can they stop development on the next bit of land? | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
Kyle Luke was born on the island, and makes his living here. | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
He fears creeping development is changing the home he loves. | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
I don't think anything should be put there, | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
but if they are going to build something, let it be social housing. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
Let's keep the community going, rather than more holiday homes. | :08:47. | :08:48. | |
Northumberland County Council says a full marketing exercise | :08:49. | :08:57. | |
will be completed before the land is sold. | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
The islanders hope that will protect the area's beauty, | :09:00. | :09:01. | |
Northumbria Police say 37 victims have now come forward | :09:02. | :09:12. | |
Time now to take a look at the weather with Jen Bartram. | :09:13. | :09:27. | |
and although tonight will be a little bit milder, | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
we are still expecting a frost in places. | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
Through tomorrow, another cloudy day in the forecast. | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
We are going to see some outbreaks of light, drizzly rain at times. | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
Now, this is the map through the night tonight. | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
but we're going to see the cloud rolling in from the North, | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
and that will help to keep the temperatures from falling | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
we are expecting a minimum of around 6 degrees. | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
we could well see a touch of frost once again. | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
That is something for the gardeners amongst you to take note of. | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
Tomorrow morning dawns on a fairly cloudy note. | :10:05. | :10:06. | |
There will be a weather front sinking down from the north | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
That will bring some dribs and drabs of rain here and there, | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
I think by the afternoon we will start to see | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
particularly across parts of North Northumberland, | :10:21. | :10:22. | |
Temperatures tomorrow getting up to a high | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
of around 10 or 11 degrees, so feeling quite similar to today. | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
it's a fairly cloudy, misty start to the morning. | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
Some outbreaks of rain across Cumbria, | :10:34. | :10:35. | |
some brightness for the north-east for a time, | :10:36. | :10:37. | |
and it's gradually going to be turning a little bit breezy | :10:38. | :10:39. | |
as we head through Thursday afternoon. | :10:40. | :10:41. | |
Generally a cloudy, dry-ish sort of day. | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
Temperatures reaching a high of around 14 Celsius. | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
As we head through Friday towards the weekend, | :10:50. | :10:50. | |
we keep that cloud, and highs of 13 degrees. | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
and Tomasz Schafernaker has the national forecast. | :10:56. | :10:59. |