29/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. membership. That's all

Tonight, as Theresa May fires the Brexit starting gun,

what will the effects be here in Yorkshire?

We'll ask what it means for the Yorkshire businesses

who rely on workers from European countries.

I love to stay here and the Brexit break my heart.

We'll ask how your bangers and mash will be affected by Brexit.

The chief constable who lost his job over Hillsborough.

We'll have the latest from the High Court.

Prince Andrew visits Tadcaster to see how the town has

Despite the lot of cloud and over the next 24 hours, it will be

exceptionally mild. Join me for the very latest.

Tonight, what will Brexit mean for Yorkshire?

Nine months ago, as a region, we voted to leave.

Today the two year countdown to Britain leaving

We'll be talking to businesses trading with Europe

But we start with one company in North Yorkshire with a workforce

There's still no decision about whether they'll

Our social affairs correspondent Spencer Stokes reports.

I am from Lithuania and came to England six years ago.

Some of the migrants caught in a Brexit no man's land.

Care home workers, waiting to find out if they will be able to stay

in the UK once Britain has left the EU.

At Anley Hall Nursing Home in Settle, 21 of the 60

All of them are unsure about their future.

I like this job, I like the residents, I like the people.

I love to stay here and the Brexit break my heart.

Ellie was one of the first to arrive here with her husband and two

She's considering paying to become a British citizen,

If we have to go for the naturalisation, it's

Obviously we haven't got this money in the pocket,

but if hard Brexit will come, I have to take a loan and doing

naturalisation for my family, to make it easier for us to work

The Government's position on whether EU workers can stay

But the Brexit Secretary David Davis says it will be a priority,

If Ellie and her colleagues were to return to eastern Europe,

then who would fill the vacant posts?

There certainly isn't an abundance of labour here in Settle.

The jobless rate is currently around 3%.

And, according to the Government, that means this area

The prospect of EU workers losing their right to remain

is a worry for the manager at Anley Hall.

She wants to keep her current migrant workforce and recruit

We don't know what's going to happen.

We're in a very rural location here and it's

been historically very, very difficult to recruit.

And without the staff from eastern Europe,

we would not be able to function as a business.

The British people have spoken and the answer is we're out.

It all seemed very clear on the morning

And the talks that will determine their future are just beginning.

Well, in the run up to June's referendum, there was a lot

of debate in our region, some of it very heated,

about the pros and cons of leaving the EU.

In the event, the Yorkshire vote was decisive.

1.6 million of us, 58% of the population, chose to go.

Compared to 1.2 million who wanted to remain.

Only Leeds, Harrogate and York bucked the trend Leeds and Harrogate

were on a knife edge, their votes split almost down

the middle with just a small majority voting to remain.

58% of voters there wanted to stay in the EU while 42% voted out.

In places like Bolsover, Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham, though,

more than two thirds of voters wanted out.

Well, whether you wanted to stay or go, as of today it's happening.

What businessess want to know is just what exactly that will mean

for them and what future trading relations will look like.

Our business correspondent Danni Hewson's at a factory

Yes, running off the line at the moment, check in Italian. A very apt

sausage considering today's events. The EU really does run through where

businesses like a stick of rock. Click the outset that I am waiting

currently. Part and parcel of regulations that really are taken on

by all of our producers, whether or not the export or not. The hours

that staff can work, all those rules and regulations, will have to be

rewritten and the question is which will stay and which will change.

Even a Great British staple like bangers and mash

Like many other sectors, this potato business relies heavily

on the migrant workforce and 60% of employees come from EU countries

The percentage in the business as a whole is much lower.

Without these workers, the business won't be able to find

staff despite being all in place living wage.

But unlike most employers, the boss here is confident a deal will be

They want to be here for good reasons.

I think it would be crazy if they had to go back.

I'm pretty confident that sanity will prevail.

Martin has always been confident that leaving the EU would provide

the best outcome for his business and nothing that's happened

since last years's vote has dissuaded him of that.

You could argue that's fortuitous and it's just short-lived.

I don't think it is, really, because what we've found

is that commodity prices, wheat, barley, have

Here, they have felt a negative impact.

The devaluation of the pound has meant more pork is being exported

which has driven up the price of one of their key ingredients.

The big concern is whether the type of grants that typically come

from the EU and help them expand, will continue after Brexit.

The stuff we have here costs a couple of hundred thousand pounds.

We need that grant fund money to help us expand so we don't

know if the business will be strengthened

The money might be spent in other sectors.

It's a big waiting game to see what happens.

Everything is to play for once we figure out the game.

Just standing here now, I'm feeling all kinds of accents. Vladimir, we

are you from? I am from Latvia. Over here, we have Georgia. We are you

from? Romania. One more over here, where are you from? I am from

Thirsk. How do you feel about coming out of the EU? I don't know a lot

about Brexit so I am unsure about what the future holds for us all.

One person who knows an awful lot is the boss here. We spoke to your son,

Jamie, an earlier. What are your big concerns? Our major concern is the

uncertainty that all businesses feel. We have had a lot of the EU

grants before which have helped us create more jobs. I don't know what

the government will be committed to providing that level of support to

small, family businesses like ours. Your sting the equipment you saw

German-made. Yes, it is. We spent a lot of time working of the guys from

Germany. They are bemused by the Brexit thing. We buy machines from

them, we have spent over ?600,000 recently on equipment like best, all

from Germany. They don't export or import a great deal but you trade

with Europe in things like this equipment. Do you need that trade to

be worked out? I think the trade, really, we have been affected,

people are scaremongering and say that the UK currency has been

affected and the workplace has been affected. A huge impact on our

business already. The uncertainty, really. All businesses are saying

that they just want clarity. Here in north Yorkshire, most people I spoke

to voted remain. In Rotherham, the majority voted to leave and my

colleague has been summing up the mood there.

How times change. 20 years ago I was your reporting on the want of a

shopping voucher scheme. The villagers looked like the Euro zero.

It was get people used to using what was thought to be bound to become a

shared currency. The whole thing was backed by the town 's MP who went on

to become the Minister for Europe. 20 years later, judging by the few

people I have met this afternoon, including one European, there is not

much forget about triggering Article 50.

Because Europe is going, European Union is going into a bad

direction, in my opinion, from Polish view.

It's time it made its own law and its own rules, not have

everybody that doesn't belong to us telling us what to do

I'm really hoping that Britain will do well and we'll get some good

Because I don't think we're going to get what we expect to get

I think we'll get as good a deal as we had before.

I think it's in everybody's interests to do that.

Just a flavour of the scientific reaction here on the streets of

Rotherham this afternoon. In the end, it wasn't really close call in

the town because there was a majority of 50,000 people voting in

favour of leaving. This is a town that does to some extent depend on

its steel industry. Trade is going to be at the front of those Brexit

talks. They will be watching them very closely.

Well, Leeds MP Stuart Andrews joins us from Westminster.

Had he been celebrating with a paint this afternoon, like Nigel Fries?

I've been rather too busy at work, to be honest with you. Of course,

this is quite an historic day but now the hard work starts and women

to make sure we go out there and negotiate hard and make sure we get

the best deal, not just for the United Kingdom, are part of that

United Kingdom, but also make sure that is good for the European Union

also. Are you still happy with your vote to leave? I think is the best

decision. We want to strengthen our existing relationship with our

European neighbours, because we're not leaving the EU,. It was only

aide said but ultimately we voted remain. How will you make sure that

you get the best deal for all of your constituents? I am constantly

being written to an contacted by my constituents, who are raising a

variety of issues. Particularly those who work in a variety of

different fields and want to make sure we get the best deal and I make

sure I've been that to the ministers and make sure those issues are

addressed when the negotiations happen. Much power do you have as a

local MP? In fairness, the ministers have been with those extensively.

They want to hear what constituents are seeing. You recognise that this

cannot just be about the government deciding. It wants to listen to the

experts out there, people's experiences and that is why I, when

I have written to, I will make sure that those issues will be raised by

the ministers. What you think Yorkshire will miss from being in

the EU? I think this is an opportunity for us to look beyond,

to carry on working with trading nations in the EU and making sure

that we get the best possible deal that we can, but also that we can

look at opportunities that exist around the world and in emerging

economies. Wilson had been in the interview we've not been able to

start trade negotiations and get a cheap deal with other countries. Now

we will be able to do that, once we have formally left the EU in two

years' time. Thank you. Next tonight, there have been

protests outside Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire today,

ironically about foreign Around 150 construction workers,

many of them unemployed, gathered at the gates,

blaming employers not Brexit for shipping

in cheaper foreign employees. Construction workers

from across the north of England The police were present but this

was a peaceful protest. They came here to join with local

unemployed workers who claim they're being overlooked for the use

of cheap labour from abroad. Let's look after UK workers first

and foremost and not exclude foreign workers but we,

the UK workers are being treated as a top up of labour

to a foreign workforce. We're not saying don't come

to the foreign workers, but we must Ferrybridge Power Station closed

last year after 50 years of service. It was a blow to the local

community, but there Its owners, SSE, said

it was committed to the site, with the construction

of a ?300 million multi-fuel waste energy plant,

which would create local jobs. But Keith Gibson, who's been out

of work now for eight weeks, says there's a severe

lack of opportunities. We've got companies what we call

is a race to the bottom. They want you to work

as many hours a week So we're saying to these European

employers that we're not happy with European employers

using European labour to undercut The contract firm HZI

is leading this project. They're actually

based in Switzerland. But, in a statement,

they told us that around 2/3 They also said they're working

with local businesses and the local job centre to make sure

that the local community But protestors say the industry

is in crisis and guidelines about using local labour

in construction and engineering They're calling on European

employers to give people in the community first refusal

on work and say they'll continue to protest

until their voices are heard. We'e back at 8pm and we also

have our new late programme as part The owners of a north yorkshire care

home where an elderly resident died after jumping from an upstairs

window has been found guilty of failing to assess

the risks she faced. Dora Strickland, who was 90,

took her own life at Red Lodge, A trial at York Crown Court heard

that just weeks before she died, Mrs Strickland told staff

she was depressed and The owners of the home,

the Joseph Rowntree Trust, were found not guilty of failing

to protect the safety of residents. The judge will pass

sentence tomorrow. We're just quite delighted, really.

It could have been prevented, we know that. And now everybody knows

that. The engineering firm chosen by HS2

Limited to deliver two stretches of the high speed rail line

is pulling out of the ?170 million deal amid alleged

conflicts of interest. CH2M was due to deliver

Phase 2B, the sections from Birmingham to Leeds

and from Crewe to Manchester. The company's now withdrawn

from Phase 2B but say they are commited to delivering

Phase 1, from London to Birmingham. More people were convicted of animal

cruelty in West Yorkshire last year 94 people were convicted,

while the RSPCA received almost 8,000 calls about harm

to animals in the area. In January, a Kirklees couple

were banned from keeping donkeys for life after inspectors

found their animals Plans for a new Hillsborough Law

have been introduced in the Commons which would make it a criminal

offence for police officers and other public authorities

to cover up wrongdoing. It follows the reopening

of the inquests into the 96 Liverpool fans who were judged

to have been "unlawfully killed" South Yorkshire Police had initially

blamed supporters for the tragedy. The bill's unlikely to become law,

though, because of a lack Sheffield United are not quite

there yet, but I think we can put the champagne

on ice, can't we? The Blades' 2-nil win

against Millwall last night was another big step

towards promotion Goals from Jack O'Connell

and Kieran Freeman secured a 24th victory of this terrific season

at Bramhall Lane. Sheffield United stay

at the top, of course. They now need just three more wins

from their six remaining matches, The High Court's been told a former

South Yorks police chief's controversial statement

in the aftermath of the Hillsborough inquest verdict made his

position "untenable". David Crompton's taking action

against the decision by the Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings

"requiring him resign". Our reporter David Rhodes

has been in court. This relates to what happened in the

immediate aftermath of the Hillsborough inquest last year when

all 96 Liverpool fans were ruled to have been unlawfully killed. In the

aftermath, he released to the stations, the second one

controversial because some interpreted it to say that South

Yorkshire Police were still trying to blame the your purple fans for

the disaster. The police and trading commission interpreted it that way

and said it was untenable for him to stay in his position and then he

removed him from office. He has come to this High Court to seek the

overrule that decision and basically say that the doctor made and are

awful decision. What did we hear today, then? We

heard from his legal team, who were seeing things along the lines of,

Doctor Billings was not entitled to make this decision, he acted

unlawfully. We heard from Doctor Billings pots team who said that she

could not seen his position because his conduct was disastrous for the

forceful. I asked Doctor Billings in the aftermath of the feuding today

if -- left the court ruled that he had acted unlawfully, which he

resign? We're a year since these events,

a lot of things have happened. I've appointed a new Chief

Constable, of South Yorkshire, I think he's in a new place

and we're trying to look forward, so I hope it won't come to that

but we'll just have to wait and see. So what happens next? This is a

deferred decision, so we have had two days of healings and the court

will take between two to eight weeks to make a decision. Let us be clear,

he is not coming back as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police.

However, this High Court has this decision to make. Has the Police and

Crime Commissioner of South Yorkshire acted lawfully or

unlawfully? The Duke of York returned today

to Tadcaster which was cut in half when the Christmas floods of 2015

destroyed its historic bridge. In a whistle-stop tour this

afternoon, the Duke saw a town back on its feet after 15

months of desperation. Our correspondent

John Cundy reports. A bridge so badly needed

to bring Tadcaster and its And the Duke of York saw for himself

the progress this afternoon. First up, the ironmongers that had

been under three feet of water. We've got everything cleared out

and all the rubbish cleared out. It was really good that

he's shown an interest, great that he has come back

to the town to see Then, across the road

to the butchers which had been But central to the Duke's visit

had been on the bridge, Still some work to finish

off in the river. Waiting for the river to abate

to allow us finished off cutting the sheet piles down and finish

the pointing works on the bridge. Finally, to St Mary's Church, which

had also needed restoration work. The Duke of York was here very soon

in the aftermath of the floods Today, he returned to

a much happier scene. Events have been held today

across Yorkshire to mark a week If there was any doubt

about how the Westminster attacks only last week,

have united all of us, well Yorkshire was at the centre

of some special tributes today. Five people were killed

including the attacker. Crowds gathered this

afternoon in Sheffield, Bradford and Leeds and held

a minute's silence to remember The kind of commemoration

that says no one It's a show of

solidarity here today. Whatever religion people are from,

whatever backgrounds people are from, they cannot help

but feel the pain. Muslims are united on this

joint effort to eradicate We come together today in unity

as one British people, no matter what religion we are,

no matter what colour of our skin, to show that unconditional love

coming together is more powerful Exceptionally mild. Let me show you

a couple of the nicest pictures that have come an in the last 24 hours.

The second picture is sunrise. Keep the pictures coming in. The headline

for tomorrow, quite a cloudy one, but we are hopeful that through the

afternoon, certainly in South Yorkshire and perhaps West Yorkshire

will brighten up. 18 Celsius as possible. Even, across the cloudier

Pennines at will few or even milder tomorrow. As you might expect on

April one, April showers, but on Sunday ridge of high pressure means

that at the moment it will be a nice day. Content in the south-west, the

air coming from the subtropics and it is moisture laden and cloudy,

very mild indeed. When it is clear in places. Further outbreaks of rain

and drizzle pushing in from the south-west. Those outbreaks will

continue for the first part of the night, tending to fizzle out later,

we us with patchy rain across the Pennines. The average for marketers

around 10 Celsius, so we're looking at night-time temperatures higher

than where they should be judging the day. -- during the day. The sun

rises at 6:45am. Everywhere is cloudy but my help. With their --

there will be a bit of patchy rain looking in from the south-west,

perhaps reaching the the is on fine weather. You can see the cloud moves

away northwards and we think that patents will reach areas to the

south of Leeds, perhaps you're as well, but secondly Sheffield,

Doncaster and Worksop will have a lovely end to the day with those

high temperatures for the time here. 16 Celsius in Scarborough, 17 in

Leeds, 18 Celsius in South Yorkshire. That is the average for

the end of May. Freddy, achieving at first but then showers, Sandy looks

nice, dry with some sunshine. That is the forecast.

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