18/04/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Well I'm not so sure we'll see a lot of blue sky like this, shot taken at

Roundhay Park. But join me for the very latest forecast.

In just over seven weeks' time, we'll go to the polls

Once again, Yorkshire is expected to be a key battle ground for votes.

The Prime Minister says she wants to strengthen her position ahead

of talks about Britain leaving the European Union.

Parliament still has to approve the plan,

which has been welcomed by opposition parties.

In a moment, we'll get reaction live from Morley and Sheffield Hallam -

But first, our data journalist David Rhodes looks at the state

Politically we can break our region down into three distinct blocks. In

North Yorkshire, the Conservatives are dominant holding seven out of

the eight seats. Labours on the seat is in. The Liberal Democrats may

look to target Harrogate as well. A constituency that the Lib Dems have

held in the past. Now, let's move to South Yorkshire and the North

Midlands. This is a Labour heartland. Out of 18 seats, Labour

holds 17, while Nick Clegg holds one. For the Liberal Democrats, in

Sheffield-Hallam. However, UK came second in 2017. Let's not forget the

green part they came second in Sheffield Central last time and the

former leader of the Greens, Natalie Bennett, has a ready said she will

be contesting this seat. But, it is in West Yorkshire where we find the

key political battle grounds. Here there are 22 seats, 14 held by

Labour, seven by the Conservatives and there is one Lib Dem seat. Last

time in Bradford East, Dewsbury and Morley and outward all the seats

changed hands between the main party. One of the most high-profile

was when Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed balls lost his seat. Nine of the

most contested seats in West Yorkshire. And with only seven weeks

until Yorkshire to the polls, this is where we should see the main

political parties campaign the artist. The seat could, potentially,

have the biggest impact on the national result.

As David mentioned, Morley and Outwood made national headlines

two years ago when Ed Balls lost his seat by just

It's the closest marginal in our region.

BBC Radio Leeds, Theresa May has called a snap General Election

Well it's going to be a very interesting election campaign in

this town. The Conservatives hold this seat by just 422 votes, the

smallest majority in Yorkshire. Not only that, but the sitting MP,

Andrea Jenkins, will be hitting the campaign trail just three weeks

after giving birth to her baby son. Who will be challenging her for the

Labour Party? Well that is yet to be confirmed. What do the voters think

about the prospect of heading back to the polls for another general

election. ? It was the breaking news

people in Morley had I would never have imagined

it to be coming so I would never have imagined it

to be coming so soon. I thought we just got

a new leader, didn't we? As businesses in the town

reopened after the bank holiday, the snap general election

soon became the talking point. Yes, I'm pleased she's called

for one, definitely. She needed a mandate,

because she hadn't I hope Ed Balls doesn't

come dancing back, like. Ed Balls watzed to

fame on Strictly Come Dancing after losing

the There is then no word

from him today. Andrea Marie Jenkins is duly

elected as the conservative Andrea Jenkins won the seat from

the conservatives by just 422 votes. weeks ago, but today

confirmed she will be Talking to the voters

in Morley today, it was about how a general election

might affect Brexit. I think it will make

us vulnerable, in my But, there again, it

could strengthen us. I think she's doing

well, and with the Brexit thing I think everyone wanted

to go well and I don't know, Scotland are trying

to do their own thing The politicians will no doubt soon

arrived here to begin a It's likely to be a busy seven

weeks for this town. Let's get some

political reaction now. Harry is at Westminster -

what's the mood like there? This Harry, what is the atmosphere

like a because politics is boring. This is

the place to be whenever you get a political statement as enormous as

today's's we've got sky, ice ITN, broadcasters from all over the

place. Politicians and been coming up and down here throughout the

afternoon. Three politicians have passed our tent. Here is great no

hole from the north-west. Lib Dem. Let review Greg. -- let me start

with you Greg. This is Machiavellian, that some people are

saying Stewart were the thing. The Prime Minister has been clear, she

wants to be sure that she goes into these negotiations with a strong

hand. What she has said, is that the majority of quite small here. We

need someone with strong leadership, so let's let the people decide who

they want that in four eyes when the negotiation happens. Richard, you

have your say now? David Cameron said he wouldn't stand down, he did.

Theresa May said she wouldn't hold a general election before development

20, she did. And that is a sign of Tory chaos. This is a sign for us to

send a message from our area to Westminster that they are being

treated by this government and that Labour can offer a better future for

the majority are low earners and the learners in our area. What about the

Lib Dems? I think to reason they said several times that there would

not be a snap general election that she wanted and that she wanted to

bring the country together. She is not acting in the interest of the

country, she is acting in the interest of the Conservative Party.

She is not acting like the unifying leader that she said she was. She is

damaging this country and taking us into and necessarily hard bread. --

Brexit. You MPs care very much about your constituents, will this be

about one thing? The leadership, Brexit, or can we discussed social

care. Well, I very much hope so, I mean of course Brexit is going to be

a major part of this election but we and we have serious negotiations to

happen but this is also about election electing a government of

the next five years bottles and also growing the economy plus we've got

to talk about other issues like the social care that you mention what

about the connecting with leadership issues that you have Richard. How

much of other containers that? Will I think when these people look at

Labour's policies like the ?10 in our minimum wage, free school meals

for primary school pupils, maternity pay, pretending pay, sick pay, for a

when they look of those, I think that Labour is not going to start

turning our backs on austerity and cut -- is going to start training

our backs on in touch. OK, Greg Mulholland Georgio. What people are

calling out for is a real opposition, but Labour are not

providing. The Liberal Democrats are now being the real Democrat --

opposition to this hard Brexit Conservative government. There are

delighted that people like Vince Cable outstanding for us again.

People know that voting for the Liberal Democrats in selection is a

chance to change the course of the country and to send a very clear

message to Theresa May and divisive government. Thank you Gavin

gentleman I can't wait, can you. Activity.

Well, Ukip came second in more than half of

The party is confident it can be successful this time around.

We are the only party that has been successful

in that they set out to

do, and that was to get a referendum, referendum David Cameron

didn't want, a referendum to Brexit and to leave the European Union.

That would we did and we achieved that.

And we achieved that with not one seat in the House of Commons.

And we will carry on now, we will carry on and fight for the British

working man and woman and I'm quite sure that we will win seats for

Let's speak now to our political reporter James Vincent,

who is in Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency.

James - this was a surprise to many people; do you think another

election will go down well with voters?

If that be fascinating to see what people think of another election.

Nobody saw this coming. If I had I had a shave. It's probably more easy

to explain because the Conservatives are so far ahead in the polls that

they might not be so far edge in 20 20. Never the knows how we will feel

about the Conservatives in three years' time. They want to make a

while they can, in the sunshine, in June. But how will people feel about

another election? Three in three years including the EU referendum.

There's nothing much going on the day after a bank holiday... Is

there? So, let's rinse and Easter holidays. And election in June but

the think of that? I think you need to have any need to happen. I'm not

completely shot. . Will you enjoy election? I can she should have

stayed after Brexit, now she's just doing it her own reasons. She's just

doing it for her and how much of a majority she can get. Would have a

dog thing? -- what does the dog thing. What do you think? Anything

to stop that the malaise that skanky happening. -- the malaise that been

happening. So, some strong views there. I wonder if people would get

election to keep with seven weeks ago. Can we expect Georgia to be

centre stage again? -- cameo in Yorkshire to be centre stage again?

Nick Clegg was the only try minister and this is his constituency in

Sheffield-Hallam. The big news is that Nick Clegg is meeting his party

in the next 24 hours. That could be him saying I'm on board or him

saying I'm off, I've had enough, maybe some of can do this job. If we

don't have the personalities, we do have the constituencies. Such as

merrily for example. -- Morley for example. I'm thinking maybe you're

quite field,. If we don't have the personalities will have the places.

So, not all MPs have declared whether they will stand or not, but

who have? It been one of those days where we been phoning MPs and their

offices open telling us. Hilary Benn has confirmed he is standing, he is

not the best friends Jeremy Corbyn. We've not from Ed Miliband or it

Nick Clegg Tom there is some thinking to be done by our MPs. If

it's not been hectic trading today, it's going to be a hectic seven

weeks rollover is coming. You'd better trim your beard, it's going

to be busy times for you. Will be back at ten firm awful eight o'clock

from more. Police have issued a warning to drug

users in South and West Yorkshire to use caution following six deaths

over the Easter weekend. Detectives haven't officially

linked the deaths - but say they are considering

whether a strong or contaminated Our Health Correspondent

Jamie Coulson reports. Highly addictive

and highly dangerous. For the those who are children

heroine, the prospect of withdrawal For the those who are heroine,

the prospect of withdrawal can outweigh the risk

of a potentially bad Junior, who did not

want to be identified, I do her in and crack

cocaine together. Some days you don't really

want to exist, so I'm not I do heroin and crack

cocaine together. Some days you don't really

want to exist, so I'm not There have been six deaths

across south and west Yorkshire over the Easter weekend which police

believe are related to class a drugs, and while those deaths

haven't been officially linked, Police in both forces have urged

drug users to use caution. Four people died in

the Barnsley area on Friday. Police are awaiting test results,

but believe the deaths There were two more deaths in

West Yorkshire, the following day. If 36-year-old man was found in

Leeds while a 27-year-old man died in Normanton.

Drug users often have their own medical history which could

contribute to their sad death but there is also the possibility

of unusual strong drug supply in the market and also

potentially something that's been added to the drugs to cut it

The National crime agency has also issued a warning about the use of a

synthetic drug called street heroin that they may no direct link to the

deaths in Yorkshire. Two people arrested

in South Yorkshire on suspicion of supplying drugs have been

released under investigation, while four people arrested

in West Yorkshire have been released Despite the warnings,

Junior says he has little choice but to carry on,

feeding an addiction he describes Two teenagers are being held

on suspicion of murder in Doncaster. A 65-year-old man died in hospital

after being found collapsed The woman being held is 18 years

old and the boy is 17. Detectives say it's too early to say

exactly what happened and their investigations

are continuing. Detectives searching for a missing

teenage girl in Huddersfield have released a picture of a man

they want to speak to. It's thought 14-year-old

Alecia Moran may have gone with him Alecia was last seen at home

on Sunday , wearing a black Police say they're "extremely

concerned" for her welfare. Controversial plans to build

a new school on a former land fill site in Sheffield have been given

the go ahead by councillors. The council says the threestorey

building is needed in Millhouses because demand for school places

in south west Sheffield is growing. Objectors say building on landfill

could be dangerous and that local roads would struggle to cope

with increased traffic. Tell you what, it can be tough

being a football fan in the championship took another

twist yesterday with Leeds United Yes the race for the play off places

in the championship took another twist yesterday with Leeds United

dropping out of the playoff places. Leeds United picked a bad time

to have one of the worst 45 They were battered in the first half

at home to Wolves and were fortunate They were better after the break,

but this time, unlike at Newcastle, there was not to be

a last-minute equaliser. It was one of the worst performances

I've seen for a long time. Extremely disappointing,

to be honest with you. I think we've dropped down

to seventh now and all season we've Are you worried about

the play-offs now? No, I think we'll be

in the play-offs and I think we've got a good good chance

of getting to final. We had the mentality for so long

where we've been in the play-offs quite comfortably in and we've kind

of been in a protective mode and try to stay

in there and stay in there, and now we have to try

and change our mentality to be Leeds's loss was Sheffield

Wednesday's gain. They moved up to fifth

with a 2-1 win at QPR. After the game, Carlos Carvalhal

said the mentality of this They certainly seem to be running

hot at just the right time. That's four wins on the

bounce for the Owls. Huddersfield Town could have closed

the gap on Newcastle, They took the lead at Derby

and their performance really deserved all three points,

but a wicked deflection saw them So what are the scores on the doors

after that little lot? Huddersfield are down to fourth

Wednesday up to fifth, Leeds out of the play-off places,

but expect plenty more twists and turns before it's

all done and dusted. Sheffield United went

into their game against Bradford promoted and as champions,

so you might think Not a bit of it - a ruthless first

half saw them win it 3-0. Cue the obligatory pitch invasion

and champagne spraying. The Blades final target the season

to see if they can reach 100 points. Chesterfield finally

succumbed to the drop. They were well beaten by Scunthorpe

- the gulf between the top and the bottom of League One

all too clear. Too unhappy men in the studio. Two

unhappy men. I'm not sure about Leeds, but I think Bradford will

make it. I think you've got the weekend weather wrong if you don't

mind me saying. Let me show you a couple of pictures that came in in

the last 24 hours. There's some lovely cherry blossom in Normanton,

and the second picture that is coming, a lovely one with a rainbow.

Bretton Hall. You can tweak them to me at the address on the screen.

Let's have a look at the weather for the next 24 hours. Mostly dry, the

bit cloudy. I gathered people moaning that there's not enough rain

across eastern parts. This cold front will reintroduce colder air

and I think we are in for some frost next weekend. A milder interlude on

Thursday, but then frost returning Friday night and into the weekend.

This whether frontier is going to track south-eastwards over the next

12-18 hours introduced quite cloudy conditions into West Yorkshire and

the Midlands. This quite a lot of clout in place, the card will go a

lot of it fairly tenuous feather is a chance of a spot of drizzle coming

into Skipton coming in towards the end of the night. More central part

of Yorkshire are most at risk of frost. Around urban areas it will be

for, five, 6 degrees. Six o'clock is your next high water time. I think a

reasonably bright start across Yorkshire and into South Yorkshire

down into the North Midlands but there is that weak further front

bringing rain into the Skipton area. It fizzles as it pushes southwards.

Possibly the Peak District will stay dry, the top afternoon temperatures,

the average is around about 12, so were just a little bit below

average, ten or 11 degrees in most places. 52 degrees roughly. Friday

not too bad, but then that cold interlude into next week. That is

the forecast. So, my grass seed is not going to do very well. No, your

grass is not going to be very well. That as far as we go I will see you

through the late bulletin at 10:50pm tonight.