10/05/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Yesterday, the Prime Minister was in town.

Today, it was the Labour leader's turn to try

Jeremy Corbyn took his battle bus to five places in just six hours -

Leeds, Garforth, York, Rotherham, Sheffield.

more spending on schools, skills and training.

Our correspondent Danni Hewson spent the day with Mr Corbyn.

Back to school for today's first stop. Plasma increased spending on

education undeniably popular among students and a chance for Jeremy

Corbyn to explain why businesses should fund it. Our businesses, both

large and small, will prosper on the back of education, skills and

training finally been given serious attention by a very serious

Government. It felt a bit like home court advantage. Happy, smiling

Labour voters convinced that this is their man. Our generation, the

policies they come up with our more for us and the other looking at what

we want for education and in general rather than the Conservatives who

are focusing on the older generation. I think he is going to

do very great things, especially for this country and especially if he

does get elected. But the polls tell a different story and once again

Yorkshire will be key. This is why many familiar pundits have followed

the campaign to the region today. This is a battle ground. It is a

cliche, but Yorkshire does really count. Leeds really counts. That is

why Jeremy Corbyn is here today, the Prime Minister was here yesterday,

because they know particularly that working-class vote that is Labour

used to take for granted that was then switched to UK and is now back

in play, can they hang around author will be switched to the Tories? That

will make a huge difference to the final results. In what has become a

hallmark of this election campaign, today's events work-out at the

managed and the optics overwhelmingly positive. It is there

to say that Jeremy Corbyn has been treated like something of a rock

star on the campaign trail today, but he has been surrounded by

supporters. They already like what he has to say, but even among

traditional Labour voters, that is not universal. I don't rate him at

all. Probably the worst labour later that has ever been. I've always been

from young, always been Labour, but I've changed for two or three years.

I don't rate this Corbyn fellow. I think he is more word-of-mouth than

action when it comes down to it. So miles to go and more still to do.

Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn was criticised when he was asked

several times whether Britain would definitely leave

the European Union if he were Prime Minister

Well, today while he was touring Yorkshire,

he came into the Look North studio so I asked him again.

Yesterday, you were asked if the UK would definitely leave Europe

Yes, we accept the results of the referendum.

Britain is leaving the European Union and we will negotiate

a tariff-free trade access to the European market.

That is essential for our manufacturing industry,

essential for that trade and our future and we will also make sure

that we protect those conditions that we've achieved through Europe

such as working time directive and issues like that.

We will also guarantee the rights of EU nationals

to remain here because they've made their homes here.

Just to clarify, the UK would definitely be leaving

the European Union if you become Prime Minister?

That is the decision of the referendum and that

We, as a country, had a debate, we had a vote, we made a decision.

But I we have to be very clear - Europe is our major trading partner.

About half of all of our trade is with Europe.

It's our nearest neighbours and we share an

Values on human rights, and I think we have to make sure

we have an effective, efficient,

I wrote to President-elect Macron straight

after he had been elected in France and welcomed his election,

congratulated him on his victory, and said we'd...

Because that was one of the big reasons that

voters here in Yorkshire wanted to leave the European Union?

Well, at the moment, there is automatically

I pointed out throughout the referendum campaign that one

of working conditions in Britain by importing groups of workers

deliberately to underpay them, grotesquely exploit them

in many cases and set up horrible tensions within our

communities and so I did urge the Government then to sign

the agreement that had been reached with most European states

So we're saying that there's going to be

If all European nationals weren't in Britain, our NHS

would be in a bit of a state with the number of EU nationals

working within it, so we have to have a managed migration system,

based on the needs of our community and family reunions.

Let's move on to you, if we can. Me?

You are very much in a Labour heartland here

in Yorkshire. Yes.

But many traditional Labour voters are saying that they

won't vote Labour this time because of you.

I say to them, I understand if you have concerns about anything.

Our party is making an offer to the British people.

Are we going to go in the direction the Tories want

which is a more divided Britain, more poverty, more enormous wealth

Or are we going to go the Labour way which is of investment in an economy

for the future, sustainable National Health Service,

social care, mental health services, a housing programme

that deals with homelessness and education

so that all of our children get a decent chance in life?

Labour offers that inclusive society that works for the benefit of all.

Well, Jeremy Corbyn is now in Sheffield,

rallying supporters at the last visit on his whistle stop

The Conservatives had one of their big hitters out too.

James Vincent is on the campaign trail for us

in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constuituency.

Welcome and started his day in west Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, some of

those tough marginal seats, he is ending his day in South Yorkshire,

some friendly faces. He is finishing up a visit and then will be on his

way to share with the community centre behind me. That was David

Blunkett's seat, quite a safe Labour seat. Joe Furniss has been the MP

here for the last year or so. It is a Labour hold so the Labour Party

ending their day with some friendly faces. The Conservatives have been

in South Yorkshire today as well. They said Liam Fox, the

international trade Secretary out. They have been targeting some

surprise seats in Doncaster. There are people that I've been

meeting who have said that they've never voted Conservative

before, but they will vote We're finding that right

across the country. I think that the referendum

will loose up from some of their party affiliations and I

think that people feel that having voted to leave the European Union

and even some of those who voted to remain, they see that the public has

made a choice, the Government now needs to deliver on that and I think

they see Theresa May as the best So, that's some key campaigning from

the Conservatives in South Yorkshire. Liam Fox, a key Brexit

man, is in charge of trade at the moment. We will be doing those deals

when we leave the European Union. Some key campaigning in South

Yorkshire. He was impending still in stock split earlier, a Labour

majority of 6000. I cough up with him in Doncaster. It majority of

8000 and then he went to rather valley, a Labour majority of 7000 so

that gives you some idea of the Tories are not expected to win but

are confident of doing well in, especially if you keep, who have

done well in those seats in the past, if local election results are

replicated in a few weeks' time, it'll be interesting to see how many

votes the Conservatives can take from Ukip push Labour in some

traditionally very strong seats. Quickly, I slipped a real bottom-up

manifestos. They will come out next week so that gives us about three

weeks to open the booklet, have a foot along and see what policies we

will be voting on. I wonder how many of us and how many viewers will sit

down with a cup of tea reading what the parties are saying on the

policies. Join me at 8:15pm

tonight on Facebook. We'll be answering some

of the questions you've sent us There's still time to get

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for everything, I'll be hosting a special election

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the politicians that Send us an email with your name

and contact details Later on Look North: A hair-raising

assignment for Ian White. Our reporter puts his neck

on the line as two Leeds Rhinos Let's have a look at some other news

now and fire crews say a huge scrap fire in South Yorkshire appears

to have been an accident. People told to leave their homes

in Kilnhurst have now The fire is out at the recycling

centre. The clean-up is underway. It's three days since fire crews

first arrived here. The plume of thick smoke could be seen many miles

away from Kilnhurst. 500 tonnes of plastic and other scrap caught

alight. Our investigation is now closing. They concluded it was an

accident. I would like to take this opportunity to really thank local

residents in the community around Kilnhurst for their patients, for

their support particularly on social media as this incident unfolded.

Residents of the estates next door say that when they first reported

the fire, flames were 40 to 50 feet high. Some of them are now coming

back to houses for the first time in three days and you can absolutely

still smell the smoke in the air. There are black lines coming off

everything. It's all over than PVC and the stonework and I have washed

those today. You are more than welcome to come inside. Ian is

waiting for a team of cleaners to visit his house for an insurance

report. Grey, black dust throughout the house but furthermore than that

it's the stench. You can smell it throughout the house. I can't bring

my children back to that environment. I can't eat in that

environment. You can't live healthily. I'm not alone, the whole

community has suffered the same as myself. Residents have been advised

to wash away any residue with water. A lawyer has suggested

that the welfare of a transgender inmate, who died in Leeds Prison

in 2015, should have An inquest is

being held into the death of 21-year-old

Vikki Thompson, from Keighley. Vikki, who was born a boy,

had protested at being put in a men's jail while facing

a shoplifting charge. Counsel for her mother

Lisa Harrison, suggested Vikki's welfare in prison hadn't

been sufficiently co-ordinated. Patients who suffer with a chronic

voice condition that makes it difficult to speak can now receive

help at a specialist clinic at the Royal Hallamshire

Hospital in Sheffield. Laryngeal Dystonia causes

involuntary spasms Our health correspondent

Jamie Coulson's report shows So, we'll have a look

through the endoscope Every three months,

Margaret Loveday comes for treatment at a specialist clinic

in Sheffield to prevent her voice becoming increasingly strained

and difficult to understand. The 68-year-old suffers

with laryngeal dystonia, which means her vocal cords

are affected by involuntary spasms. The neurological

condition also affects muscles in the neck

which causes her head to shake. It makes me feel quite

vulnerable and I pull back. For patients like Margaret,

there is no cure, but the Royal Hallamshire has become

the first hospital in Yorkshire to offer a specialist clinic

to treat a condition where doctors and language

therapists work together. By using specialist

equipment, doctors detect Then a botulinum toxin like Botox

is precisely injected, which will reduce the spasms

over a period of weeks. Patients are then offered further

support by speech The accuracy of the injections

has to be right, which is why having

a neurophysiologist to guide me And then the back-up

with the speech therapy support is also useful

in that the patients When I first was referred

as a patient to the clinic, my voice I've now got the gift

of speech back. Margaret will need treatment

for the rest of her life, but is grateful to have

rediscovered her voice. Let's have a quick check

of the cricket score. Yorkshire are away at Northants

in their latest One-Day Cup game. Balance is having an astonishing

season, look at that. Northampton struggling with 28-4. I think we

will win that! There's a big night coming up

for Yorkshire boxing star Nicola Adams this Saturday,

when she fights in her home city of Leeds for the first time

since turning professional. The double Olympic champion

will fight at the Leeds Arena, where the headline act will be

another home favourite, They're both warming up at a public

work-out at the Leeds Trinity shopping centre this evening

and Paul Ogden is there for us. Heisler shopping bags! -- hide those

shopping bags all sorts of temptations here.

To shop but also meet some very accessible, wonderful ambassadors

for their sport. That is the magnificent physique belonging to

Josh Warrington, our international defending featherweight champion,

top the in front of his top home crowd on Saturday night. On the

undercard, believe it or not, Nicola Adams. She has just left the ring

here for a warm up. She did take time to talk to us on that was a

short terrible. Such a loss of love for you, lots of

excitement about you being back. There's an argument first of all

because we have been arguing about the last time you boxed in Leeds.

How long? 20 years? It is a long time. 13 years old, the 1st of May.

It was amazing then and then coming back as a professional debut in

Leeds, it's going to be good. I can't wait. The public can't wait

either. How does it feel to come home and get that kind of greeting?

It is really special, really humbling as well and it is an honour

to be thought so highly by everybody and I'm glad to have their support.

I think you get support from a lot further from Yorkshire because you

do a lot for women's boxing, for the sports generally. Our conscious of

that argue when you go about your training? Quite conscious. I know I

am inspiring a lot of the younger generation to get involved in sport

and get involved in boxing and we need someone winning some gold

medals now I have left the amateur game! I can't help wondering if you

should be top of the game although Josh will probably thump me for

saying that. I am happy that Josh 's top of the bill. It is nice to see

that there is someone from Leeds doing really well in boxing. One

thing you want to talk about is these longer rounds. You are doing

something for the sport, three-minute rounds is that of two

minutes. Tell us about why you want to take that on. I found when I

boxed the two-minute rounds, it was not long enough. You did not have

enough time to find your feet and look for shots, take your time where

as you can in the three-minute rounds and if your opponent is

holding firm for 15 or 20 seconds before the referee breaks up, in a

two-minute rounds, that is not all that done. In a two-minute rounds,

I'll have more time to compose myself and it won't be as much of a

rush to get things done. The rest of the boxing world is seeing you are

making everyone work harder. This should be trailblazing. Needs to be

the same as the guys' professional boxing. They do exactly the same in

the UFC. Men and women do the same amount of rounds, same amount of

gloves, so we want to be competitive and, yes, I'm hoping I can pave the

way and change things. I think you are doing that as many ways. Welcome

home from all of us and enjoy your time in Leeds. Fighting in front of

your home crowd! We can't wait either.

Best of luck to her. Here is a young lady by the name of error in who I

think might have a boxing career in front of her in future. You actually

met Nicola Adams. What was it like for you earlier? Amazing, because it

is amazing to meet a woman boxer that is so amazing in the ring. Do

you think she might inspire you? Yes, definitely. You really want to

boxing future? A dangerous? No, not really. It is just fun. She makes it

look easy, doesn't she? Will use I wish you shy of meeting you? I

wasn't shy but she might have been shy of meeting me. She is so proud

and so modest to be appearing in front of her home crowd. It will be

a really good night with Josh Warrington at the top of the bill on

Saturday night at Leeds Arena. Good luck to both of them. He is a

real crowd puller. Now, Harry, you'll remember

the story of Sweeney Todd, Well, it's been just like a scene

from the musical today He wasn't keen when we

mentioned the job involved a barber's chair and two trainee

barbers on stand-by He wasn't much happier when we said

the barbers were actually Leeds Rhinos players thinking

about an alternative career. But they weren't

complete amateurs... They've been given an opportunity

to learn the trade as an alternative career when they finally come

to hang up their boots. Meet Barber B, 25 years in the male

grooming business and now sharing his knowledge with the Barbers of

the future. Among his apprentices, Leeds Rhinos players George Walters

and Jordan Baldwins, thinking about alternative careers when they retire

from rugby in years to come. I am learning the trade of barbering and

I'm actually getting quite good now. I'm not too bad. People trust me

more. The boys that he cut their hair so that's a start. For me, it

was when I went to the barber that I used to go to and they are all

enjoying their work and the service they provide for people and how you

feel out of you come out of the barber, like a new man. Do you think

you might in thing for me? Yes, I can give you a wet shave and make

you look ten years younger. Thank you very much! Modelling today,

Jamie Jones-Buchanan. He did not need a haircut but that beard was

begging for a trim. That is a trademark, seed want anyone missing

with that. No. It is always dangerous when Barbara start waving

scissors rounds. But I trust this one. Can you imagine not having that

beard? Know. I've shaved it off for charity in the past and I would do

it again. I am not that pressures about it. I didn't like it when I

first to growing it but it grew on me.

LAUGHTER The idea behind the project is so

that they have something ongoing outside of rugby that they can grow,

help themselves grow. It will give them the opportunity to give young

people and events should programme around here. It will give them

something else to focus on when they are not busy with their rugby. This

is all very relaxing, isn't it? Very pleasant. Have you done this before?

No, but you will be all right. You'll be fine, don't worry about

it. Do you guys know what you're doing? Well... I tell you what, for

rugby players, you are very gentle. We can't go cutting you to ribbons,

can we? I hope not! Would you let them touch you? Lie

yes, and you wouldn't complain! Totally and utterly.

Well this weather continue for days to come? 19 degrees again tomorrow,

showering into the weekend. Welcome rain for some.

Jeremy Corbyn told me earlier that he is concerned about a drought. Is

that going to happen? No, it is nonsense. But his brother

is a long-range weather forecasts or maybe he has his information from

him. I don't know. Let's look at some pictures. The first one is

York, looking beautiful on the river cruise there. Everything greening up

very nicely. The second one is coming from Marsden, and the third

picture that came in this afternoon was from this morning, sandal Castle

at sunrise. Keep those pictures coming in. You can send them in

three ways. The addresses are on the screen now. Another beautiful day to

come tomorrow, very warm with plenty of sunshine but low pressure is

going to take over to a certain extent I think through Friday and

into the weekend. It may well help develop if you heavy showers into

the weekend. One sunshine, but also a scattering of showers. Little to

show you on the satellite picked. 19 degrees in Sheffield this afternoon,

66 in Fahrenheit. Fine and sunny this evening. At the end of the

night, lowest temperatures three or four only. Three in that is a

finite. The sun rises at 5:12am. Here are the high water times.

Missed first thing but otherwise another stunning morning. Blue

skies, mainly sunny weather. Some cloud developing across the North,

the Middlesbrough time into the Peak District. May well help spoil one or

two isolated showers, but very much the exception to the role. One day

with the exception of the coast in the afternoon because the win will

fresh from the South East and pin temperatures back to 12 degrees. But

we are looking at 19 again in Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, into the North

Midlands. So the risk of a few heavy showers and the weekend fairly warm

sunshine and scattered showers. That is the forecast.

That's about as far as we go. We will have our late news at 10pm.

Enjoy the rest of your evening. From all of us, good night.

Good night.