12/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

Tonight: Yorkshire's coastal communities are braced for a rough

night as strong winds could produce a tidal surge and floods.

And tributes for Norman Rimmington as a Barnsley footballing

And some severe weather over the next 24 hours. I'll have the

forecast shortly. Tonight, coastal resorts on the east

coast are bracing themselves against bad weather as a tidal surge

is predicted in the early There are currently six flood

warnings in our region from Sandsend Residents there have

spent the day putting out Our reporter Phil

Bodmer joins us now. What can you tell us? Don't be

fooled by this deceptive calm here where it's all tranquil because it

could get a bit wild later tonight. This is what they've been doing.

Shutters along the properties and businesses, traders battening down

the hatches. This is the Lord Nelson pub, they've spent much of the

afternoon preparing the property should the worst happen. There are

two high tides, at one tomorrow morning and again in the afternoon.

Let's talk to somebody with expertise in these matters, Mark, a

seafarer the 28 years. How high are the waves? The waves around here

tomorrow morning won't be so big in the morning, they will be a lot

bigger in the afternoon with the wind and tide. Four to six metres.

When you are sure, it's a lot worse. Conditions are bad at sea, but you

say there's a high tide tomorrow morning at about 4:20am, but you're

more concerned in the afternoon. In the morning you don't get the wind.

That will come through in the next five or six hours. It will be

tomorrow afternoon with the wind and the tide and the swell from Scotland

that will be together and cause more devastation. You were here in 2013

and it was bad then, do you think it will be as bad this time? I don't

think it will be as bad but it will come over the road and cause some

damage. It won't be as bad as 2013, I don't think. Not as long for the

swell to build. The Million Pound Drop damage and a big clear up

operation. We hope that won't happen again. A lot of traders will stay up

overnight to keep an eye on things. I don't blame them. It won't be as

bad in the morning as it will be in the afternoon. We'll keep an eye on

that. The advice is to stay tuned to local forecasts, given I on the

Environment Agency website BBC local radio is on there until 1am. York,

Leeds and Sheffield are on air right now and there's more information

tomorrow morning BBC breakfast. Thanks.

Next tonight, momentum is building for one elected Mayor to serve

Labour council leaders have indicated that they're now willing

to consider the idea, which had previously

It comes on the day that this year's elections

for a South Yorkshire Mayor have been called off.

Our correspondent Danni Hewson can explain.

It's worked for London - having one figurehead to fight

for the capital has brought added cash, investment and prosperity.

The Government thinks it can work for the rest of the country.

Six areas will vote for their own Mayor in May.

These include the big cities of Manchester,

The Mayors get to wrestle control of a whole load of power

from Westminster and it comes with a pot of cash.

?30 million a year - that's almost ?1 billion over 30 years.

As it stands, Yorkshire won't get any.

This deal would have secured that cash for South Yorkshire

Now, after a legal challenge over Chesterfield's involvement, it's

A prospect the Government doesn't relish.

The Government is committed to that deal and I would encourage

South Yorkshire leaders to remain committed to that deal.

If they walk away from that deal, we will take the deal off the table

and that means that that money and those powers will not be

But today, supporters of a Yorkshire-wide Mayor seized

on the delay and now Doncaster and Barnsley, along

council leaders, have said they will consider the option.

We're happy to take this forward, to talk about the opportunities,

where we could work together, and see whether a Yorkshire-wide

mayoral model could actually help us unlock the deals we have

Many business leaders believe a single Yorkshire Mayor would pack

a bigger punch and have blamed Labour leaders for stalling.

But today, their national leader denies they've

Look, they're passionately representing their areas

That's what drives people in local government.

They want to get the best deal for the areas they represent.

But it's taken two years already and the stakes are high.

The worry is, in a sense, that the difference,

the divide between these places, particularly their ability

to engage with Government, not only now but in the future,

the worry is that the divides between those places that have

those Mayors and those that don't will get ever starker

So after months, indeed years, of saying no, why is it now possible

that Yorkshire's political leaders could accept one regional Mayor?

How would it work and who might it be?

Questions which the Sunday Politics programme this weekend

In other news, it's been confirmed that the leisure centres

in Knottingley and Castleford will close on February 3rd.

Wakefield District Council say the pools are in a dilapidated state

Protesters campaigning to keep the pools open say older people

and children will struggle to travel to the new centre, which will be

The reopening of a West Yorkshire bridge damaged by the Boxing Day

floods has been delayed by bad weather.

Elland Bridge was due to reopen for cyclists and pedestrians

by the end of this week, but rain and low temperatures

have held up work to waterproof the structure.

Calderdale Council say they're hopeful work will be

We tend to use the word "legend" a little too easily these days,

but today in Barnsley we said farewell to a genuine one.

Norman Rimmington gave his life to Barnsley Football Club.

He did everything at the place, from coach to kitman.

Well, Harry would say "a good old boy".

All Saints Church, Darton - packed to the rafters.

And ahead, a perfect service to say farewell to Mr Barnsley.

# Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising...

And Mick McCarthy, Barnsley legend, needed all his strength

As a young player, he gave me so much support,

I think he always saw the best in people.

And probably one of the reasons why I'm stood here and have had

Looked after the players, did the washing, nursed

I've known Norman all my life, and his family.

You knew that on a match day, if you came, you saw

Norman sat in his seat, everything was fine with the world

Well done to the football club as well.

They made it so special for his family in every way.

Mick McCarthy, he had Mick as a boy, my dad, and he's always

phoned my dad up even when he left Barnsley.

Like people who have been to see him while he's been in the home,

Danny Wilson came to see him at 7.30 one morning, before

The match, we were invited after he died, just to see

He's just been our dad, but when you see everybody

The service itself, and the people that attended the service, speaks

Farewell to Rimmo, never to be forgotten.

Let's get an update on the weather. It will be stormy.

Yes. Lots of talk about severe weather. There is still a weather

warning in force, a yellow warning for snow mainly affecting West

Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, creeping into North Yorkshire. This

is the storm system that brought snow to southern parts. There are a

couple of showers that will drift in from the east. Tonight, away from

the snow, the main thing, look at this map, turning blue, a couple of

showers across eastern coastal parts. Overnight, temperatures of 0

Celsius. It will be cold in town let alone across rural parts. Widespread

ice tomorrow morning. Eastern coast, severe gales and waves. It will not

be a great day. We will see some bright, sunny weather. It will be

cold again. Three or four Celsius. Very blustery. Tomorrow night, the

map turns blue again. Fleeting showers from the north. We lose

them, but we don't take a breather because we still have a lot of ice

that will form tomorrow night into Saturday. Saturday will be another

cold day. Another warning for snow on Saturday. A couple of showers

turning heavy. On high ground. We are going to see some sunshine is

well on Saturday. Sunday, some snow first thing is likely. It gets

milder then. State you'd do the latest forecast and do stay safe.

Time from the national forecast. Good night.

note. If that's not your sort of thing, Sunday will be cloudier and

milder. Good evening. It was such a mild

December, wasn't it, but winter has arrived. Tomorrow morning, again,

could be prising the wipers off the frozen windscreen. Yes, it's going

to be cold tonight, whether