25/04/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

Nearly 300 jobs go at Nestle chocolate factories as production

And we're in the gym in Doncaster, where voters may be about to change

So you are voting Conservative for the first time to get

There are food banks opening up all over and there's no way this

government will want to help us, so we need them out.

And we saw all sorts of weather today.

First tonight, nearly 300 jobs are to go at four Nestle

In York, more than 140 posts will be lost and another

Production of the Blue Riband bar will move to Poland.

The company insists the decision is nothing to do with Brexit.

They have been making chocolate in York for generations.

Some of Nestle's best-known products are still made here,

But production of other brands moved to Spain and Bulgaria around ten

years ago and unions claim production of remaining chocolate

and confectionery has halved in the same period.

Today came news that Blue Riband will soon be made in Poland,

which could mean job losses in Newcastle.

At the same time, unions say, 143 jobs are at risk

Lots of very sombre faces here as workers have left the factory.

But people did say how shocked and disappointed they were to hear

A 45-day consultation period between Nestle,

People who quite possibly will be losing their jobs

through redundancy, they have real uncertainty as to

It's a real ageing workforce here at York and people finding jobs

in this economic climate is difficult anyway,

but when you are of a certain age, it is even more difficult.

Nestle say that these proposals are being made to ensure sites

operate more efficiently and remain competitive in a rapidly

They added they appreciate that this is an uncertain time for employees

and will work hard to ensure that all are supported through

York's MP, Rachael Maskell, says that she is concerned

about the proposals and has asked the government to intervene

to protect jobs here at the city's largest manufacturer.

A 68-year-old man from Bradford, who this morning became the second

person to be arrested over the murder of a teenage girl

from Hebden Bridge, has been released from police custody.

13-year-old Lynsey Rimer was last seen alive 23 years

Her body was found in a canal five months later.

A 63-year-old man, who was arrested in November, remains on bail.

Police say their inquiry is continuing.

Police believe drug dealers in Yorkshire are deliberately

contaminating heroin with deadly substances 10,000 times stronger

Six people died in drug-related incidents in South and West

Police have been testing batches of street drugs and say they've now

found traces of fentanil - an anaesthetic - and its much more

potent derivative carfentanil - which is used to tranquilise large

We often hear that Brexit will affect the way we vote.

And that's a big challenge for Labour here in Yorkshire.

They have 32 MPs in our region, lots in South Yorkshire and nearly

But in last year's EU referendum, almost all of them voted Remain,

whilst in 27 constituencies, voters opted to leave.

So how will this affect voting patterns now?

Emma Glasbey reports from Stainforth, near Doncaster.

At 9am, gym work-out for Aidan and Cliff.

All is quiet until you mention Theresa May.

She'll destroy the country, she will destroy this area.

There may be a low voter turnout in the Doncaster North constituency,

but there is certainly a passion for politics here.

But this is the first time you are going to vote Conservative?

It is, purely because it has been a forced election.

She has made promises and she has not had a chance to carry them out,

so she is coming back to the people to put her back in to give

her a stronger majority to get a good deal for us.

So you are voting Conservative for the first time to get

There are food banks opening up all over and there is no way this

government is going to want to help us at all so we need them out.

A former mining community, Labour have always been the winners here.

But Doncaster saw the biggest vote to leave the European Union

Many people in Stainforth are adamant Brexit must be a success.

In the local boutique, Guy and Joanna are also talking politics.

I think it would be a shame, it's like a building contractor

and then they pull out and someone else comes in.

I voted Labour all my life, I'm leaning towards Ukip.

The local MP, former Labour leader Ed Miliband,

campaigned to remain in the European Union.

But almost everyone I spoke to in Stainforth voted to leave.

I'd just recently moved up, but even I voted Leave.

Everyone I spoke to, they voted Leave.

At the heart of the community here is the library,

run by a charity with a shop and a job club.

Are you going to vote, do you always vote?

I'm one of these people that don't really understand it,

I've never, ever seen one since I've been here.

But I do think they need to come out and see and meet the real people.

This community turned out to vote on Europe,

but will those voters head back to the polls for this election?

If any politicians do decide to visit this town,

there are plenty of people who would like to talk.

Emma Glasbey, BBC Look North, Stainforth.

Labour has been unveiling its strategy for Brexit today.

Our political reporter James Vincent is here.

people? Are Labour going to convince people? Are Labour going to convince

people in Stainforth? Stainforth is exactly the type of place where they

need to convince them because it is a Labour heartland. It is a place

where people were the strongest to leave the EU. They have been

unveiling this exit strategy today. They accept that there will be an

end to freedom of movement but there has been clarification. That does

not mean no movement, they mean managed movement, people with a

concrete job offer can come to this country. And any new laws under the

Labour government might have a regional dimension. A quota for the

amount of foreigners that might be coming to Yorkshire? A balancing act

for Labour, because the love clear blue water on either side. If you

are the Lib Dems, your message is clear, you like the E. If you are

the Conservatives or you skip, then you want to get out -- or Ukip you

want to get out. There are many people who voted Labour but also

voted to leave or to remain. That is the challenge as we get closer to

the election, they will be under scrutiny as to exactly what they are

saying about Brexit and their policies.

Football, now and Huddersfield Town have secured a playoff place tonight

in their push for promotion to the Premier League.

The Terriers won 1-0 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Izzy Brown got the all-important goal in the 31st minute.

It takes them up to third in the table.

In rugby league, the draw has been made for the sixth

Leeds Rhinostake on the lowest-ranked

team in the competition, Barrow Raiders.

And there's a big game for Castleford Tigers -

The matches will be played on the weekend of May 13th and 14th.

I hope the weather improves somewhat from what it has been today!

It has been all over the place and much more of the same tomorrow. Look

at the huge hailstones in this photo. We could see wintry showers

in the forecast tomorrow. That's take a quick look at the pressure

chart and hour winds of funnelling on from the North pulling in Arctic

air. But this ridge of high pressure will come in just in time for the

weekend. So the weekend is looking largely settled. This evening, some

showers, but they will start to be confined to the east Coast. Some

rain will fall asleep and snow but to the West, a clearer picture. Ice

on untreated surfaces as well. A chilly start of the day but a bright

start. On the East Coast, it will be cloudy and we will see the showers

on and off during the day. They will start to ease during the afternoon.

30 degrees is the seasonal average. -- 13 degrees. A quick look at the

outlook, some cloud and rain on Thursday that his touch milder.

Temperatures getting back to near normal in time for the weekend.

That's it from the late team. Here Good evening. Another cold night

lies ahead after what was a chilly day