earlier, james mitchinson, editor of the yorkshire post spoke to the bbc, saying the region has been for too long. west yorkshire local authorities are still owed £20 million that was promised back in 2016 and that hasn't been delivered. the headline we ran at the time was "indefensible". and it is indefensible that this government is still in the red to our region when it comes to investing in flood protection. what exactly was that money supposed to be spent on them? a variety of things. it's land management, it could be river management. a whole variety of things. that's for the experts to determine, not for me. the fact remains that without the investment, we remain exposed to the kind of devastation that you see along the river don this last week. you mentioned boris johnson, his response to this. perhaps you would give us in a little bit more detail your thoughts on how he has reacted because there's been quite a lot of criticism, hasn't there? well, if i tell you one individual told me the prime minister has responded akin to one of lord sugar‘s worst apprentices. set a relati

and we can speak to the editor of the yorkshire post, james mitchinson.he floods that came on boxing day 2015 and casting my mind back to those floods, similarly, the yorkshire post had to put pressure on david cameron to act ina way put pressure on david cameron to act in a way that people felt was appropriate and here we are, 2019, having to put pressure on the current prime minister to react in an appropriate way. what has happened in that intervening period between 2016 and now? very little, seemingly. i can tell you that west yorkshire local authorities are still owed £20 million that was promised back in 2016 and that hasn't been delivered. the headline we ran at the time was "indefensible" and it's indefensible that this government is still in the red in our region when investing in flood protection. what was the money supposed to be spent on? land management, it could be river management, it could be river management, it could be river management, it could be a whole variety of things. that's for the experts to determine, not for me, but the fact

let me show you the front page of the yorkshire post.orthern then look a bit like this. there publishing details of a five—point and a festa published by business leaders here in the north. they are asking the treasury to rebalance the economy, they are asking for a relocation of they are asking for a relocation of the transport budget for the north. tackling the comic crisis. it really does echo some of the things labour might have been saying in their economic lunch thatjohn mcdonnell was setting out. i'm joined now from hull by graham stuart, who is now campaining to retain his seat as the conservative mp for beverley and holderness. it is good to have you with us. here we have business leaders across the north saying, this government, or the next government, they have to spend much more money here in the north. why are you getting a message like that five years after the northern powerhouse was launched?” think they are building on the progress that has already been made. as we already know, at the end of the last labour government,

i wrote in to the yorkshire post... it already has forjason aldiss.'s a remainer and will now vote for the party he believes most likely to defeat his old conservative friends. what will it feel like for somebody like you to put a cross beside the labour candidate? i'll feel physically ill. i'll probably have to go to the spotted cow for a couple of pints to do it. but you are still going to do it? definitely. to me, it's patriotism really, because it's about doing what is good for the country and not what is good for oneself, and i feel that we lost that as a party. and are there enough of you to deprive the conservative party of seats that they need to hold? i hope so. this monument stands near the old silverhill colliery in nottinghamshire, solid labour territory for generations, but the local constituency ashfield voted 70% to leave. former miner and former labour voter ian todd is backing brexit and boris johnson. he's promised it and he's stuck everybody out and he's going to deliver brexit for us. and that's what made you cross to support him?

i wrote in to the yorkshire post... it already has forjason aldiss.iner and will now vote for the party he believes most likely to defeat his old conservative friends. what will it feel like for somebody like you to put a cross beside the labour candidate? i'll feel physically ill. i'll probably have to go to the spotted cow for a couple of pints to do it. but you are still going to do it? definitely. to me, it's patriotism really, because it's about doing what is good for the country and not what's good for oneself, and i feel that we lost that as a party. and are there enough of you to deprive the conservative party of seats that they need to hold? i hope so. this monument stands near the old silverhill colliery in nottinghamshire, solid labour territory for generations, but the local constituency ashfield voted 70% to leave. former miner and former labour voter ian todd is backing brexit and boris johnson. he's promised it and he's stuck everybody out and he's going to deliver brexit for us. and that's what made you cross to support him? yes, defin

the headline tonight for the yorkshire evening post, in ignore leeds at your peril. help, more investment. you have seen a manifesto from the north today from northern leaders spelling outexa ctly what today from northern leaders spelling outexactly what they want. they want more money to try and make sure transport is in their own hands so that they can run transport in the north. we have talked a lot in look north. we have talked a lot in look north in the past on the fact that some of our trains in yorkshire are effectively buses that have had their wheels taken off and put onto their wheels taken off and put onto the rails, the investment has not been there in the past. people in leeds and the rest of yorkshire want to know that their politicians are going to take the north seriously, which is why we have had john mcdonnell from the labour party talking about what they are going to do for the north, in liverpool today, and borisjohnson made a big play about that when he came to rotherham before the election started telling us what he wanted to do to make sure the

this is the yorkshire post.oint manifesto that has been put together by a cross—party group of leaders. they are calling for more devolution, they want to rebalance the economy and they want a dedicated transport budget for the north, more money spent on education and health. that sort of stuff is going to have to be incorporated into the manifestos when they are compiled and it is going to have to be taken by each party to the doorstep. still early days but yesterday we were on the first official day of the campaign. with winter coats, brollies, and sensible shoes, the volunteers are mustering. here in the west yorkshire drizzle the ground war is under way. labour is pouring on the resources, it isa labour is pouring on the resources, it is a big team bolstered by young faces. this constituency any student or former student from lead knows about the notorious pub crawl about the notorious pub crawl — the so—called 0tley run — 16 pubs into the city centre, and you know what, it's a bit like the election campaign

post. a day to remember the fallen of the world wars and the conflicts since. more rain is forecast for flooded parts of south yorkshire, as the army is asked to help. how airline fuelling practices increase carbon emissions. a special report on aviation and climate change. and another super over success for england, as they win in new zealand. 0h, oh, what 0h, whata oh, what a brilliant catch from morgan! good evening. labour rejected accusations from the conservatives today that a jeremy corbyn—led government could result in an economic crisis within months. the conservatives said labour's policies would cpst more than a trillion pounds over a five—year parliament, a figure dismissed by labour as a "work of fiction". our political correspondent jessica parker reports. two men competing to run the country's finances. the conservatives claim that labour's plans amount to an unaffordable splurge. but is their maths up to scratch? every single costing in this dossier that we have published today has either come from labour's own figures, most of them, actually, over 50% of the costings are from labour's own figures. the

yorkshire and the midlands. the families that will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs in england — and others that say they still won't get what they need. last postd commemorations to mark the 100th armistice day since the end of the first world war. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — officials underfire in the premier league after more video assistant criticism. we'll hearfrom the man behind var. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. nigel farage has extended an election olive branch to the conservatives — by announcing the brexit party will not contest seats which were won by the tories back in 2017, a total of 317 seats. but he says he will fight against other parties to try to ensure the uk leaves the eu. borisjohnson has welcomed the offer, but labour have called it a trump alliance that must be stopped. laura kuenssberg now on this latest move and how much of a difference it could make come election day. and a warning her report contains flashing images. a moment in front of the cameras — not something nigel farage ever wants to miss. i think that this has been quite a long—anticipated speech, from what i

one woman in yorkshire says she believes she represents millions of leave voters outside of london whose voices are not heard. she poststic is a left—wing, pro—labour page. they did well back in 2017. you find it hard to maintain their strength since a recent algorithm change. we have a post here that shows stormzy encouraging people to vote. overall, we opt for us what people think, if you can take a slightly removed view of it. what do people think of these kinds of interventions, positive or negative? on one hand, social media has clearly empower these people to set up clearly empower these people to set up their own political news sites and to play a role in the election that they couldn‘t have done so ten yea rs that they couldn‘t have done so ten years ago. however, there are concerns that misleading or provocative content can be shared. there is a problem that people don‘t look at the other side of the argument or even know that it exists. thank you. the director of blue story, the new film about london gangs which has been banned by some cinemas after a mass brawl in birmingham, has said the violence in cinemas

posted their highest—ever total in t20s in a victory. mathew parkinson took four wickets when new zealand batted. they would come in 76 runs short. he‘s recently moved from middlesex to yorkshire wants to further himself and pushed himself, which is impressive. in endings like this will definitely help him along the way. he came into this series not knowing whether he was going to play every game. —— an innings. to take the opportunity as he has done has been really good. so, can england pull off another exciting victory? well, the decider is in auckland on sunday. i‘m not supposed to say this because the purests would disagree but i like the illuminated bales that they use in t20. a big premier league game this weekend at security might be an issue? yes. manchester city travel to liverpool in a crucial premier league match on sunday, and they are hoping that there won‘t be a hostile reception. merseyside police have said they are aware of a poster on social media encouraging liverpool fans to "welcome" manchester city‘s bus ahead of their league match at anfield on sunday. the unofficial poster asks fans to "welcome" city‘s bus in the same manner as they did before last year‘

yorkshire and it didn't go well." have a look at the inside pages. the potential postal strike before christmas. yesterday the high court ruled christmas post but they still think they might be able to get another appeal in before christmas and get another ballot in and potentially go on strike. it is not fully off the table. lots of football stories in the paper this morning but i want to show you this. the boss of manchester city's etihad campus, a huge 80 acre training ground hasn't lost hisjob for various reasons but they say because the players are not happy with the temperature of the water in the showers among other things. do we know what the temperature is? we don't. it is not something i have personal experience. it is anything more annoying than not quite getting the right? a few problems at the training ground, which is state—of—the—art. it is literally like being on another planet, it is so posh. the showers can ruin your whole day. it set you off on the wrong... slightly too cold. there is a little thing you can turn. the temperature gauge. i would be very grateful for that. they are ok, aren't they? cold showers? all right. t

posted shame on you on social media to those who abused him. he‘s out with england‘s t20 squad in new zealand at the minute, but dawid malan will return to the country as a yorkshirehe last year. the independent reporting commission has also said that the absence of power—sharing at stormont makes ending paramilitarism "immeasurably more difficult". we can cross to belfast and speak to our ireland correspondent chris page. tell us more about this report, what is in it? this report has been compiled by a commission which was set upa compiled by a commission which was set up a few years ago during a political crisis at stormont, brought about by two murders carried out by pa ramilitaries. brought about by two murders carried out by paramilitaries. the task of the commission is to, once of year, report on the situation around paramilitaries in northern ireland, effo rts paramilitaries in northern ireland, efforts to bring parliamentary activity to the end. —— paramilitary activity. that has been an overall downward trend in the number of violent attacks carried out by paramilitaries over the violent attacks carried out by pa ramilitaries over the last violent attacks