Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is one of 11 political leaders calling for any future UK-based Summer Olympic Games to be in Northern England. London 2012 gold medalist Luke Campbell , who is now mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, is also supporting the call. Great North Run founder and former Olympic long-distance runner Sir Brendan Foster is another ex-athlete joining the politicians. A mayoral-led collaboration called 'The Great North' has written to Lisa Nandy , the culture, media and