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This is Look North. Wasted energy? Yes green power the best way

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forward or a blot on the landscape? Police hunting a rapist that

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attacked as student in Leeds City centre. A brush with the quirky

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Dales artist at designed major works. Plenty of cloud outside at

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York and showers to come. More Should we have clean energy at any

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cost or does it depend on your backyard? We will be hearing about

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a cliche over -- solar panels and monstrous looking turbines which

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will destroy the landscape. The argument is it is cleaner and will

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reduce the need for coal-powered energy. But the opposition says it

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will not solve the problem. Here is Power on tap at the Shillingfords

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home. It comes from solar panels installed a few months ago. But

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before they can generate power, they produced a lot of paperwork

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and a court case. We were shocked to find out we were breaking some

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sort of regulation. That was the biggest shock. We had good

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intentions but we were told to get that down. The family owner this

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house but they are leaseholders, paying a ground raid -- went to

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Redmile. They have said additions to the house must be agreed. They

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said permission to build the solar panels should have been requested

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and the tribunal agreed with them. But crucially the judge leading the

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tribunal rejected the developer's concern the solar panels could

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cause structural problems. She said the case stated objections were not

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significant. We have spoken to a couple of local people and they

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have said them -- when they were installed they did not like them

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but now they do not worry about them. In fact one is very impressed

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and is thinking of getting them himself. It is a good idea. Redmile

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did not want to be interviewed but said they would have been pleased

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to accept a request for permission to accept a request for permission

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which was not forthcoming. In this case, we have concerns about the

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structural stability of the structural stability of the

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building. One solicitor says it does send a message but does not

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set a precedent. It is a concern for people that are may be looking

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at these sorts of things. They will think carefully about the

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consequences. His family would not the first with solar power. Ray

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Butt has had his for a year and thinks he has saved �300. He has a

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part-time job for the company that helped him, A Shade Greener. As we

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look around, nobody bats an eyelid. It will be the same with solar

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panels as well. We have had thousands installed in the past

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year. Having got the right to go green, this family are looking

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forward to working out there first annual saving. We would like to

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hear what do you think about this. Another form of green energy is

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wind power. Plans for five wind turbines are being welcomed by the

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locals in this area. Here is our correspondent. The heavens have

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opened in, on top but we can get an idea about the due at the local

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people enjoy across this open and green countryside. -- the view.

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Earlier today hundreds of campaigners turned out and marched

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up the country lane and they were protesting as councillors visited

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Land where they could be installed if given permission at a planning

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meeting in York. You are part of the action group against these

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plans. Is this a case of Not In My Back Yard? It is not. These wind

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turbines are 10 metres higher than at the London Eye. They are very

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close to residential properties. The action group does not have all

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the information and we do not have these things in England at the

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moment. It is just monstrous that would in hundreds of residential

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properties, within 700 metres we are faced with a massive visual

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intrusion which I think is unique. We have got diminishing surprised -

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- supplies of gas and oil. Where will it go if it does not go here?

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Wind is part of the future, along with nuclear energy and coal-

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powered energy and other energy sources. We have got a

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proliferation of wind farm applications. This country cannot

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rely just on wins power alone. It is part of the solution. -- wind

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power. But this would help 8,000 houses. We challenge that. It

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depends on efficiency. We have looked and we have not got the

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efficiency that people think. We do not think this is the right area

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and it is not windy enough. This is the Vale of York. I think there are

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better areas away from residential properties. The company behind the

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proposal think that this will play a crucial role in meeting local and

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national energy requirements but here it appears many people do not

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want the blot on the landscape. We are joined by Rick Hamilton from

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CO2 Sense, which promotes renewable energy in Yorkshire. Presumably he

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will say they are efficient and we should sacrifice our view. We teach

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it is efficient and we did it is essential. We think it will help

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local businesses and authorities. But we are not saying it has to

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happen at any cost. We are not involved with this particular

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proposal in Copmanthorpe and I am not familiar with the details.

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However, it is important that any developer listens to the community

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and take that into account and that is what the planning process is all

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about. Is the government making it easier to get the applications

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through? That is the suggestion. think the government is looking at

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the planning process. They are trying to make the applications

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more simple. From the government's perspective, I cannot speak for the

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government, but we can see how much money is tied up. That local

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opposition that is well organised in Cup on top, we cannot

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particularly look at Copmanthorpe, but are they going to a bright

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roughshod? -- Copmanthorpe. planning process has been set up to

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protect local communities as far as possible. When a development takes

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place, the planning process is making certain that all the

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objections are taken into account but if there are concerns about

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wildlife, noise pollution, these are taken into account. What about

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solar panels? You cannot get that on grade two listed buildings.

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Would that be acceptable? I did not dig it would be in places like that

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and that is part of the planning process. -- I do not think. I'd

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think it is important we talk about the reasonings about renewable

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energy. The fastest thing is that according to the last government, -

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- the first thing is according to the last government, some energy

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sources will switch off very quickly. We must invest in

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renewable energy. Not just because of the gap between available supply

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and demand, but also because of the critical impact of private change

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which is happening right now. Mehmet, thank you very much. -- for

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the moment. Please contact us with the moment. Please contact us with

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Still waters. We joined police officers practising the life-saving

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techniques in the river Aire to prevent more drownings. More on

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today's news. Police are investigating the rape of a 22-

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year-old in an alleyway in Leeds. It happened in the early hours of

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Monday morning and detectives think it was part of the actions of a

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group of men that had been in the area on Sunday night. Sexual

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comments were made to the women by a group of men as they left shortly

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before 2 o'clock. -- to the woman as she left. It appears she was

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waiting for a bus in Vicar Lane. She had to get away, a group of

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young people and came alone through this alleyway but was then a

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viciously attacked by one man in his doorway. The attacker escaped

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towards Briggate. CCTV captured this image. Probably the same group

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of men, we understand approached another woman a couple of hours

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before elsewhere in Leeds. It is possible they were targeting women

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in the area. We are thinking it a bid approach other women, we need

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them to get in touch and tell us what happens. -- what happened. She

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is determined to help all she can to try and catch these people.

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Detectives say these cases are very rare, particularly in a big place

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like Leeds. The latest jobs figures indicate a drop in the number of

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people unemployed. Unemployment stands at number macro. That is

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8000 less without a job. -- D6. -- 237 thousand. Sarah Dawson's son

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died after a long delay in delivering him at a health trust in

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Yorkshire. The inquest was told a delay of 60 hours materially

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contributed to the baby's debt. The hospital is reviewing the coroner's

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recommendations. -- death. This university have agreed to take

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strike action because of a disagreement about pensions and

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pays. Unions think they are reneging on previous agreements and

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have said the college must deal with a funding shortfall in the

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next three years. Investigations into the writing in Moorland prison

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has been completed. -- disruption. The Crown Prosecution Service will

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decide it any prisoners should face Police are currently rescuing

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someone from the Rev their air every two or three weeks. They are

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hoping a new scheme will save dozens of lives.

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Remember to shout, very good. An ideal spot for officers to learn

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water rescue techniques. Not least because of the sheer number of

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incidents that take place here. I can say that every two, three

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weeks we have a circumstance where someone has fallen in the river. I

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think this training is going to result in more lives saved.

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It is a moral dilemma for police officers. If someone is drowning,

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did they risk their own lives when they are under strict instructions

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not to enter the water. It is often easier said than done when a life

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is at stake. These pictures show a policeman in the rebel last year

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helping a woman he slipped down the bank. He was the first on the scene

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and wasted no time planning down to help.

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But not everyone is so lucky. Earlier this year, 30 year-old

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Robert Stone or went missing after a night out in Leeds. Four days

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later, police divers found his body in the river. Today his sister has

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welcomed the Riverside training. I am glad there emergency services

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have got together. Now if there is an incident, at least the police

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officers now are trained to go into the river to rescue them.

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It is a really dangerous thing to get into the river. I would never

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criticise any officer whatever decision they make. They can only

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do what they see is right. With this training, they can make better

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decisions. Around 70 officers in Leeds are

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learning how to perform a rescue without actually going into the

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water. The aim is to reduce the number of fatalities.

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If you have ever put a coin in a collection for help the heroes, you

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will be interested in our next item. 850 bed rehabilitation centre for

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soldiers injured in conflict is to be built at Catterick Garrison.

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It is part of a �70 million programme help -- paid for by the

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charity. This is the site at the barracks

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where the personal recovery and assessment centre will be built.

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The district council is already considering a planning application

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for the unit which will cost �12 million. It will be similar to this

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one, already operating in Edinburgh and one of five to be built around

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the country. He will come some of the worst casualties of war. Men

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like James rose from middle show who lost both of his legs in

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Helmand. Others who have been blinded or are suffering from post-

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traumatic stress syndrome. All to be rehabilitated and assessed as to

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what future roles might be. This will benefit the wider

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community of soldiers. We are delivering hear a facility that is

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both residential, four-day visitors and also to administer them during

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that process in terms of fitness suites and instructional classes.

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It is also located well with Garrison rehabilitation facility.

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The charity, Help For Heroes, is putting in �70 million for the

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build. The Royal British Legion will put a further �50 million

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towards the running costs. We have a lot of reaction from this

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story. Many added comments on our Facebook site.

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Laura says, of course wind turbine is is a great way of getting energy.

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You never ran out of wind, do you. Why should turbine is be an eyesore,

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nobody complains about pylons. John E mild, why are they painted

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white and made to stand out? A go over to Belgium and they are

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painted in colours to melt into the view.

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Another Enos says everybody complains, but should be grateful

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that we do not have a power station next door.

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Thank you for your comments. Coming up: Portrait of the artist,

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we cannot get enough of the popular Yorkshire painter with his own

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quirky take on Dales life. And we are behind the scenes at

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York's Theatre Royal to see what I wonder what your idea of cycling

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is. I have trouble vision in you on a bike.

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Have you really? And must admit I prefer a horse. I know lots of

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people love Cycling and yours is wandering around York, isn't it?

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Well it is flat in York. It is. My idea of cycling is a

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leisurely trip showing of my penny farthing. Steve Peat to take things

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a bit further. He is a former mountain bike

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champion out of action with her broken wrist.

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This week he has launched a competition where riders can beat -

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- compete to build the greatest a This is Joe, he has been throwing

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himself off ramps since he was a boy.

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Watching on and filming on his phone his world championship

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mountain biker, Steve Peat. Steve wants you, well some of you,

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to try this at home. With friends including Joe, he has built eight

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jump week to invite bikers to get creative.

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It can be a piece of wood with a couple of bricks or it can be a big

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jump that the more professional guys are building up for themselves

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to have fun. It is just something I have always wanted to do and put

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back into the sport. Steve wants competitor and to send

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in before and after pictures as they transform disused land into

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much used once. It comes with a word of caution. Steve is out of

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action today because he has broken his wrist. I had a little off in

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practice and fractured a bone in my wrist. A few weeks of the bike, but

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it is not a bad injury. Obviously mountain-biking is a

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dangerous sport, especially when you are doing down hill and chums

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and things like that so it is always good to wear a helmet and

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put your pads on. So the message is, have fun, be creative, but also be

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careful. It looks a bit dangerous to me. I

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will stick to my horse. Back in 2009 we featured an artist from

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North Yorkshire he was barking interest across the world with his

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own quirky take on village life in Yorkshire.

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Two years on, Alister Colley has opened his own gallery where the

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waiting list of over a year for one of his bespoke paintings, he is in

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more demand than ever. When it comes to capturing

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Yorkshire, where better to base yourself bent Pateley Bridge.

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Alister Colley has done just that. Demand for his paintings has

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tripled in the last two years and now he has opened his very own

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gallery. It is incredible. I have depict

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myself sometimes. I cannot believe how things have moved on. Two years

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ago I was working in a bedroom and here I am now with my own gallery.

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An opportunity for people to see me produce the paintings which is

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fantastic. I like that interaction. You have to pinch yourself

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occasionally to take stock. From -- the collection is growing

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all the time. Each one evokes familiarity, it is Yorkshire but

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not quite as you know it. The style originated from a

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children's book that I was specifically asked to illustrate.

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It referred to a young child's perception of growing up in the

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Dales. The style evolved from that. It was very much about tall

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buildings towering above and a false perspective to give the

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impression from a child's point of view.

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So, whether it is tea and cake at Betty's, or Pateley Bridge whatever

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the season, each picture invites you in. Next year Alastair has been

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invited to pay it in Australia, but we know there is no place like home.

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They are good fun, aren't they. We hear from performers in our

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region, but what about behind the scenes? A new show includes 13

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animals alongside its human cast. The woman task with creating these

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beasts is a puppet maker, Beckie May. Making that many Puckett --

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puppets has been a challenge. A Olivia Richwald pulled the strings

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to get behind the scenes to meet Beckie May has been making puppets

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for the Theatre Royal for 10 years, but for this play, she had to make

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an onstage a zoo. From the designs she has free rein to create the

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characters using any material she can get.

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It was a tea strainer. You just squeeze it. Then I made that as a

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basis of the head and a polystyrene ball on top, latex over the

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stockings and stitch him up and he is ready to go.

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The play is an adaptation of a classic novel. It is set on the

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island of Corfu where the author You can see it in your head, what

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it needs to look like, but making it happen can be a struggle. Many

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sleepless nights wondering how to do that, but once it is done it is

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brilliant. In that decade, Beckie has made

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more than 60 puppets. Some she created ugly, others are more like

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works of art and some of pantomime caricatures. Like this one. But

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Harry, I am afraid you have been in a cupboard for the past two years,

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you seem to have lost the use of your jaw.

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That is the problem about getting old, isn't it?

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I haven't quite got that, as you realise.

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You didn't look like him, you are You didn't look like him, you are

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more beautiful than that. I think by 9:30pm you will be able

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to see the moon, but it is quite hit and miss. We will have 68 this

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of cloud which means that there will be a proportion of the cloud

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in front of it. Let's look at the two pictures. The

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first one is Chesterfield. Beautiful, isn't it. Be second one,

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a pretty one of the reservoir taken yesterday with all that blue-sky.

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It remains unsettled, here are the headlines for tomorrow. Sunny

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intervals with scattered showers. This feature will bring heavy rain

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upfront the south-west by the end of Friday and into Friday night.

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Leaving a showery weekend to follow. Summer looks a million miles away.

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We had a downpour here in Leeds and those showers are now pushing

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through the Vale of Pickering to the North York Moors and will

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effect Scarborough. It is an unsettled evening to come, there

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will be a lot of cloud around with a few sunny intervals. There might

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be a few breaks to see the lunar eclipse, but I think many places

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will be disappointed. Lowest temperatures tonight, nine or 10

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degrees Celsius. The sun rises in the morning at 4:34am. Those are

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your high-water times. An unsettled day tomorrow, that said decent

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sunny spells. We will see scattered showers breaking out into the

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afternoon. One or two could be heavy with the risk of the odd

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rumble of thunder. The temperatures, a shade down on today's values. We

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had 20 today. We are generally in the range of 17, 19 degrees.

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We split the sky into eight in meteorology.

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Exciting news, look north has won for Royal Television Society Awards.

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