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Good evening. Welcome Thursday's Look North. Tonight: On strike.

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Demonstrations are held across Yorkshire, as a thousand schools in

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the region are hit by strike action over pensions. We're hoping that

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this will make the Government listen to what we're saying, take

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notice and see there's lots of working people who believe that we

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shouldn't be punished. The public sector has to get more in line with

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the private sector and we're all in dire straits financially. We look

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at the impact of today's walkout on parents, teachers and businesses.

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Also tonight, the prom goes on. How students in Doncaster defied

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the strike to end their schools days in style.

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We meet the Leeds actor launching the latest Harry Potter film, ten

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years after the first one. Skies were threatening looking

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across the area early today. But they should be mostly dry. All the

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Thousands of public sector workers across Yorkshire have been on

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strike today, in a dispute over changes to their pension. Schools,

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colleges and job sen tears cross the region have all been affected.

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Let's fiebld out what impact today's strikes have had. We know

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of 983 schools in Yorkshire which were closed or affected. That's

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just over half the total number in the region. Border Agency staff

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joined the strike. Leeds Bradford and Robin Hood airpbts were not

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disrupted. Some job centres were offering a limited service and

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court cases were delayed. Protests have been taking place

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across the region - in Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds and York. Begany

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Hewson has been looking at the disruption caused by the biggest

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industrial action for many years. They came in their thousands, a sea

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of people flooding into cities and towns. The colours denoted their

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different unions, teachers stood side by side with Jobcentre staff,

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prison workers, coastguards, but all were united in their anger at

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Government plans to change their pensions. I will pay �30,000 more

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in pensions till I retire under Government proposals. I'm 48 years

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old. Somebody at 24 will pay an extra �60,000 more in pension to

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receive less than they get now. I've been a teacher for only four

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years. I have hopefully a long career ahead of me. The way things

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are going at the moment, it's just disgusting what the Government are

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doing. It's also about little fellas like this and their future

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as well. We're fighting to protect the future of our kids. We want

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them to have a decent education and a health service. I don't want to

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look at my son and when he asked "What did you do to protect my

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future?" With tens of thousands of workers away from their posts, the

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impact was felt to varying degrees. At job centres it was pretty much

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business as usual. Around 200 office staff were absents from

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their posts in York. Schools and colleges felt the biggest impact.

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More than half of the schools in the region were closed. Where doors

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stayed open, parents were relieved not to have to make alternative

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arrangements. Very relieved. I was -- I have four here today. It helps

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a lot with child care for a lot of the parents. I'm glad, this school

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always manages to stay open whatever goes on. I fully support

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the teachers I must say. Big relief. To send him to school and be with

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his friends. Though many voice support for today's action, some,

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particularly those in the private sector, were not impressed.

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Employees at this Sheffield company don't have such a luxury as a

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company pension plan. The boss here believes it's high time the public

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sector took its blinkers off. always had to do it ourselves.

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We've never had anybody contributing to our pensions. What

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our pension is is what we pay into it. It's frustrating when we see

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colleagues in the public sector, who we are paying our taxs to fund

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their pensions and they are now wanting something to continue, when

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it's clear the climate out there can't support that. Unions disagree.

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They're adamant they'll fight changes and promised today's

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massive turnout is just the beginning if agreement can't be

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preached. -- reached.

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In West Yorkshire alone 8,000 members of the NUT were on strike

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today. Among them was Rachel Williams. She was one of hundreds

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to attend the mass rally in Leeds this afternoon.

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Rachel Williams lives in Leeds. She's been a teacher for 13 years.

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But in all that time, there's never been a more important day than

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today. I feel like the Government aren't listening. I know for me

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personally, for example, they're asking me to pay �90 more a month

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to lose over my career �180,000, for me it's incredibly important.

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Rachel is one of 3,000 NUT members on strike in Leeds alone today.

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This is where she's heading. In the city centre, hundreds of people

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have turned out for a mass rally against the Government's proposed

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pension reforms. It's been a good day. We were picketing the school

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this morning. We got a lot of support from people going into work.

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A lot of people are very angry about what's happening. It's

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brilliant that we're all out here, together to show how important this

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pensions problem is. Strikes like this in Yorkshire have affected

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around a thousand schools today and caused major disruption across the

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region. The Government has called the strikes irresponsible and

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premature A cross the country, hundreds of thousands of people

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disagree and here in Leeds today, the teachers are determined to make

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sure their voice is hear. Elsewhere in the county, plenty of

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schools have stayed open. At Bradford Academy, around half of

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the teachers are on strike, but the school still opened to years eight

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and nine. Just as well, as today is their maths exam. We wrote to

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parents explaining that as they came in they were likely to see

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pickets on the gates. It was their responsibility that they explained

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that to them. Parents have done what we asked and children have

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come in for their exams. Rachel has arrived at the rally. She's decided

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this is more important than being in school today. We hope this will

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make the Government list ton what we're saying, take notice and see

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there's lots of working people who believe that we shouldn't be

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punished. Unions are warning, unless the row's resolved, more

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demonstrations could take place in Autumn and people like Rachel are

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fully prepared to support another strike.

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Earlier I spoke to Craig Whittaker Conservative MP for Calder Valley

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who speaks for the Government on education and to Ian Murch from the

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National Union of Teachers. I asked if they thought today's action to

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make any difference. Eventually the Government will have to listen to

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these messages. The degree of anger teachers have shown bit size of the

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vote for the industrial action and the number of people who've taken

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part, ought to be a real warning to them. We had our pensions altered

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in 2007. To come back four years later, when we were told they were

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affordable and stable has made people really angry. Given that

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you're still in discussions with the Government, aren't these

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strikes peoplure? Well, we've had three months of discussions with

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the Government. Nothing better is on the table than it was at

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beginning of the three months. The discussions were due to finish on

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Monday this week. We believe they've only been extended because

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of the threat of industrial action we've made. But, the talks have to

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produce something different in terms of retirement age, level of

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contributions and what happens to indexation after people retire,

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before the unions will give up on the campaign that they're fighting.

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Let's talk to Craig Whittaker now in London. Surely, the public

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sector workers have the right to strike because you're changing the

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rules midway through the game, aren't you? Well, just look at my

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mail bag today, the real tragedy about the strikes today are for the

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50% of teachers that went into school today. Without question what

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the unions have done today is damage even further the reputation

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of teachers. It is premature to strike today. The negotiations are

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still ongoing. And yet, we have this real bully boy tactics over

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the British public. My mail bag, without question, says that the

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people aren't on the side of the unions today and that's a real

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tragedy about what's going on. Doesn't it stick in the throat when

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MPs are telling public sector workers final salary pension

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schemes are no longer viable, but you are still enjoying very well

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funded and very generous, as David Cameron called them, final salary

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schemes. The ironic thing is we are public sector workers as well. We

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are very much part of this process. We are part of the huton review. We

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will come out at the end of this with much reduced benefits through

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the pension scheme. The main reason is because long-term sustainability

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of all pensions in the public sector aren't affordable. Not only

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aren't they affordable in the public sector, but we've seen in

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the private sector over the last ten years, this process happening.

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We have to be realistic about making sure the viability and

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sustainability of pensions for all going forward. If we don't do that

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now, that won't happen. Ian Murch, Craig Whittaker says you won't have

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public sympathy. He says his mail bag is full of people saying it's

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unfair. We've had enormous number of expressions of public sympathy.

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People understand that you cannot teach in most circumstances until

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you're 68. That's what we're asking of young teachers. We're asking

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them to pay �100 more to their pensions, work till they're 68 and

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get a smaller pension. That's not affordable to them. Craig Whittaker,

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should it not be the case that MPs pensions schemes should be reformed

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first and people can follow, you said the example? The example has

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been set by MPs. We are very much part of the same process as all

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other public sector workers. Whatever comes out at the end of

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the negotiations will be what MPs end up with. Just going back to

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what Ian has just said there, it isn't fair to the public, it isn't

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fair to the mothers and families that have to take time off work

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when they are actually already going through those processes, and

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have been through those processes of making their pensions

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sustainable. They're not going to wear this public sector pension

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schemes at the rate and value going forward. Gentlemen, many thanks for

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joining us this evening. During the day, thousands of

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teachers took part in the strike action across Yorkshire, that's

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clearly had an impact on working families. How have parents and

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pupils coped with a day off in the middle of the week and so close to

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the school holidays as well? Cathy Killick has been finding out.

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They'd normally be in the classroom right now. Instead it's an

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impromptu game of ping-pong on the time table. These sixth formers

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school in York is partially open. Maths beckons later. But for now,

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they're kicking their heels in the park. Considering they're working

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hard, they're working more for less pay and also their pensions seem to

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have come down to the normal level as well. I think it's definitely

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justified what they're doing. Elsewhere, parents have had a

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mountain to climb finding child care or doing it themselves. We're

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all doing our bit financially, aren't we? So, yeah, that's kind of

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what I feel. A bit disappointed that they came on strike, if I'm

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honest. York's tourist attractions have had a good day. For some the

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strike has been a money spinner, with museums reporting increased

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attendance. We're very fortunate that we have over 30 visitor

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attractions for families and children to explore. So we have

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noticed an increase in calls to our visitor centre. And also different

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attractions have told us they've seen quite a large increase in

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calls. The national mining museum near Wakefield proved popular with

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families looking for an educational day out to make up for closed

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schools. For thousands of children, though, today has been a term-time

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treat. The teachers need a rest and all the cuts and stuff, it's just

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unfair on the teachers. A day off school is pretty cool. Well it's

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really positive and I'm happy that I got the day off. Tomorrow, it's

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back to work for teachers and pupils alike.

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Someone was happy at least. Children and parents in Doncaster

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didn't let the walkout spoil their prom. The action meant the year 11

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leavers party would have to be cancelled. Parents and governors at

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Ridgewood School rearranged their schedules and decided to run it for

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themselves. It was a school day like no other,

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not just because it was the biggest social event in the education

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calendar, but because the leavers' celebration was being run bit

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parents. It's been very busy. We've all pulled together. We had a

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meeting last night to put everything in place. Thanks to

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everybody's support, everybody showed and it's all been great.

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would have been a disaster not to have this day. Months of planning

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and hundreds of pounds had gone into this event at Ridgewood School

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in Doncaster, so parents and governors decided four days ago

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that this was one thing the strike must not fbgt. -- affect. 36

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volunteers looked after just over 200 teenagers and they did it for

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this. Ecstatic! Everyone's buzzing. We were thanking everyone. Yeah

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thanking everybody. How big a day is today? Massive! One of the

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biggest days of our lives. They entered school together for the

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last time. We're not allowed on the school site today, but I'm told

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pupils are now in the main hall, where there are speeches and awards.

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It is a scaled down version of original plans because there's no

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staff present and that has been criticised. If NUT members are not

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going to do an event like this, it should be covered properly. If it

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can't be covered properly NUT members are advised to help support

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an event like this. The head teachers hasn't commented, but

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governors say they weren't acting as teachers and that health and

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safety checks were carried out. By midmorning it was time to move to a

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new venue, on a day when the talk was of teachers not going into

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school, these pupils certainly left in style.

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Other news - a man from Worksop, jailed for life three days ago for

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shooting dead his wife and daughter in America, has filed an appeal

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against his conviction. Neil Entwistle, who's 32 and met his

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wife at York University, argued he should get a new trial because

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police searched his home without a warrant.

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We were Spelbound then... And so was he. The Harry Potter star from

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Leeds tells us about his amazing decade in the movies.

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And not to be sniffed at, art for dogs goes on show in Yorkshire.

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England's cricketers are in Yorkshire for the second one-day

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international tomorrow, when they take on the Sri Lankans at

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Headingley. Quite exciting, an important match for the club to

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host, particularly after missing out on all of this summer's Test

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matches. 17,500 fans will fill Headingley.

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We knew this year was going to be difficult because we only had a

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one-day international. We haven't got a Test match. This year we're

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going to still post a loss, even after tomorrow's event. But it will

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be a small loss compared with what we had last year. We budgeted for

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that. We knew that. We've cut our cloth accordingly. We may have been

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Murrayed yesterday, he took us off air, next week we will be going

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potty when the final film in the Harry Potter series is released.

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It's release aid week tomorrow. You might not know that a young actor

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from Leeds had a role in the film, Matt Lewis, who played Neville

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Longbottom, popped into the studio for a chat yesterday. Let's see him

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in action in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. You're

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sneaking out again, aren't you? Listen... You're looking back at

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that, Matt, what do you think when you see that? Well, erm, it's so

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bizarre. I'm in the a big fan of watching the old ones. They're

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great films and they're so well done. Seeing myself like that is

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hard work. You're 22 now. Yeah. It's difficult. My dad always

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sticks them on at Christmas. They're always on BBC. I can't

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stand it. It. I don't like it. It's like home videos on national TV.

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When you look back to believe where you are now and the huge success,

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you wouldn't have had any idea when you were young. No, not at all. I

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was a fan of the books. I knew they were going to be big, you know, but

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not on the scale that it's become. I had no idea that I'd be here 10,

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11 years later. Remind us how you came by the role. To get a role in

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the first film was a coup any way. Definitely. Since I was five, I

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were around Yorkshire and various things. They had an open audition

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at the Queen's hotel in the town. I went along, queued for hours and

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yeah, I was in the audition for about two minutes, if that and got

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very lucky. It has been so massive. Presumably the publicity and

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everything like this for the final film will be huge for you guys.

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Yeah, we're going to be busy. Going out on this one, the one with the

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most action than any of the others. We've tried to achieve something

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epic with this. I'm looking forward to it. We've got great plans for

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the premiere. We have Trafalgar Square instead of Leicester Square

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this year. That's going to be the first time a film premiere has been

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in Trafalgar Square. Then I'm off to North America, then New York is

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the first stop. We don't want tomorrow bairs you, but you came

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into Look North ten years ago. We've changed over the years, but

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you have as well. Juf a bit. ARCHIVE: Yes, because it's like, he

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is an orphan. But he is clumsy and so am I. That was quite easy.

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see another clip, because this is a key moment in the film, when you

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actually have to stand up... wanted you to appreciate the change.

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Do you remember being interviewed by two people dressed like that?

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You think I would! My memory must have been erased. It hasn't scarred

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you for life? Not quite. It must be a slightly sad time for you,

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because it's the end of an ear ya. Yeah, it is. When you're working

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together for people for so long, it's going to be sad that we've

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finished now. At the same time, it's like leaving school. I've been

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there for such a long time, now I'm ready to move on and dot next

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chapter of my life. It's as exciting as it is being sad.

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wish you well and thafrbgz thanks for coming in.

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Cheers. That was one we made earlier, wasn't St it? -- wasn't

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it? I am looking forward to the film. We've seen them all.

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haven't seen any. That will be one for the DVD box set. Harry Potter

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all the way. Modern art isn't always to

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everyone's taste. Damien Hurst's pickled animals or Tracey Emin's

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messy bed have divided people over the years. What do you think man's

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best friend would make of it all? Art for dogs is just one of the

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ideas behind West Leeds Festival. This year's West Leeds Festival has

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gone to the dogs. This is the latest gallery space. It's art for

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those with a nose to the ground. Each poster supposedly irresistible,

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that by the way, is another dog's bottom. Will our specially

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commissioned panel of poochs be impressed? Let's meet the judges.

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Mr Jez, bubbles, Tia, Tigger, Merlyn and Arthur. That's little

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Jack Russell Gemma and that's Rosy. First up is seven-year-old German

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shepherd Merlyn. He's a local and is very familiar with these

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lampposts. No surprise he sniffs out something new. Arthur gives the

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picture a glance or two. Mr Jez finds a more interesting smell.

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Bubble sz keen, as is Gemma. So keen in fact I suspect there's some

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cheating going on. He's taken a bit of interest especially as they're

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peanut butter on them. I think it's wonderful. The dog thinks it's

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wonderful too. It's fun and nice to have something in our local park.

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We come here all the time. I don't think the dogs know what's going on.

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I think it's more for humans. sure there will be an occasional

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dog that maybe lifts a leg to show its appreciation. I think mainly

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this is for the owners really. It's a bit tongue-in-cheek. We have a

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sense of humour at the festival. It's a festival renowned for being

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quirky. They once put prison photographs on the outside of the

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jail, created a knitted shed. These were canal dancers. 2,000 people

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helped create a string of Y-front bunting and and this was a weird

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puppet hobbit gl. This year a Symphony Orchestra will perform on

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a stage in the middle of this pool and yes, you'll be able to spin

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around them. Pets, however, will not be well kol. If you want a

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cultured canine, these images will be adorning lampposts throughout

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July. They don't look overly impressed.

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What will they think of next. say it's for the owners, it's a bit

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Lowdown, I would say. If you're looking for something to

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do this weekend, theatre companies, dance schools and even us here at

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the BBC in Yorkshire are preparing to open our doors to show you what

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we do. It's part of a new free evebt this Saturday called the

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quarry hill festival, which celebrates the cultural industry

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around us here in this part of Leeds. How about this? This is

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human beat boxing. You can have a go at it yourself

:23:19.:23:25.

over at the Wardrobe Bar. Harry, you wonder where he was, there he

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is. He couldn't resist a dabble himself. He's being put through his

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paces and taking his clothes off as he went. How about a tour of the

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Northern Ballet theatre. If you want to know what we do, come over

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to the BBC and take a look behind the scenes.

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It's all for free, but you do have to book. For more information or to

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guarantee your place on the tour call this number: a lot of you have

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been getting in touch about the strike action today via Facebook.

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There's a range of views. One here Ian says "At what point will the

:24:05.:24:08.

public sector wake up and notice that we are in a recession and that

:24:08.:24:14.

they are much better off than those in the private sector?" Christine

:24:14.:24:17.

says "It's greed. The more people get the more they want. At least

:24:17.:24:23.

they're in work and are able to strike unliked the millions of

:24:23.:24:27.

unemployed." Another one said "Well done to the people who went on

:24:27.:24:30.

strike. At least you've had the guts to stand up for yourselves.

:24:30.:24:38.

Maybe others will follow suit" Louisa says "I'm sure if you could

:24:38.:24:43.

lose over �240,000 you would strike too. Stephen said "They're getting

:24:43.:24:47.

paid too much to get a pension like that. I'm in the private sector and

:24:47.:24:52.

have to pay �250 a month for my own pension." Valerie says "Well done

:24:52.:24:56.

to the strikers, stand up for your rights the politicians get �64,000

:24:56.:25:02.

and have a good pension. Also they claim travel expenses K normal

:25:02.:25:06.

workers claim anything towards getting to work, meals, drinks? I

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believe this Government is strangle ordinary people.

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Thank you for your views. Mr Paul is here. You didn't get the e-mail

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about the colour code again? today Paul. I've bought a ticket to

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the one-day international. Are you going? No, I'm going to be here.

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LAUGHTER That's so not true. It is actually

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true. I'm in the no drinking stand. There is justice in this world!

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sounds riveting. Now the forecast. It's looking very nice. For those

:25:40.:25:50.
:25:50.:25:51.

of who are -- you who are awake, it should say Fri, not Sats. There's a

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should say Fri, not Sats. There's a 10% chance of catching a shower. It

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goes for most of us, sunny start, clouding over later. It's a

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pleasant end to the day here in West Yorkshire. A bit of cumulus

:26:05.:26:10.

type one there. There are bigger clouds across North Yorkshire

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bringing thunder storms. Very pleasant for west and south

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Yorkshire. Let's lock at the chart for tomorrow: High pressure in

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charge. But I think although we get off to a sunny start, the next

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couple of days, quite a bit of cloud builds up, especially into

:26:25.:26:30.

the afternoon. It looks settled. Breeze will be very light an the

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fine weather lasts into Monday and possibly Tuesday before the poor

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weather returns next week. You can pick up those speckled clouds

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across more eastern parts of Yorkshire there. That's brought

:26:41.:26:45.

some heavy showers this afternoon, the odd clap of thunder has been

:26:45.:26:50.

reported. They continue for the next few hours. For west and south

:26:50.:26:53.

Yorkshire it's a lovely end to the day. Everywhere dry and clear

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overnight. We'll see lowest temperatures down to seven Celsius,

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that is 45 degrees Fahrenheit. So the sun will rise in the morning,

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4.39am, setting at 9.40pm. A glorious start to Friday with

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largely unbroken sunshine, clear blue skies. I think if you watch

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the graphics, you can see the shadows growing, it means we head

:27:15.:27:19.

for a cloudy afternoon, the risk of the odd light shower, most will be

:27:19.:27:22.

dry, further bright or sunny intervals and temperatures of 19

:27:22.:27:26.

degrees, similar for the weekend. Looking pleasant. What type of

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