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Good evening. Welcome Thursday's Look North. Tonight: On strike. | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
Demonstrations are held across Yorkshire, as a thousand schools in | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
the region are hit by strike action over pensions. We're hoping that | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
this will make the Government listen to what we're saying, take | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
notice and see there's lots of working people who believe that we | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
shouldn't be punished. The public sector has to get more in line with | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
the private sector and we're all in dire straits financially. We look | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
at the impact of today's walkout on parents, teachers and businesses. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Also tonight, the prom goes on. How students in Doncaster defied | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
the strike to end their schools days in style. | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
We meet the Leeds actor launching the latest Harry Potter film, ten | :00:50. | :00:56. | |
years after the first one. Skies were threatening looking | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
across the area early today. But they should be mostly dry. All the | :01:02. | :01:12. | |
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Thousands of public sector workers across Yorkshire have been on | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
strike today, in a dispute over changes to their pension. Schools, | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
colleges and job sen tears cross the region have all been affected. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
Let's fiebld out what impact today's strikes have had. We know | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
of 983 schools in Yorkshire which were closed or affected. That's | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
just over half the total number in the region. Border Agency staff | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
joined the strike. Leeds Bradford and Robin Hood airpbts were not | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
disrupted. Some job centres were offering a limited service and | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
court cases were delayed. Protests have been taking place | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
across the region - in Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds and York. Begany | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
Hewson has been looking at the disruption caused by the biggest | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
industrial action for many years. They came in their thousands, a sea | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
of people flooding into cities and towns. The colours denoted their | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
different unions, teachers stood side by side with Jobcentre staff, | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
prison workers, coastguards, but all were united in their anger at | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
Government plans to change their pensions. I will pay �30,000 more | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
in pensions till I retire under Government proposals. I'm 48 years | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
old. Somebody at 24 will pay an extra �60,000 more in pension to | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
receive less than they get now. I've been a teacher for only four | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
years. I have hopefully a long career ahead of me. The way things | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
are going at the moment, it's just disgusting what the Government are | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
doing. It's also about little fellas like this and their future | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
as well. We're fighting to protect the future of our kids. We want | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
them to have a decent education and a health service. I don't want to | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
look at my son and when he asked "What did you do to protect my | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
future?" With tens of thousands of workers away from their posts, the | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
impact was felt to varying degrees. At job centres it was pretty much | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
business as usual. Around 200 office staff were absents from | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
their posts in York. Schools and colleges felt the biggest impact. | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
More than half of the schools in the region were closed. Where doors | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
stayed open, parents were relieved not to have to make alternative | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
arrangements. Very relieved. I was -- I have four here today. It helps | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
a lot with child care for a lot of the parents. I'm glad, this school | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
always manages to stay open whatever goes on. I fully support | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
the teachers I must say. Big relief. To send him to school and be with | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
his friends. Though many voice support for today's action, some, | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
particularly those in the private sector, were not impressed. | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
Employees at this Sheffield company don't have such a luxury as a | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
company pension plan. The boss here believes it's high time the public | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
sector took its blinkers off. always had to do it ourselves. | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
We've never had anybody contributing to our pensions. What | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
our pension is is what we pay into it. It's frustrating when we see | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
colleagues in the public sector, who we are paying our taxs to fund | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
their pensions and they are now wanting something to continue, when | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
it's clear the climate out there can't support that. Unions disagree. | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
They're adamant they'll fight changes and promised today's | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
massive turnout is just the beginning if agreement can't be | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
preached. -- reached. | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
In West Yorkshire alone 8,000 members of the NUT were on strike | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
today. Among them was Rachel Williams. She was one of hundreds | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
to attend the mass rally in Leeds this afternoon. | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
Rachel Williams lives in Leeds. She's been a teacher for 13 years. | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
But in all that time, there's never been a more important day than | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
today. I feel like the Government aren't listening. I know for me | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
personally, for example, they're asking me to pay �90 more a month | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
to lose over my career �180,000, for me it's incredibly important. | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
Rachel is one of 3,000 NUT members on strike in Leeds alone today. | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
This is where she's heading. In the city centre, hundreds of people | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
have turned out for a mass rally against the Government's proposed | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
pension reforms. It's been a good day. We were picketing the school | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
this morning. We got a lot of support from people going into work. | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
A lot of people are very angry about what's happening. It's | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
brilliant that we're all out here, together to show how important this | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
pensions problem is. Strikes like this in Yorkshire have affected | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
around a thousand schools today and caused major disruption across the | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
region. The Government has called the strikes irresponsible and | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
premature A cross the country, hundreds of thousands of people | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
disagree and here in Leeds today, the teachers are determined to make | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
sure their voice is hear. Elsewhere in the county, plenty of | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
schools have stayed open. At Bradford Academy, around half of | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
the teachers are on strike, but the school still opened to years eight | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
and nine. Just as well, as today is their maths exam. We wrote to | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
parents explaining that as they came in they were likely to see | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
pickets on the gates. It was their responsibility that they explained | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
that to them. Parents have done what we asked and children have | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
come in for their exams. Rachel has arrived at the rally. She's decided | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
this is more important than being in school today. We hope this will | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
make the Government list ton what we're saying, take notice and see | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
there's lots of working people who believe that we shouldn't be | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
punished. Unions are warning, unless the row's resolved, more | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
demonstrations could take place in Autumn and people like Rachel are | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
fully prepared to support another strike. | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
Earlier I spoke to Craig Whittaker Conservative MP for Calder Valley | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
who speaks for the Government on education and to Ian Murch from the | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
National Union of Teachers. I asked if they thought today's action to | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
make any difference. Eventually the Government will have to listen to | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
these messages. The degree of anger teachers have shown bit size of the | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
vote for the industrial action and the number of people who've taken | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
part, ought to be a real warning to them. We had our pensions altered | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
in 2007. To come back four years later, when we were told they were | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
affordable and stable has made people really angry. Given that | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
you're still in discussions with the Government, aren't these | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
strikes peoplure? Well, we've had three months of discussions with | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
the Government. Nothing better is on the table than it was at | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
beginning of the three months. The discussions were due to finish on | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
Monday this week. We believe they've only been extended because | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
of the threat of industrial action we've made. But, the talks have to | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
produce something different in terms of retirement age, level of | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
contributions and what happens to indexation after people retire, | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
before the unions will give up on the campaign that they're fighting. | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
Let's talk to Craig Whittaker now in London. Surely, the public | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
sector workers have the right to strike because you're changing the | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
rules midway through the game, aren't you? Well, just look at my | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
mail bag today, the real tragedy about the strikes today are for the | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
50% of teachers that went into school today. Without question what | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
the unions have done today is damage even further the reputation | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
of teachers. It is premature to strike today. The negotiations are | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
still ongoing. And yet, we have this real bully boy tactics over | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
the British public. My mail bag, without question, says that the | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
people aren't on the side of the unions today and that's a real | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
tragedy about what's going on. Doesn't it stick in the throat when | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
MPs are telling public sector workers final salary pension | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
schemes are no longer viable, but you are still enjoying very well | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
funded and very generous, as David Cameron called them, final salary | :09:05. | :09:11. | |
schemes. The ironic thing is we are public sector workers as well. We | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
are very much part of this process. We are part of the huton review. We | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
will come out at the end of this with much reduced benefits through | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
the pension scheme. The main reason is because long-term sustainability | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
of all pensions in the public sector aren't affordable. Not only | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
aren't they affordable in the public sector, but we've seen in | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
the private sector over the last ten years, this process happening. | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
We have to be realistic about making sure the viability and | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
sustainability of pensions for all going forward. If we don't do that | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
now, that won't happen. Ian Murch, Craig Whittaker says you won't have | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
public sympathy. He says his mail bag is full of people saying it's | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
unfair. We've had enormous number of expressions of public sympathy. | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
People understand that you cannot teach in most circumstances until | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
you're 68. That's what we're asking of young teachers. We're asking | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
them to pay �100 more to their pensions, work till they're 68 and | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
get a smaller pension. That's not affordable to them. Craig Whittaker, | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
should it not be the case that MPs pensions schemes should be reformed | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
first and people can follow, you said the example? The example has | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
been set by MPs. We are very much part of the same process as all | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
other public sector workers. Whatever comes out at the end of | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
the negotiations will be what MPs end up with. Just going back to | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
what Ian has just said there, it isn't fair to the public, it isn't | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
fair to the mothers and families that have to take time off work | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
when they are actually already going through those processes, and | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
have been through those processes of making their pensions | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
sustainable. They're not going to wear this public sector pension | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
schemes at the rate and value going forward. Gentlemen, many thanks for | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
joining us this evening. During the day, thousands of | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
teachers took part in the strike action across Yorkshire, that's | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
clearly had an impact on working families. How have parents and | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
pupils coped with a day off in the middle of the week and so close to | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
the school holidays as well? Cathy Killick has been finding out. | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
They'd normally be in the classroom right now. Instead it's an | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
impromptu game of ping-pong on the time table. These sixth formers | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
school in York is partially open. Maths beckons later. But for now, | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
they're kicking their heels in the park. Considering they're working | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
hard, they're working more for less pay and also their pensions seem to | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
have come down to the normal level as well. I think it's definitely | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
justified what they're doing. Elsewhere, parents have had a | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
mountain to climb finding child care or doing it themselves. We're | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
all doing our bit financially, aren't we? So, yeah, that's kind of | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
what I feel. A bit disappointed that they came on strike, if I'm | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
honest. York's tourist attractions have had a good day. For some the | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
strike has been a money spinner, with museums reporting increased | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
attendance. We're very fortunate that we have over 30 visitor | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
attractions for families and children to explore. So we have | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
noticed an increase in calls to our visitor centre. And also different | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
attractions have told us they've seen quite a large increase in | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
calls. The national mining museum near Wakefield proved popular with | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
families looking for an educational day out to make up for closed | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
schools. For thousands of children, though, today has been a term-time | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
treat. The teachers need a rest and all the cuts and stuff, it's just | :12:44. | :12:52. | |
unfair on the teachers. A day off school is pretty cool. Well it's | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
really positive and I'm happy that I got the day off. Tomorrow, it's | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
back to work for teachers and pupils alike. | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
Someone was happy at least. Children and parents in Doncaster | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
didn't let the walkout spoil their prom. The action meant the year 11 | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
leavers party would have to be cancelled. Parents and governors at | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
Ridgewood School rearranged their schedules and decided to run it for | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
themselves. It was a school day like no other, | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
not just because it was the biggest social event in the education | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
calendar, but because the leavers' celebration was being run bit | :13:32. | :13:42. | |
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parents. It's been very busy. We've all pulled together. We had a | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
meeting last night to put everything in place. Thanks to | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
everybody's support, everybody showed and it's all been great. | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
would have been a disaster not to have this day. Months of planning | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
and hundreds of pounds had gone into this event at Ridgewood School | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
in Doncaster, so parents and governors decided four days ago | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
that this was one thing the strike must not fbgt. -- affect. 36 | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
volunteers looked after just over 200 teenagers and they did it for | :14:10. | :14:18. | |
this. Ecstatic! Everyone's buzzing. We were thanking everyone. Yeah | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
thanking everybody. How big a day is today? Massive! One of the | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
biggest days of our lives. They entered school together for the | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
last time. We're not allowed on the school site today, but I'm told | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
pupils are now in the main hall, where there are speeches and awards. | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
It is a scaled down version of original plans because there's no | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
staff present and that has been criticised. If NUT members are not | :14:44. | :14:50. | |
going to do an event like this, it should be covered properly. If it | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
can't be covered properly NUT members are advised to help support | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
an event like this. The head teachers hasn't commented, but | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
governors say they weren't acting as teachers and that health and | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
safety checks were carried out. By midmorning it was time to move to a | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
new venue, on a day when the talk was of teachers not going into | :15:11. | :15:17. | |
school, these pupils certainly left in style. | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
Other news - a man from Worksop, jailed for life three days ago for | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
shooting dead his wife and daughter in America, has filed an appeal | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
against his conviction. Neil Entwistle, who's 32 and met his | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
wife at York University, argued he should get a new trial because | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
police searched his home without a warrant. | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
We were Spelbound then... And so was he. The Harry Potter star from | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
Leeds tells us about his amazing decade in the movies. | :15:46. | :15:56. | |
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And not to be sniffed at, art for dogs goes on show in Yorkshire. | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
England's cricketers are in Yorkshire for the second one-day | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
international tomorrow, when they take on the Sri Lankans at | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
Headingley. Quite exciting, an important match for the club to | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
host, particularly after missing out on all of this summer's Test | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
matches. 17,500 fans will fill Headingley. | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
We knew this year was going to be difficult because we only had a | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
one-day international. We haven't got a Test match. This year we're | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
going to still post a loss, even after tomorrow's event. But it will | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
be a small loss compared with what we had last year. We budgeted for | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
that. We knew that. We've cut our cloth accordingly. We may have been | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
Murrayed yesterday, he took us off air, next week we will be going | :16:46. | :16:51. | |
potty when the final film in the Harry Potter series is released. | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
It's release aid week tomorrow. You might not know that a young actor | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
from Leeds had a role in the film, Matt Lewis, who played Neville | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
Longbottom, popped into the studio for a chat yesterday. Let's see him | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
in action in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. You're | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
sneaking out again, aren't you? Listen... You're looking back at | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
that, Matt, what do you think when you see that? Well, erm, it's so | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
bizarre. I'm in the a big fan of watching the old ones. They're | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
great films and they're so well done. Seeing myself like that is | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
hard work. You're 22 now. Yeah. It's difficult. My dad always | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
sticks them on at Christmas. They're always on BBC. I can't | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
stand it. It. I don't like it. It's like home videos on national TV. | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
When you look back to believe where you are now and the huge success, | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
you wouldn't have had any idea when you were young. No, not at all. I | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
was a fan of the books. I knew they were going to be big, you know, but | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
not on the scale that it's become. I had no idea that I'd be here 10, | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
11 years later. Remind us how you came by the role. To get a role in | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
the first film was a coup any way. Definitely. Since I was five, I | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
were around Yorkshire and various things. They had an open audition | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
at the Queen's hotel in the town. I went along, queued for hours and | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
yeah, I was in the audition for about two minutes, if that and got | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
very lucky. It has been so massive. Presumably the publicity and | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
everything like this for the final film will be huge for you guys. | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
Yeah, we're going to be busy. Going out on this one, the one with the | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
most action than any of the others. We've tried to achieve something | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
epic with this. I'm looking forward to it. We've got great plans for | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
the premiere. We have Trafalgar Square instead of Leicester Square | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
this year. That's going to be the first time a film premiere has been | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
in Trafalgar Square. Then I'm off to North America, then New York is | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
the first stop. We don't want tomorrow bairs you, but you came | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
into Look North ten years ago. We've changed over the years, but | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
you have as well. Juf a bit. ARCHIVE: Yes, because it's like, he | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
is an orphan. But he is clumsy and so am I. That was quite easy. | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
see another clip, because this is a key moment in the film, when you | :19:13. | :19:21. | |
actually have to stand up... wanted you to appreciate the change. | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
Do you remember being interviewed by two people dressed like that? | :19:24. | :19:31. | |
You think I would! My memory must have been erased. It hasn't scarred | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
you for life? Not quite. It must be a slightly sad time for you, | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
because it's the end of an ear ya. Yeah, it is. When you're working | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
together for people for so long, it's going to be sad that we've | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
finished now. At the same time, it's like leaving school. I've been | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
there for such a long time, now I'm ready to move on and dot next | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
chapter of my life. It's as exciting as it is being sad. | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
wish you well and thafrbgz thanks for coming in. | :19:59. | :20:06. | |
Cheers. That was one we made earlier, wasn't St it? -- wasn't | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
it? I am looking forward to the film. We've seen them all. | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
haven't seen any. That will be one for the DVD box set. Harry Potter | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
all the way. Modern art isn't always to | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
everyone's taste. Damien Hurst's pickled animals or Tracey Emin's | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
messy bed have divided people over the years. What do you think man's | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
best friend would make of it all? Art for dogs is just one of the | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
ideas behind West Leeds Festival. This year's West Leeds Festival has | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
gone to the dogs. This is the latest gallery space. It's art for | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
those with a nose to the ground. Each poster supposedly irresistible, | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
that by the way, is another dog's bottom. Will our specially | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
commissioned panel of poochs be impressed? Let's meet the judges. | :21:00. | :21:07. | |
Mr Jez, bubbles, Tia, Tigger, Merlyn and Arthur. That's little | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
Jack Russell Gemma and that's Rosy. First up is seven-year-old German | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
shepherd Merlyn. He's a local and is very familiar with these | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
lampposts. No surprise he sniffs out something new. Arthur gives the | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
picture a glance or two. Mr Jez finds a more interesting smell. | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
Bubble sz keen, as is Gemma. So keen in fact I suspect there's some | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
cheating going on. He's taken a bit of interest especially as they're | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
peanut butter on them. I think it's wonderful. The dog thinks it's | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
wonderful too. It's fun and nice to have something in our local park. | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
We come here all the time. I don't think the dogs know what's going on. | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
I think it's more for humans. sure there will be an occasional | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
dog that maybe lifts a leg to show its appreciation. I think mainly | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
this is for the owners really. It's a bit tongue-in-cheek. We have a | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
sense of humour at the festival. It's a festival renowned for being | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
quirky. They once put prison photographs on the outside of the | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
jail, created a knitted shed. These were canal dancers. 2,000 people | :22:17. | :22:24. | |
helped create a string of Y-front bunting and and this was a weird | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
puppet hobbit gl. This year a Symphony Orchestra will perform on | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
a stage in the middle of this pool and yes, you'll be able to spin | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
around them. Pets, however, will not be well kol. If you want a | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
cultured canine, these images will be adorning lampposts throughout | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
July. They don't look overly impressed. | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
What will they think of next. say it's for the owners, it's a bit | :22:49. | :22:53. | |
Lowdown, I would say. If you're looking for something to | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
do this weekend, theatre companies, dance schools and even us here at | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
the BBC in Yorkshire are preparing to open our doors to show you what | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
we do. It's part of a new free evebt this Saturday called the | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
quarry hill festival, which celebrates the cultural industry | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
around us here in this part of Leeds. How about this? This is | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
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 | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
is. He couldn't resist a dabble himself. He's being put through his | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
paces and taking his clothes off as he went. How about a tour of the | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
Northern Ballet theatre. If you want to know what we do, come over | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
to the BBC and take a look behind the scenes. | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
It's all for free, but you do have to book. For more information or to | :23:46. | :23:56. | |
:23:56. | :23:56. | ||
guarantee your place on the tour call this number: a lot of you have | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
been getting in touch about the strike action today via Facebook. | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
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 | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
believe this Government is strangle ordinary people. | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
Thank you for your views. Mr Paul is here. You didn't get the e-mail | :25:14. | :25:21. | |
about the colour code again? today Paul. I've bought a ticket to | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
the one-day international. Are you going? No, I'm going to be here. | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
LAUGHTER That's so not true. It is actually | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
true. I'm in the no drinking stand. There is justice in this world! | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
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 | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
should say Fri, not Sats. There's a 10% chance of catching a shower. It | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
goes for most of us, sunny start, clouding over later. It's a | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
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 | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
bringing thunder storms. Very pleasant for west and south | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
Yorkshire. Let's lock at the chart for tomorrow: High pressure in | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
charge. But I think although we get off to a sunny start, the next | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
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 | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
fine weather lasts into Monday and possibly Tuesday before the poor | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
weather returns next week. You can pick up those speckled clouds | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
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 | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
overnight. We'll see lowest temperatures down to seven Celsius, | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
that is 45 degrees Fahrenheit. So the sun will rise in the morning, | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
4.39am, setting at 9.40pm. A glorious start to Friday with | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
largely unbroken sunshine, clear blue skies. I think if you watch | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
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 | :27:26. | :27:33. |