26/07/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. Welcome to Look North. On the

programme: wanted and on the run. Police are trying to find this man

after two woman are stabbed in the Garforth area of Leeds.

Also tonight: 200 beds to go - one of the

recommendations to help cure the financial problems in North

Yorkshire's health services. And Stan Barstow, one of

Yorkshire's original "angry young men", passes away. It has been

another very warm day. These pictures were taken in South

Yorkshire very early on. One more day of warmth. All the details

coming up. Tonight, the face of a man on the

run, wanted following the stabbing of a mother and daughter. Police

say he's dangerous and should not be approached. The mother is very

seriously ill in hospital after she and her 25-year-old daughter were

stabbed in Garforth near Leeds this morning. Within the past hour,

police have named the man they want to question. Our crime

correspondent John Cundy is at the scene now. Talk us through the

events of the morning. Let me set the scene. It was just after 8.00am

this morning when police were alerted to come here in Bar Lane in

Garforth on 999 calls from some local neighbours. They'd seen a

quite horrific sight of a woman and her 25-year-old daughter staggering

in the path behind me where you see the cars. Blood was everywhere, and

they'd clearly been stabbed many times. This is how two of them

described the situation to me earlier today. You feel a little

bit - unsafe, whether it's a random person. I saw the mother and

daughter coming down the drive covered in blood, and the daughter

was screaming that, "He's stabbed us!" And the mum just gone down on

the floor. What more can you tell us about the man police are

hunting? They immediately have begun the hunt for this man who was

known to two of the victims. Two other properties have been guarded

by Garforth Police during the day. He has been named as 40-year-old

Lesley Cunningham from Leeds. He's white, obviously, male, 6'2" of an

athletic build. He has an half-inch horizontal scar under his right eye.

Has distinctive large tattoos on both forearms featuring a Dragoon,

fish and panther on his left arm and a dragon and a skull on his

right. Police don't have a description of a vehicle, but they

say he's extremely dangerous and shouldn't be approached. He's also

known as Jevins". I can also tell you the 55-year-old woman is in a

serious but stable condition this evening in hospital. Her 25-year-

old daughter has serious injuries but they're less life threatening.

Also tonight: 200 hospital beds could close in

North Yorkshire as the health trust faces one of the BIGGEST financial

challenges in the country. An independent review says the health

service in North Yorkshire is spending beyond its means and needs

to save �230 million in four years. As our health correspondent Penny

Bustin reports, financial pressures are not helped by a growing elderly

population. Its duty attract misto retire here. That puts a strain on

health services already under debt by years of overspending. By 2020,

the over-65 population is predicted to increase in North Yorkshire by

40%, making up almost a quarter of the population. Relatively affluent

and informed, this age group have relatively high expectations and

demands of an NHS which has to cut costs. People in York and North

Yorkshire stay longer in hospital than they need because of a

historic lack of investment in community services. This sort of

care is obviously far more expensive than that at home or by a

GP. Beds are going to have to close. 20% more needs to be done here with

the same amount of money. �230 million to be saved by 2015, but

the claim is while beds won't be here, services and treatments will

still be available, just not in big buildings in York or Scarborough.

It is the mindset that has to change. I think people have to say,

what's the service that I require? Would I prefer that service was

delivered close to my home or in my own home if that were possible?

Then let's do that, and that's particularly a problem in North

Yorkshire because, for many, the distance are so great. Good morning.

How are you? Innovations like this telemedicine scheme in Grassington

where technology connects patients and doctor remotely will need to be

used more. The number of GPs will need to be reviewed, redundant

buildings sold off. There will be more integration between health and

social care. North Yorkshire has a challenge that has to be met. More

significantly, the whole of the Health Service has challenge that

has to be met, so let's accept that. The country's economy dictates that.

Let's accept that and work out collectively how across local

health care, with the voluntary and private sector we provide

appropriate and safe care given the budget restraints we have.

Still to come: The Leeds woman taking on the

council after she's told she can't keep her 21 cats in her flat.

Pubs and clubs in Scarborough could close early to help cut the number

of alcohol-related problems in the town. More than 3,000 patients a

year attend Scarborough's A&E as a result of drinking too much. Now

police and a local MP are calling for an end to 24-hour drinking and

want this to be used as a pilot for licensing laws across Britain.

Danny Carpenter reports. It calls itself "the first resort", and

Scarborough prides itself on being forward thinking, but now they're

looking back to when time at the bar was 11.00pm, and nightclubs

closed at 2.00pm. Paul Murray owns Vivaz and chairs the Pub Watch

scheme. Nightclubs used to open at 10.00. Pubs used to close at 11.00

and close at 2.00am. People think, we'll take more money. They only

have so much to spend. Now it's just getting later and later.

day drinking was introduced in 2005, partly to help the licence trade,

but it's led to fears about binge drinking and street crime and cheap

alcohol from supermarkets means people drink at home before going

out. We're basically trying to turn the clock back not to the 1960s,

but just five years so we can actually get people out in the pubs

earlier in the evenings rather than drinking cheap supermarket booze

they have bought. At the moment, often they'll arrive at the pubs at

11.00pm already tanked up. What they're saying is far from helping

the town's night-time economy, late licensing is hurting them. Pubs and

clubs, take-aways and taxis are all working longer hours for less money.

At the town's hospital the effect is being felt during the day.

still see peax on Friday and Saturday nights. We still see

alcohol-related tendencies at all times of the day and night all

through the week. That obviously stretchs the resources and puts the

additional pressure on our staffing throughout those times.

Scarborough they're trying to introduce a voluntary code, a

shorter drinking day, but they accept it will only work if

everybody signs up, and the Government tackles the supermarkets.

Danny, thank you. More news from around Yorkshire now.

And detectives are asking people who regularly use the towpath of

the Leeds-Liverpool canal for help after a man was found unconscious

in the water. The 51-year-old was cycling on the path in Kirkstall on

Saturday night. He was later found in the water and taken to hospital

where he is in a critical condition. Police say they want to trace his

bike which is still missing despite an underwater search.

Council bosses in Derbyshire have agreed to look at cutting the

numbers of gritting trucks and drivers across the county. Last

year roads were blocked by snow for up to two weeks despite over �5

million being spent on gritting. This year's budget is �1 million

less. Individual payments of �200 will be given to farmers and local

businesses who grit roads on behalf of the council.

There won't be a big wheel behind the Art Gallery in York. The plans

have been scrapped after delays and objections from local residents.

It's been decided there'll be a landscape garden and arts space

instead. This is an interesting one.

A committed Christian who won the right to display a cross in his

work van has been suspended from his job in Wakefield. Colin

Atkinson was originally threatened with the sack unless he removed the

symbol. But after a public outcry his employers had a re-think. That

was back in April. But now Colin says his employers, Wakefield and

District Housing, have failed to honour the agreement. Charlotte

Leeming's been following the story. Electriction Colin Atkinson makes

no mistake of his religion at home or work. Last year his bosses at

Wakefield and District Housing objected to the cross in his van in

case he offended somebody. He thought he was going to lose his

job, but after a public outcry, the threat of disciplinary action was

dropped. Christianity to me is 24/7. It's not any faith, I would hope,

you keep in a cupboard. I can only point out the worldwide reaction in

this county and country we have had massive support. But once the media

attention died down, and he returned to work, he says his

working conditions changed, and he no longer had the use of a van.

When the BBC contacted Wakefield and District Housing today, he told

us they didn't want to comment. Mr Atkinson says he believes his

employers were unhappy he had spoken out about his situation.

way they threatened me with disciplinary action since June last

year when it were actually a grievance I put in against the

company is nothing short of scandalous, really, and I've got a

right under law and just the human rights to speak reasonably and

truthfully to people about it. Colin is keen to get back to work,

but he's also determined to stand up for his faith, even if it costs

him his livelihood. Thank you very much, Charlotte. You

know, it's here. We have been talking about it. We have admitted

sometimes we don't even understand it, but Yorkshire's digital

switchover starts tonight in Scarborough. We have the final

details. Other parts of the region will begin to switch over in the

next few days. It's going to be done in two stages. It sounds

complicated to me, but Harry says it's not. I am turned on and

switched on about this, and another time stable - in Scarborough, admit

need tonight, BBC Two will be switched over on the Oliver's Mount

transmitter. The rest of the channels will then switch in a

fortnight's time. BBC Two will go digital next week this Chesterfield

and Sheffield. The rest of the channels will then follow on August

the 24th, and Emley Moor, which serves most of Yorkshire, will

start to go digital on September 7. We'll be fully digital on September

21. Some parts of North Yorkshire switch on the same dates, though

the Billsdale transmitter is next year. Again, you'll need to retune

there twice there too. How do we retune? Here is a quick lesson.

So after years of waiting, digital switch-over has finally arrived in

Yorkshire, but what do you need to do? If you live in Scarborough, pay

attention because you're going to be part of broadcasting history

overnight. I've got to get learning what to do.

Hi, Callum. Nice to meet you. You going to explain how this works,

then? Here is my teacher for the day,

digital TV expert Callum Wood. How easy is the? All you need are

the menu button, directional arrows and the OK button to tell the TV

what you're doing and why. How does it work? Right. First of all, menu

button. So we're pressing that going into the settings. That

brings up all the different men use on the TV. We need to do a full

factory reset so it adds the new higher-powered channels. You're

clearing the memory? Clearing the memory altogether. You're not

adding more things. You're clearing it completely and refreshing it for

the high-powered channels. That'll then start to retune. All the TV is

doing is searching for the channels. You don't need to do anything about

it. It does it all itself. You make it look very easy. I was taking it

in there, and it didn't look that complicated. It's very easy to be

honest. All you need to do is follow the on-screen instructions.

Don't be frightened of breaking it because you can't. Let it do its

thing. It's as simple as that if I can do it, you can. But if you're

still unsure, there is plenty of help available. One slight problem

- before I am allowed to leave here, I have about a hundred TV sets to

retune! He's going to be there until 9.00pm

tonight. He has 120 channels. What will

people in Scarborough notice when they wake up tomorrow about TV?

There are two things - anybody who is still an analogue viewer will

lose BBC Two at the moment because that'll be switched off. It's to

free up space to start the new high-powered digital services.

Anybody who is already watching Freeview, top-up TV, the existing

terrestrial services through an aerial, they need to retune because

the pre-switchover services there at the moment will be switched off

and the new BBCs services started. I don't know quite what I am

watching at the moment. I know I have all of those things you have

mentioned but does it seem silly if I say I am not sure? That's what a

lot of people say to us. They have a fair idea what to do but they're

not sure. That's why they get in touch with us. We'll happily tell

them on an interview basis... all about profile set-up? It's

about going to the men issue, pressing the menu button and

following the instructions on the screen. Every TV is different. They

don't say the same thing but it's the same basic idea. Why will

viewers need to retune again in a couple of weeks' time? It's helping

analogue viewers because it would be possible... You would have no

telly. You would have no telly. That's hardly fair on people who

might be struggling to get it back. Do it in two stages - switch off

BBC Two. If you have a problem getting it back, you have a

fortnight where you can still watch BBC One, ITV and Channel 4. You

have time to get something done about it. We shall watch with

interest. You're watching Look North on BBC

Before 7.00pm: The Bantons and the Millers - the

football season gets under way this weekend and we'll have the first of

our previews looking at League Two. We'll be looking a back at the work

of Stan Barstow and the films which made him famous.

We're known as a nation of pet lovers - but is one woman in Leeds

taking it too far? Jackie Silcox has 21 cats in her small one

bedroom flat. The council says that's unfair to the animals and

she needs to get rid of them. But she says she's providing a service

by looking after strays that would otherwise end up roaming the

streets. Spencer Stokes has been to Come on! Cats in every corner,

climbing over furniture, work tops and window sils. This is Jackie's

flat, a flat she shares with 21 feline friends, many are strays

she's brought in. She believes she's saving cats from a miserable

life stuck outside. I am doing my bit for the community. When I bring

them in, we get them neutered, so they can't have kittens. We try and

find homes for them, but it's touch and go sometimes whether we can

find homes, and there's still cats out there waiting to come in.

Angel? The numbers are growing all the

time, with local cats coming to be fed. But now Leeds City Council who

own the flat have said enough is enough, telling Jackie she has to

find new homes for 19 of her 21 cats. I am very angry because at

the end of the day, we're saving the council hundreds of pounds a

year taking these cats in. Where would they be if it weren't for

people like me? Out on the streets causing mayhem. There is no way I

am going to part with these cats. If I have to, I'll live on the

Jackie disagrees, arguing her cats are happy, clean and safe. They

don't fight at all. They get on really well. They're very relaxed.

I think they're happy. She has a week to comply with the

council's two-cats-maximum rule. She says she'll continue to ignore

Thank you. We're at that point of the season where the seasons

collide in sport. Yes. There's lots of people

shouting, goody - we have both cricket and football. We're quite

glad it is. There is the Rugby Union internationals and the Rugby

League is in there. You don't know where to look,

frankly, but the cricket - Tim was fantastic. I think he's inspired

Yorkshire, because there is a big, big game for them. I know you have

been following it on Twitter. Absolutely.

Yorkshire's season reaching the business end can only mean one

thing - the new football league season must be just around the

corner! Yorkshire 318 for 3 at the close.

Yorkshire season reaching the business end can only mean one

thing - the new Football League season is around the corner. It all

gets underway on Saturday, so between now and the end of this

week we'll be having a look at all of our clubs. Tonight, it's the

turn of League Two - Bradford City and Rotherham United.

# Here we go # Here we go #

Nothing less than promotion, which is what the chairman wants for the

club for when the new ground is officially opened and available.

Rotherham United fans won't be the only ones saying that this week,

but the Millers have good reason to raise their ambitions. In League 2,

they count as a raise case of a debt-free club, and though still

excited at Sheffield's Don Valley, they're moving back to Rotherham

and a fancy new stadium next year. In the short term, things couldn't

be simpler. First and foremost, we want to get promoted. That's the

goal. The goal is to win the league. If we can do that play attractive

football, then that's the ideal scenario. The still fairly new

manager has inherited that age-old problem - having to wonder how long

they'll be keeping their striker for. To be perfectly fair with you,

I don't think it would be such a great loss as people make it out to

be. Rotherham fans will see an old friend in opposition next season up

the road, Guy Branston, but did they win the old warrior about

City's pink away strip? I think football is getting a lot softer,

so wearing pink, so what? I never thought I would see Peter Jackson

wearing pink. What do you think? Neither did he. No longer

unnervingly referred to as interim manager or by financial worries, a

remarkable stability seems to have set in in League 2.

And for the next two nights we'll be concentrating on the prospects

for our League One clubs, starting tomorrow with Chesterfield and

Huddersfield Town. But how much does being an avid football fan

cost you? The BBC sport website has been looking at the price of

tickets and refreshments. Rotherham fans are the winners. They're one

of the cheapest days out in the country. Their cheapest tickets

cost just �10. A programme is �2.50, a pie also �2.50 and a cup of tea

�1.30 - adding up to �16.30. Bradford city are the most

expensive in the division. Their cheapest ticket costs �20, a

programme is �3, a pie is �2.90 and a cup of tea will set you back

�1.90 - a grand total of �27.80. BUT the club points out that most

of their supporters have season tickets - which are some of the

cheapest in the country. They work out at under �8 a game.

Because the pies are �2.90 that's why he's not been at all.

Cheltenham, I think it was, came out with the most expensive pies,

something like �6. They don't do many take-away salads? Seems a pie

and a cup of tea. He was one of the angry young men

of the 1960s.the gritty northern writers who brought real life drama

to the screens in post war britain. Today the world of film and

literature is paying tribute to author Stan Barstow, who's died

aged 83. Born in Horbury, his best known novel was A Kind of Loving,

which was turned into a film with Alan Bates - and became a set text

in schools. Alan Whitehouse looks back at his career.

Stan Barstow would have been the first to admit he was an unlikely

candidate to become a successful writer. Born a coal miner's son,

the family was said to have few writers and precious few readers.

His landmark novel a Kind of Loving was published in 1960. A film

adaptation followed. I'll see you in the park same place. I thought

you didn't care for me anymore. the time, working-class fiction was

riding the crest of a wave. Novels and films celebrating life at the

kitchen sink and on the factory floor were appearing almost monthly.

While many of his contemporaries moved to London, Stan Barstow would

not, preferring familiar surroundings. You. Stepped out and

walked along, and you met people you knew, people who would look out

for you, perhaps the old cliche, you didn't lock your door when you

went out, and there was always somebody there who knew who you

were. It become a bit repressive because everybody knew everybody

else's business. But being based in the north didn't prevent one

success following another. A Raging Khan was also adapted for TV as was

another. A string of novels followed. He wasn't a grand

literary figure. He was a very down-to-earth bloke. He was a

normal chap and a very, very nice man too. Stan Barstow was still

writing almost to his death, and a collection of short stories will be

published later next year. Alan, thank you.

They said he changed the face of books and screen.

He did. The weather is good. Will it last?

I don't think it will. 21C today. 27C at Rob inhood Airport. Let's

have a look at the pictures that have come in. Robinhood Airport -

isn't that one of your favourite... Doncaster has the warmest weather

in the country, as they'll tell us. Let's have a look at the pictures

as they have come in. That's a heavy shower that hit the, Is

At this stage yesterday, many places have been dry. Tomorrow,

it's sunny spells, very warm and humid in southern and eastern areas,

an ongoing risk of thunder. Thursday, this weather system will

bring showers and longer spells of rain up from the south-west, so one

more day of warmth to come. Now, on the satellite picture, you can see

the clumpy cloud. We have had one thunderstorm that's tracked very

close to York in the last hour or two, so there are some thundery

showers around, but I think most places should be dry through this

evening, then overnight it's dry with clear spells, uncomfortable

for sleeping, with lowest temperatures down to 15C. That's 59

Fahrenheit. The sunrises in the morning at 5.24pm, setting at 9.00.

Those are your high water times. In the morning, it should be fine,

some sunny spells around. One or two showers from the word go.

Tomorrow, temperatures rise. There is a risk of a few thunderstorms

breaking out - mostly across central and eastern areas. Further

west, a good deal of dry weather. Even these will be hit and miss.

Let's have a look at the top temperatures. Rotherham, 25C. The

Pennines, 22C. So again, a cooler feel, though still warm for the

time of year here. Further east, 25C, the high, possibly 26C. That's