29/07/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Friday's Look North. On the programme tonight: The growing

problem of post traumatic stress among soldiers and the domestic

violence it causes. This is what one former soldier did to his home.

He also attacked his wife but she's standing by him.

Seeing children blown up, but must be enough to get to anybody. We

have got a long struggle ahead of us, but he has given me so much.

I'm not prepared to give up on him now.

Also tonight: Tickets, please, but at a price. The biggest fare

increases in the country. The price of train tickets is going up by 10%

in West Yorkshire. And is this a new version of a

motorcycle display team? The mobility scooter riders performing

in Scarborough. It has been a beautiful day today. It will be a

very different picture tomorrow. I And we'll be looking ahead to a

busy weekend of sport with the new football season kicking off. And

who'll make it to Wembley as Castleford face Leeds in the

challenge cup semi-final? First, is enough being done to help

soldiers traumatised by their time in battle when they get home?

Adams was attacked by her husband Dave after he had served in Iraq.

One night, he caused �35,000 worth of damage to their home in Bedale

in North Yorkshire. Recent studies suggest domestic violence by former

soldiers is increasing. First, Linda's story. She says those

returning from duty need more help. He went to Iraq in 2003, came back

in 2004. September of that year, we were due to go out with friends,

and when I returned, he told me I could not go home. The police had

been cold -- called. Basically, he had obliterated our home. On

Christmas Eve, he actually got physical with me and punched me. I

had facial damage, teeth knocked out. It was a shock. The thing is,

I didn't hit him back. I didn't throw anything, I didn't go for him,

I just looked him straight in the face and said, you should not have

done that. I turned my back and walked away. I have rarely just

recently in the last demands found out some of the things he saw.

Seeing children blown up, that must be enough to get to anybody.

Whether you're a soft or hard like army personnel. I don't think

psychiatrists understood what was wrong. Every time there has been an

incident and there had to call the police and have been taken away, it

has been hard to. But on the end of every statement, I have always put,

it is not punishment that he needs, it is mental help. We have got a

long struggle ahead of us, but he has given me so much in the past.

I'm not prepared to back down or give up on him now. That was

Linda's experience and she is not alone. According to the National

Association of Probation Officers, more than 8,000 members or former

members of the military are in prison now. A further 3,500 are on

probation or parole and over half of veterans given community service

cover from post-traumatic stress disorder. Of those, the most common

conviction was bought domestic violence. Chris Cannich -- Chris

Cunningham from the Royal British Legion says psychological problems

among ex-service people are becoming more and more common.

are seeing more people coming to us with complex needs now. Those needs

after navigated by psychological problems, things like sleep

disorder, alcohol and drug dependency, anxiety or depression.

We're also seeing increasing numbers of people who were showing

signs of poster -- post-traumatic stress disorder. And that can be

used afterwards -- years afterwards, before they come to you for help?

Yes, one of the recommendations that has looked into mental health

with veterans was that they should have screen -- screening one there

are still in service. In many cases, sentence might not manifest

themselves until 10 or 15 years later. Linda is not on her own, she

might feel that she is on her own, but thousands of people, those

statistics are shocking about people in prison, on probation or

having community service orders. Yes, but I would say it is not a

disproportionate number. We're seeing veterans that a homeless, in

prison, we don't think that is a desperate Porter and --

disproportionate number. It is very easy to spot a physical problem but

much less simple to spot a psychological problem, and for that

individual to know where to turn for help.

We have learned that Rel passengers in and around West Yorkshire are

facing the biggest fare increases in Britain next year. Ticket prices

will go up by 10 %. Metro, the county's Transport Authority, is

now in urgent talks with the government. Tonight, union and rail

passenger groups told us they are planning protests later this month.

West Yorkshire has become an overcrowding blackspot. There are

not enough carriages to go around. In August, this train on the

Barnsley nine is full. But now there is a scheme to bring in six

extra trains which means be 10 % fare hike. It is no surprise

passengers are angry. Awful. It is not a good service. Not pleased

about that at all. It is disgusting. I don't think the current fares are

justified, certainly not on this route. You don't get value for

money. What has gone wrong? Rail fares are governed by the Retail

Prices Index. That is currently showing five % inflation, the

figure that will be used to set next year's where there's. The

government says fares will rise by retail price index times three. But

in West Yorkshire, there is another two % on top of that. That gives a

grand total of 10 %. The bad news doesn't end there. There are now no

spare diesel comedic -- commuter trains at any price, so passengers

will have to be forced to put up with the 25-year-old where boss

trains for the foreseeable future. There are long past their sell-by

date. Higher and higher ticket prices are making commuters angry.

Talks are now being had with the government. We don't think is

appropriate in West Yorkshire. If there is going to be investment, we

want a fair share of that in West Yorkshire. Others say commuters

should not be too surprised at the increase. West Yorkshire has

enjoyed lower fares than other parts of the country. So 10 % of

what they're currently playing is a lot less than the people in the

south-east of England. There is a protest being planned later this

month, another sign that many commuters are reaching the end of

their patients. Stay with us: We dine out with a

difference. The restaurant giving a helping hand to those otherwise

unable to get a job. Maternity services at the Yorkshire

hospital are being examined again after a cluster of seven serious

incidents in just four months. In June, a coroner criticised aspects

of care at Dewsbury Hospital after the death of a newborn boy. Now

management are considering an improvement planned after...

Between last November and this debris, there were seven untoward

incidents there. Something where there is a risk of harm or death to

a patient. We don't know what those seven incidents involved, but we

don't know if there were any death involved will stop prior to that,

the hospital had shed -- set up its own independent review because of

what was going on in the maternity unit here. Last summer, that

involved Oliver Schofield. He survived for just 42 minutes after

a 60 one-hour delay in his delivery. At his inquest, the coroner said

that delay materially contributed to his death and he called

improvements. That was obviously it echoed by Oliver's parents who said

they did not want anybody else to share the ordeal that they had gone

through. Does up Jews we have will have more problems than others?

There is a history of problems here. -- Dewsbury Hospital. Staff signed

a letter of no confidence in management because there were staff

shortages and thickness and babies were being transferred to ponder

fact, 18 miles away. In 2007, another expert was called in to

look at maternity services. But put this into context, there is a

national shortage of midwives. There is a rise in birthrate. There

are all the mothers, more complex berths, and that has given a rise

to increase in complaints. Hospitals but once would have kept

these things quiet and out encouraged to share what is going

on so the best practice can be learned from. And the best hospital

say they are not complacent about patient care. They have developed

an improvement plan to learn from this review. In their statement,

they say, immediate action is always taken following adverse

incidents. We are re-examining the way we provide training.

The widow of a Royal Marine from Dewsbury killed in Afghanistan was

-- today criticised the inquest system as unnecessarily dramatic.

Corporal Stephen Curley was killed 18 months ago it in Afghanistan by

Taliban bomb which was specially made it to deceive metal detectors.

The coroner said that further evidence needs to be gathered.

A 61-year-old woman has been seriously hurt in an attack by a

bull terrier dog in Bradford. Linda Woodall suffered injuries to her

arms and then as now in a stable condition in hospital. Police have

seized the dog. The decision to sell off parts of

York's largest car park will have to be looked at again despite large

protests. Councillors voted in favour to expand York St John

University on to the Union Terrace car park. A series of new options

will now be put forward for consultation. At least some coach

parking will remain on the very sight.

Lives for be lost because of cuts at a fire station in south

Yorkshire and that is according to the firefighters Union. The union

says plans to merge a specialist team with the actual fire crew at

Dearne Valley will leave the area without full-time cover.

Training for the next call-out to save someone in difficulty. The

technical rescue unit is based at Dearne Valley fire station which

only opened last October. Now the fire service want to merge the

specialist team with the regular crew best here. If this proposal

goes ahead, but is a direct cut to posts which means slower response

times which will inevitably cost lives. We know we'll end of

recording nationally. At the end of the day, when poor enough be

enough? We need a fire service that will provide a proper cover for

people. By merging the two groups of personnel at Dearne Valley come

we can provide a similar response but at less cost. It will save �500

worth of public money. If they get called out of the area

to a specialist job, they will not be able to respond to a routine

call-out. It has left people here concerned. Saving lives is better

than saving money. It is disgusting. We need more emergency services,

not less. It doesn't bear thinking about. What is next? The Fire

Service say they will maintain cover by bringing in crews from

other areas. They say that with reduced government funding,

I have never made any secret of the fact that I love my food. Tonight

is the opening night of the -- a new restaurant. It is called Create,

and it looks and feels like anywhere else. Because the staff

who are very different. Working alongside the professionals

are people who have taken the wrong path in life. Time sleeping rough,

drugs problems, trouble with the law. Given a second chance.

On the surface, it looks like any other restaurant opening. Tables,

chefs, nervous waiters. But as they prepare for their first proper

service, the staff at Create have more than just nerves to contend

with. My mum passed away last year, and I started going down the wrong

route. I got into trouble with the police, things like that. I could

be dead from drugs. But Ken's life has taken a very different part.

She is now a trainee at Create. Everybody support everybody. You

are just one big family. When you have got that much love and support,

you do not need anything else. just a couple of years, they have

held hundreds of people. Anyone from ex-prisoners to homeless

people to asylum-seekers. I was going around with the wrong crowd.

I got community service. The Create got me on board, how to be to get

through it. As the other side, a full-time job as the restaurant.

But this is not a charity. He got the position on merit, and will be

working with experience restaurant staff. We have to be as good as

another restaurant, otherwise there's no point in existing. So we

are as good as another restaurant, you get the same field but even

better because you can feel good about the money you are spending,

and you are being served by people who wants to be here. It is that

ethos that will hopefully feel a dramatic expansion. Last year,

Create grew by nearly 70%. We want to remove the barriers to getting

back to work. Those people that are furthest from the jobs market, we

want to educate people as to what this group of people can amount to

where they are given a hand up and not a hand down. But in the end,

success or failure depends on getting paying customers through

the door. They hope it is their food, as well as their message,

that will do it. We will try that, you can pay!

Challenging times ahead, Castleford and Leeds scrum for a place in the

Challenge Cup final. And you are never too old to

perform for charity. The former Royal Marine commandos still able

to put on a display. On the off-chance it has escaped

you, it is back. He is ready for the new football season. Absolutely.

All week we have been looking ahead to how the clubs might fare, and

this time around it is the turn of our Championship sides. Leeds

United will be surely hoping to make the play-offs, while Barnsley

and Doncaster are fancied by the It was like watching Barcelona, the

way Barnsley kept hold of the ball in this pre-season friendly against

Sheffield Wednesday. 17 passes lead-up to this goal, so many that

we have had to speed it up. Barnsley fans looked sure to be

entertained by new manager Keith Hill's pure football. But will they

be saved in the Championship? hoping not to be relegated. Have we

can stay up, we can push for the top league. Where a small club, but

we would like to be in the Championship. Joint-favourites with

Barnsley to get relegated, R Doncaster Rovers. If this club is

under pressure, it does not show it. The bookies have consistently got

it wrong with us. I remember the last time we were favourites to go

down, and we won the League that year. On that basis, we will have a

great season! What about Leeds United? Playing

here in black, they only just missed out on the play-offs last

season. Michael Brown has joined. He looks up for the fight. Simon

Grayson has lost four first-team make -- four first team players,

and fans have mixed feelings about the new season. I think we could be

struggling to stay top half. I think Ken Bates is to get his hand

in his pocket. I think we all make the play-offs. We have a good squad.

No problem. It just like Barnsley and Doncaster, Leeds will have to

defy the odds to get what they want out of the season.

You cannot follow all the ups and downs of your team on your BBC

local radio station. You are going to ask who is going to go up and

don't -- down aren't you? The one team we both agree on is

Huddersfield in League One. They were very unlucky last season. A

very good squad, fingers crossed for them. The two Sheffield teams?

Sheffield Wednesday are desperate to bring in more players. I have to

say, I cannot see us getting a Premier League club. Neither can I.

The Bradford City in lead to our young team. We should be positive!

Hopefully! It is fair to say that there were

excellent batting conditions at the Rose Bowl, where Yorkshire drew

their county Jadeja match with Hampshire. Yorkshire got 532 in

their first innings, the For -- the home side got 599-3 declared in

theirs, Michael Carberry ending with 300, McKenzie lagging behind

on a near 237! Yorkshire were 40-0 before they called it quits.

Well done to Jonny Bairstow who got a century for England Lions again

Sri Lanka A at Scarborough. We can already be sure of the

Yorkshire presence in this year's Challenge Cup final. That is

because Castleford and Leeds face each other for the right to play at

Wembley. And although the rivalry goes back years, you would not have

thought it from the build up this week.

Respect, friendship and a warm welcome for your opponents, before

you get among them. Rugby league in a nutshell, really. Even on their

afternoon off before the biggest match of the season, Castleford and

Leeds players were still trying to get one over each other. Not try-

scoring and tackling, something more akin to It's a knockout.

just another pitch. You can be as friendly and respect for before and

afterwards, but that is part of rugby league. What they are doing

is great. They have a new ground as the way the club is moving forward

is really good for Castleford and for the lead. I think we have got

our work cut out. The once the serious stuff starts

in Sunday's semi, a place at one of the world's most famous finals is

the prize. A that is what we want to do. It would be absolutely

perfect. I think my dad is pretty excited. He said he will come over

if we get to the final. To get to Wembley, it would be on top of the

world. It would be a shame to see a loser, but at least Yorkshire rugby

league is guaranteed a winner. It is also guaranteed a big national

audience on the TV. You can watch that game live on BBC

Two. You can get full match commentary on BBC Radio Leeds. A

quick good luck to the Brownlee brothers, they are in the World

Series Triathlon at Hyde Park. It is the Olympic course.

Good luck. You are a Bradford City fan. Yes, I am.

We started tonight's programme looking at the problems facing ex-

service people, now we have something more positive.

We think this is great fun, but his is also raising lot of money. A

group of veterans from Scarborough are raising funds for former Royal

Marines in need. They have drawn inspiration from motorcycle display

teams, but they are doing something a little more befitting of their

age. Training for special operations.

These retired Marines are preparing for tomorrow's one-off fund-raising

event. Part of the Royal Navy, historically all marines have had

to rely on naval charities for help. Now as times are harder, the

Marines need a fund of their own. We need to raise money for the

Royal Marines. The target is to help our brothers who are serving

to raise �6 million by 2014, which will be the 300 and 50th

anniversary of the formation of the Royal Marines.

The choreographer Barry was in the Royal Marines motorcycle team, so

40 years later, the idea to use Motor's -- inability scooters

seemed obvious. -- mobility scooter us. We know how difficult it can be

to raise awareness and raise funding. We wanted to set up a

charity, and it is a great idea. all of these men have had proud

Koreas, but now they are looking to a better future for their fellow

marines. All the people they are out there all the time in

Afghanistan. They are losing arms, legs, their lives. They need help

to get back into society. Even a to help them get somewhere to live.

Lesley facing new challenges, the team of tomorrow will be double in

number, so stick expect the spectacularly unexpected.

I think that was speeded up! There has been heavy rain,

particularly on Saturday. On to the next picture from Harry, a

beautiful sunrise over Scarborough. Keep your photos coming in it. It

has been a beautiful day, but a very different tomorrow. We are

going to see low-pressure never too far away over the weekend sop --,

so it will be very unsettled. Sunday will be the better day of

the two. We have had clear skies throughout today, plenty of

sunshine. As we go through the night, there will be some clear

spells but the cloud will increase. It will bring one or two showers.

Most of us will stay dry, the lowest temperatures will be around

11 or 12 degrees. Looking at the sunrise, it rises at 5:29am.

Tomorrow we will see some brightness in places, but the cloud

will soon fill it in. The showers will be heavy, but some of them

will be thundery, and they will merge into a longer spell of

consistent rain over the afternoon. It is looking very wet, some

torrential downpours are possible. Because of all that cloud and rain,

temperatures will struggle. We could reach 18 degrees in sunspots,

but in most places 16 or 17. Because of this rain, the Met

Office have issued a warning because of the intensity of the

rain. 20 or 30 mm is possible. Sunday is the better day of the two,