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Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.

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On the first day of the world- famous Ebor meeting, a sport

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approaching crisis. Why the going is not so good for the horse racing

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industry in Yorkshire. Also on Look North: He says he's

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the victim of Facebook thugs - the street entertainer who's installing

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a camera in his hat after being pushed off his bike in York city

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centre. And a return to the good old days

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as the City Varieties is restored to its former glory.

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And detest being a lovely day to day. We saw plenty of sunshine.

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Willett be the same tomorrow? I will have the full forecast later.

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-- will it be the same tomorrow? Good evening.

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First tonight, the decline in the horse racing industry is beginning

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to bite in Yorkshire, and it could be getting worse. Today is one of

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the highlights of the racing calendar - the first day of the

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world-famous Ebor meeting in York. It's part of an industry worth �228

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million to the region's economy each year. But behind the glitz and

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glamour, all is not well. Across the country, there are now 1,228

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fewer horses in training than there were three years ago. That's a fall

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of 7.7%. And there are now 40 fewer trainers - a drop of 6.6%. And here

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in Yorkshire - one of the traditional bastions of the sport -

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there are worrying signs that it could be falling on hard times.

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Danny Carpenter has been investigating.

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Horseracing maybe a bit of a gamble, but in training nothing is left to

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chance. They even practise the start. There are 50 horses in

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training at this yard near Tadcaster. Tom Tate has been here

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20 years. He has never seen such a decline. We noticed a couple of

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years ago that the fringe players were dropping out and then last

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year, we noticed some of the more regular people were just cutting

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back. And this year, we noticed that some real stalwarts, you know,

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some people who have had five to 10 horses in training, are cutting

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back. We think it will get worse next year. Fewer horses means fewer

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jobs. Grooms, stable lads and lasses, even jockeys like Andrea

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Mullen, and fewer horses means fewer rights and the prize-money

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has been cut, too. There are lads getting out of the game. I think it

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is the only sport in the last five or six years that has gone

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backwards. All the other sports are advancing forwards and we are

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taking a step backwards, so it could get bad in the next two or

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three years if it doesn't sort itself out. It is not just our

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shrinking economy that is affecting this industry but economies on the

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other side of the world. In China, they are opening eight new corset -

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- racecourses and some trainers are already talking about moving over

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there and taking their whole business with them. Most trainers

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by horses in the autumn hoping to find owners to take them on. This

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year, many of them still have that stock. It is a loss they will carry

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into next year, and of the year when they expect slowdown and

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decline. They look magnificent, don't they?

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The British Horseracing Authority said today it's doing all it can to

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support the industry in Yorkshire by attracting new people into the

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sport and improving funding. Charlotte Leeming caught up with

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its acting chief executive at York Races a little earlier today.

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What a terrific day for the start of the Ebor Festival and over the

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next four days around 90,000 people will be visiting York. You would

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never think we were living in a bad economic climate. People are

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drinking champagne and in their fancy clothes. But could all that

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the Sky's the back that this is an industry that is struggling? Chris

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banned from the British Horseracing Authority is here. This is an

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accusation that this sport has not moved on like cricket and football

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and is struggling at the moment. don't think that is right at all.

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This is the first day of the Ebor Festival. There will be over 80,000

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people across the course of the week. Racing is taking all the

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steps it can to attract new people. Prize-money is falling, but that is

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mainly due to an issue we have with the way the book makers to take

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bets on the sport Fund and give money back to the sport. We have

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huge issues of leakage and loopholes in the Horseracing

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betting levy. That has got worse in the last four years and will have a

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significant impact across the sport. At meetings like this, which are

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very glamorous and affluent, it is always very busy. But when we look

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behind the scenes at trainers and stable hands, does those people who

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are losing their jobs. If you go back to 2008, we had 600 licensed

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trainers across the country. That has dropped by about 6%. Over 100

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in the Yorkshire region. They are small and medium-sized businesses

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and are affected by the economy like everything else. If we can

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close the loopholes and get the bookmakers funding the sport

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properly, that will protect those jobs and businesses. So you're not

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worried that there will be stables across Yorkshire lying NT in the

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future? As I've said, we have seen a drop in numbers, partly due to

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the economic downturn, but also the significant funding problem we have.

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The governments have recognised that and are working to close those

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loopholes and get funding flowing back into the sport from bookmakers.

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Thank you for joining us. Any concerns were not put any dampener

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on things here in York today, I'm sure.

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Later on Look North: The appliance of science - Yorkshire students at

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the forefront of advances in keyhole surgery.

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Bad news now for rail commuters. TransPennine Express, the company

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that runs the trains between York, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester

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Airport and Liverpool, says it's facing two days of strike action

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next week. Drivers and guards won't be working next Wednesday and

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Friday. The company says it hopes to run some trains but admits

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there's likely to be disruption. Our correspondent Alan Whitehouse

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is with us now. What is all this about? It is a good old-fashioned

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pay row. They offered 2.2% to drivers and guards and that is all

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that can be afforded. If you average out all the pay increases

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that everybody in the country are getting, 2.2% is the national

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average. The union are saying it is not nearly enough because inflation

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is running at 4.5 to 5% depending on how you measure it. They think

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they are taking a real-terms pay cut. What effect is this likely to

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have one passengers? I think the effects will be significant the

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stock TransPennine Express say they will run what ever trained as they

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can. They will get managers and supervisors in who are qualified.

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There are lots of commuters. The second strike day on 26th August is

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the start of the bank holiday. There is the Leeds Festival and the

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pride festival, both events which tend to bring in a lot of rail

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travellers. What is the advice to those who think they may be

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affected? Check before you travel. Give TransPennine Express a call

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and ensure that trains are running or make other plans. Men are thanks

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for joining us. -- Many thanks.

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More news now, and the Government has decided to appeal against a

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decision which ordered it to release documents about the

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Hillsborough disaster. 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death during

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an FA Cup semi-final there in 1989. But many details about the tragedy

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have never been released. Last month, the Information Commissioner

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ordered the Government to publish documents revealing discussions

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involving Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet following the disaster.

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A second man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Gavin

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Clarke in Leeds. Mr Clarke was shot in Chapeltown last week and died in

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hospital on Friday. 28-year-old Sohail Mahmood was today remanded

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in custody and is due to appear before the Crown Court next week.

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Unemployment has fallen in Yorkshire. 20,000 fewer people were

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out of work here in the three months to June. The total number of

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unemployed people now stands at 233,000.

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A York street performer has installed a camera in his hat in a

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bid to prevent further attacks from members of the public. Purple Man -

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a familiar figure in the Stonegate part of the city - was pushed off

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his bicycle at the weekend and dragged to the ground by a group of

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youths. He believes the attack was provoked by a message posted on the

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social networking website Facebook. Peter Lugg reports.

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With his Per's, his purple bike and his purple blob, Purple Man is a

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popular tourist attraction in York city centre. Every summer,

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thousands try and make him laugh. But he never moves. Unless he is

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pushed. The Facebook page was created and was Live last week.

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After that page appeared, I was receiving threats on the street,

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people wanting to push me off the bike as the Facebook page incited

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people to do. And then this actually happened. He says a

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message has been running on Facebook urging people to use the

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riots as an excuse for knocking that Purple Man in York office bite.

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Now Purple man is looking to take legal action against the person who

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posted it. Saturday was the first time in 10 years that Purple Man

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has felt threatened. But now he has a to install extra security for his

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personal protection. I have a video camera in my head which can be

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turned on in two seconds. Today, shoppers condemned the attack.

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There is no need to knock him off the bike. There is no reason.

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a bad society that does that. Roald man from Yorkshire was

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arrested following Saturday's incident and is now helping police

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with their inquiries. -- a 43-year- old man.

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My son loves the Purple Man. The kids really find it quite

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extraordinary. A Yorkshire student project has won

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acclaim here and in America for its potential to improve keyhole

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surgery for both medics and their patients. A group of engineers from

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Leeds University have devised a system which could be used in

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operating theatres in the future to help surgeons with their diagnoses.

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We should warn you that this report does contain images of surgery.

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Many operations can now be performed using keyhole surgery.

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For the patient, it means less pain and scarring and quicker recovery.

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Tiny cameras project images from inside the body on to a TV monitor,

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which a surgeon uses to manipulate instruments from outside. But this

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deprives the Surgeon of a key skill. Surgeons relied on touch and feel

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to determine what's normal and what's abnormal. By differentiating

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those, that helps guide us to know what we need to take out and what

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we can leave behind. The resolution can be adjusted. Five final-year

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engineering students rose to the challenge of restoring that hands-

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on feeling. A block of silicone mimics a liver and embodied --

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embedded ball bearings a tumour. prance along the surface to measure

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the forces that would be present in surgery. It does the same thing as

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a physical measurement system but it allows us to do a lot of

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repetitions and integrate this to allow a 3D space. It would enable

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the surgeon to feel abnormalities like tumours which should not be

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there. It is quite a team effort to get it all to work. It is pleasing

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to do something it is relevant and we hope has a future. If we can

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once again feel inside the abdomen, then one would hope that that will

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help us to do the surgery better and, in turn, that will have

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advantages for patients. This is a first-stage project which needs

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much more work before it arrives in operating theatres. But it started

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in Leeds. Before 7.00: The first day of the

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greatest cricket festival in the world. Harry's been to Scarborough

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to take in its new look and of course the cricket.

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And the most famous variety theatre I used to love that programme. Let

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us turn to sport. I look back at a busy night of football. It was a

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night to forget for some of her teens. But if your team has the

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word United, you will be smiling. If you're going to pick a moment

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for your first league victory, their home derby is not a bad

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choice. Inspired by a Ross McCormack's opener, region are

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painted rocked to a 4-1 victory over Hull. Two-1 at half-time and

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they went from strength to strength adding more from Robert Snodgrass

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and rain on in my guess. -- Ramon Nunez in s. Another red home defeat.

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Doncaster Rovers have lost three out of three in the championship,

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last night by a single goal at home to Nottingham Forest. League One

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was next as well - Sheffield Wednesday lost. Chesterfield lost

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at home to Preston and still have not scored a BECTU this season.

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Huddersfield Town are less than satisfied with their third draw

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from three-game. Sheffield United are emphatically be good news.

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Lying second in their table, he would not have thought it a 2-nil

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down but then enter Lee Williamson who set up two and scored the

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middle goal. His sizzling strike made a level. Richard Cresswell

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scored the winner for 3-2 on a memorable night. There was

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suspicion that Rotherham United where a good bet for this season

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and a lid and bang on. A late strike subjected Bradford City to a

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defeat at Accrington. Let us look at Horse racing now.

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Horse racing - and the owners of one of today's winners at the Ebor

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meeting in York will be celebrating, pocketing the most prize money of

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the meeting. Twice Over on the near side beat stablemate Midday and

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four other horses to the line to win the Juddmonte International

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Stakes. It was a close finish, but means the owners of twice over pick

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up a winner's cheque for �700,000. That is a lot of money. Other news:

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Doncaster captain Shaun Leaf has been found guilty of breaking the

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rugby league betting code, and banned for 18 months. He is also

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been fined �500 after being found guilty of betting on released four

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rugby league matches, two of which involved his own team. The player

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had been provisionally suspended in May when a tabloid newspaper

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revealed he had bet �200 against Doncaster in their fourth-round

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Challenge Cup defeat by Wakefield. If you like your cricket, you know

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where Harry is. He always describes it as the world's greatest

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cricketing festival. It involves cricket and Scarborough. Today was

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the first day of the Scarborough Festival with Yorkshire playing

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Sussex and Harry enjoyed his dream day out.

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Nothing better, is there? A beautiful day and the world's

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greatest cricket festival. This is what you do - you get into the

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ground early to get the best seat. I had been here since 7 o'clock

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this morning. This is the time the place comes alive. Lunch can be a

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top-class Scarborough Fair. The pie is have just been delivered.

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Another two early arrivals. Delight Scarborough? Yes, definitely one of

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my favourite grounds. I hope we can do this week. We're in a spot of

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bother at the moment but I think we can turn around. The crowds gather.

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Brian has been here for 17 years. What is it like to keep control of

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this lot? It is very hard at times because you get a lot of back chat,

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but I enjoy doing the job. The at his hair is wonderful. I go all

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over the country but Scarborough is the best. It is different, but it

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is beside the seaside so it is different. We have good food and we

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meet friends. Just the atmosphere, and the nostalgia of coming to

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Scarborough, it is a fabulous place. Sussex won the toss at bat. A

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wonderful reception for the captain today. Everything about him is top

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class. A great start - Garenne Sidebottom is on fire. Two wickets

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in two dolls. A good morning for Yorkshire and a good one for work

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the festival. The world's greatest in one of the world's greatest

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towns. The whole environment brings people here and they enjoy

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themselves, which is fantastic. Sunshine and a wonderful festival.

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Sunshine and a wonderful festival. At the end of the day one - Sussex

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fought back. At the close of play they were three and an 35 for 5. --

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they were three and an 35 for 5. -- 335.

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It achieved global fame as the home of one of BBC Television's longest-

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running series, the Good Old Days. We're talking about the Leeds City

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Varieties. But that almost 150 years old, this grand old lady of

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theatre needs a lot of TLC. Conserving and restoring the Grade

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2 star listed building does not come cheap but next month the City

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Varieties will be reborn after a �10 million facelift.

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Our reporter has been there. The one and only a curvaceous,

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you're very own Miss Barbara Windsor.

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The celebrated chairman of a long- running series - the good old days.

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Famous for his over-elaborate in seductions. Stars like Barbara

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Windsor, Frankie Vaughan and Ken Dodd have all trodden the boards at

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the world-famous Leeds City varieties.

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Built in 1865, the theatre had remained virtually unchanged for

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more than 140 years but tell-tale signs of age were all around.

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theatre was in a poor state of affairs. It was quite run-down and

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it was not accessible to many people. Almost three years after

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was closed, and �10 million later, they theatre has a new look.

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have completely renewed the ceiling, stabilise the plaster work. You can

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see the new art work and the new gold leaf. New carpets, new seats,

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new curtains and new stage equipment and the lighting. Lots of

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mechanical installations out there is well. It plays a vital role in

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the City and we're hoping we can bring a whole new range of

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performers, comedians and allowed his place to showcase the talent in

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Leeds. Many of our Victorian music halls have sadly passed into hit --

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into history, thankfully this theatre can look forward to some

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more good days. I laugh so much at Leonard's

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looking through that archive. Wicket - my we could dress up in

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Victorian outfits. Let us cross over to the general manager now.

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You must be very proud it is fantastic refurbishment? In de

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Diane. This is fabulous. You see a fabulist refurbishment. Backstage,

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we have demolish the dressing room blog. As you can see behind me,

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Fadil has gold leaf on the ceiling. New wallpaper, seating and a new

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carpet. Also, the brand new passenger left on the outside.

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want to know, times are tough, were you confident that it is �10

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million well spent? How are the pickings looking? We are very

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confident because people out there had been desperately waiting for us

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to come back. We have missed the two pantomimes. People have told us

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they want to come back. We look forward to welcoming them back. It

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will be money well spent because this is one of only three left in

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the country from this era. Ken Dodd is you opening act and he is sold

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out? Yes, his first night sold out on the second night. Several of her

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other shows lined up for the autumn are also sold out. That is

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brilliant news. Thank you for joining us and we wish you all the

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best for the future of the theatre. Ken Dodd will not finish till about

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three in the morning. It has been sunny today, it makes everyone so

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happy. It has been beautiful so let us

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look at the photographs for tonight. The first one shows some clients

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for yesterday. Then we had the sun set last night. Finally, we have

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another sunrise. Keep the photographs come the end.

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It is now a beautiful day today. It is now a beautiful day today.

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Tomorrow the sunshine will last through the morning. We will see an

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increasing cloud with the risk of showers for the racing in York at

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the end of the afternoon. Was of the day will be dry. Sunny spells

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in the morning with showers later on. You can see a weather front on

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the chart approaching from the south. Rain will stay to the south

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of us. The satellite picture shows a broken cloud we have enjoyed

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throughout the afternoon, bringing has plenty of sunshine. Sunshine is

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very easy for this evening. It will remain dry. Overnight it will stay

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dry and mostly clear. Winds will be light. A cool night, temperatures

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down to 7 degrees by dawn. Looking at the sun Times... Tomorrow, it

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will be a cool start but that is when we will get the best of the

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sunshine. It will be a fine morning with long spells of sunshine.

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Towards lunchtime the cloud will increase. Broken cloud and sunny

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spells for the afternoon, the Met - - bringing with it the risk of

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showers. It will feel quite cool tomorrow, so for the cricket in

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Scarborough only around 15 degrees. 17 degrees for the cricket in your

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