30/08/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

North. Our top story tonight - waging war on anti-social behaviour.

Doncaster's mayor says he's personally ordered neighbourhood

teams be available 21 hours out of 24 seven days a week on the town's

streets. Also tonight - a month to the day since their marriage. The

funerals are held of Halifax couple who died on their honeymoon in the

Maldives. And close but not close enough. Jessica Ennis misses out on

gold at the world athletics He's back! It was an overcast seen

at Walton Hall. Will tomorrow be Welcome to Look North. Tonight: The

pledge by Doncaster's mayor: I'll wage war on anti-social behaviour.

He's personally ordered his so- called neighbourhood teams be

available 21 hours out of 24, seven days a week - a first in this

country - so Peter Davies claims. The 22 members of the council team

have their work cut out. Last year in Doncaster alone there were

24,462 anti-social incidents. That however is a seven per cent drop on

the previous year. In a moment we will be asking if Mayor Davies has

got his spending priorities right. First Emma Blackburn spent Friday

night out in Doncaster with the new look neighbourhood team. We are

going to be doing phone-calls. are smuggling cannabis in here. You

are not allowed to drink on the street. This is anti-social

behaviour in Doncaster, and this is what the new team and council

workers and police are working with every day and every night. It is

Friday evening and these 15-year- olds have been caught with a cold.

Their names and addresses are taken down. We will be taking you back

then. The boy who supplied the beer is taken home. It is about

diverting individuals. There is a range of penalties that we would

look to gather evidence for, but on the simpler side of things, it

would be about advice and intervention did try and prevent an

escalation of pager. There are 30 police and council officers on the

unit. They patrol the streets and respond to calls from the public

from a 10 to 5:00am the next morning. They claim they can act

immediately on anti-social behaviour 24 hours a day, twists --

seven days a week. Rupal weight -- we get moved away from everywhere.

Doncaster believes that it is the first game in the country. They are

redirecting existing council money to fund a �650,000 scheme. I think

it is a damn good idea. I don't care what the Mounties. Any anti-

social behaviour is not good. have been blighted by it. I have

been left feeling afraid. Definitely. We need something. It

has gone too far. It is frightening. The team have been working for

three weeks now, and they are said continue indefinitely. Let's joint

Peter Davis outside his office at council house. Is this new money

that you are putting in, or have you just switched resources there?

It is not new money. We are using money smarter. We are cleverer in

the use of money. We don't waste money in Doncaster any more. We are

working with our Partners in the police force to create a bespoke

service for the people of Doncaster who have had their lives blighted

by anti-social behaviour. We are spending �650,000 but we spend our

money last year. We are using the money better. Some might argue that

you are cutting youth services, the provision of youth clubs, even a

library, which could keep the use of the streets. It is that wise?

are not doing that. First of all, we are not cutting used -- youth

services. We have kept a project open, and we are opening another

one on the east of the town. We have put some more money in. There

are no cuts in essential services. We have been fed the usual nonsense

from the protesters. We are keeping the library is open but not at the

cost of before. We are 20 use money wisely to keep services going.

you really England's only 21 out of 24 hour every -- intervention

scheme? You are guaranteeing to be there. Absolutely. Anti-social

behaviour is a curse that lasts all day for some people. It is vitally

important that they can get in touch with the council and address

the problem. Thank you very much for talking to us. We can see one

The funerals of the young couple killed in a quad bike accident in

the Maldives took place in Halifax today. Jonathan and Emma Gray were

on their honeymoon when they died... They'd been married just one week,

and left behind a six month old baby boy called Jake. Joe Inwood

has been speaking to their friends and families ahead of today's

service. In life, they were inseparable. Described as the

perfect couple. J and Anna had been managed -- married one week when

tragedy struck on their honeymoon. A late night quad bike crash which

took both their lives. Family and friends gathered to celebrate their

lies. They were much loved. They were the centre. Their house was

when everything happened. With the met them for five minutes or body

love them as much as we had, you know of them. No matter how long

you know them,... Those goodbyes were not just be about remembrance.

I don't like using the word funeral. He will be a massive celebration of

their lives, and be what the Church to be filled with colour. Everyone

should be dressed in colours. It should be a celebration, because

they had a wonderful time together. That is exactly what their friends

intended to give them. We have some other good news today, that two

members of our group, there are babies on the way. We welcomed

another one due at lunchtime. There is that joy today, and Jay and and

that, nobody has a bad memory of them. If they were here, they would

be giving us a good send-off. They deserve no less. Part of that sent

off, a tribute from his mum. Words issued at a ceremony held in

private at the family's request. A chance for back -- friends, family

and colleagues to remember, to celebrate and to say one final

Making the most of what's left behind - recycling the tents from

Six residential homes have been earmarked for closure, but it has

been recommended that three others should be kept in place. A decision

will be made next month. For months, they have been campaigning. Today,

their hard work has been rewarded. Plans to close three residential

homes have been put on hold until new facilities could be built in

these areas while the committee takes over. Contents of report this

morning looking to save millions of pounds confirmed that three other

homes will close, and day-care facilities would shut their doors

if the council votes through the proposal. This was not a process we

sat down with glee and happiness. We did this with a have -- heavy

heart. We are always looking to get the best solution for local areas,

and the people that live there. Through the three-month

consultation, there has been a war of words. Campaigners say the

council simply won't this thing, but today, they say their fears

have been alleviated. We have got what we campaign.. Today's

announcement has been relieved to residents, who feared that they

would lose their homes. The fact that still remained that these are

people's homes, and they are being told that you are going to be moved

out. Whether it is tomorrow or in a year's time, they are still going

to get approved, and that is very upsetting for the most vulnerable

people in the City. At least we have time to develop some sort of

programme and project to keep us very vital amenity in our community.

It goes to the council executive Police are continuing

investigations in Bridlington after an accident on one of the town's

seafront rides which injured a South Yorkshire woman. She and her

granddaughter remain in hospital after the incident on the Jungle

River ride on Sunday. The grandmother was taken to Hull Royal

Infirmary, while the girl was taken to Castle Hill Hospital with cuts

to her legs. An investigation into the accident has been launched by

police and the Health and Safety Executive. Sheffield United

footballer Ched Evans, seen here at a previous court appearance, has

been at a Crown Court in North Wales this morning, charged with

rape. The alleged incident took place at a hotel near Rhyl. He and

another man were bailed until October. Civilian staff at

Nottinghamshire Police are on strike today in a dispute over

redundancies. Police Community Support Officers, 999 control room

staff and forensic experts are all involved in the industrial action.

The force is aiming to save �45 million by 2015. Our concern about

the procedure is that they would not consult with Unison, and Bath -

up by default... The public will notice a difference to service, and

clearly when people go on strike, there will be services affected. It

could pull functions will be staff, and we will ensure that people are

kept safe. The Leeds festival is over and the music lovers have left

for another year.... But it seems they haven't taken everything with

them. In fact they've taken very little - leaving thousands of

tonnes of rubbish- much of it newly purchased camping equipment. So

what happens to it all now? Spencer Stokes has been finding out. It

looks more like a deserted refugee camp rather than a site of a major

music events. When the Leeds festival ends, huge numbers of

festival -- Festival goers simply leave their stuff for someone else

to sort out. Everything you would need for a camping trip simply

abandoned. Everything you see, right down to the last 10 Beck, has

to be cleared away. The next event here is the Bramham Horse trials.

Making the site safe are voluntary organisations, who have been told

they can keep the deal for themselves. Everything we take our

way, it cost us nothing. We can use it for our youth of today. Our

Many have been deliberately vandalised by camper arenas. -- by

campers. You can see that there is toilet roll. We cannot touch that

for health and safety reasons. Someone has urinated in there.

There are spare poles. You name it, it is in here. Uncontaminated food

can be cleared off the site, and later -- the charity is stocking up

their supplies. It is shocking. On the other hand, we will benefit.

The homeless and families in need will get a food parcel from this.

It is a great opportunity, but it is shocking. It is expected to take

four months to clear the site following a four-day festival. Then

the campers will rise again with With us is Charlie Brown from the -

- Clare Brown from the charity Everything Is Possible.

Tell me you have been home? You have still got your wellies on.

haven't. But I see you have a shower. I would have brought a tell

if I had known! We have been there since Wednesday for the set up. We

have had all are volunteers, about 40 volunteers, working through the

festival. And then all day yesterday and today salvaging to

take the reusable dear. What shocked me was that some of the

Tens that were pursed -- perfectly usable had been vandalised. Yes, it

is so frustrating. People have bought these tents, use them just

do the summer, and we could have passed them on to people who need

them, but unfortunate some people spoil them and they are no good to

anyone. What do you think it says about us as a society, for people

to leave all this waste? It is sad that we are so disposable now. Some

of the tents were cheap from Tesco, but some of them were �250 tents,

and really good stuff. If my kids had come home from that festival

without their tent, they would have been in such trouble. Yes, but some

people will really benefit from such great equipment. It is

unbelievable. So who are you helping? First of all, we have had

groups at the Festival doing their own salvaging. We had our

volunteers who have been taking their equipment, but also other

community groups who we invited. Some of them are Scout groups, and

a lot of others that we invited. Local groups that came to our sale

last year. Every year we have a community exchange sale at the end,

to pass on equipment to greet us. We make a nominal charge, but

really it is to try and get rid of all the equipment that we get. A

lot of those groups that come this year, next year will come on site

and take stuff for free. Even when we have left at the end of today's

salvaging, there is so much stuff left. It is a great idea. Waste not

want not, is what my granny used to say. Exactly. Everything is on your

Web site as well? Yes, and our sale is going on at all day tomorrow.

All the details are on our website. Before 7pm: A budding success -

we'll unearth a fabulous story of keen gardeners in Leeds.

And, Michael Jackson eat your heart out. Look North's smoothest mover

It's been a big year for Wakefield. A multi-million pound investment

has helped transform the city. The Hepworth Art Gallery gave Wakefield

national media coverage when it opened three months ago. And

there's a new shopping complex. So who, if anyone, is benefitting?

Here's Ian White. The biggest art gallery to be built

in Britain for 10 years, the Hepworth Art Gallery, has put

Wakefield on the map. More than 200,000 people have passed through

its doors in the first three months. Trinity Bourke has welcomed more

than one million shoppers. One council leader says it is money

well invested. Yes, the truth is we are going through a recession so

times are tough, both for local people and for local traders. But I

am confident that the private sector is invested in this city, we

have invested in this city, and that investment will pay dividends

in the future. Richard Kendall has been an estate agent in Wakefield

for 42 years. He says he is yet to see any benefit from the millions

invested. I have got to be optimistic because of my job, but I

think we have done far too much in too short a time at the moment.

Let's keep going and see what happens. I want to see Wakefield

thriving. Hotelier's are also trying to be optimistic. That this

hotel, they notice more guests coming to see the attractions.

There has definitely been more interest in the city. We have had

comment cards with people saying they are going to the gallery.

Newmarket has struggled in the shadow of construction work to

build Trinity war. Now traders and shoppers they say they think things

are much better now. It was 18 months behind schedule. That was

difficult. We suffered through the hardships of rebuilding Trinity wok,

but now that it is open, extra foot flow is coming in and people are

starting to come back to the market again. The real test will come in

the new year. Experts will keep a close eye on how businesses there

over the winter. Many hope that this will be the start of better

times to come for the city. Sport now, and news of Jessica

Ennis in the Heptathlon at the World Championships in South Korea.

Jess was trying to become the first British athlete ever to defend a

World Championship title. She went into the final discipline, the 800

metres, needing to beat the first placed Russian by nine seconds.

Despite a brave run from the front, she couldn't manage it. She

finished second overall. Our collegues from BBC Sport caught up

with her. Mixed emotions. I really wanted to

win that gold medal, but the javelin let me down. I have settled

for a silver medal, and that is not too bad at the end of the day.

is better than the Berlin call, so you have got to take some positives

from that. Yes, it was a strong performers, and it was one event

that I am a poor in net. It was enough for her to take the gold

medal. I know she would have been going for gold. Well, you heard

Jess saying it was her javelin that let her down. The man responsible

for coaching her on that particular discipline is Mick Hill.

I feel like the bad guy here! Her competitor through a fantastic

javelin, which meant Jess had to throw her lifetime best. I think

she just tried too hard. She was going too fast, getting too close

to the line, and she bailed out. She threw 45 metres warming up,

apparently. There is a great expectation on her. Do you think

that she feels that pressure? expect her to do well because she

always does well. As she is brilliant. She is brilliant. That

is probably the first time she has not pulled it out of the back. I

was as surprised as anyone because I was out in Korea for 10 days and

she was in magnificent shape. seemed unbeatable for so long.

These athletes are not robots, are they? Exactly, that's why we love

sport. They are people. Do you think this will help her focus and

re-energised? Undoubtedly, now she knows there are girls out there

that can beat her. Usually these girls for by the wayside and Jess

is usually so far ahead after the two events at the beginning that

she can just enjoy it. We should say that she came second with 20

points more than when she won the title last time. The we have got to

celebrate that, but if she through the 46 she threw in Barcelona last

year, then she would have been fighting for the gold with a good

chance. It is in -- it is disappointing, but it is a fabulous

achievement. She will come back a stronger athlete and we will get

stuck into it in the winter. blame you, not Jess. No, we don't!

I hope not. Now, forget the glamour of the festivals and carnivals of

the bank holiday. Something far more important happened over the

weekend. Yes, the and will show at the

Meanwood Parkside allotments. What is the secret of their green-

fingered success? This land has been lovingly tended

for well over a century. First, out of necessity, and now out of love.

There is no shortage of applicants so they can afford to be picky with

those given a treasured plot. have rules, and the committee

enforce those rules quite strictly. If you come on to the side you can

only stay if you perform well. If it doesn't work, then you have to

leave. 80 people are currently patiently waiting for a plot to

call their own. Once here, they stay. Well, I like the exercise. I

like the social side of it. You meet people and make friends in the

community here. You can escape from the troubles of life, if you like.

If you wanted an easier life, you could probably just buy it from a

shop. I think it is very therapeutic. It is a way -- away

from the pressures of home and work. There is a nice atmosphere here.

like to grow things like spinach and beans, and I can pick them. I

like having things all year round, even in deep snow. Very good.

good indeed, for the third year running. What you might call a

recipe for success. Now people in Leeds may have done a

double take today, after Michael Jackson was seen "moonwalking" in

the city centre. If you don't Impressive, isn't it. This, in fact,

is actor Sean Christopher, who's playing Jacko in The Leeds Grand

Theatre production of Thriller, which opens tonight. The show

charts the pop legend's career through the decades. Using a number

of actors and entertainers, it celebrates different phases of

Michael Jackson's life, from his time with the Jackson's through to

his solo success. There was a lot of controversy over

Michael Jackson over the years. He was the headline of a lot of press.

We tried to capture the element of the truth behind the music. He

achieved a lot with music and opened a lot of doors for people. A

lot of artists today replicate his sound and his image, his vision.

It sounds like a good show. Yes, completely ruined when you

look at this. You may want to look away! Phil decided he wanted to

learn how to moonwalk. What is that?! You were meant to put your

legs away. Does it look better in slow motion?

I doubt it! How ridiculous. Anyway, that is a wonderful way of warming

up to the fact that he is back. Have you missed me? Not a jot!

Someone asked if you had been It has been the coolest UK summer

for 18 years. Let me show you where to contact me. It has been a

miserable afternoon across North and West Yorkshire. The rain has

moved through fairly quickly. Temperatures were only 11 degrees

for a time at Dingley. I think things will warm up a little bit

towards the end of the week. Tomorrow looks set to be mostly dry,

rather cloudy, with a bit more in the way of sunshine. High pressure

just about in charge. There is a lot of cloud trapped underneath

this high pressure. Thursday and Friday should seem -- c this moving

across us, giving us better temperatures. The rain is now

appearing to the east and we are left with a lot of cloud. One or

two showers around, but overnight most places should become drive.

Some clear spells with lowest temperatures down to seven or eight

degrees Celsius. That is 46 Fahrenheit. The sun will rise in

the morning at 6:30am. Tomorrow will be quite cloudy at time. That

said, there will be some sunshine around. Quite a cheery start with

blue-sky. As soon as temperatures rise, we will see the cloud to

developing and filling. One or two showers, but most of us will be dry.

A light northerly breeze. Still disappointing temperatures for the

last day of August. The start of September, Thursday and Friday,