05/10/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

2,800 jobs and still counting. The town hall workers paying the price

for six months worth of cutbacks. To pay or not to pay, asking

patients to four Cawte for minor OPs.

It is amazing what you can do with 59 pianos, a camera and some

friends. The wind will continue to be strong

in the next 24 hours. The plan is right and the plan will

work, those were the words of David Cameron as he emphasised the

stringent cuts his Government has put in place. How were we here in

Yorkshire or coping? Six months after a councils have

been told to cut millions from their budgets, some say the our

balance -- struggling to balance the books. Only a handful of

services have closed so far. It has been quite a six months for

councils asked to slash almost 400 million from their budgets. That is

made a penny pinching. Some councils are struggling to meet

targets to the tune of �20 million. Others cannot assess whether they

will not overspend. Job cuts are run away. In spring, the estimated

five-and-a-half 1000 jobs would go. That means thousands more to come.

If you have not felt the impact, numerous consultations so far, but

only two libraries have shut. Only three residential homes have closed

but in this sector, 10 more will In a moment, the story of two women

jobless after a lifetime in the public sector.

Born with the chromosome disorder, this girl needs round-the-clock

care. Her mum always worried the cuts could affect their quality of

life. There is limited activities she can access because of funding

cuts. She is warm more than she used to be. I hear a call, things

are a lot worse. By Amanda -- angry. The respite centre in Rotherham

close as two makes a week to save money. Recently, staff did not get

the chance to check medication levels so could not look after her.

With the respite cuts, I am anxious. It is constant worry. Next year,

this girl turns 18. When she becomes an adult, her mother fears

there will be a battle to make sure she gets the support she needs.

With almost 60 years service between them, dealing with life

outside a public service has been difficult. After their jobs were

Deleted, the friends decided to leave the council voluntarily. They

felt overwhelmed by their changing circumstances. Very upset at first.

I felt all the work we had done over the last 30 years was not

valued. We were being deleted. the jobs market shrinking, the pair

decided to pit their experience to use and have started up a home care

company. Lots of trepidation. You feel you RN and are best. Are we

going to make it? Hopefully, people will believe in us. As cuts to

public sector services care Ken, the market could get it -- could

give something back. Tough times for many. Rotherham

council did stress they would try to protect provisions for disabled

users but understood some services may be cut.

What does that mean for people in the region? You are a reader at

Huddersfield University. Let us talk about business and jobs. We're

seeing the tip of the iceberg? is right. He avoided mentioning

local government. They get -- so many of the cuts have not taken

hold. So many councils are planning on how to cut jobs and services.

They are in shock about the scale of cuts. They're playing devil's

advocate. A loss of public funding is bad. If you put yourself in the

government, fiscal prudence is right. A large public sector has

brought down Greece. We have got to marrowbone and the public sector.

The Government is in many ways sticking to its plan because it

understands the problems in the euro-zone. On a local level,

councils need to have clarity about their budget. They cannot respond

in a structurally coherent manner to the scale of the cuts. The

reduction in the scope of citizenship means that most people

who pay tax insure on what their government can do. And the North

here, we're talking about Labour or hung councils. Will there be a

disaster next May? The line between Conservative-held councils and

Labour councils will harden. Some areas will turn Labour. They

interesting council to watch will be Bradford. �16 million of their

target. That could swing to Labour at the next election. Later, after

the fire, a piece of Bradford's textile heritage falls to the

ground after a fire. I York GP practice has caused

controversy by asking patients to pay privately. Doctors at Haxby and

Wigginton cannot afford to provide services.

There were concerns this could be a new trend due to a squeeze on

finances and NHS over halls. It is quite a short letter but it

is created quite a big fuss. This practice wrote to 30 patients

waiting for minor surgery and told them it would not be available on

the NHS. That has upset people and a number of ways. Most think the

NHS should still be free. It is not on. You pay your taxes. You end up

paying more money out. I would not be happy. If it is minor surgery,

you would think twice about having it done. It is like glasses, teeth.

They are pushing more towards private. The letter lists four

private companies that could carry out the procedures. One is owned by

this practice. Politicians, patient groups and the primary care trusts

are worried that creates a potential conflict of interests.

very important principle that doctors have to be aware that there

is potential conflict of interest and working in NHS and private work.

That must be managed. Concerns have also been expressed that

information given to the NHS is being used to target potentially

private patients. The surgery insists they have done nothing

wrong. Our patients have been left without a service. We have written

to them to tell them about services. If they did not have that option,

we would they go? Whatever one does agree on is that they are in a

difficult economic climate. Decisions like this will have to be

made far more widely and far more often.

Is this going to be a sign of the times? It could be. The NHS has

reorganised. NHS managers control budgets and commission services.

That responsibility and the budgets has been transferred to GPs.

Critics of this reform says that bills and a potential conflict of

interest. GPs have been encouraged to do minor surgery and their

surgeries. There is the potential of a GP saying to a patient and

then providing that service. The news legislation is said to give

clear guidance. This is to let patients nor their need is based on

clinical need. You can imagine an outcry of patience. They have paid

in and this has been available on the NHS. Why should we pay now?

This is at the heart of the issue. The NHS had huge increases in the

past but has now been asked to be efficient. �20 billion worth of

savings between now and 2015. Waiting times are increasing and

some services cannot be provided. We need a big debate about what

their NHS can do and what it can do in the future. Like when we paid

for a dental care or spectacles. the moment, everyone can do

different things. A prisoner has been jailed for life

for killing an inmate at a prison near York. Damien Fowkes must serve

at least 20 years for the manslaughter of child killer Colin

Hatch at Full Sutton Prison in February. He also admitted the

attempted murder of the storm killer Ian Huntley at a prisoner in

County Durham. A 37-year-old man arrested in

connection with a fire which killed his three-year-old stepdaughter has

been released on bail. He was questioned on suspicion of the

merger of Isobel Dobson after she died at the fire on Friday.

Arguments are continuing about a tree near Scarborough after it was

felt following a five year round. Protesters staged sit-ins and

petitions were assigned to try to save it but now a two local

councils are or disputing who should pay for all the costs.

A piece of history was lost in Bradford today. They used to be

hundreds of working mills. One is being knocked down.

The blaze ripped through the disused building on Fulton roared

in the city centre last night. It caused major disruption with roads

closed. You may have seen the pictures.

This was a major fire. 100 firefighters tackling it. Many have

been back today. Now, the priority is to make this site a safe. They

have been working for hours because there have been concerns that this

danger -- this building is in danger of collapsing. It was once a

proud part of that city's heritage. The Mill on Thornton wrote blazed

fiercely last night. This view from the national media museum shows how

close the plains where to a theatre. Roads were closed, traffic diverted

and the area diverted. The flames The fire fighters are right on the

scene and put stop jets to stop the fire spreading. Guests at jury's

Inn hotel would desperate to get back and get their belongings from

the hotel. We literally came out, I had my phone and my charger, and

that was it. We were moved to the Hilton hotel for about half-an-hour

and shifted to another hotel, and it was really inconvenient.

hours later, the demolition team were called in encase the building

would collapse. The building has been gutted completely. You can

feel the wind at the moment, and the building is swaying in the wind.

Are we have been working through the night to take the danger way

and make sure the wind doesn't catch up with us. The main roads

have reopened but a large police cordon is in place while the work

Will local businesses have been heavily disrupted. The police

investigation will Pickup in the morning. The suggestion is that the

fire was started deliberately. Thankfully, there were no injuries.

There was major disruption. It is a sad end for want of that city's...

I think it is a beautiful noise. In sports now, there were penalties

and red cards last night, sounds like a typical night here in the

studio! With all of the action here is Joe.

Our real drama with the Huddersfield Bradford drama.

It was a superb diving header, unfortunately at the wrong end.

Tommy Miller pulled the terriers even from the spot, but not for

long. Look Oliver restored Bradford's lead almost immediately.

The home side pulled level again. To live into at the final whistle,

patties needed to separate them. It has not had his fill's night, there

was a save and a mess. The very first attack, another goal

came an hour later. It was a deserved equaliser for the Miller's.

It was all level in the 97th minute, that is looking a certainty. Ben

Evans struck. Victories do not get any more last gasp and Sheffield.

Finally, Notts County, a bad start for Chesterfield. A man and a goal

down at the first half, but in an astonishing 12 minutes, they

equalised, took the lead and then made it safe. Deservedly joining

Bradford and the blades in the next round.

Great stuff, a restaurant is trying to lure smokers back on to its

premises by allowing them to Lynne Judge their habit while dining. The

owners are not flouting the law, the service they are using is

perfectly legal, it is called vaping. He to explain ate his

Charlotte in Harrogate. What is An unusual sight, people smoking in

the restaurant. That is the key in electronic device. If we look at

this, it looks like a pen. -- it is smoking an electronic device. You

breathe in a mist of nicotine rather than smoking tobacco. He has

been vaping for four months. An unusual idea that has captured the

imagination of people tried to give up smoking. A bit like David that

runs the restaurant, you're convinced it had due to kick about.

Yes, I was a smoker for 28 years. It was like smoking a cigarette. I

still have a nasty nicotine habit but I feel better for trying these

new cigarettes. That is the point, you still taking nicotine so it is

still addictive. Yes, that is right, but they do not have the

carcinogens and that are of a cigarette, but I'm still addicted

to nicotine, I am sort of still smoking, but I am vaping now and I

feel better for it. The Department of Health and the World Health

Organisation say it is an untested device and it is early days, so

people should be cautious, does it not worried that you do not know

the full side effects? I understand that, but tenor that cigarettes

kill, I smoked them, but if they're not too sure about this, I would

rather take the risk. It is banned in some places, due think it could

still be a risky appear -- a hit a peer? Some people say they will

give it a go. It does not affect business because it is on the

second floor, so it is all good. Very popular tonight. It will run

here and harried at once a month of it is popular. A quirky idea, but

in the future, this could be a familiar sight across Yorkshire.

Now we've got a bit of music for you courtesy of two young lads from

North Yorkshire. Robbie Bancroft and Nathan Moore from Sherburn in

elmet were at a bit of a loose end over the summer. So to help pass

the time they decided to make a video to put on YouTube. By the

time they'd finished, they'd involved half the population of the

village, dozens of locations and 59 pianos. We'll let them explain.

I am Rabi, I played the piano. I am Nathan, and I used videos. This is

what we made together. Rather than revising during steady

leave, we decided to go around and film as many planners as we

possibly could. -- as many pianos. We thought it will get 10, 15, 25,

After a while when we started to run a bit dry, we went to a few

random houses. Even if people find it strange, we think that maybe be

give them a unique experience that snow Biddy else would probably have.

This is my piano. I do not know what I will hear from you hear.

we use your piano? No. The word spread around the community and the

video is a result of that, really. This piano is older than the music

we are playing on it. The caring people of the community allowed us

into the home without knowing enough about us to want that.

finished the whole thing during the summer and finished it a week

before the end of school and put it on YouTube. It is a strange thing

to be proud of, that we played 59 pianos. But we had a vision and we

exceeded at it, so I am very proud of that. 59 Piano is!

I keep thinking I would take playing the piano up again. Entry

would like to learn weather forecasting, Paul!

No answer to that, other than 11 degree spray you live tomorrow. 22

What you mean by a big sky? To Meara, looking much colder, some

heavy showers with hail and son thunder. Looking at the isobars,

all the way from the Arctic Circle. A wind chill, unsettled. You can

see the band of cloud, and shower cloud coming behind it much cooler

air. Some sharp bursts coming through the Dales. The weather

front will push to the East this evening and overnight. Patchy at

breaks of heavy rain followed by some showers into the Pennines by a

dawn with temperatures down to seven rate degrees. 45 degrees

Fahrenheit. The sun will rise in the morning at 717 am setting at

6:31pm. Those are the times of high water. At the Old State tomorrow

with sunny spells and scattered showers. A Briscoe of thunder. The

heaviest of the showers in the West, the best of the drier, brighter

weather towards the coast. A fair number of showers blowing through

on a strong, dusty, westerly wind. 13, 14 degrees. 10 or 11 degrees on

the Pennines. As the dry with sunshine on Friday. That is it. --

mostly drive. Thank you.

We share 82 and run, all three of us and we go in at separate times.

-- we share a changing room. I nearly broke my neck on these shoes.

They are very small. Those are my shoes, and those are

Those are my shoes, and those are Harry's sports shoes!