28/10/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Welcome to Friday's Look North. If bad news for jobs in Yorkshire.

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Silent Night plans to close its factory in Batley with 200 jobs set

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to go. Will the line at the factory in a moment.

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Cracking down on cable theft, thieves are warned they could have

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their cars crushed like this if they are caught selling stolen

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metal for scrap. And Yorkshire marked the start of

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this year's poppy appeal with a parade in Leeds.

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Join me for my weather. It has been a lovely day today, warm sunshine

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this weekend. I will have the full Good evening. Bad news on a Friday

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night, Britain's biggest bed company has announced it will close

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its factory in West Yorkshire with the loss of more than 200 jobs.

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Both signed at night said the move is necessary because sales of beds

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have fallen dramatically because of the tough -- tough economic climate.

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Our correspondent joins us now from outside the factory in Batley. If a

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sense of shock levels of what is the latest?

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I am afraid that the factory as it is known, formerly Silent Night,

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his silence tonight. Earlier today, management convened a meeting of

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the 200 workers and told them the factory would be closing.

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Manufacturing is moving to the company's headquarters in the East

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Lancashire area. 600 people work there, and there will be 100 jobs

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added there. But that is no comfort to the people here.

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This leaves Silent Night a very tight into the retail centre, which

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is being hammered to a certain extent. What can you tell us about

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the company itself? They claim to be the UK's biggest

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manufacturer of beds. They have been going for 60 years, and have

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manufactured 40 million beds. That amounts to 1800 a day. That is one

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5th of the nation's supply of beds. But the bottom has been starting to

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come out of the market in the last few years of the recession, leading

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to today's very bad news. It is a mass of the tough time, and

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we have not taken this decision lightly. We cannot see in the

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marketplace for the next few years, that the demand will come back to

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the levels to make it economic sensible to keep these factories

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open. Unfortunately, these announcements

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tend to come from corporate organisations on a Friday afternoon,

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so it is often difficult to gauge wrecked -- gauge reaction. What

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have local people been saying?. Batley, like a lot of thought

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Yorkshire towns, is struggling for jobs in the face of this recession.

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-- Yorkshire towns. Everyone was depressed to hear the news that

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silence night will be leaving the town. The it is devastating for the

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town. There will be no shops left.

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It is the same everywhere. We thought we were coming out of

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recession, but we are going down. There are no jobs here anyway.

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Another one bites the dust. There was a threat to this factory

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originally in April, that was averted, and talks will now begin

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about the closing down of the factory, but if they were averted

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in April, tonight is the beginning of the end for Silent Night in

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Batley. Thank you very much.

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Our other main story, Transport Police in Yorkshire have announced

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a campaign to crack down on dealers who buy stolen metal. As we know,

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copper theft on the railways leads to tens of thousands of hours of

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delays to passengers every single year, and it is getting worse.

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Yorkshire is a hot spot. Here is an idea of the scale of the problem.

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11 Metal theft crimes are committed in West Yorkshire every single day.

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Dealing with that problem cost the authorities here to hide and

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�50,000 every month. And it is linked to the cost of copper, which

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this week alone rose by another 14%. That is in line to be the biggest

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weekly gain in three years. Today, operations have started to try and

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deal with the problem. In hot pursuit of the thieves. This

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causes huge delays to passengers and big costs to Network Rail. But

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the thieves here are rounded up and arrested.

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Of the results are not so impressive every time, but they

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said they are getting a grip on the problem, and the courts are handing

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down stiff sentences. Him is one story.

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He got no more than �20 scrap-metal -- scrap value for the cable he

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sold. He is now serving a 12 month sentence, he will be spending his

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Christmas in prison, and he was shocked when he got the sentence.

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Today's of action involved every police force in the region. Scrap-

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metal dealers were checked for any trace of illegal material. Officers

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have been checking homes in known areas. Network Rail is also

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investing time and money in the deterrent.

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The value of the copper cables is minuscule in comparison to the

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disruption, and the thousands of pounds it has cost us. In the

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north-east it has cost Network Rail over �3 million this year.

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Trackside patrols are also being stepped up in areas that the

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thieves have repeatedly targeted. It cost time and money, but every

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time these cable is taken out, Network Rail has to spend thousands

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replace it and then testing it. The problem is, it is impossible to

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police or the railway all the time, and that is why the time -- the

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focus is on target in merchant. The message is simple, even if you

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steal the cable, you will not be able to get rid of it for money.

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This is a another punishment, a cable FIFA's than being crushed. He

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has already be in jail. When he gets a, he will have no transport.

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-- he is already in jail. I think people will be happy to see

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that. Let us tour to Yvette Cooper, who is also MP for Pontefract and

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Castleford. It is time to get tough, isn't it?

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It is. You are seeing what is almost becoming an epidemic with

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people having power cuts, who say they lost the breast screening unit

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in Castleford because the power cut that regret power units have been

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stolen. We also had a terrible explosion.

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We have got that picture here. How anybody survived this is a miracle.

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The it is a miracle no one was killed, and that was the theft of

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power cables ending up causing a gas leak which led to an explosion,

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sewer shows just how dangerous this I think the police action is great,

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it is really welcome that the police are taking action. I think

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we need government action as well, because we have to have stronger

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laws to clamp down on this, make it harder to trade in stolen metal.

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It is quite a big cash industry. We want to put an end to it, and only

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allow things for metal and I suspect other things as well to be

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paid in a traceable way. I think there is a series of things

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you could do. We could license scrap-metal dealers, we could

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require people to have proof of ID when they are going to sell metal.

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You have to do that in other areas where there has been the need to

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crack down on crime, and this is organised crime as well. If so I

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think you do need serious action. You have got his support legitimate

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trade, you have got to make sure that recycling can take place, but

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you have also got to have these tougher arrangements. Some other

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countries are looking at going passionless completely, so we

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should look at this as well. The -- without cash.

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If it is stolen, and there is no cash, your bill to find out where

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the people are from. And that's right.

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This is supported now by churches, by many Neighbourhood Watch

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organisations, by the police across the country, because they are all

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saying the laws we have got, they are decade out of date. They cannot

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keep up with the best -- big increase in metal prices. People

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are having their lives affected. We know times are tough, but there

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is no excuse but taking somebody else's property and putting lives

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in danger. Added is so dangerous. Sometimes

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people can be stealing metal which in itself isn't very -- isn't worth

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very much, but they do a lot of damage. The value of damage they

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cause can be terrible, certainly for the families in Castleford.

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Thank you very much. Coming up later on this programme,

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locked up in Thailand. Why a teacher from Chesterfield spent 30

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Researchers in Leeds have found that taking aspirin can reduce the

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risk of bowel cancer in people with a family history of the disease. A

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study of more than 800 patients concluded that taking regular doses

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of aspirin for several years can lead to a 60% reduction in cancers

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developing a hereditary cancer. However, researchers at Leeds

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University are warning people to consult their doctor before taking

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prolonged doses of aspirin, as it is known to increase the risk of

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stomach ulcers. A report to Sheffield City Council

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has revealed major differences in life expectancy across the city.

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The document, put together by the NHS, shows those living in wealthy

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areas can expect to live eight years longer than those in poorer

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communities. The Director of Public Health in the city has told the BBC

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that is unacceptable. The report also shows men's health in the City

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is improving, but at a slower help than that of women. -- a slower

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rate than that of women. The Royal British Legion has today

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announced his poppy appeal. It is his 90th anniversary. It aims to

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raise tens of millions of pounds for servicemen and women and their

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families. Our poppies gone tomorrow. Veterans

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and relatives of soldiers killed in Afghanistan attended today's

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ceremony for South and West Yorkshire. The event in Leeds

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focused on the help required for It is the 90th anniversary of the

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Royal British Legion, they have become accustomed in that time to

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mounting ceremonies that combine pomp and poignance. This simple

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parade marched through leads to the city's and war memorial for the

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The scene then shifted to the arcade, for the handing out of the

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first poppies to three special recipients. The first, her son was

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killed in Afghanistan in 2008. Accompanying her was her younger

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son, Jordan, an aspiring soldier himself, a member of the Combined

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Cadet Force. I want to remember not just my son,

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but all the other soldiers. It is all brilliant back like it is

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the first day, and then we have got to start again. -- it is all

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bringing it back. Also receiving poppies were this

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90-year-old Air Force veteran, as this naval nurse, who served twice

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in Afghanistan, and she is not yet It was a great honour and a great

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surprise to come and to take part in the ceremony. To have the first

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Poppy pinned on me was really special. It is something I shall

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never forget. I am delighted for them to have

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invited me up here, and just to accept this not just for myself but

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for all the other members whether they might be.

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The Royal British Legion spends �1.4 million a week looking after

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ex service personnel. Costs are rising. The war in Afghanistan

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means they need every penny for a new generation of veterans as the

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High have a Chesterfield woman has told Look North about her ordeal

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being held at Bangkok Airport for two days. Francesca Salt was kept

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in a detention cell by officials because one page was missing from

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her passport. She is using her story as a warning to other

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travellers. Everything is intact. Have one

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missing page, but it turned the end of a dream trip into a nightmare.

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Francesca believed her passport was tampered within Thailand, landing

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her in trouble with immigration on her way home to Chesterfield. The

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23-year-old spent two days in a detention cell beneath Bangkok

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Airport. If I could not sit down. could not sleep. My mum could not

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understand what I was saying on the phone because I was hysterical. I

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had to pay for my detention centre room, food, because the food they

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provided was inedible. I got really ill from the water they gave me and

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I got a nasty summer but. It was awful. In the UK, Francesca's

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family went to their MP to get help. It is terrifying for the family. We

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try to make sure they understood what the situation was. We try to

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give them support from the Government. Eventually, Francesca

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was march through the airport and put on a flight back to the UK, but

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her experience left her shaken and she wants to warn other travellers.

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In Thailand, it is a beautiful place, and people are great, but if

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you ever coming to a problem with your passport, do not try to travel

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anywhere. Go to the embassy, and they are great and will help you.

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Francesca feels her trip of a lifetime has been tainted. She will

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not go back to Thailand. It is unlikely she would be allowed back.

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Before 7 o'clock tonight, countryside complained: One year of

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emotion and drama in the Peak District.

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And Huddersfield Town open the doors for half term as the team

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tries to extend its 40 game unbeaten run.

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I would not know a �5 million table if I saw one. But this one looks

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quite expensive. It is a Thomas Chippendale table, stolen in a rate

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on a North Yorkshire stately home. It has been recovered and returned

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to his rightful owner. I'm surprised you are not on the

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suspect list. The table is set to have international historic

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significance and it went missing from Newby Hall near Ripon two

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years ago. It was found among stay Hall of valuable antiques.

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The Newby Hall, the tourist attraction in North Yorkshire,

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which in June 2009 suffered a burglary. The East at a table made

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for the house in 1775 by Thomas Chippendale. Two years later, after

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it -- extensive investigation, the table has been recovered. William

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Weddell in the 17th and he's commissioned this table to sit in

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his room. It is a fabulous piece of work. The detail is stupendous.

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did you expect to get it back? know. When you lose something, you

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expected to be gone forever, but the police were confident.

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thieves got in after dark breaking into a ground-floor window. The

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table was the only thing the thieves took. They made off in a

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4x4 towards Ripon. It was eventually recovered in a garage in

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South Yorkshire. The crime squad near Leeds is now working on an

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investigation involving thefts from 92 stately homes nationally

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together with related drug deals. Simply, whether it is antiques,

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drugs, antiques in order to fuel drug supply, I would not want to

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get into too much conjecture about this particular case, but we are

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dealing with organised criminals with sophisticated operations.

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men have been arrested in connection with the theft of the

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Pembroke table. Security measures at Newby Hall have been increased.

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My father is not alive to know what it's -- that it is back. Half good

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to see it back in safe hands. A fly-on-the-wall documentary has

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captured the passion, drama and emotion surrounding a debate which

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is raging in the Peak District. Film maker Richard Macer has spent

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one year following villages determined to get off-roaders

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banned from riding their 4x4s and trail bikes along the road will

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byways and highways. The duty of the Peak District is

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breathtaking. It is home to 40,000 people and enjoyed by millions of

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tourists every year. The serenity of the scenery does not always

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reflects real life here. He nearly knocked me down! There is a

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conflict. Villagers want to protect peace and off-roaders want to drive

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their 4x4s and trail bikes across the challenging terrain. What is

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your view about the use of the green lanes for off-road vehicles?

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Film-maker Richard Macer spent one year making a documentary to get to

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the heart of the debate. Of raiders are legally entitled to drive the

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byways, but local residents in Great Longstone want the law

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changed to get them back. -- band. Your activity destroys the pleasure

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of the vast majority of people here are part of the National Park.

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of the people I know I despise you lot. There are millions of walkers

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and we are all against you. simply say that nobody should be

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allowed to drive vehicles in the national park would be a draconian

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response which would cause more problems than it would solve.

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the full programme is on BBC Four on Sunday evening.

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You can wash... Oh, no! It is Rugby League next. It has gone a bit

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strange. In Rugby League, the Four Nations tournament gets under way

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with a clash between Australia and New Zealand. Wales take on the

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English tomorrow. Heading for England's bid for the trophy is

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former Bradford Bulls coach Steve McNamara, who has picked a Rhine is

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veteran Jamie Peacock to captain the side.

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This is the easiest game in the crew. They will be up for it.

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versus England, it will be passionate, as we are. We have a

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competent team. It will be a challenge, as all the Games are.

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You can watch that match on BBC One tomorrow. Coverage starts at 2pm.

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A Chesterfield table-tennis player has been ranked number one in the

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country. Liam Pitchford is hopeful to pick up a medal at the Olympics.

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Here he is with Andrew Baggaley winning a gold medal at the

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Commonwealth Games last year. The 18-year-old has taken the number-

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one spot from Paul Drinkhall from Sheffield, who had held it since

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2006. He is only 18. What a future he has

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got in front of him. Her the woods near Scarborough will

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be alive with the sound of motorbikes this weekend. There are

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no complaints this time. And off road time-trial contest for trail

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bikes is taking place at Low North Park. 20-year-old Jack Challoner

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from Halifax is one of those who was there. -- will be there. It is

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something completely different from what I normally do. It is a bit of

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fun and it is good for training in winter. I want to try my hand at it,

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really, and it should be fun. her congratulations to heptathlete

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Jessica Ennis who has been named female athlete of the Year by the

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British Athletics Writers' Association.

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Ennis was immortalised by a Madame Tussauds wax work. She won silver

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at this year's world championships in South Korea. She has clinched

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this year's title by two Bose. -- of votes.

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In football, it has been a memorable season for Huddersfield

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Town. They have set a new club record with a 15 match unbeaten

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start in League One. The numbers were high as half term became half-

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time. The team are preparing for a trip south this weekend.

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A even on a rainy none match-day, Huddersfield Town supporters were

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at their stadium this week cheering on their team. Ahead of tomorrow's

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match at The Oval, but is still open the doors for half term to a

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sound of a flurry of autograph requests. They are the best team in

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the world. They are good people. We are cousins. We all support them.

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It is a great atmosphere. They love coming. They have spent all my

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money at the shop! He it is a rare chance to watch their heroes

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training. Jordan Rhodes is one of the most prolific strikers at the

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moment. He has caught many people's eyes. I distance myself from these

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things and she just turn up for training every day. I focus on the

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task in hand and work as hard as I can. Speaking to my friends and

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family of the road, they are always asking how Jordan is doing. He has

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been magnificent. If anyone deserves to get called up, it is

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him. Even manager Lee Clark has confirmed he will not be applying

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to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson this week. It is 40 matches unbeaten,

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but the numbers that really matter are their place in League One. They

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have the infrastructure for the Championship, to say nothing of

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those fans. Let us hope they maintain that

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record. Not exactly record And it will get warm as we go

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through the weekend. Let us look at tonight's photos. We had a

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beautiful started the day. This is do when Travis -- deer would

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reservoir. A beautiful rainbow at Scarborough. Looking beautiful in

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sunshine. Today has been lovely with the sunshine. We will see

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variable amounts of cloud over the weekend. It will increase tomorrow.

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We have weather fronts that will cross over us, so there will be

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increasing cloud bringing rain. It will be a breezy afternoon on

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Saturday. The clear skies we have had which have brought a sunshine

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end today. We have dry, clear skies. Cloud increases in eastern part,

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but will stay dry overnight. Temperatures will drop to as low as

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four degrees, with the risk of frost. The sun will rise tomorrow

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morning at 8am. It set at 5:40pm tomorrow evening. The cloud over

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the York Moors well clear in the morning. At the same time, cloud

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will increase from the west, so at some point on Saturday, you will

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see some sunshine. Cloud will bring rain across the West and that was

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spread across the rest of Yorkshire three Saturday. Temperatures are

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