02/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

On tonight's Look North: Pioneering surgery - doctors in

Leeds get ready to carry out the country's first ever hand

transplant. And controversy in York as a retail

giant comes to town. More choice for shoppers as John Lewis

announces plans for a store, but shop owners feel threatened.

And three quarters of a century of broadcasting. We're in Bradford to

hear about your TV magic moments. Skies were pretty cloudy a few

hours ago. And we have rain on the Good evening.

Surgeons in Leeds are preparing to carry out the UK's first ever hand

transplant. Plastic surgeons across the country are being asked to

identify possible patients for the complex operation. As Amanda Harper

reports, a centre of excellence is being set up around one of the

world's top microsurgeons, right here in Yorkshire.

Just 60 successful Step in Time II transplants have been carried out

worldwide and now this complex operation is coming to Leeds. -- 66

s bought a hand transplants. This man is the first to receive such a

transplant. The operation lasted more than 14 hours and involved 18

surgeons. But for Mathew Scott, it transformed his life. When I opened

my eyes, I saw fingers. I had not seen those for 13 years. To see

something there where for 13 years there was nothing was a wonderful

feeling. And it is this expertise that will become available closer

to home. Surgeons in Leeds already have microsurgery experience,

reattach an existing hands already taking place. Now it has been taken

to the next level with transplantation. Only when you

speak to people who have lost a hand can you realise what a

devastating thing it is. Losing both his absolutely incapacitating

and for those people now, there is a real hope and aspiration of

natural appearance and feeling and function. With improvements to

surgical procedures and anti- rejection drugs, Leeds will be

joining an elite group of centres 13 years after the first car

transplant took place. -- the first hand transplant.

Isn't that incredible. Well, we could being seeing hand

transplantation here in Leeds within the year. Surgeon Simon Kay,

who we saw in that report, joins us now. I think, gosh, that is a bit

weird. And people at home will be thinking, whatever next? It is

incredible, isn't it? It is. I think the thing that is most

extraordinary is that the hand is visible, so it is not like your

kidney. You do not care what your kidney looks like as long as it

works. But you talk with your hands and you work with them. They are on

view. And that is why you have the Psychiatry teams in, because

effectively, you were seeing somebody else's hand on your body.

They are part of who you are. are very personal and an intimate

part of who you are, and that is a reason we will be screening

recipients for psychology. The first transplant failed because the

patient was not resilient enough and mentally stable enough to cope

with the new concept and the rehabilitation. So that is a very

important thing that the clinical psychologist working with us will

be looking for. When you see the pictures of a man who, before hand,

could not lift his trialled up, and his jury, he is obviously coping

with it and it has changed his life? Yes, your hands are the

essence of your humanity and without one, let alone two, your

life is ruined. A M going to ask you a delicate question. These are

from people who have died. It is one thing to have a kidney, a liver.

But the hand? The highly skilled surgeons are the ones who have that

role and I take my hat off to those who do this. To ask for an organ

donation is very hard. If you donate a kidney or a liver, it does

not mean you are obliged to donate a hand. It is a very delicate job.

It is a very difficult decision, but higher suppose what you will

say, if you are amazed at the work that is being done, at speak to

relatives if you want to do that. And look at the extraordinary gift

you can give up. Thank you. Now, do you know any shopaholics?

Retail giant John Lewis has announced it wants to open a

department store at an out-of-town shopping centre in York. Is that

good news? For shoppers, it might be. Plans are to open a branch at

Monk's Cross on and around the site of a rugby stadium which stands

there at the moment. It would create 300 jobs and form part of a

development to include a new football stadium for York City FC.

Let's join Danny Carpenter, who's in York. What is your reaction and

that of everybody else? Let me show you. This is what York is all about.

Interesting museums, ancient monuments, and just across the car-

park, attractive shops. And it is traders who fear this development.

They say it is a retail outlet too far and it what make people choose

between being a tourist or A Chopra, in the City or out of town. -- or a

shopper. York's streets are busy and it is

just how traders like it. But they fear a new 5,000 square foot

development at Monk's Cross could cripple business. It is a very

fragile balance. It would only take a few % taken away from business

here to make it non-viable. York is a very vibrant city at the moment

and doing very well through these quite difficult economic times.

Most towns have out-of-town shopping. It is a matter of

national and local planning guidance here in York because they

are not level playing field. another company behind a proposed

new shopping development in town says that, too, is now at risk. But

the leader of City of York council says the development is good news.

We are investing a huge amount in the city centre and we -- it will

put us on the mat. The pilot scheme is switched on it next Friday.

We're also looking at a number of other initiatives and we want to

make sure people want to come here, whether it is to John Lewis or the

city centre, to spend their money and help the economy. Chopras'

views are more mixed. I am a great believer in supporting small town

shops. It is dreadful. I have come to Monk's Cross and into your car,

so I think it will draw people to it. -- into York. It is a bad idea.

We should have something like that in town. Opponents want a public

inquiry. They say they could lose �90 million a year and that means

empty shops and empty streets. With me now is Richard France,

managing director of the company behind this development. You must

have heard these concerns before. What can you do to win a fierce, or

do you even care? Of course we do. I have to live and work in York. We

do share their concerns but we have had a very robust Impact Assessment

Study down which shows it is a very strong retailing City with good

retailer demand. The fact that John Lewis and Marks & Spencer's have

confirmed they would want to come into our development is the

cornerstone of our enabling development for our commuter

stadium, which is very important to the city as well. Sorry to

interrupt, but at the end of the day, people are going to have to

make a choice? I do not think that is the case. The development will

complement the scheme here and we welcome a scheme on the Piccadilly

site. It is the only site available in York for a major retail scheme

and I think it is very important that we have to keep up with the

region and the regional competitors. Thank you. I am sure we will be

returning to this. And there is that further complicating factor,

the stadium, and his retail development might be key to its

very survival. -- this week how development.

Later in the programme, as it 'appens.

More details are released of Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral next week.

Residents living on a crumbling cliff edge near Scarborough say

they're hopeful the landslides may have stopped. Three homes have

already been demolished at Knipe Point because of coastal erosion.

However, they're still concerned too much damage has already been

done, so they've been looking for somewhere else to live in case

their homes don't survive, as Emma Glasbey reports.

For four years, the people living here have been watching their

gardens slip away. Unsure how much longer they can stay. Already,

three homes have been demolished. To stop them falling over the

crumbling cliff edge. It is a really bad from here. Now some of

the residents believe the cliff may have stopped crumbling. They think

mysterious water pouring down the edge each morning could have been

responsible for the erosion. They told me the water has stopped

running ever since Yorkshire Water carried out improvement work nearby.

Whether the new pipes are anything to do with it, I would not know,

but it seems too cull incidental. We hope things are slowing down and

stopping. But Yorkshire Water denies any of the work they have

done in the area is linked. They say they are replacing ageing

manholes and says a pipe taking treated water out to sea has no

leaks, but they are taking the opportunity to replace the pipe

with a new one. Some of the residents believe the problem may

have been solved. But even if that is so, they cannot know for sure

whether this cliff will ever be saved. The damage to these homes

may already have been done. The residents are pushing ahead with

Planet B. And this is it. �1 million of money is available if

homes still end up being demolished. They want to be building eco-lodges

on this side Maghreb, just four miles down the road. -- on this

site. This is the nearest thing that is like for like that we have

seen on offer. But their dream is to stay put. Last Christmas, a huge

chunks of land fell away as snow and ice arrived. It is hoped this

year, the cliff may be better able to face the test of winter.

Police in Sheffield have charged a 24-year-old man with the murder of

Deeq Ali in the Burngreave area of the city last weekend. The 18-year-

old was shot dead after an incident at Spital Hill in the early hours

of Sunday morning. He was the third young Somali person to be killed in

Sheffield this year. 24-year-old Abdi Mohammed Omar appeared before

Sheffield Magistrates Court today. A deputy High Court judge from

South Yorkshire has been sacked by the Lord Chancellor. James Allen QC,

from Woolley, who also sat as a recorder, was convicted at Bradford

Magistrates Court in May of assaulting his wife. The

Chancellor's office said the barrister had brought the judiciary

into disrepute. A Leeds MP has been told a decision

on the future of the children's heart surgery in the city will be

made on 14th December. Labour's Rachel Reeves met with Health

Minister Simon Burns in London today, in a last attempt to save

the unit at the LGI, which is being threatened with closure.

A mobile speed camera in North Yorkshire has recorded over 4,700

speeding offences during its first A music library is to be closed

later this year. Some critics fear it has lost would sound the death-

knell for many choirs and dramatic Every Tuesday night, the members of

And their time, they give for free, but the music, they borrowed. From

the outside, the building is unremarkable, but inside, it is a

treasure trove with tens of thousands of scripts and scores.

Based here in Wakefield, it serves 12 local authorities, and they

together have taken the decision to close the doors. For it happens to

what's inside is still under discussion. This building is being

torn down, and its replacement won't have the space, but critics

say this problem should have been pre-empted. They have known this

fears, and they had to plan the new premises. All they need is a

warehouse and a car-park. It doesn't need to be in the public

library. Surely they can find someone else to house this

fantastic collection. I said I thought it was very considerate of

them to have kept me in mind... why is it important? Because of the

hundreds of choirs and amateur dramatics societies that use the

service don't have the money for their own resources. Who knows

where we might be in 12 months. At I don't think societies or groups

or choirs would mind paying a little more per unit, but we

certainly could not afford, we don't have the resources to go out

and buy music to that extent. making music, they have been

lobbied for solutions. No one quite knows why the subscriptions have

gone down, but I think there is a lot of the goodwill among the

people on the council to ensure that we maintain the service.

solutions will be discussed tomorrow. The only certainty is

that the service as it stands in Before seven o'clock: Baring his

soul - more details of Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral have been

announced today. And as BBC television celebrates 75 years, I

have been to bbc Bradford to ask you for your most memorable TV

More details of Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral have been announced today.

It will involve a cortege from his house in north Leeds taking in

various landmarks in his life. It will end with a full service at the

city's Catholic Cathedral. Olivia Richwald has more details about

A flamboyant and eccentric farewell for Aman so you need he could never

be replaced. Sir Jimmy Savile's family have followed his strict

instructions for this, a very long goodbye. It all starts with a

coffin befitting of the man. It is going to be a gold casket, because

it fits with his flamboyance. That was the nature of the man.

funeral starts on Tuesday when the golden casket goes on display in

Leeds. The public can pay their respects from 9:30am. The next day,

the funeral cortege will travel around Leeds. At 2pm, there will be

a requiem mass. On Thursday, the cortege travelled to Scarborough.

It will drive by his favoured parts of the town before Sir Jimmy is

buried in quite an unusual fashion. He wants to be buried at an angle

of 45 degrees. The reasoning behind that is so he can look out to sea.

Jimmy was a Christian and is a Christian. He went to church, not

only at weekends but also in the week. He believed that when he died

he went to heaven and he is now with his mother. He is probably up

there at the moment saying, you are doing the right thing. He will be

passing judgment on what I have said of the last few days. But

everything he would be very honoured and very humble us to the

attention that his death has created. It is going to be an

incredible three days! The world of football has rallied

round today to show support for Doncaster Rovers player Billy Sharp.

He captained his team last night just hours after the announcement

that his newborn son had died. The striker paid tribute to his child

when he scored the opening goal in a game against Middlesbrough.

Doncaster went on to lose. But the talk of the match was the courage

of Billy Sharp. Ian Bucknell reports.

Less than a quarter of an hour into the match, a moment of sheer

brilliance from Billy Sharp. An inspired goal from a man in immense

pain showing incredible courage. Shop's son was born seriously ill,

and died on Saturday, two days old. Footballers often raised their

shirts to reveal messages, usually expressions of self-pity. But this

time it had real feeling. All the Billy Sharp captained his team

against Middlesbrough last night. The grieving Dad had been made

leader, and before the game and, one minute's applause to celebrate

the shortest of lives. He told me last night he wanted to play and

was ready to play. He had been eating and sleeping properly,

trying his best, and he has come in today and said he wanted to play.

So I thought, if that is what you want to do, go on. How bad can it

get, when your baby dies? But perhaps getting out on the pitch

was a way to put his mind at ease a little bit. That goal was amazing.

I have never seen a goal like that. That is the best I have seen him

play in a long time. He is an absolute hero, isn't he? That is

everything about Billy Sharp. Despite the goal, Doncaster lost 3-

1. But last night wasn't about football. It was about a short life

Elsewhere in the Championship last night, there was a fine win for

Barnsley against Yorkshire rivals Hull City. Barnsley raced into a 2-

0 lead early in the second half. Craig Davies's unstoppable strike

opened the scoring. And then Andy Gray pounced on the goalkeeper's

mistake to put the Reds two goals up. In an exciting finish to the

match, Fryatt pulled a goal back for Hull. And as Barnsley clung on

for the 2-1 victory, they were left to reflect on the key moment of the

match, when their own goalie Luke Steele saved a Hull penalty before

half time. The world of broadcasting is

celebrating a special anniversary. It's 75 years to the day that the

BBC introduced its first regular television service. That came from

Alexandra Palace in 1936. Christa's now in our state-of-the-art gallery,

which is a far cry from some of the equipment used back then. I am sure

you would remember. I knew you were going to say that!

This is the nerve centre. Look at all these buttons. I could take us

off air in seconds. Here is a man who loves his telly, loves his

history. It is Ian White. The station goes on the air.

# The Mighty days of mystic raise, living pictures out of space, to

bring a new Wonder tu... # 75 years on the from that first broadcast,

some of the equipment used to make that first broadcast is now housed

in Bradford at the National Media Museum.

One of the pioneers of television said at the time, we have just

invented one of the greatest time wasters of all time. When it

started, it was only a few hundred people in London could see it.

local programmes made exclusively for nought -- a Yorkshire audience

didn't start until 1958. These characters remind me of my

childhood, one of my earliest memories - Playschool. What is your

first memory of television? first thing I remember watching his

The moment that sticks in my mind is the first time I ever saw

television, which are thinkers 1938. We didn't have one, but a neighbour

did. I remember seeing a cricket match. For me it has got to be when

I can remember my parents getting a television in the 1950s, before the

coronation, and watching extremely boring programmes which put me off

television for life, so I haven't watched it much sense. It is hard

to imagine life without television, so thanks for watching, and here's

to the next 75 years! So they have sacked you already?

Centre back down? I have to say, all this ageism from

him and him! In the old days, who Look at this lovely picture of

Chatsworth House. That's not Chatsworth House. Well, it is a

deer in the garden. Do send your pictures in. And in fact, we have

had a few tweet pictures. The headline: Mild and unsettled over

the next couple of days. A bit of a change at the weekend, with his

broad push from Spain and Portugal up through France and into the UK.

The wind will be in the north-east, said temperatures back to normal,

around 11 or 12. There was some nice sunshine, especially across

eastern areas for a time. But you can see this bank of cloud coming

through already into the Pennines. Patchy outbreaks of rain will come

eastwards. Later in the night, the rain could become persistent,

perhaps a few heavier bursts across western areas towards dawn,

temperatures around ten or 11. There could be some fog over the

Pennines. The sun will rise in the morning at 7.10. In not be great

start across Yorkshire, but fairly quickly, it should clear northwards.

The sky should Brighton through the morning. Despite all of the cloud,

it should feel quite pleasant. A Kabul breeze along the coast, 14 or

15 Celsius. -- a cool breeze. Let's have a look at the Further Outlook.

Friday, another mild day. Then you see the wind swings right around to

the north-east. No problems in temperatures, but a fairly cloudy