25/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight: The cost of a car in the

country - should people living in rural areas of North Yorkshire get

cut-price fuel? It is the pump prices and distance from the pumps

that but a key issue. Also tonight: The latest on the

night-time attacks on young people in Leeds - six are arrested as

security is stepped up in the student heartland of Woodhouse.

Christa meets Rosemary Shrager as her new book on Yorkshire

breakfasts brings home the bacon. A very windy weekend to come, with

the possibility of severe gales. A Yorkshire MP is backing a

campaign for people in some rural parts of Yorkshire to pay less tax

when they fill up at the pump. Anne McIntosh, who represents Thirsk and

Malton, says her constituents are being hit hardest by the high cost

of petrol and diesel. She wants the Government to extend a scheme being

trialled in remote parts of Scotland to be brought in here. I

have been speaking to her, and we'll hear what she had to say in a

few minutes, but first, our correspondent Alan Whitehouse has

this report. Christmas bear coming off the

production line. The extra sales are welcome, but there is a

problem: More beer it means more transport costs. With food prices

at a record high, the owner is caught in a vice. If the costs go

up to me, then I will start shedding jobs here, and because our

profits will be impacted. I cannot pass these costs on to Republicans.

It might just push them over their edge, and we will see more pubs

closing. -- publicans. With prices spiralling, the government has

announced a trial fuel rebate. Campaigners say the same idea could

be told in North Yorkshire. We are delighted that the rebate was

announced for rural areas. We would support this on a trial basis, in

other areas where it is essential to have a car when people cannot

afford to pay the price. It is the same story a few miles up the road.

Many people are buying less fuel, and its owner says he he runs a

repair business and shop alongside the pumps. We have seen a decline

in fuel sales in general, compared year-on-year. Not only are they are

less amounts and the car, but they are filling up less frequently.

People living in country areas, are spending �7 a month more than 10

people in towns. People are spending seventies have an pounds a

month here, for example. That compares with just under �27 a

month if you have to live in the middle of London. Next week, the

Chancellor is expected to say whether the three p rise is

expected to be scrapped. -- 3p. Every one of your constituents was

this is a great idea, but practically, can you make it work?

Yes, I believe that now that the Scottish isles have had the green

light, this is the right chance to ask the Chancellor to look good

other rural isolated communities, like a specified area of North

Yorkshire, for a limited period of time. We could have a rural rebate.

This is having a massive impact on business. Are you saying this is

absolutely essential, otherwise businesses will go? It is essential,

apparently. A company has gone into administration. It is impacting on

the very old and the very young, as they are completely dependent on

their cars. It is also impacting on the ability of public services in

North Yorkshire to be delivered. It cost more to deliver children to

school, for the ambulance service, all aspects of police as well that

to rely on petrol and diesel to get them around. The detract show --

the detractors would say it is a lifestyle choice to live in the

country and so forth. The other worry might be that people outside

the area might try and come men and save money by filling up with

petrol and diesel is cheaper. -- come in. The rural areas are the

food basket of the country. We cannot all live in the city. It

would be a defined geographic area, for a limited period of time, on

the same basis as the Scilly Isles have been awarded. It wouldn't

amount to... I hope I will get a fair hearing, and I think the

Chancellor has proved that it shouldn't just be his chief

secretary the benefits. -- that benefits.

Lots of you have already got in touch. Someone said, why should

people be entitled to a tax rebate because they choose to live away

miles away? Someone else said, it is not the same as rural dwellers.

Those in the City have a choice of transport. We do not. And someone

else, why should rural residents get preferential treatment? It is

their choice. Everyone should get a five penny discount. We will have

more of your comments tonight. You can post any comments on our

Facebook page, or send us an e-mail. Or you can tweet us. And you can

follow us as well. Police in Leeds investigating a

series of alleged robberies by masked men on Wednesday night have

arrested six people. A number of people, including students, needed

hospital treatment after the attacks. We first told you about

what happened in Woodhouse in yesterday's programme. Scores of

you got in touch with us after seeing Ian White's report. Today,

Leeds University, police and local politicians met to discuss what

happened. Ian has been out on patrol at the University today.

Extra patrols on the streets in and around Leeds University followed

this week's attacks on young people. Some victims were students. Adams

is one of the University's security officers. Every day you can expect

something different a happen in this job a. You have got 30,000

students, and 8,000 staff. handlers can be deployed to back up

the regular patrols. While we were filming, CCTV spotted an incident.

The team were on hand to detain a man suspected of shoplifting on

campus. He was then handed over to the police. There are cameras

dotted all over this campers, and in fact, recently, the university

invested seven which and �50,000 in this state of the art CCTV system.

-- �750,000. Alan is a former military man who once had the

responsibility for keeping the US embassy safe, and now his main

concern is looking after a student and staff. I have had letters from

parents asking about security arrangements. I am in the process

of reply to them. I have also had letters from international students.

My main task is to reassure those parents that their children are

safe and looked after here, while they are at the University.

investigations continue, worried students were being issued with

panic alarms today. And they are being told to keep state and stay

vigilant. -- keep safe. Stay with us, as I meet the Queen

of Breakfasts. A local council in North Derbyshire

has been criticised for financial and management incompetence. Find

out might Yorkshire breakfast are the best you can eat. -- out why.

The Audit Commission says Bolsover Council was guilty of 14 serious

errors in the way their financial affairs were being managed.

The Yorkshire Building Society says it's creating more than 100 new

jobs in Bradford. It already employs 1,500 people at its main

offices in the city. To accommodate the additional 120 workers,

Yorkshire Building Society is leasing additional office space. It

recently merged with the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society

and took over internet bank, Egg. A graffiti vandal who caused

thousands of pounds of damage across the county has been jailed

for three months. Joseph Binney targeted railway carriages and

buildings in Leeds, Leeming Bar and Bentley. The 22-year-old is also

serving a two-year sentence for violent disorder during a spending

Small businesses in Whitby claim the closure of part of one of the

town's piers has had a devastating effect on trade. Scores of anglers

who usually fish off the west pier extension are going elsewhere,

taking their spending power with them.

For Jackie, the closure of Whitby's West Pier extension has been a

disaster. Her angling shops in the town, here for 40 years, had been

hit hard. It went from selling 20 of these a day to none. The phones

started ringing, people asking if it was true. They cancelled their

fishing trips. Now the phone never rings. The business has an online

store which is expanding, but other businesses do not have that luxury.

50 anglers a day have melted away from the town. They don't go to the

newsagent or pub or eat out. They don't use the tackle shop.

extension was closed because the old crossing is unsafe. A temporary

one will be in place, and a permanent one will follow. But for

this man, it takes -- he takes anglers out on his boat, and he

cannot understand why it has taken the borough council so long to get

that temporary clocked -- crossing in place. It is shocking it has

taken so long. Three months? Crazy! It is bureaucracy, basically. But

also making sure it is done properly. Work will start next week,

and we are told it will be completed next week. There is one

Anglo on the pier. Sadly, for the shop and boat, it is only this

oversized metal sculpture. -- She's one of the fiercest women on

television and makes me look like a pussy cat. Rosemary Shrager well

known TV chef and star of Ladettes to Ladies has now made her home in

North Yorkshire running a cookery school. She is used to serving the

finest food to the highest in the land and all in a castle-like

setting. So Christa arranged to meet in Mytholmroyd near Halifax.

Today, more humble surroundings for a more humble meal. Good morning.

Two full breakfasts. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,

it is the subject of her latest book. Thank you very much. That

will set us up for the day. What is it about breakfast? There are two

ways to look at it. It is very important to start off with

something in the morning. It helps the children to go to school with

porridge or toast or yoghurt or fruit. The old saying, eat like a

king at breakfast, lunch like a prince and in the evening eat a

pauper. That is the right way to do it. There is a quick breakfast of

porridge or toast and yoghurt or fruit. Then there is a lovely

breakfast on a Sunday or Saturday we have a big meal and spend a

leisurely long time and go for a long walk and come back with a meal

in the early-evening and make only two meals a day. The reason I did

the book was because I love breakfast and I wanted something

really simple, something simple. the baked beans, you say they cost

peanuts. I am glad to said that. I have bought some with me. I want to

tell you why. Baked beans, when you make them yourself, they are

reasonable. They are really cheap and go a long way. I think it's a

nutritious supper dish. Not only breakfast. If you have a large

family, it's a great way to feed them. There they are. Fabulous.

Fantastic. Homemade. Yes. Homemade. They are good. Frankie. They are,

even I say so! Here are some I made earlier. Home-made baked beans.

Very nice. Before seven o'clock: A look ahead to the weekend's sport

including boxing and Sheffield's Ryan Rhodes getting back into the

ring again - big time. Still to come, Bradford Cathedral meeting a

For the sport now and next season's Super league fixtures were

announced today and confirmation that magic weekend moves to

Manchester. Tanya's here. Murrayfield, Millennium, maybe

Manchester. I suggested Milan or Madrid. It has moved to the 26th,

27th. The Leeds Rhinos will start the defence of their title at home

on Friday the third of February against Hull KR. On the same night

Wakefield will take on Super League new boys Widnes. On the Saturday

Castleford are the first visitors at Salford's new stadium, while

Bradford face Catalan on the Sunday with Huddersfield away at Wigan.

It's a bumper weekend of local football. At Elland Road it's an

all Yorkshire affair as Leeds United host Barnsley in the

Championship. In League One Chesterfield entertain Sheffield

United who have James Beattie back James Beattie is back. He was at

Sheffield United today nearly three years after leaving the club. He

says he was shocked when told he had been sold to Stoke City. Going

for promotion, obviously it was out of my hands. It was a great

opportunity. Are the same time, it was a decision that was not in my

hands and I had to go with it. is working on fitness and will miss

out when his team-mates play Chesterfield tomorrow. The Blades

beat Carlisle and are in better form. Not being disrespectful but

if you are conceding goals in not your confidence. We must force

those goals and force them. Chesterfield are experiencing a

slump. The manager's frustration is increased because the players are

not at other clubs. There are different Reid, some footballers.

Many like sitting around on a Saturday and that frustrates me.

There is a derby at Elland Road is love. Barnsley he beat Doncaster or

seemed more concerned than their rivals Leeds United who offer.

There is no trepidation in Leeds playing football. It's what the

players want even though they are young, sometimes it can help

because there is no fear with young players. I am looking forward to it.

We have come from behind on a few occasions, it is a habit we need to

break. Two or three players and we are in a shout in the play-offs.

tomorrow's game is anywhere near as good as last season's, it is worth

a listen on the BBC. There are full More than 1,500 hundred boxing fans

will fill the former steelworks, Magna, in Rotherham tomorrow night.

At the top of the bill is the veteran fighter from Sheffield,

Ryan Rhodes. He's looking for a winning return after losing a world

title challenge in the summer. Also fighting is the former professional

footballer Curtis Woodhouse, whose had a last minute change of

opponent. Shamir Masris' report Two fighters on the comeback trail,

Ryan roads looking for winning return against the Russian. Former

Rotherham midfielder Curtis Woodhouse faces an even tougher

test after his scheduled opponent pulled out this morning leaving him

facing a Glasgow labourer, a respected boxer with a completely

different style to what he has trained for. By the confident.

you want the British champion, you must take on all-comers, big, small,

fat, thin. It is not a problem. I'll fight anyone. The plan was to

knock Jason Cook out. The plan is the same. It is the most I have

ever sold for a show. It will put me in good stead for when I fight

again. I did not want to come back with an easy fight, I want to be

Test then this is perfect for me. I have to be fit and ready and sharp.

I am all of that. Onlookers are not expected to see any one-sided bout.

Something the promoter is keen to provide. We want entertaining

fights. You do not know he will win every fight. You want a bit of

intrigue. That's what people want to see. You want to support your

man but to want a good fight. People will get that on Saturday.

Should they both come through to my next challenge is, those should

expect title fights in the new year. After a week of last minute

fundraising Sheffield Paralympic hopeful Farrel Anthony has just 24

hours to keep his Olympic dream alive. Today he was playing all

comers at the City's Winter Gardens including the leader of the council.

This week he's raised about �1,200, but needs another thirteen hundred

to get himself to the Korean and Argentinian Opens. If I get the

required amount I can compete for the points necessary to qualify for

London 2012. At the moment I am around 22 in the world and I need

to be either 15 or 16 to have a chance of qualifying. If I don't go

to the tournaments I cannot get the points. If I don't get the points,

no 2012. We wish him luck. I have never done a sports bulletin with

you eating beans. The boxing piece. Did you see one

of the boxers have socks on. Ryan roads had his name on his stomach.

It was the socks that threw me and put me off my beans.

Now have you ever fancied having a go at the ancient art of bell

ringing? Yes? Well, now you can. Bradford Cathedral needs new

recruits so this Sunday they're giving anybody who fancies it the

chance to have a bash. Anybody? We thought Danny Carpenter might find

it appealing. It is as English as Earl Grey and

teacakes. Allocation is not an occasion unless there is a bells on

it. In Bradford, they have quite a few special occasions coming up,

the city's centenary, Diamond Jubilee, Olympic torch. But there

is a problem. There are 12 bells but only three ringers. And me. How

do you do a big wedding? I have to talk to the ring is in the other

churches around and see if they are not busy on a wedding can they can

and assist. You are ringing the ringers. That's right. Now, they

want new recruits. Time to learn the ropes. If I say they go, Lego.

If your feet leave the ground, Lego. Hold this in your left hand, your

right hand in front. You will feel the weight of the belt pulling your

hands up. When it stops, you pull it back down. Nice and gentle. You

can feel the bells slowdown as you get towards the top of the straight.

Next, a little more complicated. It is safer today if we go downstairs

and do it down there. I am stuck! You can then the hard bit without

breaking anything. Yourself for the machine! Even you are managing not

to break it. Thank you for a vote of confidence. That's fine. They

really did say everybody is let down when they start but they would

be nice. In my case, it was May the bells ring again. OK, the

prospects for a windy weekend. November is going out with a bang.

I have written a new blog. It has helped my recovery. Two quick

They are oystercatchers. Keep your We will start with a Met Office

warning for widespread gales developing through tomorrow and

tomorrow night. They could be severe gales, guests approaching 70

miles an hour. A lot of cloud with patchy rain mainly in the West.

Look at the number of isobars on the weather chart. Although this

will clear on Saturday night, they will the windy conditions on Sunday.

Right now, there are one up to shout was on the radar picture.

They are few and far between andhis will become dry. Quite breezy and

pretty cold. Later, cloud increasing with patchy rain across

northern and western areas. Lowest temperatures down to three or four

degrees. Very windy to write, a cloudy day, dampness at first. Most

of the patchy rain becomes confined to the West Yorkshire Pennines,

quite wet at times. Some dry and brighter conditions elsewhere. Some

sunny intervals for eastern part of South Yorkshire and towards the

coast. The top temperatures are academic, severe gales by the end

of the day, highs of 11 or 12. There will be a fair wind chill.

Some rain and wild weather on Saturday night, Sunday looks dry

with sunshine and changeable next week. Turning colder from the