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Welcome to Friday's Look North. Tributes from two cities - how tens

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of thousands of fans in Leeds and Sheffield will be remembering Gary

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Speed this weekend. Injured in the line of duty - why

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hundreds of West Yorkshire Police officers who have retired could be

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getting compensation payments. We will be live in Huddersfield as

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the town clears up for its spectacular festival of light.

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Skies had clouded over by the time this was taken, but some patchy

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rain to come tonight. Your weekend forecast coming up shortly.

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Good evening. It is almost a weeks since the tragic death of Gary

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Speed and tomorrow he will be remembered at sporting events

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around the country. Tributes from fans continue to

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arrive from his former Yorkshire clubs, Leeds and Sheffield and

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United. Ian White is light outside Elland Road for us tonight. -- life.

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This aside behind me is spectacular. Very sad, hundreds of tributes laid

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by football fans who thought that Gary Speed was just the best

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footballer ever. They adored him and of course the fact that there

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are so many tributes shows how shocking the last week has been for

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them. Last Saturday Gary Speed appears on

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BBC One's Football Focus. Nobody could have predicted he would have

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committed suicide a few hours later. Former Leeds team-mate Gary

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McAllister was on the same programme. Being so close to him

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then, could any of us have spotted some anxiety, depression? But there

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were has nothing there. He was his normal self-. Tomorrow Gary

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McAllister will join Gordon Strachan and David Batty at -- on

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the pitch at Elland Road to lead a minute's applause. Leeds legend

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Eddie Gray brought Gary Speed to the club.

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What you have to remember is that he played in a great Leeds United

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team with great players and the fans will never forget that.

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At Sheffield United, where Gary was manager before moving to Wales,

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tributes have been piling up all weeks. Tomorrow the team will be

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marking his passing. We want to show our respects as

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best we can and then we will have to try to put the emotions behind

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us and try to get on with the game. Off the pitch, tributes from the

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world of music. Kelly Jones, a Leeds United fan, has recorded an

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acoustic version of an Andy Williams classic in tribute to Gary

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Speed. And it is not just the big names who have tributes to him.

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Here in Leeds some stars of the future were reviving an old anthem.

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We are going to give the boys are hand.

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My grandad was Ronnie Hilton, he sang lot serve Leeds United anthems

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and he is a great fan of Leeds and he would be really proud. -- he

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sang in lots of. We are going to see you when. --

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win. Musical tributes to Gary Speed of

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course but the physical attributes keep arriving at Elland Road. You

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have come along this evening. Tell us what has been -- it has been

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like. I do get quite emotional and upset about it. My daughter plays

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for you -- for Leeds United and we left a floral tribute earlier in

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the week and we popped down every now and again. I have watched it

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grow and grow. It is absolutely amazing. Five it is the shock,

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isn't it? Yes. Gary Speed is such a hero, isn't he? Yes. I think she is

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overwhelmed. Tomorrow will be amazing on the page with all the

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old legends back again. -- the pitch. Yes, it will be an

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outstanding attribute for him. Sorry, I am really emotional.

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fan feels the same here and at Sheffield United.

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Thank you. West Yorkshire Police could have to

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pay thousands in compensation to retired officers who were injured

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on duty after settling four cases out of court. It has emerged today

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but Yorkshire's largest police force unlawfully cut their pensions.

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The cases could open the door for hundreds more officers injured in

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the line of duty whose pensions were also cut.

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He served in West Yorkshire Police for nearly 30 years but Roy Gibson

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was forced to retire after being injured and -- in a police van.

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When his police pension was cut by half last year, it added injured --

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insult to injury. I felt completely led down. You

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give them all those years and this is what they do. They are not

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concerned any more about my welfare or that of my former colleagues.

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All they are doing is trying to cut costs.

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Now West Yorkshire Police have compensated four other officers

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injured on duty after they cut their pensions following

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controversial new Home Office guidelines. These legal settlements

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mean that others could be entitled to thousands of pounds.

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I think there are hundreds in this region, Yorkshire and Northumbria,

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and I think there will be thousands nationally.

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Deputy Chief Constable David But Roy Gibson meets daily help to

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wash, dress and move about. If I try to do more than what I can

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do, physically, after two or three days it is just... It is just

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terrible. He has lived like this for 20 years,

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years when he would have been working but for his injuries. Now

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he wants to see the full value of his pension reinstated.

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Stay with us. Later on Look North... We climb to the toppled York

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Minster. This view is one of the things I love most about living in

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Yorkshire. Tell us what you love most.

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Business leaders in Ryedale in North Yorkshire have bid to become

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one of the first six rural enterprise zones. They will be like

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the ones in big city areas. But they will be designed to put

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money into country areas. Alan Whitehouse has been to find out

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more. They work in the countryside but

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they are competing with the rest of the world. The Ryedale group is a

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group of specialist printers who have perfected the art of printing

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on plastic rather than paper and now they are making printed

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computer chips. Why do they think they need help from rural business

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harbour? Our customers are at the cutting

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edge of the retail and they expect us to come up with innovative new

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ideas so it is vital to stay ahead of the game.

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The thinking is that it will create a cluster of hi-tech businesses all

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supporting each other, like this training centre in Malta and, which

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is training out the electronics expose of the future. -- Malta and.

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We are not all sausage makers in rural areas and it is important to

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understand this is typical of the kind of high Trek -- hi-tech

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training we need for the new businesses that a common on.

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For Ryedale is in the running to become one of six pilot projects.

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The idea is being backed with �15 million of development money.

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There are many innovative companies in rural areas who want the

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opportunity to growth. All of the enterprise areas are in urban areas

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so we need to do something for Wirral businesses.

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It is easy to think of places like this as just another tourist

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destination but jobs are needed as desperately as in the city. This

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thing that could be a way to provide a high-quality skilled jobs.

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-- this rural enterprise zone. Doncaster police have released more

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information about that woman killed on the A635 Barnsley Road yesterday

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when a broken-down car was hit by a truck. -- her broken-down car.

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Marjorie Webster was 72 and from Goldthorpe near Barnsley. The

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driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

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Protesters tried to stop the closure of nearly half the library

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is in Wakefield have handed in a petition to the council. There has

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been a consultation on the plans. These could close unless taken over

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by community groups. The council says visitor numbers have fallen by

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more than Philip -- 40 %. A 60-year-old religious teacher,

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Manweb, has failed to overturn his sentence for physically assaulting

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four boys at a mosque in Keighley. -- Sabir Hussain. He has served 10

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days of his sentence so far. Yorkshire Water is assuring its

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customers and there are no plans to change water supplies -- to put

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restrictions on water supplies in the county. Reservoirs are 73 %

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full, which Yorkshire Water says is quite healthy for this time of year.

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This comes despite drought conditions in other parts of the

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country. Bus drivers in parts of Yorkshire

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are staging the third and 4th strikes over pay. Members of the

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Unite union in Barnsley, Rotherham and the Dearne Valley are calling

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for the same wages as drivers in other companies. The company says

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it has made several pay offers. What happens when you put a dyed-

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in-the-wool Conservative together with anti-capitalist activists in a

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city-centre protest? This weekend's Politics Show is marking three

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weeks off the Occupy Leeds camp in City Square by sending in Mike

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Smith of Mike's Carpets fame to see whether it be protesters can

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convince him that theirs is the way forward.

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In relation to the size of the protest, trying to take on the

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government and the banks, and the cuts they are doing, for the size

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of the protest it is a very small gathering and it does not seem to

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me to be the right way to do it. I would make more use of the internet.

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You can see more on that on BBC One A couple of weeks ago Christa and

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Nik told you about the Yorkshire Tales. It's a BBC project to find

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out what you feel passionate about in the county. It could be the

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people, the places or your memories. With the best of your contributions

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will be looked at by award winning playwright John Godber, who will

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turn them into a radio drama. You've only got a few days left to

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take part. But to help get you started - something that makes me

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As you know, we are encouraging you to talk about Yorkshire and why it

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is so special. I have chosen this city to try and tell you about what

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it means to me. There is nice to in these -- NICE -- nothing like an

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easy return to work after a major operation! I am exhausted. 130

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stairs to go. That is my destination. Oh, dear! 275 steps.

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When I was at university, I studied Roman history. That explains why I

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am fascinated about the City of York, and I am so exhausted as well.

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That is one of the most extraordinary views you can get

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anywhere. You can see the whole thing about it. You can smell and

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see the history. You can see the Roman legions. I would have been a

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Centurion in a different life. Please yourself! Then there were

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the Vikings, and the medieval walls and the sense of history. Nothing

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sends up -- sums up Yorkshire as I am really worried about you!

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Should you be doing that? So if you want to take part this is what you

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need to do. E-mail [email protected] and

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tell us in no more than 200 words what your passion for Yorkshire is.

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All submissions must be in by Before seven o'clock... Snooker's

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coming back to York. One of the world's biggest tournaments returns

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to the city after a five-year absence. And Diane at the Festival

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of Lights in Huddersfield. Cut to join me for a taste of things to

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come. -- and I am at the Festival Yorkshire has a rich history in

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Squash and it can now boast the number one and two in the world in

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the men's game. Sheffield's Nick Matthew has completed an unbroken

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year at the top of the rankings, confirmed when he recently defended

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his World Open title. Pontefract's James Willstrop has moved up to

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second after winning in Hong Kong and Kuwait in the past fortnight

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and both are with us. Nick, let's start with you. How tough has it

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been to stay at the top? It has been pretty tough. The first time

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around, I lasted a couple of months. I have managed a year, and it has

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been tough. James is breathing down my neck. It has been fantastic for

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the region. They are whole I'd -- whole host of guys. Yes. The

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rankings... There was an Egyptian in the top three. They are the

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force in the game. Hopefully this is not short lived, and the King

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gives them a run for their money. You have been waiting two years for

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a victory, another, long like buses! Yes, it just happens like

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that. They came together in that period of time, and one is great,

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but to the two in two or three weeks has been fantastic. He will

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form has been spectacular. In the first one, you did not drop again.

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I carried it on until I lost again in the final, so it just really

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came together, and people ask if it is something different. Not really.

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Sometimes it just clicked. You seem very close together there. Are you

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really deadly rivals? It is strange but wonderful. You must bump into

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each other more often than if you do of round the world. We have had

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up our ups and downs! Were a bump into each other on course -- on-

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court! The rivalry has been spoken about. It could not be any

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different. Two players from one county is a fantastic achievement.

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We are proud of it, and the sport is so gladiatorial and so closed-

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end. It is not always going to be easy. Presumably, you want his

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spot! Absolutely! The biggest problem in the past is that it has

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been difficult to follow the ball as far as TV is concerned. They

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have got over that to a large extent. In the Commonwealth Games

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last year, we had a live audience with the programmes, but the live

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audience is the key. Unfortunately, we are going to miss out on London

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2012, but the sport is there, ready to step into any major event now.

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You're not bat well known, but presumably you are super bar --

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superstars where squashes a big sport. You can be. It is quite

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incredible when you see a nation that takes hold of squash. For

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example, Malaysia. The number one Squash Players on billboards, and

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she is on all over the place. You have Live TV. You looking Bowbrick

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your shoulder at him? Looking up as well! Windy you do battle again?

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are due to go to India next week, but the way the draw has worked out,

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we could make the final, so they are a lot of hurdles to overcome.

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It could be a great last match of 2011. Congratulations to the Perret

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you. One of the world's biggest snooker tournaments is about to

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return to York after a five year absence. This weekend sees the UK

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Championship back at The Barbican. And with record ticket sales, and

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the world's top 32 players shooting it out for the title and winners

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cheque, it should make for an interesting eight days of

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competition. Shamir Masri's been in I think a lot of the players loved

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coming here. To have them back, it is great. It is their home going

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forward. I the focus for the eight days going forward will be on the

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green tables. Household names like John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan

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will be playing on this very table in the next week also inhabit to

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win one of the biggest titles in no -- world snooker. The players are

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glad to be back in York. A all of the players are quite happy we are

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back here. The crowds are here. It suits the tournament we are playing

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in. It is the biggest ranking tournament that we have. It is a

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great venue to play in. The crowds like it. A nice place, York. It is

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good for everybody. One thing they are not so happy about is a switch

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to shorter format. Any snooker player would love of -- rather have

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a longer match. In a shorter match, a little bit of bad luck and you

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are out. Spectators and viewers on the BBC, the red button and online,

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they will hope for a worthy winner for the title and the �100,000

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winner's cheque. Great to see that back in York. You bump into snooker

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players when you do your Christmas shopping! Hinnies a lie-down Now,

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it attracts thousands of people every year and this weekend the

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Huddersfield Festival of Light is expected to draw in its biggest

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crowds yet. With theatre, light displays, food and drink there is

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certainly something for everyone. Hello and good evening from the

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Festival of Light in Huddersfield. 50,000 people I expected over the

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next few days, and lots of people have already turned out this

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evening. Chief-executive Adrian can tell us more. What can they expect?

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They can expect a fantastic weekend. 49 separate events, acrobatics in

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the borough arcade. Food and drink here, a light that will behind the

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church. There is a massive of show, and a fireworks display to finish

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it off. Fantastic news for the Huddersfield economy. Brilliant for

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the town and for local businesses. Tens of thousands of people

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spending money in our local spending money in our local

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businesses in Huddersfield. I must businesses in Huddersfield. I must

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introduce you took these characters. I'm from the Temperance Society! I

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welcome absence. Abstinence from all sings foul. People can have

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fun? That is why we are here! are Victorine after all. This so-

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called Festival of life, they are otter stands of dubious morals. --

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There's lots to do. And they're not as miserable as these two! There is

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a great fire display to enjoy at the end. There are lots of things

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to enjoy it. Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Not yet,

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but port a will begin tomorrow, it is the festive charity spectacular

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at the spot. It is a Stella Christmas for me. We need a good

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forecast. A on to taking your kids forecast. A on to taking your kids

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on the Santa Special? On the Quay Street railway. Compared with last

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You're making an appearance. Let me show you a picture. The know where

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the weather event this morning was the white frost we had. That was we

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It has been the second warmest autumn on record. You can write

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what you think about that and tweet me. It is a mixed weekend. Labour

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have scattered showers. Some sunshine tomorrow. A West-East

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split. It will stay mostly dry with sunny spells. Generally more

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showery on Sunday, and by Sunday night, the showers would tell --

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turn a little bit wintry. Monday and Tuesday of next week, we could

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see a white covering on top of the hills. We are looking to the West.

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There's a weather system coming in. It is bringing in some drizzle to

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the Dales. Further east with the rain shadow, it is looking like it

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is predominantly dry up. Temperatures are around four

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degrees. Temperatures levelling off. We are not going to see a frost

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tonight. The sun will rise in the morning at around 80 3am. In

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Scarborough, at 10:34pm, a mix of Sonny and pulled -- intervals and

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scattered showers. You can see that the shell was running to some

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Pennine areas. Further east, a lot of protection means that the Vale

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of York east Woods will be dry. If you are there, it looks like there

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will be a lot of sunshine. Windy tonight and breezy tomorrow.

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Temperatures close to average. If you are off to Scarborough and

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Whitby, it will be colder over the It will be quite windy. The air

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will be cold enough for the showers to turn wintry. Early next week,

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Monday and Tuesday, scattered wintry showers. Maybe the first

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