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Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. Tonight - getting a permanent home.

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Illegal roadside camps to be a thing of the past as official

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travellers sites are set up in Leeds, but where?

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Also tonight - a mixed message on public transport. Still no

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government money for trolley buses in Leeds, but better news in

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Sheffield and North Yorkshire. are frustrated that we have not had

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a definitive answer. Amazing turnaround - the Yorkshire

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skater who's overcome the odds to make it to the European

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Championships. A cold and frosty night to come. Join me later for

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the weather forecast. And are you feeling festive? I am

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live in this village where there is a lot of musical talent. The four-

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storey later in the programme. -- fought story.

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Welcome to the programme. First tonight, where should gypsies and

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travellers be allowed to set up home? Yorkshire's biggest council

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wants to cut the number of illegal roadside camps and provide

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permanent sites. It's likely they will be close to existing

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residential areas so communities in Leeds can mix. Emma Glasbey has

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been finding out what travellers and locals think.

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This is what they want to try and stop - caravans parked on roadsides

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and in derelict car parks. Today, Leeds City Council approved plans

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to find new sites for travellers and gypsies will be legally allowed

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to stay. These travellers did not want to show his face on camera. He

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told me new sites are desperately needed. The council are not

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providing what they should provide. The what is it like living on the

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roadside, moving all the time? is horrible. Last week we were

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moved several times. We have no running water. We have nothing.

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This is the only authorised travellers' site in Leeds. The

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council says it needs to find land for 12 gypsy families who are

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living on roadsides. But the travellers he cannot see that

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happening. When I sit with my own eyes I will believe it. They had

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been saying they are going to build new sides since I was a kid. Over a

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seven-year period, the council has spent almost �2 million dealing

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with the beat of roadside camps. That is why they want to find

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permanent sites and they are likely to be close to residential areas.

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none of this would ever proceed without there being full

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consultation with local councillors, local people who live near by and

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anybody else who has an interest. Pessimism may well be a reality,

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but a lot depends on what the site looks like. By how do people in

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Leeds feel about possibly having a permanent sites near their homes. -

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- but how? I will not be happy, but they have to go somewhere. I went

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have a problem. People have to live somewhere. Some of my neighbours

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might have a different answer. there will be a lot of objections

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around the area, but as long as they kept themselves to themselves

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and did no harm to me, what does it matter? Now the council has

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approved the plans, the search for new sites will begin. It will be at

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least a year before a permanent travellers' camp can be established.

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So how does Leeds compare to the rest of Yorkshire? Well, provision

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varies widely. Doncaster, for example, has five sites, York three

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and Sheffield two, The council areas of Craven, Scarborough and

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Kirklees have none at all. There used to be a duty on local councils

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to provide at least one permanent site. That duty was removed in 1994

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before some councils had carried out the work.

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Leeds is the biggest city in Britain with no tram or underground

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system. So transport bosses are angry tonight at further delays to

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plans for a state-of-the art trolley bus network. The Department

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for Transport has confirmed that Yorkshire will get more than �50

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million for three smaller transport projects.

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19 million will pay for new buses and a new road from Rotherham to

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Sheffield. North Yorkshire County Council's

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been offered 36 million towards the cost of a new bypass around Bedale.

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And the government will also help fund repairs to the Leeds Inner

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Ring Road. It is a clear road map to the

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future, or an invitation to keep driving around in circles. There

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are winners and losers in today's announcement. Here in Sheffield

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there is going to be a new bus rapid transit scheme and a link

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road, say you can get to rub a run faster. Having scored �20 million

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from central government, South Yorkshire Transport Executive are

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happy. It is a mix of funding, but this is the biggest element of the

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�34 million we need for the skin. But could be under way on this

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project in just two years' time with the buses are running in 2015.

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Meanwhile, right at the top of your should there is a bypass project

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that has been awarded �36 million. It would save a lot of traffic jams,

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especially on the back roads. had been living in hope for some

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time and it has been off and on for many years. But don't book a street

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party just yet. There is an �8 million shortfall. The council has

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until the end of January to decide if they want to accept the offer

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from the government. Further south in Leeds, money will be made

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available to fund repairs to the inner ring road, although there is

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no precise amount yet. But the picture is not so good for public

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transport. The Leeds trolley bus network hangs by a wire. �163

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million has been requested to was the �215 million construction costs.

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-- towards the 250 million construction costs. We have not

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said know. We need to have more information. Back in South

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Yorkshire it is not good news either. There are issues around the

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tram links and it is unlikely that the new Waverley Road will happen.

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The failure to approve the League's trolleybus is one of the most

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contentious. This is what the chairman of the transport of

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poverty have to say. The government rejected the tram system in 2005

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and encouraged us to develop a trolleybus system and we have been

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working very closely with the Department for Transport. They put

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the scheme on hold and asked us to do some more work. We did that and

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put our bid in Bint September. They have said neither yes or no. It is

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very frustrating. -- in September. A do you think they are playing

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games? It is frustrating because they have accepted or rejected

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other schemes. We have done a lot of work to make it a viable scheme

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and it will make a lot of difference to the people in Leeds.

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We are furious that we are still being dragged along. We have got

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the right scheme and have done the work to prove it. It is frustrating

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they are asking for more details. Do you think it is a North-South

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been going on? Well, CrossRail has been approved and there will be a

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huge investment in Victoria Station. We are just asking for the money to

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get the scheme going. We have brought the costs down to �170

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million and we have a good graduate scheme that will deliver it to the

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public and the taxpayer and the government's objectives of getting

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the economy going by investing in infrastructure. Will it happen, yes

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or no? I have got my fingers crossed. We can make a strong case,

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but the ball is in the government's court. This week it is about the

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economy and before we go any further, we would like to say Thank

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you to those who offer to help copper and their daughter who came

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on Look North last night to tell us their story of how they were

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struggling to make ends meet. Today, it is the latest job figures and it

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is not good news. It would be nice to be able to

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report some good news, but I'm afraid we can't. Unemployment in

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Yorkshire has increased again. There are now 253,000 thousand

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people out of work in Yorkshire. That's 9,000 more than in the last

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quarter. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5% - the third worst in

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the UK. The national average is 8.3%. Yet some employers say they

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are still having trouble filling jobs.

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It is a hive of activity, but it should be busier still. This

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company are desperate to recruit staff at their base in Sheffield.

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They have had no success. A we have people coming from Sheffield,

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Manchester, Bolton. -- we have people. The jobs on offer here are

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four more experienced people and employers will tell it is the same

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problem of when they try to recruit people straight from college or

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school. Clary was recruited to this marketing company, but only after a

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struggle. -- Chloe. We had a young gentleman come in and he came in

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late, smelt of cigarette and cannabis. That interview lasted 30

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seconds. At this class, up they all want to get on the first rung of

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the employment ladder. They already know it they would all make it.

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is a catch 22. Everyone wants people who have started, but no-one

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is letting you start. It is really hard and really frustrating. Many

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have completed dozens of job applications, sometimes with that

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any response at all. I have lost count how many interviews I have

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been four. I fell out at least 20 applications a week and I don't

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hear anything back. Nothing. Matching people who want jobs with

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jobs that need filling is a skill we still don't seem to have

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mastered. And there's more bad news about

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jobs from Thomas Cook today. The company has announced plans to

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close 11 stores in Yorkshire. 74 jobs are at risk. Sheffield bears

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the brunt with three stores closing - the others are spread across

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Yorkshire. The company says it wants to maintain a high street

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presence with 130 shops remaining There is some good news. The

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Bradford-based supermarket chain Morrisons says it will create 7,000

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new jobs in 2012. Many of them will be at 25 new stores that'll open

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next year. 300 of the jobs will be at a new distribution centre.

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The man accused of attempting to murder his fiance by burying her in

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a cardboard box says he left the branch of a tree over the hole so

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that he knew where she was. In court today, Marcin Kasprzak

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claimed he intended to return to the woods to free his former lover

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but never did so because he fell asleep. Here's Spencer Stokes.

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This is the box that was dumped in the woods on the edge of

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Huddersfield. Ripped and broken apart by the 27-year-old woman who

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managed to break free by cutting through the tape with her

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engagement ring. The box had been buried under soil and leads with a

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tree branch placed across the top of what the prosecution said was

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meant to be her grave. But at the Court today, Marcin Kasprzak denied

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attempting to murder her. He said that the brand had been placed

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there because it was getting dark and he intended to go back later.

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He thought she would get out of their self- and added that it was a

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cardboard box, not to wooden crate. I did not have any intention of

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killing her. The lob over the box weighed 40 kilos, but she cut her

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way out before raising the alarm by stopping a car on the road. The

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ordeal had begun on the afternoon of 28th May when Marcin Kasprzak

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admits that he fired a Taser gun at her before tying her up and putting

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her in a box at their home. He, along with a friend, Patrick

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Burrows, transferred to the box to the woods. He said it was a planned

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abduction designed to allow Marcin Kasprzak to start a new life with

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his arm. -- with his son. He denies attempted murder.

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In other news, Doncaster-based UK Coal has been ordered to pay �1.2

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million pounds after four miners - including one from Doncaster - died

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following safety breaches at collieries near Mansfield and

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Coventry. All four died between June 2006 and November 2007. The

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firm admitted offences under health and safety laws during an earlier

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hearing at Sheffield Crown Court. Fortnightly bin collections are on

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the way for people in Leeds. The council agreed the change for both

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black and green bins, to try to encourage more recycling. The

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majority of Yorkshire councils have already taken up the idea,

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including Calderdale, Kirklees and Barnsley.

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The MP for Barnsley Central has received an MBE from Prince Charles

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today for services to the British Armed forces. Dan Jarvis served in

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Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland before being

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elected. He's the first serving politician in more than 60 years to

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be awarded a military honour. really surprised but at the same

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time, really proud. I had a fantastic time in the Army for 15

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years and I am pleased to be the MP for Barnsley Central. Receiving

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this end he is the perfect end to Miami career and I can focus on

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working for Barnsley. Police in North Yorkshire say they

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have a strong moral obligation to the families of eight unidentified

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people whose remains have been found across the county over three

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decades. Some of the deaths are suspicious, some are probably

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accidental but all the inquiries remain active. It's part of an

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investigation by a "cold cases" review team based in York. Peter

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Lugg reports. It is just right before the bank

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near the farm entrance. You will find her in the bushes. That

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anonymous phone call on 28th August in 1981 brought the police to this

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isolated area close to Sutton Bank. Here in the undergrowth they find

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the skeletal remains of a woman. She was naked and there was nothing

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to identify her. But apologies could only say that she had

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possibly been here for as long as two years. -- v pathologist. The

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body remains unidentified, but a wax reconstruction, the first of

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its kind shows her to be about 35- 40 years old with short, dark hair.

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We're trying to find the true identity of this lady and the

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circumstances as to why she was there. This is still unknown.

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pickled Cases Unit in North Yorkshire is looking into the

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deaths of eight unidentified people. -- the closed cases unit. One of

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them was a body found in 2004. A man with a police property bag was

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found in Scarborough harbour in 1989. Another body was found with

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an old shilling in the pocket. The man could have died in the 1970s.

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And a skull at Whitby which may have been that of a serviceman that

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died during the war. And the police have an obligation, they say, to

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the deceased and to their families. We have eight unidentified people

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that have died and we are investigating them. Each of those

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will have family members and be a wit to those family members to

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identify who these people are, where their relatives are buried

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and where they had been put to rest so they can grieve in an open way.

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The police are saying that developments in DNA analysis,

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forensics and information being collected on the new website and

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making them optimistic. They are optimistic that one day, the

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mysteries of these court cases in North Yorkshire will be sold. --

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solved. Before seven o'clock: Ian's out and

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about with some festive singing. Still to come on the programme,

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music is in the air in getting ready for Christmas. All would be

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Playing all the right now, but not necessarily end the right order!

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Sport now, and Yorkshire will be represented at next month's

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European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield.

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It's all thanks to a determined skater who has overcome a

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potentially career ending injury, to win the British Championships,

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and book himself a place for the biggest competition of his life so

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far. Shamir Masri's been to meet him.

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For Jason Thomson in Rotherham, ice-skating has been a lifelong

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love. He has been training full- time for 15 years, winning

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championships along the way. After two separate accidents do the same

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neat, it was possible that he would not be able to skate again. It was

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very painful, and when I went to the surgeon, he said he would be

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lucky to skate again. That was it, really. It is over, isn't it?

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18 months of the eyes, he returned to training and with the help of

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his long-term coach, he has worked his way to becoming the highest

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ranked male skater in the UK and the new British champion. Two years

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later getting back into it, I have a Sima title, which is what you

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strive to do in a skating career. The realising on the cake as

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qualifying for next month's European Championships. It is used

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for them both. I found out on Monday only. It is not sinking in

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yet. There is a lot of work to come yet and I have got Christmas and

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new year, but I have to work through it and do the best I can

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and European Championships. To see him at their after what he has been

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through and to know he is representing Sheffield, and it is

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placed in Sheffield, it is unbelievable. All eyes will be on

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Jason as Britain's open the European Championships right here

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in Sheffield next month. -- Britain's hope in the European

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Championships. In Chesterfield, some changes today,

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the club has issued a statement in support of the manager, John

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Sheridan saying he would be given more money to strengthen the squad

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in the January transfer window. Now, we've always known that

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Yorkshire folk are a talented bunch but there's one village near

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Huddersfield which seems to have more than its fair share of musical

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prowess. Yes, so much so that when one of the residents decided to

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organise a Christmas concert she was snowed under with offers from

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choirs, handbell ringers and even a finalist in the Young Musician of

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the Year. So the Honley Christmas concert is now being staged over

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two nights and Ian White is there. Ian, is there something in the

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water do you think? I don't know, Harry! There is

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something in the Christmas cake here, I can tell you. There is lots

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of talent, they have had to put the concert on over two night. This is

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the Ladies' Choir giving us a quick burst of something festive. THEY

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Excellent, this is all you're doing, Emily? Yes, we wanted to be back

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into the community and we wanted to find musical people and we

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discovered so many people. We have saxophone choirs, the infant school

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choir, a jazz band, it is phenomenal. The let's speak to Lee

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Baker from the high school, what is it about this place? It is

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something in the water! Something coming from the cobbles of the

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infant school, the High School, the musical tradition. The Ladies Choir,

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the male voice choir, the brass band, the saxophone quartet.

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that young people involved. I do not know as many villages with such

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talented young people and young musicians into music. People are

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keen and involved, so we are proud to be part of it. We would hear

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from some of the little ones at the end of the programme, so stay here

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for that. As we go back to the studio, let's listen to this jazz

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Looks lovely for Christmas. There is a James Bond movie every

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Christmas Day, so that saxophone music was appropriate. Have we got

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any Christmas whether? Very little chance of a white

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Christmas this year. This is a picture that has comment 4 hurry. A

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lovely picture of Scarborough. You can get all of the weather news on

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my blog. There is a storm to the south of us, but an increased risk

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of sleet and snow into Friday morning. A lot of uncertainty about

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the extent. Some parts of the region could seek some snow

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Thursday night and Friday morning. We have had a lot of showers today,

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icy conditions widespread tonight on untreated surface as. I look at

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the weather chart, this feature causing problems. By Thursday night,

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it will go somewhere 3 the English Channel, so northern France gets a

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battering, but to the north where there is rain, it could turn to

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sleet and snow, so stay tuned to the forecast on local radio and on

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this programme as well. The showers were clear-out into the North Sea

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and the skies were clear, has a temper just dropping away quite

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sharply. There could be foggy conditions in low-lying conditions,

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but I conditions is the main hazard tonight with temperatures at two

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degrees below zero, 20 degrees Fahrenheit as the wind falls light.

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The sun rise at 8 am and a morning. Those at a high water times. An RAC,

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frosty start tomorrow with some fog. As the breeze picks up, not a bad

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day with variable cloud and some sunshine. Let's look at the top

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temperature as, still a little below average. 5, 6 degrees. 4

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degrees Celsius on the tops of the Pennines. The warning that has been

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put in force for Thursday night into Friday morning, a risk of some

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sleet and snow, battle clearly been Friday, Saturday and Sunday with

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their mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers. That is it.

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