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Good evening. Crisis talks about rubbish.

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Will there be a strike at sheffield recyling centres over the festive

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period? We'll be live outside the talks.

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Also tonight: Armed police swoop on a dales village. Homes are

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evacuated near Skipton and the A65 is closed after a man threatens to

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blow up a house. And the man behind Wallace and

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Gromit puts his creative weight behind an unsigned Yorkshire band.

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You have been inundating us with spectaculars got -- shots of the

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clouds. We have a full forecast Welcome to the programme. A meeting

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is taking place right now to try and prevent strike action at

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recycling centres around Sheffield over Christmas. Workers had voted

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to walk out indefinitely from 27th December because one-third of them

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are to lose their jobs. Today talks were held between

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unions and the council and a new offer is on the table. The workers

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are meeting to decide if they should accept that offer and we

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will be at the meeting in a moment. We will also speak to an employment

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relations expert, Professor Mark Stewart from the University of

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Leeds. First, the background to the strike.

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The workers say that morale has been at rock-bottom. They voted to

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go on strike indefinitely from 27th December, traditionally, one of the

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busiest times. Nobody has taken responsibility. The staff were

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meeting with the Union to discuss their next move and they said the

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workers are having a difficult time. We are going on strike because we

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have nothing. We are downtrodden, no side in the future, and in

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January, redundancy. It is as easy as that. People are struggling

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financially, people with special needs, that were basically want to

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keep a decent job. Some of them are on 30 hours per week taking around

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�150 home a week and they have to run a family on that. It is

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impossible. The council is cutting the opening hours of the waste and

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recycling site to save half a million pounds. The talks were held

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this afternoon and the council has offered to delay these changes by

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three months. There are now hopes that the strike could be called off.

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The council doesn't operate one manage these sites, it is done by a

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contractor. The council says that it hopes all relevant parties can

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resolve the issues as soon as possible, but meanwhile the

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contractors are saying that talks are ongoing and we are working with

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everyone involved to reach a resolution. If the plans changes to

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opening hours go ahead, the GMB union says one third of staff are

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likely to be made redundant. Those that stay will have to work every

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weekend for the minimum wage. not think there is any need for

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this. We understand the council has cuts, and we want to work with them

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to achieve this, but this is not the way. This was imposed on the

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workers with no choice on whose advice or who stays. Tonight they

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will meet to discuss the latest offer from the council. It may be

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last minute, but Christmas disruption may now be avoided.

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We can go to the meeting now which is happening at the farm road

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social club in Sheffield, and what is then look like in a meeting?

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workers have gathered inside. I had been speaking to them as they went

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in, and they want to know more about what exactly the council is

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offering in Sheffield. I am told what is on offer is a three-month

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stay of execution to the cuts in opening hours and crucially to the

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cut in jobs. The union hopes that these three months can be used to

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find another option to job losses. As we move towards Christmas, the

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workers have said that they do not want to go on strike, but they are

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devastated at the prospect of been made redundant and will do

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everything they can to defend their jobs. We will let you know what is

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decided here on the late bulletin tonight at 10:25pm.

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Thank you. Here in the studio is Professor Marks Stewart, an expert

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in unemployment relations at the University of Leeds. It is very

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strange, very rare, we hear this indefinite strike, these days.

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does not happen very often. But if you think of the big strikes a few

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months ago, that was a one-off strike, a one-day strike, that is

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the way strikes go these days, rather than indefinite strikes.

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Ballast one I can think of was the Leeds bins strike, but it is a

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rarity. The festive period, this is a bad time to do it cannot be too

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late lots of rubbish at this time of the year, is it an effective

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time to garner public support? maybe took on a public support, but

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in terms of having an impact, this is a good time. If you want an

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impact, D Wood when it will cause the most disruption. Of course,

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lots of people on holidays, lots of things to be recycled, but

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everybody is feeling the pinch, potentially one third of the

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workers could lose their jobs. These talks to resolve this will be

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very important, nobody wants to not be paid at Christmas. That is

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correct, people do not go on strike on a whim. Losing a day's pay is a

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significant issue for people on a minimum wage. It reflects the

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injustice, their concerns about job security, and the ongoing stability.

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The cancer has contracted the work to another company that have sub-

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contracted it and so on and so forth, so we accept that the

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council needs to make cuts. Is this the way of the council saying that

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we have to do the dirty work, so to speak. The cancer had to make cuts.

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I do not know if it is about doing the dirty work, it is the

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difficulty of the sub-contract a relation, how you get new

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efficiencies at work and solve disputes like this and hope that

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cuts are passed on directly to the workers. Thank you very much,

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professor. We will keep you up-to- date with the results of that

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meeting. At a coroner has begun his

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inquiries into the death of a family of four from Pudsey. The

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inquest was opened 11 days ago after Richard Smith was said to

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have murdered his wife and his two sons before killing himself. The

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latest from our crime correspondent. The flowers and tributes are still

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outside Number 11 on Sheridan way today. The inquest into the death

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of the Smith family begins. The 15 minute hearing at Leeds coroner's

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court was to formally establish the identities of the four members of

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the Smith family and how they died at their home in Pudsey on the

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weekend of December 10th and December 11th. Paul Taylor, the

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detective in charge of the murder investigation explains to the

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coroner has the baby died from stab wounds to his neck, his brother

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from suffocation and his mother stabbed in the chest and his father,

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Richard Smith, later from inhaling smoke and fire gases. The four

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bodies were discovered lines together on Abed in the main

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bedroom of the family home after the police and relatives were

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forced to break-in on the afternoon of Sunday 12th December this month.

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The police made it clear they were not looking for anybody else in the

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murder investigation. It's is a's opening of the inquest into the

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deaths of the family allows their funerals to take place shortly. The

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full inquest to determine the exact reasons behind this terrible

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tragedy will probably be many months away.

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Later run a programme, we are looking at the incredible pictures

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that you have sent us of what I think is a relatively strange cloud

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formation, but we have had hundreds of photographs in. Also tonight:

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Cannot be bothered cooking? The business taking the strain for you

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on Christmas Day. A man has been arrested after

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threatening to set himself on fire and blow his own house up. The

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drama happened in the North Yorkshire village of Hellifield

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between Skipton and settle in Yorkshire. The road had to be

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closed and the area was evacuated. They say that nothing ever happens

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in Hellifield, but overnight, a drama that brought fear and

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disruption to the village. The police came to this house at

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10:30pm last night after reports a man wanted to harm himself. He

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threatened to blow up his house. The police evacuated nearby homes

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and the busy roads had to be closed for 10 hours. The neighbours were

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too upset to speak to us on, to date, but they said that the man

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that live that this house had history of mental health problems.

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There were fears that he had petrol canisters and was using the gas

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supply to cause and an explosion. The neighbours were confused about

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what was going on and a shopkeeper had said they heard there was a gas

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leak. When we looked at this morning, there were police with

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riot gear wandering up and down the road. It was more than just a gas

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leak. The car park was full of fire engines, an ambulance, it was a bit

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more sinister than a gas leak or crash. Specially-trained police

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negotiators spent the night persuading the man to give himself

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up. As the gas engineers and fire crews did by in case there was an

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explosion. The main road was closed, and number of houses were evacuated,

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there was considerable upset to the people of Hellifield. Was there a

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bit of an over-reaction to the incident? The reaction was

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appropriate because we needed to get all of the information to make

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sure that the actions would resolve the situation. It would appear that

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this man did not have the means to cause a large scale exposing, but

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we had to respond accordingly to the threat. Forensic teams were in

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the property removing items from the house to be taken away for

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examination. Meanwhile, neighbours that spent some of the night

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speaking in a local school have been retired -- sleeping in a local

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school has returned home. Police are appealing for help in

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capturing a high risk registered sex offender that has left a bail

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hostel in Dewsbury. The man is believed to have links to the

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punter fact airy and people want him to be reported on 999.

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Shoppers and hurried it will get free parking on Christmas Eve.

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Northern power grids the electricity company will pay for

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her 1200 spaces as a way of saying sorry for a power cut last weekend.

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Homes and businesses were left without electricity for up to six

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hours on a very busy traditional Saturday afternoon.

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We spend lots of time rushing around at this time of the year,

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but what if it could be put to good use to par mobile phones and change

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the iPod. The more you rush around, the more power that you get.

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Scientists find they may have found a way to harness energy from

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footsteps travelling in and out of the railway station.

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It is a typical rush-hour at York railway station. Thousands of

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commuters are hurrying to get to their next destination.

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Approximately 11 million people pass through this train station

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every single year. With every step they take they generate three to

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six watts of electricity. That is energy that is wasted. What of that

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energy could be collected in some way. It could be used to para

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display screens, Aldi Assistance and even the lights. -- sound

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systems and even the lighting. It is something the University of fog

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has spent years working on. Had could re-use humans in the train

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station to generate energy? As you can see, there are lots of people

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moving around, and if we can take some of their energy and put it all

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together, we can get a usable and added energy and you do not be to

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take much. What is the downfall? Do you need a constant foot for?

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can store energy? You can't use it when there are less people around.

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One man that saw the potential of human energy was Trevor Baylis,

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famous for inventing the wind-up radio. Jim worked with this in

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venture to develop the issue that could charge a mobile phone as he

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walked? This is a prototype with the device fits in your shoe and

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every time you compress it, when you take a step, you store energy

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and when you release it, it generates electrical power. You can

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charge a mobile phone, iPod, press alike electronic devices. Sadly

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this was all cancelled after 9/11, because people would look like a

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terrorist with a device in your shoe. A company in Israel uses

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vibrations from passing cars and passing trains to generate power.

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Harvesting energy from movements and vibrations needs to be cost-

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effective, but the research being carried out at the University may

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be as small step towards saving the I can assure you, there is no

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wasted energy in this studio, at least until Paul comes in with the

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weather! Still to come: Spreading his creative talents. Find out why

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the creator of Wallace and Gromit has got involved with an unsigned

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band from Sheffield. And, bring on the clouds - Paul will be here to

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explain what was going on in the Now, with less than a year to go to

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the Olympics, we found out today which community projects around

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Yorkshire will benefit from lottery funding to update their facilities.

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It's all part of the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games. The funding

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aims to improve community facilities and to encourage

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grassroots sport. Shamir Masri reports. All eyes may be on the

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facilities at the various Olympic- size ahead of the Games next year

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in London, but the focus of the lottery-funded Olympic legacy fund

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is to breathe new life into tired- looking facilities, some of which

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can be unappealing for sport enthusiasts, and to young people,

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who could be the sporting stars of the future. Over �950,000 will be

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made available for 19 project across the region. It is the first

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of five separate ways of funding. In Yorkshire, there are 19 projects

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valued at just under �1 million. There is one at Highgrove in

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Sheffield that is just about fixing a leaking roof which is so

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important to the people playing sport in that area. So there will

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be that tangible selection, and that reform not like any more

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because the games came to London. Other recipients will be York City

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rowing club, and that new roof for that centre in Sheffield. This

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Middleton Centre in Leeds will receive the largest amount of

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funding in the first round, 150 doesn't pounds which will be spent

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update in the current Changing Rooms and building a new reception

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area. Do next wave of lottery grants will be announced in

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February. It is hope the investment will encourage more people to take

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up sport, but also to make use of the local facilities. The Sports

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Personality of the Year show takes place this evening. You will be

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watching, want you? I might be - I will be watching you at 10:25pm as

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leisure mark --! Ten of Britain's top sporting stars are in

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contention for the main award. Stephen "Rocky" Whitehead from

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Sheffield is also nominated in the Unsung Hero category. He's given

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nearly 30 years of his life to getting young children fit while

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teaching them about Rugby League. So good luck to him. He would

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really deserve it. He is lovely. We were both going to start off, there

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are! It's not every day that an unsigned band gets the creator of

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Wallace and Gromit, to make a music video for it. Well, that's what has

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happened to "Native and the Name" from Sheffield. Nick Park filmed it

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all in Sheffield and the Aardman studios in Bristol where Wallace

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and Gromit is also filmed. Today he was back in town where he spoke to

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our reporter Emma Blackburn. It is what we'll know next Park for. --

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what we all know Nick Park for. His recent project has brought him to

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Sheffield, directing a music video for a local band. Native and the

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Name are a family at, relatively unknown, but not to Nick Park, he

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is a family friend, who loves their music, especially this track.

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lucky enough to be asked to be on Desert Island Discs a year ago, and

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you're asked to pick your top tunes of all time, and I included the

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song from Joe in my top eight of all time. The biggest reaction was

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about this song of his, so we thought we would make a video, just

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to see what happens, really. singer, Joe Rhodes was inspired to

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write the song after visiting a cathedral in wrong. That was just

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out of the hustle and bustle, there was this beautiful music -- in the

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Rome. It was about being part of this busy world, and seeing this

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simple something special happening. How much of a challenge was it to

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start working on this music that you're after working on animation?

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It was different. It was just great fun. It is nice to do something

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else than animation, which is so laborious. It was like being a

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student again. And, it was in Sheffield that Nick spent his

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student days. He often comes back to visit, and now his own spell in

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the city has marked this band out from the crowd. Which was the

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grumpy one from Wallace and Gromit? White us move on! -- Let's move on.

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If you're stressed by the thought of cooking Christmas dinner for all

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the family, spare a thought for one brave Yorkshire woman who'll be

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getting up early on Christmas morning to cook for 30 households!

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Mary Smith, who's from Wortley in Leeds, set up a roast dinner take

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away business this year. It's proved so popular, her customers

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want her dinner for Christmas too. Cathy Killick's been to meet her.

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Most of us tackle it once a year, but, for Mary Smith, cooking a big

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fat turkey has become a daily occurrence. One year ago, she was

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working at -- working as a barmaid, when she had a eureka moment.

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have just finished a shift, and the kids wanted them and they could not

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be bothered making it, and I thought it would be a good seeker

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we idea to do English roast dinners, and it has taken off from there.

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due it is, roast dinner with all the trimmings to take away. And it

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is going down a storm. It is fantastic, it is a brilliant idea.

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We notice it yesterday we think it is a great idea. Probably more

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healthy than your traditional takeaway. More filling. It is nice,

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isn't it? Marian now employs five staff and delivers powers to local

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businesses. And that gave her an idea for Christmas was up we have a

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lot of elderly customers and the thought of them sitting at home not

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eating anything on Christmas Day, it is not nice. It has just

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escalated from there. Since one got out that many would be cooking and

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delivering on Christmas Day, the phone has never stop ringing.

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Myself and my partner Richard or getting a point Christmas Day, we

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have taken pre-booked orders, and we are delivering from 12 o'clock

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until 3 o'clock and then we will close, and hopefully, do some

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Christmas stuff for ourselves! two-course special, fit for a king,

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will be delivered in time for the Queen's Speech. Turkey will be

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costing �15. As for Mary herself, she will be having stick -- steak.

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Do you want to try some? I have never had Christmas dinner that

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Yorkshire puddings before. I am going to have one, after the

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programme. Paul, I don't know if you have ever had this kind of

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response about an event, about a happening. If you look over your

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shoulder, it looks bizarre, this cloud. It is one of the most

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spectacular displays of lenticular clouds. It is all Latin names but

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it is at different levels and the at this tour. One of the best

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displays I have ever seen. Usually, the best ones are over very big

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mountain ranges like the Pyrenees and the arts. It is quite rare to

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get such beautiful clouds over a range of hills like the Pennines.

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Amanda Harper has been looking at some of the best pictures. MUSIC:

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Amazing. What causes them? You have warm air coming over the Pennines,

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and that is hitting the atmosphere, and it sets up a standing wave.

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Then you get close developing and they just sit there, and it is the

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most common explanation for UFO sightings across the world. When

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the lighting is at dusk, sometimes you can be conned into thinking

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they are you therefores. -- UFOs. All of these pictures have been

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coming in. The Twitter account has been inundated with pictures. You

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have obviously had a lot of time on your hands this afternoon! We are

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very grateful. We have had hundreds of pictures of these spectacular

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No lenticular close tomorrow, just wet and windy weather spreading

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from the West. -- clouds. We have that active, cold front pushing in

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from the West. We're still on course for one of the mildest

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Christmas Days for many years. It might go up to 13 Celsius on

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Christmas afternoon. These clouds are now fading, as the breeze picks

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up. Overnight, those clear skies will Bill in. Cloud increasing,

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some drizzle over the tops, a windy night, and mild, temperatures

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around eight Celsius. The Sun will rise in the morning, thank goodness

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Most of us, off to a dry start. Some drizzle then moving in, that

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active weather system bringing wet and windy weather from the West. It

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will clear from the West, with some sleet possible over the tops of the

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hills. Later, there will be a definite chill in the air. We're

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looking at temperatures of between 9-ten Celsius. 11 Celsius possible

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in broadcaster -- Doncaster. Christmas Day, exceptionally mild,

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a little like rain over the Pennines, Boxing Day mild as well,

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