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On Look North tonight: A job that can save lives. But why

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are care bosses desperately searching for more social workers

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in Yorkshire? We detail the current situation and what's being done

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about it. Also on Look North:

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How this art is being used as a tax avoidance measure in Harrogate by

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the Queen's estate. And we'll be trackside as a

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Yorkshire sports-car success story attracts the great and good. I do

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not know the speed I was doing. It seemed fast. Sheffield has been

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bathed in sunshine today. It looks like there should be more to come

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tomorrow. Your forecast will be It's a job that can mean the

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difference between life and death for vulnerable youngsters. Yet

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figures obtained by Look North show there is a shortage of children's

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social workers in Yorkshire at a time of record demand.

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Last year, there were 7,300 children in the direct care of

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social services in Yorkshire. That's an increase of 3% on the

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previous year. But more than 300 children's social

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workers leave their jobs each year in this region. And with 74,000

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children needing help and support in some way every year, the

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region's local authorities have joined forces to try to get more

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people doing the job. In a moment, we will ask why there is such a

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shortage. But, first Emma Glasbey has this. The mother of baby Peter

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is sentenced to five years for her part in his death. The toddler died

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of a horrific injuries. So and children dead, too horrific to

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attacked. It is a record of shame for Doncaster's social services

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department. Children such social workers have rarely been out of the

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headlines in recent years for all the wrong reasons. Not surprising

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as there is now a shortage. But the job can change lives. Last year,

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these children in Huddersfield were put on the child-protection

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register. Their mother says with the help of social workers, their

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lives have changed. I had difficult relationships. I was suffering from

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depression. I let things go a little bit. My house was not up to

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standard because of my depression. I did not get on with social

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workers. I thought they were there to take my children. I respect

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social workers more now. I have my children in a routine now. I am

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concentrating on the career I want to do. It is great and life is

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better. For the social workers who helped her, it has been fantastic

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to see. A initially, she did not want to work with any social worker.

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But she has made a dramatic turnaround and the children are

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happier. It makes you thank God you are a social worker and you can

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make changes. In Leeds, Sean has been helped by social workers. He

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got on with his mother, but she struggled to cope. He was in care

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from 11. Social workers helped him to get to university and now he

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works with other teenagers in care. I did not give them my full Trust

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from the off. Been taken into care is a turbulent time. But I trusted

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social workers, who provided a positive and stable relationship

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for somebody going through a turbulent time. Helping families

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change their lives is not easy and the story does not always end well.

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But Yorkshire councils hope more people are ready for a challenge.

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Thank you. We can talk to Alison, the director of children's services

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and also to a new social worker, Becky. Becky, two years ago, you

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decided this was what you wanted to do, and the headlines were negative.

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Why do you still want to be a social worker? When the headlines

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were negative, it made me more determined to be a social worker. I

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knew as a social worker what the challenges were. It made me more

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passionate to challenge that stereotype. Alison, has it been

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difficult to recruit social workers? Somehow you cannot win in

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this job. If you varies from time to time. Surprisingly, with high

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profile cases, it does attract interest. We are always looking for

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good quality staff. Is there a problem at the moment?

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particularly at the moment. We have had a big increase in workloads in

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the country and Yorkshire is no different. We have seen an increase

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in the numbers of children in care and we need more staff. Becky, your

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workload has got more and more. How do you cope? The thing I would

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think about at night is which case do I go to first if there is a pile

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on the desk. That is where a good manager comes in. You can speak

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with them. If there is a crisis with cases, you can work with a

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team. There is always a good team around you and you are not left by

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yourself. Your manager will control the situation if you are not in the

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office. And the other social workers. Everybody helps. How many

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would you need? There are 2000 social workers in Yorkshire. We are

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looking to recruit additional people all the time because there

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is a turnover in the work. Because the workload has increased, many

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authorities have taken on extra staff. We have taken on another 20

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in the last year. We are looking to increase staff and we need to

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replenish the supply of workers all the time. It is a vital job. Becky,

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it is lovely to see you been so positive.

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The Government has announced a pilot scheme giving people the

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right to ask the police if their partner has a history of violence.

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What has been dubbed Clare's Law follows the death of Clare Wood,

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from Batley, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2009.

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Murdered by her man she met on Facebook, Clare Wood from Batley, a

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mother, had become involved with George Appleton. She had no idea he

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had a history of violence against women. When she ended the

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relationship, he became violent, eventually killing her. He had

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beaten her, raped her and strangled her and set the body on fire. I

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believe they have to take the bed out of her home. Michael Brown has

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campaigned for trained in the law since his daughter's death. He

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thinks people in abusive relationship should have a right to

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know about the past of the men they are with. If you report to the

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police you are fried -- frightened, the minute they are involved, you

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should be able to know your partner has had a string of offences before

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he has moved on to you. The Government's wants to prevent

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domestic violence and has taken the ideas on board. It will run a

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scheme dubbed Clare's Law. Some are not convinced. Refuge has concerns

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that the majority are not known to the police. The legislative

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framework is in place and there are powers to disclose information

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about previous convictions or charges. My daughter was not simple.

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If she had known what George Appleton was capable of, she would

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have been gone. The piloting of the law will begin in the summer. Four

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police forces will take part. Later on Look North, we will speak

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to a nurse who is criticising the NHS after 30 years' service.

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And Jo's on the road to London with an outstanding Olympic qualifying

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swim. A BBC investigation has found that

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the Duchy of Lancaster, the body that manages the Queen's property

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portfolio, has gone to unusual lengths to avoid paying tax on one

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of its buildings in Yorkshire. The empty office in Harrogate has been

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let to an arts company, which has used the space to display work that

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features bin liners, toilet rolls and tin foil. As a result, the

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Duchy pays less tax. Jamie Coulson, from the BBC's Inside Out programme,

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joins us. What has the Duchy been doing?

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The is relates to 11 Ripon Road on the way out of Harrogate. It is

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currently up for sale but it has been empty for the past few years.

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It also has to pay business rates, which are �16,000. The Duchy of

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Lancaster or has been looking at ways to avoid paying their business

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rates. We sent a reporter to film secretly. What on earth is this?

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apparently, we had a charity in and if you do that you get three months

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rate free. Is there an art group in as tenants? They come here to do

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their art. Is it OK to quickly take some pictures. Am I right in

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thinking this is legal? Companies can get a three-month

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business rate relief so long as the property has been unoccupied for 43

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days before that. In this case, they rented it to ACTE Arts, which

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specialises putting artists into properties. In this case, the

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installations are in bags and what looks like toilet rolls and plastic

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stuck to the walls. We spoke to an expert, who has concerns about this

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approach. I have a concern that the operation -- occupation was not

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genuine, in which case the billing authority could seek to take action

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to recover the money claimed. this happen a lot? Is it

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widespread? It is difficult to say. Times are

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tough and there are many empty offices and this is how businesses

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can cut an overhead. We were told a lot of companies are springing up,

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offering advice on this issue. And the advice, you have to be careful

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because of the rules governing this. What do the Duchy say?

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A confirmed that ACTE Arts occupied the building for two periods and as

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a result they got six months of business rate relief. They said the

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building was supporting local artists and for the local

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population, which is better than being vacant. It said that ACTE

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Arts had been granted a new lease and in that time they would pay the

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foul business rates. -- full. Three people have been remanded in

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custody charged with the attempted murder of Barnsley student Daniel

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Whiteley. The 19-year-old remains critically ill after he was found

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in a drainage ditch in Platt Fields Park in Manchester, suffering from

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multiple injuries. Michael Brownlie, Nicholas Lindsay and Katie Mongan,

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all from Longsight, will appear before Crown Court on March 19th. A

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parliamentary committee met in York as part of an inquiry into why so

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many teachers leave the profession early. MPs from the Education

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Select Committee met staff at two schools and met students at York's

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teacher training college. It was part of an initiative to take

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Whitehall matters out of the capital.

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Demolition at the former Terry's chocolate factory in York began as

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part of development works. The factory closed in 2005 and was sold

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to developers. The listed buildings will be protected to form part of

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the redeveloped site. A Yorkshire nous has spoken

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exclusively to Look North about what he calls damaging changes to

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the NHS. Chris Gibson is from Ossett and says staff are under so

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much pressure to meet targets and budgets, care is being compromised.

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He has been given permission to speak to us on the basis he does

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not reveal where in Yorkshire he works.

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Nursing in the 1960s, the era of matrons and ward sisters. The NHS

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has changed drastically over the past 50 years. Despite advances, it

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is claimed that working as a nurse is becoming harder. You have nurses

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working flat out to try to care for people in the best way they can.

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But if you have five nurses on Monday and three on Tuesday, and

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the workload is the same, those nurses are under stress to perform.

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Chris macro has been a nurse for over 30 years. -- Chris Gibson. NHS

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To rarely criticise the service publicly but he felt he had to

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speak out -- NHS staff. He has written satirical plays based on

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his experience. What if something goes wrong? What about a doctor?

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Geoff, in supplies, he has a qualification in performing

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surgery... Or they are in comedy form, the message is serious.

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cannot be in two places at once. I think that all nurses are

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frightened of that and that scenario, where Fay are giving

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treatment to somebody who is ill -- where they are, and somebody else

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becomes ill and there are not enough nurses. We have an ageing

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population and more people needing treatment in the years to come,

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Chris Gibson says he fears the NHS But Chris Gibson's claims have been

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dismissed as a generalisation by the body representing those who

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commission and provide health services.

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I think it is very easy to take a local situation and then generalise

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it. It will vary in different parts of the country and there will

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obviously be pressures that particular hospitals or localities

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are under. It is generalising it too much to say the whole of the

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system is under pressure but obviously there is a need to save

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money and make sure people work more effectively and efficiently

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and we do need to keep at the centre of all this, the quality of

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care people receive. Before 7pm: A full round-up of this

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weekend's sporting action. And the Yorkshire company that's leading

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the way in sports car manufacturing. Go let's have some sports news will

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stop. Richmond swimmer, Jo Jackson will

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be going to her third Olympics after booking her place at the

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trials in London. Though she got bronze in Beijing in the 400 metres

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freestyle, since then she has battled asthma which has severely

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affected her training. Jo Jackson need of some impressive

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swimmers to finish second in the final of the 400 metres freestyle.

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This ensures she will be back there in the summer for the Olympics.

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am so happy. I was gutted to miss out last year so it has definitely

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come at the right time and I am so excited! Four years ago in Beijing,

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a Jo Jackson won bronze in the 400 metres freestyle but a year later,

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she was diagnosed with asthma and her struggle to manage the illness

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and her training. It has been really hard but tonight I really

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wanted it so much. It came from my heart and I dug in so much. It has

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made the last few years were up while her, knowing that I am going

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to my third Olympics, I am so excited. She knows there is now a

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chance of getting another Olympic medal but there is work to be done.

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She was back in the poll this morning for the 200 metres.

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And she qualified for the semi- finals of the 200 metres. She was

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third fastest, the quickest though was City of Sheffield swimmer

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Rebecca Turner. Rotherham's Joe Roebuck is safely through in the

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200 metres butterfly, having already qualified for the Olympics

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in the 400 metres individual medley. Rotherham based Paul Drinkhall beat

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England No. 1, Chesterfield's Liam Pitchford to claim his 4th national

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title at Ponds Forge. Selection for the Olympic team is next month.

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A look at the football now with all our teams in action. But it is

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League One that has been compulsive viewing recently. This weekend was

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no different. Sheffield United it looked to have

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the pounds secured in the first half. But nothing in League One is

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that simple. Added to that, two yellow cards in 60 seconds. United

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looked vulnerable. Two minutes later, the equaliser before this an

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extra time. Sheffield Wednesday were visiting Rochdale. I'm sure

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there is a joke here somewhere about keeping up with the Joneses

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as Rob Jones gave away a penalty that Gary Jones missed with new

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manager Dave Jones watching the game that finished goalless.

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Huddersfield were three up within half an hour and cruising, or maybe

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not. One of... To... 3. Looks like the arrival of Simon Grayson hasn't

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entered the habit of throwing away Leeds. At the other end of the

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table, Chesterfield looked good value for their narrow victory

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against Tranmere. In the championship, despite being

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arguably the better side, Leeds lost 1-0 to Southampton. Something

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of a pattern develops next. Barnsley rescued a point against

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Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Rotherham were a goal down to

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Barnett and will they levelled in the 50th minute. All three ended 1-

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1. Finally there was a decisive result in League Two.

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In Super League there was another cracking win for the Huddersfield

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who edged out St Helens. Luke George ran in a hatrick of tries -

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his second hatrick of the season. This was the pick of tries though

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set up by man of the match Danny Brough. A brilliant try. They went

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on to win the game 17-16. A Brough drop goal the difference between

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them in the end. The Giants sit third after a terrific start to the

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season. But we have to take a look at this moment for you - Danny

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Brough's conversion hitting both posts and the cross bar as it went

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over. You can catch all the weeknd's action on tonight Super

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League Show, 11.35pm on BBC One. My studio guests are the Leeds Rhinos'

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Rob Burrow and the Warrington coach Tony Smith, formerly of Leeds and

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Huddersfield of course. That is it for me. I am sulking

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because I wanted to be doing the next item. A Motorsport company

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Ginetta are reckoned to be one of the fastest-growing businesses in

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Yorkshire. They certainly produce fast cars for the track and road.

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Shamir has had the best job in the newsroom today, pretending to be

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Jeremy Clarkson down at Silverstone with a Ginetta.

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The name, Ginetta, has been associate with motorsport since the

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late 1950s. In the last few years, it has been given a new lease of

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life by a Yorkshire businessman who also happens to be a racing driver.

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The experience is one of being back at how it used to be, the card do

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lots of things for you. We sold �1 million with the cars to Italy last

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year. He is all carbon fibre, unique, individual and just a great

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proposition for somebody. I Ginetta have raised many eyebrows producing

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racecards of relatively low cost and they are attracting some high

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profile at marriage. Both my sons enjoyed driving these cars so we're

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having a fun day here today but it is all credit to this company, to

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their professionalism and congratulations to Ginetta.

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Immensely proud to be a Yorkshireman. That it is being

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celebrated by the success of the company and by events like this, it

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is immensely satisfying to all of us who believe in what the that of

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England has to offer and particularly from my point of view,

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what Yorkshire has to offer. I am one of the lucky few that is being

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allowed to take this car which has been designed and built in

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Yorkshire, around the track here at Well, my first ever track day

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experience and what an experience! If anything, I have to say that was

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just over far too quickly, I will have to come back and do it again.

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As you can see, I need the practice!

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He is always first out of the car- park, isn't he? Go to you think it

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We had some snow yesterday but it didn't really settled. Go this is

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about 1000 ft up and this one is fabulous, all trainspotters will

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love this one. Tomorrow looks a lovely day, we will lose this

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north-westerly wind so all parts will feel less cold. There will be

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loads of sunshine around. Enjoy it if you can because whether France

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will bring more unsettled weather on their ship. That system is out

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of the way and the whole of Yorkshire is largely cleared mouth.

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There is some patchy cloud around towards the coast but it is the

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exception to the rule, so it is fine and Clear. Go a cold light to

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A frosty start but a beautiful one. Clear blue skies for much of

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Yorkshire. Just the risk of some patchy cloud towards the coast.

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Long spells of sunshine and crucially, just a light south-west

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wind, so it will feel a good deal warmer, especially along the coast

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where it has been a bracing day today with temperatures in

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Scarborough at up to eight degrees. Wednesday, unsettled at first.

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There's too looks a nice day. Friday, cloudy with the risk of

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some drizzle. It turns quiet mounter and settled into next

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weekend. Today marks the start of National

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Pie Week and to mark this, a new Yorkshire Pie has been launched at

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