11/04/2012 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Turbines looks set to be built in

the heart of Bronte country. Protesters are outraged as a test

must is given the green light by planners.

Also on the programme: The star striker in the dock hours after

playing for Sheffield United. Ched Evans is accused of raping a

teenage girl. We will be catching up with the

wounded soldiers at base camp, attempting to reach the top of the

world. You can see the threatening clouds

in the picture. We will have full After a campaign lasting months,

and despite posters, placards and petitions, campaigners fighting

against a 300 ft wind farm on historic Yorkshire moorland fear

they now have lost the battle. Councillors were voting to the On

an application to build a 200 ft high test must on place marked --

Thornton Moor, near tip Haworth. They fear that today's decision

mean that it is inevitable and that even taller wind turbines will

follow. Our reporter has been following the story.

This is the rugged beauty of Thornton Moor, at the heart of

Bronte country. Haworth is about five miles in that direction.

Campaigners against the wind turbines say that this place has

been unspoilt for centuries. They believe that all that is a note --

is now about to change. It is the landscape that was the inspiration

for Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. But these wild and windy

moors have become the setting for another drama. At an emotional

public meeting in Shipley today, councillors voted to allow the

installation of a 200 ft high test must. It is the first stage of a

�12 million scheme to build four turbines next to the Bronte tourist

trail. Those against the plans believe it is a blight on a

landscape that had remain unchanged for centuries was up it is a

natural habitat. It is really quite sad that, as a society, we have

turned to greed over and above the things that should be important to

us. The company behind the wind farm says that the development will

make a positive difference to the area and will provide enough

electricity to power over 4,000 homes. These turbines are on nearby

Ovenden Moor. Everywhere that we develop we are looking to try and

balance the impact against the benefits. We believe that

developing a project here or at other well-located sites can

resolve that conundrum. The plans have also drawn criticism from the

Bronte Society who fear that turbines could have a negative

impact on tourism. Within the society we feel very strongly that

there is that imperative to look after this very special landscape.

It was a very important part of the Bronte story. It has brought

generations of visitors to this part of the country.

Tonight, campaigners against the wind turbines have told us that

their fight goes on. We often report on controversial

plans for wind turbines on Look North, but just how common are they

in our region. There are wind farms in nine locations. Those range from

one turbine up to 23. Another 13 wind farms have been approved for

construction in Yorkshire. Plans have been submitted for turbines in

another 13 locations, many of them in South Yorkshire. They could

provide enough power for up to 150,000 homes. Let's talk to

someone from the company behind today's successful application.

Your reaction on this approval by the council to allow a test mast?

We are delighted with that. It is very early in the project. It will

allow us to get on and test the scheme. We will keep the local

community fully involved. Will this not open the floodgates for wind

turbines against our landscape? There are sensitivities. I do not

think it opens the floodgates. We have looked across the region for

suitable sites. We believe this is suitable. Yes, we have to resolve

some issues and make people understand why we think it is right.

But the dense population means it is difficult to find the space and

the correct landscape for projects. Thank you for sparing the time to

talk to us. Campaigners say they will fight on. At the moment, it

seems that the applicant has won a day, but ID say that -- their say

that we will be reporting on this again.

So Sheffield United and Wales footballer Ched Evans has gone on

trial with another professional player, accused of raping a woman

in a hotel room in Wales. He denies assaulting the 19-year-old last May

along with Clayton McDonald. Ched Evans was on the pitch playing

for Sheffield United last night. He scored two of their five-match

goals. Today he was in Caernarfon Crown Court to hear the case

against him and Clayton McDonald, seen here in the blue suit. Last

year, the alleged victim had been drinking at this bar. The jury

watched CCTV footage of her stumbling and falling over at a

takeaway. She is then seen to bump into Clayton Macdonald outside. The

prosecution say that the woman flagged down a taxi and Clayton

McDonald got into it with her. On the way, he phoned a friend,

believed to be Ched Evans, to tell him that he had found a girl. He

went to the Premier Inn. Ched Evans joined him there and that is where

the alleged rape took place. A second man tried to film what was

happening on his mobile phone. The prosecution alleged that Ched Evans

booked the room with the main intention of procuring girls to

take there. Ched Evans has 22 caps for Wales. He has caught many goals

for Sheffield United this season. It is believed he left the hotel

via the fire escape so that he would not be seen.

The prosecution claims that, despite admitting to believe that

they both had sex with the woman, neither believes she was in any

state to be consenting. Later on Look North: He comes with

a caller for Pat -- colourful past, but Rotherham have the man that

they want. A multi-million-pound improvements

cream -- improvement scheme that Fawbert Leeds inner ring road took

another step forward today. The work will see improvements to a

bridge, tunnel and flyover that are used by millions of vehicles every

year. Sheffield City Council has signed

what is thought to be the biggest private finance initiative contract

in local government history. A private company will be given over

�2 billion to repair roads and street lights. The council hopes

that, in five years, it will have the best roads on the country.

A better road, rail and transport links could be on the way for parts

of Yorkshire. However, local taxpayers will foot the bill. A

group of 11 councils is bidding to take control of transport

investment from central government. It will allow them to plan

improvements where they are needed most and to raise money locally.

Would you like to tell us whose report this is?

All major transport projects butt in London, they get over �2,000 per

person spent on transport. In Yorkshire, just over �200. There is

no better example of how transport policy in this country does not

work. We are sick of having to go cap-in-hand to government to look -

- to ask for anything that is more than a couple of million pounds.

In the Leeds city region, soon they may not have to. This is a leaked

report put together by the leaders of the West Jorja councils that

proposes, amongst other things, a devolved transport authority for

the Leeds City region. It is confident it will get the go-ahead.

It will mean that investment decisions will be made here in

Yorkshire rather than in Whitehall. But we would have to pay for it. An

extra �1 billion above what we get from central government would have

to be raised over ten years from local taxpayers. Manchester have

already done this model. It adds a few pence to the money paid in to

the transport authority. Actually, the improvement in transport alone

would actually be very welcome by many people in the region.

A but not by one of their local MPs. Thought he would rather borrow from

the markets. Under the localism bill, Palace have been passed down

to the local councils which will allow them to borrow money for

infrastructure. They would then be able to attract new business into

the area. For everyone, that is the key to

all of this - generating economic growth through local transport

policy and locally funded investment. The question remains

though: How to raise the money and then where to spend it?

Losing a loved one is always difficult, no matter what the

circumstances. But, for children, dealing with loss can be even

harder. After her friends, Deborah Hollamby, died, this woman was

prompted to write a book for children about death. Before we

speak to are, let's hear from Deborah's widower, Stuart. I met

Deborah a number of years ago, we fell in love and got married. We

planned a family, started a family. Then, unfortunately, Deborah was

diagnosed with cancer. She had quite a large operation to remove

the tumour. At the end of all of that, she had chemotherapy and

radiotherapy. She was declared clear. We were hoping to get on and

continue with our lives. Then, unfortunately, she was diagnosed

with a secondary cancer in September of last year. That

culminated in her death at 41. Deborah was very clear about what

she wanted us to do and how she wanted us to be. While you cannot

legislate for the way that you feel all the time, it is really

important that an example is set to the children and that we help them

through their challenging times. Hillary joins us now. Is it

difficult to deal with a subject that is taboo to a certain extent?

Yes, up to a point. I took a lot of advice. I wrote it originally about

seven years ago because my sister- in-law had died from best -- breast

cancer. She had been a teacher. I gave it to her husband and to her

mother and put it in a file and did not do anything more until much

later. Then, of course, Deborah died just before Christmas. I sent

the text to bereavement experts and took on the received wisdom has it

is today. Stewart did a lot of work with his children before Deborah's

death. It is very honest. It is about a

teacher who, first of all, does not come to school one day and then

they have to tell the school that she has died. I was shocked by the

figures. How many children a year are affected? 24,000 children in

this country alone. That is a loss of a parent every 22 minutes.

Obviously, that is between zero and 18. That is quite a wide age group

but it is still a shock to deal with. And that is the immediate

family. That's right, it is not the extended family and friends. The

teacher encapsulated that because it was someone who was close to the

children but not a family member or friend. It was somebody who

represented both, in a sense. The Copper Tree, an interesting

title. It was inspired by a hospital -- a hospice where they

built a tree of life that was inscribed with the names of someone

who had died. In the book, the children are encouraged to remember

things about their teacher and what she shared with them and imparted

and what they learn from her. The point about is that debt is not

necessarily the end, because other aspects can be everlasting. --

death is not the end. I know you take your messages very

seriously, you have been an offer for a long time. I hate to say it

is a lovely book because it is a sad subject, but it is a lovely

book. Someone rang me today, actually, a friend who also lost

his daughter, and he said that there are tears and laughter and

the book. With bereavement, you do smile and you do cry. At the end of

the day, it is as positive a message as it can be.

Fine you very much. -- thank you Soldiers you think I'll refit, but

these are injured soldiers. They are raising charity for a -- they

are raising money for a charity. One soldier was shot by the Taliban

in 2009, but you were lucky enough to link up with him. First, he is

The trek to the base camp alone has taken 10 days on one of the world's

toughest terrain so. This is the easy bit. Every member of this team

has been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. Captain David Wiseman

was shot in the chest when serving with the Yorkshire Regiment in

Afghanistan. The shock travelled down my body through my lung,

rattled my result -- bright red cage. -- the shot. It hit my nerves,

and it relieved the playing, and I got my sensation back, and

thankfully it is pretty good now. The team will live at this site for

the next seven weeks as they prepare for their assault on the

summit. It is an incredible undertaking, even for the most

able-bodied people, but David has a little extra motivated and. I've

watched the initial expedition to the North Pole. Watching them do

that, and the rest of the guys green -- inspired me. I can do it

myself. The team is hoping their adventure will raise �2 million to

help other injured servicemen and women. Earlier, I spoke to David,

and I asked the team how they were faring. We arrived at base camp a

couple of weeks ago. It took a while to get up to base camp. It

was a simple trek, but it was still 10 days of slogging through loads

of different sorts of terrain. Relatively straightforward, but a

reasonably enjoyable track in. have had a bullet through your

shoulder in earlier campaigns. Many people might say, why on earth are

you doing this? Why is their passion to do this? Yes, I was shot

through the chest in Helmand province in 2009. I am representing

a charity called walking with the wounded. They are re-skill ing and

retraining soldiers. You have done the easy bit as you say. We have

the little job of getting to the top of Mount Everest. Had you react

to that one? The easy bit was getting to base camp. Then a couple

of days' time, we are climbing and acclimatisation peak. It is about

6,000 metres high. When we come to climbing Everest in a couple of

weeks' time, we will be able to adapt to be extreme altitudes.

have a chance to send a message from base camp to your friends back

home. What we are committed be? am really missing my wife, Lucy,

and our to children. I love you lots, and double see you the first

week in June. Don't slip, OK?! will try not to! But the ice is

pretty slippy! A wonderful story. Stay with us. A row over the town's

most famous symbol. The crooked spire has been removed from

Chesterfield's signs. That is a shocker! We have Sheffield United,

and they are very impressive, you cannot deny it. When Chettle

Wednesday through the gauntlet down, Wednesday through the gauntlet down,

Sheffield United rise to it. The rain came and the floodgates opened.

Two goals for Ched Evans. They are two points ahead of Sheffield

two points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday. We have been introduced

to the new Rotherham United manager, Steve Evans. Can he bring glory?

We have a manager who has the spirit, the drive, the passion. It

seemed to come together as a cocktail, and it is going to be

exciting times. Evans has recently been busy turning League to --

Crawley Town in to lead to's most feared teams. But with Rotherham

United, bigger long-term plans is not something you turn down. Rather

mute -- Rotherham United should be in the Championship, and they have

been in the Championship. There are going to a bag with some new

stadium. Where have we heard the name before? The Crawley Town

seemed he'd left have been sanctioned for a second time this

season for failing to control their players. 10 years ago, another of

his former teams hit the national headlines as well. He steered

Boston United into the Football League, but then it all came apart

after an FA investigation into contractual irregularities. Boston

and Evans were fined. Evans was banned from football management for

20 months. I don't think it needs defending now. I said very publicly

at the time that I was sorry, and any part that I played in that.

Rotherham United is a special football club, and Boston is a long

time ago. What is past is past. It is all about the future at

Rotherham United, with its development' first match in charge

against Shrewsbury on Tuesday. It is getting simple bend. She could

give Wednesday or settled United for the automatic promotion place,

Huddersfield for the play-offs. Rotherham, play-offs? A be glad

when it's over! When Isabeau inspire no longer a bent spire?

When it is on a road into Chesterfield, home to 100,000

people. A market town where the peak District meets Robin will had

country. Where people are proud of their local football team. The

Church as a crooked spire. That's by his famous around the world, and

it is used by shops and organisations to represent them on

their low blows. It has appeared on the signs on the roads into

Chesterfield. It has been turned into a squiggle. Not everyone is

happy. You would hope to find a sign which does he what is there.

There's no sign of that here. looks as though the spy has been

ditched. We have stylised it. Chesterfield is more than just

eight spire. It is a very lively place, and it is a place where the

economy is growing, and we want to grow more. The officials may not be

able to agree about the new design, but what do the locals in

Chesterfield thing? Modern and vibrant? Do you think it looks

better? It is just a few squiggly lines. I think it looks quite

trendy, that. You like it? I quite like it. Graphic designers don't

belong of money for this. A six- year-old could have done it.

everyone was inspired! But the real They will be changing this by next.

The Chesterfield are known as the We have everything thrown at us

today. Let's have a look at today's Keep your photos coming in.

Tomorrow's weather looks like it is going to be a repeat of today's. It

is going to come down before the weekend. The shower clouds of we

have seen, and there will still be a few around today. They could be

on the heavy side, possibly even thundery, but late at night, they

will begin to fade away. A few showers will continue, not as heavy

are as frequent, and where we do seek skies clear, up there will be

a touch of ground frost. Two bought three degrees. Looking at the Sun

Times, the sun will rise at 11 minutes past six, and set just

after 8 o'clock. Those of the times of high waters. A few showers

around to start the day, but as we go through the morning, the showers

become a lot more frequent, and it will be similar to this afternoon.

The showers become heavy, and thunder will be a possibility. In

between, there should be some Santos -- some spells of sunshine.

Temperatures struggling for the time of year. Ten degrees in York,