30/04/2012 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Where was he hiding?

Police questioning double murder suspect James Allen want to know

exactly where he's spent the last week. They appeal to people in

Whitby, Scarborough and Leeds to help fill the gaps.

Also tonight - "an outstanding leader": Hundreds gather for the

funeral of Corporal Jake Hartley, one of six soldiers serving with

the Yorkshire Regiment killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan.

Also on Look North: How one 999 operator kept his cool and saved a

life. We reunite a woman trapped in a

blazing house with the man who kept her alive.

And a 47 mile-long poetry trail that will be set in stone along the

Pennines. This was Roundhay Park by a --

based in sunshine. Your forecast coming up shortly. -- David in

sunshine. Welcome to the programme. First

tonight, police are appealing to people in three Yorkshire towns to

help them work out where double murder suspect James Allen was

hiding while he was on the run. Mr Allen was arrested in Leeds

yesterday after being spotted by an off duty policeman. Detectives have

tonight been given more time to question him.

They had been searching for him since the murder of Colin Dunford

in Middlesbrough last Monday, and Julie Davison in Whitby on

Wednesday. They know he spent at least one night in Scarborough, but

say it's important to fill in the gaps in case other crimes have been

committed. They've even urged local people to check friends are OK.

Early yesterday morning the LMS of on off-duty policeman N's are huge

five-day manhunt. Driving along the, he recognises James Allen on the

run. Add grit -- a quick allowed to colleagues, a short chase on foot.

The pursuit of James Allen began last Monday when the body of Colin

Dunford was found at his home in Middlesbrough. On Wednesday, Julie

Davison, described by her family today as "the kindest of people

close court, was discovered murdered at her home in Whitby. Mr

Alan travel from Scarborough to Leeds, where he was spotted,

clearly disguised, on CCTV. His arrest followed at Crown Point in

the city. The last person known to have

spotted -- spoken to James Allen since that - if the owner of the

guest house where he stayed. If he was a very pleasant, calm, man. He

seemed quite intelligent, and had little stories to tell. He seemed

like a normal visitor. This are afternoon police appealed for

residents in the Scarborough and Whitby areas to look for any signs

around their homes of anyone who might be living rough.

Detectives want to piece together all of James Allen's movements.

is important that details such as that are established. Where he was,

who he has been with, who might have seen him. It is important to

fall in those gaps for. PC rider has been widely praised by

a senior police officers for his role in identifying James Allen

yesterday. Tonight, back in Middlesbrough, the questioning of

the 35-year-old suspect is under way.

Next tonight: It'll be September at the earliest before overnight

accident and emergency services are re-opened to patients at Pontefract

Hospital. The hospital trust today announced

plans to use GPs and nurses with extra training to plug their

staffing shortfall, rather than specialist doctors.

It's now six months since Pontefract A&E was forced to make

overnight closures. It was a shortage of middle grade

doctors that forced the closure between 10pm and 8am.

The Trust said the decision was made on patient safety grounds.

At one point, army medics were considered as a way of keeping it

open. For the walking wounded, seriously

ill and those in need of help, the closure of Pontefract A&E has been

a source of anger. For the last six months, patients have had to travel

elsewhere, with many going to wake filled. I am not happy about it. I

was in quite a lot of pain. Abbott, how am I going to travel, can I

afford it? At door was thrown back at me. It fractured a little bone.

What it it had been a child? To date the hospital trust

announced plans to reopen Pontefract A&E to overnight

patients on 3rd September, by using GPS with extra training to make up

the shortage of specialist doctors. It is not a downgrading of the

service. We will have our A&E consultants and emergency care

specialists supporting those specialist GPs and nurses for

stopped that support includes an onside anaesthetist and a

consultant on call. As before, critically ill patients

will continue to be taken elsewhere. When people hear GPs with extra

training, they might question whether that is the same as a

specialist in a -- A&E? GPs with special skills have worked in the

NHS for years, and I'd do not think there are issues here about the

quality of the services they will provide. I as long as the GPs and

nurses with extra skills can do what is needed, I am not to upset

about it. If it is something severe enough that a GP cannot handle it,

but means that person has come to Pontefract and then they have to go

from Pontefract to weak field which is taking up what could be

important time. By Hotspur trusts say today's announcement say --

should guarantee A&E services for the foreseeable future, albeit at

different -- different way of doing things.

Later on Look North: Hundreds of jobs go at a Leeds-

based bank. He company which owns the Yorkshire and Clydesdale scales

back its operation. A soldier from West Yorkshire, who

died along with five colleagues in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, has

been described as "a fine soldier and an outstanding leader" by his

commanding officer. The funeral of 20 year-old Corporal Jake Hartley

has taken place at New Mill near Holmfirth today.

Christ Church in the village of New Mill was the setting for corporal

Jake Hodges's funeral. His coffin was brought to that church on a

horse-drawn hearse. -- Jake Hartley. Corporal Hartley was serving with

3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan when he and

five colleagues were killed in it brought its -- would six --

roadside explosion. He was described as a joker in the

pack. He was also described as the ultimate soldier. On a day like

this when we have a full military funeral for a soldier that came top

of his junior commander's course, I think that accolade sums him up but

it did. During the service, Jake's 12-year-

old brother Ethan held back tears as he addressed the congregation.

The day before he went on his second tour, we sat on the sulphite

just crying. -- we sat on the so far. He knew what was going to

Huddersfield Giants * Keith Mason was a close friend, and was at

today's service. His neighbours wanted to show their support. He

the family will be comforted. was obviously well lot, and I'm

sure that will be a comfort for. Corporal Hartley's body was taken

for a private funeral. -- burial. Funerals of the other five soldiers

killed in Afghanistan will take place over the next few days.

Fire investigators are working at the Sheffield Ski Village after the

main building was destroyed on Saturday night.

The restaurant, bar and ski equipment hire centre were all lost

in the fire, which could be seen from miles away. Investigators say

they are working with police. The centre has suffered from arson

attacks in the past. Staff arrived at work this morning to find out

about their future - there's no word yet if the centre will reopen.

Obviously they are all reeling from it. It is absolutely gone. You are

talking about a number of full-time staff? Round about 30 full-time and

about 20 part time. Straight out of work.

More bad news for the banking sector today. Leeds-based Yorkshire

Bank has announced it's shedding hundreds of jobs.

National Australia Bank, which runs the Yorkshire along with the

Clydesdale, says it's having to shrink operations in the UK because

of the state of the economy. Big figures to talk about - 14,000

jobs will be lost by the two banks by 2015 from here in Yorkshire -

that's 300 posts. Effectively 16% of the current workforce will go

over three years. The news of job losses came out of

Australia in the early hours, and many staff woke up to hear about

the decision on the morning news, something that's angered unions.

We only found out about this late last night, and we had to go

digging on the internet to find out about what the situation was. The

unions have not even been told about this, and the staff in it

quite despicable way. National Australia Bank's told us

it's been forced into restructuring because of the state of the economy

- in fact it's had to effectively write off almost �6.5 billion worth

of property loans in the UK - I told you these were big numbers.

The restructuring focuses on its commercial ventures, and six back

office locations like Brunswick Place here in Leeds will go along

with 29 business centres. But a shrinking banking sector means

there will be less support for business, which we're all relying

on to get the economy moving. Quite a lot of our members want to

expand, but the problems they are facing is that they cannot get

access to finance. I don't think this will help the situation. One

bank is virtually saying there are certain areas of the market they

will no longer lend to. Now, if you're a retail customer -

you have an account with Yorkshire or Clydesdale - you won't see any

difference to services, with all 330 branches staying open. But to

put all this in context, the group as a whole has just announced half-

year earnings were up almost 6% at �2.8 billion.

Before seven o'clock: Advantage to the Owls - Wednesday edge ahead as

automatic promotion goes to the wire.

And the literary trail that Next tonight, a frantic 999 call

from a young woman trapped in a blazing house and terrified that

she won't get out alive. As firefighters rush to rescue

Sinead Bowden from her house in Sheffield, control room operator

Liam Booth stays on the line, giving her vital safety advice and

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

That is exactly how I would be. Well, fortunately, the drama had a

happy ending. The firefighters managed to get to Sinead in time,

and tonight she's gone to the fire station to say thank you to Liam

and his colleagues for saving her life. Tom Ingall's there with them

now. Your heart has to be in your mouth

when you are listening to that. A week ago, this very fire engine set

off from Sheffield off up to Sinead Bowden's house to rescue her from

the fire. By pensions do not go by themselves, they need somebody to

control them. Liam Booth has been working in the control and for four

years. What was on your mind when you answered the call to a

hysterical Sinead Bowden? The key thing is to remain calm. It was

natural she was going to be slightly upset. And uneasy about

what was going on. The key thing is to remain calm, get as much

information from her as I can, so that I can get the fire engines

going, and that is when the communication took play is. And you

were there as a lifeline. You reassured her. That is the key

thing. We are trained to be able to do that, to remain calm, showed no

emotion, so it doesn't come across to the corner because if I remain

calm, she became calm. We have heard some of the tape. Your

reaction is understandable. Tell us what was happening. I woke up and

my bedroom was filled with smoke. I tried to go downstairs, tried to

get out, then I ran upstairs and ice-cream to get me out.

helpful was he? Amazing. If he saved my life. The firefighters got

there as quickly as they could. seemed like a lifetime. It was

almost 17 minutes. But he really can't the Dow. It takes a lot to

calm me down, and he did. What sort of helpful advice was he giving

you? Like, he told me to shut the bedroom door, to put a blanket

underneath, close the bedroom door, and he just kept me informed. He

told me where the fire engine was. Just, like, keeping me informed all

the way through. Not only telling me what to do but why I needed to

do it. It really helped. Is this part of the day job? We do not get

these very often, but when we do, we get the good ones. For the key

thing is she listened to everything we have to say. The smoke alarm did

not activate on this occasion, that is why people need to check them.

good point to end on. The punchline is that if Sinead Bowden worked in

a call centre, her manner would be different.

We were at all be like that. Let's talk about League One. How on

earth did Sheffield United not get a winner? But they did not. If this

was a board game, we would run out of port right now.

Well, most of our teams had their fates sealed before this weekend

but others still had plenty to play for, not least the Sheffield clubs.

They're fighting each other for promotion to the Championship.

Wednesday had the chance to land the first blow as they played at

Brentford before United kicked off at home to Stevenage. Ian Bucknell

season so Sheffield Wednesday fans were in no mood to party, whatever

happened. An incredible miss by Brentford from two yards out make

them feel it was going to be their day. Minutes later, it was Mackin

at the near post to put the Owls in front. Brentford equalised from the

spot but Wednesday would not be denied. The Owls were ahead in the

promotion is. Over to Bramall Lane. The second

for Stevenage took a bizarre defection that foiled the keeper.

The Blades were down but not out. They scored two goals. They poured

level. More chances came. But they all went. It ended in misery for

United and with advantage to Wednesday. If the cowls win at the

weekend, then they should be promoted leaving the Blades with

One thing that was decided was the fate of Chesterfield who are

relegated back down to League Two. They've put up a great fight in the

bid to stay up in recent weeks, and looked good for another win when

they went two one up at Yeovil. -- they went 2-1 up at The Oval. They

eventually lost 3-2 but manager John Sheridan says he wants to stay

on and guide the club back up next season.

And you can get all the weekends action and much more on Late Kick

Off tonight at 11:05pm. John Hendrie and Dave Bassett are the

guests. Leeds and Huddersfield are left

flying the flag for Yorkshire in the quarterfinals of the Challenge

Cup. They were very nearly joined by Batley who put up a great

performance against London. John Kear had said it would be Mount

Unpleasant to welcome the Super League side and conditions were

quite something. But they eventually lost out 22-16. The draw

for the quarterfinals is on 5Live tomorrow morning at 8:20am.

In cricket, Yorkshire hope Australian fast bowler Mitchell

Starc will be playing for them early next month. If the paperwork

can all be sorted out, the 22-year- old should be here in time for the

County Championship match against Gloucestershire. And you are off to

Scarborough? Years. It is a pity we cannot get

him for that game because they could do with some firepower.

Were due is surprising because they have some good bowlers.

What have you done to your hand? It to is a sporting injury.

To tendonitis. It isn't. You're playing about in a

five-a-side football match, willy- nilly.

Willy-nilly, was it? Really?

It's something we can't tame or control. And something we just

can't stop talking about - the weather. Over the past 18 months,

six poems about different forms of water have been carved into stones

along the Pennine watershed. Some people do not like them at all.

Some absolutely love them. They've been commissioned by the Ilkley

Literature Festival and are part of a project called iMove which aims

to leave a cultural legacy from the Olympics here in Yorkshire. The

stones form a 47 mile-long walking trail from Ilkley to Marsden. They

promote exercise. Our reporter Olivia Richwald has been following

From puddles to pouring rain, mist on the moors to becks flowing down

hillsides, this is the landscape that has inspired Simon Armitage

and now his words have become part of that scenery. On some level, it

is giving poetry back to the landscape. This is a county which

is steeped in literary history, and a lot of that is to do with the

land, the geology, the environment, and I feel that over the years, I

have taken from that, and this is putting something back. Pip is

based dome cover and the Pennine hills have been a second home for

the past year. You feel like you are on the roof of the world are

here. There is drama in the stone and there is so much going on down

here. Really dramatic. Each letter takes up to 10 minutes to carve. A

whole poem, several weeks. Last year, reformed and her a printer's

carving by headlamp. -- and her apprentice. Some of the poems, like

this, in a former quarry, have been carved on land already altered by

man. Others have been recycled from former factory floors. Lifted into

place by crane. The weather hasn't always played along. The poem mist

was carved under a cloudless sky, puddle delivered in the midst of a

drought. It is an irony, really. We were talking about where the stone

is going, will it be flooded out, will anybody be able to find that

if there is a heavy downpour. It might be something that comes and

goes with the weather. Today, I've come to include to see Pip Karpov

Final stone. As has been typical, it is pouring with rain, she's

freezing cold, and though she is carving a rock in the middle of

this dream. I have never had to carve in a waterfall before. It is

extreme car thing. The six stones, rain, snow, misty, due, puddle and

pick up complete. A 7th mistress don't -- a 7th mystery Stonor is

going to be commissioned, but it is going to remain a secret.

If you read the poetry, it is brilliant. It is really moving.

One thing we always enjoy is to receive pictures, especially the

moving pictures of an event that has taken players.

It was a busy and appalling day yesterday with over an inch of rain.

One of our viewers sent there is a video to us. It is quite something.

The deluge set in the afternoon and you can see...

What is this? It is near Scarborough.

That scene was mirrored across many parts of Yorkshire. Hardly

surprising we have smashed the record. Sheffield has had 25 mm

more than its previous record set in April 2000, so it has been an

exceptional month across the country. This has been the wettest

April on record. This is something more cheery. This is this morning.

That is beautiful with the cumulus in the background. The second one,

Howard Park, looking glorious. The third one, this was Wakefield with

In fact, we have got 17 degrees at church Fenton this afternoon, so it

is a wonderful end to an appalling month. May well start in a similar

vein. Not the deluge that we had yesterday. The atmosphere is trying

to force the low-pressure out of the way. What that means is that

much colder air its -- is on its way and we could see the return of

night frosts. That is next weekend, gardeners beware. We have got

plenty of sunshine across central and eastern areas, but the cloud

will increase and it looks like over the next few hours we could

pick up some thundery showers, mainly in southern areas of the

region. Further North, staying dry with variable amounts of cloud and

temperatures coming in at 6 or 7, but a windy night. So, it looks as

though it is going to be cloudy, but we will have patchy outbreaks

of rain edging in from the South East. It is not a wall of water,

there will be some dry periods, but rain is never far away. That

easterly wind will ease later along the coast. Never too warm with that

wind off the coast. Inland with some dry slots, around about 13.

Looking further ahead, a grey start on Wednesday turning brighter,

Thursday not too bad, but a plunge in temperatures by next weekend.

That is my birthday, Friday. Plunging temperatures?