14/08/2013 Look North (Yorkshire)

On the programme tonight... Huge budget problems at Sheffield

Council. Warnings of more cuts on the way after it spent �11 million

more than it should on adult social care services.

There are no golden pots of money we can go and read to account for this

overspend. This is an area of the council will have to cut back on

services. But Michael pots of money Also tonight...

The schoolboy given a life sentence for attempting to kill a 12-year-old

girl he was infatuated with. We get an exclusive look behind the

curtain of Doncaster's brand new theatre.

And Charlotte is live at the Danby Show in North Yorkshire where food

is very much on the menu. And it has been a warmer day for all

of us today. These are blue skies over Bulkeley this afternoon, it

clouded over towards the end of the day and rain is on the cards for the

Sheffield City Council has admitted it is facing a huge budget problem

after spending much more money than it should have on looking after

vulnerable people. The Adult Social Care department looks like it will

overspend by �11.5 million. There have been warnings it will lead to

cuts in services. Len Tingle is here to explain more. What has been

happening? We all know that councils have been squeezed by government

spending cuts in the last few years, but this is different, how do you

manage your resources? The adult social care Department like old

apartment was set its budget in April, we are three months into the

financial year and if it continues spending the way it has it will be

�11 million overspent. That is 6% of its budget. The director of social

care has been suspended pending an inquiry. There is no suggestion of

impropriety, it is just a case of, what are managers doing?

Also, what will this mean for the jobs, 1800 people work in that

department, and what about the vulnerable people in Sheffield cared

for by this department. We cannot guarantee there will be no

job losses across the council, let alone in adult social care. We have

an eligibility criteria in several, that will not change. Everybody's

needs will be met and we will make sure everyone stays safe and well,

that will not change at all. I will absolutely guarantee people will

continue to have their needs met and will remain safe in their homes or

whenever they are living. Has that reassured everyone?

Absolutely not. Unions have pointed out that a lot of these services are

demanded by law, there is not much room for manoeuvre. The concern is,

where are they going to claw this �11 million back from? It maybe

there is another round of cuts coming for the whole of Sheffield

City Council. This is what the public service union Unison had to

say. There are no golden pots of money

any more that we can go and raid to account for this overspend. This is

an area where the cancer will have to cut back on services in areas

where people had not in the past thought they would. -- the council

will have to cut back. It may be some weeks before we know exactly

what the consequences are, but it will be consequences, that is for

sure. Thank you.

A 16-year-old star pupil has been given a life sentence after he

attempted to kill a 12-year-old girl in Ilkley. A judge took the unusual

step of lifting reporting restrictions to identify Cameron

Cleland. He tried to strangle the girl and

his attempts were only stopped when a woman walking her dog intervened.

Joe Inwood has more. It was down as soon colluded lane that Cameron

Cleland carried out the attack that has been described as cold-blooded.

EU would that Michael Lee would his 12-year-old victim here with

hundreds of texts and in some he threatened to kill himself. He was

wearing a foodie and surgical gloves when she arrived, pushed her to the

floor and tried to cut her throat with a pen knife. -- wearing a

foodie. It was only the intervention by a dog walker, described as a

miracle by a judge, that saved her life. The 16-year-old is described

as highly intelligent and spoke about his crane with a -- chilling

level of candour. He is said to have near psychopathic tendencies and

showed no emotion in the dock. The judge told him he also showed no

empathy for his victim and the risk he currently poses of causing the

most serious harm, if not death at this point, is overwhelming. And so,

Cameron Cleland was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of

seven years before he is eligible for parole.

Later on Look North... The Yorkshire tipple which has won a

British Beer award - we speak to the Today's figures show that

unemployment in Yorkshire has fallen again this month, in line with the

national trend. Latest figures for the three month period between April

and June show that there were 249,000 people without a job in

Yorkshire and the Humber. That is 5,000 fewer than the previous month.

The unemployment rate is now 8.9% percent in our area - that is the

third highest in the country. But while falling unemployment is

good news, what has also come out of today's figures is a rise in the

number of unemployed young people. Nationally, youth unemployment among

16 to 24-year-olds increased by 15,000. Two cities that are among

the highest in the UK for the numbers of young people not in

education, employment or training are Bradford and Doncaster. Emma

Glasbey reports now on what is being done there to try to get young

is in work after getting an apprenticeship on this construction

site near Doncaster. There are a lot of people out there who cannot get

my opportunities. I have a few friends who are apprentices, a lot

of them go to college because they cannot find a job to go with it. We

have a real challenge engaging employers. We have to convince

employers taking an apprentice is a positive move for the future. They

are passionate, Keane, keen to learn, they are hungry for it.

Doncaster has been described as a black spot for young people not in

education, employment or training. And there are one hundred and 13,000

of them in Yorkshire. -- 113,000. That means one in six people under

the age of 24 in this region is not working. In Bradford, these young

people are spending the day job hunting. They are getting advice on

interview skills and CV writing. Jasmine has spent two years trying

to get a job. She says having a disability means it is harder for

her and it is getting her down. feel really awful, really bad,

because I am sat at home doing nothing. I want to get out there, I

should be out there, I have the skills and qualifications, I should

be working. And in the office here, 19-year-old

Rachel is an apprentice admin assistant. She has been employed

since April. Before that, she finished school and spent two and a

half years searching for work. was all day, everyday, endless job

applications and constantly sending away CDs and fawning places. It is

quite degrading, knowing that no one wants you because you don't have the

experience, but they want give you the experience to get job. --

sending away CVs and fawning places. Joining us now is Pat Meadows, who

is the assistant principal at Doncaster College and also works

with employers. motivated more so they are prepared

for employment? At the college we try to do just that, to try to

encourage them to develop not only vocational skills but English,

maths, employability, enterprise, entrepreneurship. We give a lot of

support to young people and we just got a good grade for the college in

a report. The college was described as outstanding for young people.

How important is the relationship between your college and local

employers? It is really important. We have dedicated staff going out to

employers trying to engage them and work with young people going for

apprenticeships. We now have the traineeships and this week I have

had four companies approach me who are interested. We still hear from

local employers who say that young people don't have basic

employability skills, such as writing e-mails, having

conversations. Not all young people do, there is deafening amounts of

maturity when young people leave school and set -- young people who

come to us for our full time programmes, we work with them to

improve those work skills and make them work ready, not everyone is at

16. How much success have you had with your own apprenticeships?

Significant success, numbers having faced significantly in the last

year. I have been managing that directly for four or five years and

we have always had around 500, we are up to just under 900 currently,

a real increase this year. That is good news, thank you for

coming in and talking to us. Police have arrested a 25 and old man from

Bradford on suspicion of rape and abduction of a 13-year-old girl. --

25-year-old man. The man was arrested in Sheffield

this afternoon and is currently being questioned by police.

Two Respect councillors have been suspended for what has been

described as attempts to "subvert the party" in Bradford. Ishtiaq

Ahmed and Mohammed Shabbir both say they have no idea why the action was

taken. In a press release, Respect appear to link the suspensions to

allegations made by MP George Galloway that a staff member and a

serving police officer had been spying on him.

Next, it's almost time for curtain up at the region's newest theatre.

Cast, in Doncaster, has been decades in the planning.

A recent study shows that Doncaster has one of the worst records in the

country when it comes to adults going to see or getting involved in

the arts. So just where on the region's stage

will the new theatre fit? Tom Ingall takes an exclusive first look behind

the scenes. Behind every red curtain, beginners

await the call. Inside Cast, Doncaster's brand-new theatre, you

would forgive everyone for having a touch of butterflies. The first

actors are already rehearsing what is your to be a very personal piece

for the tone - The Glee Club. This play is significant, it is set

in Doncaster, it is by Richard Cameron, wonderful playwright from

the area, but it has never had a home-grown production here. It has

been staged all over the world, it was a hit in the West End, so it is

coming home. Here we are, our very first look inside Doncaster Theatre.

My first impressions are that it is quite traditional, curving around

the stage, albeit with the facilities you would expect in a

21st-century playhouse. There is a conditioning under every seat and

what great views out towards the stage. There are -- the Civic

Theatre is being replaced and the benefits of that theatre don't end

there. There is a probable -- proper flight out there, and that means the

productions can be put on that don't currently make it to the town at the

mod. There are 620 seats in the main house, just one of four spaces.

There are smaller rooms for dance and drama and a small studio. It

costs �22 million, �2 million from the arts Council. Their own survey

-- it their own survey recently placed Doncaster 274 out of 282

regions for getting people engaged in the arts.

I can Doncaster establish themselves on stage? There are lots of shows

coming into the Lyceum in Sheffield and we could have them here. There

is a gap in the market we think we can support.

Soon, the beginners will be called, and after that it is just for the

Cast to find its voice. Before 7pm...

Singing for supper - Yorkshire musician Alistair Griffin uses his

latest tour to highlight the issue Sport now, and some bad news for one

of Yorkshire's highest ranking pro-riders. Rotherham's Ben Swift

has learned today that his 2013 season is over. The former World

Track Champion and Team Sky all-rounder suffered a heavy fall

while racing in Belgium on Monday. He will now undergo an operation to

correct a long-standing shoulder problem. He will use the winter

months for rehab, before starting In Cricket, could a new arrival at

Headingley bring the Championship title a bit closer? Yorkshire have

signed the New Zealand test batsman Kane Williamson until the end of the

current season. He was part of the Kiwi team which played England

earlier this summer - and his first match for Yorkshire will be against

Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge next week.

Now, we are used to being the best of the best here in Yorkshire - last

year's Olympics were proof of that. Well, today we can boast another

gold medal winner, and to find out more, Harry has gone to the bar.

Harry, it's your round! Well, I've got lucky today - I don't

need to open my wallet just yet. Because here with the Champion Beer

of Britain - brewed in Yorkshire - is Martin Ogley from Elland Brewery.

Let us sample this. Tell me, what constitutes a Champion beer?

It is a beer with drink ability, which hopefully this is. It is very

complex, as you can see it is very dark. It looks like Guinness. It is

a very rich and strong taste. It is a love, hate beer, some people love

it, some hate it. I must confess that Nicola, prior to her

condition, used to down five -- five pints a night. I do like a porter, I

am stoked girl. It is a fairly strong beer to say the least, what

proof is it? 6.5%. You can go I don't drink it

all night if you want, if you want a very short night. But it is

really... I describe it as a love -hate there, a Marmite hair. Some

people love it and some hate it, everyone gets a different taste from

it. Have you sold out? If you are the Champion beer presumably people

want to sample it? Yes, I have had a very long day, have very long week,

to be honest. Today I wrapped the 1872 Porter we brewed last week.

has been back today and it is all gone. There is more to it than just

this beer, isn't it? Yes, this is one of the flagship beers. You quite

like that, don't you? We poor range, 3.8% up to 6.5%. It is a range of

colours and styles and everything that goes out -- goes with it. There

is a market out there for porters, peeled beers, hop beers and crews

should know better. -- traditional Yorkshire bitter. I class this as a

sipping beer, you can sit in front of a fire at the end of an era

thing. It goes well with chocolate. Chocolate? ! Believe it or not,

pitted with a rich chocolate pudding and it is great. Congratulations,

Martin, well done. I am sure that would be a great source of iron for

the baby, wouldn't it? The agricultural show season is very

much underway and tonight we are in a very beautiful part of North

Yorkshire at Danby. It is the 153rd annual Danby Show and, apart from

celebrating all things rural, we are also helping to launch the tour of

singer-songwriter Alistair Griffin. He is asking his fans for a donation

with a difference. Charlotte Leeming is in Danby for us now.

Thank you. Good evening. This show was established back in 1848 by a

local parish priest. I think you'll agree, you would be hard pressed to

find out more gorgeous setting than this. The scenery around here is

absolutely beautiful. Back then, it was held behind a local in and it

was all about horses and cows. 150 years later it is still about the

horses and cows, but also about a mowers, the Danby Shaw is one of the

oldest agricultural events in the country. It was started back in 1848

and attracts up to 6000 people. After a difficult year for farmers,

the sunshine and crowds are the shot in the arm the industry needs.

has been a tremendous some of the summer, they have been able to get

on with their jobs and farming too bad, because of the weather. And as

well as the favourable forecast, the Shaw has an important part to play

in bringing on the next generation of farmers. Tell me what you are up

to, six years old and you are doing some grooming? No, combing!

I'm sorry, combing. How important is it that your animals look nice

today. Really important, we have already

won one prize and we have only brought to cows. Whilst Thomas was

on a winning streak, about the great grandchildren were taking part in a

horse competition with a difference. Here we are with the winners of the

horse fancy dress. Well done, how are you feeling? You happy? Yes.

Whose idea was three little pigs? Mine. More than a century on, the

Danby show is still entertaining people of all ages.

Young Thomas certainly told me. As well as the animals, food is also

central to the show, and it is a subject very close to the heart of

local singer - songwriter Alistair Griffin. He is asking his fans to

help provide for the local food bank by bringing food to his gigs,

helping those families who are really struggling at the moment.

Yesterday, he went to his local food and accessing what you are doing?

We have all sorts of people who access the foodbank in all sorts of

different crises. Everything from someone close to them has died and

they have to get a taxi to hospital, to someone who has an unexpected

bill to come -- come through and cannot afford food that week as well

as the bill, the car has broken down or something. Do you have regulars

that come in all the time or is it a one-hit thing with the foodbank two

People will come up to three times and then they cannot come back

again, it is for a one-off crisis, really. What can people do to help?

Firstly, they can volunteer, without them we wouldn't exist, but there

are always more opportunities. Secondly, giving money, we are

always in need of money, and thirdly by donating food, all of the food we

give out is donated by the public. Since November we have had more than

17 tonnes of food donated by the people of York and we have given

away 12 tonnes of food to people in need.

Alistair Griffin is with us now, why did you want to raise awareness

about this issue? I found out about foodbanks through a friend of mine

who volunteers locally. Since the changes of the benefits

system and the economic times we live in, more and more people are

accessing foodbanks. As a musician, I thought that, going on tour, it

would be a good way to gauge people to do something like this, maybe

demystify it and try and help engage people by bringing food to a gig.

Your fans -- do you think your fans will get on board with this two yes,

they are used to me doing slightly left of centre things. -- do you

think your fans will get on board? So you are singing for your supper,

adding cute? You want them to bring beans, peas, anything they can get

hold of. Yes, it is non-perishables, tins of

tuna, tins of beans, tins of soup. Alister grew up just across this

field there and for 15 years you have been entering the lemon curd

competition. Tell us about that. Today is a day 15 years in the

making, I have been trying to win the lemon curd cup, and today I

finally did it. How does that feel? Better than standing in front of

thousands of people? This is the pinnacle of my career, without a

doubt. Alistair, not only a superb lemon

curd maker, also a fantastic musician and he will be playing for

us and a little while, don't go anywhere.

You genuinely do like a pint, don't you? I did like an wheat beer, and I

do like a stout, don't judge me if I have a sip.

Doesn't that look completely and utterly ridiculous?

It is actually quite heavy, this class, I will try it. You will

smudge your lipstick. It needs blackcurrant in there. That is

absolutely disgusting tort! Right, let's have a look at some of the

District, the next one is before the cloud increased today. Keep your

the early hours, but it will brighten up through tomorrow. There

will still be showers around at it. Be quite warm and humid tomorrow, we

will not be in the fresher air until the cold front on Friday. For the

weekend, this unseasonably deep area of low pressure is to bring wet and

windy weather through Saturday. So far today we started with plenty of

sunshine, a lovely morning. Steadily, through the day we have

seen more cloud coming in from the south-west, already producing some

smells of patchy rain and drizzle, they will move through West this

evening and overnight. The early hours become more persistent rain

and heavy spells in there, as well. Another uncomfortable night,

temperatures around 1617 Celsius. I think the breeze will pick up, as

well. The sun will rise in the morning at 5:45pm, setting at

9:36pm. -- 5:45am. A lot of cloud and rain to start tomorrow, it will

improve with bright and sunny spells developing through the day and a few

showers around. Sunny spells, scattered showers and a moderate

breeze from the south-west. The air is still humid, temperatures up to

23 Celsius, very similar as to today. 22 Celsius in the Vale of

York, 72 Fahrenheit. On Friday, after the overnight rain it is

brighter again, fewer showers on Friday, dryer, aspect -- spell of

wet and windy weather on Saturday, improving but breezy on Sunday. Can

you deal with the complaints when it comes to this two that is it from