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Hello, welcome to Tuesday's Look North. Tonight — teachers on the

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march. Strikers vent their anger forced to close.

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We'll hear from both sides of the dispute — and from the parents

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caught in the middle. Also tonight...

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We ask what's being done to improve the chances of young people in one

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of Leeds's most notorious areas. And we'll be getting our own special

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performance from Bradford's Kiki Dee.

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Today has not been a bad day in the weather, but it has been rather

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cloudy. These were the overcast cloud over Bradford this afternoon.

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We have a full forecast for you later.

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Thousands of our region's teachers have been on strike today, leading

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to widespread school closures and disruption for many parents and

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children. So why are our teachers taking industrial action? Well, the

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two main teaching unions, the NUT and the NASUWT say teaching is under

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attack from Government reforms. Changes in pay will mean individual

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head teachers will decide what to pay teachers, rather than sticking

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to nationally agreed rates. The unions say a teacher starting on

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twenty one thousand pounds may no longer see his or her pay rise with

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experience, as it does now. The unions say Government cuts have lead

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to job losses, meaning bigger class sizes and the employment of

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unqualified staff. A squeeze on pensions will mean working longer

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for less, with teachers working till they're 68. And finally, workloads.

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bureaucracy and paperwork are preventing teachers from spending

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time on their teaching. In a moment, we'll hear what impact today's

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strike has had on the wider community, but first Tom Ingall

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reports on today's strike action. Right across Yorkshire and the North

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Midlands, the same scene. Empty schools. Instead, thousands of

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teachers gathered in the heart of Sheffield to rally to their cause. A

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beginner teacher will now start on £21,000. They have been on that

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level for quite awhile. With this new system, there is no guarantee

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they will get off £21,000. After the speeches, the rally set off. This

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has been coming through the city centre for the last 20 minutes. The

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Mr Bean 70,000 people gathering, but there is no one issue that gathers

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everyone. —— there have been coming through. Is it right to deny

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children education to come out on strike? It is about the longer—term

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picture, if we do not do something right now, it will not be right in

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50 years time. Pay is a long—term issue, but it is more about the

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conditions, they make you feel inadequate. However, not all those

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watching the parade pass sympathised. I am not in support of

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it. Do you think they should be in school? Yes, they appeared to be in

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school to be teaching our children. There should be more supportive than

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at the end of the day, I think they are doing the right thing,

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basically. There was a similar rally in Leeds. Passionate and determined

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to be heard. The Education Secretary Michael Gove was the target for what

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anger there was. He was speaking this afternoon at the Conservative

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Party Conference. The teachers are doing a fantastic job, and we need

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to support the many, many teachers that are working today, and for

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those that are striking, their action will not help children,

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sadly. In Sheffield, striking teachers completed their rally with

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a conference of their own. Many said, this was the only way they

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thought they might be heard. Today's action will be repeated in other

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parts of the country later this month.

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Well, the hundreds of school closures across Yorkshire have

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resulted in many parents having to take the day off work. It means many

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businesses have also had to make do with a reduced workforce. Joe Inwood

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has spent the day in Boston Spa to find out what.

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It is an earlier start than usual in this household. It is time to check

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the school bags. There are school is open, but Jake's school is closed

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and he is staying at his grandmothers. It is the only option

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for dad Mark who runs a small business. Today, the impact of his

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strike has not just been at home. It doesn't just affect parents,

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students, it affects small to medium enterprises and businesses, local

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businesses. But his business is caring for vulnerable people and he

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cannot let them down. Despite the fact

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says the people that he care for should not feel the impact of this

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strike. But the same cannot be said across town. Dean runs a fish stall

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and Ruth has a shop. Oh have noticed that the trade is noticeably down.

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Yes, it is noticeable, at the end of the day, my wages will not be there,

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it is hitting everybody. Normally we get the young mums after they have

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dropped off at the school run, we have not had them today. Hopefully

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they will be here tomorrow to spend some money! For others, having an

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impact is an important part of the strike. It is unfortunate, but it

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would be meaningless if it wasn't brought to the public 's attention.

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So, today, Miles disruption, but others say that a single day of

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strike will not have a large effect. A small dispute would not have much

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of an effect, a longer dispute, some organisations would find it quite

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difficult to accommodate the kind of flexibility and output required for

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sustained economic success. Back at Amanda's it is time for a cup of

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tea. Some have been affected, but others have been genuinely disrupted

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by today's action. Well, a lot of you have been getting

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says... Endless admin, unqualified adults becoming teachers, impossible

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targets for our kids to reach, teachers teaching until the age of

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68. Thank you for all of the comments,

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there is more on the Facebook page. The Bradford mother who is accused

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of allowing her four year old son, Hamzah Khan, to starve to death,

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broke down in the witness box, as she was questioned about the day she

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found her child dead. Amanda Hutton kept Hamzah's body lying in his cot

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for nearly two years before it was discovered. Miss Hutton denies his

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manslaughter by gross negligence. Our Crime Correspondent John Cundy

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is in Bradford now. She defended her conduct in the days

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leading up to his death, didn't she? She began by explaining that his

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father, a man she had an often violent relationship with for some

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20 years, but her defence counsel put it to her, he had started having

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feeding problems, were you not concerned

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No, she said, I just thought he would grow out of it. The

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prosecution accused her of a terrible breach of duty which led to

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the death of Hamza? Yes, they said that it was malnourishment that

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caused it. She said, no, he was not a poorly child, but the prosecution

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went on to say, you concealed the body for almost two years. She said,

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I was in shock, I did not know what to do. He said, it was your terrible

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failure, you killed the child. She said, know I did not. We know that

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he died in terrible squalor, what did she have to say about that? She

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said before his death, she had kept a good home, but she had gone to

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pieces after he died. She was invited to look at police videos of

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the piles of rubbish on her phone, but she said she could not face it.

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The prosecution said, why was mouldy foods left around? She said, I was

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just upset and drinking. They said, you had a major problem with

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drinking even before he died. No, she replied. Finally, the defence

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said, at any stage did you believe that he would die? Her reply, no.

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That's complete the evidence. There will be speeches by the prosecution

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and the defence to be followed by the summing up of the judge and the

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jury is expected to Thursday morning to consider its

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verdict. Thank you.

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In other news now, and a recycling company in Rotherham is to be

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charged with corporate manslaughter following the death of a man in an

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explosion two years ago. 42—year—old Michael Whinfrey from Wickersley

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died in the blast at Sterecycle Limited in January 2011. Another

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worker was also seriously injured. It's thought a piece of equipment

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used to process household waste exploded due to a build—up of

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pressure. A former primary school teacher in

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York's been jailed for filming pupils as they changed for swimming.

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Christopher Gibbons admitted one charge of taking an indecent picture

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of a child and three of voyeurism. Today at York Crown Court he was

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jailed for a year and banned from working with children for life.

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The family of a North Yorkshire man killed in a plane crash say they're

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still waiting for an apology. 61—year—old Arthur Coakley from

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Sandsend near Whitby was one of 228 people killed when an Air France

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flight crashed into the Atlantic in 2009. Technical failures and human

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error were blamed. At his inquest today the coroner raised concerns

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over whether pilots are too dependent on technology to fly

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planes. But Arthur's widow says they just want someone to apologise.

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Everybody deserves an apology from Air France, but they refused to give

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it. I have spoken to their lawyer, and asked him for one, and he

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ignored it. That is really all we would like, an apology, as a family.

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Council housing in Leeds is being run by the council

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by management companies. It follows a consultation with seventy thousand

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tenants. The council will now have responsibility for overall

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management, dealing with tenants and any repair work needed.

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Coming up, do you know an unsung hero? Find out how you can give them

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the chance to rub shoulders with the stars at the big awards ceremony.

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And still sounding fantastic after 50 years, do not miss Kiki Dee later

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in the programme. It's a part of Leeds with a history

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of shootings, drugs and gangs. And now young people in Chapeltown say

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the area's bad reputation has left them with a lack of opportunities.

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They're hoping a new youth centre could help change the future for

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people growing up there. Emma Glasbey reports.

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For decades, there is part of Leeds has made headlines for the wrong

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reasons. Shootings, gangs, drugs. But what is it really like growing

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up here? From what people here, they make it seem like a bad place, so

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that puts our situation we are in now. Apart from the football, there

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is not much to do. We cannot really get jobs and stuff. If there was

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more stuff to do like football here for the youngsters, and youth clubs,

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and things like that, then there would be lots more kids off the

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streets. If there is nothing to do, people do bad stuff and get

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themselves into trouble. We need things to do so people don't get

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into trouble. But these teenagers stay away from trouble. They use

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this room in a local council building as a youth club a couple of

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nights a week. What they really want is a brand—new youth centre. The

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land behind being here is where they want to build it, close to the

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Caribbean cricket club. It would offer sports, homework clubs, it

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would prevent people getting drawn into gangs. They would like this

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land to be leased to them by the council. They already use the

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council pitches for football training here, and there is a lot of

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talent. England international Micah Richards is just one of the success

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stories. But there are warnings from the community that young people here

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need more than football. When we had the situation with potential riots

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here, we stayed out until five o'clock in the morning and spoke to

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young people to take them away from being on the streets and having the

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rioting like they did in the rest of the country. That is the reason it

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didn't happen. If things go on like they are, with the lack of

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resources, the lack of jobs and opportunities in an area like this,

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it would be guaranteed that it will erupt. The teenagers know all too

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well that where they live has a bad reputation. What they are asking for

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is action instead of criticism. No—one from Leeds City Council was

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available for interview but in a statement they say... In Chapeltown

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there are 12 clubs and groups that run during the week. We also funded

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15 separate projects over the summer holidays this year." Joining us now

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is Lutel James who we heard from in that report and also Chief Inspector

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Melanie Jones from West Yorkshire Police. You said something in that

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report, that was potentially quite inflammatory, about things not

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change, trouble is guaranteed to flare up, do you stand by that? Yes,

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I stand by that comment. If you people do not have jobs and

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opportunities, we know across the country, the climate is hard, but

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this has been an issue here for the last 30 years. What young people are

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saying is, if they get an opportunity to engage in positive

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activity in a fit for purpose building, and have the resources to

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develop their social skills, to deal with society and what it to rose at

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them, then they will adapt to those situations. If they do not have it,

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they will find something to do that we probably do not like to see them

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doing. I see it as a guarantee. Chief Inspector, we have heard what

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they have had to say, can you see tensions in the community? Tensions

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are in a good place at the moment, from a police perspective, we

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communities and community groups, and this is a great opportunity,

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generally. There is a history of poor relations between the community

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and the police in Chapeltown, there have been shootings there in the

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last few years, gangs arrested for drugs, so there are still negativity

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coming from that area. Chapeltown is no difference to other similar

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inner—city communities, and there have been those instances, but they

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had been declining for several years. The positive relationships

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between the community and the police have been approving all the time.

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Tell us what would make a tangible difference to young people in the

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area? We need to acknowledge the amount of professionals in the

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Chapeltown area from all fields of work, it is not just about

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negativity. We're talking about social development and progress in

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and raising aspirations. Chapeltown, if there are issues in

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the other part of the city, it belongs to Chapeltown, but as soon

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as there are resources, it goes somewhere else. We want a youth

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one—stop centre were people can engage and we can be the engagement

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provider but also brokering and linking them with services that they

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have not had in the past. This gives them opportunities around training,

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employment, education. When you talk about homework clubs, one—to—one

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mentoring, real, tangible skills that the community has to make a

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difference in their lives, they have a massive impact. Then the same

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cycle will not be going on again and again and again. The last point

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five years that young people will spend in jail, they will go through

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this nonstop thing around criminality. We need to change their

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behaviour. Thank you both very much for coming to speak to us.

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Let's take a look at the sport now. Huddersfield's Erol Crabtree has

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missed out on a place in The England squad for the Rugby League World

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Cup. Three of the four Burgess brothers are in the 24—man squad

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named this morning. They're from Dewsbury but all now play for the

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South Sydney Rabbitohs. Sam is joined by twins George and Thomas,

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with Luke the one to miss out. The side will be captained by the Leeds

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Rhinos skipper Kevin Sinfield. As an England team, we have been building

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for this for a number of years now, the time and energy, not only that

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the staff have invested, but certainly the players but a lot in.

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It is great to be at the stage where we are not that far away now.

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The countdown has started to the 60th edition of BBC Sports

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Personality of the Year. The event will be broadcast live from Leeds in

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December. But we want you to get involved now in choosing one of the

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winners. Ian Bucknell has more. MUSIC PLAYS

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The BBC is looking for an unsung sporting hero, somebody that

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volunteers their time to encourage other people to take part in sport.

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It might be somebody helping to working behind the scenes to keep a

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community team or club going. Do you know somebody who has fitted the

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bill? In the past, we had rocky, he made sport fun for the young. We had

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after, he raised money to build a clubhouse. The winner of the award

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in Yorkshire will go towards the national final and a chance to

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become the BBC sports personality unsung hero. The ceremony this year

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will be held on December 15th in Leeds. If you know anybody that

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works across sport that deserves a little bit of attention and some

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work timmy—macro gratitude for what they do, then put their names

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forward. Get onto the website to nominate.

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Our next guest started her career singing with a local band in

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Bradford in the early 1960s. She was the first white British artist to be

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signed by the Motown record label in the United States. And in a career

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spanning half a century she has released nearly 39 singles and 12

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albums — including the famous hit single — "Don't Go Breaking My

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Heart", with Elton John. Well, Kiki Dee has just released a

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new album with Carmelo Luggeri called "A Place Where I Can Go".

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She joins us now. 50 years in the business, you should be putting your

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feet up now! I don't think so! No, I have to keep

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working! I am more creative than ever. We have got an album out this

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week, so we are touring. It all started in Bradford, you left school

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at the age of 16 and you got a job in boots, but it was all about the

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music in the evenings. Yes, I sang at the Astoria ballroom in Leeds. It

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is gone now. I worked at Boots chemist in the men's counter.

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Selling Wilkinson Sword razor blades! Sorry! Advertising! Then it

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was discovered by a record label representative, and I was discovered

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at 16. You must have had a heroin or a hero you wanted to follow? My

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brother was older than me, he had a very good interest in music, he was

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a rock 'n' roll fan. He had a 78 final of Alvis, Jerry Lee Lewis,

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fats Domino, just all of the amazing acts. I used to love Brenda Lee as a

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child. I used to sing her songs. You say that your family are watching,

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your sister Betty is here, you came from a very ordinary beginning,

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Pauline Matthews, people may not know that is your real name,

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describes the transformation from ordinary Pauline into Kiki Dee

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superstar! Can you imagine, 1963 when the Beatles and the Rolling

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Stones started, and I went down to London with my dad for an audition,

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and I was in swinging London and the place was buzzing, so quite exciting

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to go down there. Tell us about your two, a very special gig in salt are

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coming up? Yes, my dad was the wage earner in the family, my mother was

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a stay at home mum, I came from a secure background, it holds you in

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good stead, it is great, and we were invited to play in salt air, and I

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would love to, because my dad used to work at the salt mill there, so

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it would be great to get back there. Now, time for the weather. My long

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lost daughter! Some lovely pictures in the last few

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days. Some bubbling clouds, some beautiful

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pictures on the coast. Keep your pictures coming into us.

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Tomorrow, not as nice as it has been today. A decent stay. The coast has

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the best of the sunshine, elsewhere are some more cloud. It will not be

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the same for tomorrow. Some heavy rain at times. Turning light and

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patchy in the afternoon. This is courtesy of this front on the

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pressure chart. You can see have to be settled conditions that we had I

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pressure dominating. Some low—pressure continuing to push east

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in the next few days. Further rain in the forecast. This is the

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satellite picture from earlier, some variable cloud. You can see, the

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theme in the next few hours is variable cloud. Another to squeeze

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out the odd bit of drizzle. A dry night with some breaks in the cloud

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and temperatures falling back to 11 or 12 degrees. 52 Fahrenheit. A

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generally mild night, staying breezy throughout. The sun rises at 9:07am,

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the next high water in Filey tomorrow morning at 314 AM. Some

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bright or sunny spells very early on, but the cloud will thicken up.

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The showers will break up in the early afternoon and become light and

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patchy in the afternoon. The odd shower but some drier spells. It

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would be fairly breezy, so with the breeze and the rain, it will feel

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rather miserable. Temperatures of 14 to 15 degrees. Rain later on

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Thursday, but not looking bad for the weekend.

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Well, to end the programme tonight I am delighted to say that Bradford's

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Kiki Dee is going to sing us out. At a special performance at The

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Wardrobe in Leeds for Look North this afternoon, she performed

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"Sweeter Rain", one of the tracks from her new album. We leave you

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with this tonight. MUSIC PLAYS

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# as the oceans rise and fall. Until the storm breaks free # here

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comes the sweet rain, falling down on everything.

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# I bless the day it came. Here comes the sweeter rain.

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# sweeter rain. # pure gold in the palm of my hands,

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barren lands well rise again. # as the water hits the ground, with

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every breath I am stepping free. Salvation comes to me.

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# here comes the sweet rain. # falling down and everything.

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# I bless the

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