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there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from

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us. Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. On

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the programme tonight. The charity spending just seven percent of its

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income on good causes. The charities watchdog intervenes after a

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Yorkshire animal sanctuary uses most of its funds to pay people to raise

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money. Also tonight. Should mums get paid to breast`feed their babies for

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the first six months? If you have always wanted to breast`feed it is

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an extra incentive but I do not feel that people should be bribed to do

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it. And a new home for Wufra ` the dog who was stretchered to safety

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after being stranded in the Dales with a broken leg. It was sunny this

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afternoon across much of the region but will last? Join me later.

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The charity watchdog has intervened after it emerged a Yorkshire

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wildlife charity spent only a fraction of the money it raised

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helping animals. 7p in every pound that was donated to Wildlife Rescue

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Sanctuaries in Keighley went towards charitable activities. That compares

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to the national average for charities of 70p in the pound going

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towards the cause they represent. Most of the Sanctuary's income went

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on paying people to raise money. Anna Crossley reports. Wildlife

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rescue sanctuaries is a small charity based in Keighley. It has

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gone from raising a modest ?6,500 in 2010 to more than a quarter of a

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million last year. On the face of it it is a remarkable increase but what

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has caused concern is the fact most of the money has gone on generating

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funds including employing an external fundraising company. I do

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not think the public quite understand how hard it is for a

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charity. We do not get this place rent`free which some people assume.

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If you do not have fundraisers how do you do it? The charity made

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?257,000 last year and spent 11,000 on wages and red, ?132 on food for

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the animals, but the costs for fundraising word just ?220,000

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sought only 7p per pound weight towards the animals. She says she is

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only doing what other charities do. Many charities out there have a

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lower percentage than this charity. The UK civil Society almanac shows

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on average in the voluntary sector spends just 8.8% on fundraising and

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publicity costs. The Charity commission says it is not

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investigating this charity but is speaking to the trustees. The

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regulator gave us this statement. Meanwhile, Marianne Crowley said she

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is working on reducing her fundraising costs but is asking

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people to give her more time to turn things around.

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The Fundraising Standards Board plans to discuss the case with the

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charity commission. I asked their chief executive how unusual it is

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for such a small proportion of a charity's income to go on good

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causes. I think the fact that the Charity commission have chosen to

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interview this charity and have sought to try to resolve some of the

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concerns they had probably speaks volumes about this, however it is

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not unusual for charities to spend quite substantial sums of money on

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developing campaigns. So what is in place to regulate how charities

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fundraiser and there's this particular charity said up to any

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code of conduct? The Charity act of 2006 require only sector to sector

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to set up its own self`regulation scheme. `` to set up. It is a robust

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scheme and it requires members to sign up to the detailed code of

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practice and they are meant to adhere to that. This particular

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charity has not signed up. How can people who made donations be

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reassured their money is well spent? The overwhelming majority of

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funds raised in Britain is raised to a very high standard. More than 50%

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is raised by charities signed up to the boards and people can be

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confident that overall it is at a high standard but it is important to

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say that there is any concern about the, they should get in touch with

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the charity directly or contact the Charity commission for it to be

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followed up. Next tonight, a story that has got

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plenty of you talking on the Look North Facebook page. It's the

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proposal to use taxpayers' money and medical research funds to pay new

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mums in South Yorkshire to breast`feed. The pilot scheme, to be

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run by researchers at the University of Sheffield, will see mums given

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?200 of shopping vouchers if they breast feed their baby for six

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months. Tom Ingall has been getting reaction.

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After a mid`morning feed, it is all smiles. This group meets regularly

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to share their experiences of breast`feeding. For each mother, it

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is personal and unique. How would you feel if someone offered you ?200

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for breast`feeding for six months? It feels a little bit like a bribe

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because if you cannot feed, you feel guilty. You are doing it because you

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genuinely want to do it not because someone is offering you money. The

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proposal has come from the University of Sheffield and they are

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approaching it from the point of view that it is a health issue and

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is cost`effective the NHS. They are targeting areas where rates of

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breast`feeding at six weeks of age is 40% or less. We are at an early

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stage in the search and we are testing whether it is possible in

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the real world to see if it is possible to offer vouchers to

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breast`feed. If you are breast`feeding mother and always

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wanted to breast`feed, it is an extra incentive but I do not feel

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people have to be bribed or given an incentive to do it. If I could offer

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you money to breast`feed or the support group, what would you have?

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The support group because without this I would not have lasted as long

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as I have. The research group believes breast`feeding is

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undervalued in some areas but not everyone believes the answer is

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payment by results. Joining us from our studio in

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Sheffield is Kris McKeown, who's leader of the La Leche League in

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Sheffield, who help mums to breast`feed. What do you think of

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financial incentives to encourage breast feeding? It is an interesting

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idea. It would be interesting to see what the results are of this pilot

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study. It is an emotive issue as we have heard from the comments today.

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Financial incentives have been used for other health schemes in other

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parts of the world, so who knows whether it will translate? You do

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not sound as if you are against it. As long as there is support the Ford

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women and if it had some value back to breast`feeding that has maybe

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been lost in some communities, if it means that more women end up

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breast`feeding happily then yes, but time will tell. Shouldn't the money

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be better spent on midwives and health visitors ` experts who can

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help mums breast`feed beyond those first few weeks, because for many

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people it is not easy to do! It is interesting about where the money

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should be spent. If there was a financial incentive to continue,

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because the initiation rates are good but it is when women get home

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from hospital and continue to breast`feed, maybe a financial

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incentive would encourage women to seek out the support groups

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mentioned. They are NHS groups and charity groups. Is it a cultural

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issue? Is financial motivation the right ripped? If it makes breast

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feeding a more attractive proposition or even if it had not

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been considered, if a woman has a new baby and none of her family or

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friends are breast`feeding or have breast`fed, is breast`feeding a real

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option? You can end up being isolated but if there was something

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else positive that could continue. Thank you. We've had loads of

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comments about this story ` most were against the idea. Catherine

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Porter thinks better support and advice is required, and the end of

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pressure, guilt and scare tactics for mothers who struggle. This is a

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ridiculous idea. Carrie Raybould says she couldn't

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breast feed due to medication and found the pressure awful and was

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being judged. Seems daft to be honest, she says.

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But Lucy Marshall feels we need to do more to normalise breast`feeding

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and hopefully more people will see it as a positive thing.

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Please keep your comments coming in. Later on Look North.

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Attention`seeking measures for the North Yorkshire villagers demanding

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action over sewage. A year after their village was

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flooded with contaminated water, campaigners say they're still

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waiting for their sewage works to be modernised. Coming up any short

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while. There's a warning tonight that rural parts of Yorkshire may

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turn into a fuel desert because so many petrol stations are closing.

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Look North has seen new research which shows 70 forecourts have cloud

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in the last six years. 28 of those are in West Yorkshire ` that's 11%.

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In South Yorkshire 22 have closed ` that's a 14% drop. The same

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proportion have gone in North Yorkshire with the overall number

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down by 20. There's now calls for the government to step in to help.

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Our political editor Len Tingle reports from Pickering.

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Petrol sales at this station dropped by 30% last year. It does not take

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an economic genius to understand why. Drivers could fill up their

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tanks for around ?3 cheaper at a supermarket. This is killing in

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North Yorkshire, a 30 mile round trip to the nearest supermarket but

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as prices have gone up, more and more people are prepared to make

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that trip and that is putting far more pressure on forecourts like

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this. To keep the service year, customers realise they are paying a

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premium. Sometimes you have to just stop because you need it. You are at

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their mercy. This was when my father started the business in 1950. Even

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established businesses know that being conveniently local is not

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enough. They have to fight back and this is how they are doing it. They

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are linking up to suppliers and bulk buying fuel at cheaper prices and

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taking on the supermarkets. The local people who do not go to

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supermarkets and prefer not to if we can offer a relative price. We can

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provide people with the value they deserve. The national trade

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association of small filling stations say the numbers being

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forced out of business is a worry. We can see the prospect of the

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number of field there is sharply over the next few years as more and

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more independents are forced out. The hope is that they are now strong

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enough to continue as a fuel always this.

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`` oasis. Len is in Pickering now. Is there any sign the government is

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going to act on this issue? The government are concerned that in

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rural areas where there's less room `` less transport that there would

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be competitively priced petrol. The problem is exactly how to implement

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it and will it fall foul of EU laws on subsidies? For the next four

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weeks, consultation is going on with the view that by the end of the

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year, some formal proposal will be put /in the New Year the government

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will be able to suggest exactly the way for word. We still have to wait

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and see if it will work and the concern is, will it come in time for

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rule filling stations? `` rural. Some news in brief.

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Detectives investigating what's been described as a horrific attack on an

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elderly woman in Bradford have released pictures of her injuries.

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The 76`year`old was assaulted and robbed at home in May. She suffered

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a broken nose, dislocated jaw and a fractured eye socket. Police and the

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woman's family hope the images will convince anyone with information

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about the attack to come forward. Protective clothing would not have

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saved the life of a Leeds`born soldier killed inside a military

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base in Afghanistan. Sapper Richard Walker was killed in January by a

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member of the Afghan National Army who was working alongside him. He

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was not wearing body armour but today an inquest heard the bullet

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would still probably have killed him even if he had been.

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Four men who carried out a series of armed robberies in West Yorkshire

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have been jailed. The raids at businesses in Leeds, Bradford and

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Wakefield took place in the eight months until June this year. Almost

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a quarter of a million pounds worth of cash and property were stolen in

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the robberies. The four men all pleaded guilty to the crimes and

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were jailed today at Leeds Crown Court.

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Educational packs promoting the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire next

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summer have been taken into schools. Professional cyclists, council and

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tourism representatives were at Kettlethorpe High School in

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Wakefield this morning. The aim is to create a ten year legacy based

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around next year's event, to help encourage the next generation of

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cyclists. To have one of the biggest sporting events in the world coming

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to your is great. `` to Yorkshire. There's a lot to be done after the

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two of the France has been and gone. Alan Titchmarsh is stepping down

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from fronting the BBC's Chelsea Flower Show coverage. The

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broadcaster from Ilkley who's well known for his love of gardening has

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been hosting the BBC's coverage of the show for 30 years. He says he's

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really enjoyed his years presenting the programmes which include hours

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worth of live broadcasts from the flower show.

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The residents of a North Yorkshire village which gets cut`off after

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heavy rain say they fear it could happen again. Brawby near Malton was

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left isolated after flood water swamped the village last year.

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Today, an unusual protest concert was held to highlight concerns.

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Cathy Killick reports. As concert venues call it is not the most

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hospitable but Alan Tomlinson has promised an improvised performance

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for his audience. The concert is being staged by villagers in Brawby

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fed up by seeing their streets flooded with filthy water. This was

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the scene last year and the villagers are convinced it was

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contaminated with sewage. This was an interesting way of making people

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aware of what is going on. Yorkshire water have made millions of pounds

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of profit and have distributed millions to the shareholders.

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Elderly people in Brawby where wading through sewage contaminated

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water. Yorkshire water says there is no evidence the water contains

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sewage but accepted the flooding is inconvenient and see they are making

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reasonable efforts to deal with it. They have spent money on the

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infrastructure already and work is ongoing. We have arrangements and

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procedures in place which should prevent occurrence again. We will

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provide the capacity to deal with that. The council also has a

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responsibility to manage flooded roads and they said...

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Will that be enough? Desperation can drive people to do some pretty

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strange things by 1025 of reporting, this one has to be one of the

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strangest. It has worked. Brawby wanted some attention and got it. If

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the promised improvements do not work, who knows what they will do

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for an encore. Before seven o'clock, a new home for

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the dog who spent three weeks lost in the Dales.

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Lucky to be alive after being rescued the weeks ago. Today he will

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meet the people who saved his life. Now, with Children in Need night

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just around the corner, today, we're looking at a very special South

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Yorkshire Charity who have benifitted from your generous

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donations. This year Doncaster Riding for the Disabled were able to

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pay for another instructor to help even more children experience the

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joy of riding. Their motto is everyone is equal on a horse.

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Shirley Henry reports. Then constant time loves to ride

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horses. It has improved his posture, his speech and his life. He gets a

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lot of pleasure and enjoyment. It is really good for him and his

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posture. He just has a lot of fun. Anything the children do that is

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pleasurable is a bonus and for him to be treated like any other child

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means the world. Keep your head up, you're doing

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really well. It transforms the lives of scores of

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children every year. Last year's donation helps to pay for another

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instructor. We get some children when they first come cannot even

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look at you but after a few weeks, they come round a bit and after

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touching the pony they can find it easier to communicate with you. One

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of the catchphrases is everyone is equal on a horse and it is certainly

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true of the people that come here. They are included in the activity.

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That is what it is all about. Great to see where the money is going. A

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dog that was stretchered to safety by a mountain rescue team after

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three weeks lost in the Yorkshire Dales has been found a new home.

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Wufra was stuck on the hills above Grassington for almost three weeks

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with a broken leg. It's thought he'd run off chasing a rabbit. Wufra's

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original owners were never traced. Today, he was reunited with some of

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his rescuers. Ian White was there. Rescue volunteers Ken and Johnny

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weathermen on a mission this morning checking in on a recent casualty but

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this one has four legs instead of two. He looks bigger now than three

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weeks ago. He looks absolutely wonderful. This is not the same

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dog! Wufra was rescued after being stranded on fails the Grassington.

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He had to be carried to safety on a stretcher. `` fells. The wind is

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really biting so you can imagine how cold it was and how cold it was for

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Wufra to be stranded with a broken leg and no food or water. He was

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only really pure condition. `` really poor. It was a really sad

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thing to see. We wrapped him in a blanket and carried him on the

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stretcher. Wufra was taken in by a local dog lover who now plans to

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keep him. It has taken three weeks to get him to this weight. They will

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to survive is just amazing. I am happy to give him that chance. Wufra

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is taking things easy but should be back to full strength in a few

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weeks. What a lovely ending and any fans of

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the Simpsons cannot help but think of Santa's Little helper.

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Some lovely pictures with an autumn scene at Chatsworth Park.

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The leaves are turning on the trees and this one is a time`lapse shot.

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If you enjoyed the sunshine today, more coming tomorrow with some

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patchy rain but not until tomorrow evening.

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High pressure insurers a lovely days through tomorrow. A lot of sunshine

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today and quite breezy over the hills but we have managed to get 11

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Celsius, not bad for the middle of November. Fine and clear and

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overnight is largely dry with some patchy low cloud. Certainly as the

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breeze eases and we are the others shelter, there will be widespread

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ground frost. The sun will rise at these times and the high water

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times. There could be ground frost on the outskirts of Scarborough

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first thing with lots of sunshine and some patchy low cloud over the

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top. Elsewhere, the sunshine may give way to partly cloudy skies but

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the best of the weather in the eastern parts. They list the weather

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front that by the end of tomorrow evening will be spreading into the

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Pennines. Turning quite breezy later with temperature is not far from our

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village. `` from average. Overnight rain on Wednesday night and quite a

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sunny day on Thursday with strong north`westerly wind and Friday and

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Saturday looking mostly died. Dry. A cold snap next year but ``

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next week but just temporarily. We will see you tomorrow, goodbye.

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