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Good evening and welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight: An influential

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committee of MPs calls for equality for Yorkshire. They say work on the

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high speed HS2 line should start in the north at the same time as in the

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south. This is national infrastructure, and people right

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along the line should benefit. We'll get reaction from one of the

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campaigners against the scheme. Also tonight: Will the final curtain

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come down on Scarborough's Futurist Theatre? A decision's made on

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whether or not to keep it open. I'm at Leeds Arena as it prepares

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for one of its biggest nights of the year. Britain's sporting stars are

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on their way here as the city hosts the BBC Sports Personality of the

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Year. And join me for the weather.

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Construction work to build a high speed rail link between London and

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Yorkshire could begin in just three years time. A group of MPs have

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suggested the building of the project ` known as HS2 ` should

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start in the north of England at the same time as it starts in the south.

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They say it's only right that places like Yorkshire benefit at the same

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time as London and Birmingham. That goes against the views of the Prime

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Minister, and some people here whose homes and businesses could be

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affected. Ian White is here with more. At a cost of at least ?43

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billion, HS2 is being described as essential for the north and south of

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the country. But at the moment, the south is set to benefit first.

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Construction is due to start in three years. The first phase from

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London to Birmingham would be complete by 2026. But it won't reach

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Sheffield, Leeds and York until 2033. Now a group of MPs say

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Yorkshire should not have to wait 20 years to benefit, and wants

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construction in the north and the south to start at the same time. The

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government have said there are practical and legal obstacles

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building north to south as well as south to north, but this is about

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having a new look. This is national infrastructure and people right

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along the line should benefit. But that idea was recently rejected by

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Prime Minister David Cameron during a Look North interview. The

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economics stack up best if, frankly, you do the hardest part first ` the

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Birmingham to London route. Then you put in place the start of the spine

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which is going to go to Manchester, Leeds and elsewhere. Some people

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living and working in places near where the line will be built say the

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thought construction could start in Yorkshire as early as 2017 is

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madness. The report is flawed in many areas. When they talk about

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starting from the north... That's just rhetoric. Legislation would

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have to be brought forward. If it really was such a good idea, how

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come it's taken three`and`a`half years for them to think about it?

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It's probably a sticking plaster to win Northern support, which

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transparently isn't there at the moment. The Select Committee Report

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will now be sent to the government for consideration.

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Its future has been in doubt for years and tonight it looks as if it

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is over. The Futurist Theatre in Scarborough is to close down in just

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three weeks' time. For many it sums up what the summer holidays used to

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be like. The Beatles performed there and I saw Cliff Richard, Ken Dodd

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and Morecambe and Wise there in my youth! The decision to shut it down

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and redevelop the site was taken this evening and is already causing

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strong controversy in the town. Cathy Killick is there. Protestors

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here. They're very upset. This is a much loved institution. Built in

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1921, there's no denying The Futurist is showing its age. So,

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what to do? Refurbishment at a cost of at least ?3 million... Carrying

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on as it is at a cost of ?180,000 a year... Or knocking it down and

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building something new? They're questions that raise strong feelings

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in Scarborough. Last month, campaigners trying to save it

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lobbied this man ` Tom Fox, the council leader. Late this afternoon,

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he decided the theatre has to close, and the site redeveloped.

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Uncharacteristically, he chose not to speak to Look North today. For

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local businesses, it's a blow. John Senior is the chairman of the South

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Bay Traders' Association. It's a financial multiplier for us. When

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there's a good show on, everybody benefits. The hotels. The pubs.

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Clubs. Restaurants. Everybody gets something, so it's vital to

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Scarborough's economy. Look North first reported on problems at The

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Futurist 17 years ago. The council stands accused by campaigners of

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killing it by degrees ` with underinvestment and a lack of

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vision. It has failed to provide a future for The Futurist. Joining me

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is a campaigner. What is your reaction? Anger. We signed an

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agreement. We had signatures. We are going to continue. Is it viable?

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Yes. Definitely. The council have made it not viable on its own. But

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give it to the people who have experience... It is... So not over

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yet? Far from it. Members of the founding family are watching. We

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thank them. Thank you. This isn't the end, despite what the council

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say... Later on Look North: Funding flood

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defences. Anger in Sheffield as small businesses are asked to

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contribute, but Meadowhall isn't. A Sheffield businessman says he's

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furious that he's being asked to pay thousands of pounds towards a flood

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defence scheme that Meadowhall Shopping Centre isn't having to

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contribute to. More than 250 companies in the city are being

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asked to vote on whether they'll help fund new defences in the Lower

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Don Valley after the area was devastated by flooding six years

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ago. Here's Mark Ansell. The city centres... The industrial heart of

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Sheffield... Meadowhall... The 2007 floods left more than 1,000 homes

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and businesses with severe damage. Even RAF Search and Rescue teams

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were called in. Now there's an ?8 million flood defence scheme to stop

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this happening again. But it's dependent on businesses voting in

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favour of contributing more than ?1 million. One of them is owned by Ken

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in Attercliffe. He manufactures pumps but he's against the plan

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because Meadowhall's been excluded from contributing. They're big.

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They're powerful. They've got more money. More clout. I'm a family run

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business. I don't have the time or the energy to go round in political

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circles to make the impact which Meadowhall can do. They dare not say

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to Meadowhall 'you have to pay'. A spokesperson for the project says

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that Meadowhall has constructed its own defences, which makes it less

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likely to flood. Ken has also invested ?20,000 doing the same

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thing. Immediately after the floods, within a matter of months, we built

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this wall to protect ourselves. Businesses will find out on Monday

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if the majority have voted in favour. Ken says if it does get the

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go ahead he'll refuse to pay and fight it in court.

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Two women have been arrested over the death of a baby boy in Halifax.

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Police officers were called to a house in Spring Gardens at around

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1am yesterday morning. A baby boy was found there, and was taken to

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hospital, but died later. The two women, who are 21 and 47, were

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arrested on suspicion of neglect. They've now been released on bail.

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Eight or nine cars. Maybe ten. They all came in. Ambulances as well.

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They all went to the house. They've cordoned it off and they've been

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there since yesterday. It's shocking. Really bad news.

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Firefighters are on strike again tonight in a long running dispute

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over pensions and the retirement age. It's the fifth time members of

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the Fire Brigades Union have walked out in recent weeks. The government

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has called the action unnecessary, but the union says firefighters are

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being punished under current proposals. The action will take

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place between 6pm and 10pm tonight, with another walk`out scheduled for

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the same time tomorrow. Bradford Royal Infirmary has become

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the first hospital in England to be officially recognised for its work

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to help patients with dementia. As part of the Right Care Initiative,

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more than 900 staff have received special training. The hospital has

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also installed special features and signage to help patients with the

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illness. The scheme will now be rolled out in St Luke's hospital.

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And could Yorkshire soon have its first all`weather race course? It's

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emerged that the course management at Catterick could be about to

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realise their long`standing ambition to install an artificial track. For

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a couple of years now, Catterick have been developing a plan which,

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we understand, would involve replacing the flat turf course with

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a floodlit, all`weather surface, and retain jumps racing at the same

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time. They were switched on to mark the

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season of goodwill ` but now traders in Thirsk fear their Christmas

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lights could be switched off. That's because they've been landed with a

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?10,000 bill. The traders can't afford to pay it and say a possible

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computer error could be to blame. Phil Connell has the story. The

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festive lights are on in Thirsk but Christmas spirits here have been

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dampened by an unexpected bill. It normally costs around ?800 to power

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the lights for the six week Christmas season. But for last

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year's display, npower has delivered a bill of more than ?10,000. It's

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thought computer error is to blame. But despite that, the town's lights

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have been threatened with disconnection unless it's paid. It's

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a dark cloud hanging over the place. We don't want that. Thirsk has an

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excellent community spirit. We just want npower to show us some

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Christmas spirit. The big switch on took place in Thirsk at the end of

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November. An event which every year is organised by the Thirsk and

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District Business Association. But despite its members making endless

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calls to try to sort the problem, they've now been served with two

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disconnection letters. We've sent them all the right measurements.

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Since March, the chairman's been trying to get an answer ` a reduced

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bill. We can't get one. They say it's a computer error. According to

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npower, the matter is still being investigated. They say they don't

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want to switch the Christmas lights off in Thirsk and are working hard

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to resolve it. In the town, patience is running thin. What on earth are

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they thinking about? It's a local community trying to have a good

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celebration of Christmas. I think it's a case of bah humbug. You can

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see all of the hard work that goes into it. For them to disconnect...

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They may find some businesses chained to lamp posts! So for now

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the lights are being enjoyed while they can. But with no resolution,

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there are fears the plug could be pulled at any time.

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It's just over 200 days until the grande depart for next year's Tour

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de France comes to Yorkshire. And organisers are asking for volunteers

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to help with the first two stages next July. The first stage will see

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the riders pedal a 190 kilometre route from Leeds, ending in

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Harrogate. The following day they'll ride 200 kilometres from York,

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ending in Sheffield. Shamir Masri can tell you more. The volunteers `

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or Gamesmakers ` were a huge success for London's 2012 Olympics. Next

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summer's organisers of the Tour de France are looking for an army of

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volunteers from Yorkshire to ensure the two days of racing here are a

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success. It's a huge event. One of the memorable things about the

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Olympics was the number of volunteers. We want to do that

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again. If you want to be the equivalent for the Tour de France

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when it starts in Yorkshire next July, go online and you could become

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one of the 10,000. One man who holds legend status in the world of

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cycling in these parts is Malcolm Elliot. He rode the Tour more than

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once himself. It's going to be phenomenal. The number of people

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descending on Yorkshire... And the television audience of billions...

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That's something that will take us by surprise. Thousands of volunteers

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are needed to ensure the race runs smoothly for riders, spectators,

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officials and even the media. The first stage sees the riders leave

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Leeds, go via Layburn and finish in Harrogate. Just as many volunteers

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will be needed the following day. The route is York to Keighley, then

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Huddersfield to Sheffield. I know the route intricately. The last 40

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miles are really demanding. For that to be day two of the three week Tour

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de France is really quite a brutal start to the race. Adults have until

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the end of December to sign up. Well, I've always wanted to get my

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hands on this. Sadly it's only on loan. Its new owner will be decided

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on Sunday, when the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year is chosen in

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Leeds. Just think about all those amazing sporting names who've had

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their hands on this. Yorkshire's had its share of winners. Lord Coe's

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from Sheffield ` he's had three awards, hasn't he? Last year of

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course it was Sir Bradley Wiggins ` what a star studded event that was,

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in the wake of the Olympics. So many champions to choose from. So who'll

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pull it off in Leeds? Well, Tanya's at the First Direct Arena for us.

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Tanya. Thanks. Well, you might recognise these stairs. This is

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where the lucky ones will make their grand entrance onto the stage. All

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eyes will be on them come Sunday. Around 11,000 will be watching here

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at the Arena, but millions more on television. I'm not allowed on them!

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What a night it's expected to be. As you can see there's still a bit of

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work to be done, but behind the scenes a major transformation's been

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taking place. They moved in here at 3am as BoyZone exited. Working ever

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since. It's no easy job turning such a vast auditorium into a spectacular

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stage set. By 10pm on Sunday night we'll know who's won the big prize `

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if it's to be a local winner it'll be the Hurricane from Halifax,

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Hannah Cockroft. She followed up her double at the Paralympics in London

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by defending her two titles at the World Championships this summer. But

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life has changed for her in recent months because she's now a student

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at Coventry University. So this is your room?

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So this is your room? Home sweet home? The closest it's going to get.

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It's a nice big one. I'm doing better than my friends. Hints of

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McFly. I expected a poster! I really want one but I can't find one! If

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anyone wants to send me one that'd be great! You're a proper student?

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These are the lectures? This is everything that's going on as well

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as lectures. So how are you fitting it in? Fitting in training? It's

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been hard work since I moved doing here ` having to do lectures all day

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and then coming home to train. I've got the rollers in the corner.

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Everything's fairly close by. I'm just not sleeping! I'm not being a

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fresher! What do your other flatmates make of you and your life?

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When I first moved in there was only one girl, Amy, who knew who I was. I

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was looking for everybody I was going to be living with on Facebook.

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I saw her and thought hang on a minute! I think I recognise her!

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It's not made much of a difference though. It was cool that they wanted

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to be my friend first because of who I am rather than what I am. There's

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no way I could do what she does. I struggle just having work and

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socialising. She's training and racing! No way I could cope with it.

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How much pressure was on you? Loads. Everybody expected me to do the same

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thing. I thought I can't lose because everybody expects me to win.

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The pressure was on. I enjoy that. What's it like being away from mum

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and dad, away from home? It's all right. I still talk to them most

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days on the phone. I need to know things like how to make a baked

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potato! She's a bit of a cottage pie person. Yorkshire cottage pie!

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Spaghetti bolognese is her favourite. My mum sent me down with

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loads of frozen meals. How much does she expect me to eat!? It's good to

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have it there I suppose! It's hard because I'm so used to going

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training, then coming home and my tea's on the table. Water bottle in

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my bed, too! Here, I've got so much to do! I really want my mum to help

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me! I've been home a few times and I appreciate it all a lot more. I

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can't wait to spend some proper time at home over Christmas. Hannah's one

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of ten who'll be vying for the top award. It's a short list of

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sportsmen and women from a broad spectrum. Good luck to them all. And

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it's down to you. You can vote by phone or online via the BBC website

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` but only once the programme is on air.

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Gabby Logan is one of the show's presenters this year. She's from

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Leeds, so it's been a perfect excuse to come north and visit family.

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We're not rehearsing today obviously because the set's still being built,

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but walking in you just get the sense of occasion. The atmosphere in

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here on Sunday night is going to be electric. Is it nice for you that

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your first one is here in your home city of Leeds? Couldn't have written

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the script better. It's perfect. I know, in the audience, there will be

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at least ten people who want me to do really well! We all want you to

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do well! It will be quite frightening though... It's totally

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different to anything to do! When you do things in front of an

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audience... I've done things where there are 500 or 1,000 people in...

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It makes it different. Normally there are just cameramen and other

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technical people. The odd producer. But not the audience! They're

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usually at home! All the people here on Sunday night are indicative of

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all the people at home. There's a real sense of immediacy. Have you

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had any say in the set? Have you asked for those stairs? Stairs you

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can definitely walk down? There will be a lot of practice! I'll be going

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up and down them! I should probably bring the exact shoes I'm wearing!

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It is of course the 60th anniversary. Any surprises in store?

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Some fantastic surprises. The production team work so hard, months

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in advance. People are always surprised how much preparation there

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is. And it can all change, even the day before. Sportsmen can get

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injured. You never know. We're just hoping everything we've got planned

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will come off on the night. Can you enjoy it? Or only once it's over? I

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really want to. I don't want to get to the end and think 'what happened

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there'! I want to savour the whole experience. All those memories we're

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going to tap into... It'll be a really great, nostalgic evening. The

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best of luck! Thank you! This place will be packed. It should be

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cracking. I understand some bouncers are headed your way for the trophy!

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Give it here! Now for the weather. Here are some

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of your photographs. Great as ever. Send them in. It will be a weekend

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of two halves. Tomorrow will be quite blustery. There will be gusty

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winds, politically for the hills. After a fine start to the day but

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gradually cloud over. High`pressure dominating. It is this weather

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system that will bring some heavy rain later on. We have had some wet

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weather through the day and you can see this. It has become very light

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and patchy. It will continue to Cleverley. It might be followed on

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by the odd shower overnight. Generally it is in moving story.

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Colder night than last eight. Temperatures down to three or four

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degrees. It is colder than the countryside. The sun will rise at

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about 8am. It is a bit of a nippy start the day but it will still be

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fine. Pleasant spells of sunshine. It will hazy. The claim will tend to

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thicken as the day goes on. Gusty for the hills and the coast in

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particular. By the end of the day, rain will have swept in. It will

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continue to migrate eastwards. Today we got up to 12 or 13 degrees. Very

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good for this time of year. 10 degrees to high for tomorrow. The

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rain will clear away into Sunday. Sunday over all looks like a good

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day. The will be later. Fine and dry. Sunday into Monday, more rain

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returns. It will be wet to start the working week. Rain will tend to move

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away gradually. Tuesday looks quite nice. A dry day with plenty of

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sunshine. It will be very wet and Wednesday by midweek. Thank you very

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much. Goodbye for now.

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