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And on Look North at 6:30pm: Hello. Welcome to Monday's Look North:

Tonight, Arthur Scargill's finances under the spotlight.

Why Arthur Scargill could face legal action from the union's current

leadership over a disputed ?100,000. We'll have the results of a special

BBC investigation. Also tonight: Controversial plans to

extract gas by fracking. Could it be coming to a site near

you? High expectations as more details

are revealed of a major arts festival to tie in with the Tour de

France. We will have all of the sport. I

will be speaking to some of the country's top weightlifters in Leeds

and we will have all the goals from the victory over Leeds United.

There is a warning in place for ice. Join me for the detailed forecast

shortly. Thank you for joining us. Our top

story. And we'll also have all six goals

from the Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds.that

the current leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers is

threatening to sue its former leader Arthur Scargill for just over

?100,000. The money was paid to cover legal bills run up by the

International Energy and Miners Organisation, of which Mr Scargill

is president. The investigation for tonight's

Inside Out programme also found that other payments ` of more than

?600,000 made over the past 30 years are also being questioned. Dan

Johnson reports. Three decades on from the bitter

battles of the miners strike, there are new questions about money and

Arthur Scargill. You should vote for me because Margaret Thatcher and the

Tories hate me and want to see me defeated! Shortly after the striking

helped to setup the International Energy and Miners Organisation, key

is still its president. The National union of Mineworkers, representing

British miners, has played it `` paid ?20,000 a year in subscriptions

but now the man who leads the union has stopped the payments in 2010.

The trouble happened when I was asked to justify paying that amount

of money and I asked for site of accounts from the International

Energy and Miners Organisation and it was refused. Where do you think

the money has been going? What has it been spent on? I have no idea and

that is why I wanted to see the accounts. The International Energy

and Miners Organisation spend more than ?100,000 recovering a loan of

?29,500 given to Roger Windsor, the former chief executive of the

National union of Mineworkers. The case dragged on and it has recently

become clear it was the British miners paying the bill. Recently

there was a grant of a grant of ?145,000 shortly before Arthur

Scargill retired. The British committee was never consulted.

Arthur Scargill said this was the equivalent of what he could have

expected as a severance payment. One MP who used to be a minor is

concerned. What we should be doing now is having a proper investigation

about what happened. It is extraordinary to pay money into an

investigator `` organisation and not know what for. It is ridiculous. The

union is now preparing to sue Arthur Scargill and general secretary of

International Energy and Miners Organisation which is based in Paris

but we know little else about it. No accounts have been published since

1993 and a journalist who once worked there could not tell us much.

When did you last write a story about the International Energy and

Miners Organisation? Identify have ever written a story about it since

the strike. When did you last read a story about the International Energy

and Miners Organisation? I cannot remember. Is there any evidence in

the last 20 years that this organisation has done anything

productive? You should ask somebody who is working for it or who is

affiliated to it. We went to see what we could find out at its

registered office. I was taken up to the sixth floor to the offices of

the International Energy and Miners Organisation and I met the secretary

of the general secretary who is also his wife. She said there is only one

other person who works for the organisation who writes the

journal. She said there were no other officers or staff because they

have no money. She would answer no more questions and said we had to

put any further points to Arthur Scargill. Questioning his integrity

is unthinkable to some who consider Arthur Scargill hero for the way he

took on the coal board and Margaret Thatcher's government. Cabinet

papers last week showed that he was right when he said there was a

secret plan to shut 75 pits and that had always been denied. Now some

former miners have lost faith in the man they once followed. The people I

speak to are glad to see the back of him. We were all falls and we all

had the wool pulled over our eyes and will not happen again. He made

his name in taking on the establishment but increasingly

Arthur Scargill faces tough questions from those he to lead.

We have had a response from him but he would not appear on camera. He

sent us quite a long and detailed letter denying there is anything

inappropriate. On the legal bill you said the ?29,500 that the

International Energy and Miners Organisation got from Roger Windsor

has been paid back to the National union of Mineworkers and if the

organisation is able to recover costs it will pay more back. It says

the NUM has breached its conference decision in stopping the payments to

the International Energy and Miners Organisation and the organisation

has always presented its accounts in accordance with its congress. Arthur

Scargill's flat in London has also raised questions. Yes, there was a

court case when it became clear that the NUM was still playing `` paying

the rent on that flat even after Arthur Scargill had retired from the

union. When it came to court Arthur Scargill actually lost but a couple

of documents came out during the case, one of them a letter written

by the vice president of the union that Arthur Scargill produced. It

was questioned in court whether that letter had been written by the vice

president because he was very ill at the time and the judge said he could

not accept the evidence from Arthur Scargill about that letter but

Arthur Scargill says he stands by his evidence. He added that the

judge had ignored other evidence in the case that the man was awake,

alert and orientated at the time the letter was written. It has also

emerged that Arthur Scargill was trying to buy the flat from the

Corporation of London. It is a very nice council flat. He was trying to

use the right to buy legislation from Margaret Thatcher and if he had

been successful he said he would have transferred the flat back to

the National union of Mineworkers and they would have then had an

asset. As you may have seen on the national

news, the Prime Minister has today told local councils that they'll get

extra funds if they approve fracking for shale gas. In a moment we'll

explain what fracking is, who the companies involved are, and whether

our councils are indeed considering it. But first here's what David

Cameron said during a visit to a gas plant near Bassetlaw, where a French

energy company has become the first large firm to invest in fracking in

the UK. This is part of our long`term economic plan, to bring

jobs and investment and to make sure that we have secure and affordable

supplies of energy. I have been very impressed by what I have seen and

overall there could be 74,000 jobs in this brand`new gas industry. The

announcements you may today, some environmentalists say it is a bribe

commie or bribing local councils and communities, what is your response?

I do not accept that for one minute. It is right that local

communities should share in the benefit of having shale gas

exploration. That is ?100,000 when a well is dark and then up to ?10

million over the life about well. It is right that local communities

should share in it but it is good for the whole country as well. How

you convince the people of Lincolnshire this is a safe

practice? Tim Iredale was asking the questions

there. So how could fracking affect us here in Yorkshire?

Ian White has been to the city of York, which has been identified as a

potential site. It is controversial and could be coming to a place near

you. Fracking, short for Hydro on `` hydraulic fracturing involves

digging deep underground and explosions fracture the shale,

high`pressure mix of sand and water and chemicals are released and crack

the rocks and force `` release the gas inside. More than half of the UK

could be suitable for fracking. All types of places could be affected,

built`up areas as well as rural ones. This is a coming York and I

wonder how many people know what it is and whether they are for or

against it? Fracking. No. Mining of shale gas. Is it on the computer,

fracking and causing problems? Rumblings in the ground and

earthquakes and that sort of thing. I do not know how true it is.

Environmentalists have long been concerned about the technique. One

campaigner says that people living in York do not realise it could

affect them. Even if there was a well outside the town the boreholes

can go many kilometres under the ground and that borehole could be

under your house. Our children and grandchildren are going to have a

rough time if we do this gas `` dashboard ghats. Local authorities

could benefit from the business rate income so for local councils

deciding what is for the best is difficult. The country `` companies

have been approaching us about fracking in the west of York so we

will be having the discussion. The Prime Minister has been talking

about business rates coming forward from those developments but I take

that with a pinch of salt because the government promised us more

money with business rates before and it ended up being diminished and

dwindles. Both sides of the argument say that information is key and they

want people to know what fracking is all about because it could be coming

to your town or city sooner rather than later.

That sets the scene. So who are the companies involved in

fracking, and how have the rest of our local authorities reacted? Our

political editor Len Tingle has more detail.

Well, York is far from the only place in our region suitable for

fracking. This is a map produced by the British Geological Survey last

year. It includes York and Harrogate and a great swathe across the North

York Moors to the East Coast. And it even more widespread than that. West

Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and into the North Midlands. It makes the UK,

Yorkshire and the North in particular, one of the richest

sources of shale gas in Europe with the potential to provide a quarter

of the UK's needs. So its not surprising that the big

international energy giants like the French company Total are now homing

in. They will pump money into the smaller companies who have already

been granted licences to explore. But the Government licence isn't

enough. They need local council planning permission as well.

And these companies are offering some tempting financial inducements.

They will pay ?100,000 up front for every wellhead given planning

permission by a local council and for the lifetime of the well, 1% of

the revenue. That could add up to a hefty ?10

million over the lifetime of a well. Today the Government showed how

anxious it is to kick start the industry. Councils will be able to

keep every penny of local business rates for each site, worth and

estimated ?1.7 over the lifetime of each wellhead. So will that persuade

the politicians? The concerns here are, is the water supply going to be

affected? Are they going to be too many lorry movements? I think that

is manageable. Will we get a share of the profits? We have had fracking

for 50 years and has not bothered anybody. As long as we get a share

of the profits and there are proper controls over water pollution, this

community will, in my view, be happy. Will Yorkshire councils

welcome fracking? We contacted all of them today and most said that the

extra financial incentives revealed today are clearly interesting but it

is far too early to come to have you. Only Sheffield, a self

proclaimed city of green technology, said it would absolutely oppose

fracking gas extraction on environmental grounds.

Thank you, we will keep across that of course.

Later on Look North: Fighting back against cancer.

The book that tells the personal story of a family's long battle with

the disease. Photo `` first, let us have some

news in brief: A 28`year`old man has appeared before Leeds magistrates

charged with murder. Bakhtiyar Muhsin Omar from the

Harehills area of the city was remanded in custody.

It comes after a 24`year`old man was found lying in the road in the

Lincoln Green area early on Saturday morning. He was taken to Leeds

General Infirmary and died soon after.

A cake`making company in Barnsley has been given a ?20 million boost

today by Premier Foods. The cash will lead to a new production and

packing line at the site in Carlton which makes Mr Kipling cakes. The

investment will take 12 months to complete.

Work to build new homes on the site of the old Terry's chocolate factory

in York began today. The landmark building has been empty since the

factory closed in 2005. The developers plan to build hundreds of

houses and a business park. A wife and mother whose husband died

of prostate cancer has today fulfilled an ambition which she's

held for ten years, since he was first diagnosed.

Julie and Joe Romani were told he could only have between two and five

years to live. But after a lot of research into alternative therapies,

Joe survived for seven. Today is the third anniversary of his death and

the day her book is published. Julie and their consultant, cancer

specialist Professor Tim Oliver join us now. Tell us why you went into

automotive therapies when your husband got the diagnosis? He was

diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only two years to live. I had

read previously about people curing themselves of cancer using

alternative therapies so, therefore, I started the research

right from the date of diagnosis and I actually managed to keep him free

from cancer for three years using alternative therapies only. Let me

ask you at this point, what did you think of these alternative

therapies? Having been one of the first cancer specialists to

demonstrate the occurrence of spontaneous regression of cancer in

kidney cancers, I am always aware that there is something more to

cancer than just what is conventionally known and therefore,

I am always academically interested. Now, the big thing about

alternatives `` alternative therapies is that they are not

properly assessed and the key thing about this I think is the education

of the patient. Did you properly assessed and? Well, with every

treatment, medical practices practising and improving your

knowledge. Learning to judge whether there is an early indication that

the patient is benefiting is the first priority with a terminal

cancer patient. So what sort of things were you trying? Many things.

One of the things that I used to give him on a daily basis was a

green drink. He didn't like it but it was organic green grasses and

salts and sprouts. It's is because many Al`Qaeda `` many cancer

patients are very acidic and the cancer thrives in acidic conditions

so this neutralises that. Another drink came from Peru which I found

in the Internet and that stabilise the cancer for 12 months. It is very

cheap so none of these things are extremely expensive. A lot more in

your book. Sorry we have run out of time.

Yes, we could talk a lot longer about that.

Before 7:00pm: Meet the weightlifting stars of the future.

We'll hear why Leeds is becoming a real hotbed for the sport.

No doubting what the big story was in Yorkshire football at the

weekend. Sheffield Wednesday, who are without a permanent manager and

sit just above the relegation places, demolished playoff hopefuls

Leeds United 6`0. Ian Bucknell has all the goals from

that game and a debut to remember at Huddersfield Town.

It started when Reda Johnson was given the freedom of Hillsborough by

the Leeds defence. He takes the goal well and then Kieran Lee broke three

to make it 2`0 at half`time. That was when Matt Smith came on for

Leeds, but not long. He clobbered Johnson right in front of the rest

and got sent off. A procession of goals followed and Connor Wickham,

Chris Maguire and two well taken efforts from Caolan Lavery.

Sheffield Wednesday had only won once in the league when there

caretaker arrived and he has now led the team to four wins and he thinks

he should get the job permanently. From the outside looking in you

would think I would get the job but the chairman and I are in dialogue,

we speak on a regular basis and for some reason he has decided not to

give me the job at this moment in time. A sight for sore Bradford City

eyes now as their one`time hero makes debut for Huddersfield. Wells

did not disappoint his new followers. This well`controlled

finish was enough for a win against Millwall. We had a lot of possession

but we did not create enough in front of goal and then that was a

real poachers finish at the end. This penalty save for Rotherham kept

the score at 2`2 against Crewe. The keeper's hard work paid off when

they were kept in front and it was a 4`2 win. The goal of the day was 25

yards for Chesterfield as the team made light work of Bari. They stay

in the promotion places. York have turned their fortunes around

dramatically. Ryan Bowman had a header that looped over the. After a

foul Wes Fletcher scored from the spot for 2`0 as York climb to 14.

You can see highlights from all of our teams on the football league

/now available on the iPlayer. Now for the rest of the sport,

Tanya's with some of our Commonwealth hopefuls.

Yorkshire's Katherine Brunt took the final wicket as England's women beat

Australia in the Ashes test match in Perth.

This is the British weightlifting performance Centre here in Leeds and

we have some of the top players in the country. Rebecca Tyler is a

familiar face to our viewers because the last time we saw at was when she

was nominated for the young Sports Personality Of The Year. How much

does that way? 65. How much do you way? 65. So that is your own body

weight? Yes. We spoke to you when you were nominated for the young

Sports Personality Of The Year, have you had a lot of people recognising

you? My sport is being promoted more so that is a good thing. What is it

like training here? You train with the senior squad. Yes, it is good to

train with people who are older than me and better than me, it is a good

opportunity. This was not the only award, you were weightlifting 's

young athlete of the year as well. Yes. This year is big with the

Commonwealth Games. It will be a big experience competing with people who

are better than me. And grown`ups! Happy birthday, today is your 15th

birthday! You will be up against seniors, wait you? Yes. What do you

think it will be like? I think it will be really good. I cannot wait.

For you it is a great experience but the two behind you both British

champions, Sarah Davies and Jack Oliver will help to pick up medals

at the event. The Commonwealth Games will be massive for you. Yes, for us

to both get gold medals would be perfect. I should say... Come in

Jack you are being shy! You live together and train together, what is

it like watching each other complete? Awful. There is no other

word for it, you get so nervous. I you competitive against each other?

Well, we are competitive against everyone to be honest so each other

included! Sarah, you are a bit different in this because you are a

former Miss Leeds and Miss England and you also organise glamour

contests here, how do the two worlds marry up? Well, they are not to you

would put together normally but it does give weightlifting in new side

to it that most would not expect so it breaks the stereotypes of both.

Do you feel you are breaking down barriers? I like to think so. If you

tell people you are a weightlifter they say you are not big enough or

tall enough and you don't look like a weightlifter but who says what you

should look like? Watching you guys I am suitably impressed. Another bit

of news to bring you is that Yorkshire's Katherine Brunt took the

final wicket as England's women beat Australia in the Ashes test match in

Perth. Brunt clean bowled Sarah Elliott with a great delivery to

wrap up the 61 run victory. The win earns them six points in the

multi`format series. They only need to win two of the six limited`overs

games to keep the trophy. I know you were keen for me to have

a go at this weightlifting but I may only just be able to lift up the bar

even without the weights on! Come on, don't be shy! Either you

are fit! Do you think you could live to 65

kilograms? I could do that, easily! Now, it's less than six months till

the Tour de France comes to Yorkshire. To help celebrate the

world's greatest cycle race, a major arts festival is being planned.

It'll last 100 days, and more details of at it'll involve have

been revealed this morning. Cathy Killick reports.

Deep in Bronte country, just outside how worth, the powers that be have

laid on a helicopter and that immediately shows you they have got

something to shout about. This spectacular scenery is part of the

route for the Tour de France. It is fantastic to see this great reason

of hours from the sky. A different angle really makes you appreciate

what we have got here. In July three .5 billion cycling fans are going to

see all of this as well. The problem is, what, if you are not interested

in bikes? The answer is this, the first`ever Yorkshire Festival which

promises 100 days of art and culture to celebrate and work in the Tour de

France. It is about celebrating the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire,

not about the Tour de France itself. The best way I have heard

expressed is to say that the festival is about ideas and if your

idea does not want to wear lycra it does not have too. A lot of it, some

of the things will have a bicycle connection but by no means all,

there will be a wide range of things. ?2 million has been raised

to pay for the festival, 1 million from the arts Council and 500,000

from local councils and another 500,000 from Yorkshire water. We are

delighted to sponsor the festival. The ride passes through so much of

our land and we have been approached by so many people in the local

community that it is a no`brainer to be involved in sponsoring the event.

Yorkshire really knows how to put on a show which is partly why the Tour

de France is coming. The details of the festival will be revealed at the

end of the month and expect a spectacle.

What a nice day to be up in a chopper!

Absolutely. And tomorrow will be nice as well if you fancy that sort

of thing but there is a warning in place from The Met office. Dawn

tomorrow will have a nice as well if you fancy that sort of thing but

there is a warning in place from The Met office. Dawn tomorrow will have

ice on untreated circumstance `` surfaces. Tomorrow will be another

day with excellent visibility right across Yorkshire. A little ridge of

high pressure but this trough will bring showers tonight. The weather

system will bring more raining from the South West on Tuesday night and

on Wednesday morning. You can see the first frost coming into the

West. It has brought some lively showers through Birmingham and they

are coming into the south`west of our area and they will push through

all parts erratically. There will be sleet and snow across the tops of

their bills and they will not cause any problems. As they clear through

later in the night skies were clear and we will see fog and ice on

untreated circumstances and the temperatures drop down to freezing.

These are the high water times. Great start on the top of the hills

and low cloud over the Pennines. Icy patches will clear for the morning

commute and then it will be a lovely day with bright sunshine. Cloud will

increase from the west and then you can see the rain for tomorrow night

lurking in the Irish Sea. These are the top temperatures. The average

for this time of year is seven and we are looking at highs of about six

or even as low as four. Looking further ahead, wet start to

Wednesday with a wet end in between. A lot of clout but a lot of dry

weather on Wednesday. Thursday looks quite nice. Another fine day with

some sunshine. We will be back at 10:25pm. See you

tomorrow night. Good night.