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weather on the way. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye

from me, and on Welcome to Look North. On the

programme tonight: The children who say they're falling behind at school

because of slow broadband speeds at home. Usually the internet crashes

and I cannot go onto it and everyone else has and then you are behind in

the lesson because you have not learnt what you are supposed to have

learned. But are we becoming over`dependent on the internet for

learning? We'll talk to an education expert.

Also tonight: Morrisons prepares to launch its online delivery service

in its Yorkshire heartland, but is it too late to compete with the

market leaders? What better than a Yorkshire pudding, but I have found

the most expensive one in the country, ?500.

There was a rare event with a snow flurry. There is some snow forecast,

join me for the latest. First tonight, thousands of

Yorkshire school children are falling behind in class because of

poor access to the internet at home. That's the claim from campaigners

and from children themselves. The latest government statistics

show 3% of British households with children have no access to the

internet. In Yorkshire that works out at about 25,000 children who

can't get online at home. And a survey of teachers has shown 98%

think pupils without home computer access are "educationally

disadvantaged". As the internet becomes a key part

of everyday life, it is also an important learning tool. These

children in the Upper Worth Valley are asked to do some of their

homework online, but the connection is slow at best and often cuts off

completely. Sometimes we need to go on to these maths games and things

but usually the internet crashes. We cannot get onto it and everyone else

has and then you are behind in the lesson because you have not learned

what you're supposed to have learned. I feel like I fall behind

really easily. I am getting pretty annoyed because it is a re`occurring

thing. You are clicking and waiting for it to reload. I think, maybe if

I reload it again it will get better, but it just stays. Broadband

speeds are around 1.3 megabits per second. That is lower than the two

megabits per second classed as a basic broadband connection. The

national average is 14.7. The government is committed to making

sure everyone gets at least the basic two megabits broadband

connection, even in rural areas where it is much harder in terms of

the infrastructure. But the deadline for that promise has slipped from

2012`2015 and now until 2017. Campaigners say that looks

ambitious. We are intrigued about how that is going to happen. We are

talking about communities that get cannot get online at all. Some areas

cannot make a call on a mobile phone. This two megabits that is

going to appear in a couple of years, it is going to be interesting

to see how that is going to happen. The schools have told us when

children cannot do the work at home they get the chance to do it in

school whenever possible but they admit it is not an ideal situation.

They say children are missing out on learning alongside their parents.

The families here are not alone. Campaigners nationally say the

education of half a million British children is suffering because of

poor access to the internet at home. You've had plenty to say on the

subject. Mike says, we have internet access but I refuse to let my two

use it for homework as they use Wikipedia, which is not a reliable

source. With us now is Gareth Davies from

the education technology company Frog, which is based in Halifax and

which recently carried out its own research into this issue. What do

you say to those viewers who've told us children shouldn't be using the

internet for their homework? What's wrong with an encyclopaedia? There

is nothing wrong with an encyclopaedia but children are using

Xbox and they have a book to go from, there is no extension

capability. There is a raft of information they can get from the

internet. 90% of teachers believe that children who do not have home

computers are educationally disadvantaged but six 3% of pupils

do not have sufficient access. That is the majority. That was a surprise

to us. We know we are making a difference in schools and we wanted

to make sure that children were benefiting and it was a real

surprise that 63% do not have everything they need. You need to

know that your children can get everything they need. You need to be

a will to take advantage. We are not just talking about slow speeds.

There are also families who just can't afford the internet, aren't

there? It is not just internet speeds. If there are a number of

children in the family they will need a device each. How vital is the

internet to children in the 21st`century? It could not be more

important. Most industries have gone through huge transformations and it

is darting to happen in education. Education is going to transform

through this information that it has. We have to have children

online. Later: Goodbye Bobby. Former

team`mates and managers gather at Leeds Minster to bid a final

farewell to Leeds United legend Bobby Collins.

Students across the region are being warned of the dangers of nights out

near city centre rivers following the disappearance of Megan Roberts

in York. Police have been continuing to search for her today. But Megan

is not the first student to disappear near water.

Today the search for missing Megan Roberts was continuing in York.

Student leaders there are raising awareness of the risks of drink to

the young. We work closely with the clubs and bars in town to make sure

students are safe on a night out. And to make sure they know what they

can do if something does happen, who to call and contact if they are out

and about. It is an issue of particular relevance to our region

with a large number of university campuses. In the student union at

York, Megan's disappearance is a time for reflection. The social reps

were saying, giving out warnings, saying you need to be sensible

tonight, everyone think about whether it is a good idea to be

drinking as much. It has made you very aware of other people's safety

as well as your own. Looking out for your friends who you are with,

making sure you're not just wandering off or other people are

not wandering off away. The dangers posed to young revellers partying in

the city centre prompted this film featuring the mother of a man who

drowned in the River Ouse three years ago. When they said there had

been an incident... He thought he would try and swim across the river.

Campaigners say Megan's case further highlights the risk of water. Her

fate is unknown. Nobody expects a happy ending.

It's one of the 'big four' supermarkets in the UK. But in

recent years Morrisons has fallen behind its competitors in the big

growth sector, online. So, after a disappointing Christmas, can the

launch of their online delivery service revive their flagging

fortunes? Morrisons have always prided

themselves on being a traditional Yorkshire business, selling

traditional food the traditional way. That also meant you could not

shop online. Until this month. Slow to act as their rivals prospered,

you might think. Not so, say Morrisons. Then we studied everyone

else's models we realise that we did not believe that what was being

offered was right for customers. Also they were not getting the

returns for the shareholders. We accept it has taken us some time but

we believe what we have in the market is leading the pack.

Sometimes it takes time to get things right. For Morrisons, getting

a right has never mattered more. They had a bad Christmas. Sales down

5.6%. Shares down even more. They say going online could be the

solution. Morrisons estimates 30% of their in`store customers use another

supermarket in internet shopping. It is convenient for the older

generation. We do not have to go out into the rush looking for things

when we can sit at home. We have no choice because all the others are

doing at. They have to compete. As Morrisons fans leave the depot, have

they left it too late? The supermarket is 58 years old, the

online model is only a few years old. I think we have learned a lot

of things that I would like to believe we are bringing something

that is very much leading the pack. Whether customers agree and the

sales slide can be reversed, we will find out in March.

A woman from York who kept snakes in small plastic boxes has been spared

jail. Pauline Wallace kept 140 snakes at her home and admitted

failing to look after the animals and causing unnecessary suffering to

a dog. She was given a 12 month supervision order, ?250 fine and

banned from keeping snakes for a year.

2,000 jobs could be created around Markham Vale after Derbyshire County

Council was given over ?14 million to help expand the regeneration

site. The money has been given to the council as part of the Sheffield

city area regeneration fund, and will be used to develop the site of

the old Seymour Colliery. A West Yorkshire arts venue left

derelict for more than a decade has been given a ?420,000 grant from the

government. A community group was started in 2011 to turn Unity Hall

in Wakefield into a music and arts space. More than 200 people have

already invested in a community share scheme to help renovate and

equip the building. The Grade II listed hall will house meeting

rooms, a cafe, gallery and office space. It is expected to open in

September. Bradford Council says three bids

have been put forward by developers, including one for a swimming pool,

for the old Odeon cinema. The building closed 14 years ago. The

council says it wants to preserve as much of it as possible but has not

ruled out demolishing it if a suitable developer can't be found.

The former concert hall and cinema was bought for ?1 late last year by

the council. The first public Holocaust memorial

sculpture in the north is to be built at Huddersfield University.

The six shapes will be made from more than six million buttons and

cast in bronze. The buttons were collected in Kirklees for an art

installation in 2006, each button representing someone who was killed

in the Holocaust. The original exhibition was haunting

and powerful, designed to make us think, and it was so popular that

after it went on display it toured the country. The buttons were

collected by people from West Yorkshire, many of them school

children, and the date was announced those buttons are to be transformed

into a permanent Holocaust memorial. They will be made into six huge

sheets and cast in bronze and put on permanent display at Huddersfield

University. We are going to be using six very large teardrop forms which

are going to be placed on the main concourse at the University of

Huddersfield. On the surface of these huge teardrops, some of which

will be in entirety and some of which will be broken up, we are

casting the six million`plus buttons onto the surface and containing them

inside. More than 6 million Jewish men, women and children were killed

during the Holocaust. Each of the buttons represented one person. The

new sculpture will ensure the horrors that happened more than

seven decades ago are never forgotten. It will take about the

mag years to raise the funding and complete the work.

"He was a winner". Just one of the many tributes paid to the former

Leeds United captain Bobby Collins as family, friends and former

team`mates gathered today for his funeral. Collins played for Leeds

for five years in the sixties. He also went on to manage Huddersfield

and Barnsley. The "Wee Barra", as he was nicknamed, was just five foot

three, but he certainly left his mark wherever he went.

To me, and I think my team`mates would agree, from the point of view

of Leeds United, he is the most important player ever to have walked

through the gates. He was such an influence on us. His character, his

professionalism, everything. People use rate far too often, but this man

was a great player, a great footballer. Bobby was a winner, and

he never backed down. The players's hero. A privilege to be able to try

to put across what Bobby was to me. He did a lot for me. By listening to

him, the knowledge that he had, the values that he had, they helps me to

become a football player and I think a professional. That is what I

learned. He set an example for many players. I learned a lot from him. I

think his legacy was the great team that followed him when he left the

club. I think only ex`footballers can talk and make tributes to

footballers and ex`colleagues and I think he would have been absolutely

proud of those players that he helped to bring through and what

they were saying about him. It was very nice. He would be very pleased.

Incredibly moving tributes to Bobby Collins.

Before 7pm: Find out why swimming's superstars are getting together in

Sheffield this weekend. Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Karen

Pickering are amongst the elite athletes taking part in a world

record attempt for a very special cause.

I have a mouth`watering treat. It will cost ?500.

Did he order room service? With the start of the new Super

League season just over a week away, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats have

today been told their stadium will have to operate at a reduced crowd

capacity, until some urgent structural repairs have been

completed. It follows the recent review of the stadium's safety

certificate. Until the works are complete, the Wildcats will only be

allowed maximum home crowds of 5,300 spectators. Tonight the club is

calling on volunteers, particularly builders or engineers, to help them

achieve the safety levels. When Sheffield and GB swimming ace

Lewis Coleman's mum was diagnosed with leukaemia, he says it "rocked

his world". Chemotherapy was unsuccessful so she was entered into

a clinical drugs trial and had a bone marrow transplant. Afterwards,

Lewis was so determined to do his bit for cancer research he decided

to organise a charity swim and so this Saturday at Ponds Forge in

Sheffield top`level athletes, including Mark Foster, Karen

Pickering, Rebecca Adlington and Hannah Miley, will each swim 100

metres in an attempt to smash the world record of one hour and 37

minutes. Lewis is with us now. How is your mum? We got some really good

news on Tuesday. We got some green lights for her treatment. She is

doing well. We have a picture of you and your lovely mum. You are

obviously a close family. How did you feel? Devastated. It was such a

tough thing to take on. They were living in Belgium when I found out.

I thought, you have to do something. I got my head into training and I

thought, I am going to do this event, so I have put my emotion the

training. You started organising this last summer. Tell us about it.

I am getting 100 swimmers together they will swim 100 metres and we are

trying to break began as world record of one hour 37 minutes as top

I am starting with some swimming clinics trying to get children

involved and raise awareness for leukaemia research. You have some

big names on board. How easy has it been to persuade them? Everyone I

have asked has been great, really supportive. All the swimmers are a

really good community and they have all been really helpful. Tell us why

he wanted to do this. My mum started off on chemotherapy and

unfortunately that was unsuccessful so she went on to a clinical trial

and these trials are not readily available in the UK, only 6% of

patients can get access, that was a shocking figure for me. Without the

trial it is unlikely my mum would be with us today. I thought, I have to

raise awareness, raise money so that more people can get a second chance.

You're trying to break a world record which will be a tall order.

How do the swimmers very? It starts with my little brother, who is ten.

He does a little bit of swimming. It is mainly professionals. You are

finishing. Yes. I have given myself the last leg. What does my mum think

`` your mum think? She is very proud. I am happy I have given her

something to be proud of. Let us look at your T`shirt. These are

available. You can watch Lewis and his colleagues. There are tickets

available. You can buy tickets and T`shirts on the day. Come down and

get involved. Good luck. Congratulations for organising it.

What would you do to treat a special lady if you had a spare ?500 kicking

around? I do not have a spare ?500. Buy her

a new dress? Some new jewellery? Makeup? Or offer her a Yorkshire

pudding for tea! Are you serious?

I sure am! The most expensive Yorkshire pudding ever made has been

unveiled today. Price tag ?500. I think I would rather have

diamonds. It is not often the Yorkshire

pudding fainted sells the centre of press attention. This is no ordinary

Yorkshire pudding. It will set you back ?500. Lovingly created by Adam

Smith, it has got all the ingredients to make it deep into

your wallet. We have baked truffle, Yorkshire beef, and truffle source.

They say you have to pay for the best, but will the management put

their money where their mouth is? I love Yorkshire pudding. Would you

pay ?500? If it was like the one today, maybe. Seeking expert advice,

I took a top food writer away from that that prefers for a private

chat. This is the life. I have a special treat. I know you like

Yorkshire puddings. Do you fancy that? You have written books about

Yorkshire puddings. What is so special about the Yorkshire pudding?

I think it is its simplicity. This is not simple looking. To me, it

evokes home and comfort. Memories of childhood. It is in our hearts. If

someone really going to pay ?500 for a Yorkshire pudding? I think

somebody might. To get teased this is a one`off, it is unique. `` to

get to taste this. That is amazing, gorgeous. What is this? It is for

you. A ?500 bill. You must be joking. Harry can pay for that. He

will never know. He is off today. What a life he leads.

I could eat for a year for ?500. We have some good news. This CE goal

who went missing in North Yorkshire at the weekend has been found that

smack sea eagle. The bird caused a media sensation

when she flew away on Saturday. We have had some excitement, the

first flurries of winter. That was South Yorkshire. A thick covering.

We have had another sighting of some snow. That looks like an eighth of a

centimetre of slush. Blink and you miss it. Tomorrow, their headline is

cloudy, turning wet and windy through the afternoon. A chance of a

bit of snow above 1000 feet for a short time. Another Atlantic area of

low pressure, and behind it clear whether so the weekend will brighten

up but there will be a number of scattered showers. Especially over

the hills. It has been a dreary day today. We have had some patchy rain,

drizzle and a little light snow and sleet especially across both

Yorkshire and parts of Derby. There will be patchy rain giving slight

accumulations, chiefly over the hills. Further east it is drizzle

and like rain. A chance of icy patches especially over the hills.

The sun will rise in the morning at 7:55am. It is a cloudy day tomorrow

with a few wintry showers at first that will move away. Skies might

brighten later in the morning with a few glimmers of sunshine. The cloud

will thicken through the afternoon. The rain sweeps in from the west and

on the highest ground there may be a short spell. Top temperatures with

the freshening south`westerly wind, five or six degrees. The weekend

much brighter with showers. I apologise for the wrong

pronunciations! We will be back at 10:25pm.