19/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


19/02/2014

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Good evening. First tonight, do we have enough prison officers to keep

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our jails under control? Look North has discovered that numbers have

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fallen by a fifth in the past few years in four of the regions'

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biggest prisons. The Government says there are enough staff to keep

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order. But tonight, a former prison officer warns our jails are becoming

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increasingly dangerous places to work. Emma Glasbey has this

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exclusive report. More and more people have been going

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to jail over the last 20 years. Prisons are almost full, but the

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number of officers working in Yorkshire 's biggest prisons is

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falling. Using the Freedom of Information Act, we have discovered

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that over the last four years in Leeds and Wakefield, 80 prison

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officers have gone. Elsewhere, they have seen a reduction of 60.

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One officer says cuts are a big mistake. They have lit the fuse on a

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ticking bomb. History shows that it will fail. It is a dangerous job and

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it becomes more dangerous by reducing the number of staff. There

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was a stark reminder of how dangerous the job is in 2010.

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Moorland saw one of the worst instances of prison rioting in

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years. The worst three nights of my career. It was devastating. To feel

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your place of work has been so violated.

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The number of attacks and fights at these prisons has fluctuated.

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Moorland has seen a fall but the government statistics are being

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disputed. The under reporting is a problem. They are on the increase

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because, although they put the stats out, not every assault is reported.

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It all depends where a reportable assault is and it is down to the

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governor whether they report assaults to headquarters.

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No one from the prison service was available for interview but they

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told us they are reforming and modernising to ensure best value for

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the tax payer. They say they are committed to maintaining safe and

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secure prisons with appropriate staffing levels. They also told us

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arrangements are in place to fill posts from other prisons when there

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are temporary staff shortages. A woman who is critically injured in

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hospital has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of her

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two`year`old daughter. The girl was found unconscious with her mother

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outside a house in the Marshfields area of Bradford on Tuesday morning

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and died later in hospital. A postmortem examination revealed the

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girl died from injuries consistent with being caused by a fall.

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Unemployment in Yorkshire has fallen again. Figures for the three`month

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period between October and December show there were 240,000 people

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without a job ` that's 8,000 fewer than the previous quarter. The

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regional unemployment rate is now 8.6% ` the second highest in

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Britain. A 22`year`old Bradford man is due to

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appear at the city's Crown Court on Friday charged with the murder of

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his wife last November. An international arrest warrant had

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been issued for Danish Irfan after the body of his wife Ridda Zanab was

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found in her home in Lidgett Green. Mr Irfan was arrested yesterday at

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Manchester Airport and appeared before magistrates this morning.

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Demonstrations have taken place outside ATOS offices in our region

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today. It's the company that assesses if people with disabilities

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are able to work. Protestors say the current way of carrying out

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assessments results in people who are unable to work being told they

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ARE capable. They claim the "fit to work" tests are "damaging and

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distressing" and have led to suicides. In a statement, ATOS says

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it has no input on welfare policy but operates based on government

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guidelines. He's the man who delivered the

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Olympics. Some say Sir David Higgin's next challenge will be even

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greater ` delivering HS2 ` the high speed rail line from London to the

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North. Today he brought his cabinet to Leeds for the first time and he

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said he was keen construction SHOULD begin in Yorkshire once

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parliamentary approval for phase two is given. Olivia Richwald has more.

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This was a meeting in Leeds to discuss the future of our railways.

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It was a high`powered delegation of civic leaders and HS2 bosses with

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just one item on the agenda. The Yorkshire leg of the high two line.

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This is the newly appointed chairman of HS two. Today he revealed that

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construction work could start as soon as the government had approved

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the plans and that melt jobs. As soon as we have the powers to

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construct the second stage, we could `` should start hearing needs so we

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can provide a massive regeneration opportunity. Campaigners against the

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project claim their lives are blighted by the cans `` continuing

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uncertainty `` uncertainty of the route. I think that through the

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residents making representations to Parliament and high`speed two we are

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clear how people feel and we want them to respond to make sure it

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minimises the impact on people. One of the major gripes is the location

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of the proposed Sheffield station. Businesses wanted in the city centre

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but it is placed elsewhere under current plans. This will be

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considered by the department and they will come back by the end of

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the calendar year on that. So the location of the Sheffield station

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will be considered as part of the consultation and the results of that

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are expected at some point later this year.

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A quick look at sport now and in League One Sheffield United were

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away at Gillingham. And it's well done to the Blades who won 1`0.

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Finally, it's congratulations to Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys.

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They were named best British group at the BRIT Awards, making it the

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third time they have done the double at the ceremony with best group and

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best album. It is almost as glamorous in here

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isn't it? ! The next 24`hour Wes will become

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more unsettled with rain already edging in from the west. That rain

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will transfer eastwards along with a gusty wind. Clearing away through

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the second half of the night leaving us with damp and drizzly

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conditions. Staying windy overnight but mild. Tomorrow, further spells

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of rain spreading from the West so a lot of cloud and windy conditions.

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Drier and brighter as the g'day `` as the day goes on. The strong

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breeze will ease down later and temperatures will get into double

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figures in the morning. Easing later.

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Friday, a fine day. For the weekend, here is the BBC National weather.

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We have got rain and wind in the forecast, but the good news is that

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it is not severe. Over the next 24 hours, some of us will get rain and

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the winds will be strengthening Not stormy at this stage. This is the

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satellite picture, you can see the low pressure in the North Atlantic

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shunting weather fronts in our direction. It has been raining

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heavily in parts of western Scotland. Tonight, the rain will be

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splashing its way across the UK The wind will be freshening as well

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particularly across western areas. Very breezy in land. Most of the

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rainfall will be across western parts of Scotland, maybe the hills

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of Wales, into the south-west. The further east you are, the least

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amount of rain will fall. A very mild night, seven, eight or nine

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degrees. After a cloudy and wet start tomorrow, the wind will blow

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away

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