23/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


23/02/2014

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Thank you. Good evening. It's 70 years this weekend since an American

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fighter aircraft crashed in a park in Sheffield during the Second World

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War. The B17 bomber, nicknamed Mi Amigo, was on its way back to

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Britain from bombing Nazi targets in Denmark when it crashed in woodland

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in Endcliffe Park. Today people in Sheffield have been remembering the

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ten aircrew who were killed. Here's Mark Ansell.

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American B`17 bomber crews based in Britain during the Second World War

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had to fly 25 missions before being allowed home. But many were killed

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in action. Among them were the ten man crew of Mi Amigo. This plane was

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coming back from a bombing raid in Denmark and as it limped over the

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house is behind me, the pilot lost control and ended up crashing in the

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trees over their in Sheffield. The plane narrowly missed the children

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playing in Endcliffe Park, and there are some people that have vivid

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memories of that day. It was mangled metal and explosions going off with

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what munitions were left on it. It came over here and suddenly it went

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into a spin and into these trees just at the back, and it burst into

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flames. I remember my mother picking me up in her arms and running

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outside with me towards the park railings and seeing people running

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madly across the grass towards the area to see if they could help.

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Unfortunately, they couldn't, because the poor men had perished.

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Today, in Sheffield, they have been remembering the young men who died

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in the crash. It is a significant day for the American service men

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from Harrogate. We have come here to remember ten Americans. Their fellow

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generations are wondering does anybody care about them? We do. You

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do. And we appreciate that very much. For the Americans and the

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people of Sheffield alike, it is important to pay tributes to former

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comrades that died for our freedom 70 years ago.

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The search is continuing for a prisoner, jailed for the murder of a

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West Yorkshire pensioner, who absconded while on day release from

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jail. Paul Maxwell escaped while he was on a visit to Rochdale town

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centre. He's serving life for the murder of 85`year`old Joe Smailes,

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seen here on the left, in Wakefield in 1996. He was robbed and severely

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beaten in his home leaving him with a broken neck.

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Next tonight, earlier this week we brought you the story of a group of

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people starting on a new project to build a brand new steam engine. The

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mighty P2 first rolled out of the Plant Works in Doncaster eight

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decades ago. It was one of the largest locomotives they ever built

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there. To build the very first part for the new one, television

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personality James May offered his services. We were invited along.

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You will often see him behind the wheel, but maybe not the wheel of a

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locomotive. James May is a self`confessed engineering

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enthusiast, the ideal choice to join forces with a group of people that

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wants to build a brand`new steam engine. Nothing to worry about

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there. Disengage. Here we go. The aim is to recreate a class P2, six

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were built with the first running out of the plant were at 80 years

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ago. The new one will be called the Prince of Wales. I like this stuff.

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I am not into pretending that I do things, I just do things that I

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like, I like metalwork, machinery, I like the smells, all of that. I like

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it. Some people think it is all very anal, but it is no different from

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liking cooking or whatever. Two years ago, a few people build

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tornado which has gone on to become a star train on the line. James has

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been here from the start, and he is building the very first component.

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It becomes tangible, the project has begun to take shape. Until now, it

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has been fundraising, but now we're starting construction. 12 hours

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later, it was finished. The rest of the locomotive should be done in

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another seven years. All of that lovely turning and none of us will

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ever see it. But when it comes towards you, you will know that you

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made it. Yes, I would be quite boring about it! If I am with anyone

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and it is coming towards us, or if it appears in the newspaper, I would

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be like, I have done that! The Sheffield boxer and former

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Sheffield United footballer Curtis Woodhouse is to retire after winning

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the British light`welterweight title.

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The 33`year`old went into his bout as an underdog against defending

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champion Darren Hamilton. But in a close contest he grew in belief as

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his jab caused Hamilton problems. He improved his record to 22 wins from

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28 fights. Onto rugby league and two results

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this afternoon. Huddersfield Giants 24, Hull KR 24. Castleford Tigers

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32, Catalan Dragons six. Now, the weather.

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Good evening, it is been a windy day for many of us and this evening, the

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wind continues to be strong from the south`west. This rain which has been

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edging into parts of the Dales will retreat for a part tonight, so

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mainly cloudy for many of us and mild with temperatures falling to

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seven or eight Celsius. For Monday, staying windy, that rain will start

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to edge to the east and it would break up to leave a fairly dry,

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sunny afternoon with temperatures of around nine or 10 degrees. Then, as

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we go through to Tuesday, it turns wet and clearing into sunshine and

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showers with highs of nine Celsius. The late bulletin is at 10:15pm,

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from the tea`time team, good died. Hello. Still no sign of the weather

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really settling down next week. There should be an improvement for

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most of us tomorrow. It will not be as windy as it has been today, and

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the band of rain will slowly peter out. We still have some rain to come

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through the night. This band of rain is quite slow moving, it will wander

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northwards into Dumfries and Galloway. Close to Northern Ireland,

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heavy rain in Cumbria and later in the night it will turn whether in

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Wales and the south-west. Southerly wind, quite strong at the moment,

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that will ease as the night goes on but it should be pretty mild, six or

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seven degrees, typically. Tomorrow, we start with heavy rain, especially

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over the hills, as it slips slowly eastwards so the rain tends to

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become light and patchy. Buying it, we get some sunshine and maybe a few

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showers. A good day in Scotland especially northern Scotland. In

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Northern Ireland we will see the showers increasing later in the

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afternoon. By three o'clock, that is left of the band of cloud and rain,

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not lifting at all. Sunny spells in the West Midlands and Wales. A few

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showers, possibly. Temperatures double figures. Very quickly in the

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evening it will

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