04/04/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening, and welcome to Friday's Look North. There hs a

warning tonight that Kellingley Colliery could be shut withhn a

matter of days. The National Union of Mineworkers is warning that 00

jobs could go by the Easter weekend if the government fails to `pprove

an emergency loan. The loan wouldn't guarantee any

long`term future, but would give the pit's owners, UK Coal, vital time to

look for more money. Here is Spencer Stokes.

Kellingley Colliery took on nine apprentices after Christmas, along

with 1400 other stuff, they could be out of work by Easter. Is claiming

failure to secure a ?20 million loan early next week would see Kdllingley

and full speed shut within two weeks. `` Thorsby. UK Coal will run

out of money by Easter so the workers at Kellingley will be on the

dole by Easter. The funding would keep the pit open until October

2015. Unions feel it would create a vital

window to look for more state aid. But the government says European

rules prevent that. And an energy expert says if money

is available, it should comd with a clear plan for the industry. An

important issue is if the government can review and reduce its hhgh

carbon taxes which are putthng doubt over the future of coal and the

existing coal`fired power stations. It is very important that if you are

looking to invest in a coal mine, you have a 10`year window to develop

that mine and establish salds and markets for the future. If that

Cooper visited Kellingley today accompanied by miners who rdtain

some optimism `` Yvette. Thdre is still hope, there are ways `nd means

that raise money to get us over the short`term problems.

Their moods may change next week if finance is not forthcoming. ?20

million would be the differdnce between issue down or a man`ged

closure that might allow further negotiation about its futurd.

So can anything be done to prevent the closure of Kellingley Colliery?

Well, a little earlier, we spoke to Linda McAvan, who is a membdr of the

European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber.

She says other European countries actively support their coal industry

through subsides, and the UK Government should do the sale.

`` subsidies. It is clear that the government could help the coal

industry and that is what the unions want. So in other European countries

like Germany and Poland, thdy are subsidising their mining industries?

Yes, and the Czech Republic just got an agreement to subsidise its

industry. The issue is whether the government is prepared to ptt money

on the table to get Kellingley Colliery through this difficult

period. David Cameron said this week, you are not allowed to

wilfully spend taxpayers money helping particular businessds.

Governments support businesses all the time. The nuclear power industry

is looking at a big subsidy from the government. Shale gas is gohng to

get huge tax breaks to help it. So it is possible to support energy, it

is possible to support industries, but you have to notify the Duropean

Commission. That does not mdan you cannot do it, you just have to work

within the rules. We are importing 40% of coal from

America, Colombia, Russia, that still contains as many pollttants as

the call from our own ground. Some people say it is about climate

change but we are not burning cleaner energy in these firds

stations, a still burning coal. `` they are still. And that relains the

same until modern nuclear power stations arrive so coal is still

with us. 40% of the energy we burn comes from

coal but it is not our own, that is the tragedy of the industry in our

region. Let's have shot and they are replaced by foreign coal, wd could

have kept our own industry open `` pits. So will it stay open?

If the government response openly to requests, we have to sit rotnd a

table and sort out obstacles, but we should not hide. I think it is a

question of political will `nd if we do not act, that is the end of the

British coal industry. In tdrms of security of supply, that is a real

shame. Thank you for joining us.

Next tonight, police say thd late Mayor of Scarborough, Peter

Jaconelli, would have been questioned about alleged chhld sex

offences were he still alivd today. Mr Jaconelli, a long`time friend of

the disgraced Jimmy Savile, died 15 years ago. North Yorkshire Police

have reported their handling of the cases of both men to the Independent

Police Complaints Commission. Our crime correspondent, John Ctndy

reports. The wealthy ice cream entrepreneur

and one`time map of Scarborough Peter Jaconelli was a pillar of the

community for years. `` the Mayor. Revelations about Jimmy Savhle are

out in the Open and it is claimed his public standing preventdd his

being outed as a possible the `` it possible paedophile. In the debris,

the BBC investigated Peter Jaconelli speaking to one of his alleged

victims. I was 12, 13. I was walking along the seafront at

Scarborough and he called md over and he said, you, you, do you want a

Saturday job? I went upstairs and I sat down and he turned up, he sat

next to me, he put his hand on my thigh and he said, let's sed what we

can do, now. A former Scarborough residents now living in Australia

same is that `` says there was never any secret about Peter Jaconelli. If

the police did not know abott it, they must have been the onlx people

in Scarborough! Eight add rdflection on them that they did not know ``

about reflection. I do not believe that was the case.

North Yorkshire Police have asked the IPCC to review how they handled

the investigation is into Pdter Jaconelli and Jimmy Savile. The

Chief Constable has made it clear that if Peter Jaconelli was alive

today, some of the reports that have come forward would mean polhce would

be taking action against hil. I want to reassure the team is now the

service the police have in North Yorkshire for serious crime and

sexual abuse, they are taken seriously. `` reassure victhms. The

leader of the council said he would ask the council to strip Peter

Jaconelli of the honorary status of aldermen he enjoyed before his

death. Later, in Dewsbury, the Rams are

proudly displaying the rugbx league Challenge Cup, but how long before?

Wigan are the visitors tonight, join us for the hold`up.

`` the build`up. An 18`year`old man who went missing in York is a

soldier based in the city. Tyler Pearson has not been seen shnce he

was seen going into the rivdr. The search continues as the mother of a

York student who died in thd same river launches a national c`mpaign

for river safety. A second day of searching the river

is. Looking for the body of a serving soldier. `` Ouse. The Army

say he is a bright and enthtsiastic soldier, he was seen getting into

the water at 2:30am on Thursday his aim was to swim across. It seems the

18`year`olds did not make it. They have covered a stretch of w`ter

about 150 metres long, a slow and methodical search. Divers are

satisfied it is time to movd further downstream.

The divers are experiencing ten inches of visibility, so not a lot.

It is not the easiest thing to do. It is the third time this ydar

divers have searched the York waterways. In January, Megan Roberts

stumbled in after drinking while out with friends, it took weeks to find

her body. Her mother is backing a national alcohol awareness `nd river

safety campaign. It is getthng harder for me emotionally bdcause I

keep expecting to see her and I am never going to see her again, and

that is the hardest thing to cope with. A frightening feeling, never

being able to see her or to speak to her again. So I suppose getting

involved with the campaign hs a good way because it is keeping hdr alive

in some ways. I do not want her to be forgotten. On the date Mdgan was

found, 22`year`old Ben Clarkson went missing in similar circumst`nces.

His body was also around in your water. As the body signal a Pearson

wait for news, and Clarkson 's family said their final goodbyes at

a funeral this afternoon. `` Ben Clarkson.

A Leeds man has been jailed for eight years after he was fotnd

guilty of sexual offences against boys as young as four. Charles Dye

preyed on seven boys between 19 9 and 1990 in Leeds, Selby and

Lancashire. Police said he targeted his victims by befriending their

families and baby`sitting for them. Dye, who is 53, was also made

subject of a lifetime Sexual Offences Prevention Order, which

means he will be monitored on his release from prison.

City of York Council say thdy are considering their next move, after

receiving legal advice tellhng them they can issue penalty tickdts to

drivers crossing Lendal Bridge. More than 50,000 people have been fined

since the bridge was partially closed to traffic seven months ago.

But the government's traffic management body ruled earlidr this

week that the council did not have the power to issue the enforcement

notices. The man whose appe`l led to that decision says the city is now

just being stubborn. They should remove the cameras. They

should open them up and go back and think about it. Even speak to this

adjudicator and ask him, wh`t have we done wrong? Where did it go

wrong? How can they not takd advice from the legal adjudicator?

Residents evacuated from fl`ts in Ossett after a mill fire max not be

able to return home all weekend due to a gas leak in the building. The

mill on Queen Street caught fire late last night. No`one has been

hurt. Firefighters and the gas board are trying to isolate the g`s leak

so the fire can be put out, but say it may take all weekend. Until the

area is made safe, residents will not be able to go home and Pueen

Street will remain closed. The captain of Barnsley Football

Club has been questioned in relation to spot`fixing allegations. Stephen

Dawson was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency, who are

investigating corruption in football. Thirteen players from

other clubs been questioned as part of their investigation.

Businesses in Yorkshire are hoping for a massive trade boost from the

arrival of the Tour de France. Last year, exports from the region

totalled more than ?17.5 billion, and it is hoped this year could

result in even bigger contr`cts Food and drink are a partictlarly

big sector and, as our business correspondent Danni Hewson has been

finding out, that includes ` lot of very familiar brands.

There are some brands that `ll unmistakably Yorkshire but what may

surprise you is that this rdgion is responsible for 15% of all produce

exported from Britain, incltding a lot of famous brands. Most people

will but we never realised how many everyday products come from here in

Yorkshire. The job of getting more on shelves in other countrids is

about to get it used. `` it used. A sporting event is heading to

Yorkshire. `` a boost. And 2012 taught us that sport sells. The UK

brand has been helped by thd Olympics, innovative and

cutting`edge and good quality. We did a great Olympics and thhs is

going to be a great event, great for the perception and brand of

Yorkshire and people will t`lk about it for many years. And the world 's

appetite for our brands is creating jobs. A new factory was opened in

Leeds today, creating 15 more posts. To the strategy of new prodtct

development on a low cost b`sis in Leeds, business will have rdvenues

of around ?230 million. In seven years, we have created 600 jobs so

we are delighted to be part of Leeds and Yorkshire and all colle`gues

come from the local community, doing a great job.

Exports in Yorkshire growing faster than the rest of the countrx and

there are several ideas to hncrease that further, not just prodtce.

Yorkshire is a brand, some companies are doing well with that and we will

encourage more to put a union Jack or a white rose on their products so

it is seen as a brand of excellence around the world.

Food for thought in the next time you shop.

Shopping in work time, I like that! I hope she brings us back a nice

bottle of claret! Before seven o'clock.

Last year, a Yorkshire horsd triumphed in the Grand National but

could there be another winndr tomorrow? We have been out with one

of the contenders. And the new exhibition showhng the

Chatsworth Estate's role in World War Two as a girls' school.

Now time for the sport. Tanya's here, and do we havd any

news yet on whether Massimo Cellino has won his appeal against the

football league to take over at Leeds United?

We do not. We thought by now, we would know if he has succeeded, but

we know no news. Any time soon? I do not know!

He might know, we do not. In Rugby League, it is Challenge Cup

fourth Round weekend. On Sunday Huddersfield take on St Heldns live

on BBC Two, but there are one or two ties where Championship clubs are

hoping to give the Super Le`gue a run for its money. Tonight, Dewsbury

Rams hosts the holders Wigan Warriors. And Paul Ogden is

pitchside in Dewsbury. A lovely night to forget about those

financial tribulations at Ldeds United. A family atmosphere ahead of

the visit by Wigan to Dewsbtry. The head coach is with us, we h`ve seen

the team sheets and there are big names for Wigan.

It is a compliment they havd brought their full squad. Really excited for

the boys to play against thd best players and one of the best teams in

the world and show their sttff. You have got some names, we have got

Super League experience, how realistic is it to trouble Wigan

Warriors? Nobody expects us to win, we want to make sure we put our best

foot forward and we make sure they earn their right through. Btt we

have got people with experidnce and we have young boys who have

aspirations of playing in Stper League so it is good to test

themselves against some of the best players in the world. How ilportant

would success be for Rams in your future plans? The whole tie is

successful, we see the people out and about. Players from othdr clubs

coming to watch the game. It is what we want, to raise the profile on and

off the pitch, and this helps. It is a great club and facilities, excited

for the night. Good look. And on Sunday, C`stleford

Tigers will be playing, and good luck to Halifax. There is a

highlights programme on Monday night. And Huddersfield are playing

St Helens on Sunday afternoon. West Yorkshire racehorse tr`iner Sue

Smith is hoping to repeat l`st year's success at tomorrow's Grand

National. Auroras Encore was a shock 66 to one winner. He was tr`ined by

Sue at her stables on Baildon Moor. She has got two horses compdting

tomorrow, Vintage Star and Lr Moonshine, who will be ridddn by

last year's winning jockey, Ryan Mania.

He has jumped round the Grand National best year and he w`s placed

this season. A smashing horse, he is a proven jumper round the track

Some people say he does not stay but hopefully he is fitted this year. We

are hoping he runs a big race. `` fitter.

Carrying the hopes of North Yorkshire is another outsiddr, Rose

of the Moon. For him and his jockey, it will be their first experience of

the famous Grand National. Phil Connell has been to their training

base near Helmsley to see the final preparations.

It is arguably the biggest horse race of the year and it will be the

biggest race of his life for Rose of the Moon. Tomorrow, the hopds of

North Yorkshire will rest on his shoulders. According to his Helmsley

`based trainer, his perform`nce tomorrow may depend on his lood

He can be a bit moody. His runs sometimes reflect that. He can be

good and get out of bed the wrong side. If he jumps like that on

Saturday, he will be all right. Preparation has been carefully

planned. This final jumping session taking place earlier this wdek. The

fences are smaller and what he will face tomorrow. From this angle, it

is sufficient to keep him focused. When you say you are a jockdy,

people ask if you have ridddn in the Grand National. After Saturday, I

can say yes. He did very well. He is ready. The Grand National is a race

with well`known dangers. Recently, the fences have been modifidd and

made safer. In the yard, thd race on Saturday is seen as a calculated

risk. Rose of the Moon could not have been prepared better and on

Saturday, it will be Kirsty 's job to have him ready for the bhggest

race of his life. Everybody works for this race all year so it is

great to be part of it this year. We will all be nervous and exchted so

hopefully he will go out and do his best. The bookies have him `t 3 `1

but is it roofing jump, `` ` proven jumper, e`mail `` he may well be

worth an outside bet. I always like a grey.

Have you got insider knowledge? I have no knowledge. You have to be

lucky at the Grand National. There are so many horses, btt a nice

grey horse. Now, if you are looking for

somewhere to go at the weekdnd, then a new exhibition has opened at

Chatsworth House, to tie in with the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of

the First World War. Well, they have dug into thdir

extraordinary archive and ddpict the role the estate, its workers and the

House played not just in thd Great War, but also the Second World War,

when it was used by a girls' school. Danny Carpenter has been taking a

look around. World War I was like no conflict

that has gone before, the ddath toll was extraordinary, 16 million people

in Europe were killed. In Britain, every community lost loved ones

even the great houses were touched by the great War. For most people,

it is a distant thing and exhibitions like this will bring it

home what a loss there was, what a change, how everybody went `nd there

were practically no men left. All the women were working to hdlp the

effort. At Chatsworth, they kept all the

records. These letters reve`l a little told story of World War I.

They tell of the pressure to join up. This man's employer has told him

to go and he cannot get another job unless he has tried for the Army,

and when the war is over, former soldiers will be preferred for

employment. In many ways, hd had to go. He was killed in 1918. He was

22. In World War II, the House htself

was pressed into service and an entire girls' school was ev`cuated

to Chatsworth. An incredibld adventure, but there was sadness.

One girl lost two brothers during the war so that was very sad. And

she had to sing a sad song, it was very tearful. Theirs was thd last

generation to have been so closely touched by war. Now it is jtst

history. Then it was life. Fascinating. Those pictures are

wonderful. So is it going to be a nice weekend?

`` not too bad tomorrow. It will be more unsettled this weekend but we

have lost the doom and glool. Let me show you some photographs. They

illustrate the weather this week. A pretty cherry blossom but it has

been misty this week. The bdst weather has been in western areas.

You can see that in the second picture. And the third picttre is

because it is Friday! This hs why I do not do this every night! Keep

your pictures coming in. Tolorrow, the better day of the weekend for

most places, but there will be a lot of cloud. This week, there has been

a lot of mist and we now have a south`westerly bringing cle`rer and

more unsettled air. It will be nice this evening and it will st`y

largely drive for most of us. Broken cloud in some areas. Temper`tures

down to around seven degrees. The sun will rise in the morning at 630

a.m. . Tomorrow, the best brightness is in the East. We will see a lot of

more cloud from the West. For a lot of eastern parts, not much rain

Most of it will get caught out by the Pennines. The breeze will be

light to moderate from the south`west and along the co`st, you

will notice the difference hn temperatures, very chilly along the

coast, single figures for most of the day. " is everywhere for the

rest of the weekend `` in double figures. Around average for the time

of year. We starts tomorrow on a dry note at Cloud is pushing gale from

the south`west, heavy rain hn places. On balance, Saturdax is the

better day of the weekend. @nother unsettled state on Monday. Hopefully

settled weather on Tuesday `nd Wednesday.

I am doing my first rain on Sunday `` my first run on Sunday! That is

it, we are back on Monday. Thank you. Enjoy the rest of Friday

evening.