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rest of the week is looking more promising.

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Good evening. A family from Wakefield whose two children died

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while on holiday in Corfu h`ve met the Prime Minister today as part of

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their campaign for a proper hearing and inquiry into the tragedx.

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their campaign for a proper hearing and inquiry into The inquest into

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the deaths of Bobbi and Chrhsti Shepherd is due to take place next

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year, more than eight years after they died from carbon monoxhde

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poisoning. But their parents have been refused help to pay for legal

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representation at the inquest, something they say is vital if they

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are to find out exactly what happened. Emma Glasbey reports. They

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have spent nearly eight years fighting to get the full facts about

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the death of their children. Today the parents of Bobbi and Christi

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Shepherd took their campaign to Downing Street. They were jtst six

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and seven years old when thdy died from carbon monoxide poisonhng

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during a holiday in Corfu. There were overcome by fumes from a faulty

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boiler. A hotel manager and two other members of staff work in the

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lid of manslaughter by neglhgence. To Thomas Cook employees were

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cleared but with the trial held in Greece the family struggled to

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understand much of the eviddnce Now they're hoping the full British

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inquest will see more of thdir questions answered. Right now their

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parents are talking to David Cameron here in Downing Street. This meeting

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was organised by the local LP who raised their case during prhme

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ministers questions. They'rd angry at being refused legal aid for the

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inquest into the deaths of their children. They say they need for

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legal representation is now urgent. It was just a short meeting behind

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the doors of Downing Street but the family felt it was a positive one.

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We are exhausted and it is dmotional `` emotionally draining. Mr Cameron

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as does to provide some addhtional information to the legal aid agency

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which is promising and means that hopefully they will review the case

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again. We are fighting a massive tour company, and massive industry.

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We have received no help wh`tsoever from them from day one. Thex have

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completely ignored as. We are just nothing to them. And it is the

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chance we have got to learn how our children died. The coroner has

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promised a full and fearless investigation when inquest gets

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under way in Wakefield earlx next year. The parents are deterlined

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lessons will be learned. We're joined now by the family's LP, Mary

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Creagh, from our London studio. Mary, why is it so important to the

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families to have legal representation? Well, it is vital.

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The wider public interest in preventing deaths from carbon

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monoxide poisoning in hotels and caravans and campsites, not just in

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the UK but across Europe, is very important. We know these accidents

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keep happening for people on holiday so it is vital that we hear the full

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facts of what happened. And that the coroner is then able to isste his

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recommendations as to what governments and the European union

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should do to prevent these kind of death happening in future. So what

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happens now for the parents? Will the Prime Minister has asked us to

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provide further information. We have been working closely with the family

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and their solicitor. And also the Labour MEP for Yorkshire who has

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been working with the familx for several years, looking at the case

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across the European union, `t the patchwork of national regul`tions

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that exist. And we'll be putting our proposals to the legal aid `gency

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trying to show them how thex got wrong and how the lessons of this

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tragedy had not been learned and how they have a chance to put it right

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by funding the legal aid and ensuring that the parents h`ve the

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full facts. Later on look North The latest on Lendal Bridge. Now York

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council says it won't fine lotorists who use the bridge after a tribunal

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said it might be unlawful. Runners who paid to enter

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yesterday's chaotic Sheffield half marathon won't get their entry fee

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refunded, even though the r`ce was cancelled as thousands of pdople

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gathered at the start. Organisers took the radical step to kedp

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competitors safe after being unable to provide enough drinking water.

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But many were unaware and sdt off. One runner woke up in intensive care

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after collapsing from dehydration. James Vincent reports. The race

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today is cancelled. Disbelidf and despair at the start line. The race

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was called off but as peopld started running anyway most had no hdea at

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the back what was going on. Runners streamed past the time car. They

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were determined to carry on. The only thing to do was keep the

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infrastructure in place and continue with it as normal. So those

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facilities that we had were used and have to be paid for. But whdn it

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ceases to be a race people should have a refund? Our terms sax there

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are no refunds. But it's not just about money. Tom Moore coll`psed at

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the end of the race. Breathhng. His father said it was because of

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dehydration and his son onlx found out that the race had been cancelled

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when he woke up in hospital. He should have been safe throughout the

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race. He may have collapsed it never had the water, but the water was not

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there for him to make that choice. He did not have an informed choice.

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He thought the race was on `nd water would be available. An investigation

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has started today about why water did not arrive and whose fatlt it

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was. The lack of liquid gavd Sheffield people the chance to step

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in. Cafes and the public silply handing it out themselves. Something

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has gone wrong but what an `mazing city. It was not just us, I know

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friends who had gone to shops to buy water and they were just given it.

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Everyone as soon as the news broke, they said let's get to it. But the

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organisers of the race might need more than that Sheffield st`tement

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`` Sheffield spirit. In a statement today they said they hoped the event

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would be on again next year. Here's what you thought about what happened

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yesterday. Richard Harris elailed to say, I'm absolutely appalled at the

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organisers' attitude. Sheffheld a city of sport? First the delise of

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Don Valley Stadium and now this debacle. However, Steven Taxlor

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wrote, it's pretty much standard that you aren't refunded if a race

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is cancelled. I'm not saying it s right, but it's definitely common

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practice. Anna Austin was one of those who ran. She said, I ran it

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and don't want a refund. I got my medal, T`shirt, and faith in human

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kind restored. And you can join in the conversation

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on our Facebook page. A former Army officer has bden

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jailed for a minimum of 34 xears for the murder of an estate agent in

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York. Jeremy Green had burgled Nicole Waterhouse's flat, mtrdering

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her and trying to kill her colleague Karen Browne. A judge said Green's

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savagery had been almost bexond belief. Our Crime Correspondent John

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Cundy reports. Jeremy Green, once a public

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schoolboy, later an army officer discharged for stealing. Sthll

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seeking money, the conman mtrdered Nicole Waterhouse in a flat in York

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last October. As well as his life sentence today he was given a 2

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year concurrent sentence for trying to kill Karen Browne. She still

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bears the scars from the attack Leeds Crown Court heard how Jeremy

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Green subjected Nicole Waterhouse and Karen Browne to eight hours of

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terror that October day. He cut Nicole's throat with a knifd. And he

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left Karen lying in the flat with life`threatening injuries. He tells

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lies to make himself more appealing to females. But in short he is

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callous and devious, manipulative and self`centred. Nicole

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Waterhouse's family left cotrt saying what she had endured that

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terrible day, they must endtre for ever.

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A new study is to look at how it can be made easier for passengers to

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reach Leeds Bradford airport. The transport Minister said that access

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to the air Port was a long`running issue and she had the study would

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unlock real progress. Then she hoped.

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Building work has begun tod`y on a new multi`million pound shopping

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centre in Leeds. The Victorha Gate development will house a fl`gship

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John Lewis store, a shopping arcade, restaurants and a casino. It's due

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to open in two years. There's been yet another development in the

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Lendal Bridge`Coppergate saga in York. York council has decided not

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to issue fines for drivers who use the area, but will still be

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recording their vehicles. On Friday the government's traffic adjudicator

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said issuing fines to motorhsts who ignore the driving restricthons may

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have been illegal. A trial period ended in February. At that stage

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?1.3 million had been raised from fines. But finds continued to be

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issued. Last weekend it was said that the council may have acted

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unlawfully. City of York Cotncil then thought there own legal advice

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with an independent lawyer, ruling that they could continue to issue

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penalty tickets. Today numbdr pay `` number plates were being recorded

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but finds were not issued. We spoke to one driver who stopped at traffic

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lights at the end of bridge. Several vehicles have been coming across the

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road this afternoon. This is one of them. Does he know that he lay be

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getting a fine? Do you know about the rules on Lendal Bridge `t the

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moment? You may have incurrdd a fine. It bothers me but there's not

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a lot I can do. Do you think that the signs are clear? Probably not.

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City of York Council say although they have received ?1.3 million in

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fines, their income is just ?70 ,000 because of the running costs of the

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scheme. But this seems to bd little support. It takes me 35 minttes

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whereas it is five or ten mhnutes this way. What about people who have

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already been fined. It is confusing. We are all a bit confused. Ht is a

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ridiculous idea. A final decision on the fines is expected later this

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week. The future of the Lendal Bridge and Coppergate closure scheme

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will be decided on the 6th of May. Earlier today I spoke to Darren

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Richardson from York City Council. This has been embarrassing for your

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council? I do not think so. Not at this moment in time. We havd been

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doing a lot of work on the scheme. It is a trial and we are le`rning

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from it. The adjudication process is an issue that we have two address.

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It is a learning experience and we will see where that goes. When

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involved with the council you have to make controversial decishons

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Sometimes both to upset the apple cart. Sometimes you make bad

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decisions. I think this was controversial and I think it was a

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bad decision. And thousands would agree. White can the council not

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just turnround and say they have got it wrong. It is certainly a

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controversial decision putthng restriction such as this in place.

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Because it affects people's habits. In terms of a bad decision, I cannot

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agree with that because we need to see the outcome of the trial is

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Seeing what the experiences have been like overall. What is hmportant

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is that we need to think of the future for York and doing nothing is

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not an option. If pollution at one of the issues? If you tell le now

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that I need a gas mask to go over the bridge I would accept it. But it

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is marginal at the worst. Wdll you raised the point about pollttion and

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that is just part of it. Thd main mover behind the trial was trying to

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improve people 's Mac habits and get more people on the buses, creating

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space on the highway so you have more room to manoeuvre around the

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city. If a person has got a fine sitting on the table at homd now,

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what should they do with it. If you have been fined follow the process.

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Do not believe that anything has changed. Follow that through. Use

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the penalty charge notice whth the information on the back and make

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sure you deal with a fine accordingly. Pay your money, in

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other words. And addressed the process as it says. Still to come

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before seven o'clock. They're nearly there. Rotherham United are now

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unbeaten in 16 games as thex continue their push for automatic

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promotion. And Pearce on panto and standup. Billy's here to tell us

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about his latest tour. Now to the weekend's sport. Yet more

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developments at Leeds United this weekend when the Italian businessman

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Massimo Cellino won his appdal against the football league's

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decision to bar him from taking over the club because he failed their fit

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and proper person test. So hs that it? Tanya's here. He is still

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waiting to get the golden share from the foot or league. There is a

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meeting of the full league on Thursday. But the ruling was quite

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complicated. It was not what we thought it might be, about Htalian

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law and whether he was innocent until proven guilty. It was on the

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fact that the Italian judge when he was convicted of not paying import

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duty on his yacht, she has not delivered her court verdict yet So

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the QC who was overseeing this said I cannot say if he was dishonest or

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not. That is the word that hs key to failing that fit and proper person

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test. But what we could find is that he at `` has now passed the Football

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League. But if he is found to be dishonest, what do they do then He

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is still very outspoken. He is reported to have been surprhsed by

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the fact that McDermott had not stood by himself. Yes and Ldeds have

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been on a shocking run. Thex lost again at the weekend and have won

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just one game in 11. This is against an horrendous background of what has

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been going on behind the scdnes Brian McDermott was speaking today.

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He said he has yet to speak to Massimo Cellino and he is not

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thinking about that. The proof of the pudding will be in due time see

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what happens. The most important thing is it is now an excithng time.

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We have got an owner. Well on the pitch it was not just Leeds who had

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a difficult weekend. . Rotherham United were the only

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winners from our ten teams. On Saturday, the Millers kept tp their

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League One promotion push whth a stunning fightback at Gillingham.

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Time for a super substitute. Tom Hitchcock equalised twice for the

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Millers. There were just minutes to go. The fourth consecutive win for

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the promotion chasing team. Mother of eight Sheffield United tonight.

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Jamie Murphy took this cool finish. The only team to take a point in the

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championship for Barnsley. This header bouncing back off thd bar.

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And they settled for a goalless draw against Brighton. Points for York at

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Rochdale. The goalkeeper in fine form to make it seven clean sheets

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in a row as the Minster men returned to the play`offs places. And you can

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see action from all the teals on our programme later tonight. Thdre was

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controversy in Rugby League this weekend as the Huddersfield Giants

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were denied victory in the Challenge Cup fourth round yesterday. With the

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scores tied at 16` all with St Helens, Huddersfield captain Danny

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Brough thought he'd clinched the match with a drop goal. But referee

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Phil Bentham judged the kick had gone wide and Saints went on to win

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by scoring a drop goal of their own. And you can see highlights from all

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16 fourth round ties on tonhght s Super League Show at five to

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midnight. Sheffield Eagles @ndrew Henderson is alongside Brian Noble.

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In cricket Yorkshire have hdld their official season launch this morning.

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The squad travel to Northampton tonight for their final fridndly

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before they take on Somerset in their County Championship opener on

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Sunday. Yorkshire also confhrmed that England batsman Joe Root has

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signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2016. The

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23`year`old and the rest of the squad have high expectations for the

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season ahead. The boys are really confident going into the sulmer

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Yulia this every year but rdally this year we have a strong squad and

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we will be pushing hard to lock `` to put down a marker and show

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everyone how good we are. Wd had a really good winter and hopefully we

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can go further. We have put in a lot of hard work. Some great news in ice

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hockey, as the Sheffield Stdelers pulled off a shock win last night to

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become play`off champions. Drew Fatta scored the winning go`l in

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overtime for a 3`2 win over league champions Belfast. It means

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Sheffield have become play`off champions for the first timd since

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2009. And congratulations to Leeds powerlifter, Ali Jawad, who we

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featured on Thursday's Look North. He's become the IPC World Champion

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in Dubai over the weekend, `nd he did it in some style. He set a new

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world record, lifting 190 khlos well over three times his own body

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weight. And I confidently predict there is more to come from him. Now

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to a funny man who needs no introduction ` Yorkshire coledian,

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panto star and all round entertainer Billy Pearce! He's just started his

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current tour, An Adult Evenhng With Billy Pearce. And before we have a

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chat, here's a reminder of his inimitable brand of fun!

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One fellow ran the maternitx hospital panicking. He said my wife

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has just gone into labour. He said, is it a first baby? He said no, this

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is a husband. The nurse said how dilated is she. He said, shd has

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over the moon. `` she is. So 60 dates in four

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months. You must shattered. The driving is the worst bit. It took me

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six hours the other night. H took my car in for a service and thd

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mechanic said we cannot fix your brakes so we have made the horn

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louder. How do you keep finding You have to keep working about ``

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working on it. What do you think of reality shows? Well I came tp

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through New Faces. And it altered my life. It is a great thing. H wrote

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off for a course of books and how to become a comedian. They nevdr turned

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up but then I saw the postm`n on Britain's got talent! So it is a

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different world now. I did that 25 years ago. And the pantomimd is very

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much part of your tradition. I love it there. There is so much dnergy.

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It is all about being kids. You have to have energy or the kids would be

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bored. Have you ever died on stage in terms of the audience. Not gone

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down very well. I could tell you some horror stories. I have been

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booed off walking on! I was in a club one night and did not do very

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well. Then I was in another club the other night and they were ndxt door

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to each other. I did not re`lise. I got booed as soon as I set foot on

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stage. Great to talk to you. Let me show you some photographs

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that came in. Double rainbows. Thank you for that. And that was the

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sunset last night. And this is beautiful, Sunrise this morning

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What a beautiful sky. Keep those victories coming in. `` those

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pictures. It is a bright and breezy day to come tomorrow. That trees

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could have quite an chill in it `` and chill. There has been a lively

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cold front this afternoon. That is just about clearing the coast now.

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And to the west guys have cleared. Though this evening and overnight it

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is a mixture of clear spells. Some showers coming in just after

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midnight. But they will tend to ease away later in the mike. And

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temperatures around four Celsius. `` later in the night. A bright and

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breezy day to come tomorrow. Some showers around especially in the

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morning in Pennine area. But they will tend to fizzle out. Thdre is a

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good deal of fine weather tomorrow with variable cloud and somd

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sunshine. The East Coast having the best of the weather. And a fresher,

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Cloverfield. A few degrees down on where we have been over the last few

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days. Some sunshine on Wedndsday. Some rain possible later on Thursday

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but much of this week and the weekend looking fine and

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weekend looking fine There could be a role for you in the

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pantomime later this year! Good night.

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