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building society. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's

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Welcome to Look North. On the programme tonight: A pensioner dies

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after a train crashes into his car on a level crossing in North

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Yorkshire. We'll be live at the scene with the latest on the

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investigation into the accident. Also tonight:

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Former Co`op boss Paul Flowers faces a media scrum outside court in Leeds

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after pleading guilty to drug possession.

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Anger as security staff stop South Yorkshire pensioners protesting

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against changes to their travel passes.

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There is some brightness but we are heading into an unsettled period of

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weather. Join me for all the details.

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First tonight, investigations are underway after a pensioner died when

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his car was hit by a train on a level crossing in North Yorkshire.

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The accident happened early this morning on the gated level crossing

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in Scampston near Malton. Passengers on the Scarborough to Liverpool

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train said they heard a loud bang before the train juddered to a halt.

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The crash left wreckage strewn across the line. It's the first

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incident on this particular crossing. But since 2110 there have

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been eight fatal accidents, including today's. Network Rail have

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been gradually closing many level crossings and in the past five years

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230 have shut. But today there are still almost 2,200 of these on the

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East Coast and Midland Main lines. Phil Bodmer's at the scene for us

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tonight. This line has now reopened. Trains are running. The focus of the

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investigation is here. People say the victim who was a local farm

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worker would have been familiar with this and used this crossing hundreds

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of times before. The wreckage of a Suzuki car in which a 77`year`old

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man was killed. The driver died after a trans`Pennine express train

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struck the vehicle slicing it into. On a remote level crossing just

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after 9am. Police were called to the scene as was the Fire Brigade. They

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are working together now to find out exactly what happened. Our thoughts

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and prayers are with his family. The level crossing requires users to

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telephone for permission to cross. It is not known whether the phone

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was used on this occasion. This is the unmanned level crossing where

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the collision took place. The force of the impact weather train struck

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the car has split the body of the car into. The train has travelled a

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further 300 yards before coming to rest further down the track. No one

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on board the train which was travelling at up to 70 mph was

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injured although the train driver was treated for shock at the scene.

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People were alerted to the incident and ran to help. There was a lot of

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ambulances, police, fire engine, helicopters. It wasn't chaotic. It

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was clear what has happened. It was traumatic, if nothing else. The line

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was reopened at 2pm this afternoon as the car was taken away on a

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recovery vehicle for further analysis. Police have not yet named

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the victim and say joint investigations into because of the

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crash are continuing with the help from the rail investigation Branch.

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Network Rail says it is investing millions of pounds to make crossings

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like this safer with footbridges, underpasses and even electronically

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powered gates which operate when trains are not running. That all

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costs millions of pounds. Who is going to pay for it? Local people

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say this crossing is a lifeline to them. The closure of this crossing

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was discussed by Network Rail a couple of years ago but didn't come

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to pass. There will be more on this story on BBC Radio Devon York's

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breakfast show tomorrow morning. Next tonight, the former chairman of

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the Cooperative Bank, Paul Flowers, has been fined after admitting

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possessing drugs, including cocaine. Flowers, who was also a Methodist

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minister in Bradford, left the bank last June. There were chaotic scenes

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as he arrived outside Leeds Crown Court this morning, and our report

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does contain flash photography. Please don't ask me any questions.

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You won't get any answers. Paul Flowers found himself locked out of

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court surrounded by the media as he arrived for his hearing this

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morning. He once headed a national bank earning a six`figure salary. He

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was a Methodist minister in Bradford for 40 years before resigning last

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year amidst his drug scandal. Today he finally admitted his shame. It

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was last November when the sting by the Mail on Sunday newspaper exposed

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him buying drugs in Leeds. There is a phrase for some people. It is

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vultures. I really do hope somebody quotes me on that. After months of

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interviews come he admitted his offences in court at the first

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opportunity. The hearing before a district judge in Leeds lasted nine

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minutes. Paul Flowers admitted possessing class A drugs, cocaine

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and crystal maths and catamenia. `` `` meth. He had been taking cocaine

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for 18 months before his arrest and appearance in court today. At first,

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he had promised a fourth statement but it never happened. Anything to

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say? A barrage of questions but no replies from Paul Flowers.

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Later on Look North: The developers had high hopes their penthouse pods

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would attract high`rollers to Bradford's textile quarter. But five

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years on, why is no`one living in the Velvet Mill rooftop pods?

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Protestors campaigning against the loss of free rail travel for

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pensioners and disabled people in South Yorkshire have been stopped

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from boarding a train in Barnsley. The county's transport authority has

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limited the use of free passes on many buses and all trains, blaming

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government funding cuts. Today train operator Northern Rail

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got tough and used security officers to stop protestors getting inside

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Barnsley's Transport Interchange. Ian White was there.

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Back for a sixth time. Men and women angry their free rail travel is

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being taken away from them. Over 100 protesters have turned out here at

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Barnsley Interchange. Their plan was to get on a train and travel to

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Meadowhall but they are going nowhere. There are security men on

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the doors and police inside the station. The protesters made up of

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pensioners and people with disabilities had planned to board

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the train without buying a ticket but security officers even refused

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to let anyone into the station who had not paid to travel. I thought

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that was a public right of way. I thought you could get into the bus

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station. They are working out that we are the awkward squad. Police

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were keen not to have a repeat of the scenes from a few days ago when

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the protesters got on a train without buying a ticket. We are

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rather bemused that we have had five freedom rides and we don't

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understand why Northern Rail are taking this obstructive attitude

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today when the protests we are making would benefit Northern Rail

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as well. They are losing a third of a million pound subsidy with the

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ending of the rail concessions. We'd have thought they would want to side

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with us. No one from Northern Rail was available for interview but the

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company did emphasise that fair dodging is illegal. South Yorkshire

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Transport Passenger Executive says removing the concessions brings the

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area in line with the rest of the country and there are no plans to

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reverse the decision. You can't blame them. It is this demolition

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government, not coalition government. That is who is to blame.

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I am very angry. What ever it takes, we are not giving up. Transport

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bosses say they will meet with protesters tomorrow. Another demo is

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planned for next week. They were the designer apartments

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that were supposed to attract executive buyers but five years

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after zinc and aluminium pods were built on the roof of a Victorian

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mill in Bradford Look North has learned there's still no one living

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in them. The penthouse flats on top of

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Lister's Mill in Manningham have some of the best views in the city

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but, as yet, there are no plans to encourage people to move in. Spencer

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Stokes reports. The crowning glory at one of Yorkshire's most ambitious

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regeneration schemes. Space age structures grafted onto the roof of

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a grade two listed mill. Back in 2009, developers Urban Splash

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predicted buyers would pay a little bit extra to live here. I'm

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confident they will command a premium to the market and will

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attract a good level of interest. Five years on, they are unoccupied

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and Urban Splash say they have nothing new to report. One local

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Councillor thinks they should never have been built. They are rather

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like a wasp's nests. With all wasps you get a sting in the tail. You

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shouldn't have monstrosities like that on top of a beautifully formed

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stone Bradford mill. There are more conventional flats in the mill and

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Molly was one of the first residents. She doesn't think she

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will have neighbours in the pods. I can't see anything really happening

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in the next few years. I think we have to regard them as being an

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artefact or an art installation. For decades, developers shunned this

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mill, feeling it was beyond rescue. Back in 2004, Urban Splash stepped

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in with their own 20 year regeneration plan. Since then, the

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property market has slumped. Take for example one flat that sold for

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?140,000 in 2006. It is currently on sale for just ?65,000. A mill expert

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says search tips have to be expected in long`running projects. When the

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Victorians were building Bradford, I'm sure it didn't happen overnight.

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Someone might come to us and say there has been a slump in the

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textile industry, we have got to stop building. There were slumps and

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then they started again. I am sure this is one hiccup that Bradford

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will get over. Urban Splash have had success in Manchester but we are a

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long way from Manchester physically and financially. It is going to be

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some considerable time before people seriously look at occupying the

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pods. With around nine acres of land still waiting to be developed, it

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lends itself to all sorts of ambitious ideas but it might be a

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while before any more zinc pods appear on Bradford's skyline.

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Before seven o'clock: How prepared are we for the fast`approaching Tour

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de France? A fortnight tomorrow we will be

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going to the poll in the local and European elections.

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The Liberal Democrats want one European seat animated `` face a

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tough time keeping it. Nick Clegg is heavily branding his party as the

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only one that is for Europe. Campaigning has its problems. At

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this time of year, the knuckles get a bit sore from the doorknocking.

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Not only the knuckles but as you put the leaflets through the double

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flap... What sort of reception are you getting? Good. I think in this

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part of Sheffield there is a sense of optimism about the economy. That

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is the most important thing for people. That message is encouraged

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by the performance of people like the Bradfield Brewery in Sheffield.

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Small farm turned thriving beer bottler. If this campaign has taught

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us nothing else, it is that there was time for a pint. This is the

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Nigel Farage moment where he is having a pint. It is the Nick Clegg

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moment. That is very good. Are you worried about UKIP? You have got to

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know Nigel Farage over the last few weeks. I am not worried about UKIP.

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I am worried about the UK leaving the European Union. That is clearly

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what UKIP is advocating. The Conservative Party is split down the

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middle. David Cameron's position is totally incomprehensible and Ed

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Miliband won't lift a finger to say what he believes in. I am the only

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leader who is prepared to get up, even when it is unpopular, and I

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know it is, hang on a minute, we can't drift to the exit sign.

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Europe won't be the first thing people think of if their Lib Dem

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knocks on the door. The decisions the party has made as part of the

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coalition will be. The number of Lib Dems has been cut in Sheffield since

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2010 and it could get worse. You might be one of the only Lib Dems

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standing in Sheffield. I am not going to put numbers on it. We have

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to fight for every vote, get on every doorstep, make our case. I

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acknowledge that doing that is harder than it was in the days of

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opposition when people didn't really bother too much about what we had

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done in government. We now have a record we have to stand on. The most

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important thing is do you look back on what you have done as a party and

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say to yourself, you have done the right thing for the country as a

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whole and delivering fairer taxes, a fairer society and I believe what we

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have done in government shows we have done all of those things. Nick

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Clegg has been meeting constituents face`to`face and the key to this

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election might be trying to get them to listen. When we get out there we

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tell our side of the story and explain that without the Lib Dems

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there wouldn't be a recovery, we wouldn't be creating a stronger

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economy, we wouldn't be finishing the job of economic recovery. When

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we get the chance to do that, people do respond positively to us. Lib Dem

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revival in 2015? We will fight for every vote and knock on every door

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and I enjoy campaigning and we have a record to be proud of. That claim

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will be tested in the next few weeks. You can find out more

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information about all the parties and candidates on the BBC's Election

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2014 website. And tomorrow the lead candidates for

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the European elections from the main parties will be taking part in a

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special debate. That's The Yorkshire and Humber Debate with Tim Iredale

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from our Sunday Politics programme at 12 noon on Radio Leeds, Radio

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Sheffield and Radio York. Now we saw the Deputy Prime Minister

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there enjoying a pint of Yorkshire's finest beer from the Bradfield

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Brewery in Sheffield. Well Tom Ingall's there for us tonight ` no

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doubt also enjoying a pint! Yes he's in High Bradfield as we

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continue our trip round Yorkshire to see how prepared we are for the

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Summer's major event ` the Tour de France. Tom.

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I wish I was drinking tonight but it is whiskey because it is cold. If it

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wasn't raining, this would be a fantastic view. A very famous view

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and hard to believe we are seven miles from Sheffield city centre. Is

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this `` it is this image that Yorkshire would like to promote.

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This pub has plenty going on but first, before we talk to the

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landlord, let us look at what is happening down the road. The wheel

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is already rolling. In the park, the flower beds are being planted up in

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the colours of the French flag. This will be one of the official

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spectator hubs to the delight of the parish council. It is a tremendous

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opportunity for Sheffield and the Paris. `` parish. Some will be

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concerned about the road closures and things like that but on the

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whole, it is good for Sheffield and the village. The bike ride, I love

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it. Like so many miles of Yorkshire road, it supports fresh tarmac stop

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other roadworks still need to be finished. There is for villages on

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this stretch of Tour de France route expecting thousands of visitors.

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John White joins me. How will you squeeze a whole weekend of business

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going `` into two hours of cycling? We hope it will go on for a week

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with the tourists and enthusiasts and we will get everybody fed. Are

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we spreading ourselves to Finley? Don't underestimate the power of the

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torch and to get it is a huge achievement. It is going to be big.

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You think you will dine out of this for five years? We will. All your

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event is licensed and ready to go? We are and we are ready to go. Let

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us hope the weather will improve. In sport, Leeds United have been issued

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with a winding`up petition by a company linked to the club's former

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Managing Director. David Haigh led a takeover at Elland

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Road in 2012 and earlier this year, tried to buy the club again with

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another group. Sport Capital loaned Leeds almost ?1 million and the

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deadline for repayment has passed. The petition will be considered at a

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hearing in London on June ninth. Cricket now. And on the final day of

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their County Championship match at Durham, the hosts have dug in to

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frustrate Yorkshire, I'm afraid. Yorkshire have been bowling all day

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to try and force a positive result. First they pegged Durham down to a

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first innings 388 all out. And even more wickets fell in the second, as

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Durham followed on. But it wasn't enough. Durham's second innings

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stood at 100 ` four at the end of their overs. And the match has,

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after all, finished in a draw. Seven swimmers from Yorkshire have

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been picked to represent England at this summer's Commonwealth Games in

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Glasgow. They include Ellie Faulkner from Sheffield who swam freestyle

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for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics. Joe Roebuck from Rotherham

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will be one of the most experienced members of the squad. He's

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determined to make up for under performing at the London Games. When

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it comes to the Olympics, I had an upset and was in hospital. I

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couldn't deliver my best performances which really bugged me

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because I was going in with a shot at a medal. I am really looking at

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that. I have been focused on the Commonwealth Games.

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He was the official artist at the 2012 Olympics and he's painted the

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Queen ` how do you top that? Well Darren Baker's latest project

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is aiming at giving something back. The Huddersfield artist has

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illustrated a children's book which was written by his wife, all profits

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going to the Princes Trust. Darren and Abigail are with us now

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along with another special guest, Albert. You are very noisy. Tell us

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about Albert and the book, Albert the Handy Dog. It was inspired by

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Albert and his capers when we were building our first home. We have

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this idea to write a book. Abigail Brent Tate and I illustrated and now

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we are set up with a book to help the Princes trust. Why did you write

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the book? It came to our daughter's birthday and we decided we would

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make something. I wrote it. One of the great things is you are trying

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to give something back because Bradford College means a great deal

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to you. Tell us about that side of your life. 15 years ago I left

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Bradford College and had a great experience there. I wanted to put

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something back. Through Albert, I am hoping to do something. I'm a

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crudely painted the Queen. I am so blown away. It is unbelievable. What

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was she like? Wonderful. It was a week after the royal wedding.

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Abigail was there and it was remarkable. Was Albert there? You

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were chatting about dogs, won't you? What has been the most difficult

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challenge? Alberts. Lots of dog estates. `` biscuits. How long would

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it take you to create something like this? This talk 200 hours. From

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beginning to end, there was a lot of time creating it. What is incredible

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is they look like photographs. It is hard to distinguish the two. It is

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something I have been detailing for years. I was going to ask you to

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pate Harry and myself and then I looked at your price tag. 90 grand?

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I have my Yorkshire rates. Thanks very much.

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Can you remember when we went to lunch with the Queen at Haywood

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house. She took your breath away. Let me show you three pictures that

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came in. Some ominous looking skies there.

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The conditions are turning very unsettled. We will have some patchy

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outbreaks of rain. The weekend is looking pretty poor. Tomorrow,

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rather cloudy with some patchy rain. It will be difficult to get the

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details right. We have a number of showers across parts of the

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Pennines. They will continue for some time pushing eastwards.

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Eventually, they should become few and far between. Temperatures down

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to nine Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at 5:17am. A mixed

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bag tomorrow. Some drier and brighter weather towards the coast.

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Showers for Western South Yorkshire and it is later in the day when we

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will see the showers becoming more organised. The best of the dry and

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bright weather will be towards that East Coast. The top temperatures

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now. Highs of 13 Celsius. A little bit further ahead, some rain to come

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for Thursday night. Friday is a brighter day. Shower clouds will

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develop on Friday afternoon. There is the risk of some thunder and some

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very wet weather developing through Saturday and further outbreaks of

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rain to come on Sunday. That is the forecast.

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That is as far as we go. I will be back for our late news at 1020 5p.

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Goodbye. `` 10:25pm. 'This is the story of Nick Clegg -

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a man entrusted by a nation 'to act upon the policies

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he proposed.

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