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eye on development is over the next couple of days.

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Are house prices going through the roof?

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Fears that Yorkshire could be on the brink of a housing bubble as

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we see the biggest price increases outside the south of England.

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We have a new development aimed at the first buyers. We had people

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queueing from 4am to reserve these houses.

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We'll ask Yorkshire Building Society what impact that could have

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The pollution`absorbing poster being put to work on the side

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And, while Yorkshire growers are flying the flag at Chelsea.

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It has been another beautiful day, but what is this week looking like?

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Joined me for the forecast. First tonight to claims that this

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month Yorkshire has seen the biggest increase

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in asking prices for homes anywhere Figures out today show that demand

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from buyers is pushing prices up. It's led to fears that house

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prices are unrealistic, but that at The average asking price

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has gone up in some parts. York has seen an increase of 5%

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in the last year, Similarly, in Leeds,

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up 4% to ?175,180. But in Sheffield,

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that figure fell by 2%. The average asking price

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there is ?164,596. In a moment,

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we'll hear what effect these prices can have on mortgages and interest

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rates, but first, we ask whether If this newly renovated farmhouse

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was in the South, it would have sold months ago. In Yorkshire, the

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housing market has been depressed a long time, and this property is

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taking time to shift. You keep hearing about price rises, but we

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have kept ours where it was last year. We are worried that people are

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thinking of the stamp duty. We have brought it believe that, to combat

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that, but nothing. As yet. Our better times ahead? We have been

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taking the temperature of the housing market across Yorkshire.

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Things on the up again or RBC and a seasonal spike? In West Yorkshire,

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interest is picking up, but estate agents are cheering yet. It is

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improving, no doubt, things are picking up. The better weather

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helps, the pent`up demand of the last few years is being released. It

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is being released for quicker in the South and it is here. But things are

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picking up, it is looking good, the prices are improving, and activity

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is improving. What about in South Yorkshire? Here, the recovery is

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delicate. People have got to be cautious with how people are putting

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their houses on the market. Putting your property on to hide could

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stagnate the market a bit, because the odd property will get a buyer

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and go for a bit more, but when you look at the whole of the market, it

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is not increasing, it is very much improving. North Yorkshire is in

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full bloom mode, especially start`up aims. We have a new development of

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modern houses aimed at the first`time buyers, we had people

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queueing from 4am to reserve these houses, typical first`time buyer

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couples, wanting to get on the ladder. A mixed picture, but that

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tells us the market here still needs a nurturing hand.

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Well, a little earlier I spoke to Andy Caton, Yorkshire Building

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Society's executive director, and I began by asking him

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I do not think so. House prices are going up 4% in Yorkshire, slightly

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under the national average, excluding London. London has got

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some very strong house price numbers, a third of the bowlers in

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London growing at more than 20%, which is very strong. If asking

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prices are going up, does that mean there will be pressure on the

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interest rate? I do not think so, there are other parts of the economy

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which need low interest rates. The rates would be a blunt tool to calm

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down areas of strength, especially just in the London region, so the

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bank will look to use some of its newer tools to control the housing

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market, things like limiting the amount that people can lend against

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their income, or don't value levels, or the sort of affordability

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rate. Making mortgages more difficult to come by? Yes. The

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governor of the Bank of England has his hands tied, he said, do you see

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the economy being quite threatened as he suggests? Recently, he is

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looking towards the Eurozone, which is an important export market. A

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number of the larger you rose own economies are struggling. In the

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Eurozone, we might have deflation. And events in China. So there are

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issues for him. In parts of Yorkshire, we are just outside the

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rubble, in South Yorkshire, they are not even in it. Slightly weaker

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picture from some of the data we have seen. But that defies the UK

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market in general. And the fact that there is still a north/ South

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divide? Absolutely. If you had a crystal ball, what would you predict

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for the prices in a year? We will see prices go up between eight and

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10%. It is a lot, but we are coming from a low figure. To use Yorkshire

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as an example, we are 10% away from the high water mark before the

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crisis. Next year, maybe a little less.

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And if you want to join our housing debate, go to our Facebook page.

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Just search for BBC Look North Yorkshire.

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It's not the only way to get in touch.

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You can email us or you can tweet us, where you can follow us as well.

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A murder inquiry is under way in Huddersfield after a 37`year`old

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woman was found with stab injuries at a house in Reinwood Road.

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Four children aged between 11 years old

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Just after 9pm, neighbours in this area were reporting sounds of

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commotion coming from the house up the road. The police arrived just

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after 9:30pm to a tragic situation, they found a woman lying in the

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property with a serious stab wound, she was later to die in hospital.

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They also found a nine`year`old boy just outside, he had been stabbed in

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the arm, and inside, and 11`year`old boy who had also been stabbed, and

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there was a sexual toy and a baby girl `` there was a six`year`old

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boy. Those injured were described as having non`threatening injuries. We

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spoke to people locally, Marcel Adams said he had known the murder

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victim for many years. She was a nice, polite young lady,

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our kids play together, a very nice lady. It is a tragedy, you have got

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to think of the poor people that are left behind to suffer. These poor

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children have lost their mother. It is so tragic.

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What happens next? A man was detained on the spot last night by

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the police, he is in hospital with serious injuries. Detectives are

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waiting to question him. They are not looking for anybody else in

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connection with this incident, which happened last night in Huddersfield.

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North Yorkshire Police have confirmed that a man's body

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which was recovered from the River Ouse yesterday is that

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The 41`year`old doctor was reported missing on Friday.

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Yesterday, a member of the public called the police when they spotted

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Meanwhile, police say a woman jumped from Clifton Bridge

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into the Ouse this morning and was rescued by two passers`by.

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BT has announced plans to create up to 80 new engineering jobs

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The company is keen to recruit in York, Leeds,

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It's hoped more women will come forward for the roles,

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and that new engineers will improve customer service and bring

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Industrial action started today at Sheffield Forgemasters.

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The Unite union says 80 workers are in dispute over bonus payments,

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leaving them in a financially`precarious position.

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An overtime ban begins today and there'll be a 24`hour strike

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The company says only 61 of its 800 workers are involved in the dispute,

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A new train timetable is now in place on the Transpennine route

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through Yorkshire, with 50,000 more seats per week between Leeds

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It's currently one of the most overcrowded routes in the country.

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There'll also be quicker journey times on some services.

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Extra carriages have been brought in from Scotland.

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Now, a giant poster that helps to reduce pollution, yes,

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There are just three days to go now until the local and European

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elections, and Look North has been out and about to see

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the main political parties in their campaign for votes.

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We've seen all the leaders of the main political parties come

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to Yorkshire to set out their stalls, with the exception

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of the Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron.

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But the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has been here.

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As the economy recovers, as people do not have capacity... The Defence

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Secretary on the election offensive, Philip Hammond chose to visit a

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tools factory to support the Tory campaign for votes. His messages,

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the economy is improving and, trust us to negotiate Britain's role in

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Europe. All of the main political parties have sent their leaders to

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campaign in Yorkshire. Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage. David

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Cameron has not. Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg represent Yorkshire seat,

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so it is natural they would be in the area. It is a national campaign,

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we have to spread ourselves across the country, but we are visiting

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schools, businesses, hospitals, institutions. The Conservatives were

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allocated to Yorkshire MEPs last time, but with UKIP rising in the

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polls, will they be struggling to match that in four days? We have to

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take the battle to them, only the Conservatives can deliver on the

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problems that we face in Europe. The British people are not happy with

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the current relationship that we have, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband

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will not do anything about it, because they think Britain's

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relationship with Europe is fine. UKIP cannot do anything about it.

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Alex Story has spent most of his life winning. The Roma is based in

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Wakefield, and if the Conservatives win enough votes for two seats, he

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will become a new MEP. I am quite optimistic, but I am in our fleet,

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so my demeanour is always that things are possible. When you are

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me, you start off at 12 and think, of course I can be the world

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champion, I can win the gold medal, and the same thing will happen here.

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I believe I can win, there is no other way to campaign. We will find

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out if it works in a few days. And you can see more information on

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the parties and candidates in these elections from across Yorkshire

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on the BBC's Vote 2014 website. Before 7pm, we'll have a roundup

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of all your weekend sport. And, why recycling has brought a new

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meaning to the grumpy part at Chelsea.

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Now, a giant poster that helps to reduce pollution, yes,

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you heard that right, has been put to work on the side of

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It has a special coating which helps absorb fumes from passing vehicles.

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It's been developed by the university's own researchers,

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who've already made a name for themselves designing

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a liquid that can be sprayed onto jeans to help clean the air.

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Could a giant poster and these pairs of specially treated genes be the

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answer to our city centre pollution problems? Scientists at Sheffield

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University think so. They have been working on a spray that helps absorb

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dangerous classes from exhaust fumes, a coating has been put on the

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genes, and for the first time, onto this poster. I told Simon Armitage

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about it and a famous chemist, and he said, we need to write a poem in

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praise of air, so the poem is there because these trousers and that poem

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takeout the pollution of the cars. Getting the poster up on the side of

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the building took weeks of planning and involved at sailors and a

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hydraulic platform. Now, it is in a perfect place to absorb poison from

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20 vehicles. Imagine if every poster could do that. One poster makes no

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difference. It is something that everybody needs to engage in,

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because we can help each other. These trousers will not make the air

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particularly better, but if everybody around them wears them,

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the old get better quality air. We have had the science, we have seen

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the poster, now I bring you the poem. I write in praise of her, and

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the conjurer opened my fist and I held in my palm the whole of the

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sky. I have held it with me every sense. With a white handkerchief

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over its mouth, cars blow kisses to our lips, I turned the key and threw

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back the lead. Breathe deep. My first word, everyone's first word.

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Air pollution remains a problem in the UK, but scientists hope this

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could be the start of a cleaner, brighter future for us all. They are

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already thinking about using flags and size petrol stations next.

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Let's have a bit of sport now, shall we?

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In rugby league, it was Magic Weekend, a showpiece event

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where all the weekend's Super League matches were held in one stadium.

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Huddersfield Giants thrashed the Bradford Bulls yesterday,

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while Castleford Tigers kept their fantastic season

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on track with a breathtaking win over neighbours Wakefield Wildcats.

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This try from Mark Sneyd was one of two he scored at the

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Classy Cas won 50`12 and moved up to third in Super League.

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They are working exceptionally hard, they have bought into it, I only

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have to tell them once or show them once, they have a pop at it. Not

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everything works, but we will have a go at things, and if not, we think

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of something else. And you can see highlights

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from all the Magic Weekend matches That's on BBC One tonight

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at 11:20pm. In the other code, Leeds Carnegie

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had victory snatched away in the final minutes to end their hopes

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of a return to union's top flight. They took a first`leg lead into

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their match at London Welsh, and when Charlie Beech stormed over the

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line, it looked as if Leeds would But a late penalty for

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the home side put pay to all that. With Rotherham Titans? defeat

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on Saturday, Yorkshire will be without a Premiership side

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for the fourth season in a row. In football, I'm afraid York City

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won't be following Rotherham United down the road to Wembley

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for the play`off finals. The Minstermen were already

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behind from their semi`final first leg and just couldn't find a goal

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on Friday night at Fleetwood. Michael Coulson came close, but

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his shot was blocked by the keeper. York fans left disappointed

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on the night, but content with Just upset, really, a good

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performance, we deserved a goal, at least. To go from 22nd to seventh, I

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do not think we deserved to lose that,

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Now, it?s the first day of the Chelsea Flower Show,

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and growers and garden designers from across Yorkshire are in London

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Welcome To Yorkshire is once again keen to repeat its success with

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a garden to celebrate the Grand Depart.

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So, whether you are a visitor or a celebrity, it is all about being

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seen. The muddy boots are kicked off to

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make way for the Queen and golden royalty.

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Look who I found, Yorkshire's finest. How are you? It is lovely to

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see you, and getting your hands dirty, but taking your inspiration

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from Yorkshire. I get my hands dirty everyday. I garden every day, this

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is a garden celebrating 50 years of Britain in Bloom, and my 50 years in

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horticulture. How difficult was it, capturing the beauty of rugged

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Yorkshire? When you are given dry stonewalling, this was transported

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from Yorkshire, and native flowers from Yorkshire, it is not difficult,

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it is just up to you not to mess it up. I am talking about the plans.

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About this time of year, mid to late May, the Chelsea job means those

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that you chop will flower later, you spread the season of interest. To

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the Yorkshire Dales, and a piece of living Yorkshire in the heart of

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Chelsea. The Hawthorn came for the welcome to Yorkshire garden,

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celebrating the grumpy part in 46 days, but it has not been an easy

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journey, especially getting the back in. We had that put into position

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early, and then had to build the rest of the garden around it. It was

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very difficult. Trying to get the bill does not to scratch it. How do

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you win at Chelsea? If you thought gardeners World a placid bunch, meet

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the Yorkshire groaners, they are deadly serious. It is the best

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display we have seen so far, fingers crossed. We are a small nursery, to

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get into Chelsea is really nice. The biggest challenge is to get here in

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the first place, because it was hot when we left home, it was hot on the

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way down, so there has been no respite this year. Fresh from their

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success at Harrogate, cheap heat and free lecture city, the virtues of

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Yorkshire thriftiness. Leeds tend to do us proud, whenever you see a

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garden from Leeds, there is something special. I think it is

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something in the air. It takes months of planning, selection and

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money to be here. For some, they will never be allowed back in.

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Gnomes are again the ultimate faux pas.

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I put it down to good Yorkshire manure.

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Tomorrow, the results. Speaking of awards, I hear you have

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another one! Yes, I had something yesterday,

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thank you to my colleagues downstairs who helped me get it.

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How many is that? I have got one or two, it is very

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nice. He is so modest!

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He will have to get an extension! How many is it this year? The ready

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well`deserved, I wish I could get one for weather forecasting! Lets

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have a look at the picture that came in for the weekend, the Rochdale

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Canal. A beautiful shot. This caught your imagination, lenticular clouds.

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Beautiful. Keep the pictures coming in. Tomorrow, sunny spells, a

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scattering of thunderstorms, there might be one or two first thing,

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then they will break out later in the day. It is an unsettled chart,

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and we will lose the warmth and the settled weather in the second half

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of the week. It looks much caller and more unsubtle. We managed 24

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degrees in Sheffield this afternoon. It triggered one or two

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thunderstorms through Leeds, and there is still a risk of an isolated

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thunderstorm this evening and overnight. For many, it should be

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fine and warm, with some low cloud and missed towards the coast towards

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the end of the night. A grey start towards the coast,

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Misty and murky. The low cloud will break, one or two showers drifting

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up from the south. As temperatures rise, a higher risk of scattered

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them the storms through the afternoon. It is still hit and miss,

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some of us will stay dry. The temperature is a bit down on today.

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Still very good for the end of May. Wednesday, some patchy rain towards

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the coast, mostly dry and bright elsewhere. It is cool and

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increasingly wet on Thursday. That is the forecast.

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We're back with our late bulletin at 10:25pm.

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We'll leave you tonight with some fantastic pictures

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of an event that took place in Leeds on both Friday and Saturday night,

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It was part of the Yorkshire Festival 2014 and marked

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Never have bikes decorated with lights looked so good.

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'The last two generations have been robbed of an opportunity

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'And yet it has greater impact on our everyday lives than anything

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'We need to put this issue to bed now,

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'and not leave it for another generation.'

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I want a Britain that is free to control its own destiny.

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'another three million people in Britain by 2020.

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'Our public services are already stretched.

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'The pressure on schools, housing, hospitals in huge.'

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While we stay in the EU, we cannot control who comes into our county.

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