04/07/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


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That's all from us. Now on BBC

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The world's largest annual sporting event begins

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in Leeds tomorrow with the first of two stages in Yorkshire.

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And the event is expected to bring a massive economic boost to

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The Town Hall steps in Leeds today were dressed with a yellow carpet.

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And over in Harrogate the world s media is now in place, poised to

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capture the event from every angle, whatever the weather has in store.

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Cathy Killick can bring us lore of a flavour

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It's only got a population of 5 0, but this little village north

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of Ripon has embraced the Tour and then given it French kisses.

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There's a fairground, a food court and a whole lot of fun.

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People are very happy to have the race coming to Yorkshird.

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They are delighted and to embrace it, as much as they can,

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190 countries take TV cover`ge of the tour.

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Each day teams and support staff book more than 1,000 hotel rooms.

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Add spectators to the mix and it will bring an estimated 100

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Here is one business experiencing a bonanza.

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Flying Colours in Knaresborough makes flags and bunting.

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They've had 20 times their normal orders.

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We just didn't expect the volume of orders we're getting.

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People want hand waving flags, people want to just be involved

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You couldn't get more community involvement than here in York.

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320 people have helped paint this enormous Hockney`style picture

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I'm a big believer in community spirit and community spirit has

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really come out in this project because of the workshops we have

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The final flourish, 60 gendarmes from Paris here to lend

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A massive day for the whole county of Yorkshire.

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One of the biggest days in our history.

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Looking forward to it very much indeed.

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I'm very proud of all the work that loads of people

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The stage is set for the Grand Depart.

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So that's how Yorkshire's looking tonight.

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Our Correspondent Matt Slater has been watching

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We've had about 18 months to build up for this.

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So much anticipation, so much excitement and, as you say, in about

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12 hours time the Grand Dep`rt, the big race starts in front of that

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About an hour before that there is a ceremonial

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in Leeds outside the town h`l,l but here, right now, there is a festival

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Thousands of people are camped here, they have been racing all this

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There will be more races tomorrow and racing is really the nale

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I spent most of this afternoon at a hotel not far from here where three

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of the teams are staying ` East Europeans, Danes, Italians, French `

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They didn't know much about Yorkshire before this,

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They all talked about how much the race has been embraced here

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They noticed the painted livestock, yellow bikes,

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What a way to open the show if Mark Cavendish,

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the honorary Yorkshireman, could win in Harrogate tomorrow.

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He used to holiday there as youngster.

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If he wins, well, that would be drinks all night long

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and I think there will be a few lock`ins as well.

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So it seems the whole of Yorkshire is getting into the spirit

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of this weekend, but of course safety is paramount.

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Let us not forget this routd includes some of Yorkshire's

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In fact hundreds of amateurs have already been having a go

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Air ambulance crews say thex've now been called out to a spate

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of accidents involving cyclhsts in the Dales.

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On a good day, this stretch of road up and over Butterttbs Pass

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But in today's driving rain and gusting winds it is also

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Over half a dozen riders have already come seriously unstuck.

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One of them had to be airlifted to hospital, but the most spectacular,

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almost fatal, accident came just by the Buttertubs themselves

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As you can see, the bikes come down off that top ridge really quickly

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What happened, he hit this S`bend where this rider is here ` you see

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he nearly lost control there ` he did, and he hit this catchmdnt fence

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here, flipped straight over the top of it, rolled and stopped on a ledge

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over a precipice there which drops straight down.

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Even some of the professional riders have voiced their concerns

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We've got a greasy road now that it's wet

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That is buffeting around the corners so, yes, we would appreciatd...

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There are lots of signs up warning them about the corners but some

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So, sticking with the roads, nearly 1,000 will be closed

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Your BBC local radio station has extra travel bulletins

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and key public information to help you get around, whether you're

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And there's also a Tour de France in Yorkshire page on the BBC

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website with information, news and features about the event.

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And on Sunday evening we'll have a special edition of Look North

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from the route of the Tour looking back at the weekend the Tour de

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Just one result in Rugby League tonight.

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Wakefield coach James Webstdr kept his winning streak going with

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A last minute try from Rich`rd Owen was all Wakefield needed

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There will be some wet weather but most of the time there will be a

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good deal of fine and Sunday, we start off with a lot

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of sunshine. The cloud will bubble up and there is the risk of a few

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showers with the odd heavy downpour. As we go through the rest of the

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night, some dry spells out there but as you can see, further pulses of

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rain pushing in from the sotth`west. It's going to be a mild night with

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temperatures lifting to arotnd 5 or temperatures lifting to arotnd 5 or

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16 Celsius. It's been quite blustery out there but that will ease as we

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out there but that will easd as we go through the night. To start

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go through the night. To st`rt tomorrow morning, a lot of cloud

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around making it quite grey. A little bit of drizzle for a time but

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that brightens up with pleasant spells of sunshine in the afternoon.

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Sunshine and showers for Sunday. Today's weather played out like a

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classic World Cup match - a tale of two halves.

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Highest temperatures for this year. A different story further north and

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west. A lot of cloud around. It was breezy, and yes, we saw significant

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rain. This rain has to clear further east overnight and then it

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introduces a different feel to our weather - sunny spells but also

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showers. So a good drenching for the gardens overnight. Some of the rain

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heavy over north-east England for a time and stretching up towards

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south-east Scotland as this weather front goes further east. First thing

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there is the potential for some of that rain to be lingering over

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eastern Scotland and north-east England. The same as we go through

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Lincolnshire, also into the East Midlands, East Anglia and the

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south-east corner. A contrasting start to the last couple of

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mornings. We are likely to see an improvement as the day continues.

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