08/07/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

for the patients of the future. That's all from us.

First tonight, a major step forward in plans for a multi million pound

green energy scheme at Drax power station near Selby.

?240 million in funding has been secured

It will go towards a carbon capture and storage project and could also

Friends of the Earth say the money would be better spent

on much more environmentallx friendly alternatives.

Today's announcement of mondy from Europe is a step forward

A state of the art coal powered plant is to

be built here at Drax near Selby and 90% of the harmful carbon

The gas will then be transported through a pipeline

It's called the White Rose Project and will create more than 2000 jobs.

Drax should be the first of many projects right across the UK that

can create good quality, sustainable high`quality jobs as well as helping

Drax is getting 300 million euros for this carbon capture project

But the campaign group Friends of the Earth argues there should be

a move away from using fosshl fuels like coal at all.

We have concerns that there is a lot of investment going

into carbon capture storage and not enough going into energy

We can power her country by the end of the next decade from rendwables.

`` our country. We should bd putting our money into that instead.

It is hoped this will be up and running by 2020.

We are told that will provide what they are calling clean electricity

Well earlier I spoke to Petdr Emery who is chairman of Capture Power,

the company set up to oversde the project.

The European money represents less than a third of that requirdd so I

began by asking him where the rest of the money would come frol.

Some of it will come from the shareholders of Capture

Power, which is a joint venture between Drax, Alstom and BOC Linde.

National Grid, who is a subcontractor,

Some of it will be from a Government grant.

Some of it will have to be lent from commercial banks.

The EU money will be part of that make up.

Friends of the Earth say the money would be better spent on

Our view is that carbon capture storage could be one of the lowest

Low`carbon, also very flexible, will help manage the good

Low`carbon, also very flexible, will help manage the grid

and will significantly reduce the cost of decarbonising

So we would disagree profoundly with their view.

It's already been several ydars in the planning.

We made the actually see this plant up and running?

We're in the middle of the development phase

which lasts until the end of 2015 where we'll finish the

engineering work, do the procurement work, work with banks to rahse the

Then it will take us between four and five years to build

it, so you're looking at about 2020, perhaps slightlx earlier

on when the plant is fully constructed and operational.

A burglar has been jailed for a total of 12 years following

Elsie Mowbray died eight daxs after a confrontation at her home

Peter Harris had forced his way into her home and knocked hdr over.

He was attempting to steal money to fund his drug habit.

A public memorial service is to be held at Leeds Town Hall to

The 61`year`old teacher was stabbed to death in front of a class

at Corpus Christi Catholic College in April.

The service will take place on the 29th of September.

Members of the public are wdlcome to join guests to celebrate Ann's life.

Plans to turn the hard shoulder into an extra lane of traffhc

on the M1 motorway have been officially approved

The scheme will be put in place between junctions 28

and 31 in Derbyshire and junctions 32 and 35A in South Yorkshire.

The road will be monitored by a control room and overhdad signs

will close the extra lane if there is an accident or breakdown.

The scheme has been criticised by South Yorkshire Police who say it

is dangerous not to have a hard shoulder.

The biggest agricultural show in the country got underway

More than 130,000 people ard expected to visit the

Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate over three days.

Amongst the stalls, exhibithons and animals, there was the serious issue

It's a new protest but an old chestnut.

The difference between what supermarkets charge

This time it's beef farmers who say they are being squeezed.

We are losing up to ?200 on every animal.

If we can't turn it around puickly then people will vote with

their feet and leave the industry and then there will be a shortage

They say they are getting 60p per kilo less from their animals

while supermarkets are getthng 6p a kilo more for their beef.

They want the product sold separately

The British Retail Consortitm said today it wasn't that shmple.

They say prices vary accordhng to the state of the market,

the amount of beef in the stpply chain, and even the exchangd rate.

As the Great Yorkshire Show celebrates its 156th year,

the tension between farmers and retailers seems to be bdcoming

a problem as perennial as the Great Yorkshire weather.

Another cycle that farmers can?t control but have to live with.

Well, a bit of rain at the Great Yorkshire Show today.

Looks much better tomorrow. For most of us it will be a pleasant day

Largely dry and bright. The coast will cloud over later and m`ke the

rain, therefore it would be cooler. It is dry tonight with mist and fog

and maybe the odd coastal shower. Temperatures range from ten to 3

Celsius. Tomorrow looks likd a decent day for most of us. There

could be the odd coastal shower but generally dry and bright and the

sunshine timing hazy is a as cloud approaches from the East. Bx evening

there will be patchy rain. This will have an effect on the temperatures,

probably 21 Celsius. I'll ldave you with the summery.

weekend. Hot on Saturday with thundery showers.

Good evening, the rain in Rio is matching the mood, I suspect, this

evening. Here, we will take a day off from the rain tomorrow, at least

most of us. There will be sunshine around. The showers will be back for

the end of the week. Dry over night virtually everywhere. Winds easing

down in many places except towards the North Sea coasts. The south west

will keep a breeze going. Not a cold night, temperatures holding 12- 4

degrees typically. A dry day virtually everywhere tomorrow. Cloud

breaking up to allow good spells of sunshine coming through,