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We can understand why someone would try to harm a guy like that.

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We get reaction from Sheffield and hear from his family in Sri Lanka.

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Under investigation ` the Metropolitan Police is asked to

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look into anti`Israeli tweets made by a Bradford MP.

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No show ` fears for the Bradford International Film Festival

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as a review leads to the cancelling of next year's event.

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We'll be live in Sheffield for the city's Grand Prix where

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a large turnout is expected for Britain's elite cyclists.

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The farmers are loving this weather. Join me for the detailed forecast.

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First tonight, to the two men facing life sentences for the murder

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of a student originally from Sri Lanka who was killed on his last

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Thavisha Peiris had come to Sheffield to pursue his dream job

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After three days of deliberation, the jury at Sheffield Crown Court

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found 26 year old Shamraze Khan guilty of murder.

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Another man, 18`year`old Kasim Ahmed,

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A dramatic afternoon at Sheffield Crown Court. After 14.5 hours of

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deliberation, a jury decided by a majority of ten to two that Shamraze

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Khan was guilty of murder. It was a story that attracted international

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headlines. For one family on the other side of the world, Creek

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continues. The dream of a better life taken for the sake of a mobile

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phone. 25 years old, Thavisha Peiris left to deliver his final pizza of

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his final shift. It was October 27 and after finishing his degree he

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was ready to start a new job. Instead he was attacked by Kasim

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Ahmed and Shamraze Khan. They try to take his phone before repeatedly

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stabbing him and leaving them to bleed to death. Two and a half weeks

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ago, Kasim Ahmed pleaded guilty to murder and admitted to robberies

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earlier the same evening. Shamraze Khan admitted the robberies but said

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he did not partake in the attack on Thavisha Peiris nor did he encourage

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it. But the prosecution said the men were jointly responsible. They had

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been out together in Sheffield city centre and committed to robberies

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with a knife. They were both acting then when they committed the robbery

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so we had to conclude that they were acting together at the murder. We

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got assistance from members of the public around the scene. Ultimately,

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we recovered a lot of property including keys that had been stolen

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from Thavisha Peiris's vehicle. His family believe the country was safe.

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Tomorrow, the men who murdered them will find out what the sentence will

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be. Six weeks after Thavisha Peiris'

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death, his family invited our reporter Kate Bradbrook to

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their home in Sri Lanka, They were struggling to cope with

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the idea that such a kind and generous person, suffered such

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a violent and sudden death.In Kate's exclusive report,

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we hear more from the family, and also for the first time, from

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Thavisha's colleague and housemate. Thavisha Peiris was just 25

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when he was stabbed to death He was on his last shift

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and last delivery working for Domino's pizza when he was

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attacked here in Southy Crescent. His parents, Vajira and Sarath, live

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here, 8000 miles away in Colombo. Last year they invited me into their

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home to give their first interview. They told me they were struggling to

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cope with the loss of their youngest son, who they had sent to the UK for

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what they thought was a better life. TRANSLATION: I feel that the whole

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world has been destroyed after TRANSLATION: I keep waking up and

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thinking about him. If I try to eat something, I think of him, so I

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can't eat. I can't take being TRANSLATION: We thought sending him

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to the UK was the best decision. His education would have been

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international, his job would be international. It was hard bringing

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the boys up. It was a lot of love and sacrifice all wiped out. Now we

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have no hopes for the future. Thavisha had been studying

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at Sheffield Hallam University. He was working at Domino's to pay

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back money he had borrowed from his parents, but was about to start a

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dream job in IT when he was killed. For his cousin, it came as a shock

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that someone as mild`mannered He was someone who was first to

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speak, first to smile, first to crack a joke at a family

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gathering and, unfortunately, the first to die. Maybe he was too

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good for this world. In school, if there was any trouble

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and people were fighting, he would just say, calm down. He

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would be the peacemaker. He would be

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the one mediating to stop a fight. I would say he is such

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a human being. Thavisha's funeral was

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a traditional Buddhist ceremony. Hundreds followed the coffin to its

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final resting place in Sri Lanka. Many

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around the world sent messages of In Sheffield,

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his colleague and housemate reflects on the last time he saw him

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just hours before he died.I can't understand why someone would

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try to harm a guy like that. He was so kind, he always

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had something to talk about. He was very funny. He was always

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fun. Although

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the legal process may now be over, Thavisha's family say nothing will

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ever make up for the loss of their I think it is a nice comfort for us,

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knowing that they are getting Next tonight, to controversial

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comments made on Twitter by Bradford MP David Ward, who said

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if he lived in Gaza he would He's escaped disciplinary action

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by the Liberal Democrats but one Conservative MP has reported

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him to the Metropolitan Police Our political editor Len Tingle

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reports. His words were called vile

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by the Labour Party, damaging by the Conservatives,

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and even his own party threatened On Twitter last night,

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Bradford MP David Ward posed the question that, if he lived in Gaza,

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would he fire a rocket at Israel? In the House of Commons yesterday,

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I condemned violence on both sides. I am not condoning it,

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I'm just saying we have to understand the mindset of people who

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are firing rockets out of Gaza. They know for certainty that it will

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be retaliated by the Israelis in the That qualification was aimed at the

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growing number of groups campaigning By this afternoon, the

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Liberal Democrats said their MP had unreservedly apologised to anyone

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who might have mistakenly thought he So he won't face disciplinary

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action from his party. David needs to recognise that these

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are not the comments of a well thought`through and

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respected individual such as he is. He needs to recognise

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the offence these have caused, to withdraw the comments

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and fully delete them from Twitter. But tonight, the rocket posting,

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together with another appealing to support the Palestinians,

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was still online. One furious Conservative MP said he

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was reporting David Ward to the The inside track `

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Tanya takes a look around the Athletes' Village in Glasgow

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ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The hunt for a man wanted

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in connection with the murder of a guesthouse landlady is now

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in its fifth day and police still This afternoon, they revealed more

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about where John Heald was staying in Bridlington when Bay Carter was

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stabbed to death, as their searches Our crime correspondent is in Wath

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tonight with the latest. We do have a major manhunt. Two

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police forces in Yorkshire. I am in South Yorkshire, where John Heald is

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believed to have spent most of his life. This afternoon, we saw the

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start of the deployment of many officers who are going out to cover

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a very wide area of South Yorkshire in the hunt for John Heald. 150

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police in the hunt. Some armed, being briefed this afternoon. John

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Heald is being sought after Bay Carter was stabbed to death in the

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guesthouse she ran in Bridlington. It is thought he might be trying to

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lie low. He is already being sought in connection with a sex attack in

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Sheffield in July. It was a targeted serious sexual assault. We cannot

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give information as we are protecting the victim. We are

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carrying out that investigation in line with this one. Today, the hunt

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on the ground. South Yorkshire Police have already received well

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over 200 calls in connection with their hunt for John Heald. Just one

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coal has led to officers searching these woods. In this area where John

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Heald has lived for most of his life, police were trying to calm

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public fears. I kept getting up and looking through the window. I didn't

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get much sleep at all. I do hope people will continue to support each

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other. We are aware that there are people who are frightened at this

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time. John Heald had book into the hotel in Bridlington last Thursday.

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His keys, similar to this set are now missing. The ground is being

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searched for the keys and clues in the hunt for the missing John

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Heald. Police are saying to things. They want all the help they can get

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from the public, any sightings at all. They have stressed that also,

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if anybody is hiding John Heald, they must give them up immediately

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because that in itself is a serious criminal offence.

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Now, it showcases the silver screen and over the years the

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Bradford International Film Festival has grown into one of the UK's most

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It's been held at the National Media Museum in the city

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since 1995 and has a reputation for introducing rising talent.

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But it's also welcomed some big names from the industry like

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Lord Attenborough, John Hurt, Jean Simmons and Ken Loach.

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And in 2009, on the strength of the festival, it was designated UNESCO's

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first City of Film, an honour it only shares with Sydney, Australia.

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UNESCO promotes inter`cultural understanding between nations.

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So is the curtain about to fall on Bradford International Film

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Here's our business correspondent Danni Hewson.

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For 20 years, Bradford International Film Festival has rolled out the red

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carpet. But next year's event is cancelled at least for the time

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being. The museum is undertaking a review of its festival offer. It

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says any statement that the purpose is to protect the future and cruel

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audiences. But the former director of another festival now absent from

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the museum's calendar fears that reviews only go one way. Reviews,

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and my opinion, are always a bad sign. They usually resort in events

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being cancelled. It is quite laughable that ever since the city

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was given the status,. Any loss would be a blow to the museum which

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escaped closure last year. It would also damage Bradford's status. But

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projections say this review is an opportunity. There are new cities

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joining the UNESCO network. It is going from strength to strength. Now

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is the right time to review film festivals and see how to improve

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them. In context, visitor numbers are dwindling and the museum is

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still vulnerable. Worry about the future of one of its most procedures

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events is real. Police investigating

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the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence have

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arrested a man on suspicion of Meanwhile, a team of at least seven

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police vehicles and a dog handling unit have spent today searching a

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pub in the Accomb area of the city. A 59`year`old man arrested in May

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on suspicion of her murder remains The 35`year`old hasn't been

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seen since March 2009. A waste recycling centre

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in Todmorden which was badly damaged in what police described

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as a 'rampage' with a digger won't The repairs needed at

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Eastwood Recycling Centre on Halifax Road are so extensive

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they'll take months to complete. It comes just seven months

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after it reopened following major A man has been charged with criminal

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damage following the incident The electrical giant Samsung is to

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create hundreds of jobs in Leeds. The company, which is based in South

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Korea, plans to open a customer call centre on Claypit Lane in the city,

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with 358 new positions. It was one of a number

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of projects announced today by Some news just coming in. Plans for

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Kellingly Colliery have been shelved. Workers were trying to get

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a deal that would have kept the mine open by 2015 when it is currently

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due to close. We understand that proposals would not have raised the

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funds needed to secure a future for the site to 2020. We will have more

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details on our late bulletin. A Grand Prix in South Yorkshire `

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we're live in the city as Britain's cycling elite descend for one of

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their most important track events. The Commonwealth Games opening

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ceremony is live on BBC One Then, when the action starts

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tomorrow, we expect Yorkshire to Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee

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compete in the triathlon. Confidence is high

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after their respective first and third placed finishes at the

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recent world cup race in Hamburg. For Jonny, it's a chance to get one

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over big brother who took gold It's hard with us because I train

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with Alistair all the time so I We're pretty close at the moment

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but he is on good form as well. It's going to be tough

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but I'll give it my best. To get a medal would be great,

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it's the main event of the year and that something I want to do

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in my career, Olympic medallist, for us and, before things get

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underway tonight, she's been for a Yes,

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among others she's been speaking to our top badminton player and the

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chef who's cooking up some Scottish Day by day

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the village is filling up, each The athletes seem to be settling

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in well and getting and the girls have been painting

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and have been playing cards a lot, The athletes are moving towards

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the limits of human performance. We are trying to eke out

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those marginal gains. This type

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of area is what delivers that. It is about making sure that

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athletes stay as well If a problem does happen,

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we treat it early, We can move people on the podium

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and off the podium, but importantly The athletes are here,

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the venues are ready. An estimated 1.5 billion people will

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be watching as Glasgow hosts Now we all know just how big

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a turn`out Yorkshire gave to Well tonight we've got another major

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cycling event in our patch ` Yes, the city centre has been

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transformed into a cycle racetrack, But tonight there is even more of

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a special occasion about it, tinged Paul Ogden is live 'on the barriers'

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and can tell us why that is. Sometimes you make pronouncements on

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this job that you really don't want to make. I am afraid to say that

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here tonight at the Sheffield Grand Prix, it is going to be Dean

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Downing's final competitive race at the young age of 39. What brought

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this on? I'm getting tired, getting old. It's been in the planning for a

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long time since the end of last year. I sat down with the boss and

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told him that I was going to retire in 2014. I wanted to retire in

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Sheffield. I'm a local boy, a proud Yorkshire lad. I went to Sheffield

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Hallam University. My family are all here tonight. It's the perfect

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ending for myself. You're still winning races. We see me on the

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podium quite a lot this season. Could you give another couple of

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seasons? You're tempted, aren't you? Not really, no! I nearly retired in

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2012 when I was and another team but it was all for the wrong reasons. I

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had a really bad season and had been ill. To retire on a high is always

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what I wanted. It's never easy, you have to plan the training. I am

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getting a little bit older but I have a beautiful family which takes

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up my time. My daughter is five and my son who is four months old. They

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make not know what is going on but it will be great to see them before

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and after. I was hoping I could squeeze two more years in but I only

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have one hour and ten minutes! What is your impression of the state of

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Yorkshire 's cycling? In my eyes, it is the time to retire and get

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involved with other things. A maze, do your job! There are a lot of

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opportunities for cycling as a whole. I'm looking forward to

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getting involved with what the right can in 2015 `` whatever I can. There

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are a lot of exciting prospects. That will be no better than here

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tonight at the Sheffield Grand Prix. Get yourself down here because

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the big race does not start until after 8:00pm. Dean Downing goes with

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our best wishes. Let's have a look at your socks!

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This is a beautiful picture. This was sunset last night in Sheffield.

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This was angled and, with the low cloud in the valley bottom this

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morning. Keep your pictures coming in these other top

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temperatures today. Poor Whitby! Everywhere else looks set to be warm

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and sunny tomorrow. High pressure is coming in from Scandinavia but the

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risk of showers and choose day `` on choose day. It has been a

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disappointing day along the North Yorkshire coastline but elsewhere it

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has been beautiful. Mist will extend inland overnight with low

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temperatures of 13 or 14 Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning.

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The next high water time in Scarborough is that 3:10am.

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Tomorrow, the low cloud will bright up quickly with sunshine soon coming

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through in the morning and lots of blue sky in the afternoon. The sea

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mist will be a bit thinner in the afternoon. Scarborough is coming in

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at 20 Celsius with a bit of brightness, inland, we're looking at

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26 Celsius. Some very strong July sunshine to come. Thursday is a

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similar forecast. Friday is a grey start but mainly blue skies through

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the day. We hang onto that through Saturday but signs change into

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Sunday, with more cloud and the risk of showers. Temperatures around 22

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Celsius. and a bulletin at the later time

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of 11:25pm. DRUMBEATS CONTINUE

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