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still the potential. Quite nasty weather. To keep an

Good evening and welcome to Thursday's Look North.

On the programme tonight, Police are investigating complaints about the

Bradford MP George Galloway after he's filmed declaring the city an

We don't want any Israeli goods, we don't want

any Israeli services, we don't want any Israeli academics coming to the

university or the college. We don't even want any Israeli tourists.

We'll be getting reaction from Bradford's Jewish community.

Also tonight, grieving families in Dewsbury are left to pick out

personal belongings from rubbish bags after they're cleared from

I've got some great news about Pontefract Castld.

They've been awarded more than ?3 million, which means many

inaccessible parts up until now will soon be opened up to the public.

And as you can see from this picture, it has been fine whth

picture, it has been fine with plenty of sunshine. I will be back

later in the programme with the details.

The right of MPs to speak ott about issues they feel passionately about.

But tonight we're asking whether one MP has gone too far

BBC Yorkshire has learned Wdst Yorkshire Police are investigating

complaints following comments made by Bradford West MP George Galloway

in which he called for Bradford to be an Israel`free zone.

Footage on YouTube shows the MP speaking at a packed meeting of

activists over the weekend. Mr Galloway claimed Bradford should

exclude Israeli goods, academics Galloway claimed Bradford should

exclude Israeli goods, acaddmics and even tourists. We have declared

Bradford and Israel free zone. The strongest words yet on the crisis in

Gaza from Bradford MP Georgd Galloway. Cut every link with

Israel. We don't want any Israeli goods, we don't want any Israeli

services, we don't want any Israeli services, we don't want any Israeli

academics coming to the university or college. We don't even w`nt any

or college. We don't even want any Israeli tourists to come to

Bradford, even if any of thdm have thought of doing so. Bradford, and

its relatively large population of British Asian Muslims, has been at

the forefront of passionate but peaceful street action, demanding

that Israel stop a bombardmdnt of that Israel stop a bombardmdnt of

Gaza. George Galloway, for years one Gaza. George Galloway, for xears one

of the strongest advocates of Palestinian independence, m`de his

latest speech to supporters of his party needs a couple of days ago,

Respect. But wide circulation of air recording of it on you Tube has met

with claims that calls for action against individual Israelis, could

incite a violent reaction. West Yorkshire Police confirmed that it

had received two separate complaints. George Galloway at

himself was unavailable for interview but his office sahd:

And the call for trade and sporting sanctions against Israel is not

confined to George Galloway or respect. The Bradford Liberal

respect. The Bradford Liber`l Democrat MP who's online petition

calling for peace topped 75,000 signatures today says he wants the

government to declare a nathonal boycott. Nigel is a man has worked

very closely with the Muslim very closely with the Muslil

community, he joins us from the Bradford synagogue. First of all,

has Mr Galloway crossed the line? Should he be thinking things? I

think he has. And all afternoon, think he has. And all afternoon,

people have been trying to get hold of him to ask him about these words

and he has not come forward. I think he has crossed the line and it is

not helpful at all. There are protests going on all the time

protests going on all the thme against Israeli action, see he would

therefore say he is justifidd and therefore say he is justifidd and

why shouldn't he do it? At the moment we are in a truce position. I

heard earlier today, there hs moment we are in a truce position. I

heard earlier today, there hs a hope that peace negotiations will carry

on. We all want peace and I don t think George Galloway saying

Israelis and Israeli goods `re Israelis and Israeli goods `re

banned helps anyone in any way. How difficult is the situation that you

had to deal with on a day`to`day basis in Bradford? When you go

through Bradford, you see flags and graffiti, you understand that

through Bradford, you see flags and graffiti, you understand th`t there

graffiti, you understand that there are problems. The key thing I would

say is that Bradford has been are problems. The key thing I would

say is that Bradford has bedn a city that has welcomed all sorts of

people. It is a city where there many groups from many different

communities and there has bden a communities and there has been a

great deal of tolerance. We have to hope sanity rails and that we keep

good relations between all groups in the city. `` sanity prevails. Your

work goes on? My work to maintain unity goes on, we had all f`iths

work goes on? My work to mahntain unity goes on, we had all faiths and

we work together. Thanks very much indeed for joining us.

At the site upgrades in Dewsbury today, family said they were

today, family said they werd disgusted.

It is just a few months since Christina's mum died.

This is the plot in Thornhill Parish Church where her ashes were buried.

Since then she has tended the grave, decorating it with personal touches.

Then last night she found out the flowers

and handmade ornaments had been removed and put in plastic bags

It's disgusting and it's heartbreaking.

This is the place where people come to remember them.

For Claire too, who has her mum and sister buried here, there is a sense

of shock at the way their bdlongings have been treated and what she says

Bin men could have come and just picked that up and thought, that's

No notification to no familhes, nothing.

But the diocese say they did try and tell people.

This poster was put up and in a statement,

But that suggestion, that graves were untended,

As you can see, there's flowers everywhere,

a lot of people come to this grave, it is maintained regularly.

I just don't understand the ethos behind it at all.

The church are yet to fully put their side of events,

but say they are saddened that a resolution could not be found.

Meanwhile, many families have redecorated their graves

A man has been left seriously ill after he was bitten by snake whilst

The 44`year`old was visiting Dalby Forest, near Pickering, when he was

bitten three times by an adder which it is understood he picked tp.

It is the most venomous snake native to Britain.

And yesterday a Doncaster man was bitten by one

The attack happened in the Dixon's Hollow area of the forest,

Adders aren't normally aggressive but it's understood the man picked

the snake off the ground here before it bit him three times, injdcting

The snake no doubt acting in self defence.

An off`duty paramedic was able to give immediate assistance to

the man and he was airlifted to hospital in Middlesbrough.

Dalby Forest provides a perfect habitat for adders

It is like anything else, we're stood here now, if

a huge hand came out of the sky and picked us up, we would be terrified

and we would be kicking and fighting and all the rest of it.

I must have seen hundreds if not thousands of adders `nd I

400,000 people visit Dalby Forest every year.

Yesterday's adder attack hasn't kept people away.

I know they are in the forest because we bike

in the forest, but we wouldn't go anywhere near them because they are

If you see a snake, no matter what sort of snake, you wouldn't exactly

Severe or multiple bites have to be treated with antivenom medication

Stay with us, plenty still to come before seven o'clock.

Yes, we meet somebody who puts our tandem experience into perspective.

A Leeds cyclist has ridden his bike not just all over

Yorkshire, but all over the world, to raise money for charity.

Life has been up and down recently for the past few years.

The more people who register to be a donor,

This isn't the end of Ryan's story as he will need anothdr

For now, though, he is setting his sights

Good luck, all the very best. I m sure he will do us proud.

More sport now and in cricket, Yorkshire have moved to the top

of Group A in the One`Day Ctp with a comfortable win over

The visitors won the toss and chose to bat,

but they were all out for jtst 41, Tim Bresnan taking four wickets.

Yorkshire were never in any real trouble in reply,

reaching their target with just under 20 overs to spare.

Now we're long overdue a victory in the Challenge Cup ` the highlight

Bradford Bulls were our last team to do it 11 years ago.

But this weekend we go into the semi`finals with two teams

who have a chance of making it to the final at Wembley.

One of these will be a great story, if Castleford can do it. Thdy

certainly start them young in the Rugby league card land of

Castleford. Summer camps the kids Castleford. Summer camps thd kids

are just one way of passing on the passion and the children here are

keen on their team's chances of getting to Wembley. It will be great

to win the challenge cup, if we could win it. We want to win, we've

got to just really play our hearts out. Castleford Tigers have

surpassed all expectations this season. The highlights, amidst many

highs, was their challenge cup quarterfinal win over the holders,

Wigan. The small rugby leagte town Wigan. The small rugby league town

was back and beating the big boys. Clubs like Castleford need to be

strong for rugby league. It is not a big city but it is a pretty fervent

rugby league town and historically, that is the way rugby leagud

rugby league town and historically, that is the way rugby league has

been. You should be holding onto your history with everything that

you can. The last time classy Castleford won the cup was hn 1 86.

Castleford won the cup was in 1986. That was the year that the club s

That was the year that the club's current captain and hometown boy was

born. So special so hard to talk about to you at the minute because

there is such a big game and it would be disrespectful, I rdckon, to

would be disrespectful, I reckon, to talk about that. We will show

witness Max respect they deserve and like I said, whoever wins, it will

like I said, whoever wins, ht will be well deserved. `` show Widnes the

be well deserved. `` show Whdnes the respect. The Leeds Rhinos last won

the cup in 1999. Since then, a golden generation of players have

won everything except the showpiece of rugby league. Their latest

disappointment was two years ago against this weekend's opposition,

Warrington. It hasn't been ` great competition for us, but hopefully

competition for us, but hopdfully that can change. We can sit and well

on it, we can sit and worry about it and be concerned with it, or we can

get on with it, roll our sleeves up get on with it, roll our sldeves up

and give it our best shot. That is what we intend to do. So, the Leeds

Rhinos believe they have wh`t it takes to be at Wembley but it is

hard not to think this could be the year of the Tiger. And if it was, it

would be one of the best stories in sport.

Now we're marking 100 years since World War One this year across the

BBC, and this week we're brhnging you more stories from our region.

Tonight's story is about thd discovery of a series of trenches

on hills overlooking Redmires Reservoirs in Sheffield, whhch were

But they were only found around 15 years ago

by a local rambler who then contacted archeologists who've been

The Sheffield battalion was formed in September of 1914. Shortly after

war broke out in Europe. Unlike many regiments, Sheffield's was lade

war broke out in Europe. Unlike many regiments, Sheffield's was made up

of white`collar workers bec`use regiments, Sheffield's was lade up

of white`collar workers because so of white`collar workers bec`use so

many of the city's working`class men were crucial for the steel

industry, which provided thd industry, which provided the

armaments for war. It is widely known that a large army trahning

known that a large army training camp was located near Redmires

Reservoirs but it was only 04 years Reservoirs but it was only 14 years

ago, when a local rambler alerted archaeologists to markings on hills

nearby, that the discovery of trenches and other training areas

were made. The training grotnd was were made. The training ground was

first used prior to the First World War but it was predominantlx

first used prior to the First World War but it was predominantly used

during the whole of the First World War, so there would be training for

the troops that occurred up here. They not only used quarry Hhll

the troops that occurred up here. They not only used quarry Hill and

They not only used quarry Hhll and what we call Hill 60, but they would

use the wider landscape as well The thousand or so soldiers who were

part of the Sheffield battalion would even have dug trenches to

simulate battlefield condithons simulate battlefield conditions.

That they will have faced once on mainland Europe. What we believe it

here is a grenade range. Thhs is here is a grenade range. Thhs is

believed to be where there was a heart for administration and for

instruction, so the men would come here and learn how to throw them

into the trench system. `` there was a hut. This is how training would

have looked. It is clearer to see the layout from the air. Thd example

the layout from the air. The example here is one of just a handftl

here is one of just a handful that still exist today. In 1916, the

Sheffield Howells as they wdre often Sheffield Howells as they wdre often

called were initially sent to Egypt. `` the Sheffield Pals. But then to

the Battle of the Somme in France. Two thirds of them were killed or

badly injured within hours. Just some of a generation of soldiers who

never returned from the Somme. some of a generation of soldiers who

never returned from the Somme. There are plans to mark the 100th

anniversary of the regiment forming with an event and talk on the 10th

with an event and talk on the 1 th of September.

We're often contacted here `t Look North by people with

a story to tell about something amazing they've done for charity.

Problem is, for every incredible feat there's often

But our next guest will really take some beating.

34`year old Imran Mughal from Leeds has just ridden

his bicycle 25,000 miles around the world to raise money

We'll be talking to him in a moment, first here's

I think I've caught the back`end of monsoon season here, but it's nice.

I'm getting a free clothes wash as well.

I'm about ten miles from the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur

so hopefully we will get there so hopefully we will get thdre

in one piece. Singapore is about 300 miles

from here, so hopefully we'll do it within three days.

It's so busy here. Maybe the journey's wearing thin

on me. 12,000 miles, I finally

made it here to Singapore. Next time I have rice,

just think about how it initially gets to your plate.

This amazing journey of the last few months is coming to an end.

Give us a flavour of some of the Give us a flavour of some of the

places you visited. The silk Road in a run, the Taj Mahal, the Sydney

Harbour Bridge, the steepest street in the world in New Zealand, San

Francisco, golden gate bridge, Yellowstone, New York, that is just

some of the well`known landmarks. How many punctures? Not unthl 1 ,300

miles into the journey, in Australia. One set of tyres, a world

record for that. You were shot at in Bosnia but, located story in

Georgia. You got through it by showing some magic? I came `cross an

showing some magic? I came across an dissemination and later that day, I

was initially denied entry and I was initially denied entry and I

came back and I pressed the officials with some card magic and

they let me into Georgia. `` came across discrimination. You are only

planning to go as far as Singapore. What kept you going? You were knee

deep in water, debased monsoons challenging. Singapore was my

checkpoint, I knew I would `ssess checkpoint, I knew I would assess

how I was doing physically `nd how I was doing physically and

mentally and when I got to Singapore, I realised I would try to

go round the world. Remind ts how drinking water to communitids

much you raised. drinking water to communities

throughout the world, to those who do not have access to the water.

throughout the world, to those who do not have access to the w`ter A

worthwhile cause and 100% of your donations go towards that c`use

donations go towards that cause. Well done. Thanks you very luch

Now ` finally tonight ` the lottery grant that will reach parts

Yes, Pontefract Castle has been `warded a

grant of over three million pounds from the Heritage Lottery ftnd.

The money will allow parts of the castle not seen by the

Ian, they let you out the dungeon then?

All that good news, the mondy coming to the castle, which is really

important. This place has been to the castle, which is really

important. This place has been on the at risk register, so thhs could

transform it fortunes. A glorious setting, the first time I h`ve ever

setting, the first time I have ever been. I have been finding ott why

been. I have been finding out why this place is important frol

been. I have been finding ott why this place is important from a few

friends I met today. Here is a history lesson.

This is the magazine. This hs a place where prisoners were kept in

the Civil War. Down here we have got some actual evidence of those

prisoners, whilst they were kept prisoner they carved their names

into the stonework using thd prisoner they carved their names

into the stonework using the buckle into the stonework using thd buckle

from their belts. And here you can from their belts. And here you can

see a couple of the names, hncluding see a couple of the names, including

Robert great head. I am standing at the foot of the tower. It would have

been five stories high. So, the case here at Pontefract was built by the

Northern Lords to take control over the North of England. The manner of

the North of England. The m`nner of Pontefract spread as far north as

Leeds. Henry VIII and Catherine Howard visited Pontefract C`stle on

their tour of the North. Catherine Howard was very naughty. Whilst

their tour of the North. Catherine Howard was very naughty. Whhlst they

were here, Catherine Howard and a member of the Royal Court were

member of the Royal Court wdre actually caught together in these

very apartments. Henry didn't find out until they were back in London

but when he did, both Catherine and Thomas lost their heads. Richard the

second met his end here. He died from starvation. He was kept

prisoner above the castle b`kery. prisoner above the castle b`kery.

So, imagine starving to death with the smell of fresh bread wafting in

through the windows each morning at the age of 33. It must have been

torture. And lots of other reasons why this

place is so important. Mary Queen of Scots even stayed here as well.

Let's talk to Councillor Jack Hemingway from Wakefield Council.

Good news, this is one of the jewels in the crown of Wakefield.

Fantastic, delighted to receive this Fantastic, delighted to recdive this

money from the Heritage lottery fund. This ?3 million will help to

conserve the future of the castle and provide opportunities for

visitors to enjoy the site more. and provide opportunities for

visitors to enjoy the site lore We visitors to enjoy the site lore We

want people to know it is here. I want people to know it is here. I

have never been here until today, you have to do something about that.

Definitely, we have a Wakefield Definitely, we have a Wakefheld

experience website, promoting activities and events, and we hope

this will put Pontefract Castle on the map as a visitor attraction

nationally and locally. Such an important place but can we guarantee

that all of the money you whll be getting will be spent here at

getting will be spent here `t undergrad castle? We can, every

bridal penny will go towards conservation work. `` every bridal

penny. I have found a few characters today. Who are you? We are members

today. Who are you? We are lembers of the medieval society, based in

Sheffield but we perform all over Yorkshire and the North of England,

Yorkshire and the North of Dngland, entertaining people and educating

them about life in the 13th century. So this money is important because

it means you can perform and castles. We love to perform at

castles, the setting is fantastic. This is where these tournaments

would have taken place orighnally so would have taken place originally so

we are very pleased. What is going on? A tournament of sorts, part of

the performance that we do hn the the performance that we do in the

performances that we give all around the North of England. `` totrnament

of swords. Full contact sword fighting, very good fun but very

tiring. Who are your friends? These are other members of the society,

each one is a lady who is m`tched are other members of the society,

each one is a lady who is matched up each one is a lady who is matched up

to one of the Knights. I thhnk I to one of the Knights. I thhnk I

would look very good in one of those outfits!

I am disappointed, I would love to see him in costume. Not verx good

weather tomorrow? Very heavy showers and Sunday does

Very heavy showers and Sund`y does not look good either. The general

theme is unsettled. It has been lovely out therd today.

I will show you some photographs from the last few days. A cabbage

from the last few days. A c`bbage field, dark skies overhead. The

second picture was last night after the showers had died away, looking

lovely in the sunshine. Have a look at this third picture,

absolutely packed, not a sp`ce on absolutely packed, not a space on

the beach. It has been a very pleasant day but there will be more

unsettled weather tomorrow. Keep your pictures coming in.

There will be some heavy showers and the risk of thunder and torrential

downpours in places tomorrow. Towards Sunday, you will have heard

in the press about an ex`hurricane, it is not a hurricane any more but

it will be a deep area of low pressure. It will scout to the east

of us but it may bring some unsettled weather, showers, rain and

a windy night on Sunday into Monday as well. Back to tomorrow, heavy

showers, some of them very heavy indeed. You can see an area of low

pressure is getting up the east once pressure is getting up the dast once

again and then it will settle down on Saturday. It has been settled

day`to`day, broken cloud and sunny spells, feeling quite pleas`nt. It

spells, feeling quite pleasant. It is a pleasant end to the dax

spells, feeling quite pleas`nt. It is a pleasant end to the day with

some sunshine, any cloud melting away. A fine night, dry with clear

spells through the first half of the night, more cloud pushing up from

the south later with temper`tures the south later with temperatures

thinking to around 13 or 14 degrees. `` sinking two. The sun will rise at

5:32am, your next high water will be at 230 tomorrow morning. We will

start the day on a drying ott at 230 tomorrow morning. We will

start the day on a drying out but we will see more cloud spreading from

the South. `` on a dry note. Slow`moving, heavy and thundery

showers, a warning out for the Pennine chain. Further east we might

get some brighter and drier slots through the course of the d`y as

well. Temperatures not too bad, so if we get brightness it will feel

pleasant. 20 or 21 degrees, 70 Fahrenheit. A more quiet and set all

day but still the risk of a shower on Saturday. Unsettled and perhaps

some affects of ex`hurricand some affects of ex`hurricane Bertha

on Sunday. Let's see you with an iconic shot of

Pontefract Castle with a question, Pontefract Castle with a question,

what on earth is Ian White tp Pontefract Castle with a qudstion,

what on earth is Ian White tp to tonight? Don't leave me! Please

tonight? Don't leave me! Pldase don't leave me.