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Good evening. the late news here on | :00:07. | :00:07. | |
Hundreds of conservationists joined TV presenter Chris Packham | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
in the Peak District National Park this morning. | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
They fear hen harriers, a protected bird of prey, are being killed to | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
increase the number of grouse ahead of the new shooting season. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
Conservationists gathered today over concerns that only three pairs | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
of hen harriers successfully nested and reared young in the North | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
They are protected birds of prey and killing them is a criminal offence. | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
Conservationists say gamekeepers are responsible for declining numbers. | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
If I'm very honest with you, we the conservationists have failed and we | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
are left with this handful of birds, should have hundreds of them. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
We need to find a new strategy and that is what we hope to do. | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
The first thing we want to do is send out a very clear message to | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
the shooting fraternity that among the large number | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
of responsible shooters, there are a few bad apples in that barrel. | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
We would like them to sort them out, to stop killing these birds so that | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
we can talk about their future in our landscape and find compromises | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
Hen harriers are attracted to our moorland because of the way it | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
They nurture the heather to encourage grouse to live and breed. | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
This creates the perfect habitat for a large number of wild birds. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
Heather moorland is beautiful and it would almost have been lost | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
if it wasn't for grouse moor management over the last 200 years. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
The harriers are attracted to them because the heather is there | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
Because there is a wonderful abundance of wader birds like curlew | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
And also, the gamekeepers control the number of predators giving | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
everything that nests on the ground, including the harrier, | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Gamekeepers argue the numbers of hen harriers need to be | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
controlled otherwise a grouse shoot becomes uneconomic, threatening | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
rural jobs and the carefully managed habitat hen harriers rely on. | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
The government is currently working on a plan to increase the number of | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
this endangered bird of prey while allowing our moorland to flourish. | :02:06. | :02:15. | |
A West Yorkshire MP has accused Lady Warsi, | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
who resigned from government last week, of "embarassing herself" by | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
Lady Warsi resigned from government because she disagreed with | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
In newspaper articles today she predicted the Tories will be unable | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
to win an outright majority because they haven't done enough to | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
It's a claim dismissed by Elmet and Rothwell MP Alec Shelbrooke. | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
In answer to the specific question, has she embarrassed the party? | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
I think it is more of an embarrassment to herself today, that | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
she has moved from her principled resignation about an issue she | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
believes strongly in, to then start criticizing the government in many | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
other areas which haven't reflected in her original resignation. | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
Police say road signs marking the route of the Tour de France | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
through Yorkshire are being stolen as souvenirs. | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
The brown signs allow cyclists and motorists to follow | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
the route taken by the professional riders in early July. | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
But North Yorkshire Police say some of the signs have been offered | :03:13. | :03:14. | |
They're asking people who took the signs as trophies to give them back. | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
Huddersfield Town manager Mark Robins has left the club after | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
The 44`year`old took charge of the Terriers in February 2013, helping | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
But there were boos around the ground yesterday as Huddersfield | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
His contract was ended by mutual consent. | :03:36. | :03:48. | |
On to Sport and it'll be an all Yorkshire affair in this years' | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
Castleford Tigers blew Widnes Vikings away in the semi`final | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
Classy Cas booked their first trip to Wembley Stadium in 22 years. | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
Jake Webster's try providing an emphatic victory, by 28 points to 6. | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
The win sets up an all West Yorkshire final against | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
Leeds Rhinos, who beat Warrington yesterday. | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
And it was a good day for Yorkshire's pro cyclists | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
at the Ride London Surrey Classic this afternoon. | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
Adam Blythe and Ben Swift came first and second | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
With just a few metres to go, Blythe sprinted away from the leaders, | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
But Blythe held on and crossed the line first. | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
It follows Lizzie Armitstead's success in the | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
The remnants of ex`hurricane Bertha have brought some very wild weather | :04:34. | :04:45. | |
If we take a look at the radar image of some very | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
squally showers that we have seen so far this afternoon, we can see | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
a very distinct line and we have had reports of some funnel cloud | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
We will continue to see some further heavy rain | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
A Met Office yellow 'be aware' warning still in force, | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
but it really is the winds that are of concern overnight. | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
There is a warning as we could see gusts of up to 50 to | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
60 miles per hour up over the hills and by the coast as well. | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
And we'll continue to see this rain push further away towards the east, | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
becoming a bit drier by the early hours. | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
Temperatures dipping to around 11 to 13 Celsius as our low. | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
Tomorrow, another very blustery day with strong to gale force winds | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
There will be some heavy showers, which could be thundery, | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
but plenty in the way of drier weather around them. | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
Some sunnier spells and temperatures generally in the high teens but | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
That is as far as we go for now. We are back at 10:20pm tonight. | :05:41. | :06:07. | |
Hello there. With reports of flooding and wind damage in some | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
parts of the UK, hurricane | :06:13. | :06:13. |