19/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

We start tonight with some breaking news.

The Bradford West MP George Galloway has been interview under caution

It follows comments by Mr Galloway at a meeting of Respect Party

activists, where he declared Bradford an "Israel`free zone."

Joe, what have the police said this evening?

In the past hour police have confirmed they spoke to him in a

police station at the city. They are investigating whether or not a

comment he made in a recent speech is inside to racial hatred. He

wasn't giving a speech to activist in the city talking about Radford as

an Israel free zone. We don'tany Israeli academics coming

to the university or college. We do not want even any Israeli

tourists to come to Bradford even if He is quite clear in his views

there. It comes a day after the Israeli ambassador visited Bradford.

That visit was never incidents. He described Mr Galloway's comments as

very troubling. He found Bradford eight model community where people

of all faiths will work together. It has been said that Mr Galloway's

comments do not represent all opinion. There have been protests in

recent weeks. They are supporting Gaza. Community leaders, the

Bradford Council of mosques, have come out and said Mr Galloway's

comments do not represent the people of Bradford.

In other news now, and a takeaway restaurant worker has

been jailed for 17 years for keeping a woman locked

Police said 30`year`old Abdul Hanif had put his student victim through

a harrowing ordeal of rape and assault.

A judge said Hanif was guilty of calculated depravity.

A 16`year`old boy is being treated in hospital after a disturbance

The teenager suffered minor puncture marks during the incident

The injuries are not life`threatening.

No`one has yet been arrested in connection with the assault.

Crowds that gathered in the street have now dispersed.

One man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence.

South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner has ordered

an independent review into the force's decision to notify

the BBC of their search of Sir Cliff Richard's home last Thursday.

They're investigating an alleged sex attack at a rally

Chief Constable Andy Trotter, from the National Police

Communications Advisory Group, will lead the review.

The force say they were not responsible for the original

Sir Cliff says any allegation against him is false.

The parents of a teacher from West Yorkshire left in a coma after

being beaten up in Thailand say they've been left frustrated and

A verdict was due today in the trial of Sean Tinsley, the man accused of

Adam Pickles's attempted murder, but it was postponed for a second time.

Adam Pickles had lived in Thailand for seven years He had been working

as an English teacher and had a young son.

In May 2012 he was involved in an apparent road rage attack.

Today a verdict on the man accused of Adam's attempted

murder was postponed for a second time after important legal documents

Speaking on Look North tonight his parents told us of their frustration

Angry really that this could have happened.

When it has gone on for so long, you know,

And it is difficult for Andrew and I, all the constant ups

and downs ` it is like an emotional rollercoaster, really.

The family's MP is offering support but says there is a limit

You use the diplomatic processes, you use the ambassadors to make sure

you are working closely with those systems to basically say to the Thai

government it is in everybody's best interest in international relations

to make sure that justice is being done.

Andrew and Adele have been forced to remortgage their home to pay

The only positive news is the recent improvement

And we are getting responses from him.

He will say names he will smile and indicate to us that he can hear

The case is now due to be heard in Thailand in mid`September.

Onto sport and there was a full set of football fixtures tonight.

There was disappointment for Leeds United who lost 2`0

Rotherham were beaten by the same score by Watford.

A late Millwall goal denied Sheffield Wednesday three points

Goals from Jacob Butterfield and Harry Bunn gave Huddersfield

In league one, Ben Davies got Sheffield United's winner six

Chesterfield lost 1`0 to MK Dons, Barnsley drew 2`2 at Coventry,

Bradford won 3`1 at Crawley and Doncaster against Preston

In league two, York came from 2`0 down to force

Now the weather. Pretty cold tonight? Unusually cold for August.

Temperatures in single figures and that is a theme for the next few

days. Temperatures starting to recover over the course of the

weekend. Tomorrow will be largely dry, there will be some turnaround,

it will continue to feel quite cool. That is because we are getting at

air from the north, from the octopus can see the direction which it is

flowing from. On Thursday there will be more cloud and a greater risk of

catching showers. Any remaining showers will die away and it will be

largely dry overnight with broken cloud and clear spells. As I

mentioned it will be largely dry overnight with broken cloud and

clear spells. As I mentioned that images countryside and 8 degrees

online degrees in the towns and cities. It could start to the day

tomorrow but a pleasant day. It will be largely dry and bright with

broken cloud and sunny spells, increased risk of catching a shower

in the afternoon particularly for eastern parts of North Yorkshire

where there could be the order shop on it to around 60 degrees or 17

degrees. More cloud around and showers on Thursday. I will leave

you with the summary. looking at the risk of showers for

Friday though. Good evening. Autumn, August. It's

an easy slip of the tongue to make, but the two do seem mixed up at the

moment. Tomorrow morning, you could be forgiven for thinking it's

October, as you step out the door. It's going to be cold. Why so

chilly, well, because we are drawing the air down from the north and the

brisk breeze dies down. The