20/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening you're watching Wednesday's Look North.

Keep politics out of Bradford ` community leaders unite to condemn

George Galloway and the Israeli ambassador

Our big concern now is Bradford is becoming a PR war zone

That is something we must, at all costs, avoid.

We'll ask the deputy ambassador to Israel why he came to Bradford.

More apprenticeships for Yorkshire's young people, but concerns that more

than half the businesses who signed trainees up are now dropping out.

Future gain from our industrial past as three Yorkshire landmarks make it

We've had a lot of bite awareness about today. I will be back later

with all the news for tomorrow. But first tonight to claims that

a Bradford MP and a senior Israeli diplomat are deliberately provoking

tension in the city. George Galloway was last night

questioned under caution by West Yorkshire Police over a speech

in which he said Bradford had been In response, the Embassy of Israel

posted pictures on Twitter of their Ambassador waving the Israeli flag

beside a 'Welcome to Bradford' sign. Community leaders have condemned

both for their actions. They can be no doubting the strong

feelings. Recent pro`Palestinian demonstrations in the city have been

peaceful and supported by many from different religions. But then George

Galloway made these comments. We have declared Bradford and Israel

free zone. He has now been interviewed by police under caution.

This week the Israeli ambassador to Bradford.

He has been criticised the treating these pictures of his visit. My big

concern is now Bradford is becoming a PR war zone. We need to be careful

of how people use this conflict in order to gain what their political

agenda is. I am absolutely confident that the people of Bradford can

rationalise that. It is a message that is supported by Bradford

Council. If these diplomats and politicians want to have these

debates and arguments about the international situation in Gaza,

which are of great concern to everybody, they should find

somewhere else to do it and not in Bradford. This is Bradford's only

synagogue. It was in threat of closure. But the communities came

together to save it. Now this bridge building is as simple all of

Bradford as a multi`faith city. And the bond between the religions is

clearly a strong one. I'd say the relationships are very good. We meet

together, we talk together and this doesn't do any help anyone. More

protests are inevitable now Middle East peace talks collapsed but

community leaders say they won't let elliptical rows caused tensions in

this city. Well earlier I spoke to

Deputy Ambassador Aytan Naeh, who's been in Yorkshire today, and I

began by asking him for his reaction I think the benchmark

for every statement or behaviour should be to help to bring

the two sides together. I think that's what people

need to ask themselves. Whether he broke the law here

is not for me to answer. There is concern that the ambassador

of Israel coming to Bradford this week, he acted provocatively by

waving the Israeli flag in the city. I think the ambassador has come to

show sympathy, to show understanding with the people of Bradford,

with the Jewish community in Bradford as we do in many such

visits of myself, the ambassador and I think we also come to listen,

not just to preach. There are concerns from community

and faith leaders that by the ambassador coming here and doing

what he did, by George Galloway saying what he said, that both sides

are actually breaking down really First of all I wouldn't put

the ambassador and that particular I think the ambassador,

unlike the MP, Did he not try to get a reaction

by doing what he did? What he got was a reaction from

community leaders that he met in They said the statements that were

aired were not representing On the contrary,

that they tried to build bridges and the ambassador encouraged them

to build these bridges. I think it is important that the

ambassador and any other diplomatic comes and shows their understanding

and support for community relation building rather than

for community relation breakup. People

of Yorkshire feel very strongly We come here to explain

our position. I think that we are tasked with

explaining the positions of the Israeli citizens who are

under fire as we speak. More than 5 million who are dashing

to the shelters and safe rooms What people see on TV screens

sometimes is a mere 90 seconds of a frozen reality that does not reflect

the depth and the measure of danger I think it is our job to come

and explain it. I think what we hear is 2,000 people

killed in Gaza, including women and children, and that is what people

are really quite upset about. None

of us really wanted this conflict. Another problem is that Hamas has

embedded itself within Hamas shooting from hundreds

of civilian locations, kindergartens, mosques, graveyards,

schools and other facilities We target terrorists

and terrorist facilities. We target their infrastructure,

the tunnels that are aimed at being To restore security

for the people of Israel. Later on Look North, the best of

last night's football action plus... It is the first day of the annual

horse racing meeting here in Europe. Fashion, glamour and even a bit of

horse racing. Campaigners who are marching

from the North East to London to protest against what they claim is

the "privatisation" of the NHS are The event has been organised

by a group of women from Darlington who are following the route taken

by the Jarrow March against poverty and unemployment

more than seventy years ago. What we are upset about is what

we've taken for granted for many years, which is on our doorstep,

is slowly being taken away from us. We are groups of mums and we

don't want our kids in the future A 16 year`old boy is being treated

in hospital after a disturbance in the Page Hall area of Sheffield

last night. The teenager suffered minor puncture

marks during No one's been arrested

in connection with the assault. One man was arrested on suspicion

of a public order offence. Work has started

on a new ?10 million Olympic legacy The Concord Leisure Centre will be

developed as a National Centre The idea is to help treat chronic

health conditions The leisure centre already takes

part in a GP scheme for people with illness, with over a

thousand people in the city having Two other sites in the city are

also going to be developed. Now the business secretary

Vince Cable has been in Yorkshire today to announce the expansion

of his scheme to get more young Last year there were nearly 60,000

apprenticeships started That's nearly three times as many

as a decade ago and more than 55% of those were in a

few business sectors ` healthcare, More so than in more traditional

areas like manufacturing. But Look North has learned that more

than half of small and medium sized companies involved in taking on

apprentices have now dropped out. From the North Sea to China, these

components are everything from wind turbines to the coal industry will

soon be shipped around the world. Made in Leeds with the help of

apprentices. Here they say business has been dead but if they don't get

in fresh blood, things could soon turn. What I call a soon armour.

People at the latter end of their working career need to be replaced.

We also need to bring in new talent. The solution from Vince Cable was

the trailblazer apprentice game. Apprenticeships designed by industry

making them more credible and attractive. We think of apprentices

as an alternative. The merits are there is a job and work experience,

at the same time you are acquiring a training and an education. Some of

the people I have met here are doing actual as a master 's degrees on the

back of their apprenticeships. I get the joy of designing new products

that people see on the shelves at supermarkets. I also get to go on to

further education. I had different opportunities once I did my A`levels

and have been an apprentice is the best way to get into work. While

most people are being positive about the plans there are concerns small

businesses can't afford to take part. We have learned one scheme has

lost all of its regular small business involvement. That is partly

down to us in government making things less bureaucratic but it's

also persuading the companies that it is worth doing. It is because

they get real economic benefit. Benefit for the company, the

apprentice and in the long run the Yorkshire economy.

Meanwhile, a scheme which uses football as a way

of helping young people who're not in apprenticeships or education to

Street League is aimed at 16 to 25`year`olds who need some

inspiration to take the first steps towards getting a job.

Matt Slater's been to find out how it all works.

What I want you to do on these boards is have

a little think about what you think is the true spirit of the game.

Forget the Premier League for a moment.

Football, when you strip out the headlines, histrionics and hype,

But sometimes a good game is what people need more than anything else.

From the back four to the front two, a team is more than just long

Football can make millionaires of men like Liverpool and England

It can also reach people who have been left behind.

People not on a career path, property ladder or graduate scheme.

We've been hearing a lot about the improving economy and the

fact that unemployment is falling, but that doesn't tell them.

What the experts refer to as structured unemployment isn't

There are a quarter of a million young people in this country who

haven't been in a job or some kind of training for more than a year.

Those are the people that Street League is trying to reach.

We use football as an engagement tool to get 16 to

25`year`olds to come along and play football with us once a week.

No charge to them and then they get an opportunity to apply to

They spend two hours in the afternoon playing football

and in the morning we spend two hours working with them

on employability skills, working on their CV, interview practice,

teamwork, communication skills, all the things that employers want.

I've got three jobs now, believe it or not.

I am working in high school and I referee for Power League.

Another success story for a programme with an 80% hit rate.

These guys came through the scheme in Manchester, but with branches

opening in Leeds and Sheffield before Christmas, Street League is

All to play for in the first all`Yorkshire rugby league Challenge

The three Yorkshire museums on a European heritage trail

Every single one of our teams was on the field last night, for the first

And not all the results went our way, I'm afraid.

But on the plus side Bradford City remain unbeaten after a great win

And the Blades and the Terriers are both off the mark at last.

With the best of the action, here's Paul Ogden.

Are the sweet celebration of that will first win of the season. In the

short term, Academy head will be happy to keep supervising in his own

wily way. His careful, inventive selection outfoxed Reading last

night. The goals doubled have changed the whole mood around town

today. Rotherham United staged a first`time champion ship defeat.

Likewise lead United disappointed their home fans. Sheffield Wednesday

might feel as if they had last having led onto a 1`nil lead until

with 20 seconds left Millwall grabbed an equaliser and it finished

one all. In League 1 Sheffield United are off the mark with a 2`1

win. While Chesterfield lost at home to

MK dons, Doncaster Rovers left it until the 92nd minute to secure a

draw. All square at the York city. From two nil down to two to.

Now it's just three days to the rugby league showdown between

Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos who're at Wembley on Saturday for

the first all`Yorkshire Challenge Cup Final in nearly 20 years.

They're competing for this amazing piece of silverware

and joining us in the studio are two men whose nerves quite possibly are

Castleford to get there is an incredible story. Nobody really

fancied their chances at all. No. It we've been doing really well. All

the boys are looking forward to Saturday. How do you feel having

played for the rhinos as well. Do you know them well enough to use the

information? I have always checked but it changes every now and then.

I'm just looking forward to Saturday. Leeds have lost six cup

finals since they last won. What would it mean to raise the Trophy on

Saturday? It would be special. It is such a great trophy and a great

competition. We've got a good challenge cup record we've just not

been able to play well in the final. That is something we will try to put

right on Saturday. It's going to be a tough game. Obviously a lot of

pressure. How do you get yourself into the zone to prepare for it? It

is different. They say try and treat it like a normal game but it's not.

There is a lot more riding on it. You need to perform at your best.

Everything this weekend is just holding up to peak on Saturday. I'm

sure they are doing the same as us. I hurt Castleford will be closed on

Saturday. Everybody's going to Wembley. Do you have the move of

anticipation there? Yes. All the fans are looking forward to Saturday

and I think there are a few bus`loads going down. The amazing

thing about the game is you can't predict it. You might say you have

more experience about going to Wembley but you are so even as teams

aren't you? Yes both games have been very close. I think the bookies are

making us favourites but there has not been much in the games and it's

going to be another tight one. One thing is sure, one of you will be

taking this home on Saturday. Best of luck to both sides.

Paralympic and World Champion Hannah Cockcroft

from Halifax has added European gold to her medal collection.

She was victorious in the T34 100 metres at the IPC Championships

She finished in 18.55 seconds just ahead of Holland's Amy Symons,

with fellow Britain Melissa Nicholls winning bronze.

Now to one of Yorkshire's oldest, richest

The Ebor Festival is taking place at York Racecourse

There's a prize every day for the best dressed racegoer.

So we sent our ` erm ` best dressed reporter Danny

There are heroes, there are frocks and there are hats, hats, hats. It

is all about seeing and being seen. In the parade ring, the well groomed

and the well groomed and the well`heeled show in the champagne

bar the well groomed and a high`heeled just show off. Of

course, there are also those who come to the racing. Just over five

months old. What do you think they'll be when they grow up? By

their dad is a bookmaker. They're not going to be bookmakers. The big

race draws a big crowd. This is the richest race ever staged at York.

?800,000 in prize money won in under three minutes. That's the kind of

hourly pay rate you would really want. Less rich but more nutritious,

the sculpture in Yorkshire badge has become something of a tradition.

Would you eat it? Because I would. I'd had few nibbles along the way.

Yes I can about share for the produce. It's really tasty. The

occasion would be complete without the sound of breasts to accompany

the people as they part with them money.

Ladies Day is actually tomorrow. So expect more, much more of the same.

Finally tonight, we've got a proud tradition of industrial heritage in

You name it, we've probably built it, made it,

And this isn't a humble boast either.

Three of our big museums have been officially

recognised as anchor points on a European industrial heritage

And we know just the person to take you for a tour `

In ship heeled's Chris opposing cradles, the modern city was forged.

But it's not the sound of hammers ringing around the island today.

Today it is something of a special occasion. It has been recognised as

part of a European heritage route. To celebrate we are taking this

marvellous car out for a spin. This is one of the museum's star

exhibits. Marvellous. Ideal for a road trip on a new European heritage

trail with the theme of makers, miners and money. The story links

all these different sites. Let's go and look at different museums. It is

all a story of the industrial nation. It will help button.

What this car lacks in speed it makes for in photogenic value.

While we were here, there is one more thing I would like to show you.

It's the reason this site is really special. For once, it isn't a

railway locomotive. It is a steam engine though. I can't believe I'm

looking at this for the first time. Tell me why it is so famous? This is

the invention that allow the industrial regulation to happen. It

is the last one anywhere in the world. This is the Stonehenge of the

industrial revolution isn't it? It is. Why wait until the rebuild is

complete. There is an open day here tomorrow. No matter how you travel

all three museums are worth a visit. They are our story and one that will

be told across the continent. How is the weather going to be? Temperature

is disappointing but the weekend doesn't look too bad.

Let's have a look at some photographs first.

There have been a few showers about today but there has also been some

sunny spells. Tomorrow, there will be more cloud about and that will

produce a few showers. It is going to be quite chilly out there. Today

out of the sun it felt quite chilly. The wind is coming down from the

Arctic. A very chilly field to things over the next few days.

Lightening up for Friday were just a few showers in the East. On Saturday

generally fine. Bank holiday Monday doesn't look good at all. So, broken

cloud and sunny spells has been the order for this afternoon. A dry

evening with clear spells. A lot more cloud around during the second

half of the night. We will start to see some showery rain towards the

end of the night. The lowest temperatures will be this evening

where we have those clear spells. Dropping to single figures.

Tomorrow, a lot more cloud around compared with today. We will see a

lot more cloud and showery bursts of rain the further north and west you

are. It will feel quite cool with a moderate south`west breeze.

Temperature is disappointing for the time of year. Chilly feel to thing

and an improvement for Friday. We will be back with an updated APM and

I will be back with the late news at 10:25pm.

We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks