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An angry and emotional public meeting.

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A walk`out as councillors in Rotherham face the public

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for the first time over child sex exploitation.

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We are very angry and we don't know why all of you have not resigned.

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It has also emerged that South Yorkshire's chief constable got his

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facts wrong when he appeared in Parliament yesterday.

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and that they should resign. Before the meeting there was quite dignity

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and distress. I have lived here for over 70 years. I am powder that but

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this has gone worldwide. But despite an apology, feelings came to the

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surface. We are very angry and we do not know why all the view have not

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resigned. Our children were being raped. You are telling me as a

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borough councillor you can set the and tell me that you were not

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allowed to say anything or that you would not say anything. Opposition

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councillors from UKIP were also keen to be hard. It is nine years since

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the council were briefed as a confidential seminar about child sex

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exploitation. Why did you wait nine years? Why did no one asked for a

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progress report? Some members of the public left early shouting that

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there should be resignations. I do not think anything will happen.

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Because it is Pakistani men, they are too scared to do anything. The

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director of children's services took questions from the Cabinet. Our

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prevention strategies are stronger today and better developed. After

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reassuring the meeting that victims would be believed and supported,

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this woman left and refused to give an interview. The deputy leader of

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the council did speak after the meeting. When any officer or

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counsellor comes forward with information that leaves them cup

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football `` culpable, they should resign. This is the first

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opportunity for the public to hold them to account. You heard the

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acting deputy leader of the Council the talking about the possibility of

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further action against officers or councillors of information kids are

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like the possibility of further action against officers or

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councillors of information kids alike implicated them. The Labour

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Party have already suspended for Mac people pending investigation. There

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was a hint at the meeting today that there could be more action to come.

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One of the people who was in charge between May 2005` May 2010, was

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Shaun Wright. Here's no the Police and Crime Commissioner for

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Yorkshire. Today, Sheffield City Council declared that they had lost

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confidence in Shaun Wright. They called on him to resign. They went

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further and said that there should be an investigation in Sheffield

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following the revelations in Rotherham. We also heard today from

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one of the key players from that time, the former police Constable of

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South Yorkshire. He has released a statement today saying he would like

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to offer his sincere personal apologies to the victims of abuse

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and their families. He says that he was not aware of the abuse and he

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did not cover the top or refuse to give resources to investigate it. He

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said that it was right that people have the right to know what the

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police service does and he accepts that there should be scrutiny. He

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will give another statement in due course, probably after the

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investigation. That is the former chief constable, but the County

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Council has more questions to answer. `` current County Council

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has more questions to answer. In a separate development, Sheffield

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Council today unanimously called for South Yorkshire Police and

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Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright to step down, saying the people of the

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county had no confidence in him. You may remember yesterday South

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Yorkshire's chief constable appeared before the Home Affairs Select

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Committee to talk about Rotherham. He was asked how many people have

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been convicted for child sex offences in the past

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18 months in South Yorkshire. How many people have been convicted?

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There have been 104 convictions. `` prosecutions. How many people have

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been convicted. That is prosecutions, but how many were

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actually convicted. So there have been 104 convictions? So you have

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now had prosecutions and convictions. Yes.

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It has since emerged that is not true.

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Today, his office said David Crompton had made an error

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while giving evidence ` in fact, only 37 people have been convicted.

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You saw the committee chairman Keith Vas there.

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What do you make of the man in charge of South Yorkshire Police

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It is very regrettable. I have spoken to David Crompton today and

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he said that he had made a mistake and he was writing to me to correct

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that mistake. I had asked in the pits that information into a

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particular format. After giving the wrong figure yesterday, we want the

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figures in writing. The figure that you have given me now is more

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information than I had following my conversation with dad`mac. I'm

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grateful to the BBC for providing me with those figures. He has promised

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to give the information. It is regrettable he did not have the

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information yesterday, because it is a serious and sensitive issue. We

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need to get all the facts. People want to see that the people who are

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responsible are prosecuted and as convicted `` prosecuted and

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convicted. Yesterday, you called the force

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incompetent and said "criminals must be rubbing their hands with glee at

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the thought of dealing with them". Do you have any confidence in

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South Yorkshire police? I do not think it is for me to say

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that, I think it is up to the local police force and the local people to

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decide. Considering the circumstances of events that I heard

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yesterday, and having read some of the information that has been sent

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to us that will be released at the end of the week, South Yorkshire has

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not acted with the kind of competence that we would expect from

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a British police force. I think the chief constable excepts that and

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believes that they could've acted much better. We were concerned about

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the lack of coherence and competence. For example, when they

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dealt with the BBC over the issue of Cliff Richard. That is a separate

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issue, that we may discuss another time.

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Let's move onto Shaun Wright, who will be giving evidence

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How is it a man who was in charge of Children's Services at the height

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of the child abuse ` can he keep his job as police commissioner after

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countless calls for him to step down and a vote of no confidence?

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You need to as him. We have decided today that we will be hearing from

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Meredith Hughes. We have also asked Shaun Wright to come. We need to

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wait until we have the evidence before we make up our minds.

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Sheffield Council and others have made up their minds, but I think we

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need to hear from him first before coming to a judgement. Do you think

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you should step down? I think you should be allowed to give evidence

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to us before we come to any conclusions. Other people had made

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their decisions, but it is not need to make that decision. He is a

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witness at the select committee and he should be able to give his

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evidence in his own way. What price could Yorkshire pay

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for Scottish independence? With just two weeks to go, would we

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win or lose on the jobs front if Next tonight,

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the speeding driver who police say allowed his grandson to kneel on

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the front seat without a seatbelt. 66`year`old John Naisbitt,

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from Hetton`le`hole in North Yorkshire, was banned

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for six months and fined ?115. He is one of 24,000 drivers who have

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been caught by North Yorkshire's The bulk of these, just over 20,000,

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were first offenders who were In 396 cases, the offences were

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considered so serious Police could not believe what they

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were seeing. A child appears to be kneeling on the passenger seat with

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no seat belt. The driver is lighting a cigarette and speeding at 70 mph

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in a 60 limit. The car was being driven by this man. Today, he was

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disqualified for six months and fined ?150. In court he argued that

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his grandson was in a booster seat and he claimed that the seat belt

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had gone behind him. This is the road that he was driving on. This

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junction has become known as dangerous corner. But as the man

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approached that he was speeding and lighting a cigarette. Right next to

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him on the passenger seat was an unrestrained child. North Yorkshire

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Police said that this case should serve as a warning to motorists to

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keep children safe in the car. I have got children and I understand

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that they want to move about. But you are responsible for the care of

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the child in your car. The man told magistrates he has lung cancer and

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he needs to drive to hospital. He says his wife is disabled. But this

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was the fourth time he had been caught speeding in three years. Now

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he has been banned for six months and police hope it will be a wake`up

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call. A man has been jailed

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for five years for raping a woman 45`year`old Jeremy Frazer Newsome

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Smith, from London, attacked a 20`year`old girl at the La Chambre

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club in the city last September. The woman was there with friends

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at a Halloween party. Police have praised her

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for her courage. Services on part of Sheffield's tram

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network are to remain suspended for the rest of the week after

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a hole opened up near the track. Blue and purple routes are currently

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suspended between the main railway Sheffield Supertram says the problem

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could affect the safety of services. Engineers are working to

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determine the cause of the hole. Some BBC channel numbers have

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changed on Freeview today and some of you may still need to

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re`tune your set. Viewers in Chesterfield

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and some parts of South Yorkshire For help and advice

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on re`tuning Freeview call Digital UK on 03456 50 50 50 or go

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to digitaluk.co.uk/retuning. The family and friends

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of missing Huddersfield schoolboy Isaac Nash are hoping to raise

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?50,000 to build a skate The 12 year old hasn't been seen

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since he was swept out to sea This was Isaac doing his ice bucket

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challenge. The water came from a freezing mountain stream and this

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footage was taken one day before he died. His friends say it was

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typical. Isaac was always getting into trouble in class. He did

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anything he could to make everyone smile. He was really nice and really

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funny and he got into trouble all the time. Happy memories and more

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recently sad memories also. It has been very strange without him. There

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is no one to laugh with because he is not there. We do a cross country

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at our school every year and he always won. We hope that we can name

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the trophy after him. He would of won again. He liked skating and we

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want to raise money to make a skate park. Isaac was swept out to sea

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while on holiday last Friday. The search has failed to find him and

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now it is being scaled down. His body may never be found. All that is

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left is pictures and memories. Since it happened, we have been getting

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together and talking about him. We went to the park and played on the

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swing that he liked. A lovely tribute.

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It is just over two weeks until Scotland decides on independence

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and all this week on Look North we have been looking at what

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Tonight, we are talking money ` specifically what might happen to

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our banks and other financial institutions if there is a yes vote.

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As our business correspondent, Danni Hewson, has been finding out,

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it could have major implications for jobs.

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If you thought that the Scottish referendum was a long way away from

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here, talk to anyone who talks in Yorkshire `` who works in

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Yorkshire's financial sector. Those companies with offices here do

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business in Scotland. The Yes campaign says that independence

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should not make a difference to hide the companies operate, but the No

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campaign says that there will be no pint and less security. Some

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academics believe that the uncertainty will push businesses to

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move and Yorkshire may be a good option. At the moment banks are

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underwritten by the Bank of England, so there is a strong

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central bank that makes sure that there is a government standing

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behind the financial services sector. In the event of a yes vote,

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that is not going to exist because there will not be a currency union.

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One name has an issue. Many people at Yorkshire bank work across the

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borders. People here have admitted that they are looking at contingency

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plans. They did not want to add any more to the statement at this time.

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There is speculation that it could mean the relocation of hundreds of

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jobs to Yorkshire. Lloyds TSB had indicated that a yes vote may cost

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them to move south. But others think there is no need. There is no

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economic case for the not being a currency union. It is in the best

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interest of the UK and Scotland. With the boards approaching

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quickly, the only certainty is uncertainty. That is proving that

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for business. And we will continue with our look

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at what the Scottish independence referendum means for Yorkshire

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tomorrow, here on Look North. Looking for the hero

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in your community. Our annual Yorkshire Awards are

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round the corner and we are Football now,

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and Huddersfield Town have appointed It is Chris Powell `

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the former Charlton boss ` who has been given the job of lifting

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Huddersfield up the Championship table, after the departure of

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Mark Robins three weeks ago. A short time ago,

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our reporter Paul Ogden welcomed him Is it not strange how things ball

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into place. It has been three weeks since Mark Robins left his job.

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Huddersfield have been taking the time to find the right man for the

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job. Welcome to Huddersfield. What do you think is wrong here? I do not

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think that they are many things that are wrong. I am very impressed with

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the vision that people have for the club. I have looked around the

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stadium and the training ground and there is a lot to like. I think that

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we will loss on `` I think that we will do very well. I want to see the

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team compete. I want them to play their football

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goals and be a winning football team. I am looking forward to

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working with them. What do you think about moving to Yorkshire? People

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may think you are a Londoner. I was born in London that I'm going to

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embrace Huddersfield. I am excited coming up here, living up here, and

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working up here. People here are good and proud of their football

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team. Another warm welcome to you. So Yorkshire won by more than

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an innings and have extended their lead in the Championship with

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two matches left to play. The one cloud to Yorkshire's silver

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lining and that is that they'll have to finish the job without

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Captain Andrew Gale. He has been suspended

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for two matches after arguing with a Lancashire player as they came

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off the field yesterday. Now, it's that time of year

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when we ask you to tell us It is part

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of the 26th annual Yorkshire Awards, and we want you to tell us who

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in your community has inspired you. It could be anyone from your local

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football coach to people raising money for charity ` anyone who you

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think deserves recognition for their We'll tell you how you can nominate

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someone in just a moment, but first Dave Edwards takes a look back

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at some of the previous winners. Last year, the hero award went to

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Mike Collins who has been working with the Scouts for nearly 50 years.

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He has helped his team unity for decades as a volunteer. He also

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helped rescue people during the full odds. The roads were badly flooded

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last year. We had to help people in the houses over the who,

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unfortunately, got flooded badly. This drop`in centre was founded by a

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man called Sam, who founded it in 2012. It is to create opportunities

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for young people and more appropriate facilities for young

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people. It is an alternative to congregating on the streets and aims

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to cut youth crime and anti`social behaviour. In 2011, this woman one

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for setting up a home for young men with drug addictions. When a woman

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comes and says to me that she has got her son back, I think it is very

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nice. And before that, it was clear wood. She had arthritis diagnosed at

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only 15 years old. She has raised tens of thousands of pounds for

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charity. My fundraising will continue as long as I can.

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So, who do think deserves this year's award?

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Well to nominate someone you need to tell us in under 100 words why you

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think they deserve to be Yorkshire's Community Hero of 2014.

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You can e`mail us, at [email protected],

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or you can write to us at 2 St Peter's Square, Leeds,

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LS9 8AH and finally, you can post on our Facebook page

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All nominations must be received by midnight on Monday the 15th

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of September and please make sure you mark all entries clearly

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Here are some pictures. This is in Scarborough yesterday. This is the

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canal at Morriston. `` Morriston. The moral it will be much the same

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as today. `` today the weather will be much the same as today. There

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will be good weather in the next couple of days. Today, there was

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quite a lot of cloud. This evening, some of the cloud will disappear and

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there will be some clear spells before the cloud returns. It will be

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a mild night, temperatures of 13 Celsius. The sun will rise at

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6:19am. It will be a great start to the day. `` grey start. But by the

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afternoon we will see some sunny spells between the cloud. Today, it

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was 20 Celsius. It will be similar tomorrow. It will be dry on Friday,

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with cloudy skies and some sunny spells. Over the weekend, there will

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be thick clouds and embraced us skies developing on Sunday. `` there

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will be brighter skies developing on Sunday.

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