07/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

On the programme tonight. The pain of searching for a loved

one, as police forces in Yorkshire deal with 30 missing

We'll ask why the number of cases is increasing in our region.

Also tonight - a hospital apologises to the parents

of a baby who was stillborn following a series of failings.

Can companies be persuaded to go for youth as they're offered

And we'll go through the keyhole as the house of a former

Prime Minister goes on sale in Yorkshire.

And to come join me later for the detailed outlook.

New research by BBC Yorkshire has revealed 30 people are reported

The majority of police forces in our area have seen an increase

in the number of calls about missing people - and many have

Our data journalist David Rhodes has been looking

This is a hugely emotive issue for those still

What the figures show is that our three police forces

received over nineteen and half thousand calls last year

about missing people, that's a rise of twenty six percent

Now those calls related to nearly eleven

thousand missing individuals, which means that everyday last year thirty

people were reported to the police as being missing.

For those still searching for a loved one, the effects

Margaret Cooper is still searching for her son, Steven,

nine years on after he disappeared from his home in Huddersfield

We all got in cars and went off and looked for him,

In the meantime we called the police and they put out an alert for him.

Steven was last seen in Scotland - officers from Yorkshire

searched Loch Laggan, but he's never been found.

If you've got a body, because he's died, you can

have a grave or whatever and you can put flowers there

When you've no idea what's happened to them,

there's just nothing, you are in limbo.

Every day, teams like this at Halifax police station

Officers are currently searching for Craig Alderson, who went missing

We've done extensive CCTV enquiries in the area and we do

We know his movements around about 10.45 to 11pm on the 20th.

We are still actively looking for Craig.

Hence we are appealing for further information today.

Yorkshire's police force has spent over ?20 million dealing

specifically with the issue of missing people last year,

I think the general public are more aware around people going missing,

I think our recording practices have improved, which again will account

for a rise in the numbers that we are recording.

For those families left behind, there are only memories

to cling to and questions that remain unanswered.

Susannah Drury is from the Missing People charity.

Why does she think there's been an increase in the number of people

You're right to point out that the number being reported

is going up and the recording numbers are going up as well.

That is really positive news we think because it means

that the police are looking for more missing people and helping

So that is one of the reasons why the numbers are increasing

but we also think that there could be a link to cuts in public

services as well which may mean that people aren't getting the support

they need so they are ending up in crisis and feel they have no

We think that this particularly an issue potentially with people

Is that the main reason why people go missing,

It is the main reason why adults go missing, yes.

Some research that we have seen has shown that up to eight in ten adults

who go missing have a mental health issue but there are lots

of other reasons why people go missing as well.

For adults, dementia, relationship breakdowns are also

common causes are people going missing and for children,

the most common reason why they go missing is because they are facing

abuse or conflict or neglect at home.

A lot of quite serious issues there that you say why

We know that over 40% of missing people have gone missing before

so is enough being done to stop them repeating that habit?

We know that all children who come back from being missing should be

offered something called a return interview which is a chance

to speak to a professional about why they went missing,

what happened while they were away and what help they need to prevent

We think that that is really important and sadly is not happening

For adults, there is very little support when they return

and we think that adults should have the same opportunities

That support that you are saying people should get when they do

return home, who should be offering that support?

At the charity Missing People, we provide that support for children

in areas around the country and we are just starting the first

pilot in England we are aware of return interviews for adults

and we will see what the results of that are.

We're feeling very positive about the impact that has.

Other charities and organisations like Missing People also provide

that support and we think there is real value in having

an independent professional providing that return interview

because often people are a bit nervous of statutory services

and having someone independent who can offer a more confidential

space to talk and a safe space to talk can often be a way to make

sure that that person opens up and does talk about what is

A West Yorkshire couple have spoken of their heartbreak after their baby

boy was stillborn following a series of failings at Pinderfields

The Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust has agreed an out of court settlement

and made changes to the care it provides after the death

When he was born 13 weeks early, doctors were unable

His mother has reported a lack of movement four times.

And there was a significant delay in performing a Caesarean section.

Pinderfields Hospital admitted failings and Oliver's

Because if I felt angry then it would eat me up.

When things should have been done differently,

you feel like as a father you should have stepped in a bit.

Leigh had been admitted to hospital at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Her baby wasn't moving much so his heart rate was monitored.

The results were a concern so at five o'clock, Leigh was sent

to the labour ward without her notes and without the result

At 6:40pm it was decided a Caesarean section was needed but it was not

The section took place at 7.28pm but it was too late.

We weren't expecting to not hear a sound, were we?

And they tried for about 15 minutes to bring him

round but they couldn't even do that.

In a statement, the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

offered their deepest condolences and sympathy to the family.

They say their own investigation recognised there were significant

failings and a number of changes have now been implemented to improve

After Oliver's parents instructed solicitors, an out-of-court

Now they hope that by telling their story,

they may help to prevent another family going through heartache.

The main thing to make people aware is of their movements.

If you are worried, gets checked out.

Your baby is trying to tell you that they are not well.

Because it will always stay with me that if I had stood my ground

and said I want scanning and put on a monitor earlier then things

might have been different and I will have to live with that.

Different decisions that would have been made could have

I think that is the worst thing, the what ifs.

Leigh Mutch there, ending that report from Emma Glasbey.

Wonderful footage of an increasingly rare sight over Yorkshire's skies,

The driver of a car in which a man was shot dead by police on the M62

motorway in West Yorkshire, is to stand trial

Thirty-year-old Moshin Amin, from Dewsbury, has denied two

charges of possessing firearms and ammunition intending

Our Correspondent John Cundy reports.

On January 2nd this year, a marksman shot dead 28-year-old

passenger Mohammed Yassar Yaqub during a police operation.

The incident happened at Ainley Top, on the westbound slip road

Friends and family of Mr Yaqub later held vigils at

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is currently

investigating West Yorkshire Police over the incident.

Today, the driver of the car that night, Moshin Amin,

appeared in court to face allegations that he had a handgun,

a silencer and 11 rounds of ammunition

Moshin Amin denied two charges of possessing firearms and one

of possessing ammunition, all with intent to endanger life

The recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier,

here at Leeds Crown Court in either November or December.

Moshin Amin has been remanded on bail until a further

A man is still being questioned over the milder

of a West Yorkshire schoolgirl more than fifty years ago.

Fourteen-year-old Elsie Frost was stabbed to death

in Horbury near Wakefield in nineteen sixty-five.

West Yorkshire Police have confirmed they've re-arrested a seventy

nine-year-old man in Berkshire in connection with her murder.

A 19-year-old has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man

The body of fifty three year old Shaun Skelton was found

in a flat on Holgate Road early on Monday.

Daniel Reed, of Strensall Road in York, was remanded in custody

by magistrates to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday.

A charity which plants trees in cities has said it will no longer

work with Sheffield City Council because of the current tree felling

Trees are being removed across the City as part

of a two billion pound upgrade of the road network.

The charity, Trees for Cities, said there was evidence healthy

The council says it is ultimately increasing the number of trees

in the City and will be meeting the charity to discuss the work.

Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright's new drama

will tell the story of the secret homosexual life lived by a former

owner of Halifax's Shibden Hall.The eight-part drama series is set

in 1832 and tells the real-life story of Anne Lister,

who decided to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home

It has been commissioned by the BBC and American network HBO.

Filming will start in Yorkshire next year

The Gary Barlow musical based on the story of

Yorkshire's Calendar Girls has been nominated for three

It's been put forward for best new musical,

best actress in a musical and best actor in a supporting

It's national apprenticeship week - Three million new apprentices to be

A figure to be proud of as the economy heads

But hold on, there are warning signs too.

Will companies spend their money, the levy as it is cold,

Will schools stop poo- pooing apprenticeships

education?I went along to see three apprentices on a building site

Food for thought perhaps if you are a parent wondering

what advice you can give your son or daughter.

Construction on a new education learning Centre in Wakefield well

Skilled people are doing a contest that job and in the middle

of them, side-by-side are apprentices like Kirsty for

example, an apprentice project manager.

You are definitely treated as one of the team.

You are embraced as a Project manager, not as an

It is completely comfortable and it definitely is worth trying out for.

I do believe that being an apprentice

is a really good experience, you do get the first-hand experience,

transferable skills along with the qualification that

you would get if you went to college or university.

The future of our country is surely invested in the skills we offer.

him to establish himself. it's a great way for

I'm here because I've done the construction

and college, I have done the general construction

So I thought I should get myself an apprenticeship in civil

engineering because you learn more on site.

Bryn is an apprentice chartered surveyor.

Ask him about what he gets from this and the answer to him is a

You've got the experience you get with it, you get

the qualifications at the end obviously.

You got other things that matter to young people like money.

You go to a job interview and you've either got a degree or you've been

sat in a classroom for three, five years or

you go you haven't got degree but you've got an apprenticeship and

you've done it on the work site and you've got

that experience with you

You know the job that you are going into which is obviously a

Mark Scott looks after 70 apprentices all

over Yorkshire, finding them placements.

He is enthusiastic but has a word of caution as well.

Three million apprentice starts is the target -

what we're really looking for

At the moment, the apprenticeship levy

money can be spent on existing people.

We want it to be spent on new starts.

We need new, young blood in our industry.

show young people here the opportunities are here

and they are going to remain here, they are going

That could be catastrophic for us in the north.

Particularly as we all know it will take off.

Where are we going to find the people then?

It seems the message needs to get out that

apprenticeships are worth considering.

I would say get yourself apprenticed and start your career.

It's a busy night of football this evening, with seven of our teams

The highest placed are Huddersfield Town -

they take on Aston Villa, who've won their last three

Town head coach David Wagner will be back in the dug-out

after serving a two-match touchline ban for an altercation

You're not part of the game if you're in the stands, compared

You don't have the relationship with your team.

With the supporters it's completely different and I'm happy to be back.

And we'll bring you news of that match - and the rest

of the evening's games - in our late programme as part

A cricketer from Dewsbury who's about to become a millionaire has

told us his mother will help keep his feet on the ground.

Tymal Mills is one of the world's fastest bowlers and has been bought

by an Indian Premier League team for one point four million pounds.

He'll probably never play a Test match, but makes his living

Just enjoy it and not be to brash with it and hope I get a a few more

You are a sensible guy, your mum will make

Mum tells me off if I pay too much for a pair of

50 years ago this week the North Yorkshire City of Ripon

lost what many regarded as a vital service.

Its railway closed leaving it the only City in Yorkshire

to have no direct link to Britain's rail network.

It's a loss which - 50 years on - campaigners continue to challenge

It is in the historic City many still mourn the loss of the railway.

Until 1967 people and Ripon have real way and it was taken away from

us. For 30 of the last 50 years, the mayor has been fighting to get it

back. Real would make all the difference. Over 1 million different

visitors come to Ripon annually and all have to come by blood and been

over 200,000 people per year would come by rail. It was Doctor

Beeching's controversial recommendations in the 1960s that we

want Britain's real history. The line to Ripon was one of many closed

on his advice. Today the lines to Ripon have gone on the station has

been converted into housing. After 50 years without strings with the

residents of Ripon still welcome them back? Yes, it would be ideal. I

personally think the money could be spent more wisely in other areas. We

have a good bus service of the trains would be nice as well. A new

feasibility study into reopening the line has been recently commissioned

with campaigners putting journey times between Ripon and Leeds and

claims demand is for the service will be high. Wendy line is closed,

the population of Ripon was 8000, by 2025 the population will be 25,065%

of those will commute of Ripon each day. The latest feasibility study

will be completed by September. Campaigners are confident of this

bygone era can be useful and popular once again.

It's on the market for four hundred and thirty five thousand pounds,

but whoever buys Croft House in Morley will be getting a lot more

The grade two listed home boasts a wealth of late

Georgian and Victorian features - and a unique political connection,

It's a French door almost as familiar to us as our own at ten

Downing St can only be opened from the inside. Here in Morley there is

a front door that she was the same peculiarity. Welcome. Mr CU. Croft

House is up for sale and showing me around his estate agent Paul Cook.

The house has a history which has cleared the moment you walk and has

a particular claim to fame. This is an amazing property historically

significant with in Morley, the birthplace of Herbert Asquith and he

became prime minister. Herbert Asquith was prime minister for eight

years from 1908 to 1916 are strictly country into the First World War but

resigned two years later amid political infighting. He was the son

of a mill owner and proud of his nonconformist Yorkshire roots and

lived in Croft House. This was the formal dining room and you can

imagine what Asquith laying here. This was also the room with a first

meeting of Morley town council was held. Those councils posed in front

of the daughter, modelled on Downing Street before Morley town hall was

built. It is another slice of history contained in the bricks and

mortar full of this lovely old houseful of the atmosphere and

ghosts of its fascinating past. Now, we've got some rather special

footage to show you.Take a look at these spectacular pictures filmed

near Ripon by Look North Incredible pictures. It's really

therapeutic watching that. Let's move on to the weather because we

had a very special mate last night, the Jo Cox Memorial Charity night

that you had to do something difficult? The chairman of

Huddersfield town offered ?1000 for me to be one of their shops but

frankly it was only for 30 seconds but we had a fantastic night. May I

reassure all Bradford City fans of that is now down at the local jumble

sale. I'm definitely not wearing it in bed. We raised ?40,000 last

night. It is all about Huddersfield at the moment, look at that

beautiful view and you can see Castle Hill there, a lovely sky and

the second picture looking very nice with plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow

looks milder with a fantastic day across Yorkshire, 12 or 13 degrees,

dry and mild with sunny spells. The weather front will bring quite a bit

of rain of mates moving very quickly and it is out of the way at first

light Wednesday morning and not in west Yorkshire what's of sunshine,

it might be hazy South Yorkshire with more cloud across the Midlands

but a nice day with quite male deer and get out and about if you can.

Departures of 10 degrees today, that is the cloud associated with that

Atlantic weather front which will be dry for the next couple of hours but

it would be long before the rain victims under the Pennines and the

late evening and he wits and he witnessed developing with mist and

fog and moving fairly quickly but at five o'clock tomorrow morning there

will be some rural cloud and mist and places. Low-temperature is

around four or 5 degrees. Quite a windy night with fresh south-west. A

lovely start across North Yorkshire tomorrow with some cloud moving away

southwards pretty quickly and then it is a really lovely almost

springlike day with plenty of sunshine developing as we head

through the course of the afternoon. That fresh south-westerly wind will

have eased and let's have a look at the very respectable early March

temperatures of around 11 or 12 across Yorkshire with one or two

spots perhaps 13, a little bit of strength in the March sunshine.

Thursday is looking pretty good as well with the odd shower across the

Pennines and otherwise dry with some sunshine. More cloud on Friday but

temperatures remain in the double figures and not too bad next weekend

either will stop that is the forecast. Thermals off and shops

leaves on. That's it for now, we will give you the football results

and original use, we will see you later, goodbye.