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Hello - welcome to Tuesday's Look North.

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On the programme tonight: The Leeds mum accused of spying in Rwanda -

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her young sons campaign to get her out of jail.

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I have written a letter to Theresa May saying she is innocent and how

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much we miss her. for better rail services -

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has the city been shunted A major archaeological discovery,

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as a Roman burial ground How can you park your car

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without turning your neighbourhood There is rain and perhaps Hill snow

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for a time in the forecast, but something better on the way for the

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weekend. The sons of a mother from Leeds

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who's been imprisoned in Rwanda have written

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to the Prime Minister to ask Violette Uwamahoro -

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who is five months pregnant - was arrested after returning

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to the East African She's been charged with

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sharing state secrets. Her family say she's been arrested

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because of her husband's political activities -

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and she's not committed any crime. Eight-year-old Samuel

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and ten-year-old David write Mother's Day cards for the mum

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they've not seen for over a month. I miss her a lot because she helps

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us around the house a lot and whenever we're stuck

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she will always help us. Youth worker Violette was arrested

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on Valentine's Day travelling She's been charged with

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sharing state secrets She's lived in Leeds with husband

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Faustin for 12 years and they're I believe she was just taken

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because of what I do, which shouldn't be a problem

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because what I do is It does not involve any

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violence or anything. So she has just been

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taken as a hostage. After years of civil war

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and genocide in Rwanda, the country is now run

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by President Paul Kagame. He's been criticised for building

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the army to assert his authority and using anti-genocide legislation

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against political opponents. Violette's young sons are now

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campaigning for her release. I wrote a letter to Theresa May

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saying that she is innocent, how much we miss her,

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and my brother, Samuel, has written a letter to the President

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of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. Faustin has hired a Rwandan lawyer

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to represent his wife but is concerned the lawyer

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can't act independently. The Foreign Office say

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they are assisting but Faustin wants the British authorities to offer

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more legal support. Life has completely changed. They

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want to punish us as a family. David and Samuel just

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want their mum home. They are asking for the UK

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Government to assist with representation. I asked local MP

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Hilary Benn what can be done. My understanding is it's been

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a long-standing policy of the British Government that it

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does not provide lawyers, it doesn't pay for lawyers,

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to represent British citizens who But my view is that

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it is essential that Violette has effective legal

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representation one way or another because she is facing

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very serious charges And in his view she has

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been charged because the authorities are trying to get

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at him because he has been politically active in

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opposing the Government. But he says that Violette is not

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involved in politics at all. And as you know she only went back

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to Rwanda to attend her late How are relations

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between Rwanda and the UK? There is a long-standing

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relationship when it Rwanda of course is a country that

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has been in the process of recovery from the unimaginable

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horror of the genocide which took place, in

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which 900,000 people were killed

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in the space of about two months. But there have been concerns

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expressed about the freedom to operate of other

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political parties and political traditions

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in And what all of us want to see

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is what is the evidence to substantiate the charges that the

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Rwandan authorities have now laid Because her husband says

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she hasn't done any of these She was only in the country

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for a funeral and she is not politically active and

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she wants to get home to be with her children,

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and of course to add to all

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the stress, she is pregnant. Next tonight - more

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on high speed rail. But for a change we're not talking

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about the controversial HS2. Instead it's a plan to link

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the cities of the north Today Bradford has launched

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a campaign to say it Journey times between

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Bradford and other cities A train from Bradford to Manchester

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currently takes around an hour. Powerhouse rail line,

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that journey time would be To go from Bradford

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Interchange to Leeds this new train stop,

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that journey would be While the actual line might be

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years away from opening, city leaders say it's vital

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to start planning now. Tom Ingall joins us

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now from Bradford. Tom - why is this so

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important for Bradford? You wait a long time for a

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high-speed rail scheme to come at and then two come along at once.

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Bradford is not affected by HS2, but the city would like to be on the

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line of the proposed Northern Powerhouse network. It is talking

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about having a station in the city centre. If you have to travel to

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Bradford by train you know there are two stations, they are two stations,

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the eyeballs effectively dead ends, the train arrives slowly, then has

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two reverse and go out the way it comes in. With a new station you

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could get faster journey times, better connectivity, that is why the

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City Council has launched its campaign to put Bradford on this new

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real network, as backed by the council leader. Radford needs to be

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part of Northern Powerhouse real. We are the biggest city in this part of

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the country not on a main line. We need to be on that main line. The

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Northern Powerhouse rail line, is this a new idea?

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Until a a few weeks ago it was better known as HS3. Northern

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Powerhouse is what we are calling it now. The concept is to link

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Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Halle, even Newcastle. What

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we do not know is precisely what we are getting, is it a brand-new

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railway or is it just a spruce up of the existing rail minds? I suspect

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we will probably end up in the details come forward with a

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compromise. What is clear is Bradford would like to stake its

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claim for a station to improve journey times. This campaign was

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backed by the city of commerce -- Chambers of Commerce. Geographically

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it is an obvious case, Bradford is the fifth largest metropolitan area

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in the UK. We need to make the case for Bradford right now. But early

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days. We still do not know what is being proposed, what shape that new

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network might take, what might be you, what might be a spruce up, and

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crucially that means we do not have a cost. Nor do we know when the

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first change my trunk. Do not book your ticket yet.

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How a South Yorkshire firefighter brought a spectator back

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from the brink of death when he collapsed at a football match.

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The Kaiser Chiefs are backing Leeds' bid to become European Capital

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The band lent their support to the campaign at Y17 In York,

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It was another special celebration of Yorkshire's buoyant

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Y17 announced a special one-off rail day on April

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The Flying Scotsman with three other trains side-by-side will be a

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And Leeds announced its bid to become the European City Of

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Culture in 2023, endorsed by the Kaiser Chiefs.

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We would love to see more great bands come through Leeds

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and have places to play and places to rehearse,

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and we think the bid is

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And that is what it is all about really,

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putting Leeds on a different map to a certain extent?

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I think Leeds all through our life has

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been growing and getting better but I still think it has got loads

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of potential to succeed and I think that everyone from Leeds are so

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Going round the world there is always someone from

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Leeds and they are always desperate to tell you they are from

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The bidding is in its early stages, but facing Milton Keynes,

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Dundee, Belfast and Truro, there is real confidence in the camp.

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In other news from around Yorkshire and workers on Northern Rail

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are to strike for a second day on April the 8th.

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Members of the RMT union took part in strike action last week over

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plans by the company to introduce driver-only trains from 2018.

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It resulted in 60% of services being cancelled.

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The Education Secretary Justine Greening is promising to carefully

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consider calls for girls from low income families to be offered

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been skipping school - because they can't afford to buy

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A local charity which helps girls in Africa, is now being asked

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Two women who were sexually abused by their teacher at a school

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in Doncaster are urging parents to talk to their children

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They've waived their right to anonymity because they want

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the issue of sex abuse to become less of a taboo.

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We'll hear more about this in a moment.

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Last night they held their first public meeting for families.

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Parents gather in a village hall in Doncaster.

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Tonight they will be discussing something families often

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find it hard to talk about - sexual abuse.

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Unfortunately that was the place where it happened.

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The meeting has been organised by two women who were abused

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by their own primary school teacher in Doncaster when they

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I remember that he was very much you were teacher's pet

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if you were his favourite at the time.

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I think I knew it was wrong because it's not how...

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Nothing like that happened to me at home, but I still

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to this day don't know why I didn't tell anybody.

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# Your private parts belong only to you

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# If someone asks to see just tell them no. #

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This video from the NSPCC is part of a campaign to educate children

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about keeping certain body parts private.

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Research by the charity shows that one in 20 children in the UK has

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More than 90% of sexual abuse is carried out

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by someone known to the

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And one in three victims doesn't tell anyone what has

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From 2019, sex education is to become compulsory in all schools.

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The Government still needs to decide exactly what will be taught

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and a public consultation is to be held.

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Kate and Kerrie are concerned that right now not enough is being done.

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In Doncaster, school nurses have started talking to children

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There's a lot of work to be done still.

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I think parents and teaching staff have been a bit frightened about how

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to broach the subject in the first instance.

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It's how do you go there, so it's just about dispelling the myths.

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Making it a taboo subject is why children are abused because nobody

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I think that's where the issues really lie.

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Last night was the first meeting for parents.

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Kate and Kerrie are hoping this is just the start of their campaign

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So how should parents and teachers speak to small children?

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Kate Taylor and Kerrie Jones can tell us more.

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You were both so young when this abuse happened. Did you know at the

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time that it was wrong West remarked the only thing I really remember

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about the time was thinking that I was very special and that I beat the

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teacher very happy and that I was his favourite. I went home happy,

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and went to school happy because although that was happening to me I

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did not realise the severity of it. This is the problem. Children do not

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know because they are not told. I have a four-year-old daughter and I

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find it difficult to know how to approach those subjects because I do

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not want to take a innocence away by us things she does not need to know

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when she is so young. We do not talk about sex. We do not talk about the

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abuse. We just tell our children that whatever is in their underwear

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belongs to them and if anybody does anything they do not feel happy with

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the need to tell somebody, give them the confidence to tell. Why do you

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think primary schools are not doing enough? Are they frightened to cover

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the subject because it is almost to boo. It is a no go area. Most

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definitely. I have spoken to a feud schools and they have said that they

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are concerned with getting the parents back then. And they might

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get backlash from parents and they do not want their children to be

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taught about sex education. That is not what we are asking schools to

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talk about. I do not want my children to learn about sex

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education but I do want my children to learn about their own privacy,

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and what is theirs is theirs. Would it have needed difference to you? Do

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you think you might have realised what was happening and that was the

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case? What I have said before, it is not very nice, but I think that I

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still would have been abused because it would have been too late for me,

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but Kerry was in the year below me, so if I had spoken, Kerry would

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never have been abused. I know that you talk quite frankly and openly

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with your young children about privacy. What would you say to

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parents and teachers who are watching that this should be

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discussed more openly? How should the top to their children about it?

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I find it quite simple. Just tell your children that whatever is under

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their underwear is theirs. It is not a dirty talk. It is just quite

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simple. If you are just having a nice relaxing time, just explain to

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them, that if anyone tells you to keep a bad secrets, just tell. Just

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speak out. Just a quick word about what the NSPCC are doing, they have

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got videos to try and help this situation. Yes, and they are useful,

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especially with little children. The pants song. It is fun. For little

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children, they do not understand. When I said to my little boy what is

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in your pants is Jewish, he thought it was hilarious. He had no idea why

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I was telling him that. -- what is in your pants is yours. If you have

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been affected by these issues you can go to the BBC website.

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More than 30 Roman skeletons, as well as thousands of other

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artefacts, have been found at a site in Pontefract.

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It's thought to be the largest rural Roman burial ground

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The remains were discovered amid preparations to build

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For most people this will look like a muddy building site at hiding

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beneath the dust and dirt is a secret world, stories from our Roman

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ancestors who lived here more than 1000 years ago. With the burial of

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somebody who was living on a farmstead in the Roman period, 280,

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300 A.D., it is a unique find. It is very exciting for West Yorkshire.

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The number of burials is very unusual. It gives us an opportunity

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to look at a pig population. To find this many human remains in a small

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farmstead is unique. -- opportunity to look at sea pig population. To

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find the cemetery site with 30 days or so suggests that we have got

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settlements close by as well. As well as 30 skeletons, archaeologists

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find more than 1000 pieces of Roman pottery, bones, jewellery. We found

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some grave goods. Rather nice copper alloy bracelets and bangles. Quite

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unique. This has got a nice twist on it. There is declaration on this

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one. There is also a glass beads as well. Whether that person was, they

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were quite important, they obviously meant a lot to somebody. This spot

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will forever be marked on Yorkshire's archaeological map. The

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hope is that further exciting discoveries can be made, unlocking

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more stories our Roman past. Yorkshire County Cricket Club has

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confirmed captain Gary Ballance has The Zimbabwe-born batsman

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was appointed captain in December for the County Championship,

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One-Day Cup AND T20 Blast. He'll now stay on for at

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least another two years. In rugby league, the draw has

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been made for the fifth Featherstone will play Oldham,

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Leeds Rhinos take on Doncaster, Halifax travel to Whitehaven

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or Oxford, Dewsbury play Batley, it's Huddersfield against Swinton,

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and York City Knights Those games will be played

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on the 22nd and 23rd of April. Last season's top eight Super League

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clubs don't join the competition Now, this next story

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is a really heart-warming one. An off-duty South Yorkshire

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fire-fighter has helped to save the life of a football fan

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during Leicester City's Champions' Caz Whiteman was in

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the crowd for the match at Leicester's King Power Stadium

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when a spectator collapsed. Jim Blockley suffered

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three heart attacks - but is alive today thanks

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to Caz's quick-thinking. An emotional reunion

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with the firefighter who helped to save his life after Jim Blockley

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became ill during the match They said, are you

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all right to walk? Luckily for Jim, Caz Whiteman,

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a Yorkshire firefighter, was sitting First of all I saw it was a steward,

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who I subsequently found out was trying to hold him up,

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fall on top of him. Soon after that a couple

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of the on-site medics came and started CPR,

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which is something I have received quite a lot of training in,

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so I was sat quite close to the end of my aisle, so I managed to quickly

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get out and help at the front. He did die all in all for about 51

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minutes on three separate occasions. They told us to kiss

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him goodbye at A They did not think

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he would make it here. But he did and Jim is now

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recovering from his ordeal. What do you think about

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what Caz did for you? I probably wouldn't have been

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here if it wasn't for her. If it was not for that

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firefighter, she was brilliant, The 51-year-old has been sent

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a football shirt signed When he came round the first thing

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you act about was the result. I just lay there and said,

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what was the score? This father of three knows how

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lucky he is to be alive. He now plans to take it

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easy and watch the next It's the Spring equinox tonight -

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so from tomorrow the days Just the excuse to turn your

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attention to the garden. And on hand to help

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you are the staff at Harlow Carr They've launched a campaign today

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to "green up grey Britain". And by that, they mean put

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plants wherever you can - You can understand why people do it.

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With more cars on the roads there is pressure on parking that paving

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front gardens can lead to flooding and pollution saw a campaign has

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been launched to do things differently. Here is a possible

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solution laid out by the Royal horticultural Society in Harrogate.

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Over the last ten years more people have been paving over their front

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gardens. In Yorkshire and Humber we know that 19% more front gardens

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have been people back in the last ten years. As well as looking more

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delay, it is not a great space for natural habitats, and it is not very

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good in terms of flooding issues and water management. There is paving

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and there is paving. This limestone aggregators are sitting on a porous

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membrane underneath salt water can drain through it and into the soil

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beneath. Not into genes and causing flooding. And the scatter shield

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still does the job. It helps the entire place look like a garden

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rather than our car park. Other tips include planting in the awkward

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corners, a container of bulbs can help. And replacing fences with

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hedges, they provide somewhere for the birds. We are looking at how we

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can add more containers to every garden. Window boxes. And keep

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changing the displays. It adds interest to all our lives, walking

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through a street that is full of plants. Green spaces proven to

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reduce pollution, improve air quality. Every little bit helps. A

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pretty front garden at curb appeal and value to houses, but then so

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does a parking space, therefore a garden providing both provides a

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better Way ahead. It was the spring equinox yesterday.

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We do not want any fake news. I will tour to the producer.

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I like to get the forecast is correct. Let us look at the pictures

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that have come the last hours. Torrential hailstorms. A couple of

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centimetres of ice. There could be a little bit of snow

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over the tops of the hills tonight but that is good news in the

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forecast. Details of that in a short while. More rain later. Look at this

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pressure chart. Low pressure dominates. This could bring snow for

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a time tonight. Pressure will build Friday into the weekend. The

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beautiful weekends to come. Light winds, sunshine, Fiolic Miles during

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Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Looking down to the south West.

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Showers will cross in to the further north. Rain spreads into the

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south-west end of second half of tonight. Small on the West Yorkshire

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Pennines. The Sun rises. We will get rid of that room and hill snow

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quickly in the morning. A brighter interlude further East. There will

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be some rain in picking out through the morning. A miserable afternoon

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developing as rain spreads back up from the south-west. A little bit of

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sleep over at their highest hills. It will feel miserable ones that

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really set in with an easterly breeze. Highs of about eight

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Celsius. That as 46 Fahrenheit. Thursday morning we will have more

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rain. Then brightens up with some sunshine. Pressure builds quite

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strongly. High pressure in charge Friday and the weekend. Very little

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in the way of cloud. Some warm spring sunshine but that will be

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cold at

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