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of the German flag in tribute to those who lost their lives

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How one family plus my course has sparked a campaign to get more men

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talking about mental health. We continue to look at how our

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communities are coping since last year's floods.

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And the weather in the run-up to Christmas is potentially very

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stormy. I'll be back later with your full live forecast.

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Yorkshire has the highest rate of male suicides in England

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and the family of a man who took his own life

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earlier this year are trying to get more young men

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Andy Roberts was one of 430 men who killed themselves

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His brother in law started Andy's Man Club in his memory.

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Andy's mum Elaine starts this report from Tanya Arnold.

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I was upstairs and there was a knock on the door. I thought it was a

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delivery man. I saw the jacket and ran to the door and it was a

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policeman. As soon as I for him, I knew. I knew. I said no, not Andrew,

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the country. He said, I'm sorry. There has been a death. He was just

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so full of life. I know he was having problems seeing his little

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girl but we would have solved it. He was talking to his sister about it

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in a jovial manner. She knew that he was having problems but we never

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knew how much it was getting to him. No idea whatsoever. In April, Andy

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Roberts took his own life in this wood in Halifax and on that day, his

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brother-in-law decided he had to try and make a difference. I realised at

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that point there was nothing we could do to bring Andy back. All the

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little things that do, having to ring people and tell people, I

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remember the destruction and complete devastation that has left.

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Luke started the campaign and the Luke started the campaign and the

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first club opened in Halifax five months ago. These men agreed to talk

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to us about why they went. I had broken up with my ex girlfriend, the

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mother of my son. Wasn't seeing him every day any more. My mother passed

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away in April this year and unexpectedly. I spoke to her at five

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o'clock one night. By seven o'clock, she was more or less con. I didn't

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have anywhere to live for about eight months. It came to about

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February this year and I got my own place. Just as I was settling in, if

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you of my friends died. They were if you have them in the space of a

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couple of months. It would took its toll on me. I thought I could fight

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it but obviously, I didn't want to speak out to anyone. It got to the

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point where I was going to dark places. After just a few weeks, the

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benefits are clear. It's had a promise -- positive effect on my

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life. Knowing there are 20 or 30 other men going through a similar

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thing, knowing the is someone who's got my back. We have 200 men now

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across the groups. That could be 200 brothers, dads, uncles, sons,

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cousins, best friends who are still here today. That is the main goal.

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Earlier this evening I spoke to Professor Alan White, who's

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an expert in men's health and well being.

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He says men's mental health is becoming a priority.

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Historically, we haven't recognised men's health needs. If you look back

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to the war period, when men were returning with shell-shocked or post

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traumatic stress, it wasn't seen as traumatic stress, it wasn't seen as

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important. They were seen as strange. As we have gone on to the

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time, the last decade or two, we've recognised that men's mental health

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is important. Not everyone has caught on to that but certainly in

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terms of the suicide figures, people are now sitting up and saying, hang

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on the second, safely is going on here. These club started as one

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group known -- five months ago. There are now five groups across the

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country. Is it that simple, men talking to men, rather than

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one-on-one? If men talking a group situation and they feel confident

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and safe, it's amazing what they will share. Some of these guys are

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now talking about things they've never spoken about to anyone. They

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wouldn't want to bother their families, their wives or partners.

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Sometimes they don't have anyone to talk to. And of course an

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opportunity to talk safely, yes, they are taking it and we've seen

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this with these groups and clubs that have been set up around the

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country. For someone watching at home, if they feel they would like

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to talk to someone, what should I do? If they are at crisis point, the

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Samaritans are always there. 116123. That is the number if you are not

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desperate point. The BBC action line website has information as well.

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Thank you for your time. Thank you. A brief look at some

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of the day's other stories. Campaigners from North Yorkshire

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have lost a legal challenge against one of the first planning

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applications to carry out They held a peaceful demonstration

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outside Ryedale Council's offices The High Court has dismissed

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an application for a judicial review of a decision to allow the company,

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Third Energy, to frack for shale gas The county council welcomed

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the decision but campaigners said We fought long and hard to try and

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stop fracking in Ryedale. We feel it will damage our air, water and

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environment and health as well. A strike by baggage handlers

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at Leeds Bradford and Doncaster Workers had been due to walk out

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in the run up to Christmas as part Today the Unite union

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announced industrial action Now to the second of our special

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reports looking at the legacy Tonight we're in York where 600

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properties were flooded. The damage was so severe

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because the Foss Barrier, which manages York's

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two rivers, went wrong. This barrier is placed where you

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walk's two rivers meet. It's basically a big door, a plug that

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stops this river when it's getting stops this river when it's getting

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too high from flowing the wrong way and flooding the city centre. Last

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year it was basically doing its job very well, until water started

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getting into the control centre, coming up through the floor. Very

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quickly, a decision needed to be made. Do they keep the barrier in

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place and leave York vulnerable or do they raise the Faria and leave

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York vulnerable to flooding from the other river?

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They decided to raise the barrier. This is what happens when the

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barrier fails. Home after home wrecked. Businesses and lives

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disrupted. As Price your account to pay last Christmas. No one wants to

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see it happen again so the barrier has been improved. Eight new pumps

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arrived in September. They can shift nearly double the water of the old

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ones. They've been tested and the Environment Agency are keen to show

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off what they can do. The pumping station now works to a higher

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capacity than it did. Knowing it can handle the sort of floods we had

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last year, that should give people a great sense of relief coming up to

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the anniversary. Certainly, within five years, when we've finished the

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works in Yorks, I would have thought York would be one of the best

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protected cities in the country. Emergency power generators have also

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been stalled and raised out of the watermark. York has been given ?45

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million of government money to make further defences. It is reassuring

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news for people living on Huntington Road, who are just about returning

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to normal. Back in March, Tony was making new skirting boards while his

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home dried out. Now, the decorating is done but he is not sitting

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comfortably yet. What he has been through will stay with him. It's

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going to be a quiet Christmas because the forecast for the weather

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is reasonable and they forgot the new pumps, show we should be all

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right this Christmas. It's the Christmas after that the one after

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that, until the flood defences for the whole of York and the river have

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been implemented, then we are all on borrowed time. York is old and it

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needs to note -- it knows how to look after itself. It has survived

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for centuries. The undercroft of this hall was inundated by the meaty

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waters of the river. It is now dry but is damaged and needs

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restoration. In the meantime, the venue is open for weddings and

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events. The flood for now it's part of the halls, -- Hall's very long

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history. I will leave you now with the weather.

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I know all this talk of storms over the next few days will have people

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very nervous. We are concerned about the wind, the strength of the wind

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in these storms over the next few days, rather than the rain. But it's

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going to be rather unsettled in the run up to Christmas. Tomorrow, some

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sunshine to the morning and towards the end of the day. Then, shall we

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through the middle part of the day. Quite breezy, too. This is Friday's

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pressure chart. This is storm Barbra which will bring some very strong

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winds across the UK. At the moment, a yellow warning. It is cold at the

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moment. They forced this evening but more cloudy overnight. Patchy rain

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is sinking south-eastwards. Dry by the end of the night when

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temperatures will be 4 degrees. Some sunshine to start the day tomorrow

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but we are going to see clouds gather with a small band of rain

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whizzing through during the middle part of the day. There will be some

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showery rain. Quite brisk winds, too. Drier and brighter through the

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afternoon. Temperatures at seven or 8 degrees. He very windy day on

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Friday. Take care if you are travelling. Keep up-to-date with a

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forecast because there may be some changes. That's it.

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country it's worth knowing the national forecast. Over now to

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country it's worth knowing the Tomasz.

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So, the weather's going to blow a few cobwebs away in the coming days

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and maybe a few other things, as well. How stormy is it going to get?

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For most of us probably not too terrible. It is, however, going to

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be very nasty across parts of Scotland on Friday. The clouds are

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racing across the Atlantic and we will see a storm by the time we get

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to around about Friday and then Friday night.

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At the moment we have a weather front crossing the country, we have

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had dreadful weather in the north-west, it was cold and raining

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in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. This band of rain will be

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somewhere here by the end of the night. Behind it a shot of cooler

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air, colder air and frequent showers. This is what

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