22/12/2016 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

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Tonight - the sound of bells returns to York Minister after three months

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of silence due to a row between the ringers and church.

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And facing Christmas without a bridge; we look

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at the impact of last year's devastating floods on Tadcaster.

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And a very windy day to come tomorrow with gales or severe gales

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expected. I'll be back later in the programme with all the details.

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Next tonight - the bells at York Minster have rung

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out for the first time in nearly three months.

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They were silenced when the bellringing team

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was removed in October, after one of them was accused

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of indecently assaulting young girls, although no charges

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It is unclear where in Yorkshire the new bellringers have come from.

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Well, this is a row that has meant the bells in the tower at York

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Minster have remained silent now for more than two months but it has

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created a lot of noise here in York. Finally tonight, some progress. This

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is the sound York has been missing for the last two months. For

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centuries, the bells of the Minster have chimed out across the city. In

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October, they stopped, but tonight, a temporary fix. It is exciting. The

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very thing I said to you two days after the group posted down, that we

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were hoping before long the bells would win a game and we are very

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grateful for the courageous and ringers from within the city and

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across the country who have come forward to help us by ringing over

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this period of time. There they go again, such a glorious sound,

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singing the glory of God. The group were dismissed after one of the

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ringers was accused of indecent assault against a young girl. No

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charges were ever brought. Since then, the Minster has struggled to

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find people to ring the bells, citing intimidation toward anyone

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who tried to step in. The Minster say that they are now working

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towards a permanent solution with a new team after the original group

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say they have nothing to do with the intimidation. We will be recruiting

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a new group in the New Year, so this is a special interim for this

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festive season to make sure that anyone coming to worship and the

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citizens of York, they know there is a very special server happening for

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Christmas tonight. This time, because of the way the process is

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going to happen, we are looking forward to recruiting a band that

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will abide by the Church's process. It was great to hear the bells again

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and be service was wonderful as well. And the row that has been

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going on? The dispute? I am glad it has finished. It is nice to have

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them back. I thought it was absolutely wonderful. Wonderful,

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wonderful news. It makes Christmas, I think. It is the time for

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forgiveness, so let's hope that is what has happened and they have

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sorted things out. So, the congregation who were here at -- at

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the carol service tonight are pleased to have the bells ringing

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tonight. It has been a difficult journey though. The Minster has

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faced criticism for how they have dealt with the dispute. A

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spokesperson for the bell-ringer said they have been advised not to

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comment any further but at the weekend they put out a statement

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where they said that the case highlighted by the Minster resulted

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in no charges and was tantamount to a waste of the court's time. We

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don't know yet when the bells will ring again. The Dean of the Minster

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has said she is hopeful they will ring at other Christmas services to

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come. Thank you. A new report out today says last

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year's Boxing Day floods cost Yorkshire's economy

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more than ?500 million. It says 4000 homes and 2000

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businesses were affected. And a year on, ?207 million has been

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committed by government and councils towards new flood defences

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but another ?25 million is needed to accelerate more flood defence

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schemes - with 90,000 homes and

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buisnesses still at risk. Well, all week we've been back

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to those places most badly affected. The town was split in two -

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after its road bridge over the River The reopening of Tadcaster's Road

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Bridge was described as a national priority. But, almost a year run,

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work to repair it still is unfinished. The repercussions of

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what happened here last December are still being felt. At the town's

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medical Centre, insurance costs have increased by almost 1000%. There is

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an annual premium this year of ?39,500, with a ?100,000 excess, as

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compared to last year where our premium was ?3425 with a ?2500

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excess. So you can imagine we feel we are being somewhat unfairly

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punished. In the aftermath of the floods, the town hosted Prince

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Andrew who saw for himself the devastation. We have been trading

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since 1851. One of those businesses affected was this iron mongers. How

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high did the water penetrate last December? It came to about this

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level here. About three feet deep here and about four foot deep at the

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bottom level. It has been a tough year for many traders. They hope the

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bridge reopening will get all businesses back on track. Town seems

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to be recovering pretty well but the bridge will be the big thing, when

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the bridge reopens that will reunite the town and hopefully make things

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busy again. Across the road, the butcher 's estimate trade is down by

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around 25% because of the bridge closure. But they say they are

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optimistic for 2017. The bridge will make a massive difference. We will

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have traffic bags, have people looking into shops and thinking, it

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is a nice place to visit. It will be a massive difference for us. It has

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been a turbulent 12 months for Tadcaster but there is a discernible

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feeling of optimism here. It may have divided the town, but its

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legacy has only brought the town together properly.

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So when will the bridge re-open and why the delay?

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Phil has been speaking to David Bowe from North Yorkshire County Council.

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There has been a number of issues but I think, as you can see, it's an

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incredibly complicated structure to rebuild. We are working to the

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programme that was to effectively not open for Christmas but to open

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for the end of December. That is what we are working for a year after

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the collapse. The high river levels and complexities with the National

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rail bridge further downstream has caused water backing up to Albert

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and that slowed our operation down and we are where we are. We have the

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warning of storm is coming over the next few days and people will be

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nervous about that. Will it have an impact on levels here? It's not.

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Although there will be some heavy rain, it will be fairly transient

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and it will not hit the wall, so we have no particular concerns about

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flooding. One can we expect to see road traffic across this bridge? --

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when can we? The 27th of January is when we hope to have traffic

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crossing the bridge again. As I said, a lot of conjugated work on

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the masonry, particularly on the arch barrels, but the guys who are

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working on the bridge are throwing everything at it.

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Network Rail has released astonishing footage to try to warn

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The pictures show a cyclist coming within inches of being hit

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The man waited for a train to pass before pushing his bike

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across the tracks, but then realised, with less

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than a second to spare, that another train was coming

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When I saw the video, I was just so shocked at how close they call this

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one was. It emphasises how tragic these incidents can be. The

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gentleman in this video got lucky. I have had the heartbreaking task of

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having to tell families that their loved ones and coming home for the

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sake of what is essentially a few seconds. It is not worth the risk.

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Shocking pictures, and they? Yorkshire has taken in more Syrian

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refugees than any other area in England, according

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to Home Office figures. 403 came here in the 12

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months to the end of September under the "vulnerable

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persons resettlement scheme" - mainly to Leeds,

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Bradford and Sheffield. The government pays

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?8,500 per refugee - towards housing, healthcare

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and other costs for their People who worked in Grimethorpe

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colliery have gathered in the Barnsley village to pay

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tribute to miners who died at work. More than 150 miners

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lost their lives at Grimethorpe between 1894 and when it

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closed in 1993. More men from the village died

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in Grimethorpe Colliery A minute's silence was held

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at the memorial at St Luke's church. A very windy spell of weather, both

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tomorrow and over the Christmas weekend. Christmas Day itself looks

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very mild indeed so we are not looking at a white Christmas. But a

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very windy one. Tomorrow we have a warning font gales if not severe

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gales in exposure. You can see why. This poorly cold front, very tightly

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packed isobars. It will bring some heavy rain. That will be later on in

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the day but it is not the rain we are concerned about. It is the

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strength of the wind. Through the course of this evening and

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overnight, the odd shower, but they will fizzle out. A quiet, calm night

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with a touch of frost in shelter, with temperatures dropping back to

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one or 2 degrees. A bright start to tomorrow, some sunshine and mainly

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dry conditions for the morning. Later in the day, we see this

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squally cold front pushed through very quickly with some very heavy

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rain, squally winds and gales with gusts of up to 50 mph, possibly even

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locally 60 or 70 mph. By the end of the day, there will be clear spells

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and showers. The wind is the worry with the weather, not the rain,

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although that will make for difficult driving conditions later

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on. Temperatures getting up to itself, it's not white, but it's

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warm. Temperatures could reach 15. I suppose you could say today was

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the calm before the storm. A winter chill,

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