20/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

There has been a worrying fall in the number of women

in Yorkshire going for cervical cancer screenings.

More than a quarter of young women in the region still

In 2009, 76% of women in Yorkshire aged 25 to 49 were screened.

But six years later that had fallen to 73%.

Ali Fortescue has met one woman with incurable cervical cancer who's

campaigning to make more women aware of the dangers.

Her family describe her as funny, a party girl just like

But right now Liz's 30s aren't panning out as she had expected

and this is a family putting on a brave face.

She had a smear test when she was 25 but hasn't had one since.

Now Liz has been diagnosed with incurable cervical cancer.

I have days when I am down, but I just try to keep as positive

For me, I am not one that will just sit and dwell,

I have got to keep going as much as I can and do what

Women aged between the ages of 25 and 49 should get a smear test

Early diagnosis is key and could help prevent up to 75%

I think some people think, it is not going to affect me or I am

People kind of shy away from the screening but it is

I think people build it up in their head and actually

when you get the appointment booked, turn up and have it done and I think

people will walk away and think, actually that wasn't that bad.

But Liz's fighting spirit hasn't failed her now.

She is using her story to raise awareness with

She will be auctioning a selection of goodies including a signed

Kell Brook boxing glove and a Jess Ennis Team GB vest.

She says if she persuades even one person to take

Robert Music is from the charity Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

I asked him how important smear tests are.

Cervical screening is an incredibly important test.

It it is estimated to save around 5,000 lives every year in the UK.

However we are seeing the numbers of women attending screenings

across the UK fall down year on year.

It is hugely worrying because the test can take five

It's not an appointment any of us look forward to but it is a quick

The results could save a life so why are people not going forward

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust has been commissioned research so for younger

women it is about embarrassment or worrying it may be painful

or interestingly the fear of the results because they think

is a test to find cancer rather than prevent cancer.

In the older age group we are seeing numbers drop as well now.

How do we encourage more women to come forward and get screened?

There has to be a focus within each area or constituency to think

about their communities and be very targeted in terms of what is going

We would like to see a woman be able to be screened at any GP surgery.

If there was a surgery near their work they could go

there and be screened and have this wonderful life-saving test done

and not worry about it for another three or five years depending

That is a key part and something we want to see looked at.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of teenager

Her body was found in an alleyway off Lordens Hill

Shea Peter Heeley, who also comes from Dinnington,

will appear at Sheffield Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Owners of Land Rovers across Yorkshire are being urged

to upgrade security after a spate of thefts.

The model has soared in value after the company

The National Farmers' Union says the number

The work of one of the most famous artists all of time has

Linocut prints by Picasso no less, have gone on show

Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists in the world

He did absolutely everything - painting, sculpting, playwriting,

And he did some linocut which you can see behind me.

There are 17 of these linocuts here in Barnsley,

it's a bit of a coup for the Cooper Gallery and I have

two people who can hopefully tell me more about Picasso.

Natalie Murray from the gallery, this is a huge thing for the museum.

We're really pleased to be hosting the exhibition.

The gallery is free public access so absolutely anyone locally

Hugo Chapman is from the British Museum.

Picasso was prolific - how important is this stuff

Printmaking was an integral part of what Picasso did

and the print behind me, Still Life With A Lamp,

is one of those prints that is in every single

Picasso was known by one name but if you want

to know his full name, Google it, there are lots of them.

I tried to remember it but I failed dismally.

You can see this gallery exhibition until the end of April in Barnsley.

Football now, and Sheffield Wednesday lost 2-1 to Brighton.

An early goal from Brighton was cancelled out by an own

That defeat leaves Wednesday in sixth position ahead of the rest

It is set to be a cold night tonight, in fact we're looking

Through tomorrow morning plenty of winter sunshine but more cloud

developing in the afternoon and really quite cloudy, even a bit

High pressure dominates over the weekend and actually

for the first half of next week so a lot of settled and quite chilly

weather to come but fog could also be an issue at the start

We could get a little patchy fog in a few prone spots through this

evening and overnight particularly down the Vale of York.

Clear spells allow temperatures to tumble and I think we're widely

expecting frost and temperatures rurally could drop a few

Tomorrow a frosty start to the day with some lingering fog patches

but generally a lot of sunshine and quite pleasant

But the cloud pushing in off the North Sea extending westwards

through the course of the day perhaps even producing a little bit

of drizzle and the odd snow flurry and feeling chilly with a high

That's that from the late team at Look North.

feel cooler. Can we keep it going until the start of the new week? I

suspect we can. Unconfirmed about -- concerned about the fog around. Here

is Helen with the national picture. Good evening. The weather is upon

us. The cloud has made all the difference this week in particular.

We have had some wonderful weather watcher pictures, this is Marlowe in

Buckinghamshire, this was Conwy earlier in the day. Some areas still

have the cloud. What a difference that makes. Edinburgh, the central

lowlands,