01/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

Rallies in Pakistan attract hundreds of supporters for the Bradford

And a brave start for Huddersfield in their FA Cup replay

but Manchester City put a decisive end to their hopes.

And things are turning pretty unsettled for some of us tonight.

Outbreaks of rain and some snow especially on high ground.

The Bradford man who travelled to Scotland to murder a shopkeeper

has been sending messages from his prison cell

to a growing number of hardline followers in Pakistan.

Tanveer Ahmed is serving a life sentence for

the murder of Asad Shah, who he accused of committing

blasphemy, claiming he insulted the Prophet Muhammad.

But, as our Pakistan correspondent Secunder Kermani reports,

for some in Bradford, the comments have sparked anger.

Outside the family home of Tanveer Ahmed,

a 400-odd strong crowd is shouting slogans praising him.

Last year, he travelled to Scotland from his home in Bradford

to kill Asad Shah who was from the persecuted Ahmadi sect.

Ahmed believed the Glasgow shopkeeper was

committing blasphemy by claiming in online videos to be a prophet.

For many here though, that killing was justified

and they see Tanveer Ahmed as a hero.

This gathering has been organised by a hardline but

popular Pakistani cleric, Rizvi, who leads an anti-blasphemy

Rizvi says he's been speaking to Tanveer Ahmed on the phone

TRANSLATION: We are proud of the fact that he has killed.

I am proud of the fact that we are in contact.

But lots of Muslims would say one of the central

characteristics of the Prophet - Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam -

and that he forgave people who insulted him.

Even if the Prophet forgave someone,

that was because it was his personal right to do so.

But his followers don't have that right to forgive someone

The Scottish prison service has now put a stop to

Tanveer Ahmed's audio messages but Rizvi

says his reputation in Pakistan will continue to grow.

In Bradford, the local Ahmedi Association

has raised concern about support for his killing.

The government of Pakistan has given a free hand

to all the fanatics in that country who can openly preach

hatred and incite violence against other communities.

It's also shocking because Tanveer Ahmed travelled

all the way from Bradford to Glasgow to kill

an innocent person just because he did not agree with his beliefs.

Tanveer Ahmed's crime was carried out in Britain

but was inspired by ideas from Pakistan.

Now it seems it's his turn to inspire others.

Unlikely as it might seem, sometimes Yorkshire gets too much sun

and the owners of solar panels find that they can't use

all the electricity their panels produce.

But now a village in the heart of one of Britain's former

coalfields is hosting a ground-breaking trial

which could solve this problem by storing the power for later.

And, as our business correspondent Danni Hewson reports,

it could pave the way for tens of thousands more homes

Harnessing the power of light isn't just a green way of producing

energy, it is also a popular way of keeping costs down.

So when Elaine's council house provider

offered to fit them for free, she jumped at the chance,

happily changing the way she lived to make the most of solar power.

If you're using your washing machine,

So instead of having your evening meal at six o'clock,

We shall be able to revert back to an evening meal

That's because Elaine and 39 other council tenants

are taking part in a new trial,

one which looks to revolutionise the industry and make

solar a better option for those whose main electricity consumption

Typically, people aren't in during the day.

There solar power are still producing energy, but normally that

With our batteries, we can store up that energy and feed it back

into the house in the evening when people are home,

so it's all about maximising people's self-consumption.

With the drop in feed-in tariffs, the chance to save more

by using more will be appealing, particularly for private households

looking to invest in solar like this estate.

It's estimated each household saved about 40% off

their electricity bills when the solar panels went up.

With the new batteries, it's expected those

Well, solar's big drawback has always been its inflexibility.

When it's bright, there can be huge surges to the grid

and in some places, they've had to limit the number

This trial will monitor how effectively storage can smooth

If we want to fit more solar panels in a street,

what it means is that we might have to put

in bigger cables and bigger transformers

and that leads to additional cost, might lead to disruption

And it might lead to extra time scales as the customer might

have to wait, so if we can work differently in future and if we can

work on this trial, and work out how many we can fit in the future

without having to go through all those extra steps.

It's just one of many energy trials underway

and will be closely monitored over the next two years.

In the day's other news, a 32-year-old man's been arrested

on suspicion of the murder of a man in Sheffield.

23-year-old Aseel Al-Essaie was fatally shot

in the Upperthorpe area just over a week ago.

A 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder

and a 23-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an

Police continue to appeal for witnesses.

South Yorkshire Police have told a High Court judge

they were "strong-armed" into giving a BBC reporter information

about an investigation into Sir Cliff Richard.

The singer has taken legal action against the Corporation

and South Yorkshire Police for coverage of a raid

A collection of medals including a Victoria Cross awarded

to a Leeds soldier for his actions during the Battle of the Somme has

sold at auction for more than ?280,000.

George Sanders received the Victoria Cross,

the highest possible award for gallantry, in 1916.

His medals were bought by Lord Ashcroft and will go

at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Huddersfield's hopes of progressing to the quarter finals of the FA Cup

have been decisively ended with a 5-1 defeat

7,000 Town fans had travelled to the Etihad Stadium

cheer on their team, but it was not to be.

Mark, just take us to the match. Yes, Huddersfield Town went down 5-1

here at the Ettie had Stadium against Manchester city and that

gulf in class is hardly surprising when you look at where both clubs

are. Man City are third in the Premier League. Huddersfield Town

are third in the championship, plus David Wagner made nine changes to

his team tonight. But it started brilliantly well for Huddersfield

Town. They went ahead after six minutes. The former Manchester city

academy player ran past Claudio Bravo and the 7200 fans went berserk

with chants of "Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire! " For the away

end. After sustained Manchester city pressure, Sally equalised. They

conceded two more before half-time and two more after the break. City's

final goal, to make it 5-1 to Manchester city, was scored by Ian

at show in injury time. They must now go back on trying to get the

Premier League. They have a really important championship fixture

against the leaders, Newcastle United, at the John Smith Stadium on

Saturday evening and I think the manager, the players and the fans

will all agree that actually, that match against Newcastle on Saturday

is far more important than today's exit in the FA Cup. Thank you very

much. And news just in -

congratulations to Harry who's been named Regional

Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television

Society awards. Great stuff. Time to check out the

weather prospects now. For most of us, today wasn't too

bad. Turning a little wintry overnight and we may see sleet or

snow particularly on higher ground as rain, blustery winds as well. But

look at these weather watchers. Whitby today, gorgeous sunshine. If

I just overlay that on the satellite, you can see the clouds

are thinning and breaking there. Further inland, West Yorkshire

today, a lot bit cloudier and overnight, we will see more of that

cloud piling in and here comes that rain. Turning quite readily to sleet

or snow on higher ground. Some of this false to low levels as well.

Lows of one or two Celsius. Tomorrow morning, as it is close to the south

we could see ice forming across some parts of north Yorkshire for example

where it will be mostly dry but as you can see, by the time we get to

the afternoon, it looks a lot better. Things will brighten up.

Sunny spells. Still quite breezy though. Eight or nine the high with

just the odd shower. Tonight, largely dry, winds switching to be

more southerly along comes another band of rain from the south in a

second. There it is. And it is part of a weather front, if I just zoom

out as reader pressure chart. Moving to the north, all tied up to this

area of low pressure. That'll be with us on Saturday and Sunday is

returning unsettled as we head to the weekend. I'll leave you with

outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What does that mean? Maybe John Hammond

will tell you.