24/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. for the news where you are.

A long-serving West Yorkshire Police Inspector has been jailed

for 26 years after stealing drugs from an evidence store

When officers raided the home of 55-year-old

Keith Boots they found cocaine, heroin and cannabis

Disgraced former police inspector Keith Boots.

A senior officer with more than 20 years' service.

He was stationed here at Trafalgar House in Bradford,

responsible for the safe disposal of seized drugs.

But instead, the 55-year-old was stealing

and selling them back onto the streets.

Colleagues raised concerns after noticing drugs

missing from an evidence store at the police station.

When police raided Keith Boots' home in December 2014,

they discovered drugs with a street value of almost ?700,000

and 11 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a washing machine.

Prosecutors described Boots' home as a warehouse

of controlled drugs were they found crack cocaine,

During a three-month trial at Leeds Crown Court,

Paul Greaney QC for the Crown told the jury...

his honour Judge Geoffrey Marson QC told Keith Boots,

"You stole the drugs in order to put them back on the streets.

Your arrogance was your downfall because nobody would doubt

the word of a trusted police officer.

You are a disgrace to the uniform you once wore."

He is a criminal who was masquerading as a police officer.

In utter betrayal, whilst his colleagues were working tirelessly

to protect the public by taking drugs out of our communities,

he was putting those drugs back on the street for his son to sell.

Keith Boots' son, Ashley, was jailed for

24 years for his part in the operation

and Ian Mitchell, an associate, was jailed for five years.

Today, former colleagues expressed revulsion.

This is a bad apple who has acted criminally, dishonourably,

disgracefully and is now reaping the justice of the court system.

Keith Boots showed no emotion as he was taken to the cells,

his career and reputation in ruins.

A vigil has taken place in Leeds in memory of those who died

after Wednesday's terror attack in London.

Four people including a police officer lost their lives

The event, outside Leeds Art Gallery in the city centre,

has been organised by the organisation

Muslim Engagement and Development or MEND.

It doesn't matter what culture, what background, what faith you're

from, if you're Muslim or not Muslim, we stand in solidarity.

We are compassionate and pathetic beings

and we feel the pain of the families that are going through a horrible

time at this moment, for those who died and of course

A new law which could help families sort out their missing

loved one's finances has got through its final stage

Claudia's Law is named after missing York chef Claudia Lawrence

The bill will now move to the House of Lords

where they'll decide if it should become law.

As a tribute to Mr and Mrs Lawrence and how hard they have worked

and their championing the cause of guardianship,

and their commitment to help others in similar tragic

circumstances, I very much hope, Mr Deputy Speaker, that this

legislation, if affected, will always be known as Claudia's Law.

Onto Super League and just one result for you.

Huddersfield Giants were at home to Leeds Rhinos.

Today is, of course, Red Nose Day and thousands of you

have been doing something funny for money.

Our roving Red Nose reporter Ian White has spent the day

Welcome to Wrenthorpe Primary School and we're having fun

Down the M1 in Sheffield, children from

Tinsley Meadows Primary School were springing around at Jump Inc

I'd like you to meet some friends of mine.

Zane, could you take those glasses off, please?

I have to say, West Yorkshire Combined Authority sounds

What a talented bunch of workers they are

at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority,

including this Scotsman who is not a real Scot.

Meanwhile, back at Wrenthorpe Primary School in Wakefield,

everyone dressed in red to perform a special rap.

Have you got a funny joke you can tell us, please?

How many tickles to you have to give an octopus to make it laugh?

It's always good to catch up with an old friend, so I invited

BBC presenter Kay Crewdson to take the best seat in the house

And she got a surprise when she saw what was in store for her.

It's gone down the front, it's gone down the back,

I know a lot of money's been raised, but look at me!

Do you know, the things you do for charity. Just not funny, is it,

Keeley? You won't be able to hear me FA

this. Though weekend looks lovely. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Settled

weather into Sunday that more clout by then. A high pressure dominates

but because we have such a long night and little cloud, they will be

quite chilly over the weekend but by day, feeling warm in the sunshine

especially tomorrow. The exception perhaps along the coast where there

is still the influence of the chilly sea which has cooled down over

winter. Out there at the moment, the odd misty patch developing. A bit

more of that will come overnight especially in the Vale of York

perhaps and temperatures overnight will drop back to around freezing.

We could have a few degrees below freezing but the mist and fog will

lift by about nine or ten o'clock. weather outlook for the whole of the

Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We

have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly

arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the

UK. Temperatures are falling as well. Pretty nippy. Already a frost

developing in northern areas as this high establish its hotels across the

UK. It is the windlass zone in the centre of the high where those

temperatures dropping. Some fog in places, such as the Vale of York.

For most, a starry, starry night. Towns and cities in the 40 1 degrees

range. Outside, -2 to minus four degrees. But for most, it looks

something like this in the morning. Not if you live in the middle of the

city, but you get the message. This is lunchtime. Pretty chilly on

south-eastern