27/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)


27/03/2017

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A special report on an operation to crack down on illegal money lending.

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And the future of one of England's grandest country houses is secured.

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what's the next few days looking like?

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Join me for the live, updated week-ahead forecast.

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A specialist police operation's underway in Yorkshire,

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An Illegal Money Lending Team is cracking down

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on those who prey on vulnerable people in debt.

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they say victims have been kidnapped, beaten and raped.

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Around 150 police and other law enforcement officers

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They are off to execute warrants across the city.

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Among them, officers from the Illegal Money Lending Team,

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who have got an early morning surprise

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for a man suspected of being a local loan shark.

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With police back-up, the team arrive at his house in Shirebrook.

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After a call from his son, he returns,

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not impressed to see his house being raided.

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There has been a big effort to crack down on loan sharks -

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the illegal moneylenders who charge extortionate rates of interest

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and use violence and intimidation on vulnerable people,

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This is the start of the investigation.

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The warrant we conducted this morning will be used

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to carry out a search, which will help us to

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At this advice centre in Leeds, they have helped 1,300

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people in two years, who have found themselves in debt.

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Many of those are struggling to pay bills or buy food

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and have become victims of loan sharks out of desperation.

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Loan sharks are the lowest of the low, they destroy lives.

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They will trap for life or as long as possible,

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We had a case recently where the APR we calculated to be

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In those circumstances, you will never get out of debt,

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From that perspective, when we are dealing with these

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illegal lenders, we have seen some of the tactics they use to enforce

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the debts because we know that those debts are illegal.

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We have charged people with wounding, with kidnapping

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This is not a community service, I cannot say that enough.

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After this morning's raid, the police arrested a man

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and he was taken away for questioning.

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Officers seized several bags of evidence, and asked anyone

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who has been the victim of a loan shark to come forward.

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South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner,

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Dr Allan Billings, is at the High Court tomorrow

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as his former Chief Constable, David Crompton,

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asks for a judicial review into whether the decision

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to remove him from his post was lawful.

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Tonight, the BBC understands that the Police and Crime Commissioner

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has already run up a legal bill of ?30,000 ahead of the hearings.

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From Sheffield, David Rhodes sent us this report.

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This judicial review is being brought by David Crompton

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against the Police and Crime Commissioner of South Yorkshire

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Police, Dr Allan Billings, and it's all to do with what happened

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in the immediate aftermath of the Hillsborough inquest last year.

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David Crompton issued two press statements

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in the immediate aftermath of the inquest.

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Now, Dr Billings said that both of those statements questioned

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the behaviour of the Liverpool fans in 1989.

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He says the two press statements further eroded public confidence

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he felt he had no option but to ask David Crompton to retire or resign.

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David Crompton feels, effectively, he was removed from office.

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He is calling on the High Court to basically overturn

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Dr Allan Billings' decision and say it was an unlawful move

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by Dr Billings in relation to the decision he made.

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Of course, all of this comes with a new legal bill.

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Look North understands that Dr Alan Billings

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has already paid out ?30,000 in legal fees

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in relation to tomorrow's High Court hearing.

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A pregnant Yorkshire woman jailed in Rwanda for six weeks

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for allegedly spreading state secrets

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is due to be released tomorrow.

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Violette Uwamahoro, from Leeds, was arrested

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in February after travelling to a family funeral.

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Abi Jaiyeola has been following the story.

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Just explain the background to this case.

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She had troubled for the bureau of her father. It was meant to be a few

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days. Her husband was phoned and told he was arrested for sharing

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state secrets. He is a political activist, but says that she has

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never been involved in any of that. What has been the reaction posted at

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home? The foreign office have been involved in trying to work towards

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her release. MP Hilary Benn has been involved as well. Her sons run to

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the premise that the Rwandan president as well, to help with the

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release of their mother. A judge ruled she should beware least today,

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as there was no evidence to support the charges against her.

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We really need her back, she's innocent.

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It's a good step, but it's not good enough.

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You don't need to investigate, there's nothing to investigate here.

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And I think those that said they are investigating,

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they know they will not find anything.

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The family are desperate to get her home. What is likely to happen next?

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The prosecution have five days to appeal against the decision. She is

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due to be released tomorrow, but will not be allowed to leave Rwanda

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until those five days are over. The family will be keen to get a home as

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soon as possible. A new law has come into effect today

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to try to prevent scam mail. It follows a campaign by

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Marilyn Baldwin from Chesterfield, whose mother, Jessica,

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was conned out of ?50,000. The new law stops people sending

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anything intended to deceive I think we could probably

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do more around it - prosecution would be good,

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rather than just threatening them with getting the mail

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returned to them. We'd like to see tougher

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sentencing on that. But, on the whole,

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I'm pretty pleased. After 70 years of uncertainty

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the future of one of England's grandest country houses

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is now secure. A preservation trust

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has stepped in to buy Repairs to the Grade One listed

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building are estimated Tom Ingall has been to see the scale

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of the restoration work which lies in store

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for the new owners. Wentworth Woodhouse is right

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at the top of the scale. that has been in and out

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of private ownership. Despite its size,

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it is practically hidden from view, and has never

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enjoyed the recognition of Chatsworth,

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Castle Howard or Newby Hall. Nestling beside the village

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of Wentworth, it is a treasure

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almost lost to the nation. Some of the rooms are exquisite,

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but others don't even have a roof. Over there by the wall,

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you can see the damage there. Today, I've seen a crack,

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over the door, in the marble, and over there,

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on the side of the wall. Because when you buy anywhere,

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you think, "Oh, it's wonderful." But then, after a couple

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of days, you start to spot Now the trust has been successful

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in purchasing the building. ?7 million has been made

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available from the Treasury We've been given 7.6 million

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from the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement, and

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that's to effect emergency works. So we're going to work

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on the south rooms first, and we're going to throw

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tarpaulins over the rooms that have got no roofs

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to protect them, to stop them getting

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any further damage. Over time, parts of the building

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will be open for tours and events. don't expect to see

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the finished article. The total cost

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of the work that lies ahead The headline is that it will feel a

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little bit warmer. It will be a little bit warmer tomorrow. Turning

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brighter, with the risk of showers. Friday and weekend look unsettled,

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especially if you want a repeat performance of the stunning weather

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this weekend, you have had it! It looks showery and cool, with low

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pressure in charge. Some clear gaps, it will turn Misty where those gaps

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continue. Elsewhere, a lot of clout. Temperatures down to four Celsius,

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that is 39 Fahrenheit. A lot of cloud first thing, but misty in

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places. Through the morning, it will break from the south-west and should

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break up quite nicely. Some sunny spells, but a weak weather front

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will bring the risk of one or two showers into the West by the middle

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of the afternoon. Top temperatures, better, 14 Celsius in Leeds and

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Sheffield. One or two heavy showers moving through, hit and miss, some

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prices will miss them altogether. Going into Wednesday on, some patchy

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rain from the south-west, but they will be quite small. Patchy rain,

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then more later. Potentially warm on Thursday afternoon, but then

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unsettled on Friday and at the weekend. That is all from us, I will

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leave you with the outlook and with the national

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showery on Saturday, dry and brighter on Sunday and if we go back

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to the temperatures in the next couple days, you see those highs on

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Thursday. He is John Hammond with the national

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this cyclone Debbie crashes onto the Queensland coast with violent winds

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and flooding rains, that will head southwards in the next few days in

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the direction of Brisbane. We will keep an eye on Debbie. Meanwhile

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back home, much more tranquil. This beautiful sunset taken from

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Stevenage and Hertfordshire earlier this evening. Clear

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