21/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. for the news where you are.

The first of a series of community information events about HS2 -

the proposed high-speed rail line between West Yorkshire

The event was in Rothwell, near Leeds, for people who'll be

affected by living along the planned route.

Today was a chance for the people of Rockwell and the surrounding area

to put their concerns about HS2 to the people responsible

for delivering it and they didn't hold back.

Well, they will have to do better than that.

Because the significant weight of that tunnel mouth

The original plan for the area was for the line to Leeds to run

north of the village along the River Aire on a viaduct.

At a consultation, that has now been partially shelved in favour

of a 1km-long tunnel beneath Woodlesford.

The people we spoke to at today's meeting say that will

The fact that the area cannot support a traffic jam at the moment

means we are going to be affected hugely by the logistical

impacts of planning, preparation and everything.

Not to mention the fact that they will be tunnelling

hyperbarically, so at pressure, underneath our town.

Is going to take years, 10, 15 years, never mind the initial

construction which is going to take at least 6.

It is a decimation of this community for 20 years,

People obviously are concerned to know what the impact

will be around properties, around the highways and visually.

So we've got lots of information here to share with them.

We've got a sound booth that people can go and listen

to what a high-speed train sounds like.

So there is lots of really good information that

hopefully will inform them about what we're doing.

HS2 will hold more of these events in Yorkshire in the coming weeks.

The hope - to enable concerned members of the public to make

an informed contribution to the public consultations on HS2

A teenager has appeared in court in Sheffield

charged with the murder of 16-year-old Leonne Weeks.

Her body was found on a path in Dinnington,

18-year-old Shea Peter Heeley appeared at Sheffield Magistrates

He'll appear at Sheffield Crown Court on February 17.

Meanwhile two men were due to appear before Bradford Magistrates charged

with the murder of a man in Halifax.

49-year-old Darren Moorhouse died on Wednesday after a stab

Football and Sheffield Wednesday lost 2-1 to Brighton last night

Wednesday drew level just before half time

with a own-goal from Brighton, but a late dramatic late winner gave

the Seagulls the victory five minutes from time.

Wednesday had two players sent off, the defeat leaves them

Today's results and in the Championship Huddersfield beat

Ipswich Town 2-0, Rotherham lost badly,

I'm afraid, to Newcastle, that was 4-0, and the Yorkshire

derby between Barnsley and Leeds is a late kick-off,

it gets underway in the next five minutes.

In League One it was a draws all round in our three games -

1-1 between Bradford City and Millwall, a goal-less draw

between Chesterfield and Wimbledon, and 2-2 in

the Sheffield United-Gillingham match.

In League Two Doncaster had a good result, 3-1 against Crewe at home.

In the National League Guiseley had an away win -

2-1 against Macclesfield, York City notched up the same

Now the life of Muhammad Ali is being celebrated in Leeds.

The boxing legend and activist died last year at 72.

The tribute at the Civic Hall included a speech from Leeds

A special garden is also being planted in front of Leeds'

West Indian Centre as part of a series of events

Looks good. Now let's take a look at what the weather has in store. We

have had some lovely sunshine today, let's see if that fine weather is

set to continue. Still feeling Elizabeth called, I think. -- a

little bit cold. Well, I've been keeping a close eye

on the satellite image across Yorkshire today.

It was quite cloudy for many of us. Overnight, cloudy,

cold, but largely dry. You can see some drizzle just

drifting to the north there. My map then turns blue,

so temperatures dipping below freezing, especially across parts

of north Yorkshire, A cold, frosty, potentially foggy

start to the day tomorrow morning. We will still see some drizzle,

some of that turning to sleet Highs of five Celsius with some

bright spells and the next few Feeling quite chilly, then. Don't

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goodbye. Good evening. It does not get

warmer. If you check the UK as a whole, it has been one of the

coldest days so far. The hard frost to come in areas where it stays

clear, parts of East Anglia, the south-east, fog across Scotland, at

West, a change, showers and parts of Wales and England, some snow on high

ground as well. Meanwhile, down under through the early hours, Andy

Murray will be getting ready for his next match in the Australian