:00:10. > :00:17.This is Look North. Wasted energy? Yes green power the best way
:00:17. > :00:22.forward or a blot on the landscape? Police hunting a rapist that
:00:22. > :00:31.attacked as student in Leeds City centre. A brush with the quirky
:00:31. > :00:41.Dales artist at designed major works. Plenty of cloud outside at
:00:41. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.York and showers to come. More Should we have clean energy at any
:00:55. > :01:01.cost or does it depend on your backyard? We will be hearing about
:01:01. > :01:07.a cliche over -- solar panels and monstrous looking turbines which
:01:07. > :01:10.will destroy the landscape. The argument is it is cleaner and will
:01:10. > :01:20.reduce the need for coal-powered energy. But the opposition says it
:01:20. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:26.will not solve the problem. Here is Power on tap at the Shillingfords
:01:26. > :01:29.home. It comes from solar panels installed a few months ago. But
:01:29. > :01:35.before they can generate power, they produced a lot of paperwork
:01:35. > :01:39.and a court case. We were shocked to find out we were breaking some
:01:39. > :01:44.sort of regulation. That was the biggest shock. We had good
:01:44. > :01:49.intentions but we were told to get that down. The family owner this
:01:49. > :01:55.house but they are leaseholders, paying a ground raid -- went to
:01:55. > :01:59.Redmile. They have said additions to the house must be agreed. They
:01:59. > :02:04.said permission to build the solar panels should have been requested
:02:04. > :02:08.and the tribunal agreed with them. But crucially the judge leading the
:02:09. > :02:14.tribunal rejected the developer's concern the solar panels could
:02:14. > :02:19.cause structural problems. She said the case stated objections were not
:02:19. > :02:22.significant. We have spoken to a couple of local people and they
:02:22. > :02:28.have said them -- when they were installed they did not like them
:02:28. > :02:34.but now they do not worry about them. In fact one is very impressed
:02:34. > :02:38.and is thinking of getting them himself. It is a good idea. Redmile
:02:38. > :02:41.did not want to be interviewed but said they would have been pleased
:02:41. > :02:45.to accept a request for permission to accept a request for permission
:02:45. > :02:47.which was not forthcoming. In this case, we have concerns about the
:02:47. > :02:53.structural stability of the structural stability of the
:02:53. > :02:59.building. One solicitor says it does send a message but does not
:02:59. > :03:03.set a precedent. It is a concern for people that are may be looking
:03:03. > :03:09.at these sorts of things. They will think carefully about the
:03:09. > :03:14.consequences. His family would not the first with solar power. Ray
:03:14. > :03:21.Butt has had his for a year and thinks he has saved �300. He has a
:03:21. > :03:26.part-time job for the company that helped him, A Shade Greener. As we
:03:26. > :03:30.look around, nobody bats an eyelid. It will be the same with solar
:03:30. > :03:35.panels as well. We have had thousands installed in the past
:03:35. > :03:42.year. Having got the right to go green, this family are looking
:03:42. > :03:48.forward to working out there first annual saving. We would like to
:03:48. > :03:53.hear what do you think about this. Another form of green energy is
:03:53. > :04:00.wind power. Plans for five wind turbines are being welcomed by the
:04:00. > :04:05.locals in this area. Here is our correspondent. The heavens have
:04:05. > :04:14.opened in, on top but we can get an idea about the due at the local
:04:14. > :04:19.people enjoy across this open and green countryside. -- the view.
:04:19. > :04:24.Earlier today hundreds of campaigners turned out and marched
:04:24. > :04:30.up the country lane and they were protesting as councillors visited
:04:30. > :04:35.Land where they could be installed if given permission at a planning
:04:35. > :04:43.meeting in York. You are part of the action group against these
:04:43. > :04:48.plans. Is this a case of Not In My Back Yard? It is not. These wind
:04:48. > :04:54.turbines are 10 metres higher than at the London Eye. They are very
:04:54. > :04:58.close to residential properties. The action group does not have all
:04:58. > :05:04.the information and we do not have these things in England at the
:05:04. > :05:08.moment. It is just monstrous that would in hundreds of residential
:05:08. > :05:14.properties, within 700 metres we are faced with a massive visual
:05:14. > :05:22.intrusion which I think is unique. We have got diminishing surprised -
:05:22. > :05:27.- supplies of gas and oil. Where will it go if it does not go here?
:05:27. > :05:33.Wind is part of the future, along with nuclear energy and coal-
:05:33. > :05:35.powered energy and other energy sources. We have got a
:05:35. > :05:42.proliferation of wind farm applications. This country cannot
:05:42. > :05:49.rely just on wins power alone. It is part of the solution. -- wind
:05:49. > :05:55.power. But this would help 8,000 houses. We challenge that. It
:05:55. > :05:59.depends on efficiency. We have looked and we have not got the
:05:59. > :06:05.efficiency that people think. We do not think this is the right area
:06:05. > :06:11.and it is not windy enough. This is the Vale of York. I think there are
:06:12. > :06:18.better areas away from residential properties. The company behind the
:06:18. > :06:23.proposal think that this will play a crucial role in meeting local and
:06:23. > :06:31.national energy requirements but here it appears many people do not
:06:31. > :06:36.want the blot on the landscape. We are joined by Rick Hamilton from
:06:37. > :06:45.CO2 Sense, which promotes renewable energy in Yorkshire. Presumably he
:06:45. > :06:49.will say they are efficient and we should sacrifice our view. We teach
:06:50. > :06:55.it is efficient and we did it is essential. We think it will help
:06:55. > :07:00.local businesses and authorities. But we are not saying it has to
:07:00. > :07:08.happen at any cost. We are not involved with this particular
:07:08. > :07:13.proposal in Copmanthorpe and I am not familiar with the details.
:07:13. > :07:16.However, it is important that any developer listens to the community
:07:16. > :07:22.and take that into account and that is what the planning process is all
:07:22. > :07:27.about. Is the government making it easier to get the applications
:07:27. > :07:31.through? That is the suggestion. think the government is looking at
:07:32. > :07:37.the planning process. They are trying to make the applications
:07:37. > :07:44.more simple. From the government's perspective, I cannot speak for the
:07:44. > :07:48.government, but we can see how much money is tied up. That local
:07:48. > :07:55.opposition that is well organised in Cup on top, we cannot
:07:55. > :08:04.particularly look at Copmanthorpe, but are they going to a bright
:08:04. > :08:09.roughshod? -- Copmanthorpe. planning process has been set up to
:08:09. > :08:13.protect local communities as far as possible. When a development takes
:08:13. > :08:19.place, the planning process is making certain that all the
:08:19. > :08:24.objections are taken into account but if there are concerns about
:08:24. > :08:34.wildlife, noise pollution, these are taken into account. What about
:08:34. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:41.solar panels? You cannot get that on grade two listed buildings.
:08:41. > :08:48.Would that be acceptable? I did not dig it would be in places like that
:08:48. > :08:53.and that is part of the planning process. -- I do not think. I'd
:08:53. > :09:00.think it is important we talk about the reasonings about renewable
:09:00. > :09:05.energy. The fastest thing is that according to the last government, -
:09:05. > :09:10.- the first thing is according to the last government, some energy
:09:10. > :09:14.sources will switch off very quickly. We must invest in
:09:14. > :09:20.renewable energy. Not just because of the gap between available supply
:09:20. > :09:29.and demand, but also because of the critical impact of private change
:09:29. > :09:35.which is happening right now. Mehmet, thank you very much. -- for
:09:35. > :09:45.the moment. Please contact us with the moment. Please contact us with
:09:45. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :09:58.Still waters. We joined police officers practising the life-saving
:09:58. > :10:02.techniques in the river Aire to prevent more drownings. More on
:10:02. > :10:07.today's news. Police are investigating the rape of a 22-
:10:07. > :10:13.year-old in an alleyway in Leeds. It happened in the early hours of
:10:13. > :10:18.Monday morning and detectives think it was part of the actions of a
:10:18. > :10:24.group of men that had been in the area on Sunday night. Sexual
:10:24. > :10:32.comments were made to the women by a group of men as they left shortly
:10:32. > :10:40.before 2 o'clock. -- to the woman as she left. It appears she was
:10:40. > :10:43.waiting for a bus in Vicar Lane. She had to get away, a group of
:10:43. > :10:49.young people and came alone through this alleyway but was then a
:10:49. > :10:56.viciously attacked by one man in his doorway. The attacker escaped
:10:57. > :11:01.towards Briggate. CCTV captured this image. Probably the same group
:11:01. > :11:07.of men, we understand approached another woman a couple of hours
:11:07. > :11:13.before elsewhere in Leeds. It is possible they were targeting women
:11:13. > :11:22.in the area. We are thinking it a bid approach other women, we need
:11:22. > :11:27.them to get in touch and tell us what happens. -- what happened. She
:11:27. > :11:33.is determined to help all she can to try and catch these people.
:11:33. > :11:40.Detectives say these cases are very rare, particularly in a big place
:11:40. > :11:46.like Leeds. The latest jobs figures indicate a drop in the number of
:11:46. > :11:56.people unemployed. Unemployment stands at number macro. That is
:11:56. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:05.8000 less without a job. -- D6. -- 237 thousand. Sarah Dawson's son
:12:05. > :12:12.died after a long delay in delivering him at a health trust in
:12:12. > :12:17.Yorkshire. The inquest was told a delay of 60 hours materially
:12:17. > :12:23.contributed to the baby's debt. The hospital is reviewing the coroner's
:12:23. > :12:28.recommendations. -- death. This university have agreed to take
:12:28. > :12:35.strike action because of a disagreement about pensions and
:12:35. > :12:38.pays. Unions think they are reneging on previous agreements and
:12:38. > :12:44.have said the college must deal with a funding shortfall in the
:12:44. > :12:51.next three years. Investigations into the writing in Moorland prison
:12:51. > :13:01.has been completed. -- disruption. The Crown Prosecution Service will
:13:01. > :13:04.
:13:05. > :13:08.decide it any prisoners should face Police are currently rescuing
:13:08. > :13:16.someone from the Rev their air every two or three weeks. They are
:13:16. > :13:22.hoping a new scheme will save dozens of lives.
:13:22. > :13:26.Remember to shout, very good. An ideal spot for officers to learn
:13:26. > :13:31.water rescue techniques. Not least because of the sheer number of
:13:31. > :13:36.incidents that take place here. I can say that every two, three
:13:36. > :13:39.weeks we have a circumstance where someone has fallen in the river. I
:13:39. > :13:44.think this training is going to result in more lives saved.
:13:44. > :13:48.It is a moral dilemma for police officers. If someone is drowning,
:13:48. > :13:53.did they risk their own lives when they are under strict instructions
:13:53. > :13:57.not to enter the water. It is often easier said than done when a life
:13:57. > :14:02.is at stake. These pictures show a policeman in the rebel last year
:14:02. > :14:07.helping a woman he slipped down the bank. He was the first on the scene
:14:07. > :14:12.and wasted no time planning down to help.
:14:12. > :14:17.But not everyone is so lucky. Earlier this year, 30 year-old
:14:17. > :14:23.Robert Stone or went missing after a night out in Leeds. Four days
:14:23. > :14:27.later, police divers found his body in the river. Today his sister has
:14:27. > :14:33.welcomed the Riverside training. I am glad there emergency services
:14:33. > :14:40.have got together. Now if there is an incident, at least the police
:14:40. > :14:44.officers now are trained to go into the river to rescue them.
:14:44. > :14:49.It is a really dangerous thing to get into the river. I would never
:14:49. > :14:53.criticise any officer whatever decision they make. They can only
:14:53. > :14:57.do what they see is right. With this training, they can make better
:14:57. > :15:01.decisions. Around 70 officers in Leeds are
:15:01. > :15:08.learning how to perform a rescue without actually going into the
:15:08. > :15:12.water. The aim is to reduce the number of fatalities.
:15:12. > :15:18.If you have ever put a coin in a collection for help the heroes, you
:15:18. > :15:24.will be interested in our next item. 850 bed rehabilitation centre for
:15:24. > :15:30.soldiers injured in conflict is to be built at Catterick Garrison.
:15:30. > :15:37.It is part of a �70 million programme help -- paid for by the
:15:37. > :15:43.charity. This is the site at the barracks
:15:43. > :15:47.where the personal recovery and assessment centre will be built.
:15:47. > :15:51.The district council is already considering a planning application
:15:51. > :15:56.for the unit which will cost �12 million. It will be similar to this
:15:56. > :16:02.one, already operating in Edinburgh and one of five to be built around
:16:02. > :16:06.the country. He will come some of the worst casualties of war. Men
:16:06. > :16:11.like James rose from middle show who lost both of his legs in
:16:12. > :16:15.Helmand. Others who have been blinded or are suffering from post-
:16:15. > :16:21.traumatic stress syndrome. All to be rehabilitated and assessed as to
:16:21. > :16:28.what future roles might be. This will benefit the wider
:16:28. > :16:35.community of soldiers. We are delivering hear a facility that is
:16:35. > :16:40.both residential, four-day visitors and also to administer them during
:16:40. > :16:46.that process in terms of fitness suites and instructional classes.
:16:46. > :16:52.It is also located well with Garrison rehabilitation facility.
:16:52. > :16:55.The charity, Help For Heroes, is putting in �70 million for the
:16:55. > :17:00.build. The Royal British Legion will put a further �50 million
:17:00. > :17:06.towards the running costs. We have a lot of reaction from this
:17:06. > :17:12.story. Many added comments on our Facebook site.
:17:12. > :17:20.Laura says, of course wind turbine is is a great way of getting energy.
:17:20. > :17:26.You never ran out of wind, do you. Why should turbine is be an eyesore,
:17:26. > :17:31.nobody complains about pylons. John E mild, why are they painted
:17:31. > :17:37.white and made to stand out? A go over to Belgium and they are
:17:37. > :17:41.painted in colours to melt into the view.
:17:41. > :17:45.Another Enos says everybody complains, but should be grateful
:17:45. > :17:50.that we do not have a power station next door.
:17:50. > :17:55.Thank you for your comments. Coming up: Portrait of the artist,
:17:55. > :18:00.we cannot get enough of the popular Yorkshire painter with his own
:18:00. > :18:10.quirky take on Dales life. And we are behind the scenes at
:18:10. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:15.York's Theatre Royal to see what I wonder what your idea of cycling
:18:15. > :18:21.is. I have trouble vision in you on a bike.
:18:21. > :18:26.Have you really? And must admit I prefer a horse. I know lots of
:18:26. > :18:32.people love Cycling and yours is wandering around York, isn't it?
:18:32. > :18:37.Well it is flat in York. It is. My idea of cycling is a
:18:37. > :18:41.leisurely trip showing of my penny farthing. Steve Peat to take things
:18:41. > :18:44.a bit further. He is a former mountain bike
:18:44. > :18:49.champion out of action with her broken wrist.
:18:49. > :18:59.This week he has launched a competition where riders can beat -
:18:59. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:07.- compete to build the greatest a This is Joe, he has been throwing
:19:07. > :19:12.himself off ramps since he was a boy.
:19:12. > :19:20.Watching on and filming on his phone his world championship
:19:20. > :19:26.mountain biker, Steve Peat. Steve wants you, well some of you,
:19:26. > :19:30.to try this at home. With friends including Joe, he has built eight
:19:30. > :19:35.jump week to invite bikers to get creative.
:19:35. > :19:39.It can be a piece of wood with a couple of bricks or it can be a big
:19:39. > :19:44.jump that the more professional guys are building up for themselves
:19:44. > :19:49.to have fun. It is just something I have always wanted to do and put
:19:49. > :19:54.back into the sport. Steve wants competitor and to send
:19:54. > :19:59.in before and after pictures as they transform disused land into
:19:59. > :20:04.much used once. It comes with a word of caution. Steve is out of
:20:04. > :20:09.action today because he has broken his wrist. I had a little off in
:20:09. > :20:15.practice and fractured a bone in my wrist. A few weeks of the bike, but
:20:15. > :20:19.it is not a bad injury. Obviously mountain-biking is a
:20:19. > :20:22.dangerous sport, especially when you are doing down hill and chums
:20:22. > :20:30.and things like that so it is always good to wear a helmet and
:20:30. > :20:36.put your pads on. So the message is, have fun, be creative, but also be
:20:36. > :20:41.careful. It looks a bit dangerous to me. I
:20:41. > :20:45.will stick to my horse. Back in 2009 we featured an artist from
:20:45. > :20:48.North Yorkshire he was barking interest across the world with his
:20:48. > :20:53.own quirky take on village life in Yorkshire.
:20:53. > :20:58.Two years on, Alister Colley has opened his own gallery where the
:20:58. > :21:02.waiting list of over a year for one of his bespoke paintings, he is in
:21:02. > :21:08.more demand than ever. When it comes to capturing
:21:08. > :21:12.Yorkshire, where better to base yourself bent Pateley Bridge.
:21:12. > :21:15.Alister Colley has done just that. Demand for his paintings has
:21:16. > :21:20.tripled in the last two years and now he has opened his very own
:21:20. > :21:26.gallery. It is incredible. I have depict
:21:26. > :21:30.myself sometimes. I cannot believe how things have moved on. Two years
:21:30. > :21:35.ago I was working in a bedroom and here I am now with my own gallery.
:21:35. > :21:41.An opportunity for people to see me produce the paintings which is
:21:41. > :21:51.fantastic. I like that interaction. You have to pinch yourself
:21:51. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:55.occasionally to take stock. From -- the collection is growing
:21:55. > :22:02.all the time. Each one evokes familiarity, it is Yorkshire but
:22:02. > :22:07.not quite as you know it. The style originated from a
:22:07. > :22:11.children's book that I was specifically asked to illustrate.
:22:11. > :22:16.It referred to a young child's perception of growing up in the
:22:16. > :22:20.Dales. The style evolved from that. It was very much about tall
:22:20. > :22:24.buildings towering above and a false perspective to give the
:22:24. > :22:29.impression from a child's point of view.
:22:29. > :22:36.So, whether it is tea and cake at Betty's, or Pateley Bridge whatever
:22:36. > :22:45.the season, each picture invites you in. Next year Alastair has been
:22:45. > :22:50.invited to pay it in Australia, but we know there is no place like home.
:22:50. > :22:55.They are good fun, aren't they. We hear from performers in our
:22:55. > :23:03.region, but what about behind the scenes? A new show includes 13
:23:03. > :23:09.animals alongside its human cast. The woman task with creating these
:23:09. > :23:14.beasts is a puppet maker, Beckie May. Making that many Puckett --
:23:14. > :23:24.puppets has been a challenge. A Olivia Richwald pulled the strings
:23:24. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:43.to get behind the scenes to meet Beckie May has been making puppets
:23:43. > :23:48.for the Theatre Royal for 10 years, but for this play, she had to make
:23:48. > :23:50.an onstage a zoo. From the designs she has free rein to create the
:23:50. > :23:58.characters using any material she can get.
:23:58. > :24:03.It was a tea strainer. You just squeeze it. Then I made that as a
:24:03. > :24:07.basis of the head and a polystyrene ball on top, latex over the
:24:07. > :24:12.stockings and stitch him up and he is ready to go.
:24:12. > :24:22.The play is an adaptation of a classic novel. It is set on the
:24:22. > :24:27.island of Corfu where the author You can see it in your head, what
:24:27. > :24:31.it needs to look like, but making it happen can be a struggle. Many
:24:31. > :24:33.sleepless nights wondering how to do that, but once it is done it is
:24:33. > :24:39.brilliant. In that decade, Beckie has made
:24:39. > :24:46.more than 60 puppets. Some she created ugly, others are more like
:24:46. > :24:51.works of art and some of pantomime caricatures. Like this one. But
:24:51. > :24:56.Harry, I am afraid you have been in a cupboard for the past two years,
:24:56. > :25:00.you seem to have lost the use of your jaw.
:25:00. > :25:04.That is the problem about getting old, isn't it?
:25:04. > :25:07.I haven't quite got that, as you realise.
:25:07. > :25:14.You didn't look like him, you are You didn't look like him, you are
:25:14. > :25:20.more beautiful than that. I think by 9:30pm you will be able
:25:20. > :25:24.to see the moon, but it is quite hit and miss. We will have 68 this
:25:24. > :25:29.of cloud which means that there will be a proportion of the cloud
:25:29. > :25:35.in front of it. Let's look at the two pictures. The
:25:35. > :25:41.first one is Chesterfield. Beautiful, isn't it. Be second one,
:25:41. > :25:46.a pretty one of the reservoir taken yesterday with all that blue-sky.
:25:46. > :25:52.It remains unsettled, here are the headlines for tomorrow. Sunny
:25:52. > :25:56.intervals with scattered showers. This feature will bring heavy rain
:25:57. > :26:02.upfront the south-west by the end of Friday and into Friday night.
:26:02. > :26:07.Leaving a showery weekend to follow. Summer looks a million miles away.
:26:07. > :26:10.We had a downpour here in Leeds and those showers are now pushing
:26:10. > :26:17.through the Vale of Pickering to the North York Moors and will
:26:17. > :26:24.effect Scarborough. It is an unsettled evening to come, there
:26:24. > :26:29.will be a lot of cloud around with a few sunny intervals. There might
:26:29. > :26:34.be a few breaks to see the lunar eclipse, but I think many places
:26:34. > :26:42.will be disappointed. Lowest temperatures tonight, nine or 10
:26:42. > :26:47.degrees Celsius. The sun rises in the morning at 4:34am. Those are
:26:47. > :26:53.your high-water times. An unsettled day tomorrow, that said decent
:26:53. > :26:57.sunny spells. We will see scattered showers breaking out into the
:26:57. > :27:06.afternoon. One or two could be heavy with the risk of the odd
:27:06. > :27:16.rumble of thunder. The temperatures, a shade down on today's values. We
:27:16. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:22.had 20 today. We are generally in the range of 17, 19 degrees.
:27:22. > :27:28.We split the sky into eight in meteorology.
:27:28. > :27:34.Exciting news, look north has won for Royal Television Society Awards.