:00:01. > :00:04.Good evening and welcome to Friday's Look North. On the
:00:04. > :00:07.programme tonight: Incredible escape. Could cable
:00:07. > :00:17.thieves be behind an explosion which ripped through homes in
:00:17. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:26.Castleford? Also tonight: Forget more reasons
:00:26. > :00:31.now there are more opportunity. Why a Yorkshire-based supermarket is
:00:31. > :00:41.going back to the street corner. And packed with history: We get a
:00:41. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:03.taste of Nestle's new confectionary The growing scourge of copper cable
:01:03. > :01:08.theft may have caused the fire and explosion which ripped through six
:01:08. > :01:13.terrace houses in Castleford. No one was seriously hurt, but 30
:01:13. > :01:20.people had to be moved out of their houses, and at least two families
:01:20. > :01:29.have been left homeless. The wreckage of Rhodes Street, a
:01:29. > :01:35.huge hole punched through the roof of number 53. Deborah Newsome and
:01:35. > :01:44.her partner were inside a number 49. I have lost everything. I have got
:01:44. > :01:49.nothing on me. My whole house, everything,... Sorry. I got the
:01:49. > :01:56.house in December, and have been decorating it for seven months. We
:01:56. > :02:01.put so much work into it, and everything I own is in it. It was
:02:01. > :02:07.my birthday yesterday, and I was supposed to have my house-warming
:02:07. > :02:15.party tomorrow. Neighbour Darren Taylor awoken from
:02:15. > :02:25.his bed at 2am and videoed the scene from his mobile. The roof
:02:25. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:30.came off. Just a big flame. At 2am, there was an explosion to the
:02:30. > :02:35.Middle two properties. Queued to the quick thinking of the crews,
:02:35. > :02:40.they were able to evacuate the occupiers.
:02:40. > :02:47.It has been considered a miracle that no one was killed or seriously
:02:47. > :02:53.injured in this fire and explosion which ripped through numbers 47-56
:02:53. > :03:01.Rhodes Street. It is known that someone nearby had cut an overhead
:03:01. > :03:07.electricity cable, attempting to steal copper. In its epidemic
:03:07. > :03:14.proportions, we are adding 46 incidents a day. They are risking
:03:14. > :03:21.not only their lives, but the lives of other people. I don't have a
:03:21. > :03:29.house and it has got a massive hole in it. That is it basically.
:03:29. > :03:33.Tonight, the investigations at Rhodes Street go one.
:03:33. > :03:37.The explosion is thought to have been caused by someone trying to
:03:37. > :03:46.steal electrical wire. According to CE Electric UK, which covers
:03:46. > :03:52.Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, and the North East. In 2009, they dealt
:03:52. > :04:02.with three London 47 cases of metal theft. This year's total will be
:04:02. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:10.much higher. -- 347. Let us talk to the Head of Safety at CE Electric
:04:10. > :04:15.UK. Why is it such a massive problem. This problem has grown.
:04:15. > :04:23.People are risking everything to gain of just a few pounds from
:04:23. > :04:29.stealing copper, in particular around the West Yorkshire area.
:04:29. > :04:39.People have lost their lives. Other people have been seriously injured.
:04:39. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:45.They are dicing with death, aren't they? Indeed they are. A young lad
:04:45. > :04:55.of 16 was there. People cannot interfere with electricity, but if
:04:55. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:02.you touch it, you are likely to be dead. The suggestion that along the
:05:02. > :05:09.line, policing this is almost impossible. I am sure it is very
:05:09. > :05:13.difficult. One of the areas hit last year was South Yorkshire. The
:05:13. > :05:18.problem appears to have moved further north into West Yorkshire.
:05:18. > :05:24.We would like the public to help us. We believe our best opportunity to
:05:24. > :05:31.reduce this problem is get the public on our side, a report
:05:31. > :05:37.suspicious circumstances. And report back to the police or to us.
:05:37. > :05:45.What about people who buy copper? It and somebody comes in with �3
:05:45. > :05:50.worth of wire, it must be suspicious. One it would think so.
:05:50. > :05:54.We would like that to be investigated, and drawn to a close.
:05:54. > :06:00.I thought they were talking about big sums of money here, but we're
:06:00. > :06:08.not talking about big sums of money, are we? That is right. Normally, a
:06:08. > :06:14.small amount of copper is stolen, and it is worth just a few pounds.
:06:14. > :06:18.It is an important message, and we hope people heed the warning.
:06:18. > :06:24.A six-year-old boy from Wakefield killed by a hit-and-run driver has
:06:24. > :06:28.been laid to rest. Owen Wightman was knocked down in a Wakefield
:06:28. > :06:34.last month. His family were keen for today's funeral service to be a
:06:34. > :06:40.celebration of his life. A white horse drawn carriage led
:06:40. > :06:46.the procession this morning to St Hilda's Church. Friends and family
:06:46. > :06:52.followed on silently. Over 100 people turned out to celebrate the
:06:52. > :06:57.life of Owen Wightman. For the family, it is a tragic loss. But
:06:57. > :07:01.also, when you get something like this, the community feels like they
:07:01. > :07:05.have lost something themselves. They have to find ways of
:07:05. > :07:11.expressing that. Owen Wightman was killed by a hit-
:07:11. > :07:15.and-run driver on June 18th. It shook the whole community. 821
:07:15. > :07:21.year-old man, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous
:07:21. > :07:31.driving, remains on police bail. The family wanted to beat about
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.celebrating Owen Wightman's life. You were loved so much, and that
:07:37. > :07:42.makes me so proud. Everybody always said he would break hearts when you
:07:42. > :07:47.were ordered. We never thought it would be hours. My brother was the
:07:47. > :07:54.best brother ever, even when we called each other names, and we
:07:55. > :08:00.used to fight, he knew I loved him. And I knew he loved me.
:08:00. > :08:10.Tributes were read by friends and family. He loved ice-cream and
:08:10. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:19.cartoons. His father's message summed up their feelings. Like your
:08:19. > :08:24.favourite saying goes, it is not fair.
:08:24. > :08:34.After the service, the family left for a private ceremony, followed by
:08:34. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:38.a week. -- a wake. The funeral has also been held today of craftsman
:08:38. > :08:41.Andrew Found, who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan last month.
:08:41. > :08:45.Craftsman Found, from Whitby in North Yorkshire, left a wife and
:08:45. > :08:49.two children. Today, hundreds of people gathered at St Hilda's
:08:49. > :08:59.Church in the town. During the service, Andrew's mother read a
:08:59. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:14.poem remembering her son. A man has been charged with the
:09:14. > :09:17.murder and attempted rape of a 95- year-old woman in a Bradford care
:09:17. > :09:19.home. Elizabetta Pecka, who lived in a home on Shakespeare Close, was
:09:19. > :09:22.the victim of an aggravated burglary in January. She died in
:09:22. > :09:26.March. A 20-year-old man is due to appear before Bradford Magistrates
:09:26. > :09:31.on Tuesday. South Yorkshire's Chief Constable
:09:31. > :09:34.has announced he will retire this autumn. Med Hughes has lead the
:09:35. > :09:40.force for the last nine years. He will leave in October to pursue new
:09:40. > :09:43.challenges after 32 years of police service. He has agreed to go a year
:09:43. > :09:47.earlier than anticipated so a new Chief Constable can oversee the
:09:47. > :09:49.introduction of an elected police commissioner.
:09:49. > :09:53.Revised plans for The Eastgate development in Leeds have been
:09:53. > :09:57.approved. The shopping and leisure quarter, which will include a John
:09:57. > :10:01.Lewis Store, was put on hold during the recession. Developers say it
:10:01. > :10:03.will create 10,000 jobs. There will be major changes to the north-east
:10:03. > :10:13.of the city centre including pedestrianised streets and a new
:10:13. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:27.civic square. There will be a really good mix of contemporary
:10:27. > :10:30.architects chair and fully refurbished character buildings.
:10:30. > :10:33.A swimming pool in Bradford which first opened in 1904 will close its
:10:33. > :10:36.doors today after the council withdrew funding. 13 groups did
:10:36. > :10:40.express an interest in taking over the running of Manningham Pool, and
:10:40. > :10:43.two of those bids were presented to Bradford Council. But the council
:10:43. > :10:46.said they weren't sufficient. The Victorian Society, who fought to
:10:46. > :10:53.keep the facility open, say it will be a big blow to the local
:10:53. > :10:56.community. Later on Look North: We will
:10:56. > :11:06.remember them. 70 years on: A special tribute to the Canadian
:11:06. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:16.airmen who laid down their lives flying from Yorkshire. They opened
:11:16. > :11:21.a new convenience shop in Ilkley today. But this one marks a brand
:11:21. > :11:25.new departure for the Bradford- based supermarket giant, Morrisons.
:11:25. > :11:29.They say they are reinventing the convenience shop idea. Others say
:11:29. > :11:34.they are playing catch-up with their rivals.
:11:34. > :11:39.More than a shop, this is an experiment: Morrisons have made
:11:39. > :11:44.their name would out-of-town stores and low prices. Now they say it is
:11:44. > :11:47.time for a change. Officials want to reinvent the convenience shop,
:11:47. > :11:52.at the place on your street, there always has everything you are
:11:52. > :12:01.looking for. Car still has are looking for great, fresh food and
:12:02. > :12:07.value. -- customers. Customers are also time pressed.
:12:07. > :12:16.40% of the shop will be given over to fresh produce delivered twice
:12:16. > :12:20.daily. But the plan hinges on the commuters switching allegiance to
:12:20. > :12:28.Morrisons. Analysts say some of Morrison's competitors are years
:12:28. > :12:33.ahead. They are playing catch-up. Sainsbury's, Asda, and Tesco's have
:12:33. > :12:42.all similar plans. Tesco's have led the way, and mannerisms are playing
:12:42. > :12:46.catch-up. -- Morrisons. The convenience format is seen as a
:12:46. > :12:54.way of continuing growth, and taking market share away from
:12:54. > :13:01.rivals. This is not one trial but two. Morrisons are trying to crack
:13:01. > :13:05.a well-heeled demographic. Secondly, the convenience store format is a
:13:05. > :13:15.new idea, and with rivals like Tesco's and Sainsbury's period, it
:13:15. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:25.will be interesting to see others experiment plays ahead.
:13:25. > :13:32.I don't think I can remember, but I vaguely remember the first at
:13:32. > :13:42.Morrisons was a little shop run by Mrs Morrison. This debate cessor,
:13:42. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:45.Canal enthusiasts are worried about what will happen to them when
:13:46. > :13:50.they're handed over to a charity next spring.
:13:50. > :14:00.There are fears that millions of Pounds of government subsidies will
:14:00. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:08.be cut. The remarkable Stanwick tunnel.
:14:08. > :14:13.Just one part of a 200 mile network of Yorkshire canals. It is amazing.
:14:13. > :14:17.A 200-year-old structure. A remarkable achievement.
:14:17. > :14:22.The tunnel's reopening a decade ago was the high point of a canal
:14:22. > :14:27.revival across the country. Now the Government wants to hand everything
:14:27. > :14:30.over to a charity to run. Enthusiasts are worried that this
:14:30. > :14:36.new National Trust of the canals will not have enough money for the
:14:36. > :14:39.enormous costs of keeping it running. Funding is the big
:14:39. > :14:45.problems. There seems to be a large gap between what is being offered
:14:45. > :14:50.at the moment. That funding gap is expected to occur by the Government
:14:50. > :14:53.guaranteeing a fixed annual grant for the first two years of the new
:14:54. > :15:00.charitable trust, but at a lower rate than it currently gives to
:15:00. > :15:05.British Waterways. Going to the future, we need to put the water
:15:05. > :15:09.weighs on a secure financial footing. We need to be able to plan
:15:09. > :15:13.for the future. As a new charity, we will have a funding arrangement
:15:14. > :15:19.which will last for 15 years a minimum. That will give us a better
:15:19. > :15:24.position than we have had so far have. Volunteers adopting sections
:15:24. > :15:29.of canal are expected to play a big part in reducing costs. Canal
:15:29. > :15:33.enthusiasts will be lobbying for a bigger slice of subsidy before the
:15:33. > :15:41.charity takes over in the spring. What lovely pictures. You can see
:15:41. > :15:45.more of that story on the Politics Show at 11am on Sunday.
:15:45. > :15:49.Before 7 o'clock: The getting into the swing of it.
:15:49. > :15:56.We need the special Olympians bringing back gold from Athens.
:15:56. > :16:02.And chocolate through the ages. We get a taste of Nestle's archive of
:16:02. > :16:08.confectionery. You buy me chocolate quite a lot,
:16:08. > :16:11.don't you? Almost 70 years after the end of
:16:11. > :16:14.the Second World War, the contribution of airmen from
:16:14. > :16:19.Yorkshire bases has now been recognised.
:16:19. > :16:28.They monument was dedicated today to the sacrifice of Canadians who
:16:28. > :16:34.flew bombers out of RAF Leeming and With proper ceremony, and in the
:16:34. > :16:40.right place. A memorial to the men of the Royal Canadian Air Force who
:16:40. > :16:47.flew in Bomber Command. Fantastic. Beautiful memorial, I am so pleased
:16:47. > :16:53.they have done that. They took a lot of stick during the war, and
:16:53. > :16:58.they did their part. Many were based at RAF Leeming. They are
:16:58. > :17:04.remembered here. That is why those serving here now it raised the
:17:04. > :17:11.money for the monument. Almost 70 years after the end of the war.
:17:11. > :17:14.Long overdue. Long overdue. We are, at last, going to make some
:17:14. > :17:20.acknowledgement of the services that the Canadians did during the
:17:20. > :17:25.war. Good guys to fly with, generous, brave. There are other
:17:25. > :17:30.memorials, simple stones standing in perfect formation in a Harrogate
:17:30. > :17:36.cemetery. More than 600 Canadian airman who flew from Linton and
:17:36. > :17:41.Leeming. All memorials are important otherwise you would not
:17:41. > :17:47.have them. The Canadians were not overlooked, but in some ways they
:17:47. > :17:53.were not venerated. The importance of the contribution of those who
:17:53. > :17:58.had gone before, is rarely lost on the serving men and women of today.
:17:58. > :18:07.Squadrons, ships, regiments, they are like families and they have
:18:07. > :18:13.histories. Histories that are on it. -- honoured.
:18:13. > :18:17.Last week in Athens, over 7,000 competitors were taking part in the
:18:17. > :18:20.Special Olympics. It is a multi- sport events for people with
:18:20. > :18:28.learning difficulties. Those from Yorkshire did rather well.
:18:28. > :18:32.They returned home with five gold, three silver and four bronze medals.
:18:32. > :18:39.Back on his home course and then Horner is listening his shoulders
:18:39. > :18:46.for a quick practice round. Last week, the competition was for real.
:18:46. > :18:50.Great shot. The very good for. dad and coach was his caddie at the
:18:50. > :18:53.Special Olympics in Athens. An international sports competition
:18:53. > :18:57.for people with learning difficulties. He won a gold on the
:18:57. > :19:03.golf course, but his dad says the benefits go beyond winning medals
:19:03. > :19:08.for all stopped it is important he gets the social side of it as well.
:19:08. > :19:14.There is great camaraderie between the athletes. The feeling they are
:19:14. > :19:20.in the main event, that they can compete in a similar environment to
:19:20. > :19:25.other people's. 7,000 athletes from 180 nations took part in last
:19:25. > :19:29.week's Special Olympics. Great Britain was represented in 17 of
:19:30. > :19:34.the sports, and there was more than one the Yorkshire competitor to
:19:34. > :19:38.return in triumph. Lynn Williams from Harrogate is another gold
:19:38. > :19:42.medallist. She is a power lifter and this that competition was
:19:42. > :19:51.important because it was a first appearance in an international
:19:51. > :19:56.event. I kept looking as to everybody. I kept thinking, who is
:19:57. > :20:00.my opposition? That was trying to think who it would be. That
:20:00. > :20:08.competitive edge helped her to three medals.
:20:08. > :20:15.Back on the golf course, and this young man is making it look easy.
:20:15. > :20:19.You should have a few lessons! In cricket, Yorkshire are due to be
:20:19. > :20:27.playing at Durham in the Twenty20 competition. They won the toss and
:20:27. > :20:32.chose to field, but rain stopped play before a ball could be bought.
:20:32. > :20:38.-- bowled. We all know that York has been at
:20:38. > :20:43.the centre of chocolate production for more than a century. It was
:20:43. > :20:48.back in 1862 that Henry Rowntree founded his very first factory. It
:20:48. > :20:55.was taken over by Nestle UK in the 1980s, and the company is proud of
:20:55. > :21:04.its history. The state-of-the-art - - state of the art archive has been
:21:04. > :21:09.set up at Nestle headquarters. 1932 and the Factory girls were in
:21:09. > :21:14.full chin as they packed chocolate boxes here at Rowntree in York. It
:21:14. > :21:21.is this rich history captured on film that Nestle are keen to
:21:21. > :21:25.cherish on the new archives. It is great to have this in one place in
:21:25. > :21:30.the York. We can use it for research and take it out into the
:21:30. > :21:35.community. The state-of-the-art facility is packed with history
:21:35. > :21:41.from Auld catalogues and packaging to these quirky characters.
:21:41. > :21:51.Take a look at these egg moulds. It dates back to the 1920s were life
:21:51. > :21:54.
:21:55. > :22:00.was lived to excess and no expense Big and bold, a romantic gestures
:22:00. > :22:04.made here in the York with love. Rowntree has actually travelled far
:22:04. > :22:09.and wide. This is a tin of cocoa that was
:22:09. > :22:14.with Scott of the Antarctic when he died. Seven or eight months after
:22:14. > :22:20.he passed away, a rescue party went to find him and his precious
:22:20. > :22:24.diaries. They brought them back along with this tin. Back to those
:22:24. > :22:31.films, and another home-grown treasures. It is not just the
:22:31. > :22:37.chocolate that looks familiar here. Hello and welcome to the special
:22:37. > :22:41.programme for everyone in the business. 1991, a vintage year. The
:22:42. > :22:46.archive gives us a flavour of the changing tastes of our chocolate
:22:46. > :22:56.loving society. These products of the past can be enjoyed for many
:22:56. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:06.You looked a right Bobby Dazzler their!
:23:06. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:14.Was that your hair? I think there is likely to be a few
:23:14. > :23:20.showers around for the Great Yorkshire Show. The a organisers
:23:20. > :23:26.should be fairly optimistic that there will be some sunshine.
:23:26. > :23:36.It has been very topical today. We have had torrential downpours,
:23:36. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:42.thunderstorms, hailstones, the lot. This is Sheffield. A massive cloud,
:23:42. > :23:49.look at the size of that one. This was taken as a storm was
:23:49. > :23:55.approaching from the south. This one was taken at last night. That
:23:55. > :23:59.is beautiful, keep it that pictures coming in. We have had two
:23:59. > :24:04.torrential downpours in Leeds in the last couple of hours. The
:24:04. > :24:09.shower that we have just had it has cleared, but the clouds are still
:24:10. > :24:14.looking fairly ominous. I feel the showers are going to keep going for
:24:14. > :24:19.some time to come. They may last all night across more western parts
:24:19. > :24:25.of our region. Tomorrow we started a slow improvement. There will be
:24:25. > :24:35.showers around, especially in the mornings. We will see increasing
:24:35. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:41.amounts of sunshine throughout the day. You can see the size of the
:24:41. > :24:46.thunderstorm cells that had been a rotating around an area of low
:24:46. > :24:50.pressure. That is going to push across most parts as it trundles
:24:50. > :24:55.off into the North Sea. Further heavy showers and local
:24:55. > :24:59.thunderstorms could lead to localised flooding. Eastern areas
:24:59. > :25:05.should dry up a little bit and those showers keep going further
:25:05. > :25:12.west. Lowest temperatures around 11 Celsius. The son rises in the
:25:12. > :25:18.morning, and sets at 9:45pm. There will be a few sunny spells around
:25:18. > :25:22.in the morning, but generally we are looking at a cloudy picture.
:25:22. > :25:26.Watch the sequence, a watch through the afternoon, the showers tend to
:25:26. > :25:32.fizzle out and we see more in the way of sunshine. The evening looks
:25:32. > :25:42.quite pleasant. Most places drive by that time. Temperatures in the
:25:42. > :25:47.summer, not bad, about average. 20 Celsius in York for the races. Then
:25:47. > :25:55.for Sunday, a sunny start with a few heavy showers in the afternoon.
:25:55. > :26:00.few heavy showers in the afternoon. Some some breaking news, we are
:26:00. > :26:07.hearing a little girl has been crushed by a van.
:26:07. > :26:11.We understand that the accident happened just after 5pm. The little