20/07/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. A children's nursery is shot down and four are arrested

as indecent images are found on a computer or linked to the centre.

All sorts - eight months and still waiting. The flood of victim who

cannot go Tom won't because her insurance money has not came

through. -- cannot go home. Mostly cloudy skies today. A number

of torrential downpours around. And joining me from Headingley as a

Yorkshire take on Lancashire in the First, a Bradford nursery has been

shut down as police investigate claims that indecent images were

found on a computer went to the nursery. Fourmac people are being

questioned. Our reporter is live outside the Short Circuits nursery.

Within the building of -- within this primary school building is

where the nursery is located. It has been closed down as police

investigate allegations that a computer went to the nursery had

indecent images on it. There have been no arrests yet. But as part of

the investigation for people are currently helping the police.

Ofsted have become involved. They are the government body which looks

after and inspects schools and childcare provision. Their

statement reads that, Ofsted is aware of the incident and is

working with the police and local authorities. They claim action has

been taken to suspend the registration of the nursery whilst

the investigation is carried out. That in effect means the closure of

the Short Circuits nursery. Is there any suggestion that any

children have been harmed? No. And police and it extremely

keen to stress that. -- police are extremely keen. Around 100 people

attended the nursery. It opened in 2003. It had its Ofsted inspection

just last here. It got a good rating. I have looked at some of

the Ofsted commence. They say that it was a good facility, where

safeguarding facilities are rigorous. -- the Ofsted commence.

The manager is extremely vigilant when temporary staff are put

through suitability checks. Police claimed that at the moment it is an

investigation in its preliminary status.

A Wakefield pensioner is still unable to return to half flooded

house. Jill Wedel says she is still waiting for the go-ahead from her

insurance company is seven months later. She says the claim should

have been settled more quickly. I came in here after Christmas and

I was met with utter devastation. You can see the ceiling - the water

had poured down through it. It looked as if an explosion had taken

place. The furniture had pools of water on it. The carpets squelched.

There was an inch of water over the top of our shoes.

Jill Wedel has lived here for 35 years but on Christmas Day a pipe

brushed following be cold spell. Water cascaded through four floors.

This area is directly underneath the bashed pipe. It bore the brunt.

Eight months on repair work has yet to even begin.

My main complaint is the amount of time it has taken for anything to

happen. It has totally disrupted my life. I do not sleep. I cannot make

plans or run the my life at all. An insurance spokesperson claimed

that there was significant damage needn't an extensive schedule of

repair work. She has been housed at the cost of the insurance company

and received interim payments to cover their inconvenience and

damage. Gill claims that the last eight months have been extremely

stressful and only the support of friends and neighbours has kept her

going. I honestly thought I would be back

in before long. Since we filmed the insurers have

claimed that they aim to have an agreement with a builder by the end

of the week. They say they will also provide regular progress

reports. Later on - the family at the centre

of legal action after hundreds fell ill abroad.

North Yorkshire's chief constable faced a vote of no confidence today.

Liberal-Democrat councillors claimed that Graham Spencer was

guilty of gross misconduct. He was given a written warning for helping

a relative and a recruitment campaign. The council decided that

he was a good cop and overwhelmingly rejected the vote.

The man behind the vote of no confidence - Liberal Democrat

council leader, Geoff weather. It is the way that for six months

he per say fitted around avoiding answering the challenges, therefore

wasting public money. It is so disappointing that people

in that position let you down. Locally and nationally.

From what I have read about him I think he has put his head right and

is OK to carry on. These are tough times yet he is

keeping his job despite being in the wrong.

The general public cannot understand how a man who has

effectively wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money

can remain on a comfortable salary, closing police stations, reducing

hours, and reducing the number of police on the beat.

But only a few people voted for the motion. Graham Maxwell will shrug

off the field vote of confidence despite being the first chief

constable in 35 years to admit to gross misconduct. He told Look

North that he fully intends to move Might force needs to be led and

Banbury person to do it. Graham claims he wants to rebuild

his reputation and moved on. We will help him do that.

Today was a better day for Graham of Maxwell and his difficulty here

as a chief constable. Work to transform the former Earth

Centre in Doncaster into a children's activity centre could

begin in September. It has been closed for years but plans by

Kingswood, which owns eight outdoor centres, may come to fruition.

Police are appealing for information after ram-raiders

smashed a Mitsubishi 4x4 into a bank in broad daylight. Nobody was

injured and nothing was stolen. Wearing heavy armour was more of a

hindrance than a help to medieval knights according to research by

the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The results of the research showed that

the armour meant that double the number -- double the amount of

energy was needed to move around. It may explain the French defeat at

Agincourt, where they were outnumbered -- the English were

outnumbered but were wearing a much lighter armour.

A family from Chesterfield are among hundreds of holidaymakers

taking legal action after falling ill and Turkey. Be Jackson's

believe that their youngest son picked up a bug in a hotel swimming

pool and what other families to be aware of the risks. At three years

old Alf Jackson is fit and healthy, showing at no ill-effects of a bug

he picked up in Turkey when he was just 18 months old. All the family

had upset stomachs but Alfie contracted for more serious illness

called cryptosporidium. Doctors claimed he probably picked it up

from faeces and water. He was off colour, unhappy, had

diarrhoea all the time. He had been in and out the swimming pools and

we had heard of other cases including one occasion whilst we

will their. The holiday village in Turkey

featured on Watchdog in 2009, the same year that the Jacksons stayed

there. Hundreds of tourists to be came at El with stomach bugs and

now almost 600 are taking joint legal action against the tour

operator, Fast, -- the tour operator First Choice.

We are fighting for the rights of tourists to have a safe holiday.

The company claimed in a statement Alf has made a good recovery but

his parents say they are now taking their case to court so that others

are aware of the risks they may face on a family holiday.

Wheel of the Yorkshire Moors. They have influenced art and poetry for

a century. Now one poet will carve his words into the landscape

himself. Simon Armitage has written seven verses inspired by the

Pennines. They will now be carved into a trail for walkers.

He at some level it is about giving poetry back to the landscape. This

county is steeped in history and literature.

In a rugged landscape this has inspired many artists and writers.

Now Simon Armitage will have a trail of words etched into the

landscape. This landscape is defined by water.

Snow, ice creams, lakes, rain. -- streams.

Meanwhile, Simon is working with young writers from across Yorkshire,

whatever the weather. Is everybody having fun?

Words complete, stonemasons began carving on location this summer. Up

here, a mistake would be hard to hide. The work has been ongoing for

three weeks now. This verse has 360 letters and each letter takes

The we spend a lot of time during the letters on and quite a lot of

time proof-reading. Hopefully it will enhance the landscape.

Once complete, and the project will be known as the stands a stones. It

is hoped that walkers will seek them out.

So there will not tell Walker's where they are? No, they will be

stumbled upon. Also tonight, a new look at regional telly.

And here in Whitby, I am not the You were speechless there. I was,

it is rare. In cricket, the War Of the Roses county cricket match took

place in Headingley today. It is the next battle in

Yorkshire's fight to avoid relegation.

Jacques Rudolph is back. He is off the plane from South Africa up on

Monday and into his whites. He has been missed, for his big scores,

experience and leadership. It has been a difficult season, and a

difficult championship and we want to stay in the First Division. It

is important that he came back. It is like he never went away.

The fans joined the chorus for the returning hero. He is fantastic. He

will give them the confidence that they need. Everything about him is

great. Let's keep him next year as well. There are a lot of young kids

and they have to come on but we need somebody with that experience

and he has the obvious choice. the players took to the field,

Yorkshire blossomed. Ryan Sidebottom trapped Stephen Moore.

Based on start from Yorkshire but where they have struggled is in

pressing home their advantage. That is where the Jacques Rudolph comes

in when it is his turn to bat. How was the rest of the day's play

gone? They have gone, what has happened?

In the last few moments, they have decided to call it a day even

though they had another scheduled for of first two balls. They

decided delight was deteriorating. Lancashire finished today on 304

for seven. It was a good start to the day for Yorkshire. Their

bowling was very tight and they have restricted Lancashire. Ryan

Sidebottom picked up a couple of good early wickets. As I said

earlier, this is the 3,000th fixture between Yorkshire and

Lancashire which is a significant landmark. It is also a landmark for

Ian Wardlaw, who sacked a job offer as a graphic designer to play full-

time. The other news today was the return of Jacques Rudolph. You were

hearing the fans there he was very happy to see him back and he did

partake in some of the action. He cocked a ball from Ryan

Sidebottom's bowling earlier. -- caught.

We all love regional television. Particularly ass! -- us! It is 1968,

the are that our programme was launched. The top programme that

The situation is a rather congested...

Doors were the days. -- those. We have been around for 50 years. You

must have uncovered some gems. It is hard to know what to look at

a. The programme has a wealth of material. Jenny Saville, -- Jimmy

Saville. And lots of other things that are fascinating.

We have Angela Ripon in her early days.

How often do you have a bath? just get in the trough. Why do you

live by yourself like this? We have this broad canvas of just

about any kind of story you can imagine. It is a true reflection of

the county in which you live. And the people who live in the area.

won the war with this. Rhubarb. kind of fame you had in those days

was in order meant. Huge numbers of people watched. You went to the

chip shop and had to fight your way out.

The programme tells a real story. There are other aspects as well.

Some pictures here of that show Sid Peru, who told us what it was like

in caves. It was fascinating. I do not remember this.

He was a great innovator. These pictures are incredible. He

invented his own camera that was waterproof. Because he was so

passionate about caving, he was allowed to work within the region,

on this regional documentary, and just come up with this

extraordinary piece of film-making. The whole thing is fascinating. You

mentioned Sir Jimmy Saville. His programmes were ground-breaking,

weren't they? They were. It was the first time

really bad broadcasters went to the people in their region.

He was everywhere as well. He there he is on an old steam train.

At the time, there was a cultural revolution, in the 60s, and he

introduced hot pants. What I didn't realise is that Top

Gear or originated in the region. Yes, the first presenter Angela

Rippon. A great documentary. We have only

just scratched the surface. That is Life Through A Local Lens on BBC

Four at 9pm. What do a Hollywood hunk and Harry

have in common? An honorary doctorate.They met at Leeds Met

this afternoon in a smashing ceremony. Alexander Skarsgard had

all the girls swooning. He's a massive star and a male model. I

don't know what anyone sees in him. He has a lovely guy. An NICE

incident at the end when an attractive girl came up and asked

for an autograph. He gave it, then turned to me and asked me to sign

one for his granny. You are a double doctor now.

Sea gulls are as much a part of the seaside as fish and chips but they

are a greedy bunch. One fish-and-chip shop in

Bridlington says it is facing closure because it cannot afford to

keep reimbursing customers who steps have been stolen by the birds.

-- chips. When it comes to this seaside treat,

we are not the only ones who are peckish.

They swoop in and out with their insatiable hunger.

No, no, no! It seems to be getting worse. This woman has been frying

fish for more than 30 years and is all too familiar with them.

They will walk into the takeaway to take the chips, and they are

straight 10 when somebody drops something. It is a nightmare.

It is the same all the way down the road.

They are big and aggressive and they do not care how big you are.

If they want to eat their wealth. The RSPB says that seagull numbers

are in decline and they are being forced inland. Should we stop

encouraging them? It is a nice thing to do, to feed

them, but if you live without a day in and day out, it is an issue.

I have worked here for eight years and I have never seen the sea gulls

as aggressive as they are this year. They have no limits. This seagull

appeared out of nowhere, before it went flying, and he luckily did not

get any fish, and then we came back here. A bit scary? Yes, they are

bigger than you think. I make sure to keep them out the way and you

should not feed the birds. You have to put up with it. They were here

before us, I suppose. If you are coming to the coast and you are

partial to this family favourite, idea chips because the seagulls are

favourite -- the seagulls are hungry.

The great British summer continues. The Met Office have a warning in

force. There has been torrential rain and the Hannah get ADR. There

is a big one heading for Doncaster. The thunderstorms should head out

of the way by tomorrow. Variable cloud. We will see a gradual

improvement as we head into the weekend. Not brilliant but better

than we have had. Looking at the satellite sequences, you can see

those white topped clouds feeding into the North East during the

course of this afternoon. What out on the road especially in the

Pennine area. There will still be some showers left later tonight but

nothing like we are having just now. Temperatures down to 11 degrees

Celsius. The sun will rise at 5:03am. Here are the high water

times. Variable, sometimes large amounts of cloud. There will be

some drier and brighter spells. It does not look like these showers

will be as heavy as the ones we are having just now. Looking at the

temperatures, the breeze will be from the North East and the warmest

temperatures in the South East. 18 or 19 degrees. An onshore breeze

along the coast with 16 do high. They saw improvement as we head