26/07/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. On the programme tonight: Top flight

Rugby League stays in West Yorkshire.

It is good news for Castleford and Wakefield who win their fight to

stay in Super League. We will also be getting reaction

from Halifax, the team who lost out. Spending cuts start to bite.

Opposition grows to police plans to close cells at a Worksop station.

And as rugby star Mike Tindall prepares for his royal wedding

,what do students at his old school think? If he can get a lot over

jewels but I do not want him to play them -- wear them if he plays

for England because he might break them. The Sun did come out in some

southern areas today. More details or later.

Tonight, the joy and the anger from a day of drama in rugby league. Two

of our teams, Castleford and Wakefield, learned that they will

be allowed to continue playing at the game's top level for the next

three years. But one of our other teams, Halifax, is furious that

they missed out on a place in Super League. Let's go over to our sports

reporter who is in Wakefield for us tonight. There is a sense of relief

here at Wakefield. It is all down to criteria. You get issued a

licence. This has not been one of Wakefield's strongest suits. It is

also about player development and results. Today Wakefield and Castle

third estate in but Halifax were not allowed in. -- Castle third.

was absolutely agonising. -- it was absolutely agonising.

That is what it is like to watch the future of your club announced

on TV. As their name was being read out we were locked out of the

ground. This was not just about what division Wakefield would be

playing in, but people's livelihoods as well, and they had

feared the worst. What is your reaction? At the one

is ecstatic. Surprised? -- everyone is ecstatic. Surprised? Yes. We

know the history of the club has not been the greatest in the last

few years and months. We had to do everything we possibly could to

prove that if they did back as we would deliver. The sense of relief

around the ground was palpable, from the staff to the fans. Were

you fearing the worst? Yes. I am happy. We have a happy future ahead

of us. Over at Castleford they were a bit more confident, but their

spot was not guaranteed till their name was read out. I will have a

little glass of champagne. There is a lot of hard work to do. This has

been part of the process. This has never been the endgame of anything.

This is part of the process and another tick in the box. As for

Halifax, their best chance probably went when they lost out to Widnes

earlier this year. We expected to get credit for the fact that our

ground is finished and we have complied with all of the rules of

the game for the last three years. Our fans deserve to be there and

the town deserves to be there. None of that has happened. I do not know

what the grounds are because they what the grounds are because they

what the grounds are because they what the grounds are because they

haven't had the courtesy to tell us. Grounds

Grounds will be uppermost now for Wakefield and Castleford. They

cannot afford to be in this position in three years time. And

for the Wildcats coach a chance to look forward and start recruiting a

team for next season. Now we can look them in the eyes and that will

help the club massively. It will be a good change for you. Yes. We have

got foundations and we can build up words rather than having our backs

of against the wall and feeling that everyone is against us. It is

great. Joining me is the club chairman. How do you feel this

evening? Are you going to have to do some work in the next three

years? Just outline what you will have to do. We have got the perfect

opportunity to do everything that needs doing. We will sort this

ground out and make it more compliant. You need the new stadium,

did you? Definitely. Now, it has been difficult with administration

and he did not have an owner and tell you got a hundred. What has it

been for you as the -- and tell you got a Andrew. What has it been like

for you? We have had some fantastic performances from our squad. We

have built up the franchises. But today it has been all cleared for

us. We are ecstatic that we have three more years. What does this

mean for Wakefield? It means everything. This is a rugby city.

We have been here for years and years. The club does a lot of

community work. The club reaches all sorts of people. To lose that

would have been a travesty. I know you have been answering lots of

phone calls, Andrew. Is it true that you are going to shave off the

Beard now that you have got in? it is not! The irony is that

Whitbread will be -- Wake field will be celebrating but their match

is against the Crusaders. The good news for Wakefield meant

disappointment for another of our clubs, Halifax. You have been

getting in touch with us on Earlier I spoke to Ralph Rimmer

from the game's governing body the Rugby Football League and I asked

him why Halifax were not considered for Super League. They were

considered. They were considered because their application was put

in. The application itself is across a balanced scorecard. It is

purely delivered and driven by the applications we received. What was

wrong with Halifax? They would like to know. I spoke with Tony Alberts

30 minutes after the announcement today so he knows. Can the fans

know? They want to know what was wrong. It is a straightforward

question. It is a straightforward question and I will tell this

directly to the club. What I could say is that we met with the Halifax

club on a few occasions recently and pointed out to them their

weaknesses, as we did with other clubs as well, and we have brought

in and upended people to judge these applications. They have

judged what has been put in front of them. The best applications went

through. Halifax were not good enough? Their application was not

as strong as the applications from others. We always welcome your

comments. There has been a major breakthrough

into investigations surrounding the Hillsborough disaster. 96 Liverpool

fans were crushed to death before an FA cup semi-final there in 1989.

Now the government has been ordered to publish documents revealing

discussions involving Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. For the

very latest let us go over to our reporter.

This goes back to a Freedom of Information request made by the BBC

in 2009. It was immediately after the 20th anniversary of the

terrible events at Hillsborough that cost many football fans their

lives. The BBC has asked for many documents, including briefings that

Margaret Thatcher received at the time, 1989. She visited the stadium

herself to see the scale of the devastation. The other documents

that we understand are included are the minutes of meetings held with

the Home Secretary and what the Cabinet was saying. We do not know

what precisely will be in those documents but the information

commissioner has said that they will contribute to public knowledge

and understanding about the event. It is fair to say that the

Government was ordered to release these -- had to order these

documents to be released. The Government has one month to comply

with the Freedom of Information request.

Later on Look North: We get behind the wheel of this old beauty ahead

of the Croft Circuit Nostalgia Weekend.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition protesting against plans

which would leave a third of the county of Nottinghamshire without

any police cells to hold prisoners. It's part of the massive cuts faced

by police forces throughout England and Wales. But objectors say

closing the ten cells at Worksop police station could leave the

whole of Bassetlaw in the north of the county at risk.

What we have in this building is part of the original Victorian

police station and these cells date back as far as that. The 10 police

cells condemned at Worksop. These will cost hundreds of thousands of

pounds. Future prisoners from the Worksop area might have to be taken

to Mansfield, new work or Doncaster. It does not wash with these

protesters. They say that police must save �42 million over the next

few years and they say that �2 million can be saved here simply by

shutting down Worksop's police cells. Today's protest position was

taken to the police a party. It does not save money when it takes

place off the streets and into cars and moving prisoners to and from

here and from the courts to Mansfield. That is false economy.

What it does is put police in cause as courting people who had been

arrested rather than making those arrests and getting people off the

streets. It is a disaster for the local community. We have got proper

plans in place to make sure that when we are transporting prisoners

that there are other officers there. There if the G7 officers less on

the streets in Nottinghamshire. - record 37. For me it is tough but

straightforward. The cells are spas and old but the police authority

thinks that money needs to be saved. Investigations are continuing after

a fire broke out at a disused fire station in South Yorkshire. People

living near the building in Brampton were moved from their

homes or told to keep doors and windows closed while the fire was

Drivers across Yorkshire are being warned of the increased risk of

motorway accidents over the summer holidays as more people take to the

roads. To press home the message, West Yorkshire fire officers are

demonstrating a simulated accident involving a young child who isn't

wearing a seatbelt. They are also offering this advice to motorists.

When you are driving alone, if a vehicle passes a bridge or road

sign, if you follow the two-second rule and reached the road sign in

that time. Nostalgia weekends are fast becoming a feature of the

English summer. And one of the biggest is being planned for the

Croft racing circuit in North Yorkshire. On show, almost every

type of vehicle you could imagine from the 1940s onwards. Peter Lugg

took a spin down memory lane to It is retro motor heaven. If you

can drive it, played or where it, and it was made before 1970, you

will fit in well. Today was a chance for drivers to get to know

the circuit. It was designed and built in 1951. Yet it still has

that desirable shape. It is all curves, like a female! She does not

like the drag Path's! What was that they used to say

about Yanks? Overpaid? Still today, everyone is working. Everyone has

their own interpretation of their own car. But to me, it is worth it.

It really fascinates me. It is a boy's toys time for us. What is it

to meet -- what is it to be for me then? It has to be a classic. A

bus! I went to school on one of these for 10 years! It is from 1963.

The only problem is, you have to keep stopping. Move on, please! If

it was good enough for Sir Cliff Richard, the Nostalgia Weekend is

over the sixth and seventh August. First family car? All I can

remember is walking in front of it with a flag! Mind was a Morris

Minor. Before 7pm: How much did you pay for your dream wedding? We meet

the vicar who says you can get married for just �100.

He was born in Otley, went to school in Wakefield and this

weekend he will join the royal family. England rugby star Mike

Tindall is preparing to tie the knot with the Queen's granddaughter

Zara Phillips. Emma Glasbey has been back to his old school to see

just how excited the staff and pupils are getting.

A West Yorkshire lad, a World Cup winner, and soon to be part of the

Boyle family. It all started for Mike Tindall here in Wakefield, at

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. A school renowned for producing good

rugby players. So could his old teachers ever have imagined Mike

Tindall joining the royals? would never associate him with

anything hoity-toity! That was not him. He was so down to earth and a

real Yorkshire lad. Royal Family? That is just fate. We know that

that has been coming for the last year or two. The ladies take a lot

more interest in that side of Mike Tindall. This is the current crop

of rugby players here, and this seemed proud of all of Mike

Tindall's achievements. It is nice. I would like to emulate Mike

Tindall, on and off the field, both in the position he plays, and the

woman he married! And for the younger pupils, there

is even more excitement: Mike Tindall is about to get his hands

on the crown jewels. He can get lots of the jaws. When he gets them,

I don't want him to wear them when he plays for England, because he

might break them. That is the first person we have ever had going into

the Royal Family! A few months ago, there was a royal wedding: Kate

Middleton and William. What his second name? The staff and pupils

will be watching proudly as Mike joins the oldest establishment of

all. They will be even prouder if he helps us when another World Cup,

though. The best of luck to them both of course and even though they

are hardly having a Beckham-style wedding they will certainly be

spending a few quid. But does getting wed really mean you have to

spend a fortune? In a moment we will be hearing from the Leeds

Baptist Minister who says he can sort your entire wedding for just

one hundred pounds. First this from Charlotte Leeming.

When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married, no expense was

spared. And Kate, Pooh's Yorkshire roots go back for generations,

became an international style icon. But when Mike Tindall gets married,

it will be a more low-key affair. After all, this relaxed pose was

their official engagement photograph. James Blakeley plans

weddings for a living. He is used to dealing with big budgets, but of

the past few months he has seen couples making savings. We see more

people making their own sweet tea bags. Also, we see people making

their own place names and table names and taking their own

photographs. You do not have to go to the extreme. Those things also

make it more personal to people on their wedding day. Weddings are

becoming more DIY, especially when it comes to the cake, flowers and

venue. But when it comes to that dress, it seems to be an area that

still carries a hefty price-tag. Our dresses start at �2,500. But

then they are designed and made exclusively. For any bride who was

to come to ours, they will get a bespoke dress that is designed for

them, and made in Leeds. The Trust does not have to cost a fortune. At

this second-hand store, they are bagfuls of wedding dresses and

every star you can imagine. While they may not be made to Measure,

none of these will cost you more than �20. I think it tears would

ever a monster spending money on, so I would want a dress more than

�100. I want to spend thousands of pounds! The reason behind it is

important, not the actual money you spend on it.

He it is meant to be a fairy-tale day, but the cost of the whole

thing can be unbelievable as well. So maybe you do not need to pay a

king's ransom to have a good time. I think the average is �11,000. So

what about spending lots of money on a wedding.Earlier we asked David

Newton, a baptist minister from Leeds, if he thought we should all

tone things down a little bit? People who cannot afford a full

scale wedding, it can have something simple. We are Yorkshire

folk. We wanted cheap! What can you do it for? �100. For all I get for

100 quid?! You get everything you would expect at the wedding. But,

you would have friends taking part and joining in. You would find ways

of getting things for free, that you would expect to do. I would beg

your cake, that kind of thing? one will bake your cake for you.

Someone said the reception is a big expense. But they can get their

friends, instead of bringing a gift, to pay for their own meal at the

reception. I would feel cheap doing that. Are you saying that we are

expected to conform? And we have not thought about the fact it is

two people coming together to get married for the right reasons?

People know that a wedding is two people committing themselves to one

another. And the two families come together. Very often, the families

will help and make sure that if you want have a reception in a

community room, it will be a fabulous spread, better than in a

hotel, and made with love. How do you already done this? I have got

so many people who have said to me, David, when we got married, we used

Clubcard points to buy our wedding ring! Or, we borrowed the bride's

dress from somebody we knew who was the same size as the lady. You are

a minister. You want people to get married. What you are saying, it is

about love, not money? Yes, that is just it. What a lovely expression!

Before we go to the weather, a lot of agony felt by Halifax fans and

the Super League story. Steve Lewis says he is disgusted by the

decision. Ryan e-mail to say it tears -- I am confused and upset.

It does not been too bad across western areas. I just want to show

you a treat. He things that that tree is turning. Can you see the

leaves already turning? A friend of mine said, because of the ground

frost, the spring flowers are coming out again! It is all over

the place. Keep the pictures coming in for the weather man. Let us have

a look outside. Cloud is beginning to increase again. It has been a

nice afternoon. The Yorkshire Dales have been beautiful. Temperatures

up to 19 Celsius. It has felt humoured in a few places. More of

the same tomorrow. There will be some cloud breaks leading to sunny

spells, perhaps a little bit brighter across eastern areas. This

weather front could bring patchy rain on Thursday, but before that,

Thursday may turn out to be the best day of the week with warm

sunshine. You can see the extent of the cloud. Notice those breaks in

the cloud. They could come across us during tomorrow. The best of the

weather this evening is across South Yorkshire and the Peak

District. That cloud will push him from the north, leading to drizzle.

Most temperatures around 10 -11 degrees. The sun rises in the

morning at five told a M. They allow -- a largely cloudy start.

The cloud will break up. The best chance of seeing the sunshine will

be across more western areas. Even eastern areas should brighten up to

a certain extent. Onshore breeze along the coast, however. Best