:00:03. > :00:06.Good evening and welcome to Look North.
:00:06. > :00:10.On tonight's programme - Holidays for school children but a big
:00:10. > :00:12.increase in work for fire crews. One week into the long summer break,
:00:12. > :00:22.all Yorkshire's fire services report a massive rise in arson. We
:00:22. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:25.have an exclusive report. Keep out. That's the advice to pet owners at
:00:25. > :00:29.a Scarborough nature reserve, after the suspicious death of three dogs.
:00:29. > :00:37.And "Ewe" won't believe the newest sport to hit South Yorkshire - it's
:00:37. > :00:42.not for the sheepish! It was looking overcast earlier
:00:42. > :00:52.today, but they should be more sunshine this weekend. The all-
:00:52. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:59.important forecast is coming up The first week of the school summer
:00:59. > :01:02.holidays have seen a dramatic rise in the number of arsons being dealt
:01:02. > :01:05.with by fire crews across the region. Figures obtained by Look
:01:05. > :01:11.North show fire crews in North Yorkshire were called out to three
:01:11. > :01:13.times as many suspected arsons this week compared to last. In South
:01:13. > :01:23.Yorkshire, the figures have more than doubled, and in West Yorkshire
:01:23. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.These are the bigger ones. Fires that destroy buildings and endanger
:01:30. > :01:35.lives. And they were all started deliberately. But where these made
:01:35. > :01:40.headlines, the vast majority go almost unnoticed. Wheelie bins,
:01:41. > :01:45.patches of grass. Files of rubbish. They all have to be put out and in
:01:45. > :01:49.this, the first week of the school holidays, there has been a big
:01:49. > :01:58.increase in number, all over Yorkshire. In West Yorkshire, the
:01:58. > :02:02.weekly total has gone from 103 to 171. In South Yorkshire, from 76 to
:02:02. > :02:09.176. That is more than double. While in North Yorkshire the rise
:02:09. > :02:14.has been from five to 16. Small numbers, but an increase of 300 %.
:02:15. > :02:19.It is putting a huge strain on resources. I think people setting
:02:19. > :02:23.deliberate fires need to realise that a fire engine busy dealing
:02:23. > :02:28.with a fire cannot be available to attend a serious fire such as a
:02:28. > :02:33.house fire where rescuers are needed. Fire engines have to come
:02:33. > :02:36.from further away. In Leeds they are trying to overcome the problem
:02:36. > :02:44.by using smaller vehicles with fewer fire fighters. This one
:02:44. > :02:48.starts a trial period tomorrow. Its predecessor, in two months, became
:02:48. > :02:52.West Yorkshire's busiest fire appliance. Every fire service
:02:52. > :02:59.devotes hundreds of hours to school visits and events to highlight the
:02:59. > :03:01.dangers of fire. Clearly some people are not getting the message.
:03:01. > :03:04.More children are suspended from schools across Yorkshire than
:03:04. > :03:07.almost anywhere else in the country. Schools may have broken up for the
:03:07. > :03:17.holidays, but during term time more than 150 pupils are suspended every
:03:17. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:25.It seems an incredible number but every day 167 pupils are suspended
:03:25. > :03:28.from school in our region. Our cities fared worst. In Doncaster,
:03:28. > :03:32.suspensions added up to almost 16% or one in six of the secondary
:03:32. > :03:35.school population - that's almost double the national average. We had
:03:35. > :03:45.a statement from Chris Pratt, Director of the Children and Young
:03:45. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:49.People's Services in Doncaster. He said: "We have carried out a
:03:49. > :03:52.fundamental review of services and have introduced a new model which
:03:52. > :03:54.is far more inclusive, we expect that over time this will reduce the
:03:54. > :03:56.number of young people out of school.".
:03:56. > :04:00.In Sheffield's secondary schools it's the proportion of black pupils
:04:00. > :04:03.suspended that's made headlines - 340 last year - that's a rate of
:04:03. > :04:06.almost a quarter of black 11-16's in the city, only Hackney in London
:04:06. > :04:07.has a higher percentage. In a moment the council's response, but
:04:07. > :04:11.first, no surprise on the city's streets.
:04:11. > :04:16.I think there are a lot of stereotypes of black children,
:04:16. > :04:20.particularly black males. The teachers do not understand them or
:04:20. > :04:24.their culture. Some of the canes are living up to the stereotypes,
:04:24. > :04:29.don't get me wrong, but there are good and bad in all races. I don't
:04:29. > :04:34.think it is a cultural thing. I think it is just to do with
:04:34. > :04:38.individuals backgrounds and how you were brought up. We do not want any
:04:38. > :04:44.child to miss any education, so we are working hard with schools to
:04:44. > :04:50.look at how we can develop behaviour Systems in school at that
:04:51. > :04:53.avoid any child missing education. Finally, a worrying trend. Over
:04:53. > :04:56.7,000 suspensions in our secondary schools last year were because of
:04:56. > :05:00.abuse or assault on teachers or other adults - that's almost 200
:05:00. > :05:03.instances every week. Now as those figures showed an alarmingly high
:05:03. > :05:06.percentage of Sheffield's black school children are being suspended,
:05:06. > :05:16.we're joined now by a man who works with these pupils, Clinton Mckoy
:05:16. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:24.from the Black Palm Mentoring project. Clinton, why do you think
:05:24. > :05:28.this is such a beady issue in Sheffield? -- a big issue. I am not
:05:28. > :05:32.surprised it is an issue. For the last 30 years we have been telling
:05:32. > :05:36.them that this will come to fruition. Young people are being
:05:36. > :05:42.excluded from school, and now that we have the massive cuts coming it
:05:42. > :05:46.is having a big impact on the young black people. Not only that, most
:05:46. > :05:50.of the projects that have been set up to support young black people in
:05:50. > :05:56.staying in school and showing them the value of education has now been
:05:56. > :06:00.closed down. There is very little opposition to what is going on in
:06:00. > :06:04.the mainstream educational system to support those young people.
:06:04. > :06:11.talk about the cuts, and your project which aims to get children
:06:11. > :06:18.back into education is under threat, I gather. Yes, we are under threat.
:06:18. > :06:21.Our funding is being cut. Unless we get further funding we may not
:06:21. > :06:26.exist, but we are trying everything to keep the project going, because
:06:26. > :06:30.this project is what young people need. It is because we are there to
:06:30. > :06:34.support the parents and we understand what is going on. We
:06:34. > :06:39.know how to deal with these young people. A lot of these young people,
:06:39. > :06:46.they get kicked out of school, and they end up in the exclusion units,
:06:46. > :06:51.and they are lost as a statistic somewhere. So how do you personally,
:06:51. > :06:58.with your project, bring about change or confidence and changing
:06:58. > :07:05.attitudes? What we do with those young people, we mental them and
:07:05. > :07:08.give them 1-1 support. -- we mentor them. We try to show them what the
:07:08. > :07:13.value of education is. Some young people have no idea what the world
:07:13. > :07:17.of work is like out there. So we have to point out what the world of
:07:17. > :07:22.work is like. They have got talents, and they can contribute positively
:07:22. > :07:29.to that. We have to really bring them in line with that to show how
:07:29. > :07:33.they can benefit from society. If you do not engage in education,
:07:33. > :07:37.they have not got a chance in hell. Clinton, thank you for talking to
:07:37. > :07:39.us. Coming up later in the programme: Consigned to history -
:07:39. > :07:47.another Yorkshire museum facing closure because of financial
:07:47. > :07:49.Investigations are underway after more than 20 dogs died suddenly
:07:49. > :07:55.from suspected poisoning. 16 dogs have died from strychnine poisoning
:07:55. > :07:59.in Crosshills near Keighley. Now five more cases have emerged in
:07:59. > :08:02.Crossgates near Scarborough. Cathy Killick reports on the latest cases.
:08:02. > :08:10.Leeds United found itself in the That the football association
:08:11. > :08:20.needed urgent reform to tackle And the perfect place for walking a
:08:21. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:25.dog hides a deadly secret. It is the first time I have come back
:08:25. > :08:31.since losing my dog. It is like losing a member of the family, dog
:08:31. > :08:35.owners will understand. Colin Richardson's dog died in 2007. Now
:08:35. > :08:41.Duncan Hanson's German shepherd has died. It happened at the end of
:08:41. > :08:44.June and was an horrific experience for his owner. He had been under
:08:44. > :08:48.water and then he collapsed at the side of the Bank and started to
:08:48. > :08:52.convulse and foam at the mouth. I sent my daughter to get my wife and
:08:52. > :08:56.brought the car to the railway track and managed to carry him into
:08:56. > :09:00.the car. He was still alive at that point. We had a short journey back
:09:00. > :09:05.home, just round the corner, but by the time I had got there he had
:09:05. > :09:08.died in the car. Following the deaths, notices have been put up
:09:08. > :09:13.warning of a danger, and testing will be done by Yorkshire Wildlife
:09:13. > :09:18.Trust, which owns the site. really would like to bottom this
:09:18. > :09:21.out and bring somebody to book. Plenty of theories and rumours, but
:09:21. > :09:28.nothing set in stone. Both men are very worried that their dogs could
:09:28. > :09:33.have been poisoned after at least eight dogs died in May. They ate
:09:33. > :09:37.the band poison strychnine was the cause. He used to be killed -- used
:09:38. > :09:42.to kill moles. Are I did some research into how he died, and the
:09:42. > :09:47.only conclusion I can come to, with the speed that they were both
:09:47. > :09:51.killed, it is strychnine. I think someone is putting strychnine down
:09:51. > :09:56.here. Without a doubt. Water samples have been taken for
:09:56. > :09:59.analysis. And Scarborough Borough Council is monitoring the situation.
:09:59. > :10:03.But dog owners are being warned to be vigilant while the investigation
:10:03. > :10:12.is carried out. Until there are some test results, the mystery
:10:12. > :10:14.surrounding the deaths of these dogs remains very worrying indeed.
:10:14. > :10:17.Leeds United found itself in the spotlight today as MPs announced
:10:17. > :10:20.that the football association needed urgent reform to tackle
:10:20. > :10:27.problems within the sport and named the club as an example of bad
:10:27. > :10:29.practice. The Culture, Sport and Media
:10:29. > :10:32.committee has described the ownership history of Leeds United
:10:32. > :10:40.under Ken Bates as a blatant example of lack of transparency.
:10:41. > :10:43.Tanya's here to explain. What are they worried about?
:10:43. > :10:46.select committee are concerned that until very recently, the Football
:10:46. > :10:48.League appeared content to allow the club to play in it's
:10:48. > :10:51.competition without themselves, the Football Association or Leeds
:10:51. > :10:53.Untied's fans knowing who actually owned it when it came out of
:10:53. > :10:55.administration. Leeds United's chief Executive, Shaun Harvey, told
:10:56. > :10:58.the select committee hearing that Leeds United was owned by a
:10:58. > :11:01.discretionary trust but that neither he, nor to his knowledge,
:11:01. > :11:04.Ken Bates, knew who they were. A few weeks, later the club announced
:11:04. > :11:07.that Outro Limited, which is registered in the West Indian
:11:07. > :11:11.Island of Nevis and is wholly owned by Ken Bates, had bought the club
:11:11. > :11:18.from the trust for an undisclosed fee so he was now the controlling
:11:18. > :11:20.shareholder of Leeds United. The committee says this raised more
:11:20. > :11:22.questions - asking why the trust should sell a financially-sound,
:11:22. > :11:32.upwardly-mobile club without at least seeking alternatives bids to
:11:32. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:44.It was very unclear who owned Leeds United at all. We did establish
:11:44. > :11:47.that it was indeed Ken Bates, after a time, but only after pressure.
:11:47. > :11:53.There was still a lot of murky mess as to how that came about and who
:11:53. > :11:58.originally took the club out of administration. What should happen
:11:58. > :12:02.in the light of what happened? colleague has pressed for an
:12:02. > :12:05.investigation by the FA to bring out the history of what happened
:12:05. > :12:11.within the club, which is something I think the fans are entitled to
:12:11. > :12:13.know. It is ever so complicated. What have Leeds United had to say?
:12:13. > :12:16.Leeds United's response has been typically bullish saying, "there
:12:16. > :12:26.can't be much wrong with football if the biggest concern is the
:12:26. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:30.A High Court judge has ruled that the personalised motor known as
:12:30. > :12:33.Segway cannot be driven on the pavement, spoiling the plans of a
:12:33. > :12:36.Barnsley man in a test case. The motor, designed for short commuter
:12:37. > :12:40.trips, is legal in many countries. Philip Coates had spent �5,000 on
:12:40. > :12:47.one but was stopped and fined for driving it on the pavement near his
:12:47. > :12:53.home in Cudworth. Today his appeal failed.
:12:53. > :12:58.I hope the court would be sympathetic for using it on the
:12:58. > :13:00.pavement, as I had been using it for many months without causing any
:13:00. > :13:03.inconvenience to pedestrians or anyone.
:13:03. > :13:06.The British Transport Police have launched a campaign to crack down
:13:06. > :13:09.on the increasing problem of cable theft in Yorkshire. Dawn raids took
:13:09. > :13:14.place across the country as part of a wider campaign to target metal
:13:14. > :13:21.theft. Yorkshire is the worst place in the country for the theft of
:13:21. > :13:25.copper cable used in railway signals.
:13:25. > :13:29.The problems are Leeds railway station last night were not caused
:13:29. > :13:34.by a theft. A power failure caused chaos during rush-hour and although
:13:34. > :13:40.it only lasted 2.5 minutes, it cause hours of destruction between
:13:40. > :13:43.London and Newcastle. -- disruption. Malton Museum has existed since the
:13:43. > :13:46.1930s. Originally a gift to the town from a local landowner, it's
:13:46. > :13:49.been supported by the council for the last 80 years - until now. The
:13:49. > :13:59.museum is closing because a lack of funds and rising rents have
:13:59. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:04.combined to make it homeless. The battle to keep the Museum Open
:14:04. > :14:09.has finally ended. Although its collections have a national
:14:09. > :14:18.importance, the museum cannot afford the rates. Currently, the
:14:18. > :14:24.council sub-let so he museum at peppercorn rate. But despite
:14:24. > :14:28.inheriting the museum, the council can no longer offer it a home.
:14:28. > :14:35.have a moral responsibility, but are facing difficult times, and it
:14:35. > :14:40.would be difficult to sell the idea of paying three times but the rent
:14:41. > :14:45.for another 20 years to maintain the museum. The closure of this
:14:45. > :14:49.museum is now inevitable, although some council funding for a
:14:49. > :14:58.different location and Tabard museum has been discussed. There
:14:58. > :15:03.are a number of interesting ideas we can use this collection. More of
:15:03. > :15:08.the community can enjoy it. vast majority of the museum's Roman
:15:08. > :15:12.and medieval finds will very soon be packed away and put into storage,
:15:12. > :15:17.where the public will no longer have the opportunity to enjoy them.
:15:17. > :15:23.It is one of the most unique collections from around here, in
:15:23. > :15:28.the whole of the North of England. So many people in the town and
:15:28. > :15:33.Beria we think it is sad. They are a lot of good stuff. In a farewell
:15:33. > :15:38.gesture, the museum has abolished its entrance fees. Until closer, it
:15:38. > :15:46.is freed to sample this great store of Yorkshire heritage before it is
:15:46. > :15:51.gone for good. It is a great museum.
:15:51. > :15:54.Stay with us. Before 7pm: The weird and wonderful world of
:15:54. > :15:58.the theremin comes to Yorkshire. The musical instrument you don't
:15:58. > :16:08.have to touch. And a strange sight in Barnsley,
:16:08. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:13.and it has got the South Yorkshire Some cricket news now and
:16:13. > :16:19.Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan has been included in the England team facing
:16:19. > :16:21.India at Trent Bridge. He and his colleagues have been put in to bat
:16:21. > :16:24.against the visitors. This is Bresnan's eighth Test match and
:16:24. > :16:34.first since January when he played in an Ashes Test against Australia
:16:34. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:42.in Sydney. It is the Jane Tomlinson 10k Run
:16:42. > :16:52.For All in York on Sunday and for one man, the distance will be the
:16:52. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:58.end of a much longer challenge. 71- year-old John Burkhill, otherwise
:16:58. > :17:02.known as the mad man with a pram, set off from his home city of
:17:02. > :17:06.Sheffield this morning to walk his way to York in time for the 10k on
:17:06. > :17:16.Sunday. John, who lost his wife to cancer, has raised thousands of
:17:16. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:24.pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support. I am feeling OK. It is not bad
:17:24. > :17:29.conditions for walking, and all the way to walk, I do not think I'll
:17:29. > :17:37.have many problems at all. We have got the best people in England in
:17:37. > :17:44.Yorkshire, especially in Sheffield! We will do it, we will get their.
:17:44. > :17:47.Are you starting it off? Yes, I will be setting a blistering pace!
:17:47. > :17:50.It was was once known as murderball, but these days, wheelchair rugby is
:17:50. > :17:53.much more respectable, and its national championships are being
:17:53. > :18:03.held in Sheffield this weekend. The action is already underway at the
:18:03. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:10.English Institute of Sport in the city and tickets are free.
:18:10. > :18:13.This weekend will see teams from across the UK competing in the
:18:13. > :18:18.National wheelchair rugby championships. There is a game
:18:18. > :18:24.going on behind us. Some players from the team at GB squad but a
:18:24. > :18:31.taking part are there. It is a very physical and tough sport. It was
:18:31. > :18:36.born in the late 1970s in Canada, and recently, around 20 countries
:18:36. > :18:40.play across the world. A very simple definition of the game is
:18:40. > :18:46.that it is a cross between ice hockey, handball and rugby, but to
:18:46. > :18:56.give us a bit more of a definitive idea of what the sport is about is
:18:56. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:04.the team GB manager. Fascinating game. Tell us a bit more. Yes, it
:19:04. > :19:10.is a combination of all those rules you mentioned. How long have you
:19:10. > :19:20.been involved in the sport? I have worked for the US team for the last
:19:20. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:26.six years. What are your thoughts so far on the talent? Maybe you're
:19:26. > :19:33.not have seen so much of the guys on the other teams. I have seen
:19:33. > :19:39.them at very regularly actually. It is like a pipeline for the GB team.
:19:39. > :19:42.We have some players who have paid -- played for TB in the past and
:19:42. > :19:48.want to continue. A looking ahead to next year, what are your
:19:48. > :19:54.thoughts on a medal chance for GB? GB are definitely ready for a medal
:19:54. > :19:58.chance. They are ready to take that chance. All the best with that.
:19:58. > :20:02.Fingers crossed the you. If you want to come down this weekend, it
:20:02. > :20:10.is free for you all. If you want to take part as well, you can come
:20:11. > :20:15.down there and get more information. It is a weird and wonderful
:20:15. > :20:19.electronic instrument which you don't actually touch to play. It is
:20:19. > :20:29.called a theramin and if you don't know what that is, then listen to
:20:29. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:41.If you think that sounds a little bit odd, then take a look at this
:20:41. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:49.report. Strange things happen in Yorkshire
:20:49. > :20:53.pubs, and this is one of them. Just flown in from the USA, Kevin it is
:20:53. > :20:59.here for Scarborough's first theremin symposium. The instrument
:20:59. > :21:05.seems futuristic, but was invented in 1919. His antenna and
:21:05. > :21:10.frequencies react with the player's sound movements. It is hard to play,
:21:10. > :21:17.but Kevin it is one of the many acclaimed international performers
:21:18. > :21:21.in Scarborough this weekend. We are a very small community. If it were
:21:21. > :21:27.not for social networking, most of us would never know that the others
:21:27. > :21:35.existed! The fact we can be here in this part of the world, it is such
:21:35. > :21:43.a beautiful town. This informal gathering is also testing the pub's
:21:43. > :21:50.new brew, NATO celebrate symposium. -- made. He of the show is as good
:21:50. > :21:54.as the beer, you will have a very good time. It is part of a
:21:54. > :22:01.remarkable series of events taking place in Scarborough over the
:22:01. > :22:06.weekend. Antony is the man behind this. His love of the instrument
:22:06. > :22:11.gave him the idea to hold the event in his home town, and he has
:22:11. > :22:14.arranged a weekend of theremin heaven. If you are looking for a
:22:14. > :22:19.note, you do not even realise you are making a performance that are
:22:19. > :22:24.finding that note. You are just listening. The classical theremin
:22:24. > :22:33.players, who can just pluck notes out of thin air, they are amazing.
:22:33. > :22:41.To find that note, it is pure musical genius.
:22:41. > :22:48.Almost two one a century old, the theremin still holds a fascination.
:22:48. > :22:50.That is bizarre! They have been under starter's
:22:50. > :22:54.orders all week at South Yorkshire's version of glorious
:22:54. > :23:02.Goodwood. And no, we are not talking fit fillies and silkly
:23:02. > :23:06.stallions! No, these athletes are definitely of the woolly variety.
:23:06. > :23:16.We are, of course, talking sheep racing. Emma Glasbey has been
:23:16. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:36.It may appear to be just a bit of fun, but this have flogged takes it
:23:36. > :23:43.pretty seriously. Their trainer says the sheep racing season in
:23:43. > :23:48.Barnsley is off to a flying start. Everybody is really enjoying it.
:23:48. > :23:52.They are really getting behind the sheep. It is probably as good as
:23:52. > :23:58.Horseracing. There are one or two a little bit more fired up than the
:23:58. > :24:04.others. It is no night at the docks or day out at the horses, but the
:24:04. > :24:10.crowd at Cannon Hall Farm are equally enthusiastic. We were just
:24:10. > :24:18.expecting a little walk around the park, but we got a good surprise.
:24:18. > :24:23.What did you like about it? When in! Great fun. I thought it was
:24:23. > :24:28.brilliant. Really entertaining, and really good fun for the kids.
:24:28. > :24:33.And by mid- afternoon, it seemed almost everyone was tempted to have
:24:33. > :24:38.a flutter on the flop. The are taking bets here today. My
:24:38. > :24:42.pretender money would be on this little sprinter here. The name is a
:24:42. > :24:49.little misleading. We are pretty confident that desperate donkey is
:24:49. > :24:55.going to be a real flyer. So not a great start. Still, we are
:24:55. > :24:59.hoping for a late flourish. But in the end, desperate donkey lived up
:24:59. > :25:06.to her name. When the going gets tough, she really cannot be
:25:06. > :25:16.bothered to get going. So is that what they call a woolly
:25:16. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:45.Let me show you two pictures became an in the last 24 hours. This is
:25:45. > :25:52.phenomenal. It came in from the North Sea. Isn't that amazing? The
:25:52. > :25:57.second one, this is a lovely shot. Let us have a look at the head lad
:25:57. > :26:01.for the next 24 hours. It looks like it or be a pleasant weekend.
:26:01. > :26:11.It will not break any records or win any awards, but nevertheless, a
:26:11. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:19.good deal of find a weather. -- find a weather. Just the chance of
:26:19. > :26:22.a light shower on Sunday, but very much the exception to the role.
:26:23. > :26:30.Central and western parts have had a lovely afternoon. There is still
:26:30. > :26:33.a lot of thick, height cloud. That cloud will come and go, but
:26:33. > :26:41.certainly central and western parts of Yorkshire will have clear
:26:41. > :26:48.whether tonight, and all beat chilly for the end of July: Five
:26:48. > :26:52.Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning it at 5:17am. Those are
:26:52. > :27:02.your high a quarter times. They should be a good deal of sunshine
:27:02. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:10.across more inland areas. Even here, they should be some sunny spells.
:27:10. > :27:20.That cloud will develop from time to time as well. Partly cloudy,
:27:20. > :27:24.some sunny spells, and onshore breeze,, so a bit of a two day. The