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Good evening and welcome to Look North.

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On tonight's programme - Holidays for school children but a big

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increase in work for fire crews. One week into the long summer break,

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all Yorkshire's fire services report a massive rise in arson. We

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have an exclusive report. Keep out. That's the advice to pet owners at

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a Scarborough nature reserve, after the suspicious death of three dogs.

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And "Ewe" won't believe the newest sport to hit South Yorkshire - it's

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not for the sheepish! It was looking overcast earlier

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today, but they should be more sunshine this weekend. The all-

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important forecast is coming up The first week of the school summer

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holidays have seen a dramatic rise in the number of arsons being dealt

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with by fire crews across the region. Figures obtained by Look

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North show fire crews in North Yorkshire were called out to three

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times as many suspected arsons this week compared to last. In South

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Yorkshire, the figures have more than doubled, and in West Yorkshire

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These are the bigger ones. Fires that destroy buildings and endanger

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lives. And they were all started deliberately. But where these made

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headlines, the vast majority go almost unnoticed. Wheelie bins,

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patches of grass. Files of rubbish. They all have to be put out and in

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this, the first week of the school holidays, there has been a big

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increase in number, all over Yorkshire. In West Yorkshire, the

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weekly total has gone from 103 to 171. In South Yorkshire, from 76 to

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176. That is more than double. While in North Yorkshire the rise

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has been from five to 16. Small numbers, but an increase of 300 %.

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It is putting a huge strain on resources. I think people setting

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deliberate fires need to realise that a fire engine busy dealing

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with a fire cannot be available to attend a serious fire such as a

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house fire where rescuers are needed. Fire engines have to come

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from further away. In Leeds they are trying to overcome the problem

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by using smaller vehicles with fewer fire fighters. This one

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starts a trial period tomorrow. Its predecessor, in two months, became

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West Yorkshire's busiest fire appliance. Every fire service

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devotes hundreds of hours to school visits and events to highlight the

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dangers of fire. Clearly some people are not getting the message.

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More children are suspended from schools across Yorkshire than

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almost anywhere else in the country. Schools may have broken up for the

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holidays, but during term time more than 150 pupils are suspended every

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It seems an incredible number but every day 167 pupils are suspended

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from school in our region. Our cities fared worst. In Doncaster,

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suspensions added up to almost 16% or one in six of the secondary

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school population - that's almost double the national average. We had

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a statement from Chris Pratt, Director of the Children and Young

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People's Services in Doncaster. He said: "We have carried out a

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fundamental review of services and have introduced a new model which

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is far more inclusive, we expect that over time this will reduce the

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number of young people out of school.".

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In Sheffield's secondary schools it's the proportion of black pupils

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suspended that's made headlines - 340 last year - that's a rate of

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almost a quarter of black 11-16's in the city, only Hackney in London

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has a higher percentage. In a moment the council's response, but

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first, no surprise on the city's streets.

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I think there are a lot of stereotypes of black children,

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particularly black males. The teachers do not understand them or

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their culture. Some of the canes are living up to the stereotypes,

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don't get me wrong, but there are good and bad in all races. I don't

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think it is a cultural thing. I think it is just to do with

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individuals backgrounds and how you were brought up. We do not want any

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child to miss any education, so we are working hard with schools to

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look at how we can develop behaviour Systems in school at that

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avoid any child missing education. Finally, a worrying trend. Over

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7,000 suspensions in our secondary schools last year were because of

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abuse or assault on teachers or other adults - that's almost 200

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instances every week. Now as those figures showed an alarmingly high

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percentage of Sheffield's black school children are being suspended,

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we're joined now by a man who works with these pupils, Clinton Mckoy

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from the Black Palm Mentoring project. Clinton, why do you think

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this is such a beady issue in Sheffield? -- a big issue. I am not

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surprised it is an issue. For the last 30 years we have been telling

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them that this will come to fruition. Young people are being

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excluded from school, and now that we have the massive cuts coming it

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is having a big impact on the young black people. Not only that, most

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of the projects that have been set up to support young black people in

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staying in school and showing them the value of education has now been

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closed down. There is very little opposition to what is going on in

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the mainstream educational system to support those young people.

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talk about the cuts, and your project which aims to get children

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back into education is under threat, I gather. Yes, we are under threat.

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Our funding is being cut. Unless we get further funding we may not

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exist, but we are trying everything to keep the project going, because

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this project is what young people need. It is because we are there to

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support the parents and we understand what is going on. We

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know how to deal with these young people. A lot of these young people,

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they get kicked out of school, and they end up in the exclusion units,

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and they are lost as a statistic somewhere. So how do you personally,

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with your project, bring about change or confidence and changing

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attitudes? What we do with those young people, we mental them and

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give them 1-1 support. -- we mentor them. We try to show them what the

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value of education is. Some young people have no idea what the world

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of work is like out there. So we have to point out what the world of

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work is like. They have got talents, and they can contribute positively

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to that. We have to really bring them in line with that to show how

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they can benefit from society. If you do not engage in education,

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they have not got a chance in hell. Clinton, thank you for talking to

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us. Coming up later in the programme: Consigned to history -

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another Yorkshire museum facing closure because of financial

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Investigations are underway after more than 20 dogs died suddenly

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from suspected poisoning. 16 dogs have died from strychnine poisoning

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in Crosshills near Keighley. Now five more cases have emerged in

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Crossgates near Scarborough. Cathy Killick reports on the latest cases.

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Leeds United found itself in the That the football association

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needed urgent reform to tackle And the perfect place for walking a

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dog hides a deadly secret. It is the first time I have come back

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since losing my dog. It is like losing a member of the family, dog

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owners will understand. Colin Richardson's dog died in 2007. Now

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Duncan Hanson's German shepherd has died. It happened at the end of

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June and was an horrific experience for his owner. He had been under

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water and then he collapsed at the side of the Bank and started to

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convulse and foam at the mouth. I sent my daughter to get my wife and

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brought the car to the railway track and managed to carry him into

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the car. He was still alive at that point. We had a short journey back

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home, just round the corner, but by the time I had got there he had

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died in the car. Following the deaths, notices have been put up

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warning of a danger, and testing will be done by Yorkshire Wildlife

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Trust, which owns the site. really would like to bottom this

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out and bring somebody to book. Plenty of theories and rumours, but

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nothing set in stone. Both men are very worried that their dogs could

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have been poisoned after at least eight dogs died in May. They ate

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the band poison strychnine was the cause. He used to be killed -- used

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to kill moles. Are I did some research into how he died, and the

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only conclusion I can come to, with the speed that they were both

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killed, it is strychnine. I think someone is putting strychnine down

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here. Without a doubt. Water samples have been taken for

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analysis. And Scarborough Borough Council is monitoring the situation.

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But dog owners are being warned to be vigilant while the investigation

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is carried out. Until there are some test results, the mystery

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surrounding the deaths of these dogs remains very worrying indeed.

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Leeds United found itself in the spotlight today as MPs announced

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that the football association needed urgent reform to tackle

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problems within the sport and named the club as an example of bad

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practice. The Culture, Sport and Media

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committee has described the ownership history of Leeds United

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under Ken Bates as a blatant example of lack of transparency.

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Tanya's here to explain. What are they worried about?

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select committee are concerned that until very recently, the Football

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League appeared content to allow the club to play in it's

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competition without themselves, the Football Association or Leeds

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Untied's fans knowing who actually owned it when it came out of

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administration. Leeds United's chief Executive, Shaun Harvey, told

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the select committee hearing that Leeds United was owned by a

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discretionary trust but that neither he, nor to his knowledge,

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Ken Bates, knew who they were. A few weeks, later the club announced

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that Outro Limited, which is registered in the West Indian

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Island of Nevis and is wholly owned by Ken Bates, had bought the club

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from the trust for an undisclosed fee so he was now the controlling

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shareholder of Leeds United. The committee says this raised more

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questions - asking why the trust should sell a financially-sound,

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upwardly-mobile club without at least seeking alternatives bids to

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It was very unclear who owned Leeds United at all. We did establish

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that it was indeed Ken Bates, after a time, but only after pressure.

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There was still a lot of murky mess as to how that came about and who

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originally took the club out of administration. What should happen

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in the light of what happened? colleague has pressed for an

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investigation by the FA to bring out the history of what happened

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within the club, which is something I think the fans are entitled to

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know. It is ever so complicated. What have Leeds United had to say?

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Leeds United's response has been typically bullish saying, "there

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can't be much wrong with football if the biggest concern is the

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A High Court judge has ruled that the personalised motor known as

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Segway cannot be driven on the pavement, spoiling the plans of a

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Barnsley man in a test case. The motor, designed for short commuter

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trips, is legal in many countries. Philip Coates had spent �5,000 on

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one but was stopped and fined for driving it on the pavement near his

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home in Cudworth. Today his appeal failed.

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I hope the court would be sympathetic for using it on the

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pavement, as I had been using it for many months without causing any

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inconvenience to pedestrians or anyone.

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The British Transport Police have launched a campaign to crack down

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on the increasing problem of cable theft in Yorkshire. Dawn raids took

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place across the country as part of a wider campaign to target metal

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theft. Yorkshire is the worst place in the country for the theft of

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copper cable used in railway signals.

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The problems are Leeds railway station last night were not caused

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by a theft. A power failure caused chaos during rush-hour and although

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it only lasted 2.5 minutes, it cause hours of destruction between

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London and Newcastle. -- disruption. Malton Museum has existed since the

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1930s. Originally a gift to the town from a local landowner, it's

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been supported by the council for the last 80 years - until now. The

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museum is closing because a lack of funds and rising rents have

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combined to make it homeless. The battle to keep the Museum Open

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has finally ended. Although its collections have a national

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importance, the museum cannot afford the rates. Currently, the

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council sub-let so he museum at peppercorn rate. But despite

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inheriting the museum, the council can no longer offer it a home.

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have a moral responsibility, but are facing difficult times, and it

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would be difficult to sell the idea of paying three times but the rent

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for another 20 years to maintain the museum. The closure of this

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museum is now inevitable, although some council funding for a

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different location and Tabard museum has been discussed. There

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are a number of interesting ideas we can use this collection. More of

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the community can enjoy it. vast majority of the museum's Roman

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and medieval finds will very soon be packed away and put into storage,

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where the public will no longer have the opportunity to enjoy them.

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It is one of the most unique collections from around here, in

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the whole of the North of England. So many people in the town and

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Beria we think it is sad. They are a lot of good stuff. In a farewell

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gesture, the museum has abolished its entrance fees. Until closer, it

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is freed to sample this great store of Yorkshire heritage before it is

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gone for good. It is a great museum.

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Stay with us. Before 7pm: The weird and wonderful world of

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the theremin comes to Yorkshire. The musical instrument you don't

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have to touch. And a strange sight in Barnsley,

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and it has got the South Yorkshire Some cricket news now and

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Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan has been included in the England team facing

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India at Trent Bridge. He and his colleagues have been put in to bat

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against the visitors. This is Bresnan's eighth Test match and

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first since January when he played in an Ashes Test against Australia

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in Sydney. It is the Jane Tomlinson 10k Run

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For All in York on Sunday and for one man, the distance will be the

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end of a much longer challenge. 71- year-old John Burkhill, otherwise

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known as the mad man with a pram, set off from his home city of

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Sheffield this morning to walk his way to York in time for the 10k on

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Sunday. John, who lost his wife to cancer, has raised thousands of

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pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support. I am feeling OK. It is not bad

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conditions for walking, and all the way to walk, I do not think I'll

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have many problems at all. We have got the best people in England in

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Yorkshire, especially in Sheffield! We will do it, we will get their.

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Are you starting it off? Yes, I will be setting a blistering pace!

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It was was once known as murderball, but these days, wheelchair rugby is

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much more respectable, and its national championships are being

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held in Sheffield this weekend. The action is already underway at the

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English Institute of Sport in the city and tickets are free.

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This weekend will see teams from across the UK competing in the

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National wheelchair rugby championships. There is a game

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going on behind us. Some players from the team at GB squad but a

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taking part are there. It is a very physical and tough sport. It was

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born in the late 1970s in Canada, and recently, around 20 countries

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play across the world. A very simple definition of the game is

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that it is a cross between ice hockey, handball and rugby, but to

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give us a bit more of a definitive idea of what the sport is about is

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the team GB manager. Fascinating game. Tell us a bit more. Yes, it

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is a combination of all those rules you mentioned. How long have you

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been involved in the sport? I have worked for the US team for the last

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six years. What are your thoughts so far on the talent? Maybe you're

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not have seen so much of the guys on the other teams. I have seen

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them at very regularly actually. It is like a pipeline for the GB team.

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We have some players who have paid -- played for TB in the past and

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want to continue. A looking ahead to next year, what are your

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thoughts on a medal chance for GB? GB are definitely ready for a medal

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chance. They are ready to take that chance. All the best with that.

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Fingers crossed the you. If you want to come down this weekend, it

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is free for you all. If you want to take part as well, you can come

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down there and get more information. It is a weird and wonderful

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electronic instrument which you don't actually touch to play. It is

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called a theramin and if you don't know what that is, then listen to

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If you think that sounds a little bit odd, then take a look at this

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report. Strange things happen in Yorkshire

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pubs, and this is one of them. Just flown in from the USA, Kevin it is

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here for Scarborough's first theremin symposium. The instrument

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seems futuristic, but was invented in 1919. His antenna and

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frequencies react with the player's sound movements. It is hard to play,

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but Kevin it is one of the many acclaimed international performers

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in Scarborough this weekend. We are a very small community. If it were

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not for social networking, most of us would never know that the others

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existed! The fact we can be here in this part of the world, it is such

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a beautiful town. This informal gathering is also testing the pub's

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new brew, NATO celebrate symposium. -- made. He of the show is as good

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as the beer, you will have a very good time. It is part of a

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remarkable series of events taking place in Scarborough over the

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weekend. Antony is the man behind this. His love of the instrument

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gave him the idea to hold the event in his home town, and he has

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arranged a weekend of theremin heaven. If you are looking for a

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note, you do not even realise you are making a performance that are

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finding that note. You are just listening. The classical theremin

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players, who can just pluck notes out of thin air, they are amazing.

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To find that note, it is pure musical genius.

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Almost two one a century old, the theremin still holds a fascination.

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That is bizarre! They have been under starter's

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orders all week at South Yorkshire's version of glorious

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Goodwood. And no, we are not talking fit fillies and silkly

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stallions! No, these athletes are definitely of the woolly variety.

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We are, of course, talking sheep racing. Emma Glasbey has been

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It may appear to be just a bit of fun, but this have flogged takes it

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pretty seriously. Their trainer says the sheep racing season in

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Barnsley is off to a flying start. Everybody is really enjoying it.

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They are really getting behind the sheep. It is probably as good as

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Horseracing. There are one or two a little bit more fired up than the

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others. It is no night at the docks or day out at the horses, but the

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crowd at Cannon Hall Farm are equally enthusiastic. We were just

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expecting a little walk around the park, but we got a good surprise.

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What did you like about it? When in! Great fun. I thought it was

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brilliant. Really entertaining, and really good fun for the kids.

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And by mid- afternoon, it seemed almost everyone was tempted to have

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a flutter on the flop. The are taking bets here today. My

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pretender money would be on this little sprinter here. The name is a

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little misleading. We are pretty confident that desperate donkey is

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going to be a real flyer. So not a great start. Still, we are

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hoping for a late flourish. But in the end, desperate donkey lived up

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to her name. When the going gets tough, she really cannot be

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bothered to get going. So is that what they call a woolly

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Let me show you two pictures became an in the last 24 hours. This is

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phenomenal. It came in from the North Sea. Isn't that amazing? The

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second one, this is a lovely shot. Let us have a look at the head lad

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for the next 24 hours. It looks like it or be a pleasant weekend.

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It will not break any records or win any awards, but nevertheless, a

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good deal of find a weather. -- find a weather. Just the chance of

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a light shower on Sunday, but very much the exception to the role.

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Central and western parts have had a lovely afternoon. There is still

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a lot of thick, height cloud. That cloud will come and go, but

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certainly central and western parts of Yorkshire will have clear

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whether tonight, and all beat chilly for the end of July: Five

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Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning it at 5:17am. Those are

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your high a quarter times. They should be a good deal of sunshine

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across more inland areas. Even here, they should be some sunny spells.

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That cloud will develop from time to time as well. Partly cloudy,

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some sunny spells, and onshore breeze,, so a bit of a two day. The

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