:00:02. > :00:06.later on the programme. Good evening and welcome to Look
:00:06. > :00:12.North. Figures obtained by the BBC revealed that almost 1,000 people
:00:12. > :00:17.in Yorkshire have managed to escape a driving ban despite having 12 or
:00:17. > :00:21.more panty points on their licence. According to the DVLA, some drivers
:00:21. > :00:25.in our region are still on the roads with as many as 28 points. It
:00:25. > :00:30.is because of the leniency of the courts.
:00:30. > :00:35.If you have been snapped by a speed camera or caught using your mobile
:00:35. > :00:39.at the wheel, you have probably got penalty points on your licence. The
:00:39. > :00:45.law says that drivers who get to 12 should face a ban but we have
:00:45. > :00:50.discovered that is not always happen in. In Yorkshire, 964
:00:50. > :00:55.drivers are on the road with 12 or more points. These figures have
:00:55. > :00:59.come from the DVLA's database and they are broken down into postcode
:00:59. > :01:09.areas. Here is something you might find surprising. Some of the areas
:01:09. > :01:13.where drivers have more than 20 points on their licences. We have
:01:13. > :01:19.discovered two drivers who are still on the road with 25 penalty
:01:19. > :01:23.points. As you can see from these postcodes, they live in Bradford
:01:23. > :01:27.and Wakefield. Finally, the driver with the highest number of penalty
:01:27. > :01:33.points on their licence in Yorkshire and lives here, in the
:01:33. > :01:40.Chapeltown area of Leeds. How are some people getting away
:01:40. > :01:45.with it? This solicitor has become famous for defending celebrity
:01:45. > :01:48.drivers in court. Once you get to 12 points, the
:01:48. > :01:55.court have to disqualify you for a minimum of six months. The
:01:55. > :01:59.exception is if the defendant can prove exceptional hard fit --
:01:59. > :02:05.hardship. There are extreme circumstances where people argue
:02:05. > :02:09.several exceptional hardships. The norm would be two.
:02:09. > :02:15.Bradford is one area where hundreds of drivers have successfully argued
:02:15. > :02:19.hardship in courts. I have a friend with 24 points, all
:02:20. > :02:25.for speeding offences, but he runs an antique firm where he employs
:02:25. > :02:31.eight people who rely on him being able to drive, so every time he
:02:31. > :02:37.goes to court he gets away with it. If I had more than 11 or 12 I would
:02:37. > :02:40.go to court and do the same. It is shocking and completely
:02:40. > :02:47.unacceptable that there are drivers with up to 28 points on their
:02:47. > :02:51.licence in Leeds. At 12 you should have a ban and these drivers are
:02:51. > :02:59.repeatedly breaking the law. Now the Magistrates' Association
:02:59. > :03:04.has agreed that some of these cases need further investigation.
:03:04. > :03:09.Thank you. I am joined now by Chris Hunt Cooke, the chair of the
:03:09. > :03:13.Magistrates' Association Road Traffic Committee. An awful lot of
:03:13. > :03:19.drivers with more than 12 points still on the roads. Doesn't it make
:03:19. > :03:24.a mockery of the system? I don't think it does necessarily. What I
:03:24. > :03:28.am surprised about is the number with 20 or 28 points. That really
:03:28. > :03:33.should not happen. But the system is that once you get 12 points you
:03:33. > :03:36.have to go to court. If you can convince the court that
:03:36. > :03:41.disqualifying you would cause exceptional hardship to you or to
:03:41. > :03:45.other people, the court may decide not to disqualify you. But you
:03:45. > :03:52.can't use that same argument more than once every three years. Why
:03:52. > :03:55.people are getting up to 20 points, I think, is not anything to do with
:03:55. > :04:00.exceptional hardship or leniency by the courts, it indicates something
:04:00. > :04:05.has gone wrong in the system. have heard from somebody who has 28
:04:05. > :04:10.points on their licence. That is incredible, isn't it? It is. It is
:04:10. > :04:15.an indication that something has gone wrong. Getting to 12 points,
:04:15. > :04:20.it gives you another chance but it does not give you a Get Out Of jail
:04:20. > :04:27.Free card if you go on doing that. Isn't the Road Traffic Committee
:04:27. > :04:32.there to make sure that persistent bad drivers are not on our roads?
:04:32. > :04:36.We have to obey the law. People can argue that they have exceptional
:04:36. > :04:40.hardship, but they can't use that argument more than once in every
:04:40. > :04:44.three years, so they should not be getting up to that number of points.
:04:44. > :04:48.I suspect that what is happening is that something has gone wrong in
:04:48. > :04:51.the system and they are not been correctly identified to the court.
:04:51. > :04:55.If the court does not have the information available at the time
:04:55. > :05:01.the person appears, they are not going to be able to dispose of them
:05:01. > :05:06.appropriately. As ever, we want to know what you
:05:06. > :05:16.think. Should drivers be allowed on the road with more than 12 points?
:05:16. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:24.You can leave for comment on our Police are warning parents to make
:05:24. > :05:28.sure that tablets are securely locked away after a two-year-old
:05:28. > :05:32.boy in Yorkshire died when he swallowed his mother's anti-
:05:32. > :05:36.depressants. Today Sophie George was spared a prison term after
:05:36. > :05:46.admitting child neglect. The judge said it was something all parents
:05:46. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:51.dread. This is the child who found some
:05:52. > :05:57.tablets in Leeds. And they were not locked away and he swallowed four
:05:57. > :06:00.or five. They belonged to his mother, Sophie George. The court
:06:00. > :06:06.heard she was taking an anti- depressant which helps adults sleep
:06:06. > :06:10.but in children causes fits. Sophie George found the boy having a fit,
:06:10. > :06:14.called an ambulance but he died in St James's Hospital.
:06:14. > :06:20.I would advise parents that if they are aware of their medication but
:06:20. > :06:24.it is locked away or certainly out of a child's reach. That goes for
:06:24. > :06:29.household things as well. Clearly the medication was accessible by
:06:29. > :06:33.the child and the consequences were that the child took the medication
:06:33. > :06:37.and subsequently died. The court heard evidence that so be
:06:37. > :06:40.George's other child also played with the tabloids but did not
:06:40. > :06:44.swallow them. The judge said that she had showed reckless
:06:44. > :06:48.indifference by not putting the tabloids out of harm's way. The
:06:48. > :06:53.maximum sentence for child neglect is 10 years in prison but he
:06:53. > :06:57.sentenced her to a two-year community order, saying she had had
:06:57. > :07:02.a difficult background as an asylum seeker and, although this may seem
:07:02. > :07:07.lenient to some, she deserves a great deal of sympathy. What
:07:07. > :07:14.happened to the boy, the judge said, was something that all parents
:07:14. > :07:19.dread. What happened remains subject to a serious review.
:07:19. > :07:25.Later in the programme, Yorkshire's Olympic dreams - we will introduce
:07:25. > :07:29.you to one of our leading hopes for London 2012.
:07:29. > :07:34.First, Annan is in a critical condition in hospital tonight after
:07:34. > :07:38.being found floating unconscious in the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. -- a man.
:07:38. > :07:45.The man was in his Fifties and had been cycling. The police have
:07:45. > :07:50.sealed off a large part of the total of -- towpath in Leeds. What
:07:50. > :07:54.do we know? I am alongside the Leeds-Liverpool
:07:54. > :08:01.Canal. Whatever happened was further along towards the Abbey.
:08:01. > :08:06.This is a busy towpath. Thousands of people are going to and for a,
:08:06. > :08:09.joggers and cyclists. Police hope that somebody saw exactly what
:08:09. > :08:13.happened because at the moment they do not know whether they are
:08:13. > :08:18.working on an accident or this man been the victim of an assault. They
:08:18. > :08:22.have established that he was in the water, found unconscious floating
:08:22. > :08:26.at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening. They say he was cycling along the
:08:26. > :08:33.towpath but his bicycle is now missing. I have had the underwater
:08:33. > :08:37.search team end but have not been able to find it. I have just bumped
:08:37. > :08:41.into one eyewitness who said it was quite a distressing scene when they
:08:41. > :08:46.saw the man being pulled out of the water. He was taken to Leeds
:08:46. > :08:50.General Infirmary, where he was -- where he is in a critical condition.
:08:50. > :08:57.The police are seeking to reassure members of the community to use
:08:57. > :09:01.this towpath. The man was 51, tall, 6 ft 2, with a bright red T-shirt
:09:01. > :09:08.and a stocky build. If you saw him on Saturday evening you should get
:09:08. > :09:11.in touch with police. More than 100 staff at TJ Hughes in
:09:11. > :09:17.Sheffield say they are looking forward to a more certain future
:09:17. > :09:20.after pot of the chain has been bought out. The company went into
:09:20. > :09:24.administration in June but some stores have now been sold to
:09:24. > :09:30.Lewis's Home Retail. A buyer has yet to be found for other stores,
:09:30. > :09:34.including the Doncaster branch. A demonstration was held outside
:09:34. > :09:38.the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield today.
:09:38. > :09:43.Protesters are angry about the closure of the last elderly care
:09:43. > :09:45.ward. They fear that people will not get the treatment they need.
:09:45. > :09:50.Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust is also considering closing a
:09:50. > :09:53.similar award at the Northern General, saying it will allow more
:09:53. > :09:56.money to be invested into care in the community.
:09:56. > :10:03.Two people have been taken to hospital after being chased through
:10:04. > :10:07.the streets of Leeds by a gang, one armed by -- with a machete. It
:10:07. > :10:12.happened between Chapeltown Road and Leopold Street. The couple are
:10:12. > :10:16.believed to be from York. Police are appealing for witnesses.
:10:16. > :10:20.Mahfouz Ahmed has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for smuggling
:10:21. > :10:25.heroin. The former council worker who was given money to combat drug
:10:25. > :10:31.abuse in Halifax has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than �1.3 million
:10:31. > :10:36.worth of the drug. A suitcase containing 50 blocks of heroin was
:10:36. > :10:40.dropped by an accomplice in Halifax. People in Hebden Bridge have had
:10:40. > :10:46.bad headlines about drug and alcohol abuse but now Labour
:10:46. > :10:51.revamped skating facility is turning their lives around.
:10:51. > :10:58.This turnout is not just for the cameras. Around 150 people use the
:10:58. > :11:02.bank's here every day. But it has not always been a hub of healthy
:11:02. > :11:05.activity. There have been tales of drug and alcohol abuse and the
:11:05. > :11:09.meeting point was the old skate park.
:11:09. > :11:14.People were coming down and getting wrecked. There were more people
:11:14. > :11:19.drinking than skating. People did not want to come and skate for that
:11:19. > :11:25.reason. It did not look very good. Skaters and volunteers took their
:11:25. > :11:29.case to the council. Improve the skate park, improve the area.
:11:29. > :11:33.This was a positive piece of work by young people. Young people worry
:11:33. > :11:37.about anti-social behaviour, drinking, all sorts of things, and
:11:37. > :11:44.I hope that this will contribute to showing that kids are good!
:11:44. > :11:49.Good at working money as well. They helped secure more than �180,000 of
:11:49. > :11:53.funding people have something to do now instead of just taking drugs
:11:53. > :11:57.and drinking. It has definitely helped. Getting
:11:57. > :12:02.everybody together has raised the money. Everybody was working
:12:02. > :12:08.together and they saw that there was more to do.
:12:08. > :12:12.It is good to meet everybody. Everybody comes and chills out.
:12:12. > :12:18.There of people who skated and then started to drink but they have come
:12:18. > :12:24.back to skating. Until recently the park could only
:12:24. > :12:30.hold eight to 10 skaters and bikers but now it can hold up to 80. It is
:12:30. > :12:34.hoped that more people spend their time experimenting here will mean
:12:34. > :12:37.less spending their time on the Now, over the next 12 months we'll
:12:37. > :12:40.be following some of Yorkshire's finest sportspeople as they try to
:12:40. > :12:44.achieve their Olympic dreams. Sarah Stevenson from Bentley near
:12:44. > :12:54.Doncaster is hoping to pick up Gold in Taekwondo. Neil Smallburn went
:12:54. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:01.to meet her and asked how she was A I think it will be the same as
:13:01. > :13:07.every other year preparing for a big competition like a European or
:13:08. > :13:15.world. We will not do anything different. We will get better each
:13:15. > :13:21.time we compete anyway. If we look at it like that, but winning is
:13:21. > :13:26.better than anything else. That is the biggest difference. She is a
:13:26. > :13:30.fighter. Both her parents were diagnosed with cancer and since the
:13:30. > :13:40.interview was recorded, her father passed away. It has changed me a
:13:40. > :13:44.lot. The way you focus, sometimes you get less patient. It is
:13:44. > :13:53.difficult to try to remember other people are not going through what
:13:53. > :13:57.you're going through. What will you do this year? Just keep going to
:13:58. > :14:03.whatever competition with the same mentality and focus. And hopefully
:14:04. > :14:11.that will be enough for golden 2012. She is a lovely lady. You can
:14:12. > :14:18.follow it the fortunes of our athletes on the radio.
:14:18. > :14:28.Stay with us, what will life be like in Wakefield without John
:14:28. > :14:29.
:14:29. > :14:39.Kear? The best of the rugby action. And on Yorkshire Day we bring you a
:14:39. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:45.little of the symphony for Quite right to have a fanfare, What
:14:45. > :14:47.could be more appropriate on Yorkshire Day than a lad born in
:14:47. > :14:50.Pontefract, who went to Castleford High School and today played the
:14:50. > :14:55.match of his life? We're talking of course about Yorkshire cricketer
:14:55. > :15:05.Tim Bresnan who was instrumental in England's victory against India.
:15:05. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:14.Tim was brilliant, astonishing, so confident, a far cry from the young
:15:14. > :15:20.man called up five years ago for his first Test. It didn't sink in
:15:20. > :15:27.it for a couple of hours. I sat there thinking, I wonder what it
:15:27. > :15:34.will be like, that is when you get the butterflies and nerves. And he
:15:34. > :15:44.was all right today on his way to 90 glorious runs. Then, he was
:15:44. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:56.sensational, his first wickets nicely caught. The next ball, plum
:15:56. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.lbw. Enjoy it. And his 5th wicket, a higher Bijan to seal a remarkable
:16:01. > :16:06.personal performance and England are the best Test team in the world.
:16:06. > :16:13.Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan leave the arena with a wicket each as a
:16:13. > :16:17.souvenir. Just fantastic. Well done to him and the England team. Let's
:16:17. > :16:19.stay with sport and an eventful day in Super League yesterday with a
:16:19. > :16:22.return to form for Huddersfield Giants but disappointment for
:16:22. > :16:24.Castleford Tigers. Harry starts his round up though in Wakefield where
:16:24. > :16:27.their day of celebrations on maintaining their super league
:16:28. > :16:37.status didn't quite turn out the way it should have done. Not helped
:16:38. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:44.by the announcement that coach John John Kear, a few days ago, happy
:16:44. > :16:49.with the future. As were his team, a chance to celebrate Super League
:16:49. > :16:54.status. Yesterday's a lamentable display made a mockery of weak
:16:54. > :16:59.fields survival. It sent a message the loss of John Kear as their
:16:59. > :17:07.coach was a hard one to bear. Look at this try it from the Crusaders,
:17:07. > :17:14.nothing to play for, a beauty. John James started with this drive. And
:17:14. > :17:24.this was the most appropriate of them all, scored by Elliott Becchio.
:17:24. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:33.An unlikely win for the team. The Castleford were well behind St
:17:33. > :17:43.Helens but fought back with passion. Dixon scoring. The high kick set it
:17:43. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:56.Saints seal their victory with this try, Wilkins kick, Gaskell getting
:17:56. > :18:01.a touch down. Both sides in the semi-finals next weekend. This was
:18:01. > :18:07.much better from Huddersfield Giants. A couple of tries to savour.
:18:07. > :18:15.Robinson's kick caused mayhem. A nice bit of juggling. But this is
:18:15. > :18:23.my favourite. A powerhouse display. More like the giants we know. He
:18:23. > :18:26.scores in the corner. It It is of course the 1st of August and that
:18:26. > :18:30.means one thing - Yorkshire Day. Up and down the county people have
:18:30. > :18:33.been celebrating. But in the shadow of Ilkley Moor a little bit of
:18:33. > :18:36.history has been made. Tony Parker reports on a local delicacy that's
:18:36. > :18:45.set to create a bit of a bang in Yorkshire and hopefully further
:18:45. > :18:55.afield. It is about good products and locality, getting Yorkshire on
:18:55. > :18:58.the map. With no further ado, all I have to do is open his up...
:18:58. > :19:01.sizzling start to mark Yorkshire Day, the county gets its own
:19:01. > :19:08.sausage. Revealed by someone who knows a thing or two about good
:19:08. > :19:12.food. Cumberland Katharine sausage, Lincolnshire do and it is about
:19:12. > :19:16.time Yorkshire has its own sausage. Where the largest county in the
:19:16. > :19:21.country. So, it's about time we had our own.
:19:21. > :19:28.The winner was chosen by the public following a county-wide selection
:19:28. > :19:32.campaign by an Ilkley Butcher and tourism agency. Yorkshire people
:19:32. > :19:41.are conservative in their taste, they don't want anything too weird
:19:41. > :19:45.or wacky. It is a good sausage of herb and spice. A nice all round
:19:45. > :19:51.sausage. More than 3,000 people voted with a few friendly critics
:19:51. > :19:55.on standby. It will go with Yorkshire pudding with gravy. It
:19:55. > :20:02.will. I don't think it will topple Yorkshire pudding. But his
:20:02. > :20:10.worldwide. There is an old saying in Yorkshire, if nobody does knout,
:20:10. > :20:14.nothing ever happens. It is not happening here. The Yorkshire pork
:20:14. > :20:18.sausage with its own blend of spices will soon be available in
:20:18. > :20:25.one supermarket chain, the recipe is also available for others to
:20:25. > :20:31.follow. But the proof, as they say, is in the eating. Quite spicy. A
:20:31. > :20:37.bit of a pick. It has a little spice to it. People will love that.
:20:38. > :20:43.Fantastic. The people have chosen, that is what is nice.
:20:43. > :20:46.Where is our sausage? I have no idea, you have probably
:20:46. > :20:50.eaten it. The hay fever has been bad.
:20:50. > :21:00.I am losing my voice. You will be thrilled with that.
:21:00. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:11.The pollen count is high. Let's An iconic picture for Yorkshire Day.
:21:11. > :21:16.The second, a beautiful one. Not to ignore our friends in Derbyshire.
:21:16. > :21:24.The reservoir. I have covered everyone and everything. Keep your
:21:24. > :21:34.pictures coming in. You can also tweet. It is overcast, temperatures
:21:34. > :21:39.have been impressive despite cloud. 26 degrees at Robin Hood. 24 down
:21:39. > :21:44.the Vale of York. There is a lot of cloud but it is warm and humid.
:21:44. > :21:50.More brightness, the risk of one or two thundery showers. This cold
:21:50. > :21:54.front trying to get in it from the West. So, you can see how much
:21:54. > :22:00.cloud the Rhys. It is clearing from the south so with any luck the
:22:00. > :22:04.North Midlands may brighten up. There are a few showers around, and
:22:04. > :22:09.they will fizzle and then dry tonight before clouds thickens in
:22:09. > :22:14.the West bringing patchy rain, prolonged rain to the top of the
:22:14. > :22:21.Pennines but further east it is dry and uncomfortable for sleeping.
:22:21. > :22:30.Lows of 16 Celsius. So, the sun rises in the morning: the high
:22:30. > :22:34.water times: quite a bit of cloud first thing, a bright start in the
:22:34. > :22:40.east, the weak weatherfront pushing eastwards breaking up, sunshine
:22:40. > :22:44.coming through, it may be that we create a few sharp showers as we
:22:44. > :22:49.head though the day, the rumble of thunder. Quite hit and miss. We
:22:49. > :22:58.will see more sunshine than we have this afternoon. The top
:22:58. > :23:06.temperatures, similar to today. 25, possibly 26. The coast not doing
:23:06. > :23:09.too bad, a South easterly breeze. The hottest day will be Wednesday,
:23:09. > :23:15.a high risk of catching a thunderstorm, back graphic is
:23:15. > :23:18.impressive. Much cool and fresher on Thursday and into the weekend.
:23:18. > :23:24.Again the or wife could hardly speak to date so you have had a
:23:24. > :23:29.good day. Fantastic, peace and quiet!
:23:29. > :23:36.Nearly a 1000 motorists and -- had 12 points on their licence but are
:23:36. > :23:43.still on the roads. Judith said 28 points, the driving is so bad they
:23:43. > :23:47.should not be on the roads at all. Hardship, my foot. Charlotte said
:23:48. > :23:54.her father said does it suit government have large fines rather
:23:54. > :24:00.than banning people and any Melk says all drivers should resit their
:24:00. > :24:03.Test if they get more than six points. It is a nonsense. Now it is
:24:03. > :24:06.Yorkshire Day and the perfect way to end a perfect day is to have