:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. Welcome to Look North. On the
:00:14. > :00:16.programme: wanted and on the run. Police are trying to find this man
:00:16. > :00:19.after two woman are stabbed in the Garforth area of Leeds.
:00:19. > :00:21.Also tonight: 200 beds to go - one of the
:00:21. > :00:27.recommendations to help cure the financial problems in North
:00:27. > :00:33.Yorkshire's health services. And Stan Barstow, one of
:00:33. > :00:37.Yorkshire's original "angry young men", passes away. It has been
:00:37. > :00:41.another very warm day. These pictures were taken in South
:00:41. > :00:51.Yorkshire very early on. One more day of warmth. All the details
:00:51. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :01:01.coming up. Tonight, the face of a man on the
:01:01. > :01:04.run, wanted following the stabbing of a mother and daughter. Police
:01:04. > :01:07.say he's dangerous and should not be approached. The mother is very
:01:07. > :01:09.seriously ill in hospital after she and her 25-year-old daughter were
:01:09. > :01:12.stabbed in Garforth near Leeds this morning. Within the past hour,
:01:12. > :01:22.police have named the man they want to question. Our crime
:01:22. > :01:25.correspondent John Cundy is at the scene now. Talk us through the
:01:25. > :01:30.events of the morning. Let me set the scene. It was just after 8.00am
:01:30. > :01:35.this morning when police were alerted to come here in Bar Lane in
:01:35. > :01:39.Garforth on 999 calls from some local neighbours. They'd seen a
:01:39. > :01:46.quite horrific sight of a woman and her 25-year-old daughter staggering
:01:46. > :01:49.in the path behind me where you see the cars. Blood was everywhere, and
:01:49. > :01:56.they'd clearly been stabbed many times. This is how two of them
:01:57. > :02:02.described the situation to me earlier today. You feel a little
:02:02. > :02:06.bit - unsafe, whether it's a random person. I saw the mother and
:02:06. > :02:12.daughter coming down the drive covered in blood, and the daughter
:02:12. > :02:16.was screaming that, "He's stabbed us!" And the mum just gone down on
:02:16. > :02:24.the floor. What more can you tell us about the man police are
:02:24. > :02:28.hunting? They immediately have begun the hunt for this man who was
:02:28. > :02:35.known to two of the victims. Two other properties have been guarded
:02:35. > :02:40.by Garforth Police during the day. He has been named as 40-year-old
:02:40. > :02:46.Lesley Cunningham from Leeds. He's white, obviously, male, 6'2" of an
:02:46. > :02:52.athletic build. He has an half-inch horizontal scar under his right eye.
:02:52. > :02:57.Has distinctive large tattoos on both forearms featuring a Dragoon,
:02:57. > :03:01.fish and panther on his left arm and a dragon and a skull on his
:03:01. > :03:06.right. Police don't have a description of a vehicle, but they
:03:06. > :03:14.say he's extremely dangerous and shouldn't be approached. He's also
:03:14. > :03:21.known as Jevins". I can also tell you the 55-year-old woman is in a
:03:21. > :03:26.serious but stable condition this evening in hospital. Her 25-year-
:03:26. > :03:28.old daughter has serious injuries but they're less life threatening.
:03:28. > :03:31.Also tonight: 200 hospital beds could close in
:03:31. > :03:34.North Yorkshire as the health trust faces one of the BIGGEST financial
:03:34. > :03:37.challenges in the country. An independent review says the health
:03:37. > :03:40.service in North Yorkshire is spending beyond its means and needs
:03:40. > :03:42.to save �230 million in four years. As our health correspondent Penny
:03:42. > :03:52.Bustin reports, financial pressures are not helped by a growing elderly
:03:52. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:00.population. Its duty attract misto retire here. That puts a strain on
:04:00. > :04:03.health services already under debt by years of overspending. By 2020,
:04:03. > :04:08.the over-65 population is predicted to increase in North Yorkshire by
:04:08. > :04:12.40%, making up almost a quarter of the population. Relatively affluent
:04:12. > :04:16.and informed, this age group have relatively high expectations and
:04:16. > :04:20.demands of an NHS which has to cut costs. People in York and North
:04:20. > :04:24.Yorkshire stay longer in hospital than they need because of a
:04:24. > :04:29.historic lack of investment in community services. This sort of
:04:29. > :04:33.care is obviously far more expensive than that at home or by a
:04:33. > :04:39.GP. Beds are going to have to close. 20% more needs to be done here with
:04:40. > :04:43.the same amount of money. �230 million to be saved by 2015, but
:04:43. > :04:47.the claim is while beds won't be here, services and treatments will
:04:47. > :04:51.still be available, just not in big buildings in York or Scarborough.
:04:51. > :04:55.It is the mindset that has to change. I think people have to say,
:04:55. > :05:00.what's the service that I require? Would I prefer that service was
:05:00. > :05:04.delivered close to my home or in my own home if that were possible?
:05:04. > :05:09.Then let's do that, and that's particularly a problem in North
:05:09. > :05:14.Yorkshire because, for many, the distance are so great. Good morning.
:05:14. > :05:18.How are you? Innovations like this telemedicine scheme in Grassington
:05:18. > :05:22.where technology connects patients and doctor remotely will need to be
:05:22. > :05:29.used more. The number of GPs will need to be reviewed, redundant
:05:29. > :05:33.buildings sold off. There will be more integration between health and
:05:33. > :05:36.social care. North Yorkshire has a challenge that has to be met. More
:05:36. > :05:42.significantly, the whole of the Health Service has challenge that
:05:42. > :05:46.has to be met, so let's accept that. The country's economy dictates that.
:05:46. > :05:50.Let's accept that and work out collectively how across local
:05:50. > :05:55.health care, with the voluntary and private sector we provide
:05:55. > :05:58.appropriate and safe care given the budget restraints we have.
:05:58. > :06:06.Still to come: The Leeds woman taking on the
:06:06. > :06:10.council after she's told she can't keep her 21 cats in her flat.
:06:10. > :06:12.Pubs and clubs in Scarborough could close early to help cut the number
:06:12. > :06:15.of alcohol-related problems in the town. More than 3,000 patients a
:06:15. > :06:19.year attend Scarborough's A&E as a result of drinking too much. Now
:06:19. > :06:22.police and a local MP are calling for an end to 24-hour drinking and
:06:22. > :06:32.want this to be used as a pilot for licensing laws across Britain.
:06:32. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:40.Danny Carpenter reports. It calls itself "the first resort", and
:06:40. > :06:46.Scarborough prides itself on being forward thinking, but now they're
:06:46. > :06:54.looking back to when time at the bar was 11.00pm, and nightclubs
:06:54. > :07:03.closed at 2.00pm. Paul Murray owns Vivaz and chairs the Pub Watch
:07:03. > :07:07.scheme. Nightclubs used to open at 10.00. Pubs used to close at 11.00
:07:07. > :07:12.and close at 2.00am. People think, we'll take more money. They only
:07:12. > :07:15.have so much to spend. Now it's just getting later and later.
:07:15. > :07:21.day drinking was introduced in 2005, partly to help the licence trade,
:07:21. > :07:25.but it's led to fears about binge drinking and street crime and cheap
:07:25. > :07:30.alcohol from supermarkets means people drink at home before going
:07:30. > :07:35.out. We're basically trying to turn the clock back not to the 1960s,
:07:35. > :07:38.but just five years so we can actually get people out in the pubs
:07:38. > :07:43.earlier in the evenings rather than drinking cheap supermarket booze
:07:43. > :07:47.they have bought. At the moment, often they'll arrive at the pubs at
:07:47. > :07:52.11.00pm already tanked up. What they're saying is far from helping
:07:52. > :07:58.the town's night-time economy, late licensing is hurting them. Pubs and
:07:58. > :08:02.clubs, take-aways and taxis are all working longer hours for less money.
:08:02. > :08:08.At the town's hospital the effect is being felt during the day.
:08:08. > :08:10.still see peax on Friday and Saturday nights. We still see
:08:10. > :08:14.alcohol-related tendencies at all times of the day and night all
:08:14. > :08:18.through the week. That obviously stretchs the resources and puts the
:08:18. > :08:21.additional pressure on our staffing throughout those times.
:08:21. > :08:25.Scarborough they're trying to introduce a voluntary code, a
:08:25. > :08:34.shorter drinking day, but they accept it will only work if
:08:34. > :08:37.everybody signs up, and the Government tackles the supermarkets.
:08:37. > :08:39.Danny, thank you. More news from around Yorkshire now.
:08:39. > :08:42.And detectives are asking people who regularly use the towpath of
:08:42. > :08:45.the Leeds-Liverpool canal for help after a man was found unconscious
:08:45. > :08:52.in the water. The 51-year-old was cycling on the path in Kirkstall on
:08:52. > :08:55.Saturday night. He was later found in the water and taken to hospital
:08:55. > :09:00.where he is in a critical condition. Police say they want to trace his
:09:00. > :09:02.bike which is still missing despite an underwater search.
:09:02. > :09:05.Council bosses in Derbyshire have agreed to look at cutting the
:09:05. > :09:08.numbers of gritting trucks and drivers across the county. Last
:09:08. > :09:11.year roads were blocked by snow for up to two weeks despite over �5
:09:11. > :09:14.million being spent on gritting. This year's budget is �1 million
:09:14. > :09:19.less. Individual payments of �200 will be given to farmers and local
:09:19. > :09:23.businesses who grit roads on behalf of the council.
:09:23. > :09:25.There won't be a big wheel behind the Art Gallery in York. The plans
:09:25. > :09:28.have been scrapped after delays and objections from local residents.
:09:28. > :09:38.It's been decided there'll be a landscape garden and arts space
:09:38. > :09:39.
:09:39. > :09:42.instead. This is an interesting one.
:09:42. > :09:45.A committed Christian who won the right to display a cross in his
:09:45. > :09:48.work van has been suspended from his job in Wakefield. Colin
:09:48. > :09:51.Atkinson was originally threatened with the sack unless he removed the
:09:51. > :09:54.symbol. But after a public outcry his employers had a re-think. That
:09:54. > :10:00.was back in April. But now Colin says his employers, Wakefield and
:10:00. > :10:10.District Housing, have failed to honour the agreement. Charlotte
:10:10. > :10:14.Leeming's been following the story. Electriction Colin Atkinson makes
:10:14. > :10:18.no mistake of his religion at home or work. Last year his bosses at
:10:18. > :10:21.Wakefield and District Housing objected to the cross in his van in
:10:21. > :10:28.case he offended somebody. He thought he was going to lose his
:10:28. > :10:37.job, but after a public outcry, the threat of disciplinary action was
:10:37. > :10:45.dropped. Christianity to me is 24/7. It's not any faith, I would hope,
:10:45. > :10:48.you keep in a cupboard. I can only point out the worldwide reaction in
:10:48. > :10:53.this county and country we have had massive support. But once the media
:10:53. > :10:58.attention died down, and he returned to work, he says his
:10:58. > :11:01.working conditions changed, and he no longer had the use of a van.
:11:01. > :11:06.When the BBC contacted Wakefield and District Housing today, he told
:11:07. > :11:10.us they didn't want to comment. Mr Atkinson says he believes his
:11:10. > :11:15.employers were unhappy he had spoken out about his situation.
:11:15. > :11:19.way they threatened me with disciplinary action since June last
:11:19. > :11:24.year when it were actually a grievance I put in against the
:11:24. > :11:27.company is nothing short of scandalous, really, and I've got a
:11:28. > :11:34.right under law and just the human rights to speak reasonably and
:11:34. > :11:39.truthfully to people about it. Colin is keen to get back to work,
:11:39. > :11:44.but he's also determined to stand up for his faith, even if it costs
:11:44. > :11:47.him his livelihood. Thank you very much, Charlotte. You
:11:47. > :11:50.know, it's here. We have been talking about it. We have admitted
:11:51. > :11:53.sometimes we don't even understand it, but Yorkshire's digital
:11:53. > :11:58.switchover starts tonight in Scarborough. We have the final
:11:59. > :12:02.details. Other parts of the region will begin to switch over in the
:12:02. > :12:06.next few days. It's going to be done in two stages. It sounds
:12:06. > :12:10.complicated to me, but Harry says it's not. I am turned on and
:12:10. > :12:14.switched on about this, and another time stable - in Scarborough, admit
:12:14. > :12:17.need tonight, BBC Two will be switched over on the Oliver's Mount
:12:17. > :12:20.transmitter. The rest of the channels will then switch in a
:12:20. > :12:24.fortnight's time. BBC Two will go digital next week this Chesterfield
:12:24. > :12:30.and Sheffield. The rest of the channels will then follow on August
:12:30. > :12:35.the 24th, and Emley Moor, which serves most of Yorkshire, will
:12:35. > :12:40.start to go digital on September 7. We'll be fully digital on September
:12:40. > :12:44.21. Some parts of North Yorkshire switch on the same dates, though
:12:44. > :12:49.the Billsdale transmitter is next year. Again, you'll need to retune
:12:49. > :12:54.there twice there too. How do we retune? Here is a quick lesson.
:12:54. > :12:58.So after years of waiting, digital switch-over has finally arrived in
:12:58. > :13:02.Yorkshire, but what do you need to do? If you live in Scarborough, pay
:13:02. > :13:05.attention because you're going to be part of broadcasting history
:13:05. > :13:09.overnight. I've got to get learning what to do.
:13:09. > :13:14.Hi, Callum. Nice to meet you. You going to explain how this works,
:13:14. > :13:21.then? Here is my teacher for the day,
:13:21. > :13:24.digital TV expert Callum Wood. How easy is the? All you need are
:13:24. > :13:30.the menu button, directional arrows and the OK button to tell the TV
:13:30. > :13:34.what you're doing and why. How does it work? Right. First of all, menu
:13:34. > :13:37.button. So we're pressing that going into the settings. That
:13:37. > :13:42.brings up all the different men use on the TV. We need to do a full
:13:42. > :13:44.factory reset so it adds the new higher-powered channels. You're
:13:44. > :13:48.clearing the memory? Clearing the memory altogether. You're not
:13:48. > :13:52.adding more things. You're clearing it completely and refreshing it for
:13:52. > :13:55.the high-powered channels. That'll then start to retune. All the TV is
:13:55. > :13:59.doing is searching for the channels. You don't need to do anything about
:14:00. > :14:04.it. It does it all itself. You make it look very easy. I was taking it
:14:04. > :14:07.in there, and it didn't look that complicated. It's very easy to be
:14:07. > :14:11.honest. All you need to do is follow the on-screen instructions.
:14:11. > :14:17.Don't be frightened of breaking it because you can't. Let it do its
:14:17. > :14:21.thing. It's as simple as that if I can do it, you can. But if you're
:14:21. > :14:24.still unsure, there is plenty of help available. One slight problem
:14:24. > :14:31.- before I am allowed to leave here, I have about a hundred TV sets to
:14:31. > :14:33.retune! He's going to be there until 9.00pm
:14:33. > :14:36.tonight. He has 120 channels. What will
:14:36. > :14:41.people in Scarborough notice when they wake up tomorrow about TV?
:14:41. > :14:45.There are two things - anybody who is still an analogue viewer will
:14:45. > :14:49.lose BBC Two at the moment because that'll be switched off. It's to
:14:49. > :14:57.free up space to start the new high-powered digital services.
:14:57. > :15:03.Anybody who is already watching Freeview, top-up TV, the existing
:15:03. > :15:07.terrestrial services through an aerial, they need to retune because
:15:07. > :15:11.the pre-switchover services there at the moment will be switched off
:15:11. > :15:15.and the new BBCs services started. I don't know quite what I am
:15:15. > :15:20.watching at the moment. I know I have all of those things you have
:15:20. > :15:24.mentioned but does it seem silly if I say I am not sure? That's what a
:15:24. > :15:28.lot of people say to us. They have a fair idea what to do but they're
:15:28. > :15:33.not sure. That's why they get in touch with us. We'll happily tell
:15:33. > :15:36.them on an interview basis... all about profile set-up? It's
:15:36. > :15:41.about going to the men issue, pressing the menu button and
:15:41. > :15:45.following the instructions on the screen. Every TV is different. They
:15:45. > :15:50.don't say the same thing but it's the same basic idea. Why will
:15:50. > :15:54.viewers need to retune again in a couple of weeks' time? It's helping
:15:54. > :15:58.analogue viewers because it would be possible... You would have no
:15:58. > :16:02.telly. You would have no telly. That's hardly fair on people who
:16:02. > :16:05.might be struggling to get it back. Do it in two stages - switch off
:16:05. > :16:10.BBC Two. If you have a problem getting it back, you have a
:16:10. > :16:14.fortnight where you can still watch BBC One, ITV and Channel 4. You
:16:14. > :16:17.have time to get something done about it. We shall watch with
:16:18. > :16:27.interest. You're watching Look North on BBC
:16:28. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:49.Before 7.00pm: The Bantons and the Millers - the
:16:49. > :16:54.football season gets under way this weekend and we'll have the first of
:16:54. > :16:59.our previews looking at League Two. We'll be looking a back at the work
:16:59. > :17:03.of Stan Barstow and the films which made him famous.
:17:03. > :17:06.We're known as a nation of pet lovers - but is one woman in Leeds
:17:06. > :17:09.taking it too far? Jackie Silcox has 21 cats in her small one
:17:09. > :17:12.bedroom flat. The council says that's unfair to the animals and
:17:12. > :17:15.she needs to get rid of them. But she says she's providing a service
:17:15. > :17:25.by looking after strays that would otherwise end up roaming the
:17:25. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:36.streets. Spencer Stokes has been to Come on! Cats in every corner,
:17:36. > :17:43.climbing over furniture, work tops and window sils. This is Jackie's
:17:43. > :17:46.flat, a flat she shares with 21 feline friends, many are strays
:17:46. > :17:50.she's brought in. She believes she's saving cats from a miserable
:17:50. > :17:55.life stuck outside. I am doing my bit for the community. When I bring
:17:55. > :18:00.them in, we get them neutered, so they can't have kittens. We try and
:18:00. > :18:03.find homes for them, but it's touch and go sometimes whether we can
:18:03. > :18:07.find homes, and there's still cats out there waiting to come in.
:18:07. > :18:12.Angel? The numbers are growing all the
:18:12. > :18:16.time, with local cats coming to be fed. But now Leeds City Council who
:18:16. > :18:23.own the flat have said enough is enough, telling Jackie she has to
:18:23. > :18:27.find new homes for 19 of her 21 cats. I am very angry because at
:18:27. > :18:32.the end of the day, we're saving the council hundreds of pounds a
:18:32. > :18:36.year taking these cats in. Where would they be if it weren't for
:18:36. > :18:40.people like me? Out on the streets causing mayhem. There is no way I
:18:40. > :18:50.am going to part with these cats. If I have to, I'll live on the
:18:50. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:05.Jackie disagrees, arguing her cats are happy, clean and safe. They
:19:05. > :19:12.don't fight at all. They get on really well. They're very relaxed.
:19:12. > :19:14.I think they're happy. She has a week to comply with the
:19:15. > :19:21.council's two-cats-maximum rule. She says she'll continue to ignore
:19:21. > :19:25.Thank you. We're at that point of the season where the seasons
:19:25. > :19:29.collide in sport. Yes. There's lots of people
:19:29. > :19:33.shouting, goody - we have both cricket and football. We're quite
:19:33. > :19:36.glad it is. There is the Rugby Union internationals and the Rugby
:19:36. > :19:39.League is in there. You don't know where to look,
:19:39. > :19:43.frankly, but the cricket - Tim was fantastic. I think he's inspired
:19:43. > :19:48.Yorkshire, because there is a big, big game for them. I know you have
:19:48. > :19:50.been following it on Twitter. Absolutely.
:19:50. > :19:53.Yorkshire's season reaching the business end can only mean one
:19:53. > :20:03.thing - the new football league season must be just around the
:20:03. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:10.corner! Yorkshire 318 for 3 at the close.
:20:10. > :20:14.Yorkshire season reaching the business end can only mean one
:20:14. > :20:17.thing - the new Football League season is around the corner. It all
:20:17. > :20:20.gets underway on Saturday, so between now and the end of this
:20:20. > :20:23.week we'll be having a look at all of our clubs. Tonight, it's the
:20:23. > :20:32.turn of League Two - Bradford City and Rotherham United.
:20:32. > :20:36.# Here we go # Here we go #
:20:36. > :20:42.Nothing less than promotion, which is what the chairman wants for the
:20:42. > :20:45.club for when the new ground is officially opened and available.
:20:45. > :20:49.Rotherham United fans won't be the only ones saying that this week,
:20:49. > :20:54.but the Millers have good reason to raise their ambitions. In League 2,
:20:54. > :20:58.they count as a raise case of a debt-free club, and though still
:20:58. > :21:03.excited at Sheffield's Don Valley, they're moving back to Rotherham
:21:03. > :21:06.and a fancy new stadium next year. In the short term, things couldn't
:21:06. > :21:11.be simpler. First and foremost, we want to get promoted. That's the
:21:11. > :21:16.goal. The goal is to win the league. If we can do that play attractive
:21:16. > :21:23.football, then that's the ideal scenario. The still fairly new
:21:23. > :21:28.manager has inherited that age-old problem - having to wonder how long
:21:28. > :21:32.they'll be keeping their striker for. To be perfectly fair with you,
:21:32. > :21:37.I don't think it would be such a great loss as people make it out to
:21:37. > :21:47.be. Rotherham fans will see an old friend in opposition next season up
:21:47. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:52.the road, Guy Branston, but did they win the old warrior about
:21:52. > :21:59.City's pink away strip? I think football is getting a lot softer,
:21:59. > :22:05.so wearing pink, so what? I never thought I would see Peter Jackson
:22:05. > :22:11.wearing pink. What do you think? Neither did he. No longer
:22:11. > :22:14.unnervingly referred to as interim manager or by financial worries, a
:22:14. > :22:17.remarkable stability seems to have set in in League 2.
:22:17. > :22:20.And for the next two nights we'll be concentrating on the prospects
:22:20. > :22:29.for our League One clubs, starting tomorrow with Chesterfield and
:22:29. > :22:38.Huddersfield Town. But how much does being an avid football fan
:22:38. > :22:41.cost you? The BBC sport website has been looking at the price of
:22:41. > :22:44.tickets and refreshments. Rotherham fans are the winners. They're one
:22:44. > :22:48.of the cheapest days out in the country. Their cheapest tickets
:22:48. > :22:52.cost just �10. A programme is �2.50, a pie also �2.50 and a cup of tea
:22:52. > :22:57.�1.30 - adding up to �16.30. Bradford city are the most
:22:57. > :23:01.expensive in the division. Their cheapest ticket costs �20, a
:23:01. > :23:04.programme is �3, a pie is �2.90 and a cup of tea will set you back
:23:04. > :23:07.�1.90 - a grand total of �27.80. BUT the club points out that most
:23:07. > :23:10.of their supporters have season tickets - which are some of the
:23:10. > :23:13.cheapest in the country. They work out at under �8 a game.
:23:13. > :23:18.Because the pies are �2.90 that's why he's not been at all.
:23:18. > :23:25.Cheltenham, I think it was, came out with the most expensive pies,
:23:25. > :23:31.something like �6. They don't do many take-away salads? Seems a pie
:23:31. > :23:34.and a cup of tea. He was one of the angry young men
:23:34. > :23:37.of the 1960s.the gritty northern writers who brought real life drama
:23:37. > :23:40.to the screens in post war britain. Today the world of film and
:23:40. > :23:50.literature is paying tribute to author Stan Barstow, who's died
:23:50. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :23:56.aged 83. Born in Horbury, his best known novel was A Kind of Loving,
:23:56. > :23:58.which was turned into a film with Alan Bates - and became a set text
:23:58. > :24:01.in schools. Alan Whitehouse looks back at his career.
:24:01. > :24:05.Stan Barstow would have been the first to admit he was an unlikely
:24:05. > :24:11.candidate to become a successful writer. Born a coal miner's son,
:24:11. > :24:18.the family was said to have few writers and precious few readers.
:24:18. > :24:21.His landmark novel a Kind of Loving was published in 1960. A film
:24:21. > :24:25.adaptation followed. I'll see you in the park same place. I thought
:24:25. > :24:31.you didn't care for me anymore. the time, working-class fiction was
:24:31. > :24:35.riding the crest of a wave. Novels and films celebrating life at the
:24:35. > :24:39.kitchen sink and on the factory floor were appearing almost monthly.
:24:39. > :24:43.While many of his contemporaries moved to London, Stan Barstow would
:24:43. > :24:49.not, preferring familiar surroundings. You. Stepped out and
:24:49. > :24:53.walked along, and you met people you knew, people who would look out
:24:53. > :24:56.for you, perhaps the old cliche, you didn't lock your door when you
:24:56. > :25:00.went out, and there was always somebody there who knew who you
:25:01. > :25:05.were. It become a bit repressive because everybody knew everybody
:25:05. > :25:13.else's business. But being based in the north didn't prevent one
:25:13. > :25:19.success following another. A Raging Khan was also adapted for TV as was
:25:19. > :25:21.another. A string of novels followed. He wasn't a grand
:25:21. > :25:24.literary figure. He was a very down-to-earth bloke. He was a
:25:24. > :25:29.normal chap and a very, very nice man too. Stan Barstow was still
:25:29. > :25:34.writing almost to his death, and a collection of short stories will be
:25:34. > :25:38.published later next year. Alan, thank you.
:25:38. > :25:42.They said he changed the face of books and screen.
:25:42. > :25:47.He did. The weather is good. Will it last?
:25:47. > :25:53.I don't think it will. 21C today. 27C at Rob inhood Airport. Let's
:25:53. > :25:58.have a look at the pictures that have come in. Robinhood Airport -
:25:58. > :26:02.isn't that one of your favourite... Doncaster has the warmest weather
:26:02. > :26:07.in the country, as they'll tell us. Let's have a look at the pictures
:26:07. > :26:17.as they have come in. That's a heavy shower that hit the, Is
:26:17. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:27.At this stage yesterday, many places have been dry. Tomorrow,
:26:27. > :26:29.it's sunny spells, very warm and humid in southern and eastern areas,
:26:29. > :26:33.an ongoing risk of thunder. Thursday, this weather system will
:26:33. > :26:38.bring showers and longer spells of rain up from the south-west, so one
:26:38. > :26:41.more day of warmth to come. Now, on the satellite picture, you can see
:26:41. > :26:45.the clumpy cloud. We have had one thunderstorm that's tracked very
:26:45. > :26:48.close to York in the last hour or two, so there are some thundery
:26:48. > :26:52.showers around, but I think most places should be dry through this
:26:52. > :26:58.evening, then overnight it's dry with clear spells, uncomfortable
:26:58. > :27:04.for sleeping, with lowest temperatures down to 15C. That's 59
:27:04. > :27:08.Fahrenheit. The sunrises in the morning at 5.24pm, setting at 9.00.
:27:08. > :27:12.Those are your high water times. In the morning, it should be fine,
:27:12. > :27:16.some sunny spells around. One or two showers from the word go.
:27:16. > :27:19.Tomorrow, temperatures rise. There is a risk of a few thunderstorms
:27:19. > :27:23.breaking out - mostly across central and eastern areas. Further
:27:23. > :27:27.west, a good deal of dry weather. Even these will be hit and miss.
:27:27. > :27:31.Let's have a look at the top temperatures. Rotherham, 25C. The
:27:31. > :27:36.Pennines, 22C. So again, a cooler feel, though still warm for the
:27:36. > :27:40.time of year here. Further east, 25C, the high, possibly 26C. That's