27/07/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Welcome to Wednesday's Look North: Tonight - the danger of working at

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heights. The man who may never work again after falling through an

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unsafe roof. As his employer's fined ten thousand pounds we look

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at how many accidents happen at work.

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Rehearsing in a pub car park - the brass band told that its practice

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rooms will now cost 500% more to We are live other Bakewell Show.

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Someone else celebrating a birthday, the Peak District National Park.

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Some torrential rain today, some surface water, is the worst behind

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Tonight - a 22-year-old man from Rotherham who cheated death after

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falling through a roof he was working on says his life will never

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be the same again. Michael Hawkins was working for the Mansfield based

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company Mechanical Solutions when the accident happened two years ago.

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Today the company, pleaded guilty to breaches of Health and Safety

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rules and received a substantial fine. Amanda Harper has more.

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have a big scar across my back, I had a skin graft. The scars on my

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hands and arms and legs and my ankle. I was in hospital for two

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weeks. Michael was on the first day of the job carrying out repairs to

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a reece macro when he fell through landing 20 ft below. I jumped up,

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things were falling down through the roof. I got up and ran out. I

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could not move, I could not move. I could see blurred down my arms.

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Michael's accident resulted in a two weeks in hospital visit and six

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operations. He was employed as a sub-contract their by mechanical

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solutions he were carrying out repairs in Derby in 2009. At Derby

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Magistrates' Court mechanical solutions pleaded guilty to health

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and safety rules and there were safety boards but they did not have

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roof lights. The company was fined �10,000 and told to pay more than

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�5,000 to the Health and Safety Executive in costs. 35 fatalities

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every year from this and Ruth workers are a good proportion.

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Several thousand people have life- changing injuries from falling

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through all off industrial groups every year. Two years on, Michael

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is unemployed and the injuries have left him unable to carry out the

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only word he knows. I am scared of heights and are never used to be.

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If there is any heavy lifting of goods or standing in the same

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position, I can't do it because my Back's is up. Michael will receive

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some compensation for his injuries but he feels uncertain about his

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future prospects. Today's prosecution comes just a

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week after an engineering firm from Barnsley was fined thousands of

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pounds following an accident which left another man with serious

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injuries. Matt Lowe was pulled by a machine through a gap just five

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inches wide and suffered horrendous injuries. His employers Compass

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Engineering were ordered to pay nearly �70,000 in fines and costs.

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You can see how small the gap was. So that's two work place accidents

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we've reported on in just a week and figures from the Health and

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Safety Executive are even more concerning as they show the number

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of deaths are on the increase. Nationally the number of people

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killed at work rose last year from 147 to 171. Here in Yorkshire there

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were 23 deaths that's the highest figure in the country, matched only

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by the north east. So what can be done to improve safety? We have to

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get across the message it can happen to anyone and usually it is

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a simple mistake and if there is nothing to stop the mistake coming

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to a tragic conclusion, that is what will happen. You will end up

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with a dead body. A stark warning to employers and employees that

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safety is everyone's responsibility. Also tonight - South Yorkshire's

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chief constable says he doesn't believe there was any deliberate

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police cover-up over the Hillsborough football disaster. In

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an exclusive interview with our Crime Correspondent John Cundy, Med

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Hughes also explained why some documents may still not be revealed

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to the families of the ninety-six victims for many years to come.

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legacy of Hillsborough lives on. It always will. It is not something

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you would necessarily ever want to sweep under the carpet. He is the

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three times removed as chief constable since Hillsborough but he

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lives with the repercussions every day. The families of the 96

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Liverpool victims killed at Hillsborough 22 years ago are

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pinning their hopes for justice on the scrutiny panel of now examining

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thousands of documents from the time. They have been boosted by the

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news the government intends to reveal the records. But when

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Margaret Thatcher visited the disaster scene the day after, did

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police have a cover-up to blame the Liverpool supporters and misinform

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the Prime Minister? The chief constable did not speak to Margaret

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Thatcher apparently at the ground. I know personally he was very keen

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not to give that impression to the Prime Minister of the time and not

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to be seen to be affecting her thinking. A will the scrutiny panel

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be able to release all the documents or will the Liverpool

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families be kept waiting until 2019? The 30 year rule applies to

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coroners documents and they are not under the jurisdiction of South

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Yorkshire police. The Hillsborough inquiry panel, the independent

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panel, is engaged in the decisions with the Lord Chancellor's

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Department about how the material can be made public. Tonight, Home

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Office said they believed they would be no delay in the panel

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publishing and coroners papers but everything waits now until next

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spring and by then he will have handed the Hillsborough legacy to

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another chief constable. Stay with us until 7 o'clock and be

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on to. -- beyond. As Scarborough becomes the first place in

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Yorkshire to switch over to digital TV we find out how it's going.

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More news from around Yorkshire and a twenty two year old man has been

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arrested after a cyclist who was found unconscious in the Leeds to

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Liverpool canal has died. 51-year- old Michael Houghton from Horsforth

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was discovered in the water at Kirkstall on Saturday. He passed

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away last night. A post mortem examination is due to take place

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today. A man has been remanded in custody.

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Police have thanked the public for their support in tracing Lesley

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Cunningham after a man and daughter was stabbed. The 55-year-old

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suffered serious injuries. Police want to question 40-year-old Leslie

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Cunningham in connection with the incident. But officers say he's

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dangerous and should not be approached.

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Traders in Sheffield who suffered flood damage when the wicker broke

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it's banks in 2007 claim new defences promised by the council

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have been downgraded. The council says all its work complies with

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national guidance. But traders claim they've built flood defences

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on the wrong side of the river. The latest suggesting to use

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concrete bollards be used in the centre of motorways and they were

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atrocious. The original plan was a park along the street which was to

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it and there would have stopped a flood water and looked really nice.

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A diabetic woman whose dog was her lifeline has won a reprieve after

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being told she was no longer allowed to keep it by housing

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officials. Nikki Clarke has trained her labrador to warn her when her

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blood sugar levels are dropping. She can keep her dog Harley but

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cannot have any other pets. A row's broken out in a South

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Yorkshire village after a brass band was told it would have its

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rehearsal room charges increased by 500%. The parish council says it's

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being forced to increase charges because of funding cuts. Whiston

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Brass Band has rehearsed in Whiston Manorial Barn for twenty years. Now

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though they say they're being forced to rehearse in a local pub

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car park. Emma Glasbey is live in Well, welcome to the new rehearsal

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space for Whiston brass band. They are dependent on the Great

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Yorkshire weather but drinks are close at hand and customers get

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live music. Seriously though, the band never wanted to move to a pub

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car-park. They used to rehearse at the barn behind me but the parish

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council has put the rent up by 500%. Let's speak to Jacqueline from the

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band. She -- how is it working out for you? Better than nothing,

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hopefully it will stay fine. It keeps everyone together. How are

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people feeling about the current situation? Very angry, it is unjust.

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The parish council will not agree this is a community band. After all

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it has done and said the village, they are applying commercial rates

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and will not accept it is a community group. Is there no way

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you can afford the new rent? Not at a commercial rent. We are quite

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happy to bear an increase, happy to be at community charges but the

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parish council will not accept it and instead of negotiating they

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gave us 14 days' notice to come out. The parish council has to balance

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its books. Yes, it does and we appreciate that and told them at

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the appeal. Thank you. Earlier, I spoke to the chairman of the

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council and this is what he said. We have been very supportive of the

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banned for many years. Cheap practice rates, free storage and

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hiring a garage to store equipment. Because we have been losing money,

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we have had to review the charges. For every user and the users of the

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hall. We have increased charges but also hired the facility for

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organisations to make an application for a grant. The parish

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council says the band can apply for a grant, will you? No, the

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councillor did not say that having an award is dependent on Western

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parish council agreeing the group is a community group which they

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refused to do. They will not negotiate at all. Thank you. We

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have heard both sides of the argument, why did we hear more from

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Nothing wrong with being in their pub car-park in this weather but

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wait until winter! The biggest change to television in a

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generation began today, as the analogue BBC 2 signal was turned

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off in Scarborough and digital TV boosted to reach all areas. The

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other channels will follow later this month. What does it mean? This

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is our TV. She likes to keep the remote control. The digital box may

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need retuning. After Scarborough, Chesterfield and Sheffield will be

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next, going digital with BBC 2 next week. The rest of the channels will

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then follow on August 24th. And Emley Moor, which serves most of

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Yorkshire, will start to go digital on the 7th September. Joe Inwood's

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been to see how they've been coping It may look at the same but from

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today this master has undergone a pretty major change. -- this mast.

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4,000, this was the consequence. Channels not working and

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televisions and needing a factory reset. Simple, unless you have to

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do it 200 times! We have a total of 160 televisions

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which over Portals and staff are working on a due to the loss of BBC

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Two today. -- which hour hotels. We have had a few people coming to

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the road show to help people that might have a few worries. The

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message - this is a simple process. But some have clearly found it

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simpler than others. As of 8am this morning, nothing was

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working. My wife is said it would be working by 9am. Technology and

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me do not combine. I tried it last night but it did

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not work. I tried at the set-up but it did

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not work. That is what I have just asked about.

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Back at the Hotel, at the long process of retuning 200 televisions

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it begins. Few - just in time. -- Phew.

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If you want to find out any more information about the switch-over

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you can call the number on screen to reach the helpline. There is

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Before 7pm - a forecast ahead of the first day of the Bakewell Show.

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And we look back at 60 years of the Just three days until the start of

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the new football season. Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United will

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be meeting again. More on that tomorrow. But Chesterfield and

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Huddersfield are many people's Sometimes in football you do get a

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deserved reward for your hard work. League Two champions Chesterfield

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did not hide their feelings upon learning that they had made it to

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League One that this season. Neither did Huddersfield Town.

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Despite all their hard work ahead of the play-off final defeat they

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are back and feeling good. I was a broken man straight after

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the result. Of the washed feeling of my football career. But I dusted

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myself down. I do not live in the past. I love for the future.

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He has made eight signings including Danny award from premier-

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league Bolton Wanderers. But others have moved up and a way for new

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carriers. -- Danny Ward. I have still got good players here.

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I am confident we will have a strong enough team to kick off the

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season. We are a winning team. Sometimes

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the teams who go up do well the next here because they are used to

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winning. So, Huddersfield and Chesterfield

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are both in the promotion race? Why In cricket, another good day for

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Yorkshire. They will eventually all out for 500 and their pay to with

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Anthony may grab the top score on 115. -- Anthony McGrath the top

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What has the weather been like at the Bakewell Show then? Well,

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things have just are drawn to a conclusion. A sweltering day.

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Everywhere I have looked people have been running for shade. Mad

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Dogs and Englishmen in the map a son. And I reckon the busiest show

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I have ever seen. -- in the midday sun. Part of this excess is the

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beautiful scenery here, slap bang in the middle of the national park

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which is celebrating its 60th birthday. Is it in rude health?

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Let's find out. It has been enjoyed for years. More than 500 square

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miles of stunning scenery. The Peak District National Park is now 60

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years old. Readily accessible at the heart of the UK but today that

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is beginning to cause problems. Friends of the Peak District and

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won the national park authority to ban all motor vehicles are using a

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writ so like this one. -- a route like this one.

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It cannot continue to Gaunt in all locations. It is about the people

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who enjoy the walk. -- it cannot continue to go on.

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But one company based in Bakewell claim that the company -- the park

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must move with the times. At 25 million pound regeneration of the

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Riverside Business Park in Bakewell has been planned and rejected twice

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by the authorities despite encouragement from planning

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officers. It sends out poor messages to other

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businesses who might invest in the Peak Park. This must not become a

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dormitory for well-off people in a nice little twee cottages. The only

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way we can attract the young people as with their jobs.

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The company is now considering another appeal against the latest

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of rejection. 60 years on the Peak Park is still enjoyed by people of

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all ages. But the question is how well it can adapt to the future.

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Jim Dixon as the chief executive of the Peak District National Park

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Authority. Access is really a question of balance, isn't it?

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As a you say, the Peak District is hugely important for lots of people.

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-- as you say. We have to get the balance right by listening to

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people and working with people and finding the right solutions. That

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might be a case of listening to people with a passion for all for

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road use. But you cannot just a straight

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forward a ban off-road users. No, because these are public roads.

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We have used a voluntary measures and been successful at resolving

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many of the cases of people are concerned about. But we know there

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is a more to do and we must be thorough.

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What about planning issues? One person we spoke to said they want

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to bring jobs in order to attract the youth and make sure that

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Bakewell is not a dormitory town for older people.

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There are so many businesses are here that the show today. Farming

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is doing well. But we do need to find it good work places for people.

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The villages near by are potentially very important but what

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is most important is that local people have their voice heard. In

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this case, local members claimed that the developed -- the

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development was not good enough. That is part of democratic planning.

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Some breaking news - a move over Bakewell pudding. Today we were

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munching Bakewell Brownies which were being sold to raise money for

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charity and very nice they wear to. Pullup a chair, enjoy an ice-cream

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I have tried the bar codes, -- borders. But for something

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different we are going to try the village green. This is where you

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will find a master craftsmen. Michael is a traditional net maker

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from Sheffield. I would have thought this was a seaside

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activities. Originally I could not find work so

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I went looking for work with the trawlers. That's how it started.

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Can you give me a lesson? Hold it tight and hook those two.

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Go through that one again. I am confused. I think I might

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stick to something simpler like advanced brain surgery. What used

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to people make for these? Catching rabbits.

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Well if I have to catch at the rabbit I don't think we will have

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I never did catch the rabbit. People are still here in the

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hospitality tents. Coming back tomorrow is not a bad idea at all,

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I think I might just do that. See Let's look at the photos today.

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Here is one showing the heavy showers which went through Leeds at

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2pm. And we know there was flash flooding at Donington today - he is

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a picture of the hailstones which fell. -- here is a picture. No

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surprise that the day ends with a Met Office weather warning. Still

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the risk of torrential downpours and eastern parts. The Pennines and

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the Dales have been spared a today which was great news for the

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Bakewell Show. Tomorrow, a change. It will begin to feel fresher with

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a cold front pushing east wards. Showers will die away as we head

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through the evening. A warm night with temperatures dropping in no

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more than 16 Celsius. The sun will rise at 5:26am and set just before

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9pm. Showers will push their way East during the morning and merge

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into a longer spell of a rain. But during the second part of the

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afternoon we'll see brighter, drier weather. It will feel noticeably

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fresher. Tomorrow, around about 20 Celsius. Friday looks like a fine

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