10/08/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. On the programme tonight:

Yorkshire escapes rioting again but there have been outbreaks of

violence in Leeds and Huddersfield. Drinkers trapped in a social club

fear for their lives as a gang of youths ransacked the building.

This could absolutely just finish us off. We were just getting back

on our feet. Whoever you are, thank you very, very much.

Professional sheep rustlers target Yorkshire farms.

And from Gotham to Sheffield - the caped crusader swoops into the

city's arena for Batman Live. And join me for the weather. It has

been rather wet, with rain at times. Warmer sunshine tomorrow. A full

Hello and welcome to the programme. Yorkshire has again avoided the

riots affecting many parts of England but in the last 24 hours

the disorder here has become much more serious.

Later we will report from a working men's club in Huddersfield way used

try to force their way in. A woman was also at attacked by a gang with

iron bars in Leeds. Here is what has happened to the

last 24 hours. Drinkers were trapped in a club in Huddersfield,

an ASDA was a tax. And in Leeds Amos was vandalised. There were no

disturbances in the North Yorkshire or South Yorkshire. The police have

praised community mediators for helping to avoid more copycat

A man set on fire in Harehills, one incident in a night her sporadic

trouble in Leeds. -- a banner. This woman at's car was attacked while

she set off for home in York. cannot remember what I was thinking.

On my friend told me to put my foot down and drive. A second group came

out but when they saw the pick up speed they it went away.

She was a victim as an outrageous of a plot by thugs here. She says

of they were moving road close to signs to persuade drivers to go

into sight streets to attack them. I have no doubts that they were

children and kits. Before I could register what was happening, I

thought it was drunk kits on a Tuesday night. There is no doubt in

my mind that they were not adults. Meanwhile, in Chapeltown, a gang

attacked cars and a mosque. This car was pushed, driverless, through

a wall towards a house. They took off the handbrake and

moved its through this wall here. They were 16 or 17 years old.

how many were there? About 10. It was very frightening. I was really

shaking. I went to bed hoping nothing would happen. A few yards

down the road where the mosque and education centre where attacks, 100

people were in sight at the time at prayer. I came out and there were

about 30 youths with bricks. They were throwing them through the

windows. They took the front windows out and then went around

the back. The hall was full of glass and massive bricks.

They need to start this and finish with it all. It will get worse. We

need to work to get out of these things. It is not right.

The tonight so disturbances in Chapeltown in Leeds were sparked by

the shooting of a 34 year-old man in the street. He remains

critically ill. Reactionary violence has been it contained by

police but it is leaving its mark on the streets of Leeds.

Some years just in after that report. West Yorkshire say they

have arrested two men aged 20 and 25 in connection with the shooting

of Gavin Clarke in Chapeltown on Monday evening.

In a few weeks' time it is the Leeds West Indian Carnival and it

has been all hands on deck preparing for the big events. Last

night, the people preparing to make it a huge spectacle, became

attacked the two. Volunteers have had to spend the day cleaning up at

their site in Chapeltown. Anna, what are we know?

This still saying is very much a known for being a building open so

the whole community hearing Chapeltown. You can see it looks

very different this evening. Bricks were thrown through the windows and

it was set alight. The first thing you notice when you walk through

the door is the overwhelming smell of smoke. Through here you can see

that the cleaners have done a fantastic job. The volunteers have

really cleaned up but they cannot clean up the smoke damage on the

walls and windows. A lot of the work made for the West Indian

Carnival, particularly the costumes, have survived. Just a little - here.

-- are just a little Asha on this comps junior.

I got a call at 1:30am to say that the carnival building was on fire.

I felt sick at and sad. I cannot understand why anyone would to it.

When I came down and walked through the door, I wanted to cry. It was

quite serious. There is a great deal of passion and work that goes

into the carnival. A lot of people have held with the

clean-up, haven't they? Yes, or so many people came to the

door this morning. Over 20 people, all volunteers from the community.

The city council have also been very supportive and sent some

council workers to help us. Some council cleaners came in with

councillors cleaning up. You would never believe the transformation to

this place. Fantastic. The Leeds West Indian

carnival is less than three weeks away. Preparations are continuing

for that fantastic events, which brings the people of Leeds together.

Following the trouble last night, six people have been arrested. A

teenage girl in Wakefield has been arrested for trying to incite a

riot on face but. The others arrested were from Huddersfield.

Oct 30 youths surrounded a social club in the Sheepridge Beria of

Huddersfield. -- of up to 30 youths. I do not understand why anyone

would do this. We have put a lot of work and effort into making his

place was in tears. This could finish us off.

This woman helps to run the social club in Sheepridge. It is run by

the community and paid for by the community. Last night, the club and

the community came under siege. 30 youths barricaded the club outside

with a wheelie bins. The club members inside were terrified.

This morning they returned to see what had become of their club.

my God! We did not know what was happening at first. It just blew up.

This is what you are left with. It is just stupid. Absolutely stupid.

Everyone was moving as far away as possible, out of the way of the

glass. This man was playing in a pool

tournament upstairs when the attacks started. He said it

continued for half-an-hour. We were under siege. We were

trapped. We thought they might torch the place.

They threw that through the window, probably lit, hoping the place

would go on fire. During the day, more people came back to take stock

of what had happened and what might have been. The clean-up started

with a heavy heart. The greatest fear is that the damage was done by

people from within the local community. Young people who might

have used the club in the past but to last night's went about

destroying it. -- but last night went about destroying it.

What is the answer to calming tensions for the West Yorkshire

Chief Constable? It is a visible community policing.

West Yorkshire police believe the hallmark of their policing in

communities is the work they do one-on-one with local people. The

Chief Constable visited one place in Leeds this afternoon and paid

respects to the people who helped in Chapeltown only last night.

have dealt with the first signs was up -- the first signs robustly. I

would like to praise the Community mediators. They presented

themselves and we have an ongoing relationship with them. They had

been working as hard as we have in getting young people who might want

to contract -- who might want to copy these events to go home.

But there is real fear and the cuts to police resources make people

read. The bases of neighbourhood policing

is that people living in the community, working with local

officers, should not at that level feel the difference. It matters so

much that people are reassured and to not feel, particularly against

the context of what is happening at the moment, they do not fear

Absolut lawlessness. See you feel confident the you have

the resources to deal with what might happen in the next 24 hours

and in the future? We have fewer staff than we did

have last year. The cuts do have to be making the first two years. But

every person who leaves the organisation does create another

challenge for me and my management changes in how we use our officers

more flexibly. -- and my management team.

Neighbourhood policing is the Chief Constable Paul smite blueprint. But

there is affected last night, though, it is a fast response that

Young gymnasts from Leeds jet off to China to represent Britain in

the World Student Games. Some news is coming into us about a

rescue operation under way in North Yorkshire, to free eight teenagers

and three adults. They have been trapped in a cave, but we

understand that the incident at Ingleton north of Settle is coming

to a conclusion and that the 11 people are as we speak walking out

of the cave to safety. A Yorkshire surgeon who was found

guilty of dishonestly and this conduct has been sacked by

Scarborough Hospital. Nayef El- Barghouty was suspended for a year

by the General Medical Council last month, after he botched a series of

operations leading to the death of a patient and then lied about it.

He had worked at a hostel for 15 years.

Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a shooting

in the Park Hill area of Sheffield yesterday. A 46-year-old man was

taken to hospital after being found with gunshot wounds to his leg. His

condition is not life-threatening. Police believe it was a targeted

attack, and they are trying to market other people connected with

the incident. Test samples reveal high-level of

toxins in a lake where three dogs died suddenly. The water at Burton

Riggs reserve near Scarborough tested positive for blue-green

algae which can kill cattle and other animals if eaten. The

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is warning people to stay out of the water and

keep their dogs away. If you live in Sheffield or

Chesterfield, you must have noticed that you have now joined the

digital switchover. The BBC Two analogue signal was switched off at

midnight last night. Viewers with Freeview will need to retune their

TV's to get all BBC channels, those without digital capabilities have

two weeks before the other channels are turned off. Scarborough was the

first place in Yorkshire to go digital last week.

If you are experienced problems, the website to go to his

digitaluk.co.uk, and the helpline number is 08456 505050.

Living in the country may seem endemic, but families and

businesses face their own problems. Role crime went up by 70% last year,

fuel and tractor thefts are the biggest problems, but life stock

theft is also becoming common. Danny Carpenter has been to see one

farmer near Pickering who has been the victim of sheep rustling twice.

It may be a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has

bolted, but Andrew Russell has to do something. He has been targeting

by gangs who have stolen his sheep - twice. It was very organised.

They knew what they had come for, and they knew how to get it.

wrestlers used dogs to round up the sheep, they had a lorry to take

them away, and some way of getting the meat illegally into the food

supply. It is very distressing. Even more so now when you think

about replacing them now when prices are nearly double what they

were at this time last year. Stealing livestock is on the rise -

a 17% increase in rural crime on last year. Insurers say they have

no doubt why it is happening. economy cannot help at the moment -

people are finding it difficult and those people in the industry have

taken other people's property are going to say, is this a target that

we could next go to? There are fine watch schemes, and police have

promised greater visibility, but it is the countryside. There are many

outbuildings, many more animals, and very few people.

Let us have a look at sport now. Paul is here with the cricket.

A good day for England and Yorkshire. How many times this

season have we had two good pieces of news. Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan

what one of England's he was today. On day one of the third Test

between England and India at Edgbaston, Brize then removed

Gambhir, Dravid and Laxman. He finished with 4 for 60 to go off 20

overs, he needed a bit of health from the fielders, but look at the

rigmarole they have got to get through to get a 4th wicket! It was

a video appeal. There is a few hand gestures. The cricketing term now

is a hot spot, and I was most impressed with what my grandma used

to call the Hand jive. I cannot remember those days!

Better news for Yorkshire is that they themselves have won their 48

over match at Lord's against Middlesex. Yorkshire were put into

bat, they lost skipper Andrew Gale, but Jack Rudolf and Jonny Bairstow

led a revolt. Yorkshire won by 22 runs.

Lots of football as well. Eight of our regions where in action last

night. For sheer passion, the Yorkshire derby at Elland Road

probably won the prize. This was a cup-tie. More than

17,000 at Elland Road watched Bradford City deliver the Yorkshire

pride their manager and 4,000 travelling fans demanded. Twice

City lead through Jack Compton and Michael Flynn, twice Leeds find

equalisers. Here, McCormack heads in 42-2. The one-time Leeds took

the lead on the night, they held on to it, and a 3-2 victory. A power

cut at Hartlepool meant a delayed start for Sheffield United. 1-1

deadlock became extra time, and then penalties. It was nearly

10:30pm by the time the Blades were blasted through to round two.

Joining them will be Doncaster Rovers who coped well with without

Billy sharp, and cruised past Tranmere. Huddersfield Town 14-2 at

Port Vale, all goals coming from players who were already in situ

before the summer recruitment drive. Three disappointments included

Rotherham United score, who scored first thanks to an on goal from

Mills, but lost 4-1, and Barnsley, who still have not given their new

manager and role yet. Morecambe hit the headlines with their tooted nil

victory. Chesterfield's match at Rochdale went to extra time, Danny

Whitaker scored twice for the Spireites, but Rochdale went

through to the second round. Sorry Newquay not show all the

goals. Four City of Leeds gymnasts have

set off to China for the World Student Games. They all study at

Leeds Metropolitan University and if they do well, it could be a

For gymnasts, one university, or heading to the biggest

Championships of their career. is my first time competing for

Great Britain. So it is a pretty big competition for me. Definitely

the biggest competition, a huge opportunity. Because we are

competing against the best people in the world.

It is definitely spurring them on to play together.

You can do different skills, and so it is easy to try and keep going

throughout. Ashley had featured on Look North

before, when he won the title at the Youth Olympics. Since then he

has had a knee injury. I have been out for a year and not training. So

I really have to gain that year back and some more.

He is though the closest of the four to making it to London 2012.

am up there with the top ten boys'. We all have to fight for that team.

I do sometimes let myself dream about it, and just do not want to

let myself get ahead of myself. is a specialist - stocky but strong,

he plays the Rings. It has got power and artistic side involved.

Rebecca's favourite is the beam. It is just four inches wide. How does

she do it? Years of practice doing repetitions of skills, just walking

along the been, to flexing their muscles. Just lots of repetitions

so you know whether been his. British gymnastics is on a high

right now - it will be tough for any of these for to make the

Olympic team, but a good showing in China will certainly help their

cause. We did see Harry Gration on his

mountain bike last night. It is only fair Christa Ackroyd has ago

on the buyers! -- on the buyers! I used to do that, actually. How

long before Jonny Bairstow gets a call? Another century - he has got

to be knocking on those doors. It does seem that we can do with a

super hero at the moment. In Sheffield they have just the man.

For the next five nights, Batman is swooping into the city's a rematch

in an eye-popping stage show. It is our very own boy wonder, to mingle.

--, Ingle. Holy Wednesday, Batman - look what

has pulled up at Sheffield Arena. Yes, straight from the mean streets

of Gaughan, commissionaire Gordon's favourite man in bullet-proof

rubber. This is the brand new stage show Batman Live, so who is the man

lucky enough to slip into the belt of fate? By a mob on that fighting

crime, so I do not get sleep. Sheffield is very peaceful,

thankfully. No, it is a really fantastic job and a lot of fun.

Physically very demanding. Met us Membrane up for the show, a cast of

skilled performers. This is a really big show, and it takes a lot

to keep it on the road. 24 pantechnicons and a crew of more

than 40. And yes, they do will stop for dinner. But it is not just the

technicians. A sidekick is still 50% of the hero. It is exciting

almost being like the little brother. Is that how he treats you?

Does Robin get an action sequence? Always. When I was a boy I had

about Mobile, and now I have got my own bat Mobile. It is living the

dream! This is one comic-book where the

action is in 3 D. When you see the signal in the sky, head to the

Arena for some adventure! You have got muscles like that

What an atrocious day for most of us. It stopped people going out

with the cameras, because I have no fault has to show you. But I can

show you the sunshine from yesterday. This was Ilkley

yesterday, just before the sunset. The next one, a lovely sunset over

your Eigg. Finally, Whitby. Thanks for the photos, keep them coming.

Today has been unsettled. Tomorrow it will improve, still mostly

cloudy sky. The weather is set to stay unsettled. The satellite

feature shows all the cloud that brought the rain today. South

Yorkshire missed most of the rain this morning, but now they have

most of the heavy rain at the moment. Overnight, anywhere is at

risk of heavy rain. Most persistent I think over the Dales. A yellow

warning from the Met Office. The wind at least what he's done, it

has been gusting around a 40 mph this afternoon, but a very mild

night thanks to all the cloud, temperatures dropping to 15 degrees.

Looking at the Sun-Times, it rises tomorrow morning at 5:38am. Those

are the next high waters from would be down to Bridlington. -- Whitby.

Tomorrow, a cloudy start the day. There will be some heavy rain first

thing, as we go through the morning it what he's away. For the rest of

the day still at risk of catching a few showers, but not as persistent

as the rain we have seen today. A little but a bright mess for

particularly North Derbyshire, but not as much wind as today. It will

feel a little milder, the temperatures around about 20

degrees. That is 68 in Fahrenheit. On Friday we should see an