11/08/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome To Look North. New allegations about the death of

a honeymoon couple in the Mall do Couple macro died when their quad

bike it crashed. There is going to be times when the grief will just

takeover and the monumental. I will miss him for ever. Cath Davies says

she for gives the driver. Three men are jailed for smuggling

tons of cannabis into Leeds. Tomorrow it is that there 'The

Glorious Twelfth'. Join me later in the programme when I will be

finding out how much that contributes to Yorkshire's economy.

We saw some brightness today. Will Welcome to the programme.

It was the happiest moment of their lives. Jay and Emma Gray's wedding

day just 13 days ago. Their honeymoon ended in tragedy. The

couple who have a six-month-old son were being driven on a powerful

quad bike. It is thought the driver lost control and hit a tree. They

were killed instantly and it is now claimed the bike was unregistered.

Emma worked as a teacher and her husband was a kitchen designer us.

Police in the Maltese are now investigating. Later tonight the

couple's body will arrive back in the UK. They were the most

wonderful couple. The most wonderful couple in the world. They

had had six happy years together. They were both fantastically

successful in their own lives. They had a wonderful little boy and

everything was so perfect for them. It was almost too perfect. Tell me

about their little boy. He makes all of this terrible. He is

completely unaware of what has happened because he is only six

months old. He is lovely. They had their wedding just six days before.

It makes this even worse. It makes it better, because they had that

day. It was perfect. Everyone who was at the wedding had such a

wonderful time. It was beautiful from start to finish. We are all so

thankful that they had that day. It was so important that they did.

What kind of support have you had from family and friends? It has

been absolutely fantastic. I do not know how any of us would have got

through the last few days without it. You must feel that someone is

to blame? Somebody somewhere is responsible for having allowed that

quarter to be on the island and for those keys to be available to the

young man who was unlicensed, unregistered and I am sure I'm not

mistaken but he should not have been there. My heart goes out to

the man himself, and his family. He has done something reckless and

foolish and it has ended in the most tragic way possible. But he

never meant for this to happen. Tell me about your grandson's. What

is his future? He will be much loved by all his family. He will be

brought up in the best possible way for him. He is a very happy little

baby. He will remain a very happy little boy and grow up into a

wonderful young man just like his father. How are you doing? I feel

like I am on automatic pilot. There are so much to deal with, and

having to cope with everything is helping me get through the times

when I am lost. Up until now, those moments have been few and far

between. I think the problems will start when everyone has dissipated,

have gone back to work and started to pick up their normal lives.

There will be times when the grief for takeover and the monumental.

That is something that just have so be coped with. I will miss my son

for ever. Our thoughts go out to both families.

Three men have been jailed today for their part in smuggling drugs

worth an incredible �150 million into West Yorkshire. It was the

biggest ever importation of cannabis into the country.

The three Dutchmen were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court. They brought

the drugs in in flower boxes from their native Holland.

Police camera shots show how a gang imported more than 100 deliveries

of cannabis, 70 metric tons into the UK from Holland. Eight Dutch

gang hid the drugs in containers containing flowers. At the height

of the operation, to huge deliveries of skunk cannabis were

being smuggled from Holland. They were stored in a lock-up at this

site. When things got too hot, the operation was switched to the West

Midlands. After West Yorkshire police took the lead in a complex

investigation, the opposite of the gang took detectives to Holland,

Germany, France, and the Irish Republic. It was a complex

investigation and we could not have succeeded without the it help of

our police colleagues. This investigation transcended East and

Western Europe. Jailed today, the mastermind of the UK operations. An

18 year sentence. The delivery organiser got six years. This was

organised crime at the highest level. The ringleader has been

sentenced to 18 years in prisons. He was without doubt the ringleader

and they head of this organised crime Group. I am satisfied his

imprisonment has dismantled this crime group. Once he had flown out

of West Yorkshire at will, but tonight he and his associates begin

their sentences in the UK jail. Still to come: We are ready for

action. Part-time soldiers from Yorkshire

are put through their paces one last time before setting off for a

Afghanistan. Tomorrow marks the start of the

grouse-shooting season known as 'The Glorious Twelfth'. The day

begins four months of a controversial sport which brings

millions of pounds into Yorkshire's rural economy.

They pay top dollar to enjoy their pursued.

Let's find out more. This is an Swinton Park, and it is

a traditional hunting lodge. If you can call a castle a hunting lodge.

At this time of year, it is a very exciting time. This hotel has

welcomed guests and visitors, parts of the UK Royal Family, large

parties from the Middle East. Those are the kind of people we like to

welcome to Yorkshire because they mean big business.

The elusive and exclusive Wilde, red grouse. According to the

Moorland Association of these birds are worth �22 million to

Yorkshire's economy. The price of the sport reflects that. Each

shooter will pay about �2,000 for a day on the moor.

This man owns 10,000 acres of grouse moor in Yorkshire. An extra

15 million is brought in over the shooting of Christ. The Yorkshire

Dales has some of the best grouse moors. A large proportion of people

come here for. Every year, a wealthy tourists come here to take

part. They need places to stay, eat and shop. Many of them want lessons

as well. This man is having his first crisis since. He is taking

lessons and he has brought his whole family from Switzerland for a

holiday. They joined me here for a whole week. We did fishing, we went

to York, we went to see lots of things for. As with most country

sports, a ticket is most important. Participants have to look correct.

The full outfit cost hundreds of pounds. This shop opened six years

ago, and last year turned over a quarter of a million pounds thanks

to the popularity of this, at the Kate Middleton that look. It has

been tough this year. It is important to us that we have a very

good shooting seasons. Last year, was a record year for grouse-

shooting in general. We have the benefit of that. Grouse-shooting is

still controversial and there are some who want all blood sports to

be banned. For many others in Yorkshire it is a vital part to a

fragile rural economy. Here are some things you might not

know about grouse-shooting. Price are always counted in pairs. That

is called a brace. People who take part in this sport traditionally

are allowed to take two birds home with them. The rest are picked up

and collected by local companies, processed and the meat is sent to

the most exclusive restaurants around the country.

Fire and Rescue Services have dealt with three incidents linked to

disorder last night, compared to 26 on Tuesday. Six people remain in

police custody following disturbances on Monday and Tuesday.

Two men were arrested in connection with the shooting of a man in Leeds.

Two biomass power stations have been approved by the Government.

Energy company Drax want to build them in Selby and Immingham. They

will power around one million homes. 600 people will be employed if the

plans are eventually built. The driver of a school bus which

crashed into a bridge in Chesterfield with children on board

has been disqualified from driving for one year. 14 children needed

hospital treatment. The driver, Wayne Oliver, who was dismissed

from his job was also fined �80 to pay towards victims costs.

Territorial Army soldiers from Yorkshire completing their final

exercises before being sent to serve in Afghanistan. Their

redeployment is now confirmed. Recent government announcements

mean they will play a bigger role in the future of the army.

There are occur only 31,000 volunteers, around 17% of the full

strength of the army. The MoD has announced it will increase by 2020.

Cuts to the number of regular soldiers in the Territorial Army

will make up 30% of the army. Volunteers from the Yorkshire

Regiment are going through their final training before setting off

The possibility of active service is now a reality. Nerves are

growing as they reach the end of their training. I am looking

forward to it. We are training hard. Now that their deployment is

confirmed, at the training has stepped up a gear. Her by the end

of October, these soldiers were will be doing this for real in

Afghanistan, and the emphasis is on helping the Afghan people.

A increasingly, the focus will switch to helping the Afghan

security forces take control for themselves.

In we created Afghan village, they practise securing the area, working

alongside the Afghan of national army and police. The MoD recently

announced a bigger role for the Territorial Army in the face of

cuts to regular numbers. These volunteers are already training

with the regulars from the 1st Battalion, and was served alongside

each other in Helmand province. is sad we are losing fees sold just,

but more money put more training in. The time to prove themselves is

coming their. By the end of next month, there will be heading to the

front line in Afghanistan. -- they will.

Before 7pm: What's in a name? Why one West Yorkshire road is turning

German after a battle in the courtroom.

And we meet Kate Rusby, a music superstar who has not forgotten her

In sport, Sheffield Wednesday play Blackpool this evening in the

Carling Cup. Manager Gary Megson says he plans to make a few changes.

The players who were not playing on Saturday will now get the

opportunity to show they should be in the team. Hopefully, they will

play in the right manner, and show what they can do as opposed to just

saying what they can do. And you can hear full commentary of

the game on BBC Radio Sheffield. It is live and exclusive in Football

Heaven from 6pm. In a little over two weeks, the

World Championships in Athletics get underway in the South Korean

town of Daegu. And one of Britain's first big medal chances will be

Sheffield's Jessica Ennis. She will be defending her heptahlon title.

She flies out to the Far East at the start of next week, but before

she jets off, Neil Smallburn has been to Sheffield's English

Institute of Sport to catch up with her.

The last time we saw Jessica Ennis was an action was in the UK each

other in a Birmingham. -- trials. Not competing in the heptathlon,

but taking part in five events. They it is a great opportunity to

put a five events together. I was quite tired afterwards, but happy

with the way they went. It was great to compete in front of a

really good crowd. A now she is back in Yorkshire,

putting the final touches to her training plan. There always be that

added pressure, once you have done well. But going into the last world

championships, I managed to do quite well there. How much comes

from outside? Most of it comes from the. I always want to improve on

what I have done. I think I will put pressure on myself. It but that

pressure will get worse. Next season is a Olympics. There is

added pressure for me, but it has also spread to other athletes. We

have got so many great British athletes that will be competing in

the Olympics. I feel it will be spread, hopefully, and not just all

on me! By a bat is that next year. First

up, there is hope for another world title and another gold medal to add

to the title. Our guest tonight has sold millions

of records around the world and is known as the superstar of English

folk music. But despite this success, South Yorkshire's Kate

Rusby remains very close to her roots and still lives there. More

about that in a minute. Before we speak to her, let's have a quick

look at her in action, here duetting with Ronan Keating on

their 2006 Top 10 hit, All Over Two superstars together, a? It was

such good fun doing it that. have gone all gooey! If was

interesting for me, I am from the folks side of the music business,

and it is much more organic. It was great to go and look into the pop

world for a bit. It is just crazy! But very interesting. Come on,

backed down to earth, backed down to your Yorkshire roots! We are

playing in Cannon Hall Park. We run a series of concerts. My daughter

was born one year and rode it, so we had to miss that here. -- and

ruined it. So this year, it is the 26th-28th August. It is gorgeous.

These stages in the perfect position, because the sun goes down

at the back of the stage. So from the audience's point of view, the

sun sets behind the stage. played massive concerts. Why are

you coming back home? Is there a cause you want to support? I know

you love South Yorkshire. You have put it back on the map, haven't

you? Yes, totally. We run these concerts to raise money for all the

things that happen in the village, like the cricket club. All the

other things that happen in the village, for example new

playgrounds, my sister actually plays cricket! Where did this

Monica come from? I am just from outside Barnsley. Mike Hardy, who

has the Boat Show on Radio 2, he gave me that all the ego and it

stuck. The concert is on Friday the 26th. What a weekend! We will hear

you sing at the end of the programme. Good to see you.

Anybody visiting Sprockhoevel near Dortmund in Germany might be

suprised to see the main road into the German town is called South

Kirby Strasse. It was named in honour of its West Yorkshire twin

town. But when local councillors tried to return the compliment by

calling a new road here after its German twin, the citizens of South

Kirby replied, no thanks! Our political editor has been taking a

look. This was one of the two near roads

linking West Yorkshire with the A1 months ago. But something is still

missing: The names. Inside the house -- headquarters, at its

leader put the solution to a name choice, it from a wall. The these

are the signatures from the Germans over here. The areas had a German

and French. Hanford decade. So why not name the new road after them?

After all, for the past 20 years, anyone driving into Sprockhoevel

would have to take the South Kirby -- South Kirby Strasse. But foreign

names did not go down well with residents. In May, 70 of them met

and wanted to appeal, even though Wakefield Council had discussed,

voted and taken the final decision. That is when the 1925 Public Health

Act came in. New roads and Street names can be overturned if they are

thought to be so confusing that emergency services might not be

able to find an address. After a two months, magistrates have ruled

that French and German names are not confusing at all. I was

disappointed that the issue was giving it the wrong message. Our

town is based on the motto, friendship, unity and progress.

That means they will soon be a wrecked in the new signed on this

The weather will get brighter through the weekend. Let us look at

tonight's photos. This first one is a river. On to the next one, cloudy

skies there. And finally, there has been two inches of rain at causing

flooding on this lake. So, the forecast: It will be mostly

cloudy tomorrow. The reason why a: A low pressure is never too far

away. The satellite picture shows all the cloud that we have had

through the cause of the afternoon. It will continue to bring rain and

drizzle. As we head towards dawn, we should see that rain and drizzle

dying out. A cloudy and damp night. Temperatures will drop no lower

than 13 or 14 degrees Celsius. Looking at the Sun at times, the

sun will rise at 539 A M. Tomorrow, a mild start, as well as cloudy and

damp. Hill fog possible. Through the morning, we should see the

patchy rain macro end drizzle dying away. The best of the bride must

all be in the east. Cloud will be piling back in from the West,

bringing a band of rain eastwards. Temperatures tomorrow still below

average. We are only looking at 15 degrees Celsius on the coast. 17-19

degrees Celsius inland. It will improve as we go through the