:00:03. > :00:05.Welcome to Monday's Look North. On the programme tonight: Tough times
:00:05. > :00:07.at one of our most prestigious museums.
:00:07. > :00:11.We've seen documents which show that visitor numbers at the Royal
:00:11. > :00:14.Armouries have fallen by 38% in just a year.
:00:14. > :00:17.We'll hear from the Armouries and find out how our other national
:00:17. > :00:22.museums are doing. Also tonight: The supermarket
:00:22. > :00:24.funding university education here in Yorkshire.
:00:24. > :00:29.Morrisons is paying for 1,000 students at Bradford University to
:00:29. > :00:32.try to find its managers of the future.
:00:32. > :00:41.And a familiar face on our TV screens brings Susan Penhaligan's
:00:41. > :00:46.talents to the Leeds stage. We have seen sunshine and showers
:00:46. > :00:56.today, some rain to come to Meara but it will lead least stay mild.
:00:56. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:01.The fall for -- the full forecast later in the programme.
:01:01. > :01:06.I can remember the excitement when it opened, the Royal Armouries
:01:06. > :01:12.Museum in Leeds was the innovative showcase for the military heritage.
:01:12. > :01:17.Battles, weapons, live jousting. Not any more. 16 years on and
:01:17. > :01:21.visitor numbers are plummeting, nearly 40 % down compared with the
:01:21. > :01:27.same period last year. There is no admission charge and with three
:01:27. > :01:32.other national museums like that as well, the national media Museum saw
:01:32. > :01:39.a drop of 10 %. It was similar at the National Coal Mining Museum
:01:39. > :01:43.near Wakefield where it fell by 12 %. Better a museum news for the
:01:43. > :01:48.National Railway Museum in York where it attracted 4% more people
:01:48. > :01:53.than the same period last year. In a moment, we will be talking to the
:01:53. > :01:58.experts about why this is happening, but first, we look at why the
:01:58. > :02:03.broiler Armouries has suffered so badly.
:02:03. > :02:07.-- the Royal Armouries. Bringing history to live, the
:02:07. > :02:13.interpretation and education teams have won wards and brought in the
:02:13. > :02:17.crowds, but with budget cuts, they were cut. This was the unique
:02:17. > :02:24.selling point of the museum. It brought in numbers that may not
:02:24. > :02:31.have otherwise have visited. It was a unique experience, the
:02:31. > :02:36.combination of interpretation and education, there were a factor that
:02:36. > :02:40.brought everyone in. The changes have coincided with a dramatic fall
:02:40. > :02:47.in visitor numbers. In the last financial year a quarter nearly
:02:48. > :02:53.82,000 people visited the Armouries. In the same period this year, there
:02:53. > :02:58.was a fall of 30 % in visitors, but according to the Royal Armouries,
:02:58. > :03:06.there is another cause. It was a beautiful, hot summer in Easter,
:03:06. > :03:08.nobody goes indoors to a museum. When we change the education, and
:03:08. > :03:12.unfortunately the staff took voluntary redundancy, that meant we
:03:12. > :03:17.could not provide the quality of education to schools that we would
:03:17. > :03:21.have liked, so we lost about 10,000 school children in that period. We
:03:21. > :03:26.have restarted the education for September and will accept those the
:03:26. > :03:31.visitors again. Add to that, the horse shows brought about peak
:03:31. > :03:36.times and they hope they can use this to win back visitors who
:03:36. > :03:41.enjoyed the old displays. There are more people because of the added
:03:41. > :03:45.attractions, and looking at the faces of the people at the live
:03:45. > :03:50.attractions, it was fantastic. is disappointing that it is not on
:03:50. > :03:56.on a Monday, but there is still plenty to do. I like all of the
:03:56. > :04:00.weapons and the guns. The budget has been cut by nearly �4.5 million
:04:00. > :04:04.over the next four years. The resultant cuts were severe and
:04:04. > :04:12.controversial. But the key test is if the visitors notice the
:04:12. > :04:16.difference. It seems that for now at least, they may have.
:04:16. > :04:19.Let's talk to Dr Mark Westgarth, a lecturer in a museum studies at
:04:19. > :04:24.Leeds University. They are blaming the weather and other factors, is
:04:24. > :04:28.that fair enough? The weather would play a role in the number of
:04:28. > :04:32.visitors that are interested in going there, but we cannot deny
:04:32. > :04:38.that funding cuts, government funding cuts would impact the
:04:38. > :04:43.staffing at the Armouries and at other museums as well. The national
:04:43. > :04:49.picture is much more complex than the cuts in the north. The museums
:04:49. > :04:53.nationally are up, less than 1%, but they are increasing envisages
:04:53. > :04:57.on average. When you look at the Royal Armouries, they are so
:04:57. > :05:01.significantly down. The live jousting so goes on, but it is not
:05:02. > :05:07.as significant as it used to be, is there something wrong with the
:05:07. > :05:12.museum? Some people say it is cold, sterile, a boy is the pace, I love
:05:12. > :05:16.it. There are different museums for different people, the Armouries has
:05:16. > :05:20.a different audience, it is a collection of national significance
:05:20. > :05:25.and Leeds should be proud to have a national museum in the city centre.
:05:25. > :05:30.I think if you look at their game, if you'll get the picture
:05:30. > :05:35.nationally, museum visiting is up. There are localised museums that
:05:35. > :05:41.are having some of the funding cuts and they're having effects on this
:05:41. > :05:47.ball, and the exhibitions and other kinds of aspects. -- having an
:05:47. > :05:51.effect on it all. If you look at the National Rail Museum, they have
:05:51. > :05:57.a special exhibition on the Flying Scotsman, does that help to draw
:05:57. > :06:01.extra people in if you have that special offer, so to speak? Special
:06:01. > :06:05.exhibitions and the media itself will create an interest in going to
:06:05. > :06:10.the railway museum. The rail raid museum is in York which is a
:06:10. > :06:16.heritage site anyway. -- the Railway Museum. Any advice for
:06:16. > :06:21.these museums? In the sense of getting more people to turn up?
:06:21. > :06:25.Temporary exhibitions are a good way to attract a new audience. Also,
:06:25. > :06:32.engaging the existing audience, because you cannot go to see the
:06:32. > :06:37.same displays every week. In live jazz to between some of us here ex
:06:37. > :06:41.back -- a live jazz to retrieve some of us here! Had you been to
:06:41. > :06:51.visit any of these museums during the summer holidays, if you have,
:06:51. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:05.Also tonight: Brown to -- ground breaking research in the area for
:07:05. > :07:08.people suffering from life- threatening heart blockages.
:07:08. > :07:13.Coronary disease can be hit and miss, but computer software
:07:13. > :07:20.developed in Sheffield between the university and hospital can help to
:07:21. > :07:24.eliminate human error. We have this excuse of report.
:07:24. > :07:28.-- exclusive report. This man's heart condition has got
:07:28. > :07:32.no worse than the last month with more breathlessness and chest pain.
:07:32. > :07:37.Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of death and illness
:07:37. > :07:41.in the UK, but work between Sheffield Hospital and University
:07:41. > :07:47.with volunteers like Malvern Wells analyse problems are much more
:07:47. > :07:54.detail. Normally, a catheter is fed into the heart and an X-ray monitor
:07:54. > :07:58.is it. Here, a pressure probe will also analyse the flow and pressure
:07:58. > :08:04.across the narrowing arteries. way it happens at the moment is hit
:08:04. > :08:09.and miss. We're trying to inject some signs into the process, so we
:08:09. > :08:12.will measure the pressure drop across these narrowings and a
:08:12. > :08:17.colleague of mine that I am doing the research with his writings and
:08:17. > :08:22.clever software that can predict exactly what this pressure drop
:08:22. > :08:28.will be. So at the end of the day, beacon simply ask the software to
:08:28. > :08:33.tell us what to treat. -- we can simply ask. This man has three
:08:33. > :08:39.narrowings. The extra pressure allows an exact diagnosis about
:08:39. > :08:44.what to treat. We measured the drop in pressure across each of them.
:08:44. > :08:49.This is the wire across all of them. The pressure across this one was
:08:49. > :08:55.not significant but it was across these, so we put in a Stent and you
:08:55. > :09:02.can see Betty has a nice Stent across these two narrowings, but
:09:02. > :09:07.not this one. And this is the size of this life-saving stand. Anything
:09:07. > :09:11.that improves your quality of life, you need to look at doing it. I'm
:09:11. > :09:18.looking forward to having it done and I'm glad that today is
:09:18. > :09:22.happening. How do you feel now? % better. If we can treat the
:09:22. > :09:28.patient or investigate with one single Test, then it would save
:09:28. > :09:31.endless sun necessary tests, time and of course, money. When it is
:09:31. > :09:38.developed, the software from Sheffield could be applied to any
:09:38. > :09:42.body having an angiogram worldwide. They keep coming up with the wide
:09:42. > :09:47.years in Yorkshire! Well done to the team. Coming up later: Getting
:09:47. > :09:53.the message across, poet Ian McNeill enjoys the campaign to help
:09:53. > :10:02.us go digital. -- joins the campaign.
:10:02. > :10:07.Major this week, thousands of students will get their A-level
:10:07. > :10:11.results. Unexciting but nerve- racking time. With tuition fees
:10:11. > :10:17.rising and the job market are looking bleak, the Ratchford
:10:17. > :10:26.supermarket chain, Morrisons, has said it will fund the education of
:10:26. > :10:31.1,000 school leavers in the bid to recruit new store managers.
:10:31. > :10:36.Ian Richardson has worked at Morrisons for 22 years. He joined
:10:36. > :10:41.straight from school and climbed his way up the retell ladder.
:10:41. > :10:45.the time I worked on the checkout. In those days, it was myself and
:10:45. > :10:51.another man on the checkout, but we were mother to buy some of the
:10:51. > :10:56.older checkout ladies and they took us under their wing. If something
:10:56. > :11:00.he didn't have the right price, he would put the item into the air and
:11:00. > :11:05.somebody to price. My career evolved from that. With hard work,
:11:05. > :11:09.he went from the shop floor to the top floor and now 1,000 school
:11:09. > :11:13.leavers will get the chance to be a store manager as well. But their
:11:13. > :11:17.degrees in retail management will be funded by the supermarket chain.
:11:17. > :11:22.Students starting university next year can expect to finish their
:11:22. > :11:27.degrees with debts of up to �60,000. That is double this year's figure
:11:27. > :11:32.and is fuelled by the dramatic hike in tuition fees. The chance to
:11:32. > :11:36.learn while you learn sounds appealing, especially in a
:11:36. > :11:40.saturated job market, but before you can get you a lecture theatre,
:11:40. > :11:45.you have to work for six months full-time in a store and get your
:11:45. > :11:49.hands dirty. It is about doing a full-time job, getting business
:11:49. > :11:54.under your fingernails, understanding retell, because it is
:11:54. > :11:58.a tough business. -- Retail. Then there is the opportunity to
:11:58. > :12:02.continue their education and work towards their degree. Experts
:12:02. > :12:07.expect a rise in the popularity of the Corporate degree and at a time
:12:07. > :12:11.when graduate employment is pretty bleak, the chance of a debt free
:12:11. > :12:15.education would be appealing to many.
:12:15. > :12:21.Thank you. Some breaking news and a woman from Chesterfield has died
:12:21. > :12:25.after being overcome by fumes in a tent in Wales. Police were called
:12:25. > :12:30.to a Kent this morning at a campsite. Two men in the tent were
:12:30. > :12:35.in a comfortable condition in hospital. Hazel Woodhams award for
:12:35. > :12:38.West Yorkshire Police was overcome by fumes from a barbecue. It is
:12:38. > :12:43.thought they moved charcoal ashes into their tent which caused fumes
:12:43. > :12:48.to build up and kill her. Her funeral was held last Friday.
:12:48. > :12:52.A 23-year-old man was charged with murder at three shooting in Leeds
:12:52. > :12:56.which led to some disturbances. -- after a shooting. Three men were
:12:56. > :13:01.charged with assisting an offender. Cavan Clark was hit on the face on
:13:01. > :13:05.Monday night and died in hospital on Friday. One man and a 22-year-
:13:05. > :13:15.old woman had been questioned by police about that and a further 10
:13:15. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:24.In Kirklees, 26 people have been arrested after trouble last week.
:13:25. > :13:30.There were attempts to have to look at an Asda store.
:13:30. > :13:37.A team of digital TV experts is in a Leeds preparing for Yorkshire's
:13:37. > :13:41.last switch-over from analogue to digital. The Emley Moor mast will
:13:41. > :13:45.switch to digital in September. He was in Scarborough, Sheffield and
:13:46. > :13:51.Chesterfield have already begun the process. Some of the struggle to
:13:51. > :14:01.get your favourite channels. Poet Iain McMillan is helping to get the
:14:01. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:06.message across. Yorkshire's official digital poet at a workshop
:14:06. > :14:13.for kids in Leeds today. It seems even here they are making a song
:14:13. > :14:17.and dance about the Digital Switchover. By the end of the day,
:14:17. > :14:22.there have been to create the special poem to signal the switch
:14:22. > :14:25.to a new era of all digital TV. That is because in September, the
:14:25. > :14:31.Emley Moor transmitter which serves more than 4 million viewers will be
:14:31. > :14:35.switched off. The analogue TV signal would disappear across most
:14:35. > :14:45.of Yorkshire. If you want to keep it, you will have to go digital.
:14:45. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.Wide-eyed did it at home. I helped him a bit. -- my dad did it.
:14:51. > :14:58.don't really know what it is, it is quite complicated, so I will get my
:14:58. > :15:03.mum and dad to do it. I am an old man but even I can do it. I have
:15:03. > :15:07.managed to switch to digital. they have since South Yorkshire so
:15:07. > :15:13.he has already started the process. But for many of you, the switch-
:15:13. > :15:18.over has been a bit of a headache. So, here is how to retune your TV.
:15:18. > :15:28.Using the remote control, press menu. Then you should get an option
:15:28. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:34.to select set up. Then select the fall retune option. Sooner you
:15:34. > :15:44.channels should be automatically installed. -- sooner you channels.
:15:44. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:56.Good luck. -- soon your channels. Some of the had been in touch today
:15:56. > :16:04.to say that as soon as a switch- over began, you have been getting
:16:04. > :16:13.the wrong edition of Look North. Don't worry, you can still watch
:16:13. > :16:22.the version you want if you call the number on this Green. Or you
:16:22. > :16:27.can go on line -- the number on up there it's Green. Before 7pm:
:16:27. > :16:30.Barnsley through and through. We meet the pensioner who's been on
:16:30. > :16:33.the staff at Barnsley Football Club for nearly 70 years. From soaps to
:16:33. > :16:43.Shakespeare and now she's at the Grand in Leeds..we catch up with
:16:43. > :16:45.
:16:45. > :16:48.actress Susan Penhaligon. Time for the sport. It's only week two of
:16:48. > :16:52.the new football season, but that doesn't stop fans from feeling all
:16:52. > :16:54.sorts of emotions, from the high to the low. And there was plenty of
:16:54. > :17:04.evidence to suggest many from our local clubs were feeling both
:17:04. > :17:14.extremes this weekend. Here's a round-up of the best of the action.
:17:14. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:21.Kevin Nolan gave West Ham the lead, Simon Gillette and... There was a
:17:21. > :17:26.pre-match protest calling for Kevin Bates to stand down, with fans
:17:26. > :17:32.fearing for the future of the club. The chairman will not have enjoyed
:17:32. > :17:42.much day. There was a second yellow card after 26th minute and
:17:42. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:50.Middlesbrough soon found themselves a man down as well. Leeds remained
:17:50. > :17:56.pointless. Some Sheffield United fans might regret voicing their
:17:56. > :18:06.anger following the appointment of Danny Wilson. He has so far led to
:18:06. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:17.the blades to three wins. Sheffield Wednesday could have had a better
:18:17. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:25.day. Huddersfield continued to look for their first win. Then Rochdale
:18:25. > :18:30.shared the points. Chesterfield relied on Jack Lester to help and
:18:30. > :18:40.they are forced -- first point in League One. Rotherham fans enjoyed
:18:40. > :18:41.
:18:41. > :18:48.goals galore from Gareth Evans and another player. Bradford City got
:18:48. > :18:51.off the mark with a point. might have noticed we missed
:18:51. > :18:55.Barnsley out of the round-up. There's a good reason for that. We
:18:55. > :18:57.wanted to introduce you to one of the most remarkable men at the club.
:18:57. > :19:02.Norman Rimmington signed for Barnsley in 1944 as a goalkeeper
:19:02. > :19:12.and has done pretty much every job imaginable for them since then. Ian
:19:12. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:23.Bucknell went to find out more. Congratulations! Manager Keith Hill
:19:23. > :19:30.has become a dad again, and there is no one better qualified than
:19:30. > :19:40.Norman Rimmington to be the first from the club to say well done.
:19:40. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:46.is straight forward, he likes a joke. It might be for the best bet
:19:46. > :19:50.he never made it as a referee, but in his second -- 67 years at
:19:50. > :19:57.Barnsley, he has done pretty much everything else. He has been a
:19:57. > :20:05.goalkeeper, assistant manager, coach, kit manager, and even now at
:20:05. > :20:10.87 years old he helps out in the laundry. The worst part is in the
:20:10. > :20:16.morning when I have to get up. It's OK when I have been up about an
:20:16. > :20:22.hour. When you get to my age, it is somewhere to go and something to do.
:20:22. > :20:30.I could sit on a park bench and waste away, but no. I would sooner
:20:30. > :20:34.be down here. Norman watches the game against Southampton from his
:20:34. > :20:39.favourite quiet corner, but it isn't going well for Barnsley.
:20:39. > :20:43.Southampton score and go on to win 1-nil. But Norman takes it all in
:20:43. > :20:52.his stride. In his sixties seven years with Barnsley, he has seen it
:20:52. > :20:59.all before. He has quite a sense of humour -- 67 years. I am bloody
:20:59. > :21:02.taking this because it might not be long! Moving on to Super League, it
:21:02. > :21:04.was a poor weekend for our clubs with only Leeds Rhinos winning.
:21:05. > :21:08.Bradford Bulls' heavy home defeat to Hull KR yesterday means they're
:21:08. > :21:11.almost certain to miss out on a top eight finish and the play-offs. If
:21:12. > :21:18.you want to catch up with the rest of the action, the Super League
:21:18. > :21:22.Show with Harry is now available on the iPlayer. That is just about it
:21:22. > :21:29.for the sport. But a quick mention that Andrew Gale for Yorkshire has
:21:29. > :21:39.broken his arm. Possibly a crucial blow running into the end of the
:21:39. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:49.season. Good luck to the rest of the team.
:21:49. > :21:53.Our next guest is best remembered for her time in the television
:21:53. > :22:03.series Bouquet of Barbed Wire. She has moved freely from soaps to
:22:03. > :22:08.Shakespeare. Susan Penhaligon is now appearing in an Agatha Christie
:22:08. > :22:14.production at the Grand. Here she is in the BBC drama Casualty.
:22:14. > :22:17.she have anything to eat that yours? What are you trying to say?
:22:17. > :22:23.She is always a bit wary when she comes back from your son. Why are
:22:23. > :22:30.you smoking? When you know the first thing about parenting, then
:22:30. > :22:38.you can give me advice. Is there anything that you haven't done that,
:22:38. > :22:43.acting wise? I didn't do Hollywood. I did go over and thought I would
:22:44. > :22:51.have a go, but I felt a bit English. I didn't stay.
:22:51. > :23:01.He mentioned Shakespeare to pantomime, there is no gaps to fill
:23:01. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:16.in! What, are you mean the out of work it?! -- of the out of work
:23:16. > :23:17.
:23:17. > :23:27.bits. I have been very lucky to get the work. Tell me about your Agatha
:23:27. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:34.Christie play. It is their last play she wrote. It is an
:23:35. > :23:43.interesting play because she is dealing with marriage and laugh, or
:23:44. > :23:47.philosophical ideas of good and bad. There is a murder in it and there
:23:47. > :23:53.is an inspector who comes on. Agatha Christie fans will not be
:23:53. > :24:01.disappointed. But it is a much deeper play than her normal
:24:01. > :24:11.whodunit plays. I was intrigued to to hear that you went to watch
:24:11. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:25.rugby league! RUF van? Yes, I am a supporter. -- Are you a fan?
:24:25. > :24:33.Yesterday, they got turned over, didn't they? Yes, they certainly
:24:33. > :24:42.did. Welcome back to Yorkshire. I hope the play goes well and I hope
:24:42. > :24:49.the Rugby League goes even better in the future! Thank you.
:24:49. > :24:59.A glimpse of summer, can we keep it, please? Not for demurrer, but the
:24:59. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:15.rest of the week is looking quite These are some pictures from
:25:15. > :25:23.yesterday and this morning. Tomorrow, it will be mostly cloudy
:25:23. > :25:33.and we are going to see some spots of rain at times. It will clear
:25:33. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:46.away and it improves will Wednesday. The sunshine we have had will
:25:46. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:56.disappear because it is going to turn wet overnight. It is going to
:25:56. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:10.Tomorrow, it will be a cloudy start the day and we will see it
:26:10. > :26:19.outbreaks of rain and drizzle. As we head into the afternoon, we will
:26:19. > :26:29.still see some rain at times but it will start to Barton from the South
:26:29. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:44.-- Brighton. -- it will start to Brighton up. Once we get rid
:26:44. > :26:50.Tuesday, the rest of the weakest looking mostly dry. -- the Best Of
:26:50. > :26:57.the Week is looking. You have been getting it in touch with us.
:26:57. > :27:07.Visitor numbers are down 38 % at the Royal Armouries. One of abuse
:27:07. > :27:17.at says -- one of our viewers says there is no where else to go really.
:27:17. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:29.Somebody else says the problem is that it is in the wrong place.
:27:29. > :27:31.