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Good evening and welcome to Look North. Our top story tonight:

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Fighting for the right to earn a living - disabled workers from

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across Yorkshire protest about the threat to their jobs.

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Also tonight: Coping with the brutal killing of a child. Ten

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years on from the abduction and murder of her daughter, a Yorkshire

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mother says she will never forgive the man who did it. If you lose a

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leg, it is still not there. Lee and is not here and I feel the same.

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And from the artist that brought us the Angel of the North, two new

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sculptures by Antony Gormley are unveiled in Yorkshire.

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And join me for the weather. I will have a full forecast later in the

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programme. Protests have been taking place

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across Yorkshire by disabled people who are worried they could lose

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their jobs. They all work at Remploy factories, which were

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originally set up to provide work for disabled people after the war.

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The factories lose �63 million a year. A report for the government

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recommended cutting funding to Remploy factories. In a moment, we

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will hear from the Conservative MP for Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker,

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and also from a member of the GMB union, Tony Gledhill. But first,

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Len Tingle reports. A clear message from a Remploy

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workers who gathered outside the department of work and pensions in

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Sheffield. They believe the factories are essential. Among them,

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Tony from Leeds. I have got problems with my arms and knees.

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When I came to Remploy, they recognised my strengths and

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weaknesses. I did different training. My job now is to help

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young people like I had a chance to give them that chance.

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Remploy was started in 1946. Though far from exclusively for veterans,

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its workshops and factories grew in numbers, supplying products for

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customers ranging from Jaguar cars up to the armed forces. But

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Remploy's workforce and trade unions have a problem. The rally

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had moved on to a meeting by this afternoon to Wakefield Town Hall.

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A government report published in June of challengers whether

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employment for the disabled is appropriate in a modern society,

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and whether an annual subsidy of �25,000 for each worker could be

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better spent giving support to commercial companies to take on

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more disabled people. Some people would never survive at there. They

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would not last a day with their disability.

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As the work is finished their rally, a statement was issued saying no

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decision had been made on the future of the company.

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Consultations will begin next month. Thank you very much. Joining us to

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discuss the issue is Craig Whittaker, and Tony from the GMB

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union. Tony, you work for Remploy. What do you think it offers

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workers? It gives them the chance to shine at work. We give them

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skills. You cannot put confidence in someone, it has to come from

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them. Becoming independence is more then it just a job. To me, the

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product we use is commercial, and the figures we get is the training

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vehicle for disabled people to make choices. Once they get trained up,

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and become complement, they can -- become confident, they can make a

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choice whether to stay at Remploy or move on. Neat, I have chosen to

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stay at Remploy. -- me. I get respect at Remploy. The Ealing's

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are very high here. Will you listen to what these people have to say?

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Absolutely. The Remploy model for employment is not a bad thing at

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all. What we are having tonight is, is that the best model? Does it

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offer the best opportunities for disabled people? Clearly,

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mainstream employers are less likely to want to provide

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facilities for people with disabilities. �63 million is not a

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small sum of money. Is that money best serving disabled people? I do

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not know the answer to that. The consultation will bring out the

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best thing, I dare say. Two people in my constituency, one of them

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would argue I am disabled. He runs his own business. He would argue

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that the best thing for people like Stephen it is a personalised agenda.

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You are saying you could spend the money elsewhere. But let us come

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back to you, Tony. You have worked in employment and you'd struggle to

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cope, didn't you? A white beard. I cannot live to head the weights. --

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I did. In the Remploy, I have got a chance to use my brains. I do not

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accept the argument that the government have not made a decision.

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We have said in his report, the government have to accept the

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recommendations. Everyone will beat offered compulsory redundancy at

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the same time. We have heard a lot. We will continue to look at this

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issue in depth. Thank you to both of you.

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The mother of a teenager who was strangled to death after being

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abducted says she will never forgive her daughter's killer. The

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murder of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan, from Bramley near Leeds,

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sparked one of the largest enquiries ever mounted by West

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Yorkshire Police. This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the

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discovery of her body in woodland near Otley. Today, Leanne's mother

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told Look North the pain of losing a loving daughter will never go

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away. She was a normal, fun-loving

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teenager. She was acquired at times and could be shive. -- quiet at

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times. A decade may have passed since the

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body of Leanne Tiernan was discovered, but for her mother, the

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emotion of that date is still raw. If you imagine losing a leg, it

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does not matter if it was yesterday or 10 years later, it is still not

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there. You learn to deal with things better, but it is still

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there. Lehane is not here, and I still feel the same.

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Cool disappeared after taking a short cut through Bramley. Her body

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was found eight months later near Otley. She had been strangled.

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Police suspected the killer was a local. Detectives identified a man

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who lived nearby. Samples of her blood was found on the floor boards.

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John Taylor was sentence for Leanne Tiernan's murder. Can you forgive

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them? No. He has tested need to breaking point. I do not understand

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how people can ask me how I can forgive him.

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The people were able to link him to other unsolved crimes. The police

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never gave up, but were you grateful for their efforts? I was

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very grateful, yes. They would not have got the person that did it. At

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least he will not be able to do it to anyone else.

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A mugger's killer may be behind bars, but the mother feels she has

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been given a life sentence. -- Leanne Tiernan's killer.

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Later on tonight: All the sport. I can confirm that England's have

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the Aussies on the ropes. The over- sixties Ashes series, that is.

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A 40-year-old man has appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court charged

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with two counts of attempted murder following a double stabbing in

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Garforth. Leslie Cunningham was arrested on Wednesday following an

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attack on a mother and daughter on Bar Lane on August 2nd. A 55-year-

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old woman remains in hospital while her 25-year-old daughter was

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released earlier this week. A businessman who died after

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falling from his Segway scooter has left an estate to his family. He

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made his fortune in equipment used to protect soldiers serving in

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Afghanistan and Iraq. The foam of minor donated millions of pounds to

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charity. -- former miner. Next tonight, an extraordinary

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story of one family's history. In her mid thirties, Felicity Davis

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from Scarborough transformed her life by studying to become a

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teacher. But as a child, she had suffered physical and psychological

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abuse by her grandmother. Her own mother seemed powerless to

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intervene. She wanted to find out why and researched her family tree.

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The remarkable result has just been turned into a book, Guard A Silver

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Sixpence. Tom Ingall met Felicity to find out more.

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In a few weeks' time, Felicity will have a new class of the year seven

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students. But it is not so long since she was a pupil in

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Scarborough in this very room. She was a single mother of three with

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two failed marriages and absolutely broke. Then she went back to school.

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A fight always felt I needed to do something more. They were talking

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about access courses for people like myself.

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A degree, Career Success, and a head teaching qualification later,

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her life could not have changed more.

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The there were three houses on there? Yes, there were. The she

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took me to quarry Mount in Scarborough.

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Every night, she would suffer abuse at the hands of her grandmother.

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Her own mother seemingly powerless to intervene. She would make me say

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the Lord's Prayer after hitting a. I was in trouble when I did not get

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it right. That is the memory I took from those years.

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She decided to research her family story, and what lay behind that

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chartered. Her research letter to Barnsley. It

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led her to events almost as many years ago. George Square was packed

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tightly packed with terraced houses, and it was here Felicity's great

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grandmother lived. She was married to an abusive husband. But she also

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had a younger lover. Tired of witnessing the beatings, he

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murdered Emily's husband. But she was found guilty as well for not

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preventing the telling. Rough justice by today's standards, but

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it was a case that went all the way to the gallows.

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Emily was the only woman to be executed in Leeds. Her daughter

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would grow up to be Felicity's abusive grand mother. Today, Emily

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is buried outside the prison walls. Felicity believes the effect on her

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was profound. I cried. It hit my heart straight away. I have a very

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mixed picture of the grand mother that terrorised me as a child.

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The past dealt with, she has turned the story into a book. Its job is

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to start the family a course in future. You want to pass on to your

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children: But these are the lessons of the past. Do not make the same

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mistakes I did. Making a noise to ban a steel bands

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from the Leeds Carnival. And new arrivals in Yorkshire from the

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sculptor of the Angel of the North. The weekend is here and we can have

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some sport now. The Ashes is taking place in Leeds tonight. You have to

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be over 60 to be in the team. Somebody very young is there for

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I thought you were suggesting I was old enough to play in the team! And

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what a start to the sporting weekend. England have beaten

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Australia by 135 runs. The Australian over-sixties were bowled

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out for 149. This is the first of a three-match series. We will find

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out about the over-sixties shortly. Now, football. After three matches

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of the league season, South Yorkshire is the place to be with

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Rotherham United top of League Two. Sheffield United are second in

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League One and looking difficult to beat.

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That special night on Tuesday against Walsall what made it up

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three wins out of three for Sheffield United. You could say it

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was one in the eye for those who made the manager less than welcome

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when he was appointed in the summer on account of his Sheffield

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Wednesday allegiances. He will not bear a grudge about that. Or the

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fact he took over an essentially relegated team. It get sued know

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where, looking back all the time. - they get you nowhere. You have to

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look forward. We have to turn the team into a team that can win games.

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We have had a good start. Hopefully that will continue and people will

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forget where the manager was previously. He is here and

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committed to this club, like we all are. He wants the best that

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Sheffield United. Their reward for the three wins is a place in the

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top two and a few days by the riverside. The River Mersey, that

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is. Everton next week in the League Cup. Tomorrow at Tranmere is higher

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on the agenda. We need to win games. If it means a bruising battle, it

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will have to be that way. Gone are the cries of "Wilson out!". He is

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very much in at around Bramall Lane Bizet's.

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Was there some fall-out -- these days. Was there some fall-out at

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Huddersfield Town after a press conference today? Yes. The manager

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took the opportunity to make criticism of his own of the media

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who he accused of stirring up a Hornet's nest and of the fans who

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had been criticising him on Tuesday during the draw against Hartlepool.

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It illustrates the expectation levels that he is working under at

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Huddersfield Town. They have not lost yet, but they have not won

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either. They will hope for better things tomorrow. It should be a

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good day for Yorkshire at Scarborough. Sussex created a lead

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Scarborough. Sussex created a lead of 136 and runs. Well done to Joe

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of 136 and runs. Well done to Joe Root who finished with 160.

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Speaking of cricket, or we can talk to an Australian friend. This is

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the tour organiser of the over sixties Australian team. Feeling

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sorry for yourself because you have been beaten? Not really. It was a

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first test and it really was a test for the boys. England played well.

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The Australian boys are getting it together. We have come out of our

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winter season. We only had a couple of matches leading up to this.

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is a three-match series. You start in Yorkshire. I assume that is

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because it is a good night out in Leeds! We started in Chester.

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Yorkshire is a great place to be. Great hospitality. It is

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sensational here in Leeds. We can talk to the Yorkshire manager. This

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is a prestigious home of the Yorkshire Academy. How difficult

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was it to organise? When they said they wanted a Test match in Leeds I

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asked if they could arrange a match here. This is a big community of

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players, the over-sixties. We are looking for good players who want

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to play at 60 years old. You are using Look North as a recruitment

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platform! There are two Yorkshire- based player's in the team today.

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They move on to Wales for the next match. I fear that the Australians

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will conquer the sporting world one day, maybe even at soccer against

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England. At the moment, the Ashes order is restored.

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His rod OK, did he get hit today? He looks as if he has an injury.

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Who? The gentleman behind you. Was he

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hit by a cricket ball? Yesterday. Just playing a shot. You would do

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it to us if we did not do it two- year! We are friends, really.

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And a 60-year-old still coming out after being hit in the face by a

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cricket ball! It is an excuse for a party and a

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chance to celebrate West Indian culture in Chapeltown. And a big

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part of the Leeds carnival is the steel drums. But this year they

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have been banned for safety reasons. This has created controversy.

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For many people, they are the soundtrack of the carnival. They

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are a traditional West Indian instrument, turning old oil drums

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into something more pleasing. And, for the past 13 years, Victoria has

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taken hers to the Leeds Carnival. But, because of the recent unrest

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in the area, there will be no its steel drums in the parade this year.

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I do not see any logic. The worst thing is we have been looking

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forward to it. We have practised and we know our staff. These are

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award-winning steel band players. But at the steel bands have been

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deemed too risky in the current climate. Trouble in the area and an

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arson attack on the carnival headquarters, the organisers say

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they are being cautious. It is just one of those things, we have made

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the decision. We will not have a steel band. In the light of the

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disturbances we have had. The only place there will be a steel band is

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on the stage, traditionally where Victoria's group played, but this

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year occupied by the new world steel orchestra. For many people,

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the sound of the steel band is synonymous with. But this year, the

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sound will be muted. -- with Carnival.

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That is a shame. It is. They thought about that and

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they are very careful. The sculptor Antony Gormley is best

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known for his iconic Angel of the North. But now he has created two

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new works for Harewood House near Leeds. He's been at the house today

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to see the work in situ for the first time. Made of iron that's

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been left out in the rain to rust, the sculptures were designed

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especially for the Terrace Gallery at Harewood. Cathy Killick's been

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to meet the artist and see the work. Two Estates is the title of this

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work. It consists of iron blocks They are clever. They look like

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precariously stacked building blocks. When you move around them,

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suddenly, yes, there is the human figure. It is recognisably an

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Antony Gormley. He is famous for the Angel of the North. And, more

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recently this sculpture on Crosby beach in Liverpool. Here, he wanted

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to show frailty as well as strength. They weigh half a ton each, but

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they feel, in this room, fragile. I guess what I was trying to express

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with this work was the fact that we are towers. We are like high-rise

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skyscrapers. At the same time, we are relatively vulnerable. Over 20

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years ago he proposed to build a monumental brick man in Leeds. This

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is how it would have looked. The council turned it down. It would

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have cost six per hundred �1,000. do not think Leeds is any less

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wonderful. -- �600,000. I often go past the triangle and think that

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work should have been there. But we made the angel and I do not want to

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make two monumental works in Britain. For many art lovers in

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Yorkshire, that is sad news. But they can console themselves with

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this new work. It is on display until the end of October.

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Is he suggesting people are like tower-blocks? There is a strength.

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I am a tower of strength! Let's I am a tower of strength! Let's

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have the weather. There will be sunshine this weekend.

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We can look at a night's We can look at a night's

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photographs. We had sunshine today. photographs. We had sunshine today.

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Keep your photographs coming in. It has clouded over throughout the

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second part of the afternoon, but tomorrow it looks dry. Temperatures

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around 20 degrees. The rest of Yorkshire will have sunshine. It

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will turn cloudy as we head through the afternoon. The reason is this

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weather front. Today, it clouded over from the West. There is a risk

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of light rain this evening. That will continue through the night.

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But for most, it will stay dry. Most at risk of patchy rain are the

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Pennines, the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors. Tomorrow,

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the sun will rise at 5:54am. Tomorrow, the cloud will break-up

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during the morning and we will see plenty more sunshine. The best

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sunshine will be during the morning. It is a cloudy picture for South

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Yorkshire in the afternoon. We will see light rain. That will move

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