04/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Hello - welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight - on his way to

Yorkshire. The controversial Australian doctor who gives advice

on committing suicide. Also tonight - who can you turn to

when the cupboards are bare? Why more and more families are having

to rely on emergency food hand-outs. I am here at Cannon Hall near

Barnsley. All four weather further up on first celebrations, but there

is this. It turned out be a fine afternoon

in Europe. We missed a fine for the Concerns are being raised about

plans to allow a controversial doctor to give a speech in

Yorkshire about ways of committing suicide. Dr Phillip Nitschke is due

to speak in York in just over a fortnight.

Debbie Purdy, who campaigned for the law on assisted dying to be

made clearer, says some of his views are dangerous. Emma Glasbey

reports. He argues he only wants to inform the public about euthanasia,

not encourage them, but Dr Philip Nitschke has been banned from many

UK venues. He has been criticised in the past for his demonstrations

of devices that could be used in suicides. I am giving them the

facts so they can make the decision in their best interest. He cannot

do that without facts of. Debbie Purdy from Bradford has multiple

sclerosis and has campaigned to legalise assisted dying. She says

clinics like dignity as in Switzerland have safeguards in

place, but some of Dr Philip Nitschke's used her dangerous.

Making information available on how to end your life that anyone can go

to an access that information at I think is extremely dangerous. As

long as we're not prepared to change the laws, there is a place

for people like Dr Philip Nitschke in this society and he is able to

fill a hole which our politicians have been too cowardly to address.

This is where he is due to speak later this month. It is run by the

York Council for Voluntary Service. The council says it is committed to

it free-speech but sometimes difficulties arise in defining the

boundary of what is acceptable. They said they would be concerned

about vulnerable people been exploited or pressurised, but they

have had assurances that will not be the case. The event will remain

within the law, no equipment used to end life will be present. In

York, many people we spoke to are backing the freedom of speech

argument. You have to at least hear what is being said. It is a free

city, free country, if he wants to come and people want to listen, he

should be allowed to speak. Certainly allow him to have him say

and then you decide. In the your work, he may not be allowed to show

the audience his so-called suicide devices, but his talks alone have

already been controversial. Earlier I spoke to Tom Curran, who works

with Dr Phillip Nitschke at the organisation Exit International. I

put it to him that these workshops sound like do-it-yourself seminars.

It is not be the a do-it-yourself seminar, it is to provide

information to people. Our organisation believes and there are

several other organisations around the world, that rational people can

make decisions for themselves. you comfortable that everyone you

give the advice to his in a fit state mentally to excepted, to

leave it alone and not need any more counselling? People who commit

irrational suicides need counselling. The counselling is not

there for them and they commit suicide every day of the week.

counselling are you giving at just seven hours? We do not give

counselling. We assume the people who are there are rational and have

thought it through. How can you tell? If somebody signs a piece of

paper to say they have no mental illness, how key be sure they are

rational? I your psychiatrist? I am not a psychiatrist. I am only

a facilitator. So you're quite happy that all the safeguards

people say should be in place are there? We're happy we have put in

place as many safeguards as we're physically able to do. There is no

doubt that once the information is out there, as with any information,

any situation can be induced. People who are willing to abuse

situations. We cannot take those into account completely, because

they believe that there are so many people out there who deserve that

information and sneak that information that we are willing to

take that chance. But I'm worried someone might slip through your

neck. People committing suicide every day of the week, using other

methods, not our methods. There is nothing we can do about that. The

state is taking no responsibility for that either here or in the UK.

Is that not a responsible? I think this is going to cause a lot of

reaction, but thank you very much for coming on and discussing it

with us. Thank you very much. You're welcome.

There's been a big increase in the number of people using food banks

in Yorkshire because they can't afford to eat. Food banks collect

good quality food and then hand it out to low income families who've

run out of money. Trussel Trust - the UK's biggest

food bank operator - has had to double the number of food parcels

at its Bradford branch and it's now planning to open a base in

Rotherham. Our reporter Spencer Stokes has been looking into the

issue of Yorkshire's hidden hungry. Her bank, filled not with money but

with food, waiting to be handed to people who cannot afford to eat. In

Bradford, the 5th bank is busy, helping families like this who ran

out of money when the father lost his job. I think it was one dead

airtime and I said, OK, what will we have to eat. We looked in the

freezer and there was nothing there. Couple of tins of tomatoes, we

thought, we rarely are at that point of what to read too? We have

no food, no money. What on earth can we do? Unemployment has

historically led to a surge in demand for cheap or even at three

food. In the 1930s, the hungry turned to soup kitchens, but Big

Bang so different, because users cannot repeatedly return. There is

a stitch-up three visits rule to prevent dependency. But even so,.

In total, five tons of it to have fed hungry families. But it is not

just Bradford where people are going hungry. Later this month, a

new food bank will open in Rotherham. There is a poverty and

it is growing. When people have a certain amount of money and yet

there is bells, rent, petrol increase, going shopping is not

costing a few pounds any more, it is not, it is a lot more than that.

One of the first things to give is a meal. It can happen to anybody.

If you're struggling, there is no shame in coming to a place like

this. It is probably the best thing you can do in this situation.

both Bradford and Rotherham, the food bank is stocking up. These

shelves will empty quickly, feeding family say it unexpectedly find

themselves unable to afford to eat. Later on Look North...

Tanya's looking ahead to a big weekend of sport.

England's grumpily team or preparing to take on the Auld enemy

Australia. Police in Sheffield say they won't

be bringing any criminal charges in the investigation into allegations

of a serious sexual assault at a school in Darnall. Greenlands

Nursery and Infants School was closed for two days and parents

refused to let their children attend classes after allegations

that a child had been sexually assaulted. One person was arrested

and released on bail in connection with the police inquiry.

A solider shot dead in Afghanistan yesterday was from North Yorkshire.

Private Matthew Hasseldin was 21 and from Settle. He was serving

with 2nd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment. His parents have said

tonight how proud they were of their son. He'd only been in the

Army a few months. South Yorkshire Police have renewed

an appeal for information about the rape of a schoolgirl one year ago.

The girl, who was 14 at the time, was walking home through woods in

the Foxhill area of the city when she was attacked. Today detectives

have released another e-fit picture of a man they want to trace.

Up to 80 jobs are at risk after a Chesterfield firm that makes

playground equipment went into administration. Timberline, which

is based on the Sheepbridge Industrial Estate, has seen orders

dry up as schools cut spending on play equipment. Administrators say

they're hopeful a buyer can be found for the family-run firm.

It's emerged that there's been a big increase in calls to council-

run emergency "homeless hotlines" across Yorkshire. It's thought the

extra enquiries are a result of growing fears that changes to

housing benefit rules could make rents unaffordable to some people

on low incomes. Nick Morris reports. I cuticle, these women would never

have dreamt they would be in danger of losing their homes, but cutbacks

have put a cap on housing benefits and many of them here are saying

they will not be able to afford their rents. Even in this very

modest suburb of Europe. When they have approached the council to

explain their predicament and hope there is some help, they are been

told to move to achieve their area. In fact, that can present problems

in itself. A lot of these low- income workers, they're working in

features, they are nursery workers, they operate checkouts local

supermarkets. If that happens, we will start losing a work first this

is keeping the city running. City of York council, housing options

team. They're not alone. This is the emergency homelessness hot line.

Calls here have risen by a third and less than a year. An

investigation by the BBC Politics Show has revealed there is a

similar picture in Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. We have 50 % of

York's population on or household income of �23,000. The national

guidance that a lot of ordinary citizens use is that you should not

spend more than 25 % of your income on housing, so people are starting

to have problems. The mothers see low-paid families that there's may

have to it move out of areas they have lived in for generations.

Their lobbying their MP for help. And you can see more about that

story on the Politics Show at 12 noon on Sunday here on BBC1.

Before seven o'clock... On eve of Bonfire Night, joined me

Would you say that you are a good cook?

My partner with them a good cook! Italian is my speciality. A new

concept aimed at promoting better cookery skills in students has been

pioneered here in Yorkshire. Student Cooking TV is now going

nationwide after two Leeds students built a business around the idea.

Cookery programmes appear online, but there are also live events and

today they were filming their latest cook-off at the University

of Leeds. They invited yours truly, an accomplished chef of course, to

go along and act as referee. I am cooking a Smoke filled the

skies over Andoversford for most of yesterday. Risotto with some

spinach. I am making a sage bake. The contestants are both officials

of the students' union. One is at the University of Leeds and the

other is that the Metropolitan. There was plenty of culinary

competition in the kitchen. No fighting! A good, clean fight!

What are you cook in? An amazing breadth dish with beans on top!

Have long as the business been going? This is the brainchild of

two leads students. They like to cook while they were in college.

They built a business model on the back of a growing demand from

universities to improve the welfare of the students. It is something

more that the universities can offer, more than the average

academia. The universities need to look after their students and

enhance the experience across the board. By teaching them to cook, it

is a great lifestyle. We are already, into the oven! Best to

block! Everything that we do we shoot in student kitchens. There is

a Budget that is applicable and equipment that is applicable to

them. It is fair enough for Gordon Ramsay to say, do this, when they

have a full kitchen, but when you only have a colander and a

microwave, then we will teach you how to use them. We have come into

the BBC canteen, because the two guys have joined. We have a special

customer for you to try and impress. As you sit down and have a look at

the foot, it was serious, a lot of fun, but serious. We have a lot of

contest in the past, as some competitions, he wins most of the

time. You're competitive, but you're a good cook. He is very

modest. By Ingrid are making do the washing up! -- IM going to make him.

What have you cut? This is a fish risotto with some spinach. I hope

you enjoy it. It sounds exotic! made Lamb sage with affected cheese.

There is a Greek flavour and there as well. If you want to try some of

that. That is fabulous. Do you want me to say genuinely which one I

like the best? A thing she is more impressed by mind! Are any you are

competitive, and I know that you cook a lot, but you do not normally

cook. Normally beans on toast! Some serial! From Ray you came from two

very you are now, I have to say, for my taste, that one. It is the

fish! It is not meet judging, this is Paul, and because it is free, he

would eat it all and tell you honestly. We're going to go to the

sport now. Bear in London getting ready for the rugby league.

Rugby League's 4 Nations comes to Wembley this weekend. It's a double

header with Wales taking on New Zealand, before the big one England

versus Australia. It's a huge test for the home side, but belief in

the camp is high. England and Australia, a match to

savour in any sport. The fixture is back in Wembley for the first time

in 14 years. It is a great honour to be able to do it. A great honour

to captain your country, but to do it in Wembley is very special. I am

looking forward to it. England's victory over Wales last week was

comfortable. The coach is sticking with the same 17, but he now is

that they face a bigger test. will be a Test without a doubt.

We're going up a level and that is no disrespect to Wales. We're

playing a very good team and one that we will have to pay very well

to win. -- played very well. Australian side is formidable, and

a strengthened by the return of Greg Inglis in the centre. They may

be tournament favourites, but they're not taking it lightly.

hopefully, the test will give the crowd here a great game and just

show how good everyone is getting ended will be good class. They have

everything they need to be a good side. Behalf back, the full-back,

the five they tend the hooker are very classy players. They have got

everything to beat the team that is of our colour bar. England will

have to be at their best to win, but there is lots to inspire them.

Every time we put on the jersey, you have to go out and fight for

England and that is what we're looking forward to it and what I am

looking forward to. This is our chance to represent our country and

it is a really begun. Wales versus New Zealand is the appetiser before

England and Australia. They hope for a crowd in excess of 40,000

people and a worldwide television audience. England beat a good on a

show. That will be live on BBC One. We had to show you the TARDIS. It

is right behind me here! In football, Chesterfield are

struggling to follow-on from last season's success. They're one point

off the bottom of League One and play the only team with fewer

points than them tomorrow. Ian Bucknell looks ahead to a vital

weekend for the Spirites. Chesterfield finished last season

on an incredible high, winning promotion from League Two as

champions. It was the best way to celebrate their move to a new

stadium, and you start. But they have not been able to keep up the

momentum in a tough league one that included both Sheffield side that

big-spending Huddersfield. Last weekend's defeat, Brentford means

they take one point from their last seven games which least then there

from the bottom. It is a bigger step up and people think from the

last season to this. There are better players and better teams in

this division so we need to respond and make a better performance.

manager does not have a lot of money to spend at a club that live

within its means. This week he has brought in he brought in a new

defender who worked within the past. I'm looking forward to working with

them again. He gave me a chance at Oldham. It is not just one player,

it is 11 players out there. Chesterfield start at the bottom of

the table with the Oval next. all about getting results and tried

to get points and we will be going out fighting very hard to try get

something from the game. Defeat tomorrow would seriously damage

confidence. But a victory would bring back that winning feeling.

And once more they would have things pointing upwards.

Well one champion from last season who looks like repeating his

success is Malton-based jockey Paul Hanagan. It's the last day of the

flat racing season at Doncaster tomorrow and Hanagan currently

leads fellow North Yorkshire jockey Silvestre de Sousa by 164 wins to

159. Both men are in action this evening at Wolverhampton before

tomorrow's finale on Town Moor. That is your sports news live from

Television Centre in London. The BBC's "Yorkshire Brass"

presenter David Hoyle has been asked to conduct the world famous

Black Dyke Band. It's a one off fundraiser for Children in Need.

The local radio presenter's not conducted a brass band for twenty

years but will take to the stage this Sunday evening at Huddersfield

Town Hall. Tickets are still available and all proceeds will go

to charity. Well, it's the big Guy Fawkes

weekend, so many of you will be heading out to watch the fireworks,

but how about a bonfire event without a bonfire? Sound a bit

strange? Well that's what's happening at Cannon Hall, and Heidi

Tomlinson is there for us? That's right, it has just started

to rain. We do not need this weather on the night before Bonfire

Night! There is not even a bonfire to get worn next to. Seconds

promisee some fire tonight. -- I can promise you. If you were

watching 15 minutes ago, we did something similar and the tree was

not hurt at all, we were quite close to the tree, but no damage

was done! Tonight is about family entertainment, but without a

bonfire. He will but most of the acts for tonight. Yes, we run a

theatre company and we go around Europe doing big festivals. We saw

some of the performance earlier. Putting gloves will be ahead!

try that at home. -- putting gloves over your head. We're very well

trained! TV and the families will enjoy this without a bonfire?

this is something different, the Bonfire Night is tomorrow night,

this is a fire and light spectacular editors grade but we

are doing something like this. There are people from all over the

world with great shows. A shame about the weather.

The next act of the evening, Joseph, you play with fire for a living.

do very silly things with big fires. How did you get into this? I saw

some entertainers at Glastonbury in 2002 and it inspired me to give up

my desk job and remortgage my house and become an entertainer.

Sometimes you strap yourself into something we saw earlier, a

gyroscope? Nd set fire to it. I set fire to everything, including

myself, sometimes. By about stewed He is absolutely crazy! Rather him

than me! Fairly spectacular and the firework display is starting

shortly, that will be controlled by computer and set to music so very

impressive as well. From a very wet Very wet in Cannon Hall. If you

have a bonfire tomorrow evening, not looking too bad. The damp start,

turning brighter later. This warm front will thicken cloud

sufficiently. At the moment, looking OK if you have a bonfire

tomorrow evening. The same for this evening, some very active showers

coming up as we have seen in Barnsley and the odd bit of thunder.

Very wet across the south and west of Yorkshire. The rain extending

into North Yorkshire and eastern areas as keeping with the odd

shower. A bit of drizzle at morning time, some fog about, nine or ten

degrees. 48 degrees Fahrenheit. The sun rising in the morning at 7:40am.

A slow start to the day, mistiness and fog and drizzle still left in

North and West Yorkshire but turning dry for the morning and the

sky will brighten up from the West. Western and Pennine areas looking

very nice with the Brighton is pushing into the Vale of York.

Eastern areas there may be cloudy. It would become dry. Temperatures

from the north, southerly wind for the last few weeks, but it will

feel cooler, 12, 13 degrees. A magnificent afternoon. Tomorrow

evening, for Bonfire Night, mostly dry with a light breeze and almost

perfect conditions. On Sunday, mostly cloudy, the odd bit of

drizzle but generally dry and the best of brightness in the West.

Next week, looking fine as well. We need the final judgment. A quick