11/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. The headlines this Friday evening: The death of one

Yorkshire serviceman and the repatriation of another, a stark

reminder of the sacrifices made. We'll be in both their home towns

as two minutes silence is observed. And we're also with injured soldier

Ben Parkinson, for the first time in five years able to stand to pay

his respects. Also tonight: A funeral with full police honours

for the traffic policeman killed on the M1 helping a stranded motorist.

And back with the big boys. FC Halifax Town in the first round of

the FA Cup. It has been another overcast day today. Will the sun

Good evening. People across Yorkshire paused for two minutes

today to mark the sacrifices made by servicemen and women since

arriving in Afghanistan in 2001. 33 people from our region have been

killed in action. On Armistice Day, we tell you the story of three men.

Yes, of the TA soldier Matthew Thornton who was killed on

Wednesday. And in North Yorkshire, Matthew Haseldin's name was read

out. We also remember those injured. In a moment, Ben Parkinson will

walk to a service for the first time. Before that, our first report

tonight begins in Barnsley. Private Matthew Thornton in June

this year preparing to go to war with the Yorkshire Regiment. He was

a volunteer soldier. He went to the front line and paid the ultimate

prize. At the going down of the Sun, and in the morning, we will

remember them. A we will remember And this morning in Barnsley,

hundreds gathered to remember him and all those who have given their

lives are serving their country. do have good turnout on Armistice

Day in Barnsley, but obviously today, given the sad news about

Matthew, or it has been bigger than usual. Private Matthew Thornton was

28 and came from the village of tartan. He died in a bomb explosion

in Helmand on Wednesday. He was a factory worker. Like to buy or his

colleagues and he will be sadly missed. -- like to buy all his

colleagues. We put our wish is up to his family and friends. I met

his unit in Wales as they trained for their tour of duty in

Afghanistan. It was clear these part-time soldiers were ready and

willing to go and fight and they knew the potential risks. You would

have to be stupid not to be apprehensive. The training

mitigates most of the risks. Most, but not all. Back in Barnsley this

morning, they recognised private Matthew Thornton's sacrifice.

Really proud of them. We hope this is the last one, we know for a fact

it won't be. Family's like Matthew Haseldin's. He was shot in Helmand

last Thursday. He was 21. He only joined the Army eight months ago.

Much sadness at the pub where he worked before then. He's in very

high regard. He was a very nice person. The only time I have seen

grown men burst into tears at the bar when they heard the news about

Matthew. His body was brought back to the UK yesterday. Matthew

Thornton's coffin will be returned next week. Barnsley's Town Hall

flag was at half-mast for him today. Two young Yorkshire soldiers killed,

two more names to remember. Silence fell across Yorkshire earlier as

people paused for Armistice Day to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day

At Imphal Barracks in York, all staff attended the ceremony to

remember military personnel who had fallen in active service. Elsewhere,

people of all ages gathered at war memorials across our region to mark

the significance of both the date There were many veterans among the

crowds, as well as school children Emma Glasbey has been at a

particularly special Armistice Day service in Doncaster with Lance

Bombardier Ben Parkinson and she joins us now. Emma, some very

moving scenes there today. Absolutely. Ben Parkinson lost both

his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan five years ago. Today,

people stopped in the street in Doncaster and watched Ben get out

of his wheelchair and walked towards the service at the Mansion

House. Spontaneous applause broke out, and then actually stood for

the entire service, about 15 or 20 minutes. You're about to see the

progress he has made and it is a but -- it is remarkable. It was a

moment filled with pride. Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson walking to

take his place in Doncaster. Find his ago, he lost both his legs in

Afghanistan and suffered brain damage -- five years ago. How did

it feel? It has always been a massive goal to stand and pay his

respects during the silence. How is your recovery going? Unbelievably

well. Still a lot further to go. the age of just 22, Ben was caught

up in an explosion last on patrol. He became the most seriously

injured British serviceman to survive his wounds. He was never

expected to live, so to come this far has astonished everyone.

the textbooks written by the medics say you should not be here. He

should be lying in a bed, not quite in a vegetative state, but not far

off. He just does what he wants. Ben is almost certainly Yorkshire's

best known wartime hero. He is a familiar face at events like this

one held at Bradford. It was a good opportunity for him to catch up

with old friends. I have seen him frustrated with himself a couple of

times, but he has carried on fighting. The situation he has got

himself in now, it is remarkable. After a very public battle, Benn

has not been told he can stay in the army to continue his recovery -

- Benn has now been told. He is determined to walk tall without

help, and no one would bet against him. Inspirational story. We do get

them on this programme. Many of you have been in touch with us today

via our Facebook page after seeing those pictures of Ben Parkinson.

Jennifer Jensen says it makes her feel humble. Ben is so dignified

yet bold in his rehabilitation. Adrian Priestley says, an airborne

warrior through and through. Christine Greening writes, good for

him. I was in Scarborough Morrisons for the two minutes silence. You

could have heard a pin drop. And you can post to comment on a

Facebook page 4 send us an e-mail. -- post your comment on a Facebook

page or send us. Stay with us, coming up later: Full police

honours. Hundreds attend Wakefield Cathedral for the funeral of

traffic policeman killed helping others on the M1. 690 jobs could be

lost at Sheffield City Council. It has to save �55 million next year

because it will get less from the government. Councillors have

notified unit that -- unions this afternoon about possible

redundancies, while officials are being asked to work out detailed

money-saving proposals. It is that time of year again. The nights are

drawing in, here comes Christmas. So councils stop to think about the

next financial idea at the end of March. Let's start -- take a look

at what they need to save. Inhered two they have got to save �55

million. -- India to. The actual cost they have got to save his �40

million. How many jobs could be at risk was? May be as many as 690.

This is the harsh reality of power. What will you do? It is not

decisions any of us want to take, but we have got the workforce, the

political will that we will work through and find the budget. We

need to ensure we are reducing the impact on jobs. 690 is the absolute

maximum we are expecting. We think we can bring you down there were,

it is a technical paper we need to put to the government. At least at

this puts it into the public realm. Are you going to consult the

public? It sounds like you have already made your mind up, six and

90 jobs. The need to make a detailed analysis and work out what

we need to look at again. It picks out the figures of the jobs that

could go under these proposals if we accept them all. That is why we

are doing this. We will now go to the public with the detail later in

the year to put the proposals to them, asked their opinions and seek

their views on things. Thank you for joining us. How academic a

these exercises? You start with hundreds of jobs going and it ends

up being a fraction of that number. How worried should your arm -- your

members be? 750 jobs had disappeared in this city in the

last year. Another 690 are at risk. We have to work with that number,

we will work with the council to drive that number down to the

lowest we possibly can. The conversations we need to have with

this council, we need to be talking about enterprising ways of

delivering services in the city. We need to be here -- innovative.

There are lots of ideas in the trade unions and the workforce

about how we can do that. Thank you very much indeed. We have heard

from the Sheffield City Council opposition group, the Lib Dems,

saying they fear a slash-and-burn approach. We will keep you up-to-

A former South Yorkshire Police constable has been jailed for 10

years for masterminding Britain's biggest ever VAT fraud. Nigel

Cranswick was the director of Ideas 2 Go. He generated paperwork so he

could claim back �365 million in VAT from Revenue and Customs. Five

other people were convicted for related offences. The company was a

complete sham. They set up a company selling mobile phones. It

escalated in a short period of time to �527 million worth of trading.

They set up a bank account. Be complete company was an absolute

fabrication. A man who was jailed for murdering his wife in a post

office is to appeal against his conviction. 4-6-year-old Robin

Garbutt was found guilty of murdering Diana Garbutt and

sentenced to life. He was told he must serve at least 20 years behind

bars. Dannatt was found dead in March last year. Today Mr Garbutt's

barrister formally lodged an appeal. A a man has been found not guilty

of causing the death of a 15-year- old in a road crash. Natalia Wiley

died while travelling as a passenger at near Pickering in Dan

Reed. Daniel Jeminson was cleared by causing death of dangerous

driving. 19-year-old Robert Turnbull has already pleaded guilty

to the same charge. Hundreds of police officers have

laid to rest one of their colleagues, a traffic officer

killed on duty on the M1 last month. Mark Goodlad was trying to help a

motorist who had broken down. His funeral took place this

afternoon at Wakefield Cathedral where he was given full police on

-- full police on us. He had served for 10 years. Mark Goodlad's family

by request in the police car. At Wakefield Cathedral, his widow,

Helen, his 14-year-old son receives his father's police hat. His dad

was soon to have become a dog handler. His dog was there. He has

left us in tragic circumstances so we are here to mourn and here to

give thanks for the life of an exemplary police officer. He

encompassed everything that was good about a good police officer.

At the funeral service, the chief constable in his eulogy to Mark

Goodlad adopted the immortal words, he shall not grow old the nor

become wary, his memory will end Dewar. Never, he said, had a public

servant been so aptly named than Mark Goodlad. It is such an

ordinary act, an ordinary act of public service. It is not facing

the criminal with the gun or the crowd. It is not dashing into a

terrorist situation where a bomb might go off. This is what

policemen do every day. That is why it is so poignant. His colleagues

can say, with justification, it could have been me? Hundreds

watched outside. This gentleman gave his life of somebody else,

that is the ultimate price you can pay. He was doing his job and he

was killed. It is awful. Every time I see a poppy growing at the side

of a motorway, I will think of him. The on this day, the chief

constable's tribute to Mark Goodlad and his family.

Thank you. Before 7pm: harking back to the good old days. The stadium

and the Menem that may have changed, but to the Shaymen are hoping for

more giant-killing feats -- the stadium and the name may have

changed. They have just changed their name.

They have put FC instead of Halifax. -- in front of Halifax.

Intimidating atmosphere at Hull. New Zealand will have to face them

and his childhood hero. It is so split. The we will find out. They

have not named at the team yet. When it takes all, pick the cliche

you like, England take on New Zealand tomorrow knowing that only

victory will do if they will have - - if they want to have another

crack a to Australia in the Four Nations final.

Buoyed up by a positive performance in defeat to Australia, it was back

to hard graft in Loughborough. The reigning world Four Nations

champions New Zealand are up next. We know it is going to be really

difficult. We have a great coach and we are really fired up. To be

at this stage and have a deciding game still in the group stage is

fantastic. Both teams will be ready for it. We are expecting a really

tough game. We have only one one out of the last 10 against England

in England. We know it is going to be a big challenge him. Big home

That is an impossible try! Show, my word!

All the talk of promise, England know they need to do more. They are

building towards the 2013 World Cup, but this is a team that wants

success sooner rather than later. think we are ready. The group, in

terms of belief, is ready to go to the next stage. But we have to win

the game. It is as simple as that. We have to put in a really good

performance against New Zealand. That will give us a great

opportunity to get to the next stage. England are still waiting on

the fitness of the captain. They will name their side at the last

possible moment. Staying with rugby league.

Wakefield's Glenn Morrison has been forced to retire. He suffered a

seemingly innocuous injury in the first week of pre-season. Medical

experts have confirmed he will need major surgery on his left shoulder.

He will still be with the club as an assistant coach.

In cricket, of Yorkshire are set to appoint Jason Gillespie as their

first team coach. If they did 6- year-old fast bowler spent two

seasons at Headingley. He will work alongside Martyn Moxon. Yorkshire

are expected to confirm his appointment and the rest of the

coaching team next week. Football, this weekend it is the

first round proper of this season's FA Cup. FC Halifax are back with

the big boys and will play Cheltenham on Sunday. -- told them

on Sunday. We will give it our best shot. Charlton are an exceptional

side. It may be our turn on Sunday Tostock Bobby Hamm has already

given up the papers the headlines, to preview the biggest match yet.

It looks different than the last time. New year's date 1990, Halifax

Town, one. Manchester City, zero. Any reporters expecting the old

track and crumbling terraces will be disappointed. Since the rebirth

of the club as a FC Halifax town in 2008, two promotions have gone

hand-in-hand with an impressive rebrand. It would now not look out

of place in Charlton's division, three leagues above. We are

building a nice little club. This is going to put us on the map. The

ultimate boss is to get back into the football league. We are trying

to build up a solid foundation, both on and off the field. It is

just like coming to a league ground. Maybe you should have kept the

ground?! It would have been better. Can you not switch the hot water

off? I would rather flood the pitch. The weather gods have even been

trying to do that already for Halifax Town as the squad prepared

this week. Sheffield Wednesday also have to wait until Sunday for their

tie. Before that on Saturday, Bradford go to Hampshire to face

one of the happened coming names from southern non- league football.

Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United are also

playing. Bradford City, there is no chance of a penalty shoot-out in

this tie. But there might be if they can force a replay against

Rochdale. You never know. Can I just plug the highlights for

the rugby league. That is on Sunday at 4pm. On BBC Two. Are you sure it

is at 4pm? Absolutely sure of. I can't believe she did that!

Just ahead of the weather, later tonight we will have Chris Evans

presenting a special BBC programme looking back at the life of Jimmy

Savile. It is called Jimmy Savile: As It 'appened. It is here on BBC

One at 8:30pm. Dull, drizzly. It will get better

over the weekend. We have had some lovely photos. We do not know where

it is from. The police do not seem to mind the weather. Keep your

photos coming in -- v East do not seem to mind. It has been dull and

damp. It will brighten up tomorrow. Rain overnight. A better chance of

some sunshine tomorrow before the warm front pushes back up from the

south. The satellite picture from today shows it clearly. The cloud,

you can see, it is whiter in the West. It is heading our way and

will spill its way eastwards this evening. Heavy and persistent rain

pushing its way eastwards overnight. It will clear the post by the end

of the night. We will keep cloudy skies. Temperatures down to seven

to 11 degrees. Winds gusty towards the post. The sun will rise

tomorrow morning at 720 7am. It was set at 4:12pm. Outbreaks of rain

near the post. Through the day, the cloud will friend from the West.

The West is definitely going to be best. The cloud may well stay with

the post in the second part of the afternoon. It will feel warmer

tomorrow with just a light breeze. Top temperatures in Scarborough of

13 degrees. It is above average for the time of year. Sunday, it is

going to turn cloudy again for -- cloudy again. Turning dryer in the

afternoon. Still mild, 13 degrees. Thank you. On the 11th day of the

11th month, Yorkshire has been remembering its armed forces.

Tonight, many remain on active service in Afghanistan. We will

leave you tonight with some messages to friends and family back

here in Yorkshire are recorded last month at their base in Helmand

I would just like to say to my gorgeous wife and friends and

family back in Yorkshire, don't worry, I'm safe, they are keeping

the busy. All of my love, give us a hard to Milton. I would like to say

hello to my husband and little boy. To my little boy, I miss you. I

will be back home soon. We will go to the football again. And to my

mother, looking forward to seeing you. Just hello to my mum and dad,

my sisters, my nieces and nephews. See you when I get back. Things are

all right here. I'm having fun. like to say hello to my family back