:00:18. > :00:22.Tonight, why are the dole queues growing here more than anywhere
:00:22. > :00:28.else. The latest figures show another 51,000 people out of work
:00:28. > :00:32.here- more than twice the increase in any other part of Britain. Back
:00:32. > :00:40.on the picket line for teachers that are opposed to their school
:00:40. > :00:50.becoming an academy. And the York band back in the
:00:50. > :00:55.studio and back on tour 15 years after the height of their fame.
:00:55. > :01:05.Sky is everywhere will be brighter as we head through tomorrow. Join
:01:05. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:14.Good evening. Tonight, more than one in 10 people in Yorkshire are
:01:14. > :01:20.out of work. The latest figures show that number is increasing
:01:20. > :01:26.faster here than anywhere else in Britain. Between two -- July and
:01:26. > :01:34.August, there were 274,000 jobless in Yorkshire and the Humber, up
:01:34. > :01:40.51,000. The unemployment rate stands at 10.3%. Compared to a year
:01:40. > :01:46.ago, there were 236,000 people registered unemployed. It rocketed
:01:46. > :01:56.again last month and again today. There is now intense competition
:01:56. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:00.for the few jobs that are available. It is not glamorous work. Targets
:02:00. > :02:04.components supply it computer parts. They have been growing fast and
:02:04. > :02:09.have been recruiting for the past few years. Until recently, they
:02:09. > :02:16.have struggled to fill vacancies. Not any more as they had a
:02:16. > :02:23.recruitment day to fill 10 jobs. We have just bought some purchasing
:02:23. > :02:28.jobs in the Jobcentre. We have got 13 applications, which we wouldn't
:02:28. > :02:34.have seen two or three years ago. As jobs have become scarcer, the
:02:34. > :02:41.same thing is happening all the time. Another at fault -- another
:02:41. > :02:48.advert for two positions had to be pulled as 45 people applied. One of
:02:48. > :02:53.their recent recruits has FM Milap -- familiar story. It is an ever-
:02:53. > :02:58.decreasing circle. You get depressed keep looking for jobs.
:02:58. > :03:04.You can get disheartened by all. The only thing to do is pick
:03:04. > :03:07.yourself up and keep looking. Filling vacant jobs isn't plain
:03:07. > :03:11.sailing. They say they have had problems finding the right person
:03:11. > :03:15.for the job. Experts say it is a common problem.
:03:15. > :03:22.There are many facing the same problem. When they are not many
:03:22. > :03:28.vacancies about, people tend to scattergun approach to applications
:03:28. > :03:33.rather than thinking about a quality approach. Until recently,
:03:33. > :03:39.figures for unemployment have been up and down. Now they are on an
:03:39. > :03:44.upward trend. There is a message from all of this. If you are out of
:03:44. > :03:49.the employment market, it will be increasingly hard for you to get
:03:49. > :03:53.back in. Nationally, youth unemployment
:03:53. > :04:00.topped 1 million in the national figures. In Yorkshire and the
:04:00. > :04:05.Humber, it was 82,000, 19% of our 16-24 get old.
:04:05. > :04:10.One organisation responsible for ensuring local youngsters get the
:04:10. > :04:16.first bite of construction jobs says it is not getting enough
:04:16. > :04:21.applicants. Construction Yorkshire wants to give jobs to young people
:04:21. > :04:25.but they are underwhelmed break -- by the response.
:04:25. > :04:29.Building sites in Leeds are once again becoming a hive of activity.
:04:29. > :04:33.Now it is claimed not enough young people in the City are applying to
:04:33. > :04:38.work on projects like this. Over the next four years in Yorkshire
:04:38. > :04:43.and the Humber, it is estimated more than 2500 people will be
:04:43. > :04:47.needed to join the construction industry every year. Recently, to
:04:47. > :04:51.apprenticeships were advertised locally by Construction Yorkshire
:04:51. > :04:56.and they received just for applications. That is why this
:04:56. > :05:01.event is being held in Beeston. It is organised by Construction
:05:01. > :05:05.Yorkshire, and bake sure developers give jobs to young people living
:05:05. > :05:10.close to site like the Leeds Arena. When they don't get enough
:05:10. > :05:16.applications locally, they have to advertise to everyone. We have been
:05:16. > :05:20.surprised by how few applicants we have had. We want people to
:05:20. > :05:25.register with us said that when we have these opportunities, we need
:05:25. > :05:30.to get them to sign up so we can make sure local people have access
:05:30. > :05:33.to those opportunities. They don't know why so few young people in
:05:33. > :05:39.Leeds are applying for these apprenticeships. Possibly because
:05:39. > :05:46.they don't realise the jobs are there. This man is studying at
:05:46. > :05:52.college. I am in a class of 11 and only three of us have got
:05:52. > :05:55.employment. Events like this are giving Iain people hope. Another is
:05:55. > :06:00.being held in that little London next week, a stone's throw from one
:06:00. > :06:04.of the biggest construction projects Leeds has seen.
:06:04. > :06:11.Why is it that our region has been so hard hit with youth
:06:11. > :06:16.unemployment? Liz Navin Jones is a recruitment specialist. Why is it
:06:16. > :06:20.so bad here? I'm guessing it has something to do with us being
:06:20. > :06:26.reliant on the public sector and it taking a while to filter through.
:06:26. > :06:33.wish I had the answer to that. It is very difficult to say it
:06:33. > :06:37.specifically why it is. The fact is, it is bad. It is easy to say that
:06:37. > :06:42.they used to be so many public sector jobs that are being cut back
:06:42. > :06:50.on. It is easy to say that the construction business has hit bad
:06:50. > :06:54.times. It is a complicated facts and the effect is, it is a sad fact,
:06:54. > :07:00.terrible. These figures are appalling. Vince Cable said what
:07:00. > :07:06.was required was practical measures and Brinda ships. Are these
:07:06. > :07:09.apprenticeships the right measures? It is a start. As the young people
:07:09. > :07:14.of this region are the ones that have been most hard hit with this
:07:14. > :07:20.lack of employment, it is important because apprenticeships
:07:21. > :07:25.traditionally of focused at him people. It is very important not to
:07:25. > :07:32.neglect that whole strata of society. They need help to get into
:07:32. > :07:36.the workplace. If there was more collaboration between Government,
:07:36. > :07:44.unions and employers, they could find a way of creating
:07:44. > :07:49.apprenticeships which are so worthwhile, that in people think it
:07:49. > :07:54.is called to be honoured an apprenticeship. They are a way of
:07:54. > :07:59.getting into the workplace. Having a skill whilst they are at work and
:07:59. > :08:04.being paid for it. We highlighted the problem of and applications
:08:04. > :08:11.sometimes. The construction industry complain they are not
:08:11. > :08:17.getting the right recruits. The type of training has to be right.
:08:17. > :08:21.It has to attract the right people. That is what it is not doing. It is
:08:21. > :08:26.not attracting the right people because everybody thinks it is not
:08:26. > :08:31.cool for young people to be going on to apprenticeships. If I might
:08:31. > :08:35.say, if you want to go to university and carry on through the
:08:35. > :08:40.education system, you have a whole structure in place that will find
:08:40. > :08:45.you every different avenue to go to which over university you choose to
:08:45. > :08:49.go to. If you want to do an apprenticeship, where do you go?
:08:49. > :08:53.There is no structure in place. They need to form a structure
:08:53. > :08:59.whereby you can have a central application to do apprenticeships
:08:59. > :09:09.of all sorts and will different areas. Thank you very much.
:09:09. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:17.We always want to hear what you think. I will be speaking to a
:09:17. > :09:26.leading and -- unemployment experts. That is at 10:25pm.
:09:26. > :09:34.Coming up: Students in Harrogate are worried about a rising tuition
:09:34. > :09:37.fees and get a chance to give questions to a panel of experts.
:09:37. > :09:41.Teachers at a West Yorkshire school have gone on strike for a second
:09:41. > :09:44.day of protest over plans to turn it into an academy.
:09:44. > :09:48.A Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley will receive more money from
:09:48. > :09:54.the Government if it breaks away from the Leeds council and becomes
:09:54. > :09:59.an academy. Staff fear pay and conditions could be changed.
:09:59. > :10:05.Prince Henry's is shuttled to convert to an academy on 1st
:10:05. > :10:11.December. Staff will no longer be employed by Leeds City Council.
:10:11. > :10:15.Teaching jobs could go. For the second time, 40 teachers, supported
:10:15. > :10:19.by students and parents were on strike. We have been promised that
:10:19. > :10:23.our terms and conditions won't change. I don't think staff believe
:10:23. > :10:28.that is going to happen and are confident that is the result of
:10:28. > :10:36.what is going to happen. Hundreds of schools have already become
:10:36. > :10:40.academies and Prince Henry's says making the move now will not County
:10:40. > :10:50.money for their only high-school. We have no intention of changing
:10:50. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:55.the terms of pay. The school will get better value for money from its
:10:55. > :10:59.funding and we will improve the job security for the teachers. That was
:10:59. > :11:04.one of the main reasons that governors voted to convert to
:11:04. > :11:08.academy status. That vote was controversial with school governors
:11:08. > :11:13.split over the issue. To become an academy, a majority of the
:11:13. > :11:21.governors must back the decision. That did happen here but it was a
:11:21. > :11:27.majority of one vote. Those nine governors who said no, quit the
:11:27. > :11:33.governing body. Two of them spoke to us arguing that just over
:11:33. > :11:42.�400,000, the extra funding have promised, is inadequate. They will
:11:43. > :11:50.be no financial gain for the school. This doesn't take into account
:11:50. > :11:54.things like employment of a finance director, the cost of the
:11:54. > :11:58.Chippendale swimming pool and other costs. Teachers plan to strike
:11:58. > :12:02.again tomorrow before the two sides will sit down and talk on Friday.
:12:02. > :12:06.It is thought the unions will call for parents to get a vote on
:12:06. > :12:16.becoming an academy. If there is no agreement, three more strikes are
:12:16. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:20.planned for next week. A soldier attached to the 1st
:12:20. > :12:25.Battalion at the Yorkshire Regiment has been killed by an improvised
:12:25. > :12:30.bomb in Afghanistan. The soldier who has not yet been named as a --
:12:30. > :12:34.for serving in Helmand province, providing security. It follows the
:12:34. > :12:37.death of Private Matthew Thornton who was from Barnsley and the
:12:37. > :12:40.repatriation of Private Matthew Haseldin from settled.
:12:40. > :12:44.Police have charged a driver in connection with an alleged hit-and-
:12:44. > :12:49.run incident in which a six year- old boy was killed. Owen Wightman
:12:49. > :12:52.was struck by a car while playing with a friend close to his home in
:12:52. > :12:57.Wakefield on 18th June. The 21 year-old man from Huddersfield has
:12:57. > :13:00.been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to
:13:00. > :13:05.stop at the scene and failing to report an accident.
:13:05. > :13:08.Serious crime's including rapes and murders in West and North Yorkshire
:13:08. > :13:13.have been a best -- could be investigated by a single joint
:13:13. > :13:19.police team. Talks are at an early stage but the forces are looking
:13:19. > :13:23.for major savings as they are faced with a combined budget deficit of
:13:23. > :13:28.�125 million. A West Yorkshire police support
:13:28. > :13:30.worker is accused of causing her mother's death by neglect.
:13:31. > :13:35.The death of Eileen Pearson from Tranmere Park in Guiseley was
:13:35. > :13:41.reported to police in May. Her daughter, Angela, has been
:13:41. > :13:46.suspended from her job. Last if you vote in to us saying
:13:46. > :13:54.they wanted this. Leeds could get a permanent tribute to Sir Jimmy
:13:54. > :13:57.Savile. He died at his home at last month aged 84 and was buried in
:13:57. > :14:02.Scarborough at a 45 degree angle overlooking the sea.
:14:03. > :14:08.A classic car and motorcycle auction has taken place today in
:14:08. > :14:18.Harrogate. Among the high alert -- highlights was a Bentley Special
:14:18. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:27.roadster built in 1953. It sold for Students worried about the rising
:14:27. > :14:31.cost of university tuition fees have had the chance to grill
:14:31. > :14:36.experts on a BBC Radio Four programme. The Money Box team was
:14:36. > :14:38.at Harrogate Grammar Academy today. They had been invited to broadcast
:14:38. > :14:46.from there after so many youngsters said they were concerned they
:14:46. > :14:51.couldn't afford a university education. Ian White was there.
:14:51. > :14:56.This is the lecture theatre, where the Money Box programme was
:14:56. > :15:06.broadcast today. The production team came north after concerns from
:15:06. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:17.students about tuition fees. Paul Lewis welcomes Radio 4 listeners to
:15:17. > :15:22.Money Box Live. The main worry? Tuition fees. It is one of the
:15:22. > :15:32.topics Money Box does on a regular basis. We thought, let us take all
:15:32. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:39.these questions on board. Deraa 500 sixth-formers at this school. --
:15:39. > :15:46.there are. Many of these will be the first to pay university fees of
:15:46. > :15:51.up to �9,000. That some of these students, they are thinking, should
:15:51. > :15:59.I study at all? I think it is brilliant. It is really nice they
:15:59. > :16:04.have chosen our school. I think it is great our students are able to
:16:04. > :16:12.ask the questions we would like to know, because the university fees
:16:12. > :16:16.will affect us. On air, the questions came thick and fast.
:16:16. > :16:22.struggling to understand how we apply for the grants and loans.
:16:22. > :16:26.am more concerned about the management of my money. There is no
:16:26. > :16:36.one who will tell you exactly how much you will need. A so do the
:16:36. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:43.experts think higher fees will put students of going to university?
:16:43. > :16:50.think students should think, this is a graduate tax. I will have to
:16:50. > :16:56.pay an extra 9%, but if you're on 25,000 average pay, it is not nice,
:16:56. > :17:03.but it is double. If you have time off or you have kids, then you pay
:17:03. > :17:12.nothing. You can listen to the Money Box programme by logging on
:17:12. > :17:15.to the BBC website, all like a tuning in.
:17:16. > :17:24.Before seven o'clock: The return of Shed Seven - the legendary York
:17:24. > :17:27.band are back on the road and recording again.
:17:27. > :17:30.Now to the story of a young man from Sheffield who has turned his
:17:30. > :17:33.life around. Ashraf Youssef was 16 when he was convicted of robbery
:17:33. > :17:43.and jailed for three years in the Wetherby Young Offenders
:17:43. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:49.Institution. While there, he took part in a scheme funded by Children
:17:49. > :17:54.in Need to help teenage prisoners by getting them out into the
:17:54. > :18:04.community. Ashraf was released earlier this year and is on his way
:18:04. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:18.My name is Ashraf Youssef. I was convicted for a robbery. Next thing
:18:18. > :18:26.you know, I was sitting in a police cell. I got sentenced to three
:18:26. > :18:31.years. I did one idea and two months. I felt sad and angry at
:18:32. > :18:41.myself. I regretted it, but did not realise the consequences of it
:18:42. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:52.until I got sentenced. I thought, I have got to turn my life around and
:18:52. > :18:58.do something which is better. tends to be lads towards the end of
:18:58. > :19:08.the sentence they behave. Not every lad will be able to get out and do
:19:08. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:16.this work, so it is important that they enjoyed. When I was doing old
:19:16. > :19:20.people's Gardens, I was thinking that I am here one minute, but the
:19:20. > :19:25.next, I will be back to where I will be. It would make me think
:19:25. > :19:33.about what I did, and think that I want to feel like this ever, feel
:19:33. > :19:39.free for ever. -- this for ever. They are children, when you think
:19:39. > :19:47.about it. You have got to give everybody a chance, and the need
:19:47. > :19:57.that chance. How will they get it otherwise? I regret what I did. I
:19:57. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:09.look back and think, it was when I was a little cared. -- kid. This
:20:09. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:13.used to be my home. I was here for a year and two months.
:20:13. > :20:16.And on Friday, of course, we will be looking at the fun you've been
:20:16. > :20:19.having to raise money for Children in Need. Amy Garcia and Keeley
:20:19. > :20:24.Donovan will be live in Pudsey. And if you've been fundraising and
:20:24. > :20:34.would like to bring your cheques along, get in touch. The number and
:20:34. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:45.email address to contact us are on Congratulations now to the
:20:45. > :20:48.organisers of the Tramlines music festival in Sheffield. The festival
:20:48. > :20:51.has won a top national award. This summer, the free event attracted
:20:51. > :21:00.crowds of 175,000, and last night, it was named Best Metropolitan
:21:00. > :21:04.Festival at the UK Festival Awards in London.
:21:04. > :21:07.I'm sure a lot of people would second that! Let's move onto York's
:21:07. > :21:11.music scene now and their home- grown band, Shed Seven. They hit
:21:11. > :21:16.the big time with an album written in a potato factory. Now they're
:21:16. > :21:23.about to start a nationwide tour. They have also recorded an EP - the
:21:23. > :21:26.first time they have recorded together in almost a decade. We'll
:21:26. > :21:36.talk to Rick and Paul from the band in a moment, but first, let's
:21:36. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:21.remind ourselves of some of their You have toured before, haven't
:22:21. > :22:28.you? And you also had to add a date in York. Yes we did. We put a new
:22:28. > :22:33.one on. I think it is the 21st. We are also playing Leeds and
:22:33. > :22:39.Sheffield. For some reason, we seem to have a good, strong fan base.
:22:39. > :22:49.wasn't always the case though, was it? You failed twice in the Evening
:22:49. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :22:55.Press battle of the band awards. once put posters around. The first
:22:55. > :23:03.time we did it, we came second. The second time, we came third, so we
:23:03. > :23:13.thought we would not bother again. I you still cool? Musically, of
:23:13. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:22.course you are! It has changed a lot. It has. We are concentrating
:23:22. > :23:28.on a particular album. It is quite scary when you think, 15 years ago,
:23:28. > :23:37.when we look back, it seems to have gone up like that. We have had
:23:37. > :23:44.children sense. But the kids look at us like we are no bodies.
:23:44. > :23:52.make me feel very old! You are kind of sticking to the singles, or
:23:53. > :23:57.tracks, from that album? We will play from the majority of that
:23:57. > :24:06.album. There will also be all the other hits that people want.
:24:06. > :24:12.you remember all the words? all! Good luck. We will hear you a
:24:12. > :24:22.little bit later after we turned to that are old, trendy, but ever so
:24:22. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:41.Let me show you two pictures. That sums things up. And this was the
:24:41. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:46.day before, when the sun came out. An unusual, but fantastic sunset.
:24:46. > :24:52.The good news is, tomorrow should see a big improvement. It might get
:24:52. > :24:58.a to a cloudy start, but plenty of sunshine coming through. The breeze
:24:58. > :25:02.will be in the south-west, which has a rare event this month so far.
:25:02. > :25:08.Atlantic weather systems tried to getting from the south-west, but
:25:08. > :25:17.there will be a lot of low cloud. The weekend it looks generally dry.
:25:17. > :25:25.Today, you can see M awful lot of cloud. The best place for cloud
:25:25. > :25:30.over the Yorkshire Dales. -- an awful lot. That weather front the
:25:30. > :25:40.show is in from the south-west bringing rain and drizzle. In the
:25:40. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:51.east, it looks set to be low temperatures. The sun will rise at
:25:51. > :25:56.7:36am. It might be grey and damp at dawn, but quickly, as a south-
:25:56. > :26:06.westerly breeze picks up, we will see skies at Brighton in. A good
:26:06. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:11.deal of blue-sky. Plenty of sunshine. -- seat skies brightening.
:26:11. > :26:21.Top temperatures of 12 Celsius. Even the Pennines will be much
:26:21. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:31.brighter tomorrow. Friday it looks cloudy, windy and mild. And then
:26:31. > :26:41.the weekend, bearable but large amounts of cloud, but it will be
:26:41. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :27:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds