16/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Tonight, why are the dole queues growing here more than anywhere

else. The latest figures show another 51,000 people out of work

here- more than twice the increase in any other part of Britain. Back

on the picket line for teachers that are opposed to their school

becoming an academy. And the York band back in the

studio and back on tour 15 years after the height of their fame.

Sky is everywhere will be brighter as we head through tomorrow. Join

Good evening. Tonight, more than one in 10 people in Yorkshire are

out of work. The latest figures show that number is increasing

faster here than anywhere else in Britain. Between two -- July and

August, there were 274,000 jobless in Yorkshire and the Humber, up

51,000. The unemployment rate stands at 10.3%. Compared to a year

ago, there were 236,000 people registered unemployed. It rocketed

again last month and again today. There is now intense competition

for the few jobs that are available. It is not glamorous work. Targets

components supply it computer parts. They have been growing fast and

have been recruiting for the past few years. Until recently, they

have struggled to fill vacancies. Not any more as they had a

recruitment day to fill 10 jobs. We have just bought some purchasing

jobs in the Jobcentre. We have got 13 applications, which we wouldn't

have seen two or three years ago. As jobs have become scarcer, the

same thing is happening all the time. Another at fault -- another

advert for two positions had to be pulled as 45 people applied. One of

their recent recruits has FM Milap -- familiar story. It is an ever-

decreasing circle. You get depressed keep looking for jobs.

You can get disheartened by all. The only thing to do is pick

yourself up and keep looking. Filling vacant jobs isn't plain

sailing. They say they have had problems finding the right person

for the job. Experts say it is a common problem.

There are many facing the same problem. When they are not many

vacancies about, people tend to scattergun approach to applications

rather than thinking about a quality approach. Until recently,

figures for unemployment have been up and down. Now they are on an

upward trend. There is a message from all of this. If you are out of

the employment market, it will be increasingly hard for you to get

back in. Nationally, youth unemployment

topped 1 million in the national figures. In Yorkshire and the

Humber, it was 82,000, 19% of our 16-24 get old.

One organisation responsible for ensuring local youngsters get the

first bite of construction jobs says it is not getting enough

applicants. Construction Yorkshire wants to give jobs to young people

but they are underwhelmed break -- by the response.

Building sites in Leeds are once again becoming a hive of activity.

Now it is claimed not enough young people in the City are applying to

work on projects like this. Over the next four years in Yorkshire

and the Humber, it is estimated more than 2500 people will be

needed to join the construction industry every year. Recently, to

apprenticeships were advertised locally by Construction Yorkshire

and they received just for applications. That is why this

event is being held in Beeston. It is organised by Construction

Yorkshire, and bake sure developers give jobs to young people living

close to site like the Leeds Arena. When they don't get enough

applications locally, they have to advertise to everyone. We have been

surprised by how few applicants we have had. We want people to

register with us said that when we have these opportunities, we need

to get them to sign up so we can make sure local people have access

to those opportunities. They don't know why so few young people in

Leeds are applying for these apprenticeships. Possibly because

they don't realise the jobs are there. This man is studying at

college. I am in a class of 11 and only three of us have got

employment. Events like this are giving Iain people hope. Another is

being held in that little London next week, a stone's throw from one

of the biggest construction projects Leeds has seen.

Why is it that our region has been so hard hit with youth

unemployment? Liz Navin Jones is a recruitment specialist. Why is it

so bad here? I'm guessing it has something to do with us being

reliant on the public sector and it taking a while to filter through.

wish I had the answer to that. It is very difficult to say it

specifically why it is. The fact is, it is bad. It is easy to say that

they used to be so many public sector jobs that are being cut back

on. It is easy to say that the construction business has hit bad

times. It is a complicated facts and the effect is, it is a sad fact,

terrible. These figures are appalling. Vince Cable said what

was required was practical measures and Brinda ships. Are these

apprenticeships the right measures? It is a start. As the young people

of this region are the ones that have been most hard hit with this

lack of employment, it is important because apprenticeships

traditionally of focused at him people. It is very important not to

neglect that whole strata of society. They need help to get into

the workplace. If there was more collaboration between Government,

unions and employers, they could find a way of creating

apprenticeships which are so worthwhile, that in people think it

is called to be honoured an apprenticeship. They are a way of

getting into the workplace. Having a skill whilst they are at work and

being paid for it. We highlighted the problem of and applications

sometimes. The construction industry complain they are not

getting the right recruits. The type of training has to be right.

It has to attract the right people. That is what it is not doing. It is

not attracting the right people because everybody thinks it is not

cool for young people to be going on to apprenticeships. If I might

say, if you want to go to university and carry on through the

education system, you have a whole structure in place that will find

you every different avenue to go to which over university you choose to

go to. If you want to do an apprenticeship, where do you go?

There is no structure in place. They need to form a structure

whereby you can have a central application to do apprenticeships

of all sorts and will different areas. Thank you very much.

We always want to hear what you think. I will be speaking to a

leading and -- unemployment experts. That is at 10:25pm.

Coming up: Students in Harrogate are worried about a rising tuition

fees and get a chance to give questions to a panel of experts.

Teachers at a West Yorkshire school have gone on strike for a second

day of protest over plans to turn it into an academy.

A Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley will receive more money from

the Government if it breaks away from the Leeds council and becomes

an academy. Staff fear pay and conditions could be changed.

Prince Henry's is shuttled to convert to an academy on 1st

December. Staff will no longer be employed by Leeds City Council.

Teaching jobs could go. For the second time, 40 teachers, supported

by students and parents were on strike. We have been promised that

our terms and conditions won't change. I don't think staff believe

that is going to happen and are confident that is the result of

what is going to happen. Hundreds of schools have already become

academies and Prince Henry's says making the move now will not County

money for their only high-school. We have no intention of changing

the terms of pay. The school will get better value for money from its

funding and we will improve the job security for the teachers. That was

one of the main reasons that governors voted to convert to

academy status. That vote was controversial with school governors

split over the issue. To become an academy, a majority of the

governors must back the decision. That did happen here but it was a

majority of one vote. Those nine governors who said no, quit the

governing body. Two of them spoke to us arguing that just over

�400,000, the extra funding have promised, is inadequate. They will

be no financial gain for the school. This doesn't take into account

things like employment of a finance director, the cost of the

Chippendale swimming pool and other costs. Teachers plan to strike

again tomorrow before the two sides will sit down and talk on Friday.

It is thought the unions will call for parents to get a vote on

becoming an academy. If there is no agreement, three more strikes are

planned for next week. A soldier attached to the 1st

Battalion at the Yorkshire Regiment has been killed by an improvised

bomb in Afghanistan. The soldier who has not yet been named as a --

for serving in Helmand province, providing security. It follows the

death of Private Matthew Thornton who was from Barnsley and the

repatriation of Private Matthew Haseldin from settled.

Police have charged a driver in connection with an alleged hit-and-

run incident in which a six year- old boy was killed. Owen Wightman

was struck by a car while playing with a friend close to his home in

Wakefield on 18th June. The 21 year-old man from Huddersfield has

been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to

stop at the scene and failing to report an accident.

Serious crime's including rapes and murders in West and North Yorkshire

have been a best -- could be investigated by a single joint

police team. Talks are at an early stage but the forces are looking

for major savings as they are faced with a combined budget deficit of

�125 million. A West Yorkshire police support

worker is accused of causing her mother's death by neglect.

The death of Eileen Pearson from Tranmere Park in Guiseley was

reported to police in May. Her daughter, Angela, has been

suspended from her job. Last if you vote in to us saying

they wanted this. Leeds could get a permanent tribute to Sir Jimmy

Savile. He died at his home at last month aged 84 and was buried in

Scarborough at a 45 degree angle overlooking the sea.

A classic car and motorcycle auction has taken place today in

Harrogate. Among the high alert -- highlights was a Bentley Special

roadster built in 1953. It sold for Students worried about the rising

cost of university tuition fees have had the chance to grill

experts on a BBC Radio Four programme. The Money Box team was

at Harrogate Grammar Academy today. They had been invited to broadcast

from there after so many youngsters said they were concerned they

couldn't afford a university education. Ian White was there.

This is the lecture theatre, where the Money Box programme was

broadcast today. The production team came north after concerns from

students about tuition fees. Paul Lewis welcomes Radio 4 listeners to

Money Box Live. The main worry? Tuition fees. It is one of the

topics Money Box does on a regular basis. We thought, let us take all

these questions on board. Deraa 500 sixth-formers at this school. --

there are. Many of these will be the first to pay university fees of

up to �9,000. That some of these students, they are thinking, should

I study at all? I think it is brilliant. It is really nice they

have chosen our school. I think it is great our students are able to

ask the questions we would like to know, because the university fees

will affect us. On air, the questions came thick and fast.

struggling to understand how we apply for the grants and loans.

am more concerned about the management of my money. There is no

one who will tell you exactly how much you will need. A so do the

experts think higher fees will put students of going to university?

think students should think, this is a graduate tax. I will have to

pay an extra 9%, but if you're on 25,000 average pay, it is not nice,

but it is double. If you have time off or you have kids, then you pay

nothing. You can listen to the Money Box programme by logging on

to the BBC website, all like a tuning in.

Before seven o'clock: The return of Shed Seven - the legendary York

band are back on the road and recording again.

Now to the story of a young man from Sheffield who has turned his

life around. Ashraf Youssef was 16 when he was convicted of robbery

and jailed for three years in the Wetherby Young Offenders

Institution. While there, he took part in a scheme funded by Children

in Need to help teenage prisoners by getting them out into the

community. Ashraf was released earlier this year and is on his way

My name is Ashraf Youssef. I was convicted for a robbery. Next thing

you know, I was sitting in a police cell. I got sentenced to three

years. I did one idea and two months. I felt sad and angry at

myself. I regretted it, but did not realise the consequences of it

until I got sentenced. I thought, I have got to turn my life around and

do something which is better. tends to be lads towards the end of

the sentence they behave. Not every lad will be able to get out and do

this work, so it is important that they enjoyed. When I was doing old

people's Gardens, I was thinking that I am here one minute, but the

next, I will be back to where I will be. It would make me think

about what I did, and think that I want to feel like this ever, feel

free for ever. -- this for ever. They are children, when you think

about it. You have got to give everybody a chance, and the need

that chance. How will they get it otherwise? I regret what I did. I

look back and think, it was when I was a little cared. -- kid. This

used to be my home. I was here for a year and two months.

And on Friday, of course, we will be looking at the fun you've been

having to raise money for Children in Need. Amy Garcia and Keeley

Donovan will be live in Pudsey. And if you've been fundraising and

would like to bring your cheques along, get in touch. The number and

email address to contact us are on Congratulations now to the

organisers of the Tramlines music festival in Sheffield. The festival

has won a top national award. This summer, the free event attracted

crowds of 175,000, and last night, it was named Best Metropolitan

Festival at the UK Festival Awards in London.

I'm sure a lot of people would second that! Let's move onto York's

music scene now and their home- grown band, Shed Seven. They hit

the big time with an album written in a potato factory. Now they're

about to start a nationwide tour. They have also recorded an EP - the

first time they have recorded together in almost a decade. We'll

talk to Rick and Paul from the band in a moment, but first, let's

remind ourselves of some of their You have toured before, haven't

you? And you also had to add a date in York. Yes we did. We put a new

one on. I think it is the 21st. We are also playing Leeds and

Sheffield. For some reason, we seem to have a good, strong fan base.

wasn't always the case though, was it? You failed twice in the Evening

Press battle of the band awards. once put posters around. The first

time we did it, we came second. The second time, we came third, so we

thought we would not bother again. I you still cool? Musically, of

course you are! It has changed a lot. It has. We are concentrating

on a particular album. It is quite scary when you think, 15 years ago,

when we look back, it seems to have gone up like that. We have had

children sense. But the kids look at us like we are no bodies.

make me feel very old! You are kind of sticking to the singles, or

tracks, from that album? We will play from the majority of that

album. There will also be all the other hits that people want.

you remember all the words? all! Good luck. We will hear you a

little bit later after we turned to that are old, trendy, but ever so

Let me show you two pictures. That sums things up. And this was the

day before, when the sun came out. An unusual, but fantastic sunset.

The good news is, tomorrow should see a big improvement. It might get

a to a cloudy start, but plenty of sunshine coming through. The breeze

will be in the south-west, which has a rare event this month so far.

Atlantic weather systems tried to getting from the south-west, but

there will be a lot of low cloud. The weekend it looks generally dry.

Today, you can see M awful lot of cloud. The best place for cloud

over the Yorkshire Dales. -- an awful lot. That weather front the

show is in from the south-west bringing rain and drizzle. In the

east, it looks set to be low temperatures. The sun will rise at

7:36am. It might be grey and damp at dawn, but quickly, as a south-

westerly breeze picks up, we will see skies at Brighton in. A good

deal of blue-sky. Plenty of sunshine. -- seat skies brightening.

Top temperatures of 12 Celsius. Even the Pennines will be much

brighter tomorrow. Friday it looks cloudy, windy and mild. And then

the weekend, bearable but large amounts of cloud, but it will be

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