:00:05. > :00:07.Welcome to Monday's Look North. On tonight's programme: More
:00:07. > :00:11.revelations of young Yorkshire girls being groomed for sex by
:00:11. > :00:21.Asian gangs. The Times newspaper says organisations meant to protect
:00:21. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:31.children aren't doing so, leading to rape and even suicide attempts.
:00:31. > :00:36.UN up with the story like to go walking to a bridge and jumping off.
:00:36. > :00:38.-- you end up. We'll hear from the father of one girl who was groomed
:00:38. > :00:42.and investigate why authorities in Lancashire may have the answer when
:00:42. > :00:45.it comes to child protection. Also tonight: In a coma after using
:00:45. > :00:51.a hair dye. Warnings about the use of over-the-counter products after
:00:51. > :00:56.a woman's severe allergic reaction. And appeals for help as a new top
:00:56. > :01:06.dog takes his place at Westminster. There was little bit of sunshine
:01:06. > :01:13.
:01:13. > :01:18.earlier but there is rain on the Good evening. Claims that
:01:18. > :01:22.authorities in West Yorkshire are failing teenage girls for groomed
:01:22. > :01:27.for sex by largely Asian gangs. The mother of one girl who attempted
:01:27. > :01:31.suicide after being raid by a chat -- several men says child
:01:31. > :01:36.protection agencies were given names but information was not
:01:36. > :01:38.passed on. In a moment, we'll speak to the chair of the Leeds
:01:38. > :01:46.Safeguarding Children's Board, and hear claims that authorities in
:01:46. > :01:53.Lancashire are better organised to deal with the problem. First, John
:01:53. > :01:58.Candy went to hear from victims whose names we have changed.
:01:58. > :02:05.Josie lives with her father inky flee. At first, horses were the
:02:05. > :02:12.lover her life, but then she became addicted to Facebook. -- Keith Lee.
:02:12. > :02:21.That is when she started to meet older age in teenagers and a
:02:21. > :02:31.grooming began. She was turning her fair enough, her phone was being
:02:31. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:42.taken off her. -- turning her phone off. And the fact that they have
:02:42. > :02:46.had sex with her and violated the her. The grooming began when she
:02:46. > :02:50.was 12. She was taken to lead by she said she met people who seemed
:02:50. > :02:58.really nice up first. But they got her into drugs. She was white --
:02:58. > :03:02.raid twice, once by a group of men. The police said they did not deal
:03:03. > :03:07.with that. In the third case, there was almost tragedy and the Medway.
:03:07. > :03:13.Just before her 16th birthday, a girl called Currie jumped from this
:03:13. > :03:21.motorway bridge near Leeds on to the M1. Schubert -- broke her back
:03:21. > :03:26.and spent two months in hospital, but she survived. She had been raid,
:03:26. > :03:36.forced into sex with her drug dealer and other men and then
:03:36. > :03:39.
:03:39. > :03:42.driven to a backstreet abortionist. -- raped. These cases are just part
:03:42. > :03:47.of the reported catalogue of failures to protect teenage girls
:03:47. > :03:55.across the country. The government is now having to address the issue
:03:55. > :03:59.urgently. Grooming girls for sex is not a crime unique to West
:03:59. > :04:01.Yorkshire. There are suggestions that one
:04:01. > :04:07.police force is getting better results and seeing a greater level
:04:07. > :04:13.of commitment the problem. We looked at were carried out by the
:04:13. > :04:16.Lancashire force. -- work carried out. It is late at night in Burnley.
:04:16. > :04:19.Police are looking out the safety of vulnerable children and their
:04:19. > :04:29.checking houses where they think these are vulnerable people might
:04:29. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:35.be. Until five years ago, we didn't know the scope of the problem. It
:04:35. > :04:38.is across all of society. Studies show that Lancashire has the
:04:38. > :04:40.greatest level of commitment to tackling such crimes. Their success
:04:40. > :04:47.rate is put down to good communication with the dedicated
:04:47. > :04:49.team of police, social workers and NHS staff all working together. An
:04:50. > :04:55.investigation by the Times newspaper highlights this and
:04:55. > :05:00.exposes West Yorkshire as being seriously lacking in basic
:05:00. > :05:04.communication. In places like Leeds and Bradford, even though they had
:05:04. > :05:08.known of this problem since the late 1990s, the situation is still
:05:09. > :05:15.the case that at best you will have a monthly meeting where people sit
:05:15. > :05:21.down and information gets shared. There's no leadership designed to
:05:21. > :05:24.protect those children are by pursuing an prosecuting the
:05:24. > :05:29.offenders. West Yorkshire police say they are dedicated to tackling
:05:29. > :05:33.this sort of crime and have significantly improved their multi-
:05:33. > :05:40.agency approach. Information- sharing is absolutely vital hungry
:05:40. > :05:45.are working hard as a partnership to make sure that happens. -- and
:05:45. > :05:50.we're working hard. We are now able to develop the best response to it.
:05:50. > :05:54.Without a dedicated full-time team here in West Yorkshire, today's
:05:54. > :06:01.report suggests that communication will be compromised, leaving no
:06:01. > :06:06.guarantees for the safety of our vulnerable children. Different
:06:06. > :06:08.agencies such as the council, the police and probation service are
:06:08. > :06:15.replicated on a local Safeguarding Children Board, and the chair of
:06:15. > :06:25.that board in Leeds is Faisal Shahzad. He said there has been no
:06:25. > :06:34.leadership whatsoever. -- is an held. We have got a grip and we are
:06:34. > :06:40.looking at a halt range of ways to address it. As we move forward, we
:06:40. > :06:44.are beginning to seriously tackle this issue. A you have got every
:06:44. > :06:48.agency represented, the director of children's services, the executive
:06:48. > :06:57.lead member this children's services, why have they not been
:06:58. > :07:01.prosecutions? It is relatively new. 15 to 18 months. Obviously, the
:07:01. > :07:05.police can answer the questions about prosecutions, that is their
:07:05. > :07:09.job, but the group itself has addressed it and is beginning to
:07:09. > :07:15.develop new models of practice. We are learning from Lancashire and
:07:15. > :07:22.Derbyshire. We are looking at what will work in Leeds to make us
:07:22. > :07:27.better at doing this very difficult job. There is a lack of willingness
:07:27. > :07:30.by the police and probably by your organisation as well to take action
:07:30. > :07:35.because the Asian community is involved here. Political
:07:35. > :07:38.correctness has taken over. Absolutely not. We have good
:07:38. > :07:42.relationships in Leeds with the Asian community. We know that they
:07:42. > :07:45.are keen to resolve this issue and worked with us, and the community
:07:45. > :07:50.will be very helpful as we move forward in finding ways of
:07:50. > :07:54.addressing it. One of the problems the police have said is that very
:07:54. > :07:59.often the victims are the people who have to make the complaint, but
:07:59. > :08:03.there are clear points in place that would allow people like your
:08:03. > :08:08.organisation to make that complaint on their behalf. Where's the has
:08:08. > :08:12.not happened? Indeed, people do make complaints and there's a lot
:08:12. > :08:16.going on behind the scenes which I cannot talk about at this point in
:08:16. > :08:20.time. From our point of view, lots of people should and do make
:08:20. > :08:25.complaints and we don't encourage - - we encourage anybody who is
:08:25. > :08:30.worried to raise the issue with the police, the council, the teacher,
:08:30. > :08:37.the doctor, someone else they trust, and we can assure them we will look
:08:37. > :08:39.at it very seriously. We have also spoken to the Safeguarding Children
:08:39. > :08:44.Board it in Bradford. They say that while they have some good
:08:44. > :08:48.arrangements, more can be done to get more specialists out and share
:08:48. > :08:51.information on a daily basis. And there'll be more on this story on
:08:51. > :09:01.Look North at 10:25pm when I'll speaking to the former MP for
:09:01. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:08.Keighley, Ann Cryer. She raised this issue 10 years ago.
:09:08. > :09:13.A woman from chiefly has been left brain damaged and in a coma tonight
:09:13. > :09:20.after suffering a severe reaction to hair dye. 38-year-old Julian
:09:20. > :09:29.decade was left to a life-support - - machined three weeks ago. --
:09:29. > :09:33.Julie McCabe. It is thought she reacted badly to a hair dye. Julie
:09:33. > :09:36.McCabe had been dyed hair The years and had never had a problem. But a
:09:36. > :09:41.few weeks ago she suffered a severe allergic reaction. She found
:09:41. > :09:49.herself suddenly gasping for breath and on her way to the hospital, her
:09:49. > :09:54.heart stopped beating. She dyed her hair and she couldn't breathe, so
:09:54. > :10:00.they rushed her down to the hospital and her heart stopped
:10:00. > :10:10.during that journey. They revived her in hospital but the damage had
:10:10. > :10:10.
:10:10. > :10:15.been done. A chemical is said to have caused Julie's condition. It
:10:15. > :10:21.can be found in most permanent hair dyes. In their cases comedies as
:10:21. > :10:25.can suffer a rare allergic reaction to it. This can be as mind as his
:10:25. > :10:30.skin irritation or as severe as cardiac arrest. Now, Chile's father
:10:30. > :10:38.has employed the help of a lawyer to highlight the danger -- Chile's
:10:38. > :10:43.father. They need to check the ingredients. We would call on the
:10:43. > :10:48.government to take a much stronger line with this and to introduce an
:10:48. > :10:54.outright ban on this particular chemical or forced restriction on
:10:54. > :10:58.sale. A in this woman's case, doctors believe she is unlikely to
:10:58. > :11:08.recover, but her father still remains helpful -- hopeful. She is
:11:08. > :11:08.
:11:09. > :11:14.a strong character. If anyone can do it, she can. Later on Look
:11:14. > :11:24.North: The Terriers take the record. 43 games without defeat and
:11:24. > :11:28.counting. But controversial campaigner who
:11:28. > :11:33.advises people how best to kill themselves has presented his be
:11:33. > :11:43.used at a lecture talk in York. Philip Nitschke has helped people
:11:43. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:50.to die in the past. He criticises laws which go against suicide. He
:11:50. > :11:57.says he is simply giving information.
:11:57. > :12:00.Many people say, that is a bit extreme. He has come to York from
:12:00. > :12:08.Australia to give people information he says they have a
:12:08. > :12:13.right to. Philip Nitschke advises on how to commit suicide. In 1996,
:12:13. > :12:22.he helped a man in Australia to die by computer controlled Lee full
:12:22. > :12:32.injection. -- legal injection. His talk attracted 40 people to York
:12:32. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:39.this morning to attend a suicide. They were given a worktop on
:12:39. > :12:41.suicide methods. People cannot get their questions answered. They
:12:41. > :12:47.often become desperate, and desperate people do desperate
:12:47. > :12:55.things. That is whether, missed method to end their lives is by
:12:55. > :13:01.hanging. That is grim. You have got to have access to better
:13:01. > :13:04.information. His ideas alarm others. This man nest his son to a terminal
:13:04. > :13:08.cancer. He believes it is irresponsible to give suicide
:13:08. > :13:12.information to people who could be vulnerable. In my job, I meet
:13:12. > :13:18.people all the time who were depressed, very often people who
:13:18. > :13:21.were terminally ill who go through her low phase but then bounced up
:13:21. > :13:26.again afterwards. Are so many people who want to kill themselves
:13:26. > :13:32.but don't and then afterwards are so glad that they did not. It is
:13:32. > :13:38.terrible to rob people and their families and friends of their last
:13:38. > :13:47.days. Although committing suicide is no longer a crime in the UK,
:13:47. > :13:56.aiding or abetting it is. But Dr Philip Nitschke says that he is
:13:56. > :13:59.falling short of a crime and just The funeral of a murdered
:13:59. > :14:03.policewoman from York was held today. Detective Constable Heather
:14:03. > :14:09.Cooper, who worked for Surrey police, was found dead in woods in
:14:09. > :14:13.West Sussex last month. Apart Sir, Peter Foster, a former detective,
:14:13. > :14:22.has been charged with her murder. - - her partner.
:14:22. > :14:28.The Unite Mick -- union said that more than 400 bus drivers worked
:14:28. > :14:34.out in strike action. Another two days of strikes are planned. The
:14:34. > :14:39.company said it ran the majority of services.
:14:39. > :14:47.It was a record-breaking year for children in Need. People in
:14:47. > :14:51.Yorkshire raised to �1,761,502 for the charity. Nationally the figure
:14:51. > :14:57.was �24 million, �8 million higher than last year.
:14:57. > :15:01.It was fabulous. A couple from Brighouse who originally met
:15:01. > :15:06.because of the Vulcan bomber have celebrated their golden wedding
:15:06. > :15:10.anniversary with a tour around the last one still flying.
:15:11. > :15:16.Helen and Tony Stafford worked at RAF Waddington in the early 1960s,
:15:16. > :15:19.when he gave her a tour of the aircraft. 50 years on, they have
:15:19. > :15:25.been back to relive the moment they met.
:15:25. > :15:31.A relationship forged in a Balkan hang out. Half a century later, the
:15:31. > :15:35.Cold War bomber still makes an impression. In 1960 Helen and Tony
:15:35. > :15:39.Stafford both served at RAF Waddington and he was told to show
:15:39. > :15:46.that the iconic plane. It was not something I wanted to do.
:15:47. > :15:51.I tried to get out of it. Right from the word go I knew he was not
:15:51. > :15:55.keen. It was his body language. It must have been the quickest tour
:15:55. > :16:01.anybody has had. At but the relationship blossomed
:16:01. > :16:08.and a year later they were married. Now on their golden wedding
:16:08. > :16:13.anniversary they are reliving the moment they met.
:16:13. > :16:17.It was the tool of retaliation in the event of a Russian missile
:16:17. > :16:23.attack, carrying nuclear weapons. It was not designed for happy
:16:23. > :16:29.endings. It kept nations apart but brought this couple together.
:16:29. > :16:33.We have learned lady and gentleman who met, having been given a tour
:16:33. > :16:41.around the Vulcan bomber. Congratulations. We have a little
:16:41. > :16:51.something for you. How does the tour compare for at --
:16:51. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:03.50 years on? It is much longer, a bit more comprehensive.
:17:04. > :17:07.What a nice story. Let's move on to sport, because it is Monday. It is
:17:07. > :17:17.one thing reporting on it, another thing to do it.
:17:17. > :17:20.Tanya has been put in on her trainers to prove she is not all
:17:20. > :17:24.talk. Yes, I had spent the afternoon at
:17:24. > :17:29.the English Institute for Sport and I have to say it is not the most
:17:29. > :17:33.comfortable afternoon I have ever spent. Let's start with football,
:17:33. > :17:37.because Huddersfield Town are being presented with a special plaque in
:17:37. > :17:47.recognition of their amazing feat in breaking the Football League
:17:47. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:58.record for going unbeaten. Golden sunshine on the day that
:17:58. > :18:01.Huddersfield Town entered the top of the podium. Just one more day
:18:01. > :18:06.undefeated and Huddersfield would set another Football League record.
:18:06. > :18:13.The match against Nottingham County came to life in the second half, at
:18:13. > :18:19.a cross by Jack Hunt met by the head of Jordan Rhodes. Alan Lee was
:18:19. > :18:22.sent off and Jordan Rhodes scored his 13th of the season. As the ball
:18:22. > :18:32.went into touch from the kick-off, Huddersfield Town went into the
:18:32. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:44.record books. Huddersfield Town are unbeaten in longer than any team in
:18:45. > :18:48.the Football League. You have all made a massive
:18:48. > :18:54.contribution. We have the record, we came against
:18:55. > :19:00.a very resilient side today. Saturday was a time to savour for
:19:00. > :19:09.Huddersfield Town but the rest of the season is about the future and
:19:09. > :19:16.turning consistency into a place in Championship -- the Championship. A
:19:16. > :19:20.difficult half at trendier. The Owls got a late winner and they are
:19:20. > :19:29.just two points behind Huddersfield. Sheffield United are chasing as
:19:29. > :19:35.well. They got I want-0 win against Carlisle. A dicey back pass, then
:19:35. > :19:40.your goalkeeper jumps over the ball. Chesterfield lost 5-2 at the bottom
:19:40. > :19:50.of League One. In the championship, Barnsley got the better of
:19:50. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:56.Doncaster Rovers. Leeds United are enjoying life at the other end of
:19:56. > :20:02.the table. They came back to beat Burnley with two cool finishes from
:20:02. > :20:12.Robert Snodgrass. A tale of three penalties at Valley Parade, all of
:20:12. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:19.them handball decisions which were a little harsh. Bradford's turn,
:20:19. > :20:25.and then the Bantams got another penalty but it was not converted.
:20:25. > :20:31.In squash, James Willstrop won his first tournament in two years. The
:20:31. > :20:34.world No. 3 beat Egypt's Karim Darwish 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 to win the
:20:34. > :20:39.Hong Kong Open. It completed an amazing week in which he did not
:20:39. > :20:44.drop a single game. Ice hockey, and Mark Thomas was the
:20:44. > :20:49.hero for the Sheffield Steelers, scoring an overtime win as they
:20:49. > :20:53.beat the Nottingham Panthers 3-2 at the Arena in front of their largest
:20:53. > :20:59.crowd of the season. This afternoon I have been well and
:20:59. > :21:03.truly put through my paces alongside heptathlete Jessica Ennis.
:21:03. > :21:06.A few of us were given a chance to taste what it is like to be an
:21:06. > :21:12.athlete and I am not sure that I like it.
:21:12. > :21:20.You can go at your own pace or push yourself. With some trepidation I
:21:20. > :21:30.took my place alongside some other journalists for some circuit
:21:30. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:40.training. 3, 2, 1, girl! -- go. Reach up and
:21:40. > :21:49.touch your heels. They are at the bottom of your feet, Tanya. That is
:21:49. > :21:55.almost there! We did a mix of timed exercises with not much rest in
:21:55. > :21:59.between. Then we got to do it all over again, for longer. It is easy
:21:59. > :22:06.because that circuit is a bit smaller than normal. I think you
:22:06. > :22:16.coped very well. You are trying to make me feel bad, aren't you?
:22:16. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:30.You did OK. -- no! What will hurt in the morning? My muscles will
:22:30. > :22:40.heard from the jumping. But it exercises all of your body. -- will
:22:40. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:48.hurt. Happy place. Fish-and-chip shop in Leeds. I am sure with
:22:48. > :22:53.another seven or eight years we could have her ready. I am off home
:22:53. > :22:56.now for a nice soak in a warm bath and I may or may not be with you
:22:56. > :23:00.tomorrow depending on whether I can move.
:23:00. > :23:08.The cameraman said that you only did a few seconds at a time when
:23:08. > :23:11.the camera was switched on. Don't even try it!
:23:11. > :23:16.There have been some interesting changes in Parliament.
:23:16. > :23:22.A Yorkshire's latest member has just taken his place. He is a bit
:23:22. > :23:27.different in that he has a cold, damp nose, and he wags his tail,
:23:27. > :23:34.but his expenses claims are pretty low.
:23:34. > :23:40.The newest and youngest member of parliament gets ready to start his
:23:40. > :23:47.new career. Cosby is David Blunkett's latest guide dog.
:23:47. > :23:51.My first was back in 1987 and he was also a curly coated retriever
:23:51. > :24:01.cross, very similar to Cosby. He was with me for about a year before
:24:01. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:07.his death. Cosby is in good footsteps, with Lucy, and then
:24:07. > :24:13.Sadie. It is not easy being a guide dog,
:24:13. > :24:17.specially bred, walked by volunteers and then 18 months at
:24:17. > :24:20.training school. This new centre has opened on the outskirts of
:24:20. > :24:25.Manchester as the northern headquarters of Guide Dogs for the
:24:25. > :24:33.Blind. Through every dog the charity has to raise over �50,000.
:24:33. > :24:41.-- for every dog. You would think in the days of digital gadgets, the
:24:41. > :24:46.days of the dog would be numbered. It is not much fun cuddling a
:24:46. > :24:50.gadget. They are excellent companions. At the computer has not
:24:50. > :24:58.been invented yet it can take on board all the permutations. It is
:24:58. > :25:02.not as simple as walking in a straight line. Do you like dogs?
:25:02. > :25:07.would not like -- I would not have a guide dog if I did not because
:25:07. > :25:12.you have to care for the dog as well, make sure it is fed and
:25:12. > :25:17.groomed. When you know -- when it knows that you care, it will start
:25:18. > :25:25.to care for you. His old dog Sadie is enjoying a well-earned
:25:25. > :25:35.retirement with a dog loving family in the Derbyshire countryside.
:25:35. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:45.It is a really important week because some interesting weather is
:25:45. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:57.We had some bright sunshine in Robin Hood's Bay. This was taken in
:25:57. > :26:01.Shepley. It gives you an idea of how deep the fog was. Beautiful
:26:01. > :26:05.walking conditions yesterday afternoon. Tomorrow, put up with
:26:06. > :26:14.the miserable weather because the weather front bringing this rain
:26:14. > :26:24.and drizzle will at last move below cloud and mist out of the way. --
:26:24. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:30.below cloud. -- the low. In the short term, a lot of cloud around
:26:30. > :26:36.there. It looks like the mist and fog will develop readily and we had
:26:36. > :26:41.some rain in the West. At the moment most places are dry but the
:26:41. > :26:46.cloud is thickening from the south. Extensive hill fog, could be
:26:47. > :26:53.problems at Leeds-Bradford Airport. Temperatures down to six or seven
:26:53. > :26:58.degrees Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at 7:45am, setting
:26:58. > :27:03.at 3:59pm. It is a dreary day on Tuesday, outbreaks of rain from the
:27:03. > :27:08.word go in the West and gradually through the course of the morning
:27:08. > :27:11.the rain and drizzle will spread eastwards. In the afternoon it
:27:11. > :27:19.turns drier, possibly brighter on the top of the Pennines before the
:27:19. > :27:24.sun sets. But for much of the day it is very disappointing.
:27:24. > :27:29.Temperatures of around 10 Celsius in Scarborough, across the Pennines