24/11/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Welcome back. It is great to be back.

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Leeds students are targeted by a masked gang, seven attacks in just

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30 minutes. A gang of between 10 and 20 masked

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youths ran for about 50 yards away. Police are called in to a primary

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school. Parents and teachers condemn be BNP after they get

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involved in a sex education row. Who will win Yorkshire's biggest

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modern art prize? Some pleasant sunshine in Catcliffe

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today and it looks like as if there should be sunshine tomorrow. Your

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five-day forecast coming up shortly. Good evening and welcome to look

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north. There is concern amongst the student population in Leeds after

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10 young people were attacked and robbed by her -- a gang of masked

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men in the university area of Leeds last night.

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They were attacked in seven different such -- places with in

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half an hour. How safe is a Leeds for our students? One father has

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told us he is taking his son home because he fears for his safety.

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Ian White is live in Leeds. I think it is fair to say that this

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is a community in shock. I have been in the little London area of

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Leeds and it has been a really nice sunny day, friendly atmosphere, but

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they are terrified tonight, some of the students, after what happened

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last night. The latest attacks happened last

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night in the little London area not far from the leaves university

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campus. For a gang of men wearing balaclavas carried out violent

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robberies on these seven streets between 8pm and 8:30pm. Some of the

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victims needed hospital treatment and were too scared to be

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identified on camera. A gang of between 10 and 20 masked youths

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just ran for about 50 yards away and we got encircled. -- from about.

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They were asking for my phone at first and then, before I could do

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anything, I got hit on the back of the head and thrown to the floor.

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woman and another man stood there and she had come around the corner

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and seen them being attack -- attacked. She said she had called

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the police and the attackers fled. There was blood all over the man's

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face. One victim's father drove from Coventry this morning to

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demand the police and Leeds University do more to protect

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students. He was jumped by 20 people last

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night, including stamping on his head. He could have got a brain

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damage. I would rather he was home and safe than in this environment.

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It follows a spate of attacks on Bonfire Night. But police say

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people should not be worried. This is an isolated incident, not a

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nightly occurrence. Whatever reason this gang. Together, we want to

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find out, but this is not a nightly occurrence. -- this gang got

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together. With this series of attacks,

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obviously it was unprecedented. We enhanced security after the Bonfire

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Night attacks and we have enhanced it further.

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But students we spoke to today say they are still worried.

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I heard they were using screwdrivers and other implements.

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You can't tell people not to be worried. It is affecting people's

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education because they don't want to go to university and go out. It

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has really changed the atmosphere. I think those views sum up most of

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the views of the students I have spoken to today. You are the head

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of security at Leeds University, you have a real job on your hands.

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What are you going to do? We have increased the security force from

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38 up to 44 people. You saw the control room earlier. We are going

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to be increasing the coverage of those cameras, they currently cover

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the cavernous -- Campus... Will that be enough? In conjunction with

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the partners we have, with West Yorkshire Police, we will ensure

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that the actions we take will mean that we can look after our students.

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Jamie is a local councillor. Obviously people are very worried.

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Is this a very bad area? Not at all. This is not the area that we know

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and love and feel safe in. This is a very difficult problem we have

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ahead of us. We have to get around the table with the police, the

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council and politicians and crack this. People say they are

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frightened to leave their homes. Understandably everybody will be

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worried because this is a freak incident. I want to reassure people

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that things are not that bad. Be safe, be aware of what is around

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you and take precautions, don't go out alone. Are the measures put in

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place by the University enough? They are doing a fantastic job, and

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the police as well are making sure this does not continue for a long

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time. West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and

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information. We will bring you more on this story at 10:25pm.

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We will be looking ahead to an urgent meeting that has been called

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for tomorrow to discuss the attacks and finding out how students out

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and about tonight have been reacting.

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Police have been called to a Sheffield primary school after the

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far-right British National Party be -- became involved in a row about

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teaching sex education to children as young as four.

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Grenoside Primary is consulting with parents about the lessons, but

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the BNP has threatened to take action if the school decides it

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will go ahead with the lessons. A police presence at a primary

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school after a debate about sex education spelled out to the wider

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community. Grenoside Primary is thinking of offering sex and

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relationship lessons to all classes. Four to fight year-olds would be

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taught about how animals and humans and reproduce. Six to seven year-

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olds would learn about same-sex relationships. Some of the parents

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are unhappy, especially as it is not compulsory in all primary

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schools. Now the BNP has waded in. It has sent a letter to the

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headteacher given him 14 days to drop the plans for further action

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will be taken. Some parents are concerned it has gone too far.

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There are a variety of views, which is fine, but there is a right way

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and the wrong way to express these things. It is disgusting. I feel

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disgust with the BNP. I think it is all blown out of proportion. This

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video has been shown in other schools around Sheffield for a

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number of years. They need to know stuff, but does it need to be that

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early? The members of the BNP leaflet aimed at the school were

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not local. We asked to speak to their branch but they refuse to.

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They said that teaching said Judge patient to six-year-old was a basic

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agenda. They said that they would stand up for the innocence of

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Whilst the school and parents make a decision, South Yorkshire Police

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say they will continue to offer support.

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How unusual is it for children of this age to be taught sex education

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in school? Shirldon Barthelmy is a sex education out reach worker who

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goes into schools to train teachers about how to talk to children. How

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unusual is that? It is not that unusual to talk to children as

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young as five and six about their bodies and how as humans we

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reproduce. It is not unusual at all. It is something I do all the time

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with children in primary school and secondary school. They would be

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looking at the differences between animals and humans reproduce. Can

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four year-olds take that in? Children are inquisitive. If they

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see differences they will ask about them. If you have assign, as a

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woman, and you go to the bathroom, and he follows you, which children

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often do, he will see that money has something different to what he

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has and he will ask questions. The simple way to answer that is, I am

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a boy and you are a girl. I personally do not go into in depth

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detail, that is not what it is supposed to be about. Sex education

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for children is talking to them in appropriate words for them to

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understand, not going into debt, talking about what sex is, it is

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talking about parts of the body, relationships and friendships. That

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is how we as humans reproduce, which is really important. They do

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ask, how do we get here, how does mummy have a baby? How does the

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baby come out? It is nothing that we don't do already, it is whether

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or not we decide to answer those questions or ignore them. I have to

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say that was very well put but this subject does cause deep division,

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doesn't it? It is very emotive. does. I think part of the reason is

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the word sex. If we took the word sex out and called it something

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else, I am not so sure that people would be so up in arms. That word

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sends people into a frenzy and makes people think, this is what

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you are going to be talking to my children about. When I have done

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talks with parents and said, this is what we are covering in terms of

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sex and relationship work, by the end of the sessions the parents are

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quite happy and OK. It is the word sex which makes people get a bit

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scared about what is going to be said. Thank you very much for

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explaining the role you have. Later on the programme...

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A man of the people - we get to meet the Yorkshire unsung sporting

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hero chosen by you. It is in common use in the States

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but until now it has not been available in this country. It is

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hoped it will improve the treatment of patients with brain tumours. New

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brain imaging technology has been brought to Sheffield's Royal

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Hallamshire Hospital thanks to the generosity of local charity,

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Neurocare. The charity costs more than �30,000

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and it measures the growth rate of brain tumours, allowing surgeons to

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identify any changes early. Nick has had an inoperable low-

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grade brain tumour for five years. When symptoms got worse in July, he

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had six weeks of daily radiotherapy. Today he came for an end are wry

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scan to see if the tumour had shrunk. Analysing the scans relies

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on the skill and experience of the clinical team. Until now it has

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been done by visual assessment, which can this subtle changes. --

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miss. Earlier this morning he heard his results. I am pleased to say

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that following the radiotherapy the tumour does seem to have shrunk

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down. That is unbelievable. This is the scan from July and this is the

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current scan. It has shrunk considerably. It is incredible. It

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is a dream come true. All of these years with a tumour and... I am

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speechless. I think I will be crying all night. Thank you so much.

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But then, using the new software, the medical physics team can look

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in greater depth at Nick's Sue and to demonstrate how good the news is.

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Her these are the images from today and these are the images from July.

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We have been able to subtract the images from each other and the

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difference, shown in blue, it represents the area of shrinkage of

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the tumour that we can see using this volume data. Otherwise it is

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much more difficult to accurately quantified. Therefore we can start

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some kind of treatment, either surgery or radiotherapy, earlier

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than perhaps we would have been able to do previously. Before his

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illness Nick had donated to Neurocare. His good news today may

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be some pain knack for their Yorkist to get another big wheel.

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In the last hour, the council has approved plans from the company

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behind the previous wheel at the National Railway Museum. The new

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attraction is 53 metres high and could be running in just three

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weeks in the gardens of the Royal York Hotel.

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A Tesco supermarket will be built in Harrogate after the Government

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decided not to review the planning application. The proposals for the

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site on Skipton Road were voted through by councillors in September,

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but have met local opposition. The Secretary of State Eric Pickles has

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backed the decision. A �30 million refurbishment of the

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Leeds Merrion Centre has been given the go-ahead. The proposals include

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new shops, restaurants and a revamped multi-storey car park. The

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project is expected to be completed in 20th March 13th and will create

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around 200 jobs. A group of Yorkshire war veterans

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has travelled to London to campaign for equal pension rights. Ex-

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service personnel who retired before 1975 are not currently

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entitled to a pension. The veterans held placards representing the

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number of soldiers who have died during various British conflicts.

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We want all pensioners to be treated equally, all ex-service

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pensioners to be treated equally with pro rata pensions. We want the

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Government to change the law so that this can happen.

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Coming up before seven, a feast for the eyes - we profile the finalists

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in this year's Northern Art Prize. We are excited about this. As part

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of the BBC's Sports Personality Of The Year Awards, a move we wanted

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to hear about the people who give up their time to get others

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involved in sport. This year's winner has given nearly 30 years of

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his life to get in young children fit while teaching them about rugby

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league. "Rocky" Whitehead has come into the studio with his trophy. We

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will hear from him in a moment. First, Ian Bucknell went to see the

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man in action. # I like to move it, move it. We

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like to move it! Give yourselves another clap. These three to five-

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year-old children are happy to turn up for training on a cold autumn

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night because Stephen "Rocky" Whitehead makes it fun. He puts a

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lot of his enthusiasm into his teaching. Off we go. Parents and

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grandparents are also here, and a treasure the work he does with

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their children. It seems to get them engaged. They love it. All the

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parents watch on the sidelines and we are amazed at how he can keep

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them quiet and then detained for an hour in the freezing November

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weather. Can everybody see how she is holding it? Rocky has coached

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kids at this rugby league club for 27 years. He started when his own

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children joined, and calls his current crop Rocky's giants.

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would not do it if he did not enjoy it. It is for the well-being of the

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kids. And I enjoy it that much that I will be here till the end.

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training sessions always finish with him handing out trophies. So

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it seems only fitting that now it is his turn to pick up an award.

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"Rocky", how did you get that name? It will be in the book at a later

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date. You do remind me of Sylvester Stallone. Yeah. And how it doesn't

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look like a television presenter. What do you mean? Lovely to have

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you back. You involve yourself with three-year-olds. Three, four and

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five-year-olds. How quickly can you notice if you have a potential good

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one? That usually comes a bit later. All I am interested in at three,

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four and five is a bit of hand-eye co-ordination, enjoying it, self-

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esteem and being part of a team. When they get older, that is for

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the coaches above me. I just want to see a big smile on their face

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and see them enjoying themselves. I want them to come back the week

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after. You are probably wearing the club tie and the club blazer.

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It is part of my life. You are very trendy. It is just about enjoyment.

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Kids are very honest. They see through you. If you genuinely like

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the kids and they can see it, that is when they come back the week

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after. Keep up with the times. is a grey area for rugby league.

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Actually, we are a mile from Castleford and a mile from Leeds

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and a mile from my club, Trinity Wildcats. So we welcome anybody to

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come. There are four lads playing in Superleague now that started

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with us. You must be tough, because you are called Rocky. What did your

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wife say to you before you came on the telly tonight? She said,

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whatever you do, make sure your classes are clean. -- your glasses

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are clean. The make-up lady cleaned them. And you promised to waver.

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must wave to the kids. Guys, that is for you. When is your next

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training session? Next Monday. We train on a Monday evening. And by

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coach football on a Tuesday with my grandson. Cricket on a Wednesday.

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hope you do well on the Sports Personality Of The Year Awards.

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December 22nd. Lovely to meet you. Thank you for your support.

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It is loan transfer deadline today and among the movers, James Beattie

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has rejoined Sheffield United on a short-term deal until mid-January.

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Defender Alex bridge has moved from Leeds Utd to Huddersfield on a two-

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month loan. And Doncaster Rovers have brought in another Premier

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League player. They have completed the signing of West Brom striker

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Marc-Antoine Fortune. He will move to the key motor until January 1st.

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The opening of the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield has put Yorkshire on

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the international artistic map, and the region get another boost

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tomorrow, then the Northern Art Prize Show opens at Leeds City Art

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Gallery. The prize is in its fifth year, and four artists have been

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shortlisted. We will concentrate on two of them tonight and the

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remaining two next week. The Northern Art Prize is our

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region's answer to the Turner Prize. �20,000 is at stake, and the

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winning artist will be announced in January. I have had a quick scoot

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around. Some of it is beautiful, some of it is baffling. None of it

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is boring. Let's take a closer look. This is the work of an artist from

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Huddersfield. Her work starts with an idea or emotion which she then

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tries to express visually. The starting point for these pieces was

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loss. It is about that moment when you don't have something any more.

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You have either got rid of it or lost it or mislaid it. And it is

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that moment when you remember. I would like people to come away

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asking questions. This piece was inspired by Victorian sampling,

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made by a woman called Elizabeth. It is a confessional. In it, she

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describes herself as a miserable object. Here is a modern reworking

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made of wax. It is called Miserable Object. James is the first painter

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to make the shortlist. His abstracts may look random, but they

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are anything but. He prods them rigidly in a notebook first. -- he

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plods them. If you can imagine a composer writing a score for a

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piece of music, it is similar to that. In this notebook, I write

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down all the different positions that the colours will go. I do not

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know exactly what it will look like at all. But I follow a precise

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method. You just have to marvel at these. Each one takes a year to May,

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and consists of 55,000 precise strokes of colour. The exhibition

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is free and open to all. Prepare to stretch your mind.

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Paul, you have got your ally back. I have been fighting this battle

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for two and a half months while you have been away. I have not said a

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bad word. You have been well behaved. Did you get the red carpet

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vacuum at? I did. And the champagne you promised me. You look ten years

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I have two nice pictures for you. One is of Harry's favourite place,

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Scarborough. And this is the second The headline for tomorrow is that

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there will be a colder feel in the air, but plenty of sunshine and a

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few showers following in from the West. It is a big change compared

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with what we have had through November. This system is likely to

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bring gales on Sunday. It is winding itself up for a traditional

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windy spell of weather. Next week will turn colder. There could be

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snow over the tops of the hills in the next few days, but in the short

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term, it is quite mild. This weatherfront will bring rain in

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from the West later tonight. Ahead of it, the wind will strengthen

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further. There is a strong and gusty south-westerly wind. The

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outbreaks of rain should be out of the way by first thing tomorrow

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morning. Temperatures will be quite chilly. It looks like it will be a

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beautiful start to the day. Lots of blue sky and unbroken sunshine. But

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by the end of the morning, there is a band of showers pushing him from

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the north-west to the south-east. As they move across us, they will

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tend to fizzle out. The breeze will feel colder tomorrow. These

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temperatures are average for the time of year. It will be a windy

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weekend, with patchy rain across the Dales on Saturday. Otherwise,

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mostly dry. A lot of fine weather on Sunday. He must have been

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missing you, because he bought me a cup of tea one day.

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Thank you to all Look North viewers. You have been fantastic. And to you.

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I only thought the operation went wrong when Paul was there just

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after I woke up from my anaesthetic. But to everyone at St James's

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