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Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. On the programme tonight. Laid to

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rest near his South Yorkshire home. Friends and family pay their final

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respects to Private Matthew Thornton, the TA soldier killed in

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Afghanistan. He will be sorely missed by everyone. He was a

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wonderful guy. Harry Ramsdens, the world's most

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famous fish and chip shop, announces it is to close its

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original branch And will be getting have reaction of from Companies Act

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to the Autumn statement by the Chancellor.

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Yet infrastructure announced today. This Gaia was looking bright before

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Good evening postop Hundreds of people lined the

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streets of Darton near Barnsley today for the funeral of volunteer

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soldier Matthew Thornton. The 28- year-old was killed in an explosion

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in Afghanistan at the start of the month. As Matthew's funeral was

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taking place, in a different part of Yorkshire, people were taking in

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the news another young soldier has been killed out there. Ian White

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From schoolchildren to war veterans, dignitaries and the local MP, the

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people of Darton came out in their hundreds to say goodbye to Private

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Matthew Thornton. Traffic stood still as his coffin was brought to

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All Saints Church. The mourners were led by his appearance Michael

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and Susan. He was an easy man to get to know, partly because of his

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physical stature, and is enormous and belt buckle of which he was

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rightly proud. But mainly because he was a man of real character.

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Matthew had been serving in Afghanistan as a Territorial Army

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soldier. He was killed are just a few days after his 28 per day when

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he was caught in a roadside explosion in Helmand province. -- a

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28th of birthday. Everyone is sad, he will be sorely missed. He was a

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wonderful guy and there will be avoided in the company is now.

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Friends as well of of fun loving a man who lived life to the full.

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knew how to party. There were not many out weekends when he did not

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come out of us in town. Matthew's fun personality was reflected in

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charge than one of his favourite pieces of music was played. The

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congregations clapped along inside. They say they look out for their

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own in Darton, that was evident today. As well as great sadness,

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there is also great pride. It has affected everybody, you can say

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that. It makes you think that it can happen every over. It brings it

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home. As his body was taken away for a private the rail service, a

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different Yorkshire committee was taking in the news that another

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young life had been lost. Rifleman Sheldon Steel was killed in

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Afghanistan on Sunday. His neighbours paid this tribute to him.

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He was a genuinely nice lad. They do not get enough police forehead.

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-- enough praise for it. Our condolences to the families of

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both men - Private Matthew Thornton and Rifleman Sheldon Steel.

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Next tonight. The most famous fish and chip shop in the world is to

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close. Harry Ramsden started his business in Guiseley near Leeds in

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the 1920s. It has since become an international brand. Today, just as

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the Chancellor was unveiling his plan to help the economy, staff

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were told it has become another victim of the downturn. We'll have

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more on what George Osborne's statement will mean for Yorkshire

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in a moment. First, Len Tingle reports from Guiseley.

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Harry Ramsden's in Guiseley, I Yorkshire Institution,

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internationally famous. But tonight, another casualty of tough times.

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Tragic, Beauly. It will be a shame. Assume for the economy as well.

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Harry Ramsden opened his first fish and chip shop here in 1928 in a

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wooden hut. He targeted at working- class day-trippers, then coach

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parties began to come. It later became it the largest fish and chip

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shop in the world. But let that history, the most of them is a

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fish-and-chip restaurant in the world has survived numerous

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recessions, competition, but the slowdown of 2011 has proved too

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much. This site is making a loss. There has always been a sense of

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history here. Staff still wear 1930s style uniforms. In baby the

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19... I last reported here in the 1990s as the company expanded into

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Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. The stress that today's used only

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affects Guiseley. The brand is strong throughout. But do be able

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to survive long term, we need to make tough decision. Guiseley does

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not look as if it has a commercial future. 24 jobs will go here, but

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so will really 100 years of Tonight's news about Harry

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Ramsden's comes two weeks after we reported that Yorkshire had the

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fastest growing unemployment rate in Britain. Today, the Chancellor

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promised action to try to help. Among the measures in his autumn

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statement: The M1 will be widened in West Yorkshire. New railway

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stations will be built in Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall, and Sheffield

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will get more trams. As we told you yesterday, train times from Leeds

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to Manchester will be cut. And there will be more tax breaks for

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businesses in the South Yorkshire Enterprise Zone.

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Nik's at one such business now. Nik. I am a packaging company on the

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outskirts of Sheffield. They have been working with great interest

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the Chancellor's statement today. Quite a few new announcements about

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infrastructure projects are right across Yorkshire today.

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The Chancellor - - The Chancellor can't do much about

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the weather, but he can help drivers by widening the M1 to cut

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congestion and speed up journeys. And that's exactly what he promised

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today, bringing forward an upgrade project that'll transform one of

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Yorkshire's key arteries. It does not speak their traffic, but it

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means the road is more reliable. There is less stop-start traffic.

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Managed Motorways use the hard shoulder as an extra traffic lane.

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There are refuges every few hundred yards in case of breakdowns.

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Overhead gantries can set legally binding speed limits and instant

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lane closures. They're linked to sensors in the road so officials at

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regional control centres, like the one at Wakefield, can instantly

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take control if congestion builds up or there's an incident. 10 years

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ago Sheffield's Supertram network was seen as a white elephant

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because it was carrying so few passengers. Now it's a roaring

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success and will get more trams to ease overcrowding. The Chancellor

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also announced that two new railway stations will be built between

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Leeds and Bradford. They'll be at Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge

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and should cut congestion on local roads. There's a common thread

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linking all these announcement. The Chancellor is desperate to get

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Britain back to work, cutting unemployment figures and boosting

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tax figures. Can Chesham will be cut. -- the congestion. Joining me

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here is a businessman myself. You are chairman of that small business

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federation in South Yorkshire. Infrastructure projects, your

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immediate have reaction? It could be very good for the local area as

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long as local people and local businesses have the chance to go on

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it. But it is good for the rest of Yorkshire? Sheffield would benefit

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in some way? Absolutely. There are certain things happening at the

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moment that we are very pleased about. We think that everything

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else will be coming along. It is a very difficult time, very difficult

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for business. Stay with us. We will come back here in a minute. I have

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been gauging business -- reaction With lasting investment it...

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Workers and management watching the Chancellor's statement. The company

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is situated inside the Enterprise zone that will benefit from that

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tax breaks. They have been debating whether to buy a new machinery to

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help an expansion. Meanwhile, the new national long guarantee scheme

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which aims to free up more back loans for small businesses could

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help Richard Osborne and his small Sheffield-based company which

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builds climbing walls of for schools and colleges. But -- I

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think the government needs to do more to help and target small

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businesses. Richard would also welcome help to employ more people.

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The only be that a small business can go is by bringing in more

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people to increase the capacity of the business. At the moment, that

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is a stumbling block for a lot of businesses. But companies here are

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not sure whether the government is right when they claimed we are not

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heading for a double dip recession. The jury is out on that issue.

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I also have the managing director here. I notice you interest level

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go up when we talk about the Sheffield Enterprise zone getting

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special help. This will mean you can offset the cost of capital

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investment in the first year. capital relief is a huge advantage

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in company expenditure. It would persuade me if I knew scheme...

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would allow you to buy new equipment, and encourage you to

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take on more employees? If I buy another machine, I need another

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operative. As far as this loan guarantee scheme is concerned, on

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the surface, it sounds very good, making money it flawed through from

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the banks to small businesses, but you have some reservations? Yes,

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banks are not getting the competition. They are not passing

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things are through at the moment. It does worry me that the banks are

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going to be leading this. I think it should be spread around

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enterprises. What about that C-diff fund to encourage new businesses? -

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- are seed fund. Absolutely, a seed fund is vital to getting your

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business is going. There is a lot of things about the Government is

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doing that I agree with. I think it is a step in the right direction.

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Health and safety and employment law is quite important to you.

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huge amount of time is spent looking after staff and the welfare,

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the Government is talking about reducing that legislation by about

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a third over the course of the next year. Any less administration is

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Well, the Chancellor's Autumn Statement has raised lots of

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questions. And to answer some of those, we're joined now by the

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BBC's financial expert Paul Lewis. It strikes me that a lot of people,

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born around 1960, but not get their pensions too later? Yes, there will

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be a big rise in the state pension age. It does not affect anyone who

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is less than about, who is more than about 51 at the moment. If you

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were born in April 1960, or later, you will find your state pension

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age is not 66, but 67. That will be quite a blow for that group of

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people. We know there are massive strikes for tomorrow, how were the

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Chancellor's plants -- plans go down? public sector pay cuts are

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only going to be 1%. Contributions into the pensions will start rising

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from April. Those contributions will go up, but they will be frozen

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and then will go up slowly. They will be taking or less because of

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that. I think it is going to make a difference to took tomorrow's

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strike. I think people will be annoyed about it. Those are outside

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the public sector are not that sympathetic.

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He has asked pay review bodies to be more responsive to local labour

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markets. How do you interpret this? Will people in the north be paid

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less? I do not think so. There are national pay scales for just about

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all public sector jobs. Instead of that, he is suggesting that if

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wages are lower in the north, they could be less than people in other

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parts of the country. How it that will work, we do not know. It is

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not a definite proposal, it is a consultation. I think the unions

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will look very hard at that. Some of our viewers have also been

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getting in touch with their questions. Simon Charlott got in

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touch via Facebook. He wants to know ,"Wouldn't the easier answer

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be to help out the retail sector - reduce VAT and that way more people

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would start to spend?" That is the Labour Party policy. The coalition

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Government is against it because they see it will cost the

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government a lot of money. They would rather spend the money on

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boosting the infrastructure, things you talked about earlier tonight. I

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think that will be very popular and will create jobs. With people

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feeding for their jobs, there is not that much evidence that if you

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cut the price of things by a few % that they will go out and start

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spending again. I think the government does not believe that is

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the way forward. The thing that will kick-start the economy is for

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the economy to start growing and there is no indication of that.

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There forecast is for it to be pretty stagnant. By two very much.

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It is predicted to be the biggest right in generations, thousands of

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public sector workers are going out on strike tomorrow.

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The inquest into the death of Gary Speed has been opened and adjourned.

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Thousands of tributes were made to the former Leeds and Sheffield

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United player after he was found hanged at his home in Cheshire on

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Sunday. He was discovered by his wife. The full inquest is due to

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take place on the 30th of January. In other news now. A 22-year-old

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man has appeared before magistrates charged with causing death by

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dangerous driving after an alleged hit-and-run in which a six-year-old

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boy was killed. Owen Wightman was struck by a car close to his home

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in Wakefield in June. Peter Renshaw is also charged with failing to

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stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident.

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The case will be heard at Leeds Crown Court next month.

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A 47-year-old woman has been arrested following a hammer attack

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on an 84-year-old woman in Leyburn in North Yorkshire on Monday.

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Police say the woman who is from the area allegedly stole a large

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amount of money in the attack. The elderly victim was taken to

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hospital with head injuries and has now been discharged.

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Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are preparing to go

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on strike tomorrow. Teachers, bin collectors, hospital porters and

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police community support officers are just some of the people walking

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out in a row over their pensions. Our local government reporter Emma

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Glasbey is here to tell us more. Well, the walk-out tomorrow could

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have an impact on almost anyone. The strike is expected to be the

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biggest in a generation. In Yorkshire and the Humber, unions

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are predicting that up to half a million workers could take part in

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the industrial action. Amongst the services affected will be health,

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education and local council services. We'll hear more about the

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impact in just a moment. But why is this happening? I've been speaking

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to one of the public sector workers joining the strike.

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For 16 years, this woman has worked as part of Leeds City Council. She

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deals with housing in the City. But now she is making preparations to

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go on strike because she is angry about changes to her pension. What

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I'm a single parent, I have probably children up on my own and

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I have always worked. I did not want to be reliant on benefits. To

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all those people who will be inconvenienced, I am sorry, but

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this is my life. This is what I have worked for all my life. I do

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not think that one day's inconvenienced is anything to

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complain about when I am looking at a lifetime of poverty in my old age.

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The Government argues that the strike could damage the economy.

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Ministers say there is no money on the table to settle the dispute and

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they have already made a good offer. The message from hospitals across

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our region is that some non essential appointments have been

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cancelled, but if you have not been contacted, your appointment still

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stands. But they say that some delays are inevitable. It will be

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like a bank holiday or Christmas Day service. Both sides have

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emphasised that this dispute is not the general public but with the

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Government and the boy do everything they can to put the

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general public at risk. Over 1000 schools across Yorkshire will be

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affected by tomorrow's strike action. The picture does the very

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much from a local authority to local authority. Them one area, 97%

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will be closed, in another on their 40%. Parents are being urged to

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check school's or website. Universities are saying that some

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lectures will be cancelled and that students have to check the website

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so to find if they can attend lectures tomorrow.

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In terms of other services, bin collections right across Yorkshire

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will be affected. Most councils say daycentres are likely to be closed

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along with many community centres and children's centres. The

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majority of the region's libraries, museums, castles and art galleries

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will also shut. Our police forces say they will be maintaining vital

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policing services. North Yorkshire Police say they expect front

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counters at stations to be closed. More details on all the services

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affected tomorrow can be found on your local BBC websites.

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Thank you. We will be covering that tomorrow. Let's have a look at

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sport. Huddersfield Town's incredible

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unbeaten run of 43 league matches has come to an end. It took the

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league leaders Charlton to end it, but Town lost at the Valley 2-0.

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Before the game, there was a minute's applause in memory of Gary

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Several members of the Huddersfield team and staff knew Gary Speed well

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The first has is probably one they will want to forget. The defending

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wasn't good enough against the topside. The clerk was angry that a

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decision was not given. But he could have had it few complaints at

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the second goal. But the site was much improved in the second half.

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They had their chances, but it was not to be. There run had been a

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great one, but now it is over. Now finally, a tanker found itself

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in a sticky situation this morning after it crashed near Sheffield

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carrying 20 tonnes of what was thought to be Marmite. It brought

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the commuter traffic to a standstill. It happened between

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junction 32 and 33 just before ten o'clock last night. The environment

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agency has been checking none of the yeast spilled into the River

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Rother and Ulley Brook. We're glad to say that the driver

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of the tanker is fine. But the story has got you posting on our

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Facebook page. Helena Mountain commented "I see they were able to

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extract it all then." David Raynor asked, "Did the police rise to the

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occasion?" Steve Blackburn, "Motorists are being advised to

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stick to their own lanes." And one from Mat Best, "Let's be honest

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your either gonna love or hate this your either gonna love or hate this

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story!" I would never describe you as a Marmite whether man.

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The first cold snap of the winter to come late weekend.

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Freezing? Yes, there might be some snow in

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places. But fairly short lived. Let me assure you two pictures that

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His mother said he is being held up The headline for the next 24 hours

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is went, unsettled. There will be a scattering of showers as well.

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There is tomorrow's weather chart, this system at bringing the end

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further heavy rain from the West. It was a very active cold front

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that came through. There it is. Reports of a tornado across East

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Yorkshire. Some very squally winds as well. Thankfully, that

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wintertime cold front is now into the North Sea and being followed by

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a number of showers. One or two over the tops of the Pennines. It

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may be a little on the wintry side. Further east, there should be a

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good deal of fine weather, Tomorrow, sometimes large amount of

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clouds, and a scattering of showers, especially across western areas.

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The further east you go, the more likely you are to stay dry.

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Temperatures around normal, nine Celsius. But it will feel cold in

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