:00:10. > :00:15.Welcome to Friday's Look North. Tributes from two cities - how tens
:00:15. > :00:21.of thousands of fans in Leeds and Sheffield will be remembering Gary
:00:21. > :00:24.Speed this weekend. Injured in the line of duty - why
:00:24. > :00:29.hundreds of West Yorkshire Police officers who have retired could be
:00:29. > :00:35.getting compensation payments. We will be live in Huddersfield as
:00:35. > :00:41.the town clears up for its spectacular festival of light.
:00:41. > :00:51.Skies had clouded over by the time this was taken, but some patchy
:00:51. > :00:56.rain to come tonight. Your weekend forecast coming up shortly.
:00:56. > :01:00.Good evening. It is almost a weeks since the tragic death of Gary
:01:00. > :01:05.Speed and tomorrow he will be remembered at sporting events
:01:05. > :01:09.around the country. Tributes from fans continue to
:01:09. > :01:18.arrive from his former Yorkshire clubs, Leeds and Sheffield and
:01:19. > :01:24.United. Ian White is light outside Elland Road for us tonight. -- life.
:01:24. > :01:28.This aside behind me is spectacular. Very sad, hundreds of tributes laid
:01:28. > :01:33.by football fans who thought that Gary Speed was just the best
:01:33. > :01:36.footballer ever. They adored him and of course the fact that there
:01:36. > :01:40.are so many tributes shows how shocking the last week has been for
:01:40. > :01:45.them. Last Saturday Gary Speed appears on
:01:45. > :01:50.BBC One's Football Focus. Nobody could have predicted he would have
:01:50. > :01:54.committed suicide a few hours later. Former Leeds team-mate Gary
:01:54. > :02:02.McAllister was on the same programme. Being so close to him
:02:02. > :02:07.then, could any of us have spotted some anxiety, depression? But there
:02:07. > :02:11.were has nothing there. He was his normal self-. Tomorrow Gary
:02:11. > :02:18.McAllister will join Gordon Strachan and David Batty at -- on
:02:18. > :02:21.the pitch at Elland Road to lead a minute's applause. Leeds legend
:02:21. > :02:25.Eddie Gray brought Gary Speed to the club.
:02:25. > :02:29.What you have to remember is that he played in a great Leeds United
:02:29. > :02:34.team with great players and the fans will never forget that.
:02:34. > :02:41.At Sheffield United, where Gary was manager before moving to Wales,
:02:41. > :02:48.tributes have been piling up all weeks. Tomorrow the team will be
:02:48. > :02:52.marking his passing. We want to show our respects as
:02:52. > :03:00.best we can and then we will have to try to put the emotions behind
:03:00. > :03:07.us and try to get on with the game. Off the pitch, tributes from the
:03:07. > :03:11.world of music. Kelly Jones, a Leeds United fan, has recorded an
:03:11. > :03:16.acoustic version of an Andy Williams classic in tribute to Gary
:03:16. > :03:26.Speed. And it is not just the big names who have tributes to him.
:03:26. > :03:29.Here in Leeds some stars of the future were reviving an old anthem.
:03:29. > :03:34.We are going to give the boys are hand.
:03:34. > :03:41.My grandad was Ronnie Hilton, he sang lot serve Leeds United anthems
:03:41. > :03:51.and he is a great fan of Leeds and he would be really proud. -- he
:03:51. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:06.sang in lots of. We are going to see you when. --
:04:06. > :04:11.win. Musical tributes to Gary Speed of
:04:11. > :04:17.course but the physical attributes keep arriving at Elland Road. You
:04:17. > :04:25.have come along this evening. Tell us what has been -- it has been
:04:25. > :04:29.like. I do get quite emotional and upset about it. My daughter plays
:04:29. > :04:34.for you -- for Leeds United and we left a floral tribute earlier in
:04:34. > :04:39.the week and we popped down every now and again. I have watched it
:04:39. > :04:49.grow and grow. It is absolutely amazing. Five it is the shock,
:04:49. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :04:57.isn't it? Yes. Gary Speed is such a hero, isn't he? Yes. I think she is
:04:57. > :05:06.overwhelmed. Tomorrow will be amazing on the page with all the
:05:06. > :05:12.old legends back again. -- the pitch. Yes, it will be an
:05:12. > :05:17.outstanding attribute for him. Sorry, I am really emotional.
:05:17. > :05:21.fan feels the same here and at Sheffield United.
:05:21. > :05:25.Thank you. West Yorkshire Police could have to
:05:25. > :05:30.pay thousands in compensation to retired officers who were injured
:05:30. > :05:36.on duty after settling four cases out of court. It has emerged today
:05:36. > :05:40.but Yorkshire's largest police force unlawfully cut their pensions.
:05:40. > :05:42.The cases could open the door for hundreds more officers injured in
:05:42. > :05:47.the line of duty whose pensions were also cut.
:05:47. > :05:55.He served in West Yorkshire Police for nearly 30 years but Roy Gibson
:05:55. > :06:00.was forced to retire after being injured and -- in a police van.
:06:00. > :06:05.When his police pension was cut by half last year, it added injured --
:06:05. > :06:12.insult to injury. I felt completely led down. You
:06:12. > :06:18.give them all those years and this is what they do. They are not
:06:18. > :06:22.concerned any more about my welfare or that of my former colleagues.
:06:22. > :06:24.All they are doing is trying to cut costs.
:06:25. > :06:29.Now West Yorkshire Police have compensated four other officers
:06:29. > :06:32.injured on duty after they cut their pensions following
:06:32. > :06:36.controversial new Home Office guidelines. These legal settlements
:06:36. > :06:42.mean that others could be entitled to thousands of pounds.
:06:42. > :06:51.I think there are hundreds in this region, Yorkshire and Northumbria,
:06:51. > :07:01.and I think there will be thousands nationally.
:07:01. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:18.Deputy Chief Constable David But Roy Gibson meets daily help to
:07:18. > :07:25.wash, dress and move about. If I try to do more than what I can
:07:25. > :07:31.do, physically, after two or three days it is just... It is just
:07:31. > :07:35.terrible. He has lived like this for 20 years,
:07:35. > :07:42.years when he would have been working but for his injuries. Now
:07:42. > :07:48.he wants to see the full value of his pension reinstated.
:07:48. > :07:53.Stay with us. Later on Look North... We climb to the toppled York
:07:53. > :07:57.Minster. This view is one of the things I love most about living in
:07:57. > :08:01.Yorkshire. Tell us what you love most.
:08:01. > :08:06.Business leaders in Ryedale in North Yorkshire have bid to become
:08:06. > :08:10.one of the first six rural enterprise zones. They will be like
:08:10. > :08:14.the ones in big city areas. But they will be designed to put
:08:14. > :08:19.money into country areas. Alan Whitehouse has been to find out
:08:19. > :08:24.more. They work in the countryside but
:08:24. > :08:28.they are competing with the rest of the world. The Ryedale group is a
:08:28. > :08:31.group of specialist printers who have perfected the art of printing
:08:31. > :08:37.on plastic rather than paper and now they are making printed
:08:37. > :08:43.computer chips. Why do they think they need help from rural business
:08:43. > :08:48.harbour? Our customers are at the cutting
:08:48. > :08:52.edge of the retail and they expect us to come up with innovative new
:08:52. > :08:56.ideas so it is vital to stay ahead of the game.
:08:56. > :09:01.The thinking is that it will create a cluster of hi-tech businesses all
:09:01. > :09:11.supporting each other, like this training centre in Malta and, which
:09:11. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:18.is training out the electronics expose of the future. -- Malta and.
:09:18. > :09:22.We are not all sausage makers in rural areas and it is important to
:09:22. > :09:27.understand this is typical of the kind of high Trek -- hi-tech
:09:27. > :09:32.training we need for the new businesses that a common on.
:09:32. > :09:38.For Ryedale is in the running to become one of six pilot projects.
:09:38. > :09:42.The idea is being backed with �15 million of development money.
:09:42. > :09:46.There are many innovative companies in rural areas who want the
:09:46. > :09:49.opportunity to growth. All of the enterprise areas are in urban areas
:09:49. > :09:55.so we need to do something for Wirral businesses.
:09:55. > :10:01.It is easy to think of places like this as just another tourist
:10:01. > :10:05.destination but jobs are needed as desperately as in the city. This
:10:05. > :10:11.thing that could be a way to provide a high-quality skilled jobs.
:10:11. > :10:16.-- this rural enterprise zone. Doncaster police have released more
:10:16. > :10:21.information about that woman killed on the A635 Barnsley Road yesterday
:10:21. > :10:24.when a broken-down car was hit by a truck. -- her broken-down car.
:10:24. > :10:29.Marjorie Webster was 72 and from Goldthorpe near Barnsley. The
:10:29. > :10:32.driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
:10:32. > :10:37.Protesters tried to stop the closure of nearly half the library
:10:37. > :10:42.is in Wakefield have handed in a petition to the council. There has
:10:42. > :10:45.been a consultation on the plans. These could close unless taken over
:10:45. > :10:51.by community groups. The council says visitor numbers have fallen by
:10:51. > :10:57.more than Philip -- 40 %. A 60-year-old religious teacher,
:10:57. > :11:06.Manweb, has failed to overturn his sentence for physically assaulting
:11:06. > :11:12.four boys at a mosque in Keighley. -- Sabir Hussain. He has served 10
:11:12. > :11:18.days of his sentence so far. Yorkshire Water is assuring its
:11:18. > :11:22.customers and there are no plans to change water supplies -- to put
:11:22. > :11:28.restrictions on water supplies in the county. Reservoirs are 73 %
:11:28. > :11:32.full, which Yorkshire Water says is quite healthy for this time of year.
:11:32. > :11:37.This comes despite drought conditions in other parts of the
:11:37. > :11:42.country. Bus drivers in parts of Yorkshire
:11:42. > :11:45.are staging the third and 4th strikes over pay. Members of the
:11:45. > :11:51.Unite union in Barnsley, Rotherham and the Dearne Valley are calling
:11:51. > :11:57.for the same wages as drivers in other companies. The company says
:11:57. > :12:01.it has made several pay offers. What happens when you put a dyed-
:12:01. > :12:07.in-the-wool Conservative together with anti-capitalist activists in a
:12:07. > :12:11.city-centre protest? This weekend's Politics Show is marking three
:12:11. > :12:16.weeks off the Occupy Leeds camp in City Square by sending in Mike
:12:16. > :12:19.Smith of Mike's Carpets fame to see whether it be protesters can
:12:19. > :12:24.convince him that theirs is the way forward.
:12:24. > :12:29.In relation to the size of the protest, trying to take on the
:12:29. > :12:33.government and the banks, and the cuts they are doing, for the size
:12:33. > :12:39.of the protest it is a very small gathering and it does not seem to
:12:39. > :12:49.me to be the right way to do it. I would make more use of the internet.
:12:49. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:54.You can see more on that on BBC One A couple of weeks ago Christa and
:12:54. > :12:57.Nik told you about the Yorkshire Tales. It's a BBC project to find
:12:57. > :13:00.out what you feel passionate about in the county. It could be the
:13:00. > :13:03.people, the places or your memories. With the best of your contributions
:13:03. > :13:07.will be looked at by award winning playwright John Godber, who will
:13:07. > :13:10.turn them into a radio drama. You've only got a few days left to
:13:10. > :13:20.take part. But to help get you started - something that makes me
:13:20. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:26.As you know, we are encouraging you to talk about Yorkshire and why it
:13:26. > :13:32.is so special. I have chosen this city to try and tell you about what
:13:32. > :13:37.it means to me. There is nice to in these -- NICE -- nothing like an
:13:37. > :13:47.easy return to work after a major operation! I am exhausted. 130
:13:47. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:58.stairs to go. That is my destination. Oh, dear! 275 steps.
:13:58. > :14:03.When I was at university, I studied Roman history. That explains why I
:14:03. > :14:06.am fascinated about the City of York, and I am so exhausted as well.
:14:06. > :14:12.That is one of the most extraordinary views you can get
:14:12. > :14:18.anywhere. You can see the whole thing about it. You can smell and
:14:18. > :14:21.see the history. You can see the Roman legions. I would have been a
:14:21. > :14:28.Centurion in a different life. Please yourself! Then there were
:14:28. > :14:38.the Vikings, and the medieval walls and the sense of history. Nothing
:14:38. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:46.sends up -- sums up Yorkshire as I am really worried about you!
:14:46. > :14:47.Should you be doing that? So if you want to take part this is what you
:14:47. > :14:51.need to do. E-mail theyorkshiretales@bbc.co.uk and
:14:51. > :14:59.tell us in no more than 200 words what your passion for Yorkshire is.
:14:59. > :15:04.All submissions must be in by Before seven o'clock... Snooker's
:15:04. > :15:09.coming back to York. One of the world's biggest tournaments returns
:15:09. > :15:12.to the city after a five-year absence. And Diane at the Festival
:15:12. > :15:22.of Lights in Huddersfield. Cut to join me for a taste of things to
:15:22. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:37.come. -- and I am at the Festival Yorkshire has a rich history in
:15:37. > :15:39.Squash and it can now boast the number one and two in the world in
:15:39. > :15:42.the men's game. Sheffield's Nick Matthew has completed an unbroken
:15:42. > :15:45.year at the top of the rankings, confirmed when he recently defended
:15:45. > :15:48.his World Open title. Pontefract's James Willstrop has moved up to
:15:48. > :15:54.second after winning in Hong Kong and Kuwait in the past fortnight
:15:54. > :15:59.and both are with us. Nick, let's start with you. How tough has it
:15:59. > :16:05.been to stay at the top? It has been pretty tough. The first time
:16:05. > :16:09.around, I lasted a couple of months. I have managed a year, and it has
:16:09. > :16:19.been tough. James is breathing down my neck. It has been fantastic for
:16:19. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:26.the region. They are whole I'd -- whole host of guys. Yes. The
:16:26. > :16:31.rankings... There was an Egyptian in the top three. They are the
:16:31. > :16:36.force in the game. Hopefully this is not short lived, and the King
:16:36. > :16:40.gives them a run for their money. You have been waiting two years for
:16:40. > :16:45.a victory, another, long like buses! Yes, it just happens like
:16:45. > :16:51.that. They came together in that period of time, and one is great,
:16:51. > :16:55.but to the two in two or three weeks has been fantastic. He will
:16:55. > :17:00.form has been spectacular. In the first one, you did not drop again.
:17:00. > :17:07.I carried it on until I lost again in the final, so it just really
:17:07. > :17:11.came together, and people ask if it is something different. Not really.
:17:11. > :17:19.Sometimes it just clicked. You seem very close together there. Are you
:17:20. > :17:25.really deadly rivals? It is strange but wonderful. You must bump into
:17:25. > :17:30.each other more often than if you do of round the world. We have had
:17:30. > :17:40.up our ups and downs! Were a bump into each other on course -- on-
:17:40. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:46.court! The rivalry has been spoken about. It could not be any
:17:46. > :17:51.different. Two players from one county is a fantastic achievement.
:17:51. > :17:57.We are proud of it, and the sport is so gladiatorial and so closed-
:17:57. > :18:04.end. It is not always going to be easy. Presumably, you want his
:18:04. > :18:06.spot! Absolutely! The biggest problem in the past is that it has
:18:06. > :18:10.been difficult to follow the ball as far as TV is concerned. They
:18:10. > :18:19.have got over that to a large extent. In the Commonwealth Games
:18:19. > :18:23.last year, we had a live audience with the programmes, but the live
:18:23. > :18:30.audience is the key. Unfortunately, we are going to miss out on London
:18:30. > :18:36.2012, but the sport is there, ready to step into any major event now.
:18:36. > :18:41.You're not bat well known, but presumably you are super bar --
:18:41. > :18:45.superstars where squashes a big sport. You can be. It is quite
:18:45. > :18:52.incredible when you see a nation that takes hold of squash. For
:18:52. > :19:02.example, Malaysia. The number one Squash Players on billboards, and
:19:02. > :19:09.she is on all over the place. You have Live TV. You looking Bowbrick
:19:09. > :19:12.your shoulder at him? Looking up as well! Windy you do battle again?
:19:12. > :19:20.are due to go to India next week, but the way the draw has worked out,
:19:20. > :19:25.we could make the final, so they are a lot of hurdles to overcome.
:19:25. > :19:32.It could be a great last match of 2011. Congratulations to the Perret
:19:32. > :19:35.you. One of the world's biggest snooker tournaments is about to
:19:35. > :19:38.return to York after a five year absence. This weekend sees the UK
:19:38. > :19:41.Championship back at The Barbican. And with record ticket sales, and
:19:41. > :19:44.the world's top 32 players shooting it out for the title and winners
:19:44. > :19:54.cheque, it should make for an interesting eight days of
:19:54. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:25.competition. Shamir Masri's been in I think a lot of the players loved
:20:25. > :20:31.coming here. To have them back, it is great. It is their home going
:20:31. > :20:38.forward. I the focus for the eight days going forward will be on the
:20:38. > :20:43.green tables. Household names like John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan
:20:43. > :20:48.will be playing on this very table in the next week also inhabit to
:20:48. > :20:52.win one of the biggest titles in no -- world snooker. The players are
:20:52. > :20:57.glad to be back in York. A all of the players are quite happy we are
:20:57. > :21:02.back here. The crowds are here. It suits the tournament we are playing
:21:02. > :21:08.in. It is the biggest ranking tournament that we have. It is a
:21:08. > :21:15.great venue to play in. The crowds like it. A nice place, York. It is
:21:15. > :21:24.good for everybody. One thing they are not so happy about is a switch
:21:24. > :21:30.to shorter format. Any snooker player would love of -- rather have
:21:30. > :21:35.a longer match. In a shorter match, a little bit of bad luck and you
:21:35. > :21:44.are out. Spectators and viewers on the BBC, the red button and online,
:21:44. > :21:51.they will hope for a worthy winner for the title and the �100,000
:21:51. > :21:57.winner's cheque. Great to see that back in York. You bump into snooker
:21:57. > :22:00.players when you do your Christmas shopping! Hinnies a lie-down Now,
:22:00. > :22:02.it attracts thousands of people every year and this weekend the
:22:02. > :22:05.Huddersfield Festival of Light is expected to draw in its biggest
:22:05. > :22:15.crowds yet. With theatre, light displays, food and drink there is
:22:15. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:29.certainly something for everyone. Hello and good evening from the
:22:29. > :22:33.Festival of Light in Huddersfield. 50,000 people I expected over the
:22:33. > :22:39.next few days, and lots of people have already turned out this
:22:39. > :22:45.evening. Chief-executive Adrian can tell us more. What can they expect?
:22:45. > :22:51.They can expect a fantastic weekend. 49 separate events, acrobatics in
:22:51. > :22:56.the borough arcade. Food and drink here, a light that will behind the
:22:56. > :23:02.church. There is a massive of show, and a fireworks display to finish
:23:02. > :23:07.it off. Fantastic news for the Huddersfield economy. Brilliant for
:23:07. > :23:10.the town and for local businesses. Tens of thousands of people
:23:10. > :23:16.spending money in our local spending money in our local
:23:16. > :23:22.businesses in Huddersfield. I must businesses in Huddersfield. I must
:23:22. > :23:30.introduce you took these characters. I'm from the Temperance Society! I
:23:30. > :23:39.welcome absence. Abstinence from all sings foul. People can have
:23:39. > :23:46.fun? That is why we are here! are Victorine after all. This so-
:23:46. > :23:56.called Festival of life, they are otter stands of dubious morals. --
:23:56. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:05.There's lots to do. And they're not as miserable as these two! There is
:24:05. > :24:10.a great fire display to enjoy at the end. There are lots of things
:24:10. > :24:16.to enjoy it. Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Not yet,
:24:16. > :24:24.but port a will begin tomorrow, it is the festive charity spectacular
:24:24. > :24:34.at the spot. It is a Stella Christmas for me. We need a good
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:41.forecast. A on to taking your kids forecast. A on to taking your kids
:24:41. > :24:51.on the Santa Special? On the Quay Street railway. Compared with last
:24:51. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:04.You're making an appearance. Let me show you a picture. The know where
:25:04. > :25:14.the weather event this morning was the white frost we had. That was we
:25:14. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:34.It has been the second warmest autumn on record. You can write
:25:34. > :25:40.what you think about that and tweet me. It is a mixed weekend. Labour
:25:40. > :25:48.have scattered showers. Some sunshine tomorrow. A West-East
:25:48. > :25:53.split. It will stay mostly dry with sunny spells. Generally more
:25:53. > :25:59.showery on Sunday, and by Sunday night, the showers would tell --
:25:59. > :26:04.turn a little bit wintry. Monday and Tuesday of next week, we could
:26:04. > :26:09.see a white covering on top of the hills. We are looking to the West.
:26:09. > :26:16.There's a weather system coming in. It is bringing in some drizzle to
:26:16. > :26:21.the Dales. Further east with the rain shadow, it is looking like it
:26:21. > :26:25.is predominantly dry up. Temperatures are around four
:26:25. > :26:32.degrees. Temperatures levelling off. We are not going to see a frost
:26:32. > :26:39.tonight. The sun will rise in the morning at around 80 3am. In
:26:39. > :26:43.Scarborough, at 10:34pm, a mix of Sonny and pulled -- intervals and
:26:43. > :26:49.scattered showers. You can see that the shell was running to some
:26:50. > :26:56.Pennine areas. Further east, a lot of protection means that the Vale
:26:56. > :27:01.of York east Woods will be dry. If you are there, it looks like there
:27:01. > :27:05.will be a lot of sunshine. Windy tonight and breezy tomorrow.
:27:05. > :27:15.Temperatures close to average. If you are off to Scarborough and
:27:15. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:22.Whitby, it will be colder over the It will be quite windy. The air
:27:22. > :27:27.will be cold enough for the showers to turn wintry. Early next week,
:27:27. > :27:32.Monday and Tuesday, scattered wintry showers. Maybe the first