:00:05. > :00:08.Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. Scrapping school fees - the latest
:00:08. > :00:18.private school to opt for state funding as parents can no longer
:00:18. > :00:22.afford to pay. What it cannot be is simply a
:00:22. > :00:25.continuation of what is a private school through public funding. Also
:00:25. > :00:29.tonight - stopped in its tracks. The Flying Scotsman off the rails
:00:29. > :00:32.as faults make it the most expensive steam-engine rebuild ever.
:00:32. > :00:39.And, causing a bit of a stir - the ancient recipe for Christmas cake
:00:39. > :00:43.which has got our taste buds tingling.
:00:43. > :00:47.And some very windy weather on the way. The Met Office have a warning
:00:47. > :00:57.in place for tomorrow - severe gales across Yorkshire. Join me
:00:57. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:07.And join me later four or your Look North sport from here in Sheffield.
:01:07. > :01:09.We will have Boxing and eight look at last night's football. First
:01:09. > :01:13.tonight, a second fee-paying school here in Yorkshire is drawing up
:01:13. > :01:15.plans to enter the state sector. Bradford Girl s' Grammar had become
:01:15. > :01:21.one of the Government's new free schools because the economic
:01:21. > :01:25.downturn has meant parents can't afford to send their children there.
:01:25. > :01:27.-- hopes to become. Earlier this year, Batley Grammar School became
:01:27. > :01:30.a free school, but the move is controversial because parents who
:01:30. > :01:39.had opted to pay fees for their children's education will suddenly
:01:39. > :01:43.find themselves gifted it by the Government. Spencer Stokes reports.
:01:43. > :01:47.It is one of England's oldest girls' schools, and one of
:01:47. > :01:51.Yorkshire's tough independent schools. With the economic downturn
:01:51. > :01:54.making it harder for parents to afford the �11,000 annual fees,
:01:54. > :01:58.Bradford Girls' Grammar is struggling to fill places. 900
:01:58. > :02:02.girls could come here, but currently there are only 400. The
:02:02. > :02:07.school has decided to join the state sector. We have a capacity
:02:07. > :02:10.that we just can't fill. Gulls can pass the entrance exam, but then
:02:10. > :02:14.there is always that Barry about being able to afford it. It is a
:02:14. > :02:17.shame to have such a fabulous school with such great facilities
:02:17. > :02:21.that are not being used. If it gets the go-ahead, Bradford Girls'
:02:21. > :02:24.Grammar will become a free school, funded by the Department for
:02:24. > :02:29.Education, many parents will no longer have to pay. For hard-
:02:29. > :02:33.pressed families who currently do pay, it is good news. Because of
:02:33. > :02:37.the recession, and it has affected our work, for both my husband and
:02:37. > :02:42.myself, a house he would have had to think about it. Like any other
:02:42. > :02:48.parent, you do have to sit down and think about whether we can really
:02:48. > :02:52.do this for the next few years. It is a relief for us. It is a big
:02:52. > :02:56.relief. The stalling economy has hit independent schools across the
:02:56. > :03:00.country, and Sheffield band would school closed, and in Kirklees,
:03:00. > :03:03.Batley Grammar School has already become a free school. This latest
:03:03. > :03:07.application has been welcomed by Bradford council because the school
:03:07. > :03:12.will accept some weaker pupils, but there will still be a selection
:03:12. > :03:17.process. This is still a public money going into these schools, and
:03:18. > :03:22.they should be open to all. They -- they must be no selection at all.
:03:22. > :03:25.There must be no criteria which will keep ordinary children out of
:03:25. > :03:29.these schools. There should be public funding going into what
:03:30. > :03:35.should be a public school, open to all. We need to make sure it is on
:03:35. > :03:41.that basis, and then it will provide extra places in Bradford.
:03:41. > :03:45.Bradford Girls' Grammar school was established in 1662. It hopes of
:03:45. > :03:48.becoming of becoming a free school will allow more girls to access
:03:48. > :03:55.high quality education. The Government will make a decision on
:03:56. > :04:01.the application next summer. It is a really well established
:04:01. > :04:05.school. It has a fabulous reputation, and a list as long as
:04:05. > :04:07.its arm of some Weber -- famous pupils. And the school's famous
:04:07. > :04:10.pupils included, of course, former Labour minister Barbara Castle, and
:04:10. > :04:20.its television designer Linda Barker. Well, councillor Ralph
:04:20. > :04:20.
:04:20. > :04:24.Berry, Bradford Council's education spokesman, is here now.
:04:24. > :04:28.Why are you for this? At the moment pupils have to sit a selection test
:04:28. > :04:33.and meet the fees. This proposal would open those places are,
:04:33. > :04:36.irrespective of income, and purely on that basis it provides a big
:04:36. > :04:39.opportunity to bring an excellent school into the system, to co-
:04:39. > :04:44.operate with all the other schools in Bradford and help us raise
:04:44. > :04:48.standards. I do not worried that so many schools in Bradford appeared
:04:48. > :04:52.to want to opt out. This one is slightly different, but it is the
:04:52. > :04:57.biggest number of applications for free schools and academies anywhere
:04:57. > :05:02.outside London. He would not have control over so many pupils who put
:05:02. > :05:05.-- future, would you? All the schools in Bradford are
:05:05. > :05:11.collaborating in a partnership and we have a rapidly rising well. We
:05:11. > :05:15.have a need for places in this area. They have been to talk to us and
:05:15. > :05:18.have already indicated they wish to work with the other schools. What
:05:18. > :05:23.reason did they say? Is it purely financial - in other words, they
:05:23. > :05:28.could not keep open? There consultation presumably, which they
:05:28. > :05:31.have not shared with me yet, but what I am saying is an opportunity
:05:31. > :05:37.for parents in Bradford to access a high quality education without
:05:37. > :05:40.having to pass a selection test or a feast test. On the basis of the
:05:40. > :05:48.feedback I have received so far, it is clear that we need to be working
:05:48. > :05:54.with this.. Everybody wanted to go there? Psychologically, it used to
:05:54. > :05:58.cost �11,000 and now it is free. What about those schools that
:05:58. > :06:02.historically have struggled up? We you end up with a two-tier system?
:06:02. > :06:09.I believe not because we have to consult and comment on that. If we
:06:09. > :06:13.adopt a fair banding system then the impact will be spread across a
:06:13. > :06:18.fairly wide area. There is no doubt that it will be a popular choice
:06:18. > :06:23.for a number of parents. I know some people want to know if it will
:06:23. > :06:26.still be a girls' school. From what I understand, yes. Thank you for
:06:26. > :06:30.explaining what is a new and developing story. Next tonight, a
:06:30. > :06:33.woman who was buried alive in a cardboard box has told the jury she
:06:33. > :06:36.was sure her boyfriend meant to kill her. Michelina Lewandowska
:06:36. > :06:39.told Leeds Crown Court she was in the box for an hour in total, and
:06:39. > :06:43.used her engagement ring to dig herself out. Her partner and
:06:43. > :06:49.another man accused of carrying out the attack deny attempted murder.
:06:49. > :06:55.Our crime correspondent John Cundy reports.
:06:55. > :06:58.The first picture of relief -- released of Michelina Lewandowska,
:06:58. > :07:02.the 27-year-old who was buried alive in a terrifying ordeal last
:07:02. > :07:06.May at the hands of her boyfriend and another man on the Polish
:07:06. > :07:11.community in Huddersfield. At this house in the Waterloo district, it
:07:11. > :07:16.was alleged she was kidnapped after their relationship had broken down
:07:16. > :07:20.and they were in dispute over their young son. Her ankles and risks
:07:20. > :07:25.would -- wrists were taped up, she was shot with a Taser stun gun and
:07:25. > :07:29.put in a cardboard box. He said, with the help of his friend, they
:07:29. > :07:33.took their victim in the boot of their car, and in this lonely wood
:07:33. > :07:38.on the outskirts of Huddersfield, buried her alive. Struggling to
:07:38. > :07:41.breathe, she managed to escape after half-an-hour. The two
:07:41. > :07:50.defendants denied attempted murder. The defence claims it was a mission
:07:50. > :07:54.to scare her off. The judge told her that the defence accepted she
:07:54. > :08:00.had been very frightened by all that had happened to her, but he
:08:00. > :08:06.went on, "we say the intention was to fight in you off, not to kill
:08:06. > :08:13.you". She replied, "I was sure he wanted to kill me". She completed
:08:13. > :08:18.her evident this afternoon, and the trial will continue tomorrow.
:08:18. > :08:20.Stay with us. A tent, but no train. Disappointment for families at
:08:20. > :08:26.York's Winter Wonderland as a bargain advertised on Groupon fails
:08:26. > :08:29.to deliver. Other news around Yorkshire, and a further 600 jobs
:08:29. > :08:33.could be lost at Leeds City Council after the authority revealed it
:08:33. > :08:35.needed to make �50 million worth of savings next year. Despite protests
:08:35. > :08:43.over government cuts, the council says it cannot rule out compulsory
:08:43. > :08:46.redundancies. This year, they would have to save �90 million. Today,
:08:46. > :08:52.the leader of the council said any future loss of posts would hit
:08:52. > :08:57.services. It is serious damage to the
:08:57. > :09:00.services we offer. Already, we have had to look at closing some light
:09:00. > :09:04.breeze. We have looked at a couple of sports centres, and we can't
:09:04. > :09:07.guarantee anything. What we have promised is that we will be looking
:09:07. > :09:11.at our elderly and young, particularly the vulnerable,
:09:11. > :09:14.because that is our priority. Street lights in parts of West
:09:14. > :09:17.Yorkshire are going to be switched off to save money. 2000 will be
:09:17. > :09:20.turned off in Kirklees between midnight and 5am as an experiment.
:09:20. > :09:27.The council spends nearly �2 million a year on electricity, and
:09:27. > :09:31.it's thought that will rise to �3 million by 2015. A charity concert
:09:31. > :09:35.is taking place in Halifax tonight in memory of the highly --
:09:35. > :09:40.honeymoon couple killed in a quad bike accident in the Maldives. They
:09:40. > :09:45.had been held -- married just a couple of days when they were
:09:45. > :09:51.killed in a high-speed crash earlier this year. The charity has
:09:51. > :09:56.so far raised over �3,000. Tonight's events will include songs
:09:56. > :09:59.and dances, including some from Emma Gray's former pupils.
:09:59. > :10:02.The exterior restoration of Rotherham and there has been
:10:02. > :10:06.completed after almost a decade. Contractors were on site today
:10:06. > :10:12.taking down the last of the scaffolding to reveal the building
:10:12. > :10:16.in all its glory. 2.2 �5 million has been spent on the stonework and
:10:16. > :10:22.repairing the spire, which had begun to lean. I think the minister
:10:22. > :10:25.looks magnificent. It is wonderful to see it without scaffolding, and
:10:25. > :10:29.do see it in the beauty that it really is. It is wonderful.
:10:29. > :10:33.Next tonight, look not has learned that the restoration of the iconic
:10:33. > :10:38.steam-engine, the Flying Scotsman, has now cost the National Railway
:10:38. > :10:42.Museum in York �2.6 million - several times the original budget,
:10:42. > :10:46.making it the most expensive rebuild ever. What's more, the work
:10:46. > :10:51.is nearly five years behind schedule. The museum has begun an
:10:51. > :10:55.inquiry into just what has gone wrong.
:10:55. > :10:59.This was the proud unveiling back in May of the Flying Scotsman
:10:59. > :11:04.expected back in service within weeks. So, where is she did they?
:11:04. > :11:08.The answer is here. And here. And here. A Lancashire workshop, being
:11:08. > :11:13.taken apart and rebuilt again. She will not be back in use until next
:11:13. > :11:17.March. What on earth has gone wrong? To our great distress, we
:11:17. > :11:23.discovered some cracks. As we dug deeper and deeper, we found more
:11:23. > :11:26.and more. As a consequence, this has put the project back. We have
:11:26. > :11:30.launched an internal investigation, not just into the project
:11:30. > :11:34.management, but also into the whole of the engineering of it.
:11:34. > :11:39.Flying Scotsman had a glittering career. The first locomotive to
:11:39. > :11:43.reach 100 mph. An early film star, and then one of the first mainline
:11:43. > :11:47.locomotive to be scraped -- saved from the scrapyard. Experts say the
:11:47. > :11:50.figures don't longer add up. They cost �2.1 million for the National
:11:50. > :11:56.Railway Museum to buy her. By the time this overhaul has finished it
:11:56. > :12:02.will cost another �2.6 million. By comparison, building the brand new
:12:02. > :12:05.locomotive, tornado, has just cost �3 million. The museum's director
:12:05. > :12:10.says it is not a fair comparison. If you wanted to build tornado
:12:10. > :12:14.again it would cost a lot more than �3 million. Secondly, tornado was
:12:14. > :12:17.built significantly on the back of volunteer labour, and the National
:12:17. > :12:23.Railway Museum has employed paid staff. Flying Scotsman is running
:12:23. > :12:28.about five years late, and critics say that is simply not good enough.
:12:28. > :12:33.A old-age pensioners gave money, school boys gave pocket money, this
:12:34. > :12:38.really was the people's engine. And yet, this locomotive was taken
:12:38. > :12:42.apart, piece by piece, the most thorough overhaul ever, and yet
:12:42. > :12:45.these defects went unnoticed for years. I find it astonishing.
:12:46. > :12:50.is a legend about the Flying Scotsman. It says that this engine
:12:50. > :12:54.is cursed and if you omit it will enter your bank account. It is all
:12:54. > :13:03.rubbish of course, except that if you are the person signing the
:13:03. > :13:06.cheques right now, it must feel all Businesses are always told they
:13:06. > :13:10.need to market their goods on the internet to make a success of
:13:10. > :13:14.things. But for one couple from York, advertising online nearly
:13:14. > :13:17.shut them down. When they were persuaded to offer a deal on the
:13:17. > :13:21.discount site Groupon, they had no idea of the impact it would have.
:13:21. > :13:29.Thousands took advantage of it. But unfortunately some of the
:13:29. > :13:33.information on the advert was incorrect. Business as usual at the
:13:33. > :13:37.Winter Wonderland attraction in York. It was different at the
:13:37. > :13:42.weekend when hundreds were queuing down the street for hours to meet
:13:42. > :13:47.Father Christmas. Things turned ugly as people grew impatient and
:13:47. > :13:53.the police have to be called. some stages in got to pushing and
:13:53. > :13:59.shoving to verbal assaults on some members of staff. Officers at two
:13:59. > :14:03.separate people trying to get inside. It was frightening. People
:14:04. > :14:12.were aggressive and shouting out wickets. We are here to help people
:14:12. > :14:16.have a good time and come to seek Santa. The problem started when the
:14:16. > :14:22.owners hooked up with the internet discount deal site crook macro.
:14:22. > :14:29.Advertisement on the website implied The Deal included a train
:14:29. > :14:34.ride. There was no train ride, and it was disappointing. We paid a lot
:14:34. > :14:38.getting in and there is no train. The owners normally expect 400
:14:38. > :14:43.visitors through the doors but say they had thousands of people
:14:43. > :14:52.turning up with vouchers from net. What is advertised to them is not
:14:52. > :15:00.actually here. It has been damaging to us. And very upsetting?
:15:00. > :15:05.extremely upsetting. We put a lot of hard work in. I am sorry...
:15:05. > :15:11.Groupon admitted they had misrepresented the attraction on
:15:11. > :15:15.line and offered customers a refund. Trading standards officers are
:15:15. > :15:22.aware and say anybody concerned should contact the consumer direct
:15:22. > :15:27.hotline. That was a serious story but we
:15:27. > :15:33.want to prove to you that it is not only children who love Father
:15:33. > :15:36.Christmas. He could not resist popping in with his Christmas list.
:15:36. > :15:43.Also tonight, quick off the mark. Barnsley's red hot start against
:15:43. > :15:47.Crystal Palace sets them up for a 2-1 win. Their first goal was
:15:47. > :15:57.scored just eight seconds in. And let them eat cake.
:15:57. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:06.The centuries-old recipe unearthed at one stately home.
:16:06. > :16:11.Time for sport. Where is he? He has gone for a workout! I think I
:16:11. > :16:15.recognise that particular gymnasium. You do not scare us!
:16:15. > :16:21.I have been picking up tips from lads here who can look after
:16:21. > :16:26.themselves. I am at the world famous gym in Sheffield. But let's
:16:26. > :16:32.look at football first. While we watch it and enjoy it, in some
:16:32. > :16:37.cases, I have a question. What is the quickest goal scored in English
:16:37. > :16:42.football? Suffice it to say Barnsley's very quick first goal
:16:42. > :16:45.last night did not break the record, but there was plenty else for
:16:45. > :16:50.Barnsley fans to cheer as well as Chesterfield fans.
:16:50. > :16:55.You have to be quick to catch Barnsley these days. Look how
:16:55. > :17:02.little time they needed to score the opening goal. Just eight-and-a-
:17:02. > :17:08.half seconds. The application for the daftest goal celebration was
:17:08. > :17:13.even snappier. Crystal Palace did not so see the funny side and
:17:13. > :17:20.threatened to spoil the party. Their striker capitalised on
:17:20. > :17:24.Stephen Foster and the goalkeeper's mutual reluctance to make it 1-1.
:17:24. > :17:32.But the reds were roaring again by the end. When the Crystal Palace
:17:32. > :17:38.keeper parried, the winner came and the celebrations started again. Not
:17:38. > :17:43.just any old Barnsley victory, but their fourth in the row. A win like
:17:43. > :17:47.that can work wonders for the table position. Barnsley are suddenly
:17:47. > :17:53.eight in the Championship and they deserve it. Chesterfield would give
:17:53. > :17:59.anything for such a league run. The J P Trophy is providing consolation.
:17:59. > :18:03.At Preston in the regional semi- final, they recovered from an early
:18:03. > :18:10.concession and found an equaliser and forced a penalty shoot-out,
:18:10. > :18:18.which they proceeded to won. -- to win. The Save put Chesterfield in
:18:18. > :18:24.pole position. In the new year, Chesterfield will face Aldham
:18:24. > :18:30.rather than Bradford City for a place in the Wembley final. Two
:18:30. > :18:34.second half ultimate goals put paid to City's hopes. They even
:18:34. > :18:43.underlined the end of the episode with Amis of their own. Let's hope
:18:43. > :18:46.it is the last. It could be a great 2012 for Chesterfield after all.
:18:46. > :18:53.The answer to my earlier question, the quickest goal in English
:18:53. > :18:58.football is 3.5 seconds scored by a Barrow player in 1979. I do not
:18:58. > :19:07.know how you can score a goal in such a short time. Now, boxing and
:19:07. > :19:10.why I'm at the world-famous Ingle gym. As if we needed an excuse.
:19:10. > :19:13.Many champions have graced this place, such as Naseem Hamed, Errol
:19:13. > :19:18."The Bomber" Graham, and Johnny Nelson. The next success story
:19:18. > :19:21.looks to be local lad Kell Brook. The 25-year-old flys out for his
:19:21. > :19:24.first fight in the US boxing centre of Atlantic City to showcase
:19:24. > :19:34.himself ahead of, hopefully, a world-title shot planned for next
:19:34. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:43.year. He is busy. He had his last session earlier. After he finished,
:19:43. > :19:48.we caught up with him to ask about preparations. Nobody will doubt the
:19:48. > :19:54.strength of your record as a professional. With a record of 25
:19:54. > :20:01.out of 25 wins, why do need to go to America? When you have made it
:20:01. > :20:05.in America, you have made it. That is the biggest audience. In America,
:20:05. > :20:10.they'd know their boxing. Once you are making it there, you are on
:20:11. > :20:18.your way. They are starting to know about me. I want to get out there
:20:18. > :20:27.and show them what I can do. I want to stamp my mark out there. Will he
:20:28. > :20:35.be opposition? Yes. He is poor to weaken. -- he is from Puerto Rico.
:20:35. > :20:42.He has a big knockout record. I have been training hard. I will put
:20:43. > :20:48.it on his toes! Your record, 25. What is your secret? Hard work and
:20:48. > :20:54.dedication. Over the years, as a young kid, I have seen many
:20:54. > :21:00.champions come out of this gym. Their training regime has been hard.
:21:00. > :21:06.I have seen it all before. Early- morning runs. I have been doing it
:21:06. > :21:10.fears. Now I am on the brink of a world title. So 6am in Sheffield in
:21:10. > :21:15.December is hard work. There are hard. When you are nice and warm in
:21:15. > :21:20.bed and you have to go out in the cold. You have to get wrapped up.
:21:20. > :21:26.It is hard but we do it. When you come back from America, you have to
:21:26. > :21:31.do your Christmas shopping. We have time? I do not think so. After this
:21:31. > :21:37.fight I will come home. A few days here and we are off to Tenerife for
:21:37. > :21:46.Christmas. We will not be going on a shopping spree. Yorkshire is very
:21:46. > :21:48.proud of you. Good luck. He has a real twinkle in his eye.
:21:48. > :21:51.Now from the champion to the hopefuls. These school children in
:21:51. > :21:57.Bradford practised their boxing moves today in front of a special
:21:57. > :22:00.guest. Wenlock the Olympic Mascot visited Springwood Primary after it
:22:00. > :22:10.became the first in Yorkshire to be named Olympic Get Set school of the
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.month. As well as running these boxing classes, they have been
:22:16. > :22:21.running weekly Olympic assemblies to build up excitement. The
:22:21. > :22:26.Olympics are rushing towards us. I confirm that my boxing expertise is
:22:26. > :22:34.developing. If only I could defend myself against my four-year old son,
:22:34. > :22:38.who, since he has started at school keeps challenging me to duels.
:22:38. > :22:41.You should take your coat off first!
:22:41. > :22:45.Granny here keeps saying what a good cook she is! But there is no
:22:45. > :22:53.way she could bake a Christmas cake like this. Why? The recipe is 200
:22:53. > :22:56.years old. We will give you the ingredients in a moment. It was
:22:56. > :23:02.found in the archives of stately home Renishaw Hall in North
:23:02. > :23:08.Derbyshire. The recipe not the cake. A pint of brandy is included.
:23:08. > :23:13.It may look familiar, but you have probably never tasted a Christmas
:23:13. > :23:20.cake like it. For over 200 years, the recipe, designed for this
:23:20. > :23:26.person, and was hidden in the heart -- archives of Renishaw Hall until
:23:26. > :23:32.a chance discovery. Their hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It
:23:32. > :23:34.is difficult to read but when I showed it to my colleagues we were
:23:35. > :23:41.excited that there was a possibility of bringing it to life
:23:41. > :23:48.by having it baked. And tasting it as it would have tasted 200 years
:23:48. > :23:52.ago. For that you need a cook who does not mind a challenge. They
:23:52. > :23:58.listed the ingredients with no measurements. There was no mention
:23:58. > :24:05.of oven temperature. It was a case of trying different temperatures
:24:05. > :24:10.until I got it right. We she did, the cake took pride of place, --
:24:10. > :24:15.when she did. It is at the centre piece and joins the collections of
:24:15. > :24:20.art, sculpture and furniture acquired by generations of the sit
:24:20. > :24:25.well family. And also the Italian gardens open to the public for the
:24:25. > :24:30.first time. Of all the things left by her ancestors, it is the cake
:24:30. > :24:35.that Alexandra is most excited about. It is wonderful to think...
:24:35. > :24:41.They must have enjoyed it as much as I do. It will be my Christmas
:24:41. > :24:46.present to a lot of people. exact recipe is secret. But, with
:24:46. > :24:53.each cake, containing a quarter of a pint of brandy, it possibly
:24:53. > :24:58.explains how it got lost in the first place!
:24:58. > :25:02.This is the cake. We can celebrate. You were given an honorary
:25:02. > :25:08.fellowship at Bradford College. The it was fantastic. I am very
:25:08. > :25:12.proud. They promise that if ball gets the weather forecast right for
:25:12. > :25:16.the next few days he could be made the next few days he could be made
:25:16. > :25:21.a Fellow. We can look at the picture that
:25:21. > :25:26.came in today. It sums up the weather. The heavy showers that
:25:26. > :25:30.came through Leeds. A beautiful picture right in the middle of
:25:30. > :25:35.Leeds city centre. On with the detail. We have a serious forecast
:25:35. > :25:42.of severe gales, which are likely to hit tomorrow. That means that
:25:42. > :25:47.they could be up to 70 miles per hour in exposed places. You can see
:25:48. > :25:55.why. Look at this for a winter storm that is developing. You can
:25:55. > :26:01.see the isobars on the chart. By 6pm tomorrow, coming in from the
:26:01. > :26:09.West. There is likely to be disruption. The further north you
:26:09. > :26:14.go at the more likely you are to have the higher dusts. We have
:26:14. > :26:20.wintry showers across the Pennines, but they are fizzling out. Once
:26:20. > :26:25.they go, it will be mostly dry with clear spells tonight. The wind will
:26:25. > :26:31.he's a little bit ahead of the next system that brings rain in from the
:26:31. > :26:41.West towards the end of the night. Temperatures down to one degree.
:26:41. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:49.There is a risk of icy patches for a short time. Sunrise at 8:10am. It
:26:49. > :26:55.will be a wet morning. Persistent rain in the West. Patchy in the
:26:55. > :26:59.east. We will see the cold front coming down from the north. Heavy
:26:59. > :27:04.rain moving quickly. It should cleared by the middle of tomorrow
:27:04. > :27:10.afternoon, with some sunshine. The wind will be the main feature.
:27:10. > :27:18.Severe gales across parts of Yorkshire. Peking in the early
:27:18. > :27:25.evening. They could possibly be as high as 70 mph. Double temperatures
:27:25. > :27:29.for a short time. 11 degrees in York. The severe gales will
:27:29. > :27:33.continue into the evening and uncalled their air from Thursday
:27:33. > :27:34.night into Friday. The scattered night into Friday. The scattered
:27:34. > :27:39.night into Friday. The scattered showers following will be of sleet