:00:13. > :00:17.No let up in the wintery weather - treacherous driving conditions on
:00:18. > :00:23.Yorkshire's roads. In a class of its own - we take an
:00:23. > :00:33.exclusive look at Trinity Shopping Centre's new roof, the biggest
:00:33. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:39.glazing project in the country. 25,000 light bulbs, handle of
:00:39. > :00:44.reindeer, even be often stuffed penguin is enough to create the
:00:44. > :00:54.very Chesterfield Christmas. Another day, another of warning.
:00:54. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:59.Today it is the turn of widespread ice on untreated surfaces. First
:00:59. > :01:03.tonight - the wintry blast continues to cause major problems
:01:03. > :01:06.in Yorkshire. Yesterday it was gale force winds. Today hail, snow and
:01:06. > :01:08.black ice created treacherous conditions for motorists.
:01:08. > :01:11.Around parts of Bradford and into neighbouring Calderdale there were
:01:11. > :01:14.numerous minor accidents as vehicles skidded off the road.
:01:14. > :01:22.Bradford Council have admitted they were caught out by the weather this
:01:22. > :01:27.morning. Ian White reports. Snow and freezing temperatures,
:01:27. > :01:32.black ice and Hale, a miserable journey for these motorists in the
:01:32. > :01:38.morning rush-hour. This is the road between Halifax
:01:38. > :01:44.and Keighley. The conditions are atrocious and deteriorating. It is
:01:44. > :01:49.wet, cold and miserable, but there is a hidden danger, the sheet ice
:01:49. > :01:53.on the roads. It has been causing lots of accidents, this road being
:01:53. > :01:57.knocked down by a vehicle that crashed.
:01:57. > :02:01.For the recovery workers it was a busy morning in atrocious
:02:01. > :02:06.conditions. To Rhodes had sheet ice on them and
:02:07. > :02:12.their drivers can't see what is on the roads. -- the roads have sheet
:02:12. > :02:19.ice. I went to drop my kit off to school and there was nobody inside.
:02:19. > :02:22.Gritting lorries did get out by mid-morning, but did be bad weather
:02:22. > :02:27.catch Bradford Council out? We have to be honest and say that
:02:27. > :02:34.it did. We gritted the roads according to our schedules and then
:02:34. > :02:38.we had a debt -- a heavy downpour of hail and sleet, which caught us
:02:38. > :02:43.out. Then there were some accidents further down the highway system,
:02:44. > :02:48.not as I understand it related to the weather, which caused further
:02:48. > :02:52.problems and prevented the gritters getting there.
:02:52. > :02:57.The police are reminding motorists to take extra care in more exposed
:02:57. > :03:01.areas and to allow extra time for their journeys as the cold snap
:03:01. > :03:03.continues. Meanwhile, in North Yorkshire the
:03:04. > :03:06.main problem has been flooding. Last night, the worst-affected
:03:06. > :03:10.areas were in Wensleydale and Swaledale, with fears that a stone
:03:10. > :03:13.road-bridge in the village of Grinton was about to be swept away.
:03:13. > :03:16.Well, now the main focus has shifted 55 miles south east of
:03:16. > :03:20.there to the city of York, where flood waters are expected to peak
:03:20. > :03:28.within the next hour. Cathy Killick joins us now from the banks of the
:03:29. > :03:34.River Ouse. Bring us the latest. Nobody is
:03:35. > :03:40.going to be sitting on that bench. Yesterday there was a daily used in
:03:40. > :03:50.the Dales and this was the consequence, rapidly rising river
:03:50. > :03:55.levels. -- Ede louche. This was the foaming torrent that looked in
:03:55. > :04:02.danger of sweeping away bridges. 12 hours later everything is totally
:04:02. > :04:06.benign. These pictures are at Grinton. At one point that -- the
:04:06. > :04:11.water was so high that the villagers were fearful for the
:04:11. > :04:17.bridge but they are heaving a sigh of relief now. You can't believe
:04:17. > :04:22.the difference in a few hours. Where is the water heading now?
:04:22. > :04:29.pulse of the water has cleared all of the river systems in the Dales.
:04:29. > :04:35.We had peaks earlier in the day in Britain, new flood defences proving
:04:35. > :04:40.useful there. --). The floodwater will peak at around 7 o'clock. It
:04:40. > :04:44.will stay at that level for about six hours before going down. The
:04:44. > :04:50.Environment Agency says that areas will flood but it is just normal
:04:50. > :04:56.for York at this time of year. This, I guess, is our first taste of
:04:56. > :04:58.winter. Thank you very much for that.
:04:58. > :05:02.Now, there are currently six flood warnings in place in North
:05:02. > :05:05.Yorkshire, including at the Ouse in York - and you can visit the
:05:05. > :05:08.Environment Agency's website for all the latest information.
:05:08. > :05:10.Now, while most of us wanted to escape stormy scenes like these
:05:10. > :05:16.yesterday, one Yorkshire scientist was rushing headlong into them -
:05:16. > :05:22.and not just once but several times. Dr Peter Knippertz from the
:05:22. > :05:25.University of Leeds is a specialist in the dynamics of storms.
:05:25. > :05:29.He's currently in Exeter with a group of similar climate experts
:05:29. > :05:32.and yesterday they flew - yes, flew - into the eye of the storm over
:05:32. > :05:42.Scotland and northern England. He joins us now from our Exeter studio
:05:42. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:46.to explain why. It sounds very dangerous. Was it? I don't think so.
:05:46. > :05:52.We had very experienced pilots and they knew exactly what they were
:05:52. > :05:56.getting us into. They had lots of rules to follow to secured the
:05:56. > :06:03.safety of the passengers. I don't think it was dangerous, it was very
:06:03. > :06:07.exciting! What is the data like that you collected? There are two
:06:07. > :06:14.different types, we have lots of instruments on board to measure
:06:14. > :06:20.where the aircraft flies and we drop sonds from the aircraft, and
:06:20. > :06:27.they fall down through the atmosphere and record the vertical
:06:27. > :06:31.temperature of the air and these humidity. Now we are trying to make
:06:31. > :06:36.as much sense of how the storm actually works as we can over the
:06:36. > :06:40.next month. I wonder what you learn from an experience like that. We
:06:40. > :06:47.know it is windy and wet but have you come up with any earths
:06:47. > :06:52.shattering observations as to why it started? I think why the storm
:06:52. > :06:57.was so heavy was closely related to an extraordinarily strong jet
:06:57. > :07:01.stream across the North Atlantic. We understand that pretty well and
:07:01. > :07:07.it was well forecast by Abe Met Office models but when it comes to
:07:07. > :07:10.the detail of the storms, exactly where the strongest winds would be,
:07:11. > :07:16.this is where it gets a bit more problematic. Of course, this is
:07:16. > :07:22.what we want to know in the end, so you need much higher resolution in
:07:22. > :07:25.time and space to learn about these aspects of the storm. Our
:07:25. > :07:30.conventional network is not good enough so we really have to fly
:07:30. > :07:33.into the storms to get these high- resolution observations to
:07:33. > :07:37.understand where the strongest gales form within the storm.
:07:37. > :07:44.got lucky because it was a special plane and you had only booked it
:07:44. > :07:47.for three weeks. Yes, this is the UK research aircraft and it is
:07:47. > :07:51.shared by the academic community and the Met Office to do this kind
:07:51. > :07:56.of research but of course there are rather projects using the aircraft.
:07:56. > :08:01.We headed booked for three weeks and we were extremely lucky that
:08:01. > :08:06.such an interesting system occurred in the three weeks. Thank you very
:08:06. > :08:13.much for joining us. A later, disease in the countryside
:08:13. > :08:16.- the killer tree fungus spreading through woodlands in Yorkshire.
:08:16. > :08:19.In other news, two baby girls are in hospital after a house fire in
:08:19. > :08:21.Bradford. Emergency crews were called to the property on Marsh
:08:21. > :08:24.Street in West Bowling this afternoon. The girls, aged one and
:08:24. > :08:29.ten months, suffered burns and are being treated at Bradford Royal
:08:29. > :08:32.Infirmary. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
:08:32. > :08:36.North Yorkshire Police has a new deputy chief constable. Tim
:08:36. > :08:39.Madgwick, who's been with the force for 23 years, has been acting in
:08:39. > :08:42.the post for the past six months. He replaces Adam Briggs who retired
:08:42. > :08:46.in February after a number of disagreements with the police
:08:46. > :08:48.authority. More than 2500 workers from
:08:48. > :08:54.Unilever's sites, including their base in Leeds, have been on strike
:08:54. > :08:58.over cuts to their pensions. The Unite union says the company's
:08:58. > :09:01.proposals will see the retirement income of staff cut by up to 40%.
:09:01. > :09:08.Unilever says it has improved its offer and the action is
:09:08. > :09:11."disproportionate". A new �1 million treatment unit was
:09:11. > :09:14.opened at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital today. The
:09:14. > :09:18.Sheffield Hand Centre aims to bring together all the expertise needed
:09:18. > :09:21.to treat hands, wrists and fingers. The centre was opened by champion
:09:21. > :09:31.mountain biker Steve Peat, who lives in the city and is no
:09:31. > :09:35.stranger to hand injuries. I think it is a brilliant facility.
:09:35. > :09:39.Luckily I have not had to use it yet but I have had plenty of
:09:39. > :09:45.injuries over the time. I think a specialist unit like this is
:09:45. > :09:50.excellent, come in and get treated in a day, so I think it is a
:09:50. > :09:53.brilliant facility. And next tonight, a clarification and
:09:53. > :09:56.an apology. Last week we reported that 19-year-old Hollie Bentley
:09:56. > :09:59.from Wakefield had been cleared of causing violent disorder after
:09:59. > :10:02.posting the words "Wakey Riot" on Facebook last summer. During our
:10:02. > :10:05.reporting of the case we inadvertently showed a picture of a
:10:05. > :10:09.different woman, not Hollie. We would like to apologise to her for
:10:09. > :10:12.any offence and inconvenience we have caused.
:10:12. > :10:16.Next tonight, a killer tree disease has been discovered in Yorkshire,
:10:16. > :10:18.just the second outbreak to be found in the country. The pathogen
:10:18. > :10:23.attacks Lawson's cypress trees, which are commonly found in hedges
:10:24. > :10:26.and landscape gardens. It has been found on woodland in
:10:26. > :10:32.the Washburn Valley near Harrogate, which is part owned by Yorkshire
:10:32. > :10:38.Water. Danny Carpenter has this exclusive report.
:10:38. > :10:42.Once again, there is disease in the countryside, a killer pathogen that
:10:42. > :10:46.attacks Lawson's cypress trees. They have it in Plymouth and we
:10:46. > :10:51.have it in Yorkshire, the only confirmed outbreaks in the country,
:10:51. > :10:56.but it is becoming a pattern. This is the part of the cypress
:10:56. > :11:00.that has died. It should be bright green and it is golden-brown.
:11:00. > :11:08.It was only discovered because the Forestry Commission are flying over
:11:08. > :11:15.the country looking for a different disease, wandered attacks -- one
:11:15. > :11:20.that attacks large trees. If it gets in our iconic trees,
:11:20. > :11:23.like oak trees... I am old enough to remember Dutch elm disease and
:11:23. > :11:31.that wiped out fantastic hedgerows across the UK. I don't know what
:11:31. > :11:34.will happen but we don't want to get it into our forest reserve.
:11:34. > :11:41.There are still problems with another strain of the pathogen,
:11:41. > :11:45.which arrived last year and led to mass burnings of trees. It may be
:11:45. > :11:50.climate trees or into -- increased international travel but new
:11:50. > :11:54.diseases seem to be arriving here ever more frequently. These
:11:54. > :12:00.diseases travel and mutate. You never know where they will crop up
:12:00. > :12:05.next or what species they will attacks. Or you can do is fell and
:12:05. > :12:10.plan for the future. In Dolby they are already doing that, mixing the
:12:10. > :12:16.species up, getting away from monoculture, getting natural breaks
:12:16. > :12:21.to stop the spread. It is about building up the level of diversity
:12:21. > :12:25.in our woodlands in terms of the tree species, how are we plant them,
:12:25. > :12:30.aged structures and different habitats. Hopefully they can stand
:12:30. > :12:33.against some of these pathogens and if not it is a case of being
:12:33. > :12:38.vigilant. Back in the Washburn Valley they are taking the most
:12:38. > :12:45.basic precautions to take -- tackled the outbreak. Boots can be
:12:45. > :12:50.cleaned, the trees card. They are to be cut down and burnt. -- the
:12:50. > :12:53.trees cannot. If you have been shopping in Leeds
:12:53. > :12:56.recently you may have noticed a huge white framework appearing
:12:56. > :12:58.above buildings in the city centre. What is taking shape is the
:12:59. > :13:02.enormous roof structure of the new Trinity Shopping Centre.
:13:02. > :13:07.With just over a year to go until it opens, our reporter Spencer
:13:07. > :13:12.Stokes has been given exclusive access to the roof.
:13:12. > :13:19.Leeds city centre already has one roof that stands out from the rest,
:13:19. > :13:25.the 1863 Corn Exchange, and now just a few hundreds metres away a
:13:25. > :13:31.new dome on the skyline. A massive spider's web of metal and glass
:13:31. > :13:36.that draws its inspiration from the Corn Exchange and another scheme.
:13:36. > :13:40.It is based on the Eden Project, big open spaces are round the city,
:13:40. > :13:44.how to the church and then back down to Albion Street and
:13:44. > :13:48.Commercial Street. Up before the views can be
:13:48. > :13:52.appreciated by shoppers there is a lot of work to be done. This is the
:13:52. > :14:00.kind of project that will get double-glazing salesman very
:14:00. > :14:05.excited indeed. Each panel of glass weighs 90 kilograms and, when it is
:14:05. > :14:09.completed, this atrium will cover 40,000 square feet.
:14:09. > :14:15.The open space will make Trinity looks very different when compared
:14:15. > :14:20.to other shopping centres and lift a Leeds up the league -- the league
:14:20. > :14:25.table that measures the size of city centre shopping area. Leeds
:14:25. > :14:31.sits in 7th place but after Trinity opens it will take the 4th spot and
:14:31. > :14:36.it is hoped that the iconic roof will help to attract shoppers from
:14:36. > :14:38.those rival cities. Up we are building this shopping
:14:38. > :14:42.centre in the city in the North of England. We believe it is a
:14:42. > :14:46.worthwhile investment because we will be bringing millions of people
:14:46. > :14:51.to the city of Leeds. The opening is pencilled in for
:14:51. > :14:57.spring of 2014, by which time this giant double glazing project should
:14:57. > :15:01.be well and truly complete. I noticed that when I walked into
:15:01. > :15:05.town. Spectacular. Before 7 o'clock...
:15:06. > :15:10.For a weekend of sporting action. The Sheffield Steelers will be
:15:10. > :15:16.hoping for success with three matches in as many days.
:15:16. > :15:26.Added Chesterfield couple spreading Christmas cheer with a winter
:15:26. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:33.Wonderland of the Rhone. -- and the The Iron Lady, a film about
:15:33. > :15:40.Margaret Thatcher is a released in January. As our political editor
:15:40. > :15:48.discovered, a rather unlikely actor up from Yorkshire is cast.
:15:48. > :15:52.Where there is discord, of May we bring harmony. She is heading in
:15:52. > :15:56.the most heated Government. Meryl Streep has already been tipped for
:15:56. > :16:03.an Oscar at for her uncanny portrayal as Margaret Thatcher,
:16:03. > :16:07.even before the film is released. It is an astonishing cast, award-
:16:07. > :16:13.winning Jim Broadbent plays Dennis. But there is another performer who
:16:13. > :16:20.should not go unrecognised. He is one of the anonymous faces of the
:16:20. > :16:24.back -- on the back benches. I was turned into the extra -- an extra.
:16:24. > :16:28.There were half-a-dozen Tory wigs down their guard and the place and
:16:29. > :16:35.they work extras as well, but they had to sit on the same side as any
:16:35. > :16:42.shouting insults at Thatcher. That was the most amusing part!
:16:42. > :16:47.Dennis Skinner was a constant thorn in at Margaret Thatcher's side. He
:16:47. > :16:52.famously heckled her at her last Prime Minister's Question to --
:16:52. > :16:55.questions. He has not changed his views on her. People talk today
:16:55. > :17:03.about where has British manufacturing gone? The truth is,
:17:03. > :17:07.it went in the Thatcher years. millions of voters that elected her
:17:07. > :17:11.fork a then record three times until her resignation in 1990 have
:17:11. > :17:17.a different view. Margaret Thatcher thought of herself as a moderniser
:17:17. > :17:23.who refuse to be deflected by anything. She refused to read
:17:23. > :17:29.newspapers. She would not change her mind when it was made up. She
:17:29. > :17:32.was and human being and you could read her like a book. People knew
:17:32. > :17:36.where they stayed with power and they came to realise that she was
:17:37. > :17:42.actually carrying out what she said she would do. Love her or loathe
:17:42. > :17:47.her, the film will certainly be popular. After all, she made
:17:47. > :17:55.history as the first women to become Prime Minister. Gentlemen,
:17:55. > :17:59.shall we joined the ladies? -- joined at the ladies. I am really
:17:59. > :18:05.looking forward to seeing that. There is more about this on the
:18:05. > :18:08.Politics Show on Sunday. Let's turn to sport now, and
:18:08. > :18:11.Bradford City take on one of the two teams below them in League Two
:18:11. > :18:15.this weekend. Despite doing well in cup competitions, up City have won
:18:15. > :18:17.just three league games this season - the last one was this one against
:18:17. > :18:25.Northampton back in October. They're just one place above the
:18:25. > :18:29.drop zone and take on bottom of the table Plymouth. I think it is too
:18:29. > :18:35.early in the season to say it is a must-win game, but we are well
:18:35. > :18:37.aware that it is an important game for us. We are looking to reproduce
:18:38. > :18:41.the performers level we have shown in recent weeks.
:18:41. > :18:43.Well, if you're an ice-hockey fan, then it's going to be a great
:18:43. > :18:46.weekend of sporting action. Sheffield Steelers' top of the
:18:46. > :18:48.league clash against the Belfast Giants takes place tonight at The
:18:49. > :18:58.Arena. It's the first of three matches on three consecutive nights.
:18:59. > :18:59.
:18:59. > :19:03.Paul Ogden looks ahead. Belfast at home tonight, then for
:19:03. > :19:06.Coventry for the Challenge Cup on Saturday and back home for Sunday
:19:07. > :19:12.teatime to face Braehead. I wonder what other sports men would compete
:19:12. > :19:16.with this kind of pace and power on three consecutive nights. You hear
:19:16. > :19:21.other sportsmen, particularly soccer players, complain about
:19:21. > :19:29.fatigue? Do that cos you to smile? Alleys of it. We do not really have
:19:29. > :19:35.that option. We cannot say, I am tired. That is not an excuse. You
:19:35. > :19:41.have got to be ready to battle for 60 minutes per night. Would play
:19:41. > :19:47.three in a role last week -- we played three games in a row last
:19:47. > :19:55.week. It is not unusual. In fact, it is common practice overseas to
:19:55. > :19:59.have a weekend treble. So this latest sign edge will know exactly
:19:59. > :20:09.just what to steel himself for. He only touchdown on Friday, if he
:20:09. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:15.does not have that fuzzy head yet he will after this weekend. Their
:20:15. > :20:22.eyes are having a good season so far so we will try to keep going. -
:20:22. > :20:26.- their guys. It is the Christmas period so if we can stay on form
:20:26. > :20:31.into the new year, I think we will have a decent chance. Cold outside
:20:31. > :20:41.it may be, but temperatures are except -- expected to get warmer
:20:41. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:47.here this weekend. I am guessing they will sleep well!
:20:47. > :20:51.I bet you cannot compete with this. A couple in Chesterfield had used
:20:51. > :21:00.more than 25,000 bulbs to transform their house into a winter
:21:00. > :21:06.Wonderland. As you can see, here is our little known in the garden!
:21:06. > :21:13.A festive itself, surely. This is my limit every year, at 2 ft tri!
:21:13. > :21:17.But come, let us tiptoe through this winter Wonderland. I can
:21:17. > :21:21.promise you a fantastic display of reindeer, twinkling like it's on
:21:21. > :21:26.every tree, and this is a garden you can come and explore. You can
:21:26. > :21:32.come through it and see that it -- the fantastic displays for yourself.
:21:32. > :21:36.My favourite is the large snowman and the penguins. Who needs a
:21:36. > :21:44.creative genius to put this sort of thing together? Over here we have
:21:44. > :21:52.Brian, whose brainchild this is. was afflicted with non-Hodgkin's
:21:52. > :21:59.lymphoma and diagnosed on Christmas leave 2004. So we decided that from
:21:59. > :22:05.that day, we would provide to -- we would raise and give something back
:22:05. > :22:13.to agree to charity. Leslie, do you encourage Malcolm? Yes, or we do
:22:13. > :22:19.all we can to make it a success. I do not try to rein him in! We're
:22:19. > :22:24.already getting stuff for next year. Malcolm, you are assisted by Terry.
:22:24. > :22:28.How long does it take to put these lights up? We start generally in
:22:28. > :22:37.the last week in October and we are just about finished for the first
:22:37. > :22:41.of at -- 1st December. So, five or six weeks. That is right. By the
:22:41. > :22:47.time you have finished and put them away, there is a quarter of the
:22:47. > :22:55.year gone. It is a pleasure, though. What happens if you get to the end
:22:55. > :23:01.of one of the strings and there is appalled by it? We are in trouble!
:23:01. > :23:06.To trace the it is a huge effort. Let's mention of the charity
:23:06. > :23:11.involved. Presumably people like Malcolm opening their gardens must
:23:11. > :23:15.make a huge difference to your charity. They certainly do. We are
:23:15. > :23:19.always very grateful to people who do this sort of thing. We rely very
:23:19. > :23:23.much on the generosity of the public and this is just
:23:23. > :23:28.unbelievable. While we have been you, there have been lots of
:23:29. > :23:33.families bringing children. It is a wonderful film full -- thing.
:23:33. > :23:38.It is wonderful that people like this are so generous to share their
:23:38. > :23:48.Christmas and help raise money for cancer charities. Malcolm, where
:23:48. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :23:59.are you? We are at s 42, six bx. Please, do not feed the penguins!
:23:59. > :24:05.Thank you very much. We have got a heartbroken weather
:24:05. > :24:15.presenter tonight because he has brought -- bought -- brought his
:24:15. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :25:00.tree. It cost me �50! Let me show you the contacts, where
:25:00. > :25:07.
:25:08. > :25:13.We start with another warning. There is already ice on the
:25:13. > :25:17.untreated services across Yorkshire. Temperatures are close to freezing,
:25:17. > :25:21.especially over the hills so take care on the roads. This warning is
:25:21. > :25:26.in force for the rest of the night. Tomorrow morning will not be too
:25:26. > :25:31.bad, there will be a few light wintry showers in Pennine areas,
:25:31. > :25:39.but elsewhere fine and cold with some sunshine. A bit of a gap in
:25:39. > :25:43.the weather systems we have been having. Sunday afternoon should be
:25:43. > :25:47.bright with sunny spells. We have had an awful lot of showers and
:25:47. > :25:53.they are still feeding end, especially into Pennine areas. They
:25:53. > :25:59.will be a mixture of rain, hail and sleet. Skies further east are
:25:59. > :26:02.already clear. Showers dying away and skies clearing everywhere. It
:26:03. > :26:07.looks like it will be the coldest night of the season so far,
:26:07. > :26:16.although later on a few wintry showers may well push back into
:26:16. > :26:26.Pennine areas. A widespread, moderate frost and widespread ice
:26:26. > :26:30.
:26:30. > :26:35.on untreated roads and pavements. The coast will be cold and lovely.
:26:35. > :26:38.A bright start in eastern areas with some sunshine. There will be
:26:38. > :26:43.more cloud for the West. A scattering of fairly light wintry
:26:43. > :26:47.showers. They will fizzle through the morning. As a general rule,
:26:47. > :26:54.eastern areas bright with sunny spells, to the West always more
:26:54. > :26:59.cloud. That cloud will thicken with some rain coming in tomorrow night.
:26:59. > :27:05.A slow start with a low of minus four. Temperatures will struggle up
:27:05. > :27:09.to four in Scarborough. Similar values as to push through South
:27:09. > :27:14.Yorkshire and into the North Midlands. The extended outlook,
:27:14. > :27:19.Saturday night turns wet from the West. A bit of uncertainty on
:27:19. > :27:24.Sunday, but it looks like after a wet start certainly North and West