:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. Tonight - getting a permanent home.
:00:16. > :00:18.Illegal roadside camps to be a thing of the past as official
:00:18. > :00:21.travellers sites are set up in Leeds, but where?
:00:21. > :00:24.Also tonight - a mixed message on public transport. Still no
:00:24. > :00:31.government money for trolley buses in Leeds, but better news in
:00:31. > :00:39.Sheffield and North Yorkshire. are frustrated that we have not had
:00:39. > :00:41.a definitive answer. Amazing turnaround - the Yorkshire
:00:42. > :00:49.skater who's overcome the odds to make it to the European
:00:49. > :00:59.Championships. A cold and frosty night to come. Join me later for
:00:59. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.the weather forecast. And are you feeling festive? I am
:01:07. > :01:14.live in this village where there is a lot of musical talent. The four-
:01:14. > :01:16.storey later in the programme. -- fought story.
:01:16. > :01:19.Welcome to the programme. First tonight, where should gypsies and
:01:19. > :01:21.travellers be allowed to set up home? Yorkshire's biggest council
:01:21. > :01:24.wants to cut the number of illegal roadside camps and provide
:01:24. > :01:27.permanent sites. It's likely they will be close to existing
:01:27. > :01:32.residential areas so communities in Leeds can mix. Emma Glasbey has
:01:32. > :01:38.been finding out what travellers and locals think.
:01:39. > :01:43.This is what they want to try and stop - caravans parked on roadsides
:01:43. > :01:47.and in derelict car parks. Today, Leeds City Council approved plans
:01:47. > :01:52.to find new sites for travellers and gypsies will be legally allowed
:01:52. > :01:56.to stay. These travellers did not want to show his face on camera. He
:01:56. > :02:02.told me new sites are desperately needed. The council are not
:02:02. > :02:07.providing what they should provide. The what is it like living on the
:02:07. > :02:12.roadside, moving all the time? is horrible. Last week we were
:02:13. > :02:16.moved several times. We have no running water. We have nothing.
:02:16. > :02:21.This is the only authorised travellers' site in Leeds. The
:02:21. > :02:25.council says it needs to find land for 12 gypsy families who are
:02:25. > :02:30.living on roadsides. But the travellers he cannot see that
:02:30. > :02:37.happening. When I sit with my own eyes I will believe it. They had
:02:37. > :02:42.been saying they are going to build new sides since I was a kid. Over a
:02:42. > :02:45.seven-year period, the council has spent almost �2 million dealing
:02:45. > :02:50.with the beat of roadside camps. That is why they want to find
:02:50. > :02:53.permanent sites and they are likely to be close to residential areas.
:02:53. > :02:57.none of this would ever proceed without there being full
:02:58. > :03:04.consultation with local councillors, local people who live near by and
:03:04. > :03:09.anybody else who has an interest. Pessimism may well be a reality,
:03:09. > :03:14.but a lot depends on what the site looks like. By how do people in
:03:14. > :03:21.Leeds feel about possibly having a permanent sites near their homes. -
:03:21. > :03:25.- but how? I will not be happy, but they have to go somewhere. I went
:03:25. > :03:31.have a problem. People have to live somewhere. Some of my neighbours
:03:31. > :03:35.might have a different answer. there will be a lot of objections
:03:35. > :03:40.around the area, but as long as they kept themselves to themselves
:03:41. > :03:45.and did no harm to me, what does it matter? Now the council has
:03:45. > :03:50.approved the plans, the search for new sites will begin. It will be at
:03:50. > :03:53.least a year before a permanent travellers' camp can be established.
:03:53. > :03:57.So how does Leeds compare to the rest of Yorkshire? Well, provision
:03:57. > :04:00.varies widely. Doncaster, for example, has five sites, York three
:04:00. > :04:05.and Sheffield two, The council areas of Craven, Scarborough and
:04:05. > :04:09.Kirklees have none at all. There used to be a duty on local councils
:04:09. > :04:17.to provide at least one permanent site. That duty was removed in 1994
:04:17. > :04:21.before some councils had carried out the work.
:04:21. > :04:23.Leeds is the biggest city in Britain with no tram or underground
:04:23. > :04:27.system. So transport bosses are angry tonight at further delays to
:04:27. > :04:30.plans for a state-of-the art trolley bus network. The Department
:04:30. > :04:36.for Transport has confirmed that Yorkshire will get more than �50
:04:36. > :04:39.million for three smaller transport projects.
:04:39. > :04:41.19 million will pay for new buses and a new road from Rotherham to
:04:41. > :04:46.Sheffield. North Yorkshire County Council's
:04:46. > :04:49.been offered 36 million towards the cost of a new bypass around Bedale.
:04:49. > :04:58.And the government will also help fund repairs to the Leeds Inner
:04:59. > :05:02.Ring Road. It is a clear road map to the
:05:02. > :05:07.future, or an invitation to keep driving around in circles. There
:05:07. > :05:12.are winners and losers in today's announcement. Here in Sheffield
:05:12. > :05:17.there is going to be a new bus rapid transit scheme and a link
:05:17. > :05:25.road, say you can get to rub a run faster. Having scored �20 million
:05:26. > :05:33.from central government, South Yorkshire Transport Executive are
:05:33. > :05:37.happy. It is a mix of funding, but this is the biggest element of the
:05:37. > :05:42.�34 million we need for the skin. But could be under way on this
:05:42. > :05:47.project in just two years' time with the buses are running in 2015.
:05:47. > :05:56.Meanwhile, right at the top of your should there is a bypass project
:05:56. > :05:59.that has been awarded �36 million. It would save a lot of traffic jams,
:05:59. > :06:04.especially on the back roads. had been living in hope for some
:06:04. > :06:10.time and it has been off and on for many years. But don't book a street
:06:10. > :06:13.party just yet. There is an �8 million shortfall. The council has
:06:14. > :06:18.until the end of January to decide if they want to accept the offer
:06:18. > :06:21.from the government. Further south in Leeds, money will be made
:06:21. > :06:26.available to fund repairs to the inner ring road, although there is
:06:26. > :06:31.no precise amount yet. But the picture is not so good for public
:06:31. > :06:40.transport. The Leeds trolley bus network hangs by a wire. �163
:06:40. > :06:50.million has been requested to was the �215 million construction costs.
:06:50. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:57.-- towards the 250 million construction costs. We have not
:06:57. > :07:07.said know. We need to have more information. Back in South
:07:07. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:18.Yorkshire it is not good news either. There are issues around the
:07:18. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:26.tram links and it is unlikely that the new Waverley Road will happen.
:07:26. > :07:31.The failure to approve the League's trolleybus is one of the most
:07:31. > :07:36.contentious. This is what the chairman of the transport of
:07:36. > :07:41.poverty have to say. The government rejected the tram system in 2005
:07:41. > :07:45.and encouraged us to develop a trolleybus system and we have been
:07:45. > :07:50.working very closely with the Department for Transport. They put
:07:50. > :07:59.the scheme on hold and asked us to do some more work. We did that and
:07:59. > :08:06.put our bid in Bint September. They have said neither yes or no. It is
:08:06. > :08:11.very frustrating. -- in September. A do you think they are playing
:08:11. > :08:14.games? It is frustrating because they have accepted or rejected
:08:14. > :08:20.other schemes. We have done a lot of work to make it a viable scheme
:08:20. > :08:28.and it will make a lot of difference to the people in Leeds.
:08:28. > :08:33.We are furious that we are still being dragged along. We have got
:08:33. > :08:38.the right scheme and have done the work to prove it. It is frustrating
:08:38. > :08:47.they are asking for more details. Do you think it is a North-South
:08:47. > :08:50.been going on? Well, CrossRail has been approved and there will be a
:08:50. > :08:56.huge investment in Victoria Station. We are just asking for the money to
:08:57. > :09:01.get the scheme going. We have brought the costs down to �170
:09:01. > :09:06.million and we have a good graduate scheme that will deliver it to the
:09:06. > :09:14.public and the taxpayer and the government's objectives of getting
:09:14. > :09:19.the economy going by investing in infrastructure. Will it happen, yes
:09:19. > :09:25.or no? I have got my fingers crossed. We can make a strong case,
:09:25. > :09:30.but the ball is in the government's court. This week it is about the
:09:30. > :09:35.economy and before we go any further, we would like to say Thank
:09:35. > :09:41.you to those who offer to help copper and their daughter who came
:09:41. > :09:46.on Look North last night to tell us their story of how they were
:09:46. > :09:51.struggling to make ends meet. Today, it is the latest job figures and it
:09:51. > :09:53.is not good news. It would be nice to be able to
:09:53. > :09:56.report some good news, but I'm afraid we can't. Unemployment in
:09:56. > :09:59.Yorkshire has increased again. There are now 253,000 thousand
:09:59. > :10:02.people out of work in Yorkshire. That's 9,000 more than in the last
:10:02. > :10:05.quarter. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5% - the third worst in
:10:05. > :10:15.the UK. The national average is 8.3%. Yet some employers say they
:10:15. > :10:19.are still having trouble filling jobs.
:10:20. > :10:25.It is a hive of activity, but it should be busier still. This
:10:25. > :10:32.company are desperate to recruit staff at their base in Sheffield.
:10:32. > :10:42.They have had no success. A we have people coming from Sheffield,
:10:42. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:50.Manchester, Bolton. -- we have people. The jobs on offer here are
:10:50. > :10:55.four more experienced people and employers will tell it is the same
:10:55. > :11:05.problem of when they try to recruit people straight from college or
:11:05. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:14.school. Clary was recruited to this marketing company, but only after a
:11:14. > :11:23.struggle. -- Chloe. We had a young gentleman come in and he came in
:11:23. > :11:31.late, smelt of cigarette and cannabis. That interview lasted 30
:11:31. > :11:35.seconds. At this class, up they all want to get on the first rung of
:11:35. > :11:42.the employment ladder. They already know it they would all make it.
:11:42. > :11:47.is a catch 22. Everyone wants people who have started, but no-one
:11:48. > :11:52.is letting you start. It is really hard and really frustrating. Many
:11:52. > :11:56.have completed dozens of job applications, sometimes with that
:11:56. > :12:04.any response at all. I have lost count how many interviews I have
:12:04. > :12:08.been four. I fell out at least 20 applications a week and I don't
:12:08. > :12:11.hear anything back. Nothing. Matching people who want jobs with
:12:11. > :12:16.jobs that need filling is a skill we still don't seem to have
:12:16. > :12:20.mastered. And there's more bad news about
:12:20. > :12:25.jobs from Thomas Cook today. The company has announced plans to
:12:25. > :12:28.close 11 stores in Yorkshire. 74 jobs are at risk. Sheffield bears
:12:28. > :12:31.the brunt with three stores closing - the others are spread across
:12:31. > :12:40.Yorkshire. The company says it wants to maintain a high street
:12:40. > :12:42.presence with 130 shops remaining There is some good news. The
:12:42. > :12:48.Bradford-based supermarket chain Morrisons says it will create 7,000
:12:48. > :12:54.new jobs in 2012. Many of them will be at 25 new stores that'll open
:12:54. > :12:57.next year. 300 of the jobs will be at a new distribution centre.
:12:57. > :13:01.The man accused of attempting to murder his fiance by burying her in
:13:01. > :13:04.a cardboard box says he left the branch of a tree over the hole so
:13:04. > :13:08.that he knew where she was. In court today, Marcin Kasprzak
:13:08. > :13:16.claimed he intended to return to the woods to free his former lover
:13:16. > :13:20.but never did so because he fell asleep. Here's Spencer Stokes.
:13:20. > :13:25.This is the box that was dumped in the woods on the edge of
:13:25. > :13:29.Huddersfield. Ripped and broken apart by the 27-year-old woman who
:13:29. > :13:33.managed to break free by cutting through the tape with her
:13:33. > :13:37.engagement ring. The box had been buried under soil and leads with a
:13:37. > :13:43.tree branch placed across the top of what the prosecution said was
:13:43. > :13:47.meant to be her grave. But at the Court today, Marcin Kasprzak denied
:13:47. > :13:52.attempting to murder her. He said that the brand had been placed
:13:52. > :13:56.there because it was getting dark and he intended to go back later.
:13:56. > :14:00.He thought she would get out of their self- and added that it was a
:14:00. > :14:07.cardboard box, not to wooden crate. I did not have any intention of
:14:07. > :14:11.killing her. The lob over the box weighed 40 kilos, but she cut her
:14:11. > :14:15.way out before raising the alarm by stopping a car on the road. The
:14:15. > :14:20.ordeal had begun on the afternoon of 28th May when Marcin Kasprzak
:14:20. > :14:26.admits that he fired a Taser gun at her before tying her up and putting
:14:26. > :14:31.her in a box at their home. He, along with a friend, Patrick
:14:31. > :14:34.Burrows, transferred to the box to the woods. He said it was a planned
:14:34. > :14:41.abduction designed to allow Marcin Kasprzak to start a new life with
:14:41. > :14:44.his arm. -- with his son. He denies attempted murder.
:14:44. > :14:47.In other news, Doncaster-based UK Coal has been ordered to pay �1.2
:14:47. > :14:49.million pounds after four miners - including one from Doncaster - died
:14:49. > :14:54.following safety breaches at collieries near Mansfield and
:14:54. > :14:56.Coventry. All four died between June 2006 and November 2007. The
:14:57. > :15:01.firm admitted offences under health and safety laws during an earlier
:15:01. > :15:05.hearing at Sheffield Crown Court. Fortnightly bin collections are on
:15:05. > :15:09.the way for people in Leeds. The council agreed the change for both
:15:09. > :15:12.black and green bins, to try to encourage more recycling. The
:15:12. > :15:17.majority of Yorkshire councils have already taken up the idea,
:15:17. > :15:20.including Calderdale, Kirklees and Barnsley.
:15:20. > :15:24.The MP for Barnsley Central has received an MBE from Prince Charles
:15:24. > :15:26.today for services to the British Armed forces. Dan Jarvis served in
:15:26. > :15:31.Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland before being
:15:31. > :15:39.elected. He's the first serving politician in more than 60 years to
:15:39. > :15:44.be awarded a military honour. really surprised but at the same
:15:44. > :15:50.time, really proud. I had a fantastic time in the Army for 15
:15:50. > :15:55.years and I am pleased to be the MP for Barnsley Central. Receiving
:15:55. > :16:00.this end he is the perfect end to Miami career and I can focus on
:16:00. > :16:03.working for Barnsley. Police in North Yorkshire say they
:16:03. > :16:05.have a strong moral obligation to the families of eight unidentified
:16:05. > :16:08.people whose remains have been found across the county over three
:16:08. > :16:11.decades. Some of the deaths are suspicious, some are probably
:16:11. > :16:14.accidental but all the inquiries remain active. It's part of an
:16:14. > :16:24.investigation by a "cold cases" review team based in York. Peter
:16:24. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:29.Lugg reports. It is just right before the bank
:16:29. > :16:34.near the farm entrance. You will find her in the bushes. That
:16:34. > :16:39.anonymous phone call on 28th August in 1981 brought the police to this
:16:39. > :16:43.isolated area close to Sutton Bank. Here in the undergrowth they find
:16:43. > :16:47.the skeletal remains of a woman. She was naked and there was nothing
:16:47. > :16:52.to identify her. But apologies could only say that she had
:16:52. > :16:56.possibly been here for as long as two years. -- v pathologist. The
:16:56. > :17:04.body remains unidentified, but a wax reconstruction, the first of
:17:04. > :17:07.its kind shows her to be about 35- 40 years old with short, dark hair.
:17:07. > :17:12.We're trying to find the true identity of this lady and the
:17:12. > :17:16.circumstances as to why she was there. This is still unknown.
:17:16. > :17:23.pickled Cases Unit in North Yorkshire is looking into the
:17:23. > :17:28.deaths of eight unidentified people. -- the closed cases unit. One of
:17:28. > :17:34.them was a body found in 2004. A man with a police property bag was
:17:34. > :17:39.found in Scarborough harbour in 1989. Another body was found with
:17:39. > :17:43.an old shilling in the pocket. The man could have died in the 1970s.
:17:43. > :17:48.And a skull at Whitby which may have been that of a serviceman that
:17:48. > :17:52.died during the war. And the police have an obligation, they say, to
:17:52. > :17:57.the deceased and to their families. We have eight unidentified people
:17:57. > :18:01.that have died and we are investigating them. Each of those
:18:01. > :18:05.will have family members and be a wit to those family members to
:18:05. > :18:09.identify who these people are, where their relatives are buried
:18:09. > :18:14.and where they had been put to rest so they can grieve in an open way.
:18:14. > :18:17.The police are saying that developments in DNA analysis,
:18:17. > :18:22.forensics and information being collected on the new website and
:18:22. > :18:29.making them optimistic. They are optimistic that one day, the
:18:29. > :18:33.mysteries of these court cases in North Yorkshire will be sold. --
:18:33. > :18:43.solved. Before seven o'clock: Ian's out and
:18:43. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:49.about with some festive singing. Still to come on the programme,
:18:49. > :18:59.music is in the air in getting ready for Christmas. All would be
:18:59. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:07.Playing all the right now, but not necessarily end the right order!
:19:07. > :19:09.Sport now, and Yorkshire will be represented at next month's
:19:09. > :19:12.European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield.
:19:12. > :19:14.It's all thanks to a determined skater who has overcome a
:19:14. > :19:17.potentially career ending injury, to win the British Championships,
:19:17. > :19:22.and book himself a place for the biggest competition of his life so
:19:22. > :19:26.far. Shamir Masri's been to meet him.
:19:26. > :19:30.For Jason Thomson in Rotherham, ice-skating has been a lifelong
:19:30. > :19:36.love. He has been training full- time for 15 years, winning
:19:36. > :19:41.championships along the way. After two separate accidents do the same
:19:41. > :19:45.neat, it was possible that he would not be able to skate again. It was
:19:45. > :19:54.very painful, and when I went to the surgeon, he said he would be
:19:54. > :19:58.lucky to skate again. That was it, really. It is over, isn't it?
:19:58. > :20:02.18 months of the eyes, he returned to training and with the help of
:20:02. > :20:07.his long-term coach, he has worked his way to becoming the highest
:20:07. > :20:12.ranked male skater in the UK and the new British champion. Two years
:20:12. > :20:17.later getting back into it, I have a Sima title, which is what you
:20:17. > :20:21.strive to do in a skating career. The realising on the cake as
:20:21. > :20:27.qualifying for next month's European Championships. It is used
:20:27. > :20:30.for them both. I found out on Monday only. It is not sinking in
:20:30. > :20:35.yet. There is a lot of work to come yet and I have got Christmas and
:20:35. > :20:38.new year, but I have to work through it and do the best I can
:20:38. > :20:43.and European Championships. To see him at their after what he has been
:20:43. > :20:48.through and to know he is representing Sheffield, and it is
:20:48. > :20:51.placed in Sheffield, it is unbelievable. All eyes will be on
:20:51. > :20:56.Jason as Britain's open the European Championships right here
:20:56. > :21:06.in Sheffield next month. -- Britain's hope in the European
:21:06. > :21:07.
:21:07. > :21:11.Championships. In Chesterfield, some changes today,
:21:11. > :21:14.the club has issued a statement in support of the manager, John
:21:14. > :21:24.Sheridan saying he would be given more money to strengthen the squad
:21:24. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:29.in the January transfer window. Now, we've always known that
:21:29. > :21:32.Yorkshire folk are a talented bunch but there's one village near
:21:32. > :21:36.Huddersfield which seems to have more than its fair share of musical
:21:36. > :21:38.prowess. Yes, so much so that when one of the residents decided to
:21:38. > :21:41.organise a Christmas concert she was snowed under with offers from
:21:41. > :21:45.choirs, handbell ringers and even a finalist in the Young Musician of
:21:45. > :21:49.the Year. So the Honley Christmas concert is now being staged over
:21:49. > :21:59.two nights and Ian White is there. Ian, is there something in the
:21:59. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:04.water do you think? I don't know, Harry! There is
:22:04. > :22:09.something in the Christmas cake here, I can tell you. There is lots
:22:09. > :22:19.of talent, they have had to put the concert on over two night. This is
:22:19. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:31.the Ladies' Choir giving us a quick burst of something festive. THEY
:22:31. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:48.Excellent, this is all you're doing, Emily? Yes, we wanted to be back
:22:48. > :22:54.into the community and we wanted to find musical people and we
:22:54. > :22:59.discovered so many people. We have saxophone choirs, the infant school
:22:59. > :23:03.choir, a jazz band, it is phenomenal. The let's speak to Lee
:23:03. > :23:08.Baker from the high school, what is it about this place? It is
:23:08. > :23:12.something in the water! Something coming from the cobbles of the
:23:12. > :23:16.infant school, the High School, the musical tradition. The Ladies Choir,
:23:16. > :23:21.the male voice choir, the brass band, the saxophone quartet.
:23:21. > :23:26.that young people involved. I do not know as many villages with such
:23:26. > :23:30.talented young people and young musicians into music. People are
:23:30. > :23:33.keen and involved, so we are proud to be part of it. We would hear
:23:33. > :23:38.from some of the little ones at the end of the programme, so stay here
:23:38. > :23:48.for that. As we go back to the studio, let's listen to this jazz
:23:48. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:28.Looks lovely for Christmas. There is a James Bond movie every
:24:28. > :24:37.Christmas Day, so that saxophone music was appropriate. Have we got
:24:37. > :24:44.any Christmas whether? Very little chance of a white
:24:44. > :24:51.Christmas this year. This is a picture that has comment 4 hurry. A
:24:51. > :24:59.lovely picture of Scarborough. You can get all of the weather news on
:24:59. > :25:04.my blog. There is a storm to the south of us, but an increased risk
:25:04. > :25:11.of sleet and snow into Friday morning. A lot of uncertainty about
:25:11. > :25:16.the extent. Some parts of the region could seek some snow
:25:16. > :25:20.Thursday night and Friday morning. We have had a lot of showers today,
:25:20. > :25:27.icy conditions widespread tonight on untreated surface as. I look at
:25:27. > :25:31.the weather chart, this feature causing problems. By Thursday night,
:25:31. > :25:36.it will go somewhere 3 the English Channel, so northern France gets a
:25:36. > :25:41.battering, but to the north where there is rain, it could turn to
:25:41. > :25:46.sleet and snow, so stay tuned to the forecast on local radio and on
:25:46. > :25:49.this programme as well. The showers were clear-out into the North Sea
:25:49. > :25:55.and the skies were clear, has a temper just dropping away quite
:25:55. > :25:59.sharply. There could be foggy conditions in low-lying conditions,
:25:59. > :26:04.but I conditions is the main hazard tonight with temperatures at two
:26:04. > :26:11.degrees below zero, 20 degrees Fahrenheit as the wind falls light.
:26:11. > :26:17.The sun rise at 8 am and a morning. Those at a high water times. An RAC,
:26:17. > :26:27.frosty start tomorrow with some fog. As the breeze picks up, not a bad
:26:27. > :26:28.
:26:28. > :26:35.day with variable cloud and some sunshine. Let's look at the top
:26:35. > :26:41.temperature as, still a little below average. 5, 6 degrees. 4
:26:41. > :26:46.degrees Celsius on the tops of the Pennines. The warning that has been
:26:46. > :26:49.put in force for Thursday night into Friday morning, a risk of some
:26:49. > :26:54.sleet and snow, battle clearly been Friday, Saturday and Sunday with
:26:54. > :26:58.their mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers. That is it.