:00:05. > :00:08.Good evening. Crisis talks about rubbish.
:00:08. > :00:13.Will there be a strike at sheffield recyling centres over the festive
:00:13. > :00:17.period? We'll be live outside the talks.
:00:17. > :00:20.Also tonight: Armed police swoop on a dales village. Homes are
:00:20. > :00:28.evacuated near Skipton and the A65 is closed after a man threatens to
:00:28. > :00:38.blow up a house. And the man behind Wallace and
:00:38. > :00:38.
:00:39. > :00:47.Gromit puts his creative weight behind an unsigned Yorkshire band.
:00:47. > :00:57.You have been inundating us with spectaculars got -- shots of the
:00:57. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:07.clouds. We have a full forecast Welcome to the programme. A meeting
:01:07. > :01:12.is taking place right now to try and prevent strike action at
:01:12. > :01:17.recycling centres around Sheffield over Christmas. Workers had voted
:01:17. > :01:20.to walk out indefinitely from 27th December because one-third of them
:01:20. > :01:24.are to lose their jobs. Today talks were held between
:01:24. > :01:27.unions and the council and a new offer is on the table. The workers
:01:28. > :01:33.are meeting to decide if they should accept that offer and we
:01:33. > :01:37.will be at the meeting in a moment. We will also speak to an employment
:01:37. > :01:40.relations expert, Professor Mark Stewart from the University of
:01:40. > :01:45.Leeds. First, the background to the strike.
:01:45. > :01:51.The workers say that morale has been at rock-bottom. They voted to
:01:51. > :01:56.go on strike indefinitely from 27th December, traditionally, one of the
:01:56. > :01:59.busiest times. Nobody has taken responsibility. The staff were
:01:59. > :02:03.meeting with the Union to discuss their next move and they said the
:02:03. > :02:13.workers are having a difficult time. We are going on strike because we
:02:13. > :02:19.have nothing. We are downtrodden, no side in the future, and in
:02:19. > :02:23.January, redundancy. It is as easy as that. People are struggling
:02:24. > :02:28.financially, people with special needs, that were basically want to
:02:28. > :02:32.keep a decent job. Some of them are on 30 hours per week taking around
:02:32. > :02:37.�150 home a week and they have to run a family on that. It is
:02:37. > :02:42.impossible. The council is cutting the opening hours of the waste and
:02:42. > :02:46.recycling site to save half a million pounds. The talks were held
:02:46. > :02:51.this afternoon and the council has offered to delay these changes by
:02:51. > :02:55.three months. There are now hopes that the strike could be called off.
:02:55. > :02:59.The council doesn't operate one manage these sites, it is done by a
:02:59. > :03:03.contractor. The council says that it hopes all relevant parties can
:03:03. > :03:06.resolve the issues as soon as possible, but meanwhile the
:03:06. > :03:11.contractors are saying that talks are ongoing and we are working with
:03:11. > :03:15.everyone involved to reach a resolution. If the plans changes to
:03:15. > :03:19.opening hours go ahead, the GMB union says one third of staff are
:03:19. > :03:24.likely to be made redundant. Those that stay will have to work every
:03:24. > :03:27.weekend for the minimum wage. not think there is any need for
:03:27. > :03:31.this. We understand the council has cuts, and we want to work with them
:03:31. > :03:35.to achieve this, but this is not the way. This was imposed on the
:03:36. > :03:40.workers with no choice on whose advice or who stays. Tonight they
:03:40. > :03:44.will meet to discuss the latest offer from the council. It may be
:03:44. > :03:48.last minute, but Christmas disruption may now be avoided.
:03:48. > :03:54.We can go to the meeting now which is happening at the farm road
:03:54. > :03:58.social club in Sheffield, and what is then look like in a meeting?
:03:58. > :04:02.workers have gathered inside. I had been speaking to them as they went
:04:02. > :04:07.in, and they want to know more about what exactly the council is
:04:07. > :04:11.offering in Sheffield. I am told what is on offer is a three-month
:04:11. > :04:15.stay of execution to the cuts in opening hours and crucially to the
:04:15. > :04:19.cut in jobs. The union hopes that these three months can be used to
:04:19. > :04:23.find another option to job losses. As we move towards Christmas, the
:04:23. > :04:27.workers have said that they do not want to go on strike, but they are
:04:27. > :04:31.devastated at the prospect of been made redundant and will do
:04:31. > :04:34.everything they can to defend their jobs. We will let you know what is
:04:34. > :04:40.decided here on the late bulletin tonight at 10:25pm.
:04:40. > :04:44.Thank you. Here in the studio is Professor Marks Stewart, an expert
:04:44. > :04:50.in unemployment relations at the University of Leeds. It is very
:04:50. > :04:53.strange, very rare, we hear this indefinite strike, these days.
:04:53. > :04:58.does not happen very often. But if you think of the big strikes a few
:04:58. > :05:03.months ago, that was a one-off strike, a one-day strike, that is
:05:03. > :05:07.the way strikes go these days, rather than indefinite strikes.
:05:07. > :05:12.Ballast one I can think of was the Leeds bins strike, but it is a
:05:12. > :05:16.rarity. The festive period, this is a bad time to do it cannot be too
:05:16. > :05:21.late lots of rubbish at this time of the year, is it an effective
:05:21. > :05:26.time to garner public support? maybe took on a public support, but
:05:26. > :05:29.in terms of having an impact, this is a good time. If you want an
:05:30. > :05:34.impact, D Wood when it will cause the most disruption. Of course,
:05:34. > :05:38.lots of people on holidays, lots of things to be recycled, but
:05:38. > :05:42.everybody is feeling the pinch, potentially one third of the
:05:42. > :05:47.workers could lose their jobs. These talks to resolve this will be
:05:47. > :05:53.very important, nobody wants to not be paid at Christmas. That is
:05:53. > :05:58.correct, people do not go on strike on a whim. Losing a day's pay is a
:05:58. > :06:04.significant issue for people on a minimum wage. It reflects the
:06:04. > :06:08.injustice, their concerns about job security, and the ongoing stability.
:06:08. > :06:13.The cancer has contracted the work to another company that have sub-
:06:13. > :06:16.contracted it and so on and so forth, so we accept that the
:06:16. > :06:21.council needs to make cuts. Is this the way of the council saying that
:06:21. > :06:26.we have to do the dirty work, so to speak. The cancer had to make cuts.
:06:26. > :06:29.I do not know if it is about doing the dirty work, it is the
:06:29. > :06:33.difficulty of the sub-contract a relation, how you get new
:06:33. > :06:38.efficiencies at work and solve disputes like this and hope that
:06:38. > :06:41.cuts are passed on directly to the workers. Thank you very much,
:06:41. > :06:46.professor. We will keep you up-to- date with the results of that
:06:46. > :06:50.meeting. At a coroner has begun his
:06:50. > :06:54.inquiries into the death of a family of four from Pudsey. The
:06:54. > :06:59.inquest was opened 11 days ago after Richard Smith was said to
:06:59. > :07:04.have murdered his wife and his two sons before killing himself. The
:07:04. > :07:08.latest from our crime correspondent. The flowers and tributes are still
:07:08. > :07:14.outside Number 11 on Sheridan way today. The inquest into the death
:07:14. > :07:18.of the Smith family begins. The 15 minute hearing at Leeds coroner's
:07:18. > :07:23.court was to formally establish the identities of the four members of
:07:23. > :07:26.the Smith family and how they died at their home in Pudsey on the
:07:26. > :07:31.weekend of December 10th and December 11th. Paul Taylor, the
:07:31. > :07:35.detective in charge of the murder investigation explains to the
:07:35. > :07:38.coroner has the baby died from stab wounds to his neck, his brother
:07:38. > :07:44.from suffocation and his mother stabbed in the chest and his father,
:07:44. > :07:48.Richard Smith, later from inhaling smoke and fire gases. The four
:07:48. > :07:53.bodies were discovered lines together on Abed in the main
:07:53. > :07:58.bedroom of the family home after the police and relatives were
:07:58. > :08:01.forced to break-in on the afternoon of Sunday 12th December this month.
:08:01. > :08:06.The police made it clear they were not looking for anybody else in the
:08:06. > :08:11.murder investigation. It's is a's opening of the inquest into the
:08:11. > :08:15.deaths of the family allows their funerals to take place shortly. The
:08:15. > :08:23.full inquest to determine the exact reasons behind this terrible
:08:23. > :08:27.tragedy will probably be many months away.
:08:27. > :08:33.Later run a programme, we are looking at the incredible pictures
:08:33. > :08:38.that you have sent us of what I think is a relatively strange cloud
:08:38. > :08:43.formation, but we have had hundreds of photographs in. Also tonight:
:08:43. > :08:48.Cannot be bothered cooking? The business taking the strain for you
:08:48. > :08:52.on Christmas Day. A man has been arrested after
:08:52. > :08:56.threatening to set himself on fire and blow his own house up. The
:08:56. > :09:01.drama happened in the North Yorkshire village of Hellifield
:09:01. > :09:05.between Skipton and settle in Yorkshire. The road had to be
:09:05. > :09:10.closed and the area was evacuated. They say that nothing ever happens
:09:10. > :09:14.in Hellifield, but overnight, a drama that brought fear and
:09:14. > :09:18.disruption to the village. The police came to this house at
:09:18. > :09:22.10:30pm last night after reports a man wanted to harm himself. He
:09:22. > :09:27.threatened to blow up his house. The police evacuated nearby homes
:09:27. > :09:30.and the busy roads had to be closed for 10 hours. The neighbours were
:09:31. > :09:34.too upset to speak to us on, to date, but they said that the man
:09:34. > :09:38.that live that this house had history of mental health problems.
:09:38. > :09:42.There were fears that he had petrol canisters and was using the gas
:09:43. > :09:47.supply to cause and an explosion. The neighbours were confused about
:09:47. > :09:50.what was going on and a shopkeeper had said they heard there was a gas
:09:50. > :09:55.leak. When we looked at this morning, there were police with
:09:56. > :10:01.riot gear wandering up and down the road. It was more than just a gas
:10:02. > :10:06.leak. The car park was full of fire engines, an ambulance, it was a bit
:10:06. > :10:09.more sinister than a gas leak or crash. Specially-trained police
:10:09. > :10:14.negotiators spent the night persuading the man to give himself
:10:15. > :10:20.up. As the gas engineers and fire crews did by in case there was an
:10:20. > :10:25.explosion. The main road was closed, and number of houses were evacuated,
:10:25. > :10:30.there was considerable upset to the people of Hellifield. Was there a
:10:30. > :10:33.bit of an over-reaction to the incident? The reaction was
:10:33. > :10:38.appropriate because we needed to get all of the information to make
:10:38. > :10:42.sure that the actions would resolve the situation. It would appear that
:10:42. > :10:47.this man did not have the means to cause a large scale exposing, but
:10:47. > :10:51.we had to respond accordingly to the threat. Forensic teams were in
:10:51. > :10:55.the property removing items from the house to be taken away for
:10:55. > :11:00.examination. Meanwhile, neighbours that spent some of the night
:11:00. > :11:06.speaking in a local school have been retired -- sleeping in a local
:11:06. > :11:11.school has returned home. Police are appealing for help in
:11:11. > :11:13.capturing a high risk registered sex offender that has left a bail
:11:13. > :11:20.hostel in Dewsbury. The man is believed to have links to the
:11:20. > :11:24.punter fact airy and people want him to be reported on 999.
:11:24. > :11:27.Shoppers and hurried it will get free parking on Christmas Eve.
:11:27. > :11:32.Northern power grids the electricity company will pay for
:11:32. > :11:36.her 1200 spaces as a way of saying sorry for a power cut last weekend.
:11:36. > :11:39.Homes and businesses were left without electricity for up to six
:11:39. > :11:43.hours on a very busy traditional Saturday afternoon.
:11:43. > :11:47.We spend lots of time rushing around at this time of the year,
:11:47. > :11:52.but what if it could be put to good use to par mobile phones and change
:11:52. > :11:57.the iPod. The more you rush around, the more power that you get.
:11:57. > :12:04.Scientists find they may have found a way to harness energy from
:12:04. > :12:09.footsteps travelling in and out of the railway station.
:12:09. > :12:14.It is a typical rush-hour at York railway station. Thousands of
:12:14. > :12:17.commuters are hurrying to get to their next destination.
:12:17. > :12:22.Approximately 11 million people pass through this train station
:12:22. > :12:26.every single year. With every step they take they generate three to
:12:26. > :12:33.six watts of electricity. That is energy that is wasted. What of that
:12:33. > :12:40.energy could be collected in some way. It could be used to para
:12:40. > :12:44.display screens, Aldi Assistance and even the lights. -- sound
:12:44. > :12:48.systems and even the lighting. It is something the University of fog
:12:48. > :12:52.has spent years working on. Had could re-use humans in the train
:12:52. > :12:57.station to generate energy? As you can see, there are lots of people
:12:57. > :13:00.moving around, and if we can take some of their energy and put it all
:13:00. > :13:07.together, we can get a usable and added energy and you do not be to
:13:07. > :13:13.take much. What is the downfall? Do you need a constant foot for?
:13:13. > :13:17.can store energy? You can't use it when there are less people around.
:13:17. > :13:23.One man that saw the potential of human energy was Trevor Baylis,
:13:23. > :13:27.famous for inventing the wind-up radio. Jim worked with this in
:13:27. > :13:33.venture to develop the issue that could charge a mobile phone as he
:13:33. > :13:37.walked? This is a prototype with the device fits in your shoe and
:13:37. > :13:41.every time you compress it, when you take a step, you store energy
:13:41. > :13:51.and when you release it, it generates electrical power. You can
:13:51. > :13:55.charge a mobile phone, iPod, press alike electronic devices. Sadly
:13:55. > :14:01.this was all cancelled after 9/11, because people would look like a
:14:01. > :14:06.terrorist with a device in your shoe. A company in Israel uses
:14:06. > :14:10.vibrations from passing cars and passing trains to generate power.
:14:10. > :14:15.Harvesting energy from movements and vibrations needs to be cost-
:14:15. > :14:25.effective, but the research being carried out at the University may
:14:25. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:30.be as small step towards saving the I can assure you, there is no
:14:30. > :14:37.wasted energy in this studio, at least until Paul comes in with the
:14:37. > :14:40.weather! Still to come: Spreading his creative talents. Find out why
:14:40. > :14:45.the creator of Wallace and Gromit has got involved with an unsigned
:14:45. > :14:55.band from Sheffield. And, bring on the clouds - Paul will be here to
:14:55. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:00.explain what was going on in the Now, with less than a year to go to
:15:00. > :15:03.the Olympics, we found out today which community projects around
:15:03. > :15:09.Yorkshire will benefit from lottery funding to update their facilities.
:15:09. > :15:11.It's all part of the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games. The funding
:15:11. > :15:19.aims to improve community facilities and to encourage
:15:19. > :15:22.grassroots sport. Shamir Masri reports. All eyes may be on the
:15:22. > :15:27.facilities at the various Olympic- size ahead of the Games next year
:15:27. > :15:32.in London, but the focus of the lottery-funded Olympic legacy fund
:15:32. > :15:36.is to breathe new life into tired- looking facilities, some of which
:15:36. > :15:42.can be unappealing for sport enthusiasts, and to young people,
:15:42. > :15:48.who could be the sporting stars of the future. Over �950,000 will be
:15:48. > :15:53.made available for 19 project across the region. It is the first
:15:53. > :15:58.of five separate ways of funding. In Yorkshire, there are 19 projects
:15:58. > :16:02.valued at just under �1 million. There is one at Highgrove in
:16:02. > :16:05.Sheffield that is just about fixing a leaking roof which is so
:16:05. > :16:11.important to the people playing sport in that area. So there will
:16:11. > :16:16.be that tangible selection, and that reform not like any more
:16:16. > :16:24.because the games came to London. Other recipients will be York City
:16:24. > :16:27.rowing club, and that new roof for that centre in Sheffield. This
:16:27. > :16:32.Middleton Centre in Leeds will receive the largest amount of
:16:32. > :16:35.funding in the first round, 150 doesn't pounds which will be spent
:16:35. > :16:38.update in the current Changing Rooms and building a new reception
:16:38. > :16:43.area. Do next wave of lottery grants will be announced in
:16:43. > :16:52.February. It is hope the investment will encourage more people to take
:16:52. > :16:58.up sport, but also to make use of the local facilities. The Sports
:16:58. > :17:04.Personality of the Year show takes place this evening. You will be
:17:05. > :17:12.watching, want you? I might be - I will be watching you at 10:25pm as
:17:12. > :17:14.leisure mark --! Ten of Britain's top sporting stars are in
:17:14. > :17:17.contention for the main award. Stephen "Rocky" Whitehead from
:17:17. > :17:20.Sheffield is also nominated in the Unsung Hero category. He's given
:17:20. > :17:23.nearly 30 years of his life to getting young children fit while
:17:23. > :17:30.teaching them about Rugby League. So good luck to him. He would
:17:30. > :17:39.really deserve it. He is lovely. We were both going to start off, there
:17:39. > :17:42.are! It's not every day that an unsigned band gets the creator of
:17:42. > :17:45.Wallace and Gromit, to make a music video for it. Well, that's what has
:17:45. > :17:48.happened to "Native and the Name" from Sheffield. Nick Park filmed it
:17:48. > :17:52.all in Sheffield and the Aardman studios in Bristol where Wallace
:17:52. > :17:59.and Gromit is also filmed. Today he was back in town where he spoke to
:18:00. > :18:07.our reporter Emma Blackburn. It is what we'll know next Park for. --
:18:07. > :18:17.what we all know Nick Park for. His recent project has brought him to
:18:17. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:25.Sheffield, directing a music video for a local band. Native and the
:18:25. > :18:30.Name are a family at, relatively unknown, but not to Nick Park, he
:18:30. > :18:37.is a family friend, who loves their music, especially this track.
:18:37. > :18:42.lucky enough to be asked to be on Desert Island Discs a year ago, and
:18:42. > :18:50.you're asked to pick your top tunes of all time, and I included the
:18:50. > :18:54.song from Joe in my top eight of all time. The biggest reaction was
:18:54. > :19:02.about this song of his, so we thought we would make a video, just
:19:02. > :19:10.to see what happens, really. singer, Joe Rhodes was inspired to
:19:10. > :19:19.write the song after visiting a cathedral in wrong. That was just
:19:19. > :19:27.out of the hustle and bustle, there was this beautiful music -- in the
:19:28. > :19:33.Rome. It was about being part of this busy world, and seeing this
:19:33. > :19:38.simple something special happening. How much of a challenge was it to
:19:38. > :19:46.start working on this music that you're after working on animation?
:19:46. > :19:51.It was different. It was just great fun. It is nice to do something
:19:51. > :20:01.else than animation, which is so laborious. It was like being a
:20:01. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:11.student again. And, it was in Sheffield that Nick spent his
:20:11. > :20:20.student days. He often comes back to visit, and now his own spell in
:20:20. > :20:30.the city has marked this band out from the crowd. Which was the
:20:30. > :20:32.
:20:32. > :20:35.grumpy one from Wallace and Gromit? White us move on! -- Let's move on.
:20:35. > :20:38.If you're stressed by the thought of cooking Christmas dinner for all
:20:38. > :20:41.the family, spare a thought for one brave Yorkshire woman who'll be
:20:41. > :20:44.getting up early on Christmas morning to cook for 30 households!
:20:44. > :20:47.Mary Smith, who's from Wortley in Leeds, set up a roast dinner take
:20:47. > :20:50.away business this year. It's proved so popular, her customers
:20:50. > :20:53.want her dinner for Christmas too. Cathy Killick's been to meet her.
:20:53. > :20:55.Most of us tackle it once a year, but, for Mary Smith, cooking a big
:20:55. > :21:01.fat turkey has become a daily occurrence. One year ago, she was
:21:01. > :21:05.working at -- working as a barmaid, when she had a eureka moment.
:21:05. > :21:10.have just finished a shift, and the kids wanted them and they could not
:21:10. > :21:14.be bothered making it, and I thought it would be a good seeker
:21:14. > :21:19.we idea to do English roast dinners, and it has taken off from there.
:21:19. > :21:24.due it is, roast dinner with all the trimmings to take away. And it
:21:24. > :21:29.is going down a storm. It is fantastic, it is a brilliant idea.
:21:29. > :21:33.We notice it yesterday we think it is a great idea. Probably more
:21:34. > :21:40.healthy than your traditional takeaway. More filling. It is nice,
:21:40. > :21:46.isn't it? Marian now employs five staff and delivers powers to local
:21:46. > :21:50.businesses. And that gave her an idea for Christmas was up we have a
:21:50. > :21:53.lot of elderly customers and the thought of them sitting at home not
:21:53. > :21:59.eating anything on Christmas Day, it is not nice. It has just
:21:59. > :22:05.escalated from there. Since one got out that many would be cooking and
:22:05. > :22:10.delivering on Christmas Day, the phone has never stop ringing.
:22:10. > :22:17.Myself and my partner Richard or getting a point Christmas Day, we
:22:17. > :22:21.have taken pre-booked orders, and we are delivering from 12 o'clock
:22:21. > :22:29.until 3 o'clock and then we will close, and hopefully, do some
:22:29. > :22:34.Christmas stuff for ourselves! two-course special, fit for a king,
:22:34. > :22:44.will be delivered in time for the Queen's Speech. Turkey will be
:22:44. > :22:47.
:22:47. > :22:51.costing �15. As for Mary herself, she will be having stick -- steak.
:22:51. > :22:58.Do you want to try some? I have never had Christmas dinner that
:22:58. > :23:05.Yorkshire puddings before. I am going to have one, after the
:23:05. > :23:09.programme. Paul, I don't know if you have ever had this kind of
:23:09. > :23:17.response about an event, about a happening. If you look over your
:23:17. > :23:27.shoulder, it looks bizarre, this cloud. It is one of the most
:23:27. > :23:31.spectacular displays of lenticular clouds. It is all Latin names but
:23:31. > :23:38.it is at different levels and the at this tour. One of the best
:23:38. > :23:42.displays I have ever seen. Usually, the best ones are over very big
:23:42. > :23:49.mountain ranges like the Pyrenees and the arts. It is quite rare to
:23:49. > :23:59.get such beautiful clouds over a range of hills like the Pennines.
:23:59. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:15.Amanda Harper has been looking at some of the best pictures. MUSIC:
:24:15. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:54.Amazing. What causes them? You have warm air coming over the Pennines,
:24:54. > :25:04.and that is hitting the atmosphere, and it sets up a standing wave.
:25:04. > :25:09.Then you get close developing and they just sit there, and it is the
:25:09. > :25:16.most common explanation for UFO sightings across the world. When
:25:16. > :25:26.the lighting is at dusk, sometimes you can be conned into thinking
:25:26. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:35.they are you therefores. -- UFOs. All of these pictures have been
:25:35. > :25:40.coming in. The Twitter account has been inundated with pictures. You
:25:40. > :25:44.have obviously had a lot of time on your hands this afternoon! We are
:25:44. > :25:53.very grateful. We have had hundreds of pictures of these spectacular
:25:53. > :26:01.No lenticular close tomorrow, just wet and windy weather spreading
:26:02. > :26:06.from the West. -- clouds. We have that active, cold front pushing in
:26:06. > :26:13.from the West. We're still on course for one of the mildest
:26:13. > :26:19.Christmas Days for many years. It might go up to 13 Celsius on
:26:19. > :26:25.Christmas afternoon. These clouds are now fading, as the breeze picks
:26:25. > :26:32.up. Overnight, those clear skies will Bill in. Cloud increasing,
:26:32. > :26:37.some drizzle over the tops, a windy night, and mild, temperatures
:26:37. > :26:47.around eight Celsius. The Sun will rise in the morning, thank goodness
:26:47. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :26:57.Most of us, off to a dry start. Some drizzle then moving in, that
:26:57. > :27:02.active weather system bringing wet and windy weather from the West. It
:27:02. > :27:10.will clear from the West, with some sleet possible over the tops of the
:27:10. > :27:17.hills. Later, there will be a definite chill in the air. We're
:27:17. > :27:26.looking at temperatures of between 9-ten Celsius. 11 Celsius possible
:27:26. > :27:30.in broadcaster -- Doncaster. Christmas Day, exceptionally mild,
:27:30. > :27:38.a little like rain over the Pennines, Boxing Day mild as well,