:00:15. > :00:18.Good Evening. There's been another massive mill fire in Bradford - the
:00:18. > :00:23.second in four days. Firefighters have spent more than fourteen hours
:00:23. > :00:32.at the scene. At one point it was feared nearby homes in Dudley Hill
:00:32. > :00:36.could catch alight. Lighting up the night-time sky,
:00:36. > :00:41.fire crews were called to the disused mill at four o'clock this
:00:41. > :00:47.morning, they were met by a ferocious blaze. Nobody was injured,
:00:47. > :00:52.but strong winds were fanning the flames. It was feared that the fire
:00:52. > :00:57.would spread to nearby properties. We were worried about a nearby
:00:57. > :01:05.factory, there was housing at the back. We have to wait residents up
:01:05. > :01:10.in the early hours of the morning, and be prepared to evacuate. At its
:01:10. > :01:15.peak, 70 firefighters were at the scene. Extra officers and
:01:15. > :01:21.specialist equipment was needed. Tackling this blaze has been a
:01:21. > :01:31.major headache for the fire fighters. There is the busy Asix 50
:01:31. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:49.euros -- A65. There is still Joycean that has come down. --
:01:49. > :01:53.steel girders. The firefighters will spend a second night here
:01:53. > :01:59.dampening down the fire. It is the second mill fire in Bradford to
:01:59. > :02:06.just four days. Investigations are now under way to discover what
:02:06. > :02:09.caused by the fires. -- boat for the fires.
:02:09. > :02:12.The last few years have seen a large number of mill fires across
:02:12. > :02:15.the Bradford district - the high price of scrap metal is being
:02:15. > :02:17.linked with many of those. With mills particularly at risk, the
:02:17. > :02:24.fire service is now fighting back by identifying which properties
:02:24. > :02:29.could next fall victim to metal theft.
:02:29. > :02:37.Over the last three years West Yorkshire Fire Service have said
:02:37. > :02:43.that 60 fires were started deliberately. Arsonists have been
:02:43. > :02:50.stripping out a valuable metal. They will burn off the installation,
:02:50. > :02:59.just leaving them the bare copper, they use that for scrap. The
:02:59. > :03:03.burning off of the installation can cause fires to spread. In some
:03:03. > :03:09.mills the copper is taken without burning, but when a fire started,
:03:09. > :03:16.and get out of control, the results can be devastating. This mill in
:03:16. > :03:26.Keighley suffered a blaze one year ago. Investigators say that it was
:03:26. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:33.caused by a thieves looking for cabling. They come here, they fell
:03:33. > :03:38.-- they fill themselves up, they don't get it weighed. We have a
:03:38. > :03:43.better understanding about how they operate, we are working with police.
:03:43. > :03:47.The best way of securing the Mills is to get business is back in, that
:03:47. > :03:53.is now happening in Keighley, but hundreds of miles in West Yorkshire
:03:53. > :03:56.are standing empty, and after a fire they are pulled down. The fire
:03:56. > :04:01.service is tried to work out which ones could attract the thieves.
:04:01. > :04:04.They are there looking for these buildings, they go in and find out
:04:04. > :04:12.a bit about the building, we need to go and work with the owners to
:04:12. > :04:22.make them secured. The theft has become a plague, and Yorkshire's
:04:22. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:29.industrial heritage is not unbundle ball. -- is very vulnerable.
:04:29. > :04:32.Police are appealing for witnesses, after a man in his fifties was
:04:32. > :04:34.killed in an accident on the A1 this morning. It's believed the
:04:34. > :04:38.motorist from Sunderland had stopped his car on the carriageway
:04:38. > :04:41.and got out - when his vehicle was hit by an HGV. The driver of the
:04:41. > :04:44.truck has been arrested. Police are asking anyone who saw either
:04:44. > :04:47.vehicle to come forward. A man died last night after a fatal
:04:47. > :04:50.accident on the A19 near Northallerton. It's thought the car
:04:50. > :04:54.had stopped on the inside lane when it was hit by a van. A passenger
:04:54. > :04:57.from the car, a 24-year-old man from the Stockton on Tees area, was
:04:57. > :04:59.standing by the boot of the car and received fatal injuries in the
:04:59. > :05:02.accident. A West Yorkshire church where two
:05:02. > :05:09.of the Bronte sisters are buried has just three weeks to raise more
:05:09. > :05:14.than �30,000 to repair its dilapidated roof.
:05:14. > :05:19.Built in 1879, it has lasted almost 250 years. But now the Bronte
:05:19. > :05:23.sisters final resting place needs repair. The wooden planks are
:05:23. > :05:31.rotten, the paintings are stained and damaged by water, the building
:05:31. > :05:36.has been targeted by thieves three times in just over a year. The
:05:36. > :05:41.Church has been offered �100,000 for the repairs, but only if
:05:41. > :05:46.Haworth Parish Church can raise �65,000 itself. Fund-raising has
:05:46. > :05:51.gone on all year, but they are �30,000 short. We are looking at
:05:51. > :05:57.other plants, we are pinky about taking a short-term loan. We have
:05:57. > :06:03.to talk to funding agencies, and to the church, to see what the options
:06:03. > :06:10.are. Emily and Charlotte Bronte are buried beneath the foundations, the
:06:10. > :06:17.building get thousands of visitors every year. The repairs will
:06:17. > :06:24.jeopardise his reputation and heritage. A it is very urgent.
:06:24. > :06:29.it is very urgent. We have to take things away for safety. They were
:06:29. > :06:36.getting rained. Despite what might seem an insurmountable target, the
:06:36. > :06:39.church leaders here are optimistic that they will raised the money in
:06:39. > :06:42.time. Let's hope they reach that target.
:06:42. > :06:46.Let's hope they reach that target. Now the weather.
:06:46. > :06:53.It is going to be windy today, it will continue to be windy this
:06:53. > :06:58.evening. Gusts of up to 50 mph, particularly in North Yorkshire.
:06:58. > :07:04.Tomorrow, not as windy as today, some showers as well. This evening,
:07:04. > :07:10.a breezy end to the day, cloud moving into western parts, some
:07:10. > :07:20.clearer spells over the East. That will bring some patchy rain.
:07:20. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:27.Temperatures down to 3-4 degrees. Those wins will ease -- those winds
:07:27. > :07:35.will ease the Rabin night. Thursday, an improvement as we move through
:07:35. > :07:45.the day, a scattering of showers as we head towards the evening. A
:07:45. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:52.brisk westerly breeze. Temperatures around the seven-a degrees. -- 7-8