:00:12. > :00:15.Good evening. The main news from Look North: A charity for the
:00:15. > :00:18.homeless in West Yorkshire says it has seen an unprecedented rise in
:00:18. > :00:21.demand for its help. The Community Awareness Project in Wakefield
:00:21. > :00:25.gives meals and clean clothes to homeless people in the city. 2011
:00:25. > :00:27.has been one of its busiest years, and they fear 2012 could be even
:00:27. > :00:37.busier as unemployment causes more people to lose their homes. Cathy
:00:37. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:45.Killick reports. It is lunchtime in Wakefield and
:00:45. > :00:48.with 60 mouths to feed their pots and pans are brimmed full. This
:00:48. > :00:54.charity has such an increase in people needing help that there are
:00:54. > :00:59.even looking for new premises. The year before last the charity Help
:00:59. > :01:05.1700 new clients. This year it has topped 2000. On a daily basis they
:01:05. > :01:10.were feeding around 40 people, now it is 60. A rise of 50 %. It is
:01:10. > :01:20.worrying because people are losing their jobs. Marriage breakdowns.
:01:20. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:24.Abusive families. People are wanted to get away from their household.
:01:24. > :01:30.Things are getting disastrously worse. A unemployment is one of the
:01:30. > :01:38.main causes. Tony is a forklift truck driver. I job would provide
:01:38. > :01:46.money for a home, but he has seen the work dried up and disappear.
:01:46. > :01:52.There was no problem getting a work from August to Christmas, it was
:01:52. > :02:01.easy. They were throwing work at you. But now there is no work, no
:02:01. > :02:06.work, no work. For now at the charity's meeting the extra demand
:02:06. > :02:11.with harvest donations, but the float will not last long. The
:02:11. > :02:14.volunteers are expecting things to get worse next year as unemployment
:02:14. > :02:17.is set to rise. Retailers in Harrogate have been
:02:17. > :02:20.hit by a third power cut in a fortnight. Some town centre shops
:02:20. > :02:22.were forced to close this morning as power supplies failed. Northern
:02:22. > :02:25.Power compensated after the first power cut before Christmas by
:02:25. > :02:30.offering free parking to shoppers. The second failure was on Christmas
:02:30. > :02:32.Day. The overrunning of a railway
:02:33. > :02:36.station's redevelopment in South Yorkshire means there has been no
:02:36. > :02:38.disabled access for nearly two years. Rotherham Central Station is
:02:38. > :02:43.undergoing a �7.5 million refurbishment which started in
:02:43. > :02:46.February 2010. It was due to be finished in December last year, but
:02:46. > :02:56.complications have meant it is still inaccessible for disabled
:02:56. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:02.passengers. Emma Blackburn reports. Beginning at day trip at Rotherham
:03:02. > :03:06.Station is something support worker Thomas now dreads. From lack of
:03:06. > :03:12.parking to waiting without shelter, and then finding a way across the
:03:12. > :03:17.platform when there are only steps. It is hard work. You are not
:03:18. > :03:24.pleased when you see you have got to use it. It is probably better
:03:24. > :03:29.taking him on a bus them bringing him here. If they want to go north
:03:29. > :03:33.from platform to, they have to board onto a train south, across
:03:33. > :03:37.the ramp there and they get on the train back to Rotherham to arrive
:03:38. > :03:43.on the other side. If they just want a trip to Meadow Hall, they
:03:43. > :03:47.can return on the train. This has been happening since work began to
:03:47. > :03:53.restore the station in February 2010. It was meant to be completed
:03:53. > :03:59.this time last year but a collapsing retaining wall meant the
:03:59. > :04:04.station still resembles a building site. We want to give an
:04:04. > :04:09.unequivocal apology. We believe that when we finish the work but it
:04:09. > :04:12.will be well worth the wait because it will be a real asset and welcome
:04:12. > :04:18.to Rotherham. Until then, passengers are continuing to
:04:18. > :04:23.struggle. Terrible. I love the train, but having to come here and
:04:24. > :04:28.get the steps, I am out of breath. It is a joke this place. Me and my
:04:28. > :04:33.wife used to go to Doncaster every Tuesday, but I have to go on my own
:04:33. > :04:36.because she is in a wheelchair. is hoped the refurbishment will be
:04:36. > :04:39.completed some time in the new year. In football, Huddersfield Town
:04:39. > :04:43.manager Lee Clark says his star striker Jordan Rhodes isn't for
:04:43. > :04:46.sale at any price. West Ham United have had a bid of �3 million turned
:04:46. > :04:50.down for Rhodes, who has already scored 20 goals this season. His
:04:50. > :05:00.manager says he is worth a lot more, but, even if a bigger offer is made,
:05:00. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:04.Huddersfield will not sell. most them perk - - important person
:05:05. > :05:09.who makes the decisions is the owner of the club, and he is
:05:09. > :05:14.adamant that there is no way that Jordan will leave at any price. He
:05:14. > :05:17.will be worth even more money in the summer. Hopefully we will get
:05:17. > :05:20.promoted and he will stay with this and progress.
:05:20. > :05:23.A couple from North Yorkshire are celebrating with a late Christmas
:05:23. > :05:26.present of a �1 million win on the EuroMillions draw. Judy and Frank
:05:26. > :05:29.Whitmore, from Tockwith, kept their winning ticket in an antique teapot
:05:29. > :05:35.after realising they had won on Christmas Eve. Stuart Whincup has
:05:35. > :05:39.their story. Celebrating a Christmas present
:05:39. > :05:43.that they say will change their lives. Today the retired couple
:05:43. > :05:52.were remembering the moment they discovered they were millionaires.
:05:52. > :05:59.A Quayside, you won't win. I said, you've read the numbers out. I said,
:05:59. > :06:07.well I can tell you, because you couldn't print it! It is just
:06:07. > :06:12.unbelievable. It doesn't sink in at all. It is a numbing feeling.
:06:12. > :06:16.couple, who had been married for 43 years so it there will be no lavish
:06:17. > :06:24.spending, that were to the couple now dream of going on holiday?
:06:24. > :06:29.We're going to go to Northumberland! I would like to go
:06:29. > :06:33.to the top of Scotland's and come all the way back down. Frank and
:06:33. > :06:43.Judy said the new found wealth has not really sunk in, but they intend
:06:43. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:55.to use the money to help out their We have got more wet weather on the
:06:55. > :06:58.way from the West through Friday afternoon. We have a broad run off
:06:58. > :07:03.south westerlies and this weather front will bring some miserable
:07:03. > :07:07.conditions through Friday afternoon and evening. In the short term, we
:07:07. > :07:12.will have the number of heavy showers. They will clear away and
:07:12. > :07:16.it will become drive it clear spells, so watch out for an icy
:07:16. > :07:24.patches. But the wind will ease considerably towards the end of the
:07:24. > :07:28.night. Back cold, bright start to Friday, but the sunshine will give
:07:28. > :07:35.way to clouds. Through the afternoon rain will spread from the
:07:35. > :07:40.west region the Pennines in the middle of the day. There could be a
:07:40. > :07:46.short spell of snow over the highest ground. We ever you are, it
:07:46. > :07:52.will feel colt with temperatures up to six, if you are last - - if you