29/12/2011 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. The main news from Look North: A charity for the

homeless in West Yorkshire says it has seen an unprecedented rise in

demand for its help. The Community Awareness Project in Wakefield

gives meals and clean clothes to homeless people in the city. 2011

has been one of its busiest years, and they fear 2012 could be even

busier as unemployment causes more people to lose their homes. Cathy

Killick reports. It is lunchtime in Wakefield and

with 60 mouths to feed their pots and pans are brimmed full. This

charity has such an increase in people needing help that there are

even looking for new premises. The year before last the charity Help

1700 new clients. This year it has topped 2000. On a daily basis they

were feeding around 40 people, now it is 60. A rise of 50 %. It is

worrying because people are losing their jobs. Marriage breakdowns.

Abusive families. People are wanted to get away from their household.

Things are getting disastrously worse. A unemployment is one of the

main causes. Tony is a forklift truck driver. I job would provide

money for a home, but he has seen the work dried up and disappear.

There was no problem getting a work from August to Christmas, it was

easy. They were throwing work at you. But now there is no work, no

work, no work. For now at the charity's meeting the extra demand

with harvest donations, but the float will not last long. The

volunteers are expecting things to get worse next year as unemployment

is set to rise. Retailers in Harrogate have been

hit by a third power cut in a fortnight. Some town centre shops

were forced to close this morning as power supplies failed. Northern

Power compensated after the first power cut before Christmas by

offering free parking to shoppers. The second failure was on Christmas

Day. The overrunning of a railway

station's redevelopment in South Yorkshire means there has been no

disabled access for nearly two years. Rotherham Central Station is

undergoing a �7.5 million refurbishment which started in

February 2010. It was due to be finished in December last year, but

complications have meant it is still inaccessible for disabled

passengers. Emma Blackburn reports. Beginning at day trip at Rotherham

Station is something support worker Thomas now dreads. From lack of

parking to waiting without shelter, and then finding a way across the

platform when there are only steps. It is hard work. You are not

pleased when you see you have got to use it. It is probably better

taking him on a bus them bringing him here. If they want to go north

from platform to, they have to board onto a train south, across

the ramp there and they get on the train back to Rotherham to arrive

on the other side. If they just want a trip to Meadow Hall, they

can return on the train. This has been happening since work began to

restore the station in February 2010. It was meant to be completed

this time last year but a collapsing retaining wall meant the

station still resembles a building site. We want to give an

unequivocal apology. We believe that when we finish the work but it

will be well worth the wait because it will be a real asset and welcome

to Rotherham. Until then, passengers are continuing to

struggle. Terrible. I love the train, but having to come here and

get the steps, I am out of breath. It is a joke this place. Me and my

wife used to go to Doncaster every Tuesday, but I have to go on my own

because she is in a wheelchair. is hoped the refurbishment will be

completed some time in the new year. In football, Huddersfield Town

manager Lee Clark says his star striker Jordan Rhodes isn't for

sale at any price. West Ham United have had a bid of �3 million turned

down for Rhodes, who has already scored 20 goals this season. His

manager says he is worth a lot more, but, even if a bigger offer is made,

Huddersfield will not sell. most them perk - - important person

who makes the decisions is the owner of the club, and he is

adamant that there is no way that Jordan will leave at any price. He

will be worth even more money in the summer. Hopefully we will get

promoted and he will stay with this and progress.

A couple from North Yorkshire are celebrating with a late Christmas

present of a �1 million win on the EuroMillions draw. Judy and Frank

Whitmore, from Tockwith, kept their winning ticket in an antique teapot

after realising they had won on Christmas Eve. Stuart Whincup has

their story. Celebrating a Christmas present

that they say will change their lives. Today the retired couple

were remembering the moment they discovered they were millionaires.

A Quayside, you won't win. I said, you've read the numbers out. I said,

well I can tell you, because you couldn't print it! It is just

unbelievable. It doesn't sink in at all. It is a numbing feeling.

couple, who had been married for 43 years so it there will be no lavish

spending, that were to the couple now dream of going on holiday?

We're going to go to Northumberland! I would like to go

to the top of Scotland's and come all the way back down. Frank and

Judy said the new found wealth has not really sunk in, but they intend

to use the money to help out their We have got more wet weather on the

way from the West through Friday afternoon. We have a broad run off

south westerlies and this weather front will bring some miserable

conditions through Friday afternoon and evening. In the short term, we

will have the number of heavy showers. They will clear away and

it will become drive it clear spells, so watch out for an icy

patches. But the wind will ease considerably towards the end of the

night. Back cold, bright start to Friday, but the sunshine will give

way to clouds. Through the afternoon rain will spread from the

west region the Pennines in the middle of the day. There could be a

short spell of snow over the highest ground. We ever you are, it

will feel colt with temperatures up to six, if you are last - - if you