:00:08. > :00:11.Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Speaking out for the first time.
:00:11. > :00:14.The Yorkshire woman, raped by a lottery millionaire, tells us how
:00:14. > :00:23.she changed the law. Until now, Shirley Woodman kept her identity
:00:23. > :00:28.secret. Her attacker, Iowarth Hoare, went on to win �7 million.
:00:28. > :00:34.And for I could not believe this had happened. Somebody rang me up
:00:34. > :00:38.and said, the man who attacked you has just won the lottery, �7
:00:38. > :00:41.million. Shirley's just been awarded the MBE. We'll hear more
:00:41. > :00:44.from her in a moment. Also tonight: Gale force winds
:00:44. > :00:51.leave 1,500 homes without gas. Residents of Steeton could be
:00:51. > :00:55.without heating and hot water for another two days.
:00:55. > :00:57.And, the Bradford rockers who played at the Kremlin at the
:00:57. > :01:07.request of one of their fans, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
:01:07. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:18.It has been a very disturbed start to 2012, with further heavy rain
:01:18. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:25.and strong winds in the next 24 First tonight, the exclusive story
:01:26. > :01:32.of one woman's extraordinary courage and tenacity. Shirley
:01:32. > :01:36.Woodman fought a long battle with a rapist who viciously attacked her.
:01:36. > :01:41.Her fight made national headlines and set a legal precedent for other
:01:41. > :01:44.victims. Iorworth Hoare tried to rape Shirley in Roundhay Park in
:01:44. > :01:48.Leeds in 1988. Hoare, who already had a string of convictions for sex
:01:48. > :01:51.attacks, was sentenced to life in prison. But, 16 years later, while
:01:51. > :01:56.on day release, he bought a National Lottery ticket and won
:01:56. > :02:00.more than �7 million. Shirley pursued him through the courts for
:02:00. > :02:03.compensation and, in 2008, the House of Lords made a landmark
:02:03. > :02:07.ruling in her favour. Shirley, from Leeds, could only previously be
:02:07. > :02:10.identified as Mrs A. But now, after being awarded an MBE in the New
:02:10. > :02:20.Year's Honours, she's waived her right to anonymity. She and her
:02:20. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.daughter Shelley Wolfson have been speaking to Look North's Joe Inwood.
:02:29. > :02:35.I was absolutely frozen with fear. I could not believe this had
:02:35. > :02:43.happened. Somebody rang me up and said, the man who attacked you has
:02:43. > :02:50.just won the lottery, �7 million. I was absolutely horrified. And it
:02:50. > :02:55.seemed so unjust that, not only myself, but other people, other of
:02:55. > :03:01.his victims, could not share in some of the money, and take out a
:03:01. > :03:06.case of damages against him. And I was being continually told at this
:03:06. > :03:11.time that the law of limitations is there, and you will not win, we
:03:11. > :03:17.cannot change it. But that was exactly what Shirley Woodman went
:03:17. > :03:22.on to do. The law meant wants six years had passed she could no
:03:22. > :03:26.longer sue Hoare, the man who had attacked her. But four years and
:03:26. > :03:31.hundreds of thousands of pounds of legal costs later, she was in the
:03:31. > :03:36.House of Lords changing the law. meant that other people would be
:03:36. > :03:40.benefiting from that. At that time, children who had been in care and
:03:40. > :03:48.who had been abused, whose employers had realised I was taking
:03:48. > :03:52.my case of damages, and as my decision was made, we then you that
:03:52. > :03:58.these young people who had been abused so many years later --
:03:58. > :04:03.earlier, they would also win their case. It is fair to say this wasn't
:04:03. > :04:09.for you or the money? Oh my goodness, no, not at all, it was
:04:09. > :04:14.for justice. There was no thought of money at the beginning. In fact,
:04:14. > :04:19.it was going for charity and it has gone to charity. War of the money
:04:19. > :04:25.went to charity? Yes, all the money has gone. You were involved in
:04:25. > :04:30.nominating your mum, why did you do it? She is a woman of dignity, a
:04:30. > :04:36.woman of strength. She fought the Law of the land and she won, and
:04:36. > :04:42.for that I am so proud to be her daughter, so proud of her. Shirley
:04:42. > :04:48.Woodman, MBA p! For how do you feel looking back? It has been a
:04:48. > :04:55.fantastic struggle. It was a fantastic struggle, it was a long
:04:55. > :05:05.and dramatic one. It was very hard at times. There were days when I
:05:05. > :05:05.
:05:06. > :05:13.was despondent, and became a little depressed. But, when we had the
:05:13. > :05:21.decision from the House of Lords, there was jubilation. And, over the
:05:21. > :05:27.years now, it is three years now, I have settled down. I feel more
:05:27. > :05:31.composed about it and I don't mind now being identified as the person
:05:31. > :05:34.who took my assailant to court and changed the law.
:05:34. > :05:44.Let's talk to Chris Allen, who's the managing partner of Blacks
:05:44. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:53.Solicitors in Leeds. She had to battle for this. She stuck at it,
:05:53. > :05:58.anybody who has been involved in civil litigation will say to you,
:05:58. > :06:04.you have good days, terrible days, it goes on and on. The only
:06:04. > :06:08.positive is the court made a right decision. It exercised its
:06:08. > :06:14.discretion and the right result, 99% of people what she will say the
:06:14. > :06:20.right decision was made. But, 99% of people would have given up long
:06:20. > :06:25.ago. She was hundreds of thousands of pounds down and costs will
:06:25. > :06:31.awarded against her at one time. There are lots of people out there
:06:31. > :06:37.with fantastic cases, and they give up because it is incredibly costly
:06:37. > :06:43.and wearing, the court process is a slow one. If you get the right
:06:43. > :06:50.result at the end, you are lucky. So many people for a way because it
:06:50. > :06:56.wears them down. The family make say, let us move on. There are only
:06:56. > :07:06.two ways to change the law, do what Shelley did, up or legislation is
:07:06. > :07:09.
:07:09. > :07:16.changed. It seemed an impossible task. Anybody under taking that
:07:16. > :07:26.course of action has to be a wet it is a long road. If you look at
:07:26. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:38.legal aid, it is a trend -- trimmed and trimmed. Yes, you can gamble
:07:38. > :07:39.
:07:40. > :07:43.your life savings. That is the case, it is tough. An MP well deserved. -
:07:43. > :07:47.- An MBE. The funerals have been held today
:07:47. > :07:50.of a mother and her two young sons who were murdered by her husband.
:07:50. > :07:53.Richard Smith, 37, stabbed his family to death at their home in
:07:53. > :08:03.Pudsey a fortnight before Christmas, before killing himself. Our crime
:08:03. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:09.correspondent John Cundy reports. The funeral cortege arrived at 11am.
:08:09. > :08:13.The first car had family mourners, and the coffin of the mother,
:08:13. > :08:18.Claire Smith. In the second car, the coffins of her two sons. There
:08:18. > :08:21.was a huge turnout at the crematorium for this tragic family.
:08:21. > :08:31.This service here was for a young family who were so looking forward
:08:31. > :08:35.to Christmas before their terrible tragedy. Richard Smith killed his
:08:35. > :08:39.wife who was 36, and his two sons, one was nine and one was aged just
:08:39. > :08:47.13 months, before setting fire to the bedroom where he lay down their
:08:47. > :08:50.bodies. Still profound shock at what happened to an apparently
:08:50. > :08:54.happy family who had enjoyed a night out at the local cricket club.
:08:54. > :09:04.After they arrived home, something terrible went wrong at the hands of
:09:04. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:14.Richard Smith. Tributes which built up outside number 11 showed that
:09:14. > :09:19.the boys were Leeds United fans. A full inquest will hope to establish
:09:19. > :09:25.what lead of Richard Smith to do what he did here at the family home
:09:25. > :09:28.without warning, and apparently on the spur of the moment. Mourners at
:09:29. > :09:38.the funeral remained in despair at how this could happen to a young
:09:39. > :09:39.
:09:39. > :09:43.family with so much to look forward Later on Look North: Campaigning to
:09:43. > :09:47.create a minor miracle. A bid to raise thousands of pounds to help a
:09:47. > :09:55.young girl walk unaided for the first time.
:09:55. > :09:58.Gale force winds and driving rain have been buffeting Yorkshire today.
:09:58. > :10:02.The severe weather conditions have left around 1,500 homes without gas
:10:02. > :10:08.in Steeton near Keighley, and our reporter Olivia Richwald joins us
:10:08. > :10:16.now live from there. What exactly happened?
:10:16. > :10:22.The high winds are wrecked a roof from a gas kiosk, and damaged some
:10:23. > :10:26.vital equipment. The gas supply was automatically switched off. The
:10:26. > :10:31.problem is 1,500 homes have been affected, they can't restore the
:10:31. > :10:40.gas supply until engineers have visited every single home. When are
:10:40. > :10:46.people going to get their gas back on? I think we are probably talking
:10:46. > :10:49.a day rather than hours, and certainly not tonight. The network
:10:49. > :10:54.engineers are already making home visits, and working through the
:10:54. > :10:59.evening. The latest information is that this is a drop in centre, they
:10:59. > :11:03.are handing out electric fan heaters, prioritising the elderly
:11:04. > :11:10.and vulnerable. It is very cold at the moment which is causing
:11:10. > :11:18.problems. Everything I have got runs by gas, a gas fire, central-
:11:18. > :11:23.heating, cooker. My water. I have nothing. I have three young
:11:23. > :11:27.children, the youngest is 18 months, on my own in a three-storey house.
:11:27. > :11:32.When not in a position to say exactly when people will get their
:11:32. > :11:38.supply back, but we are working as hard and quickly as possible to get
:11:38. > :11:45.the supply back on. It is important to say that the general hospital
:11:45. > :11:49.has not been affected by this, and there are two drop-in centres with
:11:49. > :11:52.the electric heaters, and a second at the leisure centre where you can
:11:52. > :11:56.get a hot drink. And we'll keep you updated on this
:11:56. > :12:04.story on the late Look North tonight. Join me at 10.25pm for the
:12:04. > :12:08.latest from Steeton. A 19-year-old man has been arrested
:12:08. > :12:14.on suspicion of murder after a father of two was stabbed to death
:12:14. > :12:18.in the early hours of New Year's Day. Joshua Green was attacked on
:12:18. > :12:22.the dance floor of the Stars and Mayfair club in Sheffield and died
:12:22. > :12:27.at the scene from his injuries. Two police officers who disarmed
:12:27. > :12:29.and arrested a man who was carrying a knife on a railway line in Leeds
:12:30. > :12:33.have been commended for their bravery. Robert Pedley and Mark
:12:33. > :12:36.Movley were called to the scene in Kirkstall in August 2010, after a
:12:36. > :12:39.report of a highly dangerous man on the tracks. British Transport
:12:39. > :12:49.Police has now officially recognised the way they handled the
:12:49. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:57.Bradford born painter David Hockney has criticised artists like Damien
:12:57. > :13:00.Hirst, saying they should create their own work. He is due to
:13:00. > :13:05.exhibit David Hockney: A Bigger Picture at the Royal Academy in
:13:06. > :13:10.London later this month. The poster reads, all the works here were made
:13:10. > :13:15.by the artist himself personally. He has told a Radio Times it is
:13:15. > :13:20.insulting for an artist to employ others to make their creations.
:13:20. > :13:23.A couple from West Yorkshire trying to raise �50,000 for an operation
:13:23. > :13:28.in America to help their daughter walk unaided for the very first
:13:28. > :13:32.time. Doctors say the treatment could benefit thousands of children
:13:32. > :13:37.with cerebral palsy in the UK, but it is not widely available, forcing
:13:37. > :13:43.many families to fund the expense of operation in the States are.
:13:43. > :13:50.Seven year-old beef is an angel and rehearsals for the school play. --
:13:50. > :13:55.Eve. But she will not make the actual performance because of
:13:55. > :14:00.physiotherapy. Why were you so sad? Because I was going to miss the
:14:00. > :14:05.school play, why do I always have to miss it? She was born three
:14:05. > :14:10.months prematurely, weighing three pts 12 ounces. She has cerebral
:14:10. > :14:13.palsy as a result. She cannot walk, crawl or stand without help. She
:14:14. > :14:19.has been selected to have an operation in America that could
:14:19. > :14:23.help her walk. It will cost up to �50,000. It will be life-changing
:14:23. > :14:27.for her. She will be able to gain the independence and be able to
:14:27. > :14:31.dance and get herself about by whatever name is.
:14:31. > :14:37.The procedure has been approved in the UK, but his is not available
:14:37. > :14:42.widely because it has expensive. is sad we cannot do it in this
:14:42. > :14:45.country yet, ultimately Britain needs to provide for its children,
:14:45. > :14:50.and in the meantime you have got children growing up who would
:14:50. > :14:54.benefit from the treatment. So yes, for some of them, they will have to
:14:54. > :14:58.travel to the States, and it is were 12. It is scary pitting your
:14:58. > :15:03.child through an operation, but think about the other side of the
:15:03. > :15:11.coin. Her living losing the ability for the rest of her life is also
:15:11. > :15:21.devastating. I have always wanted to walk. Her journey is the fund-
:15:21. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:26.raising website that her family are determined to reach.
:15:26. > :15:31.If you have not eaten enough chocolate at Christmas, we have a
:15:31. > :15:36.treat for you. But coming up there for so than pm: We will have a full
:15:36. > :15:43.round-up, including new hope for Doncaster Rovers, as they battle to
:15:43. > :15:47.beat Barnsley. If you watched the one-off special
:15:47. > :15:51.edition of Jim'll Fix It on BBC One over Christmas, you will know that
:15:52. > :15:58.one of the stars was eight year-old Joshua Greenwood from Hebden Bridge.
:15:58. > :16:02.The programme, presented by Shane Ritchie, fixed it for Joshua at to
:16:02. > :16:07.become Willy Wonka for the day. He wanted to design and make his own
:16:07. > :16:10.chocolate bar. And he did! Confectionery company Nestle were
:16:10. > :16:14.so impressed they are now considering putting it into
:16:14. > :16:18.production. We will hear from Joshua in a minute. But here he is
:16:18. > :16:22.on a Jim'll Fix It. Please can you fix it for me to be
:16:22. > :16:31.like Willy Wonka for one day. would love to visit a chocolate
:16:31. > :16:38.factory to see how it is made. me through your designs. There is
:16:38. > :16:44.toffee or fudge and side. This is your favourite one? Yes. Shall we
:16:44. > :16:54.make this today? I would love that. This is the first ever Treasure bar.
:16:54. > :16:55.
:16:56. > :17:00.It is excellent. Well done! I loved chocolate. But
:17:00. > :17:08.it is a very competitive market. What makes a great chocolate bar?
:17:08. > :17:15.What needs to be in it? I Treasure ba has toffee... Can we say, this
:17:16. > :17:21.is the bar that we are talking about. It has toffee, fudge and
:17:21. > :17:25.chocolate in it. I think that makes a very good taste. You're probably
:17:25. > :17:31.right. I shall taste it to see if you are right.
:17:31. > :17:35.Mum, obviously you and I and Harry grew up with Jim'll Fix It. Joshua
:17:35. > :17:40.had never experienced it. This had always been a genuine ambition?
:17:40. > :17:45.Absolutely, ever since he read the book, a couple of years ago, he was
:17:45. > :17:49.fascinated by the whole story. It said his imagination on fire, all
:17:49. > :17:53.these wonderful chocolate ideas. To be given the chance to go to the
:17:53. > :18:00.factory and create his own chocolate bar, and see it going to
:18:00. > :18:03.production, is Brazil -- brilliant. It is wonderful for all stop I love
:18:03. > :18:11.the packaging. Did you have anything to do with
:18:11. > :18:17.that? It is bright and cheerful. Well, I designed my own rapper, and
:18:17. > :18:23.they scanned it into a computer, and made it look better. But it is
:18:23. > :18:26.all your design. It really looks bright. I would be tempted with any
:18:26. > :18:30.chocolate, but I would be really tempted to buy this. I know I
:18:30. > :18:37.cannot give the secret a way, but they were impressed with your
:18:37. > :18:40.chocolate, which Harry is eating, and the wrapping. You might find
:18:40. > :18:47.your own chocolate bar will be in a shop near you. Do you hope that is
:18:47. > :18:53.going to happen? Yes. What is it worth? What do you think
:18:53. > :19:02.is a decent price? It is priceless! What was it like being on TV?
:19:02. > :19:06.was amazing. And you're on TV again, you know! Yes! Did you have a
:19:06. > :19:11.secret ingredient? I think the best bit about your chocolate, and Harry
:19:11. > :19:21.is a connoisseur, and has had three pieces, is the crunchy bits inside.
:19:21. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:29.What are they? Well, it is just toffee and fudge. And you put some
:19:29. > :19:35.honeycomb into it is well. We hope the chocolate appears all over the
:19:35. > :19:38.world. Thank you very much for coming.
:19:38. > :19:42.While we have been eating and drinking and watching too much TV,
:19:42. > :19:45.it has been a busy time for the footballers.
:19:45. > :19:55.The hectic Christmas period has been a mixed bag for our sights.
:19:55. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:09.The final games to place a There was good work by Billy sharp,
:20:09. > :20:13.to give them the early lead. And it was all wrapped up in the last few
:20:13. > :20:19.minutes of the game. Simon Grayson needed a win, as they faced Burnley
:20:19. > :20:27.at Elland Road. The visitors were reduced to 10 men after 29 minutes,
:20:27. > :20:37.but they went behind and it was an open goal that got them level. The
:20:37. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:45.You can see how important Doncaster Rover's win was, keeping them with
:20:45. > :20:48.a shout of safety. Sheffield Wednesday were the only
:20:48. > :20:57.one of the teams to win yesterday. They did the damage early, getting
:20:57. > :21:01.two goals. Tranmere got one back. Sheffield United boss Danny Wilson
:21:01. > :21:05.was mystified to see his side lose at Carlisle. They played well and
:21:05. > :21:10.had to come back twice to level the scores and the first half.
:21:10. > :21:14.Despite hitting the woodwork more than once, they lost its 3-2,
:21:14. > :21:22.ending an eight-game unbeaten run. Huddersfield Town look to wrap up
:21:22. > :21:27.all three points when they went 2-0 up. But they seem a little fragile
:21:27. > :21:31.at the moment, and it ended up 2-2. The only one of her sights not a
:21:31. > :21:41.lost the game of the Christmas period, however. Chesterfield
:21:41. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:50.picked up a point, and the go head- Expect all three to be in the next
:21:50. > :21:56.come the end of the season. At the other end of the table it is a
:21:56. > :22:01.tough slog for Chipperfield. Bradford went into their game at
:22:01. > :22:09.Rotherham full of confidence. But it was the home side's game, and
:22:09. > :22:19.the goalkeeper was at the heart of most of it. Rotherham won it three-
:22:19. > :22:20.
:22:20. > :22:27.Yesterday, Bradford had a good Christmas, and are heading back of
:22:27. > :22:32.the table. That Bradford City ever.
:22:32. > :22:35.He was weeping in the corner. The Bradford and Smokie had a New
:22:35. > :22:37.year's Eve they will never forget because they saw it in the company
:22:37. > :22:42.of one of the world's most powerful men.
:22:42. > :22:47.It is true, they played at the new year party, hosted and in front of
:22:47. > :22:52.the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin. Apparently, so they
:22:52. > :22:58.tell me, he has a massive fan of Smokie, and they brought us hits
:22:58. > :23:04.like Living Next Door To Alice. Bass-player Terry Uttley and Mick
:23:04. > :23:10.McConnell join us now. Are you having us on? It was a very
:23:10. > :23:20.highbrow extravaganza, I suppose. All the top diplomats and top
:23:20. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:25.religious people, businessmen, so it was quite amazing. We did it in
:23:25. > :23:30.2004, so it is the second time. you know him well? No, you do not
:23:30. > :23:34.get to meet people like that! I have been a fan for years. You
:23:34. > :23:44.have just described it as a highbrow performers. Let's have a
:23:44. > :23:46.
:23:46. > :23:50.look at your music. How does it fit? Let's see. How does it fit?
:23:50. > :24:00.But Vladamir Putin! I wondered what he looked like! He's better than
:24:00. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:12.But that means it proves he likes it. Apparently Medvedev is a deep
:24:12. > :24:22.purple fun. Everyone was dressed up to the nines. It was a real variety
:24:22. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:37.show. Zuccero was on. What did you play? Could it possibly be, we
:24:37. > :24:45.
:24:45. > :24:50.found it now, could it possibly be Yes, we did that one. And there was
:24:50. > :24:57.another song of her second album, back in 1976. It is not widely
:24:57. > :25:06.known, but the title is, what can I do? In a pure translation, they
:25:06. > :25:13.take that as meaning I crave for another vodka. They love it and the
:25:13. > :25:22.Russia -- in Russia! It was lovely to see again. Glad to
:25:22. > :25:32.We have had an e-mail from the Met Office. They have had drained on 33
:25:32. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:44.of the last 34 days. -- her brain. Here a couple of pictures. I'm sure
:25:45. > :25:52.they will be tidying that up this evening!
:25:52. > :26:02.And the river in Otley. We have got a lot more rain to come across the
:26:02. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:08.Pennines, and some gales It has been a wild day. There will
:26:08. > :26:11.be further strong winds in the next 24 hours. That is courtesy of a
:26:11. > :26:21.front coming in from the West. You can see how tightly packed the eyes
:26:21. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:28.of ours are. -- isobars are. This front brought the heavier rain
:26:28. > :26:33.and sleet as it came in this morning. The showers were frequent
:26:34. > :26:38.moving in from the West, and some snow on the hills. They will get to
:26:38. > :26:48.the coast, then become confined to the Pennines, and we will see
:26:48. > :26:51.
:26:51. > :26:57.temperatures at around two or three. It looks as if eastern areas are
:26:57. > :27:02.off to a bright start in the morning, a cloud is building in the
:27:02. > :27:06.West. Showers and longer outbreaks of rain in the western and central
:27:06. > :27:11.areas. To the east of the Vale of your kit should be dry, with a bit
:27:11. > :27:21.of patchy rain. Allowed Maureen to come for the West and North
:27:21. > :27:28.
:27:28. > :27:35.Yorkshire Pennines in particular. - - a lot of rain to come. Thursday
:27:35. > :27:38.should see an improvement, when showers dies away. It is all
:27:38. > :27:42.happening! Full of joy!