:00:07. > :00:11.Tonight on Look North: Are you sticking to your new year
:00:11. > :00:14.resolution? How many of you are on a post christmas diet? We visit a
:00:14. > :00:17.town with a New Year campaign to make takeaways healthier. We'll
:00:17. > :00:22.talk to a lifestyle expert who tells us how to make 2012 the year
:00:22. > :00:32.we kick our bad habits for good. Also tonight - talking of food. We
:00:32. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:43.meet the folk singer immortalising Harry Ramsden's in song. And still
:00:43. > :00:53.off - we're live near Keighley where hundreds of homes are still
:00:53. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.without gas. The river was looking quite high, a
:01:04. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.chance of severe gales, the latest First tonight - A young widow from
:01:09. > :01:12.York says more needs to be done to help men deal with depression after
:01:12. > :01:14.her husband took his own life - leaving her to raise their three
:01:14. > :01:16.son's alone. 28-year-old Jo Mcdonagh believes Chris had been
:01:16. > :01:21.suffering from depression for several years before he hanged
:01:21. > :01:31.himself. She hopes her story will prevent another family going
:01:31. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:38.through the same thing. 11th of it just doesn't seem real,
:01:38. > :01:45.I remember turning round to him and saying, what have you done? I just
:01:45. > :01:53.didn't know what to do. I knew, as soon as I saw him, he had died, he
:01:53. > :01:58.wasn't with me. I looked for any signs of life, there was nothing.
:01:58. > :02:04.Jo Mcdonagh describes the moment she found her husband had hanged
:02:04. > :02:10.himself. He was just 38, and had a lot to live for. He had a young
:02:10. > :02:15.family, and ran a successful pub. In 2006, their lives were turned
:02:15. > :02:20.upside down. Chris was forced to take six months off work after
:02:20. > :02:25.being assaulted by a customer. She says this was the start of his
:02:25. > :02:31.depression. He was in his pyjamas, he sat on his computer, he never
:02:31. > :02:37.went out. He wasn't himself. It wasn't the man that I fell in love
:02:37. > :02:43.with. He became a recluse. mother of three says he refused to
:02:43. > :02:53.get professional help, and after a couple of years she thought he had
:02:53. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:00.turned a corner. In 2009 she got a text message saying goodbye.
:03:00. > :03:07.wanted to stop him, I came straight up, to find that that he had hung
:03:07. > :03:11.himself. Over a five-year period in Yorkshire, 488 women committed
:03:11. > :03:18.suicide, compared to 1,600 men, almost the three-and-a-half times
:03:18. > :03:27.more. I think more men register as a statistic, because we don't talk
:03:27. > :03:31.about men, society expects us to bottle it up. If I could help one-
:03:31. > :03:37.person realise that their husband, or friend, that they are not right,
:03:37. > :03:41.and they can get some help, that's all I wish for. I want to stop one
:03:41. > :03:44.family not going through what we went through.
:03:44. > :03:48.A heartrending story there from Jo Mcdonough Mike Bush, who campaigns
:03:48. > :03:51.on mental health issues is with us now. Mike, I think you got involved
:03:51. > :04:01.with this issue after your father took his own life. What impact did
:04:01. > :04:08.that have on you? It has been called a personal Holocaust. There
:04:08. > :04:16.are a whole kaleidoscope other nations. You torture yourself.
:04:16. > :04:24.Suicide bereavement is unique, it is different from a sudden accident,
:04:24. > :04:31.or murder. Why men? They are less inclined to be connected to their
:04:31. > :04:35.emotional status. They are unable to support one another, and express
:04:35. > :04:42.their emotions. They don't talk about it, they tend to bottle it up.
:04:42. > :04:47.How can we make people go for specialist help? One of the things
:04:47. > :04:54.we have to do with men, a bit of reverse psychology, tell them that
:04:54. > :05:03.they have a problem, that they have to do with it. In Jo's case, she
:05:03. > :05:07.had no idea that he would himself. That can be the case. It is
:05:08. > :05:17.difficult, because you don't always have the signs to see. You are
:05:18. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:29.saying that there are people out there who who can help? -- who can
:05:29. > :05:31.
:05:31. > :05:36.help? It is important to screen these things. There are always
:05:36. > :05:45.Samaritans. There are a load of organisations, information for
:05:45. > :05:47.mental health is a wonderful website. Useful advice.
:05:47. > :05:50.Hundreds of families in West Yorkshire are still unable to cook
:05:50. > :05:55.or heat their homes after gas supplies were cut off in strong
:05:55. > :06:05.winds yesterday. 1,600 were affected. Ian White is in Steeton
:06:05. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:13.for us now. What's happening? in a club which has been turned
:06:13. > :06:22.into a makeshift operations centre. They are trying to get his back on
:06:22. > :06:28.as quickly as possible. This sector, sector three, that has gone back on.
:06:28. > :06:33.Their colouring in the map as more homes get reconnected.
:06:33. > :06:43.Back cooking on gas, relief for Cooks at this hospital after nearly
:06:43. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:50.two days without gas to make meals on. We need hot food, individuals
:06:50. > :06:56.cannot live off cold food. biggest concern is the lack of hot
:06:56. > :07:04.water. 1,600 people have been affected by the loss of gas, caused
:07:04. > :07:14.by high winds. Degas was shut off as a safety precaution. -- of the
:07:14. > :07:23.gas was shut off. An emergency control room has been
:07:23. > :07:32.set up, residents have come to collect heaters and hotplates.
:07:32. > :07:42.the gas going off, you have people who are looking after the elderly.
:07:42. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:51.Thank you very much. Not a nice day for rate is its? -- not a nice day
:07:51. > :07:57.for it, is it? This woman lives alone. She relies on gas. When the
:07:57. > :08:01.system went down, she was without her main support systems. It has
:08:01. > :08:09.certainly been a frustrating start to the New Year, there is a long
:08:09. > :08:13.night ahead for the engineers. Many homes are still without gas.
:08:13. > :08:20.Why has it taken so long to get these people back on the network?
:08:20. > :08:30.It is not as simple as putting a few is back in, or -- putting a
:08:30. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:43.fuse back in, or flicking a switch. If anyone's coming home tonight, we
:08:43. > :08:51.will be about the customer service number. Will we be back here
:08:51. > :08:59.tomorrow, are people still go to be without gas? We are still putting
:08:59. > :09:09.people back on. We are working as hard as we can. The helpline number
:09:09. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:15.is below. Back to the studio. Later on Look North: Trying to get
:09:15. > :09:21.back in the saddle, a race against time for the showjumper who broke
:09:21. > :09:24.his neck but still harbours Olympic hopes.
:09:24. > :09:27.The new year was only 11 hours old when David and Dorothy Metcalfe
:09:27. > :09:31.were killed in a horrific car crash on the notorious Stanningley
:09:31. > :09:34.byepass between Leeds and Bradford. A man has been charged with causing
:09:34. > :09:38.death by dangerous driving. For the Metcalf's son Clive a remarkably
:09:38. > :09:48.brave interview follows in which he talks of his thanks to all who
:09:48. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:54.tried to help at the scene. Even those who are used to
:09:54. > :10:04.witnessing horrific scenes, found this harrowing. It was a high-speed
:10:04. > :10:10.
:10:11. > :10:20.crash. It is known as the mad a mile, it is down a hill. -- be mad
:10:21. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:30.a. My mum was still in her seat. She was hanging out of the back
:10:30. > :10:35.window of the car. For this to happen at any time is tragic enough,
:10:35. > :10:41.but Sony is day, even more so. Clive it was quick to praise those
:10:41. > :10:49.who try to help. We were very grateful. I would like to thank
:10:49. > :10:57.them. A gentleman on his motorbike has stopped and try to help my mum.
:10:57. > :11:03.Another lady has gone and cover the dad up. You got an incredible
:11:03. > :11:13.response from the emergency services. I would like to thank
:11:13. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:20.them for their swift response. It was New Year's Day, they were there,
:11:20. > :11:28.knowing some of the guys who were there, the air ambulance, the
:11:28. > :11:34.police, we couldn't have wished for a better service. A man has been
:11:34. > :11:38.charged with death by dangerous driving. The funeral will take
:11:38. > :11:41.place next week. More news from around Yorkshire and
:11:41. > :11:44.a second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a
:11:44. > :11:47.father of two at a New Year's Eve party in Sheffield. Joshua Green
:11:47. > :11:50.was attacked on the dancefloor of the Stars and Mayfair club and died
:11:50. > :11:53.at the scene from his injuries. A 22-year-old local man has been
:11:53. > :11:59.arrested on suspicion of murder. A teenager who was arrested yesterday
:11:59. > :12:03.is still in police custody. A canoeist from North Yorkshire who
:12:03. > :12:05.was rescued from an icy river in Cumbria on New Year's Day, has died.
:12:05. > :12:09.41-year-old Catherine Stainsby from Malton, was treated in hospital
:12:09. > :12:12.after being caught in fast flowing waters near Sedbergh. Mountain
:12:12. > :12:19.rescue volunteers, the fire service, police and ambulance crews were all
:12:19. > :12:22.involved in the rescue. A Barnsley school furniture company
:12:22. > :12:26.says it has saved forty five jobs - after taking over a struggling
:12:26. > :12:28.outdoor play equipment firm. Metalliform Holdings bought out
:12:28. > :12:36.Chesterfield based Timberline which was put in administration last
:12:36. > :12:46.november. Still to come before 7 o'clock: A
:12:46. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:53.lament to a lost legend. We finish with fish at Harry's, it was close
:12:53. > :13:00.to heaven. A song charting the rise and fall of the first Harry
:13:00. > :13:04.Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant. Millions of us will diet this new
:13:04. > :13:14.year, to shed the festive pounds, I know a few people round here who've
:13:14. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:20.already started! So, Christa you Thanks, Harry. Well I think you'll
:13:20. > :13:25.find I'm just about average! That means I've put on about five pounds
:13:25. > :13:29.over Christmas. Findings show the average crash diet lasts just 15
:13:29. > :13:37.days and at the end of it 35% of us end on putting on more weight than
:13:37. > :13:41.they lost in the first place. Well, in a moment we'll be talking to a
:13:41. > :13:44.life coach to get a few tips on how to shift those bad habits for good.
:13:44. > :13:54.First though, Charlotte Leeming has been to Featherstone where they're
:13:54. > :13:54.
:13:55. > :13:59.targeting the fast food market. And there is no shortage of
:13:59. > :14:04.takeaways to choose from here. These fast food outlet to be
:14:04. > :14:12.encouraged to become healthier. The dishes they server being tested for
:14:12. > :14:18.the Salt, sugar and fat content. It is all part of an initiative to
:14:18. > :14:22.tackle obesity. People are generally living longer, but people
:14:22. > :14:26.are developing long-term health conditions, things like heart
:14:26. > :14:30.disease and stroke. All these conditions are related to the
:14:31. > :14:36.lifestyles of people and their diet is a big part of that. This project
:14:36. > :14:42.is not about demonising takeaways, but it is a bite is offering people
:14:42. > :14:49.healthier options when they want to buy fast food. I control my Salt
:14:49. > :14:53.intake, so I don't worry too much if I have a takeaway. Is this a
:14:53. > :15:03.good initiative? It is very good that there tried to control how
:15:03. > :15:03.
:15:04. > :15:12.much we have. I don't have sold, my wife dos. If this fish-and-chip
:15:12. > :15:16.shop is one of 15 outlets that they assessed. That testing takes place
:15:16. > :15:19.at this Laboratory in Leeds. Scientists here exam of the
:15:19. > :15:24.nutritional content of the dish and the results are given to the
:15:24. > :15:30.takeaway owners so they can all today recipes - - there are recipes
:15:30. > :15:34.of the Jews to do so. You can find very high levels of Salt,
:15:34. > :15:38.especially in Chinese takeaways. We have found 20 grams of Salt. This
:15:38. > :15:43.is six grams of Salt, the recommended maximum amount for an
:15:43. > :15:48.adult, and we have found Chinese takeaways with 20 grams of Salt in
:15:48. > :15:52.a single portion. So, three times your target maximum sold in taking
:15:52. > :15:56.a single meal. It is up to the traders to decide if they want to
:15:56. > :16:01.make any changes to their food, but with the takeaway meal containing
:16:01. > :16:05.1000 calories on average, perhaps it is their chance to start the new
:16:05. > :16:09.year on a healthier note. Angela Whitlock is a life coach and
:16:09. > :16:12.author from North Yorkshire. They are trying with fast food in
:16:12. > :16:16.Featherstone, but what can we do to keep our healthy resolutions?
:16:16. > :16:22.of the problems you find is that you focus on the end result of the
:16:22. > :16:27.time, but you need to focus on the process. One of the things we have
:16:27. > :16:31.all done is driven a car. The process of learning, getting people
:16:31. > :16:40.involved, getting people around you to help you, that is the process of
:16:40. > :16:50.achieving a gold - - achieving a goal. Resolutions always seem to be
:16:50. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :16:57.about losing weight, going to the gym, are they the right ones?
:16:57. > :17:02.about changing your mind set. you were going to say that! That is
:17:02. > :17:08.harder. When you focus on being healthy or something more positive,
:17:08. > :17:16.you have much more chance of achieving it. He has lost his
:17:16. > :17:21.voice! More water. I suppose gender is a depressing month anyway, so is
:17:21. > :17:29.it the right time to start this sort of campaign? It is a good
:17:29. > :17:37.springboard because we are all focused on new things in January.
:17:37. > :17:46.It takes 90 up to 100 days to ginger habits, that was what we
:17:46. > :17:50.know now. You have to forgive yourself, because when you make a
:17:50. > :17:52.mistake, you have to forgive yourself and get back on track. It
:17:53. > :18:02.is those little moments we don't forgive yourself that you think,
:18:03. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:14.what is the point, I might as well not carry on. Harry, you will be
:18:14. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:22.back speaking again? I hope so. One of our Olympic hopeful
:18:22. > :18:25.showjumpers is facing a race against time to qualify for 2012
:18:25. > :18:28.after breaking his neck. Tim Stockdale, from Worksop, fell from
:18:28. > :18:30.a horse during training in October. Incredibly, he managed to avoid any
:18:30. > :18:33.life-changing injuries and after a traumatic few months is now
:18:33. > :18:41.plotting a return to the sport. Nick Hope has been following the
:18:41. > :18:46.story. At its best, showjumping is a stunning combination of style,
:18:46. > :18:53.elegance and animal athleticism. At its worst it is simply a bleak,
:18:53. > :18:57.with frightening consequences. Tim Stockdale's accident happened aware
:18:57. > :19:04.for the cameras, but being admitted to this hospital give some idea of
:19:04. > :19:08.the serious - - seriousness of the triple neck fracture. It was a
:19:08. > :19:16.little bit windy and it started to rain and maybe something spoke to
:19:16. > :19:21.him, but he ran out of the corner. My saddle slipped up the wrong side,
:19:21. > :19:26.so I was coming down and they don't remember anything more. The doctor
:19:26. > :19:30.felt my neck and as he pressed around a new that there was
:19:31. > :19:35.something seriously wrong. What is it been like as a patient?
:19:35. > :19:41.nightmare. He doesn't understand keep still, but he is getting there,
:19:41. > :19:45.are due? Just about. His condition has certainly improved. He was
:19:45. > :19:50.released at the end of November and managed an appearance at Olympia
:19:50. > :19:56.earlier this month. It is lovely to be out of hospital. Five weeks on
:19:56. > :20:02.my back was a difficult time. I wanted to make one day at Olympia,
:20:02. > :20:06.and that was going to be my success. Averting goes according to plan I
:20:07. > :20:11.hope that I'll be riding in February and jump fences again in
:20:11. > :20:18.March. What would have been for you to get that place ankle to the
:20:18. > :20:24.Olympics? It would be fabulous, fantastic. Something like this is
:20:24. > :20:27.the ignition to doing better and it isn't the late my furnaces. He has
:20:27. > :20:32.made a career out of overcoming obstacles, and despite the
:20:32. > :20:38.challenges ahead due in the sport would doubt that he has the
:20:38. > :20:41.character to land a place in the Games.
:20:41. > :20:44.Fingers crossed he makes it. Some other good news tonight and the
:20:44. > :20:47.England rugby squad have announced they will be using West Park in
:20:47. > :20:50.Leeds as their training base later this month ahead of the RBS Six
:20:50. > :20:54.Nations. England have spent their January training week in Portugal
:20:54. > :20:57.for the last three years. It began life in a hut in Guiseley
:20:57. > :21:00.and grew to become the biggest fish and chip shop in the world, but now
:21:00. > :21:04.the site of the original Harry Ramsden's is shutting down. So, how
:21:04. > :21:07.do you mark the fall of one of the county's legends? Well, you could
:21:07. > :21:11.write a book or erect a statue or, in the case of one Yorkshire
:21:11. > :21:21.composer, write a song about it. We will be speaking to him in a moment,
:21:21. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:33.but first let's hear some snippets. In a trice that appetising whiff
:21:33. > :21:43.came wafting up. And crew and chewy as perfects proof that the
:21:43. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:51.Ramsden's had bought wisely. Alas, she didn't last that there very
:21:51. > :21:57.long, which may carry more determined and he fried on and on.
:21:57. > :22:07.The hut has had its day. That is now it was a restaurant, not just
:22:07. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:26.to take away. His name was Harry, Well, Eddie Lawler is here now. Why
:22:26. > :22:32.do you feel so strongly about it? think it is part of our West
:22:32. > :22:39.Yorkshire culture, which has vanished. I come from Manchester
:22:39. > :22:42.Road in Bradford, and so did Harry Ramsden, so there is a bit of local
:22:42. > :22:49.pay I think there is a slight feeling of disappointment and
:22:49. > :22:54.morning but something has gone. did change. If you talk to the
:22:54. > :22:57.local people, they deserted it. They respect other places. It has
:22:57. > :23:05.been through several hands and I don't think the hands were very
:23:05. > :23:12.good one. It does things like Mother's Day, a special treat,
:23:12. > :23:19.granny's birthday. The amusement arcade in the back. Brass-band
:23:19. > :23:23.sometimes playing. It was a tree to go to Harry Ramsden's. And you take
:23:23. > :23:33.everything for granted and due don't know what you have got until
:23:33. > :23:38.that is gone. A supermarket is coming instead. This song is
:23:38. > :23:48.already on their website you can get it for nothing. It is part of
:23:48. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:54.the CD that will be launched at the end of March. I think if we had
:23:54. > :24:04.best anybody to do a tribute, I don't remember a story getting as
:24:04. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:14.much response to, a one-off story about one firm, we have hundreds of
:24:14. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:25.e-mails. It would be nice if we did a Harry Ramsden's tribute.
:24:25. > :24:35.It is a really lovely song. Can we have a little bit more? This is
:24:35. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :25:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:25:15. > :25:22.Let's have a look at some of the pictures that some of the weather
:25:22. > :25:32.we have been having. That is a water fall with the water for going
:25:32. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:57.back uphill. So, all sorts We start with the warning of keels
:25:57. > :26:02.again. We have got the Environment Agency warnings out. There is a
:26:02. > :26:09.warning for heavy rain across the Pennines. Tomorrow should be better,
:26:09. > :26:14.drier and brighter, but still very windy. There is the promise of
:26:14. > :26:19.something better on Friday morning into Friday afternoon. You can see
:26:19. > :26:26.this cloud that has been pitching in from the West. It has rained all
:26:26. > :26:30.day again. There has been about an inch of rain in some places today.
:26:30. > :26:36.The Environment Agency are keeping an eye on all this rain. It will be
:26:36. > :26:44.a wild and wet night with the gales locally. Lowest temperatures down
:26:44. > :26:53.to five Celsius. So, the sun will rise in the morning. Times of high
:26:53. > :26:56.So, a windy, blustery start with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
:26:56. > :27:02.Slowly through the morning these outbreaks of rain will push away
:27:02. > :27:07.southwards and into the afternoon it should be better, dry and bright.
:27:07. > :27:17.A strong north-westerly wind throughout all sea temperatures
:27:17. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:26.peaking at around about seven On Friday morning, an early frost
:27:26. > :27:31.and then make the most of the morning as it should be dry with
:27:31. > :27:36.sunshine. It will cloud over in the afternoon with drizzle pitching in
:27:36. > :27:40.from the West. Saturday will be a bit better.