:00:03. > :00:05.Welcome to Friday's Look North. On the programme tonight, Ben
:00:05. > :00:15.battles on - the Doncaster soldier who fought life-threatening
:00:15. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:28.injuries walks tall as he's told he can stay in the army. I only knew...
:00:28. > :00:34.Bed and it always knew it would turn out well. -- Ben always knew
:00:34. > :00:36.it would turn out well. Ben and his mum are with us in the
:00:36. > :00:39.studio tonight to share their good news.
:00:39. > :00:41.Also tonight, these ladies are not for turning. The miners' wives
:00:41. > :00:43.boycotting the new Margaret Thatcher film.
:00:43. > :00:53.And campaigners rally round to save Barnsley's lesser-spotted Ferret -
:00:53. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:03.which is close to extinction. this fine weather last? Join me
:01:03. > :01:05.later to find out. First tonight, some say he
:01:05. > :01:14.shouldn't even be alive after fighting life-threatening injuries
:01:14. > :01:21.received in Afghanistan. But today, Doncaster soldier Ben Parkinson has
:01:21. > :01:23.won another battle - to stay in the army and keep receiving his rehab.
:01:23. > :01:26.Ben and his parents spent an anxious Christmas waiting for the
:01:26. > :01:31.outcome of an MoD review which could have seen him discharged from
:01:31. > :01:34.the army with his physiotherapy reduced. We'll be speaking to them
:01:34. > :01:44.in a moment, but first Emma Glasbey has been taking a look at Ben's
:01:44. > :01:49.progress. Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson,
:01:49. > :01:53.walking tall again as he continues a remarkable recovery. For more
:01:53. > :01:57.than five years he has been fighting back from terrible
:01:57. > :02:02.injuries, more recently he has faced a battle to stay in the army
:02:02. > :02:07.and keep receiving rehabilitation paid for by the MoD. Today, his
:02:07. > :02:12.future is looking more secure. So you have been guaranteed you can
:02:12. > :02:22.stay in the Army for the next six months, how does that make you feel.
:02:22. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.I am very proud. I always knew it would be all right. Ben always knew
:02:29. > :02:33.it would turn out well. It gives him a chance to achieve everything
:02:33. > :02:36.he can. Ben lost both his legs and suffered
:02:36. > :02:41.brain damage when he was caught up in an explosion in Afghanistan. He
:02:41. > :02:46.was just 22, but became the most seriously injured British
:02:46. > :02:52.serviceman to survive his warns. Doctors predicted he would not walk
:02:52. > :02:57.or talk again, but they may have underestimated Ben's determination.
:02:58. > :03:03.There is something called a Glasgow, score. If you are below a score of
:03:03. > :03:07.five, you do not make much recovery. Ben was three. So most of the
:03:07. > :03:12.surgeons that were dealing with him thought he would never make
:03:12. > :03:17.consciousness, let alone this. As he continues back to fitness,
:03:17. > :03:22.2012 is looking bright for Ben. His next step will be training to carry
:03:22. > :03:26.the Olympic torch through Yorkshire in June.
:03:26. > :03:36.Well, we're delighted to say that Ben and his mum Diane are with us
:03:36. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:47.now. You must be absolutely delighted.
:03:47. > :03:50.
:03:51. > :03:54.You are thrilled, are you not? is,...
:03:54. > :04:00.So obviously Ben believes that this rehabilitation is the key to
:04:00. > :04:06.getting back his life. Absolutely. What happened, happened. What is
:04:06. > :04:09.important is that then gets as far as he can, and it is not just then,
:04:09. > :04:14.then it should be leading the way to make sure that all these boys
:04:14. > :04:19.get everything that they need, so that they can be active, productive,
:04:19. > :04:26.and lead the best lies they can. I know Ben Wood be the first to
:04:26. > :04:32.acknowledge, the sergeant-major was putting him through hell.
:04:32. > :04:36.Absolutely, but Ben has got support nationwide. Doncaster has also been
:04:36. > :04:42.marvellous for Ben, and this is a result for the team. A let us
:04:42. > :04:47.explain how far you have come. Today, for the best -- first time,
:04:47. > :04:54.you are on what you call your long legs. Full length legs. Which is
:04:54. > :05:00.wonderful. Really wonderful. You must be amazed, as the doctors are,
:05:00. > :05:04.as to how well rehabilitation has worked. It has been amazing, but we
:05:04. > :05:09.always told them that they had no idea what they were dealing with.
:05:09. > :05:13.Nobody knows the spirit and the determination of these boys. So we
:05:13. > :05:16.were not surprised, we did not perhaps realise just what a fight
:05:16. > :05:24.he would have, but we knew he would give it his all.
:05:24. > :05:34.And what about the torch? That is so exciting. I am very proud to be
:05:34. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:48.carrying it. I am also proud of the doctors who helped me.
:05:48. > :05:53.Absolutely. It is great that you have got another goal to go for.
:05:53. > :06:00.You have got to carry that torch. It is going to be difficult, isn't
:06:01. > :06:03.it? No! He is going to get some heavy practice in over the next six
:06:03. > :06:07.months. I know Ben said he was pride
:06:07. > :06:12.because of all the people who have helped, but we should also remember
:06:12. > :06:16.that it has been a fight for other soldiers as well. When Ben carries
:06:16. > :06:22.that torch, it is for all those who have been there and some who did
:06:22. > :06:26.not come hom a tall. And suddenly. And for their families. We have
:06:26. > :06:32.close links with those who have lost their sons, and those who have
:06:32. > :06:37.had injuries worst -- worse than Ben's. This is for everybody.
:06:37. > :06:42.can imagine the emotion of that occasion.
:06:42. > :06:44.Ben, lovely to see you again. Thank you very much.
:06:44. > :06:46.Anti-capitalist protesters in South Yorkshire have said they have no
:06:46. > :06:48.intention of ending their occupation anytime soon. It comes
:06:48. > :06:57.after Sheffield Cathedral threatened legal action if
:06:57. > :07:01.protesters don't move from their site within the week. It has been
:07:01. > :07:07.the foreground to the city's Cathedral for two months now, and
:07:07. > :07:11.is still very firmly here. The cathedral rates concerns after the
:07:11. > :07:14.protesters pitched their first tent in November, but now they have sent
:07:14. > :07:20.a letter giving protesters their final warning. It has been
:07:20. > :07:26.inconvenient, we have had our worship disturb, we believe that
:07:26. > :07:31.the site is a danger to the public. But the protesters showed no signs
:07:31. > :07:34.of of routine. There may be more tense with -- when the national
:07:34. > :07:40.conference comes to the city in two weeks's time.
:07:40. > :07:45.We are not going to go away. We are not occupy in the cathedral, we are
:07:45. > :07:49.occupying Sheffield. We want to be a visible presence on the street in
:07:49. > :07:53.Sheffield. In Leeds, the presence is now in
:07:53. > :07:57.the form of a clean-up, after persistent bad weather made it
:07:57. > :08:02.unsafe for residents to stay. Not something Sheffield protesters
:08:02. > :08:06.have to worry about now they have set up a second camp. Despite being
:08:06. > :08:11.urged to use this as the main base, it is outside the cathedral that
:08:11. > :08:14.remains the sticking point. Coming up tonight, we've reaction
:08:14. > :08:18.to the most talked about film of 2012 which goes on general release
:08:18. > :08:28.tonight. It is of course The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, and we
:08:28. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:33.have a very special guest to review On Look North tonight, I will be
:08:33. > :08:43.telling you what I thought of Meryl Streep exclamation mark in The Iron
:08:43. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:00.Lady. Is it really as good as Two men who were arrested in
:09:00. > :09:02.connection with the murder of another man at a New Year's Eve
:09:02. > :09:05.party in Sheffield have been bailed by police.
:09:05. > :09:09.Joshua Green, was attacked at the Stars and Mayfair club and died
:09:09. > :09:11.there. Police say the two arrested men - one who's 22, the other who's
:09:12. > :09:14.19 - have now been released from custody pending further enquiries.
:09:15. > :09:17.There's been a massive rise in drivers caught speeding on the West
:09:17. > :09:20.Yorkshire section of the M62 where there are roadworks. Last year
:09:20. > :09:23.11,000 people were caught going over 50 miles per hour by the
:09:23. > :09:25.average speed cameras. The year before, the same cameras caught
:09:25. > :09:26.1,000 people going over 50. Highways Agency officials say
:09:27. > :09:30.they're very concerned by the increase.
:09:30. > :09:33.The new owners of Clarence Dock in Leeds say they hope to turn around
:09:33. > :09:36.its fortunes. The site, next to the River Aire, has struggled to find
:09:37. > :09:40.tenants for many of its shops since opening in 2008. Its new owners
:09:40. > :09:43.want to replace up to half of the shop units with offices.
:09:43. > :09:46.Back in 1984 the wives of striking miners became a force to be
:09:46. > :09:50.reckoned with during the angry protests of the year-long pit
:09:50. > :09:53.strike. Today in Chesterfield they were demonstrating again.
:09:53. > :09:56.They gathered outside the town's cinema just before the first
:09:56. > :10:00.showing of The Iron Lady, a new film about the life of Margaret
:10:00. > :10:03.Thatcher. They say it airbrushes out the damage her Government did
:10:03. > :10:13.to communities in the coalfields. Our Political Editor Len Tingle was
:10:13. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:22.there. SINGING.
:10:22. > :10:26.It has been a while since many of this group first met to demonstrate
:10:26. > :10:30.and sing protest songs here in Chesterfield. 27 years ago, they
:10:30. > :10:36.were part of the miners' wives action group during the bitter pit
:10:36. > :10:41.strike. Tony Bennett, pictured here on the left, was one of them.
:10:41. > :10:44.Today, she was protesting again, angered at what she says is a
:10:44. > :10:48.Hollywood glamorisation of Margaret Thatcher, the woman she still
:10:48. > :10:52.blames for destroying the local pits and her community.
:10:52. > :10:57.She may have been the first woman prime minister, but she was not
:10:57. > :11:04.representing women are told. Whatever Hollywood says, they have
:11:04. > :11:09.no idea of the situation that is happening here.
:11:09. > :11:15.Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
:11:15. > :11:18.The film, with Meryl Streep already tipped for an Oscar, gives Margaret
:11:18. > :11:21.Thatcher the full Hollywood treatment, as the woman who
:11:21. > :11:26.succeeded against all the odds in a man's world.
:11:26. > :11:31.Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it.
:11:31. > :11:35.Mrs Thatcher changed the world. Denationalisation of the
:11:35. > :11:40.electricity, gas and all the public services was on the President in
:11:40. > :11:46.North America. Now we see its spreading worldwide, and the IMF
:11:47. > :11:51.forcing it on some countries. She did not read newspapers,
:11:51. > :11:56.wilfully refused to be done. Did not change her mind when it was
:11:56. > :12:01.made up, and got on with it. What more can you ask?
:12:01. > :12:06.So, that idea that she is a mould- breaking female I can, is not
:12:06. > :12:12.shared by the protesters in Sheffield. She put the cause of
:12:12. > :12:16.women back 100 years. She is not a woman in the world -- real world.
:12:16. > :12:21.She has never suffered like that wives of the striking miners in
:12:21. > :12:27.1984. Gentle man, shall we joined the the
:12:27. > :12:30.ladies? -- show we joined at the ladies?
:12:30. > :12:33.Whatever you think of the film, the accolades are already pouring in
:12:33. > :12:37.for Meryl Streep's performance as Margaret Thatcher - she may even
:12:37. > :12:40.win an Oscar for it. But we mustn't forget her past impersonators. Step
:12:40. > :12:44.forward Leeds lad Steve Nallon, who was the voice of Margaret Thatcher
:12:44. > :12:48.in the hit TV show Spitting Image for over a decade. We had a chat
:12:48. > :12:57.with him earlier, but first let's listen to him as the Iron Lady in
:12:57. > :13:07.this very memorable clip from the show.
:13:07. > :13:13.I will have a stake. How do you like it? Rock, please quiz.
:13:13. > :13:20.about the vegetables? They will have the same as me.
:13:20. > :13:25.It has reinvigorated your career. Well, I still find that line funny.
:13:25. > :13:31.You were the famous impersonator of Margaret Thatcher. Have you seen at
:13:31. > :13:36.the Young pretender, Meryl Streep? How is she? She is fabulous, she
:13:37. > :13:45.does capture it. I was really impressed. There are moments where
:13:45. > :13:51.she is damn good. Was she an easy voice? Well, I
:13:51. > :13:54.remember in my grandmother's Harris, Mike Yarwood. He was on the
:13:54. > :14:02.television, and he attempted Margaret Thatcher. He was not that
:14:02. > :14:07.great. So I was about 14, and I thought, I will have a go at this.
:14:07. > :14:13.And see what it sounds like. My voice had just broken, so that is
:14:13. > :14:19.why I could do it. Here is a clip from the film. It
:14:19. > :14:26.was not universally liked by those trying to get her into power.
:14:26. > :14:31.That had has got to go. And the polls. But the main thing is your
:14:31. > :14:41.voice. It is too high and has no authority. I may be persuaded to
:14:41. > :14:45.surrender the hat, but the polls are absolutely non-negotiable. --
:14:45. > :14:49.the pearls are absolutely non- negotiable. That is the tone we
:14:49. > :14:54.want to strike. She is very impressive, but you
:14:54. > :15:02.reckon Margaret Thatcher had three voices. Can you give us an example?
:15:02. > :15:08.Well, the interview voice was very, very slow, some might even say sexy,
:15:08. > :15:15.if we can say that on a Friday night. The other voice was the
:15:15. > :15:22.House of Commons! We shall win the next election! And my favourite,
:15:22. > :15:25.and I based the Spitting Image character, was, the right
:15:25. > :15:35.honourable gentleman does not understand the nature of fiscal
:15:35. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:44.policy exclamation mark HE shouts. We are not -- I have forgotten just
:15:44. > :15:54.how distinctive that voice is. But also, Spitting Image. Have we
:15:54. > :15:58.time for one more clip? Although I work a 20 our day,
:15:58. > :16:08.organising the affairs of Britain, nothing I do gives me greater
:16:08. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:16.pleasure than that simple domestic ritual of waking my husband. Come
:16:16. > :16:24.on, are you going to live there all day?
:16:24. > :16:30.I had totally forgotten that. Are we going to see you dressed in
:16:30. > :16:36.blue suits yourself again? I would love to. If somebody wants me to do
:16:36. > :16:42.it, I would be happy to do it. We would happily have you every
:16:42. > :16:52.Friday evening, but for the moment, Mr Steve Nallon, the original
:16:52. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:56.Margaret Thatcher, thank you. So, will you be going to see the
:16:56. > :17:00.film, and what do you think to the Chesterfield boycott? You can post
:17:00. > :17:05.a comment on our Facebook page at BBC Look North Yorkshire or you can
:17:05. > :17:11.send us an email. Or you can tweet us on Twitter, where you can follow
:17:11. > :17:14.us as well. Before 7pm:
:17:14. > :17:22.A sweet story from York where the city's chocolate industry is being
:17:22. > :17:24.promised its own version of the Jorvik Centre.
:17:24. > :17:32.And why South Yorkshire's only four-legged journalist is being
:17:32. > :17:36.shown the door. It's one of the most eagerly
:17:36. > :17:46.awaited weekends in the football calendar, the third round of the FA
:17:46. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:53.Cup. There is magic this weekend, but are there any big chances.
:17:53. > :17:55.as ever, Yorkshire's clubs have some real giant-killing
:17:55. > :17:58.opportunities, with Arsenal in Leeds' sights and fourth tier
:17:58. > :18:07.Bradford taking on Championship side Watford. With a look ahead to
:18:07. > :18:10.a packed weekend, here's Joe Inwood. When Bradford face of what food,
:18:10. > :18:14.they have one thing in common both are languishing at 18th in the
:18:14. > :18:20.league. The difference is that what food are in the championship and
:18:20. > :18:24.City are two divisions below in League Two. We waited in the last
:18:24. > :18:30.round to see who we were going to get an be found out it was Watford.
:18:30. > :18:33.If we put in a good performance, it is waiting to see who we get in the
:18:33. > :18:37.next round. The aim was to get there and the next challenge is to
:18:37. > :18:42.do ourselves justice and play like we have been doing and get into the
:18:42. > :18:52.hat for the 4th round. Before talk of that, there is the trip down the
:18:52. > :19:02.M1. The other Saturday fixtures are home draws. Any giant-killing will
:19:02. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:10.take place on Sunday or Monday. Wednesday take on West Ham. I know
:19:10. > :19:15.that they pay one player what we pay the whole squad. It is a David
:19:15. > :19:20.and Goliath. Bradford City are usually out of the FA Cup by now
:19:20. > :19:27.and have not taken part in the third round since 2004, so one
:19:27. > :19:31.thing is certain, they would enjoy In other football news, our teams
:19:31. > :19:34.have won a hat-trick of awards from the Football League. Huddersfield
:19:34. > :19:38.Town's Jordan Rhodes has won Player of the Month in League One. The
:19:38. > :19:41.striker has kept on scoring as his team has started to struggle. He
:19:41. > :19:44.scored all four Town goals against Sheffield Wednesday last month.
:19:44. > :19:47.Sheffield United manager Danny Wilson was named Manager of the
:19:48. > :19:51.Month for League One following a string of good results that have
:19:51. > :19:55.taken his side up to third. And Phil Parkinson is December's top
:19:55. > :20:01.manager in League Two. He helped Bradford City out of the relegation
:20:02. > :20:05.zone with three wins. Now, York is a city which owes much
:20:05. > :20:08.to the humble chocolate. It has long been associated with the likes
:20:08. > :20:11.of Terry's, Rowntree and and Nestle. They brought jobs and prosperity,
:20:11. > :20:16.and even today could still bring something new, because York could
:20:16. > :20:26.soon have a new tourist attraction based on its sweet memories. Peter
:20:26. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:44.Lugg's been given an exclusive preview.
:20:44. > :20:47.Rowntree's chocolate girls at work in the 1930s, part of an archive of
:20:47. > :20:52.memories soon to become a popular visitor attraction in the centre of
:20:52. > :20:57.York. The City is where the UK's love and affection for chocolate
:20:57. > :21:04.and confectionery was born. Rowntree's and Craven's and Terry's
:21:04. > :21:09.all started here. So this will be part of the new attraction space.
:21:09. > :21:15.With the help of the Nestle archive, a treasure trove of aka Fat --
:21:15. > :21:19.artifacts has come to life. Packaging, dating back to the early
:21:19. > :21:24.days of the company. Film footage, paperwork, and memorabilia. This is
:21:24. > :21:28.a tin of chocolate that was sent to soldiers fighting in the First
:21:28. > :21:32.World War by King George. And here we have the chocolate, still inside
:21:32. > :21:36.and intact. And then there are the films, images familiar to the
:21:36. > :21:42.thousands of York families who either put in a shift, all who knew
:21:42. > :21:52.someone who worked at the chocolate Factory. They made chocolates by
:21:52. > :21:52.
:21:53. > :21:58.hand, piecework. So if I saw anything I wanted, then we would
:21:58. > :22:03.work like the clappers. Over 200 of those old acetate films were made
:22:03. > :22:07.and yet only a few have ever been found. Perhaps you have one in your
:22:07. > :22:16.loft. Or perhaps this is you on the chocolate production line. Either
:22:16. > :22:20.way, the people here would love to hear from you.
:22:20. > :22:25.As the chocolate correspondent, I would love to preview that.
:22:25. > :22:28.wonder you live in York! Now, we all love a bit of gossip
:22:28. > :22:30.don't we? The celebrity magazines survive on it, but one secret
:22:30. > :22:34.reporter working on a Barnsley newspaper has caused offence once
:22:34. > :22:37.too often. His column, known as The Ferret due to his knack of rooting
:22:38. > :22:47.out juicy details, may now be facing the chop. Heidi Tomlinson
:22:48. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:54.went to investigate. Hears the mystery columnist on the
:22:54. > :23:00.Barnsley Chronicle known to readers as "the ferret", who loves nothing
:23:01. > :23:05.more than to sniff out some gossip. He writes all sorts of random stuff,
:23:05. > :23:11.from solicitors selling eggs to councillors holidays in Benidorm,
:23:11. > :23:16.but this tittle-tattle occasionally gets the paper into a bit of bother.
:23:16. > :23:21.The new editor is having a stern word with the furry reporter.
:23:21. > :23:27.the time may have come to put you down, I'm afraid. You have not got
:23:27. > :23:29.much to say for yourself, have you? People tend to take themselves too
:23:29. > :23:34.seriously and there has been the odd occasion when something that
:23:34. > :23:37.has been quite light hearted, not nasty, but you get some people who
:23:37. > :23:42.resort to sending a solicitor's letter, because you have
:23:42. > :23:48.embarrassed them. So who is "the ferret"? I cannot reveal the
:23:48. > :23:52.identity, that would ruin the illusion. The mysterious, often
:23:52. > :24:00.biting correspondent, can offend and amuse, but should he stay or
:24:00. > :24:04.go? It would be a shame if he went because it adds humour. It has been
:24:04. > :24:09.about the same person many times. Consequently, I think we will not
:24:09. > :24:15.miss it, put it that way. I like it, it is one of the first things I
:24:15. > :24:25.read. Can this cheeky tell-tale survive? Contact the Chronicle if
:24:25. > :24:29.you feel strongly. It is time to let the readers decide.
:24:29. > :24:33.As the people who buy the newspaper, they should decide. The director
:24:33. > :24:42.wanted to put the lights down and to say, introducing our very own
:24:42. > :24:46.ferret. That is not very nice. would not have been funny because
:24:46. > :24:55.our new year's resolution is to be nice to each other. It has lasted
:24:56. > :24:58.two days. Let's start again on The beautiful sun rise for the
:24:59. > :25:03.golfers on the golf course this morning and the Millennium Bridge
:25:03. > :25:13.in York, a bit flooded at the moment but levels are slowly going
:25:13. > :25:15.
:25:16. > :25:20.A bit of an improvement this weekend. It will not win any awards
:25:20. > :25:30.but there will be quite a lot of cloud at times and a few showers.
:25:30. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:36.The best of the weather tomorrow will be along the coast. The broad
:25:36. > :25:41.West to south-westerly coming through. This warm front will bring
:25:41. > :25:46.drizzle on Sunday but all in all not looking too bad. You can see
:25:46. > :25:51.the cloud increasing this afternoon. We have drizzle and hill fog across
:25:51. > :25:57.the Pennines right now. It will be fairly murky, especially in the
:25:57. > :26:01.Pennines and the Yorkshire moors. Light rain and drizzle feeding him.
:26:02. > :26:11.It will be a small amount, not adding to what is in the river
:26:12. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:26.catchment areas. It will be dry by Not too bad a start in the morning.
:26:26. > :26:30.It is a day of a variable, often large amounts of cloud, thickest in
:26:30. > :26:36.the West, where we have a few showers coming through on a
:26:36. > :26:41.westerly wind. To the east, the best of the weather. Dry and bright
:26:41. > :26:51.with sunny spells. Fairly strong winds tonight and tomorrow but
:26:51. > :26:55.
:26:56. > :27:00.nowhere near as windy as the other night.
:27:00. > :27:02.A further outlook for Sunday, a bright and dry morning. Patchy
:27:02. > :27:09.light rain and drizzle possible through the afternoon in the West.
:27:09. > :27:15.Monday, a damp start but brighter later. You would have made a
:27:15. > :27:19.fantastic Spitting Image puppet. Would I? Just a little one.
:27:19. > :27:23.resolution has failed already! Thanks for all your comments about
:27:23. > :27:26.The Iron Lady. Here's a sample of your views on our Facebook page.
:27:26. > :27:30.Josie Clark says, "I absolutely and totally supported Mrs T and felt
:27:30. > :27:33.The Iron Lady did a fair job. You cannot always get it right and she
:27:33. > :27:37.made this country respected throughout this world. What did
:27:37. > :27:40.Blair and Brown ever do except line their pockets on the gravy train"?