:00:17. > :00:19.Thank you. Good evening and welcome to Look North.
:00:19. > :00:21.6 Yorkshire's top stories tonight: Mindless vandalism or something
:00:21. > :00:24.more sinister? On Holocaust Memorial Day, a
:00:24. > :00:28.soldier's statue is defaced with yellow paint. Police won't rule out
:00:28. > :00:31.a race-hate crime. They're not just children that have done this. I
:00:31. > :00:34.think there is more to it than that. I think it's the new speciality of
:00:34. > :00:36.today. Standing down: the boss of a
:00:36. > :00:38.troubled NHS Trust decides it's time to go.
:00:38. > :00:44.Also coming up on tonight's programme:
:00:44. > :00:46.How Dolly Parton's begun a reading revival in one South Yorkshire town.
:00:46. > :00:56.And what chance a conversion? The England Rugby Union players
:00:56. > :01:02.attracting a sell-out crowd. There are some nasty conditions across
:01:02. > :01:12.some Pennine areas. These pictures were taken in the last few hours in
:01:12. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:17.the Peak District. All the very latest coming up shortly.
:01:17. > :01:19.Our top story tonight is, Scarborough have reacted with shock
:01:19. > :01:23.and disgust after a much-loved statue was vandalised overnight.
:01:23. > :01:26.The figure of an old soldier who sits on a bench overlooking the
:01:26. > :01:29.North Bay was given to the town by a pensioner last year. But last
:01:29. > :01:32.night someone threw yellow paint all over him, prompting a huge
:01:32. > :01:34.response on Facebook, and it's feared it could be an anti-semitic
:01:34. > :01:38.attack. Let's go live to Scarborough and our reporter Cathy
:01:38. > :01:45.Killick. 8.00am this morning, and this is
:01:45. > :01:51.the scene that greeted council cleaners - yellow paint slung over
:01:51. > :01:57.Scarborough's much-loved sculpture of Freddie Gilroy. The towns folk
:01:57. > :02:01.reacted with outrage on Facebook and Twitter. It was bought for them
:02:01. > :02:06.by Maureen Robinson last year. She cashed in her life savings to keep
:02:06. > :02:09.Freddie by the sea. The attack has left her utterly dismayed. I
:02:09. > :02:16.couldn't believe it. I thought I was dreaming. I felt my heart drop
:02:16. > :02:20.into my shoes. I said to my husband, "We'll have to go down and see
:02:20. > :02:25.what's happened", although I didn't wish to see it at all. I felt too
:02:25. > :02:30.upset. He was a miner-turned- soldier who became one of the first
:02:30. > :02:33.of the allied troops to liberate the Belsen camp. Marching across
:02:33. > :02:37.the fields of Gemini he could have little inkling of the horrors he
:02:37. > :02:41.would have uncovered there, but his links with that terrible time may
:02:41. > :02:45.have provided a warped motive for last night's attack. There has been
:02:45. > :02:49.a lot of speculation about why this has happened. Today is Holocaust
:02:49. > :02:54.Memorial Day, and yellow is a colour associated with the
:02:54. > :02:59.persecution of the Jews. It was the colour of the stars the Nazis made
:02:59. > :03:04.them wear. The fear is that this was a calculated anti-Semitic
:03:04. > :03:09.attack. When my phone rang at a quarter to 7.00am for someone to
:03:09. > :03:13.tell me this had happened, I was absolutely mortified. Apparently,
:03:13. > :03:18.so is the rest of Scarborough according to the feedback I have
:03:18. > :03:22.been getting. It was a gift to the town. I just feel so sorry for Mrs
:03:22. > :03:27.Robinson who has gifted it. I am outraged. This is disappointing,
:03:27. > :03:31.but it will go. We'll get past that. The sculpture will be just as it
:03:31. > :03:36.was, so hopefully people can enjoy it as it was, and hopefully it
:03:36. > :03:41.won't happen again. The police are keeping an open mind as to the
:03:41. > :03:45.motive. They have certainly not ruled out an anti-Jewish connection.
:03:45. > :03:50.As for Maureen Robinson, she wants the culprit a caught. They need
:03:50. > :03:54.naminged a shaming. It's no good sending them away on a holiday
:03:54. > :03:59.because the poor deprived innocents, as you might say, they have to be
:03:59. > :04:03.taught a lesson, hard one. clean-up took hours of hard work,
:04:04. > :04:07.but was successful. Fortunately, the sculpture isn't permanently
:04:07. > :04:11.damaged, but one can't help wondering, what would the man have
:04:11. > :04:14.made of it all? Thank you.
:04:14. > :04:17.We can speak to Councillor David Jeffels from Scarborough Council.
:04:17. > :04:22.Two emotion I think from Scarborough folk tonight - anger,
:04:22. > :04:26.and a sense of shame as well that it could happen there. Yes. I mean,
:04:26. > :04:30.Scarborough woke up this morning to the horrific news - absolutely
:04:30. > :04:34.disgusted that this could have happened in our town to a much-
:04:34. > :04:40.loved piece of public art that, as you say, was given to us only a few
:04:40. > :04:46.weeks ago by the wonderful Maureen Robinson as a gesture to the town,
:04:46. > :04:50.and people have just been amazed all day, but I think the point is
:04:50. > :04:54.that what we have seen is the graffiti team from the Borough
:04:54. > :04:58.Council have done a wonderful job in ensuring all the paint has been
:04:58. > :05:03.cleared up as quickly as possible before it had chance to dry, so the
:05:03. > :05:07.Freddie you see behind me now is back to normal. Sorry I have to
:05:07. > :05:11.interrupt. What credence do you actually give to the point this
:05:11. > :05:14.could have been anti-Semitic because if you look at the location
:05:14. > :05:18.of that statue, you have to determine how to get there,
:05:18. > :05:23.especially at night I would have thought. You do indeed. You
:05:23. > :05:28.wouldn't just stumble across it certainly. I think when you look at
:05:28. > :05:32.the coincidences - it is Holocaust Memorial Day. They have used yellow
:05:32. > :05:35.paint, and Freddie has Belsen connections - it's too much of a
:05:35. > :05:40.coincidence. I hope those that have been responsible for it are caught.
:05:40. > :05:46.I think the way the public have reacted in Scarborough today in
:05:46. > :05:51.giving money to help catch the culprits in terms of a reward I
:05:51. > :05:54.think speaks volumes. Briefly - you're offering a reward? Indeed.
:05:54. > :05:58.We have had hundreds of pounds coming into the council today.
:05:58. > :06:01.People are determined that the culprits of this attack on this
:06:01. > :06:05.wonderful piece of public art are caught and brought before the court.
:06:05. > :06:07.Thank you very much indeed. You can see the graffiti team have done a
:06:07. > :06:09.fantastic job there. Thank you very much indeed for joining us this
:06:09. > :06:12.evening. Council tax payers who handed over
:06:12. > :06:15.cash to a Yorkshire company to have their property rebanded are
:06:15. > :06:17.demanding their money back. Earlier this week we told you about Jack
:06:17. > :06:20."Darrell" Henry who was found guilty of fraud after making
:06:20. > :06:23.misleading promises to slash council tax bills. His company in
:06:23. > :06:33.Huddersfield has now closed, but a new firm's set up on the same site,
:06:33. > :06:37.
:06:37. > :06:42.and the problems are continuing. Nicola Rees reports. Martin and Ann
:06:42. > :06:46.McGwire live in this bungalow in Leeds. They pay more than a
:06:46. > :06:52.thousand pounds in council tax each year, so when a company contacted
:06:52. > :06:58.them to say that could be reduced, they called. We made an appointment.
:06:58. > :07:04.He came the next day. He was very pleasant, and he promised us both -
:07:04. > :07:11.he said based on figures back in 1994 and if your house was worth
:07:11. > :07:20.less than �30,000 back then, you were on band A. We were on band C.
:07:20. > :07:29.He promised us we could get up to band B or maybe A. The company,
:07:29. > :07:32.Council Tax Review delivered promises that for a one-off fee of
:07:32. > :07:37.�100, they could deliver council tax rebates. They said we could get
:07:37. > :07:42.our money back if after six months they didn't complete and we didn't
:07:42. > :07:46.go up any bands. It was a win-win. But the McGwire's property was
:07:46. > :07:53.never rebanded. They weren't entitled to a rebate. Despite
:07:53. > :07:57.dozens of letters to the company their fee has yet to be returned.
:07:57. > :08:01.Every house in the country is placed in a band. They go from A to
:08:01. > :08:06.H. The higher the band, the more you pay. If you think your band is
:08:06. > :08:09.too high and you're paying too much council tax, you can appeal to the
:08:10. > :08:13.Valuation Office Agency. You can do this yourself, though. You
:08:13. > :08:23.definitely don't need to pay a company to do it for you. This week
:08:23. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:33.the Director of Council Tax Review Jack Henry Henry was given a
:08:33. > :08:37.suspended sentence. The new name of the company is
:08:38. > :08:43.Reband UK, but the problems continued. They have been found
:08:43. > :08:49.guilty of using unfair, illegal council tax practisings. The
:08:49. > :08:53.company is shifting to Reband UK. We're already receiving complaints.
:08:53. > :08:57.We'll investigate any complaints. Jack "Darrell" Henry resigned as
:08:57. > :09:02.director two weeks ago. Tonight nobody from Reband UK was available
:09:02. > :09:07.to talk to us. Thank you.
:09:07. > :09:09.Stay with us... For the only Yorkshire stayers in the FA Cup.
:09:10. > :09:15.It's the two Sheffield sides providing our only hopes in the
:09:15. > :09:17.fourth round. The Chief Executive of the trust
:09:17. > :09:19.which runs Pontefract Hospital has announced she's standing down.
:09:19. > :09:21.Julia Squire's departure follows controversy about the overnight
:09:21. > :09:25.closure of the accident and emergency department and reports
:09:25. > :09:34.that the trust is facing a deficit of almost �20 million. She's to
:09:34. > :09:39.take up a new role with the NHS. Another week, another crisis at the
:09:39. > :09:43.mid Yorkshire hospital's NHS Trust. They may have new hospital
:09:43. > :09:48.facilities, but the exterior masks a troubled organisation overspent
:09:48. > :09:51.by �20 million.S this time it's the sudden departure of Chief Executive
:09:51. > :09:55.Julia Squire that's attracting attention. She'd headed the trust
:09:55. > :09:59.for the last five years, but over recent months there has been
:09:59. > :10:03.mounting criticism over management of its finances and sol of its
:10:03. > :10:06.services. The decision in November to close Pontefract accident and
:10:07. > :10:10.emergency overnight prompted protests from local people. At the
:10:10. > :10:14.time Julia Squire said it had been a difficult decision. It has not
:10:14. > :10:17.been the easiest. I didn't come into the NHS to restrict services.
:10:17. > :10:22.Earlier this week a controversial proposal to staff the department
:10:22. > :10:27.with Army medics so it could open for 24 hours was rejected. As local
:10:27. > :10:32.MPs have held crisis meetings with the trust, accountants have spent
:10:32. > :10:39.months pouring over their books. The health of the finances wasn't
:10:39. > :10:42.helped when they were asked to pay out �4.5 million to a doctor who
:10:42. > :10:47.alleged sexual discrimination today. Julia Squire didn't return any of
:10:47. > :10:50.our calls, and no-one was available from the hospital's NHS Trust.
:10:50. > :10:54.Instead they issued a statement thanking Julia Squire for her
:10:54. > :10:58.positive contribution over the last five years and wished her well in
:10:58. > :11:05.her new role with the NHS Confederation. Now MPs are asking
:11:05. > :11:10.was she pushed, or did she jump? Was she sacked or did she resign?
:11:10. > :11:15.It seemed inevitable to me she'd go. We have to get some changes in this
:11:15. > :11:19.trust. We need to get some fresh thinking, and we need to get moving
:11:19. > :11:25.forward. In the end this is a welcome development a new person
:11:25. > :11:28.coming in. He needs to quickly get a grip on this trust which is
:11:28. > :11:34.clearly having lots of complex difficulties. The new Chief
:11:34. > :11:37.Executive will take over in March. MPs plan another meeting on next
:11:38. > :11:41.Friday. Our health correspondent is here.
:11:41. > :11:47.Put this into context. This is a trust with long-standing problems,
:11:47. > :11:51.isn't it? It has had a decade of debts caused by a combination of
:11:51. > :11:56.factors - the difficulties of running hospitals across three
:11:56. > :12:01.sites, raising patient numbers and some would say underfunding in an
:12:01. > :12:04.area with a lot of deprivation and health problems. In 2004 they were
:12:05. > :12:07.put into special measures. They had deep financial and service measures.
:12:07. > :12:12.They were �30 million in debt. The Government stepped in and wrote
:12:12. > :12:16.that off, but still the debts continued to pile up. By 2008, they
:12:16. > :12:19.had a debt of �77 million, which was the biggest of any hospital
:12:19. > :12:25.trust in the country. The Government said, "We're not going
:12:25. > :12:30.to bail you out. The Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority came in
:12:30. > :12:36.and gave them some money, but they had to get a loan for the other �30
:12:36. > :12:39.million, and they got that at 5.2%. In the first year of that loan, it
:12:39. > :12:45.cost them �1 million in interest alone. You have to factor in the
:12:45. > :12:49.cost of two new hospitals? Penderfields and Pontefract cost
:12:49. > :12:52.�33 million. They were financed through the Private Finance
:12:52. > :12:57.Initiative where the private company comes in, builds the
:12:57. > :13:01.hospitals and then leases them to the NHS. They have to pay interest
:13:01. > :13:04.on those every year for 35 years. That began to build up a debt. In
:13:04. > :13:10.2009 the hospital said, we're going to get a grip on this situation and
:13:10. > :13:14.cut 15% off our budgets - that's �55 million over the next two years,
:13:14. > :13:18.and I understand they thought we were on course to achieve that, but
:13:18. > :13:21.then last year it became apparent there was a hole in their plan. The
:13:21. > :13:28.Finance Director retired. Ernst & Young accountants were brought in
:13:28. > :13:30.to look at the books. When it became apparent there was a �20
:13:30. > :13:33.million deficit, it was obvious Julia Squire, the Chief Executive,
:13:33. > :13:36.was going to have to go the Government has insisted all
:13:36. > :13:40.hospitals become what are called foundation trusts - that is they
:13:40. > :13:46.become independent of the Department of Health by 2014. It is
:13:46. > :13:50.obvious they're a long way off that target. Do we think Pontefract A&E
:13:50. > :13:56.is going to open up overnight? it was shut because of safety
:13:56. > :13:59.concerns, not having enough doctors, and given their debt of �20 million
:13:59. > :14:02.deficit, I think we're looking at more service cuts. Thank you very
:14:02. > :14:04.much. The Ministry Of Defence says a
:14:04. > :14:07.sonic boom heard by thousands of people across North Yorkshire
:14:07. > :14:10.yesterday was caused by an RAF fighter in training. As we reported
:14:10. > :14:13.here on Look North, RAF pilots have been taking part in a training
:14:13. > :14:16.exercise ahead of the Olympics where they'll be protecting the UK
:14:16. > :14:23.airspace during the games. A Typhoon jet from RAF Coningsby was
:14:23. > :14:26.authorised to go supersonic overland yesterday afternoon.
:14:26. > :14:29.Bullying at work is the top complaint made by staff at North
:14:29. > :14:32.Yorkshire Police. 20 grievances were made in an 18-month period
:14:32. > :14:34.according to reports looking at equality and diversity in the force.
:14:34. > :14:37.Last May, North Yorkshire Police said "master classes" for managers
:14:37. > :14:42.would be introduced to try to address the issue, but unions say
:14:42. > :14:45.that's not happened. Customs officers have raided a
:14:45. > :14:47.replica U-boat museum moored in Leeds. Its 64-year-old owner
:14:47. > :14:50.Richard Williams was arrested yesterday and bailed as part of an
:14:50. > :14:53.inquiry into a suspected �1 million VAT fraud. Mr Williams says the
:14:53. > :15:03.investigation has nothing to do with the U-Boat Trust which runs
:15:03. > :15:06.the museum. Police in Barnsley are appealing
:15:06. > :15:08.for help in tracing a man who's been missing from his home since
:15:08. > :15:11.last Saturday. Shawn Lockwood, who's 44, was last seen walking
:15:11. > :15:21.down Hoyland Road in Wombwell. Relatives have described Mr
:15:21. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:26.Lockwood as vulnerable. The husband of Euro Democrat MP Wallace who
:15:26. > :15:29.became involved in a nepotism row says he's not taking her seat. He
:15:29. > :15:33.would have been entitled to take over his wife's job after her
:15:33. > :15:36.departure, but it's now been announced the seat will be offered
:15:36. > :15:39.to the third-placed candidate. A scheme that encourages pre-school
:15:39. > :15:42.children to read by sending them a free book every month IS helping
:15:42. > :15:45.improve literacy in South Yorkshire. The Imagination Project was
:15:45. > :15:48.launched four years ago by country singer Dolly Parton who pioneered
:15:49. > :15:52.the idea in the United States In fact, it's proved to be such a
:15:52. > :16:02.success in Rotherham that an MP is now calling for it to rolled out
:16:02. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:07.across the UK. Here's Spencer Stokes. Every month a free book
:16:07. > :16:11.drops through this letter box. It's personally addressed to Josh. He's
:16:11. > :16:17.one of the children in Rotherham who receives a book from the
:16:17. > :16:21.Imagination Library, but unlike a normal library, these are Joshua's
:16:21. > :16:24.to keep. I think it's definitely helped him. He likes to get
:16:24. > :16:30.involved and read his books as soon as they come through. He opens them.
:16:30. > :16:36.He likes the one about the giraffe and how he got his head stuck in
:16:36. > :16:39.the tree, and that's how he got his long neck. I am Dolly! Imagination
:16:39. > :16:43.got off to a glitzy start four years ago when Dolly Parton
:16:43. > :16:48.launched the scheme in Rotherham. She was behind the original library
:16:48. > :16:52.in the US - seeing it as a way to boost reading and communication
:16:52. > :17:00.skills. Ever since that time, my dream has been for every child to
:17:00. > :17:04.have a library of books. It costs �24 per child per year to run. 84%
:17:05. > :17:12.of preschool children are members, and attainment levels among those
:17:12. > :17:19.children are up 6%. That's led for one local MP to call it to become a
:17:20. > :17:24.national scheme. -- for children whose parents are soldiers and
:17:24. > :17:28.children who are in care. It's showing a modest investment at the
:17:28. > :17:32.earliest years can make a big investment to all children. Times
:17:32. > :17:35.are tight. Finances are tight, but I am saying to the Government, look,
:17:35. > :17:39.there are some groups of children who may benefit most from this. You
:17:39. > :17:42.should look at extending this. Rotherham is currently the only
:17:42. > :17:46.place in the UK where all children, no matter what their background,
:17:46. > :17:50.can receive the books. By the time Josh is five, he'll have a
:17:51. > :17:57.collection of 60, but even at three-and-a-half, he seems to have
:17:57. > :18:05.a rough idea of who is to thank. Is it from Dolly? Yeah! Dolly.
:18:05. > :18:09.Shall we go and read it? Yeah. You know, they all laughed at
:18:09. > :18:16.Rotherham four years ago about that, but they ain't laughing now. Let's
:18:16. > :18:21.turn to football. It's the FA Cup coming up. We have a serious,
:18:21. > :18:24.Yorkshire, in round five. But there aren't many teams to choose from.
:18:24. > :18:27.They might just have other things on their minds.
:18:27. > :18:31.It's still only round four of the FA Cup this weekend, and here we
:18:31. > :18:35.are already down to our last two Yorkshire candidates, and blow me,
:18:35. > :18:40.if it isn't the Sheffield Neighbours who are already locked
:18:40. > :18:50.into a pattern of matching each other's attempts to gain promotion
:18:50. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :19:01.But with a League One match against the MK Dons coming up on Tuesday
:19:01. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:05.night, what do you think is most important? Comm, Dons. So -- MK
:19:05. > :19:11.Dons. What is the FA Cup? It's the game before that. If you were going
:19:11. > :19:21.to lump two games, I would have to go with the league. The financial
:19:21. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:28.side is a bonus for everybody. It's not affected us in our focus, so I
:19:28. > :19:32.don't see why it should start now. Sheffield Wednesday have already
:19:32. > :19:37.seen off the Championship's West Ham in the last round. Both they
:19:37. > :19:45.and the Blades should have round five in their sights. Here's an
:19:45. > :19:53.idea - an FA Cup "steel city" derby. It's on Sunday afternoon. Let's
:19:53. > :19:55.hope we have two reasons to be watching.
:19:55. > :19:59.Sheffield's Nick Matthew has beaten Pontefract's James Wilstrop to win
:19:59. > :20:02.the Squash Tournament of Champions in New York. It caps a great return
:20:02. > :20:04.from injury for Matthew, who has now beaten Wilstrop in their last
:20:04. > :20:08.thirteen meetings. It's Matthew's first Tournament of Champions win
:20:08. > :20:12.of his career, and will move him back to number one in the world
:20:12. > :20:16.rankings, while his rival Wilstrop drops back down to number two. It's
:20:16. > :20:20.quite some... It is indeed. I wonder if they shook hands.
:20:20. > :20:24.A sell-out crowd in Leeds earlier for nothing more than a training
:20:24. > :20:28.session. England's Rugby Union squad is preparing for their Six
:20:28. > :20:31.Nations campaign next weekend. the interest in the national side
:20:31. > :20:37.prove Rugby Union is thriving in a traditional Rugby League
:20:37. > :20:42.stronghold? The crowd of 2,500 just to watch
:20:42. > :20:47.England train - organisers say today's session in north Leeds was
:20:47. > :20:51.four times oversubscribed, and that's just amongst the rugby clubs
:20:51. > :20:58.and schools who were invited. Temporary head coach Stuart
:20:58. > :21:04.Lancaster used to be in charge at Leeds Carnegie and head Yorkshire
:21:04. > :21:08.ahead of Portugal. I wanted to come north. Something like this today
:21:08. > :21:13.has been absolutely, to get 2,3500 people on a freezing Friday morning
:21:13. > :21:18.to watch is unbelievable. Is a turnout a sign union can thrive
:21:18. > :21:23.alongside or even become more popular than Rugby League in
:21:23. > :21:26.Yorkshire? Heidi lives in Dewsbury and teaches at a school in Mali.
:21:26. > :21:32.She's deep in Rugby League territory, but is on a mission to
:21:32. > :21:38.change that. In my house Rugby League doesn't exist. It's always
:21:38. > :21:45.Rugby Union. We're trying to show the students there's not only rugby
:21:45. > :21:55.League but also the proper Rugby Union. The process has started but
:21:55. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:00.has some way to go. All the different rugby clubs... I have
:22:00. > :22:06.found Rugby Union interesting. We have been in a lot of tournaments.
:22:06. > :22:12.I have found it interesting. current leader of Rugby Union's
:22:12. > :22:17.team says he's not surprised at the support. Yorkshire is one of the
:22:17. > :22:21.main counties for Rugby Union. There is a lot of competing teams,
:22:22. > :22:28.but fundamentally people support Rugby Union. It's great they
:22:28. > :22:35.support the national team. Is today further evidence of the two rugby
:22:36. > :22:40.codes moving ever closer together? Controversial. We won't go there.
:22:40. > :22:45.Staying with sport because final training is under way for one of
:22:45. > :22:55.Yorkshire's hardest fought Championships - the grudge match
:22:55. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:04.which will see Florida go head-to head with Cherie. Blair? It's
:23:04. > :23:07.rabbits! We're joined by the organisers. How serious is this as
:23:07. > :23:13.a competition? It's a really serious sport, actually. This
:23:13. > :23:18.competition over here is kind of serious, but English - rabbits
:23:18. > :23:25.doesn't compete the same as the Swedish. So we're behind Sweden?
:23:25. > :23:33.That's not good. No. When did you find out flora had a bit of a
:23:33. > :23:40.talent for jumping? I bought her because in Sweden we breed jumping
:23:40. > :23:46.rabbits. What do you have to have to look for in a jumping rabbit?
:23:46. > :23:51.Long legs, lots of muscles and a great deal of... A great bounce by
:23:51. > :23:58.the look of that. The training routine, Paul, is what? How do you
:23:58. > :24:04.make them do that? Rabbits we're familiar in the wild - they're fit,
:24:04. > :24:09.agile creatures, but the point of bringing in rabbits from Sweden to
:24:09. > :24:14.Harrogate is all the pets should be out of their hutch and running
:24:14. > :24:18.around. There are going to be over 300 pets out. They should be out
:24:18. > :24:22.and handled. This will be great for families and to engage your pet and
:24:22. > :24:26.do something interesting with it. It's an interesting addition to the
:24:26. > :24:30.show. How popular has it been with the public? It was an absolute
:24:30. > :24:34.smash. We had more people through the door - particularly families
:24:34. > :24:38.coming through because most of us start our pet owning life with a
:24:38. > :24:42.small furry pet. They're not that well understood. Too many rabbits
:24:42. > :24:47.are kept in hutches. We want to make the point, get them out of the
:24:47. > :24:57.hutch, let them run around whether it's indoors or in the garden.
:24:57. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:07.can we see them? All weekend at the Yorkshire Centre in Harrogate. The
:25:07. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:27.Swedes are the champs, but the UK be lively and wintry. Thank you for
:25:27. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:42.looks pretty bad there. The showers moved through quickly, put a couple
:25:42. > :25:44.of centimetres down. Certainly the high roads especially around South
:25:45. > :25:49.Yorkshire are very icy. That's where we start the forecast because
:25:49. > :25:53.we have a warning of ice. That's for much of tonight. The head line
:25:53. > :25:59.tomorrow is dry with sunny, but there is some good cold weather on
:25:59. > :26:04.the way for next week because at long last, the mild Atlantic air is
:26:04. > :26:08.giving up the ghost, and it will be replaced by a drift from that very
:26:08. > :26:13.cold near continent as we head into Monday, and as I say, for much of
:26:13. > :26:17.next week into February. But there is the hook of angry looking clouds
:26:17. > :26:19.which brought the hail, sleet and heavy snow showers. They're
:26:19. > :26:23.currently moving through South Yorkshire, but they're moving
:26:24. > :26:27.quickly. That's the good news. We're left with clearing skies from
:26:27. > :26:33.the north-west, hence widespread ice on untreated surfaces.
:26:33. > :26:39.Temperatures in the west as low as minus 3 Celsius. That's 27 degrees
:26:39. > :26:45.Fahrenheit. So the sunrises in the morning at 8.00am. Your high water
:26:45. > :26:48.line in Filey at 7.27am. Many of us off to a frosty start. May be some
:26:48. > :26:51.mist and low cloud in place, but that'll break up. It looks like
:26:51. > :26:54.Saturday will be the best day of the weekend - dry and bright with
:26:54. > :26:58.sunshine, which may be hazy at times - certainly towards the coast
:26:58. > :27:03.- may be a bit of patchy cloud drifting in from the north sea, but
:27:03. > :27:10.all in all, a pleasant day - a light, north-west breeze. Top
:27:10. > :27:13.temperatures not too bad - ever so slightly below average - 6 Celsius,
:27:13. > :27:17.33 Fahrenheit, nearer 4-5 Celsius over the Pennine hills. Sunday
:27:17. > :27:22.starts dry and bright. It will cloud over. Western areas are at
:27:22. > :27:26.risk from a little patchy, light snow. It doesn't look as though it
:27:26. > :27:36.will be overly heavy and shouldn't cause too many problems. That'll
:27:36. > :27:38.