:00:11. > :00:14.Welcome to Look North. Tonight... Are going hungry. Hundreds of
:00:14. > :00:20.families in Yorkshire are relying on charity to put meals on the
:00:20. > :00:29.table. It is a bit embarrassing sometimes but it helps. They are
:00:29. > :00:33.very good. Without this, we would start. The final rallying cry.
:00:33. > :00:38.Protesting against plans to extend an out-of-town shopping centre in
:00:39. > :00:45.York. People are prepared to fight the out of town planners. The
:00:45. > :00:55.favourite television vet is back with a new role. We have got
:00:55. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.warnings for snow. All the very First, the growing need for food
:01:04. > :01:07.banks as hundreds of families struggled to put food on the table.
:01:07. > :01:14.Unemployment and benefit problems and homelessness are the main
:01:14. > :01:18.reasons why take up has doubled and cupboards are best. In December in
:01:18. > :01:27.Keighley, five and in 26 food parcels were handed out. Double the
:01:27. > :01:34.amount the previous year. -- 526. In York, to 50. -- dithered and 50.
:01:34. > :01:38.In Bradford, 200. -- 250. Here is our correspondent with the
:01:39. > :01:44.Salvation Army in Keighley. Stocking up not add the fruit
:01:44. > :01:50.market but at the food banks. This woman could no longer aboard all
:01:50. > :01:56.the did she needed for her family. Each bag of supplies is free. It
:01:56. > :02:02.has been a long and expensive month. It is a bit embarrassing sometimes
:02:02. > :02:11.but it helps. They are here to help us. Without this, we would start
:02:11. > :02:17.that. It is costing a lot? About �150 per week and even that does
:02:17. > :02:22.not cover it. When I come here, it helps. The food bank is run by the
:02:22. > :02:26.Salvation Army had operates twice a week. Food is handed to people in
:02:26. > :02:32.need. People resort to that when income is too low or when benefits
:02:32. > :02:42.are delayed. In December, five to six claims were made. Last time, it
:02:42. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:48.was more than fix -- 600. -- 526 or stop --. With demand at an all-time
:02:48. > :02:53.high, it is expected to have increased again in seven days.
:02:53. > :02:57.Unemployment has historically led to a surge in demand and in the
:02:58. > :03:05.1930s, the hungry turned to soup kitchens. In Keighley 80 years
:03:06. > :03:10.later, food bank users get a free bowl of soup. I think they probably
:03:10. > :03:13.do have a bare minimum. I did not think they are starving. They have
:03:13. > :03:20.got a bare minimum but they need just a bit extra to get through the
:03:20. > :03:23.week. It has been a busy winter at the Salvation Army in Keighley and
:03:23. > :03:32.if unemployment increases and benefits fall, it is likely be
:03:32. > :03:37.problems will be felt in food banks across Yorkshire in this year. We
:03:37. > :03:42.are joined from Westminster by the Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, who
:03:42. > :03:46.spearheaded a debate in the House of Commons about food poverty. How
:03:46. > :03:50.bad is the problem? It is getting worse and it is a damning
:03:50. > :03:54.indictment of the government's social and economic policy failures.
:03:54. > :04:00.Thousands of people are relying on food handouts to feed themselves
:04:00. > :04:04.and their children. But it is an international trend. It is not just
:04:05. > :04:11.in this country. They cannot be blamed for that. But our prices
:04:11. > :04:15.have gone up by more than any European country apart from Hungary.
:04:15. > :04:20.Obviously the price of oil rises and that can make imports expensive
:04:20. > :04:25.and the pound has fallen and that makes them more expensive. We need
:04:25. > :04:28.government Antrim on tackling supermarket prices by introducing
:04:28. > :04:34.adjudication by making sure consumers get the best deal when
:04:34. > :04:39.they are spending. -- action. government has talked about Big
:04:40. > :04:43.Society and they would say that was an example. We welcome the fact
:04:43. > :04:50.that charities are helping people in their hour of need and helping
:04:50. > :04:54.them through the crisis. But we do not want a return to the 1930s and
:04:54. > :04:58.dependency on soup kitchens. This is the 7th richest country in the
:04:58. > :05:02.world and it is a shame people are going to bed hungry in the region
:05:02. > :05:07.tonight when we have got such abundance. Do you think the
:05:07. > :05:12.solution is cracking down on supermarkets? Labour is in
:05:12. > :05:16.opposition but we are working with big food companies and we are
:05:16. > :05:22.hoping to talk to supermarkets about how they can recycle food
:05:22. > :05:26.waste. Not things that they throw away in the back of the skips, but
:05:26. > :05:31.perhaps they have ordered too much or they have had too much on
:05:31. > :05:35.promotion which they can recycle to thin charities. Then they can get
:05:35. > :05:43.them to hungry people instead of feeding them to animals or taking
:05:43. > :05:48.them to landfill which is the worst Next, the continuing row about
:05:48. > :05:51.plans to build an out-of-town shopping centre near York. Look
:05:52. > :05:57.North understands developers behind a rival scheme have said they will
:05:57. > :06:00.pull out if the Monks Cross project goes ahead. This happens as
:06:00. > :06:08.protesters Boyce opposition to be out of town scheme. Here is our
:06:08. > :06:11.correspondent in the centre of York. They are here behind me. That is a
:06:11. > :06:17.committee of traders trying to work out how they are going to fight
:06:17. > :06:23.these proposals. Going back to what Harry was saying about the rival
:06:23. > :06:27.scheme in Castle Piccadilly, that is what �200 million. But the City
:06:27. > :06:31.has wanted that for years. The developers have told made that not
:06:31. > :06:37.only will they pulled out of that scheme but stable sell all of their
:06:37. > :06:43.sites if the bugs cross plan goes ahead. That is a very loud shout
:06:43. > :06:49.across growing boys is the opposition. -- Monks Cross. - and
:06:49. > :06:55.voices of opposition. Worried science. Traders appeared expansion
:06:55. > :07:02.of Monks Cross. A report says up to 17 % of existing trade could be
:07:02. > :07:06.lost from the centre. That is worth �90 million per year. The expansion
:07:06. > :07:14.of Monks Cross would mean more out- of-town shopping around York and he
:07:14. > :07:22.made it all. But it will provide a nude facility for sports clubs. --
:07:22. > :07:28.Meadow Hall. -- facility for sports clubs. We have not got any other
:07:28. > :07:32.option. It has been fantastic for the past 10 years. They have been
:07:32. > :07:36.very patient. But that is running out. If we have got any more delays,
:07:36. > :07:42.we have got a chance that they will call him there are financial
:07:43. > :07:49.support and we cannot pay that off unless we sell. For more than 10
:07:49. > :07:54.years, the council has once did to redevelop this site. -- wanted. But
:07:54. > :08:01.the developers had said they will pull out if mugs Cross goes ahead.
:08:01. > :08:06.They will sell their assets and pulled out. -- Monks Cross. But the
:08:06. > :08:13.group is determined. They have said that it means jobs, shoppers and a
:08:13. > :08:17.stadium. The only way we can deliver a new community stadium
:08:17. > :08:22.would community facilities, not just for the professional clubs but
:08:22. > :08:28.also for York people, is to actually have this development.
:08:28. > :08:33.They should complement each other. Monks Cross and the centre.
:08:33. > :08:39.economy needs a boost. The signs are there for all to see. But the
:08:39. > :08:44.problem is how. That is the argument about this development has
:08:44. > :08:48.got the potential to impact upon a much bigger scale. I am joined by
:08:48. > :08:53.the Managing Director of a local department store. Why are you
:08:53. > :09:01.worried about this? I am worried about the effect on smaller
:09:01. > :09:06.surrounding towns. Selby, Tadcaster, Pocklington. We are working on a
:09:06. > :09:11.very finely balanced economy at the moment. Things are pretty tough. We
:09:11. > :09:18.have got a lot of empty shops in surrounding towns and unfortunately,
:09:18. > :09:21.the ease of parking in out of town centres drives customers away from
:09:21. > :09:29.the small centres and other things are tough and I am frightened we
:09:29. > :09:36.are going to lose jobs. What impact did you feel when that centre
:09:36. > :09:42.opened? I think it did have an effect. But we have got a very
:09:42. > :09:47.different economy then compared to now and for the next few years. But
:09:47. > :09:52.that was certainly felt and this will certainly add to that impact.
:09:52. > :09:57.Is the current economic climate will what is driving the process?
:09:57. > :10:01.Did you think it would be all right if this came in four or five years.
:10:01. > :10:08.This development could take the heart out of the local economy it.
:10:08. > :10:12.I did not think anybody is against the Piccadilly development.
:10:12. > :10:16.Everybody welcomes new investment in the town but I do not want to
:10:16. > :10:22.see that diluted in new areas and possibly creating a new town centre
:10:22. > :10:26.nucleus. Just to say that the weight of all schemes is that this
:10:26. > :10:33.is such a big development that it is likely to face a planning
:10:33. > :10:38.inquiry anyway. A pile decision could take years. -- final decision.
:10:38. > :10:42.A Yorkshire favourite in his latest role, coming up later. Join me in a
:10:42. > :10:46.few moments when I will be talking about my forthcoming performances
:10:46. > :10:52.in the Diary of Anne Frank and recollecting my time when I was in
:10:52. > :10:56.the York mystery plays playing Jesus. A jury has heard allegations
:10:56. > :11:00.that two friends, whose bodies were found in Bradford were murdered
:11:00. > :11:03.because one of them had been having an affair with a married woman.
:11:04. > :11:07.Sabir Hussain is on trial at Bradford Crown Court for double
:11:07. > :11:13.murder but the court has been told that the prime suspect is still at
:11:13. > :11:23.large in Pakistan. Here is our correspondent. On a night in May
:11:23. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:28.last year, the bodies of two men were found by passing motorists on
:11:28. > :11:38.a road in Bradford. They had been brutally murdered. The killings
:11:38. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:45.took place at this house, allegedly. The victim had been having an
:11:45. > :11:50.affair with another person's white. The court was told that he will be
:11:50. > :11:56.sentenced in due course for helping get an escape flight from Leeds-
:11:56. > :11:59.Bradford Airport to Islamabad the day after the murders and the wife
:11:59. > :12:07.has also admitted perverting the course of justice by making a false
:12:07. > :12:10.statement. Also in the dock, another dependent charged with
:12:10. > :12:18.helping to clean up the blood stained front room where the
:12:18. > :12:28.murders took place at this House. The trial is expected to last up to
:12:28. > :12:32.It has been another bleak day on the job front. 400 jobs have been
:12:32. > :12:37.axed at Leeds City Council. Front line services will not be cut but
:12:37. > :12:39.there are concerns these redundancies will not be the last.
:12:39. > :12:44.Leeds is among the third authorities to reveal spending
:12:44. > :12:52.plans and said one council tax will be frozen, �55 million of savings
:12:52. > :12:58.must be found. How many jobs have been lost? About 1,500. We have
:12:58. > :13:04.just had another 400 but we could have more than 600 more by 2015.
:13:04. > :13:08.That could bring the total beyond 2000. It could get even higher.
:13:08. > :13:11.Because if the government programme does not hit the deck as it
:13:11. > :13:16.reduction target as they get another term in office, they have
:13:16. > :13:19.got the right to continue with austerity. The council acknowledged
:13:19. > :13:26.difficult times and it was a difficult decision but they are
:13:26. > :13:30.trying to minimise the pain. have looked at redundancies but we
:13:30. > :13:32.have sat down with staff and talk about the situation and they had
:13:32. > :13:37.been prepared to make the changes and bring about efficiencies and
:13:37. > :13:47.change working practices. Jobs are really important to people in this
:13:47. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:52.And the union are very worried about this latest wave of
:13:52. > :13:55.redundancies. This is what I was told a short time ago. I don't
:13:56. > :14:01.believe councils can provide the same level of service in the long
:14:01. > :14:04.term if the cuts continue as they are. I think they have to have a
:14:04. > :14:08.complete a different economic plan coming down from central government,
:14:08. > :14:12.because austerity is simply not working. If there is any good news,
:14:12. > :14:15.it is that frontline services are protected for the next financial
:14:15. > :14:18.deer and the council are looking at bringing and �50 million to attract
:14:18. > :14:22.new business. Firefighters have spent the
:14:22. > :14:27.afternoon tackling a fire at the University of York. It is believed
:14:27. > :14:32.the blaze started at the chemistry department in the Heslington campus.
:14:32. > :14:40.The campus was evacuated and it is thought everyone got out safely.
:14:40. > :14:44.A date for a referendum has been set for a ballot for an elected
:14:44. > :14:48.mayor in Doncaster. People in Doncaster first chose to have an
:14:48. > :14:53.airing 2001. The repatriation of a soldier who
:14:53. > :14:56.served with the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment has taken place.
:14:56. > :15:01.Lance-corporal Gajbahadur Gurung was born in Nepal and don't be
:15:01. > :15:07.Gurkhas before being posted to the Yorkshire Regiment in 2009. --
:15:08. > :15:11.joined the Gurkhas. He died in Helmand Province on Friday.
:15:11. > :15:16.Coming up: We will catch up with this lady.
:15:16. > :15:24.I have been cooking school dinners for 50 years. Find out what is on
:15:24. > :15:29.the menu at later on tonight on the programme.
:15:29. > :15:32.She looks quite a character! As well as having a host of potential
:15:32. > :15:35.Olympians, Yorkshire is also home to a number of national training
:15:35. > :15:41.centres that attract the best athletes from all over the country
:15:41. > :15:43.a. The Leeds weightlifting squad is based there and one of the team is
:15:43. > :15:50.a bomb with a very special reason for wanting to qualify for the
:15:50. > :15:54.Games. -- a woman. Natasha is one of eight elite
:15:54. > :15:58.weightlifters based at Leeds Metropolitan University. She is
:15:58. > :16:02.from squandered -- Swansea but moved here to give us of the best
:16:02. > :16:07.chance of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. I moved to Leeds for the
:16:07. > :16:12.coaching. We get good medical support and training with the team.
:16:12. > :16:16.There is a family legend that says Natasha is descended from the
:16:16. > :16:20.native American Indian poker hunters. What we know with greater
:16:20. > :16:26.certainty is that she is related to a two-time Olympic weightlifter.
:16:26. > :16:31.That is my father. I keep him in my training programme. On down days, I
:16:31. > :16:35.give him a glance and crack on. Natasha has to keep an eye on the
:16:35. > :16:38.clock. Her living costs are not funded and she has to work to earn
:16:38. > :16:42.a living. The first training session of the day is squeezed in
:16:42. > :16:46.during her lunch hour. But the lifting does not stop at work.
:16:46. > :16:49.Natasha is employed by Leeds Council at one of their rescue
:16:49. > :16:56.centres. It is not glamourous but she does not care - her motivation
:16:56. > :17:02.is clear. I want to make my father proud. He has passed away and if I
:17:02. > :17:06.can be in the Olympics. He came top 10, so if I came 9th, I am a winner
:17:06. > :17:11.myself. Natasha's goal is to lift the qualifying weighed before or
:17:11. > :17:14.during the British championships in May, to be certain of going to the
:17:14. > :17:22.Games. Only then can she complete her journey and follow her father
:17:22. > :17:26.on to the Olympic stage. Have you ever done weightlifting?
:17:26. > :17:31.Not like that! They debate about who will replace
:17:31. > :17:35.Simon Grayson as Leeds United manager is continuing. There are
:17:35. > :17:39.one or two candidates we can eliminate. Despite the odds to the
:17:39. > :17:45.contrary, we understand that Lee Clark, the Huddersfield Town
:17:45. > :17:50.manager, has no intention of leaving for Elland Road. Gus Poyet
:17:50. > :17:55.has already ruled himself out. He is staying put in his job at
:17:55. > :18:00.Brighton for the foreseeable future. The Doncaster Rovers have extended
:18:00. > :18:03.the contract of El Hadji Diouf. He joined the team at the end of
:18:03. > :18:07.October and scored twice against Ipswich in his second match for the
:18:07. > :18:11.club. He has signed a six-month deal with the option for a further
:18:11. > :18:16.year, depending on whether it be team avoid relegation and stay in
:18:16. > :18:20.the championship. He is still one of the country's
:18:20. > :18:25.most popular and best loved actors. Christopher Timothy, James Herriott
:18:25. > :18:30.to us, is back in York, rehearsing for his role in The Diary of Anne
:18:30. > :18:34.Frank, which starts in a couple of weeks' time. The success of All
:18:34. > :18:38.Creatures Great And Small made him a star and landed him the role of
:18:38. > :18:42.Jesus Christ in the York mystery plays of 1980. Those plays return
:18:42. > :18:46.in August this year and he is pleased to be back in the city.
:18:47. > :18:51.It gives you a warm glow just to hear the theme tune and for
:18:51. > :18:57.Christopher, he loves the association. I just have to get
:18:57. > :19:01.this rope behind his ears to stop his neck from a telescoping.
:19:01. > :19:10.I am very proud. We all are. Everything that has happened
:19:10. > :19:17.subsequently has been because of that. Everything. That is why I am
:19:17. > :19:21.playing Otto. Maybe they are thinking, "let's see if he can do
:19:21. > :19:26.it". It is a very bad time to be interviewed about a play am about
:19:26. > :19:32.to do, because I still don't know what I am doing! He does, of course.
:19:32. > :19:39.He is in love with the Theatre Royal. A to stand on that stage, it
:19:39. > :19:45.is wonderful. It is a pantomime stage, isn't it? Oh, no, it isn't.
:19:45. > :19:49.Oh, yes, it is. The people who are furthest away are not that far away,
:19:49. > :19:57.whereas here, I know they are high up but the distance is not much
:19:57. > :20:01.different. York hold a special place in his heart because of this.
:20:01. > :20:05.It was imperative that I played something very different. It is
:20:05. > :20:11.about as different as you can get. It is ace, really.
:20:11. > :20:14.Best job I have ever had, bar none. But he only got the role after
:20:14. > :20:18.reading about it in the newspaper and literally running round and
:20:18. > :20:27.knocking on doors at the last minute. The reaction he got was
:20:27. > :20:32.blunt. "you want to play Jesus, do you"? I didn't like the way she
:20:32. > :20:40.looked at me. I asked if she didn't think I could do it. She said, "as
:20:41. > :20:47.long as I did want a pretty Jesus". This is my blood of a New Testament
:20:47. > :20:54.which has shed for many. What about the mystery plays in 2012, which
:20:55. > :21:00.went involved 1,500 people from your? -- will involve. I have never
:21:00. > :21:04.experienced anything like it. I experience camaraderie in all my
:21:04. > :21:09.jobs but never have I known anything like it.
:21:09. > :21:13.Which of us are the principal? mystery plays are back in the
:21:13. > :21:17.Museum Gardens, where he played Jesus 32 years ago.
:21:17. > :21:24.He is really excited about that. They are going to announce to the
:21:24. > :21:28.professional actor will be and they will play the part of Jesus and God.
:21:28. > :21:36.It is one further than Christopher played! He was talking about it
:21:36. > :21:41.being very special. Lovely to have it back in Yorkshire. He is over
:21:41. > :21:44.70! The he looks great. Nora Callaghan has cooked over one
:21:44. > :21:51.million school dinners for the children of Pudsey near Leeds for
:21:51. > :21:57.five decades. She has been cooking up classics like jam roly-poly and
:21:57. > :22:00.shepherd's pie. Today, her current crop of children thank their dinner
:22:00. > :22:05.lady for her commitment and her delicious food.
:22:05. > :22:09.Treacle pudding was always good but the thing we hated was semolina.
:22:10. > :22:14.used to have tapioca with jam in. We like that. The worst thing was
:22:15. > :22:19.blancmange. I hated blancmange. all have school dinner memories,
:22:19. > :22:24.but this lady has more than most. Nora Callaghan has been cooking
:22:24. > :22:29.school dinners at centre basis school in Pudsey for 50 years. She
:22:29. > :22:35.started in 1962, retired in 1999 but has carried on as a volunteer
:22:35. > :22:39.for the past 13 years. -- Sen Joseph's school. I come here
:22:39. > :22:43.because of the other women. We have a laugh and they say that you are
:22:44. > :22:49.they use it or you lose it. We have a good laugh. They are all having a
:22:49. > :22:53.laugh! It is really good. winner Nora started, Jamie Oliver
:22:53. > :22:59.was barely a glint in his parents's' eyes and no meal was
:22:59. > :23:03.complete without large - and lots of it! Now, Nora's meals are
:23:03. > :23:06.nutritionally balanced and freshly prepared daily. She comes in and is
:23:06. > :23:13.as light she takes over the place. She takes over my job and tells me
:23:13. > :23:16.what to do! She is fantastic. are really soft, those carrots.
:23:16. > :23:21.Among the children are eating their chicken curry today are the sons
:23:21. > :23:25.and daughters of children Nora served in the past. She hasn't
:23:25. > :23:31.changed! She still looks the same. She must look after herself. Tell
:23:31. > :23:36.them what I used to do with you. you were not complied, she used to
:23:36. > :23:42.bang her Bix boom on the table and shout. She is really nice. I would
:23:42. > :23:51.not say no to any of the meals she gives us. They are really delicious
:23:51. > :23:59.and tasted. There we go. Two Nice puddings. Would you like to come
:24:00. > :24:08.round, Nora? Well, no. Let's give Nora a big round of applause.
:24:09. > :24:14.you very much. Thank you. What do we always say to our dinner ladies?
:24:14. > :24:19.Thank you, dinner ladies! 50 years on, Nora plans to carry on her
:24:19. > :24:28.cooking - and pupils are very grateful.
:24:28. > :24:33.That looks to Mrs! My favourite school meal was Spam fritters.
:24:34. > :24:43.Quite a few people in York have been congratulating me on creating
:24:44. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:51.We have some snow on the way. York could be very interesting on
:24:51. > :25:01.Saturday. Let me show you some pictures that set the scene for
:25:01. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:07.what might lay ahead this weekend. I love this picture. This one sets
:25:07. > :25:17.the scene very nicely for some snow this weekend. You can keep your
:25:17. > :25:20.pictures coming in. You can keep in touch with me on twitter. Here is
:25:21. > :25:28.the warning that the Met Office have issued this afternoon. It is
:25:28. > :25:32.an early snow warning. It has been remarkably consistent. Later on
:25:32. > :25:42.Saturday and into Saturday night, we will see snow spreading in from
:25:42. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:47.the West. It could be five to 10 centimetres in the east. In the
:25:47. > :25:52.short term, it is looking fairly straightforward. Tomorrow will be
:25:52. > :26:02.cold and crisp. If you like walking in the hills, it will be fantastic
:26:02. > :26:09.looking with blue skies. Where the two weather features meat, there
:26:09. > :26:13.will be some snow. The snow has been trickling into the coast.
:26:13. > :26:18.Apart from a bit of dusting on the grass towards the coast, it has not
:26:18. > :26:23.caused any problems, but we start the evening on a cloudy note.
:26:23. > :26:27.Further snow flurries towards the coastal strip. Gradually, the cloud
:26:27. > :26:32.will melt away from the West and it will be the coldest night of the
:26:32. > :26:42.week. Some Pennine spots might see temperatures down to minus seven
:26:42. > :26:47.
:26:47. > :26:53.Celsius. Frost just about Tomorrow looks like a lovely day.
:26:54. > :27:00.Lots of sunshine a round but a very frosty start. Patchy cloud will
:27:00. > :27:06.move away. High cloud makes the sunshine a little on the hazy side.
:27:06. > :27:10.It will be cold with a light and variable breeze from the West. The
:27:10. > :27:15.North York Moors, the Yorkshire moors and the Pennines will stay at
:27:15. > :27:21.zero all day long. In York, Leeds and Sheffield it may get up to two
:27:21. > :27:26.Celsius. Back into the frost quickly tomorrow evening, then it
:27:26. > :27:34.looks like Saturday-morning should be dry macro but cloud and snow