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Good evening, and welcome to Look North.

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On the programme tonight - fighting to stay in their homes...

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Residents living on a deserted estate are told they must move out

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to make way for new housing. have a right to live on your own

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land and live a peaceful life. Also on the programme tonight:

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think they're setting fire to something to attract our attention.

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The stranded people who set fire to their map to attract attention.

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This shop has had help from a TV makeover expert.

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These were the bright skies over Nidderdale. Is there a chance for

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more bright skies? I'll have the forecast later.

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Good evening. Tonight, the families who want to

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keep their homes versus the council who wants to redevelop. Only three

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houses are now lived in on the Gurnhill Estate in Featherstone, a

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once thriving mining community. The families say they'll never leave.

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But today Wakefield Council issued compulsory purchase orders, saying

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they were blocking regeneration and making the area a target for

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vandals. Emma Glasbey reports on the latest twist in this long

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running battle. Taking my house off me to give it

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to a private developer to sell it to somebodyes. It was the news they

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didn't want to wake up to, compulsory orders being handed out

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to to the three remaining homeowners on a deserted estate in

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Featherstone. I am devastated. They have been threatening for three

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years, but we're going to take it to a judicial review. The families

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have gradually agreed to move out, leaving their homes to be

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demolished. There used to be more than 170 houses here. Today they're

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gone, and just three are still lived in. One lady who didn't want

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to be identified says she's determined to stay. This is where I

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am going to spend the rest of my life here, but to say the council

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can just come and take it away from you - no way. Even if I lose, I can

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walk away with my head held high and say I fought for that.

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Wakefield Council wants there to be a brand new housing development and

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says it's offered generous relocation deals. The package we

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have put in place would enable them to buy property in the area, and

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we'll compensate them for the loss of the property. Most of the estate

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has now been demolished. We do have a developer partner who is ready to

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move and develop the estate, so I think there are benefits to the

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local economy and local people in Featherstone who want to have a

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home. Over the years, as houses are boarded up, many of them are set on

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fire. Anti-social behaviour has been a serious problem. Wakefield

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Council says it wants to regenerate the area.

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A developer has been given planning permission to build more than 230

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homes here. The first part of the project would be to construct a

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brand new road, but the homes behind me would need to go.

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The council doesn't want the estate to remain like this any longer, but

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the people who own these homes say they won't be forced out. A legal

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battle will almost certainly follow. Emma, thank you.

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So what legal rights do the families have? In the past half an

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hour we've spoken to their solicitor who's been explaining

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what will happen next. We have a period of time now to

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either adopt a judicial review approach or go down the public

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inquiry route, and the acquisition of land act. My advice to my

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clients has been to go down the judicial review route, so within

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the next three months as of this morning, we have to issue in the

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High Court an application for judicial review for a judge to now

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review the actions taken by the council that leads up to this point

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when the order has been made. tonight: a pair of walkers stranded

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after dark in the Peak District were rescued by South Yorkshire's

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police helicopter after they set fire to a map to attract attention.

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The chopper faces the axe due to Government plans to make forces

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share helicopters, but Mark Larden and his girlfriend say they owe

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their lives to it. They're just setting fire to some

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stuff at the moment to attract our attention. Stuck in the snow in

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complete darkness - two walkers stranded set fire to their map to

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get the attention of the police helicopter. Being stuck up there,

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not knowing whether you would live or die is pretty scary. It didn't

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hit home until I got back to the base how lucky we were to be alive.

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Lucky and grateful too. Today Mark met the crew who rescued him and

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his girlfriend. We put Lisa here and you sat opposite. I remember.

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It was quite difficult. Like I said, we were searching for a good 40

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minutes with a thermal camera before we found them. When we

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landed, it was quite deep snow,ed a the temperature was about minus six

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degrees. The crew picked them up and flew them back to their base.

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The incident had a happy ending. The future for the helicopter isn't

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so bright. The Government wants police forces to save money by

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sharing helicopters, and under the current plans, this chopper would

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go. This base would close, and South Yorkshire would share the

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helicopters currently based in Wakefield and in Ripley in

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Derbyshire, but there has been strong opposition. I think it's a

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disgrace. It's a vital service to South Yorkshire. They need to keep

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it based in South Yorkshire. If the North Midland unit had come rescue

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me there, there would have been a lot longer, and who knows what

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might have happened. The future of the helicopter is being discussed

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by the police authority this Friday. Mark says the experience won't

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deter him or his girlfriend from heading out on to the hills in

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future. They're planning a charity hike for this summer. Of course,

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that's after they have bought a new map!

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I love that line about buying a new map - great. Nice one, Dan!

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Later on Look North: The American dive team are in

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Sheffield. Find out how they have been making friends as well as

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training in the Steel City ahead of the Olympics.

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Nine Yorkshire MPs are calling on the Government to reduce the

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subsidies paid to wind farms. They say it's leading to too many

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applications for turbines and that local people risk being brow-beaten

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by developers. In North Yorkshire alone, there are currently eight

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planning applications for large wind farms and hundreds more for

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smaller individual turbines, as Cathy Killick reports.

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Built four years ago, the eight turbines near Harrogate were

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fiercely opposed by local residents, but N power won the battle and now

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gets an estimated �2 million a year in subsidies from the Government

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for developing and operating these turbines, so it's not surprising

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that other developers are looking to follow suit. Keder Water

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Services has erected a testing mast on land it owns nearby and

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anticipates putting in a planning application for up to two dozen

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turbines there. It's all a part of a plan to use wind to reduce

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Yorkshire's whopping �45 million annual electricity bill. The energy

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that's created from developments such as these will be put back into

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the Yorkshire water electricity to power pumping stations, treatment

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works and really offset the need to buy that electricity from the Grid.

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But opponents of wind farms are suspicious. Hello. Peter rigby and

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Howard Ferguson are fighting the planned wind farms. They think the

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subsidies are skewing the market, leading to far too many

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applications. Once they're in, they will enevitably plan for some more

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because the amount of money to be made from the subsidy is so huge.

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Once you let a wind farm in, others follow, and once the door is open,

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in they go, and they keep following it up. In North Yorkshire alone,

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there are currently eight application for major wind farms

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with varying numbers of turbine, but this doesn't include hundreds

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of applications for smaller individual turbines peppered across

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the county. Not all the planning applications will result in wind

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farms, but some will, and they will divide opinion. For some, they're a

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beneficial addition to the landscape. To others, they're an

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inefficient blot. But with the Government subsidising them to the

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tune of millions, we should all expect to see more springing up

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around us. Altogether, more than a hundred

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Conservative MPs have written to the Prime Minister urging him to

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cut subsidies for wind turbines. That's at a time when the

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Government wants renewable sources such as wind to provide 15% of the

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UK's energy supply by 2015. Earlier I asked the MP for Selby Nigel

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Adams why he's supporting this campaign. What we'd like to see is

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a realignment and rebalancing of where that subsidy is spent.

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Onshore wind we'd like to see the subsidy reduced and taxpayers money

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- which is effectively what the subsidy is - used on renewable

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technologies that actually work, for example, like biomass. Are you

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saying onshore wind turbines aren't effective? They aren't. Even the

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Government's own website says they're effective 60-70% of the

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time. Why have we got so many? Because they're easy to get through

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the planning system currently. There is a heck of a lot of money

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if you're a wind farm developer or a landowner that has been

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approached. If we cut subsidies, what are the opportunities for the

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companies to be able to invest in renewables? I would like to refocus

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the taxpayers' money into a technology that's actually

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effective. In my own constituency, the power station would like to

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convert to biomass fuel, which is a renewable technology, but you're

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able to control the amount of power as and when you need it, which you

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can't do when the wind doesn't blow, for example. We'll have to leave it

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there. Thank you. In other news, the Catholic Church

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has begun an inquiry into how a priest was allowed to be ordained

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despite being sacked for abusing boys. He worked at St Williams Home

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in Market Wheaton. He was sacked in 1965. St Williams has been involved

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in a long-standing investigation dating back 50 years.

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A former cage fighter from Huddersfield has been jailed for

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life for killing two men linked to a IRA gang. Thomas Hay will serve

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30 years for shooting down two men on a remote Cornish farm. The

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prosecution said he murdered the men because they were demanding he

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go to Brazil to bring back cocaine. A funding plan has been discussed

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to try to keep Sheffield's museums open for the next six months.

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Officials have met with the Arts Council after missing out on �4

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million putting 45 jobs at risk. It's hoped transitional funding

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could be available for Millennium, Graves Gallery and Western Park

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Museum while restructuring takes place.

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Proposals have been announced in West Yorkshire which could see the

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biggest shape-up in local Government in decades. Plans have

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been drawn up to split Kirklees into two areas and renew

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Calderdale's boundaries. The three authorities will be joined by a

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single management group. The plans are put forward by the

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Conservatives. They say it's meant to be better value for money, but

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critics say sharing services could lead to job cuts.

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Officials at Harrogate Council have objected to plans to build a waste

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incinerator near Nesborough. There were protesters outside the

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planning meeting. They were delighted with the decision. North

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Yorkshire Council will make the final decision.

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My family have run their own business for years, and although it

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can be fun, it can be very stressful. As we're about to hear,

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if it's underperforming, that can be a stressful time. What if the

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younger members of the family have very different area ideas of how

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the firm should operate? That's exactly the situation Leeds-based

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firm Ketlers found itself in, so in caste came a TV presenter to try to

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fix things. No-one said it would be easy. The programme son BBC Two

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tonight. Watchit, and here's a sneak preview. Good afternoon,

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Kettley's. When you lay like that, you'll just

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have him as your man serve amount! Kettley's was a traditional shop.

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It still is to this day. Madrid? nutmeg. My goodness, gracious me.

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The overwhelming impression is acres of baik. It just keeps on

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getting uglier. Honestly, you don't see shops like this anymore. It's a

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kind of museum piece. She's a bit harsh. So how did the makeover go?

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Well, Ian White's at the store now. You want to see changes? Come with

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me. Can you believe this was the same store that was featured on

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that programme. When she first walked into that store, it looked

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nothing like this. But wow, what a transformation. I don't want to

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steal Alex's thunder tonight on BBC Two, but let's talk to one of the

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owners. David, what a roller coaster few weeks you have had.

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Definitely. It has been very stressful. I don't think I would do

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it again. It was that bad? It was that bad, but I think it's going to

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be worth it. As you can see, the shop looks so much better. I was

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going to say, all that stress, but at the end of it, you have a

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fantastic-looking shop, haven't you? It looks so much better. If

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you watch the show tonight, you'll see the biggest transformation

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between the carpet and the various other things. You know, Alex

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certainly had a lot of things to say about the shop. Yeah. You said

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you were very proud particularly of the carpet. That's made such a

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difference, hasn't it, but tell us about some of the other little

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things you have perhaps changed as you have gone around. Well, the

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partitions, they're different and just - something simple - a bit of

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wallpaper on there. Again, it's all the same furniture. It's just a

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completely different lay-out. It's very interesting to see what type

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of furniture you can put with something else and make it look so

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much different and more appealing to the eye. There was quite a lot

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of emotional stuff with your dad, of course, who has been involved in

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the store for so long. He was reluctant for a few of the changes,

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wasn't he? Definitely. I can understand where he is coming from.

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He has been here 33 years. He was quite nervous about it, you know,

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especially somebody coming in telling him... Did Alex sort him

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out? Definitely. I don't think you can win with Alex. She's a woman

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not to be argued with, which reminds me of someone else back in

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the studio! Let me get to Harry. You're one of the salesmen and also

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part own the business. You have been here a long time. What do you

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make of it all? I think it's really good. The transformation is

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fantastic. It has been stressful. Yes, at times, a lot of blood,

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sweat and tears, but it was worth it. Do you think you were set in

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your ways before? I think the shop has certainly been stuck in its

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ways to some respect, and it needed the kick up the back side to move

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things on, really, yes. It looks pretty smart, I have to say. This

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is one of the labels. Look. They have even had big discussions and

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arguments what they should look like. They have completely

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rebranded, but this store is still selling the products it's famous

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for, things like the highchair. I know, David, you were telling me

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you managed to sell a chair that you have had for quite a long time.

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Yeah, I sold a chair the other day that I believe we had on the shop

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floor for three-and-a-half years. LAUGHTER

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So once that had gone home, I cracked open a bottle of bubbly and

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celebrated we had got rid of it. Business has picked up? Definitely,

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yes. The things we have taken onboard, they have worked. Very

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good. I wish you success. We'll see on BBC Two at 8.00pm tonight how

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you got on. I think I'll sit back and watch the rest of the programme.

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Thank you very much. Take it away. Oh, this is the life!

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They do look good, those chairs. If they have any old stock of those

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chairs, I'll have one. Before 7.00pm: still catching the

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eye - they took Hollywood by storm. Now the story of the Calendar Girls

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is taken on by amateur drama groups. Now, as you all know, it's a rather

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special day today for happy couples around Yorkshire. And Harry reckons

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he's got the perfect gift. Isn't that right, Harry? Absolutely.

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Picture the scene - it's Valentine's night. Your lady, or

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gent, awaits a romantic evening. You open the present, and there you

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have it - two tickets for Galpharm for Huddersfield Town against

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Sheffield United - priceless. And this is what it is all about.

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Forget Charlton. They are probably promoted already. But who'll get

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that second automatic spot? We might know a bit more after the

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clash of the year so far when the Blades go to the Yorkshire club. So

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let's hear from the managers. In a moment, Danny Wilson. But first,

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Lee Clark. The local derby and two teams pushing for automatic

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promotion, so it will be close. It will be a full hour, I would have

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thought. So the atmosphere will be terrific. The stadium will be

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rocking, what I call a proper football match. It's going to be a

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cracking contest. It's going to be two teams that are going into the

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game on good form. Both very attack-minded, so in that respect,

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I would expect it to have some goals in it. That's Danny Wilson.

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The best way to follow the match - two of the best radio stations

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The Sheffield Steelers can take another step towards retaining the

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big league title tonight. They play Nottingham at the arena with the

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winners moving into second, but the Steelers have had a difficult time

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against the Panthers. This is their only victory against them in six

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meetings. World number two golfer Lee

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Westwood is to be given the freedom of his home. He's to be the first

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person to be an honourary member of Bassettlaw. He'll have a ceremony

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at Retford town hall in March. He deserves it. A fantastic player.

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There are just 164 days to go until the Olympics and this week the USA

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diving team is in Sheffield, which will be their base for the Games.

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It's the ideal preparation as they head to London next week for the

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World Cup event at the aquatics centre, and as Tanya's been finding

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out, they're certainly making friends in their new home.

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Under the watchful eye of the United States diving team, some

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young Sheffield divers are put through their paces. This isn't a

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team that's just here for the water. It's always great to come to a

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place and actually be able to do more than just go to the pool, dive

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and go back to the hotel again. It has been great wandering around the

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city. We're excited to work with the kids here. It's good to get

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some of the culture of the place we visit. Over the years, he has been

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to Sheffield on numerous occasions to compete. For him and the team it

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has been an ideal team to compete. I love this place, the lighting,

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the people, roaming around the streets from the hotels to even

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meeting the Lord Mayor - she was great. This place is so welcoming.

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It's like home. It's like a dress rehearsal for the Olympic games. We

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love the venue here. We're going to the World Cup, the test event, next

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week. It's just perfect to come to Sheffield, get everything right,

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make sure there is nothing we need to improve on, then when we come

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back for the Olympic Games, it will be smooth running. The USA diving

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team will be based in Sheffield for the Olympic games. There will be

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more to be announced. The city spent about �1 million on the

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Olympics and say it's money well spent. We have done some work on

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this and know that Sheffield has already had at least �19 million

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worth of economic value from the 2012 Olympics. The pre-Games

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contribute heavily towards that. The economics of the city have done

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really well. These divers have taken Sheffield to its hearts. It

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seems the feeling is mutual. community is awesome. Everyone

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loves to see the United States here. It's neat. I wonder if they'll get

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a similar reception down south. How did you react, then, to giving

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those football tickets? I am working on the lates. Good job.

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Dedication to the BBC - can't wait. We have featured these ladies lots

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over the years. Auditions for new Calendar Girls

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have started around Yorkshire as hundreds of drama groups prepare to

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stage the play later this year. The story of the WI ladies has already

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been told by Hollywood and the West End. Now the amateur rights have

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been released for one year only. And one drama group from North

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Yorkshire has been chosen to hold the world amateur premier. Olivia

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Richwald can explain. The Calendar Girls from Yorkshire shot to world-

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wide fame after posing nude for charity 12 years ago. Their

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calendar sparked a global phenomenon. A film and West End

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play followed. Now dramatic amateur groups from around the world are

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getting ready to tell their story. The girls' local group, the

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Grassington Players, are preparing for the world amateur premier.

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nervous, apprehensive, a bit of adrenaline every time I think about

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it, sleepless nights already. It is a big thing. We're already selling

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tickets six months in advance. People are buzzing, buzzing for

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tickets all the time. So far almost 500 amateur groups are interested

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in putting on the play, and 250 of them have bought the rights. The

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stage version followed this very successful film. The characters and

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the names were fictional, but the story, so very British. It's

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How fitting, then, that this story is finally coming home. Act two,

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scene two, then - the church hall the following day, "All the girls

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are on tenterhooks." The WI does not do nudity. Sod them. I knew

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they wouldn't. But we do do charity. The story is in the deals. It all

:24:14.:24:18.

began here, so I think it should start its amateur life up here.

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It's right to do that. Yes, we shall watch it and watch it with

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great interest to see what they make of it. It will be brilliant.

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To date, the original Calendar Girls have raised more than �3

:24:30.:24:33.

million for leukaemia research, although none of them want to be in

:24:33.:24:37.

this cast. They will be among the audience for the opening night -

:24:37.:24:47.
:24:47.:24:52.

the World Amateur Premier takes We'll have the cameras there, of

:24:52.:24:56.

course, strategically placed to make sure there is nothing shown.

:24:56.:25:00.

Do you think they'll actually go nude? I think that is the idea of

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it. But they're not getting paid - takes place in a very appropriate

:25:04.:25:08.

place. Let's have the weather, shall we? Snow around? Or is it all

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Colder for the weekend, but for the time being, the snow is gone, which

:25:15.:25:25.
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is great news. We have photos to Keep your photos coming in.

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So today we have seen a fair amount of cloud. Temperatures get to 8-9

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Celsius through the Vale of York. Tomorrow it is going to be fairly

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cloudy particularly to begin with, but we will see it brightening up

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as we head into the afternoon. You can see on the satellite there is a

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weather front that is just running down the North Sea, so that's where

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the cloud is going to be the thickest - towards the coast. It's

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going to be quite a breezy start to the day. Back to today, you can see

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all the cloud we have had through the course of the day. It has given

:26:04.:26:07.

us the odd light shower, but for most, a dry day. That's the way we

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end the day, so dry, a fair bit of cloud. That is set to thicken up as

:26:12.:26:17.

we go through the night to the east of the Vale of York, it may get

:26:17.:26:21.

thick enough to give the odd spot of rain, but for most, a dry night,

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a few clear spells in the west. In the west, temperatures drop the

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lowest - maybe to 3 Celsius in the Wales, elsewhere, 4-5 Celsius. A

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moderate north-westerly wind will become strong and gusty for a time

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along the coastline. Let's look at the sun times it rises tomorrow -

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7.27am, setting at a quarter past 5.00pm in the afternoon. A breezy

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day for the afternoon tomorrow but we'll see it brightening up for

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western areas. We'll see sunny spells developing, whilst the cloud

:26:53.:26:58.

further east thickens in the afternoon, but in the afternoon it

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brightens up. We should all see sunshine for tomorrow afternoon.

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The gusts will ease down as we go through the day. Temperatures

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tomorrow are going to be above average for the time of year, so in

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York, double figures - 10 Celsius - that is 50 Fahrenheit, 8-9 Celsius

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across the Pennines and Peak District. We'll keep a fair bit of

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cloud through Thursday and Friday, still giving Us spots of rain at

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times as that band of rain sinks southwards on Friday. It's going to

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bring fresher air. Frost on Saturday and just 5 Celsius on

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Thank you very much. That's about as far as we go for this version of

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