:00:06. > :00:07.On Look North tonight: A job that can save lives. But why
:00:08. > :00:16.are care bosses desperately searching for more social workers
:00:16. > :00:18.in Yorkshire? We detail the current situation and what's being done
:00:18. > :00:21.about it. Also on Look North:
:00:21. > :00:24.How this art is being used as a tax avoidance measure in Harrogate by
:00:24. > :00:30.the Queen's estate. And we'll be trackside as a
:00:30. > :00:36.Yorkshire sports-car success story attracts the great and good. I do
:00:36. > :00:41.not know the speed I was doing. It seemed fast. Sheffield has been
:00:41. > :00:51.bathed in sunshine today. It looks like there should be more to come
:00:51. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.tomorrow. Your forecast will be It's a job that can mean the
:00:55. > :00:58.difference between life and death for vulnerable youngsters. Yet
:00:58. > :01:02.figures obtained by Look North show there is a shortage of children's
:01:02. > :01:05.social workers in Yorkshire at a time of record demand.
:01:05. > :01:09.Last year, there were 7,300 children in the direct care of
:01:09. > :01:12.social services in Yorkshire. That's an increase of 3% on the
:01:12. > :01:17.previous year. But more than 300 children's social
:01:17. > :01:20.workers leave their jobs each year in this region. And with 74,000
:01:20. > :01:22.children needing help and support in some way every year, the
:01:22. > :01:28.region's local authorities have joined forces to try to get more
:01:28. > :01:38.people doing the job. In a moment, we will ask why there is such a
:01:38. > :01:43.shortage. But, first Emma Glasbey has this. The mother of baby Peter
:01:43. > :01:50.is sentenced to five years for her part in his death. The toddler died
:01:50. > :01:57.of a horrific injuries. So and children dead, too horrific to
:01:57. > :02:04.attacked. It is a record of shame for Doncaster's social services
:02:04. > :02:09.department. Children such social workers have rarely been out of the
:02:09. > :02:15.headlines in recent years for all the wrong reasons. Not surprising
:02:15. > :02:19.as there is now a shortage. But the job can change lives. Last year,
:02:19. > :02:25.these children in Huddersfield were put on the child-protection
:02:25. > :02:30.register. Their mother says with the help of social workers, their
:02:30. > :02:36.lives have changed. I had difficult relationships. I was suffering from
:02:36. > :02:41.depression. I let things go a little bit. My house was not up to
:02:41. > :02:46.standard because of my depression. I did not get on with social
:02:46. > :02:53.workers. I thought they were there to take my children. I respect
:02:53. > :02:57.social workers more now. I have my children in a routine now. I am
:02:57. > :03:02.concentrating on the career I want to do. It is great and life is
:03:02. > :03:09.better. For the social workers who helped her, it has been fantastic
:03:09. > :03:13.to see. A initially, she did not want to work with any social worker.
:03:13. > :03:19.But she has made a dramatic turnaround and the children are
:03:19. > :03:25.happier. It makes you thank God you are a social worker and you can
:03:25. > :03:30.make changes. In Leeds, Sean has been helped by social workers. He
:03:30. > :03:34.got on with his mother, but she struggled to cope. He was in care
:03:34. > :03:40.from 11. Social workers helped him to get to university and now he
:03:40. > :03:47.works with other teenagers in care. I did not give them my full Trust
:03:47. > :03:51.from the off. Been taken into care is a turbulent time. But I trusted
:03:51. > :03:57.social workers, who provided a positive and stable relationship
:03:57. > :04:02.for somebody going through a turbulent time. Helping families
:04:02. > :04:10.change their lives is not easy and the story does not always end well.
:04:10. > :04:15.But Yorkshire councils hope more people are ready for a challenge.
:04:15. > :04:23.Thank you. We can talk to Alison, the director of children's services
:04:23. > :04:28.and also to a new social worker, Becky. Becky, two years ago, you
:04:28. > :04:33.decided this was what you wanted to do, and the headlines were negative.
:04:33. > :04:39.Why do you still want to be a social worker? When the headlines
:04:39. > :04:45.were negative, it made me more determined to be a social worker. I
:04:45. > :04:49.knew as a social worker what the challenges were. It made me more
:04:49. > :04:55.passionate to challenge that stereotype. Alison, has it been
:04:55. > :05:01.difficult to recruit social workers? Somehow you cannot win in
:05:01. > :05:07.this job. If you varies from time to time. Surprisingly, with high
:05:07. > :05:12.profile cases, it does attract interest. We are always looking for
:05:12. > :05:17.good quality staff. Is there a problem at the moment?
:05:17. > :05:22.particularly at the moment. We have had a big increase in workloads in
:05:22. > :05:29.the country and Yorkshire is no different. We have seen an increase
:05:29. > :05:34.in the numbers of children in care and we need more staff. Becky, your
:05:34. > :05:39.workload has got more and more. How do you cope? The thing I would
:05:39. > :05:46.think about at night is which case do I go to first if there is a pile
:05:46. > :05:52.on the desk. That is where a good manager comes in. You can speak
:05:52. > :05:57.with them. If there is a crisis with cases, you can work with a
:05:57. > :06:02.team. There is always a good team around you and you are not left by
:06:02. > :06:08.yourself. Your manager will control the situation if you are not in the
:06:08. > :06:15.office. And the other social workers. Everybody helps. How many
:06:15. > :06:21.would you need? There are 2000 social workers in Yorkshire. We are
:06:21. > :06:25.looking to recruit additional people all the time because there
:06:25. > :06:30.is a turnover in the work. Because the workload has increased, many
:06:30. > :06:35.authorities have taken on extra staff. We have taken on another 20
:06:35. > :06:40.in the last year. We are looking to increase staff and we need to
:06:40. > :06:44.replenish the supply of workers all the time. It is a vital job. Becky,
:06:44. > :06:46.it is lovely to see you been so positive.
:06:46. > :06:50.The Government has announced a pilot scheme giving people the
:06:50. > :06:53.right to ask the police if their partner has a history of violence.
:06:53. > :07:01.What has been dubbed Clare's Law follows the death of Clare Wood,
:07:01. > :07:05.from Batley, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2009.
:07:05. > :07:11.Murdered by her man she met on Facebook, Clare Wood from Batley, a
:07:11. > :07:15.mother, had become involved with George Appleton. She had no idea he
:07:15. > :07:22.had a history of violence against women. When she ended the
:07:23. > :07:28.relationship, he became violent, eventually killing her. He had
:07:28. > :07:35.beaten her, raped her and strangled her and set the body on fire. I
:07:35. > :07:38.believe they have to take the bed out of her home. Michael Brown has
:07:39. > :07:42.campaigned for trained in the law since his daughter's death. He
:07:42. > :07:46.thinks people in abusive relationship should have a right to
:07:46. > :07:54.know about the past of the men they are with. If you report to the
:07:54. > :07:58.police you are fried -- frightened, the minute they are involved, you
:07:58. > :08:02.should be able to know your partner has had a string of offences before
:08:02. > :08:08.he has moved on to you. The Government's wants to prevent
:08:08. > :08:15.domestic violence and has taken the ideas on board. It will run a
:08:15. > :08:20.scheme dubbed Clare's Law. Some are not convinced. Refuge has concerns
:08:20. > :08:24.that the majority are not known to the police. The legislative
:08:24. > :08:32.framework is in place and there are powers to disclose information
:08:32. > :08:35.about previous convictions or charges. My daughter was not simple.
:08:35. > :08:42.If she had known what George Appleton was capable of, she would
:08:42. > :08:45.have been gone. The piloting of the law will begin in the summer. Four
:08:45. > :08:52.police forces will take part. Later on Look North, we will speak
:08:52. > :08:55.to a nurse who is criticising the NHS after 30 years' service.
:08:55. > :09:02.And Jo's on the road to London with an outstanding Olympic qualifying
:09:02. > :09:05.swim. A BBC investigation has found that
:09:05. > :09:08.the Duchy of Lancaster, the body that manages the Queen's property
:09:08. > :09:14.portfolio, has gone to unusual lengths to avoid paying tax on one
:09:14. > :09:18.of its buildings in Yorkshire. The empty office in Harrogate has been
:09:18. > :09:22.let to an arts company, which has used the space to display work that
:09:22. > :09:26.features bin liners, toilet rolls and tin foil. As a result, the
:09:26. > :09:36.Duchy pays less tax. Jamie Coulson, from the BBC's Inside Out programme,
:09:36. > :09:40.joins us. What has the Duchy been doing?
:09:40. > :09:44.The is relates to 11 Ripon Road on the way out of Harrogate. It is
:09:44. > :09:52.currently up for sale but it has been empty for the past few years.
:09:52. > :09:56.It also has to pay business rates, which are �16,000. The Duchy of
:09:56. > :10:03.Lancaster or has been looking at ways to avoid paying their business
:10:03. > :10:08.rates. We sent a reporter to film secretly. What on earth is this?
:10:08. > :10:15.apparently, we had a charity in and if you do that you get three months
:10:15. > :10:22.rate free. Is there an art group in as tenants? They come here to do
:10:22. > :10:28.their art. Is it OK to quickly take some pictures. Am I right in
:10:28. > :10:34.thinking this is legal? Companies can get a three-month
:10:34. > :10:41.business rate relief so long as the property has been unoccupied for 43
:10:41. > :10:46.days before that. In this case, they rented it to ACTE Arts, which
:10:46. > :10:50.specialises putting artists into properties. In this case, the
:10:50. > :10:55.installations are in bags and what looks like toilet rolls and plastic
:10:55. > :11:01.stuck to the walls. We spoke to an expert, who has concerns about this
:11:01. > :11:05.approach. I have a concern that the operation -- occupation was not
:11:05. > :11:11.genuine, in which case the billing authority could seek to take action
:11:11. > :11:17.to recover the money claimed. this happen a lot? Is it
:11:17. > :11:21.widespread? It is difficult to say. Times are
:11:21. > :11:27.tough and there are many empty offices and this is how businesses
:11:27. > :11:33.can cut an overhead. We were told a lot of companies are springing up,
:11:33. > :11:38.offering advice on this issue. And the advice, you have to be careful
:11:38. > :11:43.because of the rules governing this. What do the Duchy say?
:11:43. > :11:48.A confirmed that ACTE Arts occupied the building for two periods and as
:11:48. > :11:51.a result they got six months of business rate relief. They said the
:11:51. > :11:57.building was supporting local artists and for the local
:11:57. > :12:02.population, which is better than being vacant. It said that ACTE
:12:02. > :12:10.Arts had been granted a new lease and in that time they would pay the
:12:10. > :12:13.foul business rates. -- full. Three people have been remanded in
:12:13. > :12:15.custody charged with the attempted murder of Barnsley student Daniel
:12:15. > :12:18.Whiteley. The 19-year-old remains critically ill after he was found
:12:18. > :12:20.in a drainage ditch in Platt Fields Park in Manchester, suffering from
:12:20. > :12:24.multiple injuries. Michael Brownlie, Nicholas Lindsay and Katie Mongan,
:12:24. > :12:28.all from Longsight, will appear before Crown Court on March 19th. A
:12:28. > :12:32.parliamentary committee met in York as part of an inquiry into why so
:12:32. > :12:37.many teachers leave the profession early. MPs from the Education
:12:37. > :12:41.Select Committee met staff at two schools and met students at York's
:12:41. > :12:45.teacher training college. It was part of an initiative to take
:12:45. > :12:49.Whitehall matters out of the capital.
:12:49. > :12:54.Demolition at the former Terry's chocolate factory in York began as
:12:54. > :12:59.part of development works. The factory closed in 2005 and was sold
:12:59. > :13:03.to developers. The listed buildings will be protected to form part of
:13:03. > :13:07.the redeveloped site. A Yorkshire nous has spoken
:13:07. > :13:12.exclusively to Look North about what he calls damaging changes to
:13:12. > :13:17.the NHS. Chris Gibson is from Ossett and says staff are under so
:13:17. > :13:22.much pressure to meet targets and budgets, care is being compromised.
:13:22. > :13:27.He has been given permission to speak to us on the basis he does
:13:27. > :13:32.not reveal where in Yorkshire he works.
:13:32. > :13:38.Nursing in the 1960s, the era of matrons and ward sisters. The NHS
:13:38. > :13:44.has changed drastically over the past 50 years. Despite advances, it
:13:44. > :13:49.is claimed that working as a nurse is becoming harder. You have nurses
:13:49. > :13:53.working flat out to try to care for people in the best way they can.
:13:53. > :13:59.But if you have five nurses on Monday and three on Tuesday, and
:13:59. > :14:06.the workload is the same, those nurses are under stress to perform.
:14:06. > :14:13.Chris macro has been a nurse for over 30 years. -- Chris Gibson. NHS
:14:13. > :14:19.To rarely criticise the service publicly but he felt he had to
:14:19. > :14:24.speak out -- NHS staff. He has written satirical plays based on
:14:24. > :14:31.his experience. What if something goes wrong? What about a doctor?
:14:31. > :14:38.Geoff, in supplies, he has a qualification in performing
:14:38. > :14:43.surgery... Or they are in comedy form, the message is serious.
:14:43. > :14:52.cannot be in two places at once. I think that all nurses are
:14:52. > :14:57.frightened of that and that scenario, where Fay are giving
:14:57. > :15:02.treatment to somebody who is ill -- where they are, and somebody else
:15:02. > :15:05.becomes ill and there are not enough nurses. We have an ageing
:15:05. > :15:12.population and more people needing treatment in the years to come,
:15:12. > :15:15.Chris Gibson says he fears the NHS But Chris Gibson's claims have been
:15:15. > :15:23.dismissed as a generalisation by the body representing those who
:15:23. > :15:27.commission and provide health services.
:15:27. > :15:32.I think it is very easy to take a local situation and then generalise
:15:32. > :15:37.it. It will vary in different parts of the country and there will
:15:37. > :15:43.obviously be pressures that particular hospitals or localities
:15:43. > :15:47.are under. It is generalising it too much to say the whole of the
:15:47. > :15:51.system is under pressure but obviously there is a need to save
:15:52. > :15:56.money and make sure people work more effectively and efficiently
:15:56. > :15:59.and we do need to keep at the centre of all this, the quality of
:15:59. > :16:02.care people receive. Before 7pm: A full round-up of this
:16:02. > :16:12.weekend's sporting action. And the Yorkshire company that's leading
:16:12. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:24.the way in sports car manufacturing. Go let's have some sports news will
:16:24. > :16:27.stop. Richmond swimmer, Jo Jackson will
:16:27. > :16:31.be going to her third Olympics after booking her place at the
:16:31. > :16:34.trials in London. Though she got bronze in Beijing in the 400 metres
:16:34. > :16:44.freestyle, since then she has battled asthma which has severely
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:51.affected her training. Jo Jackson need of some impressive
:16:51. > :16:55.swimmers to finish second in the final of the 400 metres freestyle.
:16:55. > :17:01.This ensures she will be back there in the summer for the Olympics.
:17:01. > :17:11.am so happy. I was gutted to miss out last year so it has definitely
:17:11. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:16.come at the right time and I am so excited! Four years ago in Beijing,
:17:16. > :17:20.a Jo Jackson won bronze in the 400 metres freestyle but a year later,
:17:20. > :17:25.she was diagnosed with asthma and her struggle to manage the illness
:17:25. > :17:30.and her training. It has been really hard but tonight I really
:17:30. > :17:34.wanted it so much. It came from my heart and I dug in so much. It has
:17:34. > :17:41.made the last few years were up while her, knowing that I am going
:17:41. > :17:46.to my third Olympics, I am so excited. She knows there is now a
:17:46. > :17:50.chance of getting another Olympic medal but there is work to be done.
:17:50. > :17:54.She was back in the poll this morning for the 200 metres.
:17:54. > :17:57.And she qualified for the semi- finals of the 200 metres. She was
:17:57. > :17:59.third fastest, the quickest though was City of Sheffield swimmer
:17:59. > :18:02.Rebecca Turner. Rotherham's Joe Roebuck is safely through in the
:18:02. > :18:09.200 metres butterfly, having already qualified for the Olympics
:18:09. > :18:12.in the 400 metres individual medley. Rotherham based Paul Drinkhall beat
:18:12. > :18:20.England No. 1, Chesterfield's Liam Pitchford to claim his 4th national
:18:20. > :18:25.title at Ponds Forge. Selection for the Olympic team is next month.
:18:25. > :18:29.A look at the football now with all our teams in action. But it is
:18:29. > :18:38.League One that has been compulsive viewing recently. This weekend was
:18:38. > :18:44.no different. Sheffield United it looked to have
:18:44. > :18:54.the pounds secured in the first half. But nothing in League One is
:18:54. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:03.that simple. Added to that, two yellow cards in 60 seconds. United
:19:03. > :19:11.looked vulnerable. Two minutes later, the equaliser before this an
:19:11. > :19:14.extra time. Sheffield Wednesday were visiting Rochdale. I'm sure
:19:14. > :19:19.there is a joke here somewhere about keeping up with the Joneses
:19:19. > :19:25.as Rob Jones gave away a penalty that Gary Jones missed with new
:19:25. > :19:29.manager Dave Jones watching the game that finished goalless.
:19:29. > :19:38.Huddersfield were three up within half an hour and cruising, or maybe
:19:38. > :19:42.not. One of... To... 3. Looks like the arrival of Simon Grayson hasn't
:19:42. > :19:45.entered the habit of throwing away Leeds. At the other end of the
:19:45. > :19:49.table, Chesterfield looked good value for their narrow victory
:19:49. > :19:58.against Tranmere. In the championship, despite being
:19:58. > :20:03.arguably the better side, Leeds lost 1-0 to Southampton. Something
:20:03. > :20:13.of a pattern develops next. Barnsley rescued a point against
:20:13. > :20:18.Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Rotherham were a goal down to
:20:18. > :20:27.Barnett and will they levelled in the 50th minute. All three ended 1-
:20:27. > :20:29.1. Finally there was a decisive result in League Two.
:20:29. > :20:34.In Super League there was another cracking win for the Huddersfield
:20:34. > :20:38.who edged out St Helens. Luke George ran in a hatrick of tries -
:20:38. > :20:42.his second hatrick of the season. This was the pick of tries though
:20:42. > :20:47.set up by man of the match Danny Brough. A brilliant try. They went
:20:47. > :20:52.on to win the game 17-16. A Brough drop goal the difference between
:20:52. > :20:56.them in the end. The Giants sit third after a terrific start to the
:20:56. > :20:59.season. But we have to take a look at this moment for you - Danny
:20:59. > :21:06.Brough's conversion hitting both posts and the cross bar as it went
:21:06. > :21:10.over. You can catch all the weeknd's action on tonight Super
:21:10. > :21:13.League Show, 11.35pm on BBC One. My studio guests are the Leeds Rhinos'
:21:13. > :21:23.Rob Burrow and the Warrington coach Tony Smith, formerly of Leeds and
:21:23. > :21:33.Huddersfield of course. That is it for me. I am sulking
:21:33. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:38.because I wanted to be doing the next item. A Motorsport company
:21:38. > :21:44.Ginetta are reckoned to be one of the fastest-growing businesses in
:21:44. > :21:47.Yorkshire. They certainly produce fast cars for the track and road.
:21:47. > :21:57.Shamir has had the best job in the newsroom today, pretending to be
:21:57. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.Jeremy Clarkson down at Silverstone with a Ginetta.
:22:16. > :22:19.The name, Ginetta, has been associate with motorsport since the
:22:19. > :22:26.late 1950s. In the last few years, it has been given a new lease of
:22:26. > :22:36.life by a Yorkshire businessman who also happens to be a racing driver.
:22:36. > :22:38.
:22:38. > :22:44.The experience is one of being back at how it used to be, the card do
:22:44. > :22:54.lots of things for you. We sold �1 million with the cars to Italy last
:22:54. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :23:02.year. He is all carbon fibre, unique, individual and just a great
:23:02. > :23:05.proposition for somebody. I Ginetta have raised many eyebrows producing
:23:05. > :23:11.racecards of relatively low cost and they are attracting some high
:23:11. > :23:16.profile at marriage. Both my sons enjoyed driving these cars so we're
:23:16. > :23:26.having a fun day here today but it is all credit to this company, to
:23:26. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:33.their professionalism and congratulations to Ginetta.
:23:33. > :23:38.Immensely proud to be a Yorkshireman. That it is being
:23:38. > :23:44.celebrated by the success of the company and by events like this, it
:23:44. > :23:48.is immensely satisfying to all of us who believe in what the that of
:23:48. > :23:52.England has to offer and particularly from my point of view,
:23:52. > :23:56.what Yorkshire has to offer. I am one of the lucky few that is being
:23:56. > :24:06.allowed to take this car which has been designed and built in
:24:06. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:25.Yorkshire, around the track here at Well, my first ever track day
:24:25. > :24:31.experience and what an experience! If anything, I have to say that was
:24:31. > :24:39.just over far too quickly, I will have to come back and do it again.
:24:39. > :24:46.As you can see, I need the practice!
:24:46. > :24:56.He is always first out of the car- park, isn't he? Go to you think it
:24:56. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:14.We had some snow yesterday but it didn't really settled. Go this is
:25:14. > :25:24.about 1000 ft up and this one is fabulous, all trainspotters will
:25:24. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:32.love this one. Tomorrow looks a lovely day, we will lose this
:25:32. > :25:37.north-westerly wind so all parts will feel less cold. There will be
:25:37. > :25:47.loads of sunshine around. Enjoy it if you can because whether France
:25:47. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:53.will bring more unsettled weather on their ship. That system is out
:25:53. > :25:57.of the way and the whole of Yorkshire is largely cleared mouth.
:25:57. > :26:07.There is some patchy cloud around towards the coast but it is the
:26:07. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:19.exception to the rule, so it is fine and Clear. Go a cold light to
:26:19. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:28.A frosty start but a beautiful one. Clear blue skies for much of
:26:28. > :26:32.Yorkshire. Just the risk of some patchy cloud towards the coast.
:26:32. > :26:37.Long spells of sunshine and crucially, just a light south-west
:26:37. > :26:41.wind, so it will feel a good deal warmer, especially along the coast
:26:41. > :26:51.where it has been a bracing day today with temperatures in
:26:51. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:58.Scarborough at up to eight degrees. Wednesday, unsettled at first.
:26:58. > :27:03.There's too looks a nice day. Friday, cloudy with the risk of
:27:03. > :27:06.some drizzle. It turns quiet mounter and settled into next
:27:06. > :27:10.weekend. Today marks the start of National
:27:10. > :27:20.Pie Week and to mark this, a new Yorkshire Pie has been launched at
:27:20. > :27:30.