:00:06. > :00:10.Hello - welcome to Friday's Look North Tonight - a weekend of
:00:10. > :00:20.tributes. As Yorkshire continues to mourn its fallen soldiers -
:00:20. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:26.ceremonies will be held throughout the county. They're willing to do
:00:26. > :00:32.it the final sacrifice, and this five just did it. We have to say,
:00:32. > :00:35.you are brave, you're a tough, Europe the best. Also tonight -
:00:35. > :00:37.heading for the most dangerous country in the world. We hear from
:00:37. > :00:44.the Yorkshire troops completing their final training before being
:00:45. > :00:50.sent to Afghanistan. We have to get on with the job. We
:00:50. > :00:53.have to get in there and fight the enemy.
:00:53. > :01:00.And London's got Boris Johnson, but should OUR four biggest cities be
:01:00. > :01:09.run by elected mayors as well? I will be back later with the
:01:09. > :01:13.Good evening. Yorkshire has been continuing to pay its respects to
:01:13. > :01:17.the young soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a bomb blast in
:01:17. > :01:21.Afghanistan. People have been queuing up to sign
:01:21. > :01:24.condolence books in Dewsbury, Halifax and in Huddersfield. Flags
:01:24. > :01:33.have been flying at half-mast and over the weekend special services
:01:33. > :01:36.are taking place at churches and at sports stadiums. Three of the
:01:36. > :01:38.soldiers from the third battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment were from
:01:38. > :01:43.Huddersfield - Corporal Jake Hartley and Private Anthony
:01:43. > :01:46.Frampton, who were both 20 and Private Daniel Wilford, 21.
:01:46. > :01:48.Private Christopher Kershaw was 19 and from Bradford, and Private
:01:48. > :01:51.Daniel Wade was 20 and from Warrington.
:01:51. > :01:55.Their sergeant was Nigel Coupe, aged 33, from the First Duke of
:01:55. > :02:05.Lancaster's. Our reporter Heidi Tomlinson joins
:02:05. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:11.us now from Huddersfield Parish Church of St Peter's.
:02:11. > :02:15.It they have been a few days since the news of the horrific attack,
:02:15. > :02:20.but it is just sinking in here in Huddersfield. People have wanted to
:02:20. > :02:25.come out and express their sorrow will the families who have lost
:02:25. > :02:28.their children. People were queuing down the aisle to write their
:02:28. > :02:33.thoughts in the book of condolence. A moment to reflect inside the
:02:33. > :02:38.peaceful setting of Huddersfield parish church. It is hard to come
:02:38. > :02:47.to terms with the loss of so many young lives. For some, just writing
:02:47. > :02:51.down thoughts helped. Friends describe to the soldiers as caring
:02:51. > :03:01.lads who are full of life. I know they felt very proud to be in the
:03:01. > :03:04.
:03:04. > :03:08.Army. They used to show us videos of when they were in training. I
:03:09. > :03:12.can imagine they were nervous and scared to going. Five of the six
:03:12. > :03:15.soldiers killed where from the third Battalion the Yorkshire
:03:15. > :03:25.Regiment. Colleagues in the same regiment our currently trading on
:03:25. > :03:31.Salisbury Plain, preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. We were
:03:31. > :03:36.all friends, but it is devastating. The communities to soldiers called
:03:36. > :03:43.Homer had been paying their respects today. Flowers left
:03:43. > :03:47.outside a soldier's house. Just days before or one soldier left for
:03:47. > :03:53.of Bannister, he had been at the local pub for a sent off. When the
:03:53. > :04:01.news of his death broke, his friends met here. They all had a
:04:01. > :04:06.drink together and raise a glass for the lads. Me were just gutted.
:04:06. > :04:11.There where it chatting and reminiscing, it was nice. Nice to
:04:11. > :04:16.see them all together. Just up the road and Longwood, the war memorial
:04:16. > :04:19.was a focal point for people's grief. It is years away from
:04:19. > :04:26.private and to the front and his family home. At the football
:04:26. > :04:30.stadium, bare staging a one-minute silence before the game. Players
:04:30. > :04:35.will be warming up in charity shirts ahead of the match. We have
:04:35. > :04:38.been contacted by some people from the Yorkshire Regiment who are here
:04:38. > :04:42.in the community and they want to come down, so we have some friends
:04:42. > :04:47.of the fallen soldiers who are coming and they will be mediocre
:04:47. > :04:52.players. Prayers will be said for all six soldiers during Sunday
:04:52. > :04:59.services in Huddersfield and Bradford this weekend, giving
:04:59. > :05:02.congregations a chance to reflect on the week's devastating news. The
:05:02. > :05:05.Yorkshire regiment used to be based in Halifax and at Halifax Menston
:05:05. > :05:09.the Sunday, there is a special service to remember the servicemen
:05:09. > :05:13.who have died and also those were still serving in dangerous
:05:13. > :05:21.countries throughout the world. Also in Dewsbury Minster, they have
:05:21. > :05:25.opened a book of condolence. In Bradford, St Paul's Church will
:05:25. > :05:28.have a one-minute silence at their Sunday service. Tomorrow, sporting
:05:28. > :05:33.events are also remembering the soldiers had died. A minute's
:05:33. > :05:37.silence will be held before football matches and Huddersfield
:05:37. > :05:42.Town have also said they extend an open invitation to any servicemen
:05:42. > :05:49.and women who want come down and watch them. They can come down for
:05:49. > :05:52.a free, pick up a ticket in the part of the training there.
:05:52. > :05:54.Well, inevitably with the loss of so many young lives, the role of
:05:55. > :05:58.our armed forces in Afghanistan is being questioned by some. The
:05:58. > :06:01.Archbishop of York lives in an Army city. The Yorkshire Regiment has
:06:01. > :06:07.its headquarters there, so his views on the war are significant. I
:06:07. > :06:13.went along to see him this morning. Once again, the Fortes of the six
:06:13. > :06:23.men tell the story of a tragic loss. The Archbishop feels that loss. He
:06:23. > :06:25.
:06:26. > :06:31.regards the Yorkshire Ripper Lynch as his own. -- Regiment.
:06:31. > :06:37.These are brothers. These are sons who have actually been killed while
:06:37. > :06:41.doing their job, doing their duty. When you lose so many people from
:06:41. > :06:46.one regiment, there are inevitably questions over whether the war is
:06:46. > :06:52.justified. It was a war agreed by the United Nations and it has my
:06:52. > :06:58.full backing. I never at supported the war in Iraq, because it never
:06:58. > :07:02.had a United Nations mandate. That was wrong. This one, I do not think
:07:02. > :07:06.it is. Despite United Nations mandate, is there a point which
:07:06. > :07:12.comes around when Gourock is unjustifiable, when you lose so
:07:12. > :07:18.many people? The decision for me is to support and not sit on the
:07:18. > :07:22.sidelines and say come back. I am quite sure the commanders are
:07:22. > :07:26.absolutely devastated. You do not want to command a unit and then
:07:26. > :07:30.find five if you men are killed. You are very much a hands-on
:07:30. > :07:35.archbishop and you want to play an important role now helping the
:07:35. > :07:39.families. My first priority is to meet the family soon find out now
:07:39. > :07:43.this has happened, I are there things we as the people of
:07:43. > :07:48.Yorkshire, not the Government, and the people of Yorkshire it can do
:07:48. > :07:52.to support them. They are trained very well, they are willing to do
:07:52. > :08:02.the final sacrifice and these five have just done it. All the bars
:08:02. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:06.have got to say, you are brave, if you're a tough, if you are the best.
:08:06. > :08:08.Well, the events of this week are not only difficult for the military
:08:08. > :08:11.communities currently serving in Afghanistan, but also for those
:08:11. > :08:18.whose relatives have paid a big price for their involvement in the
:08:18. > :08:26.war. Robert Light's son, Matthew, was seriously injured in January by
:08:26. > :08:31.an IED, an unexploded bomb. He joins us now in the studio. How is
:08:31. > :08:36.Matthew? He is doing really well. He is recovering from his injuries.
:08:36. > :08:40.He is still death in one ear, but he is hoping to return to his unit
:08:40. > :08:47.in the next few months. In the meantime, you will have been left
:08:47. > :08:53.looking at events of this week, thinking, we are lucky. Yes. It
:08:53. > :08:57.brings little back, that moment of the news coming through, all the
:08:57. > :09:03.memories of the knock on the door, it all comes flooding back here you
:09:04. > :09:08.realise how lucky you are her and she feels so much for the family's.
:09:08. > :09:13.I feel for Matty and this must be, apart from his injuries, the most
:09:13. > :09:18.terrible thing to try and adjust to, because he lost his comrade but
:09:18. > :09:25.also his best friend in the incident. Yes. They worked closely
:09:25. > :09:30.together. It is a horrendous thing to happen, not only to yourself,
:09:30. > :09:35.but to see a colleague blown up as well. But then every time something
:09:35. > :09:41.happens, that reignite so's emotions. I suppose, a young lads
:09:41. > :09:46.who went out to do his job, I am not putting words into his mouth,
:09:46. > :09:49.but does he ask, why have I survived and by a friend died?
:09:49. > :09:54.is the sort of thing that goes through your mind and rightly so.
:09:54. > :09:58.You think, it is all because I wasn't the right place and a John
:09:58. > :10:04.was in the wrong place and that is just how it was. But Matthew was
:10:04. > :10:08.lucky. He survived, could have lost limbs quite easily, but the gods
:10:08. > :10:13.were with him at the time. This is a terrible week for Yorkshire, but
:10:13. > :10:17.we must remember such a fine tradition of many regiments in our
:10:17. > :10:23.county. There are many fine young men and women out there who come
:10:23. > :10:30.from here. There are and their young. There are only 19, but they
:10:30. > :10:33.are doing things that more mature adults would be frightened to do.
:10:33. > :10:37.Because they're really well trained. The Army have looked after these
:10:37. > :10:43.guys really well. They're doing the country proud, they're model
:10:43. > :10:50.citizens out there. Thank you very much for telling us your story. He
:10:50. > :10:56.mentioned they are very young, but the most incredible tributes has
:10:56. > :11:03.comment to the programme. We will have it at the end of the programme.
:11:03. > :11:05.And so is your story. In two months, people in
:11:05. > :11:09.Yorkshire's four biggest cities will vote in a referendum which
:11:09. > :11:11.could lead to the biggest change in the way we're governed in a
:11:11. > :11:14.generation. If you live in Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford or Wakefield
:11:14. > :11:17.you'll choose whether you'd like your city to be run by an elected
:11:17. > :11:20.mayor. People in Doncaster will vote on whether to keep one. Look
:11:20. > :11:23.North has commissioned a detailed opinion poll of 2,500 people in all
:11:23. > :11:30.five places. Last week we asked them whether their city should have
:11:30. > :11:40.an elected mayor. 53% said yes, 37% said no. 10% didn't know. More on
:11:40. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:47.that in a moment. But first, what is an elected mayor? What do they
:11:47. > :11:56.do? 90% of people suggested they weren't sure. So here's a quick
:11:57. > :12:02.lesson. Phil Bodmer has the details. When you hear the word Mayor, this
:12:02. > :12:06.is probably what such springs to mind, the chain, the ropes, a
:12:06. > :12:09.ceremonial position. But what more than 2 million people living in
:12:09. > :12:13.five cities in Yorkshire will photon and a month of May is
:12:14. > :12:19.something different. Once there has have chosen their own Mayor for a
:12:19. > :12:29.decade, currently Boris Johnson. You're's reedy Giuliani also became
:12:29. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:37.very well known after 9/11. To explain very simply what difference
:12:37. > :12:42.an elected Mayor next in a council, we're using something we're all
:12:42. > :12:45.familiar with. At the moment, councillors and council leader city
:12:45. > :12:51.Chambers like this, they discuss the issues and take the key
:12:51. > :12:55.decisions, but under the mayoral system, one person will have sole
:12:55. > :13:00.responsibility for the council budget. The newly elected Mayor
:13:00. > :13:04.will have a say on schools, libraries and on social services.
:13:04. > :13:10.They can also have a say, if they wish, on the way our bins are
:13:10. > :13:15.collected. And that is what opponents of elected mayors fear.
:13:15. > :13:19.In councils like Bradford, 90 members oversee decisions. An
:13:19. > :13:29.elected Mayor has much more power, his or her decisions are final. It
:13:29. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:46.often for four years and cannot be Boris Johnson good people on their
:13:46. > :13:50.bikes. So that is what an elected mayor
:13:50. > :13:53.does. In a moment we'll get the views of Cities Minister Greg Clark
:13:53. > :13:56.and we'll be speaking live to the leader of Bradford Council, Ian
:13:56. > :14:06.Greenwood, but first James Vincent reports on what you've been telling
:14:06. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:16.us in the poll. The polling company asked groups of people whether they
:14:16. > :14:22.want it a directly elected official. In Bradford, 54% of people said yes.
:14:22. > :14:27.36% said No. In Leeds, even more were in favour. In Sheffield,
:14:27. > :14:33.slightly less clear cut. In Wakefield, it was rarely in the
:14:33. > :14:36.balance. We also asked 500 people in a Doncaster or where they
:14:36. > :14:43.already have an elected official whether they wanted to keep one.
:14:43. > :14:50.Support here was highest of all. But perhaps worryingly most said
:14:50. > :14:58.they did not know a referendum was on the way. Not a clue. I do not
:14:58. > :15:04.know. Would you know anything about the referendum? No. Sheffield may
:15:04. > :15:11.be getting an elected official. would be quite surprised that they
:15:11. > :15:17.did not know. 90% in our Paul said they had little information. People
:15:17. > :15:20.will be hearing a lot more about it before May. The real test of public
:15:20. > :15:23.opinion will be then. All three party leaders in
:15:23. > :15:26.Westminster are in favour of mayors for our big cities. But it's a
:15:26. > :15:29.different story among many of the council leaders here. We'll be
:15:29. > :15:33.hearing from one of them in a moment. Earlier I spoke to the
:15:33. > :15:43.government minister for cities, Greg Clark. I asked him what his
:15:43. > :15:49.reaction was to the poll? It shows there is a big debate to be had. We
:15:49. > :15:55.said we went every city in the country to have a real debate about
:15:55. > :16:02.what is the best way to be governed. This shows people are up for that
:16:02. > :16:09.and it should be up to the people. Is it too much power in one
:16:09. > :16:18.person's hands? You also have other as their to scrutinise. He will
:16:18. > :16:23.also have public scrutiny. They will have a mandate Boughton for by
:16:23. > :16:29.the people. They will have a chance to do that and then a have a chance
:16:29. > :16:33.to be a national figure to tell ministers what they want for their
:16:33. > :16:38.city and they have ever presence on the international side. I have been
:16:38. > :16:43.a minister for a couple of years and you always take a call from the
:16:43. > :16:50.nature of London. A would you take the call from Sheffield or
:16:50. > :16:55.Bradford? Absolutely. My point is it ought to be that person and they
:16:55. > :16:58.should be so well known and vigorous in standing up for their
:16:58. > :17:01.cities that they should be national figures.
:17:01. > :17:10.Listening to that was Ian Greenwood, the Leader of Bradford Council, who
:17:10. > :17:19.is opposed to the idea of more mayors. I do not believe we need an
:17:20. > :17:29.elected official. We are a diverse community. To get one person to
:17:29. > :17:36.encapsulate the whole community is wrong. Too many people know who you
:17:36. > :17:40.were as council leader? You tell me. Many people, a large people in
:17:40. > :17:48.Bradford know who I am. That is a matter of how I do the job and not
:17:48. > :17:52.what the job is. The talent and commitment of the individual
:17:52. > :17:57.leading the place is what is important. There have been bad and
:17:57. > :18:04.good leaders. I think it is the character of the individual rather
:18:04. > :18:12.than the strictures. My belief is that this is a smokescreen to de --
:18:12. > :18:16.disguise the massive cuts being made. If Boris Johnson were rings,
:18:16. > :18:20.somebody to react. That should be the same for the city's was that
:18:21. > :18:30.they would have a name and an identity to say get this problem
:18:31. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:39.sorted. I hope they would take a call from a knee. -- from me.
:18:39. > :18:46.of people are in favour of this system. I do not think that is the
:18:46. > :18:56.key finding. 90% of people said they do not know enough about it.
:18:56. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:17.We need to educate people and In other news now, a Labour MP has
:19:17. > :19:19.been sentenced after a brawl in a House of Commons bar. Eric Joyce
:19:19. > :19:22.was today fined and banned from licensed premises for three months.
:19:22. > :19:24.The 51-year-old former soldier admitted common assault in court
:19:24. > :19:32.after headbutting Pudsey Conservative MP Stuart Andrew and
:19:32. > :19:35.attacking three other MPs last month in the Strangers Bar.
:19:35. > :19:41.appreciate the guilty plea and the remorse he has shown for the
:19:41. > :19:46.serious nature of his actions. No person should a salt another. I do
:19:46. > :19:50.not harbour any credit or ill will towards him. Any personal
:19:51. > :19:53.challenges he faces can be overcome. 23-year-old Afzal Arif is facing a
:19:53. > :19:57.life sentence after being found guilty of the murder in Leeds last
:19:58. > :20:00.August of Gavin Clarke. He was shot in the face and neck in a row over
:20:00. > :20:03.his cousin. The incident sparked two nights of disturbances in the
:20:03. > :20:07.Chapeltown and Harehills districts. Sheffield Council is continuing to
:20:07. > :20:09.discuss its budget tonight for the next financial year. The meeting
:20:09. > :20:12.started this afternoon with campaigners staging a rally outside
:20:13. > :20:15.Sheffield town hall. The local authority says it needs to save �55
:20:16. > :20:19.million in the next year which is the biggest saving in Yorkshire
:20:19. > :20:22.councils. There could be up to 550 job losses.
:20:22. > :20:25.The Conservatives are the latest party to choose a candidate for the
:20:26. > :20:28.Bradford West Parliamentary by- election. Jackie Whitely is a local
:20:28. > :20:31.businesswoman who stood in Rotherham at the 2010 General
:20:31. > :20:35.Election. The by-election has been called because sitting Labour MP
:20:35. > :20:45.Marsha Singh has resigned because of ill health. Polling day is in
:20:45. > :20:48.three weeks time on March 29. local resident and business owner,
:20:48. > :20:58.I think people in Bradford West will appreciate the Coalition are
:20:58. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:07.doing a marvellous job in dealing with Labour's debt.
:21:07. > :21:09.Sheffield's Jessica Ennis has won silver in the pentathlon at the
:21:09. > :21:19.World Indoor Championships in Istanbul. She had a really up and
:21:19. > :21:26.down day, but just couldn't quite get the gold. In the biggest year
:21:27. > :21:36.of her career, she was defending her indoor pentathlon title. She
:21:36. > :21:43.was given a good early lead over her rivals. Next up, the high jump.
:21:43. > :21:50.Another strong event. She was solid but not spectacular. She failed to
:21:50. > :21:55.clear one-metre 90. The shot was better. She got a personal best
:21:55. > :22:00.with her final throw. The lead remained with her and her coach
:22:00. > :22:04.might have expected it to go. She never quite nailed it in the long
:22:04. > :22:12.jump and slipped back to third place. The reigning world champion
:22:12. > :22:19.had the lead. She ran brilliantly in the final race but the gap was
:22:19. > :22:25.only three seconds, not enough. Work to do ahead of the Olympics.
:22:25. > :22:28.It means she is on the way up. With some personal bests. Good luck.
:22:28. > :22:30.Our three top Yorkshire Rugby Union clubs launch their Championship
:22:30. > :22:33.play-off campaigns this weekend. Tonight at Castle Park, Doncaster
:22:34. > :22:39.Knights host Bristol in their opening match. Leeds Carnegie start
:22:39. > :22:43.with a tough trip to Cornish Pirates tomorrow. Rotherham Titans
:22:43. > :22:46.meanwhile are at home to Bedford. The Titans are ranked as outsiders
:22:46. > :22:53.by many pundits. But they've got a surprise in store for anyone who
:22:53. > :23:03.thinks their modest Clifton Lane Stadium is a bar to promotion.
:23:03. > :23:07.is not true. We can go up. We at busy with our preparations and we
:23:07. > :23:17.will have the facilities in place. The motivation is there for the
:23:17. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:24.players. It is going to be quite nice this
:23:24. > :23:32.weekend. The high pressure is building so some dry weather. But
:23:32. > :23:42.some drizzle for the Pennines tomorrow. Not bad for Whitby and
:23:42. > :23:43.
:23:43. > :23:49.Scarborough. They will be a lot of cloud, possibly thick enough for
:23:49. > :23:54.drizzle at times. A big area of high pressure. It is no stranger to
:23:54. > :24:00.this weather chat. It will be with us all weekend and for much of next
:24:00. > :24:04.week as well. Many areas seeing a lot of dry weather apart from a
:24:04. > :24:10.little bit of drizzle at times over the Pennines. That should fizzle as
:24:10. > :24:16.we move into tomorrow. We have had some reasonable temperature. There
:24:16. > :24:20.is quite a bit of cloud out there. There is a weak front and a band of
:24:20. > :24:25.drizzle coming down from the north. It is currently across County
:24:25. > :24:31.Durham. It will push across Yorkshire. Certainly over the
:24:31. > :24:37.Pennines we do feel quite damp and drizzly with some light rain. It
:24:38. > :24:45.will be misty as well with some fog. A mild one with loads of nine
:24:45. > :24:54.Celsius in Doncaster. Quite a breezy night to come. The sun will
:24:55. > :24:59.rise in the morning. The coast will have a lovely weekend. A lot of
:24:59. > :25:03.cloud first thing further west. Drizzle in the Pennine areas which
:25:03. > :25:11.it should gradually die away. Becoming brighter through the
:25:11. > :25:14.afternoon. The best of the cloud breaks will be further east.
:25:14. > :25:24.Temperatures will respond. The average is around nine or ten
:25:24. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:32.Celsius. We could see 16 Celsius somewhere along the Yorkshire coast.
:25:32. > :25:36.The cloud the West will be nearer 12 Celsius. Looking further ahead.
:25:37. > :25:41.Sunday is quite promising. Temperatures around 15 Celsius.
:25:41. > :25:46.Next week, a lot of cloud but the emphasis is a predominantly dry
:25:47. > :25:50.weather and wild weather for all of us. That is the forecast.
:25:50. > :25:57.Well, let's return to our top story now, and the reaction to the death
:25:57. > :26:00.of the five soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
:26:00. > :26:03.It has been a terrible week for Yorkshire with the loss of five
:26:03. > :26:06.soldiers from one of the county's oldest regiments. We leave you
:26:06. > :26:10.tonight with a tribute sent to Christa and me on you tube. It was
:26:10. > :26:14.posted by the friends of just one of the soldiers who died but for us
:26:14. > :26:16.it speaks for all of them and sums up the tragic loss of young life.
:26:16. > :26:19.It is incredibly moving. On Facebook, Danny Wilford tells