:00:06. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to Monday's Look North.
:00:10. > :00:18.On the programme tonight - a community in shock. A man is
:00:18. > :00:22.questioned about the murder of two teenage girls in Wakefield. I am
:00:22. > :00:24.life and the scene of this double murder as police continue to
:00:24. > :00:28.investigate the unusual circumstances.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also on the programme tonight: 33 years in prison for a killer whose
:00:30. > :00:33.brutal act caused two nights of trouble on the streets of
:00:33. > :00:42.Chapeltown in Leeds. The Party big-hitters come to town
:00:42. > :00:46.as campaigning in the Bradford West by election hots-up.
:00:46. > :00:55.I am travelling back in time to meet the men and women here are
:00:55. > :01:05.keeping these vehicles on the road. Much of Yorkshire had unbroken
:01:05. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.sunshine today. Will we be as lucky West Yorkshire Police have revealed
:01:10. > :01:15.an unusual set of circumstances which led to the discovery of the
:01:15. > :01:18.bodies of two teenage girls in Wakefield. 17-year-old Kimberley
:01:18. > :01:25.Frank and 18-year-old Samantha Sykes were found after a tip-off to
:01:25. > :01:28.police in Dover, more than 200 miles away. Friends have spoken
:01:28. > :01:33.about how one of the girls spent her childhood in foster care, but
:01:33. > :01:42.moving to the flat was supposed to be a new start. Our reporter
:01:42. > :01:49.Charlotte Leeming has spent the day at the scene and joins us now.
:01:49. > :01:55.After spending the day here, the community here is trying to come to
:01:55. > :01:59.terms with how to young girls came to be stabbed to death in this
:01:59. > :02:03.first floor flat. Neighbours say these girls were not very well-
:02:03. > :02:07.known, they had only been in the area for a few months, and what
:02:07. > :02:13.they get themselves to themselves, this property had become well known
:02:13. > :02:18.in this area because of some of the late night parties. Forensic
:02:18. > :02:24.officers at the scene. But as in this first-floor flat with the
:02:24. > :02:27.bodies of the 18-year-old Samantha Sykes, on the left, and 17 year old
:02:27. > :02:32.Kimberley Frank were found early on Saturday morning. They died from
:02:32. > :02:37.stab wounds. Police were first alerted to this incident on
:02:37. > :02:41.Saturday morning. Officers in Kent were called to a house in Dover
:02:41. > :02:45.after a call from a 19-year-old woman. That tip-off is believed to
:02:45. > :02:52.have come from Kimberley Frank's alders sister who said she was
:02:52. > :02:58.worried about two women in Wakefield. Police went straight to
:02:58. > :03:04.their flats. They found the bodies. The victims were last seen on
:03:04. > :03:12.Thursday night. Witnesses had said there had been a disturbance in the
:03:12. > :03:17.flat. The trouble then spilled over into Kimberly's flat. Neighbours
:03:17. > :03:20.said the flat was notorious for loud music and parties and that at
:03:20. > :03:24.all ours of the day you could see young men coming and going from the
:03:24. > :03:28.property. Having said that, nothing could have prepared this community
:03:28. > :03:32.for what happened here at the weekend. This woman went to school
:03:32. > :03:37.with Kimberly and a least there, she said they were extremely close
:03:37. > :03:42.and spent much of that childhood and foster care. They were together
:03:43. > :03:46.all their time. They did not interfere with anybody else.
:03:46. > :03:51.must have been stunned when you find out it was one of them who had
:03:52. > :03:59.died. When people were saying their names and asking me if I knew them,
:03:59. > :04:03.I said they didn't, but I normally no faces, and when I saw their
:04:03. > :04:09.faces I realised the went to school with them. Cards had been attached
:04:09. > :04:13.to the handrails and bunches of flowers had been left, as police
:04:13. > :04:20.tried to work out how they died, they continue to question and 19-
:04:20. > :04:25.year-old man in connection with the double murder.
:04:25. > :04:34.This is a complicated case with a lot of unanswered questions. This
:04:34. > :04:39.investigation will now be focusing on this connection between here in
:04:39. > :04:44.Wakefield and Dover in Kent, were three people were initially
:04:44. > :04:50.questioned, one remaining in custody. The focus will be whether
:04:50. > :04:55.this disturbance on Thursday night somehow lead to the savage killing
:04:55. > :04:58.of these two young girls. Stay with us for the rest of the
:04:58. > :05:01.day's news. Plus, a round up-of the weekends sporting action, including
:05:01. > :05:10.reaction from Neil Warnock as he celebrates his first victory as
:05:10. > :05:13.A family row led to murder and two nights of trouble on the streets of
:05:13. > :05:17.Chapeltown last summer. Leeds Crown court heard how Afzal Arif stalked
:05:17. > :05:19.and lay in wait for Gavin Clarke after the two men fell out. The
:05:20. > :05:25.shooting of Mr Clarke sparked disturbances between the Asian and
:05:25. > :05:28.Afro-Caribbean communities in Chapeltown and Harehills. Today,
:05:28. > :05:38.Afzal was sentenced to serve at least 33 years. Our crime
:05:38. > :05:39.
:05:39. > :05:44.correspondent, John Cundy, reports. Bath vehicles shooting and the
:05:44. > :05:50.troubles which followed. Angry reaction in Chapeltown to be
:05:50. > :05:55.attacked by an Asian man, Afsal Arif, on 34-year-old father of two
:05:55. > :06:01.Gavin Clarke, from the Afro- Caribbean community. Gavin Clarke
:06:01. > :06:08.worked out every day in Saville Park. It was on his way from there
:06:08. > :06:13.on the night of the it of August that Afsal Arif shot him down in an
:06:14. > :06:23.apparent rout over the victim's niece. It was the case by the
:06:23. > :06:31.prosecution that Afsal Arif had been stalking Gavin Clarke. She
:06:31. > :06:37.shot him to do drivers' open window of his car. Gavin Clarke was hit by
:06:37. > :06:41.85 pellets from a shotgun. He died four days later. Afsal Arif
:06:41. > :06:45.admitted manslaughter, claiming he had only wanted to scare him off.
:06:45. > :06:54.The jury decided otherwise. The community disturbances quickly
:06:54. > :06:58.flared. Police say things could have got much worse in Leeds.
:06:58. > :07:05.would have been much worse had it not been for the intervention of
:07:05. > :07:09.community leaders, the family of the victim, and it was brought
:07:10. > :07:19.under control. This afternoon extra police had to be called in to keep
:07:20. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:25.the calm after Afsal Arif had to be sentenced.
:07:25. > :07:30.Some news just in now and police are appealing for help to track
:07:30. > :07:32.down a woman who snatched a baby girl in Kirklees this morning. 23-
:07:32. > :07:35.year-old Jodie Little disappeared with the 11-month-old baby during a
:07:35. > :07:41.pre-arranged social services visit in Huddersfield at 10.00am this
:07:41. > :07:43.morning. Police want to find her urgently.
:07:43. > :07:45.Azhar Ahmed, a teenager from Ravensthorpe, has been charged with
:07:45. > :07:51.a racially aggravated public order offence after posting Facebook
:07:51. > :07:55.comments about the deaths of six soldiers in Afghanistan last week.
:07:56. > :08:01.He will appear in court next week. The six men, five of whom were from
:08:01. > :08:05.Yorkshire, died after a bomb blast in Helmand. Their bodies are due to
:08:05. > :08:08.be repatriated on Thursday. Police are appealing for witnesses
:08:08. > :08:10.after a teenager was run over in his tent near Selby. The 16-year-
:08:10. > :08:15.old suffered serious injuries in the early hours of yesterday
:08:15. > :08:18.morning. He had been camping with a group in a field at Barlby when
:08:18. > :08:21.it's alleged a man drove over the tent following a disagreement. A
:08:21. > :08:24.24-year-old man is being questioned by police.
:08:24. > :08:27.Archaeologists have unearthed human remains during work to install a
:08:27. > :08:29.lift shaft in York Minster. The remains could be older than the
:08:30. > :08:33.Minster itself, which dates from the 12th century. It's the first
:08:33. > :08:43.time in 40 years that digging work has been allowed within the Minster
:08:43. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:51.building. The next stage is that we will record these, lift them, take
:08:51. > :08:55.them back to the laboratory where they will be cleaned and brought
:08:55. > :08:57.back for reburial. Tickets go on sale this evening for
:08:57. > :09:00.this year's Leeds festival. Thousands attended last year's
:09:00. > :09:04.event at Bramham Park. The line-up for this year's festival will be
:09:04. > :09:07.announced later this evening, when tickets go on sale.
:09:07. > :09:11.People with mental health problems are being failed by the benefits
:09:11. > :09:13.system. That is the message from one Scarborough man who has
:09:13. > :09:18.suffered from depression, addiction and schizophrenia for 15 years.
:09:18. > :09:21.Andrew Carr spent four years in hospital due to his problems. He
:09:21. > :09:24.was finally discharged last year, but ended up back in hospital with
:09:24. > :09:30.a breakdown after it took eight months to get his Disability Living
:09:30. > :09:37.Allowance paid. Carla Fowler reports.
:09:37. > :09:43.Andrew Carr has schizophrenia, depression and addictions. In 2011,
:09:43. > :09:47.after four years in hospital, he was well enough to be discharged.
:09:47. > :09:51.The disability living allowance he was entitled to was not paid to him.
:09:51. > :09:56.Despite sending off the forms and phoning up the office for eight
:09:56. > :10:02.months, he was up without financial support. He had to borrow money
:10:02. > :10:11.from family and just weeks ago had another breakdown. My sister came
:10:11. > :10:18.up with the money. It has been a running battle and it made me
:10:18. > :10:23.stressed-out, basically. It really put the pressure on. I wasn't
:10:23. > :10:27.getting that help but I needed. seems his application simply fell
:10:27. > :10:32.through the net. The benefits system has grown more complex and
:10:33. > :10:36.harder to navigate, especially for people with mental health issues.
:10:36. > :10:41.They they are not working fast enough to help people, not
:10:41. > :10:45.concentrating on those who need the money, as if it is not important.
:10:45. > :10:51.It is important but people with disabilities of all sorts are
:10:51. > :10:55.helped. In desperation, Marie went to the Citizens Advice Bureau.
:10:55. > :11:01.Their legal specialist finally got his claim accepted and his benefits
:11:01. > :11:09.backdated. There is no question that he qualifies for its, but you
:11:09. > :11:15.still have to go through this long application process. Somebody with
:11:15. > :11:19.schizophrenia, there came needs to be prioritised. If people don't get
:11:19. > :11:25.the support they need, they will end up back in residential care at
:11:25. > :11:33.a cost far greater than their basic benefits. I wouldn't have stood a
:11:33. > :11:39.chance. I would either be dead or on the streets. Without citizens'
:11:39. > :11:43.advice, I would not be where I am today.
:11:43. > :11:48.The bureaucracy of benefits is something he could not have sorted
:11:48. > :11:52.out on his own, so now she is speaking out for those in the same
:11:52. > :11:55.position. Well, we asked the Department of
:11:55. > :11:57.Work and Pensions to talk about the delays that had such a devastating
:11:58. > :12:00.effect on Andrew. Their response was that the Disability Living
:12:00. > :12:03.Allowance is being replaced and the new benefit will recognise the
:12:03. > :12:06.needs of people with severe mental health conditions. I'm joined now
:12:06. > :12:15.by David Smith, the chief executive of the mental health charity MIND.
:12:15. > :12:20.He is based in York. I think it is very brave of Andrew to put himself
:12:21. > :12:29.out there and admit he has these problems on behalf of other people.
:12:29. > :12:38.Absolutely. We support four or 500 people just in York. This is a
:12:38. > :12:40.common problem that the cure regularly. We have already taken a
:12:40. > :12:44.call from another person with mental health issues who has
:12:44. > :12:49.experienced something similar to Andrew. Is this a widespread
:12:49. > :12:53.problem? It is. It is not just the disability living allowance. It has
:12:53. > :13:00.been running for a long time and the government are looking to
:13:00. > :13:05.replace it. There are long delays in getting decisions made with that.
:13:05. > :13:11.It is with other benefits as well, people are often waiting over a
:13:11. > :13:21.year. New people are suffering from depression, and must add extra
:13:21. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:25.stress. It does. It is not just the stress of making the claim and
:13:25. > :13:31.finding all the information they need to, it is waiting for the
:13:31. > :13:34.decision to be maids. We often hear about people who have had a
:13:35. > :13:40.decision and maybe have been found unfit for work. These are people,
:13:40. > :13:44.like Andrew, who are living with serious mental health conditions.
:13:44. > :13:50.He was helped in hospital. Is it because of living in the community,
:13:50. > :13:54.but that is the new way of coping with such problems? Partly it is.
:13:54. > :13:58.We need to make sure that this support is there for them so they
:13:58. > :14:02.can access their benefits, get good advice and get the support they
:14:02. > :14:12.need to get their claims sorted. They can always contact you, can
:14:12. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:22.The election triggered by the resignation of the sitting MP
:14:22. > :14:26.because of ill-is in less than three weeks. There were 6,000 votes
:14:26. > :14:30.behind Labour in 2010 but as the Conservatives opened their campaign
:14:30. > :14:36.for the by-election today, they believe the economic track-record
:14:36. > :14:41.will pull in extra votes to take the seat this time. Especially the
:14:41. > :14:46.plans for young people back to work. There are 100,000 apprenticeships
:14:46. > :14:56.in Bradford West and I hope they will take them up and I will visit
:14:56. > :15:02.employers. A I am a local person. On the doorstep, Imran has saying
:15:02. > :15:05.is the deputy leader of the city council. He was brought up in the
:15:05. > :15:11.constituency and is targeting the Government's policies but believes
:15:11. > :15:15.they have been damaging to Bradford. Youth unemployment is a massive
:15:15. > :15:21.issue in Bradford West, it has trebled in the last year and those
:15:21. > :15:26.are the issues that face the communities of Bradford West. The
:15:26. > :15:30.health service, education, overcrowding in housing. Affordable
:15:30. > :15:35.housing, I will provide a strong voice for the people of Bradford
:15:35. > :15:39.West. The Lib Dems who have chosen another local councillor as
:15:39. > :15:49.candidates are expected to launch their campaign later. Labour are
:15:49. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:58.defending a majority of 6,000. And you can find all of the details of
:15:58. > :16:00.the candidates online. Before seven o'clock: All aboard for a bus trip
:16:00. > :16:10.down memory lane - the vintage vehicles restored to their former
:16:10. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:17.glory. They look modern to us!
:16:17. > :16:24.The I was at Burghley and Crystal Palace, it was a mediocre game but
:16:24. > :16:34.they serve to me at half-time Riby there. -- Robina. The natural
:16:34. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:40.health drink of our time. It was cold! Warm Robina, fabulous. Let's
:16:40. > :16:50.start with football and we had more winners than losers this weekend as
:16:50. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :17:02.Ian Bucknell reports. Leeds United had not won or scorned
:17:02. > :17:03.
:17:03. > :17:08.-- scored since Neil Warnock took control. That changed yesterday.
:17:09. > :17:18.Leaves are four points out side the plebs. There were some great
:17:19. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:33.performances and Unsung Hero is. The header against that post was as
:17:33. > :17:39.close as they came to scoring. Sheffield United got back to
:17:39. > :17:46.winning ways at Brentford. Ched Evans scored. The Blades 1. They
:17:46. > :17:55.hold on to second place in League One. Wednesday are behind them.
:17:55. > :18:02.After Bournemouth own goal, it was 3-0 inside 10 minutes. It was less
:18:02. > :18:12.comfortable for Huddersfield Town. Danny Ward scored. Rochdale pulled
:18:12. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:46.It finished 2-2. Bradford City For the bonus much, York City are
:18:46. > :18:51.closer to Wembley final. Luton gave away a penalty for handball and
:18:51. > :18:57.Jamie Reid kept his nerve from the spot. York are up in the semi-final
:18:57. > :19:00.with the second leg at Luton on Saturday. Rotherham United have
:19:00. > :19:03.been named the football league's community club of the year at their
:19:03. > :19:06.annual awards ceremony. Not surprisingly Huddersfield Town's
:19:06. > :19:12.prolific goalscorer, Jordan Rhodes, was named the league one player of
:19:13. > :19:16.the year. In Super League, after a weekend of comebacks, Huddersfield
:19:16. > :19:20.sit top of the table. They took advantage of Warrington losing to
:19:20. > :19:26.Leeds and Wigan's surprise defeat to Widnes, to go top of the pile
:19:26. > :19:32.with a 32-14 win at Wakefield. The Giants coach, Nathan Brown, did say
:19:32. > :19:37.after, that his side won't go table watching. And you can see all the
:19:37. > :19:40.weekends tries on the Super League Show tonight at 11.35 on BBC1. And
:19:40. > :19:43.it'll be available on the iPlayer from tomorrow morning.
:19:43. > :19:46.York's Richard Buck got silver in the four by four hundred metres
:19:46. > :19:49.relay at the world indoor championships in Istanbul. He took
:19:49. > :19:53.the baton in second place but couldn't outrun America's Gil
:19:53. > :20:00.Roberts on the final leg. Britain were briefly bumped up to gold when
:20:00. > :20:03.the American team were disqualified, but they were reinstated on appeal.
:20:03. > :20:06.Children from across our region have been taking part in the first
:20:06. > :20:09.ever South Yorkshire School Games. Held at the English Institute of
:20:09. > :20:13.Sport in Sheffield, 1600 children are taking part in the two-day
:20:13. > :20:17.event. It's designed to inspire young people to take part in more
:20:17. > :20:24.competitive school sports. The winners have a chance to reach the
:20:24. > :20:34.national finals held in London's Olympic facilities.
:20:34. > :20:39.We should point out other drinks are available. I am surprised you
:20:39. > :20:41.are shocked. He doesn't live a wildlife. Tigers, leopards and
:20:41. > :20:44.panthers were spotted on the streets of Dewsbury over the
:20:44. > :20:49.weekend, and stopped people in their tracks. In fact many had a
:20:49. > :20:51.double take when they saw them. But I'm not talking about wildcats -
:20:51. > :20:53.these were vintage Leyland buses! All lovingly restored to their
:20:53. > :21:03.former glory, bringing back some wonderful memories. Ian White
:21:03. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:15.Some are over 60 years old and still on the road. Just a few of
:21:15. > :21:20.the many vintage buses restored by volunteers at the bus museum in
:21:20. > :21:26.Dewsbury. People of all ages turned out to a special open day at the
:21:26. > :21:34.weekend. This is my nephew Oliver. He is absolutely obsessed with
:21:34. > :21:44.buses. Yes, you laugh. You don't have to be a child to be obsessed.
:21:44. > :21:52.Big boys' toys. Leyland leopard. 1962. Its 50th -- 50th birthday is
:21:52. > :21:58.in September. I drive this bus in the 1960s in Halifax. -- I drove
:21:58. > :22:03.this bus. Keeping them on the road is not cheap, insurance and tax can
:22:03. > :22:09.be crippling. Now, there's a petition to get vehicles over the
:22:09. > :22:14.age of 25 a tax exemption. For the sake of a few hundred pounds it can
:22:14. > :22:20.tip it over the balance. A vehicle like this could be on the scrapyard.
:22:20. > :22:27.Especially when you get a bill to repair it will get a tax disc.
:22:27. > :22:31.was a familiar face on the buses starting her career in 1951. It did
:22:31. > :22:41.not seem like a job because you outside, meeting different people,
:22:41. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:59.there was nobody hanging over you So, living history is back on the
:22:59. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:04.roads. Tickets, please! Did you always go upstairs?
:23:04. > :23:08.Yes, at the back. I bet you did.
:23:08. > :23:11.I was a wild man in those days. There have been a couple of unusual
:23:11. > :23:16.visitors to Selby today. Several people have reported sightings of
:23:16. > :23:19.two baby dolphins in the River Ouse under the toll bridge. We've been
:23:19. > :23:22.told the mammals are more likely harbour porpoise though such
:23:22. > :23:32.sightings are fairly rare and the porpoise usually find their own way
:23:32. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:46.home. If you have any pictures, lettuce
:23:46. > :23:56.know because we haven't! That was not a random at River
:23:56. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:03.picture. No joke, every other region, lots
:24:03. > :24:08.of droughts. You promised me it would never happen in Yorkshire
:24:08. > :24:12.because we have all of the reservoirs and pipes. Western parts
:24:12. > :24:16.of our region had quite a bit of rain this winter and the reservoirs
:24:16. > :24:21.are full. The problems are east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. East
:24:21. > :24:24.Yorkshire has had hardly any rainfall but Yorkshire Water spent
:24:25. > :24:28.�300 million on its underground pipes and they can pump water
:24:28. > :24:37.across. Lincolnshire is the area where there are problems, a
:24:37. > :24:41.hosepipe ban. Severn Trent Water, they have customers in Sheffield,
:24:41. > :24:46.Chesterfield and the North Midlands and they do not envisage any
:24:46. > :24:55.restrictions this summer. Let me show you why. I have a picture of a
:24:55. > :24:58.reservoir. It is still overflowing. There's plenty of water there. This
:24:58. > :25:03.is the first time the system Yorkshire Water set up is being
:25:03. > :25:11.tested. It is interesting. Up the moment, no plans for restrictions
:25:11. > :25:17.on any of the Look North view is. So, you were completely right.
:25:17. > :25:27.but I don't like to say that! Another lovely picture of a
:25:27. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:35.reservoir. This picture is beautiful. Mist rolling off the
:25:35. > :25:45.cliff tops in Scarborough. A very unusual picture. Keep those
:25:45. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:55.Tomorrow, variable cloud. The highest March temperature since
:25:55. > :26:00.records began in 1984. High pressure and dry weather this week.
:26:00. > :26:08.It will be a problem working out who gets cloud and who gets the
:26:08. > :26:15.sun? They should be decent sunny breaks to arrive. Tonight, a could
:26:15. > :26:21.-- they could be a frost. It will turn misty, areas of clout and
:26:21. > :26:30.temperatures well over the place. Five degrees in Halifax whether
:26:30. > :26:35.cloud rolls in. Those are the high water times. A mixed bag first
:26:36. > :26:43.thing, quite cloudy in places. They will be good gaps from the word go
:26:43. > :26:47.in the Vale of York. The cloud would drift around but sunny breaks
:26:47. > :26:55.in it quite a few areas. The breeze will be light and variable. An
:26:55. > :27:00.onshore breeze. The best temperatures across the central
:27:00. > :27:06.slice of of region, through Leeds and South Yorkshire. The Pennines