:00:08. > :00:15.Tonight on Look North: We love this weather, but parts of Yorkshire are
:00:15. > :00:23.now officially in drought and those who need the rain are worried.
:00:23. > :00:25.We'll be reporting live from one of the rivers already running dry.
:00:25. > :00:33.Also tonight, red card behaviour. Ugly scenes after the match at
:00:33. > :00:36.Bradford lead to investigations by the Football Association. And,
:00:36. > :00:46.fashion fans, forget Paris, Milan and New York - Barnsley's where
:00:46. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:59.it's at. Tonight, the glorious weather pushing Yorkshire into
:00:59. > :01:03.drought. We've joined much of the South and East of England facing
:01:03. > :01:06.difficulties after several months of below average rainfall. It
:01:06. > :01:09.doesn't mean hosepipe bans, but it does mean some restrictions -
:01:10. > :01:19.mainly for farmers. Nicola Rees is in North Yorkshire and can tell us
:01:20. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.more. It is hard to believe, but this is the river Ricall in
:01:30. > :01:36.Helmsley. I should be up to my knees in water, but I am looking at
:01:36. > :01:40.a dry riverbed bottom. Parts of Yorkshire are so parched that the
:01:40. > :01:45.Environment Agency has declared a drought conditions in parts of East
:01:45. > :01:53.Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. What does all this
:01:53. > :01:59.mean, and who does it affect? Greg family have farmed this land
:01:59. > :02:03.near Doncaster since the 50s, but have never known the dry spell to
:02:03. > :02:12.last this long. There isn't enough water for be held to supply of
:02:12. > :02:15.extracted brought in. You have just not something you normally do at
:02:16. > :02:18.this time of year, but you might have to start doing this. There is
:02:18. > :02:23.no moisture, the grass is not growing as it should at this time
:02:23. > :02:30.of year. The sheep are not growing, so we have to give them extra feed
:02:30. > :02:34.so that they finish in time. This looks like a lush, green field, but
:02:34. > :02:40.that reality is that we should be standing in water. Usually there
:02:40. > :02:46.would be a puddle, without that moisture nothing will be growing
:02:46. > :02:52.here at all. More art and has been spending �1,000 a month on food for
:02:52. > :02:57.us animals, a situation that he says cannot continue. It is a
:02:57. > :03:03.similar picture that this potato farm. The dust line up from this
:03:03. > :03:09.tractor give you some idea of how to drive the ground is already.
:03:09. > :03:18.it continues to be dry through the growing season, we could see be
:03:18. > :03:21.just yields and reduced quality and skin finish or potatoes. If you do
:03:21. > :03:26.not have the same product coming out, you are not going to make as
:03:27. > :03:31.much money out of them. Most farmers have a licence to take
:03:31. > :03:35.water from rivers and ground sources, but if the rain does not
:03:35. > :03:41.come soon the Environment Agency will suspend those licences meaning
:03:41. > :03:49.farmers will be left high and dry. We would ask farmers to speak to us
:03:49. > :03:54.now and to take water, responsibly. If they all take the water that
:03:54. > :04:00.they have licences for, then Rovers will drive up. The drought
:04:00. > :04:04.conditions are bad news for farmers, but household water supplies are
:04:04. > :04:09.not affected. They dry spell is expected to continue for weeks to
:04:09. > :04:14.come. It is worth reiterating that there is no need to rush out and
:04:14. > :04:18.buy bottled water. This is an environmental drought, affecting
:04:18. > :04:24.wildlife, farmers and people use waterways, but there is no plan to
:04:24. > :04:32.restrict public water supplies. Yorkshire Water will be monitoring
:04:32. > :04:37.that, and it could change. promised was a no hosepipe bans. Do
:04:37. > :04:42.you stand by that? These restrictions might fall on
:04:42. > :04:48.agricultural users and big business to extract water from underground.
:04:48. > :04:54.Yorkshire Water has no plans to impose restrictions on householders.
:04:54. > :05:00.The reservoirs are over 90% full, after a wet winter. Yorkshire Water
:05:00. > :05:10.can pump this water round Yorkshire as they see it, and can take water
:05:10. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:20.from the River Derwent and a river cruise. -- the River Ouse. But some
:05:20. > :05:25.of were viewers will have hosepipe bans. Yes, some viewers are from
:05:25. > :05:32.Nottinghamshire and get water from an League -- Anglian Water. So that
:05:32. > :05:34.will affect them, but for the rest of the Regent, if you get water
:05:35. > :05:42.from Severn Trent Water or from Yorkshire Water, there are no
:05:42. > :05:48.hosepipe bans. But the message is, save as much water as you can.
:05:48. > :05:53.what do with a watering can rather than a hosepipe. It has always been
:05:54. > :06:02.a precious resource and during dry periods we should act to conserve
:06:02. > :06:06.it, there are possible. If you want to know more about how this drought
:06:06. > :06:10.order could affect you Paul's been blogging about it. You can find it
:06:10. > :06:12.on bbc.co.uk/paul hudson. Also tonight, the Football Association
:06:12. > :06:15.says it is investigating a huge punch-up which happened after
:06:15. > :06:18.Bradford City's home defeat last night. Five players were red-carded
:06:18. > :06:22.after the incident. The FA said it will liaise with both Bradford and
:06:22. > :06:26.Crawley and review the video evidence, as Paul Ogden reports.
:06:26. > :06:31.Scenes of madness after the final whistle at Valley Parade lasted 15
:06:31. > :06:35.seconds, but the reputations of Bradford City and Crawley Town are
:06:36. > :06:40.likely to suffer for much longer. Bradford City will not make any
:06:40. > :06:44.official statement until their own internal questions have been
:06:44. > :06:48.answers, as to why the keenly contested match should have
:06:48. > :06:53.finished this way. The incident shocked football observers across
:06:53. > :06:56.the country. It reminded me of when we played for Derby County against
:06:56. > :07:02.Nottingham Forest. We had a couple of players squaring up to each
:07:02. > :07:06.other. But you cannot let your temper get you into throwing
:07:06. > :07:11.punches, because when you do, you going to get banned. Most of them
:07:11. > :07:16.have been in the game long enough not to rise to the bait. It does
:07:16. > :07:19.not set a good example to people going to the game. If you have paid
:07:19. > :07:27.in to watch a football match, you do not want to see people fighting
:07:27. > :07:34.with each other. They match was won by Crawley Town, 2-1. Bradford's
:07:34. > :07:40.equaliser rendered meaningless by this goal. There had been little
:07:40. > :07:50.warning about what would come. Craig Davies of Bradford City
:07:50. > :07:54.running out and being forearm smash by Claude Davies of Crawley Town.
:07:54. > :08:01.All five players who lived under and were shown a red card by the
:08:01. > :08:05.referee, once he found them in the dressing room matter was. The
:08:05. > :08:10.Football Association has its powers to do sheet disciplinary measures
:08:10. > :08:15.for the moment. It will investigate what, if any, after the sanctions
:08:15. > :08:25.will be imposed on Bradford City or Crawley Town, or indeed on any
:08:25. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:31.individual players and all. -- involved. Kevin Lynch is with us
:08:31. > :08:33.now - He spent 15 years as a referee or linesman for over 500
:08:33. > :08:37.professional football games. How bad was that? I am struggling to
:08:37. > :08:42.remember when I have seen an incident like that in this country.
:08:42. > :08:47.Sometimes you see it in Italy and Greece, but that is the first time
:08:47. > :08:52.for a long time that I can remember. What sort of punishments do we
:08:52. > :08:57.expect as a result? Both teams will be charged with the failure to
:08:57. > :09:01.control their players. The red cards administered after the game,
:09:01. > :09:06.suspensions are in place for that. I would expect the Football
:09:06. > :09:12.Association to review the recording of the incident and, if they decide
:09:12. > :09:17.other players who were not charged on the night, deserve to be charged
:09:17. > :09:23.retrospectively, that could happen, as well. Points deduction - that is
:09:23. > :09:28.extreme. But I would think the people in the FA and the Football
:09:28. > :09:34.League are distraught about this kind of thing. What gin that, it is
:09:34. > :09:39.pathetic. They are professionals. I know that it is important for
:09:39. > :09:44.Bradford City and they were disappointed, but it is pathetic.
:09:44. > :09:49.Professional footballers do not cope with stress and pressure very
:09:49. > :09:56.well. Both teams are under pressure, Crawley to get promoted, Bradford
:09:56. > :10:00.City to be maintaining their status as a Football League club. Match
:10:00. > :10:04.officials cope magnificently in situations like that. Why wouldn't
:10:04. > :10:10.the referee intervene and stop it happening because he would not have
:10:10. > :10:15.got punched. I chaired a steering committee about how to handle mass
:10:15. > :10:23.confrontations during a game, and the advice has been standing the
:10:24. > :10:28.test of time. You step back and observe. Two reasons, but you get
:10:28. > :10:33.involved, you do not see the big picture. There's a chance of a
:10:33. > :10:37.punch from a player that can catchy you. The three officials were
:10:37. > :10:42.actively involved, the 4th official would have been observing, as well.
:10:42. > :10:45.And we have the referee's match assessor in the stand so you have a
:10:45. > :10:53.lot of angles and a lot of information to be collected and
:10:53. > :10:56.process. Later on Look North: The supreme court ruling on asbestos
:10:56. > :11:01.related cancers. A daughter wins her long battle in memory of her
:11:01. > :11:11.dead father. I watched him waste away to nothing over a six-month
:11:11. > :11:12.
:11:12. > :11:18.period. But it was his wish that he wanted this case to go ahead.
:11:18. > :11:21.moving story, more on that shortly. First, Look North has learned that
:11:21. > :11:23.325 sex offenders are being moved into one South Yorkshire prison - a
:11:23. > :11:25.move described by Doncaster's elected Mayor as disgraceful.
:11:25. > :11:28.Moorland prison has recently expanded its capacity and is taking
:11:28. > :11:38.in sex offenders from other jails. Dan Johnson has this exclusive
:11:38. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.report. This is a time of change in prisons. Extra capacity is coming
:11:47. > :11:56.on stream to handle record numbers of inmates, and that means there is
:11:56. > :12:00.movement across the system. At Moorland, Neil Doncaster, the new
:12:00. > :12:07.wing has been built and over 300 sex offenders are living in that.
:12:07. > :12:12.The mayor of Doncaster is concerned about the implications. At some
:12:12. > :12:17.point they will be moved into Doncaster and some of them do not
:12:17. > :12:24.go on, the Max the year, which is not acceptable in Doncaster or. It
:12:24. > :12:31.would not be acceptable in any town in England. Moorland prison notes
:12:31. > :12:35.1,000 prisoners. We have been told 325 of them will be sex offenders.
:12:35. > :12:38.Nobody from the prison management was willing to speak tour its, but
:12:38. > :12:45.we have a statement from the prison service, they dispute master
:12:45. > :12:50.figures, but will not confirm the numbers themselves. They say most
:12:50. > :12:56.of the offenders coming from -- to this prison are from the Yorkshire
:12:56. > :13:06.region and deny that a small number of sex offenders will be held in in
:13:06. > :13:10.New open prison unit just across the way. They have to go somewhere.
:13:10. > :13:16.They all originate from Yorkshire and Humberside. We are one of the
:13:16. > :13:20.most secure presence in the country so they are here. It appears that
:13:20. > :13:24.the new policy is to send a lot of them from Yorkshire and Humberside
:13:24. > :13:28.to Doncaster or Foster I do not like that and I am going to speak
:13:28. > :13:34.out against it. How we manage sex offenders is an emotive issue and
:13:34. > :13:44.once again, it raises the question of what we should know, of what
:13:44. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:49.Samsung has a signed up to be part of a 3 billion pound cleaner power
:13:49. > :13:55.station in south Yorkshire. They have taken a 15% stake in the
:13:56. > :14:00.project. Construction work could start in 2013. Our correspondent
:14:00. > :14:05.reports. There is little to see right now,
:14:05. > :14:11.but in one year's time work could have been done on Britain's first
:14:11. > :14:14.clean coal power station. It will produce Ehlich is due for around
:14:14. > :14:23.when it - a one million homes but with little to none carbon
:14:23. > :14:28.emissions. It is the most advanced and we already benefit from some
:14:28. > :14:32.European funding. We are hoping to make our investment decision as
:14:32. > :14:38.early as next year. We will be the first in the UK. Here is how it
:14:38. > :14:44.will be done. Carbon dioxide will be collected after Cole is burned
:14:44. > :14:48.in a new power station. That technology is already being tested.
:14:48. > :14:52.It will be tight out under the North Sea to oilfields, where it
:14:52. > :14:57.will be stored out of harm's way. It will be used to pump out the
:14:57. > :15:02.rest -- the Last of the oral. Selling this or will help makes the
:15:02. > :15:05.car and catchers in economic. will also attract new investment
:15:05. > :15:11.into Yorkshire for companies who know they're going to have to
:15:11. > :15:17.tackle carbon dioxide emissions. It is inward investment from overseas
:15:17. > :15:23.as well. Yorkshire produces almost one-fifth of all Britain's carbon
:15:23. > :15:27.dioxide proficient -- pollution, so anything to cut it is the right
:15:27. > :15:34.thing to do. There is still no guarantee that this scheme will go
:15:34. > :15:42.ahead. It needs Government and EU money. Today's tie it with Samsung
:15:42. > :15:46.is one step in the right direction. I Derbyshire woman has spent the
:15:46. > :15:53.last nine years fighting a legal battle in memory of her father and
:15:53. > :15:58.today she was told they have one at that landmark ruling. Ruth Durham's
:15:58. > :16:03.father Leslie died in 2003 after being exposed to express Doswell at
:16:03. > :16:13.work. A legal loophole meant he did not qualify for compensation --
:16:13. > :16:18.asbestos. A ruling today it means that the decision can now come from
:16:18. > :16:23.the point at which a victim was first in contact.
:16:23. > :16:27.I am overjoyed at the decision. It is the right decisions. It has been
:16:28. > :16:33.a long, hard battle. Now I feel we have achieved something after such
:16:33. > :16:39.a long time. Tell me about your father. He died a terrible death,
:16:39. > :16:43.didn't take? Yes. It was horrible to watch. He lost weight, it
:16:43. > :16:48.happened very quickly. I had no knowledge he worked with asbestos,
:16:48. > :16:55.so that was even worse. It was a horrible thing to have to go
:16:55. > :17:01.through. Yes, I watched him whittle away to nothing over six months,
:17:01. > :17:05.but it was his wish that he wanted this case to go ahead. So your
:17:05. > :17:08.father knew that on behalf of 10 and other people who had been
:17:08. > :17:13.waiting for if today's outcome, eager father knew that you were
:17:13. > :17:22.going to fight to the end? Yes. That was about -- that was his idea.
:17:22. > :17:26.It was not about money. He wanted it for the people who followed him.
:17:26. > :17:31.It would be worth it for them because then there would be a
:17:31. > :17:36.judgment that would give them justice. You must be exhausted
:17:36. > :17:40.after this battle because it has gone on for years. Nine years.
:17:40. > :17:46.do you feel tonight? Has a weight been lifted off your shoulder?
:17:47. > :17:53.exactly. It feels like a weed has been lifted. I am still emotional.
:17:53. > :17:58.It has been a roller-coaster. -- a weight has been lifted. But it is a
:17:58. > :18:02.weight that has been lifted and hopefully I can also bring... I
:18:02. > :18:06.will never forget him, but I need to bring a closer to his death and
:18:06. > :18:10.I have not been able to do that while this case has been running.
:18:10. > :18:15.On behalf of everybody you have fought for, well done.
:18:15. > :18:18.A driver in Skipton has been taken to hospital by ambulance after he
:18:18. > :18:23.collapsed while are packing plant was being put on the car he was
:18:23. > :18:26.then. Paul Wiseman says he was feeling also be pulled off the road
:18:26. > :18:32.and was clamped and when he got out to challenge the clamper, he
:18:32. > :18:36.collapsed. He was then taken to hospital by ambulance but he had to
:18:37. > :18:42.be �150 to have his car at released. Gareth Evans of car clamping
:18:42. > :18:46.company Car Stoppers said he was unavailable for comment. I'm glad
:18:46. > :18:50.that they did call an ambulance and that there were people around that
:18:50. > :18:56.attended to me before the ambulance arrived. I have to thank them. But
:18:56. > :19:00.yes, I think you're in a quandary that yes, they did call an
:19:00. > :19:05.ambulance, but at the same time the reason for the ambulance arriving
:19:05. > :19:12.was because of something he was responsible for.
:19:12. > :19:17.Brian Blessed has helped transform the Yorkshire anthem. The actor has
:19:17. > :19:27.recorded a rap for a new 21st century invention -- versions. Do
:19:27. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:37.you what a preview? Here it is. WRAPS.
:19:37. > :19:43.I like that! It is the final frantic hours
:19:43. > :19:46.before voting starts in the Bradford West by-election. So it
:19:46. > :19:51.follows the retirement of the Labour MP Marsha Singh.
:19:51. > :19:58.Len Tingle has been out what the candidates.
:19:58. > :20:03.We are due to vote for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Alan
:20:03. > :20:08.howling Laud was complaining today that his party's own sponsors, or
:20:08. > :20:14.William Hill, have set odds at 500- 1 that he can win in Bradford West.
:20:14. > :20:19.He says it should be one million to one! We do not want to make
:20:20. > :20:24.Bradford British. There are far shorter odds on this man. He is the
:20:24. > :20:32.Labour candidate. His team say they have not on $20,000 in a bid to
:20:33. > :20:36.retain the seat. -- 20,000 or so. Labour has won every parliamentary
:20:36. > :20:41.election here since the 1970s, but there has never been a huge
:20:41. > :20:46.majority. In the 2010 the general election, this was seen as a target
:20:46. > :20:53.seat by the Tories. In the event, Labour swung the pendulum the other
:20:53. > :20:57.way and increased their majority to 6,000. What I have been picking up
:20:57. > :21:04.is that this budget is hitting the ball hard. This is a Budget for
:21:04. > :21:09.millionaires by millionaires. Conservatives have also been
:21:09. > :21:14.hitting the doorsteps hard. They have been -- they feel it is their
:21:14. > :21:18.turn to send a candid it to Westminster. The candidate has had
:21:18. > :21:22.plenty of support from Yorkshire MPs in a bid to make up those 6,000
:21:22. > :21:27.votes. I am really encouraged by the people I have met on the
:21:27. > :21:31.doorstep and I think we are going to have an excellent turnout.
:21:31. > :21:35.Change can only happen if you choose it. By-elections are often
:21:35. > :21:41.about protest votes and this man says he is cornering the market.
:21:41. > :21:46.George Galloway has had a loud campaign. But the former MP it is
:21:46. > :21:50.starting from a long way back. His respect party got to just 1,200
:21:50. > :21:54.votes at another election. Greens are to have not had a good record
:21:54. > :21:58.in this seat, but they say their support is growing after winning
:21:58. > :22:03.their first seat in Parliament in the south of England at a general
:22:03. > :22:09.election. Liberal Democrats are a distant third year. The Deputy
:22:09. > :22:13.Leader of the National Party was on hand to data support the candidate.
:22:14. > :22:20.It is going well. I am tired out as it gets towards the end but an
:22:20. > :22:28.exciting time. You could beat the Liberal Democrats and absurd --
:22:28. > :22:33.Conservatives recently. -- you kep. Most parties will be campaigning
:22:33. > :22:38.into the night. Here is the full list of candidates.
:22:38. > :22:41.It is also on our website. Back to football, and we have heard
:22:41. > :22:44.about Bradford already but there is one more result from last night to
:22:44. > :22:47.clear up. Doncaster Rovers were in
:22:47. > :22:51.championship action at Crystal Palace. They went behind after
:22:51. > :22:58.giving the ball away at the edge of their own penalty area. Rovers
:22:58. > :23:02.rallied and Chris Brown expect in an equaliser. -- swept in an
:23:03. > :23:07.equaliser. The relegation fight continues for them though as they
:23:07. > :23:12.are now bottom of the championship. It could be said that some of us
:23:12. > :23:16.are more dedicated followers than others. We are talking fashion!
:23:16. > :23:26.And new exhibition featuring designer pieces, films and
:23:26. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:35.photographs has opened at the bar It changes with every season, from
:23:35. > :23:44.fat -- from high-end two High Street, fashion can divine at a
:23:44. > :23:47.hall decade and it is all here on display.
:23:47. > :23:56.We have are Vivienne Westwood, everything from the street through
:23:56. > :24:06.to high couture. It is fantastic and it has not been done anywhere
:24:06. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:14.else. The exhibition from London's fashion and textile museum takes us
:24:14. > :24:20.behind the scenes from high fashion is created and how it travels from
:24:20. > :24:27.the cat walk to the cover of a magazine. Designer pieces are on
:24:27. > :24:37.loan here and there is something to suit every taste. How about this
:24:37. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:45.for Prada number? It is awash with A catalogue dates back to the
:24:46. > :24:49.couture houses of the 19th century. What we say here it's us a flavour
:24:49. > :24:59.of what Searle's who will see on the High Street. The exhibition is
:24:59. > :25:02.
:25:02. > :25:06.on until the of June, so come along I love a bit of fashion.
:25:06. > :25:09.I am surprised that they did not send poll at sundown. He is the
:25:09. > :25:13.expert, as you can see from his attire!
:25:14. > :25:18.I think they should bring back those a tweed jackets.
:25:18. > :25:22.Talking of jackets, I would not mention them!
:25:22. > :25:32.I has still got 16 in the changing room. One day they will come back
:25:32. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:38.and I will wipe that smile off your I suspect that April gradually
:25:38. > :25:43.break down to a more settled pattern, and certainly by the
:25:43. > :25:52.Easter weekend it could be more unsettled. In general, April could
:25:52. > :25:55.turn out to be quite a cold month. I am going to smash up the map --
:25:55. > :26:05.the march record. It looks like it is going to be the sunniest march
:26:05. > :26:13.on record. Here are two quick pictures. This is Scarborough. This
:26:13. > :26:22.is Chatsworth. The top afternoon temperatures, at Doncaster at 22
:26:22. > :26:25.degrees. At the coast, 19 Celsius at Bridlington. Tomorrow what looks
:26:25. > :26:30.a bit warmer than I thought yesterday. A couple of degrees
:26:30. > :26:34.warmer. We are hanging on to the worse for another day. High
:26:34. > :26:44.pressure gradually pushing out westwards. By Saturday, a big drop
:26:44. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:55.in temperatures on the way. We might see a little bit of mist. A
:26:55. > :27:05.touch of frost in rural areas, where it could get down to freezing.
:27:05. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:10.The sun will rise in the morning. Tomorrow, another glorious day with
:27:10. > :27:15.unbroken sunshine for many. There might just be a little bit of high
:27:15. > :27:22.cloud around. Meaning that sunshine could be a little hazy. Most of us
:27:22. > :27:27.was the unbroken sunshine and a light north-west breeze. About 15