28/03/2012 Look North (Yorkshire)

Tonight on Look North: We love this weather, but parts of Yorkshire are

now officially in drought and those who need the rain are worried.

We'll be reporting live from one of the rivers already running dry.

Also tonight, red card behaviour. Ugly scenes after the match at

Bradford lead to investigations by the Football Association. And,

fashion fans, forget Paris, Milan and New York - Barnsley's where

it's at. Tonight, the glorious weather pushing Yorkshire into

drought. We've joined much of the South and East of England facing

difficulties after several months of below average rainfall. It

doesn't mean hosepipe bans, but it does mean some restrictions -

mainly for farmers. Nicola Rees is in North Yorkshire and can tell us

more. It is hard to believe, but this is the river Ricall in

Helmsley. I should be up to my knees in water, but I am looking at

a dry riverbed bottom. Parts of Yorkshire are so parched that the

Environment Agency has declared a drought conditions in parts of East

Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. What does all this

mean, and who does it affect? Greg family have farmed this land

near Doncaster since the 50s, but have never known the dry spell to

last this long. There isn't enough water for be held to supply of

extracted brought in. You have just not something you normally do at

this time of year, but you might have to start doing this. There is

no moisture, the grass is not growing as it should at this time

of year. The sheep are not growing, so we have to give them extra feed

so that they finish in time. This looks like a lush, green field, but

that reality is that we should be standing in water. Usually there

would be a puddle, without that moisture nothing will be growing

here at all. More art and has been spending �1,000 a month on food for

us animals, a situation that he says cannot continue. It is a

similar picture that this potato farm. The dust line up from this

tractor give you some idea of how to drive the ground is already.

it continues to be dry through the growing season, we could see be

just yields and reduced quality and skin finish or potatoes. If you do

not have the same product coming out, you are not going to make as

much money out of them. Most farmers have a licence to take

water from rivers and ground sources, but if the rain does not

come soon the Environment Agency will suspend those licences meaning

farmers will be left high and dry. We would ask farmers to speak to us

now and to take water, responsibly. If they all take the water that

they have licences for, then Rovers will drive up. The drought

conditions are bad news for farmers, but household water supplies are

not affected. They dry spell is expected to continue for weeks to

come. It is worth reiterating that there is no need to rush out and

buy bottled water. This is an environmental drought, affecting

wildlife, farmers and people use waterways, but there is no plan to

restrict public water supplies. Yorkshire Water will be monitoring

that, and it could change. promised was a no hosepipe bans. Do

you stand by that? These restrictions might fall on

agricultural users and big business to extract water from underground.

Yorkshire Water has no plans to impose restrictions on householders.

The reservoirs are over 90% full, after a wet winter. Yorkshire Water

can pump this water round Yorkshire as they see it, and can take water

from the River Derwent and a river cruise. -- the River Ouse. But some

of were viewers will have hosepipe bans. Yes, some viewers are from

Nottinghamshire and get water from an League -- Anglian Water. So that

will affect them, but for the rest of the Regent, if you get water

from Severn Trent Water or from Yorkshire Water, there are no

hosepipe bans. But the message is, save as much water as you can.

what do with a watering can rather than a hosepipe. It has always been

a precious resource and during dry periods we should act to conserve

it, there are possible. If you want to know more about how this drought

order could affect you Paul's been blogging about it. You can find it

on bbc.co.uk/paul hudson. Also tonight, the Football Association

says it is investigating a huge punch-up which happened after

Bradford City's home defeat last night. Five players were red-carded

after the incident. The FA said it will liaise with both Bradford and

Crawley and review the video evidence, as Paul Ogden reports.

Scenes of madness after the final whistle at Valley Parade lasted 15

seconds, but the reputations of Bradford City and Crawley Town are

likely to suffer for much longer. Bradford City will not make any

official statement until their own internal questions have been

answers, as to why the keenly contested match should have

finished this way. The incident shocked football observers across

the country. It reminded me of when we played for Derby County against

Nottingham Forest. We had a couple of players squaring up to each

other. But you cannot let your temper get you into throwing

punches, because when you do, you going to get banned. Most of them

have been in the game long enough not to rise to the bait. It does

not set a good example to people going to the game. If you have paid

in to watch a football match, you do not want to see people fighting

with each other. They match was won by Crawley Town, 2-1. Bradford's

equaliser rendered meaningless by this goal. There had been little

warning about what would come. Craig Davies of Bradford City

running out and being forearm smash by Claude Davies of Crawley Town.

All five players who lived under and were shown a red card by the

referee, once he found them in the dressing room matter was. The

Football Association has its powers to do sheet disciplinary measures

for the moment. It will investigate what, if any, after the sanctions

will be imposed on Bradford City or Crawley Town, or indeed on any

individual players and all. -- involved. Kevin Lynch is with us

now - He spent 15 years as a referee or linesman for over 500

professional football games. How bad was that? I am struggling to

remember when I have seen an incident like that in this country.

Sometimes you see it in Italy and Greece, but that is the first time

for a long time that I can remember. What sort of punishments do we

expect as a result? Both teams will be charged with the failure to

control their players. The red cards administered after the game,

suspensions are in place for that. I would expect the Football

Association to review the recording of the incident and, if they decide

other players who were not charged on the night, deserve to be charged

retrospectively, that could happen, as well. Points deduction - that is

extreme. But I would think the people in the FA and the Football

League are distraught about this kind of thing. What gin that, it is

pathetic. They are professionals. I know that it is important for

Bradford City and they were disappointed, but it is pathetic.

Professional footballers do not cope with stress and pressure very

well. Both teams are under pressure, Crawley to get promoted, Bradford

City to be maintaining their status as a Football League club. Match

officials cope magnificently in situations like that. Why wouldn't

the referee intervene and stop it happening because he would not have

got punched. I chaired a steering committee about how to handle mass

confrontations during a game, and the advice has been standing the

test of time. You step back and observe. Two reasons, but you get

involved, you do not see the big picture. There's a chance of a

punch from a player that can catchy you. The three officials were

actively involved, the 4th official would have been observing, as well.

And we have the referee's match assessor in the stand so you have a

lot of angles and a lot of information to be collected and

process. Later on Look North: The supreme court ruling on asbestos

related cancers. A daughter wins her long battle in memory of her

dead father. I watched him waste away to nothing over a six-month

period. But it was his wish that he wanted this case to go ahead.

moving story, more on that shortly. First, Look North has learned that

325 sex offenders are being moved into one South Yorkshire prison - a

move described by Doncaster's elected Mayor as disgraceful.

Moorland prison has recently expanded its capacity and is taking

in sex offenders from other jails. Dan Johnson has this exclusive

report. This is a time of change in prisons. Extra capacity is coming

on stream to handle record numbers of inmates, and that means there is

movement across the system. At Moorland, Neil Doncaster, the new

wing has been built and over 300 sex offenders are living in that.

The mayor of Doncaster is concerned about the implications. At some

point they will be moved into Doncaster and some of them do not

go on, the Max the year, which is not acceptable in Doncaster or. It

would not be acceptable in any town in England. Moorland prison notes

1,000 prisoners. We have been told 325 of them will be sex offenders.

Nobody from the prison management was willing to speak tour its, but

we have a statement from the prison service, they dispute master

figures, but will not confirm the numbers themselves. They say most

of the offenders coming from -- to this prison are from the Yorkshire

region and deny that a small number of sex offenders will be held in in

New open prison unit just across the way. They have to go somewhere.

They all originate from Yorkshire and Humberside. We are one of the

most secure presence in the country so they are here. It appears that

the new policy is to send a lot of them from Yorkshire and Humberside

to Doncaster or Foster I do not like that and I am going to speak

out against it. How we manage sex offenders is an emotive issue and

once again, it raises the question of what we should know, of what

Samsung has a signed up to be part of a 3 billion pound cleaner power

station in south Yorkshire. They have taken a 15% stake in the

project. Construction work could start in 2013. Our correspondent

reports. There is little to see right now,

but in one year's time work could have been done on Britain's first

clean coal power station. It will produce Ehlich is due for around

when it - a one million homes but with little to none carbon

emissions. It is the most advanced and we already benefit from some

European funding. We are hoping to make our investment decision as

early as next year. We will be the first in the UK. Here is how it

will be done. Carbon dioxide will be collected after Cole is burned

in a new power station. That technology is already being tested.

It will be tight out under the North Sea to oilfields, where it

will be stored out of harm's way. It will be used to pump out the

rest -- the Last of the oral. Selling this or will help makes the

car and catchers in economic. will also attract new investment

into Yorkshire for companies who know they're going to have to

tackle carbon dioxide emissions. It is inward investment from overseas

as well. Yorkshire produces almost one-fifth of all Britain's carbon

dioxide proficient -- pollution, so anything to cut it is the right

thing to do. There is still no guarantee that this scheme will go

ahead. It needs Government and EU money. Today's tie it with Samsung

is one step in the right direction. I Derbyshire woman has spent the

last nine years fighting a legal battle in memory of her father and

today she was told they have one at that landmark ruling. Ruth Durham's

father Leslie died in 2003 after being exposed to express Doswell at

work. A legal loophole meant he did not qualify for compensation --

asbestos. A ruling today it means that the decision can now come from

the point at which a victim was first in contact.

I am overjoyed at the decision. It is the right decisions. It has been

a long, hard battle. Now I feel we have achieved something after such

a long time. Tell me about your father. He died a terrible death,

didn't take? Yes. It was horrible to watch. He lost weight, it

happened very quickly. I had no knowledge he worked with asbestos,

so that was even worse. It was a horrible thing to have to go

through. Yes, I watched him whittle away to nothing over six months,

but it was his wish that he wanted this case to go ahead. So your

father knew that on behalf of 10 and other people who had been

waiting for if today's outcome, eager father knew that you were

going to fight to the end? Yes. That was about -- that was his idea.

It was not about money. He wanted it for the people who followed him.

It would be worth it for them because then there would be a

judgment that would give them justice. You must be exhausted

after this battle because it has gone on for years. Nine years.

do you feel tonight? Has a weight been lifted off your shoulder?

exactly. It feels like a weed has been lifted. I am still emotional.

It has been a roller-coaster. -- a weight has been lifted. But it is a

weight that has been lifted and hopefully I can also bring... I

will never forget him, but I need to bring a closer to his death and

I have not been able to do that while this case has been running.

On behalf of everybody you have fought for, well done.

A driver in Skipton has been taken to hospital by ambulance after he

collapsed while are packing plant was being put on the car he was

then. Paul Wiseman says he was feeling also be pulled off the road

and was clamped and when he got out to challenge the clamper, he

collapsed. He was then taken to hospital by ambulance but he had to

be �150 to have his car at released. Gareth Evans of car clamping

company Car Stoppers said he was unavailable for comment. I'm glad

that they did call an ambulance and that there were people around that

attended to me before the ambulance arrived. I have to thank them. But

yes, I think you're in a quandary that yes, they did call an

ambulance, but at the same time the reason for the ambulance arriving

was because of something he was responsible for.

Brian Blessed has helped transform the Yorkshire anthem. The actor has

recorded a rap for a new 21st century invention -- versions. Do

you what a preview? Here it is. WRAPS.

I like that! It is the final frantic hours

before voting starts in the Bradford West by-election. So it

follows the retirement of the Labour MP Marsha Singh.

Len Tingle has been out what the candidates.

We are due to vote for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Alan

howling Laud was complaining today that his party's own sponsors, or

William Hill, have set odds at 500- 1 that he can win in Bradford West.

He says it should be one million to one! We do not want to make

Bradford British. There are far shorter odds on this man. He is the

Labour candidate. His team say they have not on $20,000 in a bid to

retain the seat. -- 20,000 or so. Labour has won every parliamentary

election here since the 1970s, but there has never been a huge

majority. In the 2010 the general election, this was seen as a target

seat by the Tories. In the event, Labour swung the pendulum the other

way and increased their majority to 6,000. What I have been picking up

is that this budget is hitting the ball hard. This is a Budget for

millionaires by millionaires. Conservatives have also been

hitting the doorsteps hard. They have been -- they feel it is their

turn to send a candid it to Westminster. The candidate has had

plenty of support from Yorkshire MPs in a bid to make up those 6,000

votes. I am really encouraged by the people I have met on the

doorstep and I think we are going to have an excellent turnout.

Change can only happen if you choose it. By-elections are often

about protest votes and this man says he is cornering the market.

George Galloway has had a loud campaign. But the former MP it is

starting from a long way back. His respect party got to just 1,200

votes at another election. Greens are to have not had a good record

in this seat, but they say their support is growing after winning

their first seat in Parliament in the south of England at a general

election. Liberal Democrats are a distant third year. The Deputy

Leader of the National Party was on hand to data support the candidate.

It is going well. I am tired out as it gets towards the end but an

exciting time. You could beat the Liberal Democrats and absurd --

Conservatives recently. -- you kep. Most parties will be campaigning

into the night. Here is the full list of candidates.

It is also on our website. Back to football, and we have heard

about Bradford already but there is one more result from last night to

clear up. Doncaster Rovers were in

championship action at Crystal Palace. They went behind after

giving the ball away at the edge of their own penalty area. Rovers

rallied and Chris Brown expect in an equaliser. -- swept in an

equaliser. The relegation fight continues for them though as they

are now bottom of the championship. It could be said that some of us

are more dedicated followers than others. We are talking fashion!

And new exhibition featuring designer pieces, films and

photographs has opened at the bar It changes with every season, from

fat -- from high-end two High Street, fashion can divine at a

hall decade and it is all here on display.

We have are Vivienne Westwood, everything from the street through

to high couture. It is fantastic and it has not been done anywhere

else. The exhibition from London's fashion and textile museum takes us

behind the scenes from high fashion is created and how it travels from

the cat walk to the cover of a magazine. Designer pieces are on

loan here and there is something to suit every taste. How about this

for Prada number? It is awash with A catalogue dates back to the

couture houses of the 19th century. What we say here it's us a flavour

of what Searle's who will see on the High Street. The exhibition is

on until the of June, so come along I love a bit of fashion.

I am surprised that they did not send poll at sundown. He is the

expert, as you can see from his attire!

I think they should bring back those a tweed jackets.

Talking of jackets, I would not mention them!

I has still got 16 in the changing room. One day they will come back

and I will wipe that smile off your I suspect that April gradually

break down to a more settled pattern, and certainly by the

Easter weekend it could be more unsettled. In general, April could

turn out to be quite a cold month. I am going to smash up the map --

the march record. It looks like it is going to be the sunniest march

on record. Here are two quick pictures. This is Scarborough. This

is Chatsworth. The top afternoon temperatures, at Doncaster at 22

degrees. At the coast, 19 Celsius at Bridlington. Tomorrow what looks

a bit warmer than I thought yesterday. A couple of degrees

warmer. We are hanging on to the worse for another day. High

pressure gradually pushing out westwards. By Saturday, a big drop

in temperatures on the way. We might see a little bit of mist. A

touch of frost in rural areas, where it could get down to freezing.

The sun will rise in the morning. Tomorrow, another glorious day with

unbroken sunshine for many. There might just be a little bit of high

cloud around. Meaning that sunshine could be a little hazy. Most of us

was the unbroken sunshine and a light north-west breeze. About 15