:00:13. > :00:17.Tonight, or be a live from Bradford. It has been an extraordinary day in
:00:17. > :00:22.the city and we are assessing the mood. It has been George Galloway's
:00:22. > :00:29.day in the sun as he celebrates his victory in the Bradford West by-
:00:29. > :00:36.election but for Labour, a stinging defeat. This peaceful, democratic
:00:36. > :00:45.revolution, which has begun in Bradford, has not ended, it has all
:00:45. > :00:50.my begun. The town hall is the next to fall.
:00:50. > :00:58.I your own and is seriously burned as she pours petrol. Fire fighters
:00:58. > :01:01.want people better warned about these dangers. -- a Yorkshire woman.
:01:01. > :01:04.Bradford fight for Football League survival.
:01:04. > :01:14.And it has been another fine day today with some sunshine, but it
:01:14. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:25.will change at the weekend. The full forecast to come later.
:01:25. > :01:30.Welcome and good evening, coming alive after a sensational day in
:01:30. > :01:34.Bradford. The winning candidate in the Bradford West by-election was
:01:34. > :01:39.George Galloway and he described that victory - and what a victory -
:01:39. > :01:43.with a majority of more than 10,000, as one of the most sensational in
:01:43. > :01:48.British political history. Labour were expected to win, and Ed
:01:48. > :01:53.Miliband has said it was a disappointing day. Let us have a
:01:53. > :02:03.look at just how disappointing it has been. At the last general
:02:03. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:35.Let's have a look at the difference Today, he has carried out a victory
:02:35. > :02:40.tour across the city, thanking people for voting for him. We
:02:40. > :02:45.reported on a dramatic day in politics. Mrs George Galloway,
:02:45. > :02:52.thanking you for your support yesterday. -- of this is George
:02:52. > :02:58.Galloway. A it was a typical barnstorming gesture from a man who
:02:59. > :03:05.is now the new MP for Bradford West. The anti-war movement, which I
:03:05. > :03:15.helped found and still lead, as huge support here in Bradford. I
:03:15. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:19.also like curry! It is the curry capital. Even in victory, he never
:03:20. > :03:26.fails to attract controversy. About to be interviewed by the BBC -
:03:26. > :03:35.showered with eggs. If there is anyone going to Eddie BBC, it will
:03:35. > :03:39.be me! -- to throw eggs at the BBC. The most sensational by-election
:03:39. > :03:47.result in British political history bar none represents the Bradford
:03:47. > :03:51.spring, this is an uprising, amongst thousands of people. At 330
:03:51. > :03:56.this morning, George Galloway swept away all the other parties that few
:03:56. > :03:59.but his own supporters had predicted. Labour was left as
:03:59. > :04:04.shocked and has been -- and despondent bystanders in a seat
:04:04. > :04:11.they had held for 38 years. The it is a desperately disappointing
:04:11. > :04:16.evening. The fact of the matter was that the people of Bradford West
:04:16. > :04:24.decided they wanted George Galloway as their MP. The Liberal-Democrats
:04:24. > :04:29.lost their deposit. It is a punishment meted out on the Labour
:04:29. > :04:33.Party. The message we ran within the last general election was,
:04:33. > :04:37.Labour has let you down, and clearly that is a feeling amongst
:04:38. > :04:41.the Bradford West constituency. They have used George to send a
:04:41. > :04:43.message to Labour. Conservatives finished up with a
:04:44. > :04:48.fraction of the support they had received at the general election
:04:49. > :04:54.but also argued that Labour were the real losers. We fought a strong,
:04:54. > :04:57.clean campaign but this was about the Labour Party, who had a 36%
:04:57. > :05:01.swing against them in a seat which was a safe Labour seat and there is
:05:01. > :05:04.a bit of a chill in the air this morning in Bradford, I hope the
:05:04. > :05:10.weather is better, but there must be an even greater chill in the
:05:10. > :05:14.Labour HQ about where it went so horrendously wrong. Next stop for
:05:14. > :05:20.the MP, the House of Commons. He is expected to be sworn in just after
:05:20. > :05:25.Easter. Bradford is no stranger to
:05:25. > :05:28.political change. It was here that the Independent Labour Party was
:05:28. > :05:34.formed and the idea for the Children's Act and the factories
:05:34. > :05:37.Act were actually born here. Today, George Galloway were promised a new
:05:37. > :05:43.revolution and he has his sights set on more than just Parliament.
:05:43. > :05:50.His next plan is to conquer the city hall. We looked back at a very
:05:50. > :05:53.colourful career so far. As a Labour MP, he was nicknamed
:05:53. > :05:56.Gorgeous George after admitting bedding several women during a
:05:56. > :06:01.Greek conference. He further embarrass the party when he praised
:06:01. > :06:09.Saddam Hussein with cloying rhetoric. I salute your courage,
:06:09. > :06:13.your strength, your indefatigability. The politician
:06:13. > :06:17.insisted he was talking about Iraq's people and brought one of
:06:17. > :06:26.them back to UK for leukaemia treatment, which sanctions had
:06:26. > :06:34.prevented her from getting. drove you out of Vietnam and we
:06:34. > :06:37.will drive you out of Baghdad! vocal thorn in his own party's side,
:06:37. > :06:43.many wondered if his political career was over after he was
:06:43. > :06:52.expelled from Labour. He emerged like a phoenix with his respect
:06:52. > :06:57.party, -- with his Respect party. Mr Blair, this is for Iraq.
:06:57. > :07:04.tenure in Bethnal Green was short lived, but punctuated with his
:07:04. > :07:11.usual magic. His stint in their big brother has occurred whilst he was
:07:11. > :07:16.on the taxpayers pay roll. Though he has been out of Westminster
:07:16. > :07:20.since, he has not shirk the limelight, most notably a showdown
:07:20. > :07:25.with the US Senate. He was accused of profiting from Iraqi oil
:07:25. > :07:28.dealings and was once again exonerated. His anti-war message
:07:28. > :07:38.underpinned his campaign in Bradford West, a campaigner
:07:38. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:41.delivered unexpected deja-vu and victory. Thank you. Today, clearly
:07:41. > :07:46.delighted George Galloway - although he says he was not
:07:46. > :07:50.surprised by the size of his majority - two to the streets of
:07:50. > :07:55.Bradford in an open-top bus. He thanked people for voting for him.
:07:55. > :08:03.He made a point that, in the University ward, he got 85% of the
:08:03. > :08:08.vote. He promised to pay Bradford firmly back on the political map.
:08:08. > :08:12.Earlier today, he spoke to our political reporter.
:08:13. > :08:17.I am here respect -- I am here at Respect headquarters in Bradford,
:08:17. > :08:24.where they're still revelling in the victory. I enjoyed by gallery -
:08:24. > :08:28.- George Galloway go. I do think you have one? I think there is a
:08:28. > :08:32.massive well of dissatisfaction. Nowadays, it is a kind of virtual
:08:32. > :08:36.politics for a minority of the electorate. There is a bit well of
:08:36. > :08:40.dissatisfaction and if someone can articulate that, to make the case
:08:40. > :08:46.for the alienated, then the are ready to rally, and I think that is
:08:46. > :08:52.what happened, especially young people. D'you think you're anti-war
:08:52. > :08:55.message resonated particularly with the Muslim community? No, I think
:08:56. > :08:59.most people in Britain are anti- war and I think it is only the
:08:59. > :09:05.mainstream parties that a pro war and the media generally parrots
:09:05. > :09:09.their line. Most people of all colours, got all backgrounds,
:09:09. > :09:15.against these wars. We do not have their blood nor the money to spare
:09:15. > :09:19.by occupying people's countries. You want to end the mission in
:09:19. > :09:24.Afghanistan? And I would not Colleter mission, I would call it a
:09:24. > :09:30.war. It is not a mission, it is a war. It is an occupation, in which
:09:30. > :09:34.real blood of real people is spells. It is time to bring Britain out of
:09:34. > :09:39.Afghanistan right now, not a moment too soon. That is a feeling shared
:09:39. > :09:42.by the majority of people in Britain. You're a well-known people
:09:43. > :09:47.-- a well-known figure beyond the political world. Surely this
:09:47. > :09:54.victory as a one-off? I do not think so. He will not have to wait
:09:54. > :10:00.to see if I am right, because the local elections are in five weeks.
:10:00. > :10:07.You're one Respect MP, what difference can you make in
:10:07. > :10:12.Parliament? The facts are so many cameras are here today, it was
:10:12. > :10:15.trending worldwide on Twitter last night, it indicates there is an
:10:15. > :10:20.interest in this victory, an interest in what we have to say,
:10:20. > :10:24.and I will try to give expression to that interest in every way I can.
:10:24. > :10:28.I think you'll find there is quite a lot of interest in this one
:10:28. > :10:34.member of parliament, not for the colour of his eyes but for the
:10:34. > :10:38.colour of his politics at and the approach to his work.
:10:38. > :10:42.That was George Galloway speaking this afternoon. He also promised to
:10:42. > :10:47.take not have a campaign going on fire several years to save the
:10:47. > :10:53.Odeon cinema, which is behind that scaffolding there. We will see what
:10:53. > :10:58.happens on that one. You can see more about this extraordinary by-
:10:58. > :11:02.election on Sunday. I have to say, the sun is going down in Bradford,
:11:02. > :11:07.the temperature is dropping, but perhaps, not the political
:11:07. > :11:13.temperature. The new water feature looks
:11:13. > :11:17.fantastic. A woman has suffered very serious burns whilst trying to
:11:17. > :11:21.pour petrol from one container into another in the kitchen of her home.
:11:21. > :11:27.The accident happened in York earlier this week and government
:11:27. > :11:32.ministers said that people -- after a government minister said that
:11:32. > :11:37.people might think about storing fuel in case of a strike.
:11:37. > :11:42.This story has reached and brought about comment from a heart of
:11:42. > :11:48.Downing Street, from the unions and from thousands of your online, on
:11:48. > :11:51.the forums and on Twitter. Diane Hill lives here, and about an hour
:11:51. > :11:56.ago, her family returned from hospital. He left again without
:11:56. > :11:59.talking to the media, and perhaps that is understandable, because it
:11:59. > :12:05.has been a very traumatic time for them. The accident happened about
:12:05. > :12:11.this time yesterday evening. Diane Hill is still in hospital tonight
:12:11. > :12:14.after suffering burns to 40% of her body. It is said that she was
:12:14. > :12:22.pouring petrol from one container to another friend the flames from a
:12:22. > :12:27.gas cooker ignited fumes. One neighbour at first said she thought
:12:27. > :12:31.the smoke might be a barbecue. smoke billowed out, and then the
:12:31. > :12:35.flames, and it was dreadful because I felt completely impotent. Do you
:12:35. > :12:42.know how badly injured your neighbour was? She was operated on
:12:42. > :12:48.and her face was all right, that was not born thank God. -- that was
:12:49. > :12:56.not affected, thank God. It must have been a kitchen fire, I thought.
:12:56. > :13:03.A frying pan fire. Were you shocked to hear or was it was? Yes, it was
:13:03. > :13:09.a bizarre thing to do. We have seen petrol queues across Yorkshire. No
:13:09. > :13:14.strike action has yet been called. A government minister said on
:13:14. > :13:20.Tuesday that people should consider storing the fuel. But warnings were
:13:20. > :13:26.been reiterated at a fire station near where at the hills love.
:13:27. > :13:31.is very topical, and people using petrol now were very aware of it.
:13:31. > :13:34.Some people who do not use it as a daily resource for work are now
:13:34. > :13:39.finding themselves in situations they are not familiar with, so we
:13:39. > :13:44.would ask people whether they can consider whether the need this
:13:44. > :13:48.additional petrol or not. That is what they had to say at the fire
:13:48. > :13:51.station just around the corner from the family home. We have seen
:13:51. > :13:54.people queuing at a petrol station this morning and through the day,
:13:54. > :13:59.still trying to fill up their tanks for whatever reason they feel they
:13:59. > :14:06.have to do that. The other reaction we have heard from David Cameron
:14:06. > :14:09.today is that his family -- his heart goes out to the whole family.
:14:09. > :14:14.We have heard from the Fire Brigades Union who say they want
:14:14. > :14:18.the government to make a clear statement about the storage of fuel.
:14:18. > :14:26.They say it is still not a very safe thing to do, you should treat
:14:26. > :14:32.petrol that respect. We have heard for people to ask the Minister to
:14:32. > :14:35.retract his statement ought to In other news, three men have been
:14:35. > :14:38.arrested after a woman was knocked down and killed by a car in
:14:38. > :14:40.Bradford. The crash happened last night on Mayo Avenue. The three
:14:40. > :14:43.occupants of the car are being questioned on suspicion of causing
:14:43. > :14:46.death by dangerous driving. A project to provide high speed
:14:46. > :14:49.broadband across South Yorkshire is to get another �3 million of
:14:49. > :14:52.taxpayers' money. The Digital Region scheme has already received
:14:52. > :14:56.90 million pounds from European funds and all four councils, but so
:14:56. > :15:06.far, numbers signing up to use the service have been low. A private
:15:06. > :15:10.company will now take over the network. The option that we feel
:15:10. > :15:14.all bring maximum value for money drier taxpayers across South
:15:14. > :15:18.Yorkshire is the one that we are proposing which is seeking a new
:15:18. > :15:24.technology provider to help pass exploit to the infrastructure. And
:15:24. > :15:26.that is the best way forward. Doctors are warning people in
:15:26. > :15:29.Yorkshire about the dangers of an largely undiagnosed lung disease.
:15:29. > :15:33.COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - is also known
:15:33. > :15:36.as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. It affects more people in Yorkshire
:15:36. > :15:40.than other parts of the country, but 43 % of cases in our region
:15:40. > :15:49.aren't diagnosed. Now specialists in Sheffield are urging people to
:15:49. > :15:52.get checked out. Emma Blackburn reports. Kidding up with supplies
:15:52. > :15:57.of Oxford -- oxygen before simply feeding the birds at his Sheffield
:15:57. > :16:01.home. This is how Peter has to live since being diagnosed with
:16:01. > :16:06.emphysema eight years ago. As the Pub Landlord and smoker, he started
:16:06. > :16:11.getting short of breath, but put it down to wear-and-tear until it
:16:11. > :16:16.became obvious something was wrong. A I finished late one night, I woke
:16:16. > :16:22.up coughing and panting and struggling to breathe. It was at
:16:22. > :16:28.that time when it really started. Peter is one of 100,000 people in
:16:28. > :16:34.Yorkshire diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD,
:16:34. > :16:40.also known as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. But an estimated one
:16:40. > :16:45.that has -- 177,000 people have symptoms of the disease in
:16:45. > :16:49.Yorkshire. It is certainly more common in Yorkshire than the rest
:16:49. > :16:54.of the UK, and I think that reflects our industrial past as
:16:54. > :16:59.much as anything. The people who get COPD are often ordinary working
:16:59. > :17:02.people who have had a hard life and they accept their breathless and
:17:02. > :17:05.say it is just one of those things that is difficult in life that
:17:05. > :17:11.comes on as there are older. They shouldn't do that, they should go
:17:11. > :17:14.and see somebody and there are things we can do to help.
:17:14. > :17:18.Sheffield's Hallamshire Hospital, university staff are working on
:17:18. > :17:23.pioneering techniques using a rare type of helium gas to fill them up
:17:23. > :17:27.-- the lungs and a monitor disease. The Gas has filled the hall area,
:17:27. > :17:32.meaning these are a set of healthy lambs, but over here, the white
:17:32. > :17:36.area which is a gas and represents the air, barely get through the
:17:36. > :17:42.lungs and shows the severe effects of COPD. Peter and now follows an
:17:42. > :17:46.exercise plan and must use regular treatment to get air to his lungs.
:17:46. > :17:53.It is a far cry from his previous active life, but is great for the
:17:53. > :17:56.ban the support to help them cope. -- he is grateful.
:17:56. > :17:58.After more than three years of planning and fundraising, a purpose
:17:58. > :18:05.built centre for ex-service personnel who've fallen on hard
:18:05. > :18:08.times has been officially opened in Catterick. Joining Civvy Street can
:18:08. > :18:14.prove very hard for some ex military staff. The centre gives a
:18:14. > :18:17.fresh start to those who find themselves homeless. Although the
:18:17. > :18:23.Foreign Secretary William Hague performed the opening honours today,
:18:23. > :18:28.the Beacon, as it's known, has been open six months. From day one, it's
:18:28. > :18:32.been full. It 31 residents are all ex-military whose lives have fall
:18:32. > :18:37.apart since leaving service life. The beacon gives them a home,
:18:37. > :18:41.training, health care and support while they get back on track. Mike
:18:41. > :18:45.Perkins third in the Coldstream Guards. He saw a colleague killed
:18:45. > :18:50.in action and suffered a severe mental breakdown. The media suite
:18:50. > :18:55.at the Beacon has helped him find his voice. When I first moved in
:18:55. > :18:59.here, I was nine stone, I hadn't eaten for days. I have no self-
:18:59. > :19:05.esteem. I wouldn't open up to anybody, I was constantly crying
:19:05. > :19:10.and having panic attacks. They just nursed me through it. I'm so
:19:10. > :19:15.grateful to them. Compared with civilians, veterans are twice as
:19:15. > :19:20.likely to have mental health problems. Post-traumatic stress
:19:20. > :19:24.disorder can blight their lives, as Paul knows only too well. He did be
:19:24. > :19:27.clearing up, his words, when his best friend shot himself in the
:19:27. > :19:36.head in Northern Ireland. The repercussions were far often
:19:36. > :19:45.fetching. All ties with my family, I found myself on my brother's
:19:45. > :19:50.couch, on the street and life without the army. Six months at the
:19:50. > :19:56.Beacon, and Paul is beginning to put his past behind him. A I feel
:19:56. > :19:59.positive, I am back in touch with my wife. I had plans of what I'm
:19:59. > :20:04.going to do in the security industry. Trauma can come in many
:20:04. > :20:08.forms. Caitlin was also set us serve a sport 24 years with the
:20:08. > :20:14.Royal Signals, but a devastating knee injury led to medical
:20:14. > :20:17.discharge. I thought I'd be on top of the world-leading -- leaving the
:20:17. > :20:21.Army, but is is very hard coming out and being a civilian,
:20:21. > :20:27.especially when you joined straight from school, if you don't know any
:20:27. > :20:30.different. It does help me out a lot. The unemployment rate for
:20:30. > :20:35.veterans has also twice the national average, hence the
:20:35. > :20:39.beacon's bakery. It is designed for training, so residents leave with
:20:39. > :20:45.the skill. The hope is an 18 months strike -- stable put them back on
:20:45. > :20:52.track. It away for her -- it's a way for the country to serve those
:20:52. > :20:56.who have served their country. football now, and tomorrow's match
:20:56. > :20:59.at Plymouth was always going to be a difficult one for Bradford City.
:20:59. > :21:02.But with three players banned for their part in a post-match brawl on
:21:02. > :21:05.Tuesday night, the task has got that much harder and more important.
:21:05. > :21:09.Here's Ian Bucknell. The post-match punch-up was a new low. It's been a
:21:09. > :21:14.bad week for Bradford City, but then again, is been a difficult
:21:14. > :21:19.decade. He is 11 years since Bradford fell from their graceful
:21:19. > :21:24.position in the Premier League. Troop a series of relegations, the
:21:24. > :21:28.club has fallen to the lowest level of League football. Bradford are in
:21:28. > :21:34.serious danger of another demotion and dropping out of the league
:21:34. > :21:41.altogether. The training yesterday, the squad prepared for their
:21:41. > :21:47.crucial match at Plymouth without the players sent off. You have got
:21:47. > :21:51.to keep going. Tuesday was tough, I can't hide away from that.
:21:51. > :21:56.Everybody connected with the club and all the supporters, and a have
:21:56. > :22:06.got to give them belief that we can win this game on Saturday. Despite
:22:06. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:15.the injuries, I believe we can. he had equalised for Bradford City!
:22:15. > :22:19.You've got decent players, decent budgets, cheap season tickets,
:22:19. > :22:24.everything is ready for it to lift off, but they can't seem to get
:22:24. > :22:29.themselves off the bottom of the sea bed and refloated again. After
:22:29. > :22:34.the unanswerable question. Home attendances of over 10,000 in
:22:34. > :22:37.League Two are a reminder that Bradford City is a big club. But
:22:37. > :22:45.the table says they're just four points away from the drop and they
:22:45. > :22:48.need to prove that they are too big to go down. And of course Derm will
:22:48. > :22:51.be in action for Radio Leeds at Plymouth tomorrow and we'll have a
:22:51. > :22:53.report on Doncaster's match at home to Birmingham on Look North
:22:53. > :22:56.tomorrow lunch time. She started teaching before the war
:22:56. > :22:59.and retired when Ted Heath was still the prime minister. But today
:22:59. > :23:02.Isobelle McGregor was back in the classroom, celebrating her 100th
:23:02. > :23:07.birthday by returning to the school where she'd been headmistress 40
:23:07. > :23:17.years ago. A few things have changed since then, but she was
:23:17. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:27.soon back in the old routine. last time Mr MacGregor was here,
:23:27. > :23:37.she was the headmistress and some of the staff for her pupils. --
:23:37. > :23:44.Miss. She doesn't want to mess with. Did you have to give many Kay Kane?
:23:44. > :23:54.No! She started out in the 1930s. Teaching at Midland, she even got
:23:54. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:05.to know it's a young jockey turned entertainer. He had been a stable
:24:05. > :24:12.boy at Mickleham, and every now and again, he used to arrive for a
:24:12. > :24:20.holiday there and visit the school. Or was he like? Jolly. -- what was
:24:20. > :24:25.he like? This followed in 1951. Her reputation survives. She was very
:24:25. > :24:30.nice. She says she was a rather strict when she was here. It is
:24:30. > :24:37.just weird that she is 100 and we are only 10. Yeah, it was rather
:24:37. > :24:40.freaky. She's really old! It is rather traumatising. This is the
:24:40. > :24:50.school logbook which goes right back to the wall when they were
:24:50. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:07.admitting evacuees in 1940s from the town's. -- Pams. -- towns.
:25:08. > :25:17.makes me happy to come back here today. I never dreamed it possible.
:25:18. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:28.How kind you'll laugh. -- you'll How kind you'll laugh. -- you'll
:25:28. > :25:38.laugh. -- you all are. Beautiful blue skies. Let's start off by
:25:38. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:50.looking at today's photos. Beautiful duffer -- daffodils. So,
:25:50. > :25:56.we've seen lots of sunshine this week. Tomorrow, noticeably
:25:56. > :26:00.different. It will be cooler and cloudier. The area of high pressure
:26:00. > :26:10.is starting to drift away to the West, allowing this weather --
:26:10. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:15.weather front to put across. It will feel much colder tomorrow. It
:26:15. > :26:21.has been a lovely afternoon with lots of sunshine today.
:26:21. > :26:26.Temperatures reached 18 degrees. This evening, some sunshine to end
:26:26. > :26:31.the day. Overnight, it will stay dry had first. As that cloud
:26:31. > :26:39.increases, it will bring spots of drizzle in places but staying dry
:26:39. > :26:49.for most of us. It will be frost- free tonight. Temperatures dropping
:26:49. > :26:51.
:26:51. > :26:56.to a Capel-le-Ferne roundabout five or six degrees. -- to round about.
:26:56. > :27:01.It won't be a cold start to the day tomorrow, but it will be cloudy and
:27:01. > :27:05.drizzly in places. Towards the end of the morning, the cloud is going
:27:05. > :27:10.to thin from the north so we will see some sunshine developing,
:27:10. > :27:15.pushing its way southwards through the first part of the afternoon.
:27:15. > :27:24.Feeling much colder than it has been recently come as temperatures
:27:24. > :27:28.returned back to average. The best we can hope for is 10 or 11 degrees.
:27:28. > :27:33.With clear skies overnight and into Sunday, there is going to be