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Tonight, or be a live from Bradford. It has been an extraordinary day in

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the city and we are assessing the mood. It has been George Galloway's

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day in the sun as he celebrates his victory in the Bradford West by-

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election but for Labour, a stinging defeat. This peaceful, democratic

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revolution, which has begun in Bradford, has not ended, it has all

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my begun. The town hall is the next to fall.

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I your own and is seriously burned as she pours petrol. Fire fighters

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want people better warned about these dangers. -- a Yorkshire woman.

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Bradford fight for Football League survival.

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And it has been another fine day today with some sunshine, but it

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will change at the weekend. The full forecast to come later.

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Welcome and good evening, coming alive after a sensational day in

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Bradford. The winning candidate in the Bradford West by-election was

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George Galloway and he described that victory - and what a victory -

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with a majority of more than 10,000, as one of the most sensational in

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British political history. Labour were expected to win, and Ed

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Miliband has said it was a disappointing day. Let us have a

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look at just how disappointing it has been. At the last general

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Let's have a look at the difference Today, he has carried out a victory

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tour across the city, thanking people for voting for him. We

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reported on a dramatic day in politics. Mrs George Galloway,

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thanking you for your support yesterday. -- of this is George

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Galloway. A it was a typical barnstorming gesture from a man who

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is now the new MP for Bradford West. The anti-war movement, which I

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helped found and still lead, as huge support here in Bradford. I

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also like curry! It is the curry capital. Even in victory, he never

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fails to attract controversy. About to be interviewed by the BBC -

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showered with eggs. If there is anyone going to Eddie BBC, it will

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be me! -- to throw eggs at the BBC. The most sensational by-election

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result in British political history bar none represents the Bradford

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spring, this is an uprising, amongst thousands of people. At 330

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this morning, George Galloway swept away all the other parties that few

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but his own supporters had predicted. Labour was left as

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shocked and has been -- and despondent bystanders in a seat

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they had held for 38 years. The it is a desperately disappointing

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evening. The fact of the matter was that the people of Bradford West

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decided they wanted George Galloway as their MP. The Liberal-Democrats

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lost their deposit. It is a punishment meted out on the Labour

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Party. The message we ran within the last general election was,

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Labour has let you down, and clearly that is a feeling amongst

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the Bradford West constituency. They have used George to send a

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message to Labour. Conservatives finished up with a

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fraction of the support they had received at the general election

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but also argued that Labour were the real losers. We fought a strong,

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clean campaign but this was about the Labour Party, who had a 36%

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swing against them in a seat which was a safe Labour seat and there is

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a bit of a chill in the air this morning in Bradford, I hope the

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weather is better, but there must be an even greater chill in the

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Labour HQ about where it went so horrendously wrong. Next stop for

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the MP, the House of Commons. He is expected to be sworn in just after

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Easter. Bradford is no stranger to

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political change. It was here that the Independent Labour Party was

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formed and the idea for the Children's Act and the factories

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Act were actually born here. Today, George Galloway were promised a new

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revolution and he has his sights set on more than just Parliament.

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His next plan is to conquer the city hall. We looked back at a very

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colourful career so far. As a Labour MP, he was nicknamed

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Gorgeous George after admitting bedding several women during a

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Greek conference. He further embarrass the party when he praised

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Saddam Hussein with cloying rhetoric. I salute your courage,

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your strength, your indefatigability. The politician

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insisted he was talking about Iraq's people and brought one of

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them back to UK for leukaemia treatment, which sanctions had

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prevented her from getting. drove you out of Vietnam and we

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will drive you out of Baghdad! vocal thorn in his own party's side,

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many wondered if his political career was over after he was

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expelled from Labour. He emerged like a phoenix with his respect

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party, -- with his Respect party. Mr Blair, this is for Iraq.

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tenure in Bethnal Green was short lived, but punctuated with his

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usual magic. His stint in their big brother has occurred whilst he was

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on the taxpayers pay roll. Though he has been out of Westminster

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since, he has not shirk the limelight, most notably a showdown

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with the US Senate. He was accused of profiting from Iraqi oil

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dealings and was once again exonerated. His anti-war message

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underpinned his campaign in Bradford West, a campaigner

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delivered unexpected deja-vu and victory. Thank you. Today, clearly

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delighted George Galloway - although he says he was not

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surprised by the size of his majority - two to the streets of

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Bradford in an open-top bus. He thanked people for voting for him.

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He made a point that, in the University ward, he got 85% of the

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vote. He promised to pay Bradford firmly back on the political map.

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Earlier today, he spoke to our political reporter.

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I am here respect -- I am here at Respect headquarters in Bradford,

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where they're still revelling in the victory. I enjoyed by gallery -

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- George Galloway go. I do think you have one? I think there is a

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massive well of dissatisfaction. Nowadays, it is a kind of virtual

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politics for a minority of the electorate. There is a bit well of

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dissatisfaction and if someone can articulate that, to make the case

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for the alienated, then the are ready to rally, and I think that is

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what happened, especially young people. D'you think you're anti-war

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message resonated particularly with the Muslim community? No, I think

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most people in Britain are anti- war and I think it is only the

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mainstream parties that a pro war and the media generally parrots

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their line. Most people of all colours, got all backgrounds,

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against these wars. We do not have their blood nor the money to spare

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by occupying people's countries. You want to end the mission in

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Afghanistan? And I would not Colleter mission, I would call it a

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war. It is not a mission, it is a war. It is an occupation, in which

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real blood of real people is spells. It is time to bring Britain out of

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Afghanistan right now, not a moment too soon. That is a feeling shared

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by the majority of people in Britain. You're a well-known people

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-- a well-known figure beyond the political world. Surely this

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victory as a one-off? I do not think so. He will not have to wait

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to see if I am right, because the local elections are in five weeks.

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You're one Respect MP, what difference can you make in

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Parliament? The facts are so many cameras are here today, it was

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trending worldwide on Twitter last night, it indicates there is an

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interest in this victory, an interest in what we have to say,

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and I will try to give expression to that interest in every way I can.

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I think you'll find there is quite a lot of interest in this one

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member of parliament, not for the colour of his eyes but for the

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colour of his politics at and the approach to his work.

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That was George Galloway speaking this afternoon. He also promised to

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take not have a campaign going on fire several years to save the

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Odeon cinema, which is behind that scaffolding there. We will see what

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happens on that one. You can see more about this extraordinary by-

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election on Sunday. I have to say, the sun is going down in Bradford,

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the temperature is dropping, but perhaps, not the political

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temperature. The new water feature looks

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fantastic. A woman has suffered very serious burns whilst trying to

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pour petrol from one container into another in the kitchen of her home.

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The accident happened in York earlier this week and government

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ministers said that people -- after a government minister said that

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people might think about storing fuel in case of a strike.

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This story has reached and brought about comment from a heart of

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Downing Street, from the unions and from thousands of your online, on

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the forums and on Twitter. Diane Hill lives here, and about an hour

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ago, her family returned from hospital. He left again without

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talking to the media, and perhaps that is understandable, because it

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has been a very traumatic time for them. The accident happened about

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this time yesterday evening. Diane Hill is still in hospital tonight

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after suffering burns to 40% of her body. It is said that she was

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pouring petrol from one container to another friend the flames from a

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gas cooker ignited fumes. One neighbour at first said she thought

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the smoke might be a barbecue. smoke billowed out, and then the

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flames, and it was dreadful because I felt completely impotent. Do you

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know how badly injured your neighbour was? She was operated on

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and her face was all right, that was not born thank God. -- that was

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not affected, thank God. It must have been a kitchen fire, I thought.

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A frying pan fire. Were you shocked to hear or was it was? Yes, it was

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a bizarre thing to do. We have seen petrol queues across Yorkshire. No

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strike action has yet been called. A government minister said on

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Tuesday that people should consider storing the fuel. But warnings were

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been reiterated at a fire station near where at the hills love.

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is very topical, and people using petrol now were very aware of it.

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Some people who do not use it as a daily resource for work are now

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finding themselves in situations they are not familiar with, so we

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would ask people whether they can consider whether the need this

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additional petrol or not. That is what they had to say at the fire

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station just around the corner from the family home. We have seen

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people queuing at a petrol station this morning and through the day,

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still trying to fill up their tanks for whatever reason they feel they

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have to do that. The other reaction we have heard from David Cameron

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today is that his family -- his heart goes out to the whole family.

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We have heard from the Fire Brigades Union who say they want

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the government to make a clear statement about the storage of fuel.

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They say it is still not a very safe thing to do, you should treat

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petrol that respect. We have heard for people to ask the Minister to

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retract his statement ought to In other news, three men have been

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arrested after a woman was knocked down and killed by a car in

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Bradford. The crash happened last night on Mayo Avenue. The three

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occupants of the car are being questioned on suspicion of causing

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death by dangerous driving. A project to provide high speed

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broadband across South Yorkshire is to get another �3 million of

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taxpayers' money. The Digital Region scheme has already received

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90 million pounds from European funds and all four councils, but so

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far, numbers signing up to use the service have been low. A private

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company will now take over the network. The option that we feel

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all bring maximum value for money drier taxpayers across South

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Yorkshire is the one that we are proposing which is seeking a new

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technology provider to help pass exploit to the infrastructure. And

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that is the best way forward. Doctors are warning people in

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Yorkshire about the dangers of an largely undiagnosed lung disease.

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COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - is also known

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as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. It affects more people in Yorkshire

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than other parts of the country, but 43 % of cases in our region

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aren't diagnosed. Now specialists in Sheffield are urging people to

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get checked out. Emma Blackburn reports. Kidding up with supplies

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of Oxford -- oxygen before simply feeding the birds at his Sheffield

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home. This is how Peter has to live since being diagnosed with

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emphysema eight years ago. As the Pub Landlord and smoker, he started

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getting short of breath, but put it down to wear-and-tear until it

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became obvious something was wrong. A I finished late one night, I woke

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up coughing and panting and struggling to breathe. It was at

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that time when it really started. Peter is one of 100,000 people in

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Yorkshire diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD,

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also known as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. But an estimated one

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that has -- 177,000 people have symptoms of the disease in

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Yorkshire. It is certainly more common in Yorkshire than the rest

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of the UK, and I think that reflects our industrial past as

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much as anything. The people who get COPD are often ordinary working

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people who have had a hard life and they accept their breathless and

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say it is just one of those things that is difficult in life that

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comes on as there are older. They shouldn't do that, they should go

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and see somebody and there are things we can do to help.

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Sheffield's Hallamshire Hospital, university staff are working on

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pioneering techniques using a rare type of helium gas to fill them up

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-- the lungs and a monitor disease. The Gas has filled the hall area,

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meaning these are a set of healthy lambs, but over here, the white

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area which is a gas and represents the air, barely get through the

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lungs and shows the severe effects of COPD. Peter and now follows an

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exercise plan and must use regular treatment to get air to his lungs.

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It is a far cry from his previous active life, but is great for the

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ban the support to help them cope. -- he is grateful.

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After more than three years of planning and fundraising, a purpose

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built centre for ex-service personnel who've fallen on hard

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times has been officially opened in Catterick. Joining Civvy Street can

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prove very hard for some ex military staff. The centre gives a

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fresh start to those who find themselves homeless. Although the

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Foreign Secretary William Hague performed the opening honours today,

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the Beacon, as it's known, has been open six months. From day one, it's

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been full. It 31 residents are all ex-military whose lives have fall

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apart since leaving service life. The beacon gives them a home,

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training, health care and support while they get back on track. Mike

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Perkins third in the Coldstream Guards. He saw a colleague killed

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in action and suffered a severe mental breakdown. The media suite

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at the Beacon has helped him find his voice. When I first moved in

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here, I was nine stone, I hadn't eaten for days. I have no self-

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esteem. I wouldn't open up to anybody, I was constantly crying

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and having panic attacks. They just nursed me through it. I'm so

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grateful to them. Compared with civilians, veterans are twice as

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likely to have mental health problems. Post-traumatic stress

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disorder can blight their lives, as Paul knows only too well. He did be

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clearing up, his words, when his best friend shot himself in the

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head in Northern Ireland. The repercussions were far often

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fetching. All ties with my family, I found myself on my brother's

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couch, on the street and life without the army. Six months at the

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Beacon, and Paul is beginning to put his past behind him. A I feel

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positive, I am back in touch with my wife. I had plans of what I'm

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going to do in the security industry. Trauma can come in many

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forms. Caitlin was also set us serve a sport 24 years with the

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Royal Signals, but a devastating knee injury led to medical

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discharge. I thought I'd be on top of the world-leading -- leaving the

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Army, but is is very hard coming out and being a civilian,

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especially when you joined straight from school, if you don't know any

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different. It does help me out a lot. The unemployment rate for

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veterans has also twice the national average, hence the

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beacon's bakery. It is designed for training, so residents leave with

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the skill. The hope is an 18 months strike -- stable put them back on

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track. It away for her -- it's a way for the country to serve those

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who have served their country. football now, and tomorrow's match

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at Plymouth was always going to be a difficult one for Bradford City.

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But with three players banned for their part in a post-match brawl on

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Tuesday night, the task has got that much harder and more important.

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Here's Ian Bucknell. The post-match punch-up was a new low. It's been a

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bad week for Bradford City, but then again, is been a difficult

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decade. He is 11 years since Bradford fell from their graceful

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position in the Premier League. Troop a series of relegations, the

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club has fallen to the lowest level of League football. Bradford are in

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serious danger of another demotion and dropping out of the league

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altogether. The training yesterday, the squad prepared for their

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crucial match at Plymouth without the players sent off. You have got

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to keep going. Tuesday was tough, I can't hide away from that.

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Everybody connected with the club and all the supporters, and a have

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got to give them belief that we can win this game on Saturday. Despite

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the injuries, I believe we can. he had equalised for Bradford City!

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You've got decent players, decent budgets, cheap season tickets,

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everything is ready for it to lift off, but they can't seem to get

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themselves off the bottom of the sea bed and refloated again. After

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the unanswerable question. Home attendances of over 10,000 in

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League Two are a reminder that Bradford City is a big club. But

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the table says they're just four points away from the drop and they

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need to prove that they are too big to go down. And of course Derm will

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be in action for Radio Leeds at Plymouth tomorrow and we'll have a

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report on Doncaster's match at home to Birmingham on Look North

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tomorrow lunch time. She started teaching before the war

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and retired when Ted Heath was still the prime minister. But today

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Isobelle McGregor was back in the classroom, celebrating her 100th

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birthday by returning to the school where she'd been headmistress 40

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years ago. A few things have changed since then, but she was

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soon back in the old routine. last time Mr MacGregor was here,

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she was the headmistress and some of the staff for her pupils. --

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Miss. She doesn't want to mess with. Did you have to give many Kay Kane?

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No! She started out in the 1930s. Teaching at Midland, she even got

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to know it's a young jockey turned entertainer. He had been a stable

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boy at Mickleham, and every now and again, he used to arrive for a

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holiday there and visit the school. Or was he like? Jolly. -- what was

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he like? This followed in 1951. Her reputation survives. She was very

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nice. She says she was a rather strict when she was here. It is

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just weird that she is 100 and we are only 10. Yeah, it was rather

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freaky. She's really old! It is rather traumatising. This is the

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school logbook which goes right back to the wall when they were

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admitting evacuees in 1940s from the town's. -- Pams. -- towns.

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makes me happy to come back here today. I never dreamed it possible.

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How kind you'll laugh. -- you'll How kind you'll laugh. -- you'll

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laugh. -- you all are. Beautiful blue skies. Let's start off by

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looking at today's photos. Beautiful duffer -- daffodils. So,

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we've seen lots of sunshine this week. Tomorrow, noticeably

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different. It will be cooler and cloudier. The area of high pressure

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is starting to drift away to the West, allowing this weather --

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weather front to put across. It will feel much colder tomorrow. It

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has been a lovely afternoon with lots of sunshine today.

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Temperatures reached 18 degrees. This evening, some sunshine to end

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the day. Overnight, it will stay dry had first. As that cloud

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increases, it will bring spots of drizzle in places but staying dry

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for most of us. It will be frost- free tonight. Temperatures dropping

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to a Capel-le-Ferne roundabout five or six degrees. -- to round about.

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It won't be a cold start to the day tomorrow, but it will be cloudy and

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drizzly in places. Towards the end of the morning, the cloud is going

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to thin from the north so we will see some sunshine developing,

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pushing its way southwards through the first part of the afternoon.

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Feeling much colder than it has been recently come as temperatures

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returned back to average. The best we can hope for is 10 or 11 degrees.

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With clear skies overnight and into Sunday, there is going to be

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