:00:10. > :00:15.The welcome to the programme. We are live in the Holme Valley. Look
:00:15. > :00:25.at this, snow everywhere. Up to four inches of the white stuff
:00:25. > :00:27.caused havoc. It is only the first week of April but the snow is not
:00:27. > :00:30.On the North York Moors, motorists were left stranded. Elsewhere, tens
:00:30. > :00:33.of thousands of people were left without electricity. And the
:00:33. > :00:43.heaviest April snow for Yorkshire in more than 30 years saw chaos on
:00:43. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:56.the regions roads during rush hour. On the M 62, people were stranded.
:00:56. > :00:59.And also coming up on tonight's programme:
:00:59. > :01:02.Making a city fit for a Queen. We're in York where last-minute
:01:02. > :01:05.preparations are being made to welcome the Queen for tomorrow's
:01:05. > :01:08.Maundy service. And Rotherham's Ben Swift lives up
:01:08. > :01:18.to his name, winning one of two Yorkshire gold medals at the Track
:01:18. > :01:18.
:01:19. > :01:23.Cycling World Championships. And join me for the weather. It was a
:01:23. > :01:33.slowly started the day. Tomorrow should be dry with some sunshine. I
:01:33. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:37.will have the full forecast later What a difference a week makes.
:01:37. > :01:45.Last Wednesday, temperatures were in the early 70s and drought orders
:01:45. > :01:50.had just been introduced by the Environment Agency. This is hade
:01:50. > :01:54.Edge, high on the Pennines. The wind-chill is biting cold, hints
:01:54. > :01:59.that his hat. Last week, the Environment Agency and as there
:02:00. > :02:05.were restrictions in some parts of Yorkshire. The reservoir looks for
:02:05. > :02:09.tonight. Once the snow melts, it will be topped up. This low,
:02:09. > :02:14.although a forecast, it seems to have caused the number of people by
:02:14. > :02:19.surprise. Especially on the main Trans Pennine route, the and 62
:02:19. > :02:23.caused problems today. Drivers find it to a halt in West Yorkshire and
:02:23. > :02:33.thousands of homes were left without power. We have three
:02:33. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:38.reports from around the region for sport --. If there were four inches
:02:38. > :02:48.of snow in the main, in North Yorkshire, not far beyond the whole
:02:48. > :02:50.
:02:50. > :02:55.of war com, drifts of up to halt -- 33. By day, it all looked calm and
:02:55. > :03:02.pretty. But last night, conditions were appalling and dangerous. Our
:03:02. > :03:05.reporters soon found out. We are right here, smack in the middle of
:03:05. > :03:09.the Yorkshire Dales. You wouldn't believe it but the weather here
:03:10. > :03:14.last week was 23 degrees. People were actually sitting outside in
:03:15. > :03:21.their shorts and T-shirts. They were sunbathing here. Now, we can
:03:21. > :03:25.barely stand up, it is so cold, windy and snowy. This road was one
:03:25. > :03:32.of the first to be cleared. Elsewhere, it was a battle to
:03:32. > :03:37.reopen. A tractor to the rescue of this stricken than here. In Whitby,
:03:37. > :03:42.this woman and her child were one of 11,000 households without power
:03:42. > :03:48.when the overhead lines were blown down. Making her bottles, it has
:03:48. > :03:52.been difficult. But luckily, I have a gas hob so I could world some
:03:52. > :03:58.water. If it had happened for any longer, we would have been
:03:58. > :04:04.struggling. This winter came as a shock to many. Snow was covering
:04:04. > :04:08.the landscape which last week was in spring. Elsewhere today, it has
:04:08. > :04:15.a scene of transport chaos in and around the motorways of West
:04:15. > :04:19.Yorkshire. Even the most gentle of inclines cools lorries to a
:04:19. > :04:26.standstill at this roundabout. Truckers from across the country
:04:26. > :04:34.caught out by a late last of the Pennine winter. Tailbacks snaked in
:04:34. > :04:38.all directions. This very afternoon, it was lovely. I got us far as
:04:38. > :04:42.Chesterfield and were cut this morning, there was a foot of snow.
:04:42. > :04:45.Britain services offered grit to get traffic moving but there was
:04:45. > :04:47.never going to be enough for everyone. It is not just lorries
:04:47. > :04:51.that have been struggling. Cars have been finding it equally hard
:04:51. > :04:56.going and because of the conditions, I decided to abandon my vehicle hit
:04:56. > :05:01.a couple of hours ago. That has been a deeply frustrating because
:05:01. > :05:05.last November, I put winter November -- I put winter tyres on
:05:05. > :05:09.this car but last week, I took them off. It turns out that was the
:05:09. > :05:16.wrong decision and this morning, I have been skidding a red everyone.
:05:16. > :05:20.Some give up on the drive, walking to work. We got in the car at 7
:05:20. > :05:25.o'clock this morning so it has taken us well over an hour and a
:05:25. > :05:30.half to get so far in so the 20 minutes. It is amazing how the
:05:30. > :05:33.weather changes in just 24 hours. The higher the hill, the worst the
:05:33. > :05:42.weather with snow of forcing the closure of the most exposed roots.
:05:42. > :05:46.This was the A635 from Holmfirth to Alton. One unexpected winter
:05:46. > :05:52.weather is appreciated by some give. Today, children are playing in
:05:52. > :05:56.these fields, building an igloo and doing a bit of sledging. And
:05:56. > :06:02.snowballing. Igloo building, sledging and snowballing art
:06:02. > :06:10.regular Easter activities. Last night, these two children slept
:06:10. > :06:15.under canvas. It's got to get real called and we went outside. So, not
:06:15. > :06:20.a great night for can he? Recent winters have broken records
:06:20. > :06:28.for the intensity of the cold. 2012 will be remembered for biting back
:06:29. > :06:35.and temporarily removing all signs of spring. So, some pretty dramatic
:06:35. > :06:39.pictures there. But it is about three degrees, just a few degrees
:06:39. > :06:43.above freezing but the wind-chill is so cold, it really does cut you
:06:43. > :06:47.in half. But alongside the problems in North and West Yorkshire, South
:06:47. > :06:52.Yorkshire and North Derbyshire were affected. The Trans Pennine winds
:06:52. > :06:58.and the Woodhead Pass was especially difficult with several
:06:58. > :07:08.inches of snow falling there. My colleague was there. He is at the
:07:08. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:14.bottom of the Woodhead Pass. We can teach you a thing or two about
:07:14. > :07:17.wind-chill here. It is absolutely bitter himself you should do. As
:07:18. > :07:23.you join us, the road has only just reopened. It has been closed all
:07:23. > :07:27.day. Quite clear now, it is usually being used by thousands of vehicles
:07:27. > :07:31.at this time a but going between Sheffield and Manchester. Look at
:07:31. > :07:36.these pictures we recorded earlier today. It looks absolutely
:07:36. > :07:38.different to the way it looks now. People getting stuck, people
:07:39. > :07:45.ignoring the do Not Cross signs, and people grinding to a halt at
:07:45. > :07:49.the top of the hill. About 30 lorries got stuck, 20 or 30 cars,
:07:49. > :07:55.people were there for hours. We asked the police what they think
:07:55. > :07:58.people were ignoring the roadblocks? I don't think they
:07:58. > :08:04.believe why the road closures were in place. On the Sheffield site,
:08:04. > :08:09.it's not quite as bad as this. I don't know what it is like on the
:08:10. > :08:19.Derbyshire side. As you can see, it speaks for itself. The temperatures
:08:19. > :08:22.are plummeting as we speak. Joining the now is one of the regional
:08:22. > :08:28.commanders for the murder in rescue. You have had a busy day today,
:08:28. > :08:36.haven't you? We certainly have. We stuff that nobody this morning. We
:08:36. > :08:42.took about Aberdeen -- a dozen motorists off the Woodhead Pass.
:08:42. > :08:49.The same problems, they found close science, traffic was moving through
:08:50. > :08:55.it, we had to recover a few... think we got the message there.
:08:55. > :08:58.Thank you. I'm afraid the icicles must have affected our signal,
:08:58. > :09:03.there. I have to say, thank you so much for everyone who has been
:09:03. > :09:08.sending us photographs all day. Just to remind you, the Woodhead
:09:08. > :09:16.Pass has just reopened. We will show you some pictures later in the
:09:16. > :09:26.programme but do keep them coming. You can post on our Facebook page.
:09:26. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:37.Or you can send us an e-mail. We are going to go back to Philip at
:09:37. > :09:41.the end of the programme for a look at how the birds are going to be
:09:41. > :09:45.surviving and how it is going to affect all your flowers and plants.
:09:45. > :09:48.Let's have a look at the rest of the day's news now. And bin crews
:09:48. > :09:51.in Sheffield have called three days of strikes over a pay dispute with
:09:51. > :09:53.their employer Veolia. The industrial action called by the GMB
:09:53. > :10:00.will disrupt collections on three consecutive Fridays starting next
:10:00. > :10:02.week, 13th April. More talks are scheduled for tomorrow.
:10:02. > :10:06.A West Yorkshire manufacturing firm which employs more than 350 people
:10:06. > :10:11.has gone in to administration. Birkbys Plastics is based at
:10:11. > :10:17.Liversedge. The administrators have told Look North that there will not
:10:17. > :10:20.be any immediate redundancies. In better employment news,
:10:20. > :10:26.Debenhams are moving about 200 jobs from their call centre in Somerset
:10:26. > :10:29.to Leeds. The firm says call volumes have increased rapidly due
:10:29. > :10:37.to online shopping and the centre in Somerset was not coping with
:10:37. > :10:40.demand. The firm says they'll outsource the work to Capita.
:10:40. > :10:44.A Thalidomide victim from North Yorkshire who served 20 years in
:10:44. > :10:46.jail in the Philippines has arrived back home after being pardoned.
:10:46. > :10:51.Billy Burton was jailed for 30 years after trying to smuggle
:10:51. > :10:54.cannabis out of the country. He received a pardon from the
:10:54. > :10:59.Philippino president after UK campaigns to release him due to his
:10:59. > :11:02.deteriorating health. Developers behind a proposed new
:11:02. > :11:06.shopping complex in York city centre say they'll pull out if
:11:06. > :11:12.plans for a John Lewis store and other shops at out of town Monks
:11:12. > :11:15.Cross go ahead. The council's cabinet met yesterday to discuss
:11:15. > :11:25.moving forward with the Castle Picadilly site which is next to the
:11:25. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:31.Eye. Lasalle UK says the city isn't big enough for both projects. It is
:11:31. > :11:36.Maundy Thursday tomorrow. This year, the purses will be distributed at
:11:36. > :11:41.York Minster. Today, final preparations were under way for the
:11:41. > :11:45.city's rather first -- special visitor. A look outside shows there
:11:45. > :11:48.is someone important committee York. Large teams of specialist officers
:11:48. > :11:54.from several police forces have spent the days making last my
:11:54. > :11:57.security checks to keep the Queen say. Every bin and drain cover is
:11:57. > :12:01.checked and checked again. Inside, preparations have been going on all
:12:01. > :12:06.week. Getting the chairs in the right place is crucial and all of
:12:06. > :12:11.tomorrow's Ryan Day service will be rehearsed. It is great to have the
:12:11. > :12:16.Queen coming. It is the first time since Luddism T2 that she has made
:12:16. > :12:20.a return visit to distribute the Maundy. It is great for us and
:12:21. > :12:24.breadth of the city. This is local dating York. This time tomorrow,
:12:24. > :12:27.thousands of people will be lining the streets to see Her Majesty the
:12:27. > :12:30.Queen and already, the local traders have been out in force
:12:30. > :12:34.decorating the street. All the bunting is out but doing that has
:12:34. > :12:40.been a miserable job in today's weather conditions. You look like
:12:41. > :12:45.you're doing a sterling job, there. Yes, it is cold and a bit wet but
:12:45. > :12:48.we are all doing our bit. It is absolutely freezing. It might feel
:12:48. > :12:52.like winter outside but there is a little bitter spring inside the
:12:52. > :12:57.Mansion House where ladies from the local foul group have been asked to
:12:57. > :13:01.dress the tables with the Queen will have lunch. -- local flower
:13:01. > :13:05.group. I can't believe that tomorrow, at the Queen will be here
:13:05. > :13:14.after all that planning. Look at your flowers, they are rather
:13:14. > :13:20.spectacular. They spell so spring- like. Would you like to have a go?
:13:20. > :13:24.Put it into the foam. Push it well in. That is a focal point. The
:13:24. > :13:33.yellow, I know the weather has not been brilliant, but it really does
:13:33. > :13:39.make it look like Spring Show Show. -- spring sunshine. We know the
:13:39. > :13:45.Queen loves flowers. She is going to look at my flower now. Yes, she
:13:45. > :13:50.is. And another on a for the Queen, one City trader has found a Union
:13:50. > :14:00.flag from the Second World War. It will be there tomorrow, flying high
:14:00. > :14:09.above the well-wishers, whatever I never had him down as a flower
:14:09. > :14:13.arranger! Maundy Thursday has been celebrated before in York but it is
:14:13. > :14:18.the only cathedral to have hosted the service twice in modern times.
:14:18. > :14:26.The lucky recipients will each receive two courses, one white and
:14:26. > :14:33.one red. The red purse will contain a five pound coin. Also a 50 pence
:14:33. > :14:42.piece. The white purse contains uniquely minted Maundy money.
:14:42. > :14:46.Silver, 1, 2, 3 and 4 penny pieces. Where did the tradition that begin
:14:46. > :14:56.and why does Her Majesty still have to ask permission to enter the city
:14:56. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:07.of York? Ian Stewart has been It has been 40 years since the
:15:07. > :15:11.Queen distributed Maundy money in York. It is here where she will be
:15:11. > :15:15.welcomed into this city. The tradition that dates back to Roman
:15:16. > :15:20.times when emperors and my next travelling up from the south would
:15:20. > :15:26.come to Micklegate bar where they can look up and see the severed
:15:26. > :15:31.heads of traitors looking down at them. Luckily nothing so much
:15:31. > :15:36.Cambrai takes place today. It is a great honour to welcome the Queen
:15:36. > :15:44.to the City of York on behalf of the residents. I understand she is
:15:44. > :15:49.required to ask of me her permission to enter the city which
:15:49. > :15:55.I undoubtedly it will give. Majesty will come here to York
:15:55. > :15:57.Minster to moped is to be the Maundy money. The ancient ceremony
:15:57. > :16:02.dates back to Christ's command but now we should love each other which
:16:02. > :16:08.she -- which he gave before washing the feet of the disciples on the
:16:08. > :16:15.night before Good Friday. It seems to have been the custom as early as
:16:15. > :16:18.the 13th century. They distribute money and gifts. It was Henry the
:16:18. > :16:27.4th that began the practice of relating the number of recipients
:16:27. > :16:32.of gifts to the sovereign age. Men and women have been chosen to take
:16:32. > :16:38.part in the ceremony to mark. thought I was going down to one of
:16:38. > :16:48.the garden parties. When I opened it and it was the Maundy money, I
:16:48. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :16:56.felt really honoured and wonderful. 2012 is set to be a memorable year
:16:56. > :17:02.for York and for the Queen. As her Majesty celebrates her diamond
:17:02. > :17:06.jubilee, York celebrates 800 years since becoming a self-governing
:17:06. > :17:10.city. Events marking such historic occasions will be taking place
:17:10. > :17:20.throughout the year with her Majesty's visit this Thursday being
:17:20. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:26.the icing on the cake. We have had lots of e-mails. We
:17:26. > :17:34.know it is Maundy money. The Queen's arrival means there will be
:17:34. > :17:37.delays in York. There of roads closed tonight. Around the railway
:17:37. > :17:42.station, Micklegate and the Minister will be closed. The
:17:42. > :17:46.council are advising people to use the park and ride and public
:17:46. > :17:53.transport but they want everyone to come to welcome the Queen to York.
:17:53. > :17:57.Still to come: A hoping for a better year than last. Yorkshire's
:17:57. > :18:02.critic is it -- cricketers looking to bounce back on the eve of the
:18:02. > :18:05.new season. And he is that red hair from houses
:18:05. > :18:13.filled who has won gold at the Track Cycling World Championships,
:18:13. > :18:20.getting closer to Olympic glory in London.
:18:20. > :18:25.I don't take delight that the cyclists beat Australia but it is
:18:25. > :18:31.time to introduce all the way from Australia, Jason. You have a brand
:18:31. > :18:37.new job as first team coach. Last year, they went down. This is a big
:18:37. > :18:42.year. It is very exciting for Yorkshire cricket and cold wait for
:18:42. > :18:46.this season to start. You say it is exciting for Yorkshire cricket, I
:18:46. > :18:53.think it would be exciting if we were still up there in the number
:18:53. > :19:00.one leak. We would like that. We are not and there is nothing we can
:19:00. > :19:06.do about that. We are not worrying about that. We are not referring to
:19:07. > :19:13.2011 this season. Sorry, it doesn't exist. As long as you get back up
:19:13. > :19:18.there next year. Our focus is on playing positive cricket. If we can
:19:18. > :19:22.do that, we believe results will take care of themselves. People
:19:22. > :19:27.were nudging when you were announced as the team coach. They
:19:27. > :19:34.were saying you were the man. Are you really quite tough underneath
:19:34. > :19:38.it? Are you coming to shout them back up there ought to cajole them?
:19:38. > :19:42.My focus is working together with everyone from support staff to the
:19:42. > :19:48.players, to everyone involved in the club. We are all here working
:19:48. > :19:53.together to get the best resorts and I am a big believer in giving
:19:53. > :19:58.players responsibility for their own games on and off the field. If
:19:58. > :20:07.we can work together, I believe that is a good formula for success.
:20:07. > :20:14.We were talking before we came on their, the time that Jason has, he
:20:14. > :20:22.got burnt last week in this country! We had a game against
:20:22. > :20:30.Durham and it was very over cast so I didn't put any suncream on.
:20:30. > :20:36.got burnt last week. The snow has come. That must mean it is start of
:20:36. > :20:44.the cricket season. It is bizarre. I was growing but my wife was happy.
:20:44. > :20:50.She likes the snow. It is a novelty for her. It would be a novelty if
:20:50. > :20:55.we go up. We would like to see you again with a trophy and back up
:20:55. > :21:01.there. Thank you very much. football, Huddersfield Town
:21:01. > :21:06.returned to winning ways. A 3-1 victory at Leyton Orient. They went
:21:06. > :21:12.behind early on but equalised when Jimmy Smith turned the ball into
:21:12. > :21:20.his own net. Before half-time, Jordan Rhodes put Huddersfield in
:21:20. > :21:28.front. The Terriers have now closed the gap on Sheffield Wednesday to
:21:28. > :21:30.just three points. For news of double gold for
:21:30. > :21:34.Yorkshire at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne
:21:34. > :21:38.now. Huddersfield's Ed Clancy and Ben Swift from Rotherham became
:21:38. > :21:45.world champions today at their last major event before the London
:21:45. > :21:51.Olympics. Celebrating with them is Ian Bucknell.
:21:51. > :21:59.It may have been snowing in Yorkshire but it was raining goals
:21:59. > :22:05.in the Melbourne. They won the team pursuit against Australia. The lead
:22:05. > :22:09.changed hands but Britain came out on top in a world record time.
:22:09. > :22:13.is the best World Championships I have had. You have to fight for the
:22:13. > :22:19.ones that you remember and I will never forget that one. We knew it
:22:19. > :22:24.was a battle going into wet. Then Ben Swift claimed a second gold
:22:24. > :22:29.with victory in the men's 15 kilometres scratch race. It was
:22:29. > :22:33.sweet success after he was left out of the pursuit team. I tried to
:22:33. > :22:38.play it cool and make everybody chase. It is the hardest I have
:22:38. > :22:43.ever had to work. His world-beating performance was in an event that
:22:43. > :22:47.would be part of the London Games. His victory may be enough to force
:22:47. > :22:57.his way into the Olympic team pursuit when he could end up
:22:57. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:06.celebrating gold alongside fellow Yorkshireman, Ed Clancy.
:23:06. > :23:12.Celebrating victory there. Lisa and I were just saying last week we
:23:12. > :23:16.were in our summer best and now we are in an hour red woollen jackets.
:23:16. > :23:26.For the Queen's visit, could we be wearing thermals?
:23:26. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:32.The sun is going to shine but she We have had it all today. We have
:23:32. > :23:39.had snow and winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. Tomorrow, it
:23:39. > :23:43.promises to be a quieter day. We have some welcome sunshine. We have
:23:43. > :23:50.this ridge of high pressure that will settle the weather down
:23:50. > :23:55.temporarily. We will see rain at times. On the satellite picture, we
:23:55. > :24:05.have the clout that we have had and the weather front that brought us
:24:05. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:14.the snow. It is moving self now and the cloud will break-up as well. It
:24:14. > :24:24.is going to be a cold night and a widespread frost with temperatures
:24:24. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:35.down to zero Celsius. The sun will Tomorrow, a cold and frosty start
:24:35. > :24:42.to the day but a bright start with plenty of sunshine. Any cloud we
:24:42. > :24:46.see will melt away during the morning. Not as windy as it has
:24:46. > :24:56.been today and it will not feel quite as cold. Temperatures below
:24:56. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:10.average. They will be around eight Celsius. The best of the weather
:25:10. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:27.We have been very worried about our plans. We have an expert coming up.
:25:27. > :25:33.You were talking about the cricket CCN -- the cricket season early on.
:25:33. > :25:40.It seems a long way off to me. The snow is here and it will stay for
:25:40. > :25:45.some time because it is very cold. You mentioned about the gardens.
:25:45. > :25:51.Neil Grant is the Radio Sheffield gardening experts. Now we are
:25:51. > :25:59.plunged back into winter. How will it affect our plans? A most of them
:25:59. > :26:07.will be fine. It is unusual, particularly after last week. The
:26:07. > :26:12.new stuff going on could be a problem. The old primula may get
:26:12. > :26:22.scorched bet me birds will come through. What about the birds? How
:26:22. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:28.will this affect them? They can move and plants can't. All of this
:26:28. > :26:35.snow we are getting, we hear about the drought measures and gardeners
:26:35. > :26:38.calling out for water. This will help. This is slow rain because it
:26:38. > :26:43.will work its way through the soil so it will be really useful for
:26:43. > :26:49.gardeners. Many thanks for talking to us. Thank you for braving the