:00:11. > :00:15.Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Turbines looks set to be built in
:00:15. > :00:20.the heart of Bronte country. Protesters are outraged as a test
:00:20. > :00:25.must is given the green light by planners.
:00:26. > :00:29.Also on the programme: The star striker in the dock hours after
:00:29. > :00:32.playing for Sheffield United. Ched Evans is accused of raping a
:00:32. > :00:36.teenage girl. We will be catching up with the
:00:36. > :00:40.wounded soldiers at base camp, attempting to reach the top of the
:00:40. > :00:50.world. You can see the threatening clouds
:00:50. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:01.in the picture. We will have full After a campaign lasting months,
:01:01. > :01:04.and despite posters, placards and petitions, campaigners fighting
:01:04. > :01:09.against a 300 ft wind farm on historic Yorkshire moorland fear
:01:09. > :01:18.they now have lost the battle. Councillors were voting to the On
:01:18. > :01:24.an application to build a 200 ft high test must on place marked --
:01:24. > :01:28.Thornton Moor, near tip Haworth. They fear that today's decision
:01:28. > :01:36.mean that it is inevitable and that even taller wind turbines will
:01:36. > :01:39.follow. Our reporter has been following the story.
:01:40. > :01:44.This is the rugged beauty of Thornton Moor, at the heart of
:01:44. > :01:48.Bronte country. Haworth is about five miles in that direction.
:01:48. > :01:51.Campaigners against the wind turbines say that this place has
:01:51. > :01:58.been unspoilt for centuries. They believe that all that is a note --
:01:58. > :02:02.is now about to change. It is the landscape that was the inspiration
:02:02. > :02:06.for Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. But these wild and windy
:02:06. > :02:12.moors have become the setting for another drama. At an emotional
:02:12. > :02:17.public meeting in Shipley today, councillors voted to allow the
:02:17. > :02:22.installation of a 200 ft high test must. It is the first stage of a
:02:22. > :02:29.�12 million scheme to build four turbines next to the Bronte tourist
:02:29. > :02:34.trail. Those against the plans believe it is a blight on a
:02:34. > :02:38.landscape that had remain unchanged for centuries was up it is a
:02:38. > :02:42.natural habitat. It is really quite sad that, as a society, we have
:02:42. > :02:46.turned to greed over and above the things that should be important to
:02:46. > :02:49.us. The company behind the wind farm says that the development will
:02:49. > :02:54.make a positive difference to the area and will provide enough
:02:55. > :02:59.electricity to power over 4,000 homes. These turbines are on nearby
:02:59. > :03:07.Ovenden Moor. Everywhere that we develop we are looking to try and
:03:07. > :03:12.balance the impact against the benefits. We believe that
:03:12. > :03:18.developing a project here or at other well-located sites can
:03:18. > :03:21.resolve that conundrum. The plans have also drawn criticism from the
:03:21. > :03:25.Bronte Society who fear that turbines could have a negative
:03:25. > :03:32.impact on tourism. Within the society we feel very strongly that
:03:33. > :03:37.there is that imperative to look after this very special landscape.
:03:37. > :03:41.It was a very important part of the Bronte story. It has brought
:03:41. > :03:45.generations of visitors to this part of the country.
:03:45. > :03:51.Tonight, campaigners against the wind turbines have told us that
:03:51. > :03:55.their fight goes on. We often report on controversial
:03:55. > :04:02.plans for wind turbines on Look North, but just how common are they
:04:02. > :04:10.in our region. There are wind farms in nine locations. Those range from
:04:10. > :04:15.one turbine up to 23. Another 13 wind farms have been approved for
:04:15. > :04:17.construction in Yorkshire. Plans have been submitted for turbines in
:04:18. > :04:23.another 13 locations, many of them in South Yorkshire. They could
:04:23. > :04:28.provide enough power for up to 150,000 homes. Let's talk to
:04:28. > :04:34.someone from the company behind today's successful application.
:04:34. > :04:39.Your reaction on this approval by the council to allow a test mast?
:04:40. > :04:46.We are delighted with that. It is very early in the project. It will
:04:46. > :04:51.allow us to get on and test the scheme. We will keep the local
:04:51. > :04:58.community fully involved. Will this not open the floodgates for wind
:04:58. > :05:02.turbines against our landscape? There are sensitivities. I do not
:05:02. > :05:07.think it opens the floodgates. We have looked across the region for
:05:07. > :05:12.suitable sites. We believe this is suitable. Yes, we have to resolve
:05:12. > :05:16.some issues and make people understand why we think it is right.
:05:16. > :05:20.But the dense population means it is difficult to find the space and
:05:20. > :05:25.the correct landscape for projects. Thank you for sparing the time to
:05:25. > :05:30.talk to us. Campaigners say they will fight on. At the moment, it
:05:30. > :05:33.seems that the applicant has won a day, but ID say that -- their say
:05:33. > :05:36.that we will be reporting on this again.
:05:36. > :05:40.So Sheffield United and Wales footballer Ched Evans has gone on
:05:40. > :05:45.trial with another professional player, accused of raping a woman
:05:45. > :05:53.in a hotel room in Wales. He denies assaulting the 19-year-old last May
:05:53. > :05:57.along with Clayton McDonald. Ched Evans was on the pitch playing
:05:57. > :06:01.for Sheffield United last night. He scored two of their five-match
:06:01. > :06:06.goals. Today he was in Caernarfon Crown Court to hear the case
:06:06. > :06:13.against him and Clayton McDonald, seen here in the blue suit. Last
:06:13. > :06:16.year, the alleged victim had been drinking at this bar. The jury
:06:16. > :06:21.watched CCTV footage of her stumbling and falling over at a
:06:21. > :06:24.takeaway. She is then seen to bump into Clayton Macdonald outside. The
:06:24. > :06:28.prosecution say that the woman flagged down a taxi and Clayton
:06:28. > :06:36.McDonald got into it with her. On the way, he phoned a friend,
:06:36. > :06:40.believed to be Ched Evans, to tell him that he had found a girl. He
:06:40. > :06:45.went to the Premier Inn. Ched Evans joined him there and that is where
:06:45. > :06:51.the alleged rape took place. A second man tried to film what was
:06:51. > :06:54.happening on his mobile phone. The prosecution alleged that Ched Evans
:06:54. > :07:01.booked the room with the main intention of procuring girls to
:07:01. > :07:06.take there. Ched Evans has 22 caps for Wales. He has caught many goals
:07:06. > :07:14.for Sheffield United this season. It is believed he left the hotel
:07:14. > :07:18.via the fire escape so that he would not be seen.
:07:18. > :07:25.The prosecution claims that, despite admitting to believe that
:07:26. > :07:34.they both had sex with the woman, neither believes she was in any
:07:34. > :07:38.state to be consenting. Later on Look North: He comes with
:07:38. > :07:47.a caller for Pat -- colourful past, but Rotherham have the man that
:07:47. > :07:54.they want. A multi-million-pound improvements
:07:54. > :07:58.cream -- improvement scheme that Fawbert Leeds inner ring road took
:07:58. > :08:02.another step forward today. The work will see improvements to a
:08:02. > :08:05.bridge, tunnel and flyover that are used by millions of vehicles every
:08:05. > :08:13.year. Sheffield City Council has signed
:08:13. > :08:19.what is thought to be the biggest private finance initiative contract
:08:20. > :08:24.in local government history. A private company will be given over
:08:24. > :08:28.�2 billion to repair roads and street lights. The council hopes
:08:28. > :08:31.that, in five years, it will have the best roads on the country.
:08:32. > :08:37.A better road, rail and transport links could be on the way for parts
:08:37. > :08:41.of Yorkshire. However, local taxpayers will foot the bill. A
:08:41. > :08:44.group of 11 councils is bidding to take control of transport
:08:44. > :08:50.investment from central government. It will allow them to plan
:08:50. > :08:56.improvements where they are needed most and to raise money locally.
:08:56. > :09:06.Would you like to tell us whose report this is?
:09:06. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:24.All major transport projects butt in London, they get over �2,000 per
:09:24. > :09:27.person spent on transport. In Yorkshire, just over �200. There is
:09:27. > :09:33.no better example of how transport policy in this country does not
:09:33. > :09:37.work. We are sick of having to go cap-in-hand to government to look -
:09:37. > :09:43.- to ask for anything that is more than a couple of million pounds.
:09:43. > :09:47.In the Leeds city region, soon they may not have to. This is a leaked
:09:47. > :09:50.report put together by the leaders of the West Jorja councils that
:09:50. > :09:55.proposes, amongst other things, a devolved transport authority for
:09:56. > :10:00.the Leeds City region. It is confident it will get the go-ahead.
:10:00. > :10:07.It will mean that investment decisions will be made here in
:10:07. > :10:10.Yorkshire rather than in Whitehall. But we would have to pay for it. An
:10:10. > :10:14.extra �1 billion above what we get from central government would have
:10:14. > :10:20.to be raised over ten years from local taxpayers. Manchester have
:10:20. > :10:24.already done this model. It adds a few pence to the money paid in to
:10:24. > :10:29.the transport authority. Actually, the improvement in transport alone
:10:29. > :10:33.would actually be very welcome by many people in the region.
:10:33. > :10:37.A but not by one of their local MPs. Thought he would rather borrow from
:10:37. > :10:41.the markets. Under the localism bill, Palace have been passed down
:10:41. > :10:44.to the local councils which will allow them to borrow money for
:10:44. > :10:47.infrastructure. They would then be able to attract new business into
:10:48. > :10:53.the area. For everyone, that is the key to
:10:53. > :10:56.all of this - generating economic growth through local transport
:10:56. > :11:02.policy and locally funded investment. The question remains
:11:02. > :11:05.though: How to raise the money and then where to spend it?
:11:05. > :11:09.Losing a loved one is always difficult, no matter what the
:11:09. > :11:19.circumstances. But, for children, dealing with loss can be even
:11:19. > :11:23.harder. After her friends, Deborah Hollamby, died, this woman was
:11:23. > :11:29.prompted to write a book for children about death. Before we
:11:29. > :11:32.speak to are, let's hear from Deborah's widower, Stuart. I met
:11:32. > :11:36.Deborah a number of years ago, we fell in love and got married. We
:11:36. > :11:41.planned a family, started a family. Then, unfortunately, Deborah was
:11:41. > :11:45.diagnosed with cancer. She had quite a large operation to remove
:11:45. > :11:51.the tumour. At the end of all of that, she had chemotherapy and
:11:51. > :11:56.radiotherapy. She was declared clear. We were hoping to get on and
:11:56. > :12:00.continue with our lives. Then, unfortunately, she was diagnosed
:12:00. > :12:05.with a secondary cancer in September of last year. That
:12:05. > :12:10.culminated in her death at 41. Deborah was very clear about what
:12:10. > :12:15.she wanted us to do and how she wanted us to be. While you cannot
:12:15. > :12:19.legislate for the way that you feel all the time, it is really
:12:19. > :12:23.important that an example is set to the children and that we help them
:12:23. > :12:27.through their challenging times. Hillary joins us now. Is it
:12:27. > :12:32.difficult to deal with a subject that is taboo to a certain extent?
:12:32. > :12:37.Yes, up to a point. I took a lot of advice. I wrote it originally about
:12:37. > :12:41.seven years ago because my sister- in-law had died from best -- breast
:12:41. > :12:44.cancer. She had been a teacher. I gave it to her husband and to her
:12:44. > :12:51.mother and put it in a file and did not do anything more until much
:12:51. > :12:58.later. Then, of course, Deborah died just before Christmas. I sent
:12:58. > :13:03.the text to bereavement experts and took on the received wisdom has it
:13:03. > :13:06.is today. Stewart did a lot of work with his children before Deborah's
:13:06. > :13:13.death. It is very honest. It is about a
:13:13. > :13:16.teacher who, first of all, does not come to school one day and then
:13:16. > :13:23.they have to tell the school that she has died. I was shocked by the
:13:23. > :13:28.figures. How many children a year are affected? 24,000 children in
:13:28. > :13:33.this country alone. That is a loss of a parent every 22 minutes.
:13:33. > :13:37.Obviously, that is between zero and 18. That is quite a wide age group
:13:37. > :13:43.but it is still a shock to deal with. And that is the immediate
:13:44. > :13:46.family. That's right, it is not the extended family and friends. The
:13:46. > :13:50.teacher encapsulated that because it was someone who was close to the
:13:50. > :13:56.children but not a family member or friend. It was somebody who
:13:56. > :14:02.represented both, in a sense. The Copper Tree, an interesting
:14:02. > :14:06.title. It was inspired by a hospital -- a hospice where they
:14:06. > :14:10.built a tree of life that was inscribed with the names of someone
:14:10. > :14:14.who had died. In the book, the children are encouraged to remember
:14:14. > :14:18.things about their teacher and what she shared with them and imparted
:14:18. > :14:26.and what they learn from her. The point about is that debt is not
:14:26. > :14:33.necessarily the end, because other aspects can be everlasting. --
:14:33. > :14:36.death is not the end. I know you take your messages very
:14:36. > :14:39.seriously, you have been an offer for a long time. I hate to say it
:14:39. > :14:44.is a lovely book because it is a sad subject, but it is a lovely
:14:44. > :14:47.book. Someone rang me today, actually, a friend who also lost
:14:47. > :14:53.his daughter, and he said that there are tears and laughter and
:14:53. > :14:56.the book. With bereavement, you do smile and you do cry. At the end of
:14:56. > :15:06.the day, it is as positive a message as it can be.
:15:06. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:18.Fine you very much. -- thank you Soldiers you think I'll refit, but
:15:18. > :15:24.these are injured soldiers. They are raising charity for a -- they
:15:24. > :15:31.are raising money for a charity. One soldier was shot by the Taliban
:15:31. > :15:41.in 2009, but you were lucky enough to link up with him. First, he is
:15:41. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:46.The trek to the base camp alone has taken 10 days on one of the world's
:15:46. > :15:51.toughest terrain so. This is the easy bit. Every member of this team
:15:52. > :15:55.has been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. Captain David Wiseman
:15:55. > :16:03.was shot in the chest when serving with the Yorkshire Regiment in
:16:03. > :16:13.Afghanistan. The shock travelled down my body through my lung,
:16:13. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:22.rattled my result -- bright red cage. -- the shot. It hit my nerves,
:16:22. > :16:27.and it relieved the playing, and I got my sensation back, and
:16:27. > :16:31.thankfully it is pretty good now. The team will live at this site for
:16:31. > :16:35.the next seven weeks as they prepare for their assault on the
:16:35. > :16:42.summit. It is an incredible undertaking, even for the most
:16:42. > :16:45.able-bodied people, but David has a little extra motivated and. I've
:16:45. > :16:54.watched the initial expedition to the North Pole. Watching them do
:16:54. > :16:59.that, and the rest of the guys green -- inspired me. I can do it
:16:59. > :17:07.myself. The team is hoping their adventure will raise �2 million to
:17:07. > :17:11.help other injured servicemen and women. Earlier, I spoke to David,
:17:11. > :17:18.and I asked the team how they were faring. We arrived at base camp a
:17:18. > :17:23.couple of weeks ago. It took a while to get up to base camp. It
:17:23. > :17:27.was a simple trek, but it was still 10 days of slogging through loads
:17:27. > :17:32.of different sorts of terrain. Relatively straightforward, but a
:17:32. > :17:37.reasonably enjoyable track in. have had a bullet through your
:17:37. > :17:42.shoulder in earlier campaigns. Many people might say, why on earth are
:17:42. > :17:50.you doing this? Why is their passion to do this? Yes, I was shot
:17:50. > :18:00.through the chest in Helmand province in 2009. I am representing
:18:00. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:05.a charity called walking with the wounded. They are re-skill ing and
:18:05. > :18:10.retraining soldiers. You have done the easy bit as you say. We have
:18:10. > :18:13.the little job of getting to the top of Mount Everest. Had you react
:18:13. > :18:22.to that one? The easy bit was getting to base camp. Then a couple
:18:22. > :18:26.of days' time, we are climbing and acclimatisation peak. It is about
:18:26. > :18:31.6,000 metres high. When we come to climbing Everest in a couple of
:18:31. > :18:37.weeks' time, we will be able to adapt to be extreme altitudes.
:18:37. > :18:43.have a chance to send a message from base camp to your friends back
:18:43. > :18:48.home. What we are committed be? am really missing my wife, Lucy,
:18:48. > :18:55.and our to children. I love you lots, and double see you the first
:18:55. > :19:05.week in June. Don't slip, OK?! will try not to! But the ice is
:19:05. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:16.pretty slippy! A wonderful story. Stay with us. A row over the town's
:19:16. > :19:21.most famous symbol. The crooked spire has been removed from
:19:21. > :19:27.Chesterfield's signs. That is a shocker! We have Sheffield United,
:19:27. > :19:31.and they are very impressive, you cannot deny it. When Chettle
:19:32. > :19:41.Wednesday through the gauntlet down, Wednesday through the gauntlet down,
:19:42. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:51.Sheffield United rise to it. The rain came and the floodgates opened.
:19:51. > :19:56.Two goals for Ched Evans. They are two points ahead of Sheffield
:19:56. > :20:06.two points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday. We have been introduced
:20:06. > :20:16.to the new Rotherham United manager, Steve Evans. Can he bring glory?
:20:16. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:27.We have a manager who has the spirit, the drive, the passion. It
:20:27. > :20:35.seemed to come together as a cocktail, and it is going to be
:20:35. > :20:40.exciting times. Evans has recently been busy turning League to --
:20:40. > :20:48.Crawley Town in to lead to's most feared teams. But with Rotherham
:20:48. > :20:51.United, bigger long-term plans is not something you turn down. Rather
:20:51. > :20:55.mute -- Rotherham United should be in the Championship, and they have
:20:55. > :20:59.been in the Championship. There are going to a bag with some new
:20:59. > :21:03.stadium. Where have we heard the name before? The Crawley Town
:21:03. > :21:07.seemed he'd left have been sanctioned for a second time this
:21:08. > :21:12.season for failing to control their players. 10 years ago, another of
:21:12. > :21:16.his former teams hit the national headlines as well. He steered
:21:16. > :21:21.Boston United into the Football League, but then it all came apart
:21:21. > :21:27.after an FA investigation into contractual irregularities. Boston
:21:27. > :21:32.and Evans were fined. Evans was banned from football management for
:21:32. > :21:39.20 months. I don't think it needs defending now. I said very publicly
:21:39. > :21:43.at the time that I was sorry, and any part that I played in that.
:21:43. > :21:50.Rotherham United is a special football club, and Boston is a long
:21:50. > :21:54.time ago. What is past is past. It is all about the future at
:21:54. > :21:59.Rotherham United, with its development' first match in charge
:21:59. > :22:05.against Shrewsbury on Tuesday. It is getting simple bend. She could
:22:05. > :22:13.give Wednesday or settled United for the automatic promotion place,
:22:13. > :22:18.Huddersfield for the play-offs. Rotherham, play-offs? A be glad
:22:18. > :22:26.when it's over! When Isabeau inspire no longer a bent spire?
:22:26. > :22:32.When it is on a road into Chesterfield, home to 100,000
:22:32. > :22:37.people. A market town where the peak District meets Robin will had
:22:37. > :22:42.country. Where people are proud of their local football team. The
:22:42. > :22:45.Church as a crooked spire. That's by his famous around the world, and
:22:45. > :22:52.it is used by shops and organisations to represent them on
:22:52. > :22:56.their low blows. It has appeared on the signs on the roads into
:22:57. > :23:06.Chesterfield. It has been turned into a squiggle. Not everyone is
:23:06. > :23:14.happy. You would hope to find a sign which does he what is there.
:23:14. > :23:19.There's no sign of that here. looks as though the spy has been
:23:20. > :23:24.ditched. We have stylised it. Chesterfield is more than just
:23:24. > :23:28.eight spire. It is a very lively place, and it is a place where the
:23:28. > :23:32.economy is growing, and we want to grow more. The officials may not be
:23:32. > :23:40.able to agree about the new design, but what do the locals in
:23:40. > :23:48.Chesterfield thing? Modern and vibrant? Do you think it looks
:23:48. > :23:54.better? It is just a few squiggly lines. I think it looks quite
:23:54. > :24:00.trendy, that. You like it? I quite like it. Graphic designers don't
:24:00. > :24:10.belong of money for this. A six- year-old could have done it.
:24:10. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:22.everyone was inspired! But the real They will be changing this by next.
:24:22. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:33.The Chesterfield are known as the We have everything thrown at us
:24:33. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:57.today. Let's have a look at today's Keep your photos coming in.
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:24:59. > :25:04.Tomorrow's weather looks like it is going to be a repeat of today's. It
:25:04. > :25:10.is going to come down before the weekend. The shower clouds of we
:25:10. > :25:14.have seen, and there will still be a few around today. They could be
:25:14. > :25:19.on the heavy side, possibly even thundery, but late at night, they
:25:19. > :25:23.will begin to fade away. A few showers will continue, not as heavy
:25:23. > :25:30.are as frequent, and where we do seek skies clear, up there will be
:25:31. > :25:36.a touch of ground frost. Two bought three degrees. Looking at the Sun
:25:36. > :25:42.Times, the sun will rise at 11 minutes past six, and set just
:25:42. > :25:48.after 8 o'clock. Those of the times of high waters. A few showers
:25:48. > :25:51.around to start the day, but as we go through the morning, the showers
:25:51. > :25:57.become a lot more frequent, and it will be similar to this afternoon.
:25:57. > :26:03.The showers become heavy, and thunder will be a possibility. In
:26:03. > :26:11.between, there should be some Santos -- some spells of sunshine.
:26:12. > :26:15.Temperatures struggling for the time of year. Ten degrees in York,