27/04/2012 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Welcome to Friday's Look North. Rainfall records broken, flash

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floods across Yorkshire as rivers struggle to cope with the rising

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levels of water. I am lied s brought Borough

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alongside the River Don where all day today people have been mopping

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We will get the full detail on rainfall levels a little later.

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The police search for a man suspected of killing two people

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moves to Scarborough. Detectives investigating the death of Julie

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Davison in which police say he stayed in Scarborough on the night

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of her murder. A loss of two lives does not get any more catastrophic

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and we must find James Allen as soon as possible. And 70 years

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after the York Blitz, we speak to one of those in Bomber Command the

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night nearly 100 people were killed. There is a lot of rain to come

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later this weekend. The Met Office have an early warning in force for

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Our main story, it has been confirmed tonight in parts of

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Yorkshire it is now the wettest April since records began in 1882.

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Today the rain has continued to cause problems across the region.

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There are currently nine flood warnings in place although the

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situation keeps changing. Today warnings have been issued on these

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rivers. The latest information can be found on the Environment Agency

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website, but Nick galleries is close to the River Don in

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Sprotbrough. Just a few weeks ago I was speaking

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to you live from a very different place, a dry riverbed in North

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Yorkshire. I was standing on the river bed without any water. What a

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difference a few weeks makes. The Rev I don is as you have never seen

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it before, it is many years since it has been as high as this. People

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here have been mopping up as their homes, farms and businesses have

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been flooded. What is happening around the rest of your chair?

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It had been expected and today it arrived. From the air you can see

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just how swollen up the River Ouse near York has become. The city

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relies on palms to shift flood water away, but this morning half

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of them broke. We are running through about 30 or 40 bath loads

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of water a seconds. We lost half of that for him because half the palms

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went down, so that makes a difference. Quick action saved

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hundreds of homes from the misery of flooding. Others were not so

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lucky, but many of those affected are well prepared. In this pub in

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Stamford Bridge they have stone floors. We are used to it by now.

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As soon as the pump start, the water is corn and wheat clean-up in

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a couple of hours and are back to normal. The problem was water

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backing up from the drains. The pub is the lowest point in the village.

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More heavy rain is on its way over the weekend.

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This would normally be a busy stretch of road, but at the moment

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with the flood water it is impassable to all but four by for

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cars. This garage owner moved his cars to

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higher ground days ago, but they still wrecked his workshop. I am

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devastated because the Environment Agency does not give you enough

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warning and it has been going on for years and they have not done

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anything about it. It has got to be cleaned up and we have to start

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again. Next to a Lisa and her daughter were stranded by rising

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water. She cannot get to school today and we are just stuck and we

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are waiting for it to go. Unless it does not go. This field is often

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flooded to say Castleford from rising rivers. Today that happened

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faster than anticipated. Work was under way to rescue these horses.

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It is hard to encourage the Highland cattle on to dry land,

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though. A few weeks ago fire crews across

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Yorkshire were being called out on an almost daily basis to grass

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fires and more fires. The residents in one town in South Yorkshire S8

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it has been a miserable day and fire crews have been called in to

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help them pump out water from flooded basements. What fun.

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Despite his positive attitude it has been a miserable 24 hours. He

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has been fighting a losing battle against floodwater sense yesterday

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afternoon. The seller is this high with water. Luckily it has not come

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to the second floor, but everything is ruined. I feel like sitting down

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and crying. I will put a brave face on and carry on. Colin's office is

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under six feet of water and it is a similar picture for the House next

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door. I have been up all night literally from 2 o'clock and I set

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the alarm. Like many parts of Yorkshire the ground is completely

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saturated after days of torrential rain and snow the water is forcing

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its way up through the tyre. There's water has been seeping out

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of the pavement and flooding down the road since yesterday afternoon.

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The fire crews have lined up sandbags along the road to channel

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the water into this train. There is a burst to somewhere. We do not

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know if it is from a natural supply or a water main. The council and

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the water authorities have been out and at the moment they are trying

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to decide whose responsibility it is. Yorkshire Water's say they are

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still investigating the cause of the flooding and this afternoon

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engineers from Barnsley council have been on site. But it is little

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comfort to the residents of Manchester Road. They are preparing

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their barricades for another uncertain night.

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It is worth pointing out that there is not a flood alert on the River

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Don, but what a spectacle this is. On that central area there are

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normally people walking and picnicking. It is an extraordinary

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scene. It looks precarious on that plank.

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That is without a flood warning. You have been going on about the

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amount of rainfall. This is your field. I thought we would break the

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record on Sunday, but last night it was so heavy we have got three

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records. The best one is in Sheffield. It has the most data in

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the country. The average for April is 63 mm. The record was previously

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set in 2000. Already we have beaten it. There is probably another inch

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to come on Sunday and those records go back to 1882. Is it 18 82 it was

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wetter? And normally in those records we have about 40 years. But

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this site has been there for 132 years and it is a significant

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weather event. It has been the most significant for all those years.

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The Environment Agency will be rightly concerned. There are fresh

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revelations about a man on the run up to two horrendous murders.

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Police told us this afternoon that James Allen booked into a

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Scarborough hotel the night of the killing of a 50 year-old charity

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worker from Whitby. Police have warned the public not to report the

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man. Our reporter Andy Smythe spoke to us from which to beat.

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It is as quiet town and this area is a very quiet area. It is full of

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bed-and-breakfasts which are full of tourists. Earlier I was trying

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to gauge the mood of the tourists and the locals and there is fear.

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People are scared. They are trying to keep it in proportion and are

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keeping normal precautions might locking their doors. Today I heard

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a lot more about the lady who died, Julie Davison. She was 50 and had

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only recently moved back to the area. She has been described as

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being well liked and a very charitable person. She did a lot of

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work for local charities. Earlier I spoke to a childhood friend and

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this is what he had to say about the mood of the community. Whitby

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is often described as being the biggest village in the world.

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Everybody rallies around. The family of duly are coveted by the

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amount of nice words and things people have said. I know until late

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this afternoon this man had been in two places, Whitby and

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Middlesbrough. But this afternoon the search move to another coastal

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resort town. Yes, the focus is now on the town of Scarborough further

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down the coast. James Allen, the man the police are looking for, in

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connection with the murder of Julie Davison and also of Colin Dunford

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in Middlesbrough, that he checked into a hotel in Scarborough on

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Wednesday night just up to Julie Davison was killed. He booked in

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for two nights, but only stayed for one. It is where he went after that

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that the police are trying to get to grips with. They sectioned off

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the street in Middlesbrough as well. It was a street where he has

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reportedly been living, but he was not there. Cleveland police

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arranged a press conference this afternoon and this is what the lead

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investigator had to say. The loss of two lives does not get any more

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catastrophic and that is why we must find James Allen as soon as

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possible. He represents a threat and we have a massive police

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operation that will not cease until we catch him. As I said earlier,

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the investigation is now centring on Scarborough and the hotel which

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was the last place where he was cited.

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Thank you for bringing us up to date.

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We will have a look ahead to the weekend's sport. Including

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Sheffield's big two are battling it out for the final, automatic

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promotion place in League One. Now more of today's news and

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hundreds of people lined the streets of St Annes for the funeral

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of Sergeant Nigel Coupe, a soldier killed while serving with the

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Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan. He died with five other soldiers

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from the regiment in an explosion last month. He was 33 and leaves

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behind a wife and two children. He was described by those who loved

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him and worked with him as a man of great character. He was an

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exceptional individual. Not only was he a highly professional

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soldier, he was a diligent individual, exceptionally

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professional, experienced, knowledgeable about his job, but he

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was also a very loving, family man. A former leader of the Union of

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Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for stealing �150,000 from a

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charity. 61 year-old Neil Greatrex spent the money on a new kitchen

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and hope improvements for himself and another official.

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Three men arrested in the investigation into the naming on

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Twitter of the victim in the Sheffield United football at Ched

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Evans rape case have been released on bail today. He was jailed last

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week or five years for raping a woman in North Wales.

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70 years ago this weekend saw a terrible night in York's long

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history. The City was bombed by the German air force. Dozens of

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buildings were flattened and nearly 100 people were killed or died as a

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result of their injuries. This weekend they will commemorate

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what has become known as the Baedecker raid. It was believed the

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Luftwaffe and used the tourist guides of the same name to target

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England's historic cities. Research has revealed the city was probably

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targeted because of its railings. Cathy Killick looks back on a night

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that many can still remember. It is not Hull or Coventry, but

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Europe, bombed for around two hours on the night of 29th April, 1942.

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It is thought around 80 tons of explosives were dropped on the city.

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The rate was seen at the time as a revenge attack. Whatever the motor,

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factories and houses were destroyed and the station clearly targeted.

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Across the city more than 80 people died. The damage was extensive,

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although arriving in York today you would have no idea. There are signs

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of that off on night. You just have to know where to look. Remembered

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here is well you Milner, a station foremen and St John Ambulance a

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volunteer. He was on night duty and he was persuading passengers from a

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train that had just come in to go down into the passageways

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underneath for safety. He then realised he would need some first

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aid equipment and went back to collect it. Sadly there were in

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century bombs by that time and the building collapsed on him. He never

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came out. That is when I first joined in 1940. Colin was working

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at Bomber Command in Europe when the bombs started to fall. It was

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horrendous. You have seen it in the movies, but it is worse because you

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can feel the ground as well. The Minster always dominates the city,

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and buildings were on fire. raids will be remembered this

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weekend, but some of the City's school children have already done

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their research finding out about wartime fireman after one pupil

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discovered what happened to her great, great uncle. He was a

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fireman and he was very brave because a bomb could have dropped

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any time and a man called Frank Fox sent him back to check the

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connection between the hose and the fire engine. A bomb dropped and he

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got blown to bits. The loss of life was sobering, but gave rise to a

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determination to carry on business as usual. The station reopened the

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next day, but the rate was never Well, two people with dramatic

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stories to tell are brother and sister, Christopher Backhouse and

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Jane Whitworth. They were buried in their house in York during the

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Blitz 70 years ago. Christopher has vivid memories of what happened to

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him and his family. I have indeed. It is my first conscious memory. I

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remember the sound of the air raid sirens. We got used to them over

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the years. The noise of the bombs got closer and closer, the whistle,

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followed by the boom. You were a baby. You do not have those

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memories. But, people have told you about the shock and the tremors and

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buildings collapsing. Yes, the local butcher was walking down the

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street. He was devastated with what had happened. Suddenly, from the

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rubble there was a baby crying and he realised there was somebody a

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live, then my father had to go to the steps of York Minster to look.

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There was nothing left. Many other people will remember it as well.

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don't suppose there is that many people who are still around. I am

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fortunate to be almost 75. My sister was a baby and his younger.

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But that is embedded in my memory. I will be honest with you, I did

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not relies so many lives were lost in that glorious city of yore.

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to be precise, spread all over the city. -- City of York. The

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Baedecker Raid iss were in revenge for Allied raids on the city of

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Lubeck. They were aiming for the railway, but the wind was blowing

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the bombs on to residential areas. Thank you for sharing that with us.

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My brother was his life to me. you get the milk from the steps of

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the Minster? I believe that I did and I am here now! We have got an

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absolute ruler at Featherstone tonight in the sport -- thriller.

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Can they do it? All the logic and the World says No But what they did

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in the last round, and it has been wet, which will help them, and on

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that little pitch. The fifth round of the challenge cup kicks of this

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evening with Championship side, Featherstone, taking on the holders

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Wigan. Rovers caused the big shock of the last round knocking out

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their Super League neighbours, Castleford. You can get full match

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commentary on the game on BBC Radio Leeds. They could do with another

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try, like that one. Football, and the big two in Sheffield are still

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fighting it out for promotion to the Championship. Wednesday have

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the chance to land the first blow tomorrow while United will know

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They need to do ahead of their evening kick-off. Paul Ogden

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reports. So often this season, Sheffield Wednesday have set out

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their stall impressively only for a Sheffield United to come and knock

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it over with a win of their own, restoring the status quo. With two

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wickets left in League One, the pressure to win and then wait and

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watch his on Sheffield Wednesday again. If they falter at Brentford

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and Saturday, United would have advance notice of the won promotion

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party if they can beat Stevenage in their teatime kick-off. Been second

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on stage has not always suitable. would say this is something we have

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to deal with. It plays games with both teams. But knowing what we

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have to do, we have got to be thankful for that. A Sheffield

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Wednesday are finishing the season with a flourish and have not lost a

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match since Dave Jones took charge in March. His experience of

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Sheffield football culture the shorter than Danny Wilson's, but

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that diplomacy is genuine. It the one thing I would say with all

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right -- all the rivalry, D Dunn, both sets of fans would like to be

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promoted. -- deep down. A but however the row over second place

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is resolved between United and Wednesday, BBC Sheffield will be

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right in the middle of its starting with tour match commentary from

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both teams tomorrow, one after the There are more heroics going on at

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the other end of League One as Chesterfield keep defying the odds

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to avoid the drop. The Spirites have stared relegation in the face

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in each of their last three games, but each time have come away with a

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win. Last week they came from behind to beat Rochdale and they'll

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have to win their last two games to have a realistic chance of staying

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up. On to cricket, and Yorkshire are trailing in their County

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Championship match at Kent. In reply to Yorkshire's 247, the hosts

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finished on 316 for 6 with Brendan Nash unbeaten on 114. The Yorkshire

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pair of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have been named in the Lions squad

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to face the West Indies next month. Purple, purple, Paul was wearing

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purple. Why didn't you ring me? You obviously just all run each other.

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On to the weather. Tell us how bad I can show you some topical

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pictures. This is a picture of the reviews in Europe. This is very

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impressive, High Force. And that is the view looking towards

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Scarborough, some brightness there. The best of the weekend weather

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will be a Saturday, although a lot of cloud, it should brighten up

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later. A nondescript looking weather chart on Saturday but we

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have a bigger area of low pressure in the Bay of Biscay, heavy rain

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pushing up from the South and there could be another inch of rain,

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perhaps, in places. It is a knock- split -- north-south split. North

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Yorkshire is in the dry. With a bit of practice in places. Further

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south, a little bit patchy, like rain. A patch of ground frost

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possible in the North. The Sun will rise in the morning at 5:35am. It

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will be a cloudy, damp start in places, especially in the soap, but

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on the wall, things will dry up, and into the afternoon, at least

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north from West Yorkshire it should become a little bit brighter. Top

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temperatures, chilly for the time of year, cold and Scarborough, with

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a moderate north-easterly wind, a little better inland, at around ten

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Celsius. Round about 10 in Doncaster. Then we moved on to the

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Met Office weather warning for Sunday for heavy rain and strong

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winds. Gale-force winds on the tops of the hills and along the coast.

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By the middle of the day, that heavy rain will pursue from the

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