:00:07. > :00:09.Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Where was he hiding?
:00:09. > :00:12.Police questioning double murder suspect James Allen want to know
:00:12. > :00:16.exactly where he's spent the last week. They appeal to people in
:00:16. > :00:19.Whitby, Scarborough and Leeds to help fill the gaps.
:00:19. > :00:22.Also tonight - "an outstanding leader": Hundreds gather for the
:00:22. > :00:28.funeral of Corporal Jake Hartley, one of six soldiers serving with
:00:28. > :00:32.the Yorkshire Regiment killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan.
:00:32. > :00:35.Also on Look North: How one 999 operator kept his cool and saved a
:00:35. > :00:45.life. We reunite a woman trapped in a
:00:45. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:52.blazing house with the man who kept her alive.
:00:52. > :01:02.And a 47 mile-long poetry trail that will be set in stone along the
:01:02. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:10.Pennines. This was Roundhay Park by a --
:01:10. > :01:15.based in sunshine. Your forecast coming up shortly. -- David in
:01:15. > :01:17.sunshine. Welcome to the programme. First
:01:17. > :01:20.tonight, police are appealing to people in three Yorkshire towns to
:01:20. > :01:26.help them work out where double murder suspect James Allen was
:01:26. > :01:30.hiding while he was on the run. Mr Allen was arrested in Leeds
:01:30. > :01:33.yesterday after being spotted by an off duty policeman. Detectives have
:01:34. > :01:36.tonight been given more time to question him.
:01:37. > :01:39.They had been searching for him since the murder of Colin Dunford
:01:39. > :01:42.in Middlesbrough last Monday, and Julie Davison in Whitby on
:01:42. > :01:45.Wednesday. They know he spent at least one night in Scarborough, but
:01:46. > :01:55.say it's important to fill in the gaps in case other crimes have been
:01:56. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:04.committed. They've even urged local people to check friends are OK.
:02:04. > :02:12.Early yesterday morning the LMS of on off-duty policeman N's are huge
:02:12. > :02:18.five-day manhunt. Driving along the, he recognises James Allen on the
:02:18. > :02:24.run. Add grit -- a quick allowed to colleagues, a short chase on foot.
:02:24. > :02:28.The pursuit of James Allen began last Monday when the body of Colin
:02:29. > :02:34.Dunford was found at his home in Middlesbrough. On Wednesday, Julie
:02:34. > :02:39.Davison, described by her family today as "the kindest of people
:02:39. > :02:44.close court, was discovered murdered at her home in Whitby. Mr
:02:44. > :02:49.Alan travel from Scarborough to Leeds, where he was spotted,
:02:49. > :02:52.clearly disguised, on CCTV. His arrest followed at Crown Point in
:02:52. > :02:56.the city. The last person known to have
:02:56. > :03:01.spotted -- spoken to James Allen since that - if the owner of the
:03:01. > :03:07.guest house where he stayed. If he was a very pleasant, calm, man. He
:03:07. > :03:11.seemed quite intelligent, and had little stories to tell. He seemed
:03:11. > :03:14.like a normal visitor. This are afternoon police appealed for
:03:14. > :03:18.residents in the Scarborough and Whitby areas to look for any signs
:03:18. > :03:22.around their homes of anyone who might be living rough.
:03:22. > :03:28.Detectives want to piece together all of James Allen's movements.
:03:28. > :03:32.is important that details such as that are established. Where he was,
:03:32. > :03:37.who he has been with, who might have seen him. It is important to
:03:37. > :03:41.fall in those gaps for. PC rider has been widely praised by
:03:41. > :03:45.a senior police officers for his role in identifying James Allen
:03:45. > :03:51.yesterday. Tonight, back in Middlesbrough, the questioning of
:03:51. > :03:53.the 35-year-old suspect is under way.
:03:54. > :03:56.Next tonight: It'll be September at the earliest before overnight
:03:56. > :03:58.accident and emergency services are re-opened to patients at Pontefract
:03:59. > :04:01.Hospital. The hospital trust today announced
:04:02. > :04:05.plans to use GPs and nurses with extra training to plug their
:04:05. > :04:08.staffing shortfall, rather than specialist doctors.
:04:08. > :04:11.It's now six months since Pontefract A&E was forced to make
:04:11. > :04:16.overnight closures. It was a shortage of middle grade
:04:16. > :04:19.doctors that forced the closure between 10pm and 8am.
:04:19. > :04:22.The Trust said the decision was made on patient safety grounds.
:04:22. > :04:32.At one point, army medics were considered as a way of keeping it
:04:32. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:37.open. For the walking wounded, seriously
:04:37. > :04:42.ill and those in need of help, the closure of Pontefract A&E has been
:04:42. > :04:48.a source of anger. For the last six months, patients have had to travel
:04:48. > :04:54.elsewhere, with many going to wake filled. I am not happy about it. I
:04:54. > :05:01.was in quite a lot of pain. Abbott, how am I going to travel, can I
:05:01. > :05:07.afford it? At door was thrown back at me. It fractured a little bone.
:05:07. > :05:11.What it it had been a child? To date the hospital trust
:05:11. > :05:15.announced plans to reopen Pontefract A&E to overnight
:05:15. > :05:20.patients on 3rd September, by using GPS with extra training to make up
:05:20. > :05:25.the shortage of specialist doctors. It is not a downgrading of the
:05:25. > :05:28.service. We will have our A&E consultants and emergency care
:05:28. > :05:32.specialists supporting those specialist GPs and nurses for
:05:32. > :05:36.stopped that support includes an onside anaesthetist and a
:05:36. > :05:41.consultant on call. As before, critically ill patients
:05:41. > :05:44.will continue to be taken elsewhere. When people hear GPs with extra
:05:44. > :05:51.training, they might question whether that is the same as a
:05:51. > :05:56.specialist in a -- A&E? GPs with special skills have worked in the
:05:56. > :06:01.NHS for years, and I'd do not think there are issues here about the
:06:01. > :06:06.quality of the services they will provide. I as long as the GPs and
:06:06. > :06:11.nurses with extra skills can do what is needed, I am not to upset
:06:11. > :06:15.about it. If it is something severe enough that a GP cannot handle it,
:06:15. > :06:20.but means that person has come to Pontefract and then they have to go
:06:20. > :06:26.from Pontefract to weak field which is taking up what could be
:06:26. > :06:30.important time. By Hotspur trusts say today's announcement say --
:06:30. > :06:38.should guarantee A&E services for the foreseeable future, albeit at
:06:38. > :06:41.different -- different way of doing things.
:06:41. > :06:44.Later on Look North: Hundreds of jobs go at a Leeds-
:06:44. > :06:46.based bank. He company which owns the Yorkshire and Clydesdale scales
:06:46. > :06:49.back its operation. A soldier from West Yorkshire, who
:06:49. > :06:52.died along with five colleagues in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, has
:06:52. > :06:57.been described as "a fine soldier and an outstanding leader" by his
:06:57. > :07:07.commanding officer. The funeral of 20 year-old Corporal Jake Hartley
:07:07. > :07:07.
:07:07. > :07:11.has taken place at New Mill near Holmfirth today.
:07:11. > :07:16.Christ Church in the village of New Mill was the setting for corporal
:07:16. > :07:22.Jake Hodges's funeral. His coffin was brought to that church on a
:07:22. > :07:24.horse-drawn hearse. -- Jake Hartley. Corporal Hartley was serving with
:07:24. > :07:30.3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan when he and
:07:30. > :07:35.five colleagues were killed in it brought its -- would six --
:07:35. > :07:39.roadside explosion. He was described as a joker in the
:07:39. > :07:43.pack. He was also described as the ultimate soldier. On a day like
:07:43. > :07:47.this when we have a full military funeral for a soldier that came top
:07:47. > :07:52.of his junior commander's course, I think that accolade sums him up but
:07:52. > :07:58.it did. During the service, Jake's 12-year-
:07:58. > :08:04.old brother Ethan held back tears as he addressed the congregation.
:08:04. > :08:14.The day before he went on his second tour, we sat on the sulphite
:08:14. > :08:24.just crying. -- we sat on the so far. He knew what was going to
:08:24. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:37.Huddersfield Giants * Keith Mason was a close friend, and was at
:08:37. > :08:43.today's service. His neighbours wanted to show their support. He
:08:43. > :08:47.the family will be comforted. was obviously well lot, and I'm
:08:47. > :08:53.sure that will be a comfort for. Corporal Hartley's body was taken
:08:53. > :09:00.for a private funeral. -- burial. Funerals of the other five soldiers
:09:00. > :09:03.killed in Afghanistan will take place over the next few days.
:09:03. > :09:04.Fire investigators are working at the Sheffield Ski Village after the
:09:05. > :09:07.main building was destroyed on Saturday night.
:09:07. > :09:10.The restaurant, bar and ski equipment hire centre were all lost
:09:10. > :09:15.in the fire, which could be seen from miles away. Investigators say
:09:15. > :09:20.they are working with police. The centre has suffered from arson
:09:20. > :09:30.attacks in the past. Staff arrived at work this morning to find out
:09:30. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:37.about their future - there's no word yet if the centre will reopen.
:09:37. > :09:44.Obviously they are all reeling from it. It is absolutely gone. You are
:09:45. > :09:49.talking about a number of full-time staff? Round about 30 full-time and
:09:50. > :09:52.about 20 part time. Straight out of work.
:09:52. > :09:54.More bad news for the banking sector today. Leeds-based Yorkshire
:09:54. > :09:56.Bank has announced it's shedding hundreds of jobs.
:09:57. > :09:59.National Australia Bank, which runs the Yorkshire along with the
:09:59. > :10:07.Clydesdale, says it's having to shrink operations in the UK because
:10:07. > :10:11.of the state of the economy. Big figures to talk about - 14,000
:10:11. > :10:15.jobs will be lost by the two banks by 2015 from here in Yorkshire -
:10:15. > :10:18.that's 300 posts. Effectively 16% of the current workforce will go
:10:18. > :10:21.over three years. The news of job losses came out of
:10:21. > :10:31.Australia in the early hours, and many staff woke up to hear about
:10:31. > :10:35.the decision on the morning news, something that's angered unions.
:10:35. > :10:39.We only found out about this late last night, and we had to go
:10:39. > :10:47.digging on the internet to find out about what the situation was. The
:10:47. > :10:53.unions have not even been told about this, and the staff in it
:10:53. > :10:56.quite despicable way. National Australia Bank's told us
:10:56. > :10:59.it's been forced into restructuring because of the state of the economy
:10:59. > :11:02.- in fact it's had to effectively write off almost �6.5 billion worth
:11:03. > :11:05.of property loans in the UK - I told you these were big numbers.
:11:05. > :11:08.The restructuring focuses on its commercial ventures, and six back
:11:08. > :11:10.office locations like Brunswick Place here in Leeds will go along
:11:10. > :11:13.with 29 business centres. But a shrinking banking sector means
:11:13. > :11:23.there will be less support for business, which we're all relying
:11:23. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:27.on to get the economy moving. Quite a lot of our members want to
:11:27. > :11:35.expand, but the problems they are facing is that they cannot get
:11:35. > :11:39.access to finance. I don't think this will help the situation. One
:11:40. > :11:47.bank is virtually saying there are certain areas of the market they
:11:48. > :11:51.will no longer lend to. Now, if you're a retail customer -
:11:51. > :11:53.you have an account with Yorkshire or Clydesdale - you won't see any
:11:54. > :11:57.difference to services, with all 330 branches staying open. But to
:11:57. > :12:00.put all this in context, the group as a whole has just announced half-
:12:00. > :12:03.year earnings were up almost 6% at �2.8 billion.
:12:03. > :12:09.Before seven o'clock: Advantage to the Owls - Wednesday edge ahead as
:12:09. > :12:19.automatic promotion goes to the wire.
:12:19. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:24.And the literary trail that Next tonight, a frantic 999 call
:12:24. > :12:29.from a young woman trapped in a blazing house and terrified that
:12:29. > :12:31.she won't get out alive. As firefighters rush to rescue
:12:31. > :12:34.Sinead Bowden from her house in Sheffield, control room operator
:12:34. > :12:44.Liam Booth stays on the line, giving her vital safety advice and
:12:44. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :13:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds
:13:37. > :13:40.That is exactly how I would be. Well, fortunately, the drama had a
:13:40. > :13:43.happy ending. The firefighters managed to get to Sinead in time,
:13:43. > :13:46.and tonight she's gone to the fire station to say thank you to Liam
:13:46. > :13:52.and his colleagues for saving her life. Tom Ingall's there with them
:13:52. > :13:56.now. Your heart has to be in your mouth
:13:56. > :14:03.when you are listening to that. A week ago, this very fire engine set
:14:03. > :14:08.off from Sheffield off up to Sinead Bowden's house to rescue her from
:14:08. > :14:13.the fire. By pensions do not go by themselves, they need somebody to
:14:13. > :14:18.control them. Liam Booth has been working in the control and for four
:14:18. > :14:23.years. What was on your mind when you answered the call to a
:14:23. > :14:26.hysterical Sinead Bowden? The key thing is to remain calm. It was
:14:26. > :14:30.natural she was going to be slightly upset. And uneasy about
:14:30. > :14:34.what was going on. The key thing is to remain calm, get as much
:14:34. > :14:38.information from her as I can, so that I can get the fire engines
:14:38. > :14:43.going, and that is when the communication took play is. And you
:14:43. > :14:49.were there as a lifeline. You reassured her. That is the key
:14:49. > :14:54.thing. We are trained to be able to do that, to remain calm, showed no
:14:54. > :14:59.emotion, so it doesn't come across to the corner because if I remain
:14:59. > :15:04.calm, she became calm. We have heard some of the tape. Your
:15:04. > :15:08.reaction is understandable. Tell us what was happening. I woke up and
:15:08. > :15:14.my bedroom was filled with smoke. I tried to go downstairs, tried to
:15:14. > :15:20.get out, then I ran upstairs and ice-cream to get me out.
:15:20. > :15:26.helpful was he? Amazing. If he saved my life. The firefighters got
:15:26. > :15:31.there as quickly as they could. seemed like a lifetime. It was
:15:31. > :15:35.almost 17 minutes. But he really can't the Dow. It takes a lot to
:15:35. > :15:43.calm me down, and he did. What sort of helpful advice was he giving
:15:43. > :15:48.you? Like, he told me to shut the bedroom door, to put a blanket
:15:48. > :15:54.underneath, close the bedroom door, and he just kept me informed. He
:15:54. > :15:59.told me where the fire engine was. Just, like, keeping me informed all
:15:59. > :16:04.the way through. Not only telling me what to do but why I needed to
:16:04. > :16:10.do it. It really helped. Is this part of the day job? We do not get
:16:10. > :16:15.these very often, but when we do, we get the good ones. For the key
:16:15. > :16:20.thing is she listened to everything we have to say. The smoke alarm did
:16:20. > :16:29.not activate on this occasion, that is why people need to check them.
:16:29. > :16:32.good point to end on. The punchline is that if Sinead Bowden worked in
:16:32. > :16:39.a call centre, her manner would be different.
:16:39. > :16:46.We were at all be like that. Let's talk about League One. How on
:16:46. > :16:50.earth did Sheffield United not get a winner? But they did not. If this
:16:50. > :16:53.was a board game, we would run out of port right now.
:16:53. > :16:56.Well, most of our teams had their fates sealed before this weekend
:16:56. > :16:59.but others still had plenty to play for, not least the Sheffield clubs.
:16:59. > :17:02.They're fighting each other for promotion to the Championship.
:17:02. > :17:05.Wednesday had the chance to land the first blow as they played at
:17:05. > :17:14.Brentford before United kicked off at home to Stevenage. Ian Bucknell
:17:14. > :17:19.season so Sheffield Wednesday fans were in no mood to party, whatever
:17:19. > :17:26.happened. An incredible miss by Brentford from two yards out make
:17:26. > :17:32.them feel it was going to be their day. Minutes later, it was Mackin
:17:32. > :17:38.at the near post to put the Owls in front. Brentford equalised from the
:17:38. > :17:48.spot but Wednesday would not be denied. The Owls were ahead in the
:17:48. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :17:56.promotion is. Over to Bramall Lane. The second
:17:56. > :18:05.for Stevenage took a bizarre defection that foiled the keeper.
:18:05. > :18:13.The Blades were down but not out. They scored two goals. They poured
:18:13. > :18:17.level. More chances came. But they all went. It ended in misery for
:18:17. > :18:22.United and with advantage to Wednesday. If the cowls win at the
:18:22. > :18:29.weekend, then they should be promoted leaving the Blades with
:18:29. > :18:32.One thing that was decided was the fate of Chesterfield who are
:18:32. > :18:36.relegated back down to League Two. They've put up a great fight in the
:18:36. > :18:46.bid to stay up in recent weeks, and looked good for another win when
:18:46. > :18:49.they went two one up at Yeovil. -- they went 2-1 up at The Oval. They
:18:49. > :18:51.eventually lost 3-2 but manager John Sheridan says he wants to stay
:18:51. > :18:54.on and guide the club back up next season.
:18:54. > :18:57.And you can get all the weekends action and much more on Late Kick
:18:57. > :18:59.Off tonight at 11:05pm. John Hendrie and Dave Bassett are the
:18:59. > :19:01.guests. Leeds and Huddersfield are left
:19:01. > :19:05.flying the flag for Yorkshire in the quarterfinals of the Challenge
:19:05. > :19:07.Cup. They were very nearly joined by Batley who put up a great
:19:07. > :19:10.performance against London. John Kear had said it would be Mount
:19:10. > :19:13.Unpleasant to welcome the Super League side and conditions were
:19:13. > :19:19.quite something. But they eventually lost out 22-16. The draw
:19:19. > :19:21.for the quarterfinals is on 5Live tomorrow morning at 8:20am.
:19:21. > :19:25.In cricket, Yorkshire hope Australian fast bowler Mitchell
:19:25. > :19:29.Starc will be playing for them early next month. If the paperwork
:19:29. > :19:38.can all be sorted out, the 22-year- old should be here in time for the
:19:38. > :19:40.County Championship match against Gloucestershire. And you are off to
:19:40. > :19:45.Scarborough? Years. It is a pity we cannot get
:19:45. > :19:47.him for that game because they could do with some firepower.
:19:47. > :19:52.Were due is surprising because they have some good bowlers.
:19:52. > :19:57.What have you done to your hand? It to is a sporting injury.
:19:57. > :20:00.To tendonitis. It isn't. You're playing about in a
:20:00. > :20:03.five-a-side football match, willy- nilly.
:20:03. > :20:07.Willy-nilly, was it? Really?
:20:07. > :20:10.It's something we can't tame or control. And something we just
:20:10. > :20:13.can't stop talking about - the weather. Over the past 18 months,
:20:13. > :20:21.six poems about different forms of water have been carved into stones
:20:21. > :20:23.along the Pennine watershed. Some people do not like them at all.
:20:23. > :20:26.Some absolutely love them. They've been commissioned by the Ilkley
:20:26. > :20:34.Literature Festival and are part of a project called iMove which aims
:20:34. > :20:40.to leave a cultural legacy from the Olympics here in Yorkshire. The
:20:40. > :20:43.stones form a 47 mile-long walking trail from Ilkley to Marsden. They
:20:43. > :20:53.promote exercise. Our reporter Olivia Richwald has been following
:20:53. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:01.From puddles to pouring rain, mist on the moors to becks flowing down
:21:01. > :21:08.hillsides, this is the landscape that has inspired Simon Armitage
:21:08. > :21:12.and now his words have become part of that scenery. On some level, it
:21:12. > :21:15.is giving poetry back to the landscape. This is a county which
:21:15. > :21:19.is steeped in literary history, and a lot of that is to do with the
:21:19. > :21:27.land, the geology, the environment, and I feel that over the years, I
:21:27. > :21:30.have taken from that, and this is putting something back. Pip is
:21:30. > :21:34.based dome cover and the Pennine hills have been a second home for
:21:35. > :21:39.the past year. You feel like you are on the roof of the world are
:21:39. > :21:46.here. There is drama in the stone and there is so much going on down
:21:46. > :21:52.here. Really dramatic. Each letter takes up to 10 minutes to carve. A
:21:52. > :21:58.whole poem, several weeks. Last year, reformed and her a printer's
:21:58. > :22:03.carving by headlamp. -- and her apprentice. Some of the poems, like
:22:03. > :22:08.this, in a former quarry, have been carved on land already altered by
:22:08. > :22:14.man. Others have been recycled from former factory floors. Lifted into
:22:14. > :22:18.place by crane. The weather hasn't always played along. The poem mist
:22:18. > :22:24.was carved under a cloudless sky, puddle delivered in the midst of a
:22:24. > :22:28.drought. It is an irony, really. We were talking about where the stone
:22:28. > :22:32.is going, will it be flooded out, will anybody be able to find that
:22:32. > :22:40.if there is a heavy downpour. It might be something that comes and
:22:40. > :22:45.goes with the weather. Today, I've come to include to see Pip Karpov
:22:45. > :22:49.Final stone. As has been typical, it is pouring with rain, she's
:22:49. > :22:54.freezing cold, and though she is carving a rock in the middle of
:22:54. > :23:02.this dream. I have never had to carve in a waterfall before. It is
:23:02. > :23:11.extreme car thing. The six stones, rain, snow, misty, due, puddle and
:23:11. > :23:17.pick up complete. A 7th mistress don't -- a 7th mystery Stonor is
:23:17. > :23:22.going to be commissioned, but it is going to remain a secret.
:23:22. > :23:26.If you read the poetry, it is brilliant. It is really moving.
:23:26. > :23:30.One thing we always enjoy is to receive pictures, especially the
:23:30. > :23:35.moving pictures of an event that has taken players.
:23:35. > :23:41.It was a busy and appalling day yesterday with over an inch of rain.
:23:41. > :23:44.One of our viewers sent there is a video to us. It is quite something.
:23:44. > :23:49.The deluge set in the afternoon and you can see...
:23:49. > :23:53.What is this? It is near Scarborough.
:23:53. > :23:58.That scene was mirrored across many parts of Yorkshire. Hardly
:23:58. > :24:03.surprising we have smashed the record. Sheffield has had 25 mm
:24:03. > :24:07.more than its previous record set in April 2000, so it has been an
:24:07. > :24:12.exceptional month across the country. This has been the wettest
:24:12. > :24:19.April on record. This is something more cheery. This is this morning.
:24:19. > :24:27.That is beautiful with the cumulus in the background. The second one,
:24:27. > :24:37.Howard Park, looking glorious. The third one, this was Wakefield with
:24:37. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:44.In fact, we have got 17 degrees at church Fenton this afternoon, so it
:24:45. > :24:49.is a wonderful end to an appalling month. May well start in a similar
:24:49. > :24:55.vein. Not the deluge that we had yesterday. The atmosphere is trying
:24:55. > :24:59.to force the low-pressure out of the way. What that means is that
:24:59. > :25:04.much colder air its -- is on its way and we could see the return of
:25:04. > :25:10.night frosts. That is next weekend, gardeners beware. We have got
:25:10. > :25:14.plenty of sunshine across central and eastern areas, but the cloud
:25:14. > :25:18.will increase and it looks like over the next few hours we could
:25:18. > :25:24.pick up some thundery showers, mainly in southern areas of the
:25:24. > :25:34.region. Further North, staying dry with variable amounts of cloud and
:25:34. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:43.temperatures coming in at 6 or 7, but a windy night. So, it looks as
:25:43. > :25:47.though it is going to be cloudy, but we will have patchy outbreaks
:25:47. > :25:53.of rain edging in from the South East. It is not a wall of water,
:25:53. > :25:58.there will be some dry periods, but rain is never far away. That
:25:58. > :26:05.easterly wind will ease later along the coast. Never too warm with that
:26:05. > :26:10.wind off the coast. Inland with some dry slots, around about 13.
:26:10. > :26:15.Looking further ahead, a grey start on Wednesday turning brighter,
:26:15. > :26:19.Thursday not too bad, but a plunge in temperatures by next weekend.
:26:20. > :26:24.That is my birthday, Friday. Plunging temperatures?