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Look North viewers debate what could be the biggest change to

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Yorkshire cities for generations. Voters in Bradford, Leeds,

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Sheffield and Wakefield decide whether to elect their own Mayor.

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Also tonight: A childhood destroyed - a man sexually abused by his

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adoptive father says social services ignored his cry for help.

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I had finger marks all over my neck here. She never believed what were

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going on. A suspended jail sentence for a

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widower who used his dead wife's name to avoid getting points for

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speeding. I'm in Doncaster for a brand-new

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exhibition which has an elephant carved out of 35 tonnes of sand.

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Find out why and what it doesn't want you to forget!

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The blossom on the tree outside York Minster added a splash of

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colour today. Your five-day Welcome to Look North. First, the

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candid account of a young man who told this programme how his

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childhood cries for help were ignored by one of our biggest local

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authorities leaving him to be physically and sexually abused. The

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law grants victim of abuse anonymity but Andy Cannon has

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waived this right to tell his story. He feels his local council failed

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him. When he got violent, he were nasty.

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After it happened like six or seven month I just shut off from it.

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Cannon is struggling to come to terms with an appalling childhood.

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He says he was sexually and physically abused by his adoptive

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father and his boyfriend. When he sought help, his complaints were

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ignored or not investigated properly. I remember saying, "My

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dad's abusing me." I had finger marks on my neck. She never

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believed what were going off. is a report carried out by an

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independent expert in child welfare who was employed by Andy's

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solicitor. It is a review of his case notes. It claims there were 14

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significant failings where his care fell below what you would expect

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from a competent local authority. The report claims that social

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services failed to make detailed enquiries into allegations of

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serious past domestic violence by his adoptive father in 2004 and

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failed to investigate allegations of sexual impropriety against his

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father's boyfriend on two occasions in June and August of 2004. David

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Greenwood believes if some of the earlier complaints had been

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investigated, some of his later suffering might have been avoided.

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The social work Department of Wakefield Council have failed

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Andrew fairly seriously. The social workers supervising Andrew failed

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to spot risks to him and failed to heed his complaints. In 2006,

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Andy's adoptive father and his boyfriend were convicted of a range

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of sexual offences here at Sheffield Crown Court. They were

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sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison although both had claimed

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it had been a one-off offence. Neither of the men wanted to speak

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to BBC Look North. Wakefield I wish they had listened. I don't

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know myself. I just wish they had listened. I wished they would have

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done something about it. Andy was awarded �25,000 by Wakefield

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Council. He is now hoping to build a better future whilst still coming

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to terms with the past. A widower who used his dead wife's

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name to avoid getting points on his driving licence for speeding has

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escaped a jail sentence today. Christopher Bingley's wife

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committed suicide after suffering from postnatal depression. He said

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the trauma he went through after her death meant he filled in forms

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which claimed she was the driver of the speeding vehicle.

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For two years, Christopher Bingley has dedicated his life to finding

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out if his wife was let down by the NHS. After giving birth to Emily in

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2010, Joanne Bingley suffered with postnatal depression and took her

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own life. Last October, Christopher Bingley spoke to Look North about

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how he believed the NHS kept him in the dark about his wife's illness.

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I was never given any information. I wasn't given anything to

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understand what was happening. Whilst setting up a website in

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memory of Joanne, Christopher Bingley used his wife's name to pay

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off three speeding offences that he had committed. After a fourth

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offence police realised Joanne Bingley couldn't be the driver. In

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court he pleaded guilty. Before sentencing, he explained his

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actions. I was stupid and I was concentrating on what I believed

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was the priority, which was my daughter, which was what happened

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to Jo and trying to protect other people from suffering like I have

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suffered. Handing down the suspended prison sentence, the

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judge said, "You were acting in a state of confusion, but I don't

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accept that. I have grave reservations about whether I am

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doing the right thing." The only reason he didn't send Christopher

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Bingley to prison immediately is because he had his daughter to care

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for. He was given a four-month curfew. He was banned from driving

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for nine months. I did not think I would be walking out of court today.

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I thought I would be in a van. I am just so relieved. Christopher

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Bingley has stepped down from the Joanne Bingley Memorial Foundation.

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He is out of work and facing eviction from his home. After two

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years of trauma, he will start rebuilding his life.

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Later on Look North: Why this lady's flying east.

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I am bidding to make it to the London Games.

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The emergency services in South Yorkshire have recovered the body

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of a man from the River Don. The body was first sighted on Sunday in

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Sprotbrough but police have been unable to recover it because of

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dangerous conditions. A helicopter has been brought in to help

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retrieve the body. An investigation's under way after

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a teenage boy was found dead in woodland in Barnsley. The emergency

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services were called to an area off Millhouses Street in Elsecar last

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night. Police haven't revealed how the 15-year-old died, but say it's

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not being treated as suspicious. Five men and four women have been

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arrested by North Wales Police as part of their investigation into

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the naming on Twitter of a rape victim. The Sheffield United and

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Wales footballer, Ched Evans, was jailed last month for the attack.

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Three men were arrested in South Yorkshire last week and later

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released on bail. A Hawker Hurricane fighter has gone

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on show in the centre of York. The Yorkshire Air Museum is displaying

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the aircraft in the city for the next week. The Hurricane played a

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vital role in protecting York during the Second World War after

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Hitler ordered that all heritage cities should be attacked.

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In less than 48 hours, people in our four biggest cities will vote

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on whether to elect their own mayor to run their councils. It would be

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the biggest change in decades. Referenda are taking place in

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Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield. In Doncaster, residents

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will vote on whether to keep an elected mayor. All three national

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party leaders support elected mayors. But here in Yorkshire,

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opinion among local politicians is much more divided. This afternoon,

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we invited the "yes" and "no" campaigns to make their case; and

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four Look North viewers to put them on the spot. We will be hearing

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from Kevin Marr representing the "yes" campaign and a representative

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from the "no" campaign. And also from four Look North viewers. If

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you vote "no" councillors will If the voters decide in favour of

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an Elected Mayor, these elections will be held in November.

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We are joined by someone who is in favour. 30 seconds to sell us the

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idea of an Elected Mayor? I think this is about four things. I think

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it is about greater leadership locally. I think it is about having

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strengthened accountability. I think it is also about how we

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position on the local and international stage. It is about

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having a strong voice for the city to get things done locally, to bang

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the drum a lot louder for Sheffield and other cities. That was 30

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seconds. 30 seconds for the "no" campaigners? I would say if it

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ain't bust, it don't need fixing. We have a good system in Leeds. We

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have ethnic minorities, good female representation. We do a good job.

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The devil is in the detail. If you don't see what is happening on the

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ground, then you take decisions that crush people. So I want to

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stay with the existing system with democratic elections and elected

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leader. Kate, you are from Doncaster. Your Mayor has rattled a

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few cages. You are in favour of him. Why? I'm in favour of the Mayor in

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a town like Doncaster because it's worked. We have had a Mayor for

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over ten years. It's a system that people are used to. The Mayor, the

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mayoral position has become an ambassador for the town. It's

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provided - it's put the town on the map. It's provided inward

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investment. It has hurried on quite a few decisions for the town that

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would otherwise have taken a long time. You don't want one, do you?

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I'm very concerned. I thought it sounded like a nice, sexy idea.

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Then the more I thought about it and the more I thought about how

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that person is going to be elected, it seems like it is a democracy,

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every voter has a right to say. That person is there for four years.

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How can they be removed? How can I do something about it? At the

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moment, we have a leader of the council who does a fair job. He is

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elected by the other councillors. He is accountable to them. That is

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very important. Neil, you have heard some of the arguments from

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Chris. Valid arguments? They are. That is for Leeds. Where I'm from,

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Bradford, Bradford has become a stagnant city. Largely due to the

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current leadership and cabinet system that we current I will have.

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How can a Mayor improve that? will be a lot easier for

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accountability. You will have one person who will say, "This is what

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I am going to do." You can hold that person to account in four

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years' time. We have a lot of problems in Bradford. We have a big

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hole that's become a tourist attraction. We have got the new

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city park which cost �25 million. They are also talking about closing

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council-run care homes because they can't afford the upgrades.

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think a Mayor would change that? would be good to have clear

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leadership. You have had a few problems in Wakefield as well with

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one or two building problems. My main concern about an elected

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mayor is the cost. We have the vote for the mayor, if it goes ahead,

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another �250,000. We have a salary for the mayor, whoever might be

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elected. When the ordinary man and the state is having their services

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cut and people being made redundant, they want money spent on services

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and cannot see how it can be justified at this time. Will it

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necessarily cost more to have a mayor? I do not think the cost of

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these referenda, which is a once in a century decision - we do not get

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asked as the general public. -- often. In the grand scale of what

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local authorities Benz, as Sheffield spends one and a half

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billion pounds a year. What will happen with an elected mayor is

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they will replace the existing council leader role and the

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existing Chief Executive role will change as well. As we are only

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speaking of one at elected person, that is only one job. You would say

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that you council leader does the work of a mare anyway? He does it

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successfully to. Does anyone know who he is? Do they need to? Is it

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not more important he does a good job and he is very sensitive and

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listens to and put -- to opinions. I bet you know who the mayor of

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Doncaster is? Yes indeed, but does he do a good job? We have heard

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from -- we have heard some librarians that he has not done

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such a good job. Doncaster had a referendum to see if they will

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carry on with an elected mayor on Thursday and we will just be

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discussing it if it goes against Peter Davis. If it goes against him,

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fair enough. He is still on the position for another year twiddling

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his thumbs even Neil Doncaster voted against him. Liverpool and

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votes on Thursday for a mayor without having a referendum in the

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first place. It is differed -- different for each area. I think it

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would be a good thing for Bradford. We have got a lot of problems and

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by having one central person or rather than a plethora of people

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who we do not know who they are or what they do. Thank you very much.

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Some might say that a whole issue for many people, the detail is not

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there but we hope we have helped a little today. There is a special

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election 2012 programme which begins at 11:35pm on Thursday.

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We'll have all the resorts throughout the day on Friday.

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Before 7pm - we're confronting the big issues like the elephant in the

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room. No, really, the elephant in the room. Carved out of 35 tons of

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sand and on display in Doncaster. Leeds boxer Michael Adams has been

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described as Britain's best hope for a gold medal at the London

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Olympics. -- Nicola Adams. There is a small matter of qualifying first.

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She heads to China this week for the World Championships. A semi-

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final spot will guarantee her a place and the chance to be part of

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history as one in box at the Olympics for the very first time. -

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- women. When I was 12 years old before work

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boxing was even an Olympic sport, I still dreamed of being like the top

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fighters like Muhammad Ali who all went to the Olympics and got gold

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medals. I thought, I want that to be me. I am turning my silvers and

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two golds just now and putting my foot down and putting in a hard

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work and hard training. It is looking good for me and we have a

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good team behind me. I am concentrating on getting in the in

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and performing. I get nervous but I channel my nurse into something

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else. In the ring, the it nerves turn into energy and get me to move

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around faster and be a lot sharper. It all helps. Everything I have

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trained for, all the ups and downs and the injuries and the tears, it

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will be like I am able to sit back and think this is what I have been

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fighting for. This is the thing I have been waiting for all my life.

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I am always going for gold. I never go for anything less. This Olympics

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as well, it has to be called for me, in London, 2012. It has to be gold.

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A girl with a golden smile. Scarborough - whether very

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important. Sunny, I heatwave almost certainly. Are you lead to watch

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cricket? I wonder who will join you in that hallowed ground will think

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of this news because it is interesting, to say the least.

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Yorkshire have agreed to let Bola Ajmal Shazad lead the club. That is

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either on a permanent basis or on loan until the end of the season.

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The 26-year-old became the first British-born Asian to play for

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Yorkshire when he made his debut in 2004. A statement said both parties

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agree it is no player's best interests that he moves on. He had

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the world at his feet, didn't he? Weather has not stopped Sheffield

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Wednesday fans turning it in their numbers to the as an extra 6000

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tickets went on sale for the weekend's match against Wycombe

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Wanderers. A win for the Isles will see them promoted to the

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championship. There will be 20,000 Sheffield Wednesday fans at

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Hillsborough up at the weekend. The draw for the Rugby League

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Challenge Cup quarter-finals was made today. Leeds Rhinos had been

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drawn away to the team who beat them, de. Huddersfield Giants at

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home to London Broncos. The quarter-finals are played on the

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weekend at of the 12th and 13th May. It weighs 35 tons and has taken 53

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bags of sand to complete. Tomorrow, a huge sand sculpture opens to the

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public in Doncaster. Never let it be said Look North

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does not bring you varied stories because they aim here is to

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recreate a lost Victorian gem which made the town rather famous. Our

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reporter is at The Point Gallery where the exhibition officially

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opens tonight. Tell us about the elephant in the room!

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Take a look at this beast. Even if you're about hand at Scarborough

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beach, I bet you have never got something like that. 35 tons of

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sand have gone into this magnificent and literal elephant in

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the room. It is the creation of local artists Jamie Wardley. That

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looks like a phenomenally difficult thing to create. You have to bring

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everything through this little door. It was 40 tons of sand originally.

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We had to Compaq that all over a day using machinery. We then had to

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make a replica sculpture. We have some terrific time lap shots. What

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is the most difficult bit, is that the detail or the overall shape?

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The overall shape. Replicating something almost as exact as I

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possibly could. As talented as you are and as wonderful as it is, it

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is not his creation. It is an exact replica of a statue that used to

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stand in Doncaster 100 years ago in a house long since demolished. This

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man's ancestor used to live there. You're part of this project.

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original building was carved from solid sandstone. It was close to

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Doncaster 10 century -- town-centre up to the Second World War. Where

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does the elephant fit into the House? Not in the House itself but

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there was a network of tunnels around the House. The largest and

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most iconic sculpture there was Elephant and Mahout. That was in

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the tunnels for people to go and see? Elephant and Mahout was carved

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into a column supporting the tunnels. Where has it gone?

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tunnels were filled in because of safety concerns in the 1980s but it

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is still underground if you cut down far enough.

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He is buried under a block of flats? Yes, indeed. The exhibition

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is open for the next two months at the The Point Gallery.

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There is a question we are going to ask Harriet that you have forgotten.

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What is it? You want to know about the cricket. For what will the

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weather be like for the Cricket? I think it should be okay and may

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even be dry. Who are they playing? And other side for the second

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Three pictures, one is very important. You do not need to be a

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rocket scientist to deduce that they are full. The reservoirs are

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98% full and the supply three- quarters of Yorkshire's drinking

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water. That is good news, isn't it? That is Harrogate.

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Pounds a park is looking beautiful as well in the sunshine yesterday.

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You can send your pictures to me. The weather tomorrow as rather

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cloudy with a bit of drizzle at first. Conditions should turn

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brighter with a little bit of sunshine coming through although it

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will be a chilly north-east wind. Generally speaking, things should

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surely improve. Drizzle and right - - light rain with a that a fog over

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the hills. That is the way of it for this evening and overnight with

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further patchy light rain and drizzle. Areas will become dry with

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a few spots of drizzle left over the top of the Pennines.

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Temperatures down to around six Celsius. A cloudy start and perhaps

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that upstart in places with a few spots of rain or drizzle. Slowly,

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it should become dry with the chance of one or two showers in the

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afternoon. Hopefully, a few sunny intervals to come and Scarborough

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and Yorkshire may get away with a dry day. A few jumpers for quiet if

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you are watching as it will be nine Celsius with a moderate north-east

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wind. 13 Celsius in places, a bit milder than today. Thursday, quite

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a lot of cloud but mostly die. Some rain to come on Friday, called a

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