:00:07. > :00:14.Thank you very much and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight:
:00:14. > :00:17.Calls for an end to massive police pay-offs. North Yorkshire's former
:00:17. > :00:22.Chief Constable gets a �250,000 compensation for his contract not
:00:22. > :00:26.being renewed. Also: A decision imminent on one of the most
:00:26. > :00:29.controversial developments in York for years.
:00:29. > :00:33.Branching out, South Yorkshire to get Britain's first trams running
:00:33. > :00:37.on train tracks linking Sheffield with Rotherham.
:00:37. > :00:47.More patchy light rain and drizzle to come over the next 12 hours.
:00:47. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.Your five-day forecast coming up later in the programme. Good
:00:55. > :00:58.evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight - A quarter of a million
:00:58. > :01:00.pounds payout for North Yorkshire's former Chief Constable. The Home
:01:00. > :01:03.Office says its looking at reviewing payments to those who've
:01:03. > :01:05.been involved in misconduct hearings.
:01:06. > :01:08.Grahame Maxwell, who left his job on Tuesday, was disciplined for
:01:09. > :01:14.gross misconduct last year, after attempting to help a relative get a
:01:14. > :01:17.job with the force. When his contract wasn't renewed he was
:01:17. > :01:20.given the payout as compensation for not reaching his full pension
:01:20. > :01:25.entitlement. But, as Heidi Tomlinson reports,
:01:25. > :01:28.there've been calls today for a change in the law.
:01:28. > :01:33.He is thought to be the first Chief Constable to have faced gross
:01:33. > :01:38.misconduct charges in a generation. But Graeme Maxwell has walked away
:01:38. > :01:40.with almost �250,000 in compensation. He was reprimanded
:01:40. > :01:45.last year after helping a relative with a police job application.
:01:45. > :01:50.Though he was allowed to stay, months later his contract wasn't
:01:50. > :01:57.renewed. The �248,000 he has been awarded makes up for lost pension
:01:57. > :02:03.due to early retirement. We could not break the law. The figures are
:02:03. > :02:08.those that Mr Maxwell is entitled to under the law, under regulations.
:02:08. > :02:11.Graeme Maxwell became head of the force in 2007. Just three years
:02:11. > :02:14.later he was charged with gross misconduct after assisting a
:02:14. > :02:18.relative in a police recruitment drive.
:02:18. > :02:23.In May last year, a final written warning was issued.
:02:23. > :02:27.Then, this week he retires from the police force at the age of 51.
:02:27. > :02:31.Graeme Maxwell left the force two days ago. He is entitled to this
:02:31. > :02:36.compensation, but taxpayers aren't happy that police rules permit such
:02:36. > :02:39.a high payout under these circumstances. Why should he get
:02:39. > :02:44.all that money? He gets a good wage anyway. Why should he get all that
:02:44. > :02:48.money? Doesn't really make a lot of sense to ordinary people, does it?
:02:48. > :02:53.It's disgusting really that they get a huge amount of money as a
:02:53. > :02:57.bail-out package when at the root of this problem is misconduct.
:02:57. > :03:01.Graeme Maxwell's compensation comes as forces are facing cuts of 20%.
:03:01. > :03:06.At the Police Federation conference Theresa May said reforms are
:03:06. > :03:16.essential, including changing the retirement rules. Commenting on the
:03:16. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:33.The Police Authority could have extended Mr Maxwell's contract to
:03:33. > :03:36.avoid the compensation. But the decision was taken to let him go.
:03:36. > :03:40.Thank you very much. The issue was brought newspaper the House of
:03:40. > :03:49.Commons today. In a few moments we are going to be talking to the MP
:03:49. > :03:52.who raised it. Also tonight - planners in York have spent all day
:03:52. > :03:55.deciding whether or not to give approval to one of the city's most
:03:55. > :03:57.controversial developments in years. The plans for a big extension to
:03:57. > :04:00.the out-of-town retail park at Monk's Cross have attracted
:04:00. > :04:02.criticism - principally from city- centre traders who say it will take
:04:02. > :04:05.away their business. But the idea isn't short of support
:04:05. > :04:09.- especially among many sports fans. It promises a new community stadium
:04:09. > :04:13.which will house the city's professional sports clubs. In a
:04:13. > :04:20.moment we'll hear from our reporter but first here's a reminder about -
:04:20. > :04:24.why for both sides - the stakes are so high.
:04:24. > :04:28.Interest in this plan is so strong the Guildhall simply wasn't big
:04:28. > :04:34.enough. A local hotel had to be booked and even then it was
:04:34. > :04:38.standing room only. Developers want to build a new retail park with a
:04:38. > :04:41.John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, restaurants, and a community
:04:41. > :04:46.stadium. Opponents claim it will drive shoppers out of town, leading
:04:46. > :04:52.to shop closures and job losses. It also threatens the survival of
:04:52. > :04:55.another shopping development, one in the city centre, a long-planned
:04:55. > :05:00.and much-cherished aspiration of the council. Supporters claim it
:05:00. > :05:05.could boost the local economy and it would deliver the community
:05:05. > :05:10.stadium. A new home for the city's professional clubs, including the
:05:10. > :05:18.FA trophy-winning York City. Danny is there for us now. The
:05:18. > :05:21.meeting has been going on all day. Decision yet? Yes, seconds ago I
:05:21. > :05:26.can tell you that the community stadium, the retail development has
:05:26. > :05:30.been given the go ahead. It's been approved by ten votes to four. This
:05:30. > :05:34.is an issue that really has split the city. Behind me is the
:05:34. > :05:39.Guildhall where meetings like this will normally take place. Today,
:05:39. > :05:46.they've had to move to a local hotel. 200 people turned up to hear
:05:46. > :05:49.the debate. 40 of them spoke in it. It split - it was split such that
:05:49. > :05:55.the chamber of trade and commerce couldn't agree on what side to
:05:55. > :05:59.support and and there were empassioned pleas from both sides.
:05:59. > :06:03.A trust pointing out 1,000 of the city's listed buildings are
:06:03. > :06:06.occupied by independent retailers. Then you had Sophie, one of the
:06:06. > :06:11.directors of the football club in tears as she told the committee
:06:11. > :06:16.that without this development they might have to get rid of 120 boys
:06:16. > :06:22.in their youth development programme. Tonight she is a very
:06:22. > :06:24.relieved and happy woman. Was it very tight in the end the decision?
:06:24. > :06:28.It wasn't. But many of those involved in the decision-making
:06:28. > :06:32.process were keen to point out that they agreed in many ways with both
:06:33. > :06:36.sides of the debate, but they had to make a decision. Now that they
:06:36. > :06:40.have made a decision that's not really the end of the matter, it's
:06:40. > :06:44.still quite possible the Government, whose own planning guidelines and
:06:44. > :06:53.regulations this flies in the face of, will call if in and there will
:06:53. > :07:03.be a public inquiry. There's also murmurings that they could seek a
:07:03. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:16.judicial review. It's not over yet. Thank you.
:07:16. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:21.Later:. More than �50 million is to be
:07:21. > :07:23.spent extending Sheffield's supertram to Rotherham as part of a
:07:23. > :07:26.two-year experiment. Government money will fund the long-awaited
:07:26. > :07:31.pilot scheme. It's hoped it will help boost the South Yorkshire
:07:31. > :07:35.economy and improve journey times. It will use a system already in use
:07:35. > :07:39.in other parts of Europe. They're already a common sight in
:07:39. > :07:42.other parts of Europe, soon a new style of tram will be coming to
:07:42. > :07:48.Sheffield. They'll be used to extend the current supertram system
:07:48. > :07:53.from the city to Rotherham. The trams will travel on existing lines
:07:53. > :07:55.and transfer to Railtracks to continue a journey as far as
:07:56. > :08:00.Rotherham's retail park. It's a cheap way of extending supertram
:08:00. > :08:03.but it's still costing �58 million. We know from economic studies that
:08:03. > :08:08.Rotherham and Sheffield function as one single city in terms of the
:08:08. > :08:13.economy and business and jobs, so this will allow people to much more
:08:13. > :08:17.easily access work opportunities in Rotherham, the valley and Sheffield
:08:17. > :08:22.city centre. Shoppers at the retail park who currently have to rely on
:08:22. > :08:28.buses and cars, will now be able to travel by supertram all the way to
:08:28. > :08:34.Sheffield city centre if they want to. Have you heard the tphaus the
:08:34. > :08:39.Sheffield supertram... �58 million, you are joking me. �58 million?
:08:39. > :08:42.Anything that gets us connected is good. Waste of money. Waste of time.
:08:42. > :08:45.Waste of money and time. Why do you think that? There is a good bus
:08:45. > :08:49.service, a good train service. Why the hell you want something else?
:08:49. > :08:54.It's a good idea for people for transport because it's been good in
:08:54. > :08:56.Sheffield so so probably be a positive thing. Will the
:08:56. > :09:01.announcement make a difference for you and me? How will that new
:09:01. > :09:05.journey compare to the current journey? BBC Sheffield wanted to
:09:05. > :09:09.find out and sent reporter Dan on an experience. There are other
:09:09. > :09:15.routes but we wanted to trace the exact journey from here. That took
:09:15. > :09:20.a tram, a train and then a bus. It cost about �7.50 and took about an
:09:20. > :09:23.hour and one minute, I think we timed it as. About a third of that
:09:23. > :09:26.time was getting on and off different different bits of
:09:26. > :09:29.transport. The new system will be easier, people will stay on the
:09:29. > :09:34.tram. Experts reckon the new route will take 25 minutes. The pile hrt
:09:34. > :09:43.will go live in -- pilot will go live in 2015 and if successful
:09:43. > :09:47.could be rolled out to other UK cities.
:09:47. > :09:49.David Hill is serving a minimum 14 years in jail for the murder of his
:09:50. > :09:52.mother-in law, Castleford market trader Mollie Wright. But six years
:09:52. > :09:55.on, Mollie's own daughters are campaigning to try to prove Hill's
:09:55. > :09:57.innocence. They've never believed he was the killer. Our crime
:09:57. > :10:02.correspondent John Cundy has the story. He's been taken from
:10:02. > :10:06.everything that he holds dear as a result of someone else's actions.
:10:06. > :10:13.family's campaign to try to get their own mother's killer proved
:10:13. > :10:18.innocent six years after the murder. For 40 years Molly known to be
:10:18. > :10:21.wealthy, had run a card store. In later years her son-in-law, David
:10:21. > :10:26.Hill, joined the business. Six years ago Molly was murdered in her
:10:26. > :10:31.own home. David Hill told police he found Molly's battered bowedy when
:10:31. > :10:34.he called -- body when he called at the bungalow. But the programmes
:10:35. > :10:38.cushion said Hill himself was the killer because he believed Molly
:10:38. > :10:43.found out he had been stealing money from their business to
:10:43. > :10:46.finance �20 of his trb - �20,000 of his own debts. Molly's family never
:10:46. > :10:51.accepted this. To this day they think the 73-year-old had been the
:10:51. > :10:55.victim of bogus officials who had conned their way into her bungalow
:10:55. > :11:00.here, believing that she held substantial amounts of cash in the
:11:00. > :11:03.home from her market stall. Her family have engaged a former
:11:03. > :11:08.top detective to help them in the last-ditch campaign to try to prove
:11:08. > :11:16.David Hill's innocence. evidence didn't quite fit. I know
:11:16. > :11:19.the person that David was and is. He is a kind, caring person. He is
:11:19. > :11:23.a gentle soul. He wouldn't hurt anybody like that physically.
:11:24. > :11:27.just doesn't feel right to me. It's that gut feeling that I used to
:11:27. > :11:32.rely upon when I was a detective. It's still there, and it's that,
:11:32. > :11:39.it's a gut feeling that things aren't 100% correct here. It's had
:11:39. > :11:43.a massive impact, he's been devastated to accuse such an awful
:11:43. > :11:51.crime he didn't commit. All appeals have failed so far but his family
:11:51. > :11:56.say they'll fight on. Let's go back to our top story, and
:11:56. > :12:00.the Tory MP for Skipton and Ripon brought up the issue of police
:12:00. > :12:04.compensation in the House of Commons today. It follows the
:12:04. > :12:10.tphaus the north -- follows the tphaus the Police Authority is
:12:10. > :12:15.bound by law to give a former chief executive almost �250,000
:12:15. > :12:19.compensation for not being able to secure his full pension entitlement.
:12:19. > :12:23.Julian Smith says the Government can't let it happen again. He's
:12:23. > :12:27.just come into the studio having left the House of Commons. Mr Smith,
:12:28. > :12:31.thank you very much for joining us, it's been a busy day for you, but
:12:31. > :12:34.the former Chief Constable was within his rights to get that money,
:12:34. > :12:40.wasn't he? In fact, that's exactly what the Police Authority said.
:12:40. > :12:43.Well, the rules are bizarre, as you have stated. I have spoken to the
:12:43. > :12:48.police Minister tonight, and will be meeting to discuss this matter
:12:49. > :12:53.further and I think never again can we have a situation where a chief
:12:53. > :12:57.police constable can be found guilty of gross misconduct and get
:12:57. > :13:01.a whopping great sum of money like Graeme Maxwell has received.
:13:01. > :13:05.brought it newspaper the Commons. Was there any reaction, what did
:13:05. > :13:10.you actually say? I asked the Government to consider as part of
:13:10. > :13:14.its overall police reforms this anomaly and I am sure they will. I
:13:14. > :13:19.am meeting with the police Minister again to talk further about it. I
:13:20. > :13:23.think it doesn't make sense to me, doesn't make sense to your viewers
:13:23. > :13:33.that taxpayers' cash is spent on somebody that in any other walk of
:13:33. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:36.life would have been kicked out of his job without any money at all.
:13:36. > :13:38.Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has spoken to the police officers,
:13:38. > :13:41.the police conference this week and said she believes that it's no
:13:41. > :13:44.longer possible for police to be treated very differently from every
:13:44. > :13:47.other public service, is this what you are saying then, in this case
:13:47. > :13:53.and all cases with the police it's a special case? There are changes
:13:53. > :13:58.that the Government's proposing for all the policing but there is a
:13:58. > :14:03.particular characteristic of Chief Constables which I have led a
:14:03. > :14:08.debate on, ACPO, we have seen in Yorkshire sloppy holding of the
:14:08. > :14:12.chief of police to account by the Police Authority and we have to
:14:12. > :14:16.improve this monitoring and leadership of our police forces. We
:14:16. > :14:19.have great police officers across north Yorkshire. They've been
:14:19. > :14:23.poorly served by the Police Authority and Mr Maxwell. Is it
:14:23. > :14:28.just too late in this case? It's one for the future? I think,
:14:28. > :14:31.unfortunately, it is. I have also understood tonight that the Police
:14:31. > :14:41.Authority may not have given us the full figures, there may be more to
:14:41. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:47.come. Thank you. 31 Yorkshire based Territorial Army
:14:47. > :14:50.soldiers who've just returned from Afghanistan were presented with
:14:50. > :14:52.medals by the Duke of York today. The men and women of the 4th
:14:52. > :14:56.Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment were handed Operational Service
:14:56. > :15:00.medals to mark the end of their 6- month tour of duty. Here's Spencer
:15:00. > :15:03.Stokes. Glad to be back, as Territorial
:15:03. > :15:07.Army members these soldiers have other careers which they stepped
:15:07. > :15:11.away from to go fight in Afghanistan. The medals they
:15:11. > :15:17.received from the Duke of York honour their service. And theirs
:15:17. > :15:23.was a tour of duty not without grief, one soldier, Private Matthew
:15:23. > :15:27.Thornton was killed on operations last November. So pride today with
:15:27. > :15:32.sadness. It really did knock us back, but you had a job to do, so
:15:32. > :15:38.you had to crack on and do it. Particularly relieved Lisa and her
:15:38. > :15:41.husband, Captain Darren. He spoke to Look North before being deployed.
:15:41. > :15:44.Going away brings you closer to your family and unless you are
:15:44. > :15:50.going away and faced with these things you don't quite realise how
:15:50. > :15:53.much you love your family. Eight months on, the mood is
:15:53. > :16:01.lighter, but Darren hopes he doesn't have to return to
:16:01. > :16:07.Afghanistan. I don't think there is another one in the future. You must
:16:07. > :16:12.be relieved to hear that. Extremely relieved. We will see what happens.
:16:12. > :16:21.For many of these men and women it's back to the day job. A job or
:16:21. > :16:24.career they put on hold to fight for their country.
:16:24. > :16:27.This weekend also marks a proud and poignant moment for another Army
:16:27. > :16:31.family from Chesterfield. Jane and Trevor Ford will attend a ceremony
:16:31. > :16:33.which will see their son Ben's name added to the Cenotaph in their home
:16:33. > :16:41.village of Newbold. Ben was killed in Afghanistan in
:16:41. > :16:47.2007 at the age of just 18. Less than a year later, his sister Emma
:16:47. > :16:52.also joined the army, with the full support of her parents. Jane and
:16:52. > :16:59.Trevor join us now. What will happen this weekend at
:16:59. > :17:04.the send owe faff? -- Cenotaph? local Alderman has actually got all
:17:04. > :17:10.the names of the Second World War soldiers as well put on to a brass
:17:10. > :17:14.plaque and below that they've put a nice black granite with Ben's name
:17:14. > :17:20.on. It's a lot of people who will be gaining some kind of solace from
:17:20. > :17:23.this? Hopefully it's going to be anyone - well for anyone who lived
:17:23. > :17:26.in Newbold person who was remembered, because we had the
:17:26. > :17:32.World War I people on one side, now we have the Second World War and we
:17:32. > :17:36.have Ben. It's going to be a remarkably moving thing for the
:17:36. > :17:40.family, but try and put into words, I know it's difficult, how much it
:17:40. > :17:44.means for Ben's name to be up there? Well, like I say it's
:17:44. > :17:50.difficult to put into words, but the local support that we have had
:17:50. > :17:56.and then it's been done through tenants and residents, it's been
:17:56. > :18:00.funded by a group and Mick's worked hard to get this and everybody
:18:00. > :18:06.knows - it couldn't be any better. It makes you feel that people still
:18:06. > :18:10.care and that you are not alone, I suppose? Very much so. Well, it's
:18:10. > :18:15.not just for Ben obviously, but for people in the Second World War who
:18:15. > :18:19.have given a sacrifice and more recently Ben. Your daughter, Emma,
:18:19. > :18:21.has joined up as well. A very proud moment for you as well. I suppose a
:18:21. > :18:26.lot of people might ask the question how do you feel about
:18:26. > :18:31.that? She wants to be a soldier, like her brother. There's no way of
:18:31. > :18:37.stopping her. She's just determined. She's actually doing fantastic.
:18:37. > :18:41.She's a Lance Corporal now. She is in Germany. This is the passing out
:18:41. > :18:45.parade. Yeah, we got soaked that day. She loves it. She wouldn't do
:18:45. > :18:48.anything else. Every time we get a report about her she's doing
:18:48. > :18:53.marvellously well. She's in Germany but she is in the armoured division.
:18:53. > :18:56.You never know where she may go. The thing is she wants to be a
:18:56. > :19:01.trainer and she's passed a course to do phase one and phase two and
:19:01. > :19:05.her boss boss actually said it may be advised to go out and do a
:19:05. > :19:08.theatre of war, which if she has to go, well we have to respect that
:19:08. > :19:11.decision. She wants to further her career in the Army. We can't stop
:19:11. > :19:15.her going out there. It's a remarkable tribute that's coming up
:19:15. > :19:24.this weekend. Emotionally, you know, I am sure you are prepared to cope
:19:24. > :19:29.with it as well. If Emma is going, it's what she wants to do. She's a
:19:29. > :19:34.soldier first,. I look at you and can't believe how remarkably brave
:19:34. > :19:39.2002 are, but you know it's what Ben wanted and that it's what Emma
:19:39. > :19:43.wants. It's like them saying to me dad, don't go out on bike this
:19:43. > :19:48.weekend. We couldn't restrict them the same way. Ben would say to us,
:19:48. > :19:52.go for it. That's how he was. I have gone for it, tkpwu for it. If
:19:52. > :19:55.you don't keep being proud of me and keep strong I will come down
:19:55. > :20:04.there and give you a good hiding. Now his name will be there forever.
:20:04. > :20:14.It will, yeah. Thank you. Do stay with us. A change of
:20:14. > :20:17.
:20:17. > :20:25.direction. Sheffield's Richard Hawley's latest album takes him to
:20:25. > :20:28.his highest chart position yet. A new project to help people
:20:28. > :20:31.suffering from Alzheimer's disease and memory loss has been launched
:20:31. > :20:33.today at the National Media Museum in Bradford. A compilation of home
:20:33. > :20:36.movies from the 1950s and 60s, featuring school days and holidays
:20:36. > :20:39.have been put together by the Yorkshire Film Archive. It's hoped
:20:39. > :20:49.the DVDs will help those suffering from memory loss to regain their
:20:49. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :20:53.past. Cricket now. Let's turn to cricket now, and if you've caught
:20:53. > :20:56.any of England's first Test against the West Indies today, you must
:20:56. > :21:00.have been bursting with pride for Yorkshire as well. We said it
:21:00. > :21:03.wouldn't be long! And our very own Jonny Bairstow has won his first
:21:03. > :21:06.Test cap today, presented to him here before the start of play.
:21:06. > :21:09.Double celebrations then at his old school, St Peters in York, where
:21:09. > :21:16.the man who spotted Bairstow's budding talent is preparing to hang
:21:16. > :21:21.up his boots. He is a natural. He has flair. He scored 100 after 100.
:21:21. > :21:26.Mostly very quickly. David's been a fantastic coach. I know after 42
:21:26. > :21:30.years of coaching the school team there this is a great, proud and
:21:30. > :21:40.joy. He did really well with Johnnie, he was also your coach.
:21:40. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:59.didn't do so well with me! It's been a good day in the field for
:21:59. > :22:07.both our Yorkshire boys for England. West Indies finished on 243-8.
:22:07. > :22:10.Not bad. It's all right for us. Now back home at Headingley,
:22:10. > :22:20.without Jonny Bairstow, it's been Day Two for Yorkshire against
:22:20. > :22:31.
:22:31. > :22:35.Their first innings at 427. Now, one of Sheffield's favourite
:22:35. > :22:38.sons has been making music headlines once again. Richard
:22:38. > :22:42.Hawley has released his latest studio album this month to critical
:22:42. > :22:43.acclaim. He announced his autumn tour a couple of days ago, which
:22:44. > :22:53.includes dates in Sheffield, and Leeds, and kicks-off in Holmfirth.
:22:54. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:11.Shamir Masri's been to catch up # Your time is short #... This may
:23:11. > :23:15.not be the sound many associate with Richard Hawley but it's proved
:23:15. > :23:24.to be popular. His 7th studio album charted at number two the week it
:23:24. > :23:30.was released. This is a 7th record and it's like
:23:30. > :23:34.waiting for doodlebug to land. It's the opposite really, it's gone up a
:23:34. > :23:38.level really. That's me and the guys in the band, we are just
:23:39. > :23:43.astounded, you know. It's nothing we ever expected. The fact that
:23:43. > :23:48.people bought it, I am most happy with. The album titled Standing at
:23:48. > :23:51.the Sky's Edge is a play on words related to the area of Sheffield
:23:52. > :23:55.Richard grew up near but the influences for the songs have been
:23:55. > :23:58.both personal and political. It's more a metaphor I Tuesday for,
:23:58. > :24:02.because we all stood on the edge politically and socially and it
:24:02. > :24:05.doesn't take a genius to work that out. I guess, I suppose it's time
:24:06. > :24:11.for to us decide which side of the line we stand. I will always stand
:24:11. > :24:13.with the people, always. Well, it's where you should be. Decisions made
:24:13. > :24:18.for the majority, not the my skwrort.
:24:18. > :24:23.--. Minority. His home city remains something he is very passionate
:24:23. > :24:28.about. I was out in the beautiful woodland that we have and the parks
:24:28. > :24:32.of Sheffield, which I endogenous joy so -- enjoy so much. I made the
:24:32. > :24:42.decision whatever it was I did it had to be in Sheffield, whoever I
:24:42. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:51.# Down into the woods... A Sheffield day for any Hawley tour
:24:51. > :24:56.is a must. It's got to be on the list. If it's not on the list, I
:24:57. > :25:01.ain't doing the tour. It's Sheffield. Always. It's a city that
:25:01. > :25:06.nourishes me and has given me so much. It would be a bad idea to
:25:06. > :25:16.miss it out. Richard's autumn tour has been announced this week, which
:25:16. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:21.includes three Yorkshire dates, and starts in Holmfirth.
:25:21. > :25:25.Well, the weather, not good, is it? No. But you are going to cheer me
:25:25. > :25:32.up with a little picture which will make me smile. And news perhaps
:25:32. > :25:35.next week will warm up a little bit. Perhaps. And become drier, an an
:25:35. > :25:45.improvement coming next week, so we will cling on to that, and nice
:25:45. > :25:47.
:25:47. > :25:52.Splendid, don't you agree? course. Lots of sunshine around,
:25:52. > :25:55.that was obviously taken yesterday because today has been dull, damp
:25:55. > :25:59.and dreary. Tomorrow will be very similar in the morning, but chances
:25:59. > :26:03.are the afternoon will improve. Hopefully cricket tomorrow
:26:03. > :26:06.afternoon at Headingley after a damp start, there we are, it's a
:26:06. > :26:10.messy looking chart, though. The weather front there over the south-
:26:10. > :26:15.east, there it is, that will push up and ensure more light rain and
:26:15. > :26:19.drizzle, especially on Saturday morning. Hopefully it will peter
:26:19. > :26:23.out through the day. Something better coming through perhaps for
:26:23. > :26:26.next week and warmer at long last. It did brighten up this afternoon.
:26:26. > :26:33.We have had sunny intervals in places, that's lifted temperatures
:26:33. > :26:36.to the dizzy heights of 12 degrees. Still below average for the time of
:26:36. > :26:46.year. Overnight cloud thickens and there will be further light rain
:26:46. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:58.and drizzle in places and frost- free.
:26:58. > :27:02.It's a dreary start, overcast with occasional light rain and drizzle
:27:02. > :27:07.in places. I think slowly through the morning and especially into the
:27:07. > :27:12.afternoon it becomes generally dry and bright. Brighter spells for the
:27:12. > :27:15.south and West Yorkshire, parts of north Yorkshire hang on to thickest
:27:15. > :27:25.cloud but it's encouraging for Headingley for tomorrow afternoon.
:27:25. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:30.Temperatures, a brisk north-east, 9C in Scarborough. The best of the
:27:30. > :27:35.temperatures for South Yorkshire. Saturday looks damp and dreary,