25/10/2012 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight, Jimmy Savile's great-niece

speaks out. She says she was abused by him at the age of 15, as

Scotland Yard look into the cases of 300 victims Also tonight: the

price of a school uniform - the campaign to make it cheaper to

dress your children for school. Royal remains - should King Richard

III be buried in Leicester, York or Worksop? It has been a great day.

Plenty of sunshine on the way, but Tonight, detectives say the number

of potential victims abused by Jimmy Savile has increased from 200

to almost 300. They also say they're investigating what they are

describing as figures of high standing who may have assisted him.

Savile's great niece was one of those who says she was sexually

abused by the tv entertainer. She spoke to Look North in York this

morning. Phil Bodmer's report does not contain any graphic language,

but you may find some of it upsetting. The another day of

damaging revelations in the Jimmy Savile sex scandal. This afternoon

detectives were fields they are now following in excess of 400 lines of

inquiry involving 300 victims. is quite staggering the number of

people who have come forward. Primarily they are talking about

Jimmy Saville, but there are three categories. There was Jimmy Saville

on his own, which is the majority. Then we have allegations against

Jimmy Saville and others, then a separate category of others. Today

his great-niece told us that she was abused by him which she was

just 12 years old. The more we spoke the quieter he got, meaning I

had to lean into him. He started to run his hand up and down my back

and are really soft way. Then he put his hand down my knickers.

Scotland Yard have trebled the number of officers working on the

case to 30. They have spoken to 130 victims and recorded 114

allegations of abuse so far. Detectives say the weight of

evidence against him is overwhelming. Caroline Robinson

said he also abused her a few years later when she was 15. He was so

strong I couldn't get out. He had me in such a position or I could

not get out of where I was so why had to go with the flow. I had to

do it. So some of what she called us to traffic to include. Who would

have believed me? He would have believed that Jimmy Saville was

this sort of monster? Nobody would. Tonight a solicitor acting on

behalf of victims has launched the first claims against the run rate

celebrities estate. Police are also now looking at further arrests

following accusations at a number of high-profile figures could be

involved. A Yorkshire MP is today warning

that the high cost of school uniforms is selection by the back

door. Mary Creagh has written to all the schools in her Wakefield

constituency urging them to try and keep uniform costs down. Christa's

been looking at the costs. So, how much do you pay for your

child's school uniform? Research in Bradford shows the cost of a full

uniform can be up to �100 or even more. School blazers are the

dearest item - costing around �35. And then there are ties, shirts,

jumpers, trousers, and PE kits - usually branded with a school logo.

Well, now unions and charities are warning that many parents are

struggling because of the high prices. Spencer Stokes reports. It

seems the blazer is back. Parents are being told to go out and buy

jackets for the children. Cadiz shops is 10 schools in the City

have switched a blazers in recent years. It is that financial strain

for some mums and dads. If they buy everything for them, it is a lot of

money. What they decide, they buy one or two things every week.

not just places making uniform costs rise. Many schools have

rebranded, becoming colleges, community colleges or academies.

When the main changes, it is often the case that the uniform changes

as well. By be can't have his schools using uniform policy as a

way of pricing some families out of choosing a particular school.

December this school become the new academy, meaning a new uniform for

400 pupils. They have try to do it as economic glee as possible. All

uniform he will cost �35. We are found that if we chose a uniform

that could be sourced from lots of different shops, and also places

like ASDA and Tesco's, but that would bring down the costs for the

parent. That approach has been welcomed by mums and dad,

especially those of more than one child. You think I have got that

hundred pounds for mum -- for him, then you have to go out and do it

again. And the government is encouraging more schools to become

academies so more changes are likely and that could mean more

blazers on sale in shops. It's obviously a subject affecting many

of you - we've had lots of reaction on our Facebook page. Here's just a

few of your comments: Marianna Proietti says: It cost �360 for my

two children in York. It's an absolute disgrace. �25 for a rugby

shirt, �19 for a jumper and �23 for the school hoody. Prices are beyond

ridiculous! Susan Kelly says: It's disgusting that schools insist on

logo'd school wear and insist on initials embroidered on PE kits,

which we have to pay extortionate prices for. Ellis Smith says: Due

to the rise of supermarkets, items have dropped in cost and if the

schools abandoned uniform, you'd still need to clothe your child and

I suspect the latest fashions would cost a lot more money.

Sam Goodwin offers this suggestion, she says her school, Abbey Lane:

Has a secondhand sale every half term. Donated, outgrown or lost

property that hasn't been claimed is sold and money raised is used

for things in school. It's saved me a fortune! Yours was your school

blazer. My mum used to buy at three sizes too big. My gaberdine newly

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Stay with us. As the hunt for Ben continues, South Yorkshire Police

on the Greek island of Kos give us an update on their search for the

young Sheffield boy. Taxi drivers in Sheffield have been

meeting with council officials over plans to make fitting CCTV cameras

in their vehicles compulsory. The drivers would have to pay for the

cameras themselves, and many say council says cameras in cars would

help reduce abuse and violent attacks. Ian White reports.

Attacked doing the job he loves. This man was left blind in one

night after a customer turned violent. He had a bottle in his

hand.. He threw the bottle in my face and he let me blinding my hive.

It is not just physical violence. His colleague is often the victim

of verbal abuse by customers. picked the lady up and she was

racist towards me and she wanted to break my face. Now Sheffield

council says enough is enough and they are proposing all drivers fit

CCTV cameras in their vehicles. This is what's the council pink and

might stop abuse against taxi- drivers. A very prominent sticker

telling people that any abuse will be recorded. Incidents like this

A recent trial of some cameras has shown benefits. The number of

attacks the number of racial abuse and verbal abuse its and the people

who run off without paying their fair reduce significantly. This has

to be to the benefit of the licensed trade as well as

passengers. At Sheffield's biggest taxi firm, the idea has been

welcomed. Any think that helps promote drivers' safety in my

opinion is a very, very good thing. It should be strongly promoted.

with the sun cameras costing up to �1,000, some people wonder he will

be fitting the bill. We do need cameras in a camps. By but welcomed

them if the council put their hands in their pockets. The thousands of

the city's drivers will have to wait until after Christmas before

they will find out if they will have to put cameras in their camps.

Failure to comply would mean they More news from around Yorkshire

now: A father from Wakefield has been sentenced to a minimum 19

years in jail for the murder of his five-year-old son last January. A

jury had heard that Pazeer Ahmed, who's 34, had subjected his son

Haroon to weeks of violence at their home. The boy had been burned

with a household iron and punched and kicked. Ahmed, who claimed he

had mental problems, had denied murder.

It's been confirmed that Sir Norman Bettison will still receive his

pension. He resigned yesterday from his position as Chief Constable of

West Yorkshire after weeks of criticism about this role in the

aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster. Following a meeting today,

it was clarified that Sir Norman, who worked for Merseyside Police

Authority for seven years, would receive his pension which is worth

�83,000 a year. A man from Wath-upon-Dearne who was

shot in his home in September has died. Police have confirmed that

42-year-old Tyrone Woodhead passed away yesterday afternoon in

hospital. A 29-year-old and a 22- year-old man have previously been

arrested in connection with the incident and remanded in custody.

The investigation is now being treated as murder.

No police action will be taken against an Oldham footballer

accused of racially abusing a ball- boy at Bramall Lane. The allegation

against Lee Croft was made after the match against Sheffield United

on October 13th. A statement from South Yorkshire Police says their

investigation has revealed there was no substance to allegations.

However, the midfielder has accepted he spoke inappropriately

and has apologised. Police searching for the missing Sheffield

boy Ben Needham say officers from South Yorkshire will remain in Kos

through the weekend. It is now a week since they arrived on the

Greek island, looking for clues to the whereabouts of the toddler who

went missing 21 years ago. This morning a specialist X-ray

machine has been examining an area of land close to the farmhouse

where Ben was last seen. Heidi Tomlinson has the latest. Seven

days since out Yorkshire and Greek police teams began looking for

clues in remote farmland, and still no sign of anything that might

identify Ben Needham's whereabouts. This equipment can take X-rays of

what lies below the surface. This is the site with a toddler damage

in 1991. We could just as easily find it on their last day as the

first day. People's attention wavers we haven't won anything yet.

Earlier this week Ben's mother flew to renew her appeal for anyone who

knows anything to come forward. Greek police working alongside 2DK

counterparts brought in diggers to try and uncover more. Their

neighbours appear to have been fruitless. South Yorkshire police

say their teams will continue their excavations over the weekend.

A woman's body is to be exhumed from a graveyard in Barnsley. The

local woman, who hasn't been named, was in her 30s when she died last

year. Well, Dan Johnson's outside the cemetry of All Saints and St

James' Church. Dan, what's going on? The police here are just

preparing for tonight's very challenging and sensitive work. You

might be able to work out -- make out in the gloom the 10th that is

over the grave. We have some pictures taken earlier the steps

that they have taken to ensure that privacy is maintained over this

difficult work. The Church has been sealed off all day and roads around

us have been closed off. We don't have much detail about what has

prompted his action, but we know the body to be exuded is that of a

woman who died last year in her early 30s. The post-mortem

conducted at a time was unable to establish a cause of death. The

body was released in she was buried here in the churchyard. It appears

that can best -- investigations have come to sort of conclusion or

there is some fresh evidence. don't hear about many exhumations,

how unusual is it? This is a very unusual step. They say that

although they are not releasing any details of the woman involved in

this case they do have the support of her family in this action. What

will happen later tonight is just after midnight they will exude and

the grave and hope to have the churchyard we open during the day

tomorrow. The body will then be put through a fresh post-mortem

examination and they will be hoping that that yields some other more

useful clues about how she died and establish whether a press criminal

investigation is needed. A public consultation over plans

that could see children's and maternity services downgraded in

Northallerton has been put on hold. NHS managers put forward the

proposals for the Friarage Hospital but they've been opposed by the

local authority who want to see a third option, keeping services as

they are. The matter is now likely to be referred to the Health

Secretary. The City of York Council has won a

long-running court case over noise from motorsports at Elvington

Airfield. The council says it's had hundreds of complaints about loud

noise from local residents. Elvington Park Limited, Elvington

Events Limited and John Christopher Hudson have been found guilty of

causing statutory noise nuisance in breach of a noise abatement notice.

The three defendants have been fined �3,500 each and ordered to

pay costs. The RSPCA has given a welfare award

to a housing association which runs retirement homes near Bradford.

Pets including parrots, dogs and cats are allowed in the over 55s

bungalows owned by Hanover Housing. It's been given a community animal

welfare award, and residents say I think it is important that older

people can have pets. With my children being at work, I wouldn't

speak to his soul sometimes for three of four days. I talked to him

and he is good company. Apparently that Parrott talks in a

Yorkshire accent. Before 7.00pm: Remains of a king -

York and Worksop vie with Leicester to be the final resting place of

In the old days, Scarborough and Bridlington were vibrant fishing

ports. To some extent they still are, but it ain't what it used to

be, but maybe the East Coast can reestablish itself again as a

centre for lobsters. It's a multi- million pound industry which

supports hundreds of coastal jobs. Now shell fishermen on the Coast

say they want to expand further. They're applying to build the area'

s first artificial lobster hatchery, which it's hoped will boost stocks

in the North Sea and sustain jobs in the future. As Paul Murphy

reports, the fishermen are looking to Scotland for help in getting the

idea off the ground. On the quayside at Bridlington, and

freshly landed lobster. These creatures are the basis of a multi-

million pound economic success story which supports more than 400

local jobs. For every one that caught, someone has to landed,

process it, drive it. In a corner of the harbour, local fishermen on

to develop the first lobster hatchery. The aim is to introduce

more juvenile lobsters into the sea to boost stocks. We are losing

habitat because of industrial development at sea. The model for

the proposed Bridlington hatchery lies 500 miles to the north in

Orkney. We select out the female lobsters that have suitable eggs

for hatching and we hatch them here. At that point we decide if they're

going to be released back into the wild. The people behind this

project wanted to do more than breed more lobsters. They knew they

had to create an industry which was sustainable for generations to come.

That is perhaps the biggest lesson of Bridlington can learn. At this

time of year they would have tiny black eggs. There hatchery here is

actually owned by a Yorkshireman. This helps to keep the fishery

commercially viable and allows younger people to come into the

industry. The economic benefits being enjoyed by the shell

fishermen have been closely watched by their Yorkshire colleagues, who

now hope to win funding for an East Coast hatchery and get it built

Football, and Chesterfield are on the brink of appointing Paul Cook

as their new manager. Cook was in talks with the club this afternoon

and was shown around the ground. The Spirites have already agreed a

compensation package with his current club, Accrington Stanley.

Sheffield Wednesday are second from bottom of the Championship and now

without a win in nine league games. Last night they lost out to

Blackburn who scored through Grant Hanley in just the fifth minute.

Despite playing some good football, the Owls lacked that cutting edge

up front. Kell Brook's promoter says he'll do all he can to bring

his fighters IBF World welterweight title bout to the UK. The Sheffield

boxer is the mandatory challenge to Devon Alexander. Kell blasted his

way past Hector Saldivia in just tghrounds at the weekend. Alexander

is apparently unconcerned saying: who is he anyway?

He was nicknamed Richard of York and this was William Shakespeare's

most famous quote. A horse a horse, But is he our most maligned

monarch? Was he a hunchback? And should he come back here for a

permanent resting place? Rather than a car park in Leicester! Well,

MPs in the House of Commons today Danny Carpenter reports. Richard of

York was a warrior king, Victor and ultimate loser in the Wars Of the

Roses. He was the Last English King to die in battle. It was at

Bosworth Field 500 years ago. Today battle was rejoined, a war of words

over his bones. Given that he has been in Leicester for 500 years, it

would be most appropriate that he is laid to rest at Leicester

Cathedral. The Great Priory of Worksop, halfway between the two.

This centre of the kingdom of Richard the third. To argue on the

floor of this place over his mortal remains was like medieval

cathedrals fighting over since records -- relics. His wife is in

Westminster Abbey, but this former king has been conspicuously missing

until now. Scientists think they have found him, ignominiously

covered by a council car-park. have a man with what appears to be

battle injuries, respectfully monarch in a Paris church. Almost

unbelievably, he has a living descendants. 17 generations on, it

is hoped this DNA will match. Richard of York returns. History is

written by winners, and soon after taking his ground to Judah set

about destroying the reputation of Richard. Erin York he was known as

a judge -- you're in York he was known as sire Fair and Benevolent

man. His remains should definitely be buried in York. They shouldn't

be buried in Westminster Abbey, because he would be there with his

sworn enemies like Henry Tudor. Richard grew up in Mickleham, his

headquarters were here. If there is to be any more debate about where

he should be buried, the clue is in And we would welcome Richard that

there to lie alongside his only legitimate son, at it Sheriff

Hutton Parish Church, has visited Three quick pictures. This is about

as good as it got to date. This is Bridlington harbour. This wasn't a

day, but it thought it was So, a cold snap on the way. The air

is coming down from the Arctic. There will be a scattering of

wintery showers. Perhaps the first light covering of snow on the

mirrors by tomorrow night. You can see the eyes of course, novel way

down from the Arctic. The average temperature tomorrow will be seven

degrees, which is the average for mid-December. There is a weather

front you that is bringing drizzle into north-eastern parts of York.

It will sink South Leigh -- southwards. And there could be a

touch of air frost in the West. So, Skies will be partly cloudy at

times, but much more blue sky and sunshine. You can see the scattered

showers full drawing down from the North, they will be wintery.