:00:39. > :00:41.Look North. On the programme tonight: A
:00:41. > :00:44.parliamentary inquiry is announced into the threat to close Bradford's
:00:44. > :00:46.Media Museum. We will be live in Bradford as a
:00:46. > :00:49.protest meeting gets underway. Also tonight: And meet the gaffer.
:00:49. > :00:51.We talk to the much-travelled Neil Warnock about the trials and
:00:51. > :00:52.tribulations of life as a football manager.
:00:52. > :00:55.Joined me later for the weather forecast.
:00:55. > :00:58.First tonight, the campaign to save Bradford's National Media Museum. It
:00:58. > :01:05.has been announced today that an influential committee of MPs is to
:01:05. > :01:07.hold an inquiry into the threat to close the museum. Meanwhile, a
:01:08. > :01:10.public meeting is just getting underway in Bradford. It has been
:01:10. > :01:14.organised by Bradford Council and is designed to rally support and
:01:14. > :01:19.explore ways of keeping the museum open. Our reporter joins us now live
:01:19. > :01:24.from City Hall. The meeting is just getting underway
:01:24. > :01:32.behind me at the town Hall. A few moments ago, I was presented with a
:01:32. > :01:41.leaflet that said save our Media Museum. The National Railway Museum
:01:41. > :01:45.in York and the National Museum of science and industry in Manchester
:01:45. > :01:52.and the National media Museum are run by the same group. They have to
:01:52. > :02:00.make further cuts, so one of those museums could cause. This museum has
:02:00. > :02:06.the lowest visitor numbers of all three. �24 million is contributed to
:02:06. > :02:11.the local economy. It employs 100 people. Its significance is great.
:02:11. > :02:16.Our reporter has been to see what the museum looks like and what its
:02:16. > :02:23.future may possibly be. For the last 30 years, the National
:02:23. > :02:32.Media Museum has kept up with a changing industry. The latest
:02:32. > :02:34.gallery is about the Internet. It looks confident, nothing like a
:02:35. > :02:41.museum on the brink of closure. Could the council stepped into play
:02:41. > :02:45.a greater role? Might admission charges help? Could it be
:02:45. > :02:51.transferred from culture to the deep Department for business, innovation
:02:51. > :02:55.and skills, were more funding would be available? My own view is that it
:02:55. > :03:01.should be within the business department instead of culture. It is
:03:02. > :03:06.a science museum and science is very important. We have to excite young
:03:06. > :03:10.people into careers in science, technology, manufacturing and
:03:11. > :03:16.engineering. What better way to do that than through a science museum
:03:16. > :03:20.which has an attractive proposition to young people? Could the museum
:03:20. > :03:25.itself be improved? It is vulnerable because visitor numbers have
:03:25. > :03:31.dropped. On council thinks changes needed. I would question whether it
:03:31. > :03:39.is being promoted well. Certainly, I think it could've been more exciting
:03:39. > :03:44.inside. The Railway Museum is absolutely exceptional. But the
:03:44. > :03:51.Media Museum is still just in an office block. What is the verdict of
:03:51. > :03:56.visitors? It is all they are. Everything that should be there is
:03:56. > :04:00.there. It's educational, fun, I think as the right balance and is a
:04:00. > :04:06.great place. It would be a shame to see it go. I know some of the
:04:06. > :04:10.exhibits have been there for a long time. That might sort of, if you
:04:10. > :04:16.like, or someone if you came every week. But people don't do that.
:04:16. > :04:24.There has to be something new for everybody, I would think. Just come.
:04:24. > :04:31.It's brilliant. Closure is the most drastic option and the most
:04:32. > :04:40.embarrassing. All efforts would be made to prevent that from happening.
:04:40. > :04:44.Philip Davies MP has secured this enquiry from a select committee at
:04:44. > :04:50.the Houses of Parliament. That will happen over the next few days,
:04:50. > :04:56.hopefully. Now, interestingly, a few moments before we went on there, I
:04:56. > :05:01.spoke to the leader of Bradford Council. I asked how this had become
:05:01. > :05:05.a political issue so quickly. not a political issue as much as a
:05:06. > :05:10.community and campaign issue. This has been run by the people of
:05:10. > :05:14.Bradford to protect one of the jewels in our crown. It has been
:05:14. > :05:20.taken up by everybody all over the district. Various things could be
:05:20. > :05:25.done perhaps. Perhaps the council could take it over? That has been
:05:25. > :05:29.put forward by people, but this is a national museum. Even if we took the
:05:29. > :05:33.building over, we don't take the artefacts of. They still belong to
:05:33. > :05:37.the science Museum group. International museum and is in
:05:37. > :05:43.Bradford in the same way as the Railway Museum is in York and the
:05:43. > :05:49.science Museum is in Manchester. North deserves national museums.
:05:49. > :05:54.There is talk of changing the law to allow admission charges. That is
:05:55. > :06:00.above my pay grade. That would have to be decided by the government. I
:06:00. > :06:04.would personally oppose that because it puts some of the poorer people
:06:04. > :06:14.off of going to the museum. We need people to be inspired by this museum
:06:14. > :06:21.and to take up careers in this area. Some people said the museum was
:06:21. > :06:25.tired and past its best. Every museum can be improved. That is a
:06:25. > :06:29.debate to be had after we have on this campaign to retain the museum.
:06:29. > :06:34.I would certainly like to speak more to the science Museum about how we
:06:34. > :06:37.can improve their offer, how we can improve their outreach work. At the
:06:37. > :06:42.first thing to do is to win the campaign to keep the museum in
:06:42. > :06:47.Bradford. As far as you are concerned, it would be unthinkable
:06:47. > :06:50.to have Bradford without the National media Museum here. 30th
:06:50. > :06:58.birthday on Saturday. I hope everyone comes down to wish the
:06:58. > :07:04.museum a happy birthday and to hope that there are many more to come.
:07:04. > :07:08.That 30th birthday coming up next week. The leader of the council is
:07:08. > :07:13.chairing the special meeting taking place behind me. We will have more
:07:13. > :07:16.on the latest news. Other news now, and three more men
:07:16. > :07:18.have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Huddersfield that
:07:18. > :07:21.left four people needing hospital treatment for bullet wounds. Shots
:07:21. > :07:24.were fired in Bradford Road on Saturday afternoon. The men - aged
:07:24. > :07:27.19, 26 and 31 - were arrested yesterday on suspicion of violent
:07:27. > :07:36.disorder and possession of a firearm. Four other men had already
:07:36. > :07:39.been arrested in connection with the incident.
:07:39. > :07:41.A Rotherham councillor has called for the resignation of the town's
:07:41. > :07:43.head of children's services, following a highly critical report
:07:43. > :07:45.by the Home Affairs Select committee. The report, published
:07:45. > :07:48.yesterday, said there were catastrophic failings in dealing
:07:48. > :07:51.with gangs of men abusing young girls in Rotherham. Now Conservative
:07:51. > :07:53.Councillor Chris Middleton says both the head of Children's Services
:07:53. > :07:55.Joyce Thacker and the Police Commissioner Shaun Wright should
:07:55. > :07:58.resign. But Rotherham Council insists protecting children and
:07:58. > :08:08.young people is their top priority, and they will work with the police
:08:08. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:31.to bring criminals to task. The partner of a woman whose body
:08:31. > :08:33.was found in a shallow grave on moorland in West Yorkshire, has
:08:33. > :08:36.denied murdering her. 55-year-old Pamela Jackson disappeared in March.
:08:36. > :08:38.Her body was discovered on Rishworth Moor near Mytholmroyd last month.
:08:39. > :08:42.Today her boyfriend, Adrian Muir, pleaded not guilty to murder.
:08:42. > :08:45.Leeds is to be one of only three cities to trial a new system aimed
:08:45. > :08:48.at protecting victims who have to give evidence in court. Young and
:08:48. > :08:51.vulnerable people who have been involved in horrific crimes will be
:08:51. > :08:53.offered the chance to pre-record their evidence in an effort to
:08:53. > :08:55.protect them from the trauma of aggressive cross-examination in
:08:55. > :08:58.court. The funeral of Graham Walker, a
:08:58. > :09:00.founder member of the music and comedy group The Grumbleweeds, has
:09:01. > :09:03.taken place in Leeds today. Mourners gathered at St Giles' Church in
:09:03. > :09:06.Bramhope to pay their respects to the 68-year-old performer, who died
:09:06. > :09:09.following a long battle with cancer. They included fellow Grumbleweed
:09:09. > :09:19.Robin Colvill and a number of well known faces who had worked with
:09:19. > :09:28.Graham over the years. The service was wonderful, very
:09:28. > :09:34.moving. There was some comedy involved. It was just Graham. Nicest
:09:34. > :09:40.man I ever met. I know he will be looking down at the gathering of
:09:40. > :09:48.people who loved him. He will be up above showing the Angels had to
:09:48. > :09:52.laugh. God bless. Later on Look North: Why the Blades
:09:52. > :09:55.were sharp enough for Weir. He turned down Manchester United in
:09:55. > :09:58.favour of Sheffield United. We hear why.
:09:58. > :10:01.The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said today that he has full
:10:01. > :10:03.confidence in the children's heart surgery unit at the Leeds General
:10:03. > :10:06.Infirmary. Operations were suspended there earlier this year following
:10:06. > :10:09.safety concerns. They have since resumed. Mr Hunt has also suggested
:10:09. > :10:19.a decision on the unit's long term future will be made imminently. Our
:10:19. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:32.Health Correspondent reports. This was the moment last July when
:10:32. > :10:38.parents and staff found out that the Leeds children's heart surgery unit
:10:38. > :10:45.would close as part of NHS plans to consolidate expertise into fewer
:10:45. > :10:49.centres. That decision triggered protests that led all the way to the
:10:49. > :10:53.High Court, where part of the process was found to be unlawful.
:10:53. > :10:57.Today we found out that a separate review of the whole process ordered
:10:57. > :11:06.by the Health Secretary will publish findings tomorrow. Speaking earlier,
:11:06. > :11:11.Jeremy Hunt said this. I have full confidence in the children's heart
:11:11. > :11:15.surgery at Leeds. I know they do an excellent job. He will understand as
:11:15. > :11:19.I do that when there are safety concerns, they have to be
:11:19. > :11:26.investigated, but I am delighted those issues have been resolved and
:11:26. > :11:33.surgery has continued. Earlier, surgery was suspended. That
:11:33. > :11:43.operations were later cleared to resume. Today, Jeremy Hunt refused
:11:43. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:48.to be drawn on the future of services at Leeds. Where there are
:11:48. > :11:53.safety concerns, we will take them very seriously indeed. We will
:11:53. > :11:57.investigate them promptly. review of children's heart surgery
:11:57. > :12:05.has been long and complicated. Many will hope the future of the unit in
:12:05. > :12:08.Leeds will become clearer tomorrow. Tributes have been paid to the medal
:12:08. > :12:11.winning athlete Donna Hartley Wass, who has died suddenly at the age of
:12:12. > :12:15.58. During her time on the track, she won Commonwealth gold and
:12:15. > :12:17.Olympic bronze but her career was cut short by injury. After retiring
:12:17. > :12:26.she married the South Yorkshire comedian Bobby Knutt. They were
:12:26. > :12:36.together for 26 years. From a young age, Donna Hartley was
:12:36. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:42.a promising athlete. By her 20s, she was competing on the world stage.
:12:42. > :12:46.Hartley has saved the race. She won two gold medals at the Commonwealth
:12:46. > :12:52.Games of Edmonton in Canada in 1978. Two years later at the Moscow
:12:52. > :12:59.Olympics, she took home a bronze in the four hundred metre relay. Her
:12:59. > :13:05.coach recalls her natural ability. One of the best athletes I have
:13:05. > :13:10.dealt with. Not just as an athlete, but a person. I first knew her when
:13:10. > :13:13.she was 16. She wanted to do well. She was determined to do well.
:13:13. > :13:15.Awarded an MBE, her career came to an end through injury. Her life
:13:15. > :13:24.changed direction when she met and married South Yorkshire comedian
:13:25. > :13:30.Bobby Knutt. I chased her. She was not running fast enough and I caught
:13:30. > :13:34.her. I think that is there. It took me a while to decide to go out with
:13:34. > :13:39.him. But I'm glad I did. I was not very keen and first. They were
:13:39. > :13:45.together for almost 30 years. At home today, Bobby keeps Donna's MBE
:13:45. > :13:54.on the wall. He wanted to record a tribute to Donna, but was too upset
:13:54. > :13:58.to appear on camera. We met at Butlins in 1984. She was
:13:58. > :14:05.doing the pentathlete scheme. I thought she was a swimmer. That
:14:05. > :14:14.upset her. We got to know each other as weeks went by. Everybody loved
:14:14. > :14:21.her. She didn't have a bad thought. She was so kind and gentle and
:14:21. > :14:31.loving. I never met a human being who didn't like her. She was loved
:14:31. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:42.by everybody. And I miss her. Our thoughts are with Bobby and his
:14:42. > :14:49.family. Before 7pm: He is the gaffer all
:14:49. > :14:52.right. He has managed just about every
:14:52. > :15:00.Yorkshire football club. Neil Warnock will be here to tell us
:15:00. > :15:03.about his trials and tribulations. And we will have news about Leeds
:15:03. > :15:06.becoming a rowing centre of excellence.
:15:06. > :15:09.The wait for a new manager at Sheffield United is finally over.
:15:09. > :15:11.The club have unveiled their new boss David Weir at a press
:15:11. > :15:14.conference today. The former Scottish international was confirmed
:15:14. > :15:19.as the new man at the helm yesterday afternoon, and joins the club having
:15:19. > :15:22.left his role coaching the reserves at Premier League side Everton.
:15:22. > :15:27.The wait for United fans is finally over, 43-year-old David Weir was
:15:27. > :15:37.unveiled today. The former Scottish international has signed a three
:15:37. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:47.year deal at Bramall Lane leaving his job as reserve team coach.
:15:47. > :15:51.was an easy decision. I have been preparing to become a manager for
:15:51. > :15:55.five years. When you get an opportunity like this, it isn't easy
:15:55. > :15:58.decision. The club sacked Danny Wilson in April putting longstanding
:15:58. > :16:01.Blade Chris Morgan in temporary charge for what was an unsuccessful
:16:01. > :16:04.playoff campaign. So can Weir get them out of League One at what will
:16:04. > :16:07.be their fourth attempt? I don't think you can set their stall out
:16:07. > :16:11.and say this is what you will do. Football doesn't work like that. You
:16:11. > :16:19.have to adapt and think on your feet. You need a plan B every now
:16:19. > :16:23.and again. That is what I have tried to pick up over the last few years.
:16:24. > :16:27.I am a coach who can adapt, but one who knows how to win hopefully.
:16:27. > :16:30.will work with his new squad for the first time when they return for
:16:30. > :16:35.pre-season training at the end of this month, but will he make moves
:16:35. > :16:42.to loan players from former club Everton? Sheffield United have some
:16:42. > :16:46.good young players. They want players in the system to be given a
:16:46. > :16:49.pathway to the first-team. That has to be number one. If there is a
:16:49. > :16:54.player we can bring in to help us and is available, that is something
:16:54. > :17:04.I would look at. So fans can expect some changes in personnel before the
:17:04. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:09.new season starts in August. David Moyes wanted to take him to
:17:09. > :17:11.Manchester United, but David Weir has chosen Sheffield United. That
:17:11. > :17:15.says it all. From the new Sheffield United
:17:15. > :17:17.manager to a former one. Neil Warnock who has a new book out
:17:17. > :17:20.called The Gaffer. His first managerial job in Yorkshire saw him
:17:20. > :17:23.combine chiropody with the football at Scarborough where he guided them
:17:23. > :17:26.into the football league in 1987. In the mid-90s he turned up at
:17:26. > :17:29.Huddersfield Town, taking them to promotion to division one through
:17:29. > :17:33.the playoffs. But it was at the club he supported as a boy, Sheffield
:17:33. > :17:35.United that he really made his mark, guiding them to the Premier League.
:17:35. > :17:39.His final managerial job in the county was at Leeds United which
:17:39. > :17:42.ended just a couple of months ago. So, now he has finally packed it all
:17:42. > :17:50.in, if Mourinho is the special one, how would Neil Warnock describe
:17:50. > :17:58.himself? I would say I am the contented one.
:17:58. > :18:03.It is good to have more time with the family. When you read my book,
:18:03. > :18:07.you will see why I don't want to go back into it. It has been an
:18:07. > :18:11.experience over the last few years. That is me done no. You have to have
:18:12. > :18:18.a chairman you can work with for you to be successful. You are very
:18:18. > :18:28.successful at Sheffield United and got on well with the chairman the.
:18:28. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :18:37.-- there. It does make a difference. When people ask what advice you
:18:37. > :18:43.would give Joe Young manager, I say make sure you have a good chairman.
:18:43. > :18:50.Would you say your time at Leeds was not a happy one? It was a challenge.
:18:50. > :18:55.Some of the cup games were fabulous. They have been let down so much over
:18:55. > :19:02.the years, the fans, they are really disappointed we haven't gone up and
:19:02. > :19:08.saw my. I wanted to do it in a year and seeing that did not really help
:19:08. > :19:14.me. The book is a wonderful look into parts of your career. When your
:19:14. > :19:19.loving wife observes you going demented on the touchline, or does
:19:19. > :19:29.she say when you get home? You are very decent chap. It's just the way
:19:29. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:40.I am. If you lose the passion, you lose what you have got, really. That
:19:40. > :19:47.passion has driven me on. Over the last 56 years alone, you need
:19:47. > :19:55.something to keep you going. That has been my drive. How do you cope
:19:55. > :20:04.with the pressure? There is always the constant threat of being sacked.
:20:04. > :20:10.You go into it knowing you will be sacked at some point. We used to say
:20:10. > :20:13.when we have a job that we were planning for the future and the
:20:13. > :20:20.Academy and everything. You don't have a chance now because you'll
:20:20. > :20:26.probably be there for a couple of years. Any thoughts about David Weir
:20:26. > :20:30.at Sheffield United? He's enthusiastic. This is his first job
:20:30. > :20:35.in management. I have heard he is a good coach. Now he will have to
:20:35. > :20:39.learn. It is a super club to start off with. I don't think there is an
:20:39. > :20:47.awful lot of pressure. I think the fans will give him a good chance.
:20:47. > :20:52.There has been some good young candidates, people like Robert Page.
:20:52. > :21:02.So he has the opportunity. He has obviously impressed. He is from
:21:02. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:09.Scotland and they can talk! What is life like away from the pressure?
:21:09. > :21:17.went to Scotland last week with the kids. I used to wake up worrying
:21:18. > :21:21.about the chairman, preseason, the transfer window. All I thought about
:21:21. > :21:25.was quad biking and trekking. It's nice to have some quality time
:21:25. > :21:35.without worrying about 100 things that happen and the phone going
:21:35. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:03.every two seconds. Lovely to talk to centurions this year than anyone
:22:03. > :22:05.else in the championship. -- Yorkshire centurions.
:22:05. > :22:09.In Super League, the Wakefield Wildcats thumped Salford 46-10.
:22:09. > :22:12.Before the match, coach Richard Agar said it was a must win game if they
:22:12. > :22:15.were to mount a challenge for the playoffs. Despite the home side
:22:15. > :22:18.opening the scoring it was pretty much one way traffic. As the game
:22:18. > :22:20.wore on, Wakefield clearly grew in confidence, running in some
:22:20. > :22:23.excellent tries. And you can catch all the weekend's
:22:23. > :22:27.action on The Super League Show which is now on the BBC iPlayer.
:22:27. > :22:30.Leeds is set to become one of three key development areas for rowing in
:22:30. > :22:33.England. In the wake of the Olympics, the city's club has seen
:22:33. > :22:43.unprecedented numbers wanting to take up the sport, so much so they
:22:43. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:56.have outgrown their current home. Leads rowing club started in 2006.
:22:56. > :23:03.Before that, it was the biggest city in the country without a rowing
:23:03. > :23:07.club. They have 100 members and a waiting list of 300. I saw the
:23:08. > :23:15.Olympics and thought it looked quite cool. It looked fine in the
:23:15. > :23:21.Olympics. I saw the rowing at the Olympics and it looked really fun. I
:23:21. > :23:25.live in Leeds and this is closest. It is a great sport. It gives you a
:23:25. > :23:31.lot of exercise and you make a lot of friends and learn about teamwork.
:23:31. > :23:40.The lake is stunning, but it simply isn't big enough for top-flight
:23:40. > :23:48.growing. It's very short. It's only 700 metres. The races are over 2000
:23:48. > :23:54.metres. We really need more water to train. This is a four kilometre
:23:54. > :24:00.stretch of water on the canal. The club has combined with Leeds
:24:00. > :24:05.University who currently have to travel to your. There is enormous
:24:05. > :24:10.scope to develop the sport. It will bring in an enormous amount because
:24:10. > :24:20.we can get much more people on the water. -- they currently have to
:24:20. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:32.travel to your. -- York. The new site will give more room for
:24:32. > :24:36.everything. Even getting the ball out is a juggling act at the moment.
:24:36. > :24:40.The other two development areas are in London and Birmingham. It is
:24:40. > :24:50.hoped that Leeds will provide the facilities for future Olympians in
:24:50. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:15.the North. Is this the highest cricket ground
:25:15. > :25:25.in England? It is 1100 feet up. If you know a cricket ground higher,
:25:25. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:38.get in touch. This is a wonderful short. That is taken from the sky
:25:38. > :25:45.Lounge. That is the sounds of Leeds. There will be another picture on the
:25:45. > :25:55.programme tonight. It is a bit of a messy picture tomorrow. A damp start
:25:55. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:03.and it will turn brighter for a time. Scarborough will be up to 15
:26:03. > :26:10.degrees. The rain will be light and patchy tonight. In the East, quite
:26:10. > :26:15.insignificant. The warm front brought milder air this afternoon.
:26:15. > :26:18.Fairly cloudy with a bit of brightness. We will see some patchy
:26:18. > :26:28.rain and drizzle heading in from the south-west, especially later
:26:28. > :26:30.
:26:30. > :26:40.tonight. Very mild. Tropical are coming in. 14 in Leeds. The sun will
:26:40. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:52.rise in the morning at 4:35am. A dreary start, cloudy and damp. Still
:26:52. > :26:57.some damp. Is for improvement through the morning. -- a slow
:26:57. > :27:02.improvement through the morning. In the West, it will be drive. Always
:27:02. > :27:09.the chance of rain over the Pennines. Patchy outbreaks of rain
:27:09. > :27:16.may well return from the south-west. Noticeably warmer along the course.
:27:16. > :27:26.21 degrees. Not too bad for the Pennines. The further outlook is