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Look North. On the programme tonight: A

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parliamentary inquiry is announced into the threat to close Bradford's

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Media Museum. We will be live in Bradford as a

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protest meeting gets underway. Also tonight: And meet the gaffer.

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We talk to the much-travelled Neil Warnock about the trials and

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tribulations of life as a football manager.

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Joined me later for the weather forecast.

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First tonight, the campaign to save Bradford's National Media Museum. It

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has been announced today that an influential committee of MPs is to

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hold an inquiry into the threat to close the museum. Meanwhile, a

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public meeting is just getting underway in Bradford. It has been

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organised by Bradford Council and is designed to rally support and

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explore ways of keeping the museum open. Our reporter joins us now live

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from City Hall. The meeting is just getting underway

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behind me at the town Hall. A few moments ago, I was presented with a

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leaflet that said save our Media Museum. The National Railway Museum

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in York and the National Museum of science and industry in Manchester

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and the National media Museum are run by the same group. They have to

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make further cuts, so one of those museums could cause. This museum has

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the lowest visitor numbers of all three. �24 million is contributed to

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the local economy. It employs 100 people. Its significance is great.

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Our reporter has been to see what the museum looks like and what its

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future may possibly be. For the last 30 years, the National

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Media Museum has kept up with a changing industry. The latest

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gallery is about the Internet. It looks confident, nothing like a

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museum on the brink of closure. Could the council stepped into play

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a greater role? Might admission charges help? Could it be

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transferred from culture to the deep Department for business, innovation

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and skills, were more funding would be available? My own view is that it

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should be within the business department instead of culture. It is

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a science museum and science is very important. We have to excite young

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people into careers in science, technology, manufacturing and

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engineering. What better way to do that than through a science museum

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which has an attractive proposition to young people? Could the museum

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itself be improved? It is vulnerable because visitor numbers have

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dropped. On council thinks changes needed. I would question whether it

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is being promoted well. Certainly, I think it could've been more exciting

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inside. The Railway Museum is absolutely exceptional. But the

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Media Museum is still just in an office block. What is the verdict of

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visitors? It is all they are. Everything that should be there is

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there. It's educational, fun, I think as the right balance and is a

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great place. It would be a shame to see it go. I know some of the

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exhibits have been there for a long time. That might sort of, if you

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like, or someone if you came every week. But people don't do that.

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There has to be something new for everybody, I would think. Just come.

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It's brilliant. Closure is the most drastic option and the most

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embarrassing. All efforts would be made to prevent that from happening.

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Philip Davies MP has secured this enquiry from a select committee at

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the Houses of Parliament. That will happen over the next few days,

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hopefully. Now, interestingly, a few moments before we went on there, I

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spoke to the leader of Bradford Council. I asked how this had become

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a political issue so quickly. not a political issue as much as a

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community and campaign issue. This has been run by the people of

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Bradford to protect one of the jewels in our crown. It has been

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taken up by everybody all over the district. Various things could be

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done perhaps. Perhaps the council could take it over? That has been

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put forward by people, but this is a national museum. Even if we took the

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building over, we don't take the artefacts of. They still belong to

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the science Museum group. International museum and is in

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Bradford in the same way as the Railway Museum is in York and the

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science Museum is in Manchester. North deserves national museums.

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There is talk of changing the law to allow admission charges. That is

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above my pay grade. That would have to be decided by the government. I

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would personally oppose that because it puts some of the poorer people

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off of going to the museum. We need people to be inspired by this museum

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and to take up careers in this area. Some people said the museum was

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tired and past its best. Every museum can be improved. That is a

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debate to be had after we have on this campaign to retain the museum.

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I would certainly like to speak more to the science Museum about how we

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can improve their offer, how we can improve their outreach work. At the

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first thing to do is to win the campaign to keep the museum in

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Bradford. As far as you are concerned, it would be unthinkable

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to have Bradford without the National media Museum here. 30th

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birthday on Saturday. I hope everyone comes down to wish the

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museum a happy birthday and to hope that there are many more to come.

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That 30th birthday coming up next week. The leader of the council is

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chairing the special meeting taking place behind me. We will have more

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on the latest news. Other news now, and three more men

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have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Huddersfield that

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left four people needing hospital treatment for bullet wounds. Shots

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were fired in Bradford Road on Saturday afternoon. The men - aged

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19, 26 and 31 - were arrested yesterday on suspicion of violent

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disorder and possession of a firearm. Four other men had already

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been arrested in connection with the incident.

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A Rotherham councillor has called for the resignation of the town's

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head of children's services, following a highly critical report

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by the Home Affairs Select committee. The report, published

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yesterday, said there were catastrophic failings in dealing

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with gangs of men abusing young girls in Rotherham. Now Conservative

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Councillor Chris Middleton says both the head of Children's Services

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Joyce Thacker and the Police Commissioner Shaun Wright should

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resign. But Rotherham Council insists protecting children and

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young people is their top priority, and they will work with the police

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to bring criminals to task. The partner of a woman whose body

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was found in a shallow grave on moorland in West Yorkshire, has

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denied murdering her. 55-year-old Pamela Jackson disappeared in March.

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Her body was discovered on Rishworth Moor near Mytholmroyd last month.

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Today her boyfriend, Adrian Muir, pleaded not guilty to murder.

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Leeds is to be one of only three cities to trial a new system aimed

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at protecting victims who have to give evidence in court. Young and

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vulnerable people who have been involved in horrific crimes will be

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offered the chance to pre-record their evidence in an effort to

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protect them from the trauma of aggressive cross-examination in

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court. The funeral of Graham Walker, a

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founder member of the music and comedy group The Grumbleweeds, has

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taken place in Leeds today. Mourners gathered at St Giles' Church in

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Bramhope to pay their respects to the 68-year-old performer, who died

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following a long battle with cancer. They included fellow Grumbleweed

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Robin Colvill and a number of well known faces who had worked with

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Graham over the years. The service was wonderful, very

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moving. There was some comedy involved. It was just Graham. Nicest

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man I ever met. I know he will be looking down at the gathering of

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people who loved him. He will be up above showing the Angels had to

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laugh. God bless. Later on Look North: Why the Blades

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were sharp enough for Weir. He turned down Manchester United in

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favour of Sheffield United. We hear why.

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The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said today that he has full

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confidence in the children's heart surgery unit at the Leeds General

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Infirmary. Operations were suspended there earlier this year following

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safety concerns. They have since resumed. Mr Hunt has also suggested

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a decision on the unit's long term future will be made imminently. Our

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Health Correspondent reports. This was the moment last July when

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parents and staff found out that the Leeds children's heart surgery unit

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would close as part of NHS plans to consolidate expertise into fewer

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centres. That decision triggered protests that led all the way to the

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High Court, where part of the process was found to be unlawful.

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Today we found out that a separate review of the whole process ordered

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by the Health Secretary will publish findings tomorrow. Speaking earlier,

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Jeremy Hunt said this. I have full confidence in the children's heart

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surgery at Leeds. I know they do an excellent job. He will understand as

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I do that when there are safety concerns, they have to be

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investigated, but I am delighted those issues have been resolved and

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surgery has continued. Earlier, surgery was suspended. That

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operations were later cleared to resume. Today, Jeremy Hunt refused

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to be drawn on the future of services at Leeds. Where there are

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safety concerns, we will take them very seriously indeed. We will

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investigate them promptly. review of children's heart surgery

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has been long and complicated. Many will hope the future of the unit in

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Leeds will become clearer tomorrow. Tributes have been paid to the medal

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winning athlete Donna Hartley Wass, who has died suddenly at the age of

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58. During her time on the track, she won Commonwealth gold and

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Olympic bronze but her career was cut short by injury. After retiring

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she married the South Yorkshire comedian Bobby Knutt. They were

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together for 26 years. From a young age, Donna Hartley was

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a promising athlete. By her 20s, she was competing on the world stage.

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Hartley has saved the race. She won two gold medals at the Commonwealth

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Games of Edmonton in Canada in 1978. Two years later at the Moscow

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Olympics, she took home a bronze in the four hundred metre relay. Her

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coach recalls her natural ability. One of the best athletes I have

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dealt with. Not just as an athlete, but a person. I first knew her when

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she was 16. She wanted to do well. She was determined to do well.

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Awarded an MBE, her career came to an end through injury. Her life

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changed direction when she met and married South Yorkshire comedian

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Bobby Knutt. I chased her. She was not running fast enough and I caught

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her. I think that is there. It took me a while to decide to go out with

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him. But I'm glad I did. I was not very keen and first. They were

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together for almost 30 years. At home today, Bobby keeps Donna's MBE

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on the wall. He wanted to record a tribute to Donna, but was too upset

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to appear on camera. We met at Butlins in 1984. She was

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doing the pentathlete scheme. I thought she was a swimmer. That

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upset her. We got to know each other as weeks went by. Everybody loved

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her. She didn't have a bad thought. She was so kind and gentle and

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loving. I never met a human being who didn't like her. She was loved

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by everybody. And I miss her. Our thoughts are with Bobby and his

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family. Before 7pm: He is the gaffer all

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right. He has managed just about every

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Yorkshire football club. Neil Warnock will be here to tell us

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about his trials and tribulations. And we will have news about Leeds

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becoming a rowing centre of excellence.

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The wait for a new manager at Sheffield United is finally over.

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The club have unveiled their new boss David Weir at a press

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conference today. The former Scottish international was confirmed

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as the new man at the helm yesterday afternoon, and joins the club having

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left his role coaching the reserves at Premier League side Everton.

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The wait for United fans is finally over, 43-year-old David Weir was

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unveiled today. The former Scottish international has signed a three

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year deal at Bramall Lane leaving his job as reserve team coach.

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was an easy decision. I have been preparing to become a manager for

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five years. When you get an opportunity like this, it isn't easy

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decision. The club sacked Danny Wilson in April putting longstanding

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Blade Chris Morgan in temporary charge for what was an unsuccessful

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playoff campaign. So can Weir get them out of League One at what will

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be their fourth attempt? I don't think you can set their stall out

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and say this is what you will do. Football doesn't work like that. You

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have to adapt and think on your feet. You need a plan B every now

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and again. That is what I have tried to pick up over the last few years.

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I am a coach who can adapt, but one who knows how to win hopefully.

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will work with his new squad for the first time when they return for

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pre-season training at the end of this month, but will he make moves

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to loan players from former club Everton? Sheffield United have some

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good young players. They want players in the system to be given a

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pathway to the first-team. That has to be number one. If there is a

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player we can bring in to help us and is available, that is something

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I would look at. So fans can expect some changes in personnel before the

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new season starts in August. David Moyes wanted to take him to

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Manchester United, but David Weir has chosen Sheffield United. That

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says it all. From the new Sheffield United

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manager to a former one. Neil Warnock who has a new book out

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called The Gaffer. His first managerial job in Yorkshire saw him

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combine chiropody with the football at Scarborough where he guided them

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into the football league in 1987. In the mid-90s he turned up at

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Huddersfield Town, taking them to promotion to division one through

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the playoffs. But it was at the club he supported as a boy, Sheffield

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United that he really made his mark, guiding them to the Premier League.

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His final managerial job in the county was at Leeds United which

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ended just a couple of months ago. So, now he has finally packed it all

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in, if Mourinho is the special one, how would Neil Warnock describe

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himself? I would say I am the contented one.

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It is good to have more time with the family. When you read my book,

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you will see why I don't want to go back into it. It has been an

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experience over the last few years. That is me done no. You have to have

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a chairman you can work with for you to be successful. You are very

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successful at Sheffield United and got on well with the chairman the.

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-- there. It does make a difference. When people ask what advice you

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would give Joe Young manager, I say make sure you have a good chairman.

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Would you say your time at Leeds was not a happy one? It was a challenge.

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Some of the cup games were fabulous. They have been let down so much over

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the years, the fans, they are really disappointed we haven't gone up and

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saw my. I wanted to do it in a year and seeing that did not really help

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me. The book is a wonderful look into parts of your career. When your

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loving wife observes you going demented on the touchline, or does

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she say when you get home? You are very decent chap. It's just the way

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I am. If you lose the passion, you lose what you have got, really. That

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passion has driven me on. Over the last 56 years alone, you need

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something to keep you going. That has been my drive. How do you cope

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with the pressure? There is always the constant threat of being sacked.

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You go into it knowing you will be sacked at some point. We used to say

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when we have a job that we were planning for the future and the

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Academy and everything. You don't have a chance now because you'll

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probably be there for a couple of years. Any thoughts about David Weir

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at Sheffield United? He's enthusiastic. This is his first job

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in management. I have heard he is a good coach. Now he will have to

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learn. It is a super club to start off with. I don't think there is an

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awful lot of pressure. I think the fans will give him a good chance.

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There has been some good young candidates, people like Robert Page.

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So he has the opportunity. He has obviously impressed. He is from

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Scotland and they can talk! What is life like away from the pressure?

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went to Scotland last week with the kids. I used to wake up worrying

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about the chairman, preseason, the transfer window. All I thought about

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was quad biking and trekking. It's nice to have some quality time

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without worrying about 100 things that happen and the phone going

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every two seconds. Lovely to talk to centurions this year than anyone

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else in the championship. -- Yorkshire centurions.

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In Super League, the Wakefield Wildcats thumped Salford 46-10.

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Before the match, coach Richard Agar said it was a must win game if they

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were to mount a challenge for the playoffs. Despite the home side

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opening the scoring it was pretty much one way traffic. As the game

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wore on, Wakefield clearly grew in confidence, running in some

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excellent tries. And you can catch all the weekend's

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action on The Super League Show which is now on the BBC iPlayer.

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Leeds is set to become one of three key development areas for rowing in

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England. In the wake of the Olympics, the city's club has seen

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unprecedented numbers wanting to take up the sport, so much so they

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have outgrown their current home. Leads rowing club started in 2006.

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Before that, it was the biggest city in the country without a rowing

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club. They have 100 members and a waiting list of 300. I saw the

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Olympics and thought it looked quite cool. It looked fine in the

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Olympics. I saw the rowing at the Olympics and it looked really fun. I

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live in Leeds and this is closest. It is a great sport. It gives you a

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lot of exercise and you make a lot of friends and learn about teamwork.

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The lake is stunning, but it simply isn't big enough for top-flight

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growing. It's very short. It's only 700 metres. The races are over 2000

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metres. We really need more water to train. This is a four kilometre

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stretch of water on the canal. The club has combined with Leeds

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University who currently have to travel to your. There is enormous

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scope to develop the sport. It will bring in an enormous amount because

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we can get much more people on the water. -- they currently have to

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travel to your. -- York. The new site will give more room for

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everything. Even getting the ball out is a juggling act at the moment.

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The other two development areas are in London and Birmingham. It is

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hoped that Leeds will provide the facilities for future Olympians in

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the North. Is this the highest cricket ground

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in England? It is 1100 feet up. If you know a cricket ground higher,

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get in touch. This is a wonderful short. That is taken from the sky

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Lounge. That is the sounds of Leeds. There will be another picture on the

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programme tonight. It is a bit of a messy picture tomorrow. A damp start

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and it will turn brighter for a time. Scarborough will be up to 15

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degrees. The rain will be light and patchy tonight. In the East, quite

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insignificant. The warm front brought milder air this afternoon.

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Fairly cloudy with a bit of brightness. We will see some patchy

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rain and drizzle heading in from the south-west, especially later

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tonight. Very mild. Tropical are coming in. 14 in Leeds. The sun will

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rise in the morning at 4:35am. A dreary start, cloudy and damp. Still

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some damp. Is for improvement through the morning. -- a slow

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improvement through the morning. In the West, it will be drive. Always

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the chance of rain over the Pennines. Patchy outbreaks of rain

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may well return from the south-west. Noticeably warmer along the course.

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21 degrees. Not too bad for the Pennines. The further outlook is

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