:00:06. > :00:11.Look North. Tonight, the widow of a church organist says she forgives
:00:11. > :00:21.his killers. Two men were today found guilty of killing Alan Greaves
:00:21. > :00:22.
:00:22. > :00:28.as he walked to Midnight Mass. was a man who was driven by love and
:00:28. > :00:31.compassion and he would not want anyone to hold on to feelings of
:00:31. > :00:33.hate and unforgiveness. We'll be live from High Green with the full
:00:33. > :00:36.story. Also tonight, another delay for the
:00:36. > :00:39.contentious potash mine planned for the North York Moors National Park.
:00:40. > :00:49.And these little piggies have a new home as a Yorkshire tourist
:00:49. > :00:59.attraction puts its money where its mouth is.
:00:59. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.Yet neither fine, summers day. Good evening and welcome to Look
:01:08. > :01:11.North. First tonight, the widow of a church organist who was brutally
:01:11. > :01:15.attacked as he walked to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve has said she
:01:15. > :01:18.forgives the men who killed her husband in Sheffield. Alan Greaves
:01:18. > :01:22.suffered appalling injuries when he was battered with a pick-axe handle
:01:22. > :01:25.and died three days later in hospital. Today Ashley Foster, who's
:01:25. > :01:27.22, was found not guilty of his murder but convicted of his
:01:27. > :01:33.manslaughter. Another man, Jonathan Bowling, had already admitted
:01:33. > :01:36.murder. In a moment, we'll hear in depth from his widow, Maureen, but
:01:36. > :01:46.first, our crime correspondent, John Cundy, has been following the day's
:01:46. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:52.dramatic events. Just reminders of the background of this attack.
:01:52. > :01:57.Greaves had made this walk on Christmas Eve the many years,
:01:58. > :02:03.lonely. A few minutes earlier, a few minutes later, he would never have
:02:03. > :02:10.crumb -- come across the two men, but he did. One of the men was
:02:10. > :02:15.roaming around with a pick-up is handled. He would take his anger out
:02:15. > :02:19.on someone. He was brutally battered around the head, never recovered
:02:19. > :02:24.from those head injuries. Ashley Foster was with him and tried to
:02:24. > :02:29.calm him down and told him not to attack, but the jury believes that
:02:29. > :02:33.while Ashley Postel is not guilty of murder, he had some responsibility
:02:33. > :02:38.for the attack. A fortnight after, the police got their big
:02:39. > :02:43.breakthrough. They released CCTV footage showing the two men. They
:02:43. > :02:52.were quickly identified by members of the community and an arrest soon
:02:52. > :02:58.followed. His widow has been very brave. What has she had to say?
:02:58. > :03:02.has shown a great deal of dignity and courage, supported by the deep
:03:02. > :03:10.religious beliefs. She made it very clear afterwards that Alan would
:03:10. > :03:15.never have wanted anybody to hate these men. Alan was a man who was
:03:15. > :03:20.driven by love and compassion and he would not want any of us to hold
:03:20. > :03:26.onto feelings of hate and unforgiveness. My prayer is that
:03:26. > :03:34.Jonathan and Ashley will come to understand and experience the love
:03:34. > :03:41.and kindness of a God who made them in his own image and that God is
:03:41. > :03:49.great mercy will inspire both of them to true repentance.
:03:49. > :03:53.detective superintendent paid tribute to what he said was the real
:03:54. > :03:59.deep dignity of the family. heart, and the heart of my
:03:59. > :04:05.investigation team, are with Maureen and Maureen 's family, who I cannot
:04:05. > :04:07.express how I feel about them in terms of the dignity and how they
:04:07. > :04:16.have presented themselves and carried themselves through this
:04:17. > :04:22.difficult time. Jonathan, right from the start, admitted his guilt.
:04:22. > :04:27.Ashley Foster, who made no secret of the fact he was with him that night
:04:27. > :04:32.said he had stood back and was frightened. He told him not to
:04:33. > :04:42.attack. He shouted no when he went for Alan Greaves right by these
:04:43. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:51.railings here. Tomorrow morning, they will be sentenced. Alan Foster
:04:51. > :04:56.will also be sentenced for some responsibility for that attack. He
:04:56. > :05:00.did have some responsibility in this terrible killing last Christmas Eve.
:05:00. > :05:03.Well, on the night that Alan Greaves was attacked, he was on the way to
:05:03. > :05:08.play the organ at St Saviour's Church. It was something the retired
:05:08. > :05:11.social worker had done for 40 years. It prompted widespread shock and
:05:11. > :05:15.revulsion among the local community that he had helped for many decades
:05:15. > :05:24.but his widow, Maureen, says she has forgiven his killers. Our reporter,
:05:24. > :05:30.Kate Bradbrook, spoke to her ahead of today's verdict.
:05:30. > :05:36.My overwhelming emotion was bewilderment rather than deep
:05:36. > :05:42.anger. I was bewildered by what had happened. I just couldn't conceive
:05:42. > :05:46.that somebody could walk down the street and be so savagely attacked.
:05:46. > :05:52.Described as a gentle soul, Alan Greaves was a retired social worker
:05:52. > :05:56.with a strong Christian faith. Until his death, he and Maureen were
:05:56. > :06:00.heavily involved in community outreach work across Sheffield.
:06:00. > :06:07.fact he was prepared to go and visit an elderly person and spend time
:06:07. > :06:11.with them when they didn't have anybody else to do that was the main
:06:11. > :06:16.quality he had. He was good at it, partly because he was prepared to
:06:16. > :06:26.give that time as a volunteer and just because he was a good people
:06:26. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:33.person. So much of a people person, in fact, that before his death, he
:06:33. > :06:40.and Maureen opened a food bank close to their home. The idea was simple
:06:40. > :06:42.colon that no one in high green should go hungry. You live in the
:06:43. > :06:50.community and you think everyone is as well offers each other and are
:06:50. > :06:56.not. People really need this food bank. It's nice to be part of
:06:56. > :07:01.helping others. That would make Alan so happy. Alan 's legacy will
:07:01. > :07:08.continue. The Maureen, forgiving her attackers was an important step in
:07:08. > :07:12.moving on. It was hard. It sounds so easy, I have forgiven them. It has
:07:12. > :07:22.been one of the hardest things in my life I have had to do. And yet,
:07:22. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:27.having done it, I have found that I have benefited from it. What do you
:07:27. > :07:33.hope will happen to the people that attacked Alan? I'm hoping both men
:07:33. > :07:37.will find some sense of true sorrow and repentance of what they have
:07:37. > :07:43.done. And perhaps themselves learn to know that God loves them and God
:07:43. > :07:53.had a better plan for their lives and find, imprisoned, a journey they
:07:53. > :07:54.
:07:54. > :08:02.can go on where they will be able to think about what they have done. It
:08:02. > :08:09.then begins a new chapter. Kind of getting down to really facing
:08:09. > :08:14.singleness in the months and years ahead. We are going to have a family
:08:14. > :08:19.party. It will have some joyful occasions and sad moments in it and
:08:19. > :08:27.we will celebrate the end of the trial. We will have a little cry
:08:27. > :08:31.because we do miss as a family. And that's what we will do.
:08:31. > :08:34.A decision on whether to allow a potash mine to be built in the North
:08:34. > :08:37.York Moors National Park has been put off for the third time. The
:08:37. > :08:39.contentious proposal was due before planners this afternoon but the
:08:39. > :08:43.developers, Sirius Minerals, asked for a deferment to address
:08:43. > :08:49.environmental issues. Supporters claim the proposal would be a
:08:49. > :08:51.once-in-a-generation opportunity to create 3-4,000 jobs. They say the
:08:51. > :08:57.contract's worth �.1 billion but conservationists have a different
:08:57. > :09:07.view. They say national parks were set up to stop this kind of
:09:07. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:15.large-scale industrial development. The potash mine plans first came to
:09:15. > :09:18.light in January, 2011. They are detailed and complex. The company
:09:19. > :09:25.behind the scheme has asked for the decision on planning permission to
:09:25. > :09:29.be deferred a third time. The National Park is less than happy.
:09:29. > :09:36.It's not easy. It will be disruptive. But the uncertainty not
:09:36. > :09:42.helpful to us. It is important for the area and national park as a
:09:42. > :09:49.whole. The company needs more time. We don't want to refuse that.
:09:49. > :09:58.company claims the mine will create 1000 jobs and use local companies.
:09:58. > :10:08.This quarry will supply limestone as building aggregate. 140 tonnes is
:10:08. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:13.double R Alpert. For people like David, the company's interest has
:10:13. > :10:19.provided a lifeline. It's one of the leaders of the industry in this
:10:19. > :10:23.area. There isn't that much elsewhere around here now.
:10:23. > :10:28.Objections to the mine have been fairly low in number, but there are
:10:28. > :10:35.some people opposed to the plans. Essentially, it's something that
:10:35. > :10:39.will damage the environment, we think, and it's a major industrial
:10:39. > :10:44.intrusion in a national park. Planning permission had been due to
:10:44. > :10:49.be turned down all granted on the 29th of this month. The company has
:10:49. > :10:53.said the new delay has come about because it wants to give planners
:10:53. > :10:59.here is more essential environmental information. It also was to deal
:10:59. > :11:03.with a critical report carried out by the consultant engineer. The
:11:03. > :11:08.report claimed the Minehead doesn't have to be cited in the national
:11:08. > :11:18.park. It pointed up the destruction in the construction phase and
:11:18. > :11:27.
:11:28. > :11:29.highlighted flood risks. Another delay must be quite frustrating. The
:11:29. > :11:32.people who want clarity, it just drags on.
:11:32. > :11:41.Later on Look North: Full steam ahead! A �1 billion investment
:11:41. > :11:44.promises commuters bigger, faster In other news now, a man's been
:11:44. > :11:46.summoned to court to face a charge of gross negligence manslaughter
:11:46. > :11:50.after the death of a toddler in Sheffield. Two-year-old Rayaheen
:11:50. > :11:53.Banimuslim died a year ago after falling from the fourth floor of an
:11:53. > :11:56.apartment block where she lived. Robert Warner was contracted to
:11:56. > :12:00.carry out maintenance work in the flats. He'll appear before
:12:00. > :12:03.magistrates next month. West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire
:12:03. > :12:06.Police forces have both been criticised for not doing enough to
:12:06. > :12:10.cut costs. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary accused
:12:10. > :12:16.both forces of not working hard enough to cope with reduced funding.
:12:16. > :12:19.Inspectors said neither had embraced the level of change needed.
:12:19. > :12:23.The MP for Bradford East, David Ward, has been suspended from the
:12:23. > :12:27.Lib Dems. It's because of a tweet he wrote describing Israel as a
:12:27. > :12:29."Zionist state". It follows a long-running dispute with the
:12:29. > :12:34.party's leadership over earlier tweets about Israel's treatment of
:12:34. > :12:37.Palestinians. Mr Ward says he won't apologise.
:12:37. > :12:41.The water supply to almost 100 luxury flats in Leeds has been fully
:12:41. > :12:43.restored after it failed for the third time in 12 months. Portable
:12:43. > :12:47.toilets and bottled water were brought in yesterday to the
:12:47. > :12:53.apartments at West Point. The management company has apologised
:12:53. > :12:57.for the disruption caused. 50 firefighters have been tackling a
:12:57. > :13:00.large blaze at a supermarket in Bradford. The fire, at the Pakeezah
:13:00. > :13:06.store on Ingleby Road in Girlington, started during the busy lunchtime
:13:06. > :13:16.shopping period. None of the 15 staff or 20 customers were injured
:13:16. > :13:16.
:13:17. > :13:22.but all the stock has been destroyed. I just shouted, fire,
:13:22. > :13:27.fire, everybody out, please! Leave the building, leave your shopping.
:13:27. > :13:32.Less than two minutes, we got everybody out. It has been very
:13:32. > :13:37.difficult with the heat. We have had breathing apparatus crews inside the
:13:37. > :13:46.building. Normally, that is quite a strenuous activity in itself, but
:13:46. > :13:52.when it is so hot, it is very difficult to get relief.
:13:52. > :13:56.Next tonight, some good news for commuters. �1.2 billion worth of new
:13:56. > :13:59.trains have been ordered to run on the East Coast Main Line. The
:13:59. > :14:02.trains, which will be in use by 2019, will provide more seats. They
:14:02. > :14:05.should also improve reliability and cut journey times to London. Our
:14:05. > :14:15.political editor, Len Tingle, joins us now. Just explain what has been
:14:15. > :14:17.
:14:17. > :14:21.going on. The government will buy 270 carriages. They call them train
:14:21. > :14:25.sets! They will then release them back to the train operating
:14:26. > :14:34.companies. It is largely aimed at the East Coast Main line, the link
:14:34. > :14:38.between London and Yorkshire. At the moment, they are operating trains
:14:38. > :14:42.designed for two years ago. I popped down to Leeds station and spoke to
:14:42. > :14:46.people who had just come off those trains. What they were saying was
:14:46. > :14:56.they welcomed it but some of them did question whether we can afford
:14:56. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:07.this sort of public investment right now. I am kind of in two minds. But
:15:07. > :15:14.if the carriage is good, then yes. They are outdated, but they are OK.
:15:14. > :15:20.If that's a protection action to the service, it's a good spend.
:15:20. > :15:26.really a new announcement, is it? cleverly used the word confirmed
:15:26. > :15:34.because this plan was put together in 2005 by the then Labour
:15:34. > :15:40.government. We knew who was going to make them. As you said, they will be
:15:40. > :15:45.wider, faster, more comfortable. They will travel at speeds of 140
:15:45. > :15:53.miles an hour, knocking six minutes of the time between Leeds and
:15:53. > :15:56.London. But what's interesting is that it also means that it will be
:15:56. > :16:01.British jobs because the first tranche of that money was announced
:16:01. > :16:07.last year. All of them will be made by the Japanese company but they
:16:07. > :16:13.will be made at a brand-new factory up in County Durham. It will be
:16:13. > :16:19.British workers making these fast trains. That's a double hit as far
:16:19. > :16:23.as the Secretary of State for transport is concerned.
:16:23. > :16:27.justification is that it is representing good value for money
:16:27. > :16:32.and shows we are investing in new rolling stock. We are seeing more
:16:32. > :16:42.and more people using RL ways who want new rolling stock. More legroom
:16:42. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:49.and nicer loos get my vote! It will be 2019 before they are in position.
:16:49. > :16:54.Ten years later, we ought to have the new high-speed trains. The idea
:16:54. > :16:57.is that this will make sure they can compete against that really fast
:16:57. > :17:05.London to Yorkshire Link when it opens so that we will have two lots
:17:05. > :17:07.of trains for what is a really fast expanding market. Our very own
:17:07. > :17:10.bullet train! Before seven o'clock: We hear from
:17:10. > :17:17.golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill. Sidelined with injury since the
:17:17. > :17:23.Olympics, she tells us about her comeback.
:17:23. > :17:28.The expansion plan that the home of the furry animals at the farm that
:17:28. > :17:32.visitors flock to see. Sport now and in cricket, Yorkshire
:17:32. > :17:39.remain well on top in their County Championship match at Chesterfield.
:17:39. > :17:42.They amassed a staggering total of 617. Alex Lees made 275, the 11th
:17:42. > :17:44.highest innings in Yorkshire's history, and the bowlers have been
:17:45. > :17:54.just as unforgiving, reducing Derbyshire to 94 for five at the
:17:55. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:03.close of play. Yorkshire will be very happy with that.
:18:03. > :18:06.Meanwhile, another Yorkshire cricketer has been making his mark
:18:06. > :18:09.in the latest Ashes test at Lords. Johnny Bairstow made a half century
:18:09. > :18:13.to help England recover from a shaky start against Australia. He was
:18:13. > :18:17.eventually out for 67, short of his previous international best of 95.
:18:17. > :18:20.Earlier, Joe Root was bowled for just six runs.
:18:20. > :18:23.Now, she's gone from being the centre of attention at the Olympics
:18:23. > :18:26.to being on the sidelines. Jessica Ennis-Hill, as she's called since
:18:26. > :18:32.getting married earlier this year, hasn't competed since taking gold at
:18:32. > :18:42.last summer's London Games. An injury has held her back but she
:18:42. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:49.hopes to make a return in time for a special anniversary.
:18:49. > :18:54.Jessica Ennis Hill puts on a performance of a live to take gold
:18:54. > :18:58.at last summer 's Olympics. The perfect result at the right time.
:18:58. > :19:03.But the London games were not just about her performance in the
:19:03. > :19:08.heptathlon. She was the face of the games, the focus of a nation 's
:19:08. > :19:13.hopes and she admits that she felt the pressure. I was very nervous. I
:19:13. > :19:19.had to put a brave face on and portray that everything was going
:19:19. > :19:25.well and I was confident but, deep down, Sessions didn't always go
:19:25. > :19:31.well, I was struggling with the long jump and I was very anxious to what
:19:31. > :19:35.the games would bring because it was a lance -- once-in-a-lifetime
:19:35. > :19:45.opportunity. This season, she has been kept off the track by an ankle
:19:45. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:49.injury. It's going to be close but I'm still not ruling out. I've got
:19:49. > :19:55.to the point where I know it will be a very different year this year, not
:19:55. > :20:01.like previous years where I have been able to prepare and do lots of
:20:02. > :20:06.events. This year is very different. Her main goal this season is the
:20:07. > :20:15.world championships. She lost her world crown two years ago, but even
:20:15. > :20:21.with injury troubles, you wouldn't bet against her it back. We wish her
:20:21. > :20:23.a speedy recovery. We need to back, and I am sure she will be winning
:20:23. > :20:26.more medals. A ten-year-old book lover has helped
:20:26. > :20:29.save his rural village's library service by becoming the young
:20:29. > :20:32.librarian there. Harry McMurray is now passing on his love of reading
:20:32. > :20:36.to even younger children in Cold Kirby in North Yorkshire AND is
:20:36. > :20:46.helping to keep a vital resource going in the face of local service
:20:46. > :20:56.cuts. Many ten-year-olds need an alarm
:20:56. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:08.just to get up in the morning. Harry needs want to stop him reading!
:21:08. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:16.love books. I came down here and I was asked to short -- to sort out
:21:16. > :21:21.the shelves. And because I did a good job, I was nominated Junior
:21:21. > :21:27.librarian. With books, you can use your imagination more than you can
:21:27. > :21:34.playing a video game. When the local library service stopped, Harry
:21:34. > :21:38.stepped forward to keep reading alive. Harry, being an avid reader,
:21:38. > :21:43.has been nominated as the children's librarian so he can encourage
:21:43. > :21:50.children to come and enjoy books. He loves reading. In fact, he read so
:21:51. > :22:00.much, we set an alarm clock to stop him reading at night time! Regular
:22:01. > :22:08.
:22:09. > :22:13.members say Harry is fantastic with polite. He's a pleasure to have
:22:13. > :22:18.around and it is delightful to seem with the younger children. He is
:22:18. > :22:23.clearly very intelligent and has a great future ahead of him. So what
:22:23. > :22:31.does the future hold for him? would like to be a writer. Lots of
:22:31. > :22:35.people have said if I wanted to do it, I could. I just let my
:22:36. > :22:44.imagination run wild. So forget Harry Potter, Harry McMurray will be
:22:45. > :22:50.all the name of the best seller list any time soon. He's a bit of a
:22:50. > :22:53.bookworm, isn't he? My ten-year-old also likes books, but that's very
:22:53. > :22:56.keen, isn't it? One of Yorkshire's leading tourist
:22:56. > :23:06.attractions is ignoring the economic gloom and investing heavily in new
:23:06. > :23:11.premises. They believe it's worth taking the risk to bring more jobs
:23:11. > :23:19.and revenue into the area. Danny Carpenter reports from Cannon Hall
:23:19. > :23:24.Farm in South Yorkshire. Cannon Hall farm is already an
:23:24. > :23:29.award-winning tourism business. Now, they want to be a major tourism
:23:29. > :23:35.business and are investing �1.5 billion into making that dream a
:23:35. > :23:42.reality. Tell us about the design here. What we have tried to achieve
:23:42. > :23:47.is an escape route of the piglets. This is while they are being born or
:23:47. > :23:54.straight after birth when they are vulnerable. They need to be able to
:23:54. > :24:04.get away if the sour is a little bit clumsy. We have got underfloor
:24:04. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:16.heating. We do not want to overheat the sour. It's probably 5-star pig
:24:16. > :24:21.accommodation! We have built a viewing gallery. We have built a
:24:21. > :24:30.milking store. We will show the last 200 years of milk production through
:24:30. > :24:40.the various breeds. We have got to female llamas in this pen. They have
:24:40. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:46.just come in from outside. There are four females and a little baby one,
:24:46. > :24:51.only a fortnight old. Some sheep here. These are from the West Coast
:24:51. > :24:56.of Scotland and they would normally feed on seaweed, so obviously, we
:24:56. > :25:01.have got no seaweed, but they like their head. We feel that if we
:25:01. > :25:09.invest now, when other people are not, and give it 110%, we think this
:25:09. > :25:15.can be the right time to do it and get the farm on the tourism map.
:25:15. > :25:22.ever been there? Yes, but since the upgrade, that's what we call a farm!
:25:22. > :25:27.I like to see behind the scenes. Are there any deckchairs left on the
:25:27. > :25:37.beach? Fewer deckchairs this weekend. Yes, because you are
:25:37. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:50.me skip onto my first graphic because I have not even shown you
:25:50. > :25:56.tonight whether pictures! That epitomises a summer morning, taken
:25:56. > :26:02.at 5am. Is that part of the world that has had 29 degrees this
:26:02. > :26:10.afternoon. Quite unusual for the Pennines. The Vale of York has had
:26:10. > :26:19.29 degrees as well. The second picture, beautiful! The sun setting
:26:19. > :26:25.just off junction 24! The forecast: This is what you want to see: Sunny
:26:25. > :26:29.and hot for many of us tomorrow, but changes for the weekend. The high
:26:29. > :26:34.pressure changes shape and allows low cloud to come in from the North
:26:34. > :26:39.Sea. Everywhere starting of grey. It should gradually break up but the
:26:39. > :26:46.coast might have a disappointing weekend. But hardly a cloud in the
:26:46. > :26:52.sky right now. This evening, warm, plenty of sunshine, patchy cloud,
:26:52. > :27:01.overnight looks clear. Lowest temperatures 11-15dC. The sun will
:27:01. > :27:08.rise in the morning at 5am. A bit of mist and patchy fog in places,
:27:08. > :27:13.otherwise, a beautiful start. Long spells of sunshine, the hint of a
:27:13. > :27:23.little sea mist. But for many, another lovely day and once more, if
:27:23. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:28.you want to escape the heat, it is here without cooling onshore breeze.
:27:28. > :27:31.Much more cloud over the weekend which will gradually break up