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Look North. On tonight's programme: Is a shortage of nurses putting

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lives at risk? That's the claim as it emerges there's been a

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significant reduction in the number of district nurses in Yorkshire.

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drop in this trick -- district nurses' numbers represents a drop in

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Also tonight: using exercise as therapy. Football for mind and body

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- we meet the woman who thinks sport can make a difference to our mental

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health. And the ring which can open doors and even control a mobile

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phone - it's not science fiction but a real-life invention by a man from

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Bradford. And it has been a largely dry day

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today, but it could be a little us. It's being claimed that lives

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are being put at risk because of a shortage of district nurses in

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Yorkshire. Figures obtained by Look North show there's been a 38%

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percent reduction in the number of district nurses working in our

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region. The union Unison says it means hundreds of patients are going

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without the care they need, and often missing vital blood tests.

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Doctors say that's adding to the pressure on hospitals, in particular

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the already struggling accident and emergency departments. Ian White is

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here with more on this. Yes, Nicola. In its own words, the NHS describes

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district nurses as playing a vital role in keeping hospital admissions

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and readmissions to a minimum. They visit patients in their homes,

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providing care such as changing dressings, giving drugs and taking

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blood samples. A recent BBC documentary followed the work of one

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district nurse, Dot, on her rounds increased, and there are more

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complex needs in the community. The time that we need to spend with each

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patient is longer. A lot of patience are elderly, -- a lot of patients.

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It is important that we don't just support them, but the families as

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well. Figures obtained by Look North show

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the stress professionals like Dot are under. A headcount from a body

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which monitors NHS services found that in 2008 there were 892 district

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nurses working in the Yorkshire and Humber region. But by 2012, that

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figure had fallen to just 551. That's a reduction of 38%. Now the

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union Unison says lives are being blood tests a week are not being

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performed. This is very serious, because people with long-term

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chronic conditions need to have their blood regularly monitored to

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make sure there are no serious health risks.

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Doctors also say they're concerned the district nurse service is under

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such great pressure, it's affecting other NHS services. If district

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nurses struggle to meet the needs of patience, that might have an impact

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on accident and emergency. What we need is a real investment in the

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community as a whole, so that patience -- patients can be

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supported where they want to be, which is at home with their

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One Yorkshire NHS Trust has admitted it's struggled to fill vacancies in

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recent years and has been waiting for extra funding to increase the

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numbers. It has been a challenge over the last number of years, the

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problem being that fewer nurses are applying to go on the district

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nursing course, so fewer district nurses are coming out. In Leeds we

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have continued to support our staff nurses to undertake the district

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nursing court. We asked the Department of Health for an

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interview. There was no one available. But they did say that it

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was important that there were enough nurses to provide the services that

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they showed. So, what lies at the root of this

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problem, and what can be done to sort it out? In our Sheffield studio

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to help us answer that is Labour's Rother Valley MP Kevin Barron, who

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chaired the House of Commons select committee on health until 2010. Good

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evening. This is not a new problem. The numbers of district nurses have

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been declining for ten years. Is it down to training? It is partly down

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to training and partly down to structure. All the time we talk

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about the National Health Service, it is dominated by the issue of

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hospitals and surgery, not patient needs. It was pointed out in that

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clip that many patients are the ones with long-term conditions that needs

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district nurses. This is where we spend 70% of our money in the

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national health service, and we cannot neglect what is happening in

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the community with these people. Inevitably they will be going into

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the acute sector if we do, and they will be on award costing us enormous

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amounts of money. And we are seeing that, but the vacancies are there

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locally, but it is not an attractive career? Then we need to make it an

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attractive career. Many people would want to be the top person in any

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position in life. We need to address this issue, and we need real joined

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up care for patients at the moment. There is still an issue where the

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primary care sector and the secondary sector, there is this void

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between them, and it has got to change. It is the only way we'll

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will be able to manage the future, with a number of people living into

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their 80s, 90s and hundreds phenomenally different to 50 years

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ago. We need to make sure that the service is changed to meet that

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demand. What do you think the Coalition Government can do, then?

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would like to say that I wish they hadn't tried to change the National

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Health Service in the way that they had. We don't need to have massive

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top and changes in the National Health Service. We need to

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concentrate on patients and patients' needs. Patients in the

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primary sector who need looking after have ended up going to

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accident and emergency, and it is a massive waste of public money. We

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need to shape up the needs of patients, and putting the care

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package around them, whether in the acute sector or the primary sector,

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and making sure that happens. We need to stop this division between

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primary care and the hospital sector. Kevin Barron, MP, thank you.

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Also tonight: The family of the missing Sheffield teenager Erika

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Kacicova have told Look North of their relief at knowing their

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daughter's safe. The 13-year-old vanished from the Darnall area of

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the city on Monday of last week. But last night she was found apparently

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safe and well in Bradford City Centre. Three people are being held

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Kate Bradbrook reports. On suspicion of child abduction. I would like to

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deliver the news today that we have found Erika. Erika had been missing

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for exactly a week, and the police operation to find her was described

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as critical. Searches had been carried out at several properties in

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Bradford, and at around 6:40pm, she was found alone in the city centre.

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We are very happy she is coming back. I thank you very much for

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everybody at the police station for their help. I am very happy. I

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wanted them to find Erika. She also told me, with the help of

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her daughter, that she feared Erika may be dead. It is not yet known

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when Erika will be reunited with her family, or what happened to her in

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the seven days she was missing. Six people in total have been arrested

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on suspicion of child abduction. Three of those have since been

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Later on Look North: Mental fitness through football. We speak to the

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former professional footballer who's set up a football league for players

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Some news in brief now, and a man's appeared before magistrates in

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Sheffield charged with gross negligence manslaughter following

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the death of a toddler who fell from a balcony. 44-year-old Robert Warner

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was contracted to carry out maintenance on apartments in the

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Wicker where Rayaheen Banimuslim fell from the fourth floor while

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playing. The case has been referred up to the Crown Court for a hearing

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later this month. Protests have taken place at railway stations in

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York and Doncaster to demonstrate against fare increases. The TUC's

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warning that fares look set to rise by 40% since 2008. That's nearly

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three times faster than wages. Ticket prices are linked to

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inflation figures, which are out today. The union's Action for Rail

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campaigners are staging demos at mainline stations around the

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country, calling for MPs to return the railways to public ownership.

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don't think people realise what a bad deal we get in Yorkshire as far

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as subsidy towards travel. We will see on the news how badly he put in

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London are being hit, but their travel is subsidised far greater

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than the people in Yorkshire. There's a proposal to create a

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direct rail link between York and Paris, connecting the two cities in

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super-fast time, or so it's claimed. City of York council representatives

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have been holding talks with other councils along the East Coast Main

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Line. They're discussing the possibility of allowing

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international rail firms to use the line. The plans are still in the

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early stages, but if they go ahead, it's estimated the journey could

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take four and a half hours. That would be truly quite extraordinary.

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And a little bit pointless, because can't you do it anyway? How long

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does it take normally? It is not the first time those

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high-speed Eurotunnel trains have been a very special day for a

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Huddersfield man who's spent eight years building a boat in his back

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garden. All fellows like a bit of tinkering in the garden. Today the

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six-ton vessel has finally been transported to the marina at Goole.

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Bricklayer Winston Walker managed to construct the boat himself in the

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yard outside his terraced home. He's named it Norma after his mother.

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Winston says it's been a labour of love which has taken over his life.

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Every available hour over the last eight years, I have worked on it. I

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have been out even in the rain and the wind. I could have done it in 12

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months if it were in a shared. I still can't believe I have done it,

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one bit at a time. Good old Winston! Very impressive.

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The recent news that many birds, insects and plants in the UK are

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struggling because of changes to their habitat has worried experts. A

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survey found that 60% of the species examined have declined since the

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1970s. Intensive farming, the loss of meadows and growing use of

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pesticides were all found to be part of the problem. Jenny Hill has been

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to a farm in Kellfield near Selby to see what farmers are doing to

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On this farm, every creature counts. Here, they nurture the countryside

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as carefully as the crop. It is why Farmer Richard has put up nearly 70

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bird and bat boxes, and grown hundreds of metres of hedgerow. The

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result, this farm teams with wildlife. We all recognised that the

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impact that man is having on the planet is significant. And what we

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have to do in a sustainable way is to make sure that we can not only

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deliver on our food needs and production of raw materials, but

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also we can deliver on conservation needs, as well. I think we can do

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that if we get to understand the best ways to integrate conservation

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management alongside food production. Which is why here there

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is no such thing as spare land. These may look like wild meadows,

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but from a butterfly perspective, this is a well-stocked larder and a

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slap up meal for bees and birds. And here is why this patch of land is so

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important. Farmland accounts for 75% of the UK, and a recent major study

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found that since the 1970s, the number of words on land like this

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has halved. The same study revealed that

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farmland butterfly numbers have declined by one third. And one in

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ten species of British wildlife is threatened with extinction. Many

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farmers are paid to safeguard their environment. 70% of UK farmland is

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looked after in this way. But campaigners say that is not enough.

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They now hope livestock farmers can reverse the decline in British

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wildlife. Back on Richard's farm, this field is not needed for a few

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months, so he has planted seeds to feed winter wildlife. In turn, they

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will help fertilise the soil. The needs of the farmed and natural

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environment so often go hand in hand, he says, and that is the key

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to sustaining both for the future. If you want to get out and explore

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the wildlife near you, click onto bbc.co.uk.summerofwildlife to get

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which can open doors and control mobile phones - meet the man from

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Bradford whose ring can talk to Yorkshire are in action against the

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Unicorns at Headingley in the 40-over form of the game. Yorkshire

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Mental illness will affect one in four of us at some point in our

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lives. Right now in Yorkshire, 96,000 people are suffering from it.

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8,000 will need hospital treatment. So anything that prevents it or

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helps recovery has got to be welcome. In a moment we're going to

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hear from Janette Hynes and Daryle Pearson. They believe sport can

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genuinely make a difference to mental health, and their approach is

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explored in a TV documentary being aired tonight. Here's a taste of it.

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These three young people suffer from severe mental illness. When I go to

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bed at night, I think, I have another day to get through. But they

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are about to start an extraordinary new kind of therapy. Football League

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Show where everyone has mental health problems. But how do you make

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it to training when you are locked up in a secure hospital? They are

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not allowed off the ward. Will they be able to cope with losing? I don't

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want to hear any of it. It is about being positive. Charity founder

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Janette has worked in mental health for 11 years. Show me your shape,

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captain. She believes that recovering from mental illness is as

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much about doing something you love is taking medication. Over the next

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12 months, they will find out if football can change their lives for

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league for people with mental illness. It's called Positive Mental

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Attitude. And Daryle Pearson suffered from mental health problems

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and is now a coach and mentor for the charity. What do you think this

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will do to help people getting out and playing sport? I think it is

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really important for the social aspect. That social, and feeling as

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though there is a purpose in life, setting goals and achieving them.

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Why did you get involved? Because there was a need. Just seeing the

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revolving door, people going through the same system within the NHS or

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day centres, and there has to be a meaningful reason the pupils have

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like we have in our normal life. They have gone through a terrible

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time, but let's find who the real person is a game, and that is what

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we do. Daryle, you spent seven years in hospital with psychosis,

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paranoia. What difference has this made? My confidence have improved

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loads, and my football skills. I think without Janette's help, I

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wouldn't be where I am today. is not just about sport. It is about

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adding structure and routine to your life. Definitely.Mental health is a

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big to boo. People don't like to talk about some of these issues. --

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a big taboo. Yes, we need to remember that people are a human

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being first, and we can get them back on track. Get their confidence

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up, get them out there and say, yes you can set goals and achieve them.

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It has been a fairly London centric project until now, but we have the

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Wakefield Pumas, and we hope that that will bring the initiative to

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Yorkshire. I want to set up an academy up here as well, but we need

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funds. We have a couple of million people here in West Yorkshire alone,

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if you just say 100,000, one cup of cough a -- one cup of coffee, that

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could set up the academy for a year. People watching might think that

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they are suffering too. Do you think something like this could point them

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in the right direction if they think they are suffering? I am proof it

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works, in a sense, so yes. And we know the demand is there. You have

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weekly training sessions, and they are fully subscribed, see you just

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need the funding? Yes, and they are getting younger by the minute. We

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are getting younger by the minute. We're getting 16-year-olds coming

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through. We need to prevent it. you can see that programme Football,

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Madness and Me tonight at 9.00 on BBC Three.

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Now, how's this for something straight out of a James Bond film -

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a ring which can unlock doors, transfer data and even use mobile

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phones? And it's been invented by a man from Bradford. Here it is. The

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ring uses near field communication to communicate with electronic

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devices. Inventor John McLear is overseeing production in China.

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We'll be talking to him in a minute. But first, our reporter Spencer

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Stokes has been to his home in Bradford to find out more.

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It is the sort of gadget you might expect to find being used in

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California's silicon valley. But this cottage overlooking Bradford's

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Valley is the replacement for a ring -- traditional locks and keys.

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Whilst the inventor is promoting it in China, his father is having a

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play. These things are fantastic. I don't

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have to fumble around and find Mikey, it is on my hand.

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But the ring will do more than just open doors. It is already unlocking

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phones, and it can store information as well. It was in the dining room

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here that this remarkable piece of technology was developed, and it is

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a ring of two halves. It has two chips in it, one containing public

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information that you might want to pass to other people. The other side

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has the private information that lets you get into the house, or in

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the future, even start your car engine. Despite the surroundings,

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this is more than just a cottage industry. The inventor is in China

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supervising production of thousands of rings, while his girlfriend is

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handling the growing interest at home. It is very exciting. I think

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as soon as he gets back, that will be it. They will be producing

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thousands of them and sending them all over the world. At the moment,

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we have it opening the house door, and there is no reason why it

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couldn't open a car door or be used to start your car, or out there in

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the ether there will be lots of people with lots of other ideas that

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could take something like this and use it to do other things. In a

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decade, the ring may have become as ubiquitous as the mobile phone. A

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very 21st-century gadget dreamt up John is currently in China, mainly

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because he got the backing for his invention through the website kick

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starter. This is the ring. It looks nice on my finger there. I spoke to

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the current inventor who is currently in Shenzhen in China and

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asked him how he got the inspiration for the idea. I was speaking to a

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bunch of my mates one night, and they said that some nights after a

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night out they struggled to get in, and elderly members of my family

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struggled to use the key on their door, so I figured it might make

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sense to have the ring and the key together so that you can just hold

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your hand up to the locked access the house. And how did you secure

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the funding? Kick starter helped us, and we could see that people liked

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what the ring does, and we liked the design, and we also got a lot of

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feedback. We have changed the way that some of the rings look and

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function. It has been really good for us, and we're looking forward to

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the future. Explain why you are in China at the moment. We're here to

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oversee production, spending a lot of time with the workers and making

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some of the rings, getting feedback from the workers about the process

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in making the rings, and that means we can make their life a little

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easier, and improve the ring as we spend time with the factories.

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have learned more about the ring. What is your next invention? We are

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looking forward to some of the next product within the range that we are

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working on. We have been in touch with the NHS and a few

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organisations, so we really want to bring it into health care and start

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helping people more. I could really do with one of those,

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because I am quite good at losing everything.

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They need to be a bit more stylish! I would love to see you will have a

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cluster of diamonds on your finger! Lets have a little look at the

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and largely dry. As we go through the rest of the week, it will be a

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fairly unsettled story. There is some heavy rain in the forecast, and

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that is courtesy of this area of low pressure. And I usually deep area of

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low pressure is passing through on Saturday. Some wet weather to come

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through the weekend, as well. Back to the here and now, we end the day

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on a fairly decent note. We have got some sunny spells to end the day. As

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we head through the course of the evening, it looks fine and dry, and

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it looks like a settled night, too. There could be a little bit of

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patchy mist and fog developing. These are the values in the towns

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and cities. It is obviously that bit cooler out in the countryside. The

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sun will rise in the morning at tomorrow morning after the mist

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lifts. Most places will stay dry, possibly a little more cloud in the

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afternoon. Temperatures will be other little on today's values, we

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will get up to 21 or 22 Celsius. you were outside in your back

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gardens last night for a rather special display. You have been

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