:00:05. > :00:08.Of Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's Look North.
:00:08. > :00:13.The body of a newborn Bradford.
:00:13. > :00:16.It's the second time a baby's body has been found there in just over
:00:16. > :00:19.two years. We'll report from Bradford in just
:00:19. > :00:21.a moment. Also tonight:
:00:21. > :00:23.The final route of Leeds's new multi—million pound trolleybus
:00:23. > :00:32.system is unveiled, but not without controversy. You have separate bus—
:00:32. > :00:39.stops, separate trolleybus stops and overall it is going to lead to
:00:39. > :00:43.more car and traffic congestion on roads. And they have been queuing
:00:43. > :00:46.for hours in the rain, all to see the Antiques Roadshow which has
:00:46. > :00:50.rolled into town. Find out later in the programme what these people
:00:50. > :00:54.having their bags. Not much brightness a North
:00:54. > :00:57.Yorkshire earlier today but the skies should be brighter tomorrow,
:00:57. > :01:05.but what about the weekend? Joined me for that later on.
:01:05. > :01:09.But first, police in Bradford are tonight trying to trace the mother
:01:09. > :01:14.of a newborn baby whose body was found at a waste management depot
:01:14. > :01:17.in the city. It's the second time in two years that a dead baby has
:01:17. > :01:20.been discovered at the Valley Road waste site in Shipley and police
:01:20. > :01:23.say they're concerned for the health and welfare of the mother.
:01:23. > :01:34.Our reporter Dan Johnson is there for us this evening.
:01:34. > :01:39.Yes, very difficult day for the workers here. Very troubling, the
:01:39. > :01:45.details of this story. A grim discovery that was made here late
:01:45. > :01:47.last night. All the more distressing, given that this is a
:01:47. > :01:52.place that deals with the waste of human society, not a place you
:01:52. > :01:56.would expect to find a newborn baby, and very distressing to find the
:01:56. > :02:00.body of a baby They're. There has been distressed and also disbelief
:02:00. > :02:04.because the details of this story are very reminiscent of a discovery
:02:04. > :02:09.made here are just two years ago when the body of another baby was
:02:09. > :02:13.found here amongst the waist. Workers made the grim discovery
:02:13. > :02:17.late last night amongst these piles of rubbish. Difficult enough on its
:02:17. > :02:23.own but this is the second dead baby found here in at two years. It
:02:23. > :02:26.is very distressing for my colleagues last time round. I was
:02:26. > :02:32.told in no uncertain terms that the whole experience was a very
:02:32. > :02:36.distressing period and we, as the management of the company will look
:02:36. > :02:42.there to help the staff involved directly, if that involves external
:02:42. > :02:45.counselling, we will deal with that. Bin lorries arrive here day and
:02:45. > :02:50.night with household rubbish from across Bradford and Leeds. The site
:02:50. > :02:55.handles 500 tonnes every day that gets sorted and recycled. They work
:02:55. > :03:00.around the clock here and it was about 10:30pm, just as workers were
:03:00. > :03:03.sorting through the latest batch of rubbish to cumin, that they found
:03:03. > :03:08.the body of the newborn baby. Paul of the race that comes here ——
:03:08. > :03:12.waste that comes here is tracked so they are hopeful they can help the
:03:12. > :03:18.police work out where it came from. We are trying to narrow down
:03:18. > :03:21.vehicle or vehicles the material came in. The flow of material is
:03:21. > :03:24.fairly predictable and we are hoping to help the police narrow
:03:24. > :03:29.the time—slot down to understand where the origins of the material
:03:29. > :03:34.came from. The parents of the baby girl found here in May 2011 were
:03:34. > :03:38.never traced. The post mortem was unable to workout how she died.
:03:38. > :03:42.Staff and a local mother and toddler group may be her Catherine
:03:42. > :03:46.and she was just a two or three days old. They raised money for a
:03:47. > :03:51.funeral and 150 people were there. Police are now trying to find the
:03:51. > :03:56.mother of the latest baby to be found here are amongst the rubbish.
:03:56. > :04:01.Police are very concerned for the welfare of this baby's mother. The
:04:01. > :04:05.detective superintendent leading the investigation said, my priority
:04:05. > :04:09.is the condition and welfare of the mother and ensuring she receives
:04:09. > :04:13.any medical care she needs. He says the mother has clearly been through
:04:13. > :04:18.a terribly traumatic experience and I would ask her to come forward and
:04:18. > :04:21.speak to us. Officers are now well on with the job of investigating
:04:22. > :04:26.what they can find out about the background of this baby, where it
:04:26. > :04:29.may have come from and we understand a post—mortem
:04:29. > :04:33.examination has been carried out today to establish exactly how this
:04:33. > :04:38.baby, just a few days old, came to lose its life. We are expecting the
:04:38. > :04:41.results of that in the next day or two.
:04:41. > :04:42.Thank you very much, a distressing story.
:04:42. > :04:45.Next tonight, it's the biggest local transport project outside of
:04:45. > :04:48.London and will cost a cool £250 million pounds. The plans for the
:04:48. > :04:51.long—awaited Leeds Trolleybus have been
:04:52. > :04:53.today and public consultation on the scheme will now begin.
:04:53. > :04:56.Charlotte has the details. It's officially called the New
:04:56. > :04:59.Generation Transport Project. It will link Holt Park in the north of
:04:59. > :05:03.Leeds with Stourton in the south and is predicted to ease traffic
:05:03. > :05:07.congestion. But what exactly is a trolleybus?
:05:07. > :05:10.Here are some we filmed in Lyon in France. They have rubber tyres and
:05:10. > :05:13.run on overhead electric power. Bradford and Leeds were the first
:05:13. > :05:18.in the UK to introduce them 100 years ago. Now the first route will
:05:18. > :05:22.be nine miles long, but eventually there could be a much more
:05:22. > :05:25.extensive network. In total there'll be more than 3,000 park
:05:25. > :05:29.and ride spaces at each end of the route. And building could start in
:05:29. > :05:33.two years time with the UK's first new trolleybus scheme up and
:05:33. > :05:42.running by 2019. Our reporter Spencer Stokes has been looking at
:05:42. > :05:46.the plans. And vision of a future public
:05:46. > :05:48.transport in Leeds. Energy is released —— energy is released
:05:48. > :05:52.today show what the trolleybus system will look like. They are
:05:52. > :05:56.half—a—million pages of detailed plans that have been sent to the
:05:56. > :06:00.Department of Transport, outlining everything from how regular the
:06:00. > :06:04.service will be to how but can be affected. The aim is to get people
:06:04. > :06:08.out of their cars, particularly in Headingley. The scheme is winning
:06:08. > :06:12.support from businesses along the route. The Headingley committee
:06:12. > :06:16.deserves a proper transport system, it has never had one another need
:06:16. > :06:21.is becoming greater all the time so the trolleybus scheme is absolutely
:06:21. > :06:26.essential. Although they do not run on rails, the
:06:26. > :06:28.have a lot in common was Sheffield's trams. 65% of the route
:06:28. > :06:33.will be segregated and commuters could save two hours every week.
:06:33. > :06:38.They will have their own dedicated high quality stops. This is where
:06:38. > :06:42.the main it trolleybus stop a Leeds city centre will be. It is hoped
:06:42. > :06:46.the service will attract people who view regular buses as cold,
:06:46. > :06:52.uncomfortable and unpredictable. The aim is to convert communicators
:06:52. > :06:57.—— commuters to a faster, more reliable service that has a sense
:06:57. > :07:01.of permanence. The wires have led to opposition. Trees will be cut
:07:01. > :07:06.down and there are fears that the trolley bus will take up valuable
:07:06. > :07:10.road space. I think it is appalling. Looking at all the plans and
:07:11. > :07:14.proposals that have come forward, it is not improving public
:07:14. > :07:19.transport, it is going to put an additional form of public transport
:07:19. > :07:24.on the road and overall it is going to lead to more cars and traffic
:07:24. > :07:26.congestion. I am confident it is an extraordinary —— affordable scheme
:07:26. > :07:29.and the right scheme and we have to work with local people to make sure
:07:29. > :07:34.we get the detail of the planning right but I am confident the scheme
:07:34. > :07:38.will go ahead. They 40 today consultation on the route begins
:07:38. > :07:47.today and a public inquiry will almost certainly follow. —— a 42
:07:47. > :07:50.day consultation. But it looks like the trolleybus will arrive.
:07:50. > :07:52.Lots of you have been in touch through Facebook about the
:07:52. > :08:20.trolleybus, Paul Stanislawski—Doyle says:
:08:20. > :08:28.We have got people talking. Later on Look North:
:08:28. > :08:31.Land of the Giants. Huddersfield's last chance for play off glory as
:08:31. > :08:34.they take on Hull tonight. Sheffield United has today been
:08:34. > :08:37.defending its decision to sign the controversial striker Marlon King.
:08:37. > :08:41.The 33—year—old joins the Blades after leaving Birmingham City in
:08:41. > :08:44.August. However some supporters have questioned the wisdom of
:08:44. > :08:47.appointing a player who was given an 18 month jail sentence for
:08:47. > :08:54.sexually assaulting a woman in a London club in 2009. Phil Bodmer
:08:54. > :08:59.reports. There is no doubting Marlon King's
:08:59. > :09:04.goalscoring prowess. It is his record of the pitch that is causing
:09:04. > :09:08.concern for some supporters. He was given an 18 month jail sentence for
:09:08. > :09:13.sexually assaulting a woman and causing actual bodily harm at a bar
:09:13. > :09:17.in London. The jury heard the player had 13 previous convictions,
:09:17. > :09:23.including violence against women. Callers to radio Sheffield serve —
:09:23. > :09:26.I'd say it send out the wrong message. Football is flawless. In
:09:26. > :09:30.any other workplace you might not even get a job if you have drunk—
:09:30. > :09:34.driving on your licence. I rang the club. I won my money back. I will
:09:34. > :09:37.not take my kids to see that. We are not talking to someone who has
:09:37. > :09:41.got into trouble once out —— once or twice, he has a long string of
:09:41. > :09:45.convictions and I will not support someone like that. I spoke to him
:09:45. > :09:48.yesterday and I said how do you react to fans who do not want you
:09:48. > :09:52.at the football club? He said it was not really a concern for him,
:09:52. > :09:56.that he believed his family were supporting him, that he did not
:09:56. > :10:00.have to explain things to the supporters. Nobody from Sheffield
:10:00. > :10:03.United was available to speak to us on camera today but a spokesman
:10:03. > :10:09.told me that Marlon King has been signed purely for footballing
:10:09. > :10:13.reasons and his ability as a proven goalscorer. In April last year
:10:13. > :10:18.another Sheffield United striker was jailed for five years after
:10:18. > :10:22.being convicted of rape. Supporters had mixed views about the signing.
:10:22. > :10:28.I think it is a good signing for his goals. We need some goals by
:10:28. > :10:32.his past speaks for itself. The has been jailed and that is not good
:10:32. > :10:37.for the club. Very disappointed. After Ched Evans I thought we had
:10:37. > :10:41.moved away from that. A with Sheffield United currently third
:10:41. > :10:44.from bottom of the club are in the er it —— urgent need of firepower.
:10:44. > :10:49.If Marlon King can provide that, the doubters may be willing to give
:10:49. > :10:52.him another chance. 80% of police officers in North
:10:52. > :10:55.Yorkshire say they have low morale, according to a survey by the
:10:55. > :10:58.county's Police Federation. The organisation which represents rank
:10:58. > :11:01.and file officers says many of its members want to cut paperwork and
:11:01. > :11:04.recruit more officers to work on the front line. The chief constable
:11:04. > :11:09.of the force says he's got a committed and motivated team but
:11:09. > :11:12.the economic crisis is having a far—reaching effect. Tonight he'll
:11:12. > :11:15.face unhappy officers at an open meeting meeting on the issue.
:11:15. > :11:22.Here's our Crime Correspondent John Cundy.
:11:22. > :11:27.As for years of massive police cuts nationally begin to bite, 100
:11:27. > :11:30.members of the Police Federation in North Yorkshire will tonight tell
:11:30. > :11:35.their chief constable of their fears for the future. In my 29
:11:35. > :11:40.years' service in this county this is the lowest I have known morale.
:11:40. > :11:45.A poll which reached only one— quarter of officers reported 80%
:11:45. > :11:49.saying that morale was low and 94% said they were not enough police
:11:49. > :11:54.Constable's and 84% were worried by training cuts. We need to deliver a
:11:54. > :11:58.quality service to victims, the vulnerable and offenders and we
:11:58. > :12:04.cannot do that if people's heads are down. If national police
:12:04. > :12:09.commentator and author, Mike, who has retired from the police force
:12:09. > :12:13.goes further. I am hearing there are a lot of officers right across
:12:13. > :12:18.the country who are generally being —— genuinely becoming ill with
:12:18. > :12:22.stress—related —— stress related illnesses. They are working 24/7
:12:22. > :12:26.and we hear about when things go wrong and the emergency services
:12:26. > :12:30.are those that have to go towards danger. The federation have been
:12:30. > :12:35.battered and they have not been spoken to or engaged with at
:12:35. > :12:39.government level for many years. North Yorkshire's Chief Constable,
:12:39. > :12:43.Dave Jones, says he acknowledges the concerns of the federation. He
:12:43. > :12:47.says it is to the forces credit that despite all spending cuts
:12:47. > :12:53.North Yorkshire has the highest public satisfaction ratings in the
:12:53. > :12:59.country. This is a wake—up call. This is about what has gone on in
:12:59. > :13:02.the last few years and the implications for policing in this
:13:02. > :13:08.county. Let us put it right. Maybe not quite an emergency but for many
:13:08. > :13:13.officers the problems they say are certainly her —— certainly urgent.
:13:13. > :13:16.Now some news from around the region:
:13:16. > :13:19.A witness has told Bradford Crown Court that a four—year—old Bradford
:13:19. > :13:23.boy, who lay dead in his cot for nearly two years, was said to have
:13:23. > :13:26.been given only one meal a day and was stick thin shortly before he
:13:26. > :13:29.died. The mummified body of Hamzah Khan was found by police when they
:13:29. > :13:32.gained entry to the boy's home in 2011. Prosecutors say the boy's
:13:32. > :13:35.mother Amanda Hutton had allowed Hamzah to starve to death 21 months
:13:35. > :13:47.earlier. She denies manslaughter by gross negligence.
:13:48. > :13:54.In the pilot was arrested at Leeds Bradford Airport last night. He is
:13:54. > :14:02.believed to be a pilot with Pakistan International Airlines and he was
:14:02. > :14:06.charged with being drunk. More than 500 people have come
:14:06. > :14:10.forward since Tuesday in response to an appeal for witnesses to the
:14:10. > :14:16.Hillsborough disaster. 96 fans were crushed to death at the stadium in
:14:16. > :14:18.1989. Witnesses are being asked to give new statements following a
:14:18. > :14:23.report last year that said South Yorkshire Police had orchestrated a
:14:23. > :14:27.cover—up. The IPCC says it wants even more witnesses to come forward
:14:27. > :14:33.to make sure everyone has a voice in the investigation.
:14:33. > :14:41.Proposals for a major new development at Thorpe Park have been
:14:41. > :14:46.given the go—ahead. They would create up to 13,000 jobs. The
:14:46. > :14:54.council says 72% of people support the proposals.
:14:54. > :15:01.Despite an ongoing legal battle to have King Richard III reburied,
:15:01. > :15:06.Leicester Cathedral staff have pressed ahead with their plans to
:15:06. > :15:10.have him buried there. They have denied they are being
:15:10. > :15:19.presumptive or premature with the release of new designs.
:15:19. > :15:24.He died over 500 years ago. He was the last Plantagenet King and he
:15:24. > :15:28.continues to fascinate historians will stop when his bones were found
:15:28. > :15:34.buried beneath a car park in Leicester last year, the discovery
:15:34. > :15:50.led to controversy. Should he be buried in Leicester or in your work?
:15:50. > :15:54.—— in York. The plans don't impress this woman from York. She is one of
:15:54. > :16:00.15 of his descendants have mounted a legal challenge to the decision to
:16:01. > :16:06.rebury the monarch in Leicester. The point of a judicial review is that
:16:06. > :16:11.we are waiting for an outcome as to where he should be buried. He wants
:16:11. > :16:16.to be buried in York and I think the public want him to be buried there.
:16:16. > :16:22.Of course, the Plantagenet Alliance want him to be buried there. She is
:16:22. > :16:29.not alone. An exhibition in York has had a double the number of visitors
:16:29. > :16:37.and many people have signed an online petition calling for York
:16:37. > :16:44.Minister to be the new burial site. This seems to be the place where a
:16:44. > :16:49.lot of people want him laid to rest. For many people, it doesn't really
:16:49. > :16:54.matter what Leicester's plans are, they are wrong. No amount of
:16:54. > :17:04.planning or fanfare is going to change that passionately held belief
:17:04. > :17:12.that she belongs here in York. If you have a view about that, let
:17:12. > :17:23.us know. Someone said Lester has his bones but York has his heart.
:17:23. > :17:26.An unhappy result for a Leeds as Reading score in the last minute.
:17:26. > :17:37.And the Antiques Roadshow comes to Yorkshire.
:17:37. > :17:51.There are two red Super League matches. Leeds Rhinos and then
:17:51. > :17:56.Huddersfield Giants play Hull FC. The losers will see their season
:17:56. > :18:02.ends on the spot. A reporter is at us Huddersfield now.
:18:02. > :18:06.Huddersfield Giants will feel they have got to deliver tonight against
:18:06. > :18:11.Hull FC because otherwise they will be going on holiday. The season all
:18:11. > :18:14.be over. Huddersfield Giants are probably sorry to be in this
:18:14. > :18:19.situation. They were perceived to have failed last week against Wigan
:18:19. > :18:28.and they will not want to repeat it again. This is where at least 1500
:18:28. > :18:36.Hull FC fans will be. Huddersfield Giants fans will be over here. There
:18:36. > :18:43.is a lot at stake for next season. What do you say? How much is at
:18:43. > :18:49.stake tonight? The odds couldn't be higher. We were disappointed last
:18:49. > :18:52.week, if truth be told. We still have opportunities, though.
:18:52. > :18:56.Irrespective of what happens tonight,
:18:56. > :19:01.season for us and we will continue to go forward. The town of
:19:01. > :19:09.Huddersfield, fans over the world, they want more. And so do we. Let's
:19:09. > :19:13.try and get more. We faced difficult opponents but the message is to
:19:13. > :19:17.supporters, come on down and support us tonight will stop the stadium is
:19:17. > :19:26.fantastic. Let's give it our best shot. Are you planning for the grand
:19:26. > :19:33.final? Yes, these things don't happen overnight. If we get through,
:19:33. > :19:43.we will be ready. This is the assistant coach. You know that the
:19:43. > :19:50.pressure of this. You have to perform well. Last week we didn't.
:19:50. > :19:58.But tonight we will. Why do you think it happened last week? How can
:19:59. > :20:03.you do it better this time? We fell short in a lot of areas. At big
:20:03. > :20:10.games, you have got to be on the money. We weren't so we start again
:20:10. > :20:14.tonight and we have to do things to note and move on to next week and
:20:14. > :20:19.hopefully the final. I love your optimism. There's not much she
:20:19. > :20:23.doesn't know about big—time on the big stage. Let's hope the
:20:23. > :20:33.Huddersfield Giants can get to the final.
:20:33. > :20:35.In football it was an unhappy return to Reading for the Leeds manager
:20:36. > :20:44.Brian McDermott. His side lost 1—0.
:20:44. > :20:52.Brian McDermott spent much of his working life at Reading. He is very
:20:52. > :20:55.much the Leeds boss know and he has and still the feeling of hope
:20:55. > :21:00.amongst fans. It was down to business. It is fair to say it was
:21:00. > :21:06.an evenly matched contest, with both teams having chances. Reading had
:21:06. > :21:11.the best of the early ones. Leeds came close to scoring before the
:21:11. > :21:18.end. With the match seemingly headed for a draw, a yellow card was given
:21:18. > :21:25.with a sending—off. From the resulting free kick, a goal. We
:21:25. > :21:32.won't blame anyone these things happen. We should have defended the
:21:32. > :21:35.free kick better. I thought we would win it and I don't think we deserved
:21:35. > :21:40.to lose but that is football sometimes. We have to pick ourselves
:21:40. > :21:48.up, dust ourselves off and get ready. As the manager said, there is
:21:48. > :21:58.no time to feel sorry for themselves.
:21:58. > :22:04.If Harry seems subdued, he is coming to terms that Yorkshire missed out
:22:04. > :22:15.on the County Championship title. I should congratulate Durham.
:22:15. > :22:20.Yorkshire reached 140—5. With five wickets remaining.
:22:20. > :22:27.I love a bargain as much as the next person but it is even better to find
:22:27. > :22:30.an old antique that you have been treasuring and is worth a small
:22:30. > :22:34.fortune. The rain did not put off the crowds
:22:34. > :22:47.as the Antiques Roadshow rolled into South Yorkshire.
:22:47. > :22:52.If you ever doubted how popular the Antiques Roadshow is, take a look at
:22:52. > :22:57.this. The queue stretches back through the gates. Thousands are
:22:57. > :23:03.here and they all have something interesting for the experts. We will
:23:03. > :23:10.get between 2000 and 4000 people coming along. It stands to reason
:23:10. > :23:15.that they will not all have a piece of Faberge or some great work of art
:23:15. > :23:21.but a lot of the things they bring will have interesting stories. You
:23:21. > :23:29.are queueing up in the rain. What have you got? Not a lot. Two items
:23:29. > :23:34.from Japan. Not everything is guaranteed a place on the show. I
:23:34. > :23:41.think there are worried about the Antiques Roadshow becoming a car
:23:41. > :23:45.show. They're not going to film it. The expert was interested but not
:23:45. > :23:54.the producer. There are three of these cars that have survived. This
:23:54. > :24:00.is the oldest. 1800 were made. You wonder what is going to come out of
:24:00. > :24:05.those bin liners and trolleys. What a turnout. You can tell we are in
:24:05. > :24:10.Yorkshire because what has got out that it's free.
:24:10. > :24:20.How much would you give for this? I like it but does it have a
:24:20. > :24:34.signature? Millions. Probably about 105. Hundred and £5? No, that's his
:24:34. > :24:40.age. To find out what people brought, you
:24:40. > :24:46.will have to wait until the show errors in the spring.
:24:46. > :24:51.We had a preview of what was going on there last night. Remember this?
:24:51. > :25:01.Some antique shoes. Look at them. Disgusting. I have had them for 15
:25:01. > :25:03.years. No one ever sees them on television so I don't bother
:25:03. > :25:16.polishing them. I have bought some new ones. Ian McCaskill used to just
:25:16. > :25:31.do it in his socks. It was a better forecast, wasn't it?
:25:31. > :25:39.There is also a new blog detailing how things are going to settle down
:25:40. > :25:43.for the rest of site timber and more about the current solar cycle and
:25:43. > :25:51.what that might mean for the climate in the next few years. The headline
:25:51. > :25:58.is an improving one. There will be quite a lot of cloud around and some
:25:58. > :26:06.drizzle for a time at the top of the Pennines. A little bump in the
:26:06. > :26:11.isobars. High—pressure beginning to build and a larger anticyclone area
:26:11. > :26:14.which will settle things down. There is the quite active weather front
:26:14. > :26:18.which came through today. It is still raining across the Yorkshire
:26:18. > :26:24.Dales. Some showers in the West but it has brightened up in the East.
:26:24. > :26:27.The wind will ease later on and I think patchy rain across the
:26:27. > :26:33.Yorkshire Dales will ease off for a time. Further east, it is dry with
:26:33. > :26:41.clear spells and temperatures will be down to nine Celsius. The sun
:26:41. > :26:50.will rise in the morning at 6:48am. The next high water time at 5:19am.
:26:50. > :26:58.A slower start over the Pennines here. Thicker cloud bringing missed
:26:58. > :27:02.and drizzle. The cloud will break up later. Some sunny breaks but the
:27:02. > :27:10.best of the sunshine tomorrow across central and eastern parts. Much less
:27:10. > :27:19.windy. Temperatures will be back to or possibly above average. The
:27:19. > :27:25.weekend is looking pleasant. It is mostly fine. The risk of some
:27:25. > :27:34.drizzle over the Pennines but essentially variable cloud, light
:27:34. > :27:37.winds and some sunny spells. I can't understand how to make grown
:27:37. > :27:41.men spend so much time talking about shoes.
:27:41. > :27:45.I am back at 10:25pm.