19/09/2013 Look North (Yorkshire)

Of Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's Look North.

The body of a newborn Bradford.

It's the second time a baby's body has been found there in just over

two years. We'll report from Bradford in just

a moment. Also tonight:

The final route of Leeds's new multi—million pound trolleybus

system is unveiled, but not without controversy. You have separate bus—

stops, separate trolleybus stops and overall it is going to lead to

more car and traffic congestion on roads. And they have been queuing

for hours in the rain, all to see the Antiques Roadshow which has

rolled into town. Find out later in the programme what these people

having their bags. Not much brightness a North

Yorkshire earlier today but the skies should be brighter tomorrow,

but what about the weekend? Joined me for that later on.

But first, police in Bradford are tonight trying to trace the mother

of a newborn baby whose body was found at a waste management depot

in the city. It's the second time in two years that a dead baby has

been discovered at the Valley Road waste site in Shipley and police

say they're concerned for the health and welfare of the mother.

Our reporter Dan Johnson is there for us this evening.

Yes, very difficult day for the workers here. Very troubling, the

details of this story. A grim discovery that was made here late

last night. All the more distressing, given that this is a

place that deals with the waste of human society, not a place you

would expect to find a newborn baby, and very distressing to find the

body of a baby They're. There has been distressed and also disbelief

because the details of this story are very reminiscent of a discovery

made here are just two years ago when the body of another baby was

found here amongst the waist. Workers made the grim discovery

late last night amongst these piles of rubbish. Difficult enough on its

own but this is the second dead baby found here in at two years. It

is very distressing for my colleagues last time round. I was

told in no uncertain terms that the whole experience was a very

distressing period and we, as the management of the company will look

there to help the staff involved directly, if that involves external

counselling, we will deal with that. Bin lorries arrive here day and

night with household rubbish from across Bradford and Leeds. The site

handles 500 tonnes every day that gets sorted and recycled. They work

around the clock here and it was about 10:30pm, just as workers were

sorting through the latest batch of rubbish to cumin, that they found

the body of the newborn baby. Paul of the race that comes here ——

waste that comes here is tracked so they are hopeful they can help the

police work out where it came from. We are trying to narrow down

vehicle or vehicles the material came in. The flow of material is

fairly predictable and we are hoping to help the police narrow

the time—slot down to understand where the origins of the material

came from. The parents of the baby girl found here in May 2011 were

never traced. The post mortem was unable to workout how she died.

Staff and a local mother and toddler group may be her Catherine

and she was just a two or three days old. They raised money for a

funeral and 150 people were there. Police are now trying to find the

mother of the latest baby to be found here are amongst the rubbish.

Police are very concerned for the welfare of this baby's mother. The

detective superintendent leading the investigation said, my priority

is the condition and welfare of the mother and ensuring she receives

any medical care she needs. He says the mother has clearly been through

a terribly traumatic experience and I would ask her to come forward and

speak to us. Officers are now well on with the job of investigating

what they can find out about the background of this baby, where it

may have come from and we understand a post—mortem

examination has been carried out today to establish exactly how this

baby, just a few days old, came to lose its life. We are expecting the

results of that in the next day or two.

Thank you very much, a distressing story.

Next tonight, it's the biggest local transport project outside of

London and will cost a cool £250 million pounds. The plans for the

long—awaited Leeds Trolleybus have been

today and public consultation on the scheme will now begin.

Charlotte has the details. It's officially called the New

Generation Transport Project. It will link Holt Park in the north of

Leeds with Stourton in the south and is predicted to ease traffic

congestion. But what exactly is a trolleybus?

Here are some we filmed in Lyon in France. They have rubber tyres and

run on overhead electric power. Bradford and Leeds were the first

in the UK to introduce them 100 years ago. Now the first route will

be nine miles long, but eventually there could be a much more

extensive network. In total there'll be more than 3,000 park

and ride spaces at each end of the route. And building could start in

two years time with the UK's first new trolleybus scheme up and

running by 2019. Our reporter Spencer Stokes has been looking at

the plans. And vision of a future public

transport in Leeds. Energy is released —— energy is released

today show what the trolleybus system will look like. They are

half—a—million pages of detailed plans that have been sent to the

Department of Transport, outlining everything from how regular the

service will be to how but can be affected. The aim is to get people

out of their cars, particularly in Headingley. The scheme is winning

support from businesses along the route. The Headingley committee

deserves a proper transport system, it has never had one another need

is becoming greater all the time so the trolleybus scheme is absolutely

essential. Although they do not run on rails, the

have a lot in common was Sheffield's trams. 65% of the route

will be segregated and commuters could save two hours every week.

They will have their own dedicated high quality stops. This is where

the main it trolleybus stop a Leeds city centre will be. It is hoped

the service will attract people who view regular buses as cold,

uncomfortable and unpredictable. The aim is to convert communicators

—— commuters to a faster, more reliable service that has a sense

of permanence. The wires have led to opposition. Trees will be cut

down and there are fears that the trolley bus will take up valuable

road space. I think it is appalling. Looking at all the plans and

proposals that have come forward, it is not improving public

transport, it is going to put an additional form of public transport

on the road and overall it is going to lead to more cars and traffic

congestion. I am confident it is an extraordinary —— affordable scheme

and the right scheme and we have to work with local people to make sure

we get the detail of the planning right but I am confident the scheme

will go ahead. They 40 today consultation on the route begins

today and a public inquiry will almost certainly follow. —— a 42

day consultation. But it looks like the trolleybus will arrive.

Lots of you have been in touch through Facebook about the

trolleybus, Paul Stanislawski—Doyle says:

We have got people talking. Later on Look North:

Land of the Giants. Huddersfield's last chance for play off glory as

they take on Hull tonight. Sheffield United has today been

defending its decision to sign the controversial striker Marlon King.

The 33—year—old joins the Blades after leaving Birmingham City in

August. However some supporters have questioned the wisdom of

appointing a player who was given an 18 month jail sentence for

sexually assaulting a woman in a London club in 2009. Phil Bodmer

reports. There is no doubting Marlon King's

goalscoring prowess. It is his record of the pitch that is causing

concern for some supporters. He was given an 18 month jail sentence for

sexually assaulting a woman and causing actual bodily harm at a bar

in London. The jury heard the player had 13 previous convictions,

including violence against women. Callers to radio Sheffield serve —

I'd say it send out the wrong message. Football is flawless. In

any other workplace you might not even get a job if you have drunk—

driving on your licence. I rang the club. I won my money back. I will

not take my kids to see that. We are not talking to someone who has

got into trouble once out —— once or twice, he has a long string of

convictions and I will not support someone like that. I spoke to him

yesterday and I said how do you react to fans who do not want you

at the football club? He said it was not really a concern for him,

that he believed his family were supporting him, that he did not

have to explain things to the supporters. Nobody from Sheffield

United was available to speak to us on camera today but a spokesman

told me that Marlon King has been signed purely for footballing

reasons and his ability as a proven goalscorer. In April last year

another Sheffield United striker was jailed for five years after

being convicted of rape. Supporters had mixed views about the signing.

I think it is a good signing for his goals. We need some goals by

his past speaks for itself. The has been jailed and that is not good

for the club. Very disappointed. After Ched Evans I thought we had

moved away from that. A with Sheffield United currently third

from bottom of the club are in the er it —— urgent need of firepower.

If Marlon King can provide that, the doubters may be willing to give

him another chance. 80% of police officers in North

Yorkshire say they have low morale, according to a survey by the

county's Police Federation. The organisation which represents rank

and file officers says many of its members want to cut paperwork and

recruit more officers to work on the front line. The chief constable

of the force says he's got a committed and motivated team but

the economic crisis is having a far—reaching effect. Tonight he'll

face unhappy officers at an open meeting meeting on the issue.

Here's our Crime Correspondent John Cundy.

As for years of massive police cuts nationally begin to bite, 100

members of the Police Federation in North Yorkshire will tonight tell

their chief constable of their fears for the future. In my 29

years' service in this county this is the lowest I have known morale.

A poll which reached only one— quarter of officers reported 80%

saying that morale was low and 94% said they were not enough police

Constable's and 84% were worried by training cuts. We need to deliver a

quality service to victims, the vulnerable and offenders and we

cannot do that if people's heads are down. If national police

commentator and author, Mike, who has retired from the police force

goes further. I am hearing there are a lot of officers right across

the country who are generally being —— genuinely becoming ill with

stress—related —— stress related illnesses. They are working 24/7

and we hear about when things go wrong and the emergency services

are those that have to go towards danger. The federation have been

battered and they have not been spoken to or engaged with at

government level for many years. North Yorkshire's Chief Constable,

Dave Jones, says he acknowledges the concerns of the federation. He

says it is to the forces credit that despite all spending cuts

North Yorkshire has the highest public satisfaction ratings in the

country. This is a wake—up call. This is about what has gone on in

the last few years and the implications for policing in this

county. Let us put it right. Maybe not quite an emergency but for many

officers the problems they say are certainly her —— certainly urgent.

Now some news from around the region:

A witness has told Bradford Crown Court that a four—year—old Bradford

boy, who lay dead in his cot for nearly two years, was said to have

been given only one meal a day and was stick thin shortly before he

died. The mummified body of Hamzah Khan was found by police when they

gained entry to the boy's home in 2011. Prosecutors say the boy's

mother Amanda Hutton had allowed Hamzah to starve to death 21 months

earlier. She denies manslaughter by gross negligence.

In the pilot was arrested at Leeds Bradford Airport last night. He is

believed to be a pilot with Pakistan International Airlines and he was

charged with being drunk. More than 500 people have come

forward since Tuesday in response to an appeal for witnesses to the

Hillsborough disaster. 96 fans were crushed to death at the stadium in

1989. Witnesses are being asked to give new statements following a

report last year that said South Yorkshire Police had orchestrated a

cover—up. The IPCC says it wants even more witnesses to come forward

to make sure everyone has a voice in the investigation.

Proposals for a major new development at Thorpe Park have been

given the go—ahead. They would create up to 13,000 jobs. The

council says 72% of people support the proposals.

Despite an ongoing legal battle to have King Richard III reburied,

Leicester Cathedral staff have pressed ahead with their plans to

have him buried there. They have denied they are being

presumptive or premature with the release of new designs.

He died over 500 years ago. He was the last Plantagenet King and he

continues to fascinate historians will stop when his bones were found

buried beneath a car park in Leicester last year, the discovery

led to controversy. Should he be buried in Leicester or in your work?

—— in York. The plans don't impress this woman from York. She is one of

15 of his descendants have mounted a legal challenge to the decision to

rebury the monarch in Leicester. The point of a judicial review is that

we are waiting for an outcome as to where he should be buried. He wants

to be buried in York and I think the public want him to be buried there.

Of course, the Plantagenet Alliance want him to be buried there. She is

not alone. An exhibition in York has had a double the number of visitors

and many people have signed an online petition calling for York

Minister to be the new burial site. This seems to be the place where a

lot of people want him laid to rest. For many people, it doesn't really

matter what Leicester's plans are, they are wrong. No amount of

planning or fanfare is going to change that passionately held belief

that she belongs here in York. If you have a view about that, let

us know. Someone said Lester has his bones but York has his heart.

An unhappy result for a Leeds as Reading score in the last minute.

And the Antiques Roadshow comes to Yorkshire.

There are two red Super League matches. Leeds Rhinos and then

Huddersfield Giants play Hull FC. The losers will see their season

ends on the spot. A reporter is at us Huddersfield now.

Huddersfield Giants will feel they have got to deliver tonight against

Hull FC because otherwise they will be going on holiday. The season all

be over. Huddersfield Giants are probably sorry to be in this

situation. They were perceived to have failed last week against Wigan

and they will not want to repeat it again. This is where at least 1500

Hull FC fans will be. Huddersfield Giants fans will be over here. There

is a lot at stake for next season. What do you say? How much is at

stake tonight? The odds couldn't be higher. We were disappointed last

week, if truth be told. We still have opportunities, though.

Irrespective of what happens tonight,

season for us and we will continue to go forward. The town of

Huddersfield, fans over the world, they want more. And so do we. Let's

try and get more. We faced difficult opponents but the message is to

supporters, come on down and support us tonight will stop the stadium is

fantastic. Let's give it our best shot. Are you planning for the grand

final? Yes, these things don't happen overnight. If we get through,

we will be ready. This is the assistant coach. You know that the

pressure of this. You have to perform well. Last week we didn't.

But tonight we will. Why do you think it happened last week? How can

you do it better this time? We fell short in a lot of areas. At big

games, you have got to be on the money. We weren't so we start again

tonight and we have to do things to note and move on to next week and

hopefully the final. I love your optimism. There's not much she

doesn't know about big—time on the big stage. Let's hope the

Huddersfield Giants can get to the final.

In football it was an unhappy return to Reading for the Leeds manager

Brian McDermott. His side lost 1—0.

Brian McDermott spent much of his working life at Reading. He is very

much the Leeds boss know and he has and still the feeling of hope

amongst fans. It was down to business. It is fair to say it was

an evenly matched contest, with both teams having chances. Reading had

the best of the early ones. Leeds came close to scoring before the

end. With the match seemingly headed for a draw, a yellow card was given

with a sending—off. From the resulting free kick, a goal. We

won't blame anyone these things happen. We should have defended the

free kick better. I thought we would win it and I don't think we deserved

to lose but that is football sometimes. We have to pick ourselves

up, dust ourselves off and get ready. As the manager said, there is

no time to feel sorry for themselves.

If Harry seems subdued, he is coming to terms that Yorkshire missed out

on the County Championship title. I should congratulate Durham.

Yorkshire reached 140—5. With five wickets remaining.

I love a bargain as much as the next person but it is even better to find

an old antique that you have been treasuring and is worth a small

fortune. The rain did not put off the crowds

as the Antiques Roadshow rolled into South Yorkshire.

If you ever doubted how popular the Antiques Roadshow is, take a look at

this. The queue stretches back through the gates. Thousands are

here and they all have something interesting for the experts. We will

get between 2000 and 4000 people coming along. It stands to reason

that they will not all have a piece of Faberge or some great work of art

but a lot of the things they bring will have interesting stories. You

are queueing up in the rain. What have you got? Not a lot. Two items

from Japan. Not everything is guaranteed a place on the show. I

think there are worried about the Antiques Roadshow becoming a car

show. They're not going to film it. The expert was interested but not

the producer. There are three of these cars that have survived. This

is the oldest. 1800 were made. You wonder what is going to come out of

those bin liners and trolleys. What a turnout. You can tell we are in

Yorkshire because what has got out that it's free.

How much would you give for this? I like it but does it have a

signature? Millions. Probably about 105. Hundred and £5? No, that's his

age. To find out what people brought, you

will have to wait until the show errors in the spring.

We had a preview of what was going on there last night. Remember this?

Some antique shoes. Look at them. Disgusting. I have had them for 15

years. No one ever sees them on television so I don't bother

polishing them. I have bought some new ones. Ian McCaskill used to just

do it in his socks. It was a better forecast, wasn't it?

There is also a new blog detailing how things are going to settle down

for the rest of site timber and more about the current solar cycle and

what that might mean for the climate in the next few years. The headline

is an improving one. There will be quite a lot of cloud around and some

drizzle for a time at the top of the Pennines. A little bump in the

isobars. High—pressure beginning to build and a larger anticyclone area

which will settle things down. There is the quite active weather front

which came through today. It is still raining across the Yorkshire

Dales. Some showers in the West but it has brightened up in the East.

The wind will ease later on and I think patchy rain across the

Yorkshire Dales will ease off for a time. Further east, it is dry with

clear spells and temperatures will be down to nine Celsius. The sun

will rise in the morning at 6:48am. The next high water time at 5:19am.

A slower start over the Pennines here. Thicker cloud bringing missed

and drizzle. The cloud will break up later. Some sunny breaks but the

best of the sunshine tomorrow across central and eastern parts. Much less

windy. Temperatures will be back to or possibly above average. The

weekend is looking pleasant. It is mostly fine. The risk of some

drizzle over the Pennines but essentially variable cloud, light

winds and some sunny spells. I can't understand how to make grown

men spend so much time talking about shoes.

I am back at 10:25pm.