27/09/2013 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Friday's Look North. Having to rely on charity to feed

your family. Our research shows a big rise in the number of families

having to use food banks. Are the government's policies to blame? If

you talk about what has happened to people's pay, it is not good. David

Cameron will beginning his response. The young golfer hoping to break

through into the big time. Why is his mum hiding in the bushes?

And "I didn't get where I am today..." Wider man behind Reggie

Perrin and the Two Ronnies is in Yorkshire. —— why the man.

And I will be back later in the programme with a full forecast.

Research by Look North has discovered the number of food banks

in Yorkshire has doubled in the last three years. There are now more than

60 offering emergency help in the region — many of the people using

the service say the rising cost of living has pushed them into food

poverty. Well, the Prime Minister has told

tonight's programme the increase is because of better awareness of the

help available. We will hear from David Cameron in a minute. First our

correspondent Danni Hewson has this exclusive report.

More than 150 people queued up for a hot meal on Monday night, not in

some war—torn third World country but the centre of Bradford. Among

them were families. The first family that came and queued up, I was

surprised. It was the whole family. Such is the demand for his soup

kitchen, Osman Gondal is expanding. A third service opened in Shipley

this week, with more to follow. It is the number of food banks in the

region that really tells the story, 65, with 37 opened in the last three

years. The simple cost of living is proving too high for many families.

Everything has been destroyed due to financial pressure. They keep

knocking and knocking to take more from people who don't have anything.

Here at St Catherine's Church in Wakefield by have seen a 2000%

increase in the number of the rising need, people still find

it hard to ask. A typical response of people coming is to be very

shamefaced and embarrassed. They really say, I don't know how I have

ended up in this place. The reality is that people can end up in

financial difficulties very easily. Losing their jobs after working 90

years between them was the catalyst that plunged Jean and her husband

into financial difficulties. Jean, not her real name, says that she

can't tell people because of the stigma and she says it is often

portrayed as an easy ride. It is one of those things you have to go

through to know what it is like. Sorry... You can't explain it to

anybody because... If we could watch out of this house tomorrow and go

back to work, that is what we would do. On benefits you don't have a

life. The squeeze on living standards doesn't just affect people

on benefits. The cost of essentials, not luxuries, the cost of essentials

has gone up by 25% over five years. You talk to people about what has

paid in their pay, it has not been keeping pace. Even with the much

talked of improving economy, people expect the queues to grow for many

years to come. Danny macro, what is happening there

this evening? —— Danni. In half an hour we are expecting an event where

people bring along an —— a meal for themselves and for somebody else who

needs one. We expect more of these kinds of things as the weather turns

cold. It is in response to growing need and as we have seen in that

piece we are all one step away from needing benefits or the charity of

others. In the blink of an IR can change. —— and I, are circumstances

can change. The growing need can't just the explained away by

politicians. We are joined now by our political

correspondent. Tim, you have been speaking to the Prime Minister. What

has he been saying? I asked him why there has been a big increase in the

number of people in Yorkshire using food banks. He knows his critics

will say it is as a result of his government's policies, particularly

cuts in benefits. He got quite political about it, even when I said

it had doubled since government was formed. He said he

had inherited the problem from Labour.

I think the food bank movement is important because sometimes they

really can help people who are struggling and that is why, although

it was bad PR, we said to the job centres, if you want to point people

towards food banks we will let you, whereas the last government said no.

I want to see people in more jobs, keeping more of their money, more

people being able to look after themselves and their families and

feel they are getting worthwhile pay for a worthwhile job. We are

bringing in those reforms but we should not demonise food banks for

the good work they do. The number of food banks has doubled in Yorkshire

since 2010. What does that tell us about the state of the regional

economy? The use of food banks went up ten times and the Labour. They

refused to allow job centres to point people towards food banks,

they refused to allow them to advertise. I have changed that and I

think that is one of the reasons why food bank use has increased. What

did David Cameron have to say about the Yorkshire economy? The

government is desperate for economic news in our part of the world.

Yorkshire has suffered so much during the recession. The latest

unemployment figures show a decline in the joblessness nationally but

Prime Minister, if the economic recovery is happening much faster in

the South than the North? It is early days but if we take Yorkshire

and Humberside there are 110,000 more private—sector jobs than ten

years ago. There are fewer people claiming unemployment. We are making

progress but it is early days. More on the Sunday Politics this weekend,

when one of our guests will be the outspoken MP Godfrey Bloom, who made

those comments to a roomful of women activists and got himself in hot

water. Sunday morning, in 11am, BBC One.

Coming up, we look ahead to the big Super League showdown. Can Leeds fly

the flag for Yorkshire again? The jury in the trial of a Bradford

mother who is accused of allowing her four—year—old son Hamzah to

starve to death was told today her eldest son, Tariq, has admitted

preventing the lawful burial of his brother.

Hamzah is known to have lain dead in his cot for nearly two years before

police found his remains in 2011. Amanda Hutton admits child neglect.

She denies Hamzah 's manslaughter. Our crime correspondent John Cundy

reports. Hamzah Khan died in 2009 in the

squalor of his home in Bradford. His mother, Amanda Hutton, claims he

died of natural causes. Following a judge told them today but Ms

Hutton's eldest son, Tariq, seen at an earlier court hearing, has

pleaded guilty to preventing 44 burial of a body, namely that of his

brother Hamzah. —— lawful burial. A paediatrician told the court...

Doctor Ward said she believed malnutrition had been the root cause

of Hamzah's death or though she could not rule out the possibility

of pneumonia or infection. She said the postmortem had been so limited

because of the condition of the body nearly two years after his death.

The evidence came towards the end of the prosecution case at Bradford

Crown Court today. The jury has been told that Amanda Hutton will give

evidence in her defence from the witness rocks on Monday. —— box.

A man from Halifax accused of murdering his partner has been

convicted of manslaughter. Adrian Muir met Pamela Jackson on a dating

website. The 55—year—old, from County Durham, disappeared in March.

Her body was found on moorland near Halifax weeks later. The jury at

Newcastle Crown Court was told Adrian Muir fractured her skull

following a row at her home. He will be sentenced next week.

The former Rotherham MP Denis MacShane is due to stand trial in

May next year, accused of making bogus

Mr MacShane appeared at the Old Bailey in London, speaking only to

confirm his name. He stood down as a Labour MP last year. It is alleged

he fraudulently claimed nearly £13,000 for research and translation

services. Planning permission has been granted

for a multi—million—pound retail development in the centre of Leeds.

The Victoria Gate development, which was formerly known as the Eastgate

Quarters, will house a new John Lewis and shopping centre. Leeds

City Council says the shops will provide 1500 jobs when they open in

autumn 2016. Two men from Yorkshire have admitted

a string of sexual offences against teenage boys they groomed on the

Internet. Anthony Marsh from Hatfield and Lee Davis from

Conisbrough pleaded guilty to charges including grooming children

for sex online, sexual activity with children and making indecent images

of children. Four victims were abused by both men. They will appear

in court again in early December. So what can parents do to protect

children from online grooming? We are joined now by Tink Palmer, who

is an expert in online child protection based in North Yorkshire.

You have worked in this for 25 years but particularly technology and how

the Internet is opening up this form of abuse. How widespread is it? I

think more than we can imagine. Children are not going to tell us

what is happening online because they get up to all sorts, as we

know, the process of grooming is really

important. It is a way of somebody broke friend in them online,

somebody they think is a friend who gradually befriends them and isolate

them a bit, takes them on to other sites, gets communicating with them,

convincing them they are their friend and that is when the abuse

aspect is started. You are right that parents and carers often do not

know what their children are up to. Children often know more about the

Internet. What practical advice is there to stop this? If you don't

know all the answers don't be afraid to ask. Always talk to young people

about what is happening online, just as you would about what has happened

at school. Take an interest. It is no good saying, hide the laptop in

the sitting—room, we know everything is now Internet connected and

children are walking around with what I call the Internet in their

pocket. How are the police and authorities going to keep up to

speed? We are all, if we are honest, I think overstretched comedy was all

set are not there, and I think we a political issue, as a national and

international policy, because we are going to have two review how we

police and safeguard our children on the UK and across the world.

find solutions. Before seven o'clock we will be

getting some tips from the man who gave this check list in newsreading.

HE SPEAKS NONSENSE. We also have your last chance to see

Allard out on its many course this year. —— mal large.

Super League now, and we went into the semifinals with the tantalising

prospect of an all—Yorkshire final. All that was needed was for

Huddersfield to beat Warrington last night and for Leeds to do the same

to Wigan when they meet in a few hours. Easy, right? Joe Inwood takes

a look. Two teams, two semifinals and two

Lancashire hurdles in the way of an all Yorkshire season finale. Up

first, Huddersfield against Warrington and the Wolves went in

thinking they could make it four wins out of four against the Giants.

It looked like it from the start but Huddersfield did not win the league

by accident. But Warrington were soon back at them. Three tries and

they were 14 points ahead, but the Giants were far from down. With

under ten minutes left on the clock on the Dale Ferguson somehow found a

way through, pulling them within two points. As Huddersfield pushed for

the win, they were caught out at the back. Huddersfield committed the

worst error you can commit in rugby, letting a ball bounce. It finished

30—24, a good season ended with a valiant performance. RF that was

unquestionable. —— our effort was unquestionable. Again it fell to the

rhinos to represent Yorkshire. They faced the Wigan Warriors. Leeds have

won the final six times now and they know that half the battle is in the

mind. We need to sacrifice ourselves for each other and make sure it is

one of the best team performances of this year to get over Wigan. In the

past the rhinos' charge to the Grand Final has been hard to stop.

Meanwhile, in the Championship, the Sheffield Eagles are preparing to

face the Batley Bulldogs in the Grand Final this Sunday. It is a big

occasion for both sides, badly hoping to break the recent dominance

of Featherstone and the Eagles, while Sheffield

home. —— Batley. In a moment we will hear from

Bulldogs coach John Kear, but first Mark Aston gave his assessment as he

headed for a function. It is a fantastic occasion. We have

been in it for the last couple of years. We lost one to win one last

year and now we are one of the first ones to go back to back. It has been

a bit of a cartel, a closed shop, we have knocked on the doors of finals

and now we need to kick the door down.

And of course you can follow all the rugby league action on BBC Leeds.

That is 774 AM and on DAB. And a little bit on the late

bulletin tonight. Cricket now, and Yorkshire somehow

managed to draw with Surrey in their four—day County Championship test.

The home side declared on a massive 634—5 in their first innings. In

reply, Yorkshire looked in serious trouble, at oine point 21—3. But an

unbeaten century from Gary Ballance tracked them to safety. —— dragged.

They finished on 265—6, a draw. We all know top sportsmen and women

need nerves of steel when competing at the highest level, but what about

their parents? One mum from Pontefract has certainly been

through the emotions today, watching her son compete in a major golf

tournament in Leeds. Moor Allerton Golf Club, home of

Paul Hudson and Geoffrey Boycott, hosted the EuroPro event for

up—and—coming golfers. I went along as the competition reached its

climax. Not a Paul Hudson differed in sight.

Moor Allerton has never looked better. We picked on on the leader

Dan Gavin 's, supported by his mum, but she is not allowed to get too

close. It is a bit tense because your son,

Gavin, is joint leader. —— your son, Dan. He has done really well this

year, he is lying in second place on the order of merit. We hope he will

make it to the next tour next year. There is a strict rule in your

family that you are not to be seen. If you dart off I will understand

it. What will he be thinking, he is joint leader, £10,000 first prize?

He has been there before so hopefully he will know how to deal

with it. He has a psychologist who has been fantastic with him. I think

you had better go because he is going to come over the hill.

He played some inspired golf on his way to equalling the course record.

A birdie here with mum hiding in the trees. Staging the competition is a

real coup for the club. It is fantastic to have the

tournament back here. We have had people like Seve Ballesteros playing

this course so to have the up—and—coming players is fantastic.

I suppose it is even better you are coming back next year. Yes,

the course has been fantastic. We have a package already for next

year. The last hole, the pressure hits Dan, a birdie for a new course

record. Sadly, only a par, but what a round of golf.

Is it your full—time life now? Yeah. I used to work at the weekend but

now I just play golf. That must be thanks to your parents as well. I

can't thank them enough, they have supported me all my life playing

golf. They have been there all the time for me. OK, time to come out

now, mum. He lost in the play—off, can you

believe? It is a case of Little and large at

one of the region's biggest rail shows this weekend. The model

railway exhibition at Barrow Hill Live in Chesterfield has a very

special guest. Mallard competes its tour from the National Railway

musician. Tom Ingall is there. —— National Railway Museum.

We have Tornado here, the brand—new steam locomotive. We also have the

mighty B—1, humble workhorse just after the war. It probably took your

grandparents on holiday. The one they have been talking about all

year, in fact since 1938, is the world record holder, 126 mph, never

beaten. Mallard, it wowed the crowds at Grantham, at Doncaster, and now

Barrow Hill Live outside Chesterfield, where it will stand in

front of this real surviving engine shed. It looks the part. Moving this

locomotive around all summer takes some dedication and some working

out. The man who has done it is with me. What was it like when the

National Railway Museum said you could take it on tour? It was a

scary challenge but a great honour. Has she behaved herself? She has

indeed. What else can people see this weekend? We have Tornado,

Mallard the B—1. You have some fantastic models around the corner.

Yes, something for all ages. Can I show you one more thing. Despite the

size and glamour of the Mallard, this one could be the steam sealer

—— the scene stealer. This has not been in service for 60 years but it

has returned to the rails. Perhaps the happiest reporter in the

UK tonight! David Nobbs has written sketches for

people like Ken Dodd and The two Ronnies.

Tonight he takes to the stage in a tour around Yorkshire in his one—man

show. David Nobbs is the man who helped

make The two Ronnies funny, making much loved sketches that have become

TV classics. You might recognise the Miss wreck

could —— mispronunciation sketch. There was another one, and appeal on

the half of somebody who says everything twice. He said, it was

very embarrassing in Baden—Baden Baden—Baden. Now the Queen, smiling

radiantly, is swimming for her life. It started off with David Frost, I

phoned up with an idea for That Was The Week That Was. Reaction Lee sent

a taxi and that was how I got started. —— he actually sent. I was

quite moved. Tonight he will be on the stage for the first time sharing

stories from his career. This show is in a way a love affair, a

affair with Yorkshire and with comedy. I was forced into comedy,

and there is also my name. He asked me what was my name and I told him

and I said, don't speak to me like that. You have just been doing the

audio books of The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. Yes, sometimes I

giggled so much I had to stop. You are not a Yorkshireman but Yorkshire

is your home. Performing to a Yorkshire audience must be quite

special. It will be. A lot of laughter and perhaps some thought

about the world needing comedy. Good luck for the one—man show, it has

been a pleasure to meet you. Let's move on to the weather specs.

—— prospects. We have had a beautiful day across

the county. Tomorrow, sunshine again but with a breeze. You can see a

ridge of high pressure on the chart. Probably until the middle or

end of next week we should have a lot of dry and bright weather but

quite breezy. The isobars are quite tightly packed. Through the course

of the day some beautiful spells of sunshine, temperatures up to 19. It

will continue to break as fine evening with some patchy

cloud, long clear spells. We might get some shallow mist down the Vale

of —— Vale of York. Temperatures in double figures for some town and

cities but in the countryside as low as five or six. The sun will rise in

the morning at two minutes past seven, setting at around ten minutes

to seven. Your next high water at Filey will be around 20 minutes to

midnight. Tomorrow morning, apart from a bit of shallow mist, it will

be a fine start, plenty of sunshine. Long, lengthy spells of

sunshine, staying dry but quite easy out there. The coast will be where

it feels coolest. In the sunshine it will feel pleasant but around 15, 16

degrees, the seasonal average. Down the Vale of York we could get 18

degrees, 19 possibly in Leeds. Another pleasant day on Sunday,

breezy air still and a bit more cloud on Monday and Tuesday.

People are crossed Yorkshire having the last barbecue