:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Friday's Look North Tonight.
:00:08. > :00:11.Fifteen years for starving her son to death. A judge condemns Amanda
:00:11. > :00:21.Hutton's wicked conduct as Hamzah Khan's father also speaks out. There
:00:21. > :00:26.will be loads of fathers like me all over, but nobody listens to us.
:00:26. > :00:29.Nobody will listen to the father and look what has happened. I have a
:00:29. > :00:31.debt. We will hear much more from Hamzah
:00:31. > :00:36.Khan's father. Also tonight: Drivers fury — the
:00:36. > :00:42.closure of York's Lendal Bridge rakes in thousands of pounds in
:00:42. > :00:46.fines in a matter of weeks. And it seems early to talk about
:00:46. > :00:50.winning games, but Sheffield United has lost six.
:00:50. > :00:58.All lit up — Leeds Civic Hall as you've never seen it before. See who
:00:58. > :01:02.you can spot. It was looking miserable earlier,
:01:02. > :01:10.but it looks more promising this weekend. Join me for the forecast.
:01:10. > :01:16.Good evening. A mother from Bradford, who starved her four year
:01:16. > :01:19.old son to death and concealed his body for nearly two years,
:01:19. > :01:24.threatened to kill her other children if her eldest son revealed
:01:24. > :01:27.what had happened. Today Amanda Hutton, was sentenced
:01:27. > :01:30.to fifteen years in prison, for the manslaughter of Hamzah Kahn and for
:01:30. > :01:34.neglecting her five other young children. Her eldest son, Tariq
:01:34. > :01:40.Khan, was given a two year suspended sentence for preventing the burial
:01:40. > :01:44.of his younger brother. Hamzah was kept in his travel cot in squalid
:01:44. > :01:48.conditions for twenty—one months. In a moment we'll hear from Hamzah's
:01:48. > :01:51.father, Aftab Khan, who's given an exclusive interview to the BBC. But
:01:51. > :02:02.first our Crime Correspondent John Cundy reports on today's sentencing.
:02:02. > :02:07.Amanda Hutton held in custody overnight after her conviction
:02:07. > :02:11.yesterday arrived at Bradford Crown Court to face penalties for a cruel
:02:11. > :02:20.crimes against children. Four—year—old Hamzah Khan staff to
:02:20. > :02:23.get —— starved to death. 15 years jail for Amanda Hutton for that and
:02:23. > :02:30.her cruelty to her other five young children. For three years, her
:02:30. > :02:33.children had been forced to live in unspeakable conditions of squalor in
:02:33. > :02:42.the family home. Amanda Hutton seemed in passive as she was jailed
:02:42. > :02:47.for 15 years for manslaughter, preventing his burial and cruelty to
:02:47. > :02:51.have five other younger children. The prosecuting QC said of the pain
:02:51. > :02:56.and stress Hamzah suffered must have been dreadful.
:02:56. > :03:01.Judge Roger Thomas QC told Hutton she had shown terrible failures to
:03:01. > :03:05.fulfil the most basic responsibilities of a mother. She
:03:05. > :03:12.had hidden his death for fear of being found out as his killer. She
:03:12. > :03:15.must be regarded, he said is a real danger to any child she may live
:03:16. > :03:21.with. The surviving children were found in squalor. How is it
:03:21. > :03:28.possible, he asked, for a child to be starved to death?
:03:28. > :03:34.Hutton 's eldest child, described as a mummy 's boy, connived with his
:03:34. > :03:40.mother to cover up Hamzah 's death. He pleaded guilty to preventing the
:03:40. > :03:44.lawful aerial of Hamzah. The judge suspended his sentence for two
:03:44. > :03:50.years. There have been few words of support for Amanda Hutton, but a
:03:50. > :03:56.family friend spoke briefly. I saw a lot of love from her to her
:03:57. > :04:03.children, something happened to her. Publication of a review of the roles
:04:03. > :04:06.of police and child services is now awaited.
:04:06. > :04:10.Throughout the trial the jury heard how Amanda Hutton was subjected to
:04:10. > :04:14.domestic violence over many years by Hamzah's father, Aftab Kahn. When he
:04:14. > :04:17.was arrested in 2008 for assaulting Amanda, he told police that Hamzah
:04:17. > :04:23.was undernourished and claimed he was going to inform social services.
:04:23. > :04:25.But no record of the call was ever made.
:04:25. > :04:31.Well, our correspondent Ed Thomas has an exclusive interview with
:04:31. > :04:34.Aftab Khan. He joins us now from outside Bradford Crown Court. Ed,
:04:34. > :04:46.the judge was critical of Aftab's role in the welfare of his children?
:04:47. > :04:49.Yes, he was. Aftab Khan has a conviction of domestic violence and
:04:50. > :04:55.today he was criticised for not doing more to help Hamzah. It told
:04:55. > :05:01.me that he said to police a year earlier to check on Hamzah and check
:05:01. > :05:08.how malnourished he is. Aftab Khan feels he was not listened to. It was
:05:08. > :05:13.a very good family that she destroyed. A jewel heritage family.
:05:13. > :05:16.It has gone down the pan because the police did not listen to me. They
:05:16. > :05:23.should have done something years ago. If they were aware of the
:05:23. > :05:30.family, why not check? Why believe her all the time? At first she was a
:05:30. > :05:35.very good mother, but since her mother died she went completely down
:05:35. > :05:40.the pan. Heavy drinking. Even I didn't know how heavy she was
:05:40. > :05:47.drinking. Digital know the house was in such a state? No, I didn't. I
:05:47. > :05:51.went round once and nobody would open the door. There were so many
:05:52. > :06:00.flies around the window so I rang her ass why so many flies. —— rang
:06:00. > :06:07.her up and asked why so many flies? She said to mind your own business.
:06:07. > :06:14.Can you tell people what you remember of your son. I took that
:06:14. > :06:21.picture and he was fit and well. How do you think that makes me feel? Did
:06:21. > :06:33.he deserve that? No he didn't. Why do new go round, why weren't you
:06:33. > :06:36.knocking on the door? I gave up. Why should I take the persecution of the
:06:36. > :06:41.police all the time. Domestic violence, domestic violence. Look at
:06:41. > :06:49.the evidence now that has come out, yeah. I had the police, it was on
:06:49. > :06:53.the transcripts. Go and check the children, see what state they are
:06:53. > :06:58.in. They would not believe me. Nobody listens to the mail in this
:06:58. > :07:04.country. There will be a lot of fathers like me, but nobody listens
:07:04. > :07:09.to us. Look what has happened, I have a dead son. I have to live with
:07:09. > :07:16.this for the rest of my life. You guys it will be brushed under the
:07:16. > :07:22.carpet. Why, because they have messed up big time. Should it only
:07:22. > :07:29.be Amanda in the dock for what happened? She is the mother. If an
:07:29. > :07:33.animal has children, that animal looks after the children, the female
:07:33. > :07:41.does, right? That is all I have to say. Do you accept any
:07:41. > :07:47.responsibility? I feel guilty that I should have done more, but I was
:07:47. > :07:55.pushed to one side. How can I do anything if the law does not do
:07:55. > :07:59.anything? Who am I? Nothing. Aftab Khan clearly unhappy with the
:07:59. > :08:05.authorities. What has West Yorkshire police had to say?
:08:05. > :08:10.We have a statement in response to the comments. It said
:08:10. > :08:15.carry out checks before Hamzah died in Amanda Hutton 's home. At that
:08:15. > :08:20.time, when officers saw Hamzah, there was no cause for concern. Even
:08:20. > :08:24.further, the court was told that in the months before Hamzah died, there
:08:24. > :08:28.was a welfare cheque by a police constable on the home and on the
:08:28. > :08:33.other siblings inside the house. At that time as well, there was no
:08:33. > :08:39.cause for alarm. You have also spoken to a friend of
:08:39. > :08:43.Amanda, what did she have to say? This was a friend who did not want
:08:44. > :08:49.to be identified or films, but she has been here every day. She has
:08:49. > :08:54.known Amanda for a number of years and wanted to show support. She said
:08:54. > :08:58.that she knew a completely different woman and that Amanda Hutton was in
:08:58. > :09:03.the grip of alcohol and severe depression. She asked one question,
:09:03. > :09:09.why was more done to help Amanda Hutton? Not just from authorities
:09:09. > :09:12.and social services, but the family unit around her.
:09:12. > :09:16.Shaun Kelly is Head of Safeguarding at the charity Action for Children.
:09:17. > :09:19.And earlier I asked him whether there was a danger of abuse going
:09:19. > :09:28.unreported because people were afraid of getting it wrong.
:09:28. > :09:31.What we know from research with social workers, police and other
:09:31. > :09:40.professionals is that professionals are suing neglect on a regular basis
:09:40. > :09:43.and occasionally feel unable to act. They feel that the
:09:43. > :09:46.other agencies are too high or concerned that they don't fully
:09:46. > :09:52.understand what services might be available. Occasionally this leaves
:09:52. > :09:57.them so worried about taking the wrong action that they sometimes
:09:57. > :10:01.take no action. We had from the father he said he
:10:01. > :10:05.repeatedly asked police and social services to check on the children
:10:05. > :10:12.but no one listened to him. The judge criticised his lack of action.
:10:12. > :10:18.That shows it is complicated. Do you have some sympathy with the
:10:18. > :10:22.authorities, who do you believe? We know there are a lot of complexities
:10:22. > :10:27.and issues around neglect. We know that domestic violence, mental
:10:27. > :10:32.health, drug and alcohol abuse can be linked to neglect and other forms
:10:32. > :10:35.of abuse. We need to ensure that which I understand and professionals
:10:35. > :10:44.understand the experience of children's in this family.
:10:44. > :10:49.The pressure is growing on mandatory referrals of child abuse. What is
:10:49. > :10:54.your view on that? Action for children will be in favour of
:10:54. > :10:59.anything that makes children safer. In other countries where mandatory
:10:59. > :11:04.reporting exist, it does not offer more safeguarding and thresholds are
:11:04. > :11:06.as high in those countries and —— as in this country.
:11:06. > :11:09.Later on Look North: More controversy over High Speed Two.
:11:09. > :11:11.Arguments in Sheffield as to whether Meadowhall or the city centre should
:11:11. > :11:21.be the station's location. jailed for eighteen months and
:11:21. > :11:24.sacked by his club after he was found guilty of punching two men in
:11:24. > :11:27.separate nightclub attacks in Sheffield. Leeds Crown Court heard
:11:27. > :11:30.that Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Madine, who's twenty three,
:11:31. > :11:42.also has a previous conviction for a similar attack. Danny Carpenter
:11:42. > :11:47.reports. Goals, money, prestige. Gary lived
:11:47. > :11:54.the dream. According to his own lawyer, it was a light while of
:11:54. > :11:59.girls, booze and fast cars. The weakness. Drink and a violent temper
:11:59. > :12:04.proved his undoing. And nightclub assault in February left a man
:12:04. > :12:09.unconscious. Just one month later he did it again. Another nightclub,
:12:09. > :12:15.another assault. And he had done it before at his previous club,
:12:15. > :12:19.Carlisle United. He had been sentenced to community service order
:12:19. > :12:24.for another nightclub assault. Today he was jailed for 18 months. The
:12:24. > :12:29.judge told him he would not take account of his so—called role model
:12:29. > :12:34.status. He said that was an unrealistic and unfair burden on
:12:34. > :12:37.young men from relatively humble backgrounds who, through their
:12:37. > :12:41.talents, were thrust into the public view. At the same time, the fact
:12:41. > :12:47.that he was a footballer and perhaps seen as having more to lose was also
:12:47. > :12:51.simply neither here nor there. Perhaps the most telling next change
:12:51. > :12:57.of this hearing came after the sentence was announced. Gary 's
:12:57. > :13:01.lawyer told the judge that a footballer who had been earning
:13:01. > :13:06.£5,000 per week could not afford to pay costs or compensation. The
:13:06. > :13:10.family home is on the market, the lease car has gone back and he will
:13:10. > :13:14.come out of jail without a single asset to his name.
:13:14. > :13:17.In other news now, and a 25—year—old nursery worker has pleaded not
:13:17. > :13:20.guilty to the manslaughter of a three—year—old girl who died at a
:13:20. > :13:24.playground in York. Lydia Bishop died there when she became entangled
:13:24. > :13:27.in a rope in September last year. Sophee Redhead is jointly charged
:13:27. > :13:31.with York Council, which faces two charges of breaching health and
:13:31. > :13:41.safety laws, which it also denies. Their trial is due to take place in
:13:41. > :13:44.January. A pensioner who was given sanctuary
:13:44. > :13:48.at a West Yorkshire school at the start of the second world war has
:13:48. > :13:51.made an emotional return after more than seventy years. John Karlik, who
:13:51. > :13:55.now lives in Australia, spent seven years at Fulneck School in Pudsey
:13:55. > :13:58.after he managed to escape on the last Kinder Transport train allowed
:13:58. > :14:01.out of Czechoslovakia in 1939. The trains were used by Jewish children
:14:01. > :14:09.who were permitted to travel to England to escape the Nazi regime,
:14:09. > :14:17.leaving their families behind them. My parents were killed, well, my
:14:17. > :14:22.father was and then my mother in the concentration camp during the war.
:14:22. > :14:26.If I had stayed in Czechoslovakia, something horrible would have
:14:26. > :14:29.happened to me. Next tonight, more debate over the
:14:29. > :14:33.proposed High Speed Two Rail line. Sheffield City Council have brought
:14:33. > :14:35.out a report in which they say the station should be closer to the city
:14:35. > :14:39.centre. They say more jobs would be created
:14:39. > :14:42.if it were in the city, not out at Meadowhall. Here's Tom Ingall
:14:42. > :14:47.Closing one of York's bridges to motorists could
:14:47. > :14:54.Sheffield Ston Valley where road, rail and canal meet. It is also
:14:54. > :15:07.where the HS2 station is to be built. The council want the station
:15:07. > :15:10.closer to them. In their plans, services with snaking from the east,
:15:10. > :15:14.stop here and curve through tunnels heading northward to regain the
:15:14. > :15:19.roots that the government would like. They are so sure of their case
:15:19. > :15:24.they have commissioned to independent reports. They would
:15:24. > :15:28.appear to show that if you put the station at Meadowhall, you might
:15:28. > :15:36.create 3500 jobs. Here at Victoria, that figure could be as high as 9500
:15:36. > :15:45.jobs. City centres attract higher end
:15:45. > :15:51.occupiers. The kind of companies that will benefit most from HS2 and
:15:51. > :16:01.group around station locations. Our section of high—speed two is
:16:01. > :16:03.expected to open in 2015. The total price is given as £50 billion.
:16:03. > :16:08.Moving it away from the Don Valley will also take it further away from
:16:08. > :16:14.Rotherham and Barnsley. The balance of economics to the whole region has
:16:14. > :16:18.to be right. Sheffield has every right to put
:16:18. > :16:22.that case. We feel that Meadowhall is the best option for the whole of
:16:22. > :16:24.the region. The HS2 company are still discussing
:16:24. > :16:40.the exact route. They told us: changes would have implication to
:16:40. > :16:45.the budget and journey times. It has cost £3000 to draw up the report.
:16:45. > :16:48.For the city council, it is a stand worth taking and ultimately it could
:16:48. > :16:54.define the landscape of Sheffield for generations.
:16:54. > :16:58.That would evoke some fond memories if Victoria Station was brought back
:16:58. > :17:02.into existence. It would indeed. I can't even
:17:02. > :17:05.imagine, it is such a long way away. Closing one of York's bridges to
:17:05. > :17:08.motorists could make the council hundreds of thousands of pounds in
:17:08. > :17:11.fines in just a few weeks. Nearly two thousand cars have crossed
:17:11. > :17:15.Lendal Bridge every week since it was closed to drivers at the end of
:17:15. > :17:19.August. Each has been clocked by number plate recognition cameras and
:17:19. > :17:22.sent a sixty pound fine. It's angered many motorists, who say they
:17:22. > :17:25.didn't know they were at fault, though the council insists the
:17:25. > :17:33.closure is working well. Here's Cathy Killick.
:17:33. > :17:39.It is one of the classic routes into York. Over the river on Lendal
:17:39. > :17:44.Bridge. The bridge is particularly pretty with lovely views of the
:17:44. > :17:51.river, but it is also one of only three bridges in the city centre and
:17:51. > :17:54.therefore an important thoroughfare. When the council decided on a
:17:54. > :17:59.six—month trial to close the bridge, it was controversial. Drivers
:17:59. > :18:03.predicted traffic chaos and businesses worried about a lack of
:18:03. > :18:10.trade. The immediate impact has been peace and quiet. But it has come at
:18:10. > :18:15.a price. Figures show thousands of motorists have been fined 30 or £60
:18:15. > :18:20.for crossing the bridge. Many had no idea they did anything wrong. Do you
:18:20. > :18:26.know you should not be on the bridge? No, I have not seen any
:18:26. > :18:35.signs. In fact, I haven't a clue where I'm going. Just following the
:18:35. > :18:43.sat mouse. We only saw restricted access when we were coming. Didn't
:18:43. > :18:53.you think that would apply? We didn't know, we were just following
:18:53. > :19:01.the sat mouse. You know all about it? No worries.
:19:01. > :19:04.There are signs everywhere. We are looking at Dingwall signs in, but
:19:04. > :19:11.they are there and visible for to see.
:19:11. > :19:15.These are some of the 60 signs warning motorists. Plenty clear
:19:15. > :19:18.enough says the council, and they deny that the fines are a money
:19:18. > :19:28.spinner. Motorists that have been spine —— find feel stung.
:19:28. > :19:34.I have lived in York for 14 years and I don't recall anything as
:19:34. > :19:38.controversial as this discussion. It's controversial because there are
:19:38. > :19:47.a lot of signs, you can't deny that. Perhaps on the road you don't notice
:19:47. > :19:51.of signs. Let's move on. Now it's not been a good start to
:19:51. > :19:54.the season for Sheffield United. No, after nine games they're bottom of
:19:54. > :19:59.league one with just one win to their name. Tonight they take on
:19:59. > :20:04.Crawley and Tanya's there. It seems early to talk about must
:20:04. > :20:09.win games, but it has that feel about it because Sheffield United
:20:09. > :20:16.bottom of the table. Manager admits that does not make good reading.
:20:16. > :20:20.Hopefully they can give us a level of trust and belief in terms of what
:20:20. > :20:26.they are doing. Fans have been really positive. They have
:20:26. > :20:34.understood that it won't happen overnight and we are trying to do
:20:34. > :20:38.something. With me is James Shields who covers
:20:38. > :20:47.the club for the paper. Is this a must win game?
:20:47. > :20:50.When you are on this type of run, every game is a must win game. We
:20:50. > :20:55.are not aware of any ultimatums, but this is a results based business and
:20:55. > :21:00.he's pressure to deliver. He was hinting that they are getting
:21:00. > :21:05.better, but they can't score goals. That is the key. Goal—scoring is
:21:05. > :21:10.poor, but in his defence, the last couple of games against two good
:21:10. > :21:15.teams, there have been genuine signs of improvement. For the first time
:21:15. > :21:21.this season, rather than the first game at home when they won 2—1 on a
:21:21. > :21:26.Friday night, for the first time since then they have looked like
:21:26. > :21:34.they are going to be scoring. They looked like a team. What to think
:21:34. > :21:40.the fans will be like tonight? I think there will be nervous. There
:21:40. > :21:48.is pressure on the team and the fans. It is a club that is genuinely
:21:48. > :21:52.used to winning things. This used to challenging and expecting to
:21:52. > :21:58.challenge for promotion. A lot of it depends on how the game goes. I am
:21:58. > :22:06.guessing you want a quiet weekend, so you will definitely want to win,
:22:06. > :22:10.won't you? Absolutely. There is full match coverage on BBC radio
:22:10. > :22:14.Sheffield. Fingers crossed indeed.
:22:14. > :22:17.Tonight is Light Night in Leeds city centre. It's part of a special
:22:17. > :22:21.celebration of arts and many public buildings, museums and
:22:21. > :22:24.galleries opened up until late. One of the highlights is the special
:22:24. > :22:27.lighting up of Leeds Civic Hall, with twelve hundred Leeds folk from
:22:27. > :22:41.all walks of life being projected onto the side of the building. Ian
:22:41. > :22:45.White is there for us now. I bet you have never seen it looked
:22:45. > :22:49.like that and four. It is just about dark enough to get a feeling of what
:22:49. > :22:53.it will look like. Let me show you last night. This is what it looked
:22:53. > :23:02.like. Really spectacular in the dark. The man behind it is Rob Vale.
:23:03. > :23:10.This is spectacular. Give it another 15 minutes or so and it will come
:23:10. > :23:16.alive. This is what it is all about, isn't it? Absolutely. Five
:23:16. > :23:20.generations of clockmakers and we wanted to bring that up to date.
:23:20. > :23:25.Over the summer we have had thousands of people and put them all
:23:25. > :23:30.together into this huge mechanical clock. Every quarter hour, this
:23:30. > :23:39.thing comes alive with people from Leeds. 80—year—olds line dancing and
:23:39. > :23:45.all sorts. Skaters, solicitors, gardeners, people from the street,
:23:45. > :23:56.it has been fantastic. There are a couple of people I know, some look
:23:56. > :24:05.North presenters. Yes, we were lucky enough to go in the studio. It has
:24:05. > :24:10.been great. At the moment we are waiting for the quarter hour, so
:24:10. > :24:14.this is all moving. Just further down there is a winding mechanism
:24:14. > :24:20.allowing people to control the cogs and gears. The winding mechanism
:24:21. > :24:29.just over here. Before we go back to the studio, let's have a quick turn
:24:29. > :24:35.of the car. Is it good? If you want to come down, what do people have to
:24:35. > :24:43.do? Just come down to the square. It really gets going at 7:30pm.
:24:43. > :24:49.Well worth a visit. Thank you very much. Quite scary to
:24:49. > :24:55.see people from look North appearing on the Civic Hall.
:24:55. > :24:58.I have a compare —— confession, I didn't pay attention to your
:24:58. > :25:02.forecast yesterday and then went for a walk with the dogs at 9am. Guess
:25:02. > :25:09.what happened. That downpour call my golf off as
:25:09. > :25:14.well. Nice to have you in on a Friday as
:25:14. > :25:16.well. Let's have a look at some pictures
:25:16. > :25:38.over the last couple of hours. Keep the pictures coming in. E—mail
:25:38. > :25:44.or tweet me. Not a bad weekend to come, partly cloudy and some
:25:44. > :25:49.sunshine. One or two showers across the Pennines and a little light rain
:25:49. > :25:53.late on Sunday. Effectively we are looking at high pressure, which
:25:53. > :25:56.means generally find conditions. There are a number of sharp showers,
:25:56. > :26:04.especially Krantz eastern parts of the region. What will happen is the
:26:04. > :26:12.showers fizzle out and we will see clear spells develop. A fresh wind
:26:12. > :26:18.will ease later. 13 Celsius the high. The sun will rise in the
:26:18. > :26:24.morning at 7:15am. Your next high water time at 5am. Saturday will be
:26:24. > :26:31.bright with some sunshine, but thicker cloud further west. One or
:26:31. > :26:35.two light showers. Very much the exception to the rule. Basically a
:26:35. > :26:41.fine day. The best of the weather will be towards the coast. A lovely
:26:41. > :26:48.weekend for our favoured coastline. 17 degrees in Scarborough. Further
:26:48. > :26:56.west will see highs of 15 Celsius. Sunday, some sunshine and then
:26:56. > :26:59.clouding over. Next week looks mostly fine and settled. Quite warm
:26:59. > :27:05.for this time of the year. That is the forecast.
:27:05. > :27:09.We must mention Harry is doing the Huddersfield half marathon. If you
:27:09. > :27:15.are going, please give him some support.
:27:15. > :27:15.We will leave you with shots of the Civic Hall. Good night.