01/11/2013 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good evening. Welcome to Friday's Look North. On tonight's programme:

Calls to put bonfire celebrations off till tomorrow as fire fighters

strike across Yorkshire. We'll hear the arguments from those

on the picket line and the managers putting contingency plans in place

Also tonight: On parade ` the teenage recruits showing their

families how it's done. And the unique footage celebrating

Yorkshire's remarkable cricket history.

And it's been a largely cloudy day but what's in store for the

weekend? It will be rather windy but I'll be back with the other details

later in the programme. Good evening. Firefighters across

Yorkshire are holding further strike action this evening in an ongoing

dispute over pensions. It's one of the busiest nights of the year, in

the run up to bonfire night, so what emergency cover can we expect? In

South Yorkshire, they would normally have 23 fire engines available.

That's down to eight. And, with a handful of smaller appliances also

ready to go, they should have 60 firefighters ready to deploy. In

North Yorkshire the usual complement of 46 fire engines will be cut in

half. In West Yorkshire they would normally have 50 fire appliances.

They expect to have 29 during the strike. Our reporter Danny Carpenter

joins us now live from West Yorkshire Fire Service's control

room in Birkenshaw. We like to talk about nerve centres,

don't we? This actually is a nerve centre. If you have to make a 999

call to West Yorkshire Fire and rescue tonight, these are the people

who will answer the phone. It's important to say that these people

aren't involved in this dispute because they are on different

pension arrangements to firefighters, who just walked out.

It is pensions that are at the heart of this dispute. I signed up to a 30

year pension and we feel we've been mis`sold that pension cos it's been

taken away from us. They are asking us to work longer, pay more in and

get less out at the end. The government say the new arrangements

are fair, workable and that the strike is unnecessary. The man

caught in the middle of it all is assistant chief officer Dave Walton.

What sort of service are you going to be able to offer tonight? We're

offering approximate Leigh Halfpenny number of our engines. That is an

effective service but we will be asking the public to take extra care

and try to reduce to modernise services are traditionally, it's the

Friday before bonfire night, just after Hallowe'en, Varley is around

and it's a very busy time. `` Diwali is around. A number of officers have

decided not to take part in the action and we've also got some

individual recruits who have been through a very rigorous selection

process, who have trained for three weeks, and they are supporting us in

delivering our services. They are trained to a lesser extent than

regular firefighters and will be mobilised to a lower range of

incidents. Are you going to be facing making difficult decisions `

fires that you just can't go to? There is with the potential for

that. We will take every incident as it happens and look at the resources

available to us. If things are getting tight and stretch, it may be

the case that something like a small bonfire doesn't get an attendance

this evening but we'll to the caller to make sure they know that and can

deal with it themselves. `` pass the information to the caller. Wendy you

think things are going to get back to normal? The strike itself

finishes at 11 o'clock and last time around we found that there was a

quick return to work. Generally within an hour or so of the return

to work, everything will be back to the way it was before. Whatever else

happens tonight, this went to be the end of the dispute. Either the two

sites get together and sort it out all on Monday morning they will walk

out again. `` this won't be the end of the dispute.

Two men have now been arrested in connection with the murder of

Thavisha Peiris in Sheffield ` the pizza delivery driver stabbed to

death on his last shift. A 25`year`old man and a teenager are

being questioned by police. Dan Johnson reports.

Who stabbed Thavisha Peiris? A team of more than 50 detectives has

worked round the clock and last night, a breakthrough. Two men

arrested ` a 17`year`old and a 25`year`old, both being questioned

on suspicion of murder. This is where Thavisha died, on a housing

estate north of the city centre. He was found slumped in his car around

10:30pm on Sunday. He'd been on the last delivery of his final shift and

was giving up his pizza job to become an IT consultant. He left his

home in Sri Lanka two years ago to study at Sheffield Hallam

University. His heartbroken family said he'd come to make a better life

for himself. Today police carried on searching a house not far from where

he was killed. Sniffer dogs joined friends are, says looking the

evidence. This was apparently a random attack with no obvious

motive. It really has shocked and upset people here in this part of

the city, across the country and beyond. To be sure's parents are due

in Sheffield over the weekend. They are coming to find out where their

son was killed and to take his body home. `` to be shipped here is's

parents. The police watchdog has decided to

take no further action against North Yorkshire Police in relation to the

Jimmy Savile case. Earlier this year, the Independent Police

Complaints Commission ordered the force to review its records over its

dealings with Savile. It wanted to establish whether any officers'

conduct needed to be investigated. But now it says no action will be

taken. Savile, who had a flat in Scarborough, is thought to have

abused hundreds of people. The iconic brand Harry Ramsden's is

set to make a comeback in Yorkshire. The fish and chip chain started life

in Guiseley in 1928 and became something of a fixture on many of

the region's high streets. But in recent years the brand has all but

disappeared from Yorkshire. Today it's been announced the company

behind Love Coffee has been granted a franchise to open 50 new Harry

Ramsden's sites in the region over the next five years, creating around

500 new jobs in the process. The Arctic Monkeys' home`coming gig

in Sheffield tomorrow night has been postponed within the past hour, as

their lead singer has fallen ill. Alex Turner has been diagnosed with

laryngitis and the band also had to call off last night's gig in

Birmingham and tonight's in Glasgow. The Arctic Monkeys have rescheduled

their show at Sheffield Arena for Monday 18th November.

Now, they're the soldiers of the future ` 16 and 17`year`olds

training for a military career at the Army Foundation College in

Harrogate. For the past six weeks, they've been getting to grips with

living away from home. But today their relatives were invited in for

a family day to see how the youngsters are getting on. Our

reporter Kate Bradbrook was given exclusive access to the event.

They may only be 16 and 17 but they'll soon be serving their

country. These new recruits are just six weeks into their military

training here in Harrogate and haven't seen their families since

they started. I think it's great. It's really good for them. It

teaches them lots of life skills, as well as a good job. The drill has

been the best so far. My little brother was a bit shy but he's doing

all right. Parents and grandparents were also taught survival techniques

by the junior soldiers ` and got to sample a not so enjoyable part of

Army life, ration packs, eating during training exercises. We've

been here for six weeks and away from civilian life for ages. It's

weird. It strange seeing civilians again, having random people in my

room, but it's been fun. This is my locker, Mum. This is my drill kit.

I've been looking forward to coming down because I've not seen him for

six weeks. Having him text in you was really nice but I couldn't wait

to come down and see him. The recruits are also learning how to

handle weapons ` something they'll get much more practice of in the

coming months. But their training isn't all about the military. At the

same time, they're continuing their education in numeracy and literacy.

In the next few years, they'll become fully fledged soldiers, using

the skills they learned right here in Yorkshire.

Before seven o'clock: From racing to rock ` the former sports star who's

revving up for a new career on the music stage.

And graffiti where you'd least expect it ` the street artists

transforming York Minster. The Rugby league World Cup has made

a spectacular start. What a first round of fixtures we had and a few

surprises. Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium

is a sell`out for a must win game for England as they face Ireland.

The Giants' Brett Ferres looks set to start again for his country ` not

bad for a man who wasn't even in the 24 man squad a couple of weeks ago.

Brett Ferres was the 25th man, the player on stand`by for England. His

travel to South Africa was part of the build`up wasn't until Gareth

Hogg was sent home for disciplinary reasons that he became a fully

fledged member of the squad. You're in and around the squad and get to

know everybody and that's the sort of thing you're waiting for `

something to happen, and injury ` you wouldn't wish it on anybody

because it's not right to do. It's a difficult spot to be in but I'm

waiting, biding my time, someone's gone home and I was fortunate to be

in the right place at the right time. What was your reaction when

they said you were going to play in Cardiff against Australia? I was

delighted. It's massive for me. I've come a long way in a short place of

time. Everything seems to have grown and risen from Castleford and to cap

it off by getting a start against Australia in the World Cup was

fantastic. He played a key old this season for the Huddersfield Giants

as they finished top of the table but he did so to relatively sparse

crowd at home. He is relishing a full house, as are the rest of the

squad. Desperate. When I looked at the fixtures, it has one I eyed and

wanted to get an opportunity to play for my hometown. It'd be great to

walk out and warm up and see the place full. It be fantastic. The

national and there will be some by this choir, made up of primary

school children from across Huddersfield. I will be feeling

proud of myself to get to represent my country. I will make my parents

and family all proud. I'm pretty astonished that I'm doing it and

quite happy with myself. The white last night's rehearsals for the

dance routines had a distinctively Hallowe'en feel but there will be

plenty of people watching. It is a full house we are expecting. These

people have had 10,000 uppermost so for a packed arena of 24,000 it's

going to be a big leap forward. At the singing and dancing will come

the big hits as Brett Ferres and his team take the stage.

That game is live on BBC One at 2pm. It's been announced in the last hour

that Wigan have paid an undisclosed fee for the Bradford Bulls' John

Bateman. Boxing now ` and after a year

plagued by injury problems, the long wait is nearly over for Sheffield

heavyweight Richard Towers to get back into the ring. On tomorrow

night's Luke Campbell bill at the Hull Arena, Towers fights the Aussie

Lucas Browne in a Commonwealth title eliminator. And to get ready, he's

been over in the States to spar with names like David Haye, and Vladimir

Klitshcko. And they have certainly made their mark on him. Or was it

the other way around? I'm grateful for everything, especially when it

comes to the point where I'm placing Vladimir politico. There's a part in

a famous film where the shark's eyes go black. He looked at me and his

eyes went like that and I thought I had seen that film before!

At the World Squash Championships in Manchester, Yorkshire already has

one semi`finalist booked in for the weekend. Sheffield's Nick Matthew

takes on Egypt's world number one Rami Ashoor tomorrow. And tonight's

remaining quarterfinals feature another Yorkshire versus Egypt match

` Pontefract's James Willstrop takes on Egypt's Mohammed Elshorbagy for a

place in the last four. So an all`Yorkshire World Championship

final. The Yorkshire Film Archive have

uncovered some absolute gems of film showing cricket in the county over

the last 80 years or so. With the county celebrating its 150th year,

there's a special night at Headingley on Sunday showing these

films. Only one man could preview this. Our Harry went along.

It's amazing what you can find in the Yorkshire film archive in York.

Gems, never to be forgotten moments. For me this is like discovering

treasure. We've got some wonderful archive. Alan will describe this.

1952. I was just about born in that time. This is England versus India

at Headingley. And there's a dog going berserk! Can't catch him. What

gets me is the crowds. The crowds are incredible. Yeah, well, there

were few alternatives in those days. Everybody that was anybody went out

to see the match live. It wasn't on television, just news flashes. So

you'd turn up and that was it. And a great thing, too, for those of us

with a good memory is all the kids were on the boundary edge. They're

all allowed on. There was no alternative seating. Naturally, you

expect to find first`class cricket in Yorkshire. Scarborough's famous

cricket ground has a succession of county fixtures, while the annual

cricket festival always has visits from such teams as the Australian

and Pakistan 11. Unearthed in our collections are some fantastic

footage. We got cricket on the beach and some fantastic spades four

wickets. We've got the girls giving their dads a beating. This is

post`war. Then we go a little bit further and we've got quite intimate

family footage in the garden and then on Scarborough beach. There is

a whole host of material put together in our collections, which

we hope will hit people for six at the function on Sunday!

# I don't like cricket. New line # I love it.

On Sunday at 7pm is the place to be for an evening of cricket nostalgia.

That's at Headingley. Love the dog in the test match!

Now, if you're a brass band fan, don't forget tickets are still

available for BBC Radio Leeds' Children In Need Gala Concert this

weekend. Brass And Voices features Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Hade

Edge Band and Elland Silver Youth Band, as well as many local choirs.

It starts at 6pm on Sunday, at Huddersfield Town Hall, and you can

get tickets by ringing 01484 223200, or online at

www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls. Now, this is how you'll be used to

seeing him ` tearing round tracks at hundreds of miles an hour. But

double world Superbike champion James Toseland's career is taking

something of a gear change. He's hanging up the leathers and taking

up what he says was his first passion ` music. In a minute he'll

be telling us why, but first let's take a listen to his new single,

Renegade. # He's a renegade.

# And he's not the only one. # Another victim of his time.

# Walk in line. # He's a renegade.

# Yeah, he's a renegade. # Oh, yeah.

You have to be an adrenaline junkie to be a world Superbike champion.

How is this transition going? Does music fill the void? I used to go

200 mph round a motorbike track and come home and play ballots. Now the

biking is over because I got injured and can't ride any more. I used to

fly round the track at 200 mph. I fell off occasionally but it caught

me out one time in Spain and now, to replace it, I sing rock 'n' roll

onstage. I used to be a secret head`banger because rock and bikes

can go together. We had all the greats play in, guns and Roses and

Queen. As soon as I finished racing, I played the piano. Whenever the

bike went around, I went straight into writing music. I've enjoyed

listening to your single. It's really gritty and rocky. You

recorded quite a lot in Scarborough, didn't you? Yes, I got introduced to

a producer to a friend of mine. I was on the seafront in Scarborough.

The book Austrian Times! We know you're married to Katie Melua so we

thought your music might be similar to hers but it's quite different.

Yes, it's commercial rock. Can you play the piano as well as she can? I

play the piano better than my wife, actually, which is nice. I got goose

bumps in 2009. The crowd was massive and they adored it. I was 27 years

old and for the BBC to give me the chance not only to ride down on the

championship but to perform on the piano, I was so nervous. It really

was tough. Katie plays more the guitar, fantastically well. But it's

nice to have the thing in common. And the need for speed hasn't

completely left you, has it? Next September I'm going to try to be the

first person to go over 400 mph on a motorcycle. The bike is being built

at the moment. I did a feature for it yesterday so the engines and the

chassis are being built at the moment. It just gives me something

else to do, can it did to motorcycling again. The wrist

doesn't bend any more. Doesn't it? No, that is as much as it bends

backwards so that's really stopping me from racing. But with the land

speed record, it's on the foot so it's much easier. Your UK tour

starts this weekend. You will come and see us when you are number one

in the charts, won't you? When you're up there with Katie! We are

in Sheffield on the 12th of November and Katie is on the 5th of December.

A graffiti artist described as Banksy's right`hand man has been

transforming York Minster with his spray paints. But don't worry ` it's

not vandalism. Inkie, as he's known, has been working alongside three

other graffiti artists painting scenes inspired by the ancient

cathedral. Cathy Killick reports. It is one of the last places on

earth you'd expect to see graffiti but York Minster has opened its

doors to four graffiti artists who set up their hoardings in the nave.

Spray painting at night as part of the Illuminating York Festival, you

can see their work tonight and tomorrow night. Everyone has been

really positive about it. It's been nice to see a whole different

demographic of people come down to the Minster and on a personal level,

it's been absolutely great. Working somewhere like this, we feel very

lucky. The images are startling but the cockerels aren't random. They

are symbols of Saint Peter, the Minster's patron saint. This work

has been inspired by the stonework. The artist has imagined a stone

angel falling through the roof and coming to life, ringing a shower of

flowers and stone blocks. Inkie's hoarding echoes the Minster's tiles

and stained`glass but he's been inspired by the whole building. I

had two cherubs and angels. There are details of the architecture

here. Saint Peter is on either side. There are carvings with rituals. I

want to go back in and try to get all the kings along the bottom. In

the chapter house, a totally different style of artwork takes

shape each evening. People are asked to light a candle in memory of

someone who has died for stop it is added to a glimmering and glowing

spiral of light to burn itself out in subtle remembrance. This is all

about life and hope and creativity. The lighting of candles is a way of

articulating something about somebody who has died in a way which

is actually very beautiful and hopeful, really. You can't argue

with that. Simple, Serena and quite literally illuminating. It is a

privilege to be there. `` . He's back isn't he, soon? Yes, he's

just messaged me on Facebook. He said he was messaging on Facebook

because it cost 70p to text. Do not expect a gift!

Here are some photos. I think this one might have been altered a bit

but I think it was snazzy. The third picture is of Clarence Dock before

the rain arrived. It has been a dingy day for many of us as we go

through the course of the day. Over the weekend, longer showers of rain,

particularly on Saturday, when it will be breezy. Tomorrow is when

you're most likely to get wet if you're out. It's down to this area

of low pressure pushing up from the south`west. The isobars are tightly

packed so it's going to be windy. So far today, it hasn't been breezy. It

has been cloudy and damp for many. Rain has edged away southwards. It

might edge further north on and off through the course of the night. It

will be fairly light and patchy and it may be that northern parts stay

dry and if there are breaks in the cloud, this is where you may get a

touch of ground frost. Sunday into Monday is when we are more likely to

get frosty conditions. Tomorrow, it is going to turn into a rather

blustery day. A strengthening south`westerly breeze, particularly

gusty Leyte in the day `` later in the day. Some of the rain could be

on the heavy side. It might be that we get away with some dry conditions

for bonfires tomorrow evening but we can't rely on it so tune in to the

forecast for tomorrow if you're heading out. A bit cooler than the

temperatures on screen because of the breeze. Some places will stay

dry on Sunday but a frosty start on a dry day on Monday.

We're saying goodbye to somebody, just temporarily. Thanks for being

with us for the last six months. We can't keep you with us because there

might be a live birth on air! That would be great but we would like to

look back briefly on some of the highlights of your little career

here. What have you done? ! We wish you all the very best.

How do you like my stall? ? # She always knows her place.

# She's got style, she's got Grace. # She's a lady.

# Oh, oh, she's a lady. My word, have things changed? All

the best, Nicola. See you soon.