:00:00. > :00:00.there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:07.us. Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. On
:00:08. > :00:10.the programme tonight. The charity spending just seven percent of its
:00:11. > :00:13.income on good causes. The charities watchdog intervenes after a
:00:14. > :00:19.Yorkshire animal sanctuary uses most of its funds to pay people to raise
:00:20. > :00:33.money. Also tonight. Should mums get paid to breast`feed their babies for
:00:34. > :00:37.the first six months? If you have always wanted to breast`feed it is
:00:38. > :00:41.an extra incentive but I do not feel that people should be bribed to do
:00:42. > :00:44.it. And a new home for Wufra ` the dog who was stretchered to safety
:00:45. > :00:52.after being stranded in the Dales with a broken leg. It was sunny this
:00:53. > :01:01.afternoon across much of the region but will last? Join me later.
:01:02. > :01:05.The charity watchdog has intervened after it emerged a Yorkshire
:01:06. > :01:11.wildlife charity spent only a fraction of the money it raised
:01:12. > :01:14.helping animals. 7p in every pound that was donated to Wildlife Rescue
:01:15. > :01:17.Sanctuaries in Keighley went towards charitable activities. That compares
:01:18. > :01:25.to the national average for charities of 70p in the pound going
:01:26. > :01:29.towards the cause they represent. Most of the Sanctuary's income went
:01:30. > :01:37.on paying people to raise money. Anna Crossley reports. Wildlife
:01:38. > :01:45.rescue sanctuaries is a small charity based in Keighley. It has
:01:46. > :01:51.gone from raising a modest ?6,500 in 2010 to more than a quarter of a
:01:52. > :01:54.million last year. On the face of it it is a remarkable increase but what
:01:55. > :02:00.has caused concern is the fact most of the money has gone on generating
:02:01. > :02:06.funds including employing an external fundraising company. I do
:02:07. > :02:14.not think the public quite understand how hard it is for a
:02:15. > :02:18.charity. We do not get this place rent`free which some people assume.
:02:19. > :02:28.If you do not have fundraisers how do you do it? The charity made
:02:29. > :02:37.?257,000 last year and spent 11,000 on wages and red, ?132 on food for
:02:38. > :02:43.the animals, but the costs for fundraising word just ?220,000
:02:44. > :02:51.sought only 7p per pound weight towards the animals. She says she is
:02:52. > :02:57.only doing what other charities do. Many charities out there have a
:02:58. > :03:00.lower percentage than this charity. The UK civil Society almanac shows
:03:01. > :03:07.on average in the voluntary sector spends just 8.8% on fundraising and
:03:08. > :03:11.publicity costs. The Charity commission says it is not
:03:12. > :03:14.investigating this charity but is speaking to the trustees. The
:03:15. > :03:38.regulator gave us this statement. Meanwhile, Marianne Crowley said she
:03:39. > :03:41.is working on reducing her fundraising costs but is asking
:03:42. > :03:44.people to give her more time to turn things around.
:03:45. > :03:47.The Fundraising Standards Board plans to discuss the case with the
:03:48. > :03:51.charity commission. I asked their chief executive how unusual it is
:03:52. > :04:00.for such a small proportion of a charity's income to go on good
:04:01. > :04:04.causes. I think the fact that the Charity commission have chosen to
:04:05. > :04:08.interview this charity and have sought to try to resolve some of the
:04:09. > :04:14.concerns they had probably speaks volumes about this, however it is
:04:15. > :04:23.not unusual for charities to spend quite substantial sums of money on
:04:24. > :04:26.developing campaigns. So what is in place to regulate how charities
:04:27. > :04:35.fundraiser and there's this particular charity said up to any
:04:36. > :04:37.code of conduct? The Charity act of 2006 require only sector to sector
:04:38. > :04:48.to set up its own self`regulation scheme. `` to set up. It is a robust
:04:49. > :04:51.scheme and it requires members to sign up to the detailed code of
:04:52. > :04:59.practice and they are meant to adhere to that. This particular
:05:00. > :05:01.charity has not signed up. How can people who made donations be
:05:02. > :05:07.reassured their money is well spent? The overwhelming majority of
:05:08. > :05:12.funds raised in Britain is raised to a very high standard. More than 50%
:05:13. > :05:18.is raised by charities signed up to the boards and people can be
:05:19. > :05:22.confident that overall it is at a high standard but it is important to
:05:23. > :05:28.say that there is any concern about the, they should get in touch with
:05:29. > :05:31.the charity directly or contact the Charity commission for it to be
:05:32. > :05:34.followed up. Next tonight, a story that has got
:05:35. > :05:38.plenty of you talking on the Look North Facebook page. It's the
:05:39. > :05:41.proposal to use taxpayers' money and medical research funds to pay new
:05:42. > :05:45.mums in South Yorkshire to breast`feed. The pilot scheme, to be
:05:46. > :05:48.run by researchers at the University of Sheffield, will see mums given
:05:49. > :05:52.?200 of shopping vouchers if they breast feed their baby for six
:05:53. > :06:04.months. Tom Ingall has been getting reaction.
:06:05. > :06:11.After a mid`morning feed, it is all smiles. This group meets regularly
:06:12. > :06:18.to share their experiences of breast`feeding. For each mother, it
:06:19. > :06:23.is personal and unique. How would you feel if someone offered you ?200
:06:24. > :06:28.for breast`feeding for six months? It feels a little bit like a bribe
:06:29. > :06:38.because if you cannot feed, you feel guilty. You are doing it because you
:06:39. > :06:43.genuinely want to do it not because someone is offering you money. The
:06:44. > :06:47.proposal has come from the University of Sheffield and they are
:06:48. > :06:53.approaching it from the point of view that it is a health issue and
:06:54. > :06:58.is cost`effective the NHS. They are targeting areas where rates of
:06:59. > :07:06.breast`feeding at six weeks of age is 40% or less. We are at an early
:07:07. > :07:10.stage in the search and we are testing whether it is possible in
:07:11. > :07:19.the real world to see if it is possible to offer vouchers to
:07:20. > :07:23.breast`feed. If you are breast`feeding mother and always
:07:24. > :07:27.wanted to breast`feed, it is an extra incentive but I do not feel
:07:28. > :07:35.people have to be bribed or given an incentive to do it. If I could offer
:07:36. > :07:40.you money to breast`feed or the support group, what would you have?
:07:41. > :07:46.The support group because without this I would not have lasted as long
:07:47. > :07:48.as I have. The research group believes breast`feeding is
:07:49. > :07:52.undervalued in some areas but not everyone believes the answer is
:07:53. > :07:55.payment by results. Joining us from our studio in
:07:56. > :07:58.Sheffield is Kris McKeown, who's leader of the La Leche League in
:07:59. > :08:02.Sheffield, who help mums to breast`feed. What do you think of
:08:03. > :08:12.financial incentives to encourage breast feeding? It is an interesting
:08:13. > :08:19.idea. It would be interesting to see what the results are of this pilot
:08:20. > :08:23.study. It is an emotive issue as we have heard from the comments today.
:08:24. > :08:29.Financial incentives have been used for other health schemes in other
:08:30. > :08:38.parts of the world, so who knows whether it will translate? You do
:08:39. > :08:43.not sound as if you are against it. As long as there is support the Ford
:08:44. > :08:50.women and if it had some value back to breast`feeding that has maybe
:08:51. > :08:54.been lost in some communities, if it means that more women end up
:08:55. > :08:57.breast`feeding happily then yes, but time will tell. Shouldn't the money
:08:58. > :09:00.be better spent on midwives and health visitors ` experts who can
:09:01. > :09:13.help mums breast`feed beyond those first few weeks, because for many
:09:14. > :09:19.people it is not easy to do! It is interesting about where the money
:09:20. > :09:24.should be spent. If there was a financial incentive to continue,
:09:25. > :09:27.because the initiation rates are good but it is when women get home
:09:28. > :09:34.from hospital and continue to breast`feed, maybe a financial
:09:35. > :09:41.incentive would encourage women to seek out the support groups
:09:42. > :09:50.mentioned. They are NHS groups and charity groups. Is it a cultural
:09:51. > :09:58.issue? Is financial motivation the right ripped? If it makes breast
:09:59. > :10:04.feeding a more attractive proposition or even if it had not
:10:05. > :10:09.been considered, if a woman has a new baby and none of her family or
:10:10. > :10:15.friends are breast`feeding or have breast`fed, is breast`feeding a real
:10:16. > :10:21.option? You can end up being isolated but if there was something
:10:22. > :10:27.else positive that could continue. Thank you. We've had loads of
:10:28. > :10:29.comments about this story ` most were against the idea. Catherine
:10:30. > :10:33.Porter thinks better support and advice is required, and the end of
:10:34. > :10:36.pressure, guilt and scare tactics for mothers who struggle. This is a
:10:37. > :10:39.ridiculous idea. Carrie Raybould says she couldn't
:10:40. > :10:42.breast feed due to medication and found the pressure awful and was
:10:43. > :10:45.being judged. Seems daft to be honest, she says.
:10:46. > :10:48.But Lucy Marshall feels we need to do more to normalise breast`feeding
:10:49. > :10:56.and hopefully more people will see it as a positive thing.
:10:57. > :10:59.Please keep your comments coming in. Later on Look North.
:11:00. > :11:07.Attention`seeking measures for the North Yorkshire villagers demanding
:11:08. > :11:10.action over sewage. A year after their village was
:11:11. > :11:13.flooded with contaminated water, campaigners say they're still
:11:14. > :11:19.waiting for their sewage works to be modernised. Coming up any short
:11:20. > :11:22.while. There's a warning tonight that rural parts of Yorkshire may
:11:23. > :11:25.turn into a fuel desert because so many petrol stations are closing.
:11:26. > :11:31.Look North has seen new research which shows 70 forecourts have cloud
:11:32. > :11:36.in the last six years. 28 of those are in West Yorkshire ` that's 11%.
:11:37. > :11:39.In South Yorkshire 22 have closed ` that's a 14% drop. The same
:11:40. > :11:42.proportion have gone in North Yorkshire with the overall number
:11:43. > :11:45.down by 20. There's now calls for the government to step in to help.
:11:46. > :11:53.Our political editor Len Tingle reports from Pickering.
:11:54. > :11:57.Petrol sales at this station dropped by 30% last year. It does not take
:11:58. > :12:03.an economic genius to understand why. Drivers could fill up their
:12:04. > :12:14.tanks for around ?3 cheaper at a supermarket. This is killing in
:12:15. > :12:18.North Yorkshire, a 30 mile round trip to the nearest supermarket but
:12:19. > :12:23.as prices have gone up, more and more people are prepared to make
:12:24. > :12:29.that trip and that is putting far more pressure on forecourts like
:12:30. > :12:38.this. To keep the service year, customers realise they are paying a
:12:39. > :12:48.premium. Sometimes you have to just stop because you need it. You are at
:12:49. > :12:53.their mercy. This was when my father started the business in 1950. Even
:12:54. > :12:58.established businesses know that being conveniently local is not
:12:59. > :13:03.enough. They have to fight back and this is how they are doing it. They
:13:04. > :13:12.are linking up to suppliers and bulk buying fuel at cheaper prices and
:13:13. > :13:16.taking on the supermarkets. The local people who do not go to
:13:17. > :13:24.supermarkets and prefer not to if we can offer a relative price. We can
:13:25. > :13:31.provide people with the value they deserve. The national trade
:13:32. > :13:36.association of small filling stations say the numbers being
:13:37. > :13:41.forced out of business is a worry. We can see the prospect of the
:13:42. > :13:47.number of field there is sharply over the next few years as more and
:13:48. > :13:51.more independents are forced out. The hope is that they are now strong
:13:52. > :13:58.enough to continue as a fuel always this.
:13:59. > :14:02.`` oasis. Len is in Pickering now. Is there any sign the government is
:14:03. > :14:07.going to act on this issue? The government are concerned that in
:14:08. > :14:19.rural areas where there's less room `` less transport that there would
:14:20. > :14:23.be competitively priced petrol. The problem is exactly how to implement
:14:24. > :14:31.it and will it fall foul of EU laws on subsidies? For the next four
:14:32. > :14:38.weeks, consultation is going on with the view that by the end of the
:14:39. > :14:41.year, some formal proposal will be put /in the New Year the government
:14:42. > :14:47.will be able to suggest exactly the way for word. We still have to wait
:14:48. > :14:59.and see if it will work and the concern is, will it come in time for
:15:00. > :15:01.rule filling stations? `` rural. Some news in brief.
:15:02. > :15:05.Detectives investigating what's been described as a horrific attack on an
:15:06. > :15:08.elderly woman in Bradford have released pictures of her injuries.
:15:09. > :15:11.The 76`year`old was assaulted and robbed at home in May. She suffered
:15:12. > :15:16.a broken nose, dislocated jaw and a fractured eye socket. Police and the
:15:17. > :15:20.woman's family hope the images will convince anyone with information
:15:21. > :15:23.about the attack to come forward. Protective clothing would not have
:15:24. > :15:27.saved the life of a Leeds`born soldier killed inside a military
:15:28. > :15:30.base in Afghanistan. Sapper Richard Walker was killed in January by a
:15:31. > :15:35.member of the Afghan National Army who was working alongside him. He
:15:36. > :15:38.was not wearing body armour but today an inquest heard the bullet
:15:39. > :15:43.would still probably have killed him even if he had been.
:15:44. > :15:49.Four men who carried out a series of armed robberies in West Yorkshire
:15:50. > :15:52.have been jailed. The raids at businesses in Leeds, Bradford and
:15:53. > :15:57.Wakefield took place in the eight months until June this year. Almost
:15:58. > :16:01.a quarter of a million pounds worth of cash and property were stolen in
:16:02. > :16:04.the robberies. The four men all pleaded guilty to the crimes and
:16:05. > :16:06.were jailed today at Leeds Crown Court.
:16:07. > :16:11.Educational packs promoting the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire next
:16:12. > :16:13.summer have been taken into schools. Professional cyclists, council and
:16:14. > :16:17.tourism representatives were at Kettlethorpe High School in
:16:18. > :16:21.Wakefield this morning. The aim is to create a ten year legacy based
:16:22. > :16:32.around next year's event, to help encourage the next generation of
:16:33. > :16:41.cyclists. To have one of the biggest sporting events in the world coming
:16:42. > :16:46.to your is great. `` to Yorkshire. There's a lot to be done after the
:16:47. > :16:48.two of the France has been and gone. Alan Titchmarsh is stepping down
:16:49. > :16:51.from fronting the BBC's Chelsea Flower Show coverage. The
:16:52. > :16:54.broadcaster from Ilkley who's well known for his love of gardening has
:16:55. > :16:58.been hosting the BBC's coverage of the show for 30 years. He says he's
:16:59. > :17:01.really enjoyed his years presenting the programmes which include hours
:17:02. > :17:05.worth of live broadcasts from the flower show.
:17:06. > :17:09.The residents of a North Yorkshire village which gets cut`off after
:17:10. > :17:12.heavy rain say they fear it could happen again. Brawby near Malton was
:17:13. > :17:16.left isolated after flood water swamped the village last year.
:17:17. > :17:28.Today, an unusual protest concert was held to highlight concerns.
:17:29. > :17:33.Cathy Killick reports. As concert venues call it is not the most
:17:34. > :17:43.hospitable but Alan Tomlinson has promised an improvised performance
:17:44. > :17:48.for his audience. The concert is being staged by villagers in Brawby
:17:49. > :17:58.fed up by seeing their streets flooded with filthy water. This was
:17:59. > :18:04.the scene last year and the villagers are convinced it was
:18:05. > :18:09.contaminated with sewage. This was an interesting way of making people
:18:10. > :18:14.aware of what is going on. Yorkshire water have made millions of pounds
:18:15. > :18:22.of profit and have distributed millions to the shareholders.
:18:23. > :18:27.Elderly people in Brawby where wading through sewage contaminated
:18:28. > :18:32.water. Yorkshire water says there is no evidence the water contains
:18:33. > :18:39.sewage but accepted the flooding is inconvenient and see they are making
:18:40. > :18:42.reasonable efforts to deal with it. They have spent money on the
:18:43. > :18:49.infrastructure already and work is ongoing. We have arrangements and
:18:50. > :18:54.procedures in place which should prevent occurrence again. We will
:18:55. > :18:59.provide the capacity to deal with that. The council also has a
:19:00. > :19:08.responsibility to manage flooded roads and they said...
:19:09. > :19:19.Will that be enough? Desperation can drive people to do some pretty
:19:20. > :19:27.strange things by 1025 of reporting, this one has to be one of the
:19:28. > :19:33.strangest. It has worked. Brawby wanted some attention and got it. If
:19:34. > :19:40.the promised improvements do not work, who knows what they will do
:19:41. > :19:44.for an encore. Before seven o'clock, a new home for
:19:45. > :19:52.the dog who spent three weeks lost in the Dales.
:19:53. > :20:01.Lucky to be alive after being rescued the weeks ago. Today he will
:20:02. > :20:05.meet the people who saved his life. Now, with Children in Need night
:20:06. > :20:07.just around the corner, today, we're looking at a very special South
:20:08. > :20:10.Yorkshire Charity who have benifitted from your generous
:20:11. > :20:13.donations. This year Doncaster Riding for the Disabled were able to
:20:14. > :20:18.pay for another instructor to help even more children experience the
:20:19. > :20:19.joy of riding. Their motto is everyone is equal on a horse.
:20:20. > :20:49.Shirley Henry reports. Then constant time loves to ride
:20:50. > :20:57.horses. It has improved his posture, his speech and his life. He gets a
:20:58. > :21:07.lot of pleasure and enjoyment. It is really good for him and his
:21:08. > :21:12.posture. He just has a lot of fun. Anything the children do that is
:21:13. > :21:13.pleasurable is a bonus and for him to be treated like any other child
:21:14. > :21:41.means the world. Keep your head up, you're doing
:21:42. > :21:49.really well. It transforms the lives of scores of
:21:50. > :21:56.children every year. Last year's donation helps to pay for another
:21:57. > :22:01.instructor. We get some children when they first come cannot even
:22:02. > :22:09.look at you but after a few weeks, they come round a bit and after
:22:10. > :22:14.touching the pony they can find it easier to communicate with you. One
:22:15. > :22:20.of the catchphrases is everyone is equal on a horse and it is certainly
:22:21. > :22:34.true of the people that come here. They are included in the activity.
:22:35. > :22:42.That is what it is all about. Great to see where the money is going. A
:22:43. > :22:46.dog that was stretchered to safety by a mountain rescue team after
:22:47. > :22:49.three weeks lost in the Yorkshire Dales has been found a new home.
:22:50. > :22:53.Wufra was stuck on the hills above Grassington for almost three weeks
:22:54. > :22:56.with a broken leg. It's thought he'd run off chasing a rabbit. Wufra's
:22:57. > :23:07.original owners were never traced. Today, he was reunited with some of
:23:08. > :23:11.his rescuers. Ian White was there. Rescue volunteers Ken and Johnny
:23:12. > :23:15.weathermen on a mission this morning checking in on a recent casualty but
:23:16. > :23:27.this one has four legs instead of two. He looks bigger now than three
:23:28. > :23:36.weeks ago. He looks absolutely wonderful. This is not the same
:23:37. > :23:41.dog! Wufra was rescued after being stranded on fails the Grassington.
:23:42. > :23:47.He had to be carried to safety on a stretcher. `` fells. The wind is
:23:48. > :23:54.really biting so you can imagine how cold it was and how cold it was for
:23:55. > :24:05.Wufra to be stranded with a broken leg and no food or water. He was
:24:06. > :24:15.only really pure condition. `` really poor. It was a really sad
:24:16. > :24:22.thing to see. We wrapped him in a blanket and carried him on the
:24:23. > :24:30.stretcher. Wufra was taken in by a local dog lover who now plans to
:24:31. > :24:39.keep him. It has taken three weeks to get him to this weight. They will
:24:40. > :24:47.to survive is just amazing. I am happy to give him that chance. Wufra
:24:48. > :24:56.is taking things easy but should be back to full strength in a few
:24:57. > :25:04.weeks. What a lovely ending and any fans of
:25:05. > :25:10.the Simpsons cannot help but think of Santa's Little helper.
:25:11. > :25:17.Some lovely pictures with an autumn scene at Chatsworth Park.
:25:18. > :25:35.The leaves are turning on the trees and this one is a time`lapse shot.
:25:36. > :25:37.If you enjoyed the sunshine today, more coming tomorrow with some
:25:38. > :25:44.patchy rain but not until tomorrow evening.
:25:45. > :25:51.High pressure insurers a lovely days through tomorrow. A lot of sunshine
:25:52. > :25:56.today and quite breezy over the hills but we have managed to get 11
:25:57. > :26:02.Celsius, not bad for the middle of November. Fine and clear and
:26:03. > :26:09.overnight is largely dry with some patchy low cloud. Certainly as the
:26:10. > :26:23.breeze eases and we are the others shelter, there will be widespread
:26:24. > :26:32.ground frost. The sun will rise at these times and the high water
:26:33. > :26:38.times. There could be ground frost on the outskirts of Scarborough
:26:39. > :26:44.first thing with lots of sunshine and some patchy low cloud over the
:26:45. > :26:50.top. Elsewhere, the sunshine may give way to partly cloudy skies but
:26:51. > :26:59.the best of the weather in the eastern parts. They list the weather
:27:00. > :27:07.front that by the end of tomorrow evening will be spreading into the
:27:08. > :27:16.Pennines. Turning quite breezy later with temperature is not far from our
:27:17. > :27:24.village. `` from average. Overnight rain on Wednesday night and quite a
:27:25. > :27:28.sunny day on Thursday with strong north`westerly wind and Friday and
:27:29. > :27:44.Saturday looking mostly died. Dry. A cold snap next year but ``
:27:45. > :27:47.next week but just temporarily. We will see you tomorrow, goodbye.