:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more
:00:00. > :00:12.Expenses allowances and top ranking police officers. North Yorkshire's
:00:13. > :00:15.former Chief Constable and his deputy are told to give back
:00:16. > :00:27.?100,000 which they may have been paid illegally. This is another
:00:28. > :00:29.example in a running saga of the North Yorkshire Police force were
:00:30. > :00:32.payments were made which were unclear.
:00:33. > :00:34.We'll be asking the Police Commissioner how she intends to get
:00:35. > :00:37.the money back. Dying of cold. A big rise in the
:00:38. > :00:43.number of Yorkshire pensioners' deaths linked to winter weather.
:00:44. > :00:47.And where have these little piggies been today? Certainly not to market,
:00:48. > :00:57.because they're star attractions at a Derbyshire school farm.
:00:58. > :01:02.How about this for a sunrise in Scarborough? What is the weather
:01:03. > :01:16.looking like? Join me later to find out.
:01:17. > :01:17.North Yorkshire's Police Commissioner is demanding that the
:01:18. > :01:18.county's former Chief Constable county's former Chief Constable
:01:19. > :01:20.Grahame Maxwell and his one`time deputy Adam Briggs should repay
:01:21. > :01:26.almost ?100,000 which it's claimed they should never have received.
:01:27. > :01:28.Julia Mulligan says that the former police authority apparently
:01:29. > :01:33.overstepped their legal powers in making the payments. So she wants Mr
:01:34. > :01:46.Maxwell and Mr Briggs to pay back the money.
:01:47. > :01:52.Controversy continues to follow the former North Yorkshire Chief
:01:53. > :01:56.Constable Grahame Maxwell `` and his deputy. In the later years of their
:01:57. > :02:01.careers, both have been accused of favouring relatives in a police
:02:02. > :02:10.recruitment drive. Grahame Maxwell was given a final written warning
:02:11. > :02:18.for gross misconduct. Mr Briggs retired three years ago. Fresh
:02:19. > :02:24.controversy awaits. Julia Mulligan, elected a year ago, believes Mr
:02:25. > :02:27.Maxwell and Mr Briggs have been paid ?100,000 in certain allowances by
:02:28. > :02:32.the previous police authority they should never have received. It is
:02:33. > :02:37.believed they included personal development allowances and a car
:02:38. > :02:39.allowance. The chair of the North Yorkshire Police authority says be
:02:40. > :02:46.paid the allowances in good faith and with full legal advice but the
:02:47. > :02:49.Police Commissioner says in hindsight the payments appear not to
:02:50. > :02:55.have been legal and she wants her money back. This is another example
:02:56. > :03:01.in a hole running saga of the North Yorkshire Police force were payments
:03:02. > :03:08.were made which were unclear, where answers from people like me and
:03:09. > :03:12.other MPs were unanswered, and where taxpayers' money was spent with very
:03:13. > :03:17.little regard for audit and financial control. Tonight, the
:03:18. > :03:20.growing question of perks for the chief constables spread to Yorkshire
:03:21. > :03:28.where the Bradford MP George Galloway questioned ?250,000 paid to
:03:29. > :03:30.Sir Norman Bettinson who resigned a year ago after accusations
:03:31. > :03:35.associated with the Hillsborough disaster. George Galloway what's the
:03:36. > :03:40.Home Secretary to rule whether the payments were legal or not. In North
:03:41. > :03:45.Yorkshire, Julia Mulligan says she and the new Chief Constable acted
:03:46. > :03:51.after public concern over payments to senior police.
:03:52. > :04:00.Julia Mulligan is with us now. So some payments may not have been
:04:01. > :04:03.legal. How could this have happened? There was a generally accepted
:04:04. > :04:07.culture that payments outside of the rules and regulations set by the
:04:08. > :04:11.Home Secretary were permissible and there were various bits of legal
:04:12. > :04:15.advice that police of warranties had around the country which suggested
:04:16. > :04:19.that was the case. District auditors raised the issue in North Yorkshire
:04:20. > :04:23.over a year ago and then new scrutiny was brought to bear on
:04:24. > :04:26.those payments and so that is what my report has been about, looking at
:04:27. > :04:32.the legal basis. What are the chances of you getting the money
:04:33. > :04:35.back? We do not know that at the moment. We are taking further legal
:04:36. > :04:40.advice as to how we might go about it and what the chances are it. We
:04:41. > :04:43.have to make sure it is in the public interest to try to get the
:04:44. > :04:49.money back. If we go through a legal process, we might all good money
:04:50. > :04:57.after bad. So you could take legal action? Yes. We have to look at the
:04:58. > :05:03.advice we get. West Yorkshire have decided not to pursue it. It could
:05:04. > :05:08.and up costing more money than what is owed. That is the valuation we
:05:09. > :05:15.are going to make. We will publish its so the public can see it. We are
:05:16. > :05:22.here to be as open and transparent as possible. Have you heard from
:05:23. > :05:29.them? No. Do you think this could be implicated chins `` there could be
:05:30. > :05:36.looked on is for other police forces ``? We are swapping notes as you
:05:37. > :05:46.would expect. There will be more developments as the months progress.
:05:47. > :05:49.Watch this space. Yes. Figures that will shock all of us.
:05:50. > :05:52.They show thousands of Yorkshire pensioners are dying needlessly
:05:53. > :05:55.every winter. The Office for National Statistics today released
:05:56. > :05:59.figures for what it calls excess winter deaths. Last year in England
:06:00. > :06:07.and Wales there were over 31,000 deaths linked to the cold weather,
:06:08. > :06:14.that's an increase of 29%. Here in Yorkshire there were 3,000 deaths,
:06:15. > :06:17.an increase of 25%. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of
:06:18. > :06:20.those who died were over the age of 75, usually with underlying health
:06:21. > :06:36.problems exacerbated by the cold and flu virus.
:06:37. > :06:39.Tina from Bradford is 69 and worries about the coming winter. She spends
:06:40. > :06:45.most of her days out of the house full and healing for charity because
:06:46. > :06:51.she is concerned about the cost of heating her home `` volunteering. I
:06:52. > :06:56.have done it for years to try to conserve, I tried to put more
:06:57. > :07:05.clothes on and socks and swappers and things. Last winter the 2400 XS
:07:06. > :07:11.death in the over 75 in Yorkshire. At this club which provides a hot
:07:12. > :07:15.meal for around 30 people each week, today's figures caused concern. It
:07:16. > :07:21.is sad. People are too cold or cannot afford their heating. It is
:07:22. > :07:27.worrying. People who cannot get out and they are suffering if there is
:07:28. > :07:34.nobody to look after them. What can they do? Edna believes there may be
:07:35. > :07:38.many who may be suffering this winter due to the cost of living.
:07:39. > :07:51.The pension does not go far enough. It is a case of eating or heating.
:07:52. > :07:54.Wrap up otherwise. One local charity has joined a national campaign to
:07:55. > :08:00.get people to donate their winter heating allowance if they do not
:08:01. > :08:04.need it. I have had the notice of the Winter fuel payment come through
:08:05. > :08:07.my door and many people need that and we would not encourage anybody
:08:08. > :08:11.who needs it to do anything that keep it, but I would not. We want to
:08:12. > :08:17.re`cycle some of that money through the surviving winter campaign so
:08:18. > :08:21.that we can get more assistance to people in need. The next few months
:08:22. > :08:24.will be difficult for those like Tina who worry about being warm in
:08:25. > :08:27.winter. Joining us now is Samantha Nicklin
:08:28. > :08:33.from the charity Age UK which provides advice and support to older
:08:34. > :08:44.people. What is it that's actually causing these deaths? It is the
:08:45. > :08:48.effects of cold weather. Many older people as they age become more
:08:49. > :08:51.vulnerable to changes in temperature and many old people live in cold
:08:52. > :08:56.homes. We recommend that older people keep their living room
:08:57. > :09:02.temperature at 21 degrees and their bedroom at 18 degrees. Or they might
:09:03. > :09:06.be at risk of heart attacks and strokes. They are frightened because
:09:07. > :09:12.of the cost. Why was there such a big increase last year? Too many
:09:13. > :09:19.older people live in cold homes and that is one of the contributed
:09:20. > :09:22.factors. That is why we are calling on the government to invest in
:09:23. > :09:26.longer term energy efficiency measures to make sure that older
:09:27. > :09:30.people do not have to live in cold homes but the energy they spend
:09:31. > :09:35.their money on actually keeps their home rather than going out the
:09:36. > :09:42.roof. Is there more that the rest of us can do? Yes. We are encouraging
:09:43. > :09:46.everybody to look in on their loved ones and neighbours to make sure
:09:47. > :09:50.they have everything they need, that the boiler is working, that they
:09:51. > :09:54.have adequate income and if they do not know they should contact Age UK
:09:55. > :09:59.to see if there is any assistance they could benefit from. Sometimes
:10:00. > :10:04.you can use your central heating less than you need to, you can use
:10:05. > :10:08.it more and bills can come down. Yes. One of the challenges is that
:10:09. > :10:14.many older people do not have thermal static radiators so they
:10:15. > :10:18.cannot control the temperature in various rooms but have to eat their
:10:19. > :10:26.own `` have to heat their whole home. 3000 people dying in Yorkshire
:10:27. > :10:31.alone, it is not on. Later on Look North, from ale to
:10:32. > :10:39.art. We go behind the scenes to see how the former Tetley's brewery site
:10:40. > :10:42.in Leeds has been transformed. It was shaping up to be a right
:10:43. > :10:47.royal battle over where the remains of King Richard III should be
:10:48. > :10:49.buried. Ancestors of the king are taking legal action to get him
:10:50. > :10:54.buried in York Minster, claiming those were Richard's wishes. But the
:10:55. > :10:57.city of Leicester want him too as his remains were discovered there
:10:58. > :11:07.during an archaeological dig last year. But today a judicial review
:11:08. > :11:12.into the issue was adjourned. The battle over the remains of King
:11:13. > :11:17.Richard III came to the High Court today and was described as the most
:11:18. > :11:20.extraordinary case of modern times. More than 500 years after his death
:11:21. > :11:27.on the battlefield, the saga continues. It is the case so complex
:11:28. > :11:31.that judges here today said more time is needed. The judicial review
:11:32. > :11:37.has been adjourned until the New Year. The court was told this is not
:11:38. > :11:41.a decision between burying richer's remains in Leicester or York, this
:11:42. > :11:50.is about whether a consultation should be held to do beside his
:11:51. > :11:54.final resting place. Leicester City Council say they are cussed audience
:11:55. > :12:03.and the University are saying they are cussed audience, we cannot have
:12:04. > :12:08.to soar at some .1 of the must have `` so at some .1 of them has to be.
:12:09. > :12:11.I am from Yorkshire so I get the Yorkshire view and anyone who
:12:12. > :12:16.studies Richard III knows that he was the Lord of the north. It was
:12:17. > :12:24.originally agreed he would be reinterred by August 2014. Those
:12:25. > :12:27.plans could now be delayed. West Yorkshire Police have arrested
:12:28. > :12:30.two men in connection with allegations of supplying drugs to
:12:31. > :12:34.the former chairman of the Co`op Bank Paul Flowers. Mr Flowers, a
:12:35. > :12:36.former Bradford councillor and Methodist minister, was arrested
:12:37. > :12:41.after the Mail on Sunday released footage of him allegedly buying
:12:42. > :12:44.drugs. He's since been released on bail. A 26`year`old man was arrested
:12:45. > :12:49.in Bradford and a 34`year`old was detained in Leeds this morning.
:12:50. > :12:53.A woman from York has admitted animal cruelty after more than 100
:12:54. > :12:57.of her snakes had to be put down. Many of Pauline Wallace's reptiles
:12:58. > :13:01.were kept in boxes so small they couldn't stretch out. She pleaded
:13:02. > :13:05.guilty to seven counts of failing to meet the needs of a snake and two of
:13:06. > :13:08.causing unnecessary suffering to a dog.
:13:09. > :13:11.She'll be sentenced next month. Yorkshire Ambulance Service says 70
:13:12. > :13:15.more paramedics are working in the region compared with a year ago, and
:13:16. > :13:19.more front line jobs are being offered. 110 emergency service staff
:13:20. > :13:24.are being created by the end of March next year. It's part of a plan
:13:25. > :13:30.to get more ambulances on the road and meet the eight`minute response
:13:31. > :13:34.target. Most of us know that when someone is
:13:35. > :13:36.having a heart attack quick treatment is essential. So when Tir
:13:37. > :13:41.Bashir collapsed whilst playing football in Sheffield he couldn't
:13:42. > :13:44.have been in better hands. Three local GPs were playing for the same
:13:45. > :13:56.team and sprung into action, saving his life. He's now recovering at the
:13:57. > :14:00.Northern General in Sheffield. His heart is now beating at a steady
:14:01. > :14:04.78, which is very healthy, but four days ago that was not the case when
:14:05. > :14:09.he had a heart attack. Tell me what you remember. It seemed like an
:14:10. > :14:14.average Friday night game of football. I was running around.
:14:15. > :14:20.Suddenly I started feeling a little unwell so I sat down and had a sip
:14:21. > :14:25.of water and that is the last thing I remember other than waking up in
:14:26. > :14:29.hospital. You have some amazing team`mates, two of whom are here.
:14:30. > :14:36.You're one of the people who helped him. Within 30 seconds, he
:14:37. > :14:46.collapsed. Fortunately as GPs we started CPR. The paramedics arrived
:14:47. > :14:50.and resuscitated him. I was giving her mouth`to`mouth and the other
:14:51. > :14:57.doctors were doing chest compression is. We saw some signs of life. He
:14:58. > :15:02.was taken to the back of the ambulance to hospital. He is very
:15:03. > :15:06.lucky. He is an unremarkable condition considering that just
:15:07. > :15:11.happened four days ago. This has raised some very important issues
:15:12. > :15:17.for you, not least that everybody should know CPR. Absolutely. People
:15:18. > :15:23.should also avail themselves of the new NHS checks which identify some
:15:24. > :15:27.of the risk factors and hopefully then they will not end up in
:15:28. > :15:34.hospital. Also, common`sense, diet and moderate exercise, and finally
:15:35. > :15:39.my plea would go to the South Asian community who had at ways the risk
:15:40. > :15:44.of the indigenous community of having these kind of events. South
:15:45. > :15:48.Asian people at much greater risk of heart disease. This raises awareness
:15:49. > :15:53.of that. It is going to be 6`9 months before you are back on the
:15:54. > :15:56.football pitch. Before 7pm, we'll hear from the
:15:57. > :16:00.Bradford teenager about to take on snooker's best. He'll face former
:16:01. > :16:09.World Champion Neil Robertson at the UK Championships in York this
:16:10. > :16:16.weekend. I am logged in. I am Charlotte. Join us to find out why
:16:17. > :16:23.we look after chickens at our school.
:16:24. > :16:26.I can remember a couple of years ago how sad I felt when the Tetley
:16:27. > :16:30.brewery closed in Leeds. It wasn't a beer thing, well not completely. It
:16:31. > :16:33.was the building, the tradition and of course the jobs. Many will be
:16:34. > :16:37.pleased to hear that the name will live on, in the form of a brand new
:16:38. > :16:40.gallery for contemporary art which opens later this week. The Tetley
:16:41. > :16:44.will take over the former headquarters of the Tetley brewery
:16:45. > :16:59.site. So when we think of a nice pint of Tetley's we can raise a
:17:00. > :17:02.glass now to art. That's my excuse. It has been seven years since the
:17:03. > :17:12.Tetley horses were retired, trotting off into his grave. They were
:17:13. > :17:17.followed in 2011 `` history. The site is a mass of industrial
:17:18. > :17:21.buildings and in the 1930s it was an art deco headquarters. To date
:17:22. > :17:29.almost everything is gone but the headquarters of eyes and will open
:17:30. > :17:33.again on Friday `` survives. It will be an exciting place for people in
:17:34. > :17:37.Leeds to learn about contemporary art and more about the heritage of
:17:38. > :17:42.the brewery and marvel at the architecture and take part in
:17:43. > :17:52.events. This was the boardroom as it was left than 2011, complete with
:17:53. > :17:55.your maps. Hiro is now. The atmosphere it `` atmospheric image
:17:56. > :18:00.of the room has been retained but it is now a modern space, which
:18:01. > :18:05.typifies the approach throughout the building. Details have been kept but
:18:06. > :18:10.poky offices have been removed to reveal the open building as it was
:18:11. > :18:13.designed. Wood panelled offices will become intimate galleries, even as
:18:14. > :18:19.the boulders complete the finishing touches the artist 's are moving
:18:20. > :18:25.in. It is surely exciting. It has been a long journey. Not only for
:18:26. > :18:31.all of the artists, but also for the community we serve locally and for
:18:32. > :18:36.people generally in Leeds because we think this is an exciting cultural
:18:37. > :18:41.facility and could start the regeneration of the south bank of
:18:42. > :18:48.Leeds. The gallery's stylish bar sells Tetley's but the rest of the
:18:49. > :18:52.site is in need state of suspended animation, awaiting the next phase
:18:53. > :18:58.of its history, whatever that may bring.
:18:59. > :19:04.I am glad to see you can still get a paint. `` point.
:19:05. > :19:07.Picture this. You are an amateur. You find yourself in the snooker UK
:19:08. > :19:10.Championship and you are drawn against one of the best in the
:19:11. > :19:13.world. It could happen because the Championship got underway at the
:19:14. > :19:16.Barbican centre today. All 128 players enter at the first round
:19:17. > :19:19.stage and one of those is 18`year`old Dylan Mitchell from
:19:20. > :19:33.Bradford who'll take on former world champion Neil Robertson at the
:19:34. > :19:36.weekend. He is practising hard because not
:19:37. > :19:43.only is he taking on the 2010 world champion, but has matches on
:19:44. > :19:50.Saturday, which is when the BBC's start broadcasting. He will be live
:19:51. > :19:56.on TV. When did you find out you were playing Neal Robertson? About
:19:57. > :20:03.three or four weeks ago. I knew the job is going to be done so either
:20:04. > :20:08.just waiting in anticipation. The added bonus you are going to be live
:20:09. > :20:14.on TV. It is going to be different. It is not the first time I have done
:20:15. > :20:22.at. It is much more than I have done. Tell us how you have ended up
:20:23. > :20:34.in the UK Championships as an amateur. Playing decent and I got
:20:35. > :20:42.some good wins and I got into the draw for the UK and got the best
:20:43. > :20:47.round in the world. You could have had anybody. You know what you are
:20:48. > :20:51.going to feel like? At the moment I am just excited, but I am sure the
:20:52. > :21:00.nerves will kick in. When the music is playing, I am sure the nerves
:21:01. > :21:07.will kick in. Do you have the nickname? No. The music is not there
:21:08. > :21:13.yet. I have been thinking of a few songs. It has played havoc with your
:21:14. > :21:22.private life or up it is my girlfriend's birthday full is I have
:21:23. > :21:29.been doing hard work practising. It was also her party. Clearly a
:21:30. > :21:39.long`suffering snicker Woodall. Very best of luck.
:21:40. > :21:44.I have just been finding out from Paul he used to play in that snooker
:21:45. > :21:47.hall. He was called Paul the wall at Hudson.
:21:48. > :21:50.Football, and news that could improve Leeds United's chances of
:21:51. > :21:53.winning promotion this season. BBC Radio Leeds report that the club
:21:54. > :21:56.have received a seven figure investment from a company that
:21:57. > :22:00.belongs to their managing director David Haigh. He led a takeover of
:22:01. > :22:02.the club almost a year ago by Dubai`based investment bank GFH
:22:03. > :22:06.Capital. The new money is believed to be from his own company Sport
:22:07. > :22:10.Capital and will be used to strengthen the squad in the January
:22:11. > :22:13.transfer window. Doncaster Rovers take on Charlton
:22:14. > :22:16.tonight and hope to complete some unfinished business. They were
:22:17. > :22:19.beating the London side 3`1 in August when the match was abandoned
:22:20. > :22:22.at half`time because of heavy rain. The Doncaster players tried and
:22:23. > :22:26.failed to clear the pitch themselves. You can hear full
:22:27. > :22:29.commentary of the re`match on Radio Sheffield's FM frequencies while
:22:30. > :22:38.Rotherham at Coventry is on AM and DAB.
:22:39. > :22:42.We will have the results for you at 10:25pm.
:22:43. > :22:45.Micro pigs cute and cuddly are being reared by mini farmers at a school
:22:46. > :22:49.in North Derbyshire. Bolsover Church of England Primary has set up a
:22:50. > :23:03.small farm yard and children are learning about nature and where food
:23:04. > :23:11.comes from. Lesson time at this primary school.
:23:12. > :23:19.They teach reading, writing, arithmetic and running around after
:23:20. > :23:26.Michael picks. `` micro`pigs. The school has its own tiny farmyard and
:23:27. > :23:34.some aspiring farm hands to manage a growing menagerie. As it been a good
:23:35. > :23:38.experience? Yes. It has taught us that there's a lot of things to do
:23:39. > :23:44.during farming and it has given us a head start if that is what we want
:23:45. > :23:48.to do when we are older. They are settling in nicely and when they can
:23:49. > :24:01.be caught they are partial to the odd hollow. They will be long`term
:24:02. > :24:06.residents. Other pegs were not so lucky. I suppose that is what pigs
:24:07. > :24:13.are for. The children are extremely dedicated to the animals. They have
:24:14. > :24:18.developed numerous skills, respecting animals, developing
:24:19. > :24:22.animal husbandry, caring, since we have introduced the chickens they
:24:23. > :24:26.have had chickens at home. If squeals of delight are not enough,
:24:27. > :24:33.the clock of approval rings around the playground. There is a
:24:34. > :24:38.possibility the school might turn into a farm with goats expected to
:24:39. > :24:47.arrive in the New Year. Plenty of eggs 40 but they are off`limits.
:24:48. > :24:51.I always fancied one of those because they look cute and cuddly,
:24:52. > :24:58.but I'd do not think they stay that way.
:24:59. > :25:08.What is your best break at snicker? 32.
:25:09. > :25:12.The first picture you saw was right at the top of the programme. That
:25:13. > :25:20.was Scarborough at the break this morning. Another talking point was
:25:21. > :25:27.the fantastic sky. That is type three. It really was a magnificent
:25:28. > :25:34.example. That was seen right across Yorkshire. This is a nice picture as
:25:35. > :25:43.well, this was taken at sunset yesterday evening. Take the pictures
:25:44. > :25:47.coming in. `` keep. We have a warm front coming in from the north`west
:25:48. > :25:53.which will introduce milder air for tomorrow, and sunshine, high
:25:54. > :25:57.pressure still in charge. A temporary cold snap on Friday into
:25:58. > :26:02.Saturday and high`pressure comes back in for early December. Apart
:26:03. > :26:07.from a little patchy rain tonight and on Thursday, a lot of dry
:26:08. > :26:12.weather forecast. There is the warm front, it is sinking down, the
:26:13. > :26:16.patchy rain extends down to the coast and will continue to move
:26:17. > :26:22.southwards into South Yorkshire, so it is a bit damp and Friday. It is
:26:23. > :26:26.still a little bit chilly but the rain will clear way, although we
:26:27. > :26:31.could be left with drizzle over the Pennines. The chance of a touch of
:26:32. > :26:36.ground frost in the far south of the region. We should remain frost free
:26:37. > :26:48.tonight. The sun will rise in the morning at 7:54am. A grey start in
:26:49. > :26:53.the south, across the Pennines, and you might see quite a bit of cloud
:26:54. > :26:59.and drizzle, but certainly if you get to Leeds, Sheffield, and the
:27:00. > :27:02.east, a lot of blue sky developing, plenty of sunshine, very pleasant in
:27:03. > :27:11.the afternoon in York and Barnsley and Scarborough. Temperatures ten,
:27:12. > :27:19.possibly 11 Celsius and you will notice the difference with the
:27:20. > :27:24.wind. Thursday looks nice. Mostly dry, variable cloud, sunny spells. A
:27:25. > :27:28.bit of patchy rain first thing Friday morning then it turns sunny
:27:29. > :27:36.with one or two showers and then on Saturday it will be cold and sunny.
:27:37. > :27:43.High heels will help with getting over the snooker table.
:27:44. > :27:47.On the One Sure they will be announcing the short list for the
:27:48. > :27:52.sports personality of the year.