26/11/2013 Look North (Yorkshire)

That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more

Expenses allowances and top ranking police officers. North Yorkshire's

former Chief Constable and his deputy are told to give back

?100,000 which they may have been paid illegally. This is another

example in a running saga of the North Yorkshire Police force were

payments were made which were unclear.

We'll be asking the Police Commissioner how she intends to get

the money back. Dying of cold. A big rise in the

number of Yorkshire pensioners' deaths linked to winter weather.

And where have these little piggies been today? Certainly not to market,

because they're star attractions at a Derbyshire school farm.

How about this for a sunrise in Scarborough? What is the weather

looking like? Join me later to find out.

North Yorkshire's Police Commissioner is demanding that the

county's former Chief Constable county's former Chief Constable

Grahame Maxwell and his one`time deputy Adam Briggs should repay

almost ?100,000 which it's claimed they should never have received.

Julia Mulligan says that the former police authority apparently

overstepped their legal powers in making the payments. So she wants Mr

Maxwell and Mr Briggs to pay back the money.

Controversy continues to follow the former North Yorkshire Chief

Constable Grahame Maxwell `` and his deputy. In the later years of their

careers, both have been accused of favouring relatives in a police

recruitment drive. Grahame Maxwell was given a final written warning

for gross misconduct. Mr Briggs retired three years ago. Fresh

controversy awaits. Julia Mulligan, elected a year ago, believes Mr

Maxwell and Mr Briggs have been paid ?100,000 in certain allowances by

the previous police authority they should never have received. It is

believed they included personal development allowances and a car

allowance. The chair of the North Yorkshire Police authority says be

paid the allowances in good faith and with full legal advice but the

Police Commissioner says in hindsight the payments appear not to

have been legal and she wants her money back. This is another example

in a hole running saga of the North Yorkshire Police force were payments

were made which were unclear, where answers from people like me and

other MPs were unanswered, and where taxpayers' money was spent with very

little regard for audit and financial control. Tonight, the

growing question of perks for the chief constables spread to Yorkshire

where the Bradford MP George Galloway questioned ?250,000 paid to

Sir Norman Bettinson who resigned a year ago after accusations

associated with the Hillsborough disaster. George Galloway what's the

Home Secretary to rule whether the payments were legal or not. In North

Yorkshire, Julia Mulligan says she and the new Chief Constable acted

after public concern over payments to senior police.

Julia Mulligan is with us now. So some payments may not have been

legal. How could this have happened? There was a generally accepted

culture that payments outside of the rules and regulations set by the

Home Secretary were permissible and there were various bits of legal

advice that police of warranties had around the country which suggested

that was the case. District auditors raised the issue in North Yorkshire

over a year ago and then new scrutiny was brought to bear on

those payments and so that is what my report has been about, looking at

the legal basis. What are the chances of you getting the money

back? We do not know that at the moment. We are taking further legal

advice as to how we might go about it and what the chances are it. We

have to make sure it is in the public interest to try to get the

money back. If we go through a legal process, we might all good money

after bad. So you could take legal action? Yes. We have to look at the

advice we get. West Yorkshire have decided not to pursue it. It could

and up costing more money than what is owed. That is the valuation we

are going to make. We will publish its so the public can see it. We are

here to be as open and transparent as possible. Have you heard from

them? No. Do you think this could be implicated chins `` there could be

looked on is for other police forces ``? We are swapping notes as you

would expect. There will be more developments as the months progress.

Watch this space. Yes. Figures that will shock all of us.

They show thousands of Yorkshire pensioners are dying needlessly

every winter. The Office for National Statistics today released

figures for what it calls excess winter deaths. Last year in England

and Wales there were over 31,000 deaths linked to the cold weather,

that's an increase of 29%. Here in Yorkshire there were 3,000 deaths,

an increase of 25%. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of

those who died were over the age of 75, usually with underlying health

problems exacerbated by the cold and flu virus.

Tina from Bradford is 69 and worries about the coming winter. She spends

most of her days out of the house full and healing for charity because

she is concerned about the cost of heating her home `` volunteering. I

have done it for years to try to conserve, I tried to put more

clothes on and socks and swappers and things. Last winter the 2400 XS

death in the over 75 in Yorkshire. At this club which provides a hot

meal for around 30 people each week, today's figures caused concern. It

is sad. People are too cold or cannot afford their heating. It is

worrying. People who cannot get out and they are suffering if there is

nobody to look after them. What can they do? Edna believes there may be

many who may be suffering this winter due to the cost of living.

The pension does not go far enough. It is a case of eating or heating.

Wrap up otherwise. One local charity has joined a national campaign to

get people to donate their winter heating allowance if they do not

need it. I have had the notice of the Winter fuel payment come through

my door and many people need that and we would not encourage anybody

who needs it to do anything that keep it, but I would not. We want to

re`cycle some of that money through the surviving winter campaign so

that we can get more assistance to people in need. The next few months

will be difficult for those like Tina who worry about being warm in

winter. Joining us now is Samantha Nicklin

from the charity Age UK which provides advice and support to older

people. What is it that's actually causing these deaths? It is the

effects of cold weather. Many older people as they age become more

vulnerable to changes in temperature and many old people live in cold

homes. We recommend that older people keep their living room

temperature at 21 degrees and their bedroom at 18 degrees. Or they might

be at risk of heart attacks and strokes. They are frightened because

of the cost. Why was there such a big increase last year? Too many

older people live in cold homes and that is one of the contributed

factors. That is why we are calling on the government to invest in

longer term energy efficiency measures to make sure that older

people do not have to live in cold homes but the energy they spend

their money on actually keeps their home rather than going out the

roof. Is there more that the rest of us can do? Yes. We are encouraging

everybody to look in on their loved ones and neighbours to make sure

they have everything they need, that the boiler is working, that they

have adequate income and if they do not know they should contact Age UK

to see if there is any assistance they could benefit from. Sometimes

you can use your central heating less than you need to, you can use

it more and bills can come down. Yes. One of the challenges is that

many older people do not have thermal static radiators so they

cannot control the temperature in various rooms but have to eat their

own `` have to heat their whole home. 3000 people dying in Yorkshire

alone, it is not on. Later on Look North, from ale to

art. We go behind the scenes to see how the former Tetley's brewery site

in Leeds has been transformed. It was shaping up to be a right

royal battle over where the remains of King Richard III should be

buried. Ancestors of the king are taking legal action to get him

buried in York Minster, claiming those were Richard's wishes. But the

city of Leicester want him too as his remains were discovered there

during an archaeological dig last year. But today a judicial review

into the issue was adjourned. The battle over the remains of King

Richard III came to the High Court today and was described as the most

extraordinary case of modern times. More than 500 years after his death

on the battlefield, the saga continues. It is the case so complex

that judges here today said more time is needed. The judicial review

has been adjourned until the New Year. The court was told this is not

a decision between burying richer's remains in Leicester or York, this

is about whether a consultation should be held to do beside his

final resting place. Leicester City Council say they are cussed audience

and the University are saying they are cussed audience, we cannot have

to soar at some .1 of the must have `` so at some .1 of them has to be.

I am from Yorkshire so I get the Yorkshire view and anyone who

studies Richard III knows that he was the Lord of the north. It was

originally agreed he would be reinterred by August 2014. Those

plans could now be delayed. West Yorkshire Police have arrested

two men in connection with allegations of supplying drugs to

the former chairman of the Co`op Bank Paul Flowers. Mr Flowers, a

former Bradford councillor and Methodist minister, was arrested

after the Mail on Sunday released footage of him allegedly buying

drugs. He's since been released on bail. A 26`year`old man was arrested

in Bradford and a 34`year`old was detained in Leeds this morning.

A woman from York has admitted animal cruelty after more than 100

of her snakes had to be put down. Many of Pauline Wallace's reptiles

were kept in boxes so small they couldn't stretch out. She pleaded

guilty to seven counts of failing to meet the needs of a snake and two of

causing unnecessary suffering to a dog.

She'll be sentenced next month. Yorkshire Ambulance Service says 70

more paramedics are working in the region compared with a year ago, and

more front line jobs are being offered. 110 emergency service staff

are being created by the end of March next year. It's part of a plan

to get more ambulances on the road and meet the eight`minute response

target. Most of us know that when someone is

having a heart attack quick treatment is essential. So when Tir

Bashir collapsed whilst playing football in Sheffield he couldn't

have been in better hands. Three local GPs were playing for the same

team and sprung into action, saving his life. He's now recovering at the

Northern General in Sheffield. His heart is now beating at a steady

78, which is very healthy, but four days ago that was not the case when

he had a heart attack. Tell me what you remember. It seemed like an

average Friday night game of football. I was running around.

Suddenly I started feeling a little unwell so I sat down and had a sip

of water and that is the last thing I remember other than waking up in

hospital. You have some amazing team`mates, two of whom are here.

You're one of the people who helped him. Within 30 seconds, he

collapsed. Fortunately as GPs we started CPR. The paramedics arrived

and resuscitated him. I was giving her mouth`to`mouth and the other

doctors were doing chest compression is. We saw some signs of life. He

was taken to the back of the ambulance to hospital. He is very

lucky. He is an unremarkable condition considering that just

happened four days ago. This has raised some very important issues

for you, not least that everybody should know CPR. Absolutely. People

should also avail themselves of the new NHS checks which identify some

of the risk factors and hopefully then they will not end up in

hospital. Also, common`sense, diet and moderate exercise, and finally

my plea would go to the South Asian community who had at ways the risk

of the indigenous community of having these kind of events. South

Asian people at much greater risk of heart disease. This raises awareness

of that. It is going to be 6`9 months before you are back on the

football pitch. Before 7pm, we'll hear from the

Bradford teenager about to take on snooker's best. He'll face former

World Champion Neil Robertson at the UK Championships in York this

weekend. I am logged in. I am Charlotte. Join us to find out why

we look after chickens at our school.

I can remember a couple of years ago how sad I felt when the Tetley

brewery closed in Leeds. It wasn't a beer thing, well not completely. It

was the building, the tradition and of course the jobs. Many will be

pleased to hear that the name will live on, in the form of a brand new

gallery for contemporary art which opens later this week. The Tetley

will take over the former headquarters of the Tetley brewery

site. So when we think of a nice pint of Tetley's we can raise a

glass now to art. That's my excuse. It has been seven years since the

Tetley horses were retired, trotting off into his grave. They were

followed in 2011 `` history. The site is a mass of industrial

buildings and in the 1930s it was an art deco headquarters. To date

almost everything is gone but the headquarters of eyes and will open

again on Friday `` survives. It will be an exciting place for people in

Leeds to learn about contemporary art and more about the heritage of

the brewery and marvel at the architecture and take part in

events. This was the boardroom as it was left than 2011, complete with

your maps. Hiro is now. The atmosphere it `` atmospheric image

of the room has been retained but it is now a modern space, which

typifies the approach throughout the building. Details have been kept but

poky offices have been removed to reveal the open building as it was

designed. Wood panelled offices will become intimate galleries, even as

the boulders complete the finishing touches the artist 's are moving

in. It is surely exciting. It has been a long journey. Not only for

all of the artists, but also for the community we serve locally and for

people generally in Leeds because we think this is an exciting cultural

facility and could start the regeneration of the south bank of

Leeds. The gallery's stylish bar sells Tetley's but the rest of the

site is in need state of suspended animation, awaiting the next phase

of its history, whatever that may bring.

I am glad to see you can still get a paint. `` point.

Picture this. You are an amateur. You find yourself in the snooker UK

Championship and you are drawn against one of the best in the

world. It could happen because the Championship got underway at the

Barbican centre today. All 128 players enter at the first round

stage and one of those is 18`year`old Dylan Mitchell from

Bradford who'll take on former world champion Neil Robertson at the

weekend. He is practising hard because not

only is he taking on the 2010 world champion, but has matches on

Saturday, which is when the BBC's start broadcasting. He will be live

on TV. When did you find out you were playing Neal Robertson? About

three or four weeks ago. I knew the job is going to be done so either

just waiting in anticipation. The added bonus you are going to be live

on TV. It is going to be different. It is not the first time I have done

at. It is much more than I have done. Tell us how you have ended up

in the UK Championships as an amateur. Playing decent and I got

some good wins and I got into the draw for the UK and got the best

round in the world. You could have had anybody. You know what you are

going to feel like? At the moment I am just excited, but I am sure the

nerves will kick in. When the music is playing, I am sure the nerves

will kick in. Do you have the nickname? No. The music is not there

yet. I have been thinking of a few songs. It has played havoc with your

private life or up it is my girlfriend's birthday full is I have

been doing hard work practising. It was also her party. Clearly a

long`suffering snicker Woodall. Very best of luck.

I have just been finding out from Paul he used to play in that snooker

hall. He was called Paul the wall at Hudson.

Football, and news that could improve Leeds United's chances of

winning promotion this season. BBC Radio Leeds report that the club

have received a seven figure investment from a company that

belongs to their managing director David Haigh. He led a takeover of

the club almost a year ago by Dubai`based investment bank GFH

Capital. The new money is believed to be from his own company Sport

Capital and will be used to strengthen the squad in the January

transfer window. Doncaster Rovers take on Charlton

tonight and hope to complete some unfinished business. They were

beating the London side 3`1 in August when the match was abandoned

at half`time because of heavy rain. The Doncaster players tried and

failed to clear the pitch themselves. You can hear full

commentary of the re`match on Radio Sheffield's FM frequencies while

Rotherham at Coventry is on AM and DAB.

We will have the results for you at 10:25pm.

Micro pigs cute and cuddly are being reared by mini farmers at a school

in North Derbyshire. Bolsover Church of England Primary has set up a

small farm yard and children are learning about nature and where food

comes from. Lesson time at this primary school.

They teach reading, writing, arithmetic and running around after

Michael picks. `` micro`pigs. The school has its own tiny farmyard and

some aspiring farm hands to manage a growing menagerie. As it been a good

experience? Yes. It has taught us that there's a lot of things to do

during farming and it has given us a head start if that is what we want

to do when we are older. They are settling in nicely and when they can

be caught they are partial to the odd hollow. They will be long`term

residents. Other pegs were not so lucky. I suppose that is what pigs

are for. The children are extremely dedicated to the animals. They have

developed numerous skills, respecting animals, developing

animal husbandry, caring, since we have introduced the chickens they

have had chickens at home. If squeals of delight are not enough,

the clock of approval rings around the playground. There is a

possibility the school might turn into a farm with goats expected to

arrive in the New Year. Plenty of eggs 40 but they are off`limits.

I always fancied one of those because they look cute and cuddly,

but I'd do not think they stay that way.

What is your best break at snicker? 32.

The first picture you saw was right at the top of the programme. That

was Scarborough at the break this morning. Another talking point was

the fantastic sky. That is type three. It really was a magnificent

example. That was seen right across Yorkshire. This is a nice picture as

well, this was taken at sunset yesterday evening. Take the pictures

coming in. `` keep. We have a warm front coming in from the north`west

which will introduce milder air for tomorrow, and sunshine, high

pressure still in charge. A temporary cold snap on Friday into

Saturday and high`pressure comes back in for early December. Apart

from a little patchy rain tonight and on Thursday, a lot of dry

weather forecast. There is the warm front, it is sinking down, the

patchy rain extends down to the coast and will continue to move

southwards into South Yorkshire, so it is a bit damp and Friday. It is

still a little bit chilly but the rain will clear way, although we

could be left with drizzle over the Pennines. The chance of a touch of

ground frost in the far south of the region. We should remain frost free

tonight. The sun will rise in the morning at 7:54am. A grey start in

the south, across the Pennines, and you might see quite a bit of cloud

and drizzle, but certainly if you get to Leeds, Sheffield, and the

east, a lot of blue sky developing, plenty of sunshine, very pleasant in

the afternoon in York and Barnsley and Scarborough. Temperatures ten,

possibly 11 Celsius and you will notice the difference with the

wind. Thursday looks nice. Mostly dry, variable cloud, sunny spells. A

bit of patchy rain first thing Friday morning then it turns sunny

with one or two showers and then on Saturday it will be cold and sunny.

High heels will help with getting over the snooker table.

On the One Sure they will be announcing the short list for the

sports personality of the year.