:00:00. > :00:07.The sun shall never set on so The sun shall never set on so
:00:08. > :00:12.Welcome to a special edition of Look North, celebrating the life of
:00:13. > :00:15.Nelson Mandela. We're live in Chapeltown, Leeds, where tributes
:00:16. > :00:18.are being paid to the former South African President. We'll be
:00:19. > :00:27.remembering Mandela's visit to the city in 2001 and looking at his
:00:28. > :00:32.legacy here in Yorkshire. It is a celebration of the life that has
:00:33. > :00:36.given us hope and a sense of justice and shown us what a true human being
:00:37. > :00:39.can be like. Also tonight: Dramatic pictures from
:00:40. > :00:44.last night's storm as North Yorkshire deals with the worst tidal
:00:45. > :00:47.surge in 60 years. And knocked to the ground in high
:00:48. > :00:56.winds. Yet another apparent victim of the "wind tunnel" effect next to
:00:57. > :01:02.Leeds' tallest building. Lance sent this picture. The risk of
:01:03. > :01:06.a little coastal flooding this evening, but thankfully, the
:01:07. > :01:14.weakened's weather looks more settled.
:01:15. > :01:19.Good evening and welcome to a special programme of Look North.
:01:20. > :01:23.We'll bring you the latest on the clean`up following the worst tidal
:01:24. > :01:28.surge for 60 years and gusts of over 80 mph. But first, Harry is live at
:01:29. > :01:31.the Mandela Centre in Chapeltown in Leeds, where we're paying tribute to
:01:32. > :01:58.and celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela.
:01:59. > :02:15.In Sheffield in Leeds, flags flew at half`mast. Cynthia met him not long
:02:16. > :02:22.after his release from prison. We have lost a good man, a man of
:02:23. > :02:30.principle and they manned that bore no bitterness either to what had
:02:31. > :02:37.happened to him in prison. Nelson Mandela had strong links to Leeds.
:02:38. > :02:45.In 2001, huge crowds turned out to see him being granted the freedom of
:02:46. > :03:01.the city. It was a historic day. Firstly,
:03:02. > :03:11.the city. It was a historic day. pensioner! And thirdly, I have a
:03:12. > :03:17.criminal record! He really had an aura and different to other famous
:03:18. > :03:33.statesman. Few people carry the same authority and gentleness and this
:03:34. > :03:36.aura. This community Centre in Chapeltown Bears Nelson Mandela's
:03:37. > :03:44.name and has been a focal point for an outpouring of grief today. Many
:03:45. > :03:46.members have come to sign a book of condolence. Representatives of
:03:47. > :03:54.Chapeltown's community wanted to write down their feelings. Mr
:03:55. > :04:00.Mandela is my inspiration. He has set the foundation for us, not just
:04:01. > :04:09.black, but the world. We call him the icon. But we haven't got a name
:04:10. > :04:14.for him. He will be missed. Very sad day for Leeds and the rest of the
:04:15. > :04:20.world but it makes you want to reflect on the great man's life and
:04:21. > :04:23.today is also about reflecting on his enormous achievements in world
:04:24. > :04:31.politics, and particularly against the brute arm `` brutal apartheid
:04:32. > :04:38.system. The meat, as a young person, Mandela has been instrumental. If it
:04:39. > :04:44.hadn't been for his struggle, I don't think my struggle would have
:04:45. > :04:48.felt as easy as it has been. The Archbishop of York met Nelson
:04:49. > :04:56.Mandela on two occasions in South Africa. Today he spoke fondly of
:04:57. > :05:00.him. Should we feel sad today? No. If we are concerned about Mandela,
:05:01. > :05:06.the things he stood for, we should now redouble our efforts and make
:05:07. > :05:12.sure we do them. He was never interested in legacy himself, so if
:05:13. > :05:16.we really loved that I am touched by what he did, we should redouble our
:05:17. > :05:22.efforts for justice, peace, love and harmony. We should say, what can I
:05:23. > :05:53.do so that Mandela lives on? Harry, a momentous day. Yours is a
:05:54. > :05:58.very special role. It was. I was Lady mayoress on the day and part of
:05:59. > :06:06.the official party that welcomed him to Leeds. What will your impressions
:06:07. > :06:13.of him? I was in awe of this man who is a giant but who was also very
:06:14. > :06:22.humble and made everybody feel really comfortable. He had an aura
:06:23. > :06:25.of being different about him. Yes, because of all the things we know
:06:26. > :06:32.about his struggle and what he has done across the world, but he was
:06:33. > :06:39.also just a genuinely nice and humble person per everybody at ease,
:06:40. > :06:46.despite his stature. You are involved with the Carnival. Your
:06:47. > :07:01.memories of Nelson Mandela, please. Amazing. I was at the Civic Hall
:07:02. > :07:06.when he walked in, and we believe that one day, he would be out of
:07:07. > :07:17.prison. For him to come and visit Leeds, which was quite rare,
:07:18. > :07:22.prison. For him to come and visit That this over year is still
:07:23. > :07:30.remembered, isn't it? Yes. When he walked in that hall and saw the man
:07:31. > :07:36.himself, it was just amazing. You must be very close. We had a couple
:07:37. > :07:44.of conversations. He spoke to me about Leeds, about it being such a
:07:45. > :07:54.fantastic city. He spoke to me about me being there as well and what that
:07:55. > :08:01.meant. He said he was proud of me, which is a bit overwhelming! That
:08:02. > :08:09.has meant a lot to me and I stayed with me ever since. You probably got
:08:10. > :08:14.an idea there of what it meant to meet Nelson Mandela. One person who
:08:15. > :08:25.I spoke to today in South Africa has a very special memory of him. One
:08:26. > :08:28.man who knew Nelson Mandela very well was the former Leeds United
:08:29. > :08:41.captain, Lucas Radebe, and South African. He talks very
:08:42. > :08:46.affectionately about the time he met Nelson Mandela. He was such a
:08:47. > :08:54.tremendous player Phil Leeds united as well. It was that recognition
:08:55. > :09:02.which led to one of the great things: The World Cup in 2010. I
:09:03. > :09:11.will be reflecting more on this remarkable man's life later on.
:09:12. > :09:14.The other big story of the day is the clean`up operation which has
:09:15. > :09:18.been continuing in earnest following the worst tidal surge in 60 years
:09:19. > :09:21.and heavy gusts of wind of over 80 mph. We'll report from Doncaster,
:09:22. > :09:26.where hundreds of pupils are lucky to be alive after a roof blew off
:09:27. > :09:29.the school building. We'll hear from the family of a pedestrian who was
:09:30. > :09:34.blown over outside Bridgewater Place in Leeds by high winds and is now
:09:35. > :09:37.being treated in hospital. But first, we report from Scarborugh and
:09:38. > :09:41.Whitby, where heavy storms battered the costal towns. We have pictures
:09:42. > :09:44.of a dramatic rescue in Scarborough late last night. This video was
:09:45. > :09:49.taken by David Platt, who was walking along North Bay at about
:09:50. > :09:53.5:30pm yesterday. He spotted a van driver who had got into trouble near
:09:54. > :09:56.the Sands Complex. As you can see, the waves are pushing the van
:09:57. > :10:01.around. Luckily, the unidentified driver made it back to dry land,
:10:02. > :10:04.unharmed. Well, those were the scenes late last night. Our
:10:05. > :10:12.reporter, Jamie Coulson, has spent the day on the North Yorkshire
:10:13. > :10:19.coast, following the clean`up. After the storm comes the clean`up.
:10:20. > :10:24.As homes and businesses take stock of the flood damage. Water had to be
:10:25. > :10:32.pumped out of the pub after waves swamped the bar and seller. I had
:10:33. > :10:37.panic attack at 6:30am. But I am all right now. I feel better now, now
:10:38. > :10:42.that things have started to move and my carpet has got to come up and I
:10:43. > :10:51.am still waiting on my seller getting emptied. Yesterday, strong
:10:52. > :10:57.winds and high tides and a storm surge caused disruption and flooding
:10:58. > :10:59.across the East Coast. But what is concerning is that this morning's
:11:00. > :11:15.high tides will bring more problems. At first light and wit me
:11:16. > :11:22.`` at Whitby, wholesale and started to count the cost of the storm. We
:11:23. > :11:29.have another warehouse where we have not even looked in it yet. But the
:11:30. > :11:32.mountain rescue teams who had been on alert throughout the night, there
:11:33. > :11:37.was relief that the morning's high tide had not made things worse. We
:11:38. > :11:45.are advised the tide was higher than last night, but it was not as bad.
:11:46. > :11:49.People were relieved at the situation. Back in Scarborough,
:11:50. > :11:52.tonnes of sand was removed from the seafront, but the true scale of
:11:53. > :11:59.wider problems is yet to become apparent. 200 properties have
:12:00. > :12:04.probably been affected. We have actually got people out in the
:12:05. > :12:06.recovery stage, talking to individuals and gathering
:12:07. > :12:13.information. At the moment, we think it is up to 200. Yesterday the storm
:12:14. > :12:15.brought misery for many, but at least today, there was fun to be
:12:16. > :12:18.had. Next tonight, it's emerged that the
:12:19. > :12:21.ferocious winds that battered Bridgewater Place in Leeds yesterday
:12:22. > :12:24.have claimed another casualty. Janet Heaton is in hospital with a
:12:25. > :12:29.fractured skull after being swept off her feet at the bottom of the
:12:30. > :12:32.tower. The council closed the roads around Yorkshire's tallest building
:12:33. > :12:36.but allowed pedestrians to use the area. Janet Heaton's family got in
:12:37. > :12:46.touch with Look North to express their concern.
:12:47. > :12:51.Recovering at Leeds General infirmary, Janet still has no memory
:12:52. > :12:55.of what happened on her lunch break yesterday. Her injuries are the
:12:56. > :12:58.result of pedestrians walking past Bridgewater Place on one of the
:12:59. > :13:04.windiest day of the year. Arriving at a hospital, her partner couldn't
:13:05. > :13:11.believe the winter done so much damage. When I saw her, I thought
:13:12. > :13:17.she had been attacked. She was virtually unconscious. But
:13:18. > :13:24.apparently, she was simply swept off her feet by the wind. Look North
:13:25. > :13:28.West should wince breeds of 42 mph and Janet was not the only person
:13:29. > :13:33.injured. Security guards told as they spent most of the day helping
:13:34. > :13:37.people get back on their feet. Having safely walked into her
:13:38. > :13:42.workplace over there, at lunchtime, Janet decided to pop out. She came
:13:43. > :13:48.across this pedestrian crossing and when she got to the foot, was lifted
:13:49. > :13:54.into the air. It dropped down and she knocked ahead of the kerbstone.
:13:55. > :13:59.Almost immediately, security staff came out and started to attend to
:14:00. > :14:03.her. Roads in the area was closed to all traffic yesterday after a doctor
:14:04. > :14:09.was killed by a lorry that was blown on to him as he walked past the
:14:10. > :14:13.tower in 2011. But Rhodes won't close to pedestrians, despite the
:14:14. > :14:17.coroner at his inquest is suggesting they should be. Leeds city council
:14:18. > :14:25.is still considering whether to do that on windy days. To say that it
:14:26. > :14:30.is unsafe cars but safer pedestrians, I don't know what is
:14:31. > :14:38.going on. The council... Somebody else will get killed. Janet could've
:14:39. > :14:41.been killed. That would've been entirely different. Janet is
:14:42. > :14:45.expected to make a full recovery but she has become another victim of
:14:46. > :14:48.what happens when strong winds rushed down the air Valley and into
:14:49. > :14:52.the side of Yorkshire 's tallest building.
:14:53. > :14:55.Over 1,000 students escaped without injury yesterday when the strong
:14:56. > :14:58.winds lifted the roof off an academy school near Doncaster. Luckily, the
:14:59. > :15:11.potentially catastrophic incident took place minutes after the lunch
:15:12. > :15:19.break so all the pupils were inside. Reliving yesterday's drama, Maria
:15:20. > :15:30.Rock, headteacher. I walked upstairs. That is when I heard the
:15:31. > :15:36.most almighty thud and I could see the section of roof flying over the
:15:37. > :15:43.school, landing on this area. A huge stretch of broken roof, torn away
:15:44. > :15:47.and thrown to the ground. 1200 students passed through this area.
:15:48. > :15:53.Luckily, the wind took hold just at the end of lunch break. The vast
:15:54. > :16:08.majority of children were inside. Miraculously, not one injury. The
:16:09. > :16:12.roof was ripped from the building. Shocked teachers, not entirely sure
:16:13. > :16:24.what was happening, moved pupils to the far side of the school. Some of
:16:25. > :16:27.my mates were scared. There was a load of broken glass. 50 pieces of
:16:28. > :16:34.wood in the corridor, I mean the courtyard. Then, we went outside
:16:35. > :16:41.after we had been in the sports hall for an hour and everyone was crying.
:16:42. > :16:46.When you normally evacuate students, you couldn't. You had to
:16:47. > :16:51.work out safe routes through the building. 24 classrooms have been
:16:52. > :16:56.left exposed. The school will remain closed until it is safe and
:16:57. > :16:59.practical for students to return. The structural damage seems a
:17:00. > :17:05.trivial concern, the overriding feeling being relieved.
:17:06. > :17:08.A 37`year`old man has been remanded in custody, charged with the
:17:09. > :17:12.attempted murders of two police officers who were allegedly shot at
:17:13. > :17:15.in Leeds on Wednesday. James Leslie was arrested several hours after PC
:17:16. > :17:19.Suzanne Hudson and PC Richard Whiteley attended an incident in the
:17:20. > :17:24.early hours at a house in the Headingley district. PC Hudson
:17:25. > :17:29.suffered several shotgun wounds and is described as being in a "poorly
:17:30. > :17:33.but stable" condition in hospital. PC Whiteley was not injured. Leslie
:17:34. > :17:38.will appear at Leeds Crown Court later this month.
:17:39. > :17:42.The body of a woman has been found in the River Aire. It was recovered
:17:43. > :17:45.from the water near to Leeds train station yesterday evening. The
:17:46. > :17:47.police are working to confirm her identity and a postmortem
:17:48. > :17:52.examination will be carried out later.
:17:53. > :17:56.Plans for a new sports centre and swimming pool in the High Green area
:17:57. > :18:00.of sheffield have been unveiled today. The council say this is part
:18:01. > :18:04.of their plan to renew and replace ageing sports facilities in the
:18:05. > :18:07.city. It comes after the closure of Stocksbridge Leisure Centre and the
:18:08. > :18:11.decision to demolish the Don Valley Stadium. The new ?7 million centre
:18:12. > :18:18.will be paid for partly by Olympic Legacy money and the council will
:18:19. > :18:22.contribute around ?2 million. But it'll also mean the closure of
:18:23. > :18:26.Chapeltown Baths. In football, we can at least rule
:18:27. > :18:30.one candidate OUT of the running for the vacant post of Sheffield
:18:31. > :18:34.Wednesday manager: Neil Warnock. We told you earlier this week on Look
:18:35. > :18:38.North that Warnock's name was on the short list to replace Dave Jones at
:18:39. > :18:43.Hillsborough. But Warnock has himself pulled out of the race
:18:44. > :18:47.today. He is a Sheffield United fan and accepts that it would be too
:18:48. > :18:50."divisive" to have him in charge of Wednesday. And in case you are
:18:51. > :19:02.wondering, he has not applied for the Barnsley job.
:19:03. > :19:09.The next few days are not looking too bad. Still difficult conditions
:19:10. > :19:14.along the coast, though, and we are about to have all the high tides.
:19:15. > :19:21.Let's take a quick look at a couple of pictures you have sent through.
:19:22. > :19:28.This is from Carl. These are the effects from Scarborough.
:19:29. > :19:33.The second picture has come from Freddie. Again, this is in
:19:34. > :19:43.Scarborough, and the high tide crashing up.
:19:44. > :19:48.It is going to improve. We get into a more settled period of whether
:19:49. > :19:53.thanks to high pressure. The rest of tonight, it will be a cold night and
:19:54. > :19:56.we are looking at patches of rain and possibly sleet and snow which
:19:57. > :20:02.will cause icy stretches the tomorrow morning. This is all thanks
:20:03. > :20:09.to hype pressure building up from the near continent, so over the
:20:10. > :20:13.weekend, much, indeed. Today, we have had cloud generally increasing
:20:14. > :20:21.from the West. Some good spells of sunshine along the coast. We will
:20:22. > :20:23.have outbreaks of rain, drizzle, sleet and possibly snow. Once that
:20:24. > :20:30.plays through, the risk of icy stretches. A frost in place.
:20:31. > :20:40.Temperatures down to freezing or below. Tomorrow morning, the sun
:20:41. > :20:46.will rise at 8:09am. The next high tide in Scarborough is 7am. Watch
:20:47. > :20:51.out for icy stretches if you are heading out and about. On the whole,
:20:52. > :20:56.temperatures are on the rise. A lot of us will be dry but showers
:20:57. > :21:02.feeding through. Temperatures rising, so as we go to tomorrow
:21:03. > :21:09.afternoon, temperatures will reach six degrees along the coast, but
:21:10. > :21:14.inland, seven or eight degrees. Sunday, those temperatures will rise
:21:15. > :21:21.to 11. A quick shout out to Harry Hill will host the festive
:21:22. > :21:24.spectacular at Scarborough spa. Let's go back to Chapeltown in
:21:25. > :21:27.Leeds, where they've gathered to celebrate Nelson Mandela's life.
:21:28. > :21:29.Harry is at the Mandela Centre, where Nelson Mandela came in 2001
:21:30. > :21:45.when he visited Leeds. The Mandela Centre was opened in
:21:46. > :21:53.1984, but memories go back to 2001. There were thousands there. The
:21:54. > :21:57.interviews Yaz as well. But it was the warmth of the reception I know
:21:58. > :22:03.Nelson Mandela remembered and remembered vividly. He was also
:22:04. > :22:04.revered because of his fight against apartheid and there is a Yorkshire
:22:05. > :22:28.connection with that. He was imprisoned more than 8000
:22:29. > :22:32.miles away, but Nelson Mandela inspired support and protest here in
:22:33. > :22:39.Yorkshire for more than 40 years. The first signs of it bubbled up
:22:40. > :22:45.around cricket and South Africa's tour in 1965. Only white athletes
:22:46. > :22:49.could play, and by 1970, thoughts of another talk prompted protest
:22:50. > :22:56.petitions in Leeds. But at that time, it was a merely black protest.
:22:57. > :23:00.By the 1980s, anti`apartheid demonstrations were much more
:23:01. > :23:08.multicultural affairs. Among those queueing for a campaign bus to
:23:09. > :23:11.Westminster was Michael McGowan. He subsequently met Nelson Mandela is a
:23:12. > :23:15.revered figure three times, but when he first started the Yorkshire
:23:16. > :23:21.campaign, attitudes were very different. It was the political and
:23:22. > :23:29.business elite and media who were not supportive. It was the people in
:23:30. > :23:35.South Africa that brought about the changes and those in exile, but a
:23:36. > :23:38.lot of solidarity from this part of the world. Against that opinion,
:23:39. > :23:44.England cricketers who played in South Africa on the so`called rebel
:23:45. > :23:50.tour were controversial figures. Geoff Boycott was vice captain and
:23:51. > :23:57.widely criticised his involvement. By 1985, a trait tour to South
:23:58. > :24:00.Africa prompted a rooftop protest, so toxic has South Africa's
:24:01. > :24:02.reputation become. But there was still a way to five years before
:24:03. > :24:18.celebrations could begin. A long fight was over in the first
:24:19. > :24:22.cricket team allowed back into a rehabilitated South Africa was
:24:23. > :24:32.Yorkshire, captained by Martyn Moxon. It opened everybody's buys. A
:24:33. > :24:38.lot of us didn't really know what a party meant and what it involved, so
:24:39. > :24:42.too are going to the townships and see it first hand was a real
:24:43. > :24:50.eye`opener. Nelson Mandela was an unbelievable man. When Mr Mandela
:24:51. > :24:59.visited Leeds, he had crowned the Yorkshire connection forged over
:25:00. > :25:04.many years. We have spoken on Look North quite a
:25:05. > :25:07.few times to Claude, who is director of Chapeltown Young Peoples Club.
:25:08. > :25:11.People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be
:25:12. > :25:22.taught to love. That was from Nelson Mandela. At the end of the day, love
:25:23. > :25:27.must conquer hate. No matter what happens, you come out to your
:25:28. > :25:33.family, so love can conquer and take you through. Give me an idea of the
:25:34. > :25:36.kind of thing you can do with Nelson Mandela in mind here. You can
:25:37. > :25:45.convince young people that no matter what adversity or pressure you car
:25:46. > :25:53.`` can make it through. This is a testimony to him. We will not let
:25:54. > :25:59.Mandela die in this community. Mandela will last for ever and we
:26:00. > :26:05.will be telling our children and great grandchildren him. We will
:26:06. > :26:10.leave you with somebody who knew Nelson Mandela very well. Doctor
:26:11. > :26:17.Salim Essop was in prison with Mr Mandela on Robben Island for four
:26:18. > :26:19.years. We'll leave you with his very personal recollections of the man he
:26:20. > :26:42.served time with 36 years ago. He was like a father. He was a great
:26:43. > :26:47.talk about also a great listener. He would argue with you, debate with
:26:48. > :26:51.you, and we would talk about all kinds of issues, not only to do with
:26:52. > :27:03.prison life, but most importantly, about politics.
:27:04. > :27:12.He was also very athletic. He did exercises every morning. He had an
:27:13. > :27:16.athlete's body. He was a boxer at one point. He always encouraged us
:27:17. > :27:35.to keep fit, and we all did. Mandela came across to me as a very
:27:36. > :27:41.charismatic person, somebody you could not ignore, somebody who was
:27:42. > :27:47.very accessible and warm.