:00:00. > :00:00.the north and west. That's all from the BBC news at six.
:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening, welcome to Monday's Look North.
:00:11. > :00:12.On the programme tonight: a new era for electricity generation in
:00:13. > :00:15.Yorkshire. Plans for a ?2 billion clean power station at Drax,
:00:16. > :00:21.creating 2000 jobs with a revolutionary system to stop carbon
:00:22. > :00:24.dioxide polluting the air. You can see this is a breakthrough
:00:25. > :00:28.technology which would transform the UK's energy system, but also the
:00:29. > :00:33.world's. But will it keep the lights on and
:00:34. > :00:37.the bills down? We investigate. Also tonight: Britain's cheapest
:00:38. > :00:41.supermarket. 500 families in Barnsley can buy top class foods at
:00:42. > :00:44.a third of the price on normal shop shelves.
:00:45. > :00:48.Find out what happened when Russell the crow was given the chance to fly
:00:49. > :00:52.back into the wild after being nursed back to health in
:00:53. > :00:55.Huddersfield. We'll be presenting the BBC
:00:56. > :01:01.Yorkshire Sports Unsung Hero Award to the winner.
:01:02. > :01:02.And many of you saw this sunset in Sheffield yesterday. Join me later
:01:03. > :01:20.for the forecast. First tonight: the new era for
:01:21. > :01:25.electricity generated here in Yorkshire. Plans have been announced
:01:26. > :01:28.today for a new power station at Drax, fired by coal but with
:01:29. > :01:32.advanced technology used to remove the harmful carbon dioxide gas. The
:01:33. > :01:35.plant, which will be built on the same Drax site near Selby,will cost
:01:36. > :01:38.?2 billion. It will provide clean electricity to more than 630,000
:01:39. > :01:42.homes. Carbon dioxide will be captured on site and piped to the
:01:43. > :01:59.North Sea. It could also lead to 2,000 jobs.
:02:00. > :02:03.Drax was once one of Europe's's biggest polluters but it is only
:02:04. > :02:07.mission to go green. Some other methods may surprise you. Rather
:02:08. > :02:10.than abandon coal completely, it is investing its potential future.
:02:11. > :02:15.Today the Government announced that it was backing those plans.
:02:16. > :02:21.We're looking forward to developing this storage demonstration plant at
:02:22. > :02:29.Drax but it is part of a longer`term solution. It is all designed along
:02:30. > :02:33.the Humber Valley. We are creating the curb the network to be able to
:02:34. > :02:40.extract that carbon and deliver it to storage offshore.
:02:41. > :02:47.The brand`new coal `fired power station will be using the latest
:02:48. > :02:50.carbon capture technology. Emissions will be sent underground through a
:02:51. > :02:59.tunnel and to the North Sea. Instead of the CO2 going into the
:03:00. > :03:05.atmosphere, 90% of the gas will be tunnelled out of the East Coast and
:03:06. > :03:08.trapped beneath the sea bed. If we can capture the carbon
:03:09. > :03:13.emissions from coal plants and store them safely, then we are not adding
:03:14. > :03:20.to the climate change problem and it gives called a future.
:03:21. > :03:26.But not everyone is convinced. They are false solutions because we
:03:27. > :03:35.know that this will not deliver the reductions that we need to. We need
:03:36. > :03:40.an investment in energy efficiency. And Drax itself is moving away from
:03:41. > :03:45.coal. It has converted half of its generators to burn renewable fuel.
:03:46. > :03:55.This is what all the fuss is about. This is biomass. It is like sawdust
:03:56. > :04:01.squeezed into pellets. Millions has been spent on the project, which
:04:02. > :04:10.uses leftovers from the forestry industry and is sustainable. But are
:04:11. > :04:16.these advances going to cost more? All of the costs are already
:04:17. > :04:23.factored into people's bills. There are no extra costs here.
:04:24. > :04:26.What is for sure is that once it is complete, this will make Drax the
:04:27. > :04:34.biggest renewable generator in Europe.
:04:35. > :04:41.What implications could this have for Yorkshire's Caulfield?
:04:42. > :04:48.As you heard, if this carbon capture technology storage works, it does
:04:49. > :04:56.mean that Cole has a future. That can only be good news for the
:04:57. > :05:03.coalfields. We now know that a lot of energy is generated by coal. Some
:05:04. > :05:13.of that is coming from as far afield as Colombia and Russia. That is
:05:14. > :05:25.because it is expensive. Today I spoke to UK coal. He has set that he
:05:26. > :05:32.welcomes decarbonisation. The company are worried that we need to
:05:33. > :05:37.stop and think. The pipeline that they are talking about which will
:05:38. > :05:45.take the emissions to the North Sea will be built at the specifications
:05:46. > :05:54.much bigger than they first thought. This means that big polluters could
:05:55. > :06:02.tap into the pipeline and this will help them to get rid of their
:06:03. > :06:13.emissions also. That is good news. I am sure it is not the last we will
:06:14. > :06:16.hear of this. A supermarket that's said to be the
:06:17. > :06:19.cheapest in Britain has opened in South Yorkshire today. It's called
:06:20. > :06:22.'Community Shop' and the first store is in Goldthorpe, near Barnsley.
:06:23. > :06:25.It's aimed at low`income households and the shop will be stocked with
:06:26. > :06:29.cut`price food that other stores have thrown out. Shoppers will have
:06:30. > :06:30.to have membership cards, which are only being issued to 500 poor
:06:31. > :06:33.families. Dawn Robinson lost her job three
:06:34. > :06:36.months ago. She is currently unemployed and the weekly
:06:37. > :06:39.supermarket shop eats into her meagre income. Community Shop's
:06:40. > :06:44.arrival in Goldthorpe is helping her get by at an expensive time of year.
:06:45. > :06:47.When it comes to Christmas and pantomimes and things like that, and
:06:48. > :06:53.the children want to go on trips, that money has to come out of that
:06:54. > :06:57.?70 a week, so it's a tight budget. And the kids have to live on beans
:06:58. > :07:01.on toast for the rest of the week. With these prices, they can still
:07:02. > :07:07.eat fruit and have proper meals every day and go on the pantomime
:07:08. > :07:10.trip too. Community Shop will buy heavily
:07:11. > :07:17.discounted goods that the big retailers normally have to pay to
:07:18. > :07:24.dump. The food is in`date, but might be discontinued or labelled up
:07:25. > :07:27.wrongly. So food that would have ended up rotting in a landfill site
:07:28. > :07:37.is now being bought by Community Shop's 500 new customers at around a
:07:38. > :07:43.third of the original cost. These chocolate is art in`date, but
:07:44. > :07:45.supermarkets do not want to sell them any more. These yoghurts simply
:07:46. > :07:58.have a printing error. Each customer is a member of the
:07:59. > :08:03.shop, allowed to join because they are struggling financially.
:08:04. > :08:07.This is a very proud community, but one that has found life very tough,
:08:08. > :08:11.really since the pit closures. For instance, we have some young mums
:08:12. > :08:14.holding down two jobs. That's really tough, juggling childcare and work
:08:15. > :08:35.and still not breaking above the poverty line. Products will change
:08:36. > :08:40.every week. I would not have imagined they would sell things like
:08:41. > :08:42.this. Community Shop want to open 20
:08:43. > :08:57.stores nationwide, all providing cheap, quality food in deprived
:08:58. > :09:00.towns. That is a brilliant idea. Later on Look North: the allotment
:09:01. > :09:10.holders threatening legal action against the council's planned rent
:09:11. > :09:14.increases. A woman's in hospital with serious
:09:15. > :09:17.dog bite injuries after police were called to a property in Leeds. One
:09:18. > :09:24.dog was captured and another removed from the house in Osmondthorpe. Joe
:09:25. > :09:28.Inwood reports. It was just after 220 this afternoon
:09:29. > :09:33.that police were brought to this property in Leeds. Reports of a
:09:34. > :09:45.woman being attacked by her own dogs. I spoke to the neighbourhood
:09:46. > :09:50.maybe 999: . `` need the 999 call. She is still pretty shaken up. She
:09:51. > :09:54.said the police arrived quickly. Some of the police had guns. They
:09:55. > :10:01.were tackling the dock at the back of the property and one was at the
:10:02. > :10:10.front. I would not have them in my house.
:10:11. > :10:17.They are vicious animals. I am horrified that someone was attacked.
:10:18. > :10:27.The woman is 27 years old and is called Emma. The dog bite injuries
:10:28. > :10:37.are serious. Teachers have been protesting
:10:38. > :10:44.outside this special school. The effectiveness of the school was
:10:45. > :10:50.found to be inadequate and trade unions feel there will be
:10:51. > :10:55.redundancies at the school. I have worked here for several years
:10:56. > :10:56.and it is a fantastic school. The staff are fantastic and it would be
:10:57. > :11:17.a tragedy if it was closed. One of the stations for the new
:11:18. > :11:21.Crossrail project in London is being built at a factory near Worksop.
:11:22. > :11:24.Work is currently under way in the capital, building the new rail
:11:25. > :11:27.transport system at a cost of ?14.8 billion. It'll have 38 stations and
:11:28. > :11:31.link up Heathrow, the West End, City and Docklands. Large sections of one
:11:32. > :11:34.station will be built at Laing O'Rourke's factory in Steetley then
:11:35. > :11:37.transported more than 130 miles to East London and assembled on site.
:11:38. > :11:43.Of the ?14.8 billion that's been spent to build Crossrail, some 97%
:11:44. > :11:47.of it is with UK industries. We're very keen to see other parts of the
:11:48. > :11:51.UK getting the benefit from that work. That will also be very
:11:52. > :11:58.important for us when we come to build HS2.
:11:59. > :12:02.Rail journey times between Sheffield and London have been cut from this
:12:03. > :12:05.morning. The track has been improved so that trains can go faster. It's
:12:06. > :12:08.cost ?70 million. And it will cut seven minutes off the average
:12:09. > :12:15.journey time. The quickest train now takes two hours.
:12:16. > :12:18.A school that lost part of its roof in Doncaster in high winds last week
:12:19. > :12:21.remained closed today. The Head of Hayfield School in Auckley says
:12:22. > :12:25.further assessments were due to take place today to identify the extent
:12:26. > :12:28.of the damage. The school will stay closed for Years seven, eight, nine
:12:29. > :12:32.and ten all week. But it's hoped parts of the site for Years 11, 12
:12:33. > :12:34.and 13 will open from Wednesday. Campaigners against Sea Defences
:12:35. > :12:37.near Scarborough's Spa Complex say they still don't want them after
:12:38. > :12:40.Thursday's tidal surge. Cafes, pubs and shops were flooded in
:12:41. > :12:43.Scarborough and Whitby after gale force winds and a spring tide
:12:44. > :12:47.combined to create huge waves. The Borough Council wants to put rock
:12:48. > :12:50.armour along a stretch of the South Bay to bolster defences. It says the
:12:51. > :13:08.current sea wall there is deteriorating.
:13:09. > :13:11.A group of allotment holders in Leeds have started legal action
:13:12. > :13:13.against the council over planned increases to their rent. The Leeds
:13:14. > :13:16.and District Allotment Gardeners' Federation operates allotments
:13:17. > :13:19.across the city with members also providing produce to local charities
:13:20. > :13:22.for free. The council says it will defend any legal action.
:13:23. > :13:25.Michaela is 74. For the past 14 years, she's been growing her own
:13:26. > :13:29.organic vegetables on this plot in Gledhow, in Leeds. But over the next
:13:30. > :13:35.three years, her rent will almost double.
:13:36. > :13:39.I do feel angry because if the rents go up I might have to think
:13:40. > :13:45.seriously about giving up my piece of the allotment.
:13:46. > :13:53.Right now, allotment owners across Leeds with a full plot will pay
:13:54. > :13:56.?38.50 a year. In 2014 that will rise to ?58 a year. By 2016, that
:13:57. > :14:07.will increase to ?72. The City Council says it needs to
:14:08. > :14:10.put up the rent because of budget cuts imposed by the Government. But
:14:11. > :14:14.the allotment owners are planning to take their fight to the High Court.
:14:15. > :14:22.One of our members said last week: "I'm doing this for pennies. I'm on
:14:23. > :14:25.benefits. I can't afford for the rents to go up." You've also got
:14:26. > :14:28.people who legitimately cannot afford the rise because of other
:14:29. > :14:38.commitments, for instance we have people on this site with young
:14:39. > :14:42.families. Leeds City Council have told us they are disappointed by
:14:43. > :14:45.this action and argued that there is no merit in taking this action and
:14:46. > :15:04.it is likely to cost the public purse. The council says the increase
:15:05. > :15:08.in rents is modest, but lawyers have put in an application for a judicial
:15:09. > :15:11.review in the High Court, though the allotment owners say they would
:15:12. > :15:16.still like to negotiate with the council and try to avoid a legal
:15:17. > :15:19.battle. Still to come: we find out who's won
:15:20. > :15:29.the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
:15:30. > :15:43.Sport now: only our Championship teams were in league action because
:15:44. > :15:44.of second round FA Cup fixtures. We start our round`up at Elland Road,
:15:45. > :15:54.for what was a thrilling match. Leeds may have thought it wasn't
:15:55. > :15:57.their day, finding themselves 2`0 down at half`time against Watford.
:15:58. > :16:01.But Elland Road came to life thanks to goals from Danny Pugh and Matt
:16:02. > :16:03.Smith. Ross McCormack made it 3`2 to Leeds, but Watford equalised in the
:16:04. > :16:16.dying minutes and it finished 3`3. Huddersfield striker James Vaughan
:16:17. > :16:19.should've given his team the lead against Ipswich twice. Danny Wood
:16:20. > :16:22.put the Terriers one`up and Adam Hamill came close to making it two.
:16:23. > :16:31.But Ipswich scored twice to claim all three points.
:16:32. > :16:36.Doncaster Rovers slipped closer to the relegation zone. Bongani Khumalo
:16:37. > :16:41.came close for Donny but Bolton finished up 3`0 winners.
:16:42. > :16:46.A single goal was enough to give Nottingham Forest a win at Sheffield
:16:47. > :16:49.Wednesday. The Owls remain joint`bottom. Caretaker manager
:16:50. > :16:55.Stuart Gray is expected to remain in charge for their next game.
:16:56. > :16:57.Barnsley should still have caretaker boss, Mickey Mellon, in charge at
:16:58. > :17:01.the weekend. Table`toppers Burnley took the lead. The Tykes nearly
:17:02. > :17:02.snatched a point but Tomasz Cywka's free kick was saved. Barnsley prop
:17:03. > :17:20.up the Championship table. Meanwhile in the FA Cup, Sheffield
:17:21. > :17:23.United overcame a potential banana skin at non`league Cambridge United
:17:24. > :17:26.yesterday. An early goal was what they needed and they got it when
:17:27. > :17:31.Jose Baxter turned in Ryan Flynn's cross. The game was settled by a
:17:32. > :17:37.fine solo effort in the second half from Jamie Murphy. He cut inside the
:17:38. > :17:39.Cambridge defence and found the perfect finish to complete a 2`0
:17:40. > :17:50.victory. That meant Sheffield United were our
:17:51. > :17:53.only lower league side in the draw for the third round and they've been
:17:54. > :17:57.rewarded with a trip to Premier League Aston Villa. Our Championship
:17:58. > :18:03.sides are also in there but none have drawn top`flight opposition.
:18:04. > :18:08.Now for a Yorkshireman who's on top of the world. Sheffield's Nick
:18:09. > :18:11.Matthew is once again ranked number one in squash after victory in the
:18:12. > :18:14.Hong Kong Open yesterday. Matthew first topped the world rankings in
:18:15. > :18:28.2010 and has now won 27 career titles.
:18:29. > :18:34.Next Sunday the BBC will host the BBC personality of the year.
:18:35. > :18:39.Now we have a very special presentation to make on tonight's
:18:40. > :18:42.programme to a man who's gone beyond the call of duty to put his sport
:18:43. > :18:46.firmly on the map. Ian Watson from Castleford knew he
:18:47. > :18:49.was in the running for the BBC Yorkshire Sports Unsung Hero Award,
:18:50. > :18:53.but tonight we've got some good news for him: his tireless work at the
:18:54. > :19:05.City of Leeds Synchronised Swimming Club has won him the award.
:19:06. > :19:09.For 28 years, Ian Watson has been helping budding synchronised
:19:10. > :19:12.swimmers in Yorkshire. He taught himself the techniques and created
:19:13. > :19:17.an amateur swimming club at Kippax Pool. He now volunteers six days a
:19:18. > :19:20.week six days a week and is Chair of two clubs in Leeds. He's also
:19:21. > :19:25.developed the city's Synchronised Swimming Club, where the most
:19:26. > :19:28.promising young people can flourish. Ian Watson is a man who is dedicated
:19:29. > :19:32.to what he does. When he was suffering with cancer,
:19:33. > :19:35.he still tried to come to training as much as possible. When he
:19:36. > :19:39.couldn't drive, he got on public transport to make sure that he came
:19:40. > :19:41.to the sessions still. He works tirelessly in volunteering, being
:19:42. > :19:44.part of committees to facilitate synchronised swimming in this area.
:19:45. > :19:48.I really think that without Ian and his vision, synchronised swimming
:19:49. > :19:50.would not be where it is today in the North.
:19:51. > :19:54.Ian has helped hundreds of people to learn the art and even financed
:19:55. > :19:57.equipment at the club at his own expense.
:19:58. > :20:01.I'm not out to produce a champion, I just want to produce the best that
:20:02. > :20:04.the swimmer can be, irrespective of whether it is somebody who doesn't
:20:05. > :20:07.get anywhere but enjoys it or somebody who gets an Olympic gold
:20:08. > :20:13.medal. It doesn't make any difference to me.
:20:14. > :20:16.Those he has helped say he is the best coach ever.
:20:17. > :20:18.He doesn't tell you off if you do something wrong.
:20:19. > :20:20.He's always helping us improve and he's always really friendly to us.
:20:21. > :20:34.He likes to have a laugh! Ian is a man admired and respected
:20:35. > :20:35.by those he works with and a man much loved by his sporting
:20:36. > :20:49.community. We have actually invited Ian into
:20:50. > :21:05.the studio tonight. We would like to give you this very special alert and
:21:06. > :21:09.say congratulations! Now that we have sprung a surprise on you, how
:21:10. > :21:16.does it feel? I am honoured to have received such
:21:17. > :21:19.an award. We saw in the film that you
:21:20. > :21:28.volunteer six days a week and you have paid for equipment and stop
:21:29. > :21:31.what keeps you doing this? Just to see the children develop to
:21:32. > :21:38.the best of their abilities. To see them enjoy the sport and some have
:21:39. > :21:42.Olympic potential. You spent a long time and were
:21:43. > :21:54.critically ill in hospital. To devote all this time to this sport,
:21:55. > :22:06.Friday June want to do that? `` why did you want to do that?
:22:07. > :22:15.It gave me something to do of an evening and it kept me going.
:22:16. > :22:19.What kind of teacher is he? He is really good. He does not just
:22:20. > :22:30.tell you what to do, but he has a sense of humour!
:22:31. > :22:36.What does even's what mean to those who take part in synchronised
:22:37. > :22:41.swimming? I have seen a massive change in my
:22:42. > :22:48.daughter. She used to dance and then Ian spotted her potential at the
:22:49. > :22:55.swimming pool. And now she is a synchronised swimmer. But he always
:22:56. > :23:03.endeavours to develop every child who is there. He gives them
:23:04. > :23:11.confidence and nurtures them. Thank you very much. You had better get a
:23:12. > :23:35.taxi to! `` a tuxedo. When the producer rang me this
:23:36. > :23:38.morning and mentioned that my story involved Russell Crowe, you can
:23:39. > :23:41.imagine how excited I was. But as more details were revealed, it
:23:42. > :23:45.became clear I wasn't going to film the Hollywood A`lister, I was going
:23:46. > :23:58.to film Russell the crow, here in Huddersfield!
:23:59. > :24:03.And this bird's story is nearly as dramatic anything his film star
:24:04. > :24:06.namesake has starred in. He was found badly injured in the road last
:24:07. > :24:10.year. Luckily, those who discovered him were students from an animal
:24:11. > :24:15.care centre. They took him in, named him Russell and he has spent the
:24:16. > :24:18.last 12 months in rehabilitation. He was a little fledgling so he
:24:19. > :24:23.couldn't feed himself, he had broken wing feathers and I knew that if we
:24:24. > :24:26.rescued him, we'd have to keep him a whole year. His flight feathers came
:24:27. > :24:28.back in nicely but he developed cataracts in his eyes, so I couldn't
:24:29. > :24:41.release him. The team here have cared for Russell
:24:42. > :24:45.but pushed themselves not to get too attached, knowing he was destined to
:24:46. > :24:49.go back into the wild. Trying to get hold of Russell to check that he is
:24:50. > :24:53.fit enough to fly is a difficult task!
:24:54. > :25:15.MUSIC: "Fly Away" ` Lenny Kravitz. So then the moment of truth. The
:25:16. > :25:26.aviary was opened, but would Russell fly to freedom?
:25:27. > :25:32.Russell the crow rose to the occasion and the staff here will be
:25:33. > :25:42.hoping his story has a Hollywood ending.
:25:43. > :25:54.I am sure it will have a happy ending. From one bird brain to the
:25:55. > :25:55.weather forecast. Look at these magnificent
:25:56. > :26:31.photographs. A fairly quiet spell of weather is
:26:32. > :26:37.upon us. Some cloudy intervals. On Wednesday we will see some subtle
:26:38. > :26:45.changes. The cloud will reluctantly clear. A little bit of sunshine
:26:46. > :26:50.might come through. Overnight it will be dry with variable cloud,
:26:51. > :27:07.perhaps even a touch of ground frost. The sun will rise in the
:27:08. > :27:12.morning at 8:12am. Tomorrow will be a dry day. A south`westerly breeze
:27:13. > :27:38.should help to break up the cloud. Some mist and fog first thing on
:27:39. > :27:40.Thursday morning. That will clear. There is a risk of rain on Thursday
:27:41. > :27:42.night into Friday.