:00:10. > :00:14.Welcome to Thursday's Look North. On the programme tonight, Leeds City
:00:15. > :00:24.Council wants to shut down three lap dancing clubs. We are talking
:00:25. > :00:27.several hundreds of thousands of pounds. For the ultimate outcome of
:00:28. > :00:34.putting people out of work a fortnight before Christmas.
:00:35. > :00:37.Leeds City Council will be here to explain why they want to close the
:00:38. > :00:39.clubs. Also tonight, Wakefield residents
:00:40. > :00:41.campaign against plans to build a new travellers' site close to their
:00:42. > :00:44.homes. And thirty years after a successful
:00:45. > :00:53.campaign to save it, passenger numbers are booming on one of
:00:54. > :00:55.Yorkshire's famous railways. What are the next few days looking
:00:56. > :01:06.like? Join me later. Good evening. Three lap dancing
:01:07. > :01:09.clubs in Leeds ` which were told they had to close down tomorrow
:01:10. > :01:14.night ` have launched a legal fight back. The council refused to renew
:01:15. > :01:18.their licences after new policy limited the number of clubs in the
:01:19. > :01:21.city centre. The clubs say the decision will cost hundreds of jobs
:01:22. > :01:45.and believe the council is waging a moral crusade against them. Joe
:01:46. > :01:50.Inwood reports. The final decision was that the clubs would have to
:01:51. > :01:57.close in a victory for campaigners. But for people like Laura, and
:01:58. > :02:00.uncertain Christmas. There is the possibility that you only find a job
:02:01. > :02:07.before Christmas. How can you afford Christmas? Will I have to go and
:02:08. > :02:14.jobseeker's allowance? She is not alone. There are claims that
:02:15. > :02:18.hundreds of people will lose their jobs if all here loses his business.
:02:19. > :02:27.He is challenging the decision in the courts. We are talking several
:02:28. > :02:31.hundreds of thousands of pounds for the ultimate outcome of putting a
:02:32. > :02:37.couple of hundred people out of work a fortnight before Christmas, based
:02:38. > :02:47.on, in my opinion, moral viewpoints of a select number of the committee.
:02:48. > :02:51.Under the council plans, three of the cops would close. Leaving the
:02:52. > :02:57.remaining strip clubs in the city on one Small St. And this is it. To
:02:58. > :03:06.strip clubs within 20 yards of each other. Both of them staying open.
:03:07. > :03:13.For people who live and work in the merrier, the concentration in one
:03:14. > :03:17.Small St seems unfair. We are a residential area. We have
:03:18. > :03:21.respectable businesses and don't want to be seen as being
:03:22. > :03:29.incorporated within a strip club quarter. Things are less certain
:03:30. > :03:34.after a judge said that at least one club can stay open whilst it
:03:35. > :03:38.appeals. Two more decisions are expected shortly and a legal battle
:03:39. > :03:43.now looms. It could be costly for both the clubs and the council.
:03:44. > :03:46.Well, we are joined now by Alison Lowe, a Leeds councillor who's been
:03:47. > :03:55.campaigning for these night clubs to close and James Teagle from Blacks
:03:56. > :04:06.Solicitors in Leeds. Is this a moral crusade? No, it is about business
:04:07. > :04:09.and being a child friendly city. We want to generate new businesses that
:04:10. > :04:16.will replace the jobs lost this week. You talk about children.
:04:17. > :04:21.Buildings with sensitive uses, that was one of the reasons for closing
:04:22. > :04:27.these clubs. After 10pm, there are not many children around. But there
:04:28. > :04:31.are lots of workers in the city centre, people who work in the
:04:32. > :04:38.hospital. They deserve to be safe and feel safe. But you are going to
:04:39. > :04:42.move the main traffic that would go to these clubs that would now head
:04:43. > :04:47.to one very small residential street. The council was not moving
:04:48. > :04:54.anything. They are existing businesses. But it will move people
:04:55. > :04:59.there. Surely better to have them in a central thoroughfare. I don't
:05:00. > :05:02.agree. In a central thoroughfare more people are faced with these
:05:03. > :05:10.businesses as they go about their lawful business. The people who will
:05:11. > :05:16.benefit from this are the lawyers, solicitors, and barristers. This
:05:17. > :05:21.will cost a fortune. I wouldn't say they will benefit. What will happen
:05:22. > :05:27.is they should be a quick decision made. Going back to basics, if you
:05:28. > :05:30.are on the receiving end of the decision made by a local authority,
:05:31. > :05:40.if you feel you have been prejudiced, you can appeal to the
:05:41. > :05:45.High Court. There are three clubs that will be affected. They will
:05:46. > :05:52.each have their own teams of legal advisers. Do they have a good case?
:05:53. > :05:59.If it goes to reach this review, that suggests they do. The good news
:06:00. > :06:06.is that the court has a filtering system to get rid of cases that have
:06:07. > :06:10.no merit whatsoever. But if the court feels that there is
:06:11. > :06:14.potentially something in the claim, they would be quite happy to look at
:06:15. > :06:22.the matter in greater detail to work out weather or not the council has
:06:23. > :06:27.followed the correct procedures. Does this have anything to do with
:06:28. > :06:33.the tour to France coming to Leeds next summer? We don't want Leeds
:06:34. > :06:40.shown in anything but the very best light. We are a fabulous, child
:06:41. > :06:45.friendly city. This is one step closer to being the best city we
:06:46. > :06:49.could possibly be. Well you've had a lot to say about this story. The
:06:50. > :06:52.vast majority of comments were in favour of the clubs staying open.
:06:53. > :06:54.Matthew thinks the council is applying a moral judgement on
:06:55. > :06:58.something legal Lisa said they employ people so that's a good
:06:59. > :07:06.thing. They are legal and pay taxes so can't be shut down. Next tonight.
:07:07. > :07:09.Leeds biggest travellers' site could be expanded to accommodate more
:07:10. > :07:12.families if the plans get approval from councillors tonight. But people
:07:13. > :07:15.who already live at Cottingley Springs near Gildersome say smaller
:07:16. > :07:19.sites spread across the city would be better. Meanwhile people living
:07:20. > :07:23.in Durkar near Wakefield say they're furious about proposals to create a
:07:24. > :07:34.new travellers' site close to their homes. Ian White reports. At in
:07:35. > :07:38.force to protest plans for a travellers site on the outskirts of
:07:39. > :07:42.Wakefield. People say they are shocked that a local beauty spot can
:07:43. > :07:48.be an official base for gypsy families. It is a completely
:07:49. > :07:54.unsuitable site. Not even properly serviced. The area floods on a
:07:55. > :08:00.regular basis. It has major problems. Wakefield Council is
:08:01. > :08:04.looking at a number of possible locations like this green belt land
:08:05. > :08:12.near the M1. But there are concerns crime will increase. We are very
:08:13. > :08:15.annoyed. You can leave anything lying around, you have to lock your
:08:16. > :08:21.doors. Even when you're in the house you have to lock your doors. We
:08:22. > :08:26.wanted to be in a lovely, quiet peaceful area, it will be ruined.
:08:27. > :08:30.Gypsies affect the values of properties. I know that is not
:08:31. > :08:37.politically correct. But it is something that every single person
:08:38. > :08:51.he was concerned about. The human soul does this house. `` the view
:08:52. > :08:58.sold us. They will spoil the view for everybody. Nobody from the
:08:59. > :09:06.council would agree to an interview. But they confirmed they were looking
:09:07. > :09:12.at the site. Meanwhile, in Leeds, opposition from travellers
:09:13. > :09:15.themselves to expand this site. People who live nearby say that
:09:16. > :09:25.making this larger without local facilities would be wrong. They want
:09:26. > :09:34.to keep us all in one place. All the gypsies and Irish Travellers, in one
:09:35. > :09:40.plot. Using this same road would increase the traffic by one third.
:09:41. > :09:46.It is an extremely busy road as it is. A decision is due tonight.
:09:47. > :09:53.Residents are stepping up opposition.
:09:54. > :10:05.Later on Look North: Paying tribute to one of the most popular leaders
:10:06. > :10:10.of our time. And we commemorate the life of Nelson Mandela.
:10:11. > :10:12.In other news now, and the Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, met
:10:13. > :10:15.with campaigners who are worried about the future of services at
:10:16. > :10:17.Rotherham Hospital. Local politicians and hospital workers
:10:18. > :10:21.gathered outside the main entrance to discuss their concerns about the
:10:22. > :10:29.Trust, which has to save ?50 million by 2015. At a board meeting next
:10:30. > :10:34.week Trust will outline its plans for services over the next five
:10:35. > :10:39.years. It is sending that message, isn't it? Everyone understands that
:10:40. > :10:44.these are difficult times and we need to make savings. But that does
:10:45. > :10:49.not mean we should break up local services that matter greatly to
:10:50. > :10:52.local people. A ?16 million scheme to dump huge
:10:53. > :10:55.boulders on the beach around Scarborough's spa has been
:10:56. > :10:58.abandoned. Last week a tidal surge caused huge waves and flooding in
:10:59. > :11:02.the town. The Council had wanted to put rock armour along a stretch of
:11:03. > :11:06.the South Bay to bolster the sea defences. But instead they'll now
:11:07. > :11:09.repair the sea wall and stabilise the crumbling cliffs.
:11:10. > :11:15.Police officers in West Yorkshire have released a video to warn of the
:11:16. > :11:18.dangers of drink driving. In it, they speak of the horrific
:11:19. > :11:22.experience of dealing with deaths on the road. Figures have been falling
:11:23. > :11:29.in recent years but they say Christmas is a challenge. The police
:11:30. > :11:32.video shows the dreadful results of drink driving in the county.
:11:33. > :11:35.Officers like Kerry Gibson speak of the trauma of having to tell
:11:36. > :11:43.families they've lost a loved one because of drunken drivers. At the
:11:44. > :11:49.time you take a deep breath and deal with it in a professional way. You
:11:50. > :11:53.have to take a deep breath and try to leave it at work. Then you go
:11:54. > :11:58.home to your family and you just give your children a cuddle and
:11:59. > :12:02.thank God that they are OK. A former director of the Bradford
:12:03. > :12:05.and Bingley has been fined ?30,000 for failing to tell the board about
:12:06. > :12:08.the real state of the bank's finances. The bank was nationalised
:12:09. > :12:11.in 2008 during the credit crunch. The Financial Conduct Authority says
:12:12. > :12:14.Christopher Willford knew its financial outlook might be weaker
:12:15. > :12:18.than expected ` and should have raised it with the board
:12:19. > :12:24.immediately. The authority says the size of the fine reflects the length
:12:25. > :12:27.and timing of the misconduct. A planning application to expand the
:12:28. > :12:31.White Rose shopping centre by a quarter has been approved by Leeds
:12:32. > :12:36.City Council. Supporters say it will create new jobs and help the local
:12:37. > :12:38.economy. But the company behind bradford's long`awaited new Broadway
:12:39. > :12:41.shopping centre had objected to the plans saying it would have a
:12:42. > :12:47."significant adverse impact" on their development. The plans have
:12:48. > :12:51.been approved as long as issues over money for altering the local roads
:12:52. > :12:54.can be agreed. Trading standards and South
:12:55. > :12:57.Yorkshire police are cracking down on counterfeit alcohol, in the run
:12:58. > :13:01.up to Christmas. Hundreds of bottles of fake booze have been seized in
:13:02. > :13:04.Doncaster in the last few months ` often, it contains the same
:13:05. > :13:08.ingredients used to make nail polish and anti`freeze. And the effect on
:13:09. > :13:19.those who drink it, can be extreme. Kate Bradbrook reports. Oliver and
:13:20. > :13:25.Christopher and in their third year at the University of Sheffield. They
:13:26. > :13:34.enjoy a drink, like many students. Last year, during freshers week, it
:13:35. > :13:39.was counterfeit vodka. I thought for the price it was pretty good going.
:13:40. > :13:47.We did one bottle, then all I remember was waking up in the
:13:48. > :13:54.hospital next to a friend. I asked where I was. I didn't know where I
:13:55. > :14:02.was. I had vomit and blood in my hair and face. I could not even work
:14:03. > :14:09.out how to stand up. I could not see. I was shocked with myself.
:14:10. > :14:15.People need to think before they buy. In Doncaster today, police and
:14:16. > :14:23.trading standards attempting to get the message across. Warning students
:14:24. > :14:26.of the dangers of fake alcohol. There is not a big problem with that
:14:27. > :14:30.in Doncaster but we must take effective action at the start to
:14:31. > :14:36.make sure that remains the case. It also sends a message to those who
:14:37. > :14:42.might sell alcohol of a counterfeit nature that we will not accept it
:14:43. > :14:46.and a cracking down. Some of the substances can be found in
:14:47. > :14:53.antifreeze and nail polish remover. Which is the genuine article? It is
:14:54. > :14:57.easy to spot in this case. There are several ways you can tell, this does
:14:58. > :15:02.not have a good quality label. And it does not say where it is
:15:03. > :15:07.manufactured. The third sign, it is not crystal clear. It is this
:15:08. > :15:11.message that trading standards are trying to get across. Oliver and
:15:12. > :15:16.Christopher have no long`lasting effects, but with much of fake
:15:17. > :15:22.alcohol still been sold, others might not so lucky.
:15:23. > :15:25.A special service celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela is being held
:15:26. > :15:28.at Leeds Minister tonight. Mr Mandela, the first black President
:15:29. > :15:33.of South Africa, died last week at the age of 95. He came to Leeds in
:15:34. > :15:36.2001, when huge crowds turned out in Millennium Square to see him being
:15:37. > :15:43.granted the Freedom of the city.Len Tingle is at Leeds Minister, where
:15:44. > :15:47.the service is going on. Len ` Mandela came to Leeds ` so it was
:15:48. > :15:57.appropriate that the city should pay tribute to him? Very much so. What's
:15:58. > :16:02.more, this is a celebration. It is still going on. The tone was set at
:16:03. > :16:16.the beginning. A specially composed him to Nelson Mandela sung in the
:16:17. > :16:19.style of South Africa. `` hymn. The council leader outlined that this
:16:20. > :16:25.was an occasion celebrating the links between the city of Leeds and
:16:26. > :16:31.Nelson Mandela. Not just the 2001 visit and the crowds that turned up,
:16:32. > :16:35.but in the 1970s the University hit the headlines by naming him as
:16:36. > :16:42.president of the University. In an address to the congregation the
:16:43. > :16:46.council leader said, that was very controversial at the time, because
:16:47. > :16:59.the authorities still thought of him as a terrorist. There are many
:17:00. > :17:04.here, but also ordinary people. Who have just come along to pay
:17:05. > :17:10.respects. Before the ceremony started, we had a word with some of
:17:11. > :17:17.them to ask why they had attended. It is an opportunity to give thanks
:17:18. > :17:26.for his life. Everybody wants to continue to be a part of what he
:17:27. > :17:31.stood for. He inspired loads of us when he came to Leeds. I'm here
:17:32. > :17:38.because of what he has done for me. He brought the idea of justice and
:17:39. > :17:42.freedom. He has opened doors for us. It was not for him I would not be
:17:43. > :17:50.here. I would be a product of apartheid. You actually met him 20
:17:51. > :17:56.years ago. What you make of that time?
:17:57. > :18:00.He had an amazing facility for putting you at ease. I was supposed
:18:01. > :18:06.to film him making a speech and interview him after. What happened
:18:07. > :18:10.was, we got lost! We did not arrive until he was sitting down, so he
:18:11. > :18:14.stood back up again and gave another five minutes of the speech,
:18:15. > :18:17.especially for me. I will remember that for ever.
:18:18. > :18:23.Coming up, a journey to Wonderland. To Ripon, the inspiration behind the
:18:24. > :18:28.Lewis Carroll classic novel. And now another work of art.
:18:29. > :18:30.It's 30 years this weekend since plans to close the famous
:18:31. > :18:33.Settle`Carlisle railway were announced by British Rail.
:18:34. > :18:36.Campaigners fought hard to save it and were eventually successful. Now,
:18:37. > :18:42.three decades on, passenger numbers are booming. Is there anything more
:18:43. > :18:49.beautiful than the Settle Carlisle line?It was one of the last great
:18:50. > :18:52.mainlines of the Victorian era. It's just heaven really as it runs
:18:53. > :18:54.through 72 miles of rugged countryside passing Yorkshire's
:18:55. > :19:00.three peaks Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent. There are some great
:19:01. > :19:04.landmarks like the Ribblehead Viaduct which is now a Scheduled
:19:05. > :19:08.Ancient Monument. And Dent station which is the highest mainline
:19:09. > :19:13.station in England. 30 years ago there were just two trains a day and
:19:14. > :19:17.only 90,000 passenger journeys. Today there are 1.2 million journeys
:19:18. > :19:24.each year and it's a key freight route carrying thousands of tonnes
:19:25. > :19:33.of coal and timber. Here's Spencer Stokes. Two of the men who helped
:19:34. > :19:38.save the line. Reunited with sign that was supposed to kill off 72
:19:39. > :19:44.miles of railway. British rail formally announced the closure of
:19:45. > :19:50.the room with framed notices at stations in 1983. John knew it was a
:19:51. > :19:57.death sentence for the railway and joined an uphill battle to save it.
:19:58. > :20:03.How could they propose to close such a magnificent line? It perhaps was
:20:04. > :20:06.not used by many passengers and services were being run down, no
:20:07. > :20:16.freight on the line, so you could see the argument, but it was very
:20:17. > :20:23.sad. Closing the line would have let communities isolated, forced to rely
:20:24. > :20:26.on cars and a patchy bus service. It had happened to hundreds of places
:20:27. > :20:33.before, but locals did not want to be living off another closure. The
:20:34. > :20:39.plight attracted national attention. They were petitions to save the
:20:40. > :20:45.line. They came from constituencies all over the country. Possibly an
:20:46. > :20:48.orchestrated campaign, I don't know, but MPs would have got their ears
:20:49. > :20:55.bent up and down the length of the land. The MP who would have the
:20:56. > :21:01.final say was an arch Thatcherite, but also a railway lover. Michael
:21:02. > :21:07.Taylor agreed to save the line and has since become a regular visitor.
:21:08. > :21:13.`` Michael Portillo. As Conservatives we wanted public
:21:14. > :21:16.services to run efficiently so we wanted to reduce subsidies, but we
:21:17. > :21:18.also had respect of the National Heritage and you it was a
:21:19. > :21:23.remarkable, historic line. Fortunately be brought together. The
:21:24. > :21:30.economic case for closure was weakened WinFast numbers of people
:21:31. > :21:35.began to travel on the line. `` when vast numbers. It was a kind of
:21:36. > :21:38.closing down sale. Then engineers made it clear that they could do the
:21:39. > :21:45.job preparing Victorian structure is much more cheaply than we thought.
:21:46. > :21:48.So the line was thrown a lifeline by a synthetic minister and is now a
:21:49. > :22:01.jewel in the Northern rail's round. `` a sin that it minister. `` a
:22:02. > :22:07.sympathetic minister. Hundreds of people come from all over the world
:22:08. > :22:15.to use this along with the locals. In the foreseeable future it is
:22:16. > :22:22.usually unlikely we will see a notice of closure for the line. It
:22:23. > :22:27.is here to stay now. 30 years on and a mixture of antiquity and
:22:28. > :22:34.modernity. A railway that can celebrate its past secure and
:22:35. > :22:54.knowledge that it has a future. I love it. The Spa Gardens in Ripon
:22:55. > :22:58.aren't particularly well known, but they should be. They've won a green
:22:59. > :23:01.flag award fourteen times in a row. There's a cafe, a bowling green,
:23:02. > :23:03.pitch 'n' putt, and beautiful flowers and now...a unique new
:23:04. > :23:07.sculpture that celebrates Ripon's links with Alice in Wonderland.
:23:08. > :23:09.Cathy Killick's been to see it. It is usually associated with
:23:10. > :23:13.destruction but the chainsaw is here a tool of creation. Michael is
:23:14. > :23:28.transforming tree trunks into a wonderland. We will be able to fit
:23:29. > :23:35.in the mad Hatter. The dormouse has been requested. The Queen of hearts,
:23:36. > :23:43.or a pack of cards maybe? I will have to wait and see! The story was
:23:44. > :23:56.written by Lewis Carroll, a choir boil at the Cathedral just a stones
:23:57. > :24:03.throw from the gardens. `` choirboy. Carvings inside are said to have
:24:04. > :24:06.inspired the story. The link with Lewis Carroll is well known but
:24:07. > :24:11.there is nothing in the gardens to signify that. So we decided it would
:24:12. > :24:19.be a good idea. It is wonderful, very interesting. The illustrations
:24:20. > :24:24.are of a disturbing nature which fascinated children and help make
:24:25. > :24:26.Alice the most popular book in the world at one time. These
:24:27. > :24:33.illustrations are what inspired Michael. As you can see from the
:24:34. > :24:40.Cheshire cat behind me, it is fit to frighten any child! That bracing
:24:41. > :24:46.approach is perhaps what you would expect from a chainsaw sculptor. The
:24:47. > :24:49.children will be allowed to play on it when it's finished, that is... If
:24:50. > :25:12.they dare! This picture was taken this morning.
:25:13. > :25:17.Very pretty. Thank you very much. Kim says, my little boy is a massive
:25:18. > :25:23.fan of Paul. He won't go to bed until he sees the weather report.
:25:24. > :25:31.And he went to school dressed as you, for a day about what the pupils
:25:32. > :25:39.wanted to be when they are older! That is wonderful. Here are another
:25:40. > :25:50.couple of pictures. Lots of mist and low cloud. A beautiful picture.
:25:51. > :26:00.Taking yesterday morning. `` taken. Keep the pictures coming in. The
:26:01. > :26:07.headline for tomorrow, change coming during the second half of December.
:26:08. > :26:27.Starting tomorrow. The Atlantic will assess itself right across the UK.
:26:28. > :26:31.`` asset. `` assert. Severe gales and the risk of heavy rain. Daylight
:26:32. > :26:40.hours over the weekend should dry and sunny, I'll be very windy. Mild
:26:41. > :26:43.today, temperatures nudging double figures. It looks set to be cloudy
:26:44. > :26:52.overnight. Further outbreaks of rain. Frost free, the lowest
:26:53. > :27:00.temperatures coming in at seven or eight Celsius. The sun will rise in
:27:01. > :27:07.the morning at 8:16am. Here are the high water times. Some rain at first
:27:08. > :27:14.on Friday. That will work out of the way. Then the next weather probable
:27:15. > :27:21.spread rain back in from the west. `` weather front will. Milder from
:27:22. > :27:30.the south`west, double figures just about everywhere. The weekend, wet
:27:31. > :27:37.and windy, Saturday night, Sunday should be dry and sunny, but still
:27:38. > :27:40.windy. Another of the that dancing clubs
:27:41. > :27:45.facing closure has been granted a stay of execution by the High Court
:27:46. > :27:48.in London. No date has been set for the appeal. Good night.