:00:00. > :00:09.arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all
:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to Monday's Look North. On the programme
:00:14. > :00:17.tonight: Fighting for the right to die. The paralysed man from Leeds at
:00:18. > :00:25.Britain's highest court in the land, demanding the right for a doctor to
:00:26. > :00:27.end his life. We'll have the latest from the Supreme Court on Paul
:00:28. > :00:32.Lamb's case. Also tonight: The last of the movie
:00:33. > :00:35.hellraisers. We trace the Yorkshire roots of Hollywood legend Peter
:00:36. > :00:39.O'Toole, who died at the weekend. And find out how a host of heroes
:00:40. > :00:43.saved the life of this South Yorkshire miner after an accident a
:00:44. > :00:49.mile underground. And she may not have won, but Hannah
:00:50. > :00:52.Cockroft stole the show. We'll have all the highlights from last night's
:00:53. > :01:00.Sports Personality of the Year Awards in Leeds.
:01:01. > :01:04.There was a bit of sunshine. But what about the weekend forecast?
:01:05. > :01:13.Join me for that later in the programme.
:01:14. > :01:18.But first tonight, a man from Leeds, who wants to change the law and make
:01:19. > :01:22.it legal for a doctor to help end his life, has taken his case to the
:01:23. > :01:25.highest court in the land. Paul Lamb, who was severely paralysed in
:01:26. > :01:28.a road accident, wants the Supreme Court to rule that disabled people
:01:29. > :01:32.should have the right to be helped to die with dignity. Spencer Stokes
:01:33. > :01:42.has been inside the court in London today. He joins us now. Spencer,
:01:43. > :01:48.what's happened today? Paul Lamb was in London today, aiming to continue
:01:49. > :01:52.his legal fight to change the law on assisted suicide. He wants doctors
:01:53. > :01:59.to help patients and their lives if the patient feels that life is no
:02:00. > :02:01.longer worth living. That is incredibly controversial and
:02:02. > :02:08.something that has already been rejected by the Court of Appeal, but
:02:09. > :02:13.the final decision of that rests with the Supreme Court. Paul Lamb
:02:14. > :02:17.travelled down from Leeds yesterday. I'm not up with him this morning and
:02:18. > :02:25.he explain to me that many people have been getting in touch with him.
:02:26. > :02:31.Since I took this case on, I have had letters, e`mails from so many
:02:32. > :02:38.people who have said their partner or friend would still be alive now
:02:39. > :02:42.if this law was in place because a lot of people have actually ended up
:02:43. > :02:47.taking their lives because they do want to wait where they are in a
:02:48. > :02:54.position where they can't take their own lives. Perl is not the first
:02:55. > :03:02.person from Yorkshire to challenge the law on assisted suicide. In
:03:03. > :03:05.2009, Debbie Purdy made legal history after forcing clarification
:03:06. > :03:11.on whether her husband would be prosecuted for helping her to die.
:03:12. > :03:17.Paul's legal case goes a step further in the want a doctor to
:03:18. > :03:24.assist him. He took up the challenge previously mounted by Tony Nick
:03:25. > :03:28.Levenson. That case has already been rejected by the Court of Appeal and
:03:29. > :03:35.today, the legal journey, involving Tony and Paul, reached the Supreme
:03:36. > :03:41.Court. Paralysed from the neck down following a car crash in 1990, Paul
:03:42. > :03:44.Lamb suffers with chronic pain. He has described his life as a
:03:45. > :03:49.monotonous existence and has spent much of last year in bed with carers
:03:50. > :03:56.on hand 24 hours a day, providing the drugs he needs to treat his
:03:57. > :03:59.pain. I cannot respect anybody who would willingly want me to go
:04:00. > :04:07.through more pain and suffering than I can enjoy. If the time comes, and
:04:08. > :04:17.it is getting harder as I am getting older, I will know. And I want that
:04:18. > :04:21.respect. Earlier this year, three appeal Court judges rejected his bid
:04:22. > :04:26.to change the law. Today he came to the Supreme Court, the highest in
:04:27. > :04:31.England and Wales. At his side, Jane, whose husband Tony had been
:04:32. > :04:38.campaigning for assisted suicide up until his death in 2012. If the
:04:39. > :04:43.court were to rule in his favour, in the future, a doctor would be able
:04:44. > :04:46.to help a patient take their life or provided machine that would
:04:47. > :04:55.administer a drug or drink that would also bring about the death of
:04:56. > :05:02.patient. Do people have a right to end their lives? And to do so with
:05:03. > :05:07.dignity? In court, the arguments in favour were set up by Paul Lamb's
:05:08. > :05:11.lawyers, who are seeking to reassure the nine judges for every single
:05:12. > :05:19.case would still be subject to legal proceedings. If Parliament were to
:05:20. > :05:26.legislate, the law would be available to everybody, but the way
:05:27. > :05:32.we are suggesting it is a much safer process because the courts would tap
:05:33. > :05:36.to consider each case and decide on it. Arguments and counter arguments
:05:37. > :05:41.will be considered for four days. Any change to the law would be
:05:42. > :05:51.highly significant but Paul says, adding human level, it would give
:05:52. > :05:56.him peace mind. What happens next? There are nine judges involved in
:05:57. > :06:02.this case rather than the usual five, so that shows how seriously
:06:03. > :06:08.this has been taken and demonstrates that a depth and breadth of legal
:06:09. > :06:11.knowledge is needed before any decision is reached. The court will
:06:12. > :06:15.sit for four days and we are expecting a decision early next
:06:16. > :06:19.year, perhaps eight or ten weeks from now.
:06:20. > :06:22.He's one of the last of the generation of actors who could
:06:23. > :06:27.rightly call themselves hellraisers. Peter O'Toole, who grew up in Leeds,
:06:28. > :06:31.died at the weekend, aged 81. He shot to fame as the star of Lawrence
:06:32. > :06:34.of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Oscar. Charlotte
:06:35. > :06:48.Leeming looks back at his Yorkshire roots.
:06:49. > :06:54.It was the role that made him an overnight star. In 1962, Peter
:06:55. > :07:02.O'Toole was cast as the lead in Lawrence of Arabia. This unknown
:07:03. > :07:08.actor had become part of Hollywood history. Peter O'Toole was born in
:07:09. > :07:13.1932. It's not known whether his birthplace was Ireland all leads.
:07:14. > :07:23.But we definitely know his upbringing was here in Leeds. He was
:07:24. > :07:28.part of an Irish expat community here. He went to the local Catholic
:07:29. > :07:33.primary school, but at the age of 15, he renounced religion and got
:07:34. > :07:39.into all sorts of scrapes and fights on the streets of Leeds. He was an
:07:40. > :07:43.amazingly brave and generous man and took me to where he was brought up,
:07:44. > :07:50.in the back streets of Leeds, when we were on tour. He showed me when
:07:51. > :07:56.he learned to play rugby and fight. His working life began at the
:07:57. > :08:01.Yorkshire evening news. The paper 's editor told him, you will never make
:08:02. > :08:05.a reporter. It was then he switched to drama. He had charisma and star
:08:06. > :08:15.quality and shone through the screen. It was luminous, it
:08:16. > :08:19.incandescent, in century. Off`screen, he was known as a
:08:20. > :08:24.hell`raiser, one of a generation of hard drinking stars who gloried in
:08:25. > :08:30.their wild exploits. He was nominated for an Oscar eight times,
:08:31. > :08:35.but it wasn't until 2003 that he collected an honorary Academy award.
:08:36. > :08:44.You have given me this delightful shock! Good night and God bless you.
:08:45. > :08:50.This Leeds lad from humble beginnings was now an international
:08:51. > :08:54.superstar. He said he bid the profession a dry eyed and profoundly
:08:55. > :08:58.grateful farewell last year. Later on Look North: Showing they
:08:59. > :09:05.care. We go behind the scenes at a dedicated dementia support centre in
:09:06. > :09:08.South Yorkshire. Some other news from around
:09:09. > :09:12.Yorkshire now and police searching for a sex offender who went missing
:09:13. > :09:16.in West Yorkshire have arrested a 46`year`old man on suspicion of his
:09:17. > :09:22.murder. These CCTV images show the last known sighting of 46`year`old
:09:23. > :09:25.Robert Hind on the right. He vanished from Dewsbury last
:09:26. > :09:30.Wednesday. Police this afternoon found suspected human remains in the
:09:31. > :09:32.River Colne in Milnsbridge. There's a warning that a North
:09:33. > :09:36.Yorkshire power station could CLOSE because of a lack of Government
:09:37. > :09:39.support. Ministers have said they're unlikely to give Eggborough the
:09:40. > :09:44.money that's needed to convert it from burning coal to green energy.
:09:45. > :09:47.MP for Selby and Ainsty Nigel Adams says he's been working with both
:09:48. > :09:57.Drax and Eggborough on their biomass plans and this is a real blow to
:09:58. > :10:03.Eggborough. I have been working with Edinburgh for over a year on this
:10:04. > :10:08.project and I don't want to see a ?750 million project go to waste, so
:10:09. > :10:09.I will be rattling a lot of cages in government to ensure this project
:10:10. > :10:12.goes ahead. Businesses in Sheffield's Lower Don
:10:13. > :10:15.Valley have voted in favour of contributing towards the cost of a
:10:16. > :10:18.flood defence programme. Thousands of homes and businesses in the area
:10:19. > :10:22.were severely damaged by flooding six years ago. An ?8 million scheme
:10:23. > :10:28.has been designed to stop it happening again. 89 companies voted
:10:29. > :10:33.in a ballot with 73 in favour. They'll be asked to contribute ?1.4
:10:34. > :10:36.million towards the scheme. Train operator East Coast is
:10:37. > :10:41.freezing more than half of its fares to and from London from two January.
:10:42. > :10:44.The company says the move is a commercial decision to try and
:10:45. > :10:48.encourage more passengers. As well as fares to and from London, East
:10:49. > :10:53.Coast is also freezing fares on 43% of ALL journeys made. There will be
:10:54. > :10:57.an overall increase in fares of just over 1%, but the company says the
:10:58. > :11:10.freeze means there's actually a cut in the cost of a rail ticket. Times
:11:11. > :11:14.are tough. While the economy is recovering, businesses and
:11:15. > :11:18.individuals are struggling. We would help to make ourselves more
:11:19. > :11:21.attractive relative to our competitors. We thinks it's
:11:22. > :11:24.commercially right for our business, too.
:11:25. > :11:27.Now to a man who owes his life to his workmates, air ambulance
:11:28. > :11:29.paramedics and doctors after a horrific mining accident. Richard
:11:30. > :11:33.Hodgkinson was just 20 minutes away from finishing his shift at Hatfield
:11:34. > :11:38.Colliery when he suffered injuries so severe he had to have nine major
:11:39. > :11:42.operations. He was hit by a high`pressure hydraulic hose at the
:11:43. > :11:46.coalface a mile underground. We'll talk to Richard in a moment, but
:11:47. > :11:53.first, let's take a look at what happened.
:11:54. > :12:01.Mine are Richard Hodgkinson was hit by a high`pressure hose which
:12:02. > :12:05.fractured 3000 feet underground. Richard was one of the most
:12:06. > :12:13.critically injured patients for a paramedic. When he was brought up,
:12:14. > :12:18.he genuinely looked like a dead man. He was critically ill in fighting
:12:19. > :12:22.for his life. I looked at him and looked in his eyes, and for that
:12:23. > :12:34.split second, I could tell he was a man pleading. But against the odds,
:12:35. > :12:37.and after weeks in intensive care, Richard is finally allowed home.
:12:38. > :12:42.Richard joins us now with Dave Appleby, who was one of the
:12:43. > :12:50.paramedics on duty that day. Richard, you're incredibly lucky to
:12:51. > :12:55.be alive. I know is the first time you've seen that film. How do you
:12:56. > :13:06.feel when you watch that? It's very difficult to describe. Shock. What
:13:07. > :13:13.about me? It's unbelievable. Can you actually remember what happened that
:13:14. > :13:20.day? I can remember everything. Once I reached accident and emergency,
:13:21. > :13:33.nothing. I was away for three weeks. Tell me about the hose itself. It
:13:34. > :13:41.was roughly about 2`3 inch diameter hose and it just burst. It whipped
:13:42. > :13:48.across and cut inside me. It hit me on the chest, took a chunk out of my
:13:49. > :14:00.arm. We have got shots of you. This is terrible. This hydraulic hose is
:14:01. > :14:08.used to lifting 20 tonnes of weight. This hits the main supports on the
:14:09. > :14:14.coalface. One of the paramedics described you as a dead man with his
:14:15. > :14:22.eyes open. I am shocked to hear that! Dave, you are a professional
:14:23. > :14:28.and used to covering bad injuries. This must've been the most severe
:14:29. > :14:32.challenges of your career. It was. He had two or three separate
:14:33. > :14:41.injuries, each one of them could have killed him. So what do you do?
:14:42. > :14:44.You stabilise him as best you can. Someone as critically injured as he
:14:45. > :14:51.was needs to be in the hospital with the major trauma unit who can assess
:14:52. > :14:58.him and get down to the surgeons. As paramedics, we need to get there
:14:59. > :15:02.quickly, do the best stabilise and trying get him recovered if we can,
:15:03. > :15:12.but in Richard 's case, it was a case of keeping him alive. It was a
:15:13. > :15:16.ten minute flight which, realistically, could have taken the
:15:17. > :15:28.best part of an hour. So he could have been dead? Yes. He could have
:15:29. > :15:33.easily not made it. ?10,000 a day to keep the air ambulance up there.
:15:34. > :15:38.Every penny well spent, and you are doing your bit? Yes, my brother
:15:39. > :15:45.organised a charity event after being released from hospital. But
:15:46. > :15:59.you don't like flying? Absolutely petrified! At the end of the day,
:16:00. > :16:10.these boys here... These boys put a big chunk into saving my life. Let
:16:11. > :16:13.me shake your hand. Well done. And you can see Richard's story on
:16:14. > :16:17.Helicopter Heroes tomorrow 11:30am on BBC One.
:16:18. > :16:20.Barnsley's first dedicated dementia support centre opened today, which
:16:21. > :16:26.means that people with the illness and their carers can access support
:16:27. > :16:30.and activities from one place. The centre was funded by an appeal which
:16:31. > :16:34.saw ?36,000 raised in just eight months. It will also open between
:16:35. > :16:46.Christmas and the New Year, a time that can be lonely for many.
:16:47. > :16:50.After 50 years of marriage, Sandra is no longer just Jim's wife but his
:16:51. > :17:00.full`time carer. He has vascular dementia. It was a local charity
:17:01. > :17:10.that came to the rescue. The charity saved our marriage and our
:17:11. > :17:24.relationship and turned around. They are a marvellous team. Dancing,
:17:25. > :17:38.dominoes, drawing. Everything to occupy the mind. And everybody gets
:17:39. > :17:43.on well. The charity achieved a long`held ambition, to open their
:17:44. > :17:47.own centre in the town. Now they can offer all their support under one
:17:48. > :17:57.roof. They have helped hundreds of couples, not only Sandra and Jim,
:17:58. > :18:04.but Les and Pamela, too. There is nothing like this in one place. It's
:18:05. > :18:11.the concept of it. There's so much for me, as a carer, and for my
:18:12. > :18:15.husband. It's absolutely bless. If you are caring for someone who has
:18:16. > :18:20.cancer, you can talk to them and asked them what they want and get
:18:21. > :18:27.their input. With a person with dementia, you take on responsibility
:18:28. > :18:32.for them 100%. A conversation might seem a simple manifesto, but for
:18:33. > :18:38.people with dementia, they are often what matters most. Everyone has a
:18:39. > :18:44.personal journey, but the charity are determined to demonstrate no one
:18:45. > :18:47.needs to undertake alone. Before seven o'clock: We'll have a
:18:48. > :18:50.full football round`up, with Sheffield Wednesday's stand`in boss
:18:51. > :18:55.making a big claim for the job full`time.
:18:56. > :18:59.And there was sport and a lot of personalities. We look back on the
:19:00. > :19:13.night one of the biggest events in British sport came to Leeds.
:19:14. > :19:16.Now for the sport, here's Tanya. Milan Mandaric said, before the
:19:17. > :19:19.weekend, the ideal situation would be that Stuart Gray proved he was
:19:20. > :19:23.the right man to be the Sheffield Wednesday manager through results.
:19:24. > :19:27.Well, he steered them to their first away win at the weekend and they're
:19:28. > :19:36.now a point from safety in the Championship.
:19:37. > :19:42.A moment of brilliance was enough to give Sheffield Wednesday the three
:19:43. > :19:53.points at Watford. The chairman has asked me to take charge. To come
:19:54. > :19:59.here and get a win in front face fantastic support. The 3`0 scoreline
:20:00. > :20:09.flattered Leeds at Doncaster, but Doncaster but they equalised. It was
:20:10. > :20:16.controversially ruled offside. Why the linesman took as long to put his
:20:17. > :20:23.flag up, I don't know. Somewhat against the run of play, the game
:20:24. > :20:31.was put out of reach. Barnsley needed a win that had to circle for
:20:32. > :20:41.a draw against Yeovilton. The bottom of the Championship doesn't make for
:20:42. > :20:49.pleasant reading. In league one, rather run made it three league
:20:50. > :20:54.wins. The first goal was OK, but there was nothing lucky about the
:20:55. > :20:58.second. It finished two ` one. Sheffield United are two points
:20:59. > :21:13.clear of the relegation zone after a 1`0 win over Swindon. Chesterfield
:21:14. > :21:20.got a win over Plymouth and remained second in league two.
:21:21. > :21:23.Tonight, you can relive what's been quite a 12 months in Rugby League
:21:24. > :21:28.with the Super League Review of the Year. As well as looking back at all
:21:29. > :21:31.the key moments, you can hear from Huddersfield Man of Steel, Danny
:21:32. > :21:34.Brough, who led his side to the League Leaders Shield. That's on BBC
:21:35. > :21:40.One at 11:20pm and it's repeated tomorrow at one o'clock on BBC Two.
:21:41. > :21:43.Now, there was sport with a dash of glamour last night as the BBC Sports
:21:44. > :21:47.Personality of the Year came to Leeds. Some of the biggest names
:21:48. > :21:51.across a variety of sports came to the event at the city's new arena.
:21:52. > :21:54.It's the second time the awards have been in Yorkshire. They were in
:21:55. > :21:57.Sheffield in 2009. Millions of TV viewers watched as Wimbledon
:21:58. > :22:09.champion Andy Murray took the top honour and there was praise for
:22:10. > :22:15.Leeds from an unlikely source. Start of world sport on the red
:22:16. > :22:20.carpet in Leeds. Among them, Yorkshire 's hope for sports
:22:21. > :22:26.personality of the year. I can't just come here and have a party now!
:22:27. > :22:30.There was plenty of support for Hannah from our elite Olympians.
:22:31. > :22:35.She's a good friend of mine and fellow Yorkshire person as well.
:22:36. > :22:41.She's from Yorkshire, so it would be great if we get a Yorkshire winner.
:22:42. > :22:46.Hannah also had the backing of Jessica Ennis Hill, who has come
:22:47. > :22:50.close to winning three times. Last year was such a big year. It was
:22:51. > :22:59.brilliant but I'm really looking forward to just enjoying this
:23:00. > :23:10.evening and watching everyone else. The show was opened by John Newman.
:23:11. > :23:14.Such a wonderful feeling, coming from Yorkshire. They made me a
:23:15. > :23:19.patron of Yorkshire. This year I look back at it and remember where I
:23:20. > :23:27.am from. As for the winners, a one`off Diamond award went to Sir
:23:28. > :23:38.Alex Ferguson. He was up for some good`natured banter. I am used to
:23:39. > :23:44.blowing when I come down here! To no 1's great surprise, the top award
:23:45. > :23:47.went to Andy Murray. But for those who were there, they approved of
:23:48. > :23:54.what they had seen. The crowd was brilliant. Privileged to be here. I
:23:55. > :24:00.love the fact this has come to Leeds and I hope it comes back again and
:24:01. > :24:06.more things come to Leeds. As for Hannah, she was signing autographs
:24:07. > :24:12.late into the night. As a Paralympic in, we have made ground`breaking
:24:13. > :24:17.movements just to get on that list. So another successful night for
:24:18. > :24:21.sporting Yorkshire. All set for the next big date in the sporting diary,
:24:22. > :24:32.the start of the 2014 Tour de France. I just love the atmosphere!
:24:33. > :24:38.You got picked out. Very embarrassing, actually. As soon as
:24:39. > :24:45.they mentioned your name, I said, oh, then he is. It wasn't a standing
:24:46. > :24:54.ovation for Sir Alex Ferguson, it was a standing O version! It was
:24:55. > :25:01.great to give him an award in Leeds. And it was a great night. Hannah was
:25:02. > :25:06.great. All the other contenders for that big award were quite nervous
:25:07. > :25:07.and she was all out there. If there had been purely on personality, she
:25:08. > :25:32.would have won it. A couple of pictures that came in
:25:33. > :25:45.overnight. That's beautiful. What a fantastic display.
:25:46. > :25:51.Keep the pictures coming in. Tomorrow, the best day of the week.
:25:52. > :25:56.Dry with sunshine courtesy of a ridge of high pressure, but this is
:25:57. > :26:01.where the system will bring rain in later on Wednesday. The isobars mean
:26:02. > :26:07.there is a risk of Gaels later in the day. Quite a disturbed weather
:26:08. > :26:15.pattern. We have had a lot of cloud today. It has struggled to break. At
:26:16. > :26:22.first, overnight, it could produce a few showers. But clear spells will
:26:23. > :26:29.eventually develop from the North. That could lead us into a widespread
:26:30. > :26:36.ground frost. One or two icy patches, especially over the hills.
:26:37. > :26:45.There could be patchy fog in some places. The sun will rise in the
:26:46. > :26:49.morning at 8:19am. Any fog patches soon clearing and then it is bright
:26:50. > :26:54.and Chile. Plenty of sunshine through the morning and the
:26:55. > :26:58.afternoon, although cloud may increase in southern areas. But it
:26:59. > :27:02.won't spoil a lovely winter 's day with just a life south`westerly
:27:03. > :27:08.wind. It has been exceptionally marred in the last few hours. 14
:27:09. > :27:17.degrees last night. Six is a high tomorrow. Then the further Outlook:
:27:18. > :27:22.It gets more disturbed. By the end of Wednesday, Gaels will be
:27:23. > :27:28.developing across much of Yorkshire. A bright start. Reigning later in
:27:29. > :27:35.the day. Friday, a bright start. Gaels could return by the end of
:27:36. > :27:39.Friday. Sitting next to these two lovely
:27:40. > :27:45.ladies makes me think I should be wearing a pair of shorts!