07/01/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and

Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. Our top stories tonight: Treated like a

slave. Jail for the family who beat and

imprisoned a man whilst forcing him to work for nothing.

We'll be getting reaction from an anti`slavery campaigner.

Also tonight: Hospitals under pressure. How one patient visited a

Yorkshire casualty department more than 200 times in a year.

Two men are charged over the death of Beth Jones` killed in this crash

on the M62 last year. And how stargazers all over the

world are zooming in on far`away galaxies ` thanks to some futuristic

technology in Bradford. This rainbow sums up the weather. It

has been a day of sunshine and showers. Join me for the weather

forecast later. First tonight ` a father and son

have been jailed for a total of ten`and`a`half`years for forcing a

man with learning difficulties to live in a garage and work for them

as a virtual slave. A judge said Craig Kinsella had been

treated like a dog. It was staggering, he said, that it could

happen in today's society and he feared there were more cases of its

kind still to be exposed. Our Crime Correspondent John Cundy reports

from Sheffield Crown Court. Punched and kicked about by David

Rooke, Donna Rooke joins in, and then there's sun in their violent

beating of Craig Kinsella. He was made to sleep in a garage

with the constant threat of violence. Before they were jailed

David Rooke and Donna Rooke tried to avoid the cameras.

This was described as a disturbing case. Our vulnerable man with

learning difficulties was treated like a virtual slave. Craig Kinsella

said he had been too scared to run away.

David Rook was jailed for six years. Jamie Rooke was jailed for four

years. Donna Rooke was jailed for four months. The judge said:

It is hard to understand how any human being could cheat and

individual in such a manner. We could have been looking at a murder

investigation. Craig Kinsella is still recovering.

Earlier I spoke with Aidan McQuade, director of the charity Anti`Slavery

International. I asked him for his reaction to the sentencing. It shows

that vulnerable but is people are as susceptible to slavery as many

others. There is a presumption that this mostly happens to migrants and

foreigners, but here is somebody from the UK that has been enslaved.

This should make the 40s aware of what they are dealing with. How

widespread is the issue? The most recent estimate is that there are

6000 people in the UK in situations of forced labour or slavery. It is

difficult to say whether that is right or wrong because there are

thousands of people in domestic work who are vulnerable to slavery.

In this particular case Craig Kinsella was too scared to leave.

Slavery does not always mean being locked up.

Slavery refers to situations of work or service extracted under threat of

a penalty. The systems of control can be violence, removal of travel

documents, or other sorts of threats.

Would you expect someone to notice that, in this case, Craig Kinsella

had gone missing for six weeks. People who are enslaved generally

come from communities that wider society does not have time for.

There are not a lot of people watching out for them.

Next tonight ` a BBC investigation has revealed that one patient

visited A at a Yorkshire hospital more than 200 times in a year.

The figures were released as part of a Freedom of Information request

sent to hospitals across the UK about how often some patients visit

their casualty department. Our health correspondent Jamie Coulson

is here with the details. We know that Accident and Emergency

departments are under pressure and in the last financial year over 21

million people attended A across the country. That's an increase of

over one million from three years before. But today the BBC can reveal

the findings of a Freedom of Information request about how often

some patients go to A E. 11 hospitals in Yorkshire responded

showing that 653 patients accounted for over 11,000 visits. Incredibly

there was one patient at the Northern General Hospital in

Sheffield who went to A 223 times, while another at the Calderdale

Royal Hospital went 170 times. So who are they and why do they go

so often? There is a complex group of patients

that turn up very regularly. Every department will have a group of

patients who are frequent users of the service. It has to be said they

are also attending the GP regularly. They often have complex social

problems. They may have mental health problems. Drugs, alcohol and

homelessness plays a feature as well.

NHS England point out that over 60,000 people visit A across the

country every day and the number of people who repeat attend are

relatively small. But doctors say it does add to the strain on the

system. So why aren't these patients dealt with elsewhere in the NHS?

This is a problem that does affect everyone. GPs try and encourage

patients to come to them instead. Sometimes those messages are not

heeded. We need to work together. What the figures don't tell us is

how many of these A visits are genuine and how many could be dealt

with elsewhere ` but it does raise questions about how to deal with

some patients for whom A has become the default option.

Later on Look North: We look at improvements in IVF.

How new technology is giving some couples a better chance of having a

child. Police have charged two men over a

fatal motorway crash involving a group of women on their way to a hen

party. Beth Jones, was killed in the

collision on the M62 near Castleford in April last year.

21 woman got onto the minibus. They were heading for a hen party. They

were involved in a serious collision with a lorry on the M62. The minibus

went down an embankment. One of the victims who died in that crash was a

Jones. Other people on the bus were injured. `` in that crash was Beth

Jones. James Johnson and Kevin Ollerhead

have been charged. Lots of people have been involved in

helping them recover since the accident. Thousands of pounds have

been raised over the last nine months. Much of the money has been

donated to different air ambulance charities which was involved in the

rescue operation. An inquest has heard a 23`year`old

father from Elland was crushed to death in a bin lorry after he

climbed into a skip following a night out in Huddersfield.

Bradford Coroner's Court was told Christopher Ogden had fallen asleep

in an industrial bin. He'd been drinking heavily and had smoked

cannabis. Phil Bodmer was in court. Christopher Ogden had been enjoying

a night out with friends when he died. The coroner 's court was died

`` the coroner 's court was told he was crushed to death by a mechanical

process inside a bin lorry. The body was found at a waste

recycling plant. A report showed alcohol and cannabis in his body

which may have effect did home. There was uproar in court at the

verdict. The family of the victims walked out. The family left court

clearly upset. What do you think of the verdict?

If they can enter the skip without looking at it...

The coroner concluded the victim had been the architect of his own

misfortune. He said he would write to the council.

An accident between two lorries on the A1M in North Yorkshire caused

severe disruption this morning. The southbound carriageway was closed

between Wetherby and Boston Spa after the crash, which happened just

before three o'clock. Three people had to be cut from the wreckage but

escaped with non life threatening injuries.

After 12 years of campaigning, construction work has begun on a

scheme to prevent flooding in Pickering.

The town in North Yorkshire has been flooded four times in recent years,

but now, a ?2 million scheme built one`and`a`half miles outside the

town at Newtondale, aims to offer residents and traders the protection

they've been demanding. It means more confidence. Businesses

are less likely to be affected. More confidence for the tourist industry.

People 's homes will be less likely to flood.

Campaigners say it's one of the most important battlefields in England,

but Selby Council is considering allowing a travellers' site to be

situated at Towton near Tadcaster. The application to allow a gypsy

family to stay on Towton Gallops has been met with well over 100

objections, as Cathy Killick reports.

These fields near Tadcaster once sought battle. 30,000 men died here

in 1461. The soil still yields there remains and weaponry. It is one of

England's's most important battlefields. Now it is the site of

a modern skirmish over this narrow strip of land. For the last five

years it has been the home of a gypsy family who were given

temporary permission to stay here. Now they have applied for planning

permission to settle here permanently.

But that cuts no ice with the parish council or villagers. More than 100

people have objected to the application. It is on green belt.

Green belts must be pretty that. `` green belt must be protected.

This is not acceptable. The plan is also opposed on heritage grounds.

This site is particularly important because it has tens of metres away

from the battlefield. We have found graves of the soldiers who were

fighting in 1461. The right of a gypsy to live by his

culture, and the right of residence to protect the green belt, the

decision will be made to moral. `` tomorrow.

New technology at the IVF unit in Leeds is improving chances for

couples trying for a "test tube" baby. Incubators fitted with

interior cameras are providing scientists with detailed information

about embryos' development. It could mean a significant increase

in the number of couples having a baby after IVF treatment. Heidi

Tomlinson reports. Four months pregnant. This person is

expecting her second child after IVF treatment. She is benefiting from a

new entry Peter `` she is benefiting from a new incubator.

Is taken every ten minutes. The images give a detailed picture of

progress and growth. In the routine we are only looking

at the embryo to or three times. With this we can look at every

division that the embryo makes. It gives us better information.

When the first IVF Abie was born in Leeds in 1991 there was a 17 sent

chance of success after every cycle. `` first IVF may be.

The new incubators could push success rates to 40%.

We have applied to the NHS to see whether they will fund further

machines. A significant if expensive at banks

in technology. When you get the result you want it

is fantastic. Before seven o'clock: Emma's out

watching the skies. The skies are very clear. Just

around the corner, there is Jupiter. Now, the festive season is well and

truly over for another year. And just in case you didn't know, the

12th night was yesterday and your festive decorations should already

be down. But spare a thought for Eric

Marshall from North Yorkshire. This was his incredible lights display

that we featured on Look North last month. Now, of course, it's got to

come down. Here's Phil Connell. The 12th day of Christmas is the

busiest day of this man's calendar. For the last six weeks his bundle

has been covered with Christmas decorations. `` his house has been

covered. With 500 planks to dismantle and 1000 lights to wrap it

is something of a military operation. I enjoy it. I make sure

that they are put away properly and then they come out fine. You have

got to make sure that they are with the right transformer. Otherwise you

are in big trouble. These Christmas lights have become a

spectacular event. In 2000 and ten they were filmed for American

television. Now hundreds of people come to see them. Nearly ?1000 has

been raised for the local village Church.

I cannot stand outside all the time. Last night I had the light came out

and I asked this chapter where he had come from. He said he had come

from the Ukraine. I offered to help us them away that he said no. Some

of the villagers have offered to help. That he wants to put them away

and then he knows how they come out.

It could take several weeks to put away the lights, but he is already

planning his biggest sure yet for Christmas 2014.

Well done. Stargazing live featuring Professor

Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain returns to our screens tonight.

The BBC show will be encouraging people to take more of an interest

in the night sky. Events are being held across

Yorkshire to mark the return of the programme. One of those events is at

an observatory in Pontefract and Emma Glasbey is there for us now.

The astronomers here are happy with tonight 's weather. The skies have

been clear. We have been getting nice views of the moon. We have also

seen Jupiter. We are hoping for hundreds of all here. They are

hoping for budding astronomers to come down here.

Stars and galaxies millions of light years away. All photographed by a

robot it telescope. It sits 8000 feet up above the

clouds in Tenerife. It is a world first. Now one is up there

controlling it. But by logging onto the internet anyone can ask it to

take a photograph of space and send it back. The people running this

telescope are almost 2000 miles away from Tenerife. It is unique in

operating so far away from its base. Tenerife is one of the best sites in

the world. You get the most amazing skies.

150,000 school pupils have been online to request pictures from

space. There are pictures of comets. People can follow those.

Gastronomy is used to sit on mountains like this one to watch the

stars in all weathers. `` astronomers.

Let us speak to one of the organisers of tonight's event. We

have seen Jupiter earlier on. Then we tracked onto the moon. We hope to

see Andromeda. Hopefully we will see the Orion nebula. We should have a

good view if it stays clear. I will speak to some of the budding

astronomers. What have you seen? I have seen Jupiter.

What are you seeing? I am looking at the moon, the craters.

And we need to mention this waistcoat. All the planets are here.

They are not to scale back the idea.

Thank you very much. Stargazing returns to BBC Two

tonight at eight o'clock. There are events taking place throughout

Yorkshire. Tomorrow night it looks cloudy and

wet. This picture was taken today.

Keep those pictures coming in. Tomorrow, a shallowly start. ``

shallowly. Showers are still pushing in.

Fleeting show was in the East. Temperatures frost free yet again. A

windy nights to come. I windy and shallowly `` across the

restart. It clouds over tomorrow evening.

Rain spreading from the South West. Thursday is windy and showery.

Friday and dry and bright start. There could be some frost at night.

We will be back this evening at 10:25pm. Goodbye.

A tenth of a second could be the difference